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BEATING the cockerel to the call, Garry Richardson is better than them all. When sport is summoned and 6:25 strikes, Garry has the mike. “John, Sarah, good morning to you,” he says on Today with his mellifluous, west-country voice. At the end of the week big-name guests on his Sunday Sportsweek show speak, where Garry clears rumour away and fills the air with fact and fascination. Overall, the morning marvel stands tall. |
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He likes karting and football, he would watch Braveheart over and over again, he plays Eminem on his Ipod and he craves for a Pizza or a Haagen Dazs Cookies and Cream after every match. We’re obviously talking about one of the most famous tennis player in this land, if not the only one: Andy Murray.
Not only is he renowned for being one of the best British players in history but he also managed to stay in the top 5 for more than two years now. Tim Henman can’t show a better resume.
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MOHAMMED El Shorbagy is not only a mechanical engineer student here at UWE, he is also the 14th best squash player in the world. 18-year-old El Shorbagy from Egypt is looking to break the record books by becoming the first player to win the British Junior Championships for a third time in Sheffield this month (January). |
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The mens novice VIII+ Boat team won their first medals of the year at the Monmouth Christmas Head of the River race on Sunday 13th December. Tom Dewhurst, Elliot Clark, Jack Peckham, Adam Kenny, Nick Preston, Alan Morgan, Eleanor Ellis (cox) and Deyan Kenspl were all part of the winning outfit. |
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Good night, Laurel and Hardy. Hardly deserving for all their patience and prowess, the Soldiers of the West saw two points tease and taunt them, then saw them being sizzled down to a scintilla as Bath Spa’s hockey side salvaged a draw on Wednesday 11th November. |
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Ross Brawn secured his eighth Constructors’ Title and Jenson Button won the Formula 1 racing championship on Saturday 18th October – with no help from Lady Luck.
Ross is an engineer who graduated in 1976 and for his first job had to settle for operating a lathe. It took him fifteen years of hard graft before his brilliance was noticed by the owner of Benetton Racing who hired him on the cheap to improve its failing cars. Within only four years, Ross had built a car worthy enough to win his first constructors’ crown, with M.
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"WE want war, we love war!" roared from the radio around the aerobics-gym-turned-Muay-Thai studio on Wednesday 7th October. The lyrical line absorbed disputants into fight night training at the Carrefour Bristol City Centre Gym, none more so than UWE student, Harpreet Kalkat. |
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UWE’s second squad of eight suffered a 5-3 defeat to the hands of Plymouth’s first team in a badminton battle at Frenchay’s Centre for Sport on Wednesday 14th October. The score was settled after eight games were played out, doubles and singles, along a line of four Badminton Courts watched by friends and travelling Plymouth supporters, but all eyes were on UWE’s Sam Issacs as he huffed and puffed but didn’t quite blow the house down in an intriguing face-to-face finale with Plymouth’s Oliver Critchton. |
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When you think of sports journalism, three necessary virtues spring to mind; determination, enthusiasm and perseverance. Indeed these prerequisites are fundamental in just achieving a small level of success in the field of madness called Sports Media.
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The UWE boxing club was proud to take part in this years BUCS English Universities Championship hosted by Portsmouth University on 12-14th of December. The event was very well attended and was a great showcase for collegiate boxing with strong teams fielded by many universities.
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