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  • Westfields

    WESTFIELDS began their pre-season fixtures with a 3-3 draw from a trip to Welsh League Division 1 side Gower. THe city side took a party of 23 and all saw some action including new acquisition Ashley Day, a 17-year-old midfielder formerly with Hereford

  • Crucial meeting for Hereford City League

    HEREFORD City Darts League's annual general meeting will be crucial to their future as a new committee needs to be elected. The main officials have given good notice of their intention to stand down and the meeting at the Cotterell Arms, Hereford, at

  • Edwards' hole in one

    THE bar bill for Simon Edwards' hole in one reported in last week's Hereford Times was at Herefordshire Golf Club, not at Burghill Valley as stated. In fact Burghill should not have featured in the article. Edwards is the pro at Builth Wells and Wormsley

  • Hilary takes title after close Belmont battle

    HILARY Hall won Belmont Ladies club championship but was given a close battle by Kerry Welding. Fifteen-handicapper Hall scored a gross 77 and Welding, who plays off 16, was just one behind on 78. The Joan Skyrme Claret Jug for the best nett went

  • Richards captures fifth Kington championship

    DARREN Richards won the Kington club championship for a fifth time when he finished three strokes clear of his nearest rival Alan Williams. The hot, dry weather left conditions difficult at Bradnor Hill with the hard ground producing some variable bounces

  • Leominster golfers play host to world record bid

    GLENN Turner had a day in the sun at Leominster Golf Course on Monday while pursuing a Guinness World Record of playing the most 18-hole courses of over 6,000 yards in a year. Turner, a club professional with Charnock Richard in Lancashire, is touring

  • Hill disappointed with bronze performance

    HEREFORD international athlete Irie Hill gained her first medal at the AAAs for two years with a bronze in Manchester. But she was disappointed with her pole-vault performance as it came from an 3.80 metres clearance. The previous week she had set a

  • Fawcett leads record field as Wye Valley beat arch rivals

    A RECORD turnout for the second race in the Herefordshire Summer Off-Road League at Haywood Farm saw home club Wye Valley Runners gain a narrow team victory over arch-rivals Hereford Couriers by six points. The overall lead which Couriers had established

  • Taylor breaks pole-vault record at Telford

    SHAUN Taylor pulled off a starring role when a team of seven athletes from Hereford and County AC travelled to Telford for a Midlands Men's League match. Taylor set a new Division 5 pole vault record of 4.21m and also won the 110m hurdles and high jump

  • Blistering times recorded in the height of summer

    THE nine-race card under British Harness Racing Club rules at Leominster last weekend was run under an industrial-strength sun, and most of the times were blistering on the fast ground. Almeley-based Rebecca Baker and the family-owned Factory Bacardi

  • Rinks shared in home defeat

    HEREFORDSHIRE entertained West Glamorgan at Kington and were defeated by 117 shots to 104 with each team having three winning rinks. Frank Harwood skipped the highest home winning rink when, after being down 8-11 after 12 ends, they won all of the remaining

  • Pritchard hits top form as champion

    KINGTON bowls player Paul Pritchard was in impressive form for the Herefordshire men's championships at Ledbury where he claimed the singles title. His opponent, Shaun Jones, of Hereford, was unable to get into the game as Pritchard dominated from start

  • Stevens sets an example

    ZANE Stevens, of Out to Grass in Cradley, saw his dedication to the sport rewarded with some excellent results in the second round of the British Mountain Board Championships at Much Wenlock. Although this was nominally the second round, it was effectively

  • National bronze for Hereford

    HEREFORD Rowing Club's two representatives in the Great Britain National Rowing Championships in Strathclyde ensured that the long journey north was worthwhile when they returned with a bronze medal. Alex Deutsch, aged 16, and 15-year-old Sean Blake

  • Brothers show improvement

    HEREFORD motor racing brothers Greg and Lea Wood are continuing their excellent season in the V Sport Super Silhouette Class. After the previous round at Rockingham where they netted a first and a third, the pair improved on this in the latest meeting

  • Scott races to course record

    FATHER-and-son racing drivers Roger and Scott Moran kept up the pressure on reigning champion Martin Groves when they contested four rounds of the British Hill Climb Championship in the Channel Islands last week. Simon Durling from Shelsley Walsh took

