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Mags Meanderings:
From Som Tam
To Mushy Peas
one of the boys
Women have been taking part in sports at a professional
level since the early 1930’s. Although limited at first to
events such as tennis, gymnastics, archery, skiing and
skating, by the second half of the 1900’s it was clear
that women could in fact manage most of the sports
traditionally seen as male domains. And now of course
people don’t bat an eyelid at women footballers, boxers
or jockeys.
Along with that levelling of the playing fields, it would
be reasonable to expect an increase in female sports
‘pundits’ - commentators and experts - but with a few
notable exceptions that doesn’t seem to be the case.
Certainly not in the UK anyway.
Yes we have Michaela Tabb, the first woman ever to
referee a professional ranking snooker tournament
which, in 2002, happened to be a match between
Thailands’ own James Wattana and Ken Doherty. (Which
Doherty won 5 frames to 2.)
Then there is Clare Balding, born