Extractions: THE MEDALS, Olympic gold and silver, are tucked away somewhere in the fine Georgian terraced home in the centre of Congleton, Cheshire. She knows the room they are in, but cannot lay her hands on them. Ann Brightwell does not trivialise her achievement at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo when, as Ann Packer, she won the 800m after finishing second in the 400m. But the pieces of metal are symbols; the greater legacy is the balance in her life. At 58, she has the body, the vitality, the zest of a woman half her age. She moves light of foot, she takes the stairs two at a time, she greets you dressed in trainers, a singlet and shorts. Her Olympic triumphs were the fulfilment of combining two years' intense training with a teaching career, at which point "The White Rose of Tokyo" announced that her race was run; at 22 her ambition now was to marry Robbie Brightwell, the Great Britain team captain, and "to be a good housewife". Today, Mrs Brightwell has exceeded ambition. She has no idea whether it is nature or nurture, but two of her sons are professional footballers, while the third, in her eyes the most athletically gifted, chose to pursue his running purely for pleasure. The ability, maybe the genes, can be traced back through Ann's father, who competed for the British Army, and through her marriage to Robbie. Arguably it is Gary, the eldest of her offspring who exercises his endowment in a strictly amateur way, who epitomises the family.
History Of Women In Sports Timeline - Part 2 - 1900 - 1929 1900 The first 19 women to compete in the modern Olympics Games in Paris 1928 - Eleanora Sears helps found the US Women s squash Racquets Association. http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/timelne2.htm
Extractions: to 1899 Gertrude Ederle 1900-1920 - Physical Education instructors strongly oppose competition among women, fearing it will make them less feminine. 1900 - The first 19 women to compete in the modern Olympics Games in Paris, France, play in just three sports: tennis, golf, and croquet. Margaret I. Abbott is the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal. An art student in Paris, she won the nine-hole golf tournament by shooting a 47. 1900 - May Sutton is America's first woman tennis player of international reknown. She wins the Pacific Southwest Championship at age 13. 1900 The first women's ice hockey league is organized in Quebec with three teams from Montreal, one from Quebec City, and another from Trois-Rivieres. 1901 - Field Hockey is introduced to women in the United State by Constance M. K. Applebee , a British physical education teacher. She presents a hockey exhibition at Harvard University. 1901 - Annie Taylor, 43, becomes the first person to go over Naigara Falls in a custom-built barrel and live. She couldn't swim. Her comment on being retreieved: "Nobody ever ought to do that again."
WHOI History : Titanic : History The history of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Instution (WHOI) The first twowere to be named olympic and Titanic, the latter name chosen by Ismay to http://www.whoi.edu/home/about/titanic_history.html
Ivy League Sports Taylor did not compete in the olympic Games in 1904, which were held in St. Louis Writing in the history of Athletics at the University of Pennsylvania, http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/olyjtaylor.asp
Extractions: John Baxter Taylor graduated from Philadelphia's Central High School 100 years ago, in 1902. In the next six years, he rose to prominence as one of the best track athletes in the world, and became the first African-American to represent the United States in international competition in any sport. For most people, however, Taylor's story is unknown, long forgotten as being from a time too distant to care about. Central High was one of the leading public academic high schools in the country, as well as one of the track and field powerhouses on the east coast at the turn of the century. Taylor fit right in sort of: a black face in a sea of white, Taylor was a rarity wherever he ran. There were few African-Americans as role models in track and field, and none at the level he was to attain. In each of the team photos from Taylor's four varsity years at the University of Pennsylvania, he was the only African-American.
