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6 days ago | 
ca.sports.yahoo.com | Sophie Hurcom |Steve Kitchen
Rower Fergus Woolnough has said it was an "awesome feeling" to win two gold medals in his first two senior races for Great Britain. Woolnough was part of the men's eight crew that took gold at the European Championships in Bulgaria and the World Rowing Cup in Italy, two weeks later. The 22-year-old was only selected for the squad for the first time in April.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Sophie Hurcom |Steve Kitchen
When the Premiership resumed after a two-month break in March, Gloucester were third in the table. But defeats by Bath and Saracens dropped them out of a tight race at the top and their hopes received a major hit two weeks ago when they were beaten 38-19 by Harlequins to leave their fate out of their hands. "We'd love to be able to have a shot at it, there's always going to be a few results you look at and go 'we could have made life a bit easier'," Skivington said.
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1 month ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Sophie Hurcom |Steve Kitchen
Gloucester face a "massive" game against Northampton says director of rugby George Skivington, despite a top-four finish in the Premiership being out of their hands. The Cherry and Whites are fifth in the table, two and three points respectively behind Bristol - who host Harlequins - and Sale, who travel to Exeter in the final round of fixtures on Saturday.
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2 months ago | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Kevin Horner |Sheffield Haemophilia |Steve Kitchen
Data Availability Statement The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
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2 months ago | 
bbc.com | Sophie Hurcom |Steve Kitchen
It was late one evening at the end of January when Gloucester lock Arthur Clark's phone rang out of the blue with a call-up to the England pre-Six Nations training camp. Just over 12 hours later, the uncapped Clark was on a plane to the England base in Girona, Spain, where he spent almost two weeks with the squad before the first Test against Ireland.
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2 months ago | 
bbc.com | Sophie Hurcom |Steve Kitchen
Image source, Rex FeaturesImage caption, Bath beat Gloucester when the two sides met three weeks ago at the Recreation Ground in the PremiershipBBC Radio GloucestershireBeating Bath at the Recreation Ground is "one of the biggest challenges" in European rugby, said Gloucester boss George Skivington. The two neighbouring West Country sides meet in the Challenge Cup quarter-final on Sunday, looking for a place in the final four of the competition.
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2 months ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Sophie Hurcom |Steve Kitchen
Cheltenham manager Michael Flynn has urged his side to "empty the tank" during their final five games to end the season on a positive note. The Robins have lost their past four matches and are currently 16th in the table, 14 points clear of the bottom two, but 15 points off of the play-off places. They travel to Crewe on Thursday night looking for their first away win since 11 March, when they beat AFC Wimbledon.
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2 months ago | 
bbc.com | Sophie Hurcom |Steve Kitchen
Cheltenham manager Michael Flynn has urged his side to "empty the tank" during their final five games to end the season on a positive note. The Robins have lost their past four matches and are currently 16th in the table, 14 points clear of the bottom two, but 15 points off of the play-off places. They travel to Crewe on Thursday night looking for their first away win since 11 March, when they beat AFC Wimbledon.
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2 months ago | 
bbc.com | Maisie Lillywhite |Steve Kitchen
Goalkeeper hopes to fly mum out for Wembley dreamMaisie Lillywhite & Steve KitchenBBC News, GloucestershireBBCStephen Sarkodie moved to England from Ghana seven years agoA goalkeeper who moved to England with a dream of playing at Wembley may fly his mother from Ghana to watch it come true. Stephen Sarkodie arrived in England in 2018 to pursue his education at Hartpury University in Gloucestershire, and turned down a professional contract to put his studies first.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Maisie Lillywhite |Steve Kitchen
A football manager has spoken about his club's decision to employ safeguarding experts to work with players in the squad amid increasing online abuse. Cheltenham Town's Michael Flynn deleted social media after receiving "horrible stuff" from trolls, and hearing worries for younger players especially. It comes after Ofcom found young adults aged 18 to 24 spend an average of six hours a day online.
