Megan Ellery

THE sister of England rugby sevens star Mike Ellery has been selected to represent Great Britain students in rugby sevens at the next month’s World Student Games in Kazan, Russia.

Chloe Wilcox with mum Margaret Wilcox at Buckingham Palace.

WATER polo star Chloe Wilcox was this week selected for the Great Britain team to compete in this summer’s world championships in Barcelona.

CARLISLE United will be Penrith AFC’s first pre-season opponents, with the friendly match set to take place at Frenchfield Park on Saturday, 6th July (3pm kick-off).

DUFTON’S Morgan Donnelly smashed the course record as he stormed to victory in the second British Fell Running Championship race of 2013.

PAUL Nixon has been appointed head coach of the Jamaica cricket team for the inaugural Caribbean Premier League (CPL) competition.

EDEN youngster Joseph Connelly won an amazing four gold medals at the county athletics championships, held at Carlisle’s Sheepmount stadium — and set a new long jump record in the process.

A SUMMER cycling festival featuring the inaugural Hartside Hundred and Tour of Eden 100km and 50km cyclo sportives has been launched.

FELL running legend Joss Naylor is taking to the peaks of Cumbria again this summer in an attempt to complete a full series of runs in the Lake District Mountain Trial.

SOME of the world’s top cyclists face a “savage” test even by their standards when they pedal through Borrowdale on the Tour of Britain.

ROADS around Lazonby will be used for British Cycling’s junior men’s road race championships next month.