• Redding aims to extend his lead in Spain

  By The Citizen at 06:00 on 15/06/13

  

  MOTO2 World Championship leader Scott Redding headed to this weekend's Catalan Grand Prix expecting a hard fight in the sixth round of the 2013 season. The Quedgeley rider has a 43-point lead over second-placed Nicolas Terol following two race wins in a row. Redding understands the importance of keeping a cool head and staying focused at the Barcelona track, where he has never finished above sixth position in both 125cc and 250cc...

• County three knocked out in Bulgaria

  By Gloucestershire Echo at 06:00 on 10/06/13

  

  GLOUCESTER potter Robert Milkins suffered a third round defeat in the Bulgarian Open as Sam Baird eased to a 4-1 victory. Milkins took the first frame thanks to a break of 33, but Baird upped his game to make it through to the last 16 of the first European Tour event of the season. A 62 from Baird squared the match and he won the next three including a break of 61 in the match clinching frame. Milkins started the day off with a 4-0...

• Khan 'the Milkman' make it past pro-tour rookie?

  By Gloucestershire Echo at 06:00 on 05/06/13

  

  ROBERT Milkins has been drawn to play fellow Englishman Kashif Khan in his first match at the Bulgarian Open. The man from Gloucester, who reached the last 16 of the 2013 World Championships, is hoping to improve on his last-64 showing a year ago. To do so he will have to get past a player who has only played twice in a professional event and did not win a frame in either of those matches. Michael Wasley is another Gloucester player...

• Grace McCatty sent off during clash with Arsenal

  By The Citizen at 06:00 on 01/06/13

  

  BRISTOL Academy's attempts to maintain their 100 per cent start to this season's FA Women's Super League campaign against Arsenal ended in disappointment for Grace McCatty. The Quedgeley-based defender was sent off in the second half for a professional foul on Ellen White as the Gunners followed up their 3-0 FA Cup triumph over the Vixens last Sunday with a thrilling 3-2 win at the Stoke Gifford Stadium. McCatty, who went on as a...

• Good Evans, Reanne books her China spot

  By The Citizen at 06:00 on 30/05/13

  

  SNOOKER history was made in Gloucester as Reanne Evans became the first woman player to win through to the Chinese stages of the Wuxi Classic. Evans' overcame Thailand's Thepchaiya Un-Nooh by five frames to three to claim a first-round victory at the South West Snooker Academy in Quedgeley. Fighting back from a 3-0 deficit, Evans recorded a fine break of 52 in the seventh frame to take a 4-3 lead before Un-Nooh forced a decider. But...

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