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Stories for 26 April 2007

Books

A wholefood shop is not the first place you’d imagine a novelist finding not only inspiration

JENNY Valentine, whose first novel, Finding Violet Park, was published in January and whose second is already completed, has recently started a new job at Hay Wholefoods.  more...

A wholefood shop is not the first place you’d imagine a novelist finding not only inspiration

JENNY Valentine, whose first novel, Finding Violet Park, was published in January and whose second is already completed, has recently started a new job at Hay Wholefoods.  more...

Bromyard

Zahid off to a winning start

BROMYARD v QUATT  more...

Cricket

Minor Counties men will lead Brock's challenge

ALTHOUGH Kington have now gained promotion to Division 3 of the Birming-ham League, there will still be three Herefordshire clubs looking to follow them up as champions of the Crusader Worcestershire League Division 1.  more...

Promoted pair aim for early success

PROMOTED Wormelow and Monmouth will be looking to make an early impression when they make their debuts in the Worcestershire League Division 2 on Saturday.  more...

Minor Counties return

MINOR Counties cricket returns to Kington for the first time in three seasons when the Recreation Ground hosts Herefordshire's MCCA Trophy clash with Shropshire on Sunday, starting at 11am.  more...

Metcalfe shakes Colwall

COLWALL v BARNARDS GREEN  more...

Equestrian

Can you solve a mystery?

HAY Horse Show may be one of the oldest horse-only town shows in the country - and now organisers want Hereford Times readers to help them trace its origins.  more...

We kid you not, there are goats at driving show. But plenty of hors nad carriages too!

A RATHER unusual sight will greet visitors to Hereford and District Driving Group's annual show on Sunday, May 6 - a display of driving goats!  more...

Alison’s call for caution in rides after fall

A PROFESSIONAL horsewoman from Orleton has urged riders to be cautious about returning to the saddle after a fall.  more...

Painting the best of British

The first two of a set of three paintings of the Best of British horses, to mark the BHS's 60th anniversary are due to be unveiled at Badminton.  more...

Saddle up for club

A Herefordshire riding club has recently kicked off its summer season and is hoping more riders than ever will join in the many events - and maybe become members.  more...

Jump to it at pilot practice sessions

PERFECT conditions prevailed for Hereford and District Riding Club (H&DRC) at the first show of the season earlier this month.  more...

Thornton leaves frustrations behind

JOCKEY Andrew Thornton has endured a frustrating season with injuries but he showed he can still perform with a polished performance aboard front-running Pauntley Gofa to win the two-mile handicap chase at Hereford.  more...

National rider produces Lady Dudley Cup win

IRILUT, ridden by Sam Waley-Cohen, was the winner of a dramatic race for the Lady Dudley Cup at the Worcestershire Hunt point to point meeting at Chaddesley Corbett Saturday which saw the demise of the two leading betting market leaders on the final circuit.  more...

Fourth place in British championship

RADNOR Riding Club have produced one of their best displays to gain fourth place at the British Riding Clubs NAF Five Star Superflex junior novice indoor show jumping championship at Hartpury.  more...

Top jockeys have vintage campaign at Hereford

THE curtain comes down on the 2006/7 National Hunt racing season on Saturday.  more...

Conway back at the helm for W & W

A FIRM favourite in the harness world will be returning to the helm after an absence of more than 16 years.  more...

Football

Sunday best for new boys Sinkum

Sinkum 2 Moorfields 0 SINKUM claimed their first piece of silverware when they overcame Moorfields' strong first-half showing to carry off the Jewson Herefordshire Sunday League Division 2 Cup.  more...

Hereford miss chances

Swansea City 2 Hereford United 1 SWANSEA, with their first-team manager Roberto Martinez looking on, made a lively start to this Puma Youth Alliance South West Conference clash.  more...

Pegasus pay for wasteful first-half performance

Pegasus Juniors 1 Carterton 2 A LACK-lustre Sport Italia Hellenic League Premier Division display saw Pegasus slip to another home defeat.  more...

Bromyard lifted by impressive away win

Gornal Athletic 1 Bromyard Town 2 BROMYARD gave their West Midlands League Premier Division survival hopes a massive boost with a hard-earned win at highly-rated Gornal.  more...

Styles and McLean strikes boost Rangers’ title bid

WELLINGTON Rangers held their nerve to beat off a spirited challenge from lowly Fownhope, running out 2-0 home winners to keep their Hereford Times Here-fordshire League Premier Division title challenge well on course.  more...

Runners-up hopes remain

Phoenix 3 Leafield Athletic 2 PHOENIX kept alive their hopes of runners-up spot in the Central Warwick-shire under-16 league with a dramatic late win against all the odds.  more...

Eight-goal thriller as Wellington fight back

Wellington 4 Shawbury 4 AFTER being in front for much of the first half, Wellington needed two goals in the closing minutes to share the West Midlands League Premier Division points in an eight-goal thriller.  more...

Six A-Side League

DESPITE losing their last two games, HLC Halo held on at the top of the 6asideleagues.com Hereford Premier Division to take the title from Gamecock.  more...

Presteigne on brink of first title success

Presteigne 4 Aberystwyth Reserves 0 TWO wins in four days mean that Presteigne stand on the brink of their first ever Spar Mid Wales League title.  more...

Lads Club collect first silverware

LADS Club won their first silverware of the season with a 3-1 success against Ewyas Harold in the final of the Hereford Times Herefordshire League Journal Cup.  more...

Junior Soccer Scene

LEDBURY SWIFTS U9S 1, BARTESTREE U9S 1  more...

