Anne Rutland: The All-Rounder
Title
Anne Rutland: The All-Rounder
Subject
Anne Rutland
Description
Hamstreet's Anne Rutland is a natural athlete and a lifelong lover of sport. Anne spoke to us about the range of sports she has played, coached and refereed throughout the years, including hockey, badminton, netball, darts, and now bowls, in which competes for both club and county. Anne also describes her involvement with football in Hamstreet and Ashford in the 1970s and 1980s.
Creator
Michael Romyn
Date
15 January, 2020
Contributor
Anne Rutland
Rights
Kent's Sporting Memories
Collection Items
Anne Rutland Oral History Summary
Summary of an Oral History Recording with interviewee Anne Rutland
White Wanderers Ladies Football Club at a six-a-side tournament, Kent, c. 1970
A photo of members of the White Wanderers Ladies Football Club (Hamstreet) at a six-a-side tournament in Birchington, Kent, in c. 1970. The tournament was part of an annual Quexpo Event (now defunct) at Quex Park, Birchington. Anne sits front row…
Yellow Star Ladies Football Club (Hamstreet), c. mid-1970s
A photo of Yellow Star Ladies Football Club (Hamstreet; formerly White Wanderers) at a Kent Womens Football League Cup Final in the mid-1970s. Location unknown.
Ashford Ladies Football Club, c. 1980
A photograph of Ashford Ladies Football Club in c.1980. Location unknown. Anne, who joined Ashford after Yellow Star (Hamstreet) disbanded, is front row right.
Ashford's Phoenix Netball Club, c., 1990s
A newspaper article (publication unknown) detailing Phoenix Netball Club's (Ashford) victory over Focus Employment in the club's debut season in the Dover Winter League. Anne Rutland is front row middle.
Ashford Indoor Bowls Club Ladies team in Ashford, Kent, c., 2010
A photograph of Ashford Indoor Bowls Club Ladies team at the Ashford club after winning the Kent Indoor Bowls League Ladies Cup, c.2010. Anne stands front row, third from right.
Ashford Rail Bowls Club, winners of the Kent County Women's Bowling Association Challenge Cup, July 2018
A photograph of Anne Rutland and her Ashford Rail Bowls Club teammates at the Kent County Bowling Association tournament in Hythe in 2018. Anne and her team were winners of the Challenge Cup (fours); she also won the Maidstone Cup (triples) with…
Anne Rutland: The All-Rounder
A photograph of Anne Rutland at her home in Hamstreet on 5 December, 2019
'They were good times. The girls were a good bunch': Anne Rutland on playing football for Hamstreet
An excerpt of an oral history recording with Anne Rutland. Anne describes the 'primitive' conditions her and teammates dealt with - including playing in a sheep field - as members of White Wanderers Ladies Football Club. Transcript attached.