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Swindon Robins - Champions Alun Rossiter with the cup.

Speedway bosses quick to praise their Champions.

SWINDON Speedway bosses have praised their side after they bagged the Robins’ first league title for 45 years. A 96-89 aggregate triumph over Poole brings to an end a season long battle with the Pirates, and both Gary Patchett and Alun Rossiter were over the moon. Promoter and co-owner Patchett said: “I was a fan […]

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Ten man Town iron out a draw with Scunthorpe.

The Iron – Scunthorpe – dug deep to keep 10 man Swindon to a 1-1 draw at the County Ground. Under the watchful eye of the new Chairman Sir William Patey KCMG town went into the lead with a James Collins goal  after 18 minutes. That was his third in three outings. Aden Flint was […]

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Supermarine hostes West of England Cyclo-cross

The Supremarine multisport  complex at South Marston was busy on Sunday. with archery, football and cyclo-cross. A complex cross country cycle course was marked out around the complex for the West of England cyclists to race over. So what is Cyclocross? FROM THEIR WEB PAGE. http://www.cyclo-cross.org.uk/ Cyclo-cross is all about FUN, what used to be […]

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Dolphins have swimming lesson with Olympian Michael Jamieson.

The crowd may not have been as large as the Olympic Aquatics Centre, but Milton Road baths was no less packed to see silver medalist Michael Jamieson when he visited Swindon Dolphins on Sunday. Michael Jamieson, complete with his medal, talked about his career, answered questions from the swimmers and had both swimmers and parents […]

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Marine get 3 points against Cinderford.

Supermarine signed Swindon Town’s Chris Smith on loan midweek and he made his first outing at South Marston against Cinderford. The full back joined central midfielder Chris Taylor, who was part of the Supermarine team that went to the 2010/11 FA Cup second round, on his return to the Webb’s Wood from Cirencester.  Ashleigh Edenborough […]

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Swindon take 7 points to Poole.

SWINDON’S title hopes are on a knife-edge after a thrilling 51-44 victory over deadly rivals Poole in the Elite League Grand Final First Leg at the Abbey on Monday. Robins raced into an early lead with 5-1s in the opening two races, before a further brace of maximums in heats eight and nine extended their […]

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Sir William Patey takes over from Jeremy Wray at County Ground.

Jeremy Wray has moved aside to allow former Ambassador to Iraq Sudan and  Afghanistan Sir William Charters Patey to become the Chairman of Swindon Town. Sir William who is a Hibs fan and is non executive Director of HSBC Bank Middle East take over with immediate effect.

Neilson Boxing Oasis Swindon.

White collar boxing.

The Neilson organisation put on a charity White Collar Boxing night at the Oasis in Swindon. A large crowd packed the leisure centre, which stood in after the original venue had trouble with its entertainment license, to watch a great night of boxing.           Gallery:

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Kate and William meets England football squad.

William & Kate open the FA’s new training ground. The Duke of Cambridge has given the royal seal of approval to the new National Football Centre at Burton-on-Trent which it is hoped will help delivery long term glory to the England team. The Duke, who was joined by his wife the Duchess of Cambridge, formally […]

Swindon Wildcats v Guilford Flames

Wildcats snuff out the Flames.

The Swindon Wildcats gave an outstanding display last Saturday evening, as they snuffed out the the visiting high flying Guildford Flames in impressive style with a 6-2 win. The night’s fixture opened up with end to end action and although sharing chances apiece, Swindon soon opened the scoring on home ice. After being gifted a […]