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Can We Have Our Balls Back Please

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Author : Julian Norridge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008

Can We Have Our Balls Back Please written by Julian Norridge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Humor categories.

CAN WE HAVE OUR BALL BACK, PLEASE? is the highly entertaining story of how the British invented sport as we know it today (and then almost forgot how to play it). Long before Drake refused to interrupt his game of bowls when the Armada was sighted, the British have had a passionate relationship with games. Here Julian Norridge explores how those games became major sports like boxing, cricket, horse racing and hockey. Their stories cover the whole of Britain - from Welsh-born inventor and tobacco enthusiast Major Walter Clopton Wingfield coming up with a game involving new-fangled rubber balls (lawn tennis), to an apocryphal English football match using severed Viking head as a ball, to Scottish shepherds inventing golf more than 700 years ago. But this is far more than a book about sport, it also takes a very funny, very British look at our popular history and mythology. Full of tales of hunting parsons, prize-fighting ex-slaves, corrupt princes and cuckolded husbands, this is sporting life in all its eccentricity. It chronicles the constant battle between fair play and gambling; between amateurism and professionalism; and between advances in the dame and plain cheating (such as turning up with a cricket bat wider than the wicket). Can We Have Our Balls Back Please?proves that there is an awful lot to be proud of in our history, it suggest where our strange feeling of superiority really comes from and it shows why we are always disappointed when we lost, but rarely surprised.

Can We Have Our Balls Back Please

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Author : Julian Norridge
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2008-11-06

Can We Have Our Balls Back Please written by Julian Norridge and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-06 with Humor categories.

Long before Drake refused to interrupt his game of bowls when the Armada was sighted, the British have had a passionate relationship with sport. Julian Norridge goes through the stories of fourteen major sports from cricket to boxing to football, from their very beginning and throughout the British Isles, whether it’s Welsh inventor and tobacco enthusiast Major Walter Clopton Wingfield coming up with a game that could use those new fangled rubber balls (modern tennis) or the Scots inventing the golf club – 500 years after the game. But this is far more than a book about sport, it takes a very funny, very British look at our popular history, mythology and most importantly the highly eccentric figures that made it. It chronicles the constant battle between fair play and gambling; between advances in the game and plain cheating (such as turning up with a cricket bat wider than the wicket). Can We Have Our Balls Back Please? proves that there is an awful lot to be proud of in our history and where that strange feeling of superiority really comes from. It shows why we get just so excited when we take on any other nation in any sporting event and are so disappointed when we lose...

Can We Have Our Ball Back Please

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Author : Gareth Owen
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Release Date : 2006

Can We Have Our Ball Back Please written by Gareth Owen and has been published by Macmillan Children's Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Children's poetry, English categories.

'Can we have our ball back, please?' is a collection of football poems written by Gareth Owen, who has a lifelong love of football. All the joy, sorrow, and sheer fun of being a player and a fan can be found in this funny collection.

Can We Have Our Balls Back Please

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Author : Martin Forksy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-10-18

Can We Have Our Balls Back Please written by Martin Forksy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-18 with categories.

'Can we have our balls back please?' is a witty, honest and controversial A-Z guide for helping men avoid the 'please other' syndrome. We're seeing more and more men neglecting their own needs for their partners and in turn becoming more stressed, resentful, unhappy, depressed, emasculated and just down right lost. It's no surprise that guys are feeling increasing like they're missing something.It's a tool to help men find their voice and dreams again. No more losing the temper randomly at people we care about. No more seeking everyone's approval. It's time to start expressing our needs and what we want.

Girls Don T Play Sport

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Author : Chloe Dalton
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2023-08-15

Girls Don T Play Sport written by Chloe Dalton and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-15 with Sports & Recreation categories.

A timely and defiant manifesto unpacking the past, present and future of women's sport, from the Olympic gold medal-winning founder of The [Female] Athlete Project. 'Enthralling'—Ellyse Perry 'A must-read'—Laura Henshaw A brilliant argument in favour of the case for women's sport'—Liz Ellis When Chloe Dalton was eight years old, she would practise her goal kicks in the half-time break of her brothers' rugby matches, all the while telling impressed onlookers: 'Girls don't play rugby.' Sixteen years later, Chloe Dalton won Olympic gold playing rugby sevens for Australia and is now a fixture in the AFLW. In 2020, she started her own news platform, The [Female] Athlete Project, because while she was surrounded by women achieving incredible things in sport, nobody was hearing about them. This book shines a light on the interlinked quagmires of respect, opportunity, representation and pay that continue to stall the progress of women's teams around the world. Girls Don't Play Sport is a fierce manifesto advocating for female athletes at all levels. It explores how we got to this point and asks where we need to go next to embrace the untapped potential of women's sport. 'Captivating, empowering and relatable . . . a must-read.'—Ellie Cole 'Chloe's tireless commitment to sharing female athletes' unique stories and struggles is inspiring.'—Tayla Harris 'For too long, female sport has been undervalued and under-resourced. But the tide is turning, and the message this book presents is clear: ignore us at your own peril.'—Cate Campbell

Can We Have Our Ball Back

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Author : Dave Ingham
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2007

Can We Have Our Ball Back written by Dave Ingham and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Juvenile Fiction categories.

A fun Fifi and the Flowertots read-to-me story, beautifully illustrated with photographic images and an activity to do afterwards!