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And he does it again, an incredible win in Stage 1 of the Tour of Catalonia!

Honestly we need Hailey Duff in the squad too

Obviously delighted to secure qualification but can't help feeling that at the moment, we would only be going to make up the numbers. Hopefully there will be a bit of a shake-up in the squad and we won't see Morrison playing 4th. Maybe the selectors will be brave and drop her in favour of Fay Henderson. She's already been dropped as skip - surely it's only a matter of time before she is moved aside as fourth.

Women's Curling rink will be there! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c86pnqy9p0qo

Good news from the Curling. had an up & down week, but eventually got to 7 wins and 5 losses, which is enough for a play-off place against tomorrow AND an auto Q for the Olympics for Team Think they are the first official qualifiers.

Impressive debut win for 19 year old Matthew Brennan of Visma in the Grand Prix de Denain, a pretty tough cobbled race along part of the Paris-Roubaix course.

Preview for the Worlds & BBC coverage details. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cm2j9g077g8o

are the champion of IHF Emerging Nations Championship 2025 beating the home team 29-25 in an epic game. still long journey to compete with top teams but it's very promising start to win our first title.

British Team for the Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships next week. Definitely some medals to come. https://gbsnowsport.com/18-athlete-squad-named-for-st-moritz-engadin-freestyle-world-championships/

Team GB will face in the final of IHF Emerging Nations Championship after beating (the team who keep getting boosted before LA 2028) 29-25 It's not easy to beat but so far this is the best performance for in this championship.

And a bronze in the bobsleigh. It's been a very encouraging winter for the British team.

So much success we are unable to keep up, but at the US Cross Country NCAAs last weekend Joe Davies got a Second in Classic & a huge win in Freestyle. And today in the World Cup Ski Slopestyle in Tignes, Kirsty Muir came back from a long injury for a win! And Mia Brookes won the Snowboard Park & Pipe overall after a cancellation today. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cp3y2n99jqgo

Finally, a bit of a positive result to report for GB Judo as Emma Reid takes silver at the Upper Austria Grand Prix. The rest of the (very) small squad lost in the first round

Results from the Skeet events from this week's Cyprus Grand Prix: Men's Skeet: No British representation Men's Skeet Junior: Charles Worrall finished in 7th place with a score of 109. Women's Skeet: Phoebe Bodley-Scott took bronze after posting the second highest qualifying score. Jessica Burgess finished qualifying in 8th whilst Sophie Herrman was 10th. Women's Skeet Junior: Jessica Hambrook finished in 5th place with a score of 97. Next week it's the turn of the Trap athletes.

The draw for the 2025 Women's Eurobasket took place last night. have been drawn against , and . The ties take place on 19, 20 and 22nd June and GB need to be in the top two to progress to the knock-out rounds. Spain will start as clear favourites to top the group whilst GB will be hoping to reverse the two close defeats against Sweden from qualifying.

Edinburgh International Swim Meet next week, plenty of big names in action in the final big event before trials. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://eism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Final-Programme1.pdf

A little late, but summary of the performances at the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup event in Paris last week. Loya Cenkci was 18th in the Women's Solo: Technical. In the Women's Duet: Technical, Robyn Swatman & Eve Young were 8th. were 10th in the Team: Technical, with a score of 200.915. Ranjuo Tomblin emerges as the big winner for as he secured gold in the Men's Solo: Technical event before partnering up with Holly Hughes to take the top spot on the podium in the Mixed Duet: Technical event.

Francine Gilmour was the athlete competing at the European Championships 10m events in Osijek. She finished qualifying for the 10m Pistol down in 51st place.

Team GB results from this week's Orleans Masters. Men's Singles: No British representation. Women's Singles: Kirsty Gilmour had a Walkover in the first round before getting revenge for her defeat at last week's German Open with a 21-10 / 21-12 victory over Sin Yan Happy Lo. Her tournament ended with a 22-20 / 21-12 defeat to Beiwen Zhang. Men's Doubles: Alexander Dunn & Adam Pringle failed to qualify for the main draw going down 21-13 / 9-21 / 17-21 to Ching Heng Su & Guan Xun Wu in qualifying. Rory Easton & Alex Green failed to qualify for the main draw going down 21-17 / 20-22 / 18-21 to Wen Jun Sun & Yi Jun Zhu in qualifying. Christopher Grimley & Matthew Grimley dispatched Eloi Adam & Leo Rossi 18-21 / 21-11 / 21-18 in the first round before losing out to Wen Jun Sun & Yi Jun Zhu 21-23 / 21-17 / 19-21 in round 2. Women's Doubles: Julia MacPherson & Ciara Torrance lost in the first round against Yin-Hui Hsu & Jhih Yun Lin 18-21 / 14-21. Abbygael Harris & Lizzie Tolman failed to qualify for the main draw going down 16 - 21 / 21-14 / 18-21 to Hsin En Hung & Chih Chen Lee in qualifying. Mixed Doubles: Rory Easton & Lizzie Tolman qualified for the main draw with a 17-21 / 21-16 / 21-18 victory over Bing-Wei Lin & Chih Chen Lee. They then dispatched Sathish Kumar Karunakaran & Aadya Variyath 21-18 / 21-19 in the first round of the main draw. Their tournament ended with defeat to the 7th seeds from Jong Min Lee & Yun Jung Chae 8-21 / 21-19 / 6-21 in the second round. Alexander Dunn & Julie MacPherson suffered another first round loss, this time losing out to Amri Syahnawi & Nita Violna Marwah 14-21 / 13-21

