News, Sport, and Entertainment from the University of Gloucestershire
From a nine-year-old on the green to a 95-year-old still rolling up on a Tuesday afternoon, Pete Babbage says the club that won the Bowls England Championship has a place for absolutely everyone. The hard part is convincing people to walk through the gate. Peter Babbage did not find bowls. Bowls found him. His in-laws […]
Slimbridge AFC manager Mike Palmer has reflected on one of the most unlikely title wins in recent Hellenic League memory, after the Gloucestershire club clinched the Premier Division championship by four points to seal promotion back to the Southern League at the first time of asking under his joint management alongside Tom Deakin. “I don’t […]
Three consecutive Premiership Women’s Rugby titles. A new head coach. A home semi-final on the horizon. Dan Murphy’s Circus has spent this entire season proving that what Sean Lynn built at Kingsholm did not walk out of the door with him. Gloucester Hartpury, the three-time defending Premiership Women’s Rugby champions based in Gloucestershire, are on […]
Runners from across the country descend on Sudeley Castle in Winchcombe this Saturday 16th May for the 11th edition of the Maverick Cotswolds Trail Run. A multi-distance trail race through the heart of the Gloucestershire countryside that has quietly built one of the most loyal followings in the regional endurance calendar without ever attracting the […]
University of Gloucestershire’s badminton captain Charlie Pinnell has identified fixed playing partnerships as the key to unlocking his side’s potential ahead of next season. The declaration came after a mixed Varsity display against the University of Worcester, which saw the women draw 4-4 while the men fell to a 7-1 defeat. Despite the scoreline, Pinnell […]
The world’s greenest football club are losing their academy funding. Two failed promotion bids, two seasons of dwindling grants, and now the EPPP has nothing left to offer Nailsworth. Forest Green Rovers, the world-famous vegan football club from the Gloucestershire village of Nailsworth, lost their Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) academy funding this spring after […]
Between the 2nd and 9th of May 2026, three clubs from the same county secured promotion at three different levels of the English football pyramid. This is how it happened, and why it matters. In the space of seven days in early May, Worcestershire produced something that the county’s football supporters will be drawing breath […]
As Steve Cotterill begins his second spell in charge of Cheltenham Town, former lead physiotherapist Andrew Mitchell shares exclusive insight into the manager’s methods, mindset and what his return means for the club. When Steve Cotterill returned to Whaddon Road this month, the reception said it all. The applause, the nods, the sense of something […]