Weatherbeaten: Sport in the British Climate - Hardcover

Kay, Joyce; Vamplew, Wray

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184018602X ISBN 13: 9781840186024

Publisher: Mainstream Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

In an age when authorities and promoters attempt to control every aspect of sport, the weather remains one of the key areas of chance. The response to weather problems has been varied—rules have been changed, clothing and equipment altered, and science applied to playing surfaces. Protection has been sought from insurance companies and new methods of adjudication such as the Pools Panel in football and the Duckworth/Lewis system in cricket have been introduced to provide match results. So why is there only one stadium in Britain with a retractable roof and why has there been as much public debate about the symbolism and tradition of the twin towers at Wembley as the quality and comfort of the new stadium? This book takes a look at how fog, rain, snow, frost, and storm have affected sport in Britain, and at the ways in which sport has attempted to combat the elements.

About this title

About the Author:

Wray Vamplew is a writer and professor of Sports Studies at Stirling University. He is the author of the highly successful Pay Up and Play the Game, Oxford Companion to Australian Sport and the Encyclopaedia of British Sport. Joyce Kay is a writer, researcher and avid sporting fan. She has contributed to Sport, Scotland and The Scots and the Encyclopaedia of British Sport.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 184018602X
• ISBN 13: 9781840186024
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224