Jim Prestidge - The history of British gymnastics - 1989
British Amateur Gymnastics Association, 1989
Bound in brown cloth with an illustrated dust jacket, 31 x 22 cm, 156 pages, illustrated throughout in color and black and white. English.
This book has been published by the British Amateur Gymnastics Association in celebration of their Centenary Year. With 25 chapters on the The history of British gymnastics, with a chronology and index.
A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.

Contents

Chapter 1 Early Years 5
Chapter 2 Penny Brookes and the Olympians 11
Chapter 3 The German Connection 15
Chapter 4 The Growth of the Gym Clubs 21
Chapter 5 The Birth of the AGA 29
Chapter 6 The First British Governing Body 34
Chapter 7 The Aldershot Story 37
Chapter 8 Schools Gymnastics 43
Chapter 9 The Declining Years 49
Chapter 10 OBI' and his NPI 57
Chapter 11 The Northampton and County Amateur Athletic Club 60
Chapter 12 FIG Steps In! 61
Chapter 13 The Swansea Legend 63
Chapter 14 The Recovery Years 67
Chapter 15 Trampolining 83
Chapter 16 Sports Acro and Rhythmic Gymnastics 84
Chapter 17 The BAPT 87
Chapter 18 The Scottish Connection 89
Chapter 19 The Distinguished Leaders 91
Chapter 20 The Personalities 101
Chapter 21 The BAGA's Honorary Medical Staff 107
Chapter 22 The People and Families within the Regions 109
Chapter 23 From Gym Podium to Stage 131
Chapter 24 British Champions — Women 133
Chapter 25 British Champions — Men 141
Chronology 153
Index 154