Marlborough slumped to defeat at home to Lechlade in the game kindly sponsored by Velcourt Ltd as their recent disappointing form continued. Read more: Cricket: Marlborough sink at home by 5-wickets to Lechlade
Put into bat by the away side Marlborough slumped to 109 all out with only George Fox 19, Magnus Painter 16 and skipper Nick Crabbe 14 making an impact with
Marlborough and District Junior Athletics club capped their Wessex League campaign in style, winning the fourth and final match at Andover on Sunday.
The victory saw MADJA finish joint fourth in the league of 20 clubs, a big improvement on last season’s 10thplace. The club ended the season on 17 points, level
The Canadian flag flies at the entrance to Catherine Burrell’s stables just north of Marlborough. Catherine is host to Canada’s Olympic eventing team as they make final preparations for the Greenwich Park competition – and the team love being close Marlborough and surrounded by such wonderful countryside.
When we visited Read more: Canada’s Olympic equestrian eventing team are welcome visitors to Marlborough
Up on the hill north of Mildenhall New Zealander Jonelle Richards is preparing for her Olympic debut. She’s very excited to have been chosen as one of New Zealand’s five-strong equestrian team for the eventing competition.
Next week she and her horse Flintstarwill go to the team’s training camp in Surrey for the Read more: Mildenhall-based Jonelle Richards prepares for New Zealand’s equestrian Olympic team
New Zealander Andrew Nicholson, whose stables are at Lockeridge near Marlborough, took the first two places in the three star competition at the St James's Place Barbury International Horse Trials on Sunday (July 1.) Riding Avebury (for first place) and Quimbo (for second place), Nicholson clocked faultless cross country rounds Read more: Barbury trials final day: Nicholson one-two boosts hopes for New Zealand Olympic team
Marlborough slumped to defeat at home to Devizes as their recent run of poor form continued. The game was kindly sponsored by Crosby and Lawrence – Marlborough College’s sports shop.
With Marlborough batting first, knocks of 39 from skipper Nick Crabbe and of 37 from Duncan Lorrain helped the Read more: Cricket: a defeat at home for Marlborough against Devizes
Day three of the St James’s Place Barbury International Horse Trials (Saturday, June 30) brought out huge crowds to watch the pre-Olympic events and see how several international teams were shaping up for the Greenwich Park competitions later in July.
The four star Olympic combined training event – featuring plenty Read more: Barbury international horse trials: Wiltshire’s Kitty King wins the two star competition