Let’s celebrate National Sporting Heritage Day
Sport was such an important part of Whitchurch Hospital life for both the patients and the staff. Sport is still played on the hospital fields which is a great legacy
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@whitchurchhospital.bsky.socialLet’s celebrate National Sporting Heritage Day
Sport was such an important part of Whitchurch Hospital life for both the patients and the staff. Sport is still played on the hospital fields which is a great legacy
@sportingheritage.bsky.socialOne of the questions we get asked a lot from those just beginning their sporting heritage journey is "How do we get started?"
With illustrator Jessica Hartshorn, we've created a handy beginners guide for #NSHD2026 linking you to support, and resources.
@redbridgemuseum.bsky.socialToday is National Sporting Heritage Day. This photo from our collection shows the ladies team at Wanstead Cricket Club in about 1890🏏
@barnsleymuseums.bsky.socialA day early for #NationalPoetryDay but here is a poem that @imcmillan.bsky.social wrote a few years as part of our exhibition about the Slazenger factory in Barnsley
@barnsleymuseums.bsky.socialIt's become a tradition of ours to ask you to #ShowUsYourBalls as part of National Sporting Heritage Day.
Here's our multi-coloured tennis balls that were made at Slazenger's in Barnsley where are at one time all the tennis balls were made
@unistirarchives.bsky.socialToday is National Sporting Heritage Day 2026 #NSHD2026 the perfect time to celebrate the fantastic work @sportingheritage.bsky.social does and also to promote our #SportingHeritage collections!
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@exeterunispeccoll.bsky.socialToday is National Sporting Heritage Day!
Did you know our University Archive contains items relating to university sports going back more than a century, including reports, photographs, sportswear, balls, and even trophies?
Here's a small selection!
📷 EUL UA
@gwentarchives.bsky.socialOs ydych chi wedi mwynhau gweld eitemau o'r casgliad hwn y mis hwn ac yn teimlo'n llawn ysbrydoliaeth, beth am gysylltu â ni i ddod i weld y casgliad drosoch chi’ch hun?
@gwentarchives.bsky.socialIf you've enjoyed seeing items from this collection this month and feel inspired why not contact us to come and view the collection in person.
@dmuspecialcolls.bsky.socialIt’s NationalSportingHeritage Day! 🏆⚽🎾 🏉
Explore our #sports collections thru our catalogue, read our blogs & online exhibitions, or visit our reader room to see for yourself.
You can find it all on our website 👇 buff.ly/cXzYQ5i
@dmuleicester @librarydmu #sportshistory #sportingheritage #NSHD2026
@sportingheritage.bsky.socialHere's a little cinematic treat on National Sporting Heritage Day tomorrow for any football fans in Cardiff.
Wetting the appetite nicely for the upcoming Cymru v Norway match too.
@gwentarchives.bsky.socialThis photo is a poignant item from the Newport Athletic Club collection as it shows the 16th platoon of the 8th South Wales Borderers. From September 1915, the photo shows a number of Newport Athletic Club members who enlisted and fought in World War One.
@gwentarchives.bsky.socialMae'r llun hwn yn eitem deimladwy o gasgliad Clwb Athletau Casnewydd gan ei fod yn dangos 16eg platŵn 8fed Cyffinwyr De Cymru. O fis Medi 1915, mae'r ffotograff yn dangos nifer o aelodau o Glwb Athletau Casnewydd a ymrestrodd ac a ymladdodd yn y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf
@gwentarchives.bsky.socialAr y llythyr hwn mae dyddiad y flwyddyn ganlynol – tybed a oedd rhagor o enghreifftiau o Gadoediad y Nadolig?
@gwentarchives.bsky.socialThis letter is dated the following year - were there more examples of the Christmas Truce?
@gwentarchives.bsky.socialThis particular letter is from a Club member who was a prisoner of war alongside many other members. In the letter, he asks the Club if they would send the 'Newport Boys' an 'old practice ball'. #NSHD2026
@gwentarchives.bsky.socialDaw'r llythyr penodol hwn gan aelod o'r Clwb a oedd yn garcharor rhyfel ochr yn ochr â llawer o aelodau eraill. Yn y llythyr, mae'n gofyn i'r Clwb a allen nhw anfon 'hen bêl ymarfer' at Fois Casnewydd.
@gwentarchives.bsky.socialMae'r llythyr hwn hefyd yn dangos cyfnod pwysig yn ystod y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf gyda phryderon cynyddol ynghylch nifer y dynion a oedd wedi ymrestru ar gyfer y Rhyfel. Cyflwynwyd Cynllun Derby chwe mis yn ddiweddarach ac yna gorfodaeth filwrol y flwyddyn ganlynol.
@gwentarchives.bsky.socialThis letter also shows an important time during World War One with growing anxieties around numbers of men enlisting in the war effort. The Derby Scheme was introduced only six months later followed by mandatory conscription the following year. #NSHD2026
@gwentarchives.bsky.socialDaw'r llythyr hwn gan aelod o'r Clwb yn gofyn am ddiweddu ei aelodaeth gan ei fod yn gwasanaethu yn y Lluoedd Arfog ac ar fin gadael am Dardanelles.