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 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.
Youngsters at a Nantwich primary school are running across five continents and around 6,000 miles – in a special Run to Rio.
More than 200 pupils at Pear Tree School in Stapeley are donning their trainers and jogging each school morning.
Primary schools across Nantwich and Crewe are to share £1.7 million of funding to boost sports provision. The money is part of a £150 million a year commitment by the Government under the Primary PE and Sport Premium, until 2020.
Pupils from Malbank School in Nantwich learned about food production and farming during a visit to Reaseheath College. Year 7 pupils studying climate change, food poverty and sustainable communities, looked at Reaseheath’s farm and glasshouses.
South Cheshire Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle is to take part in the 2013 Dancing on Ice TV show. The former Crewe & Nantwich club star, based in Bunbury, told fans on social media her place on the ITV reality show was confirmed.
Olympians from Cheshire East have been honoured with the “Freedom of the Borough” to celebrate their success. Athletes such as Beth Tweddle, from Bunbury near Nantwich, and Ben Ainslie, from Macclesfield, were granted the freedom at a ceremony in Congleton.
An illustrated talk on the Art of the Olympics takes place at Nantwich Museum at 3pm on Thursday December 6. It will be given by Adrian Sumner, the creative economy officer at Cheshire West & Chester Council.
Hundreds of residents in a Nantwich village turned out to welcome home local Olympic hero Beth Tweddle. The bronze medal gymnast returned to her home in Bunbury to a rowsing reception – and a road named after her!
Richmond Village Nantwich rounded off a week of competition as it celebrated the Olympics in its own style. Different events were held at the Care Home and Retirement Village off London Road involving residents and staff.
Visitors to Nantwich Museum can view the London 2012 Olympic Torch carried in Crewe by Andy Fewtrell on May 31. Andy was one of 8,000 torchbearers involved in the countrywide relay who were able to retain their torches.
A residential care home in Nantwich is entering the Olympic spirit – by staging its own Games! Richmond Village Nantwich will be hosting a range of sporting competitions all week for residents, staff and friends.
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