Athletics - what happened to "fastest loser"

Only medal I have was a top four Play-Off winners Medal. I didn't play in the final but got it because I'd made appearances throughout the season. I never even knew the club had reached the final until they came back into tap room that Sunday afternoon with the cup.

 

Dance. Yes, it is a sport! Best years of my life performing with them (shh don’t tell Will).

 

You got a medal and the team a cup for being best loser?

 

Indeed. It's in my bedroom draw at my parents.

 

Barnsley schools shot put champion 1983 at Dorothy Hyman sports centre.

Still got it in a box in the loft somewhere.

 

Silver is first loser and Bronze is second loser

 

Fastest loser isn't the correct terminology for a number of reasons. However, everyone knew what it meant. They knew it meant fastest non automatic qualifiers. But fastest non automatic qualifiers is overly long and cumbersome to say, particularly when fastest losers adequately expressed what was meant much more succinctly. We do this all the time and everyone is better for it. Or we used to, before the world went f***ing mental.

 

U15s Sunday league football I won the most improved player award. When I was presented with the trophy (obviously an old one), it was engraved with Most Promising Player, so as far as I'm concerned that's what it was actually for

 

It was a mixture of street and jazz. We initially just had classes for fun and then started performing at various sports teams' matches and clubs then moved on to more formal competitions. I really, really miss it but don't really know what to do about it in my mid-30s as most classes are for kids or students or then much older people. I've tried ballroom a few times and quite enjoyed it but I get a bit bored after a while as it can be quite repetitive - the Latin dances are much more my thing but I don't really want to go alone and it's not really Will's thing.

 

I think improved player is a g poo d award, shows you've applied yourself anecdotes hard to make progress. You won't get to be a star player without improving!

 

The annoying thing is, Will's actually a good dancer, he just feels really self-conscious. He enjoys dancing when he's had a drink but he just won't do it sober (except at our wedding). My ex used to refuse to dance, at all, and it was a real downer for me, to the point where meeting someone who would dance, at least on night outs, was a deal breaker.