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Welcome to Badminton.

Welcome to Badminton.

A four day feast of top equestrian action takes place on the Badminton Estate on the Wiltshire Gloucestershire boarder. The Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials and the Grass Roots Championships take place this weekend, with the Duchess of Cornwall presenting the prizes on Sunday after the Show Jumping has finished.           […]

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Fancy a walk in the park.

Swindon Council Leisure department have put together a programme for the month of may that encourages walking. There is a PDF available at the following link: http://www.leisureinswindon.co.uk/downloads/library/65-walking_festival_brochure.pdf Events start in Lydiard Park on Saturday 4th May with  Get Walking Day Step out with this sociable three-mile guided walk around the spring flowers at Lydiard Park […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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Town secure play-off place.

The future looks brighter for Swindon Town after their second big home win of the week secured a play-off place. Man-of-the-Match Aden Flint grabbed his first goals of the season with a sublime opener and a fantastic strike for the final goal, with Gary Roberts scoring with a well-taken effort to make it 2-0. Stevenage […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Marine draw first bout in 3 days against Shortwood.

Supermarine grabed a late leveler to draw the first round of a brace of matches against Shortwood. Swindon Supermarine midfielder Rob Dean ad gave the Webb’s Wood side the lead with a goal  minutes into the match, but after goals from Longworthy and Haddock before the break put Shortwood on top, Marine needed a late […]

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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 […]