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Darrell Clarke: ‘I will be asking questions of my players, can they deliver and deliver yet again?’

If Cheltenham Town fail to find a win against Peterborough United tomorrow evening, their relegation to League Two will be confirmed with one league game to spare. Cheltenham boss Darrell Clarke believes that his side are capable of beating Peterborough United in their final home game of the Sky Bet League One campaign on Tuesday […]

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OPINION: Football is failing in Gloucestershire and the issues stem from the infrastructure rather than the pitch

The three stalwarts in the county’s football scene have endured underwhelming campaigns with rotten recruitment, poor financial backing and lacklustre decision-making Tomorrow evening could bring with it a hat-trick of relegation as Cheltenham Town host Peterborough United (who are looking to achieve automatic promotion) in a must-win game at the Completely-Suzuki Stadium. Last Tuesday, Gloucestershire’s […]

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OPINION: What Swim England should do to eradicate the severe systemic under-funding in aquatic sports

In the glimmering waters of aquatics, where once a well-decorated and original Olympic discipline made waves throughout the country, lies a stagnant legacy that brings with it a sense of neglect. From its early days as a military training technique, or the age where it was just noted as a motor-skill, swimming is on the […]

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The Gold Cup: How much money the top five horse owners earn in the festival’s main event

Last year, it was Galopin Des Champs that stormed to victory in the Gold Cup as Paul Townend guided the pair over the line before celebrating his victory wildly. Yet how much did Galopin Des Champs win for owner, Audrey Hurley? The Gold Cup 2024 prize pot * 1st place – £351,688 2nd place – […]

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Cheltenham swimming club chairperson defends aquatic sports following a national review that warns of a poisonous environment for swimmers

Cheltenham Swimming and Water Polo Club’s chairperson James Ross has defended aquatics, claiming that are ‘still a lot of good things’ across aquatics as a whole, despite the outcome of the listening research. Last week Swim England published the outcome of a report completed by Behavioural Architects (an independent research organisation), it was first announced last […]

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Gloucester City’s Danny Wright has played all over the country, but one of his three spells in Gloucestershire is paramount

After impressing in pre-season with three goals in as many games before suffering a ligament injury, Danny Wright returned to the Gloucester City squad this weekend. Coming onto the pitch in the 69th minute, Wright was unable to help the Tigers overcome Chorley who left the TigerTurf Stadium with a 2-0 victory. In a career […]

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Phil Jones: Cheltenham’s very own aquatic virtuoso who was integral in the birth of the British Water Polo League

This August one of Cheltenham’s oldest sports clubs lost an integral member, it was with great sadness that Cheltenham Swimming and Water Polo Club announced the passing of 90-year-old Phil Jones. At the age of eight, Gloucestershire-born Phil Jones followed a simple family tradition by joining the CSWPC, eight decades later he would end his […]