Motorsport

The UK is also presented in motorsports. Many teams and drivers in Formula 1 are based here, and British pilots won more titles than any other country representatives . In the UK and took the very first Grand Prix in 1950 at Silverstone.

Badminton

In the XIX century British officers serving in India , carried away the old Indian game of Pune , which can be considered the prototype of the modern badminton. The British brought the game home hobby . The modern tradition of the game originated in England, in an old mansion in Badminton House, whose owner , a well-known sports enthusiast and publisher of a series of books about sports , the Duke of Beaufort, built in 1873, the first landing badminton . In 1893, the Badminton Association of England published the first official rules of the game rules. Badminton World Federation (English Badminton World Federation (BWF)) was established in 1934. Since 1947, the largest team competition held among men - Thomas Cup . Among women, the main command start - Uber Cup held since 1955. Since 1992, badminton included in the Summer Olympics .

Golf

It is believed that the game of golf originated in Scotland and was invented by shepherds who are using staves ( future putters ) driving the stones into rabbit holes . Presumably the game already existed in the XIV century , and in the XV century in Scotland published several laws forbidding play " gouf ." In the XVII century ball clubs have played in the Netherlands. The game in its present form took shape in the XIX century in Scotland.

Snooker

It is believed that snooker was invented by Colonel British colonial troops in Jabalpur (India) Neville Chamberlain in 1875. Initially there were only four colored balls , but by 1890 they became 6. In 1919, the rules of snooker were officially established organization BA & CC, and the first World Cup held in Birmingham in late 1926 - early 1927 . Before the war, the game was dominated by the British and Australians . Snooker is very popular in the UK , and the annual world championship held in Sheffield. In Northern Ireland, are also popular team sports such as Gaelic football and Hurling , in which the matches going to a lot of viewers. Shinto popular game in the Scottish highlands .

Curling

It is known that Curling originated in Scotland in the early XVI century , the actual evidence for the existence of this sports game is curling sports equipment ( stone) , the surface of which is stamped date of manufacture (" 1511 " ), found at the bottom of a dried lake Danbai . The first historical mention of curling found in medieval monastery books , dated 1541 year , preserved in the Abbey of Paisley , Scotland . Around the same time ( 1565 ) are two paintings by Pieter Bruegel , which depicted the Dutch peasants playing curling - a game that is close to curling on the frozen lake . Curiously, that Scotland and the Netherlands in the XVI century had a very strong commercial and cultural ties , as evidenced by the wide spread in continental Europe not only curling , but also courses.