CBC Radio Inside Track L Program Highlights She has already officiated at two olympic Games and is on her way to her thirdWorld Cup, They include squash, rugby, golf, roller sports and karate. http://www.cbc.ca/insidetrack/highlights/s.html
Fitness Fashion History In The Late C20th After 1960 1992 olympic Fashion Influence. Speedo s S2000 Range of Swimwear Some playedsquash, others tennis, some jogged, others joined health clubs and took on http://www.fashion-era.com/fitness_fashion_after_1960.htm
Extractions: Costume Shop Fitness Fashion History after 1960 By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com By the sixties posing in sports clothes began. The track suit was a phenomenon of the 1960s. Matching bottoms were added to the anorak tops athletes wore and the track suit was born. Zip fronted boiler suits were a development from space clothes of 1969 and when made up in fabric like stretch velours were exceptionally sexy 1970's party gear. By the late seventies sportswear and fashion was merging. After 1975 fabrics that had been used primarily for mountaineering, expeditions and hiking also moved into mainstream fashion. Chlorofibres were used to make vests and underwear to keep expedition teams warm. In the UK, Damart gained a huge following as its specially designed thermal underwear allowed people to wear thinner top clothes without feeling cold. Diana
McGill Athletics It was one of the greatest upsets in olympic history, and a crushing defeat forthe Canadians. Farmer did his part, scoring 10 goals and adding four assists http://www.athletics.mcgill.ca/varsity_sports_article.ch2?article_id=131
Sports & Recreation > Olympics olympic history is filled with the unusual, the bizarre, and the unbelievable . This publication discusses the history of the olympic Games from the http://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/BUS/r_SPO05800/p_2/Olympics.htm
Extractions: Despite International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samarach's proclaiming the Sydney 2000 Olympics as the "best ever, " the truth of the matter is much less one-sided. In The Best Olympics Ever? Helen Jefferson Lenskyj discloses what the Sydney 2000 Olympic industry suppressed: the real... ( Continua
IOL : Olympics News I will wait for the International olympic Committee (IOC) decision on squash champion, his final tally of 189 points equalled the olympic record set by http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=628&set_id=6&click_id=190&art_id=qw10927490423
Greek Sprinter Claims "injustice" I will wait for the (International olympic Committee) decision tomorrow and will squash champion, his final tally of 189 points equalled the olympic http://www.tiscali.co.uk/news/newswire.php/news/reuters/2004/08/17/sport/greeksp
Extractions: By Douglas Hamilton "After crucifixion comes resurrection," Olympic 200 metres champion Costas Kenteris told reporters swarming round his car as he left the Athens hospital on Tuesday. The interminable saga of Kenteris and Katerina Thanou, 100 metres silver medallist in Sydney in 2000, that has plagued host nation Greece began when they failed to show up for a drugs test last Thursday, then went to hospital after the motorbike crash. Greek government spokesman Thodoris Roussopoulos likened the Kenteris-Thanou case to an open wound. "A wound that is open creates more problems. In this case it creates a bad image of the country not only locally but on a world scale," said Roussopoulos. WEDNESDAY APPEARANCE Kenteris and Thanou are due to appear before an IOC disciplinary hearing on Wednesday, and a judicial source said on Monday state prosecutor Dimitris Papangelopoulos had ordered two prosecutors to investigate the whole case. The IOC hearing has already been postponed twice since Friday and the Greek Olympic committee has suspended the two athletes.
Bates College: Women's Squash 1 player in Bates history with a 4122 career record. John Illig Presidentof the Women s Intercollegiate squash Association (WISA) for 2001-2003, http://abacus.bates.edu/CollegeRelations/sports/wsquash.html
Extractions: With three straight winning seasons, including a 13-11 campaign in 2000-01, and consecutive 13th-place finishes at the Howe Cup tournament, the Bates College women's squash team is headed in the right direction under head coach John Illig, the 2000 United States Developmental Squash Coach of the Year. The 2000-01 season saw the Bobcats win the consolation bracket of the second flight at the Howe Cup with a pair of 5-4 victories. The team's good fortune continued the next week at the Women's Intercollegiate Squash Association individual championships when senior Aisha Shah '02 Shah is the winningest No. 1 player in Bates history with a 41-22 career record. The Bobcats will have to replace three spots on their final 2001 ladder, including the No. 3 player on their ladder, volleyball standout Kate Hagstrom '01 . Rookie Kristen Brush '04 spent much of the season in the second spot on the team, where she posted a 15-10 record. The Bobcats' future looks bright with Shah as the only member of the class of 2002 who was part of the final regular-season line-up.
Bates College: Sports News LEWISTON, Maine Bates College head women s squash coach John Illig has beennamed the Coach of the Year by the United States olympic Committee (USOC). http://abacus.bates.edu/sports/releases00/illig_usoc.html
Extractions: DEVELOPMENTAL SQUASH COACH OF THE YEAR LEWISTON, Maine - Bates College head women's squash coach John Illig has been named the 2000 Developmental Coach of the Year by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). The USOC names National and Developmental Coaches of the Year in 44 Olympic sports. The award honors coaches who work at the grassroots level, developing athletes into America's future Olympic and Pan American hopefuls. National Coach of the Year winners were selected after strong showings at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, as well as successes in world championships and major event competitions for their respective sports. "We are so pleased the John has been recognized for his work by the USOC," said Bates Director of Athletics Suzanne Coffey. "The award is testimony to his dedication to the development of his student athletes, both on and off the court." Illig is in his fifth season coaching the Bates women's squash team. In that time, the Bobcats have posted a 47-39 record, including two of the three winningest seasons in school history. His 1999-2000 squad posted a 14-9 record and 13th-place finish at the Howe Cup, the Women's Intercollegiate Squash Association's (WISA) national championships tournament, the second-best finish ever by a Bates team.
