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Air Ambulance charity lifted by star studded football match.

Stars from soaps and sport joined forces to raise cash for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance at Swindon Town’s County Ground. The club has adopted the charity as its charity of the year and pulled in such names as Adam Woodyatt, Khali Best, Tony Discipline, Matt Lapinskas and Jamie Borthwick from Eastenders, TOWIE star James Argent, […]

League hits town – Swindon St. George start their season.

Rugby League is back and Swindon St. George are in the build-up to a summer of rough and tumble at Swindon’s Rugby Club Greenbridge complex. Is it the most physically demanding of team sports? Come and watch. The seasons fixtures are below. For those who want more information on the sport Wikipedia says this about […]

Dive in. Sub-Aqua club opening new centre.

Swindon Sub-Aqua Club have developed a new clubhouse o n the Supermarine Sports Complex at South Marston. Consisting of a function room on the upper floor with boathouse, kit storage and changing room alongside a three level dive training pool on the lower level. The complex is to be opened by Dr David Bellamy OBE […]

Dolphins extinguish the Welsh Dragon to go into next round.

Swindon Dolphins Waterpolo team put paid the Welsh Wanderers cup hopes with a close 18-17 win at Milton Road. The Wanderers, with players from the international level of the sport, fought hard in the handicapped match to claw back the Dolphins four goal advantage, only to see the Swindon team finished the game still with a […]

Third star gets England call.

Wanborough’s Louise Hunt is among a three-strong Great Britain women’s wheelchair tennis team selected this week by the Tennis Foundation for the 2013 BNP Paribas World Team Cup in Antalya, Turkey, from 20 – 26 May. Louise joins Wildcats Ice Hockey star Aaron Nell and Inline Hockey star Hannah Archer in call-ups for the national […]

Sport shorts – Hannah get GB call.

Swindon Flames player selected for World Championships in Los Angeles Hannah Archer from West Swindon has been playing inline hockey since the age of ten with Swindon Flames. Now she’s been selected for the second time to represent Great Britain in the inline hockey World Championships taking place in Los Angeles in July. Explaining the […]

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Storm hits town – Grid Iron is back.

Swindon took on Bournemouth Bobcats at Supermarine for the first match in 15 years. Match report to follow. A quick look at the ruled thanks to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football American football, known in the United States as football, is a team sport. It is played by two teams, eleven players to a side, who advance an oval […]

Jamie Cox to flood the Oasis for return to the ring.

Swindon middleweight Jamie Cox will make his long-awaited return to professional boxing at the Oasis this summer. The former Commonwealth gold medallist revealed at a press conference today held at Fratello’s Restaurant that he will make a comeback with big fight night, which takes place on 15 June at Swindon’s Oasis. It will be Cox’s […]

Badminton course set.

BADMINTON COURSE READY TO TEST WORLD’S BEST The cross country course at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials is ready to test probably one of the highest class entries for many years. With multiple Olympic medalists in the field, the course that director and designer Hugh Thomas had in mind for a pre-Games Work out […]

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Sport shorts. Sky meeting prices Cut

Excalibur Communications Robins Sky meeting on Monday – prices Cut. SWINDON have slashed admission prices in a bid to pack the Abbey Stadium terraces for the first visit of Sky Sports this Monday (April 8, 7.30). The reigning Elite League champions face bitter rivals Peterborough in a meeting which is sure to provide plenty of […]

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