• Gloucestershire women's team suffer last-over heartbreak in dramatic finish

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 22/05/13

  

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE'S senior wom- en fell to an agonising one-wicket defeat against Hertfordshire in the ECB Women's County Championship Division Three clash at Tring. Chasing 163 for victory, the home side reached their target with three balls to spare in a thrilling finale. Alex Macdonald dominted the visitors' innings with an undefeated 89 from 146 balls, including eight fours. Macdonald aside, however, the county struggled to get...

• Club structure faces changes as board bids to keep young talent

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 16/05/13

  

  CHANGES to the structure of club cricket in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Somerset could be in place for the start of the 2014 season, after the county boards and league officials agreed to review the pyramid system. A working party will now consult with clubs from the Globe Sports West of England Premier League and its feeder competitions before reporting their findings at the end of the season. Any proposed changes to the...

• Hessey shows his promise at Long Ashton

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 16/05/13

  

  NOAH Hessey, a promising 18-year-old four handicapper from Long Ashton, was runner-up in the Ashton Vase at his home course, one shot behind county regular Charlie McLean (Brickhampton Court). In the opening Duchess Salver event of the season, the defending champion followed a morning 70 with 74. It was his second significant win, coming a week after his victory in The Challenge Salver at Burnham and Berrow. Hessey opened with 71 and...

• Dan's double sparks Sonics

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 15/05/13

  

  BRISTOL Sonics extended their unbeaten start to the Conference League South season with a comfortable victory over struggling St Albans Centurions. Dan Evans, Harry Marson and skipper Dom Swann all scored early tries to put the Sonics firmly in control and on the way to winning their fifth successive game of the season. James Gross and James Raymond added further tries just before the break to send Sonics in with a 28-6 half-time...

• Old Cliftonians fight back from behind to complete a trophy hat-trick

  By The Bristol Post at 09:00 on 14/05/13

  

  OLD Cliftonians made history by becoming the first side in more than 50 years to win a Bristol Downs League trophy treble. Damien Kelland's untouchables followed up their Division Three title and GFA Minor Cup successes this term by adding the All Saints Cup to their burgeoning trophy cabinet, and this from a team who launched only at the start of the 2011-12 campaign as a fourth-tier outfit. They had to come from behind to achieve...

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