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Rugby
Saracens v Bristol Bears Premiership Report

What a great day out at StoneX to make up for last weekend's shambolic display. Bristol are one of those teams who will either play like prime 1999 Australia or 2011 New Zealand one week, the the following week like a pub team still drunk from their antics the night before. Luckily for us (the bears bogey team) they played like the latter and we could secure a 5 point win and reassurance that last weekend was a blip, not a deeper lying issue. Once I'd caught up with some mates, purchased my chicken george (mango rubicon this week, very tasty too) + pint of guinness, I could sit down and contemplate the teams warming up on a chilly Saturday eve. For Bristol, it was a severely weakened team - no Benhard Janse V-R, no AJ McGinty amongst others whereas we hd gone through a big rotation compared to the side that started agsainst Sale a week ago. No Alfie Barbeary, no Hugh Tizard, no Nick Tompkins etc. They did both seem fired up though and ready to go out and give it their all. As always in our little corner of the west stand we cheered loud as the players ran out and Max celebrated his 100th appearance in red/black. I did notice A LOT of players who appeared either unavailable or injured. Theo Dan in a boot, ditto James Hadfield, Olly H with a sling the list goes on. We need to pay mind to our injury concerns as that's already 2/3 matchday 23 players gone less than a month into the season.
Onward and Upward

Cherry and White supporters now know they are in for the best season in years. Gloucs may have been beaten 38-31 by Tigers to inflict the first defeat of the season but the way our team played in the last few minutes promises so much.
Marcus Returns

Marcus Smith returns to the starting line-up as Quins head for a Sunday showdown at Sale kicking off at 3.00. Can he turn round our fortunes after the disastrous start?
Cricket
Associate Tri-Tournament - Canada v Nepal

The second of the 6 games in Oman to move sides closer to 2027 ODI WC qualification. The Canadians need to bounce back after losing to Oman on Friday and it will be interesting to see if Nepal are still the force they were this time last year in this kind of tournament. The crowds might be bigger as well though in Oman this is a working day but the Nepalese tend to turn up for their side's games. Canada have won the toss and will take the field first to test the Nepalese batting.
Associates Fighting for ODI 2027 WC places Oman v Canada

The Associates are in that treadmill that they have to go through to actually qualify for World Cups that the Test sides don't seem to have to do.This time it is the ODI World Cup in Southern Africa in 2027. The League 2 sides are fighting through a number of tournaments to get for the final qualifying tournament in Namibia in Feb March next year. that means they play about 28 games against each other to get to the top of the League 2. Presently that means a tri tounament in Muscat between 3 major contenders in Canada, Nepal and Oman. Oman are presently 4th in the table (but with singnificant games in hand) while Canada are 6th and Nepal are trailing at 9th. They will play 6 games ("Home" and "Away") here to see if they can change the situationandmove closer to that final event and a berth in the real thing next year.
CC1 The Ultimate End Game - Surrey at Taunton Roll the Dice

The last game of the season, the only thing in our hands is whether we win the gsame or not. The points combinations after that are wide and varied. Us Warks or Notts take yer pick. All we can do is wortk with what we have and see how the chips fall. Surrey have won the toss and TKC comes in for Jake Ball and other than that it is the Leeds line-up. Off we go on the rollercoaster of the CC1!!
Football
The story so far…a new dawn or more of the same?

Lots of people say you can’t judge a team until after 10 games. I’m unconvinced by that but here’s what I would say we have learnt so far. Everybody agrees that our football is better. Going to Prenton Park is no longer done out of a sense of loyalty, it’s actually starting to be something I look forward to again. Been a few seasons since I felt that way.
Barnsley sign Daniel Johnson

Barnsley have signed Daniel Johnson on a free transfer until the end of the season.
Barnsley visit Stockport

Barnsley will return to league action after a three-week international break when they travel to Edgeley Park to face Stockport County this weekend.
F1
Singapore GP: MIxed Saturday for Atlassian Williams F1 Team

Saturday at the Marina Bay Circuit would see the Atlassian Williams F1 Team have to contend with both the Sprint and Qualifying for the 2026 Singapore GP. The Sprint would see Carlos Sainz finish in 12th but for Alex Albon he would retire after suffering damage after being involved in a collision with another car. Then qualifying would be a far more positive session for the team with Carlos making it into Q2 and would finish in 14th. Alex would only manage 18th having to contend with a car that was not at its best after the crash in the Sprint. It was overall a far better result than what the team had achieved after Sprint Qualifying. Sunday's race will be a difficult one given the difficulties in passing but both Carlos and Alex will give it their best.
Singapore GP: Sprint Qualifying frustrations for Williams F1

In what could only be described as frustrating and disappointing the Atlassian Williams F1 Team would see both their drivers fail to make it past SQ1 in the Sprint Qualifying for the 2026 Singapore GP. Alex would finish in 19th and Carlos 22nd. Across the FP session prior to the qualifying session the team would have various issues to contend with which would add to their difficulties in Sprint Qualifying. But then reports would come from both Carlos and Alex about a loss of engine power during their runs in SQ1 which added on top of their own car issues made their final sprint qualfying runs that much more difficult. It was later confirmed that the FIA had disabled Overtake mode as a result of a Red Flag during SQ1 but had failed to turn it back on and only saw their mistake with a small amount of time remaining. This would impact both Williams cars. The FIA acknowledged that their mistake but they did not establish whether this mistake would have changed which drivers progressed to SQ2.
Singapore GP: Atlassian Williams F1 Team Grand Prix Preview

In what is the third race of F1's triple header the Atlassian Williams F1 Team moves to the Marina Bay circuit for the 2026 Singapore GP. This race also marks the final Sprint event of the season so it will pose its own challenges with both Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon only having one practice session to continue their development work on the upgraded FW48 chassis. It is hoped that the nature of the Singapore circuit may suit the FW48 better than what we saw in the last race at Sepang. It is also hoped that both Carlos and Alex can have event free races given the frustrations they had in the last race with Carlos being spun by another car and for Alex a retirement with a gearbox failure.
Golf
Ryder Cup 2014 Day1- Fourball Pairings & Foursomes

At last it begins - Go Europe
La Manga best Golf Resort in Spain

The five-star La Manga Club has been named as the best golf resort in Spain for the third successive year.
Change to selection process for European Ryder Cup Captain

The European Ryder Cup Captain, from the 2016 contest onwards, will be decided by a select five-man panel; it has been announced today by Ryder Cup Europe.