Sport Insight – Gibraltar Insight

15/03/202215/03/2022 in Sport Insight

Cheltenham Festival

SPRING has sprung, March has arrived and the Cotswolds is once again buzzing as it’s about to unveil the annual Cheltenham Festival, the finest four days of National Hunt racing anywhere in the world. Forget imposters Royal Ascot, Kentucky, Breeders Cup and Arc weekends – all pygmies that pull up short when pitted against this iconic extravaganza, a spectacular coming together in glorious friendly combat of the greatest jumping thoroughbreds of Britain and Ireland. With the spectre of Covid-19 receding and restrictions being lifted, the sold-out signs are already up, as punters in their thousands from all corners of the home nations and beyond prepare to partake in the annual pilgrimage to Prestbury Park and indulge their love affair with the sport of kings. Keep Reading

15/03/202215/03/2022 in Sport Insight

Investing into Gibraltar

Investing into Gibraltar sports delivers many returns, both in economic terms and in terms of the health and social benefits that wider participation in sport provides within our community. Regular sporting activity provides both physical and mental health benefits. From a GDP perspective there is also evidence to suggest that investment in Sport increases GDP. Keep Reading

15/03/202215/03/2022 in Sport Insight

February Internationals kick off a busy Year for Women’s football on the International Scene.

Gibraltar’s Women’s National Team kicked off a busy year for Women’s Football on the international scene, with two international Friendlies in February, away in Andorra and then at home to the Faroe Islands. Keep Reading

21/02/202221/02/2022 in Sport Insight

Gibraltar FA Club Assistance Programme & Mental Health First Aid Officer

The Gibraltar FA recently launched its Club Assistance Programme, (CAP), a partnership agreement with Liberty Counselling Services Gibraltar. Keep Reading

25/01/202225/01/2022 in Sport Insight

Youth Football Christmas Tournament

Ahead of the festive break, the Gibraltar Football Association organised a very successful Christmas Tournament for all of Gibraltar’s young footballers from the ages of six to sixteen. Keep Reading

25/01/202225/01/2022 in Sport Insight

QATAR WORLD CUP DOMINATES 2022

QUITE how Qatar came to be chosen to host the 2022 World Cup remains something of a puzzle – the strict Muslim country, population less than 3 million and devoid of any football tradition, at the time with no stadia and universally perceived as a country with a dodgy human rights record, was mysteriously handed stewardship of the beautiful game's most treasured tournament, seeing off rival bids from established football nations United States, Japan, South Korea and Australia. Keep Reading

13/12/202113/12/2021 in Features/Sport Insight

The sports story of 2021

PLANET Earth's struggle to shed the shackles of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic is at last showing signs of success and, as always, sport leads the way on the road back to normality. Come with me as we take a look at the highs and lows of this desperate year. Keep Reading

23/11/202123/11/2021 in Features/Sport Insight

An Overview of why Gibraltar Rugby Football Union restructured its Governance structure

GRFU was formally incorporated in 1945. The structure in place at the time accommodated both military and civilian teams, who competed in a league, usually played across the border as there were no grass pitches in Gibraltar. Keep Reading

23/11/202123/11/2021 in Features/Sport Insight

AUTUMN INTERNATIONALS

NOVEMBER'S here and with the accompanying chill come the Autumn Internationals when rugby union's southern hemisphere heavyweights, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia, world-ranked 1-2-3 respectively, invade the British Isles with all guns blazing to remind uppity European nations just where the powerhouse of the sport burns brightest – the fulcrum that will never be extinguished despite the odd momentary flicker or two, an opportunity to reaffirm that any spark of an ascendancy-shift northwards is just another illusion, a dream destined to perish like so many before. Keep Reading

13/10/202113/10/2021 in Features/Sport Insight

Gibraltar Rugby – The growth of women’s rugby

With a few games of contact rugby under their belts, the first Gibraltar Women’s Rugby Select rugby team took to the pitch against visiting Spanish players on Sunday 20th June. Emotions were, understandably, running high. “At the start I was feeling really nervous,” said trainee psychologist Camille Lavagna, 23, “but as the match went I on I felt determined to take the win as we had all been working so hard together.” They got the win and a very closely fought game, 15-12, having to come from behind twice. There was even significant coverage of the game on GBC, a great advert for the game. Keep Reading