Football Sports

“It has been some of the best years of my life”-University of Gloucestershire Men’s Footballer Rory Hunt reflects on his time at the club

Third year winger Rory Hunt was awarded the Manager’s Player of the Season at the University of Gloucestershire Men’s Football awards on Wednesday night. Hunt played a pivotal role in helping the side secure the Western Tier 3A title and the club’s first promotion in over five years. Despite winning the prestigous honor, the 21-year-old […]

Formula One Motorsport Sports

Laura Winter on Doohan-Colapinto seat switch: “I think it opens the door to a bigger question about how teams manage rookie drivers”

“It’s a situation where you’re sad for Jack but really happy for Franco” This weekend will not only be Kimi Antonelli’s first home race, but it will also be Franco Colapinto’s first race back as a Formula 1 driver. Expectations will be high for Colapinto, after his predecessor, Jack Doohan, was sacked by Alpine from […]

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“We wanted the season done by April” – Forest Green Rovers Women manager Louise Fensome

“Ideally we wanted the season done by April but based of lots of different reasons its been postponed,” explains Fensome. Forest Green Rovers Women played their penultimate game of the season, a 1-0 away loss to title challengers Torquay United, on the 27th of April. Due to some scheduling issues in the South West Regional […]

Sports

Kemar Roofe at Cheltenham and Mike Tindall at Gloucester Rugby… how did Gloucestershire sport look when Grand Theft Auto V came out?

September 2013 saw the release of of record breaking game Grand Theft Auto V. With the sixth game just around the corner a matter of 12 years later. How much has sport in Gloucestershire changed in the span between the twelve years? Cheltenham Town Embed from Getty Images Cheltenham Town were just coming off a […]

Rugby Sports

A deep dive into the world of underwater rugby with Gloucestershire Barracudas Laura Garlic-Reed

Founding member Laura Garlic-Reed states “the only way is up” for the Gloucestershire Barracudas following a historic weekend at The Open League in Italy. Founding member and community officer Laura Garlic-Reed has been a Barracuda for eight years and has grown to love the sport and community around it. “I think it’s the best sport […]

Football Opinion Piece Sports

OPINION: Obvious offside decisions must be called immediately with serious injuries happening as a result.

In the last week, we have seen another serious injury happen because of the delay with offside calls. Nottingham Forest’s Taiwo Awoniyi collided with a post during Sundays 2-2 Premier League draw against Leicester City and on Monday was taken to hospital for surgery to repair a serious abdominal injury. On Tuesday, the striker, 27, […]