Beach Volleyball

“Hey look what I found in that shed.” Benji spilled onto the poolside deck the majority of their group had been relaxing on. Various balls, floats and what looked like a pair of flip flops fell out of his arms onto the ground and into the pool. Amanda who had been enjoying floating on a …

Badminton

Sally stood alone on the badminton court, she knew if she didn’t someone would assume it was free and start up a match. This time of day it would be some retiree with nothing to do so a long match that they didn’t have the time to wait on the conclusion of, and at her …

Volleyball

“Do you even know the rules?” Winnie stomped her foot aggressively, knowing it was childish but unable to help herself anyway.  “Do you?” Ali responded just as tersely.  “Girls, maybe you should . . .” “Stay out of it, Hugo.” Rory interrupted his best friend and pulled him back away from the two girls he’d …

Snooker

Larry looked at the table, it was a rare day that they came down to their local and didn’t indulge in a game. Usually it wasn’t only them wanting to sink a few pockets, the younger crowed also enjoyed a game, the groups working around each other and their cold pints.  Tonight it remained untouched, …

Ping Pong

“Want to make it really interesting?” Ned asked, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively at her as he picked up the ball.  “I’m not stripping with you.” Hillary replied, knowing exactly where his teenage brain had led him.  “That was not . . .” She interrupted him. “Don’t lie to me.” “Fine I was going to suggest …

Flowers of Friendship

We met as children, Young  But not innocent.  Broken homes and broken hearts bound us. And from our parents’ darkness Something fresh and golden grew.  Our friendship blossomed, From the buds of a shared desire  For the stable two-parent household, Into something more,  Than two lost girls recognising themselves in the other Into something honest …

Shooting

“Have you heard from him?” Margaret asked, leaning forward in the armchair. She didn’t want to be there, not in the cat hair covered chair, in Neil’s house with his Stepford wife, and not once again caught up in the storm that was Gary.  “Who?” Neil replied, seemingly forgetting the question she’d asked hopefully on …

Ice Hockey

“But what do you know about hockey?” He asked in disbelief.  “It can’t be that hard to learn. I promise you I’ll get this piece done. Not only that it’ll be in on time, word perfect and full of inside hockey info.”  Grant looked at her over the top of his annoying perfectly balanced wire …

Squash

Felix took his time lacing up his trainers, he knew as soon as he left the changing room and got onto the court Myles would be swatting the ball at him. He thought that just because he was ready to go everyone else should be or suffer the loss. And unfortunately for Felix he’d been …

Kayaking

Kelsey looked at the text message in horror, it clearly showed on her face as Emily leant over the table to see what she was staring at.          “Why does he think you want to go kayaking?” She asked.          “I told him I liked the outdoors.”          “Yeah but that’s like hiking and shit.” Emily waved a …

Handball

“You want to play what?” Cleo asked with a puzzled look on her face as she pushed herself up on her forearms so she could get a better look at him. She had been lying on her bed reading the textbook to find a formula they need to complete their assignment and Gage was busy …

Abseiling

Ted stared at his colleagues around him, he felt like he was back in school. In science class when you had to pair up for an experiment, or PE when they were picking teams. He was forty-three years old he should not be feeling like the unpopular teenager in class. Yet here he was yet …