Sporting Weekend with Nick Westby 4th August, 2023

Sporting Weekend with Nick Westby

Transcript

00:00 Hello and welcome back to downtown Rotherham Sports.

00:02 I'm Nick Wesby here with an inside look into the Yorkshire Post Sports weekend supplement.

00:07 Football leads the agenda this weekend.

00:10 The EFL is back.

00:11 Championship kicks off on Friday night with Sheffield Wednesday against Southampton.

00:16 Leon Wobbshaw is there.

00:17 He's also setting the scene on Leeds United's return to the EFL.

00:21 Not that they want to be there.

00:23 They play Cardiff on Sunday.

00:25 Stuart Rayner's at that one for us.

00:26 Plus we've got Doncaster versus Harrogate in League Two.

00:29 A nice little Yorkshire derby to kick things off in the fourth tier.

00:33 Cricket wise, we're with Yorkshire against Nottinghamshire tomorrow in the Metro Bank

00:37 50-over cup.

00:38 Let's hope for some dry conditions and a bit of cricket at long last.

00:42 Rugby league wise, James O'Brien has got a big Yorkshire derby at the bottom of Super

00:46 League this Friday evening.

00:48 It's Castletford Tigers desperate for a victory against Huddersfield Giants who can still

00:52 gatecrash the top six.

00:54 He's also previewing Leeds Rhinos against Lee Leopards and another Yorkshire derby between

00:59 Hull FC and Wakefield on Sunday.

01:02 Elsewhere we've got news from the world of ice hockey, of basketball, of cycling and

01:07 our big Saturday interview is with Jenny Warwick, a two-time Commonwealth Games medallist who

01:12 quit badminton ten years ago at the very top level, only to return earlier this year to

01:17 win a national title in the women's doubles.

01:20 Her story is a fascinating one.

01:22 Have a fantastic sporting weekend.