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  Polskie Towarzystwo Ringo
Ringo's special qualities have prompted its originator and other people of good will to popularize this game so that it become a world and an Olimpic sport, giving every man a fine chance of self-improvement and the right to sport.
Ringo is played with a hollow rubber ring with a decompression vent, riffled on top and bottom surfaces, with an external diameter of 17 cm (registered design) and a weight of 160-165 grammes.
The team ringo (doubles and triples) is played on court 9 m wide by 18 m long (as the standard volleyball court is).
www.ringo.org.pl /irf/rules.html   (3072 words)

  
 Junkyard Sports: The Blog: Ringo
Apparently, Ringo is like volleyball, played with a ring.
"Ringo is a very simple game," he writes, "even though challenging, a fighting sport combining maximum effort of the soul and body with all the natural human movement: run, turnover, jump, catch, throw, bend.
With a focus to make Ringo an Olympic sport America Ringo Association will be bringing closer the dream of the families around the world to participate in the Olympic games participating in the family category where parents with their children will play other families of the world in the spirit of friendship and peace."
junkyardsports.com /blog/2006/08/ringo-sport-wikipedia-free.html   (245 words)

  
 A Hard Day's Night
RINGO pushes out into the corridor, forgetting that he is holding the woman's handbag.
RINGO turns the other way to the left when he is joined by [the] three other boys.
RINGO is almost in tears, examining his nose in a mirror.
www.geocities.com /emruf4/ahdn.html   (15538 words)

  
 Home
Ringo a sport for all may be a solution to all sporting needs of man today.
All the sports of the world brought to a common denominator, a universal sport for all thanks to the symmetry of movement accelerating the functioning development of the brain.
Ringo is a very simple game, even though challenging, a fighting sport combining maximum effort of the soul and body with all the natural human movement: run, turnover, jump, catch, throw, bend.
ringousa.org /index.html   (403 words)

  
 AMERICA RINGO SPORTS ASSOCIATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Ringo originated on the Vistula River, in Warsaw, in 1959, by Wodzimierz Strzyzewski, captain of the Polish epee fencing team to play at the Academic World Championships in Turin.
Ringo's special qualities have prompted its originator and other people of good will to popularize this game so that it become a world and an Olimpic sport, giving every man a fine chance of self-improvement and the right to sport.
Ringo is played with a hollow rubber ring with a decompression vent, riffled on top and bottom surfaces, with an external diameter of 17 cm (registered design) and a weight of 160-165 grammes.
www.americaringo.com /_wsn/page2.html   (3021 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Ringo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Ringo Starr as photographed by John Kelley for the 1968 LP The Beatles (aka The White Album).
Ringo Lam (林嶺東; pinyin: Lin Lingdong; Cantonese: Lam Leng-tung) (born 1955) is a film director known for stylish action thrillers.
Shiina Ringo (椎名林檎 Shiina Ringo) is a Japanese singer, guitarist, and pianist born on November 25, 1978.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ringo   (458 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Squash (sport)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Squash is an indoor racquet sport which was, until recently, called "Squash Rackets", a reference to the 'squashable' soft ball used in the game (compared with the harder ball used in its parent game Racquets or Rackets--see below).
Racquetball racquet and ball Racquetball is a sport played with racquets and a hollow rubber ball on a special indoor court.
The sport also provides a good upper and lower body workout by utilising both the legs to run around the court and the arms/torso to swing the racquet.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Squash-%28sport%29   (3022 words)

  
 RINGO SECRET OP EXCLUSIVE - News - Sunday Mirror
Ringo is recovering from the op and has had to cancel his All Starr band's programme of gigs.
Ringo, who celebrated his 23rd wedding anniversary to former James Bond girl Barbara Bach last week, checked into a Los Angeles hospital recently and is now taking it easy at home.
Ringo, who had six solo hits in the 70s, including Back Off Boogaloo, may not be able to play for at least six months following his surgery in January.
www.sundaymirror.co.uk /news/tm_objectid=14178372&method=full&siteid=106694&headline=ringo-secret-op-exclusive-name_page.html   (690 words)

  
 Ringo gets by with a little help from his memories - Entertainment
Ringo was famously the happy, normal Beatle who, when the band went on a consciousness-expansion visit to India, took his own food from England.
Ringo says he has no idea why so many people liked to write for him and play with him.
The cliche that Ringo is the luckiest man who ever lived — who fell into the Beatles, married a Bond girl and moved to Monte Carlo — was always glib, and unfair on his drumming.
www.theage.com.au /news/entertainment/ringo-gets-by-with-a-little-help-from-his-memories/2007/08/14/1186857503416.html   (930 words)

  
 Ringo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ringo is a part of several names and surnames:
Ringo Starr, born Richard Starkey, drummer for the Beatles
Shina Ringo, a Japanese singer, guitarist, and pianist
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ringo   (92 words)

