Intramural
sports
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Intramural sports or intramurals are recreational sports organized within a particular
institution, usually an educational institution,[1][2]
or a set geographic area.[citation needed] The term, which is chiefly North American,[2]
derives from the Latin words intra muros meaning "within walls",[3][4][5]
and was used to describe sports matches and contests that took place among
teams from "within the walls" of an institution or area. The term
dates to the 1840s.[4][5]
It is contrasted with extramural, varsity or intercollegiate sports, which are played between teams
from different educational institutions.[6]
The word intermural, which also correctly means "between
institutions",[7]
is a common error for "intramural".[8]
The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan[9]
created the first intramural sports departments in 1913. Elmer Mitchell,
a graduate student at the time, was named the first Director of Intramural
Sports at the University of Michigan in 1919 and the first recreational sports
facility in the country opened at the University of Michigan.[10]
Mitchell is considered the "father of intramural sports" and taught a
class in intramural sports taken by William Wasson, founder of the National
Intramural Association (NIA), the forerunner to the National Intramural and Recreational Sports
Association (NIRSA).[11]
Mitchell later authored Intramural
Athletics (ED Mitchell - AS Barnes, 1928), and Intramural Sports.[12]
He co-authored Intramural Sports with Pat Mueller.[13]
Today, "intramural"
tournaments are still organized within a specific community or municipal area,
between teams of equivalent age or athletic ability. For example, intramural
sports programs are often organized on college campuses to promote competition
and fun among the students.
For most schools and campuses,
intramural sports are used to promote wellness and allow students who do not
compete on a national (NCAA) level an opportunity to be active.
Intramural
sports in the United States
The National Intramural Recreational
Sports Association (NIRSA), a professional organization based in Corvallis, Oregon, provides a network of more than 4,000 highly trained
professionals, students and Associate Members in the recreational sports field
throughout the United States, Canada and other countries. In most of the world
outside North America, sports scholarships and college sports on the North
American model do not exist so the distinction between college and intramural
sports has no relevance and is not made.
Intramural
sports in Canada
The Canadian Intramural Recreation Association (CIRA) organized intramurals within Canada from 1976-2002.
CIRA Ontario has been the major intramural organization in the Canadian
province of Ontario since 1969. CIRA Ontario is an incorporated, non-profit
organization whose mission is to encourage, promote, and develop active living,
healthy lifestyles and personal growth through intramural and recreation
programs within the education and recreation communities. They fulfill their
mandate through resources, workshops, conferences, newsletters, awards, and
other means. [14]
See
also
The entire wiki link on the subject can be found at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intramural_sports
Posters comments:
1. Sports are one form of entertainment for
communities and people in general.
2. There are
many other forms of entertainment, too.
3. People
enjoy entertainment during all times, including hard times.
4. Anybody can organize entertainment, to
include intramural sports.
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