Instead they referred us to the umbrella group for field sports - the Countryside Alliance.
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Prince William, it can be countered, may share his father's tastes for country life and field sports, but he spends much of his time in royal unicorn mode, or something like it.
Again, lessons to be learned for application far from the field of sports.
Then, in December, the European Court of Justice agreed to review a complaint from three French animal-rights campaigners, backed by the European Commission on Human Rights, who say that the French law letting shooters on to smallholders' land violates property rights and freedom of association because it forces people to become de facto members of the local field-sports association.
This is direct competition with DirectTV, which has dominated the out-of-market sports field for year.
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Leadership is a singular quality, whether in the boardroom, the political arena or on the sports field.
Two-thirds of parents say they have witnessed bullying and intimidation on the school sports field, a survey suggests.
Far from leveling the playing field, college sports recruiting offers the moneyed a substantial advantage over less wealthy families.
All adults are told where their closest evacuation centre - a park or sports field, for example - is located.
"Perfectionists have a difficult time with making mistakes, " Cohn said, when asked how to cultivate resilience on the sports field.
Dan and Keri work in the field of disabled sports, Keri for Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association and Dan for the Chicago Park District.
Or, as some schools already do, at least give time off during the school day to compensate for the hours spent on the sports field?
But trying to pin down national identity is always a difficult and dangerous occupation - even more so if your chosen medium involves marshalling 1, 000 people, nine geese and 70 sheep on a sports field.
The Field Museum of Natural History sports one of the largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus rex fossils around.
But you can't chalk up NBC's success only to having a relatively clear playing field, or to using sports promotion that's proven to be very unreliable in the past.
There is now a level playing field (apologies for the sports metaphor) that would allow the badly underfunded transportation agency to take full advantage of the area's rapidly rising prices and explosive growth.
He had heard the rumblings that his team wanted to move him out of one of the most prestigious positions in sports: center field for the New York Yankees, onetime home of Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle.
Field hockey coach and school sports director Charmaine Koekemoer said she was driving the bus past the track at around 10.15 a.m. on the Sunday morning when members of her Hoerskool Voortrekker girls hockey team started shouting "There's Oscar, there's Oscar!"
Northwestern has unveiled plans for a complex that includes new lakefront facilities for the football team, a multipurpose indoor facility that seats 2, 500, a diving well adjacent to the existing swimming pool and an outdoor practice field for varsity and club sports along with intramurals.
And as you know, in big-time Olympic sports like track and field, image is everything.
We are moving forward with the finest officials in sports back on the field.
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Ferguson's departure marks the end of an era in Manchester and European soccer, a spell that saw Manchester United become not just an on-field juggernaut, but one of sports' pre-eminent global brands.
Whenever Ferguson does leave, it will mark the end of an era in Manchester and European soccer, a spell that saw Manchester United become not just an on-field juggernaut, but one of sports' pre-eminent global brands.
Is it freedom of religion, democracy, a judiciary and parliamentary system that is envied worldwide, a cherished monarchy, a reputation of fair play on and off the field, be it business, sports, diplomacy or combat, the English language, etc?
It is difficult for these teams to compete on a level playing field with other teams in their respective sports.
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Unlike sports in which the home field advantage is attributed to the officials, the researchers believe psychological factors are at work here.
It has a soccer field, so its consistently used for sports.
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Perennial Portuguese powerhouse Porto relies heavily on the practice, according to a recent paper by sports lawyers Daniel Geey of Field Fisher Waterhouse and Ariel N.
With so many ways to deliver the messages of arts and entertainment, the field is every bit as competitive as sports, finance, politics or technology itself.
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