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High-flying gymnasts celebrate GB selection after local employer backing

High-flying gymnasts celebrate GB selection after local employer backing

Gymnasts from a popular South Cheshire club have received a cash boost as they train to represent their country at the European Championships.

Youngsters from LS Gymnastics Crewe Academy, (LSGCA) based at the Apollo Buckingham Health Science campus, received support from breakfast firm Mornflake as part of its mission to encourage grass roots sport across Cheshire.

June 11, 2024
Everybody Health & Leisure Junior Awards launched

Everybody Health & Leisure Junior Awards launched

Everybody Health & Leisure have opened nominations for the 2024 Everybody Junior Awards.

The awards recognise and celebrate children aged 4-15 years for their efforts and contributions to local sporting and activity success in Cheshire East between October 19 2023 – July 14 2024.

June 10, 2024
Crewe & District Table Tennis League Championships

Crewe & District Table Tennis League Championships

By Jonathan White
Table tennis players of all age groups scooped awards at the Crewe and District Table Tennis Championships in Nantwich.

And for the first time in its 91-year history, the league had an over 80s competition between Tom Osborne and Mel Green!

May 23, 2024
Nantwich horse trainer lands her first win at Cheltenham

Nantwich horse trainer lands her first win at Cheltenham

A young Nantwich horse trainer is celebrating her first race win – at the iconic course at Cheltenham.

Hannah Roach, 22, won with a horse she only bought and started training a year ago, called Iskandar Pecos.

May 15, 2024
South Cheshire Harriers runners to tackle London Marathon

South Cheshire Harriers runners to tackle London Marathon

A number of South Cheshire Harriers members will be competing in the London Marathon this weekend.

And one of them Sian Fern, 37, is running her sixth marathon – and the first since she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2022.

April 19, 2024
Nantwich boxer trains with Tyson Fury ahead of world title fight

Nantwich boxer trains with Tyson Fury ahead of world title fight

A Nantwich-based boxer has been helping World Champion Tyson Fury prepare for his clash with Oleksandr Usyk.

Ricky Gorman is Fury’s cousin and has been training with him at the WBC heavyweight champion’s gym near Morecambe.

April 9, 2024
Potential dark horses for World Snooker Championship 2024

Potential dark horses for World Snooker Championship 2024

The World Snooker Championship is the highest stage that the sport offers and it attracts top players from all over the globe to compete each year.

Typically the legendary names dominate the headlines with the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Selby often tipped to achieve snooker’s greatest prize.

April 8, 2024
Young Crewe & Nantwich athletes earn cross country success

Young Crewe & Nantwich athletes earn cross country success

Crewe and Nantwich Athletics Club athletes enjoyed success at a recent cross country championships event.

Five of the club’s athletes qualified for the UK Counties Athletic Union Inter Counties Cross Country Championships in Wollaton Park, Nottingham, on Saturday (March 9).

March 13, 2024
Olympian Alice Kinsella to run session at Crewe & Nantwich Gymnastics Club

Olympian Alice Kinsella to run session at Crewe & Nantwich Gymnastics Club

Olympic gymnast Alice Kinsella will be joining Crewe and Nantwich Gymnastics Club at an open house event later this month.

The event aims to welcome new gymnasts and to showcase the benefits of the sport.

March 7, 2024
South Cheshire Harriers to host Crewe 10K race

South Cheshire Harriers to host Crewe 10K race

South Cheshire Harriers are to host the 2024 Crewe 10K on Easter Sunday March 31.

Part of the NSRRA calendar, this popular chip-timed road race is a 2-lap flat course event on the edge of Crewe town centre.

February 24, 2024
Anthony Joshua looks to make statement against Francis Ngannou

Anthony Joshua looks to make statement against Francis Ngannou

All eyes will be on the Kingdom Arena come March 8 as Saudi Arabia plays host to the latest heavyweight boxing clash.

This time, it’s Anthony Joshua’s turn to touch gloves with MMA star Francis Ngannou, as the Brit looks to do what Tyson Fury couldn’t.

February 19, 2024
Nantwich Running Club founder steps down from role

Nantwich Running Club founder steps down from role

By Jonathan White
The founder and chair of Nantwich Running Club is to step away from his role, he has announced.

Mike Stevens, from Willaston, set up the club in 2021 and has been chairman and head coach since then.

February 15, 2024
Nantwich student crowned national indoor 1,500m champion

Nantwich student crowned national indoor 1,500m champion

A Brine Leas student from Nantwich has been crowned Men’s U20 national indoor athletics champion after winning a dramatic 1,500m final.

Isaac Leydon (no. 519) pipped his rival on the line in Sunday’s final at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.

February 13, 2024