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With the 2025 Gloucester Cheese Roll fast approaching let’s take a look at what to expect from this years event. The Gloucester Cheese Roll has taken place at Cooper’s Hill since 1826, the event consists of 25 people who throw themselves down the hill in hunt of a wheel of double Gloucester cheese. The wheel […]
The Alcofrolics beat Spartans with an incredible last ball comeback victory in their 480-479 win in the One Eyed Jacks’ Summer League on Tuesday evening. Coney Hill star Ryan Morgan finished with a 12-spare to score 81 and win the game by a single pin after winning eight of the 10 legs in the second […]
“The Miners has had an alley longer than I’ve been alive – but it’s not just an alley, it’s a social hub where people come together,” says one local. Coalpit Heath in Bristol is home to The Miners, a cherished social club that serves as the heart and soul of the community. It’s a place where […]
Great British Age Group Triathlete Adam Blackmore has explained the positive effect the University of Gloucestershire had on his journey to the European Triathlon Multisport Championships. Blackmore is a university graduate and now is the University of Gloucestershire’s UK Postgraduate Marketing and Student Recruitment Manager. He proudly donned a GB vest at the 2024 Europe […]
The eyes of the world will be fixated on the clash in New Orleans as Patrick Mahomes’ Chiefs look to complete a historic threepeat. Sunday’s ‘big game’ could see the Chiefs make more NFL history as they look to be the first team to win three Super Bowls in a row. For the […]
England and Great Britain hockey player David Goodfield opened up on being forced to miss out on the 2024 Paris Olympics through injury. Goodfield played in GB’s opening two games at the Olympics but was forced to pull out after a flare-up in a recurring back injury. “That was one of the hardest situations I’ve […]
The biggest news for the sport of hockey in the last month was the announcement that field hockey would be cut from the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. This, unfortunately, wasn’t a surprise for Great Britain and England Hockey midfielder David Goodfield but admitted he could understand why the sport was cut. “I really wanted […]
“Had I not accepted, I wouldn’t have had the amazing opportunity to go Cape Town,” says Cheltenham Hockey Men’s club captain Rob Dent. In January 2024, Dent left Cheltenham to travel to New Zealand to pursue new coaching and playing opportunities. The 25-year-old fell in love with the sport of field hockey at the age […]
Cormac Johnson is a rookie down to a tee, and has hopes of getting a starting position in the most successful American Football Team in the UK, the UWE Bullets. View this post on Instagram A post shared by UWE Performance Sport (@uweperformancesport) Four National Championship titles, and Five Conference Championship titles with back to back to […]
With five games left in their Ligue Magnus season, the Chamonix Mont-Blanc Pionniers are gearing up for a relegation battle. Chamonix, set right in the heart of the French Alpes, sit eighth out of 12 teams, just above the relegation playoff places, thanks to a match-winning tiebreaker they hold over the Nice Eagles, who sit […]