Dragon Sport Fun Facts

Impress your friends with these sporty facts!

• The five Olympic rings represent the five continents linked together in friendship.
• Each year around 42,000 tennis balls are used at Wimbledon.
• Netball posts measure 2.4m (8ft) for Under 9's, 2.7m (9ft) for under 11's and regulation height 3m (10ft).
• In the 1860's, when hockey was starting to grow in popularity, the ball used to play the sport was a solid cube of black rubber.
• Hockey gets its name from the French word 'hocquet' which means shepherd's crook.
• Golf is the only sport that has been played on the moon, having been done so on 6th February 1971 by Alan Shepard.
• The first century in Test cricket was scored by Charlie Bannerman of Australia in 1877.