Having missed out on an Olympic Games, John Davey stepped away from swimming only to find himself pulled back into the sport where he is now head coach at Newcastle Staffs Swimming Club. Aged five, John was given more than a gentle push into swimming lessons by his mum and soon found himself regularly attending […]
Almost half of sports fans admit to being superstitious, according to a survey carried out by OLBG.com, with two in five engaging in rituals before a big game. For any fan, seeing their team win a trophy is the dream – the memories and accompanying celebrations make enduring the not-so-good times worth it. Some of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 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 […]
