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Still without a Championship win all season, having drawn five and lost three of their eight fixtures to date, the tie could prove a welcome relief for Andy Hurryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side.

England opener Nick Compton should feature against the Australians, having already notched up two Championship centuries this season.

The 29-year-old said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very exciting to have another international team in Taunton. In the last couple of seasons we have had both India and South Africa and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great opportunity for any domestic player to get out there and showcase their skills. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every game seems like a big game for me at the moment, but what has been great for me is coming back here. There has been a huge amount of support from Somerset, and the fans, the management and players and I think coming back home and getting back to do what I do has been great and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m feeling in a good place.â&#x20AC;?

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Gloucestershire have signed left-arm spinner Tom Smith on loan from Middlesex, as they look to continue their bright start to the season.

The side sit third in the LV= County Championship Division Two table after eight games, and second in their Yorkshire Bank 40 group, behind rivals Somerset.

Smith, 25, has featured mainly in one-day cricket for Middlesex,

playing in 36 List A games, as well as 42 Twenty20 matches, and 13 First Class ties.

He said after signing: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would to thank Gloucestershire CCC for giving me this opportunity and I am extremely grateful. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be an exciting month. Gloucestershire is a club I always admired when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played against them, and to be a part of this exciting squad is great.â&#x20AC;?

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Bridgwater Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Basketball academy director has made the shortlist for a national coaching award after a successful season with the team.

Richard Anderson, who coaches both the College Basketball Academy and Bridgwater BUCS menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team, is one of three coaches shortlisted for the Somerset Sports Awards Performance Coach of the Year.

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Bristol Pitbulls have announced a partnership with Scottish-based ice hocky club Solway Sharks.

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Arsenal youngster Jordan Wynter, who turned down a new contract at the Emirates to join, and 23-year-old Swindon defender Aden Flint have become the first summer additions to the City head coachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s squad.

And without a senior goalkeeper in their ranks, the Robins have been linked with Frank Fielding from Derby, having reportedly agreed a fee for the 25-year-old England Under-21 stopper.

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participation in sport has reached the final of a competition to win ÂŁ1,500. ThisAbility Somerset is a yearlyhosted healthy living and sports event, which attracted nearly 600 people in 2012, and will return on September 15th.

Bristol driver Dino Zamparelli picked up his first GP3 points in Valencia earlier this month. The Bristol Sport-backed youngster, racing in his first season in the competition, recorded a ninth-placed finish in Spain.

7" -ÂŽ - ÂŽ " /ÂŽ /"*ÂŽ /ÂŽ 7 9ÂŽ -/ Bristol Academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strong start to the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Super League has continued, with the Vixens sitting joint-top of the division.

With just a single defeat from their six games to date, Liverpool Ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; supreme goal difference is the only thing separating the Bristol Citysponsored club from claiming top spot for themselves.

It was a case of dĂŠjĂ vu in their only loss, as Arsenal Ladies, fresh from an FA Cup Final victory over the club, defeated them 3-2 in a competitive game at Stoke Gifford.

They bounced straight back though, racking up consecutive wins against Birmingham and Lincoln before the mid-season break.

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MIKE HARGREAVES ON BIG BROTHER RICH Would Rich rather have arm s for legs or

Does Rich prefer chili or ch legs for arms? ocolate?

Ch illi, he loves hot food.

Arms for legs, he could walk around on his What is Rich’s favourite me hands. He couldn’t pick his al? nose with his feet, Black pepper. I’ve never seen anyon however. e grind so much over their food.

What is Rich’s most anno ying habit?

What is Rich’s most emba Timekeeping. He’s always lat rrassing e. moment?

If Rich was a superhero, wh at would he Organising my stag do and the be? n just two-and-a-half hours int passing out Wonderwoman. o the evening.

Have you ever seen Rich cry What is Rich’s favourite po ? sit Not sure, we’ve been through He drifts a lot out of position ion? som e tough on the ice, but times together and he plays I didn’t say that! the big brother role.

What is Rich’s best featur e?

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Being able to put up with him on a daily basis. Somethi ng in marketing. Since What makes Rich laugh mo re than the Pitbulls, he’s really discov he founded anything else? ered his selling talent.

Changing room banter.

If Rich was to take up an Which vegetable best desc Olympic sport ribes Rich? what would it be?

Chilli – he’s a bit hot headed.

Boxing, he hits like a train!

s ’ r e h t o r B MATES See how well Bristol Pitbulls team-mates Mike and Rich Hargreaves really know each other in our ‘Mr & Mrs’style questionnaire ...

