Summer is fast approaching and there are a wonderful array of sporting events to enjoy from the Euro’s 2024, the Tour de France, Tennis at Wimbledon, to the Olympics and Paralympics 2024 in Paris.
If you are an avid sports enthusiast (player or observer), we have put together a number of resources to help you enjoy and get into the spirit of these events. If you prefer a more mindful approach to movement then don’t worry we have also included resources that promote rest and relaxation as an important balance to movement.
View the resources
Take a look at the range of resources available via our digital resources list
We also have a physical display in the Templeman Library, so come and have a browse of a range of titles from sporting personalities biographies, sport themed fiction, motivational texts, wellbeing works and a range of activities covered by the content including running, sea swimming, walking and mindfulness.
If you are away form the campus over summer then we have you covered via our online “feelgood” curated collection via Libby of eBook and audio titles for you to engage with – maybe find a few reads to relax with over your summer break.
Follow our “feel good” mascot
Come and find our “feel good” mascot as they move through our collections highlighting exciting spaces within the Templeman Library all whilst engaging in some sporting fun!
Chill Out bear and their friends will be visiting a number of spaces in the coming weeks, including a visit to Special Collections and Archives on Friday 12th July where they will be overseeing a desktop exhibition of sporting comics from the British Cartoon Archive.
Don’t forget to visit our Social Media channels to find out which spaces Chill Out bear and friends will be visiting, and for more information about their trip to Special Collections and Archives.
Sport in Special Collections & Archives
Where: Templeman Library Reading Room, level 1 block A.
When: Friday 12th July, 10:00-16:00.
Free drop-in display, open to all, featuring material from the British Cartoon Archive and original artworks by W. K. Haselden, Tom Webster, Richard Willson, and Ron McTrusty. Alongside caricatures of recognisable sports personalities, there will also be some amusing interpretations of football and tennis through the decades, just in time for the Euros and Wimbledon.