Hook speedster Rob Collard has voiced his frustration after being shunted out of a podium position for the third consecutive event at last month’s meeting at Croft in North Yorkshire.Collard almost snatched victory in race one, crossing the line just three hundredths of a second behind the eventual winner but rounds 14 and 15 of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship proved a nightmare for the Hampshireman.

Having made a solid start Collard was sitting comfortably in third place...

Hook speedster Rob Collard has voiced his frustration after being shunted out of a podium position for the third consecutive event at last month’s meeting at Croft in North Yorkshire.Collard almost snatched victory in race one, crossing the line just three hundredths of a second behind the eventual winner but rounds 14 and 15 of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship proved a nightmare for the Hampshireman.

Having made a solid start Collard was sitting comfortably in third place...

Teenagers from a Basingstoke college were given a tennis masterclass by Judy Murray this week as reward for their efforts in a nationwide tournament.

A team of four from Queen Mary’s College won the mixed doubles in the AEGON Team Tennis Schools Senior Students competition in March and Judy – mother of world number four Andy Murray – spent more than an hour coaching the youngsters at Totally Tennis, in the War Memorial Park. Ben Jubin, Steph Catlin, Jack Nicholson and Amee Paterson...

Andrew Fitchett kicked his final points before a return to New Zealand as Basingstoke beat Portsmouth 55-14.

On a sun soaked pitch the Champion backed ‘Stoke started off well but it was Portsmouth that were to draw first blood after six minutes, when missed tackles in the midfield allowed their centre to skip through and score a converted try to give them a 7-0 lead.

The home side came back six minutes later when Portsmouth needed to find a safe touch but due to good pressure from...