Wenlock Olympic games

Question 1

Key term

Answer 1

Dr William Penny Brooke’s-the founder of the wenlock Olympian games in 1850.

Question 2

Wenlock Olympic Games

Answer 2

Participation in outdoor recreation challenges was an important means of promoting such improvement, with prizes offered for successful participants taking part

Question 3

Wenlock Olympic Games

Answer 3

• There was a mixture of athletics and traditional country sports including, football,cricket,running and hurdles.
• Rules were written and they drew athletes from all over the country in the early games there were also fun events blindfolded wheelbarrow race and an ‘old woman’s race with a pound of tea for the winner.

Question 4

Wenlock Olympic Games

Answer 4

• Pageantry and celebrations were important (for example a band led marches flag bearers and Olympic hymns where sung, a crown of laurel leaves was placed on the head of the winner).
• In 1850 wenlock agricultural reading society (WARS) resolved to form a class called the Olympian class which was set up to promote moral,physical and intellectual improvement, especially in the lower class people of wenlock