Women sport news

British international pole vault star Kate Dennison has appointed Macesport to handle her media and public relations profile.

Registration for the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2009 has started with a bang, with 20,000 runners signing up for the event in the first nine days, a 35% increase over the number of runners who signed up in the same period last year. Photo SCSM

Australia looks set to send its second largest team ever to next month’s IAAF World Championships in Berlin, following the final selector’s meeting which was held this week.

WITH just three years to go until the start of the London Olympic Games, efforts to make handball the legacy sport of the 2012 games appears to be bearing fruit already.

After a weekend of rain delays and suspended play, Misun Cho of Cheongju, South Korea, claimed her second Tour victory at the $90,000 USI Championship

Australian U19 Gems remained the only unbeaten team in Group E posting their fourth win in as many outings even as Russia and Spain recorded a similar in feat in Group F as the eight-final round got underway on Monday.

Malarkey’s Pool and Brew hosted Tour Stop #3 of the NWPA Tour.

The sun was shining on July 18-19th 2009, as Jillian’s Billiard Club hosted the 4th NWPA tour stop of the year.

The top two seeds from the women’s singles have fallen in the round of 16 at the BCiB Queensland Open today. Photo Bowls Australia Inc

Kelsey Cottrell’s World Champion of Champions campaign hit its first snag last night when she dropped a thriller to unheralded Dutch bowler Saskia Schaft.

Bribie Island’s Marilyn Peddell has played a bomb with her final bowl of the match to eliminate Commonwealth Games representative Maria Rigby from the main draw of the women’s singles at the $40,000 BCiB Queensland Open.

Having captured the 2007 NSW Open and last year’s Australian Open, NSW teammates Corrinne Crouch and Katrina Wright seem determined to add the final piece of the grand prix trifecta to their resumes by etching their names on the BCiB Queensland Open triples title. Photo Bowls Australia Inc

In the first leg of the Rip Curl Pro Women’s Event at Croyde beach, Gabi Rowe from Port Issac defeated the rest of the field to take the advantage. Photo Jason Feast

Olympic champion, Emma Snowsill from Australia, has undergone keyhole surgery to repair minor damage to the labrum cartilage of the hip, under the advice of coach and fiancé, Craig Walton.

The Melbourne Vixens backed up a super-consistent season to win the 2009 ANZ Championship with a decisive 54-46 defeat the Adelaide Thunderbirds in today’s Grand Final in Melbourne. photo Micheal Bradley

On Sunday, one day after assuring qualification for the FIVB World Championship 2010 Final Round, Brazil achieved its third title in 2009. photo FIVB

Americans Jen Kessy and April Ross finally validated their world championship title here Sunday by defeating Vassiliki Arvaniti and Maria Tsiartsiani of Greece for the US$600,000 World Series 13 Grand Chelem gold medal. photo FIVB

BANGKOK (FIBA U19 World Championship for Women) - Argentina stunned France with their flair and Spain snatched an Overtime victory over a spirited China as the curtain came down on the preliminary round of the FIBA U19 World Championship on Saturday. photo FIBA

Joanne Jackson and Rebecca Adlington won the British Gas swimming team’s first medals as they took silver and bronze respectively in the women’s 400m Freestyle.

Australia’s Emma Moffatt took her third successive win in the Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series as she put together a stunning race to cross the line in 1:56:12 in the German city of Hamburg.

Devon golfers Julia Norman and Jessica Bradley have scooped the top two South West championships of 2009. Photo EWGA

Sussex golfer Hannah Ralph won the inaugural EWGA South Region championship at Liphook in Hampshire. Photo EWGA

The $40,000 BCiB Queensland Open has thrown up a “shock” result before the tournament has even commenced with one of the pre-competition favourites failing to qualify.

There were five great days of outstanding performances, great emotion and experiences in Buochs over the weekend. Photo canoeicf

Australian Kelsey Cottrell has endured contrasting fortunes on the opening day of the World Champion of Champions in Ayr. Photo Bowls Australia Inc

Double World Youth champion Jodie Williams (Herts Phoenix) has withdrawn from the Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the European Junior Championships taking place in Novi Sad, Serbia 23-26 July. Photo www.uka.org.uk