An oul' game o' rounders

pickarooney

Do kids still play rounders these days? Does anyone remember long evenings in the top field batin' lumps out of an oul' tennis ball with a hurl or tennis racket or, if you were posh, a rounders bat?

My Dad once, somehow, ended up managing a Community games rounders team and we got free bats (w00t!)

Them war the days, lads. I'd love a game now.

petes

I'd love a game of rounders. Great fun.

Playing with a tennis racquet was a bit crap though. Hit the ball for miles with it.

Haven't seen anyone play that in years.

GavRedKing

Used to love it, havnt seen anybody play it in years though.

IvySlayer

OK Pickarooney, fly to Dublin, insurgent and gavredking, driver up here and I'll meet ya in Phoenix Park

Sykk

Yeah I remember playing it in school, in PE.

I also remember there'd only be like 4 of us who were really fit and into sports on each team. So as soon as tubby on your team is up for the bat, he hits the ball 2 mile an hour straight in the direction of an awaiting fit guy, I don't think I ever got to use the batton..

Fúcking fat kids wanting their fair treatment and equal teams...

GavRedKing

IvySlayer wrote: »

OK Pickarooney, fly to Dublin, insurgent and gavredking, driver up here and I'll meet ya in Phoenix Park

/ On the way :pac:

Perfect weather for it to.

Kiera

Loved rounders. Our squares, did anyone ever play squares? Or tip the can

hshortt

I was only playing with me sisters and all the kids just recently, even me ma came out for a go. Don't have a proper bat but use Fresco-Ball wooden ones and something resembling a squash ball so it doesn't go too far. Great for a bit of fun, kids love it.

MaybeLogic

Kiera wrote: »

Loved rounders. Our squares, did anyone ever play squares? Or tip the can

Or grab the bacon.

Sykk

Kiera wrote: »

Tip the can

Yes!

we'llallhavetea_old

Kiera wrote: »

Loved rounders. Our squares, did anyone ever play squares? Or tip the can

my little one has been playing tip the the can the last two evenings with the kids outside its still alive!

IvySlayer

Curbs, what a great game!

pickarooney

IvySlayer wrote: »

OK Pickarooney, fly to Dublin, insurgent and gavredking, driver up here and I'll meet ya in Phoenix Park

Yeah, let me just find a clear flight path.

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TheZohanS

IvySlayer wrote: »

Curbs, what a great game!

Curbs and smash!

orourkeda

Rounders is gay. Lets play fightin'

Standard Toaster

Kids were playing rounders on the road last week. Twas great seeing them play it, hadn't seen it played in ages. Used a tennis racket....very posh indeed.

Kids play still playin curbs, that'll never go out of fashion

Kiera

MaybeLogic wrote: »

Or grab the bacon.

WTF?

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

my little one has been playing tip the the can the last two evenings with the kids outside its still alive!

Yay, loved that game.

IvySlayer wrote: »

Curbs, what a great game!

OMG how did i forget about curbs. I'm ickle so was always allowed a little bit closer than the big boys

pickarooney

Did this game ('squashers' I think) exist anywhere outside my primary school?

50 people line up on a bench in the bike shed and slam into the person nearest the wall, the objective being to 'pop' him or her out. That person would then go to the end of the line and join in the squashing. Whoever resisted the 'pop' the longest won. I think.

OldGoat

I tried to explain Curbs to my Missus (damned foreigners!) the other night and she just looked at me as if I had more then the usual number of heads.

Seaneh

me and 11 mates played a game of rounder yesterday evening.

12 people aged between 20 and 31.

great craic!

Standard Toaster

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

my little one has been playing tip the the can the last two evenings with the kids outside its still alive!

We used to call it 'kick the can'....north Dublin scum

When ye were playin curbs did ye play for 50 points if you got the ball back over while throwing it over an an comming car?

Bonito

Kiera wrote: »

OMG how did i forget about curbs. I'm ickle a midget so was always allowed a little bit closer than the big boys

FYP.

Gone Drinking

I play tip the foreign national, every time i eat or drink somewhere with waiters/waitresses

IvySlayer

TheZohan wrote: »

Curbs and smash!

No idea what the smash part is? Unless your aim was really bad

OldGoat wrote: »

I tried to explain Curbs to my Missus (damned foreigners!) the other night and she just looked at me as if I had more then the usual number of heads.

Um, just bounce the ball off the edge of the pavement, if you caught while standing still, move to the middle of the road, do it a second time you win. Miss, you have to go back.

Don't know what's so difficult

weiland79

pickarooney wrote: »

Do kids still play rounders these days? Does anyone remember long evenings in the top field batin' lumps out of an oul' tennis ball with a hurl or tennis racket or, if you were posh, a rounders bat?

My Dad once, somehow, ended up managing a Community games rounders team and we got free bats (w00t!)

Them war the days, lads. I'd love a game now.

There is such a thing as a rounders bat?

pickarooney

Tip the Canadian
Tip the south African
Oops, puns again, scatter!

Kiera

Bonito wrote: »

FYP.

Ok so i'm a midget. There i said it.

Kiera is a midget!

:P

Bonito

The_Edge wrote: »

We used to call it 'kick the can'....north Dublin scum

When ye were playin curbs did ye play for 50 points if you got the ball back over while throwing it over an an comming car?

That never worked! If it hit the curb it just came back and busted the car on the opposite side anyway!

Fúckin' leggarrrrrrrrr

/runs away.

