The 1st Central County Ground hosted 3,413 people at the Kia Super League Finals Day last Friday (1st September), an all-time high for a domestic women’s cricket match in England. Attendance at the 2017 Finals Day – the first time it has been hosted at Hove – was up by over 150% from last year.
The Women’s Premier League Cup Determining round took place on Sunday with teams from six different FA Women’s Premier League divisions competing. Winners will progress to the competition proper and joining Plymouth Argyle, who have been handed a bye, while the losers drop down into the Premier League Plate. Blackburn Rovers Ladies 3 –
Wakefield Trinity and Oulton Raidettes started the afternoon tied in second position in the table and that’s how it ended after an end to end contest on Sunday. The hosts made a great start to the match when the kick off was spilled by Oulton and Wakefield made the most of the handling error, Yasmin
Kate French and Jamie Cooke teamed up to claim silver in the Kremlin Cup, an invitational mixed relay event in Moscow, today. The Rio Olympians performed well throughout the day in a strong international field, finding themselves in medal contention all day before eventually finishing in second. Just a week on from the World Championships,
On Sunday in the Women’s Super League Bradford Bulls Women hosted Thatto Heath St Helens Ladies and the home side dominated throughout to earn a 40-10 victory. Bradford’s Amy Hardcastle scored twice, with further tries for Charlotte Booth, Charlene Henegan, Beth Sutcliffe, Lois Forsell and Claire Garner. Garner also added six goals. In the Women’s
Fourth, sixth and ninth place relay finishes rounded off the Under 19 European Championships for Pentathlon GB athletes on a busy weekend in Portugal. It was the girls’ relay team of Olivia Green and Zoe Davison who fared best, narrowly missing out on a podium position with the boys’ team of George Budden and Toby
The England Roses were beaten 54-51 by South Africa SPAR Proteas in their final Quad Series match. An impressive third quarter from the Proteas proved decisive in a hotly contested and high quality game. Tracey Neville went with the same seven players who started Wednesday’s stunning 49-45 victory over world no.2s New Zealand Silver Ferns.
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has today appointed Steve Brown as Chief Executive Officer. The appointment concludes an extensive selection process led by a Board nominations panel which concluded on 31st August. The appointment received RFU Board approval this morning. Steve Brown is currently Chief Officer, Business Operations at the RFU, and he succeeds Ian
World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont has hailed Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017 as a “special and ground-breaking” event as New Zealand lifted the coveted trophy after a pulsating final, bringing down the curtain on a tournament that broke records on and off the field. More so than any other edition, Ireland 2017 has captured the
Lancashire County Age Group girls under 17s duo Danielle Collins and Rebecca Duckworth have been selected for this year’s School Games teams entered in the national competition by the ECB. Danielle Collins plays her club cricket at Tottington St Johns CC as a left hand opening bat. She has scored over 450 runs for the
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