• Georgia Taylor rises to fourth in South West rankings

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 21/05/13

  

  YATE & District AC's Georgia Taylor smashed her 800m personal best again in the Avon Athletics open meeting at Stoke Gifford with a time of 2mins 26.02secs. It is her first time under 2.30 and puts her fourth in the South West rankings for under-15 girls. Rosie Allen (2:26.6) and Hannah Hobbs (2:28.8) completed a Yate clean sweep in the race. In the field, Bristol & West's Rownita Marston won the under-17 women's shot with...

• Ryan Palmer to play Wayne Thomas in cross-city darts opener

  By The Bristol Post at 09:00 on 17/05/13

  

  IT'S the cross-city sporting showdown of the summer – and captains Mark Dudbridge and Steve Brown are ready to reveal their teams for the North Bristol v South Bristol darts 'Smackdown'. The best players from the south of the river will take on the finest from the north on the oche at Mangotsfield United FC on Sunday, July 14 – and the Bristol Post will be revealing the individual match-ups in the lead-up to the event. In...

• Nicholas Wanderers overcome Avon to finish 13 points clear at the top

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 16/05/13

  

  NICHOLAS Wanderers Under-14s completed an unbeaten season in style by securing a league and cup double with an 8-1 victory over Avon Athletic. It meant they sealed the first division title by 13 points, while dropping only two points all season. James Morton (2), Kwyn Gilbert, Jacob Leworthy, Joe Smith, Ethan Platts, Ned O'Keefe and Jack Staples all netted in the win, aided by goalkeeper Sean Marvin, Owen Barry, Callum Fudgell, Terry...

• GFA Cup glory for all-conquering Ashton Boys

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 16/05/13

  

  ALL-CONQUERING Ashton Boys completed a dream treble by beating Cirencester Town 3-0 in the final of the GFA Cup at Oaklands Park, Almondsbury. Fresh from a successful bank holiday tournament victory and their Avon Youth League title and League Cup triumphs, Ashton were in no mood to surrender their remarkable record of never being defeated as an 11-a-side team, as goals by Newman Ball, Kelvin Kalunghi and Dominic Barassi saw off the...

• Rendall strikes twice to set up Sporting victory

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 15/05/13

  

  KARIM Rendall was at the double as his deadly display inspired another Sporting Bristol success. The 26-year-old Yate Town striker, who sprung to prominence in October when he fired a 'perfect' 96-second stoppage-time hat-trick while playing for Roman Glass St George, struck a brace against big rivals All Saints in a 4-2 win to ensure Sporting Bristol a Regional Sunday league and cup double, watched by a big and enthusiastic crowd on...

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