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Croquet – did King Charles II play it?

Sportswindon takes another of those sports you don’t see in the news very often. You may remember that in January Swindon Croquet obtained a Sport England Grant and a grant from the Croquet Association to enable the club to obtain a new Clubhouse and equipment to maintain its own Lawns. The club running a Beginners’ […]

Williams cuts a punch and picks up prizefight crown.

SWINDON’S Phil Williams triumphed at Neilson Promotions’ heavyweight prizefighter tournament on Saturday. Despite being cut below the left eye Williams went on to a narrow victory 29-28 over Melksham bassed boxer Nick Tuckett, to win the heavyweight prizefighter tournament and and picked up £2,000 in the process Phill Williams path to the 2k prize saw […]

Supermarine fail to stop Hardy’s men as Dorchester triumph.

Supermarine Rugby 1st team V Dorchester at South Marston. Final score Supermarine 12 Dorchester 43. Home tries scored by George Cowley and Capt Matt Dickens which Stu Dawson converted. For the Dorchester report on the game. http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/dorchester/s/match-report-71798.html?official=0&fixture_id=1671842 SPONSOR A GALLERY OR PAGE. Contact richard@calyxpix.com Gallery.

It’s back with a splash – Waterpolo.

Swindon Dolphins opened their Waterpolo season with a win against Bath University. My thanks to Chris Kerslake for the report: UNDER STRENGTH DOLPHIN EDGE OUT THE STUDENTS Swindon Dolphin water polo squad opened their Bristol and West Division One season with a hard fought 10 – 8 win against Bath University at Milton Road. The […]

It’s mad. Freezing conditions don’t stop the March Hares.

Despite bitterly cold temperatures and a chilly wind hundreds of runners and walkers turned out for the sixth Mad March Hare in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer on Sunday 24 March. There was a 10k and 5k fun run starting at Lydiard Park Academy which took in footpaths around West Swindon before going through Lydiard […]

Wrag Barn captains present a cheque to Seve fund.

Wrag Barn Golf Club 2012 captain Steve Griffiths and ladies captain Juliet Platt have presented a cheque for £9108.11 to the Seve Ballesteros Foundation and Cancer Research UK after their joint fund-raising efforts throughout their year of captaincy. Commenting on the importance of the charity, Juliet said: “Seve was such an icon of the game […]

Sport for all wheelchair users at Delta open day.

The Wheelchair Sports Open Day was put together by the council’s Leisure Services team at the Delta Tennis Centre on Sunday. It showcased a range of sports available to wheelchair users from across the borough and surrounding areas including Wheelchair basketball and rugby. The wheelchair basketball, was run by coaches from the Swindon Shock basketball […]

Bees sting Wildcats

Swindon Wildcats suffer their third successive loss, as a late blow saw the Bracknell Bees land a final 3-2 score at the Link Centre. What was another close encounter between the two sides saw the Bees strike first in the game, with import Martin Masa hitting a one timed effort in front of net for […]

Prizefight bouts drawn.

The Neilson Prizefight bouts were drawn at a press conference at the Oasis in Swindon. Over 70 press and boxing fans were at the Leisure Centre on Saturday to watch the draw for the eight man, £2000, ‘Winner Takes All’ Neilson Promotions Heavyweight Prizefighter Tournament. The bouts will take place at the same venue on […]

Charlie’s circuits; all smiles.

We have not featured Swindon Powerlifter Charlie Shotton-Gale of late, so to put things right we checked out the Shotton-Gale Circ’s du Smiles Circuit Training at the New College. What is Circ’s du Smiles Circuit Training? Getting fit and smiling at the same time. Yes well…. In Charle’s words “You only have to push yourself […]

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