Sport in Middle-Earth

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

or in small craft for contests of speed in rowing or sailing

I knew it! Cowes Week and the Boat Race represent a survival of Numenorean culture into the present day. Perhaps even Henley Regatta, although that might be stretching a point.

I still find it quite interesting that there's so little reference to team games. I accept the Muse's observation that times are a little fraught in LoTR, but does this apply throughout the Legendarium as a whole? Mind you, it scarcely matters: the absence of sporting discussions in Tolkien's writing is one of the things that I like about it. Perhaps he shared my views on the subject.