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Coming to Stur; England Boxing’s Veterans Project

England Boxing has launched a new project for veterans and Shaun Weeks of Sturminster Newton Boxing Gym has landed one of just 10 coveted...

Steve’s Goodwood quarter century

Presented with Motorsport UK’s 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award, the ‘legless marshal’ looks back at 25 years at Goodwood and calls himself lucky “Give me Goodwood...

Wincanton Golf Club faces closure in six months

Financial challenges and declining membership mean that the golf club, located within the racetrack, will shut its doors in April. Wincanton’s nine-hole golf course, located...

Gillian Matthews – the pioneering Paralympian who inspired others for 60 years

Gillian Matthews, who redefined athleticism, leaving an indelible mark on Paralympic history and on grassroots disability sports, has died, aged 87 When Gillian Matthews fell...

Top sportsman, champion seducer | Looking back

Village squire Henry Hastings was one of old Dorset’s greatest country sportsmen – but wild animals were not his only quarry, says Roger Guttridge In...

Sports Teaching Assistant (Cricket) | Clayesmore School

Full time, fixed term contract until July 2024 To commence September 2023 An enthusiastic and committed Graduate Assistant with a Level 2 Cricket Coaching qualification and...

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W is for Winter…

Jess Rimmer leans into winter training, a new horse and an alphabet game that somehow ends in Tenerife sunshine and bacon turnovers OK. It’s officially...

North Dorset’s forgotten Scallywags

They were farmers, labourers and tradesmen, but Dorset’s Auxiliary Units trained in silence to become Britain’s last, lethal line of defence, says CPRE’s Rupert...

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