Newly-crown champion jockey William Buick’s success saw ex-trainer Ian Balding win a 100/1 bet placed 21 years ago, landing £5,000 in winnings. Balding made the verbal bet with Peter Jones, then Tote chairman, on a 13-year Buick one day becoming champion jockey having been impressed with what he saw in the young rider. Having come […]
Aged 16, James Beeton made waves by hitting a nine-darter on the PDC’s Development Tour but darts didn’t always come so easy for the Chester teen, as the holes in his parents’ walls attest to. “I was terrible to start with…terrible”, Beeton, now 19, told Fen Regis Trophies. “It took me six months [to get […]
It is one of the hardest and, often, most thankless tasks around. You sacrifice time away from loved ones in the pursuit of doing the best for everyone else, plan and arrange sessions, arrive early and leave late. You will beat yourself up over every little mistake, your car boot will always be full of […]
As a passionate fan following AFC Wimbledon, Kirk Pritchard – who is on the autism spectrum – knows too well of the challenges that other fans with autism face as part of the matchday experience. He hopes that AFC Autism can have a positive impact on making football more accessible to neurodiverse fans. Kirk founded […]
You might think that marketing is something that only businesses and professional sports clubs do, but you would be wrong. A lot of the success of a grassroots club is based on how well it is marketed. Marketing your grassroots club correctly is important, and it requires more thought than posting something on your personal […]
This past weekend saw eight of snooker’s top male and female players compete in the World Mixed Doubles, with the hope of sparking more interest in the women’s game. The World Mixed Doubles was broadcast to a large television audience around the world, shown in the UK on ITV4, and was snooker’s first televised mixed […]
Among cricket fans, the debate between test and limited overs cricket fans can be a contentious one – and that was before the introduction of twenty20 cricket in 2003. So-called ‘traditional’ cricket fans will always point to test matches as being the pinnacle for any cricketer. Test cricket, otherwise known as first-class cricket, is the […]
We are officially past summer and temperatures are only going to begin to become cooler and the days have already become noticeably shorter. Does that mean it’s time to put the clubs away? Absolutely not. As any keen golfer knows, as beautiful as hitting the course at the height of summer can be it can […]
Formed in 2018, Lincoln Lightning Junior Basketball Club have enjoyed a meteoric rise going from just eight players to more than 300 in the space of four years, offering boys and girls of all ages the opportunity to play the sport. Head coach Scott Burchnall has been there from the start and has dedicated numerous […]
This weekend marks the return of grassroots football, with junior and youth football teams kicking off their seasons up and down the country. Each season sees a new wave of boys and girls playing in their first organised football match and 2022/23 will be no different, with excitable Under-7s teams eager to wear their brand […]
