“The band sponsored a female athlete and an amateur in each sport.”

“It is not his intention to write a lecture on this subject as he is still an amateur in this field.”

“Owen is a journalist, Mara a novelist, and his contempt at having what he sees as an amateur on his patch is made blindingly obvious.”

“I was a little confused and don't know whether that was professionalism or pure amateurism.”

“Scunnered with the malign Scottish press, scunnered with his own backbenchers, scunnered with the amateurism and ineptness of the parliament.”

“With pros playing in the Olympics, this is the last spot for pure amateurism.”

“Despite the amateurishness of some of the performances, they usually sound delightful.”

“Within 60 seconds of that score, however, Scotland conceded a try of unutterable amateurishness.”

“You really want to forgive the amateurishness because of the speed and what seems to be the completeness of the coverage.”

“So certainly with those amateurs and juniors, the administrators need to have a pretty good look at how they timetable different sports.”

“What we need are boxers that have been amateurs before turning professional.”

“All the boats are captained by professional sailors but the rest of the crew are amateurs.”