An Athletics Compendium

c 275 - 287 European Championships <&Commonwealth Games 275 The Guinness book of BritEismhpire & Commonwealth Games records: being a record anadlysis of the results of all 9 sports in all eight celebrations of these games (1930-1966), with programmedetails for 1970 / edited by Norris & Ross McWhirter. London: Guinness Superlatives, 1970. 88p; pbk ISBN: 0-900424-52-4 276 IXth British Commonwealth Games: Edinburgh - Scotland 1970: report by the CommonweaGltahmes Council for England. London: The Council, 1971. 47p; pbk 277 The officialhistory of the IXth British Commonwealth Games: Edinburgh, Scotla1n6d-,25 July1970 / compiled and edited by WilliaCmarmichael and M. Mclntyre Hood. Edinburgh: Organising Committee of the IXth British Commonwealth Games, 1971. 408p; illus ISBN: 0-903089-00-9 BL: X.622/950 278 Commonwealth athleticsstatistics / Stan Greenberg, Paul Jenes,Lionel Peters and Peter Matthews. London: National Union of Track Statisticians, 1986. 160p; pbk ISBN: 0-904612-10-4 Contains deeCpommonwealth all-time lists to the end of ISSS, progressive Commonwealth records. Commonwealth junior records, and Commonwealth Games results 1950-1932. 279 Guide to the Commonwealth Games / Desmond Lynam. London: BBC Publications, 1986. 128p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-563-20496-6 BL:YK.1987.a.5968 Much of the statisticawlork and someof the narrative was produced by Chris Rhysand Ian Morrison. Abrief history of the Games is followed by an athletics section which includes records, brief descriptions of events, past medallists and famous competitors. Details of S>B>C coverage are given, together with profiles of the commentators Ron Pickering, David Coleman, StuartStorey and BrendaFnoster. 280 The official Commonwealth Gambeosok / conceived and directed by the Commonwealth Games Consortium; general editor, Peter Matthews; assistant editor, Stan Greenberg. Preston: Opax, 1986. 233p; illus ISBN: 0-9511020-0-1 The main features incluadeb: rief history of the Games from 1930to ISSZa, preview ofthe1966 eventasn, d reminiscences of Mary Peters, Ron Hill, Lynn Davies and RonClarke. 281 The royalwedding and Xlllth Commonwealth Games: the commemorative book, 1986. London: Macdonald Orbis, 1986. 48p; illus ISBN: 0-356-14069-5 282 Unfriendly games, boycotted and broke: the inside story of the 1986 Commonwealth Games / Derek Bat man and Derek Douglas. Edinburgh: Mainstream and Glasgow Herald, 1986. vi, 127p; pbk ISBN: 1-85158-059-X BL: YK.1990.b.3400 283 Commonwealth Games. London: Harrington Kilbride, 1990- BL: ZK.9.b.3743 284 The CommonwealthGames: the first60 years 1930-1990 / Cleve Dheensaw. Harpenden: Queen Anne, 1994. 197p; pbk ISBN: 1-85291-546-3 285 Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur 1998: official report / edited by Caroline Searle and DBavuirdke. London: Commonwealth Games Council for England, 1999. 24p; illus; pbk BL: YA.l999.b.1325 The 1996 results are not published in full and the England team list contains no personal data. Tables of medals by country (1992', total anbdy sport, andall time total) are given. 286 Honour of empire, glory of sport: the history of athletics at the Commonwealth Gam/es Bob Phillips; foreword by David Moorcroft. Manchester: Parrs Wood, 2000. xvi, 272p; illus ISBN: 1-903158-09-5 BL: YC.2000.a.12684 Much new material is included about the originand development of thGeames, awsellas vividaccounts of the major events and comprehensive results. Asian Games 287 Sangam book of AsianGames / RanjBithatia; foreword by J. .BHolt. London: Sanga1m9,82. 104p; illus, 1 map; pbk ISBN: 0-86131-372-0 [ 90 ]