This is going to be England Hockey's last international event before the Olympics. It is going to be the best 6 female teams in the world competing in Chiswick. More than half a million people watched on TV as Great Britain's women won the silver medal at the Champions Trophy. Now you can see them take on world class opponents live at the Investec London Cup this June. ...more
- Olympic Sports
- Paralympic Sports
- Training Camps
- Future Bucks Talent
- Bucks Athletes to Follow up to 2012
- Andrew Baggaley
- Andrew Daniels
- Anna Gill
- Annie Vernon
- Ben Gregory
- Bobby White
- Charlie Walker
- Chloe Rogers
- Clare Strange
- Craig Gibbons
- Ellen White
- Gemma Collis
- Georgina Callingham
- Greg Rutherford
- Greg Searle
- Huw Goodwin
- Ian Rose
- Joey Duck
- Katherine Grainger
- Lucy Chenery
- Matt Sealy
- Mervyn Luckwell
- Monica Relph
- Naomi Riches
- Nathan Robertson
- Nicola Sanders
- Nikki Emerson
- Rebecca Romero
- Simon Burnett
- Simon Munn
- Sophie Christiansen
- Zac Purchase
Sporting Legacy
Forthcoming Events
This Summer, Saracens will be heading out into the community for a variety of coaching camps for children aged 6-16. The camps will take place at a number of partner clubs and schools and we invite you to join in the fun with 2010 – 2011 Aviva Premiership Champions.
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BREEZE - British Cycling's new network of local bike rides for women has arrived in Aylesbury Vale! Courses will cover Aylesbury Vale, Bucks, Oxfordshire County, Slough Borough, Berkshire Boroughs, , Surrey and West London areas. ...more
Come and find out what it is like to be a Paralympian at this Free event at Stoke Mandeville Stadium on Wednesday 13th June, 7.00-8.00pm. ...more
The FA, with support from local County Sports Partnerships, are holding England Talent Days across the country this summer to find the next potential England Disability star. ...more
Reactivate Bucks, the initiative which draws on the excitement of the 2012 Olympics to connect adults across the county with sports activities, has launched the Reactivate Workplace Challenge. ...more
These championships are being Co-ordinated by Disability Sport Events (DSE) and will be held at Westwood Indoor Tennis Centre Warwick University, Coventry, CV4 7AL on 7-8 July 2012. ...more
Bobby White - Handball
Profile
D.O.B: 05/04/1983
Hometown: Milton Keynes
Club: Kydon Handball Club (Greece)
Position: Goalkeeper
Competing in: Olympic Games
26 year old Bobby White from Milton Keynes is a Goalkeeper for the Great Britain Handball Team currently training for the 2012 London Olympics. Bobby is well used to playing between the posts, but was more used to playing football than handball - until he became a full-time pro with the GB team at the Aarhus Academy. Bobby came through the Talent ID scheme.
Bobby, along with seven of his team mates was selected from over 2500 athletes that applied for the 2007 Sporting Giants Talent Identification Programme (TID) which was led by UK Sport and the English Institute for Sport. After a series of fitness and skill based trials he was eventually offered a full time contract starting in January 2008 at a sports academy in Denmark. The aim of the programme is to create a competitive Handball team to compete in the 2012 London Olympics, targeting a top eight finish.
Bobby’s first international match was in Oman in October 2008 and has played for the Danish 2nd Division Club, Bjerringbro-Silkeborg-Voel and Austrian team A1 Bregenz .
http://www.bobbywhitehandball.com/
Interesting Facts
When he competes in the 2012 Olympics bobby White will only have 4 seasons handball experience.
Use to be a football goalkeeper at semi-professional level.
To see a brief history of the sport or to find a local club Click Here.
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