The Social History of English RowingThis book seeks to redress the balance of reporting in the sport's literature which has always favoured the activities of aquatic gentlemen at the public schools, Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Henley Regatta and on the River Thames. This study focuses on the many who helped instigate and nurture the sport but who have been forgotten due to their not being associated with the elite of the sport. |
Contents
Occupational Origins | 10 |
Commercialism | 34 |
Professionalism | 58 |
Recreationalism | 92 |
Amateurism | 117 |
Club Fortunes | 144 |
Postwar Developments 194591 | 166 |
Conclusions | 184 |
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Common terms and phrases
Agecroft amateur clubs Amateur Rowing Association April areas attracted barges became Bedford Bewdley Boat Race boathouse Bridge British Rowing Almanack Burton Cambois Cambridge University Championship Chronicle Clasper club's clubs and regattas Coat and Badge College commercial competition contest continued Council craft crews Derby Durham eighteenth century encouraged England entry established Eton Evesham ferry Gravesend Henley Regatta History Hollingworth Lake John O'Gaunt July June Ladies Lancaster Rowing Club Leander Club Liverpool London Rowing Club Manchester matches in London membership minutes National Amateur Rowing Newcastle nineteenth century Norwich Nottingham oars oarsmen organised Oxbridge Oxford University Pengwern pleasure boating Preston prize professional racing promoted Putney rail recreational River Irwell River Thames Robert Coombes rowing activity Royal Chester Salford School sculler sculling Sept Shrewsbury social sponsored St Neots stewards Talkin Tarn throughout the country town tradition Tyne Victorian and Edwardian Warrington water trade watermen Westminster Whitby Worcester
References to this book
The Beginnings of a Commercial Sporting Culture in Britain, 1793-1850 Adrian Harvey No preview available - 2004 |
Sport and Physical Education: The Key Concepts Timothy John Lindsay Chandler,Mike Cronin,Wray Vamplew No preview available - 2007 |