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Despite injuries to key players such as Zach Mercer and Ollie Thorley, George Skivington feels his team are in the best position for their opening game in the EPCR Challenge Cup. The Cherry and Whites take on Edinburgh on Friday night at Kingsholm (8pm), and Skivington has named a full strength side. Gloucester were in […]
The ‘745 game’ was named in honour of the shirt numbers worn by Rob Burrow, Ed Slater, and Doddy Weir. Rugby League and Union combined in a 13-a-side match at Headingly, to raise awareness for Motor Neurone Disease. Rugby League came out victorious with a 33-21 win against Rugby Union. One of the last projects […]
Former regional swimmer Lucia Hooper reveals swapping her costume for boxing gloves has improved her mental health. Hooper found interest in the combat sport when she began studying at Loughborough University earlier this year. “It is an extremely sporty university so I was interested into doing a ‘different’ sport,” she said. “Something along the lines […]
Tuffley Rovers progressed through to the quarter-finals of the Gloucestershire FA Challenge Trophy on Tuesday night with a 2-0 victory over Cheltenham Saracens. Goals from debutant Gino Valenti and Hubert Zatorski within the last 10 minutes of the game handed Rovers the victory as they wait for either Shirehampton or Hallen in the next round. […]
“Thinking back now, I’m like wow, that’s kind of insane. It didn’t really process because I was quite young when I joined, so I just thought this was normal. But now that I think back, I’m like wow, that was actually really cool.” Growing up as a Liverpool fan, Shannon Comer never expected to spend […]
Cardiff Metropolitan 6s beat University of Gloucestershire 33-21 on Wednesday despite the hosts having less of the ball in the fixture. Gloucester left the field deflated as their winless run was stretched to five in all competitions in a fixture that included enough chances for the visitors to snatch it from the Archers. The hosts […]
University of Gloucestershire’s badminton first team player, Ben Timmons believes his side’s performance was “lacklustre” after an 8-0 defeat to Bath. “The scoreline did’t reflect the overall performance, there were some moments where we did catch them out but we were a bit hesitant to move and overall that was the factor.” View this post […]
George Skivington, addressed his side’s second half struggles and also spoke about Gloucester’s injury problems ahead of their opening Challenge Cup clash against Edinburgh tonight (8pm). The Cherry and Whites will be running high on confidence approaching the opening weekend of European rugby after defeating reigning Gallagher Premiership champions Northampton Saints 25-17 last weekend. The […]
John Homer 70, a man known by the West Bromwich Albion faithful reveals how programmes are truly brought to the fans. Football clubs thrive on the unsung heroes behind the scenes, from kit managers and dinner ladies to programme editors. Although it only appears on just a single page of a jam-packed programme, a lot more […]
The University of Gloucestershire’s darts team hosted the University of Warwick’s A and B teams in a match which turned sour following some hostile antics from Warwick’s B’s. UoG took on Warwick’s B team first, going 2-0 up overall after the two trios games with captain – Alfie Element, James Pryer and Billy Maple won […]