WEBSITES
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As the summer
The Ashes 2009
sports season
www.ecb.co.uk
approaches use
The Ashes series between England
and Australia will dominate the back
pages this summer. Check out the
these websites to
English Cricket Board (ECB) website
to study the role of a national
governing body, rules and regulations
help your
of cricket and how funding for the
women’s national team helped them
become World Cup winners.
understanding of
GCSE topics you Wimbledon
www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/
have been
about/museum/index .html
studying.
Another major sporting event this
summer is the Wimbledon tennis
championships. The museum website
has plenty of information on the
history and development of tennis,
technological changes in rackets and
you can also read how social
constraints impacted upon the sport
and in particular the uniforms
females were allowed to wear.
If you live near London you can visit
the museum for a more visual
education.
Exams
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
gcsebitesize/pe/
Of course the one event you cannot
avoid this summer are your GCSE
exams – sorry! But GCSE Bitesize
offers plenty of helpful revision tips
and notes to help you achieve the
highest grade possible. Good luck.
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