Sport

Fundraisers in Trefonen have announced plans for their annual Hill Walk. The popular multi-activity event, which takes place over May bank holiday will raise money…
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It may look like a van with windows but the new Peugeot Rifter will always a hold a special place in my heart as it…
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An Oswestry man has set up his own business as a personal trainer. Luke Smith, 28, who until recently worked for Evolution Gym, has started…
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The John Beswick International Award is in memory of John Beswick, a former lecturer at Loughborough Physical Education College and then Shropshire PE adviser between…
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Staff from a Oswestry builders’ merchants division are putting their best feet forward to raise vital cash for charity. The ten employees from Tudor Griffiths…
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Entries are coming in for the Montgomery Canal Triathlon to be held on Saturday 18 May 2019. This popular event is organised by the Friends…
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Colin Jackson has today been officially installed as Wrexham Glyndwr University’s new Chancellor. After formally accepting the post of Chancellor, Mr Jackson – one of…
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Matt Burton, star of the Channel 4 documentary, Educating Yorkshire, has been announced as a keynote speaker at this year’s professional learning conference held at…
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Captain’s Drive-In – Saturday 5th January 2019 Over 100 members turned out on a thankfully dry January morning to watch Oswestry Golf Clubs new Men’s…
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Students were treated this week as Rob Hughes, a former student and World Champion Fisherman, visited the Marches School. Rob was a student at the…
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It’s been quite a year for Moreton Hall Sixth Former and International sportswoman, Milly Home, and it looks as if 2019 is going to be…
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Henley Wood Park run, Oswestry is a FREE weekly 5km event for runners, joggers, walkers or volunteers which takes place every Saturday at 9:00am in…
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Students and staff at both the Marches and Sir John Talbot’s took part in the first ever cross-trust varsity sporting tournament which took place on…
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An Oswestry martial arts club is celebrating after a collecting a total of 21 medals in 2018. The five gold, four silver and 12 bronze…
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Teenage mountain bike racer Ellie Jones from Ebnal near Gobowen has a dream: to be the fastest girl in the world on her bike and…
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Packwood School in Ruyton-XI-Towns, Shrewsbury has been announced as one of the top50 schools in the country for Cricket. The school strives to help children…
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If you happen to see a big yellow rickshaw travelling through our area tomorrow, make sure you give it a wave as it embarks on…
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Oswestry Golf Club ladies section held their annual presentation evening on the 2nd November and as has become the norm the event was incredibly well…
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Clive Smith, captain of the wheelchair rugby team has taken a silver medal with his team at the Invictus Games. Clive was one of a…
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Night golf is nothing new, but this is the first time it’s been hosted in the Oswestry area and the members of Oswestry Golf Club…
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A lawyer from one of the region’s largest independent law firms has helped raise more than £1000 for the British Heart Foundation in a gruelling…
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Woodheads Sales and Lettings were delighted to be able to offer their support to Oswestry Boys and Girls Club, by sponsoring their Under 8 Blue…
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Kelda Wood is about to embark on a rather epic challenge to raise awareness and funds for the Climbing Out charity aimed at raising hope…
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The Under 19 Netball side at the Marches School have made history, as they became North Shropshire Netball Champions for the first time. Ellesmere College…
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The Alliance of Leading Learning, part of the Marches Academy Trust will host its Professional Learning Conference on Monday 25th February 2019. The event will…
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On Sunday 7th October, Amy Bell, Trainee Accountant at DRE & Co Chartered Accountants Oswestry, took part in the Cardiff Half Marathon, raising money for…
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Three Oswestry School footballers have made a name for themselves internationally after taking part in some of the world’s biggest footballing competitions. Ben Clark travelled…
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Students from Oswestry Tae Kwon Do competed at the North Midlands Area Championships in Derby Arena, coming home with five medals. The competition featured over…
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Not content with writing and publishing just one book this year, sport-mad father-of-two Richard Carpenter is going for the ‘double’. The 41-year-old from Tetchill in…
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Leading Shropshire amateur swimming club, Oswestry Otters, is celebrating achieving charity status thanks to support from Shrewsbury law firm Aaron & Partners. Lawyers from the…
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In what turned out to be a first for Oswestry Golf Club a Mother and Daughter reached the 2018 Ladies Club Championship Final Judith &…
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A Shropshire businessman has organised a 100-mile charity cycle ride to mark the final year of the First World War centenary and raise money for the…
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A pair of inspirational young friends got on their bikes to raise funds for a children’s hospice charity. Zech Newton, 10, and his 14 year…
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August marks the end of Oswestry Otters Swimming club 2017-2018 macrocycle. The club embarked on employing its first ever paid head coach (Timothy Hastie) in…
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Marches School student Abbie Ball will be completing a 12 hour ‘wodathon’ fundraiser for two cancer charities on 22nd July. Abbie will be completing many…
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A Shropshire motor dealer has sponsored the county’s ladies golf first team thanks to the company chairman’s links to the game. Furrows, which has dealerships…
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A 20 year-plus partnership between a motor dealer and a cricket club has been further strengthened for the season now underway. Award-winning Arthurs Vauxhall has…
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Thirteen-year-old Zennor Harvey from Packwood Haugh School in Ruyton XI Towns led her team to victory in a two-day event at Princethorpe College in Warwickshire…
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This year’s Montgomery Canal Triathlon on 19th May was the best ever, say organisers. A total of 247 took part in one, two or three…
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A talented team of young footballers from Baschurch took part in a sponsored Parkrun to raise monies for their new kit (as seen in the photo)…
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Two friends from Oswestry in Shropshire proudly crossed the finish line at Sunday’s London Marathon to raise thousands of pounds for The Children’s Society. Sara…
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MEMBERS of Oswestry’s Cricket Federation for People with Disabilities (CFPD) Oswestry Focus group recently met with Rotarians to receive a donation from Oswestry Rotary Club’s…
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A specialist college near Oswestry is urging runners to complete a 13-mile half marathon to help raise money towards therapy and fitness facilities to benefit…
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WYNNSTAY Bowling Club’s indoor bowling season is over – now the new outdoor crown green grass bowling season got under way during the first week of…
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Sixth Form Students and Year 10 Pupils at the Marches School were put through their paces this week by serving Royal Marines. The Royal Marines,…
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Calling cyclists of all abilities! A brand new cycle challenge is being launched this summer which takes in the beauty of all of North Shropshire…
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An Oswestry web hosting firm are getting behind a charity bike ride event, donating hosting services and a free website to help get the event…
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SALLY Johnson, a recent speaker at the Rotary Club of Oswestry, touched her audience as she described how she and her husband Stephen had attempted…
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Few entrepreneurs represent the essence of the up-and-coming international hub of Crawley in the way that father and son team Chris and Simon Tripp do.…
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North Shropshire College (NSC) is celebrating the success of Harry Bower, a Level 3 TNS Football Scholarship student who has recently been selected to play…
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