Sporting Memories
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We help older people to reminisce, replay and reconnect through the power of sport.
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Joined October 2011
Calling all young Orcadians! We’ve launched a competition where we’re looking for your memories of the Orkney 2025 Island Games – with prizes to be won for some of the best entries! Find out how you can submit your entry here: https://t.co/dLGX0s4H9A
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Honouring our Patron with a fitting tribute. Thanks to the brilliant efforts of @SMN_Scotland Trustee Maurice, the new running track at Posties Park, Dumbarton, has been renamed in honour of the legendary Lachie Stewart. Read more here: https://t.co/mgeKc1Sdbs
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Supporting our work across Witham! Meet Nick – our apprentice who helps to run our weekly Club with @FreedomLeisure as well as run activities at a local care home in Witham. Read more about Nick’s journey with us here: https://t.co/5oPr1zX2tV
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Enjoying the home of cricket! A big thank you to the MCC for inviting our Croydon Club for a special tour of @HomeOfCricket earlier today.
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This week members of the Sporting Memories group were asked to bring in memorabilia from their personal lives. Big thanks to all our contributors who brought a wonderful range of items from the world of sport💙 @SportsMemNet
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On Remembrance Day, we remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. We will remember them.
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#MondayMemory Which English football team was the first to win a European club trophy? You can search our pages and posts for #MondayMemory to make your own Sports Quiz . . . . . . Tottenham Hotspur – European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1963
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Calling everyone in #Rogerstone or #Caerphilly! Could you help support our weekly @SMN_Wales sessions run in your area. We’re looking for volunteers to help with our members enjoy their sessions and encourage other to come too! All the details are below!
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We will remember them. On #RemembranceSunday, we look back to 1914, and the story of several English rugby players who lost their lives in The Great War after playing in the Five Nations of that year. Read Peter Bloor’s series here:
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Volunteer Peter Bloor's latest series for the remembrance period focuses on players who played in the 1914 Five Nations that lost their lives during The Great War.
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It’s another sports-packed weekend as we head into the winter months! Have you shared your memories of watching or playing sport on a chilly afternoon? Then why not do so via our Replay Memories website. All the details you’ll need are here: https://t.co/Sgw0NZAAxb
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Our competition for young people across Orkney is still open and looking for entries! We’re looking for your memories of the 2025 Island Games, with prizes to be won! All the details you’ll need to enter are here: https://t.co/Qr6gwVzzcr
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It always great to have an Olympic medallist visit our sessions! That was the case for our @stratfordsport Club recently, as they welcomed 1992 Hockey @TeamGB member Jane Sixsmith to their session, where she shared details about her time in Barcelona and receiving an MBE!
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In the final part of Peter Bloor’s series, he reflects on England’s final Five Nations match of 1914 against France, and remembering the English players who lost their lives in the Great War that was to follow. Read the final part here: https://t.co/pJCEvBzWaL
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Lovely session at our Rumney Hub group today....Well done to John for winning this week's spot the ball competition 👍 👏 we meet every Wednesday from 10am...new members welcome @SportsMemNet @AgeConnectWales @talkolderpeople @Car_Wellbeing
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Looks like another brilliant session for our @bishopafc Club tomorrow! If you're nearby why not give the Club as a visit and you can be part of a fun chat about all things sport in the North East!
Delighted to welcome renowned north east sports journalist Doug Weatherall @SportsMemNet tomorrow morning. What a career Doug has had! Try and be there - it’s a 10:30am sharp start.
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Nearly 70 at our @pnecommunity @SportsMemNet session today where we watched ‘People’s War’, a film that detailed the wartime experiences of Sir Tom Finney. We also had a look at the “Not Forgotten” booklet
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It's a huge congratulations to Martine Yates, one of the volunteers at our Witham Club with @FreedomLeisure. Martine was awarded the Health and Wellbeing Individual accolade at the Braintree District Volunteer and Active Braintree Awards! More here:
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A dozen groups and individuals receive recognition for the difference they make to the community
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In Part Three of our series for the Remembrance period, Peter Bloor profiles James Henry Digby (J.H.D.) Watson, and his controversial selection for England in 1914, having playing almost all of his club rugby in Scotland. Read more here: https://t.co/XR8LwFTHAz
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#MondayMemoryWhich football team lost the World Cup final in 1974, 1978 and 2010? You can search our pages and posts for #MondayMemory to make your own Sports Quiz . . . . . . Holland
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During #OccupationalTherapyWeek, here’s some insight from @EdinburghNapier OT students Tanya and Lorraine who recently joined some of our Clubs in @SMN_Scotland earlier this year:
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Two Occupational Therapy students from Edinburgh Napier University share their finding of placements at our Scottish Clubs.
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It’s #OccupationalTherapyWeek! This week highlights how occupational therapists can support those living with health challenges to live fulfilling and active lives, by using initiatives and activities such as Sporting Memories.
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