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National Sporting Heritage Day, 30th Sept #NSHD2026
@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.
@dmuspecialcolls.bsky.socialReposted by @sportingheritage.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
@gwentarchives.bsky.socialReposted by @sportingheritage.bsky.socialToday is National Sporting Heritage and we have a really exciting video to share with you highlighting the Newport Athletic Club collection.
@exeterunispeccoll.bsky.socialReposted by @sportingheritage.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
@glamarchives.bsky.socialReposted by @sportingheritage.bsky.socialIt’s Sporting Heritage Day Did you know there’s a strong baseball tradition in South Wales? Organised games were played from the 1890s. By the 1920s the Welsh Baseball Union comprised over 60 clubs mainly around Cardiff & Newport. This photo shows St Patrick’s School, Grangetown, Cardiff, 1953.
@barnsleymuseums.bsky.socialReposted by @sportingheritage.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.socialReposted by @sportingheritage.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
@fxuniarchives.bsky.socialReposted by @sportingheritage.bsky.socialHere's some books about sport from our #GorsedhKernow collection for National Sporting Heritage Day #NSHD26
Our collections include Cornish #SportingHistory across a range of sports from rugby and football, to wrestling and gig rowing.
The special collections are open to browse, 10am-4pm, Mon-Fri.
@redbridgemuseum.bsky.socialReposted by @sportingheritage.bsky.socialToday is National Sporting Heritage Day. This photo from our collection shows the ladies team at Wanstead Cricket Club in about 1890🏏
@unistirarchives.bsky.socialReposted by @sportingheritage.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!
www.stirlingcollections.org.uk/archive-coll...
@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.
@sportingheritage.bsky.socialA Bowls themed thread here from the folks at Gwent Archives, ahead of National Sporting Heritage Day.
Share #YourSportingStory on #NSHD2026
@sportingheritage.bsky.social🎉 The Countdown Begins...Celebrate National Sporting Heritage Day on September 30th! 🎉
Share your collections, stories, events and activities with us using #NSHD2026.
More Info: sportingheritage.org.uk/nshd
@gwentarchives.bsky.socialReposted by @sportingheritage.bsky.socialThe 30th September is National Sporting Heritage Day. To celebrate, we will be posting daily throughout September highlighting items from the Newport Athletic Club collection.
