The Latest Sports News from the University of Gloucestershire
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Nicky Henderson stable, that forced Constitution Hill to pull out of the Festival, Shishkin is the latest horse to be withdrawn from the Gold Cup.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 […]
15-year-old, Johnnie Poseidon Stanimeros, sets up a stall every year selling chocolate, drinks and snacks for those passing by. This unique effort is to raise money for a Kenyan boy named Luke. “All the money goes to him who I sponsor to try and give a standard way of living,” said Stanimeros. “I set up […]
State Man claimed victory in the fourth race of the day, the favourite, trained by the infamous Willie Mullins won ahead of fellow runners Irish Point and Luccia. The seven year-old horse won the eight hurdle race after taking the lead on the penultimate hurdle, to claim trainer Mullins his 96th Cheltenham win. Jockey Paul […]
Maidstone United’s search for promotion to the National League continues tonight as they host table toppers Chelmsford at the Gallagher Stadium. Following the end of the Stones’ historical run to the fourth round of the FA Cup, their league form has taken a hit, winning just one of their last five games in the National […]
Gloucester City manager Mike Cook manager said that his side will “be in for a good game” against top of the league Tamworth, when they visit the TigerTurf stadium on Tuesday night. The Tigers shipped seven goals in a 10-goal thriller against Boston United on Saturday, in a defeat that left Cook’s men nine points […]
The University of Gloucestershire (UoG) men’s football team is preparing for their biggest Varsity clash of the year against the University of Worcestershire. The annual Varsity event kicks off with trampolining on Monday, March 18 at 8:00, which is followed by hockey, Tennis, Futsal and basketball during the day at Oxtstall Sports Park. Tuesday sees […]