"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well."
Founder of the Olympic International Committee, Baron Pierre de Coubertin
After orientation, we went around the room and asked members:
- What are their favourite sports?
- Have they a favourite sporting hero or team?
- What is the last, or best, sporting event they attended?
- Have they ever met any famous sports personality?
Next we listed on the white board some ...
Individual sports: - Diving - Javelin - High jump - Pole vaulting - Marathon - Gymnastics - Wrestling - Boxing - Cycling - Tennis - Horse racing - Formula 1
Group sports: - Football - Rugby - Hockey - Volleyball - Relay - Basketball - Baseball - Cricket - Synchronised swimming - Netball
Winter sports: - Bobsleigh - Slalom - Curling - Ice dancing - Speed skating - Ski jumping - Skeleton - Ice hockey - Snowboarding - Cross country skiing
School sports: - Egg and spoon race - Sack race - One legged race - Aparatus - Rope - Tug O' War - Assault course - Climbing wall - Sponsored walk - Pony trekking
We then asked, has anyone won any sporting medals or prizes? - Swimming medals - Life saving - Scouts or Brownies - Half Marathon - Duke Of Edinburgh - MBE etc
We then discussed which sports people most enjoyed watching or playing and if anyone played sports competitively during their lifetime.
Idioms
Complete these well known phrases together ...
(Maybe just use a few of these)
Give somebody an unfair ADVANTAGE
Take your eye off the BALL
Cover all your BASES
Hand someone the BATON / TORCH
Saved by the BELL
Hit someone below the BELT
Too close to CALL
In with a fighting CHANCE
A real game CHANGER
Out for the COUNT
Par for the COURSE
The ball's in your COURT
Out of your DEPTH
Go the full DISTANCE
Slam DUNK
Hit the bull's EYE
On a level playing FIELD
Dive in head FIRST
Stay ahead of the GAME
On your marks, get set GO
Score an own GOAL
Jump the GUN
Back the wrong HORSE / TEAM
Fall at the first HURDLE
Hop skip and a JUMP
Out of their LEAGUE
Watch from the side LINES
Meet your MATCH
Hit the back of the NET
Win by a NOSE
We have kick OFF
Hole in ONE
It's a knock OUT
Three strikes and you're OUT
Set the PACE
Knock it out of the PARK
Step up to the PLATE
Have a game PLAN
Jockey for POSITION
First past the POST
Get the ball ROLLING
Play by the RULES
Hit a home RUN
Hit the ground RUNNING
Take the wind out of your SAILS
Final SCORE
Batting for the other SIDE / TEAM
Give it your best SHOT
Be a good SPORT
On the home STRETCH
Sink or SWIM
Throw in the TOWEL
Score a hat TRICK
Punch above your WEIGHT
On a sticky WICKET
Down to the WIRE
Round 1. British Olympic Gold
See how many of these British gold medal winning Olympians you can name.
First names and sports are listed to help with recognition.
Jessica .....-.... (Heptathlon & 100m Hurdles) 2012 Olympic Champion
Bradley ....... (Cyclist) Britain's most decorated Olympian with 8 medals. Retired 2016
Daley ....... (Decathlete) Won gold in 1980 & 1984
Tom ..... (Diver) Won gold in Tokyo 2020. 3 bronze medals as well
Tanni ....-....... (Paralympic athlete) 11 gold, 4 silver medals and a bronze. Made a Dame in 2005
Johnny ....... (Paralympic athlete) Won gold at the 2012 & 2016 Paralympics
Adam ..... (Swimming) Won gold at the 100m breaststroke, the forst Brit to do do. Two other golds & 2 silver medals
Duncan ....... (Swimming) Won Olympic gold and bronze at the 1980 Olympics
Greg .......... (Long jump) Olympic gold medal winner at the London 2012 Olympics
Chris ... (Cycling) Wept as he accepted his sixth Olympic gold medal at London 2012
Ellie ........ (Paralympic Swimming) At just age 13, Ellie was the youngest Paralympian to win a medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. 5 gold medals in total
Kelly ...... (Athletics) Won 2 gold medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics
Ben ....... (Sailing) With 4 gold medals, Ben is the most decorated sailor of all time Sally ....... (Hurdles) Olympic gold in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic
Rebecca ......... (Swimming) Winner of 2 gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Mary ...... (Pentathlon) Gold medal winner in 1972 Munich Olympics
David .... (Paralympic Athlete) Won 4 golds at the London 2012 Paralympics
Jonathan ....... (Triple Jump) Won gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics
Mo ...... (Marathon)
Andy ...... (Tennis) Olympic gold winner at the 2012 London Olympics
Colin ....... (Hurdles) Won Olympic silver at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Retained his 110m and 60m World Championship records for 10 and 27 years respectively
Paula ......... (Marathon) Won 3 London Marathons, 3 New York Marathons and the Chicago Marathon between 2002-08. Her world record for fastest woman was held for 16 years
Tessa ......... (Javelin) Won gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
SONG BREAK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntG50eXbBtc
Round 2. Well Known Pairs
Which Lord was behind the 2012 London Summer Olympics bid? (He was a middle-distance runner who won gold medals at the 1980 Moscow and Los Angeles Olympics)
Who was his main rival, winning gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics?
