We know that office Olympics is not a registered sport but with the weather warming up we thought we would give you a list of sports that you can play in the office when you are feeling bored or when your boss has the day off. Part 1 of this five part article is the office chair race.

The Office Chair Race

For this event you need two or more willing employees with rollable office chairs. When the boss is out of the room you need to line up the competitors at one end of the office (the larger the office the better). A non-competing office member acts as a referee, usually the office swot. The competitors have to race to the other end of the office using only their feet as a method of propulsion whilst at the same time making sure that their buttocks are firmly planted to the chair seat.

There are no strict rules during the race but devious tactics are generally frowned upon, however the odd bump into your main rival is not seen as a rule infringement.

We all love our sports whether this is indoors or outdoors and for many different reasons for me i have to say i love the outdoor sports such as rugby and Football but indoor sports are becoming just as popular in the UK due to the weather the country has. Indoor sports allows you to take part in activities without having to be in t-shirt and shorts outside on them cold bitterly days.

I think the most popular indoor sport would depend on what country you live in as if you lived in America this would be Basket ball where as in the UK this could still be football although squash and badminton would be high up there.

We are all familiar with common pub games such as Dominos, Pool and Darts there are a wealth of different pub games that are not so well known but are played at a competitive level.  You can even win  trophies if you are good enough.

Bagatelle. This game is like billiards and is played on a long table with a semi-circular end with nine holes. The object of the game is to get a number of ball past pins into holes.

Skittles – also known as nine pins. In this game players take turns to throw a wooden ball along a lane in an attempt to knock over wooden pins. The well known ten pin bowling is thought to be based upon the skittles game. The space required to play nine pin skittles lead to the creation of the game table skittles, in which the ball is attached to a chain and swung at the pins to knock them over.

Shovge Ha’penny – this game is played on a board and involves the players pushing coins with the heel of the hand to send the coin sliding  along the board. The board has parallel lines that are spaced by about the coin’s width. The area separated by two lines is known as a bed.  The objective is to shove the coins so that they come to rest in a bed without touching the lines on either side. To win requires that the player gets 3 coins between the same lines.  Like golf, it has its own terminology for achieving these goals. For example if you are able to score three coins in a bed in a single turn it is known as a ‘sergent’. Five coins in a single turn is known as a ‘sergent major’ or gold watch.