Posted by admin on Sep 16, 2009 in
sport The Belfast Giants surrendered a 3-1 lead as they suffered an overtime defeat against Coventry Blaze in the Elite League on Saturday night.
Barrie Moore put Coventry ahead but Steve Thornton, Evan Cheverie and Mark Morrison replied for the Giants.
Jonathan Weaver, Mathias Soderstrom and Dan Carlson scored in the middle period to give Coventry a 4-3 advantage.
Bobby Robins’ goal ensured overtime but Leigh Jamieson hit the winner in overtime against his former team.
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Posted by admin on Sep 16, 2009 in
sport Belfast Giants stayed on top of the Elite League after claiming a last-gasp away victory over Coventry Blaze on Sunday evening.
Player-coach Steve Thornton hit Belfast’s winner with 19 seconds remaining on the clock.
George Awada and Paul Deniset put the Giants ahead on two occasions only for Scott Kelman and Corey LeClair to level for Blaze.
Belfast’s win keeps them two points ahead of Nottingham at the top.
On Saturday evening, Belfast claimed a 6-3 away win over Manchester Phoenix in the Challenge Cup.
Former Giants player-coach Tony Hand put Manchester ahead but the Giants replied with five unanswered goals.
Mike Burgoyne levelled for the Giants and Paul Deniset and captain George Awada were then both on target twice.
Josh Garbutt and Alex Dunn scored to give Manchester a glimmer of hope but Deniset then completed his hat-trick.
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Posted by admin on Sep 16, 2009 in
sport Two Ed Courtenay goals helped Newcastle Vipers beat his former club Belfast Giants in Sunday’s Elite League clash.
Goals from Rob Rankin and Jeff Hutchins put Newcastle 2-0 up before Paul Deniset pulled a goal back for Belfast.
Another Hutchins strike extended the lead before Courtenay’s two goals put the Vipers in firm control.
Two Mark Morrison goals gave the Giants a glimmer of hope but Hutchins completed his hat-trick in the closing two minutes of the contest.
Posted by admin on Sep 13, 2009 in
sport Britain’s Charlotte Kerwood failed to make the final of the women’s trap shooting in Beijing.
The double Commonwealth champion from Sussex did not recover after a poor first round and finished 16th in the 20-strong field.
A disappointed Kerwood, 21, said: “I tried my best and now I am going to take things from this performance.
“I thought I controlled my nerves and my scores didn’t show how well I shot. Sometimes it just goes like that.”
She added: “I’m going to have a little bit of a break then just work really hard for London 2012.”
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Posted by admin on Sep 13, 2009 in
sport Peterborough’s Smith, 19, who won GB’s first Olympic gymnastics medal since 1908, produced an almost flawless display to earn a top score of 15.925.
Corby’s Daniel Keatings won gold on the parallel bars with a score of 14.925.
New British senior champion Kristian Thomas, from Wolverhampton, won the high bar with 14.850 at Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham.
The floor and vault gold medals were both won by Bury’s Theo Seager, who was runner-up to Thomas in the overall standings on Saturday.
Daniel Purvis, 17, demonstrated the young gymnastics talent coming through in Britain when he picked up the gold medal on the rings.
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