TheZohanS

IvySlayer wrote: »

No idea what the smash part is? Unless your aim was really bad

Smash was when you'd take turns at kicking the ball off a wall. You'd try and hit the wall at an angle so that the ball would rebound as far away as possible making it tricky for the next person to hit the wall. You miss the wall and you're out.

pickarooney

TheZohan wrote: »

Smash was when you'd take turns at kicking the ball off a wall. You'd try and hit the wall at an angle so that the ball would rebound as far away as possible making it tricky for the next person to hit the wall. You miss the wall and you're out.

Sounds a little like squash or handball.

Sea Sharp

tip the can, kerbs, rounders, bull-dog, IRA bash and squashies.

Standard Toaster

Bonito wrote: »

That never worked! If it hit the curb it just came back and busted the car on the opposite side anyway!

Fúckin' leggarrrrrrrrr

/runs away.

Ha!
Good times. It was all in the timing tho.

IvySlayer

TheZohan wrote: »

Smash was when you'd take turns at kicking the ball off a wall. You'd try and hit the wall at an angle so that the ball would rebound as far away as possible making it tricky for the next person to hit the wall. You miss the wall and you're out.

Ah yes, that game! Forget what we called it!

World Cup with 15 people was always epic. And playing Crossbar

baalthor

Played it in PE at school. Only recently discovered that the Irish version is a 'Gaelic game' controlled by the GAA.

We played 'red light/green light' in the bike shed.

Trev M

Cool thread, brings back some great memories .... you get the happy thread of the day award ;-) .

Now back to Nama, paedoes, gays , priests, the economy etc

recyclops

for some strange reason me and my friends are the only people i know that call tip the can 52 bonkers, as for rounders i used to be a whizz at one handed catches i earned the nickname one ball ha and just the other night me and my mates had a bbq a few cans a very competitive game of squares good times

General Zod

The_Edge wrote: »

We used to call it 'kick the can'....north Dublin scum

When ye were playin curbs did ye play for 50 points if you got the ball back over while throwing it over an an comming car?

the amount of ford escorts with dented rear passenger doors round my estate was testament to my skill at 50 point shots

Standard Toaster

Ah yes, Squares. Loved that shít. Hide & Seek etc.
I remember "What time is it Mr. Wolf" from the primary school days too.

IvySlayer

Hide and go seek chasing in a massive forest was always fun.

Cops and Robbers in the middle of the night was amazing. Had to bring torches.

Kiera

TheZohan wrote: »

Smash was when you'd take turns at kicking the ball off a wall. You'd try and hit the wall at an angle so that the ball would rebound as far away as possible making it tricky for the next person to hit the wall. You miss the wall and you're out.

Ah now i remember it. Cant remember if we called that smash tho.

Anyone ever do the catwalk? You'd start at the bottom of your road, it would have to be dark and go along all the back walls to the end of the road. One of our lads fell through a glass greenhouse and cut himself to bits

You'd never do that these days, you'd probably get shot if someone saw you on their back wall

Standard Toaster

General Zod wrote: »

the amount of ford escorts with dented rear passenger doors round my estate was testament to my skill at 50 point shots

Nissan Bluebird rear quarter panel was the holy grail of Curbs

Standard Toaster

Kiera wrote: »

Anyone ever do the catwalk? You'd start at the bottom of your road, it would have to be dark and go along all the back walls to the end of the road. One of our lads fell through a glass greenhouse and cut himself to bits

We called it's 'Hedges' where we'd jump over the walls/hedges of the front gardens on the road. Had to race from one end of the road to the other, each on opposite sides of the road.

Ah good times. Mr Smyth's hedge had a hidden fence 'inside' it.....Tommo Burke jumped that and can't have kids now...

Kiera

The_Edge wrote: »

We called it's 'Hedges' where we'd jump over the walls/hedges of the front gardens on the road. Had to race from one end of the road to the other, each on opposite sides of the road.

Ah good times. Mr Smyth's hedge had a hidden fence 'inside' it.....Tommo Burke jumped that and can't have kids now...

Nah we played that too but this was all done on the back walls. There were gardens that only had a wooden fence so you had to jump into the garden and scale back up the wall on the other side.

ibarelycare

Loved rounders!

Did anyone ever play Sick Dying Dead Buried Rotten and Forgotten?

pickarooney

ibarelycare wrote: »

Loved rounders!

Did anyone ever play Sick Dying Dead Buried Rotten and Forgotten?

Yes! But I can't for the life of me remember what the rules were.

NothingMan

Kiera wrote: »

Ok so i'm a midget. There i said it.

Kiera is a midget!

:P

Quoted for reference!!!

Recyclops wrote: »

for some strange reason me and my friends are the only people i know that call tip the can 52 bonkers, as for rounders i used to be a whizz at one handed catches i earned the nickname one ball ha and just the other night me and my mates had a bbq a few cans a very competitive game of squares good times

Noone's ever going to believe that's where you earned that name!!!

git_ireland

Bringing back some good old memories for me.
Any one remember "Bash the letter"???

NothingMan

ibarelycare wrote: »

Did anyone ever play Sick Dying Dead Buried Rotten and Forgotten?

Think the McCanns ruined that for this generation of kids.




...never heard of it though.

Ghost Train

tip the can was popular here... we had some other name for it though... can't remember what it was?

pickarooney

NothingMan wrote: »

Think the McCanns ruined that for this generation of kids.




...never heard of it though.

Tip: McCann, home free

Gillington

We used to play Rounders on our road,perfect spot for it.It was facing a row of houses about 80-100 yards away.I got it over the roof once,legendary status was obtained! We quit playing after my younger bro was hit by a car!