Nottingham families can take advantage of free ParkLives activities on offer in the city’s parks and green spaces this Father’s Day. ParkLives is encouraging families to spend quality time together outdoors, including taking a dip at the new open water swimming sessions, which are designed to suit all ages and abilities. On 19 June, little […]
Nottingham’s summer ParkLives programme is now underway, with residents able to take advantage of free and fun sessions taking place across the city. The June and July programme includes 16 fun and informal activities, with everything from lakeside yoga and health walks, to bowls, family tennis and a ‘Couch to 5K’ running club. A number […]
Ping!, the innovative ping pong festival will be back on the streets of Nottingham this summer with tables popping up across the city anywhere with sites including Clifton Playing Fields and Nottingham Station. While the emphasis is very much on playing, the project also wants to encourage a team of volunteers to help spread the […]
World No. 17 Karolina Pliskova powered to the Aegon Open Nottingham title, producing a hard-hitting performance to overcome America’s Alison Riske 7-6 (8) 7-5 in Sunday’s final. The top seed saved six set points en route to taking the opener in a tie-break, before breaking Riske’s serve in the final game of the second to […]
Top seed Karolina Pliskova will face America’s Alison Riske in Sunday’s Aegon Open Nottingham final after both blasted through two rounds of action on Saturday. Czech star Pliskova, 24, runner-up at last year’s Aegon Classic Birmingham, breezed through to another decider on grass after an impressive 6-2 6-2 victory over fourth seed Monica Puig. That […]
Britain’s Tara Moore will have to wait another day to play her first ever WTA quarter final after a rain-hit day at the Aegon Open Nottingham. If Moore is to reach her first WTA final, she will need to win two matches in one day on what will be a feast of tennis on Saturday […]
Brit Tara Moore produced the shock of the Aegon Open Nottingham so far to get past America’s World No. 67, Christina McHale to reach the quarter-finals of a WTA event for the first time in her career. The 23-year-old qualifier, ranked 213 places below McHale, showed poise, confidence and sheer audacity at times against the […]
British star and No. 2 seed Johanna Konta and fellow local hopeful Tara Moore will hit Centre Court on Ladies Day at the Aegon Open Nottingham tomorrow (Thursday) as they look to reach the quarter-finals of the WTA International event. World No. 18 Konta, who became the first Brit to break into the top 20 […]
Former World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki headlines a world-class line-up on Centre Court at the Aegon Open Nottingham on Wednesday, as three of the top four seeds aim to progress to the quarter-finals of the WTA event. Third seed Wozniacki, fresh from a 7-5 6-3 victory over Turkey’s Cagla Buyukakcay on Tuesday, is third on […]
Former World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki will be joined by a parade of British stars, including Heather Watson, Naomi Broady and Laura Robson, on centre court at the Aegon Open Nottingham on Tuesday. A fourth Brit, Tara Moore will be in action for a fourth straight day, having come through qualifying to reach the main […]