  • Claire paddles to silver in World Cup event

    HEREFORD Kayak Club's Claire Spencer produced an excellent result to win a silver medal for Great Britain in the single kayak event in a World Cup Marathon competition in Trencin, Slovakia. Although Spencer had represented her country in a double at

  • Thomas leads Fiesta Trophy

    PENCOMBE driver George Thomas is topping the Fiesta Sporting Trophy UK Champion-ship after finishing fourth at the Jim Clark Rally in Kelso. The 20-year-old Here-fordshire Motor Club ace clocked the fastest time on stage one on the first tarmac event

  • Runners in county back Sport Relief programme

    COUNTY runners turned out in force last week to give their backing to Sport Relief. At Kingstone High School, there was a continuous relay of miles throughout the day from 8.03am until 4.25pm when Sophie Bennett, Sam Powell, Emma Baldwin and Chantelle

  • Vandals end Middleton's title defence

    VANDALS wrecked a young Herefordshire oarsman's chance of defending his national title at the Great Britain Rowing Championships at Strathclyde. Weobley High School pupil Daniel Middleton and his grandfather and coach Graham Middleton were the overnight

  • Special schools enjoy Minster Challenge

    THE second annual Minster Challenge provided sport and plenty of enjoyment for 130 pupils from four county special schools at Marlbrook School. The youngsters, from Barrs Court, Blackmarston and Westfield schools as well as Bishop of Hereford Bluecoat

  • Visitor is fastest in top field

    THE annual Hereford Triathlon attracted a record entry with 182 competitors completing the 400-yard swim, 15-kilometre bike ride and five-kilometre run in blustery conditions. The overall winner was 20-year-old Gary Hughes from Tri Team Gloucester who

  • Crichard stars despite loss

    HEREFORDSHIRE Under-11 slipped to their first defeat of the season at Berkshire on Sunday. The youngsters were caught out by a green top, losing three wickets for no runs and despite a defiant 37 from Joe Crichard were only able to muster 115 all out

  • Seamers shine as Bishops Frome romp to big win

    BISHOPS Frome, who had won by nine wickets the previous week, went one better on Saturday when they made short shrift of visiting Bartestree & Lugwardine St Mary's In Division 5 of the Flint & Cook Marches League. Richard Fisher (42) stood firm for

  • Cricket Tables

    CRUSADER WORCESTERSHIRE CRICKET LEAGUE Division 1 P W L D A Pt Kington 13 7 2 2 2 197 Eastnor 13 5 3 2 3 173 Brockhampton 13 5 4 1 3 161 Pershore 13 4 1 6 2 158 Droitwich 13 3 3 3 4 148 Bewdley 13 5 3 1

  • Kington stretch lead at the top with emphatic success

    KINGTON enhanced their position at the top of Division 1 in the Crusader Worcestershire County League with an emphatic seven-wicket win over Alvechurch at the Recreation Ground on Saturday. They stretched their lead to 24 points over Eastnor who replaced

  • Home side stroll to win in 20/20 competition

    THE Kington Worcester League Select side came out on top in the four team Robbie Richardson Memorial 20/20 competition at the Recreation Ground on Sunday. In the first match they easily accounted for the Kington Marches Select side and then proved too

  • Cricket Scorecards in Brief

    CRUSADER WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY LEAGUE Division 1 Eastnor 160 (Arshad 56, Jabran 23, T Hurrell 19, Ishtiaq 19 no, J Summers 4-26, P Alexander 2-18, I Bowes 2-63) Astwood Bank 108 (S Jagielski 44, S Clarke 15, P Alexander 14. Shahid 3-44, Atiq 2-6,

  • Burghill see off Bosbury in cup clash

    BURGHILL and Tillington reached the semi-final of the Advantage Marches Cup for the second successive season with a comfortable 80-run win at Bosbury on Sunday. Kingsley Morris (43) and Joe Symonds (26) added 56 for the first wicket inside eight overs

  • Sparrow' haul fails to net win

    WILL Sparrow's hat-trick failed to bring the hoped-for reward for Herefordshire under-15s who went down by 29 runs to their Wiltshire counterparts. Sparrow (3-10) and Ben George (3-41) were the pick of the county's bowlers as Wiltshire were restricted

