An overview of Very British SPORTS.
Sport is very popular in Britain- it is both part of tradition and of people’s everyday life. From cricket to snooker and from curling to badminton, British sports have long fascinated the continent for their peculiarities and their long-lasting tradition starting from the UK and onto the world. As it is known Britain is home to some bizarre sports that seem to have taken the fancy of Year 1 students of Senior High school who were asked to introduce the ones that really stood out for them to their fellow classmates. Some of these unusual sports date back to the Middle Ages when people’s pastimes had nothing to do with technology, which seems to be the norm nowadays, but with people’s vivid imagination and ingenuity. While researching the history of these sports, students have come across some interesting facts that led to their origins. Thus, the following projects have shed some light into the unconventional ways people back then entertained themselves or even kept themselves busy some might say.
Lacrosse by Kostis Heotis and Periklis Makridakis
Man vs Horse Marathon by Artemis Tsouka
Pancake race by Manolis Giortamakis
Weird British Sports by Natalia Triantafyllopoulou
Weird English Sports by Nikoleta Katsiveli
Weird Sports by Olga Moutzouri
Weird Sports in the UK by Nefeli Poulopati