19th February 202228th September 2023athletics, J.G. Chambers, Olympics, rowing Conundrums in the search for John Graham Chambers Since I first posted on my research into the life of Queensberry Rules author John Graham Chambers, I have accumulated more than […]
17th July 201728th September 2023archery, athletics, boxing, cricket, cycling, football, Olympics, Paralympics, rugby, wrestling Para Sport in 1870 London The London Stadium, perhaps still better known as the London 2012 Olympic Stadium, hosted the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships between 14 […]
15th March 201728th September 2023boxing, fencing, judo, Olympics, polo, table tennis, taekwondo, weightlifting, wrestling Stumbling upon sporting landmarks in London’s docklands Visitors arriving at London’s Excel Centre by the Dockland Light Railway from the City usually alight at the Custom House station. For the […]
8th July 201228th September 2023athletics, boxing, Commonwealth Gams, cycling, golf, Olympics, rowing Guardian Writer’s Relay – Day 51: honouring St Albans champion of golf The Guardian has been celebrating the Olympic Torch Relay with its own online writer’s relay. Each day, guest writers are asked to […]
18th April 201228th September 2023Olympics Treading the fine blue line – the length of the 2012 Torch Relay This is a little off-topic, but as SportingLandmarks was inspired by working on the 2002 Queen’s Jubilee Baton Relay that acted as […]
11th April 201228th September 2023Olympics, rugby, summer Olympic sports Melrose – birthplace of rugby sevens Staged annually in April, the Melrose 7s festival is a reminder that the next team sport to be added to the Olympic […]
21st December 201128th September 2023athletics, boxing, football, golf, Olympics, rowing, rugby, summer Olympic sports, swimming Will London 2012 give Britain’s sporting heritage its Moment to Shine? The ‘towns on route’ have been announced and 6800 torch bearers have been unveiled. The complex planning process for the 2012 London […]
18th May 201128th September 2023Commonwealth Gams, Olympics 1948 Olympic Torch Relay The London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay will travel the length and breadth of the British Isles between May 18 and the Opening […]
17th September 201028th September 2023cycling, Olympics Campaign to save 1948 Olympic cycling venue makes progress Updated 18 February 2010: The campaign to save the historic Herne Hill Velodrome is making progress. On 14 February 2011, British Cycling […]
20th July 201028th September 2023Olympics, summer Olympic sports Much Wenlock, the Shropshire GP and the modern Olympics William Penny Brookes was born, lived, worked and eventually died at 7 Wilmore Street in the tranquil Shropshire market town of Much […]