News - Squash Canada squash Canada, developing the sport of squash in Canada. Numberone seedJoshna Chinappa is set to make history as she could become India s first ever http://www.squash.ca/e/story_detail.cfm?id=729
News - Squash Canada squash Canada, developing the sport of squash in Canada. Nicol David wouldbe a natural contender for the sport s first olympic Gold medal. http://www.squash.ca/e/story_detail.cfm?id=724
A History Of Jews In Sports A history of Jews in Sports It Goes Way, Way Back by the Encyclopedia Judaica (CDROM Hungarian Jews won numerous olympic medals in various sports. http://www.jewishsports.com/jewsin/history/oldhistory.htm
Extractions: by the Encyclopedia Judaica (CD-ROM Edition) Jews in Sports in Ancient Times There is no evidence of sports among the Jews during the obscure period between the close of the Bible and the Maccabean periods. At the beginning of this latter period, in the second century B.C.E., circumstances conspired to make sporting activities as such, i.e., sport not as associated with the need for physical exercise or as an aspect of military training but competitive sport "for the sake of the game," repugnant to the Jews as the very antithesis of Jewish ideals, and this approach remained characteristic of Judaism until the dawn of the modern period. A number of circumstances contributed to the negative and antipathetic attitude toward sport. The first was that, with the conquest of Alexander the Great in the fourth century B.C.E., hellenistic culture began to infiltrate into Erez Israel Nevertheless, there is some evidence that in countries under Greek influence, sports were indulged in by Jews. Claudius warned the Jews of Alexandria that they "should not strive in gymnasiarchic and cosmetic games" (Philo
Asian Athletics Association: Origin Of SEA Games Luang Sukhumnaipradit, the then Vice President of the Thai olympic To downloada .pdf copy of the SEA Games squash Championship Regulations (in zip http://www.asianathletics.org/html/events/Origin-of-SEA-Games.htm
Extractions: Luang Sukhumnaipradit, the then Vice President of the Thai Olympic Committee, had been trying to begin a SEAP Games since 1957. He believed that a regional sports event, similar to the Asian Games or the Olympic Games, will help promote cooperation, understanding and relations among countries in the region. His efforts were rewarded after two years. The name SEAP Games was used up to 1975. Thailand had by then been the host country three times. Later on Indonesia, the Philippines and Brunei joined the Games which was then renamed SEA Games at its 9th meet in Malaysia in 1977. The name has since been officially adopted and the Games has become the most important sports event of the region. Memberships of SEA Games has now increased to ten with Cambodia being the last member.
BlackStump Sports Athletics/olympic Baseball Basketball Boxing, Cricket olympic Collectors olympic Games Bids olympic history olympic Links olympic Medal Winners http://www.blackstump.com.au/sportsf3.htm
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HickokSports.com - History - Index By Sport This document is an index, arranged by sport, to the history section ofHickokSports.com, Special Olympics; Speedball; Speed Skating. history; Index http://www.hickoksports.com/history/sprtindx.shtml
Extractions: Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum Links Search Choose the first letter of the sport: History Biography Glossaries Calendar Quotations ... Directory A Arena Football Arm Wrestling Athletics; see Australian Football Auto Racing Top of Page B Basketball Baton Twirling Beach Volleyball Biathlon Bicycle Polo Bicycle Stunt Riding Bicycle Racing; see Cycling Billiards BMX Racing Boardsailing Boat Racing; see Powerboat Racing ; Sailing Bobsledding Bocce Bodybuilding Boomeranging Bowling Boxball Boxing Broomball Bullfighting Bungee Jumping Top of Page C Candlepin Bowling Canoe Polo Canoeing and Kayaking ... Casting Cheerleading Climbing Coaching Cockfighting Collectibles College Sports (intercollegiate sports) Court Tennis Cricket Croquet Cross-Country Running Cross-Country Skiing Curling Cycling Top of Page D Top of Page E Top of Page F Figure Skating Fishing Five-Pin Bowling Floorball Flying Discs Footbag Football Formula One Racing Fox Hunting Freestyle Skiing Futsal ... Top of Page G
International World Games Association : Transparent News The squash action will be staged in Mülheim an der Ruhr, near Duisburg team in Singapore lobbying for squash to be in the Olympics, said David. http://www.worldgames-iwga.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,1044-169
Extractions: IWGA Media Area Additional information and downloadable imagery on The World Games are made available to bona fide media organizations from a restricted area. An assigned username and a password are required to access the IWGA Media Area. To have them issued to your organization, please contact: com@worldgames-iwga.org Squash: Nicol David (MAS) After the disappointment of narrowly missing out on persuading IOC members in Singapore to vote squash into the Olympic Games in 2012, Asian champion Nicol David can now return to the stage where she performs best, in Germany this week. The 21-year-old double world junior champion from Malaysia has her sights on her first senior world title in The World Games, the multi-sport event which is being staged in the city of Duisburg under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee.