  • Successful conclusion to season for Cathedral School

    HEREFORD Cathedral School wound up their season with four wins and a defeat, resulting in their final record of nine victories in the season being their best return for 10 years. Cathedral conceded a huge total of 375-9 from 50 overs to Merchiston Castle

  • Great Britain athlete Williams boosts Sports College

    YEAR 4 students from Lord Scudamore and students from Whitecross had the opportunity to receive some athletics coaching from Great Britain athlete Rhys Williams on a recent visit to Whitecross Sports College. Williams, who was competing at Birmingham

  • Putting their shirts on Westfields

    WESTFIELDS have landed a three-year shirt and kit sponsorship deal with county firm allpay.net. It follows on from the 25-year agreement with the company for the club's allpay.park headquarters. "The three-year deal will incorporate new kit, training

  • Bulls overcome poor start to share draw with Blues

    Hereford United 2 Birmingham City Xl 2 HEREFORD looked set for a serious case of the Blues when they found themselves two goals adrift after just 25 minutes of their first Edgar Street pre-season friendly against a young Birmingham City

  • Wellington look ahead

    WYNN Owen and Tony Gwynne will continue as joint managers of Wellington's West Midlands League team for next season, but there have been changes in other departments of the club. Derek Williams has stepped down as manager of the under-18 team and Graham

  • Pegasus defeat county rivals

    PEGASUS Juniors got their pre-season programme underway with a 5-2 win against Sport Italia Hellenic League Division 1 West county rivals Ross Town. Chris Mortlock and Rob Laurie fired the city side into a two-goal interval lead with Laurie, Leigh Harris

  • Gulliver on travels to Edgar Street

    HEREFORD United's director of football Graham Turner has made former Rushden & Diamonds centre-back Phil Gulliver his latest signing. Gulliver, who is aged 23 and 6ft 2in tall, began his career with Middlesbrough and had loan spells at Blackpool, Carlisle

  • Bulls win a sizzler

    Hereford United 4 Westfields 1 HEREFORD United retained the HFA Floodlit Senior Floodlit Cup at blazing hot Edgar Street on Tuesday evening against a Westfields side who produced a spirited display. The Midland Alliance club showed up well and

  • Batting boost for County

    HEREFORDSHIRE will be looking to improve on last year's performance against Cheshire when they make the trip to Alderley Edge for their next Minor Counties Championship clash on Sunday. On the last occasion that the sides met in three-day action, at

  • Herefordshire Select in benefit game

    A TWENTY/20 match will be staged at Luctonians Cricket Club ground at the end of this month between a Herefordshire Select Xl and Glamorgan CCC. The match will be in aid of Glamorgan all-rounder Darren Thomas' benefit year. Thomas, aged 31, has played

  • Pegasus defeat county rivals

    PEGASUS Juniors got their pre-season programme underway with a 5-2 win against Sport Italia Hellenic League Division 1 West county rivals Ross Town. Chris Mortlock and Rob Laurie fired the city side into a two-goal interval lead with Laurie, Leigh Harris

  • Fawcett leads record field as Wye Valley beat arch rivals

    A RECORD turnout for the second race in the Herefordshire Summer Off-Road League at Haywood Farm saw home club Wye Valley Runners gain a narrow team victory over arch-rivals Hereford Couriers by six points. The overall lead which Couriers had established

  • Blistering times recorded in the height of summer

    THE nine-race card under British Harness Racing Club rules at Leominster last weekend was run under an industrial-strength sun, and most of the times were blistering on the fast ground. Almeley-based Rebecca Baker and the family-owned Factory Bacardi

  • Pritchard hits top form as champion

    KINGTON bowls player Paul Pritchard was in impressive form for the Herefordshire men's championships at Ledbury where he claimed the singles title. His opponent, Shaun Jones, of Hereford, was unable to get into the game as Pritchard dominated from start

  • National bronze for Hereford

    HEREFORD Rowing Club's two representatives in the Great Britain National Rowing Championships in Strathclyde ensured that the long journey north was worthwhile when they returned with a bronze medal. Alex Deutsch, aged 16, and 15-year-old Sean Blake competed

