News in Glastonbury

Millfield skier George Black has been selected for the Great Britain Snowsport Alpine squad for the 2022-2023 season.

Millfield Prep School’s U13 girls’ cricket team have been crowned national champions at Lord's.

Swimmers from Glastonbury and Street have been selected to be part of Team England at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham this summer.

Nine Millfield and Millfield Prep athletes have qualified to represent Great Britain in Biathle and Laser Run at this year’s European Championships.

The Millfield fencing team have been crowned 2022 Public School Overall Champions.

The team travelled to London for the championships, and were crowned Overall School Champions for the ninth year in succession having picked up a considerable haul of individual and team accolades throughout the week.

Tor Rugby Club and local business Truespeed are collaborating to support Glastonbury's next generation of rugby.

Tor Rugby Club has announced Bath-based Truespeed as the club's new sponsor. The collaboration unites the club's and local company's community led values which aims to amplify the invaluable support Tor Rugby Club provides to its players and the wider Glastonbury community.

The Rugbytots Glastonbury, Yeovil and Bridgwater groups took part in a mini tournament at Somerton Rugby Club this weekend.

Tots from two to seven years took part, taking the opportunity to participate in their first "fixture event" along with 140 other children from their neighbouring towns.

With normality finally starting to return to the UK, it was rugby's opportunity to take centre stage this weekend as the Land Rover Premiership Rugby Cup took place.

North Dorset RFC hosted an exciting Under-11 and Under-12 grassroots developmental festival on Saturday as youngsters at last got the opportunity to lace up their boots again, with Glastonbury's Tor Rugby Club among the competing teams.

On Sunday (May 2), five members of staff from St Dunstan's School ran the 10K Glastonbury Road Run - and they have raised nearly £2,000 in memory of a former student.

They were running for a very special cause - Asthma UK - and for a very special reason - in memory of one of St Dunstan's students, Amy Thomas, who had died from an asthma attack during the October half term holiday in 2017. She was 14 years old and her loss ripped a hole in the heart of the school community.

The 2021 Glastonbury Road Run will be held this weekend with 900 runners taking part, but will be along a different route to make sure the race follows coronavirus regulations.

The 39th Glastonbury Road Run will take place on Sunday May 2, and will be based at Strode College Sports Centre, about a mile from the usual 10K race start, and the venue for the Street Parkrun.