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BBC News
37 minutes ago
- BBC News
Island Games: Isle of Wight team sets off for Orkney
Almost 100 athletes from the Isle of Wight are heading to Orkney to take part in the 20th Island bi-annual event sees sportsmen and women from 24 island groups compete in 12 sports over seven Isle of Wight are hoping for medal success in swimming, sailing, golf, athletics, cycling, women's football and team face an 800-mile journey by ferry and by coach to get to Orkney before the games begin on Saturday. The journey involves a taking a ferry from Cowes to Southampton and then a coach to Scrabster near John O'Groats, before boarding another ferry to Stromness on years ago, the island finished fifth in the medal table coming home from Guernsey with 38 medals. This year the team is sending fewer athletes as there are fewer events at this year's games. About 2,000 athletes from islands and archipelagos - including Falkland Islands, Greenland, Shetland and the Western Isles - will be competing in 12 sports including football, athletics, archery and Winchcombe, chairman of the Isle of Wight Island Games Association, said: "The whole purpose of the Island Games is to acknowledge the difficulties for islands to compete at an elite level. "Going to the International Island Games means our athletes are competing against the best athletes, not just from the British Isles but from Islands around the world," he George Foreman said he was "absolutely buzzing" at the prospect of competing."It's the best thing ever. I'm really looking forward to it." For Sammie Mumford, Orkney will be her ninth and final Island Games representing her island in women's has the honour of being flag bearer for Team Isle of Wight at the opening ceremony in Kirkwall on Saturday."What a way to end my playing days on the Isle of Wight team by leading the team out in Orkney. I can't wait, I'm super excited," she will be competing for the island in the athletics for the first time. "It's a mixed feeling of nervousness and excitement to experience a competition we've never experienced before," she well as competing in the pool, brother-and-sister swimming duo, Grace and Harry Poynter, will be the Islands water carriers at the Orkney games."Every Island will bring water from their homeland to the games, and it gets poured into a water fountain as a symbol of unity amongst all the islands," Ms Poynter Princess Royal will officially open the week-long games on presenter Lorraine Kelly, will be hosting the ceremony in her role as games on the Orkney 2025 website, she said it would be "a fantastic spectacle"."I can't wait to be there seeing all of the sporting action and meeting islanders from across the globe. It's going to be great." You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
The Guardian
41 minutes ago
- The Guardian
Wallaroos name teenage sensation Waiaria Ellis to debut against Black Ferns as World Cup looms
A big-stepping 17-year-old former gymnast has been drafted into Australia's women's rugby team, as the Wallaroos hope to end a 28-match losing streak against New Zealand as part of preparations for next month's World Cup. Waiaria Ellis – at 17 years and 305 days – will become the second youngest Australian player when she takes the field against the Black Ferns in Wellington on Saturday. The winger has played rugby league, Oztag and touch football in her youth, and has established a reputation for speed, agility and ball-playing since debuting for the Waratahs last year as a 16-year-old. Ellis was selected in an Australian representative team in gymnastics in 2022. It was the same year she played her first game of 15-a-side rugby union, highlighting her meteoric rise. This article includes content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'. '[Wallaroos coach Jo Yapp] said she has a lot of confidence in me just to go out there and back myself,' Ellis said. 'I've been learning heaps off the girls, so I know that they've got my back, and I've got theirs.' The teenager, whose family has Australian and Māori connections, will become the second youngest debutant after her Waratahs teammate Caitlyn Halse, who was 63 days younger when she debuted last year. Ruby Anderson, 18, also made her Wallaroos bow against the USA earlier this year as Yapp continues to introduce new faces into the squad with one eye on the 2029 World Cup to be hosted in Australia. Ellis often goes by 'Baba', a nickname coined by her parents. 'As I started playing sport, my coaches couldn't really say Waiaria so my parents would just be like, 'yeah, just call her Baba,' and it's just stuck,' she explained. Yapp said Ellis has displayed a 'real maturity' in her time in Wallaroos camp. 'She's a really exciting young player with a great skill set, so she's very deserving of this opportunity.' On the field, Ellis caught the eye with her display against Samoa's national team Manusina for Australia A two weeks ago where she scored a try and looked elusive. After this week's New Zealand clash, the Wallaroos have two matches at home against Wales before their first World Cup fixture in Manchester against Samoa on 23 August. Their final group game is against the imposing English in Brighton on 7 September. Sign up to The Breakdown The latest rugby union news and analysis, plus all the week's action reviewed after newsletter promotion A group of six Australian rugby sevens representatives, including Maddison Levi, aborted plans to play for the national team in the 15-a-side format this year, but Tia Hinds – who will start at fly half against New Zealand – and outside centre Charlotte Caslick are committed to the transition and remain in contention for the World Cup squad. The Australians are ranked sixth in the world, but must improve if they are to compete with women's XV juggernauts England and New Zealand. Those teams have won the past eight World Cups, while Australia prioritised developing its women's sevens program over the traditional format. The Wallaroos lost to the Black Ferns 38-12 in May, extending their record against New Zealand to 28 losses from 28 games. Yapp, who will step down as coach after the World Cup, said there was still a gap between the nations. 'We're just making sure that every time we play them, we're improving on our performance against them,' she said. 'We're excited to see how the girls step up on Saturday.' Wallaroos: Faliki Pohiva, Tania Naden, Bridie O'Gorman, Kaitlan Leaney, Michaela Leonard, Siokapesi Palu (c), Ashley Marsters, Tabua Tuinakauvadra, Layne Morgan, Tia Hinds, Desiree Miller, Trilleen Pomare, Charlotte Caslick, Waiaria Ellis, Faitala Moleka. Substitutes: Adiana Talakai, Lydia Kavoa, Asoiva (Eva) Karpani, Annabelle Codey, Piper Duck, Emily Chancellor, Samantha Wood, Cecilia Smith.
BBC News
42 minutes ago
- BBC News
Future of Cottingham BMX track to be discussed at meeting
The future of a BMX track on a playing field in Cottingham will be the talking point at a public meeting Parish Council said it was keen to find out if people would be willing to help manage the site in the future, following some concerns about how well it was used and issues of anti-social track has been in use on King George V Playing Fields since 2008 but the authority said additional maintenance would be required in the longer Carolyn Cantrell, who represents South Ward, said it was widely used by different age groups and offered an alternative to mainstream sports. She said: "It's really important because a lot of the time children are pushed into doing team sports, whereas this is something different. "It takes them away from football, rugby and cricket and it gives them an independence and it's a good way of confidence building."Emma Fitzgerald and other residents have set up a Facebook group called Cottingham BMX Track, to share community her sons use the track and she said many parents had shared how valuable it had been for their kids, building skills, confidence and friendships. She said: "It's more than just a track. It's a space where young people grow. Let's work together to save it."Councillor Julia Marten, chairwoman of the parish council, said "We haven't made any decision yet, we want to know how well the track is used, whether local youngsters want to keep it and increase usage and whether there is a group of people that would be willing to help manage it."The parish council said it would also be launching a survey in the coming weeks to ensure everyone could have a said a decision would be made later in the year about whether to keep and develop the site or to restore it to grass and return it to East Riding of Yorkshire Council (ERYC), which owns the land. The site is leased to Cottingham King George V Friends Group and any proposals to make changes to the site would need to be made to Alex Duke said users of the track ranged from five year olds to parents."There are older kids who teach younger kids how to manage the hills. Who knows, you could actually have a future BMX Olympian here and this track doesn't cost any money," he public consultation will take place at 7.15pm in the Darby and Joan Hall on Finkle Street. Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Click here to download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone and here to download the BBC News app from Google Play for Android devices.
