Fives

tobeconfirmed · Post by **tobeconfirmed** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:34 pm

Fives seems to be a longstanding tradition of a compulsory sport for uncoordinated people like me who aren't good at whatever the main teamsport is for the relevant time of year. I was just wondering what everyone's opinions are of this weird and pretty rare sport, and whether anyone who played it at CH has ever played it since leaving; or just anyone's general experiences of fives and whether they have a +ve or -ve view of it.

ben ashton · Post by **ben ashton** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:37 pm

i would stil play if there was anywhere to play it!
even tho i did break my thumb playin it...

Slugs · Post by **Slugs** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:00 pm

What the **** was the point of fives? Pointless and dull are two words that automatically spring to mind.

Fives players were always pointless and dull too, if I remember.

tobeconfirmed · Post by **tobeconfirmed** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:05 pm

Fives players were always pointless and dull too, if I remember.

Too true. They just take it way too seriously, and give you evils if you say anything bad about it.

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:24 pm

Never could get o with fives - but i could see why it was a good way of stress relief...

Post by **jtaylor** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:33 pm

tbs wrote:
Fives players were always pointless and dull too, if I remember.
Too true. They just take it way too seriously, and give you evils if you say anything bad about it.

Crikey - never thought fives could possibly illicit such an aggressive response!
Never played it myself, but I guess if fives is pointless, then the same applies to all racket sports??!??

J

Slugs · Post by **Slugs** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:13 pm

Sorry - did I miss something? When did fives ever involve a racket?

And, anyway, no. It doesn't.

Post by **jtaylor** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:17 pm

Didn't say it (involve a racket). Just that if you criticise fives, then squash is the next logical victim, followed by............

J

Slugs · Post by **Slugs** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:22 pm

Logic is something that is pretty far removed from Fives.

graham · Post by **graham** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:47 pm

Hey! I used to play fives and I can assure you all that it was a most enjoyable past-time! Once, I even managed to slam the ball into Hammer's chest when we were having a pupil vs staff game.

Playing against Mr Keely was always the best though. He liked to play craftey little drop shots - a trick that I quickly picked up! Having him run accross the court, yelling MINE in his distinctive voice was always a giggle.

Slugs · Post by **Slugs** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:52 pm

I'm SURE it was.

tobeconfirmed · Post by **tobeconfirmed** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 11:13 pm

Hey! I used to play fives and I can assure you all that it was a most enjoyable past-time! Once, I even managed to slam the ball into Hammer's chest when we were having a pupil vs staff game.

I broke my opponent's nose with a fives ball within 5 minutes of my first ever fives match for the school. I won the match because he conceded!

Slugs · Post by **Slugs** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 2:25 am

And that makes you feel HOW, exactly?

Stirling · Post by **Stirling** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 1:15 pm

Well I remember Fives being the nuts. Only sport I was ever very good at, so it kept me in good stead.

lvesey · Post by **lvesey** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:20 pm

Stirling,

If i remember correctly, you didn't hang around long enough to walk any further than the fives courts!

Fives was a non-mainstream sport for non-mainstream people!

presumably you can get a game in Rugby

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