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1968 British Hard Court Championships

Virginia Wade won the women's singles title, defeating Winnie Shaw in the final, but did not take home the winner's prize of $720 as she was still an amateur at the time of the tournament.

Best Angler ESPY Award

The Best Angler ESPY Award has been presented annually since 2006 to the amateur or professional angling sport fisherman, irrespective of gender or nationality, adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year; although the award may technically be presented to an angler of any fish, in practice only bass fishermen are considered as nominees.

Bill Furby

William "Bill" Furby (b. 1871 – fl. 1969) was an English amateur footballer who played for Southampton St. Mary's in the club's first season in the Southern League.

Frank Piercy

Piercy was born in Haverton Hill, Stockton-on-Tees and upon leaving school he became a blacksmith playing amateur football in Southbank for a junior team in the Teessiders Minor League.


see also

Amateur Sports Act of 1978

The Amateur Sports Act of 1978, signed by President Jimmy Carter, establishes a United States Olympic Committee and provides for national governing bodies for each Olympic sport.

Club Sport Emelec

The club was found after an assembly of employees at the Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador, an electric company in Guayaquil, decided to start an amateur sports league.

Monty Porter

He won a job managing the New South Wales State Government's sports administration arm Sports House which during the 1970s and '80s provided free administration facilities for amateur sports.

Randy Starkman

Randy Starkman (1960 – April 16, 2012) was a Canadian sports journalist who reported on amateur sports and athletes for the Toronto Star newspaper.

Sport in Bristol

Bristol has a number of notable professional sports teams and a large number of active amateur sports clubs.

Stockton Rugby Club

Stockton Rugby Football Club is an amateur sports club based in Stockton-on-Tees.

The Towerlight

Paul McMullen - The editor of the Catholic Review, McMullen worked for many years with The Baltimore Sun covering college, professional and amateur sports.

WellMed Medical Management, Inc.

Established in 2006, the WellMed Charitable Foundation is a Non-profit organization in accordance with 501(c)3, a provision of the United States Internal Revenue Code that specifically corresponds with organizations that fit these descriptions: Religious, Educational, Charitable, Scientific, Literary, Testing for Public Safety, to Foster National or International Amateur Sports Competition, or Prevention of Cruelty to Children or Animals Organizations.