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  • Endurance ride success decided by horse's heartbeat!

    THERE was the spectre of a most unusual finish when the outcome of the Endurance GB-staged Cotswold Endurance Ride rested on the heartbeat of the first horse home! Organised by Paul and Emma Froehlich, this annual event held on June 1 saw classes ranging

  • Fairford CC are swept away by hurricane Henry

    A HURRICANE century from prolific Newent opening batsman Richard Henry sent Fairford crashing to their fourth Division One defeat in five outings in a decisive Readers Gloucestershire County League setback at Park Street on Saturday. Brittle middle order

  • Bourton's Newbould finishes tenth in his first 10k

    THE popular Fairford 10k and 3k races, held on Sunday, June 1, enticed a multitude of members from Bourton Road Runners with 22 of their number competing in the main race. A difficult course was made even harder by the hot weather, and also provided tough

  • Grant Bayton wins Cotswold League cycle race

    SWINDON based Elite category rider Grant Bayton, riding for the Angliasport team, won the second round of the Cotswold League promoted by Dursley RC last week on the Milbury Heath circuit. The first group of veteran and junior riders set off four minutes

  • Golfer Andy Mutlow retains club title at Cirencester

    ANDY Mutlow has won the championship at Cirencester Golf Club for the second year running. In this year's event, held on June 1, he played two exceptional rounds of golf to win comfortably. His morning round of 70 was followed in the afternoon by a sub-par

  • Rugby club president John Lawrence made life member

    AT Cirencester Rugby Club's recently held annual meeting, it was unanimously agreed that life membership be conferred on its current president, John Lawrence. Lawrence has been associated with the Whiteway club for many years and has served on the executive

  • Shelly taking the high road for 500-mile rally in Scotland

    HIGHWORTH rallying mother of two, Shelly Taunt, is this weekend making the long haul north for the second round of the British International Rally Championship. The Scottish Rally, being held in and around Dumfries, covers some 500 miles. Shelly and her

  • Wiltshire CCC record a resounding win over Wales

    WILTSHIRE CCC, sponsored by Wadworth & Co, started their campaign in the Minor Counties Championship with a resounding victory over Wales Minor Counties by an innings and six runs at the beginning of the month. Russell Rowe won the toss and proceeded

  • Daniel Brazier takes to parakarting like a duck to water

    A YOUNG novice from Cirencester is already making quite a name for himself in the fast and exhilarating world of parakart racing. Daniel Brazier, who immediately adapted to the sport after taking it up barely two years ago, has astounded many with his

  • Accused drug smuggler Nick gets 14 years

    ACCUSED drug smuggler Nick Baker has been jailed for 14 years in Japan. The 32-year-old was also fined £25,600 after being arrested at Tokyo airport in April last year with more than 40,000 ecstasy tablets and almost a kilo of cocaine in a suitcase he

  • Nitrojet team makes impact in British Championships

    CIRENCESTER'S Nitroject Action Sports team proved it has strength in depth during last weekend's second round of the British Jet Sport Racing Championships held at the Cotswold Water Park. There was an array of local riders racing in all classes that