Alphabet Game -SPORTS

[Bonnie Ballentine]

K = kick boxing

[Corrie Kinkel]

L = Long Jump

[Bonnie Ballentine]

Momentum

[Corrie Kinkel]

N = Netball

[Dorothy Donn]

O – Outrigger Canoeing — racing using a type of canoe featuring one or more lateral support floats known as outriggers, which are fastened to one or both sides of the main hull.

outrigger.

[Bonnie Ballentine]

P = pickle panic…when you panic with a shot and fault.

[Michele]

Q = Quiver for those of you who do Archery

[James Durrant]

R = Rock Climbing

[Michele]

S = Slide…like sliding into a base in baseball.

[Ann Seeber]

T=Tractor Pulling — a motorsport involving modified tractors that pull a weighted sled along a 10m wide, 100m track.

[Bonnie Ballentine]

U = underhand…softball pitch

[Sharon Murray]

V- Vaulter

[Corrie Kinkel]

W = Wild Water Rafting   I hope we didn’t have this one already

[Ann Seeber]

X = XC Running — distance running races over natural terrain.

[James Durrant]

Y = Yacht racing

[Bonnie Ballentine]

Z = Zero, zero, two…the score at the start of a pickleball game.

[Dorothy Donn]

A- Aeronautical Pentathlon — despite the name, the sport has 6 events: shooting, fencing, orienteering, basketball skills, obstacle course and swimming.

1997

[Bonnie Ballentine]

B = back nine…the second 9 holes on an 18 hole golf course

[James Durrant]

C = Canoe  Slalom

[Michele]

D = Designated Hitter (baseball again)

[Bonnie Ballentine]

E = endurance

[Corrie Kinkel]

F = Fencing, the art of fighting with a sword

[Bonnie Ballentine]

G = graphite…one material used to make pickleball paddles

[James Durrant]

H = Hard Court Tennis

[Bonnie Ballentine]

I = ice…as in  ice for injuries

[Dorothy Donn]

J – Jiu-Jitsu / Jujutsu — a Japanese martial art using close combat for defeating an armed and armored opponent, with only a short weapon or none at all.

Jiu-jitsu

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