Cherries: Groves is demanding a quick response to loss

7:00am Monday 3rd September 2012

MANAGER Paul Groves knows he needs to address Cherries ’ indifferent start to the new season – and quickly.

Liz Yelling on how the London 2012 competitors will be feeling

Liz Yelling

10:00am Saturday 21st July 2012

Former Olympic marathon runner Liz Yelling, who lives in Parkstone, offers an insight into how our London 2012 competitors will be feeling in the final week before the Games...

Olympians teach us a lesson in how to condition ourselves

9:30am Saturday 7th July 2012

DARREN SMITH is a chartered physiotherapist at East Cliff Physio-therapy Centre in Bournemouth. In this Daily Echo column, he provides an insight into what our Olympic hopefuls will be doing to ensure they arrive at the Games in peak condition.

Volleyball player Dan Hunter: seeing the torch in Edinburgh was incredibly motivating

BIG HITTER: Former Wessex player and Olympic volleyball contender Dan Hunter. Picture: Jon McGugan

9:40am Saturday 23rd June 2012

Poole-born ex-Wessex Volleyball Club player Dan Hunter details his preparations as he awaits news on Team GB selection...

Adele Keeley: 'Maritime Mix projects will show just how creative Bournemouth can be'

Adele Keeley: 'We'll show just how creative Bournemouth can be with Maritime Mix projects'

12:35pm Monday 18th June 2012

Adele Keeley is senior lecturer in Costume with Performance Design at the Arts University College Bournemouth.

Liz Yelling: Your support will make all the difference to Team GB

Liz Yelling

10:30am Saturday 9th June 2012

Parkstone Olympian Liz Yelling, who represented Great Britain in the marathon at the 2004 and 2008 Games, reflects on her career and explains how athletes feel as they battle for coveted Team GB places…

Amy Meadows: What it feels like to be an Olympic torchbearer

What it feels like to be an Olympic torchbearer

10:30am Saturday 2nd June 2012

I’M Amy Meadows from Poole and I’ve had the immense honour of being one of the first of 8,000 Olympic torch bearers.

Lucy Wicks: Olympics will help get volleyball in the public eye

Lucy Wicks: Olympics will help get volleyball in the public eye

10:00am Saturday 26th May 2012

Former Wessex player Lucy Wicks, from Poole is a professional volleyball star and vice-captain of Team GB’s women’s indoor squad. In this column, she gives Daily Echo readers an insight into her hopes for volleyball at London 2012 and beyond...

David Clark-Wheeler: So honoured to be given the role of Olympic torchbearer

David Clark-Wheeler: So honoured to be given the role of Olympic torchbearer

10:00am Saturday 19th May 2012

My name is David Clark-Wheeler but most people know me as Dave Wheeler. I’ll be carrying the Olympic flame though Boscombe on Saturday, July 14. You’ll have to get up early to see me as my ‘slot’ is shortly after 8am where the route of the torch comes from Manor Road, around the Sovereign Centre, and then along the main Christchurch Road though Boscombe.

Liz Yelling: Olympic Games offer something for us all

Liz Yelling

9:30am Saturday 12th May 2012

Two-times Olympic marathon runner Liz Yelling, who lives in Parkstone, reflects on her 23-year career and writes about her Games experiences and London 2012.

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