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Yay!

LOL - It should be Team. I thought I fixed it everywhere, but obviously not.

Good grief! How many hours did that one take you??? Not 24....was it even 12??

And......you don't get to finish this next event before Round 2 of Wheels is at least 2 hours underway! 🤣

Noted!!!!

Raquet Sports

🏅 Badminton
Badminton is a racket sport whose exact origins are still a tantalizing mystery. It evolved from the older games of battledore and shuttlecock, which were popular pastimes in Europe - particularly among the more affluent classes. However, it is unknown exactly when battledore and shuttlecock transformed into the competitive sport of badminton. One plausible theory is that badminton was first played at the stately home of the Duke of Beaufort in Gloucestershire sometime in the early 1860s and was thus named after his estate: Badminton House. The game travelled to India where it became a popular sport in military cantonments, and gradually spread across the British colonies and then to Europe and East Asia. Today, badminton is a global sport with widespread appeal among people of all ages and abilities.

Formal Badminton games are played indoors by two opposing players (singles) or two pairs (doubles), who take positions on opposite halves of a court divided by a net. Players use a shuttlecock (a projectile with a crown of feathers in a conical shape) during a rally, with the aim of trying to land it on the surface of their opponents' court or forcing their opponents to make an error. A point is won/lost every serve in the game. Players must win two games of 21 points to win the match (best of three).

Badminton - Singles
1. Read a book that is a “tantalizing” mystery
2. Read a book with very affluent characters
3. Read a book set in India or where India is mentioned

Badminton - Doubles
1. Read a book with a projectile on the cover
2. Read a book with a cover that is divided in half by an object (as a net divides the court)
3. Read a book where MC serves another character


🏅 Tennis
The precursor to tennis was the “jeu de paume,” or “game of the hand,” which originated in France in the 11th century. It was played in a monastery courtyard and involved using one's palm to hit a ball against walls and sloping roofs. Tennis, as we know it today, was developed in 19th-century England. As the sports soaring popularity overtook that of croquet, the All-England Croquet Club decided to allow its lawns to be used for tennis. Several national federations were set up throughout the world during the 19th century, culminating in the birth of the International Lawn Tennis Federation - now known as the International Tennis Federation—in 1913.

Olympic tennis consists of events in men’s and women’s singles, and men’s, women’s and mixed doubles. Singles matches are played to the best of three sets with a standard tie-break in every set, including the final set. Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

Tennis - Singles
1. Read a book with a non-english phrase in the text
2. Read a book with the word MONASTERY or COURTYARD in the text
3. Read a book with all of the words PALM, HIT and BALL in the text

Tennis - Doubles
1. Read a book with a racket or rubber object on the cover
2. Read a book where one character attempts to keep another character from achieving something
3. Read a book where a character belongs to a club (Country club, Croquet Club, etc)

🏅 Table TennisTable tennis is derived from lawn tennis and was initially played as after-dinner entertainment among upper-class English families who would use whatever they could find as equipment. At the time, they would place books on a table to serve as a net, the lids of cigar boxes for rackets and a rounded-off cork from a champagne bottle as the ball. Thankfully, table tennis equipment has evolved over time and in 1926 competitions were organized in Berlin and London, giving rise to the first world championships which were held in London that same year. Enormously popular in Asia, table tennis is played by over 40 million people around the globe, making it one of the most popular sports in the world. (Table Tennis is also known as ping-pong or whiff-whaff)

Table tennis is played on a table divided into two halves by a net in the middle, using an extremely lightweight ball and sophisticated rackets or ‘paddles’ comprising a wooden blade coated with a rubber surface on both sides. Singles matches are a best-of-seven games format, with the first player to 11 points (by a margin of two clear points) winning each game. Team matches consist of four singles matches and one doubles match, each played in a best-of-five games format. Each team consists of three players and matches end when a team has won three individual games. In doubles matches, players take turns to hit the ball.

Table Tennis - Singles
1. Read a book with books sitting on a table, a cigar, a champagne bottle or wine/champagne cork on the cover
2. Read a book with an Asian MC or that is set in an Asian country
3. Read a book with where a “match” of some sort takes place between 2 to 6 characters

Table Tennis - Doubles ~ Each partner will read for this one task
1. Read a book with a two word title, where both words begin with the same letter
(like Table Tennis / Ping-Pong / Whiff-Whaff)

**Bonus points will be given if both partners read a book where both words start with either T, P or W. (Partners do not need to use the same letter.) **

Angie ☯ wrote: "And......you don't get to finish this next event before Round 2 of Wheels is at least 2 hours underway! 🤣"

No danger of that... I'm not sure I even own books for some of these tasks, never mind have them ready to go 😆

What I've found so far, but I'll keep looking! I'm really surprised I have found something for each section!


