The Latest Sports News from the University of Gloucestershire
Manager Richard Wood reflects on a frustrating 3-2 defeat last night against Maidenhead Town Women in their latest FA Women’s National League fixture. Holly Beck-Esson opened the scoring with an early finish for Town in the first 45 followed up with Annie Colston to add a goal shortly after. Swindon Town Women saw frustration into […]
Ahead of Tuesday’s Varsity Rugby Union fixture against Worcester University, starting second-row Will Bonsor reflects on the team’s hard work during their six-week training camp at the University of Gloucestershire. “In terms of the training we’ve had, we have on-field sessions on Sunday and Monday evening, we do fitness on a Tuesday morning which is […]
Protektorat has taken victory at the 14:50 Steeple Chase at the Cheltenham Festival. Another race win for the Skelton’s and owner Sir Alex Ferguson They were followed by favourite Envoi Allen and Conflated finishing third. Another victory for the English with Ireland yet to win a race today. Harry Skelton said: “I was happy and […]
Gloucester Rugby host Leicester Tigers on Friday night in the Premiership Rugby Cup Final. The cherry and whites centre Seb Atkinson, who will start the final, was a wider squad member when Worcester Warriors beat London Irish in the 2022 final. “The biggest thing I remember is what it did for the community, the team […]
Welcome to our coverage of the races on day three of the Cheltenham Festival, stay tuned as we update you with race results and direct quotes from jockeys and trainers as they come in. In our final race of the day at 16:10, Shakem Up’arry took the win, owned by Harry Redknapp. Jockey, Ben Jones […]
West Brom Women are aiming for a third unbeaten game when they host Stourbridge at the Paycare Ground in the FAWNL Northern Premier this evening. The two are close local rivals but there was a stark contrast between the two sides when they met back in October as Stourbridge ran out 7-2 winners at the […]
Swindon Wildcats player coach Aaron Nell says his team must match their attitude in their 6-0 win against the Bristol Pitbulls as they go into this busy three game weekend. With just three weeks until play offs the Wildcats, who have already qualified for the post season competition, will be looking to avoid any injuries […]
More than 20 teams from the University will showcase their abilities over three days of sporting action as they go head-to-head with the University of Worcester in April From football to netball, the winning team from each individual sport will come away with a crucial point against their rival universities. The first day will be […]
It is a huge weekend for Gloucester City Women as the Tigers take on rivals Cheltenham Town Ladies at the TigerTurf Stadium this Sunday. “This season has been a really successful season as far as cup competitions go. We’ve made it into the third round of the FA Cup qualifiers, and the semi-finals of this […]
“I’ve always faced men and their opinions on me. And most of the time it’s underestimation” explained Ella Hollingworth, one of the University of Gloucestershire’s Tennis Club’s latest and most active members. In fact, despite only joining the club in October, it was her idea to launch Women in Tennis as the leading campaign for […]