Holly Parker and Jamie Harper finished 10th in the Mixed Relay on the final day of the Junior European Championships in Drzonkow today. Against some athletes boasting far more international experience, including at Senior level, it was an encouraging day for the two young Brits. Having both missed out on qualifying for the individual finals, the
Georgia Pipes produced a battling performance to finish 27th at the Junior European Championships in Drzonkow, Poland, today. It’s a position that is becoming familiar for the recently turned 20 year old as it equalled her finish at the 2015 Junior World Championships nine months ago. The competition followed the 2016 Olympic Games format meaning
Pentathlon GB’s Joe Choong, Jamie Cooke, Kate French and Samantha Murray today became the latest University of Bath-based athletes to be selected to represent Team GB at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The quartet were officially confirmed as being Britain’s modern pentathlon representatives during a team announcement at Hyde Park Barracks in London on Wednesday.
Jordanne Whiley and Gordon Reid and won their second Roland Garros women’s and men’s doubles titles apiece on Saturday with their respective Japanese partners Yui Kamiji and Shingo Kunieda. Meanwhile, another successful Grand Slam tournament for players on the Tennis Foundation’s Wheelchair Tennis World Class Programme saw Reid finish runner-up in Paris in his second men’s singles final
Jordanne Whiley is out of the singles competition after losing to Sabine Allerbrock in three sets. Whiley saw her bid to reach her first Roland Garros singles final come to an end in the semi-finals after a close encounter against Ellerbrock. After dropping the opening set world No.4 Whiley raced through the second set. However, the
Pentathlon GB’s Jamie Cooke has risen to World Number 1 in the official Modern Pentathlon World Rankings following last week’s World Championships in Moscow. It caps an incredible 6 weeks for the 25 year-old Brit with his 9th place finish in the Russian capital following victories at World Cup 4 in Kecskemét, Hungary, and the
Jordanne Whiley and Gordon Reid both beat higher ranked players on Thursday’s opening day of the Roland Garros wheelchair tennis event to reach the men’s and women singles semi-finals, Whiley doing so at the expense of world No. 1 and defending champion Jiske Griffioen. On a good day for players on the Tennis Foundation’s Wheelchair
The draw for wheelchair tennis was made last night and pits GB’s Lucy Shuker against her doubles partner Marjolein Buis in the first match of the morning, weather permitting they will take to the court at 11.00am local time. With just eight competitors the singles quarter finals line up like this: Lucy Shuker (7) lost to Marjolein
Team Bath MCTA Tennis player Lisa Whybourn got her grass-court season off to a stunning start as she recorded a career-best win on day one of the Aegon Eastbourne Trophy. Whybourn made the most of her wildcard entry by beating number-three seed Kai-Lin Zhang of China 2-6 6-3 7-5 on Monday after a two-hour battle,
The second World Rowing Cup of the 2016 season wrapped up in Lucerne, Switzerland with rainy conditions and a win for New Zealand overall. Racing started three days ago and worked through to today’s finals with New Zealand earning three gold, two silver and three bronze medals to put them at the top of the
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