Sheffield Sharks end of season dinner

The end of the regular season and in anticipation of the first game in the playoffs (against Worcester Wolves) saw the Sheffield Sharks in presentation mood to reward the efforts of the players and those concerned with the club.

 The Coach's Player of the Year award was split between Tony Wroblicky and Rashawn Rembert.

The MVP award went to Malcolm Riley who has been involved in a lot of the community work of the Sharks as well.

Ladies Day at the 2017 Betfred World Snooker Championships

It was Ladies Day at the 2017 Betfred World Snooker Championships today and there were various exhibitions going on at the Winter Gardens in Sheffield (just across Tudor Square from the Crucible theatre).

Reanne Evans played a 6-red pairs match in front of the lunch time crowd..

Action from Day 11 of the 2017 Betfred World Snooker Championships

Some shots from the eighth frame of the match between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Ding Jinhui in the first session of their quarter final match at the Crucible, Sheffield.  Ding had raced to a 3-0 lead, Ronnie pegged it back to 3-3.  then there was a re-spotted black in the seventh which Ding won, leaving Ronnie to win this frame and tie it all at 4-4.

End-to-end thriller between Sheffield Sharks and Newcastle Eagles

The DBL Sharks Sheffield went down to a very narrow 82-84 defeat in the final game of regular season at home Newcastle Eagles whom they'd recently beaten.  At half-time another upset was on the card as the Sharks lead 42-37 after being behind early on.  The score see-sawed through the rest of the game and came down ultimately to a three-point effort at the death for the Sharks which hit the hoop and left them down on the day but in good shape for the playoffs.

 Rashawn Rembert takes an early tumble.

 Colin Sing sinks an early three to pull back on Newcastle.

 Tony Wroblicky runs in on the Newcastle defence

 Max Guercy shoots a long three

 Malcom Riley up for a layup

 Eddy Brownell looks for a way through

 Jordan Davis run the ball into the Newcastle half

 Tony Wroblicky hangs in after his dunk

 Rashawn Rembert runs in...

 ...and goes for the basket on a later attack

 Newcastle kept a tight defence which ensured some scrambles under the basket

 Max Guercy leaps for the basket

MVP was Malcolm Riley with 15 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, a steal and a blocked shot

Action from Day 5 of the UK Swimming Championships

Another sultry night at Ponds Forge in Sheffield (straight from the Crucible so the lenses needed a bit of time to adjust) at the UK Swimming Championships.

 Lily Boseley, City of Sheffield - Womens Junior 50m Backstroke

 Georgia Davies, Loughboro Uni - Womens Open 50m Backstroke

 Elliot Clogg, City of Sheffield - Mens Junior 50m Freestyle

 Ben Proud, Plymouth Leander - Mens Open 50m freestyle

 The start of the Womens Junior 400m freestyle

 Nikki Miller, East Kilbride - Womens Junior 400m freestyle

 Isobel Grant, City of Sheffield - Womens Target Toyko 400m freestyle

 The start of the Womens Open 400m freestyle

 Jazz Carlin, Bath Uni - Womens Open 400m freestyle

Holly Hibbott, Stockport - Womens Open 400m freestyle

 The start of the Mens Junior 200m IM

  The start of the Mens Open 200m IM

Max Litchfield, City of Sheffield - Mens Open 200m IM

 The start of the Womens Junior 200m IM

 Amy Bell, City of Sheffield - Womens Junior 200m IM

The start of the Womens Target Tokyo 200m IM

 The start of the Womens Open 200m IM - Siobhan-Marie O'Connor in Lane 4 was subsequently disqaualified as she was adjudged to have moved at the start

 Siobhan-Marie O'Connor sees the DQ on the board and Hannah Miley in Lane 5 is handed the title