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British Society Of Sports History ‘A’ Level Essay Competition

Open to all AS/A2 students

The British Society of Sports History wishes to announce the inaugural Sports History Essay Competition. Open to all 6th Form Students studying AS/A2 level subjects.

Students are invited to submit (via their teachers) an essay of no less than 1500 and no more than 2000 words based on any sports history-related topic from any of the current AS/A2 Physical Education and Sports Studies specifications.

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Welcome to the new British Society of Sports History Website

Welcome to the website for the British Society of Sports History. Our purpose is to promote the study of the history of sport.

Our work includes activities as diverse as encouragement of research within and beyond academic settings, support for the preservation of the sporting record, collaboration with the museum and heritage sector, promotion of the study of the history of sport in higher and further education as well as by those in secondary school, and engagement with the broader public media.

As part of this promotion, we organise an annual conference and publish the journal Sport in History, as well as work with the broader sports history community to organise and support local and regional activities. Alongside these activities, we are building and supporting networks of post-graduate students and links with other social history groups.

The BSSH has members across the world, and we welcome anyone with an interest in the history of sport to our website and hope the material here is both interesting and useful for you. We are committed to sharing ideas, information and a passion for the study of the history of sport in a wide range of historical settings, and invite you to join us in these efforts.

Dr Malcolm MacLean

Chairman