Kinda boring here; Anyone care to brag about past personal sporting achievements?

[uconnfan68]

I’ve seen three aces and all three guys were worse than I. Am I bitter hell yes . Two of those shots were pretty much knock downs that got lucky rolls

You must have seen mine then. Just a knockdown shot to account for 20-30’ of break on the green.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

I rode my bicycle from Conn to Northern CA in 1976, mostly against the wind. I was stupid and stubborn when I was young, I should have ridden from Ca to Conn.

No not stupid but a typical stubborn Valley guy. That doesn’t give up ever, even if all seems lost .
I was born in Derby , Griffin Hospital , I understand completely.
I think they but a chip on your shoulder at birth that said everyone thinks you will fail , prove them wrong.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Golf a hobby after I couldn’t play in twilight and city leagues in baseball or basketball. Some good stuff but a couple of my best rounds also involve a huge disappointment for my golf career. Played in a Pro-Am with a WesMass golf pro at Wintonbury and had 5 birds and was 3 under (it’s a par 70) going into 17-18. Went double, single bogey shot 70 what a gag job. Then playing with 16 Gus at Richmond CC in RI I had 7 birdies in a round. And still only shot 70. The point of this is I have never shot in the 60d and it really pisses me off. A guy who did get to a 4.2 hcp should see a 68-69 but I always choked when I was close I admit that. LOL had and still have lots of fun with the game though had 6 birds this spring at Blue Fox and shot 72 but I need those 6000-6300 yard courses now I’m too old.

I was also lucky enough to meet a great group of people in the BYC which ultimately became Team Fishy. Lots of fun in those but they weren’t going to let us sniff a win were they? Lol

Always wanted to qualify for the U.S. Open. Closest I got was at age 33.

 

[August_West]

Golf a hobby after I couldn’t play in twilight and city leagues in baseball or basketball. Some good stuff but a couple of my best rounds also involve a huge disappointment for my golf career. Played in a Pro-Am with a WesMass golf pro at Wintonbury and had 5 birds and was 3 under (it’s a par 70) going into 17-18. Went double, single bogey shot 70 what a gag job. Then playing with 16 Gus at Richmond CC in RI I had 7 birdies in a round. And still only shot 70. The point of this is I have never shot in the 60d and it really pisses me off. A guy who did get to a 4.2 hcp should see a 68-69 but I always choked when I was close I admit that. LOL had and still have lots of fun with the game though had 6 birds

I was also lucky enough to meet a great group of people in the BYC which ultimately became Team Fishy. Lots of fun in those but they weren’t going to let us sniff a win were they? Lol

Team Fishy is always destined to lose unless you are counting who gets the most prizes for sending in cereal box tops.

 

[prankster]

Around 50 years ago I did a lot of big boat sailboat racing.

1972 Bermuda Race we ran through a tropical depression. 45-55 mph wind for around 36 hours. 30 foot high seas.

Real exciting stuff.

2 weeks later, Trans- Atlantic race from Bermuda to Bayona, Spain ( leaving the island of Flores, in the Azores to port). Polar opposite of the Bermuda race. Literally drifted across the ocean. 21 days at sea.

Sailed back to Connecticut a few weeks later.

How I spent my summer vacation

 

[MTBingNinja]

I drank a six pack of red stripes in 42 minutes

 

[mauconnfan]

I drank a six pack of red stripes in 42 minutes

Team Fishy did as well at the BYC!

@Deepster @swami7774 @Fishy

 

[BugsyCT]

- Member of McCabe-Waters Little League (farm league) champion Cardinals in 1980. (I got one hit the whole season but was a decent 2nd baseman.)

- Played some softball for Worker's Comp team vs law firms in Hartford in the '90s

- Survived the 2011 Whale Bowl at the Rent. Closest a sporting event temp ever got to absolute zero.

- Numerous Tecmo Bowl titles

 

[RichZ]

Helped hold Mike Gminski to 34 in a CT state tournament…he only played three quarters however.

I played against his dad in a seniors rec league.

 

[sledog]

World's loudest burp!!

 

[Palatine]

I drained a three pointer on the court at the Basketball Hall of Fame. The 8 and 10 year olds on the court at that time were very impressed.

I skipped a rock on a pond eight times. I think I just found a really good rock rather than it being the result of talent.

I once hit a softball from the warning track into the upper right field grandstand at the old Comiskey Park in Chicago (using an actual Chet Lemon bat).