Sport’s Feudal System?
The Feudal system was something that many of a certain age learned about at school in history lessons. It was a social and political system in the middle ages in which landholders provided land to tenants in exchange for their
Podcast #118 – Age Restrictions in Amateur Boxing, Trials or Scouting, and the new Language of Sport.
On this show we have two special guests. Claire Ghabrial returned to boxing after a ten year gap, and according to her coach came back better than ever but as she turned 40 was forced to retire. Kaye Scott came
Time To Lose The Labels?
“Sport should be an escape,” was a term shared with me recently by a former elite sportsperson, who is still involved coaching the next generation. The term struck a chord. For ask any medical practitioner and they will advise people
The Big Picture Turning Into a Self Portrait
There was a time when few sports fans or those who played knew who the CEO was of the club they supported, let alone the head of the sport they played. That was an era where often both organisations would
Family or Community?
How many sports refer to their participants, officials and supporters as being a part of ‘a family?’ This has become a modern trend. Rather than being a sporting community we are now told that everyone is part of ‘a family.’