Badminton - Singles

1. The Mysterious Affair at Styles
2. Babylon Confidential: A Memoir of Love, Sex, and Addiction

Badminton - Doubles

1. True History of the Kelly Gang
2. Santa Grint

Tennis - Singles

2. Candide (p73 "I return at night to the monastery")

Tennis - Doubles

2. Yellowface

Table Tennis - Singles

2. The Painted Veil

Table Tennis - Doubles

Legends & Lattes (I have nothing for the bonus letters unless I find something to read for it)

I have a short-ish T book I could read tonight for the last task if you wanty to go for the bonus?

I am looking for books right now. I am happy to go for the bonus. I'm sure I can find a short one.

So far, I have-
Badminton singles-2
B Doubles-3
Tennis Singles-1
T Doubles-3

And looking for 1 or 3 for Table Tennis Singles. Go ahead and grab #2. I can find something even if I have to read a short one today for that as well.

Awesome, I've got There There, which works perfectly and I can start it in an hour or so.

I found one that looks absolutely brilliant!!!!! (Can you read the sarcasm there?)

lol!

Finished my book. Gonna update the SS, then can you check us in as and when we are allowed? 😆

I am almost done with the first, and the second will be done later today. We will be ready for a new slate of tasks at the latest, by the time you wake up in the morning.

I had to finish a book for Wheel before I started these.

no problem, we're doing a lot of the same challenges, so we know how it goes, lol

Holy shit that "brilliant" book was even worse than I thought it would be. The next one isn't starting out much better...

Damn, Jenny! I was going to read that "brilliant" book!! 🤣

Balls

🏅 Football
Although football can trace its roots back to Ancient China, the modern version of the game was born on the streets of medieval England, before going on to become the most popular sport in the world. The (very) early games of football in medieval England involved a large mass of people who would attempt to drag a pig’s bladder—by any means possible—to markers at opposing ends of a town. Such events were well known for being as violent as they were popular. In the 16th century, English schools established the modern football codes, thereby transforming what were mob riots into a proper sport.

The women’s competition at the Olympic Games is organized in exactly the same way as FIFA tournaments: two teams of 11 players contest a 90-minute match (plus stoppage time) split into two 45-minute halves on a grass pitch. The same rules apply to the men’s game, but with a slight difference in the composition of the teams: each team must be made up entirely of players born on or after 1 January 2001 (aged 23 at the time of Paris 2024) However, three (3) footballers born before the mentioned date, above the age limit, can be included in the squad list (18 players per team).

Football is also one of the few sports at the Games where the tournament starts before the opening ceremony due to the number of matches; since the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, the football tournament has started two days before the Games are officially opened.

Football
1. Read a book with a violent plot
2. Read a book published on or after January 1, 2001
3. Read a book that you received before the actual published date (ARC, etc)


🏅 Basketball
Basketball was invented by James W. Naismith to keep his students fit during the winter. In December 1891, the physical education teacher at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, sought a suitable indoor sport for his students, and plenty of the rules for the game he created still apply today. The first international games were played in the 1920s, and the first world championships took place in the 1950s.

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender's hoop (which mounted 10 feet high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate. On offense, players may use a variety of shots – the layup, the jump shot, or a dunk; on defense, they may steal the ball from a dribbler, intercept passes, or block shots; either offense or defense may collect a rebound, that is, a missed shot that bounces from rim or backboard. It is a violation to lift or drag one's pivot foot without dribbling the ball, to carry it, or to hold the ball with both hands then resume dribbling. Players switch between offence and defense and must demonstrate endurance, agility, power, and, of course, a great deal of skill on the court.

Basketball ~ origins
1. Read a book by an author who uses a middle initial (eg. J.D. Robb, John G. Hartness)
2. Read a book set in Massachusetts, or another New England state
3. Read a book with a winter scene on the cover

Basketball ~ the game
1. Read a book with a person walking or running on the cover
2. Read a book where the MC switches between offensive and defensive behavior
3. Read a book with 2 of these words in the text – COURT, AGILITY, REBOUND, DUNK, DRIBBLE


🏅 3x3 Basketball
Considered to be the number one urban sport in the world, 3X3 basketball has its roots in street basketball—a creative variation of the indoor game with a less formal structure. Evolving from outdoor courts to the Olympic Games, 3X3 basketball has been structured over the years by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the governing body responsible for developing basketball. The introduction of events such as the 3X3 World Tour and the 3X3 Superleague in France reflects the soaring popularity of this young urban sport, played in an electric atmosphere whipped up by a DJ and their music.

