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Chopra Leaves Essex County Cricket Club for Warwickshire

November 6, 2009

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...

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Basildon Mum Wins Debut National Kickboxing Fight

October 15, 2009
Basildon Mum Wins Debut National Kickboxing Fight

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...

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Essex To Have Olympic Trampolining Centre

October 6, 2009
Essex To Have Olympic Trampolining Centre

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...

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MMA Comes to Essex

September 30, 2009
MMA Comes to Essex

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...

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Essex Schools Should Focus on Cricket

September 28, 2009
Essex Schools Should Focus on Cricket

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...

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Exciting News for Colchester and its Football Club

May 17, 2009

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...

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