Olympic Sport

[+HazelS]

With the great news that London has secured the Olympics for 2012, I was wondering whether Geocaching will perhaps feature as a new sport!!

 

[NickPick]

It geocaching a sport, or a pasttime? or a hobby?

[+HazelS]

hmmm... it's the old one - Is a Jaffa Cake a cake or a biscuit isn't it!!

 

I think it's as much a sport as you make it... if you were to do say Lord Of Th Rings - which is a 5/5, then it's definately a sport, but then you can do 1/1's and it's a nice stroll in the park!

 

Shame Stealth does not play a part in sports eh!!?

[+Pengy&Tigger]

London?! is that somewhere South of Birmingham?? May as well of been in Paris as far as us northerners are concerned

 

Pengy

[+bargee]

The way P&T go at it, it is definetley a sprint event.

 

Can't see a stealth event would work though, as you wouldn't see the winner

so how would you know that there was a winner

[+sTeamTraen]

My French colleagues are only slightly shocked, but we're some way from Paris here. They are all blaming Chirac, especially when I "helpfully" point out what he said about the Finns having the world's worst food (there are at least 2 Finns on the IOC voting committee, ha ha ha).

Edited July 6, 2005 by sTeamTraen

[Deego]

London?!  is that somewhere South of Birmingham??  May as well of been in Paris as far as us northerners are concerned   

 

Pengy

As if you dont know where London is who holds the record for the most finds in 24Hrs IN LONDON then

[+HazelS]

London?! is that somewhere South of Birmingham?? May as well of been in Paris as far as us northerners are concerned

 

Pengy

I'm just chuckling to myself over that comment... Last night on Big Brother Derek (a Tory spin type person and v posh londoner) said - "He's from the North of England - a very deprived place!!"

 

Hmmmmm not overly happy with that one!

[+Pengy&Tigger]

As if you dont know where London is    who holds the record for the most finds in 24Hrs IN LONDON then 

Ohh that London.. (Cough cough). Land of the black bogey`s and micro`s

 

Although I suppose someone has to live there rather not us though, too crowded and polluted, perfer a short drive and get that lovely country air..... as long as the farmer hasn`t been spreading that day...

 

Pengy

[+Skippy and Pingu]

Pengy

I'm just chuckling to myself over that comment... Last night on Big Brother Derek (a Tory spin type person and v posh londoner) said - "He's from the North of England - a very deprived place!!"

 

Hmmmmm not overly happy with that one!

 

Yes, we chuckled at that comment on BB as well. If we are so deprived why do some of the northern counties have so many caches compared with some southern counties?

Don't think that we are deprived, when we've run out of caches up here then we'll be deprived .

Edited July 6, 2005 by Skippy and Pingu

[+kitmonster]

It's got nothing to do with North / South, London won - the great capital of this great nation. Well done to Seb and Coe!

[+HazelS]

It's got nothing to do with North / South, London won - the great capital of this great nation. Well done to Seb and Coe!

Yes... well done to everyone.... I guess they'll use facilities up here in the grim north too - like the Manchester Stadium that was built for the Commonwealth games.

 

I also chuckled at the thought of having the Beach Vollyball at Horseguards Parade... bit of entertainment for the guards there!!!!

[+kewfriend]

IDEA!!!

 

There's just about time for someone to set up a quick series at all the proposed venues before the bulldozers move in.

[+MarcB]

I've temporarily renamed the last stage of the Alchemy Quest in honour of the occasion... Olympic Gold

Anyone who's visited will appreciate the relevence of the new name

MarcB

Edited July 6, 2005 by MarcB

[markandlynn]

London?! is that somewhere South of Birmingham?? May as well of been in Paris as far as us northerners are concerned

 

Pengy

I hear its near to Pickets Lock where our last successfull bid for a major sporting event was going to be until it turned out to expensive and slightly hard to organise so we gave up.

[+Brenin Tegeingl]

It's got nothing to do with North / South, London won - the great capital of this great nation. Well done to Seb and Coe!

