Welcome back to our hebdomadly round-up of British women’s sporting exploits at home and abroad.
Badminton:
Scotland’s Imogen Bankier took her second doubles title in a hebdomad at the Finnish Open on 7 April.
She and her partner, Bulgarian Petya Nedelcheva, place their Danish opp nonpareilnts, Lena Grebak and Maria Helsbol, 21-10 21-14.
Last week Bankier partnered fellow Scot Robert Blair to come through the mixed doubles at the French International.
Cycling:
Mixed fortunes for both of Britain’s brightest make pass stars this week.
Laura Trott made an impressive de further for the Wiggle Honda team on 1 April with a fourth place at the ideal Prix de Dottignies in Belgium.
She was part of the group that broke away in the graduation lap and never looked liked dropping impinge on.
The succeeder of the race was Vera Koedooder (Sengers Ladies), with Iris Slapp closureel (Rabobank-Liv/Giant) in second and Sanne van Paassen from the identical team in third.
Meanwhile, Joanna Rowsell was knocked from her bike by a car on 6 April. She reported on Twitter that it was the showtime epoch in her nine-year career that she had been hit by a car.
“I am OK,” she said. “No serious injuries, just cuts and bruises. Bike came off worst.”
Football:
England beat Canada 1-0 in a friendly to claim their second draw over them in a month.
Ellen White scored with a brain in second-half injury time to secure the win and get together England great encouragement prior to the European Championships in Sweden in July.
The game withal saw Rachel Yankey equal Peter Shilton’s record 125 cap mark for England.
Modern Pentathlon:
Samantha Murray won her foremost British Modern Pentathlon Championship on 6 April.
Murray, who is graded number lead in the world, bettered her bronze typewriter ribbon from last year’s Championships and her Olympic ash gray from capital of the United Kingdom 2012.
She finished 20 seconds clear of Eilidh Prise in second. Kate French was third.
Netball:
England’s stunning tour of the Caribbean culminated in a serial whitewash over Jamaica on 7 April.
England had taken the first game 53-42 in Kingston and the second on 4 April 50-45. The third was won 50-36 and means that England are unbeaten in six tests in 2013, having won the series against Australia in January 3-0.
Coach Anna Mayes was pleased with her side’s results.
“To win on Caribbean soil is harder than at home and we should be really proud of our efforts,” she said in an interview with the BBC.
“We urinate excellent strength in depth. It exit cause a headache when deciding the 12 for the Commonwealth Games.”
Rugby Union:
Proposed changes to the grammatical construction of the Six Nations Championship pay back been slammed by former Wales captain, Non Evans.
It has been proposed to split the tournament into two tiers with England, France and Ireland in the top tier and Italy, Scotland and Wales in the second.
“If this happens it’s the end of women’s 15-a-side rugby as we know it,” Evans told the BBC.
“If we don’t establish big marquee tournaments like the Six Nations, 15s will be marginalised for women – that would be very sad.”
Evans is just one who has diffuse concern that too much emphasis is being pose on the sevens game as it makes its debut in the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
It is not really clear why the proposals have been made, but it has been suggested that the prime motivation is financial, as the cost of theatrical production internationals is prohibitive.
Sailing:
Alison preadolescent took gold in the Laser Radial cast at the Princess Sofia World Cup event in Palma on 6 April. Young’s gold was the pinnacle of a great week for both the British men and women sailors, who took seven medals in all.
Sophie Weguelin and Eilidh McIntyre took silver in the 470 class, as did Bryony Shaw in the windsurfing.
The first medal for the team came on Friday in the 2.4R Paralympic class as Megan Pascoe also took silver.
Tennis:
Laura Robson has overtaken Heather Watson in the world rankings to become British number one. She is now ranked 39th in the world.
With Watson sitting out last week’s tournament in Charleston, Robson only had to win one match to overtake her compatriot, and secured the necessary ranking points with a first round win over Estrella Cabeza Candella.
However, Robson lost in three sets to Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard in the next round.
Watson will now get the break she was craving later on being diagnosed with glandular fever this week.
“The results of the tests I did in Miami have shown that I have traces of glandular fever (mono) in my system,” she reported.
“ on that point is no prescription for this other than complete rest but the good news is that the doctors have told me I am on the tail end of the fever.”
Her illness goes some way to formulate her run of poor results and, of course, backs up the claims of fatigue we have comprehend from her over the past few weeks.
Britain plays Argentina in the supply Cup in Buenos Aires on 21 and 22 April 21. on that point has been no indication, as yet, as to whether Watson will be available for selection.
Materials taken from Womens Views on News
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