28/11/2023
Across the Causeway area after World War Two, local dance halls and, at times, transformed community halls and other public buildings were at the heart of social life in our communities. One of these important dance venues was Ballymoney Town Hall, which now houses Ballymoney Museum.
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A project based on the Isle of Skye, Isabelle Law is capturing the faces of past, present and future players of Skye Camanachd club.
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In order to celebrate NSHD and our grant award we wanted to scan and share a collection snapshot. We chose Wales women’s teams from the 1990s.
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On Sunday 1st October, Irish FA Tours welcomed a groupfrom the A.C.T (Action for Community Transformation) to the National Football Stadium at Windsor Park for a fully guided tour of the stadium.
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Rugby Art Gallery and Museum were proud to receive a Sporting Heritage Community Grant to create a short film celebrating grassroots Rugby teams, in the 200th year of the game that shares their town’s name.
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With the ‘Life with the Lionesses’ exhibition on display at Pontefract Museum, WiRL celebrated National Sporting Heritage Day in style with an all-day event at the museum, including a ‘Meet the Legendary Lionesses’ Q&A, as well as video recordings of exclusive interviews and match footage.
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The Sporting Heritage grant enabled us to capture the pure essence of community and bring everyone together. We had members who would never dream of competing, loving it and regular competitors helping those new to the sport.
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The Community Grant received from Sporting Heritage, and supported by Microform Ltd allowed Falkirk Football Heritage Trust to progress with our ongoing project to digitise Falkirk Football Club's historical board minutes.
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The successful application to the NSHD Microform Support grant has enabled us to acquire a secure cupboard for the South Manchester SC trophies and ensure both the safe storage of the items and a step towards increased public access and preservation of Manchester's aquatic legacy.
Find out more 11/07/2023
Halifax, West Yorkshire has a long and proud tradition of boxing clubs and academies. This is a town steeped in tough, working class sporting heritage. Watch the documentary film, that celebrates this special sporting community.
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Sport has always been important to Wales as a nation: from the ancient game of cnapan, to modern rugby and football; from boxing to cycling, athletics to swimming. Our country has produced an impressive array of exceptional sports people and we punch well above our weight in international competition.
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My passion for Scottish Football history started at an early age, and, over a period of some 40+ years of on off research, I have collated the most extensive and accurate Scottish F.A. Cup results collection available anywhere.
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Saxon Group Riding for the Disabled Association celebrated National Sporting Heritage Day with the launch of their new Tea with a Pony sessions for local people living with dementia.
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Nigel Huddleston, Minister for Sport, outlined that sporting heritage is central to the identity of Northern culture and communities, in ...
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As part of February’s Art of Sporting Heritage Month, Russell Todd from Expo’r Wal Goch, the Welsh football social enterprise, was joined by guests to discuss the significance of football and other sports in the fiction of Rhondda writer Ron Berry (1920-1997).
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Photographer Bartosz Nowicki reflects on life among the fans of Cardiff City FC, and his 'Bluebirds' exhibition.
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Gayle Rogers shared her thoughts with us ahead of her 2022 exhibition at the Workers Gallery, What Time's Kickoff?
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The City and District of Derry and Strabane District Council is steeped in sporting history. Our Sporting Heritage Community Grant allowed us to create a 'Sports of Our Time' exhibition, which opened on 30 September to celebrate our sporting heroes in all sports throughout our council area.
Find out more 17/11/2021
One consolation of the Covid-19 lockdowns was being able to “attend” last year’s Sporting Heritage online conference, which inspired me to put a bid in immediately for a Community Grant to make a film capturing stories from the diverse women’s football group I work with.
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June 2016 - I ventured to the first major footballing championship (men’s) that Wales had qualified for in my lifetime: Euro 2016.
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For National Sporting Heritage Day 2021 the Arlington Baths Club was proud to present the Battle of the Bathsmasters, a dramatisation of a 1879 media spat and public swimming contest to prove women’s swimming skills!
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Durham Amateur Football Trust celebrated National Sporting Heritage Day with an exhibition entitled “A Day out at Wembley” on Saturday 2 October at King James 1 Academy, Bishop Auckland.
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For this year's National Sporting Heritage Day we publicised Reading Museum’s forthcoming exhibition on 150 years of Reading FC, and celebrated our heritage through a range of activities.
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Throughout the week of National Sporting Heritage Day, we shared with local people and schools the story of Claude Hailey, and Tennis Wales offered coaching sessions to local people, all of which helps us re-engage with the community after the pandemic.
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