  • Scott races to course record

    FATHER-and-son racing drivers Roger and Scott Moran kept up the pressure on reigning champion Martin Groves when they contested four rounds of the British Hill Climb Championship in the Channel Islands last week. Simon Durling from Shelsley Walsh took

  • Thomas leads Fiesta Trophy

    PENCOMBE driver George Thomas is topping the Fiesta Sporting Trophy UK Champion-ship after finishing fourth at the Jim Clark Rally in Kelso. The 20-year-old Here-fordshire Motor Club ace clocked the fastest time on stage one on the first tarmac event

  • Runners in county back Sport Relief programme

    COUNTY runners turned out in force last week to give their backing to Sport Relief. At Kingstone High School, there was a continuous relay of miles throughout the day from 8.03am until 4.25pm when Sophie Bennett, Sam Powell, Emma Baldwin and Chantelle

  • Vandals end Middleton's title defence

    VANDALS wrecked a young Herefordshire oarsman's chance of defending his national title at the Great Britain Rowing Championships at Strathclyde. Weobley High School pupil Daniel Middleton and his grandfather and coach Graham Middleton were the overnight

  • Visitor is fastest in top field

    THE annual Hereford Triathlon attracted a record entry with 182 competitors completing the 400-yard swim, 15-kilometre bike ride and five-kilometre run in blustery conditions. The overall winner was 20-year-old Gary Hughes from Tri Team Gloucester who

  • Great Britain athlete Williams boosts Sports College

    YEAR 4 students from Lord Scudamore and students from Whitecross had the opportunity to receive some athletics coaching from Great Britain athlete Rhys Williams on a recent visit to Whitecross Sports College. Williams, who was competing at Birmingham,

  • Gulliver on travels to Edgar Street

    HEREFORD United's director of football Graham Turner has made former Rushden & Diamonds centre-back Phil Gulliver his latest signing. Gulliver, who is aged 23 and 6ft 2in tall, began his career with Middlesbrough and had loan spells at Blackpool,

  • Bulls win a sizzler

    Hereford United 4 Westfields 1 HEREFORD United retained the HFA Floodlit Senior Floodlit Cup at blazing hot Edgar Street on Tuesday evening against a Westfields side who produced a spirited display. The Midland Alliance club showed up well and even fought

  • Four artists exhibit

    FOUR artists will exhibit at St David's Hall on Castle Street, Hereford, from Tuesday in an annual show of their work. The four are Mike Purkiss from Ledbury, Joanna Dixon from Pencombe, Marden painter Martin Richards and Wormbridge artist John Peal.

  • Successes continue to build

    BUSY Border Oak folk are celebrating a string of recent successes - and now the public can see for themselves why. As it prepares to host its first open day, the company has announced a fresh set of plaudits. Pearmain Cottage, in Pembridge, which Border

  • Seamers shine as Bishops Frome romp to big win

    BISHOPS Frome, who had won by nine wickets the previous week, went one better on Saturday when they made short shrift of visiting Bartestree & Lugwardine St Mary's In Division 5 of the Flint & Cook Marches League. Richard Fisher (42) stood firm

  • Home side stroll to win in 20/20 competition

    THE Kington Worcester League Select side came out on top in the four team Robbie Richardson Memorial 20/20 competition at the Recreation Ground on Sunday. In the first match they easily accounted for the Kington Marches Select side and then proved too

  • Kington stretch lead at the top with emphatic success

    KINGTON enhanced their position at the top of Division 1 in the Crusader Worcestershire County League with an emphatic seven-wicket win over Alvechurch at the Recreation Ground on Saturday. They stretched their lead to 24 points over Eastnor who replaced

  • Cricket Scorecards in Brief

    CRUSADER WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY LEAGUE Division 1 Eastnor 160 (Arshad 56, Jabran 23, T Hurrell 19, Ishtiaq 19 no, J Summers 4-26, P Alexander 2-18, I Bowes 2-63) Astwood Bank 108 (S Jagielski 44, S Clarke 15, P Alexander 14. Shahid 3-44, Atiq 2-6, Jabran

  • Burghill see off Bosbury in cup clash

    BURGHILL and Tillington reached the semi-final of the Advantage Marches Cup for the second successive season with a comfortable 80-run win at Bosbury on Sunday. Kingsley Morris (43) and Joe Symonds (26) added 56 for the first wicket inside eight overs

