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Category Archives: Sport
Croydon’s list of great residents omits David Lean. Why?
The saddening/maddening thing about Croydon Council is that, when given some of the simplest of tasks in their attempt to promote the borough, they still manage to balls it up. Take, for example, this week’s half-cocked announcement on the council … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Athletics, Chris Robshaw, Cinema, Cricket, Croydon Council, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace FC, Danny Brierley, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Education, Environment, Football, History, Libraries, Music, Roy Hodgson, Rugby Union, Sport, Surrey CCC, Theatre, Waddon
Tagged Arthur Conan-Doyle, Croydon, Croydon Council, Donna Fraser, London Borough of Croydon, Oscar, Ralph McTell, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
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South Norwood youth scheme that offers a clean slate
“It means clean slate.” A true youth scheme, organised and paid for out of their own pockets by half a dozen young people, is launched in South Norwood tonight, with the first session of the Tabula Rasa Youth Project being … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon 8/8, Education, South Norwood, Sport
Tagged Croydon, London, South Norwood, Tabula Rasa, Youth
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Player of the year Robshaw leads Quins to final
Quite a week for Chris Robshaw. The England rugby captain who began his sports career on the playing fields of Croydon was named Player of the Year in midweek. Yesterday, through sheer force of personality, Robshaw lifted his Harlequins team … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Robshaw, Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Chris Robshaw, England, Harlequin F.C., Harlequins, Joe Marler, Nick Evans, Northampton Saints, Warlingham
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High spots and progress offer hope for Palace future
The football season for Crystal Palace had its usual share of contradictions: moments of pride, passion and the inevitable disappointments that fans have all come to know and – in some cases begrudgingly – love. THOMAS HUGHES, of Five-Year Plan … Continue reading
Roy Hodgson, Croydon and the “impossible job”
A former Crystal Palace youth player appointed as England manager? ED AARONS delves back more than 40 years to outline Roy Hodgson’s childhood in Selsdon Roy Hodgson, England manager. It’s a sentence that even the 64-year-old son of a Croydon … Continue reading
Croydon trio start to scale the Olympian heights in style
It is, in case you had not noticed, Olympic year, and last weekend saw three local athletes put down strong markers for the London Games, with Martyn Rooney and Lawrence Okoye both setting world-leading performances, and wheelchair racer David Weir … Continue reading
Beddington boxer Edwards’ Olympic dream is at an end
Disappointment, with 100 days to go until the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics, for one local hopeful, Beddington boxer Charlie Edwards. The 19-year-old, a European bronze medal-winner at light-flyweight last year, needed to reach the semi-finals of this week’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Boxing, Sport
Tagged 2012 Summer Olympics, Boxing, London, London 2012, Olympics, Sport, Twitter
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Warlingham old boy Hart forced by injury to retire from Wasps
Sport is a fickle master: just months after local rugby club Warlingham was celebrating the promotion to the England captaincy of Chris Robshaw comes news that another Hamsey Green old boy, London Wasps captain John Hart, has been forced to … Continue reading
Dancing Palace fans raise £5,000 for Sport Relief
Nine Palace fans who strutted their stuff at half-time during the game against Barnsley on Tuesday have raised more than £5,000 in aid of Sport Relief. The fans, all but one of them men, donned mini-skirts and leg warmers, strutted … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Comedy, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Sport
Tagged Comic Relief, Eddie Izzard, Simon Cowell, Sport Relief
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Purley campaigners fear their pool is “under attack”
Campaigners supporting Purley Pool are concerned that a council consultation process is laying the groundwork for redevelopment of the pool, car park and the former Sainsbury’s store. The council’s “spatial” planning team has issued a circular inviting submissions from developers … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Health, Leisure services, Parking, Planning, Property, Purley, Purley Pool, Richard Ottaway MP, Sport, Swimming, Waddon
Tagged Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Sainsbury, Waddon
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