Poole honours athletes at Poole Sports Awards 2017
Individual and team sporting successes throughout 2017 were honoured at the annual Poole Sports Awards recently.
Individual and team sporting successes throughout 2017 were honoured at the annual Poole Sports Awards recently.
The first competitor to win gold for GB at the Invictus Games in Canada was Verwood girl Lindsay Chapman who not only flew to victory in the IT5 wheelchair 100m final, but had the honour of meeting HRH Prince Harry.
Thanks to a grant from the Talbot Village Trust of just under £5,000, Dorset Storm Basketball Club has completely refurbished their existing facilities to meet with competition regulations and enable the team to continue to play in national league games.
Returning home from the Women’s Rugby World Cup in Ireland, Poppy Cleall visited her former club Ellingham & Ringwood RFC to talk about her experience in the England squad.
Charlton Down Cricket Club have received the Dorset Funeral Plan Team of the Month award after securing promotion.
Diverse Abilities, Dorset’s disability charity, is all set for this year’s annual Rugby Lunch taking place on Friday 8 September at Hoburne Holiday Park in Christchurch.
Dudsbury Golf Club Seniors’ and Captain’s Golf Day saw 124 players tee off on 17 July and raise over £2,000 in support of the Families for Children (FFC) newly launched Atrium Centre for Adoption Support.
Ferndown Bowls Club has raised a sum of £200 for the president’s charity of the year, the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance.
Three staff members from Diverse Abilities have cycled from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise funds for the Poole-based charity they work for.
Bournemouth amateur Jack Marsh, playing for Ferndown Golf Club, has reaped the rewards after months of practise by clinching a place in Lombard Trophy Final.