  • Sparrow' haul fails to net win

    WILL Sparrow's hat-trick failed to bring the hoped-for reward for Herefordshire under-15s who went down by 29 runs to their Wiltshire counterparts. Sparrow (3-10) and Ben George (3-41) were the pick of the county's bowlers as Wiltshire were restricted

  • Ross Lions

    FORMER president of the Ross-on-Wye Lions Mel Middlecote and public relations officer Lion Bernard Fowkes attended a meeting of the Ross MS Support Group at the Larruperz Centre in order to make a presentation of a £1,000 donation. Roger Platlett thanked

  • Feelgood with the doctor at festival

    NOW celebrating its sixth year, Linton Music Festival has come a long way, growing into a three-day event, attracting top international artists and earning glowing reviews. The organisers are determined not to rest on their laurels and this year's festival

  • Westfields

    WESTFIELDS began their pre-season fixtures with a 3-3 draw from a trip to Welsh League Division 1 side Gower. THe city side took a party of 23 and all saw some action including new acquisition Ashley Day, a 17-year-old midfielder formerly with Hereford

  • Putting their shirts on Westfields

    WESTFIELDS have landed a three-year shirt and kit sponsorship deal with county firm allpay.net. It follows on from the 25-year agreement with the company for the club's allpay.park headquarters. "The three-year deal will incorporate new kit, training

  • In a world of criticisms, praise for an absolute gem

    IN a world where everyone is quick to criticise we would like to write in praise of Little Acorns Day Nursery, at Kingstone, My husband I both work and our daughter started in Little Acorns at six months old, a worrying time for any parent, but there

  • Hospital's foundation bid

    THE County Hospital is negotiating to cut some of its links with the Government and place more control of its future in the hands of Herefordshire people. To do so it wants the public from Herefordshire and the borders to sign up as members of a potential

  • Edwards' hole in one

    THE bar bill for Simon Edwards' hole in one reported in last week's Hereford Times was at Herefordshire Golf Club, not at Burghill Valley as stated. In fact Burghill should not have featured in the article. Edwards is the pro at Builth Wells and Wormsley

  • Hilary takes title after close Belmont battle

    HILARY Hall won Belmont Ladies club championship but was given a close battle by Kerry Welding. Fifteen-handicapper Hall scored a gross 77 and Welding, who plays off 16, was just one behind on 78. The Joan Skyrme Claret Jug for the best nett went to Gemma

  • Richards captures fifth Kington championship

    DARREN Richards won the Kington club championship for a fifth time when he finished three strokes clear of his nearest rival Alan Williams. The hot, dry weather left conditions difficult at Bradnor Hill with the hard ground producing some variable bounces

  • Leominster golfers play host to world record bid

    GLENN Turner had a day in the sun at Leominster Golf Course on Monday while pursuing a Guinness World Record of playing the most 18-hole courses of over 6,000 yards in a year. Turner, a club professional with Charnock Richard in Lancashire, is touring

  • Choral wave opens the Three Choirs

    THREE years ago, the Three Choirs Festival in Hereford included a community choral project called Gathering Wave, which proved a big hit with everyone involved. This time around the event has been brought under the auspices of the main festival and marks

  • Wellington look ahead

    WYNN Owen and Tony Gwynne will continue as joint managers of Wellington's West Midlands League team for next season, but there have been changes in other departments of the club. Derek Williams has stepped down as manager of the under-18 team and Graham

  • Crucial meeting for Hereford City League

    HEREFORD City Darts League's annual general meeting will be crucial to their future as a new committee needs to be elected. The main officials have given good notice of their intention to stand down and the meeting at the Cotterell Arms, Hereford, at

  • Hill disappointed with bronze performance

    HEREFORD international athlete Irie Hill gained her first medal at the AAAs for two years with a bronze in Manchester. But she was disappointed with her pole-vault performance as it came from an 3.80 metres clearance. The previous week she had set a stadium

  • Taylor breaks pole-vault record at Telford

    SHAUN Taylor pulled off a starring role when a team of seven athletes from Hereford and County AC travelled to Telford for a Midlands Men's League match. Taylor set a new Division 5 pole vault record of 4.21m and also won the 110m hurdles and high jump

