Harry Abbott

BRADFORD Town will begin their new year fixtures in Toolstation League Premier Division at the top of the table despite signing off 2019 with a rare disappointment.

WILTSHIRE skeleton slider Laura Deas is hoping to reach February’s World Championships fit and healthy as she looks to ignite her road to the Beijing Winter Olympics.

CADLEY-based Alex Renwick was rewarded for his hard work when landing the prestigious Renny Cup at the Queen’s Club in west London.

INSPIRED Chippenham recorded their biggest home win of the season on Saturday when downing a trying Trowbridge side 70-19 in South West One East.

WILTSHIRE teenagers Charlotte Longden and William Scammell, who both train at the University of Bath, have been selected to race for Team GB in bobsleigh at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games.

THERE was no pre-Christmas cheer for Devizes Town in the Toolstation League as they suffered a 3-0 defeat at home to Radstock Town on Saturday in a weekend heavily affected by the weather.

MELKSHAM Town claimed six points in four days in Southern League Division One South and made it three wins in a row in the competition in the process.

WESTBURY United will target the prized scalp of Wiltshire rivals Bradford Town on Boxing Day in the hope it can ignite a positive run of results after the turn of the year.

BRADFORD Town missed out on a place in the semi-finals of the Wiltshire Premier Shield on Wednesday night after giving higher-league opponents Swindon Supermarine a huge scare before slipping to a 4-3 defeat.

LAURA Deas has confirmed her desire to compete for a second Winter Olympics medal as she prepares to start the new skeleton season.