Animal Para Games Can you find 9 yellow trophies in the picture? Find out more about museums and organisations who support and promote sporting heritage for disability sport. 1.The National Basketball Heritage Centre (NBHC) was founded at the University of Worcester and showcases a range of basketball history from the UK, including wheelchair basketball. https://library.worc.ac.uk/basketball-heritage -research-collections 2. The National Paralympic Heritage Trust shares British Paralympic Heritage and celebrates and explores this unique history. It has a heritage centre at Stoke Mandeville,3. WheelPower the birthplace is the national of the charity Paralympic for wheelchair Games that sport tells and the providesinspiring history of thisopportunities worldwide important for disabled event. children You canand visitadults virtually to play and and in enjoy person sport to takeand leadpart in tourshealthy and activea range lives. of events. The WheelPower Collection has many objects, images and https://www.paralympicheritage.org.uk/Default.aspxfilm related to the history of wheelchair sport and the origins of the Paralympic Movement at Stoke Mandeville and is looked after by the National Paralympic Heritage Trust. https://www.wheelpower.org.uk/ 4. National Sporting Heritage Day takes place each year to celebrate and bring awareness about the fantastic sporting collections across the UK https://www.sportingheritage.org.uk/content/events/national-sporting- heritage-day/national-sporting-heritage-day-2021 5. The Paralympic Heritage exhibition at Stoke Mandeville Hospital tells the story of the National Spinal Injuries Centre. From the life-changing advances in treatment developed by the tireless research of medical staff, to the inspirational tales of patients, to the early days of the Paralympic Games. https://www.paralympicheritage.org.uk/nsic-display-the-national-spinal- injuries-centre 6. Goalball dates back to 1946 – when it was devised as a simple rehabilitation/recreational exercise for blinded war veterans. It is now an established Paralympic sport that is played by thousands of teams around the world. Goalball UK are a registered charity and the National Governing Body for goalball in the UK. http://goalballuk.com/ 7. The Civil Service Sports Council highlights the achievements of past employees, including Commonwealth Games winner Carol Bryant, a disabled athlete and a telephonist, who won six golds – fencing, table tennis, discus, 60- metre dash, team medley, swimming and pentathlon. 8. The National Football Museum exists to explain how and why football has become ‘the people’s game’, a key part of England’s heritage and way of life. It's collection also includes stories and objects of disabled footballers. https://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/collectionsnews/object-week- alistair-patrick-heseltons-headguard/ 9. Para Dance Sport is a sport that “involves athletes with a physical disability which affects the lower limbs. Para Dance promotes accessible dance and the history of the sport. https://paradance.org.uk/ Answer – 9 trophies .