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What no Pom Poms – Who are the Ligntning Cheerleaders?

The Swindon Lightnings don’t use PomPoms. Swindon’s only competitive cheerleading club, Swindon Lightning, is set to change perceptions of the sport; from that associated with the American movie industry, to a modern highly active and choreographed art-form sport. Describing the modern sport of cheerleading, head coach Millie Pall said, “Cheerleading is an extreme sport with […]

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Town tame the Shrews.

With ‘For Sale’ signs up and a mass clearing of the pitch on Friday night, Swindon ended a turbulent week on a high note with a brace of second-half goals. After the headlines concerning the sale of the club and a mammoth effort to clear the pitch of snow in time to actually play, the […]

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Lucky mascot Joe.

Joseph Compton is proving to be a lucky mascot. During a thunderstorm in the late summer Joe was hit by lightning as he waited outside Dorcan Academy in Swindon for a lift home. The bolt of lightning caused his heart to stop, burst his ear drums and caused severe burns across 22 per cent of […]

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Officially it’s ladies in Swindon.

Swindon seems to be attracting top lady officials for our sporting events this week. You may have seen in the Wildcats report from last Saturday that the London based official and two times Olympic games  ref Joy Tottman officiated at the Link last weekend in the macho sport of Ice Hockey. Joy’s worked at the […]

A quick dip in the Thames for the Sub Aqua Club.

A quick dip in the Thames for the Sub Aqua Club.

A dozen members of the Swindon Sub Aqua Club plunged into the Thames at Inglesham for their annual swim to St. John’s Lock the other side of Lechlade. The club do the swim to raise funds for the RNLI and after all the rain this year the river flow was rather fast and the swimmers […]

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Cumbrians repelled by 4 goal burst from Town.

Swindon are hunting down a top two slot in League One after another big win. Town came within a goal of making it a unique treble of 5-0 home wins as they swept aside Carlisle in the same way as Tranmere & Portsmouth before them. The result leaves the Robins nicely positioned in 5th – […]

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Wildcats bring down The Bison at home 5-3.

The Swindon Wildcats got back to winning ways overcoming a tough Basingstoke Bison side. The Bison came into the night’s action with a run of four victories to call on however against a hungry ‘Cats side, that streak was soon to end. It was not all plain sailing for the Swindon Wildcats with the Bison […]

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Super sub Collins torpedoes Pompey with four goal broadside.

Super sub James Collins sank a struggling Portsmouth, scoring with his first touch after coming on on the hour mark.. He continued his one-man demolition derby with three more goals and an assist for Danny Hollands in 22 minutes. Needless to say he was voted Man of the Match. Final score Swindon 5 Portsmouth 0. […]

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Flames extinguish Wildcats hat trick.

Last Friday evening the Swindon Wildcats saw their run of late consequently come to an end, after losing out to the visiting Guildford Flames. Despite overcoming the Flames twice earlier this season, it was not to be Swindon’s night as they fell the wrong side of 7-5 scoreline. The night originally opened well for the […]