As a child growing up in the seventies I have certain childhood memories of watching the television. Of course we only had three channels so we often watched the same shows as a family, unlike today when everybody’s in different rooms watching different things. Of all the great shows, none could make us laugh like It’s a Knockout. With the infectious laugh of Stuart Hall and the crazy games and costumes you couldn’t help but get caught in the madness of It’s a Knockout. There was nothing like seeing a grown man dressed as an oversized penguin rolling down a slide and ending up in a pool of water below. It’s a Knockout really was great fun for all the family to enjoy.
I was pleased that in the nineties they revived It’s a Knockout with Keith Chegwin, and although he never could compete with the legendary Stuart Hall, he was an ideal replacement. It’s a Knockout wasn’t just big in the U.K., it was also massive all over Europe with huge international competitions. It’s a Knockout didn’t quite get the same nationalistic fervour of other sports events but it was as close to Agincourt as we were going to get with the oversized knights charging at each other with their sponge lances.
So with my obvious love of It’s a Knockout I was delighted when a friend of mine from my bowling club told me about a website called www.itsaknockout.org. I checked out their website and they basically can reproduce those halcyon days of my youth with It’s a Knockout events, recreating all those crazy games, and this time I get to actually take part myself. So as a physical education teacher at our local secondary school in Hertfordshire, I had no hesitation in putting forward the idea of having It’s a Knockout at our summer fete. We had a great time, raised loads of money and I would thoroughly recommend them to anyone considering a fun event.
With its a knockout games from itsaknockout.org you can be sure that you will be able to organise a event that will be fun for everyone, with our it’s a knockout games providing lots of fun for all ages.