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Build-up to Nailcote Hall: Crowd will raise nerves

Birmingham Post — Thu, 23 May 2013 09:15:00 GMT

Grandstand? Did he say 'grandstand'? He did.

Greg Rusedski calls for better service from potential top ten player Laura Robson

Birmingham Post — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Greg Rusedski, a man who knows a thing or two about playing the ace card, believes Britain's Laura Robson could reach the world's top ten - as long as she improves her serve.

Birmingham City fans bid to have St Andrew's ground listed

Birmingham Post — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:39:00 GMT

Birmingham City fans have launched an audacious bid to stop any sale of the club's St Andrew’s ground.

Build-up to Nailcote Hall: Grown men as whining divas

Birmingham Post — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:33:00 GMT

Women, of course, possess an innate sense of such matters; their instinctive powers of perception and natural understanding of relationships are on a completely different plane to that of men, something I had cause to acknowledge (again) last weekend.

Build-up to Nailcote Hall: Be wary of crossed lines

Birmingham Post — Thu, 09 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Pitching wedge in hand, I wandered away from a brief period of putting practice intent on chipping a few balls towards the hole at the far end of the putting green.

Why Birmingham's football teams can't compete with Manchester's

Birmingham Post — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:00:00 GMT

With Manchester United winning the Premier League with games to spare and Aston Villa suffering the worst season in decades, the difference between the two conurbations’ footballing achievements has never been more stark. Professor John Samuels, of the University of Birmingham and author of The Beautiful Game is Over investigates why.

Corporate cricket community bidding to reach Edgbaston final of the Warwickshire Taverners Trophy

Birmingham Post — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:14:00 GMT

Cricket teams representing the West Midlands business community will this summer be aiming to land a place in the Edgbaston final of the Warwickshire Taverners Trophy.

Build-up to Nailcote Hall: No hiding place in the bunker

Birmingham Post — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:39:00 GMT

Late nights and very early starts are hardly ideal preparation for one's first golf lesson in more than a decade, yet even the unassuming demands of friends visiting from Spain obviously include drinking well beyond midnight - before rising at 6am to ensure they're on time to catch their return flight to Valencia.

Build-up to Nailcote Hall: Guilty of taking eye off the ball

Birmingham Post — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:28:00 GMT

Following a disastrous performance in the April medal competition, it was essential to get back out on the golf course last Saturday.

Tennis: The Russians just love playing at Edgbaston Priory Club

Birmingham Post — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:22:00 GMT

Russia's Ekaterina Bychkova extended her country's fine record at tournaments played in Birmingham when she won the AEGON Pro Series event at the Edgbaston Priory club.

Peter Sharkey: The Midland golf gourse labelled 'better than Augusta'

Birmingham Post — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:05:00 GMT

As most of us were preparing to finish work on Wednesday night, Augusta’s annual par three competition, traditional curtain-raiser to the Masters which starts on Thursday, was getting under way, bathed in customary early spring sunshine.

Judas Priest man hoping to host PGA tour event at Shropshire golf course

Birmingham Post — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:45:00 GMT

Developers hope to host a major PGA event at a Shropshire golf course owned by a heavy metal legend after a new £40 million leisure development.

Birmingham golf club refuses to sell up to housing developers

Birmingham Post — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 06:30:00 GMT

Defiant members of a Birmingham golf club have voted to turn down money-spinning offers for their site from housing developers.

Mizuno leading the way in cutting-edge custom fitting golf technology

Birmingham Post — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Never under-estimate the power of custom fitting.

'Financial fair play' must be the goal of every club

Birmingham Post — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:00:00 GMT

The chief executive of Walsall FC has accused clubs that over-spend and collapse of “cheating” after the League One outfit revealed a seventh consecutive year of profit.

Review of 2012: Tennis

Birmingham Post — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

How ironic that after years of almost imperceptible progress in his role at the Lawn Tennis Association, Roger Draper should finally come under fire for his vast salary at the end of the most successful season in British tennis in nearly a century.

I want the Ryder Cup back at The Belfry, says golf venue's new boss

Birmingham Post — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 06:00:00 GMT

The Belfry is ‘‘back on the map as a serious venue’’ after years of uncertainty under the Quinn Group, new managing director Lynn Hood said.

Thrilling end to corporate cricket tournament as Taverners lord it over KPMG

Birmingham Post — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:48:00 GMT

After one of the wettest summers on record, the Warwickshire Taverners 2012 tournament reached a thrilling climax at Edgbaston on September 14.

Handelsbanken pledges £15,000 to Edgbaston Priory Tennis Club community programme

Birmingham Post — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Hopes of an Olympic sporting legacy spreading to Birmingham have been boosted by £15,000 of funding for the city’s most high profile tennis club.

Ellie Simmonds back in the old routine after a glorious Paralympics summer

Birmingham Post — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Back at home on the Midlands: After storming to two gold and one silver medals at the Paralympic Games Ellie Simmonds deserves a good rest.