  
 Comment Central - Times Online - WBLG: Sign up to support Sir Ringo!
I offered (still offer) Ringo's knighthood as a rare example of something on the Downing Street site that could actually be acted upon.
He may be aware that more than 1,500 people have signed a petition asking the Queen to grant Ringo Starr a knighthood.
I have petitioned the Prime Minister to recommend to the Queen that she confer a knighthood on Ringo Starr.
timesonline.typepad.com /comment/sign_up_to_support_sir_ringo/index.html   (2031 words)

  
 Ringo Rama - theage.com.au
Listening to Ringo Starr's new record is a bit like turning on a radio and finding it tuned to the mid-1970s.
So it's no surprise that this is a very nice record, with Ringo doing some top-notch drumming and warbling his way through 13 songs (and one "bonus" fragment) with a polished backing band, aided by guests such as Eric Clapton, Dave Gilmour and Willie Nelson.
Many of the songs, all group efforts co-written by Ringo, are about looking back, the lyrics from the perspective of a man taking stock of his life, the regrets as well as the triumphs.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/04/11/1049567870027.html   (341 words)

  
 Ringo
Ringo commenced his dressage career in Spring 2004 and is now competing successfully at medium level.
The most well-known offspring of Purioso in sport are the three Olympic horses he sired: Olympic Wedela, Olympic Ambush and Olympic Cocktail.
Purioso’s sire Furioso II, who many consider one of the founders of the modern European sport horse breeding and to this day all these years later is still influencing many studbooks in Europe with his sons, grandsons and great-grandsons.
www.exclusiveequines.com.au /coloured/ringo.htm   (1026 words)

  
 The Pioneer: An Interview With Jerome Ringo
Ringo’s commitment to the environment dates back to his early childhood in the Bayous of Southern Louisiana, and was strengthened by his experience working in Louisiana's petrochemical industry for over two decades.
Ringo believes that real success—in energy security, public health, environmental protection, social justice—will come when a broadly united environmental front is able to sit down together with industry to work out a plan for the future together.
Ringo, with his powerful personality would help spearhead the industrial and environmental community to produce millions of signatures for the "Sustainability Declaration".
www.motherjones.com /news/qa/2005/05/jerome_ringo.html   (3725 words)

  
 Ringo (sport) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Ringo is a (An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition) sport played mainly in (A republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II) Poland.
It is played on a rectangular court with a raised net, similar to (A game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands) volleyball or (A game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net) badminton.
Individual players or teams stand on opposite sides of the net and throw a small (Latex from trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus)) rubber ring back and forth, without letting it hit the ground.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/R/Ri/Ringo_(sport).htm   (129 words)

  
 Comment is free: Arise, Sir Ringo
My favourite Ringo moment is not a musical one (you may not be surprised) or even a cinematic one.
Ringo was culturally important because he was the Beatle who the parents of us sixties teenagers quite liked and whose jokes they understood.
At the risk of sounding pompous, I would suggest he was an integrative factor between the generations, contributing to the generally untroubled passage of Sixties Youth culture and associated trends into the UK mainstream.
commentisfree.guardian.co.uk /will_woodward/2006/12/will_woodward_on_ringo_starr.html   (2096 words)

  
 UnSpun by Amazon: Best Ringo Starr Song (After the Beatles, Solo Career)
Ringo Starr's various late-career All Star bands may have been somewhat shaggy, nostalgia-laden affairs, but they found a warm reception with audiences far and wide.
Ringo's cover of the Posies' "Golden Blunders" is spot-on, and "Weight of the World" and "Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go" will make you wonder why nobody asked him to join the Travelling Wilburys.
The second Ringo album in a row to miss the charts completely, 1978's Bad Boy ranks right up there with George Harrison's Gone Troppo as the worst album ever released by a member of the Beatles.
unspun.amazon.com /Best-Ringo-Starr-Song-After-the-Beatles-Solo-Career/list/show/5071   (2828 words)

  
 RINGO IN 999 DASH WITH WIFE - News - Mirror.co.uk
RINGO Starr was at his wife's hospital bedside last night after a horse kicked her and broke her leg.
Ringo, 66, called an ambulance and held her hand on the eight-mile journey to Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford.
Ex-Beatle Ringo and Barbara had been celebrating her 59th birthday at their home in Cranleigh, Surrey.
www.mirror.co.uk /news/tm_objectid=17638178&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=ringo-in-999dash-with-wife--name_page.html   (221 words)

  
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Ringo Starr's old house to be taken down and stored as 11 streets are demolished
The house where Ringo Starr was born will be taken down brick by brick and preserved, after an entire quarter of Toxteth is demolished around it, Liverpool City Council has announced.
The city's housing chiefs have been bitterly criticised by heritage groups and residents for plans to demolish the first home of the Beatles drummer in the Welsh Streets area.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/09/19/nringo19.xml   (336 words)