Name these two legendary rival Formula 1 racing drivers? (One was famous for surviving a horrific near fatal crash in 1976. The other was called '**** The Shunt' because of his action packed exploits on track.)
Name this extraordinary triple Olympic gold medal-winning partnership. The one on the left won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000; the one on the right won four consecutive Olympic gold medals.
Name these two sisters? (The one on the left won 7 Grand Slams and the one on the right won 23 Grand Slams in Women's Tennis.)
Name this ice dancing couple, who won Olympic Gold at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics in 1984? Here is their winning dance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNCSij0hUp8
Name this most decorated Olympic couple? (She won 5 Olympic gold medals over the course of her 13-year career and he won 7 gold and 2 silver medals, making him the most successful British Olympian of all time.)
Name this tennis playing couple, who have 30 Grand Slam titles between them? (They married in 2001 and remain together with two children.)
SONG BREAK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_WvGG160jw
Round 3. Golden Moments
Name this track and field athlete that won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Munich Olympic Games? (He was recognised in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history".)
Name this mountaineer and his Sherpa who on 29th May 1953 conquered Everest?
Name this middle-distance runner, who ran the first sub-4-minute mile on 6th May 1954?
Who captained the England team when it won the 1966 'FIFA World Cup', defeating West Germany 4-2?
Which race horse is buried next to the finishing post at Aintree? (The only horse to win 'The Grand National' three times, in 1973, 1974 & 1977)
Which cricketer, who became a prodigious fundraiser, walking the first of twelve charitable walks from Lands End to John O Groats in 1985 (900 miles), was nicknamed Beefy?
Which British ski jumper flapped his arms like a bird in the '1988 Calgary Winter Olympics'?
Which English yachtswoman set a world record in 2005 for the fastest solo nonstop voyage around the world on her first attempt? (She was later awarded the DBE)
Name this American swimmer, who is the most-decorated athlete in Olympic history with 23 gold medals? (At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, he became the first athlete to win eight gold medals at a single Olympics.)
Name this Welsh cyclist who won the 2018 'Tour De France'?
Wales last won the 'Six Nations Grand Slam' in 2019. Name the captain, pictured holding the trophy here?
Name this racing driver who has won a joint-record seven Formula One Championship titles, and holds the records for most wins, pole positions, and podium finishes?
Who captained the 'England Lionesses' in their 2022 'Euro Championship' win?
VIDEO BREAK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AS-dCdYZbo
SONG BREAK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmjiQYC5oEw
Round 4. Crimes & Misdemeanours
Who said in 1981, "You cannot be serious?", during his first round Wimbledon match with Tom Gullikson?
Who tripped up who in the 3000m final at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics?
Who had a 'Hand Of God' moment in the 1986 FIFA World Cup quarter final match between Argentina and England?
Which former champion jockey went to prison for 3 years in 1987 for tax evasion?
Which Northern Irish football player, who died in 2005, said of his career: "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds [women] and fast cars – the rest I just squandered".
Which American football player was sent to prison for 33 years in 2008 for murdering his ex-wife and her partner?
Which golfing champion was dropped from advertising Gillette products in 2010 because of his admission of a string of affairs?
Which horse racing pundit infamously picked his nose on live TV in 'Big Brother' in 2010?
Which 'Bladerunner' is in prison after being found guilty of killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day in 2013?
Who is this American former professional road racing cyclist? (He was regarded as a sports icon for winning the 'Tour de France' seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005. However, after a doping scandal he was stripped of all his titles.)
SONG BREAK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypy0QWM1pLcÂ
Round 5. Catchphrases & Slogans
Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century and is often regarded as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. What is his name & what was it previously?
Which two sportsmen advertised 'Brut' with the slogan "Splash it all over"?
Which British athlete was famous for his 'lunch box'?
Who is the fastest man on the planet, seen here celebrating with his 'Lightning' pose?
Which American basketball star is famous for his 'Slam Dunk'?
Which British athlete, originally from Mogadishu, is famous for his 'Mobot'?
Which Welsh football player is famous for his 'Heart Symbol' which he makes every time he scores?
Which England manager brought the waistcoat back into fashion in the '2018 FIFA World Cup'?
Which former professional footballer and BBC 'Grandstand' presenter advertises 'Walkers Crisps'?
Which boxer's catchphrase was "Know what I mean 'Arry?"?
Which snooker player had the nickname 'Interesting'?
Which American who became the oldest World Heavyweight Champion in 1973 went on to market a cooking fryer?
Which American 1974 Olympic Decathlete came out as a trans woman in 2015?
Which former French footballer advertised 'Kronenbourg' lager?
Which former French footballer advertised 'L'Oreal' hair products?
Which TV chef's catchphrase was "Let's be 'aving you!"Â & which football team does she have an interest in?
Round 6. Music Round