Sorry Mate but that wasn't Sebs attitude when Manchester was the bidding city! Guess who was one of those vocal that the stadium shouldn't get the funding to be a 80,000 seater as it would affect Wemblys funding! It's all to do with the North-South divide!

 

Dave

[Jumbo Village]

Well I for one was routing for Manchester when they were bidding. We are all part of a great nation.

 

Remember "divide and conquer". We don't want that happening to us now do we

 

Great idea about venue event caches. I am going to put that to my colleague to see if we can sort something out soon.

[+Pharisee]

Well I for one was routing for Manchester when they were bidding. We are all part of a great nation.

 

Remember "divide and conquer". We don't want that happening to us now do we

 

Great idea about venue event caches. I am going to put that to my colleague to see if we can sort something out soon.

I was hoping Paris would get it..... It's only a couple of hours away by train and the Frogs would have to foot the enormous bill

[Hugh Janus]

I was hoping Paris would get it..... It's only a couple of hours away by train and the Frogs would have to foot the enormous bill

That's how I felt until a couple of days ago, but the thought of that arch p**t Chirac gloating after a French win changed my mind. It has to be worth the cost if only to wipe the smile off his face.

[+harrogate hunters]

For those in the north, how about organising our own Caching Olympics.....

 

Watch the website in another 7 years and I might get round to organising an event !

 

[+lathama]

I CAN FEEL A RANT COMING

 

Why is it that when ever something comes to this country that everyone turns round and says "here we go again".

The above thread is full of negitive coments surrounding TODAYS annoucment.

 

Why cant everyone come together and be proud as a nation?????

 

This is going to be our chance to show the world who we are, not go on about north south divides!

 

I hear its near to Pickets Lock where our last successfull bid for a major sporting event was going to be until it turned out to expensive and slightly hard to organise so we gave up

 

There are full details on this on the bbc website. It was not a case of we "gave up".

 

we have 7 years here to complete some of the biggest stadiums which have been built for years and that will help our children (whether they are born in london or not) for years to come.

 

SO stop all the negotivity, all the bitching and try and get along

[+The Hungry Caterpillars]

Proud of what!! Athletics in this country is at such a low ebb we may not have a single decent shot at a medal by 2012 unless something radical is done to help sport and fitness back where it belongs in the school curriculum. And thats just for starters. RANT

[+Simply Paul]

Yes mum.

Sorry mum.

[+The Hungry Caterpillars]

Hi Simply Paul,

and your point is?

[+Bekandian]

Whether anyone is for or against the 2012 Olympics being held in London is really a mute point, as that is where it is being held.

 

What's any of this got to do with caching? Which I don't seem becoming an Olympic sport somehow

Edited July 6, 2005 by Bekandian

[+Cave Troll and Eeyore]

I thought the olympics were about unity, friendship & friendly competionmuch the same as the spirit of geocaching.

[+Pengy&Tigger]

Well I think they`ll be a few series of caches based on the Olympic rings, Decathalon, Pentathlon, Marathon caches, etc. etc... Although it is a few years away I suppose

 

But at least if gives you time to think up a series of such magnitude

 

Pengy

[Hugh Janus]

I thought the olympics were about unity, friendship & friendly competionmuch the same as the spirit of geocaching.

Really?! I thought politics, greed and corruption - Oh yes, and a bit of professional sport (Olympics, not Geocaching).

 

However, as it's going to be here let's all enjoy it North, South, East and West. And let's all try and not to lose too much sleep over the disappointment across the Channel

[+kbootb]

London?!  is that somewhere South of Birmingham??  May as well of been in Paris as far as us northerners are concerned   

 

Pengy

I hear its near to Pickets Lock where our last successfull bid for a major sporting event was going to be until it turned out to expensive and slightly hard to organise so we gave up.

Yep. And used it as an excuse to close down the sports centre so the local kids have no local facilities. Said that they would have a state of the art athletics facility.. huh!

[+The Hungry Caterpillars]

And selling off school playing fields and supplying rubbish nutrition at schools RANT

[+Couparangus]

Have you ever noticed that you can drink & smoke while playing all native British games?

