Gaelic sport is synonymous with Ireland and Irish culture, so it should come as no surprise that within Irish communities here in the UK, there is a strong GAA presence. The main two Gaelic sports are football (not soccer) and hurling. For generations, they have been ingrained in Irish culture and it should come as […]
What To Engrave On A Recognition Glass Award
We have now brushed off the cobwebs that come with the return to work in January, but even though your business awards are finished for another year there is still ample opportunity to recognise your staff. Glass awards are great for recognition and can work really well if done right. It is important that you […]
How to Knock in a Cricket Bat
Getting a new cricket bat is all part of the excitement of preparing for a new season and knocking it in is an essential, if not tedious, job. It is important to knock in your new cricket bat before taking it out to the nets or field of play so as to compress the willow […]
European Junior Golf Star Just Loves Playing
Nine-year-old golfer Lorelai Close has been playing on the European Junior Golf Tour for a year and she says that she just loves playing with her family and friends. Lorelai is a member of Woolley Park, Oulton Hall, and Garforth Golf Clubs, and is coached by PGA coaches Jon Baldwin and Steve Carlisle. The youngster […]
Amateur Champion, UK Championship Semi-Finalist…And Artist!
David Grace has been a regular on snooker’s professional tour since 2008, the same year he won the European Snooker Championships, and has successfully earned a living from the sport he loves – in more ways than one. Grace, born in Leeds in 1985, grew up playing snooker with his dad from the age of […]
Fresh Calls for Research into ACL Injuries in Women’s Football
Fresh calls have been made for urgent research into a large number of ACL injuries in women’s football following Vivianne Miedema suffering a ruptured ACL injury for Arsenal. Miedema suffered the injury playing for the Gunners in their Champions League tie against Lyon on Thursday 15 December and the forward has now been ruled out […]
You Know it’s Christmas When the Darts is on!
While we dedicate a lot of our time to covering the great and the good of grassroots sport, we cannot help but get a little bit excited about Christmas…especially with the start of the PDC World Darts Championship! Since the inception of the PDC in the 1990s, following the much-documented split from the BDO, the […]
Winter Training – The Dos and Don’ts
Winter is well and truly here, with temperatures below freezing across the country, which has already wreaked havoc on grassroots sports. It is the annual headache that grassroots coaches across many sports face – winter training. Getting games on at the weekend is one thing, but training in the dark on a midweek evening is […]
Kent Youngster Dreams of PGA Tour
Nine-year-old Artie Atwal took up golf during the first Covid lockdown in 2020 and has fallen in love with the game, dreaming of one day playing on the PGA Tour. Artie, who is a member of Poult Wood Golf Club in Kent, was six years old when he was playing mini-golf with his dad, Sanjit […]
Should Grassroots Football be Paused IF England Reach the World Cup Final?
England secured their place in the World Cup quarter-finals and are two games away from a place in the final on Sunday 18 December, potentially clashing with hundreds of grassroots games. The World Cup final will kick-off at 3pm UK time and, due to the tournament taking place in winter, will clash with Sunday afternoon […]