3X3 basketball is played on one half of a basketball court where two teams of three players compete. Both teams attack and defend the same hoop, depending on who has possession of the ball. The winner is the team with the highest score at the end of 10 minutes or the first team to reach 21 points. The three‑point line in conventional basketball serves as the two-point line in 3X3 basketball, with shots made outside the line earning two points and those inside it one. Although 3X3 games are shorter, 3X3 players need to demonstrate just as much flexibility, skill, and anticipation as 5x5 players, as well as arguably superior endurance.

3x3 Basketball
1. Read a book that can be considered 3x3 (two instances of 3 – 3rd in series, 3 in page count, ect)
2. Read a book that was published in 2021 or on the 21st of any month
3. Read a book where a DJ (disc jockey) is mentioned


🏅 Handball
Handball was first played towards the end of the 19th century in Scandinavia and Germany, where field handball was also gaining recognition as a sport. G.Wallström introduced the sport to Sweden in 1910. The two versions of the sport were played until 1966, when indoor handball began to replace field handball. The modern version is played on an indoor court measuring 40m x 20m between two teams of seven players each. Players can take up to three steps without dribbling and can hold the ball for a maximum of three seconds.

Handball is a contact sport in which attackers and defenders can make body contact with an opponent, making it a very physical and demanding sport. Offensive strategies are even encouraged, as passive play is illegal. Endurance and strength are therefore vital qualities for the players; however, this sport also involves tactics, teamwork, and flexibility, as all players alternate between attack and defense.

Handball
1. Read a book with at least one full hand visible on the cover
2. Read a book where someone is attacked
3. Read a book whose author’s first and last initials can be found in HANDBALL


🏅 Rugby Sevens
The sport of rugby can trace its origins back to medieval times in several European countries, but it was between 1845 and 1848 that the modern rugby codes were established by pupils from a school in the English town of Rugby and the University of Cambridge. In 1871, the first national federation was formed; two years later, the discipline of rugby sevens was conceived by two butchers, Ned Haig and David Sanderson, as a fund-raising event in Melrose, Scotland. In 1886, the International Rugby Board (now known as World Rugby) was established.

Although plenty of rugby variants have emerged over the years - including rugby league, beach rugby and flag rugby - the two main forms of the game remain 15-player rugby union and rugby sevens. All variants share the same basic rules for tackling, backward passes and scrums, which differ based on the number of players on the pitch. Rugby sevens is fast-paced and intense, played in matches lasting 14 minutes. It is an exceptionally testing version of the sport, in which players make more sprints and score more tries than in rugby union. Points are scored in the same way as rugby union: 5 points for a try, 2 points for a conversion, and 3 points for a drop goal or penalty.

Rugby Sevens
1. Read a book that is 7th in a series
2. Read a book that is fast-paced (your interpretation)
3. Read a book whose title begins with a letter in RUGBY


🏅 Volleyball
William G. Morgan, a YMCA physical education director and a student at Springfield College, is credited with creating the game of volleyball in 1895 in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Mintonette (as volleyball was first called) was designed to be an indoor pastime that could be enjoyed by older members of the YMCA, and took some of its characteristics from other sports including tennis and handball. Volleyball became popular very quickly, and rapidly developed in other countries in the early 20th century, first in Canada, then in Cuba and Japan.

Volleyball is played by two teams of six players on an indoor court 18m long and 9m wide. Matches are played to the best of five sets. A point is scored when the ball lands within the court boundaries or when a playing error is made. The first team to score 25 points by a two-point margin wins the set, with each match following a best-of-five sets format. If required, a fifth set is played to 15 points (a winning margin of two points is still required).

The ball is usually played with the hands or arms, but players can legally strike or push (short contact) the ball with any part of the body. A number of consistent techniques have evolved in volleyball, including spiking and blocking (because those plays are made above the top of the net, the vertical jump is an athletic skill emphasized in the sport) as well as passing, setting, and specialized player positions. Offensive and defensive structures are also key plays.

In a game of volleyball, the ball can reach speeds of up to 130km/h, particularly following a spectacular jump serve or smash. Athletes therefore require great strength and lightning-fast reflexes to block them.

Volleyball
1. Read a book with all the words – JUMP, SERVE, SMASH – in text
2. Read a book where someone pushes or strikes someone with any part of their body
3. Read a book where the MC holds a specialized position

🏅 Beach Volleyball
Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the court. Each team also works in unison to prevent the opposing team from grounding the ball on their side of the court.

