Scotland's double triumph in winning both the Men's and Women's titles at yesterday's European Championships prompted me to re-post this.

It started off as mischief in Landers café in Hucknall in the early 1970’s, until the Gods of Comedy got hold of it.  We christened it “Push-the-Pepperpot”.

The idea was to slide the pepperpot across the table so that it stopped exactly over-hanging the other side.  The winner was the first to 3 (or 5).

It might conceivably have interested Fred Trueman for his pub sports programme, alongside darts, bar billiards and arm wrestling.

We never suspected the Gods would add a yardbrush and an ice rink, and elevate it to an Olympic sport.