Owen Houlihan

BACK row Tom Ellis believes the outcome of Bath's pool in last year's competition demonstrates why the club's hopes in this year's Heineken Champions Cup are far from ended.

WILTSHIRE U18s clinched the Channel League title after a fierce battle with runners-up Glamorgan at Broome Manor Golf Club on Saturday.

GRAHAM Shadwell has made a fine start to the 2018/19 indoor bowling season and came close to lifting the top prize on the Open Singles circuit at the Moonfleet Open tournament.

FOUR teams now sit on 12 points in the Trowbridge & District League Division One table after the latest round of games last Saturday.

HAVING one of your pupils vying for a tournament victory would be enough of a pleasure for any golf coach, but Wiltshire swing guru Simon Shanks found himself living the excitement twice over at the British Masters at Walton Heath on Sunday.

WARMINSTER are through to the Dorset and Wilts 1st XV Senior Vase semi-finals after a superb 33-10 victory at Swanage & Wareham on Saturday.

DOUBLE Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold has been acclaimed as ‘a legend on and off the track’ by British Skeleton’s Wiltshire-based Head of Performance Danny Holdcroft, following the announcement of her retirement from the sport.

JACKIE Rockliffe has been selected to represent England at the Irish and British Masters Cross Country International in Swansea next month, writes KEVIN FAHEY.

WILTSHIRE Senior League side Purton pulled off a shock in the opening round of the Wiltshire Senior Cup as they claimed the scalp of Sydenhams League Premier Division opponents Bemerton Heath Harlequins at the Red House.

IN THE first of back-to-back meetings against fellow Shoestrings Chargrill-sponsored Chippenham & District Sunday League Premier Division title hopefuls FC Lacock, Box Rovers collected maximum points thanks to a convincing 6-2 success.