Sport

A team of staff from Derwen College will be raising money for Derwen College Charity by taking part in the 13.1-mile Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon…
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Organisers at Oswestry Community Games have announced that Shropshire’s Di Carrington from Pontesbury is to be guest of honour at the event taking place on…
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Hope House are proud to be the charity partner for the brand new 10k runs in Oswestry and Welshpool and are calling for supporters to…
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Oswestry Ladies and Men’s second tennis teams are toasting success after gaining promotions in the Shropshire Tennis League. After a tough season Oswestry Men’s Seconds…
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Edward Sloan aged 14 from Oswestry, was recently presented with a cheque from The Charlotte Hartey Foundation. Edward pictured with Karl Hartey, was awarded the…
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Oswestry Junior Netball Club is delighted that their Blue Dolphins team ran out U14 Runners Up at the Shropshire Netball Leagues Tournament at Church Stretton…
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A local college is celebrating after students recorded a 100% pass rate in their BTEC Sport Diploma results. Six Ellesmere College students secured Extended Diplomas,…
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Students from The Marches School, Oswestry and Sir John Talbot’s School, Whitchurch – both members of The Marches Academy Trust, will be going on a…
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The junior section at Oswestry Golf Club has always been a popular place and they have seen many talented golfers come through their ranks over…
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Hundreds of people came to the Montgomery Canal on Saturday 18 May for the annual Montgomery Canal Triathlon organised by the Friends of the Montgomery…
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Oswestry’s Matt Pierce and Ian Meakin recently competed in the Manx National Rally coming away with two awards. The two day event took place on…
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The largest games expo in North Wales is returning to Wrexham Glyndwr University – bigger and better than ever. The Level Up Wales 2019 expo…
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Over 220 Moreton Hall students, parents, teachers and family members joined forces to take on cancer during the school’s Race for Life charity fundraising event.…
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Ellesmere College Titans swimmer Freya Anderson has become a double British Champion after striking gold at this year’s British Swimming Championships.  The 18-year-old retained her…
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The sun came out to welcome a bumper crop of entries with 135 keen riders lining up to start the 22 mile challenge which takes…
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The inaugural Oswestry 10K taking place this October has hit several milestones this month. More than 550 runners are now registered to take part with…
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Organisers of the Montgomery Canal Triathlon are delighted to have 240 entries for this year’s event on Saturday 18th May. Entries closed on 4th May.…
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TSB’s Partners in Oswestry are joining 150 plus other TSB Partners and families across Shropshire, North Wales and Staffordshire to raise £10,000 for 21 local…
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Derwen College staff and students will be cycling the distance to Lake Vyrnwy and back in training for ‘Mack’s Challenge’ ­-­ a student’s sponsored cycle…
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On 12th May two local men will be setting off on a road trip with a difference to raise monies for seriously ill local children…
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An Oswestry woman will be running the London marathon this Sunday, along with a group of about 20 others to raise money for the RJAH…
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More people have been into space or climbed Everest than have rowed the Atlantic, but that doesn’t put off an Oswestry man from taking it…
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Luke Smith of Imperium Personal Training, has being announced as a sponsor of the Macmillan Cancer Support Oswestry Colour Run.  Luke will be bringing his…
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Angus Bowyer, (24) is running the Luxembourg night marathon on the 1st June to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy UK. Angus who is currently reading history…
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Bookings are coming in rapidly for this year’s Montgomery Canal Triathlon on Saturday 18th May.  Last year nearly 250 entrants joined this popular event, most…
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Staff from a Oswestry builders’ merchants division have beaten their ambitious fundraising target thanks to generous donations. The ten employees from Tudor Griffiths Group took…
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Over 50 participants took part in the 2019 5k Bunny Run within the grounds of Moreton Hall School and raised £530 for Hector’s Greyhound Rescue. Joint…
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On Sunday 28th April, staff from DRE & Co will be running the London Marathon in aid of The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic…
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NEARLY half of the dozen local charities to benefit from the £6,000 raised by the Rotary Club of Oswestry’s Tree of Light Appeal 2018 have…
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A Physiotherapist at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopadic is on a mission to persuade adventurous patients, colleagues – and anyone wanting to lend…
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Dave Andrews tells us how his cancer diagnosis led to the creation of the 33-mile walking challenge. It was a shock, as you’d expect, to…
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Oswestry Team Tennis handed over a cheque for £1046.42 to Cancer Research UK after eight months of fundraising. The fundraising was in memory of head…
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The Sixth Form Football Team at The Marches School, Oswestry, received their smart new football kit this week. RAM Leisure, who already supply the school…
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Oswestry 10K has hit a milestone number of runners, signing up 400 people so far. Entries are coming in from all over the UK. Each…
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Oswestry Bunny Run 2019 April 14th Registration 9am Moreton Hall School With just over a week to go bunnies are well and truly gearing up…
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Preparations are stepping up for the annual Derwen Sponsored walk and Fun Run which takes place near Oswestry this Sunday (31st March) Students and staff…
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Oswestry Rugby Club has recently welcomed Sam Warburton as guest of honour at their annual Sportsman’s Dinner. Sam met with several of Oswestry Rugby Clubs…
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At just sixteen years old Moreton Hall School student, Coco Harpin has been selected to play for the Under 19 England Lacrosse Team and will…
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Staff from Oswestry based company, Aico, have signed up to multiple fundraising challenges and are organising a series of events, throughout 2019, to raise money…
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On Sunday six Packwood pupils travelled to Stockport joining two team mates from Lucton and five from Moreton school to represent Shropshire in the U13…
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A group of students from TAGB Tae Kwon Do in Oswestry have achieved a 100% pass rate obtaining their new belts. Twenty-three students performed a…
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Oswestry marathon runner who has raised £30,000 for Severn Hospice is urging people to join the charity’s newest event – a sponsored walk. Shrewsbury’s The…
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An Oswestry social walking group are celebrating their twentieth anniversary this month. Border Outdoor Dabblers or BODS for short, was founded in 1999 by Malcolm…
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A crucial Wales match which sees Ryan Giggs’ side pitted against Trinidad and Tobago will be the focus of performance analysis by Wrexham Glyndwr University…
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On 12th April 2019, three local men will be setting off on the adventure of a lifetime!  Grant Edwards from GTE Golf, his brother Scott…
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The Moreton Hall Under 14s Lacrosse team are celebrating having been crowned National Champions at the prestigious 2019 National Schools Lacrosse Tournament held at Aldershot.…
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Hope House are thrilled to have being chosen as the official charity for the very first Oswestry 10k.  Fundraising Team Leader Lynsey Kilvert said: “Each…
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Akaash Das a student of Oswestry School and a Member of Oswestry Otters ASC is Shropshire’s youngest Classified Para-Swimmer at the age of 10. After…
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Oswestry Team Tennis – OTT which is a junior priority LTA affiliated  tennis club based in Cae Glas Park, Oswestry with around 160 members, presented…
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On Monday 25th February 2019, 450 educational facilitators, teachers and senior leaders descended on the spectacular International Conference Centre in Telford. The continued professional learning…
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