Nantwich para-athlete Andrew Small ill be going for gold in the T33 100m finals tomorrow in the Paralympics in Tokyo.
The former South Cheshire College student, of Park Road, will be racing at around 10.30am tomorrow (local time).
Sportspeople young and old across Crewe and Nantwich have made the shortlist for the Everybody Awards 2021.
Nominees this year include people from motorsport, rugby, running, snowboarding, swimming, netball, football, gymnastics and more.
Former Brine Leas student Bryony Page claimed her second Olympic medal after she won bronze in the women’s trampolining final earlier today (July 30).
Page, who trained at Wingate Centre in Wrenbury as a youngster, was a silver medallist at Rio in 2016.
Three TeamGym gymnasts from Crewe & Nantwich club have made the GB squad ahead of the European Championships in Portugal in November.
And it has crowned a fine comeback from injury for one of them, Chloe Gough (pictured).
Everybody Sport and Recreation launch nominations for the 2021 Everybody Junior Awards.
The event will recognise children aged 5-11 for their inspirational efforts and contributions to local sporting success over the last 18 months.
Former Brine Leas students Bryony Page feared her trampolining gymnastics career had spun dramatically out of control after soaring to silver at Rio 2016.
But the Wrenbury ace is back in the big time and says she’s never been hungrier to bounce all the way to Olympic glory in Tokyo this summer.
Bunbury-based canoeist Stuart Wood has secured his placed in the GB Para-canoe team for the Tokyo Games.
Wood will be the sole Paralympic debutant and it crowns a fine season for the VL3 athlete.
By Jonathan White
The Slazenger South and Mid Cheshire Tennis League consisting of men’s doubles, ladies doubles and mixed doubles divisions has started this week.
The league start was delayed due to government Covid-19 pandemic restrictions.
Nominations are open for the 2021 Everybody Sport and Recreation’s awards.
And Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson Paralympic Athlete and crossbench peer is returning to host the awards for 2021.
Twenty members of South Cheshire Harriers took to the fields of Betley Court Farm and brought home third and fourth places for the male and female teams.
In the first cross-country race of the season it saw the return of the Cheshire Cross Country Championships after outdoor sport emerges from lockdown.
By Peter White
Stuart Wood insisted the postponement of the Paralympics has played into his hands, after taking a step closer to Tokyo with a dominant performance at the sprint and paracanoe national selection event.
The Bunbury paddler put himself firmly in contention for a seat on the plane by winning all three of the men’s VL3 200m races in Nottingham.
The new Nantwich Running Club is gathering pace after it reached 200 members in just three months.
The club was launched in January by Willaston resident Mike Stevens, an experienced UK Athletics Endurance Running Coach.
Nantwich heavyweight boxer Nathan Gorman looks set for a return to the ring in March.
Gorman is scheduled for a 10-round match up against Croatian born German Kristijan Krstacic on March 26-27.
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