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As another Wimbledon fortnight gets underway Martin McConachie takes a look at what one local club is doing to encourage a new generation inspired by national aces Andy Murray and Heather Watson.

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tennis?

WORDS: MARTIN MCCONACHIE (@OLDLANDGLOVER) PICS: DOUGIE ALLWARD (@DOUGIEALLWARD1) / JMP

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“Fog everywhere. Fog up the river where it flows among green airs and meadows; fog down the river, where it rolls defiled among the tiers of shipping, and the waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city.... Chance people on the bridges peeping over the parapets into a nether sky of fog, with fog all round them, as if they were up in a balloon and hanging in the misty clouds.”

Charles Dickens’ famous opening to Bleak House would have been appropriate on December 4th 1976 when the First Division game between Bristol City and Leeds United at Ashton Gate was abandoned at half-time.

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Happy memories. David and Ian (pictured left) prior to Bristol City’s visit to Wembley in 2008 – one of Ian’s incredible 939 successive home and away games watched as a City supporter.

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Bristol City v Glasgow Rangers, Saturday, July 13th – 12.30pm Ashtion Gate Stadium

There have been some mouth-watering friendly games at Ashton Gate in recent seasons involving the ikes of Real Mallorca and Ajax. Now City have pulled another ace out of the pack by attracting Scottish giants Rangers.

Although Ally McCoist’s side will start this season in the Scottish Second Division (the third tier north of the border) following financial penalties imposed over 12 months ago, there can be no doubting the Glasgow club remain one of the biggest clubs in British football.

With Sean O’Driscoll rebuilding ahead of the new League One season including the signing of Swindon Town defender Aden Flint (pictured far left) there should be a healthy crowd in attendance.

Tickets: 0117 963 0600

Bath v Bristol, ECB National Club Championship BASEBALL Bristol Badgers v Leones de Feltham, AAA South ATHLETICS At Bristol Harbourside Triathlon Monday, June 24th CRICKET Derbyshire v Somerset, LV= County Championship Division One (final day of four) Wednesday 26th June CRICKET Somerset v Australia, Tour match (first day of four) Bristol v Pak Bristolians, Bristol & District 20-Over Knock-Out Cup

ASHES WARM-UP Somerset v Australia June 26th-29th Friendly, Taunton (four days)

Just days after Gloucestershire host Australia A, Somerset host the real thing ahead of this summer’s eagerly-anticipated Ashes series.

Michael Clarke’s side may be arriving on these shores in the unaccustomed position of underdogs, but there can be no doubting the talent that will be on display in Taunton across four days this month.

And that will apply to both sides as well. England opener Nick Compton in particular will see this game as a further opportunity to cement his place in the national side ahead of the test series which starts on July 10th.

Tickets: somersetcountyccc.co.uk or 0845 337 1875.

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DREAMING SHIRES

Cheltenham College Ground – one of the most picturesque grounds in world cricket – plays host to the razzmatazz of Twenty20 cricket for the first time this year. Gloucestershire take on Warwickshire, Northamptonshire and Glamorgan over the the course of the 12-day Cheltenham Festival which also features Championship action v Kent and Worcestershire. Tickets: gloscricket.co.uk.

Northamptonshire v Somerset, Friends Life Twenty20 CYCLING Bristol BMX Race Summer Series 2 Night Round 3 Thursday, July 18th CRICKET Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, LV= County Championship Division Two (second day of four) Friday, July 19th SPEEDWAY Somerset v Glasgow, Premier League CRICKET Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, LV= County Championship Division Two (third day of four) Somerset v Glamorgan, Friends Life Twenty20 Saturday, July 20th SPEEDWAY Workington v Somerset, Premier League

CRICKET Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, LV= County Championship Division Two (final day of four) Ilminster v Bristol, West of England Premier League Premier 1 Cheddar v Bagborough, Somerset Cricket League 1st XI Division Weston-super-Mare v Glastonbury, West of England Premier League Premier 2 RUGBY LEAGUE Swindon St. George v Bristol Sonics, Rugby League Conference South Sunday, July 21st SPEEDWAY Newcastle v Somerset, Premier League CRICKET Somerset v Warwickshire, Friends Life Twenty20 Gloucestershire v Glamorgan, Friends Life Twenty20 TENNIS Taunton Junior Grade 3, Taunton Tennis Club BASEBALL Cambridge Royals v Bristol Badgers, AAA South EMOTIONSPORT.CO.UK / 59