  • Bulls overcome poor start to share draw with Blues

    Hereford United 2 Birmingham City Xl 2 HEREFORD looked set for a serious case of the Blues when they found themselves two goals adrift after just 25 minutes of their first Edgar Street pre-season friendly against a young Birmingham City side last Saturday

  • Rinks shared in home defeat

    HEREFORDSHIRE entertained West Glamorgan at Kington and were defeated by 117 shots to 104 with each team having three winning rinks. Frank Harwood skipped the highest home winning rink when, after being down 8-11 after 12 ends, they won all of the remaining

  • Gulliver on travels to Edgar Street

    HEREFORD United's director of football Graham Turner has made former Rushden & Diamonds centre-back Phil Gulliver his latest signing. Gulliver, who is aged 23 and 6ft 2in tall, began his career with Middlesbrough and had loan spells at Blackpool,

  • Bulls win a sizzler

    Hereford United 4 Westfields 1 HEREFORD United retained the HFA Floodlit Senior Floodlit Cup at blazing hot Edgar Street on Tuesday evening against a Westfields side who produced a spirited display. The Midland Alliance club showed up well and even fought

  • Brothers show improvement

    HEREFORD motor racing brothers Greg and Lea Wood are continuing their excellent season in the V Sport Super Silhouette Class. After the previous round at Rockingham where they netted a first and a third, the pair improved on this in the latest meeting

  • Claire paddles to silver in World Cup event

    HEREFORD Kayak Club's Claire Spencer produced an excellent result to win a silver medal for Great Britain in the single kayak event in a World Cup Marathon competition in Trencin, Slovakia. Although Spencer had represented her country in a double at the

  • Stevens sets an example

    ZANE Stevens, of Out to Grass in Cradley, saw his dedication to the sport rewarded with some excellent results in the second round of the British Mountain Board Championships at Much Wenlock. Although this was nominally the second round, it was effectively

  • Special schools enjoy Minster Challenge

    THE second annual Minster Challenge provided sport and plenty of enjoyment for 130 pupils from four county special schools at Marlbrook School. The youngsters, from Barrs Court, Blackmarston and Westfield schools as well as Bishop of Hereford Bluecoat

  • New president takes over reins at Kington Show

    Kington Horse Show and Agricultural Society has elected a new president, Mr Les Morgan of Pembridge. Les has worked tirelessly for the Society for many years, having been on the committee for over 30 years. Like many people, Les first attended Kington

  • What's On

    Events/talks 21 Medieval Marvel, Millennium Hall, Upton Bishop, 5-10pm. 01989 780798. 22 A Knight on the Tiles, make a tile, Hereford Museum and Art Gallery, 10.30am-3pm. 24-28 Hereford DanceFest Summer School, The Garrick Room, The Courtyard, 01905 611199

  • College earns Ofsted praise

    HEREFORD College of Technology has been praised after its latest Ofsted inspection. All five overall judgements on the college were 'good': effectiveness of provision, capacity to improve, achievements and standards, quality of provision and leadership

  • Crichard stars despite loss

    HEREFORDSHIRE Under-11 slipped to their first defeat of the season at Berkshire on Sunday. The youngsters were caught out by a green top, losing three wickets for no runs and despite a defiant 37 from Joe Crichard were only able to muster 115 all out.

  • Cricket Tables

    CRUSADER WORCESTERSHIRE CRICKET LEAGUE Division 1 P W L D A Pt Kington 13 7 2 2 2 197 Eastnor 13 5 3 2 3 173 Brockhampton 13 5 4 1 3 161 Pershore 13 4 1 6 2 158 Droitwich 13 3 3 3 4 148 Bewdley 13 5 3 1 4 147 Bromyard 13 4 2 3 4 142 Astwood Bank 13 2

  • Successful conclusion to season for Cathedral School

    HEREFORD Cathedral School wound up their season with four wins and a defeat, resulting in their final record of nine victories in the season being their best return for 10 years. Cathedral conceded a huge total of 375-9 from 50 overs to Merchiston Castle

  • Batting boost for County

    HEREFORDSHIRE will be looking to improve on last year's performance against Cheshire when they make the trip to Alderley Edge for their next Minor Counties Championship clash on Sunday. On the last occasion that the sides met in three-day action, at Luctonians