[+Pengy&Tigger]

The Aquaduct?..... Oh yeah....., okay so apart from the Aquaduct, what have the Romans done for us?

 

I blame the Romans.... it`s all their fault

 

Pengy

[+The Hungry Caterpillars]

No and I will not let that statement get in the way of a good RANT

[+Pengy&Tigger]

hmmm... it's the old one - Is a Jaffa Cake a cake or a biscuit isn't it!!

That one has been proved in a court of law. United Biscuits had to go to court against Customs & Excise to prove it's a cake, as cakes are not vatable but biscuits are. In the end the lawyer for UB brought in a massive jaffa cake, and offered round slices of it

 

T

[+The Hungry Caterpillars]

Talk about rubbish nutrition and it rears its ugly head everywhere

[+Simply Paul]

Hi Simply Paul,

and your point is?

Dear Hungry Caterpillars,

 

My original comment was in reply to an earlier post, not your words.

As for the point, like many posts to this and other forums in general, there wasn't one beyond the facts that life is short, talk is cheap and when 'spoken' to like a child, I often become childish.

 

Thank you, and good evening.

 

SP

[+The Hungry Caterpillars]

Aah! deep and meaningful

[+sTeamTraen]

Have you ever noticed that you can drink & smoke while playing all native British games?

Yes. I play in the kind of cricket team where it's not unknown for beer, cigarettes, and mobile phones all to be in action at the same time on the field of play.

[+McDeHack]

All of you if from the north or south, if you wanted it or not, will be paying for these two weeks of 'games' for many years to come.

After the 'big event' I expect they will turn the site back to the Carboot site as what is was.

[+Brenin Tegeingl]

It geocaching a sport, or a pasttime? or a hobby?

Consensus seems to be that geocaching is a RASH Recreational Activity Sporting Hobby

 

Dave

[+lathama]

Proud of what!! Athletics in this country is at such a low ebb we may not have a single decent shot at a medal by 2012 unless something radical is done to help sport and fitness back where it belongs in the school curriculum. And thats just for starters. RANT

What have we got to be proud of?????????

 

Are you blind??????????????

 

Atlanta:

 

1 Gold

4 silver

10 bronze

 

Sydney:

 

14 gold

18 silver

22 bronze

 

Athens:

 

17 gold

20 silver

15 bronze

 

Need i say more? (well i will)

 

We have many budding sports stars rising through the ranks eg:

 

Andrew Murray (Tennis - if you didnt watch Wimbledon)

Rooney

Terry Fordom (Hammer)

David Sail (Table Tennis)

Hannah Swail (Archery)

 

To name just 5.

 

Stop putting the sports men and women down. I garentee u will be watching in 7 years "cus your bored".

 

So next negotive statement i read and the post will be twice as long!

[nobby.nobbs]

heck i'd be proud but just a couple of points,

 

it'll go way overbudget and we'll be paying for it for years....surely money better spent on health education etc. just seems obscene to spend it on two weeks of sport.

 

do we really need to spend so much on the thing anyway? wasn't it just a contest to see who can run etc the fastest? why all the expensive fanfare?

 

oh yeah and lets not forget the dome.....

 

wonder how much the eu would have paid to france if they had won and how much they'll give us.

 

lets just hope that i'm proved wrong and that it becomes something that generations will remember with pride.

[+The Hungry Caterpillars]

And how many came in ATHLETICS. I am not talking sports played by a minority of rich countries like rowing. We are falling through the floor. We have the most unfit overweight children for generations. It is no use having a very few stars and no wide base. As for winning medals the Chinese are coming. And also as ever there is the problem of drugs and perhaps even genetic tampering. Writing twice as much is not going to change anything is it?

[Lactodorum]

Any chance of this thread getting back onto something vaguely to do with Geocaching?

[+HazelS]

My original comment was olympics based, but the thought (ok, very tongue in cheek) that Geocaching may one day be a "sport."

 

I was glad when it opened out into the is it a sport, hobby or pastime, and I'd like to close it on the Mancunian Pyrocachers thought that it's a RASH....

[NickPick]

it's a RASH....

It certainly is at this time of year if you wear shorts through the nettles!