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Sport shorts.

That makes it three. Lady refs that is. As featured in an earlier blog Swindon’s top teams seem to be attracting lady referees at the moment; and what’s wrong with that? Alexandra Ihringova was at the County Ground on Saturday as a linesman and Joy Tottman was one of the officials at the Link the […]

Swindon to host top speedway meeting.

SWINDON Speedway will again host the biggest individual event in the Elite League calendar this year. The Abbey Stadium will stage the Elite League Riders’ Championship on Saturday, October 12 after the big success of the 2012 event. It means the top rider from every Elite League club will do battle for the prestigious title […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Spitfires hang 2 on Nalisea. Spitfires 2 Nailsea 1

SWINDON Spitfires regained second spot in the South West Women’s League Division One with a 2-1 win over Nailsea United. With Nailsea having held Spitfires’ promotion rivals St Nicholas to a goalless draw a week earlier, Spitfires expected a tough challenge from their guests. Spits made a positive start, with Sammie Smith coming close in […]

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 […]

Bees swarm to sting ‘Cats for 6

With a large crowd packing the Link for Nicky Watts final home game Swindon Wildcats saw their three game win streak come to end, falling to the visiting Bracknell Bees. A fiesty first period saw both sides deliver hard hits but within 13 minutes, the first goal was netted. After the puck passed into the […]

Broken Link Pool mended.

What was thought to be a straightforward six-week re-tiling job at the Link Centre pool starting at the end of July 2012 turned out to be anything but when major repairs were found to be needed. As a result the pool has been closed for 7 months, but council staff and specialist contractors have been […]

Hannah’s inline for a Great Britain game.

Continuing the Sportswindon series in minority sports, Inline Hockey has been in the news of late because Swindon is making a splash or rather Hannah Archer a young lady from the town is in the GB team. So what is Inline Hockey and how did Hannah get to where she has. Inline hockey, also known […]

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