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Mayor hails Crewe & Nantwich Athletics Club during visit

Mayor hails Crewe & Nantwich Athletics Club during visit

The Mayor of Nantwich picked up a few tips when he dropped in to a Crewe & Nantwich Athletics Club training session with youngsters.

Cllr Andrew Martin, a keen runner, is currently in training for this year’s London Marathon.

February 23, 2016
Beth Tweddle “stable” after ski injury in TV show The Jump

Beth Tweddle “stable” after ski injury in TV show The Jump

Former Crewe & Nantwich gymnast Beth Tweddle is in hospital after seriously injuring her back while taking part in The Jump TV show.

The Olympic bronze medal-winner, from Bunbury, is said to be “stable” in hospital after suffering the injury on the Channel 4 reality show.

February 7, 2016
Nantwich athletes help Cheshire triumph in sportshall final

Nantwich athletes help Cheshire triumph in sportshall final

Young Nantwich and Crewe athletes helped Cheshire power to victory in the North West counties sportshall finals.

Eleven U11 boys and girls from Crewe & Nantwich Athletics Club were chosen to represent Cheshire who competed against, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cumbria and Merseyside.

January 19, 2016
Young Crewe & Nantwich athletes storm to success in cross country

Young Crewe & Nantwich athletes storm to success in cross country

Young Crewe & Nantwich athletes stormed to success in the Cheshire Cross Country Championships at Reasheath.

Crewe & Nantwich AC entered 44 runners from Under 11s to seniors – and the young stars led the way with medals and trophies.

January 10, 2016
Trampolining stars from Nantwich to represent North West

Trampolining stars from Nantwich to represent North West

Two talented members of a Nantwich trampolining squad will represent the North West at the Association of Colleges (AoC) Sport National Championships.

Georgia Thomasson, 16, and Rosie Lucas, 17, who study Sport Performance at Reaseheath College, took first and fourth place in an AoC Sport regional qualifier for trampolining in Lancashire.

December 16, 2015
Wistaston A finishes tennis winter league with 100% record

Wistaston A finishes tennis winter league with 100% record

By Jonathan White
Wistaston A finished with a 100% record in the Winter league 2015 of the South & Mid Cheshire Tennis League.

The village team won all six out of six matches in Division 3.

December 3, 2015
Crewe and Nantwich tennis teams battle it out in Winter League

Crewe and Nantwich tennis teams battle it out in Winter League

By Jonathan White
Tennis teams from Nantwich, Wistaston, Wrenbury, Audlem and Hightown are battling it out in the South & Mid Cheshire Tennis League.

Wistaston A, who play in Winter Division 3, got off to a fantastic start with three wins out three.

October 6, 2015
Nantwich Seals swimmer produce 49 personal bests at gala

Nantwich Seals swimmer produce 49 personal bests at gala

Fourteen Nantwich Seals swimmers achieved 49 personal bests and a series of top positions.

The youngsters performed brilliantly at Stoke-on-Trent in the Cosaccs Grade B Open Meet – one of the first open meetings of the new season.

September 28, 2015
Nantwich horse rider Hannah Bate finishes 29th at Burghley

Nantwich horse rider Hannah Bate finishes 29th at Burghley

Nantwich horse rider Hannah Bate has admitted her report card from 2015 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials would have read ‘could do better’.

Bate and Finbury Hill ended in 29th place after struggling in the showjumping finale yesterday (September 6).

September 7, 2015
Nantwich girl, 14, to ride for GB at European Jumping Championships

Nantwich girl, 14, to ride for GB at European Jumping Championships

A Nantwich girl is to ride for Great Britain at a European Championship competition next week.

Fourteen-year-old Bobbie Heath, from Nantwich, has been selected for the squad representing Great Britain at the FEI Children European Jumping Championships.

August 8, 2015
Wistaston teenager lands top US golf scholarship

Wistaston teenager lands top US golf scholarship

A Wistaston teenager has teed up a golf scholarship in the USA in a bid to make it big in the sport.

South Cheshire College sports student Lewis George is heading across the Atlantic to the University of Central Arkansas (UCA).

July 24, 2015
Nantwich Seals swimmers scoop 22 awards at long course meet

Nantwich Seals swimmers scoop 22 awards at long course meet

Thirteen Nantwich Seals swimmers scooped 22 awards and dozens of personal bests at a major event in the Midlands.

The team travelled to Coventry to participate in the Graham Sykes Long Course Meet.

July 13, 2015
Nantwich Seals swim 101 miles for Cardiomyopathy UK

Nantwich Seals swim 101 miles for Cardiomyopathy UK

Nantwich Seals members swam a lung-busting 160,100 metres – to help raise more than £2,000 for charity.

The sponsored swim was in aid of Cardiomyopathy UK, a charity which helps patients and families understand diseases of the heart.

June 15, 2015