BACK in April 2003, my sports editor at Wales on Sunday decided to ask me to write a weekly column about sporting internet sites. After a pretty crap start, I got into the swing of things and began finding sites devoted to such esoteric sports as squirrel fishing, sex-doll rafting and competitive eating. The column was dumped in August 2004 but I managed to save some of them and here they are.

Please keep in mind that I have no idea if any of the sites I've linked to in the columns still exist and I can't take any responsibility if you click on a link for, say, a rally website and end up looking at midget grandma porn.


June 23 2003

Tennis, underwater rugby, tug of war and a pic of Anna Kournikova (not included).


July 29 2003

Tour de France, TNS soccer club and bog-snorkelling.


August 1 2003

Elephant polo and a soccer video.


August 14 2003

Dune-buggying.


August 22 2003

Online games.


September 6 2003

Pig racing, skunk drag-racing and dead sporting heroes.


October 3 2003

A gay rugby club (no, not England).


October 11 2003

International Federation of Competitive Eating.


October 22 2003

World Rock Paper Scissors championships, outhouse racing.


November 30 2003

Haggis hunting, gloating over the Rugby World Cup.


December 7 2003

Disc golf, Gertrude Ederle.


December 14 2003

Soccer commentators.


December 21 2003

Desertprats.com.


December 28 2003

Snowball fighting, pic of Miss Norway (not included).


January 4 2004

Soccer poetry, Subbuteo.


January 18 2004

Paintballing, more soccer commentators.


February 22 2004

Robot racing.


February 29 2004

The Spamarama.


March 7 2004

Drifting.


March 14 2004

South Orange County Gators.


March 21 2004

Punkin Chunkin, having a go at the Great Fruitcake Toss of Manitou Springs, Colorado.


March 28 2004

Dog discing.


April 4 2004

Christmobile.


April 25 2004

Rotary tiller racing.


May 8 2004

Pac Manhattan, competitive eating.


May 15 2004

Concrete canoe racing.


May 22 2004

Wrestlecrap.com.


May 30 2004

All-American Soap Box Derby.


June 13 2004

Sandcastles.


June 20 2004

World Domino Toppling Championships.


June 27 2004

Stock car racing, having a go at ESPN.


July 4 2004

Armwrestling.com.


July 11 2004

Trampoline Wrestling Federation.


July 18 2004

Having a go at the 2004 Redneck Games, swamp buggying.


July 25 2004

Dodgeball.


August 1 2004

Having a go at the Omak Stampede and World Famous Suicide Race.


August 8 2004

Jousting, alternate history of the 70s, having a go at realkarate.com.