As age has started to creep up, I have had to give up some of the sports I enjoy. For example I no longer play football, I did play 5 a side for a while but got banned for life at the age of 55. Actually - Jackie banned me after I came home with a torn calf muscle and had to spend the next few weeks hobbling around on crutches.
Luckily there are gentler sports such as table tennis...........OK it is gentler if you don't lash out at the ball and bash the knuckle of your little finger on the corner of the table........then it becomes table Tourettes.
I only started playing a couple of years ago...and I think I am improving!
I got very close to beating Tony Ertzabitt today, [only one of the best players at work, so this would have been quite an achievement]! But at 19-20 down I fluffed my serve and lost.
Tony commented that I nearly got him that time. I explained that I had got so exited at the thought that I might beat him that I had a 'semi' on and lost my concentration. At this point Tony expressed incredulity that I could still suffer from that type of problem at my age [61], I explained that I was still fit and healthy and that it happens quite often when I wear my support hosiery!
