We were joined this evening by Trevor James who gave a talk on the English origins of the Olympic Games.
Trevor is the Honorary Secretary of The Historical Association a charity which supports the study and enjoyment of history.
He explained to the Club how the history of sporting competition in this country stretched back to at least 1614 with the Cotswold Games and the sporting competitions which followed it helping to generate huge public interest.
By the 1850s these had developed into recognisable athletic meetings and Trevor argues that it was the success of events such as this which formed the template for the modern day Olympic Games.
