Sports Update
What a summer of sport we have had!
TENNIS
Carlos Alcaraz beat Novak Djokovic in a thrilling final to the Men's Wimbledon Tennis Tournament and Marketa Vondrousova beat Ons Jabeur to take the Women's title. In the Wheelchair tennis, Alfie Hewitt lost the Men's final to Tokito Oda and Diede de Groot won the Women's Wheelchair tennis final defeating Jiske Griffioen.
Did you want to give tennis a try this summer or maybe start playing and competing again? Why not visit www.lta.org.uk and click on ‘Play’ at the top of the screen to start or ‘Compete’ for competition options.
CRICKET
The Ashes competition gave us tense games and controversial moments.
The Men's competition ended in a draw but Australia therefore retain the Ashes. People are still talking about the actions of Australia's wicket keeper Alex Carey who successfully stumped England's Jonny Bairstow when he was out of his crease, at the end of the over but before ‘over’ had been called!
The competition also saw the retirement of Stuart Broad.
The Women's Ashes also ended in a draw once the points from the Test, three Twenty20 Internationals and three One Day Internationals were totalled.
In The Hundred the Oval Invincibles won the Men's Hundred and Southern Brave won the Women's Hundred.
Inspired to play cricket or want to play more? If based in England or Wales, visit www.ecb.co.uk and click on ‘Playing Cricket’ at the top of the screen to find out your options.
FOOTBALL
It was the Women's Football World Cup this summer and we are sure that you were all watching as avidly as we were.
The competition saw some incredible football, tight games, lots and lots of penalties as well as a nail biting final which saw Spain beat England 1-0.
Huge congratulations to the Lionesses for inspiring young footballers everywhere with their incredible skills and team spirit.
Find out how you can get involved in football by visiting www.thefa.com
NETBALL
England won Silver in the Netball World Cup as well, this time missing out to an incredible Australian team who won the title for the 12th time!
Again, the England team were inspiring young netballers with their fast paced, exciting play and the final was as exciting as we all expected it to be!
Want to try netball or take your game to the next level? Maybe you like the idea of officiating? Based in England, visit www.englandnetball.co.uk and click on ‘Play’ or ‘Be involved’. If based in Scotland, visit www.netballscotland.com and for Wales, visit www.walesnetball.com.
