The Latest Sports News from the University of Gloucestershire
Gloucester City vice-captain Joe Hanks has vowed to ‘Do whatever it takes’ to get Gloucester back in the survival fight in the closing stages of the National League North season. In a season filled with promise by new owners, Gloucester City have fallen harder than anyone could have imagined. The club is in relegation peril, […]
The highly anticipated annual Varsity kicks off next week where sportsmen and women from the Universities of Gloucestershire and Worcester take part in a multi-sport event. From rugby to equestrian, the winning team from each individual sport will come away with a crucial point for their respective universities. The event kicks off with trampolining on […]
With Willie Mullins just three wins away from bringing up the first ever Cheltenham Festival century with 100 wins, let’s look back at some other famous 100 marks from around Gloucestershire. Staying in horse racing, it’s the 100th year of the Gold Cup this year, with the centenary coming up on Friday, who has been […]
A cold, windswept, Tuesday evening welcomes almost an impossible task of survival for the home side. They host Tamworth, at Tiger Turf, who are currently top of the table with an impressive defensive record. Meanwhile Gloucester leaked seven goals in their latest effort, against Boston United, to claw back any chance of remaining in this […]
Highland Hunter (11) and Ose Partir (four) tragically passed at the races yesterday, Highland Hunter died after being injured in the final stages of Tuesdays third race and Ose Partir passed away in a fall, three races later. Ose Partir died whilst taking part in the Boodles Juvenile Hurdle. The horse was one of two […]
Wednesday’s Cross Country Chase at the Cheltenham Festival has been called off after a waterlogged track and will not be rescheduled. This comes after 11mm of rain feel at the course on Tuesday. The 12 horse-deep race, including Rachael Blackmore’s Minella Indo, was due to take place at 16:10, with the winner landing a huge […]
After an outbreak in recent weeks across the Nicky Henderson stable, that forced Constitution Hill to pull out of the Festival, Shishkin is the latest horse to be withdrawn from the Gold Cup. An unsatisfactory performance from Henderson trained horses yesterday, which saw all but one of his horses pull up before the finish, left […]
Follow along with the latest sports news from Gloucestershire with our Park Life Sport Live blog. Including the second day of the famous Cheltenham Festival. We’ll have the latest from the races, as Style Day kicks off in, well, stylish fashion. Along with our tips for this afternoon’s exciting hurdles. There’s also reaction to Gloucester […]
Bath take on Leinster on Friday in another mid-season friendly with the a return to Premiership action in just under two weeks. This is Bath’s second friendly in as many weeks after they defeated Gloucester Rugby 59-14 in the first match since January 27th while the Dubliners have played two URC matches since then, defeating […]
Day one at The Cheltenham Festival has unfortunately had a death as Highland Hunter had to be put down. The Fergal O’Brien trained horse had competed in the third race of the day, the Ultima Handicap Chase. O’Brien wrote on X, formally Twitter: “Not sure we’ll be tweeting again today after this. Absolutely devastated.”Thanks for […]