News, Sport, and Entertainment from the University of Gloucestershire
Football can be a funny old game, with cup competitions at the heart of strange draws and sometimes some upsets. Tuesday night was Francis Hillier Premier Cup Day, where Step Six Mendip Broadwalk faced National League South side, Weston-Super-Mare at the Optima Stadium, which for Mendip, was a monumental tie. Weston lined up with some […]
Dursley Town Ladies coach and treasurer Neil Sharp shared his thoughts after his side’s historic Women’s FA Cup run came to an end with a 3-0 home defeat to Andover New Street. A crowd of 376 gathered for the third qualifying-round tie, the biggest occasion yet for a Dursley Women’s side that have never previously […]
Welcome to Parklife Sport, we will be hearing the latest from the Forest Green press conference ahead of their match against Hartlepool this Saturday. It will be the second game in charge for interim manager Jonathan Gould (goalkeeping coach) as his side looks to get back to winning ways after being winless in their last […]
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 […]
In a clash of the titans, or Gladiators if you will, the University of Gloucestershire’s football and American football stars are meeting in the sport of the former for charity. The two sides (a mix of the men and women’s football teams and the ‘Glads’) will meet at the university’s Plock Court sports campus on […]
Gloucestershire all-rounder Ollie Price believes his side have made “some great acquisitions” for the T20 Blast, as they look to put last season’s disappointment behind them and recapture their 2024 title-winning form. After a superb late-season run two years ago, Gloucestershire were crowned champions at Edgbaston’s Final Day with a dominant eight-wicket victory over West […]
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 […]
Gloucestershire bowler Aman Rao has revealed that making his T20 debut in 2025 was the “most fun I’ve ever had on a cricket field,” as he now looks to again challenge for a place in the side following a back injury. Rao only signed a rookie deal with Gloucestershire at the start of last season, […]
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 […]