Sport
Chopra Leaves Essex County Cricket Club for Warwickshire
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… »
Basildon Mum Wins Debut National Kickboxing Fight
Helen 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… »
Essex To Have Olympic Trampolining Centre
Trampolining 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… »
MMA Comes to Essex
Exciting 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… »
Essex Schools Should Focus on Cricket
Research 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… »
Exciting News for Colchester and its Football Club
Colchester 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… »