  
 Rules and prizes for RINGO in Atlanta
The following were the rules for the Canadian Olympic Team playing RINGO at the Olympic Village in 1996.
The object of the game is to match either a row of five RINGOs, horizontally, vertically, diagonally or all four corners.
RINGO was scheduled from July 28, 1996 to August 3, 1996.
www.olyringo.com /rules96.htm   (245 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | England | Merseyside | Ringo's house to be museum piece
The birthplace of Beatle drummer Ringo Starr could be knocked down and rebuilt brick by brick at the new £65m Museum of Liverpool on the city's waterfront.
The Victorian terrace in Madryn Street, Toxteth, is one of 460 in the area set to be demolished so new homes can be built in their place.
Ringo Starr lived at the house for about three months before he moved to Admiral Grove, where he lived for about 20 years.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/6247537.stm   (245 words)

  
 Ringo (sport)
Ringo is a sport played mainly in Poland.
It is played on a rectangular court with a raised net, similar to volleyball or badminton.
This page was last modified 19:39, 30 Apr 2005.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Ringo_%28sport%29   (123 words)

  
 Ringo splits from The Roundheads | Metro.co.uk
It was recorded with Mark Hudson and marked the first collaboration with Ringo and The Roundheads.
Ringo and The Roundheads performed an assortment of his greatest hits including It Don't Come Easy.
Ringo left The Beatles in 1970 and launched a successful solo career.
www.metro.co.uk /fame/article.html?in_article_id=36079&in_page_id=7&in_a_source=   (276 words)

  
 Sport game List: how to play, what strategy, setup, instructions and rules. Online
Sports where players use rackets to hit a ball or other object.
Sports in which skis or snowboards are used.
Sports where the main objective is to hit a certain target.
www.gaissa.com /Sport_Game/Sport_game_list.htm   (441 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | TV/Radio Schedule | Grandstand | Coleman interviews the Beatles
As a sports presenter, David Coleman wasn't used to standing in the middle of an airport at seven in the morning, surrounded by hundreds of screaming girls - but he seemed remarkably comfortable with the whole situation.
When asked about their thoughts on America, Ringo observed that it was "bigger", but the others were slightly more forthcoming.
One of the highlights for the four - apart from a fan cutting half of Ringo's hair off at an official reception - was meeting Muhammad Ali, or Cassius Clay as he was then known, when the heavyweight was nearing the peak of his powers.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/grandstand/3307987.stm   (704 words)

  
 Ringo (sport) Definition / Ringo (sport) Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Ringo is a sport played mainly in PolandThe Republic of Poland, a country in Central Europe, lies between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania and Russia (in the form of the Kaliningrad Oblast exclave) to the north.
It is played on a rectangular court with a raised net, similar to volleyballVolleyball is a popular sport where teams separated by a high net hit a ball back and forth between the teams.
History Drawings show that a game similar to volleyball was already played in the sixteenth century at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, but officially, William G. Morgan is credited with the invention of volleyball at a YMCA in Holy...
www.elresearch.com /Ringo_(sport)   (424 words)

  
 Dear Ringo. It's hot. Wish you were here | Review | The Observer
In May 1968, Paul McCartney and his then girlfriend, the actress Jane Asher, sent a postcard to Ringo Starr from Rishikesh in India, where the other Beatles were at a retreat run by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
This is one of 53 missives to Ringo from the other Beatles, collected in Postcards From The Boys, an extravagantly packaged artefact aimed at the serious collector.
For your £295, you also get a sheet of Ringo and Beatles' stamps, as well as his signature, which, alone, probably makes it a good investment.
observer.guardian.co.uk /review/story/0,6903,1202469,00.html   (378 words)

  
 Rowan Athletics - Adamson Named Women's Cross Country and Track and Field Coach
Ringo has a wealth of knowledge and experience to offer our student-athletes and he will be a great addition to the staff.”
At Woodrow Wilson, Adamson led the cross country team to the 1998 and 2000 South Jersey Group III State Championships and he was selected the 1998 Coach of the Year.
In 1990, Adamson was inducted in the Rowan-Glassboro State Sports Hall of Fame.
www.rowanathletics.com /News/wcross/2007/7/17/AdamsonHire071707.asp?path=wcross   (719 words)

  
 Sakis Water Sports - Kalami Corfu
The emphasis is very much on introducing the sport, in a safe and professional manner, to many who might not usually have the opportunity.
Ringo and Hot Rod rides are great fun for all the family.
It has the advantage of giving small children the experience of moving along on the water and the confidence to later try combo skis.
www.corfuboats.gr /html/water_sports.html   (985 words)

  
 Congratulations Ringo • The Trans-Tasman Traveller - FOX Sports Blogs
I award a point to Ringo for his Aussie Cricket squad and a point to Tez for the N.Z. All Blacks.
Ringo - All I have is a photograph...
I'd like to explain the sport of cricket to you but I'll suffice with the fact that I'll post something up that nay or not peak your interest.
community.foxsports.com /blogs/Tezgm99/2007/10/07/Congratulations_Ringo   (1725 words)

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