Nantwich three-day event jockey Paul Sims is riding high in the standings at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials after the first day’s dressage competition.
Sims was second into the ring, scoring an average of 68.94 per cent, to give him a penalty of just 46.6 for his Test.
A Nantwich golfer and his playing partner have clinched a place in the Golfplan Insurance PGA Pro-Captain Challenge final.
PGA professional Martin O’Connor teamed up with Kenny Close from Vicar’s Cross to win the North qualifying event at Dunham Forest Golf Club.
Nantwich driver Rob Smith earned a podium finish in the latest MINI Challenge round at Oulton Park.
Smith produced one of the drives of his career in round 15 of the season, scything through the order from a pitlane start.
A ‘HockeyFest’ fund-raising event takes place this weekend at Crewe Vagrants Sports Club in Willaston.
Local clubs are hoping the gold medal success of Team GB women’s hockey team in Rio will boost the profile of the sport.
Team GB star Sir Bradley Wiggins has confirmed his participation in the Tour of Britain, which passes through Nantwich on September 6.
Wiggins joins Mark Cavendish and other high profile names for the race which starts on September 4.
Nantwich-based Cooper Poole Air Conditioning Racing team is celebrating a string of strong results.
The XR2 driving team, led by Steve Poole, Justin Roberts and Nick Richardson, is in the top ten of the XR Championship at the halfway point.
Nantwich trampolinist Bryony Page has scooped an amazing silver medal at the Rio Olympics.
The former Brine Leas School and Malbank Sixth Form student performed an incredible routine in the women’s final to finish second.
A Nantwich golfer scored his first ever hole-in-one – at Open Championship venue Royal Lytham St Anne’s!
Tim Jackson achieved the feat on the very first hole at Lytham – the 197-yard par three.
Nantwich councillor Arthur Moran saddled up dressed in orange – to help promote the town’s Tour of Britain stage.
Cllr Moran, who is Cheshire East Deputy Mayor, tried out one of the orange bikes being used to ‘peddle’ the message about the tour event.
By Jonathan White
Wimbledon might be around the corner, but South Cheshire tennis clubs are already on court.
A number of clubs are battling it out to win the 2016 South & Mid Cheshire Tennis League.
Nantwich tennis starlet Robin Bloomer insisted he can hold his head up high despite falling just short of a dream outing at Wimbledon.
Robin, a Brine Leas School student, had the chance to book himself a spot at the world-famous venue when he competed in the HSBC Road to Wimbledon North Regional Qualifier.
Cholmondeley Castle near Nantwich is to host a leg of 2016 Rally GB – the first time it’s been to England since 1999.
Britain’s round of the World Rally Championship has just been held in Wales in recent years.
The route and timings when the Tour of Britain cycling race passes through Nantwich have been released.
Cheshire East will host Stage 3 of the race, which attracts some of the biggest names of the sport in the world, on September 6.
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