Beach volleyball most likely originated in 1915 on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii, while the modern two-player game originated in Santa Monica, California, where the first volleyball courts were put up on the beach. It has been an Olympic sport since the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Beach volleyball grew in popularity in the United States during the Great Depression in the 1930s as it was an inexpensive activity. Beach volleyball gained popularity in the 1960s The Beatles tried playing in Los Angeles and US president John F. Kennedy was seen attending a match.

Beach Volleyball
1. Read a book that mentions a rock band and a US president (real or fictional for both)
2. Read a book set during the Great Depression OR during the 1960s
3. Read a book where volleyball is played or mentioned

Angie ☯ wrote: "Damn, Jenny! I was going to read that "brilliant" book!! 🤣"

Well, by all means, do it! Just remember, that there is a stupid, stupid "plot" and stupid characters and even worse writing. And a lot of sex and blood. None of which is all that exciting.

Let's see what I've got...


Football

1.
2.

Basketball - origins

1.
3.

Basketball - game

2.

Basketball - 3x3

1.
2.

Handball

3. (please and thank you as it's perfect for the mammoth non-fiction I just finished)

Rugby Sevens

2.
3.

Volleyball

2.
3.

Beach Volleyball

2.

I can find other stuff, but won't be able to read until next turf round...

I haven't checked yet, it is next on my to-do list. Five me a few minutes.

No rush. I have an hour or 3 before bed 😉

Is this person walking or standing?

I guess standing, though he's(?) gonna have to walk to get anywhere 😆

I am trying to find where to use that atrocity of a book. He is one of the very last men on Earth, and all of the women are hot for him. Of course. Dripping with hotness, if you need to know more without actually subjecting your brain to that book.

I think you've summed it up succinctly enough that I can safely pass...

Coward. Such lovely Turf points.

I can find points elsewhere... Just adding a load of 100-ish pagers to my tbr 😁

Yay! Found stuff!

Football- #1

Basketball Origins- I can do #1 or #3

B Game- #3

3x3- #1

Handball- #1 or #2

Rugby #2 or #3

Volleyball- #1

Beach- #3

If you happen to fill out the ss first, you can decide between ones that we both have options for. I won't get to it for about half an hour.

Nice! I can do it now.

All done. 😊

Me too!

Checking us in.
Angie is going to yell at us. teehee

Done.

*hides behind sofa until the yelling is done* 😆

Oh dear... The new turf lists are not my friend!!

Right? I think this round might be looking for existing list books instead of adding new ones.

Most of the ones I have are loooong ones. But there's Nabakov's The Eye, which takes about 5 minutes to read 😆

I have found some good maybes. I need to check availability and default page #, but fingers crossed!

I'm a little miffed that audible doesn't have The Stepford Wives 😠

I have a paperback copy. Want me to send it to you?

Don't think it'd get here for this round, but I do very much want to read it!

Hells bells! I leave for a few hours and you complete an entire event in exactly 2 hours. I thought this one would have you reading at least one new book or two.

I have to finish a couple of things and then I will get your final event. You will then only have the Closing Ceremonies left!

Plus - I just realized that I forgot to add the extra points for the last task in the previous event. I'll add those when I do the new one.

“-athlon” Sports

🏅 Modern Pentathlon
The modern pentathlon is the successor to the ancient pentathlon, which comprised running, jumping, javelin, discus and wrestling. Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games, highly appreciated the pentathlon of the ancient Games. He proposed a similar competition that would test the strengths of a “complete” athlete, but involve more modern disciplines

Modern pentathlon is made up of four events combining five sports:

1. Riding, with a show jumping course on an unfamiliar horse that the athlete is allocated in a draw just 20 minutes before they compete.

2. Fencing, which is split into two rounds: a ranking round where each athlete competes against each other in a bout lasting one minute or until the first hit, and a second round based on the results of the first round. The format of the second round is single elimination, with each bout lasting 45 seconds. Points are scored for winning each bout.

3. Swimming, with a 200m freestyle event.

4. Running and shooting, with a laser-run where athletes alternate between running and shooting at five targets from a distance of 10 meters. The run is 300 to 600 meters. There is a repetition of the sequence of shooting and running (2 to 4 repetitions).

For the sports that you have completed previously, you must choose a task that you DID NOT complete in the first event.

