Author: Margaret Roberts

On This Week in Sport – Sports Women

Posted by Margaret Roberts | Nov 6, 2017 | This Week in Sport & Leisure History | 0

6th-Today in 1966 Kathy Whitworth won the LPGA Amarillo Ladies Gold Open. Serbian tennis player...

Read More

On this Week in Sport History – Motor Sport

Posted by Margaret Roberts | Oct 30, 2017 | This Week in Sport & Leisure History | 0

30th- Nino Farina was born on this day in 1906. The first ever Formula One World Champion, he came...

Read More

On this week in Sport History – Athletics

Posted by Margaret Roberts | Oct 23, 2017 | This Week in Sport & Leisure History | 0

22nd- On this day in 1850 the Much Wenlock Games were held for the first time in Much Wenlock, a...

Read More

On This Week in Sport History – Boxing

Posted by Margaret Roberts | Oct 16, 2017 | This Week in Sport & Leisure History | 0

16th – Today in 1900 Matty Matthews regained the World Welterweight title defeating James (Rube)...

Read More

On this Week in Sport History – Cricket

Posted by Margaret Roberts | Oct 9, 2017 | This Week in Sport & Leisure History | 1

9th – Today in 1865 saw the birth of leading Australian sportsman of the late 19th and...

Read More

1
…
24
25
26
…
39

Categories

Archives