Search the archiveCurrently displaying: 23 results. Clear the searchYou've searched for:Decade: "1920s" xSubject: "Sport" x Search term Filter by Subject Memories (3)Filter by Format Artifact (4)Booklet (1)Leaflet (2)Newspaper cutting (3)Photograph (9)Poster (1)Text (3)Filter by Area Newport (9)Wormit (14)Filter by Decade 1850s (3)1860s (3)1870s (3)1880s (4)1890s (5)1900s (9)1910s (14)1930s (17)1940s (12)1950s (10)1960s (10)1970s (8)1980s (6)1990s (4)2000s (3)2010s (3)2020s (1)Filter by Century 19th (5)21st (3) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Wormit Bowling Club Badge Wormit Bowling Club Badge, instituted 1901. Booklet Newport Lawn Tennis Club 1884 - 1984 A centenary account of the history of Newport Lawn Tennis Club 1884 - 1984. Wormit Boating Club Competitive Cups A description of and explanation of the background to the Leng Cup and the Memorial Cup. These are the cups competed for by Wormit Boating Club. Newport Swimming Medallion The Swimming Medallion The swimming medallion was presented to the swimming club by John Berry, President 1857-58. Mr Arthur Lees of Freuchie was the last man to win the medallion in 1928, and he returned it to the Berry family in 1988. Newport Swimming Cup The Swimming Cup This was presented to Newport Swimming Club in 1928 by Stewart Ramsay, a goldsmith in Dundee who was also very involved in Newport Boating Club. The cup was only competed for once, in 1928, and was won by Agnes Milne, later Mrs Holman of Kinbrae. Seacraig Tennis Club East Newport Seacraig Tennis Club East Newport. This was the other Newport Tennis Club! Early in the 20th century they had a court laid out on land in the grounds of Seacraig House between King Street and Union Street. Postcard: Calm on the Tay A postcard of sailing and rowing boats on the river, early 20th century. Ending of Century of Outdoor Curling at Tayfield Framed acknowledgement of ending of over 100 years of outdoor curling on Tayfield land. Presented to the Berry family in 1977. Wormit Boating Club Championship Winners 1925 Wormit Boating Club Tay Flag Championship Winners 1925. D K Garland (stroke), W S Dennler, C Milne, H Gleig (bow). Curling Club Badge Curling Club badge, showing a game in progress on the lower pond, plus the little clubhouse. Wormit Boating Club Members 1920s Four members of Wormit Boating Club enjoying the action in the late 1920s. Standing is Mr John Kydd Dow. Wormit Bay Golf Club Newscutting A newspaper cutting describing one man's memories of playing at Wormit Golf Club before World War II. A History of Wormit Boating Club An explanation of the origins of Wormit Boating Club. Note that the club moved to Woodhaven in 1971, with the new clubhouse being built the following year. Daily Swim to Big Rock 1920s A rare old photograph of Angie Livingstone's grandfather, later plumber Jack Barlow, on his daily swim with his dog Billy, from the old pier to Big Rock. Would love to know who took the photograph. Jack was born in 1906 so this probably dates from 1920s. Wormit Boating Club An article from the Fife News of November 1963 relating the history of Wormit Boating Club. Wormit Tennis Club A news article from the Fife News of November 1963 telling the history of Wormit Tennis Club from 1913 until 1963. Wormit Lawn Tennis Club Gentlemen's Singles Cup Wormit Lawn Tennis Club Gentlemen's Singles Cup. The cup was presented to the club in 1922 by G D MacDougald. After World War II the cup was gifted to Frank Harrison who had won it five times in the 1930s. Wormit Bay Golf Club Trophies Sadly not in our archive but, equally sadly, spotted for sale on Ebay. Wormit Bay Golf Club operated from 1912 until 1940. These trophies were presented to the club in 1925 by Miss Rosa MacDougald. She herself won the trophy, only once, in 1929. Rosa was a member of a well-known and very sporting Wormit ... Regatta Day Newport-on-Tay 1930s Rowing boats in action off the Newport Braes in the 1920s. The Newport Boating Club was hugely popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but sadly folded around 1930. In its heyday regattas were held at least once a year, and frequently twice. Wormit Lawn Tennis Club Members c1929 Photograph of members of Wormit Lawn Tennis Club taken around 1929 Memories of Wormit Bowling Club Written by Ena Scott (nee Gleig) in 1989. Ena was born in 1912 and lived nearly all her life in Woodhaven and Wormit. The Bowling Club started at the beginning of this century 1901 and many business men were the first members. At one time bowling was considered to be men only and it was not ... Memories of Wormit Bay Golf Course Recollections of Ena Scott (Gleig) in 1989. After the Mars boys had gathered stones from it, the field down at Wormit Bay became Wormit Bay Golf Club. It opened in 1912, and was a very popular 9 hole course. Local people donated cups and trophies, and then a very attractive clubhouse was built where for many ... Memories of Wormit Boating Club Written by Ena Scott (nee Gleig) in 1989. Ena was born in 1912 and lived nearly all her life in Woodhaven and Wormit. The Boating Club formed in January 1911 and was mainly a rowing club. The first clubhouse was mainly just a shed at Wormit Bay, then a clubhouse and sheds were built east of ...