  • Herefordshire Select in benefit game

    A TWENTY/20 match will be staged at Luctonians Cricket Club ground at the end of this month between a Herefordshire Select Xl and Glamorgan CCC. The match will be in aid of Glamorgan all-rounder Darren Thomas' benefit year. Thomas, aged 31, has played

  • Tributes to 17-year-old killed in road accident

    TRIBUTES have been paid to a Herefordshire teenager who died on a county road last Saturday. Colin Fletcher, aged 17, from The Langlands, Ledbury, was a passenger in a silver Vauxhall Nova, which overturned on the A438 near Eastnor. Staff at John Masefield

  • Amateur group all winners

    Amateur drama group The Hereford Players will take part in the annual British All Winners Drama Festival next Tuesday. Nine one-act productions have been picked for the event, in Woking. The Hereford Players is the only group to have been selected from

  • What's On

    TONIGHT: Birmingham: Marriott Hotel - Lupa. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Antarctic Monkeys (Arctic Monkeys tribute). Civic - Wolverhampton Youth Orchestra. FRIDAY: Shrawley: The New Inn - jazz. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2

  • Four artists exhibit

    FOUR artists will exhibit at St David's Hall on Castle Street, Hereford, from Tuesday in an annual show of their work. The four are Mike Purkiss from Ledbury, Joanna Dixon from Pencombe, Marden painter Martin Richards and Wormbridge artist John Peal

  • Amateur group all winners

    Amateur drama group The Hereford Players will take part in the annual British All Winners Drama Festival next Tuesday. Nine one-act productions have been picked for the event, in Woking. The Hereford Players is the only group to have been selected

  • Choral wave opens the Three Choirs

    THREE years ago, the Three Choirs Festival in Hereford included a community choral project called Gathering Wave, which proved a big hit with everyone involved. This time around the event has been brought under the auspices of the main festival and

  • Feelgood with the doctor at festival

    NOW celebrating its sixth year, Linton Music Festival has come a long way, growing into a three-day event, attracting top international artists and earning glowing reviews. The organisers are determined not to rest on their laurels and this year's festival

  • Gothic carnival from Red Kite

    FOLLOWING on from the huge success of Celt last June, Hay-on-Wye's Community Theatre Company, Red Kite, launches its gothic carnival tomorrow (Friday) in the grounds of Baskerville Hall Hotel (aka Clyro Court), near Hay. Take a picnic and prepare to

  • Tributes to 17-year-old killed in road accident

    TRIBUTES have been paid to a Herefordshire teenager who died on a county road last Saturday. Colin Fletcher, aged 17, from The Langlands, Ledbury, was a passenger in a silver Vauxhall Nova, which overturned on the A438 near Eastnor. Staff at John

  • Hospital's foundation bid

    THE County Hospital is negotiating to cut some of its links with the Government and place more control of its future in the hands of Herefordshire people. To do so it wants the public from Herefordshire and the borders to sign up as members of a potential

  • College earns Ofsted praise

    HEREFORD College of Technology has been praised after its latest Ofsted inspection. All five overall judgements on the college were `good': effectiveness of provision, capacity to improve, achievements and standards, quality of provision and leadership

  • In a world of criticisms, praise for an absolute gem

    IN a world where everyone is quick to criticise we would like to write in praise of Little Acorns Day Nursery, at Kingstone, My husband I both work and our daughter started in Little Acorns at six months old, a worrying time for any parent, but there

  • Successes continue to build

    BUSY Border Oak folk are celebrating a string of recent successes - and now the public can see for themselves why. As it prepares to host its first open day, the company has announced a fresh set of plaudits. Pearmain Cottage, in Pembridge, which

  • New president takes over reins at Kington Show

    Kington Horse Show and Agricultural Society has elected a new president, Mr Les Morgan of Pembridge. Les has worked tirelessly for the Society for many years, having been on the committee for over 30 years. Like many people, Les first attended Kington

  • Ross Lions

    FORMER president of the Ross-on-Wye Lions Mel Middlecote and public relations officer Lion Bernard Fowkes attended a meeting of the Ross MS Support Group at the Larruperz Centre in order to make a presentation of a £1,000 donation. Roger Platlett