TRIATHLON: Triathlon veteran Billy is dying to make his Great Britain debut

Triathlete Billy Dyer will represent Great Britain next month

4:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

BILLY Dyer will be realising a dream when he dons Great Britain colours at the World Age Group Long Distance Triathlon Championships.

GOLF: Newman seals final return

Ben Newman (left) of Ogbourne Downs Golf Club and fellow qualifier Joe Ferguson, of Celtic Manor Resort (Picture by Phil Inglis, Getty Images)

4:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

BEN Newman sealed his second successive Powerade PGA Assistants' Championship final appearance after finishing joint top of the leaderboard at Honiton Golf Club.



Sulis will dive in for Bag4Sport

Bag4Sport trustee Gordon Straker and director Andy Trusler with swimmers (l-r) Ellie Simmonds, Gemma Almond and Fran O’Connor

1:50pm Friday 17th May 2013

SWIMMING Club Aqua Sulis has joined forces with Gazette & Herald charity Bag4Sport to fundraise for grass roots sport.

RACING: Hannon seeks Curragh Glory

10:02am Friday 17th May 2013

OLYMPIC Glory will aim to rebuild his reputation in the Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh on Saturday week.

SWIMMING: Carlin encouraged by progress

Jazz Carlin

2:23pm Thursday 16th May 2013

SWINDON’S Jazz Carlin says her fastest 400m freestyle in two years is yet another building block towards the World Championships in Barcelona this summer.

ANGLING: Gilbert reels in huge bag

1:30pm Thursday 16th May 2013

TONY Gilbert, from Melksham, turned in another sparkling performance in the Wilts Open match at Viaduct Fishery, with 307lb of carp, writes COLIN SCULL.

RACING: Charlton considers Mince options

12:24pm Thursday 16th May 2013

WILTSHIRE-TRAINED Mince has two possible options to get back on the winning trail before she heads to Royal Ascot.

ATHLETICS: Loughborough call for Loren

Loren Bleaken

11:29am Wednesday 15th May 2013

LOREN Bleaken has been called up into the Great Britain U20 women’s 4x400m relay squad for the Loughborough International Games on Sunday.

CHIPPENHAM HALF-MARATHON: Entries close to 1000 mark

11:41am Wednesday 15th May 2013

ORGANISERS of this year’s Chippenham Half-Marathon are encouraging runners to get their entries in to avoid disappointment with almost 1,000 entries sold.

BOWLS: Ladies set for Purton showdowns

12:06pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

THE FIRST Wiltshire players to qualify for the 2013 Ladies National Championships to be staged at Royal Leamington Spa in late July will be known this coming weekend.

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I refer to the article on Chippenham RFC seeking permission from the Rugby Football Union to allow their second team to be promoted to Southern Counties (level seven of the RFU league structure) should they finish top of Dorset & Wilts 1 North (level eight), (Gazette & Herald, February 28). The most interesting aspect of the article was actually what was not said by the club’s representative or was not mentioned.  − Colin Brockhurst, Corsham

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A newsletter hit my doormat on March 2 from ‘Nick Watts and the Lib Dem team’ headlined: Freeze Wilts council tax say Lib Dems. This document goes on to tell us that: “hard-working families cannot afford unnecessary council tax hikes in these difficult times” and so “Nick Watts and the Liberal Democrats have promised not to support any attempt by Wiltshire Conservatives to hit families by increasing council tax this year”.  − Peter Kemp, Chippenham

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