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Batting collapse sees Scintilla lose ground

Emdad Rahman A top order collapse saw Scintilla CC fall to a shock defeat at Tennyson CC this weekend. Tennyson won the toss and opted to bat first. Ayaz Karim’s bowlers were on red hot form and bowled the hosts ...

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Sophie’s story: why we all need to Race for Life

Sophie McCallum, 25, from Lewisham, is putting on her war paint and appealing to mums, daughters, grans, friends and colleagues to unite and form a “pink army” at the Race for Life events taking place across the capital this year. ...

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An audience with Moeen Ali

“The Beard That’s Feared” wows the crowd at Orphans in Need charity event Emdad Rahman An audience with Moeen Ali at The Institute of Directors, Pall Mall, London attracted a large number of big hearted guests who together contributed to ...

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Exhibition match unites cricket clubs

Emdad Rahman reports on a friendly match between Scintilla CC and PJ Hindu Gymkhana. As part of a newly developing friendship between the two clubs, Scintilla Cricket Club was the host for an exhibition game played at Mayesbrook Park against ...

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Euro-gold is stepping stone for Judo’s Olivia

Last Saturday, 6th June, Tower Hamlets Judo Club member Olivia Piechota travelled to Bielsko Biala, Poland to take part in the European Judo Cup. Olivia, who is 16years old, competed in the “Cadets” category (for those aged under 17 years). ...

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Taslima meets her goal

Bethnal Green Weightlifting Club, based in Turin Street, hosted a special weightlifting competition at the end of May which saw young Tower Hamlets resident Taslima Begum wrestle with some weighty issues. Taslima, who studies at Oaklands School, has been trained ...

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Bangladesh is blazing away!

The T20 Asia Blaze is well underway. The initiative was set up by Capital Kids Cricket and London Tigers, with the support of The England and Wales Cricket Board, Middlesex Cricket Board and Essex Cricket Board, to inspire the next ...

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Coaching course coming soon

Giving children a great experience in sport to inspire them to continue participating for life is a great help to the community. Tower Hamlets Council runs a range of coaching courses to help turn enthusiastic helpers into coaches who can deliver ...

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Scintilla ease past Bow Green

Emdad Rahman Ashfaqur Nobel struck a sweet 75 as Scintilla beat Bow Green by 49 runs in a close game at the Peter May Stadium, Walthamstow, this weekend. Scintilla won the toss and Ayaz Karim opted to bat first. Nobel ...

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Pattball: where there’s a wall there’s a way!

Old school street game bounces into London Emdad Rahman The only time many young people get to be active and play sport is at school break-times – and, as we all know, inactivity can lead to obesity, with its related ...

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