Oxford Mail | Other sport

RACING: Gannon back in the saddle

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:30:00 +0000

Wantage-based jockey Cathy Gannon has returned to the saddle as she sets her sights on being fit for the start of the Flat turf season.

RACING: Calgary Bay's burden

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:30:00 +0000

Calgary Bay, from Henrietta Knight’s West Lockinge stables, near Wantage, was allotted 11st 6lb when the weights for the John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree on Saturday, April 14 were unveiled yesterday.

TV SPORT: England's a quiz queen

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:30:00 +0000

Oxford City athlete Hannah England took a break from her exploits on the track to star in A Question Of Sport on BBC1 last night.

RACING: Scottish raid pays off for Longsdon

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:30:00 +0000

Charlie Longsdon’s enterprise in sending three runners on the 674-mile round trip from his Chipping Norton base to Musselburgh was rewarded with a double.

GREYHOUNDS: Oxford back on track as big freeze relents

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:40:00 +0000

OXFORD Stadium escaped losing a fourth successive BAGS meeting as conditions eased sufficiently for yesterday’s meeting to go ahead, writes John Gaisford.

SCHOOL SPORT: Icknield revel in Wasps coaching

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:20:00 +0000

EIGHTY rugby-mad youngsters at Icknield Community College, Watlington, received a masterclass from London Wasps stars Tom Rees and Chris Elder.

BILLIARDS: Oracle's title filip

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:20:00 +0000

ASHTON lost top spot after a 2-1 defeat at New Club in Division 1 of the Gentworks Oxford & District League.

SNOOKER: Fieldside book place in final

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:20:00 +0000

PREMIER Division leaders Fieldside beat their closest rivals Abingdon RBL 4-1 to reach the final of the Gentworks Oxford & District League’s Simmons Cup.

SCHOOL SPORT: Cheney's indoor rowers triumph

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:30:00 +0000

youngsters from Cheney School won three individual golds and triumphed in both team events at the Oxford inter-school indoor rowing event at Wheatley Park School.

BOXING: Flanagan battles back

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:30:00 +0000

Berinsfield’S Ciaran Flanagan came from behind with a determined effort in the final session to emerge as Home Counties schoolboy champion in the Class 3 (born 1997) 44kg category at Luton.