Antwerp, 1920, and Paris, 1924, not your everyday connection to the grand old city of Nottingham, especially taking into consideration they were years of the Olympic Games. However, Nottingham, and the county as a whole, does have a historical connection to the Games through one of Nottingham’s earliest, sporting daughters, Constance ‘Connie’ Mabel Jeans, she…
More than seventy years have now elapsed since the Nottingham Panthers won their first, two, English Championships, under the erstwhile guidance of Barnsley-born, visually impaired, Olympic Gold medallist, Archibald ‘Archie’ Stinchcombe. Born less than a couple of years before the outbreak of the First World War, Stinchcombe would become a winger in the British game…
Nottingham Royalty, of the sporting kind, featured on the recent episode of ITVs DNA Journey (Tuesday 26 April 2022) as Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, better known as the Olympic gold medal pairing, ice dancers, Torvill & Dean, took their trip into what became, for both, a heart-warming, and ultimately interesting, past. Clifton-born Jayne, and…
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) has announced the latest recipients of honorary degrees and awards which will be presented during graduation ceremonies at University Hall from 4-13th April 2022. Nottingham born Olympic artistic gymnast siblings Ellie and Becky Downie will be receiving honorary degrees: Ellie is the all-around 2017 European gymnastics champion, the first gymnast to…
Nottingham’s Olympic silver medallist, weightlifter Emily Campbell, 27, features in the recently released campaign launch film for Team England ahead of next summer’s Commonwealth Games, in Birmingham. Campbell, who features alongside that of fellow athletes Max Whitlock MBE (Gymnastics), Kadeena Cox MBE (Para Athletics), Tom Dean (Swimming) Emily Campbell (Weightlifting), Alex Yee (Triathlon), Siobhan Fitzpatrick…
Bulwell weightlifter Emily Campbell has won silver in the +87kg event at the Olympic games in Tokyo to become the first ever female to win Great Britain a weightlifting medal. Campbell finished with a total of 283kg in the final and came second to China’s Li Wenwen who set an Olympic record of 320kg in…
You might have noticed a pretty big sporting competition happening right now, staged three quarters of a way around the world in Japan, we at Nottingham Sport have been digging and trawling and hoping, that one of our own might bring back some silverware, bronzeware or even goldware home. We’ve not forgotten about what’s happening…
Aged just 26, Mansfield born swimmer Oliver Hynd is to step away from swimming and the possibilities of appearing in the Tokyo Olympics later this year to pursue other interests and to ‘ensure’ that his own health and wellbeing stays at the forefront of his immediate attention. An MBE educated at the Ashfield School and…
Jack Whitaker is one of Britain’s most promising up and coming athletes, showjumping at international level at the tender age of 19. Having already won a silver medal in the Youth Olympics aged 17, the future certainly looks bright for this starlet as he hopes to leave his own stamp on the sport, but being…
Michael Whitaker is a household name for any equestrian, a name known by everybody. This is not just for his own heroics in the ring, bringing home a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics along with many more medals and accolades, but also for his family’s successes both on and off horseback. The Whitakers certainly…
A weekend of exciting international ice hockey at Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena ended in heartbreak for Great Britain as they failed to progress to the next stage of qualifying for the 2022 Winter Olympics, losing their winner-takes-all game against Hungary on Sunday afternoon. Team GB and Hungary were joined by Romania and Estonia in Group J…
A fantastic weekend of International Ice Hockey starts in Nottingham today as team GB aim to qualify for the Winter Olympics along with Romania, Hungary & Estonia. The action starts at the Motorpoint Arena at 3:30pm as Hungary take on Estonia before Great Britain faces off against Romania tonight at 7:30pm. After a rest day…
