Could this happen in any other sport?

My younger son is playing an 88 year old in our bowls club singles championship. The age discrepancy is 70 years.

it can happen anywhere ya smelly qnt.

Good luck to the young fella taips. Let us know how he goes.

One of my mates joined up at his local tennis club around the time of their annual championship ....he signed up to play before he really knew anyone at the club ...He sniggered when he drew to play a ONE LEGGED player in the first round ....he got beaten 6-2 by a bloke hopping around the court ...he never played another game at the club

embee wrote: ....he got beaten 6-2 by a bloke hopping around the court ...

Prolly one of Harry Hopman's rellies.

embee wrote:One of my mates joined up at his local tennis club around the time of their annual championship ....he signed up to play before he really knew anyone at the club ...He sniggered when he drew to play a ONE LEGGED player in the first round ....he got beaten 6-2 by a bloke hopping around the court ...he never played another game at the club

A few years ago I got beat by a one-armed man in the first round of a tournament in Bateman's Bay. It was one set, first to nine, and he beat me 9-7 (I lost the first four games easily before I worked out how to play him).

I felt a little bit better when he made the final however - he lost in a third set tiebreaker!

To make matters even more bizarre I lost my second round mixed doubles match that year to... another one armed man - this time missing the opposite arm!

It turned out they were playing together in the men's doubles!

I should add, it goes without saying that everyone that weekend was calling me "Richard Kimble".

Look on the bright side Hass, it's 'armless to tell stories like that here.

Bet you were sore about being elimbinated so early, though.

taipan wrote:My younger son is playing an 88 year old in our bowls club singles championship. The age discrepancy is 70 years.

bowls is a young persons sport these days, so I'm led to believe.