All Things Sport...

Is @Boonana a fellow Taswegian - I did not know that - that is super cool.

You have had a good representative past @Former-Member I played for my state in softball for many years from U/16 to seniors and so travelled all around the country to play. I did not play at the Nationals in NSW though - there were a couple of states I didn't play in - uni got in the way a couple of times so couldn't go.

We have another couple of Taswegians here too @Boonana - both @Maggie and @The-red-centaur are from Tassie. So our little band of Taswegians has just grown to 4 - a great place to live I think - love our little state.

Thats pretty impressive @Zoe7 . I used to enjoy softball, but only ever played at school. I was certainly not good enough to represent anybody at that. I used to love volleyball too, but it wasnt commonly played where I was. So I played basketball instead. I was a guard of course, being a shortie. Again ... not very good at it, but I enjoyed it, which is the important thing. I came from an area which was big in field hockey, with a number of top Aussie rep players coming from there at the time. I was never much good at it though. I enjoyed the running bit, but not so much the actual game. So I never persisted with that for long. Its a pity that your Uni days prevented you going to additional National rep games. Its very true what you said last night ... the opportunities for women in sport these days is so much better than it was when we were growing up. Yes I know you're 12 years younger than me, but its really only a fairly recent thing that opportunities have increased so rapidly.

Sherry

That’s so cool!

I played basketaball too @Former-Member and the same as you - a shorty so a guard also. I really loved basketball but excelled at softball so that took over. Field hockey was one sport I never really liked and never played it. I played a few games of football when we had 'exhibition' matches and no surprise was pretty good at it - always won best on field but my dad was an amazing footballer so got my skills from him. He was recruited by a VFL team back when it was not a National league but didn't go - preferred to stay where he felt more comfortable - at home. I could have been brought up in Melbourne

I have no doubt I would be playing footy now if I was even 20 years younger - but cannot look back on the what ifs and maybes - we have enough of those in our lives to deal with after all

My hubby was also a VFL player, before AFL started @Zoe7 . He was from WA but went to Melbourne to play in the VFL for a few years after being recruited through one of the feeder clubs over there. Perhaps your Dad and my hubby could have known each other back then had your Dad taken up the option. Its a pretty small world sometimes isnt it? I'm not sure what sport I would select if all the options were available to me back then, that are available to girls and women nowadays. Too many choices. Perhaps my first love ... cricket ... would win me over. I played some cricket when at school, and some indoor cricket after school. But there really wasnt anywhere else to go with that at the time. And we lived in 'the bush', so no opportunities were there. And by then I was working anyway ... so that was priority. Professional sport for a 'living' was never an option when I was young.

Yes its so true ... there is little sense in looking back ... but it is interesting to wonder what we would have done if things were different. At least we can look back at sports related things without any distress involved. Or .. happily ... I can anyway.

Have a good day @Zoe7 @Boonana

Sherry

hello @Boonana

I have been to tassie twice too

and I am in far north queensland

Hello @Zoe7 , @Former-Member , @MDT , @Former-Member

I would definitely have played footy @Former-Member I was totally mad about it when I was younger and if that had been an option then it would have been what I had done. I used to play with the boys even at high school and then played a few exhibition games for our local club in my early 20s. I absolutely loved footy - went to every local game even when we travelled around the state to play. Now my only interest is in the AFL and has been for a long time. The club level changed a lot and I didn't like the changes so stopped going.

I hear you on looking back on sport related things without much stress involved - but sadly I have associations with sport too that are hard to deal with - the problem with growing up in a small town - everything is connected in some way. Luckily my softball career took me into the city to play so many more good memories there.