Tweet Essex’s opening batsman Varun Chopra just signed a three-year contract with Warwickshire. Chopra, the 22-year-old Ilford lad was offered a new year contract with Essex, but has chosen to transfer to Warwickshire. He is very grateful for his time at Essex Cricket Club and made the following statement today: “I would like to...
TweetHelen Robinson-Carey from 5 Elements Martial Arts in Basildon, Essex won her first Full Contact Kickboxing fight at the WAKO show in Doncaster on Sunday 11th of October 2009. Helen dominated the 3 round fight showing great character and determination. Helen joined 5 Elements Martial Arts a year ago after trying out several clubs...
TweetTrampolining is coming home to Brentwood with a new state of the art £750,000 centre to be built in time to host the Olympic Games in 2012. Few people are aware that Brentwood is the home of trampolining in the UK. An American inventor and businessman, George Nissen, brought trampolining to Brentwood in 1949...
TweetExciting news for martial artists in Essex. 5 Elements Martial Arts, in Basildon, has announced that WAKO GB (the World Association of Kickboxing Organisations) is planning to start organising amateur MMA tournaments. 5 Elements has stated that it is supporting this move and hopes to start training fighters for MMA contests with immediate effect. “After...
TweetResearch carried out by Loughborough University, Britain’s leading sports science academy, has shown that cricket is one of the best ways to teach children about the three F’s – Fitness, Friendship and Fair play. Studies have shown that children that have been involved in the Chance to Shine initiative, which encourages cricket to be...
TweetColchester United’s new football stadium, Weston Homes Community Stadium, has won an award from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. “A landmark £14m stadium in Colchester – home to the town’s football club – has won an award from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The Weston Homes Community Stadium has been named...