Fencing ~ Épée
1. Read a book where two characters face off against each other (your interpretation)
2. Read a book with the letters EPEE in the title
3. Read a book that is 3rd in a series

Equestrian ~ Show Jumping ~ Heat 1
1. Read a book with the words SHOW and JUMP in the text
2. Read a book where a character has to overcome an obstacle (real or metaphoric)
3. Read a book where someone or something is timed

Equestrian ~ Show Jumping ~ Heat 2
1. Read a book with a water hazard (or a pond) on the cover
2. Read a book with a well trained animal in the story
3. Read a book with the word HARMONY in the text

Swimming
1. Read a book that is set in the US
2. Read a book with a pool scene
3. Read a book that is 5th in a series

For Laser Run, each partner will choose a unique (different) task.

Laser Run ~ Pistol
1. Read a book that your partner rated 5 stars
2. Read a book where a character is a “target” (your interpretation)
3. Read a book with a pistol on the cover

Laser Run ~ Running
1. Read a book that has 300-399 or 600-699 pages
2. Read a book where the MC travels “cross-country” (from one country to another)
3. Read a book with the word LASER in the text


🏅 Triathlon
A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the time transitioning between the disciplines included.

Triathletes train to achieve endurance, strength and speed. The sport requires focused persistent and periodized training for each of the three disciplines, as well as combination workouts and general strength conditioning.

The triathlon race format at the Olympics for both the women’s and men’s events consist of a 1500m swim, a 40km cycle and a 10km run. There are no heats; the competition is a single race in which the first athlete to cross the finish line is the winner, a feat requiring versatility and skill.

For the sports that you have completed previously, you must choose a task that you DID NOT complete in the first event.

Marathon Swimming
1. Read a book where the MC must adapt to changes in the story
2. Read a book with a sea/ocean, river or lake on the cover
3. Read a book where someone’s brain power is put to the test

Cycling
1. Read a book with a bicycle on the cover
2. Read a book where a character rides a bicycle
3. Read a book with a race scene involving a bicycle or motorcycle

Road Cycling
1. Read a book with all the letters ROAD in the title (no subtitle)
2. Read a book with a paved road on the cover
3. Read a book with a MC who routinely shows endurance in their daily activities

Track Cycling
1. Read a book where the theme/story relies heavily on tactics
2. Read a book with where something takes place on a track
3. Read a book set in London

Mountain Biking
1. Read a book that mentions a Cross-country event
2. Read a book with a mountain or off-road trail on the cover
3. Read a book set in Atlanta

Dash races
1. Read a book with 100-199 pages
2. Read a book where something in the plot requires endurance
3. Read a book where at least 2 characters debate something

4 x 100 relay
1. Read a book with the word SPRINT in the text
2. Read a book with a single person on the cover
3. Read a book that starts with a letter in RELAY

4 x 400 relay
1. Read a book with a runner in the story (can be for exercise, being chased, etc.)
2. Read a book with 4 people on the cover
3. Read a book with the letters LEG in the title (does not include subtitle)

I'm sooo disappointed. I need to look for a couple of books this time.

For the events that we have to do a task that we haven't done, I tried to find stuff that you had already done so you get two choices.
Except, of course, the first one. I have not read a third in a series. So if you haven't either, and can't cover 2 characters facing off against each other, then we can flip for EPEE in title.

Fencing- #2 The Hearing Trumpet

Equestrian 1- #1 Mouthful of Birds

Equestrian 2- #2Tracking

Swimming- #1 Yellowface

Laser Pistol- #2- The Species Imperative: A Post-Apocalyptic Pandemic Fantasy

Laser Running- #1 Akata Witch
Or #3. Dr. No

Marathon- #2 Fish out of Water

Cycling- ?????

Road- #1 Coal Town Murder

Track- #3 The Memory of Animals

Mountain- ?????

Dash- #1 Candide
Or #3Nike: A Romance

4x100- #2 Golden Braids and Dragon Blades: Steampunk Rapunzel

4x400- #3 Long After Midnight

If it wasn't for the fact that we have only 3 days left, I'd totally grab characters facing off with The Brothers Karamazov, but there is no way I'll have it read by then!

I shall go search some.

Wow! I can't believe I have something for every one!

I thought I'd have to read for the mountain biking, but I looked up books set in Atlanta and Magic Bites was almost top of the list. Score! 😁

I found a couple of short audios, so I will listen to those today.
Shocking that I don't have a ton of books with bikes or bike trails on the cover!!!!!

Nice!

I'm finishing off 2 final turf books, then on to the longer ones for down day (which may get us some yummy points in the closing ceremonies... Fingers cossed!)

Just hobbled down to the local supermarket and back (not far, I can see it from my window), and I feel like I just participated in the above pentathlon. Just 3 more weeks and I can be rid of this accursed shoe! 😆

Walking!!!!! I am so happy for you.