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Swindon an Oasis for Roller Derby: Dorset v Plymouth.

It’s the weekend let battle commence. The lines were drawn on the Oasis sports hall floor. The teams gathered in short shorts, tight tops, helmets, elbow and knee protectors, war paint, and of course roller skates. Yes it’s roller Derby. We featured a training session in our “What is’ sports series last year. This time […]

Swindon fall again to Monkhouse Voodoo

Swindon fall again to Monkhouse Voodoo

Once again Andy Monkhouse, the former Town man, pops up and scores a vital goal for Hartlepool against his old Club and stopped Di Canio’s men  going to the top of Div. 1. Simon Ferry scored the opener in the first half of a match played on a heavy surface. But despite 2nd half domination […]

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Swindon lose to Gillingham 1-0 in Extra time. The ladies that is.

Swindon Town Ladies took on Gillingham Ladies FC, who play in a league higher the them, in the ladies edition of the FA Cup. The match held at the Fairford FC ground was 0-0 at full time, but a goal mid way through the second period of extra time sealed it for the visitors from […]

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Phoenix fail to rise as Wildcats net 6

A solid effort on Saturday evening saw the Swindon Wildcats display a sterling effort, as they defeated the Manchester Phoenix 6-1 on home ice. The evening opened to near perfect start for the ‘Cats as the newly signed Ollie Betteridge acted quick to tip a slapshot from defenseman Shane Moore past netminder Jorge El-Hage. However […]

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Jets power to win at The Link.

The Swindon Wildcats saw their hopes of a four point weekend shattered last Sunday as they fell to a late rally by the Slough Jets. A quick third period opening by the Jets would consequently award the away side a 5-4 win as the ‘Cats settled for a 2 point weekend. The Wildcats took good […]

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What no Pom Poms – Who are the Ligntning Cheerleaders?

The Swindon Lightnings don’t use PomPoms. Swindon’s only competitive cheerleading club, Swindon Lightning, is set to change perceptions of the sport; from that associated with the American movie industry, to a modern highly active and choreographed art-form sport. Describing the modern sport of cheerleading, head coach Millie Pall said, “Cheerleading is an extreme sport with […]

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Town tame the Shrews.

With ‘For Sale’ signs up and a mass clearing of the pitch on Friday night, Swindon ended a turbulent week on a high note with a brace of second-half goals. After the headlines concerning the sale of the club and a mammoth effort to clear the pitch of snow in time to actually play, the […]

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Lucky mascot Joe.

Joseph Compton is proving to be a lucky mascot. During a thunderstorm in the late summer Joe was hit by lightning as he waited outside Dorcan Academy in Swindon for a lift home. The bolt of lightning caused his heart to stop, burst his ear drums and caused severe burns across 22 per cent of […]

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Officially it’s ladies in Swindon.

Swindon seems to be attracting top lady officials for our sporting events this week. You may have seen in the Wildcats report from last Saturday that the London based official and two times Olympic games  ref Joy Tottman officiated at the Link last weekend in the macho sport of Ice Hockey. Joy’s worked at the […]