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  • 1924-1925: Sheffield Training College Team

    1924-1925: Sheffield Training College Team

    Player holding the ball was Harriet Coutts who was training to be a teacher. Harriet was Allister’s mother.
  • 1933 All England Women's Net Ball Association

    1933 All England Women's Net Ball Association

    Norfolk Women’s Net Ball Tournament held on the court courts at the Training College ground in Norwich.  Participating clubs were ...
  • An ample salary of £100 per year!

    An ample salary of £100 per year!

    Once students entered her college, Martina Bergman Österberg maintained an autocratic rule over their daily lives. She forbade students from ...
  • Dartford College: then and now

    Dartford College: then and now

    Physical education instructors’ colleges for men would not exist in England until the 1930s. During World War II, Martina Bergman-Österberg’s ...
  • Early kit and new gymslips!

    Early kit and new gymslips!

    In the early days of young women’s sport, coverage of the female body was accepted as normal. Note the long skirts, ...
  • Kingsfield: a country house in Dartford, Kent

    Kingsfield: a country house in Dartford, Kent

    Late in 1895, Martina Bergman-Österberg purchased a large country house named ‘Kingsfield’ on a 14-acre estate in Dartford, Kent. She ...
  • Martina: our netball heroine

    Martina: our netball heroine

    Martina Bergman-Österberg (1849–1915) was a Swedish physical education instructor and women’s suffrage advocate. After studying Swedish gymnastics in Stockholm she ...
  • St Joseph's College Bradford

    St Joseph's College Bradford

    Winners of the West Riding Net Ball League Shield 1935
  • Who was Dr Toles?

    Who was Dr Toles?

    This gentleman is usually credited with bringing the game of basket ball to the students at Martina Bergman-Österberg’s college at ...
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