57 names on the World Class programme for this year; with a notable omission. https://www.britishswimming.org/news/latest-swimming-news/swimmers-confirmed-for-aquatics-gb-2025-world-class-programme/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/articles/c4gden579ygo

BBC Coverage. Mostly on BBC telly which is good for visibility but..... https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028n4x/broadcasts/upcoming

Team GB results from this week's Yonex German Open. Men's Singles: No British representation. Women's Singles: Kirsty Gilmour was the 8th seed but lost in the first round 21-17 / 17-21 / 19-21 to Sin Yan Happy Lo. Men's Doubles: Ben Lane & Sean Vendy were the top seeds. They took out Wen Jun Sun & Yi Jun Zhu 21-16 / 21-12 in the first round before taking out Ching Heng Su & Guan Xun Wu 19-21 / 21-13 / 21-7 in the round of 16. A 21-11 / 21-14 win over Cheng Kuan Chen & Bing-Wei Lin in the quarter-final set up a semi-final against 7th seed Won Ho Kim & Seung Jae Seo where they lost 14-21 / 19-21. Alexander Dunn & Adam Pringle lost out to 7th seed Won Ho Kim & Seung Jae Seo 16-21 / 18-21 in the first round. Christopher Grimley & Matthew Grimley dispatched Hang Yee Low & Eng Cheong Ng 21-14 / 21-14 in the first round before losing out to 5th seeds and eventual finalists Christo Popov & Toma Junior Popov 14-21 / 21-14 / 14-21. Callum Hemming & Ethan Van Leeuwen lost in the first round to Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy & Sai Pratheek.K 20-22 / 19-21 Women's Doubles: 4th seeds Julia MacPherson & Ciara Torrance defeated Lucie Amiguet & Caroline Racloz 22-20 / 21-16 in the first round before advancing to the quarter-finals when they were awarded a walkover against Tea Margueritte & Flavie Vallet. Their tournament came to end in the QF against 6th seed Wen Mei Li & Yi Duo Wang 19-21 / 21-19 / 12-21. Abbygael Harris & Lizzie Tolman ran the 8th seeds Bengisu Ercetin & Nazlican close but came out on the wrong side of a 17-21 / 18-21 result in the first round. Sian Kelly & Anne Lado lost in the first round against pairing Debora Jille & Sara Thygesen 14-21 / 12-21. Mixed Doubles: Gregory Mairs & Jenny Mairs lost in the first round against Rasmus Espersen & Amalie Cecilie Kudsk 24-22 / 15-21 / 17-21. Callum Hemming & Estelle Van Leeuwen also fell in the first round in a close match against Presley Smith & Jennie Gai 21-18 / 19-21 / 20-22. Alexander Dunn & Julie MacPherson lose in the first round to Jones Ralfy Jansen & Thuc Phuong Nguyen 18-21 / 11-21

Doesn't look like GB Boxing have been able to make huge steps forward since the relative disappointment of Paris... 76th International Coxing Tournament 'Strandja' 2025 Men's Results Flyweight (51Kg): Scott Richards lost to Nijat Huseynov in the first round Ellis Trowbridge lost to Asilbek Jaliliov in the first round Featherweight (57Kg): Owain Harris-Allen lost to Orazbek Assylkulov in the first round. Lightweight (60Kg): Jack Dryden - defeats Maksud Khasmetov in the first round before losing to Adam Hession in the quarter-final. Light Welterweight (63.5Kg): Patris Mughalzai defeats Malik Hasanov in the first round before losing to Dean Clancy in the quarter-final. Light Middleweight (71Kg): Patrick Hewitt lost in the first round to Farukh Tokhtassunov. Light Heavyweight (80Kg): Dimeji Shittu defeats Steliyan Starhilov in the first round, follwoing that up with a victory over Alfred Commey in the quarter-final to guarantee himself a medal.. Cruiserweight (86Kg): Teagn Stott defeats Murad Allahverdiyev in the first round. He then lost to Nurbek Oralbay in the quarter-final. Heavyweight (92kg): Isaac Okoh lost in the first round to Turabek Khabibullaev. Super Heavyweight (+92Kg): Damar Thomas defeats Abdurakhmon Rustamov in the first round. He then defeats Ordan Morehon in the quarter-final. He leaves with a bronze after withdrawaing from his semi-final. Women's Results Light Flyweight (50Kg): Kelsey Oakley lost in the first round to Gulnar Turapbay. Bantamweight (54Kg): Lauren Mackie lost in the first round to Anel Sakysh. Featherweight (57Kg): Sameenah Toussaint lost in the first round to Aidana Zabynbekova. Light Welterweight (63Kg): Sacha Hickey defeats Linda Desmond in the first round and books her place in the final with a win over Polat Berfin. Welterweight (66Kg): Dione Burman loses to Kabak Berfin in the first round (but still takes home a bronze medal). So, at the end of the competition, will emerge with 4 medals but 60% of the squad lost in their first fight.

I've posted the full British team for Appeldoorn in 't other thread.

Cornelius Kersten returns to action in the speed skating world cup in Herenveen this weekend. From what I understand, he can qualify for the world championships in a few weeks if he skates a fast enough time, currently 1:08.04 for the 1000m and 1:45.24 for the 1500m, although this would lower is other unqualified skaters meet those times. Whilst his PB's are both under that his form is a bit unknown, and Herenveen isn't the fastest track. Elia Smeding is also competing but hasn't really shown enough form this season for being in the hunt for qualifying. Both will be racing in the B-Division I presume so no live streaming.