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• ROWING: Key victory for defending Olympic champions

  FORMER Cirencester Deer Park pupil Peter Reed helped the Team GB Men's Coxless Four to golden glory at the World Rowing Cup event in Lucerne on Sunday. read more

• CRICKET: Lechlade new boy Dickinson hits second match-winning knock in as many games

  LECHLADE bounced back from last week’s defeat to Marshfield with an emphatic seven-wicket win over Marlborough. read more

• MOTOR CYCLING: Fraser Rogers gets British Grand Prix wildcard entry

  HULLAVINGTON teenager Fraser Rogers has secured a wildcard entry in the Moto3 class for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on June 17, writes Alannah Fellows. read more

• BOWLS: Cirencester pegged back in County Triples semi final

  IN A dramatic finish to the semi finals of the County Triples held at Tewkesbury, Cirencester had the chance of a place at the National Championships at Worthing in August snatched from their grasp. read more

• LIGHT’S OUT . . . and about illuminating the local sports scene

  HAS there ever been an afternoon of such jubilation and joy? On a God-given summers day the Olympic torch was here in the heart of the Cotswolds, and how everyone responded. read more

• CRICKET: Skipper-for-the day Lawrence stars for Poulton

  POULTON recorded their first win of the season in convincing fashion and hope that a disappointing start to the campaign is now well behind them. read more

• MODERN PENTATHLON: World Junior Champion Jamie Cooke in battle for Olympic place

  JAMIE COOKE from Shipton Oliffe must sweat on his selection for the GB Modern Pentathlon team at London 2012 after two team-mates put themselves forward as possible candidates at the last qualifying event – the World Cup Final in Chengdu, China over the weekend. read more

• CRICKET: Sam Keen helps Adlestrop pass Chedworth's challenging total

  MATCH of the day was played at Adlestrop, where the champions of the last two years entertained last year’s runners-up Chedworth. read more

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