An Athletics Compendium

I 12 - 23 Facilities& Equipment 12 Facilities for athletics (track and fiel/d)written under the auspices of the Joint Committee of the National Playing Fields Associationand the AmateurAthletic Association. 2nd ed. London; National Playing Fields Association, 1980. 91p; illus, plans; index Bibliography: p86-87 ISBN; 0-900858-95-8 BL; X.622/15304 The main aspects of the subject are covered; planning considerations, management, site selection, track and field events layout, trsaucrkfaces, training areas, and guide to equipment requirements. ^ Previous ed. 19 13 Glorious Wembley; the official history of Britain's foremost entertainment centre / Howard Bass. Enfield; Guinness Superlatives, 1982. 175p; illus; index ISBN: 0-85112-237-X BL; X.622/18669 Includes a chapter on the 1946 Olympics and a photo of the pre-warindoor championships. 14 Olympic architecture; building tfhoer summer games / Barclay F. Gordon. Chichester; Wiley, 1983. xii, 186p; illus; index ISBN; 0-471-06069-0 (cased) • 0-471-88281-X(pbk) BL: X.425/4626 15 The Bridge; thehistory of Stamford Bridg/e Colin Benson. London; Commodore, 1987. 208p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-9509798-1-3 The famoussports ground began as the headquarters of London AC from 18>77 to 1905, anwdas the main venue ofBritish athletics until 1931. 16 Usborne book of athletic/s Paula Woods; edited by Susan Peach; designed by Chris Scollen; illustrated by Paul Wilding, Guy Smith and ChLriyson. London; Usborne, 1988. 48p; illus; index ISBN: 0-7460-0248-3 BL: YK.1989.b.262 A spectator's gutiodetrack and field events, with extremely clear presentations of the rules, tactics, techniques, training and equipment for each event. 17 Arenas; a planning, design anmdanagement guide / edited by Andrew Shieldasnd Michael Wright. London; Sports Council, 1989. xii, 314p; illus ForewordbySebastian Coe ISBN; 0-906577-88-8 BL;DSC-GPC/00523 A comprehensive worokn covered stadia. 18 Sports technology/ Neil Duncanson. Hove; Wayland, 1991. 47p; illus, 1map; index (Technology in action) Bibliography: p45 ISBN: 0-7502-0131-2 BL: YK.1991.b.8102 Children's book that includessports arenatsi,ming, performance-enhancing drugs, and television. 19 Manchester 2000 Olympic facilities; environmental profiles; the British Olympic bidM-anchester 2000. London; Department of the Environment, 1993. 109p; illus, plans; spiral BL: DSC-GPC/02570 20 Athletics -indoor. London; Sports Council, 1994. 24p; illus; pbk (Guidance notes) ISBN: 1-86078-008-3 BL: YK.1995.b. 10027 Covers the planning, design and management of indoor sports hall athletic facilitiest,raining facilities and competition facilities. 21 Athletics -outdoor. London; Sports Council, 1995. lOp; illus; pbk (Guidance notes) ISBN: 1-86078-007-5 BL: YK.1995.b.9068 Covers the planning, design and management of outdoor athletics facilities. 22 The stadium and the ci/ty edited by John Bale and Olof Moen. Keele; Keele UniversitPyress, 1995. 347p; illus, maps; index ISBN: 1-85331-110-3 BL: SPIS796.068 Based onpapers delivered ant international seminar in 1993, fifteen academics from six countries contribute widely diverse chapters. Stadiums with athletics facilities discussed in detail are those in Beijing and Goteborg. Tehceonomic impact of an event such as the World Championships is explored. The elements otfheatre present at an athletics meeting are noted, and the viasusaplects mofodem stadium design are considered. 23 Wembley; the greatest stageth; e official history of 75 years at Wembley stadium / Tom Watt & Kevin Palmer. London; Simon & Schuster, 1998. 336p; illus ISBN: 0-684-84051-0 BL: YK.2000.b.l070 [ 1 4 4 ]