Express victors in ding dong battle

EXPRESS 06 played Belmont Keys and were confident of collecting all three Soccer Site Malvern Sunday Football League points from the fixture.  more...

Oak Allstars lift HFA County Sunday Cup

OAK ALLSTARS 2, RE-RACK ROVERS 2  more...

Town drop vital points at home

LEDBURY TOWN 1, DUDLEY SPORTS 3  more...

Golf

Moses claims trophy on countback score

THE Harpton Cup - one of Kington's leading medal trophies - produced a close finish with John Moses winning on countback from Ross Moore after they both finished on nett 65s.  more...

Latest

Busy night for fire brigade

A SPORTS pavilion has burnt down during a busy night for Hereford firefighters.  more...

Body found in river

THE body of a man who had been missing from his home in Bromyard since Monday has been recovered from the River Teme.  more...

Flats to replace toilets

A NEW block containing flats and a restaurant will be built in place of public toilets in Hereford.  more...

Paint vandal strikes

HUNDREDS of pounds worth of damage was done to a car after a tin of paint was poured over it.  more...

Listings

WHAT'S ON

Events/talks April 27 Kingstone Surgery charitable Trust Quiz, Kingstone Village Hall, 7.15pm.  more...

Music

Blues at Courtyard

THE Saturday Cafe, the series of informal lunchtime music gigs at the Courtyard, has just released its May line-up, starting on Saturday with a welcome return visit from Bridget and the Big Girls' Blues, who pay homage to the great women of the blues.  more...

Bands unite for fund-raising gig

THREE top local bands are staging a huge fund-raising gig at Hereford's Royal National College for the Blind main hall on Saturday in aid of the Little Princess Trust.  more...

Make time for this

THE past, said LP Hartley, is another country, a truth powerfully borne out by Harold Pinter's Old Times, playing until Saturday at Malvern Theatre.  more...

Bryan has a sporting chance of success

AT school in Bromyard and later at Hereford Sixth Form College, Bryan Corbett had two great loves - music and sport.  more...

News

Villa Old Stars join in the 40th celebrations

WESTFIELDS will end their 40th anniversary in style with a visit from the Aston Villa Old Stars on Sunday, May 6.  more...

Davis’ brace helps Fields to successful home finish

Westfields 3 Oadby Town 1 TWO goals from leading scorer Mark Davis helped Westfields to complete their Polymac Services Midland Alliance home programme on a high note.  more...

Shrewsbury visitors desperate for win

HEREFORD United have the chance to have a major say in the make-up of the League 2 play-off places when they meet Shrewsbury Town at Edgar Street on Saturday, kick-off 12 noon, writes RICHARD PRIME The Shropshire club had looked near certainties to clinch one of the four spots for post main-season action after an excellent recent run of form.  more...

Other

Snowy and his beloved Sutton celebrate 60 years of success

PLAYERS and officials old and new have been celebrating Sutton United's 60th anniversary and paying tribute to the man who has been the club's cornerstone throughout those six decades.  more...

Sparks flying to success with squad of young enthusiasts

GYMNASTICS in Here-ford is on the up again with the newly-formed Sparks club going from strength to strength, writes Richard Prime.  more...

Middleton takes double gold in regional races

DILWYN sculler Daniel Middleton, now a member of the West Midlands Performance Squad based at Evesham, achieved double gold medal successes in the English Regional Championships at Nottingham's six-lane Holme Pierrepont course.  more...

Wood winner

HEREFORD Couriers' Tim Clarke was just outside the record time when he won the Shobdon Wood six-mile multi-terrain race in 34 mins 30 secs.  more...

Mixed results for schools

HEREFORD Schools Under-15 and Under-14 teams completed their league fixtures with narrow defeats against Solihull.  more...

Bishop’s School netballers make impression in Malta

TWENTY-NINE girls and three staff members from Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School returned with successes from a netball tour in Malta.  more...

Z-team go clear of rivals at the top

POTTING Shed Z went seven points clear at the top of Hereford Snooker League with three games remaining in their quest to regain the title.  more...

Hereford paddlers set veterans’ record in classic race

FIVE kayakers from Hereford have been taking part in the gruelling Devizes to Westminster 125-mile international kayak race.  more...

Morgan gains singles title

MATTHEW Morgan of Military D is the new singles champion of the Central Roofing Hereford and District Skittles League after a final victory over Alan Silcox (Fire Brigade).  more...

Parish News

CHURCH SERVICES

Hereford Cathedral: 8am, Holy Communion; 10am, Cathedral Eucharist; 11.30am, Matins; 3.30pm, Evensong.  more...

Round-Up

Bromyard man's body found in river

Police confirmed this morning (Thursday) that the body of a man who had been missing from his home in Bromyard since Monday has been recovered from the River Teme in Worcestershire.  more...

Jenkins in play-offs

LEDBURY ace Terry Jenkins has qualified in his first season for the Holsten Premier League play-offs after his 8-5 triumph over Adrian Lewis.  more...

RFU president presents prizes at Ledbury sevens

LEDBURY Rugby Club will have the RFU president Rob Rogers at Ross Road to present the prizes at the club's second charity sevens tournament on Sunday, May 13.  more...

Bridge results

LEDBURY DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB  more...

Undefeated in Wyvern League

LEDBURY & District swimmers remain undefeated in the Wyvern League following an impressive win at Ebbw Vale in the penultimate round on Saturday.  more...

Bowlers in surprise victory

THE Gloucestershire Short Mat Bowling Association held their annual charity competition on Saturday at the Gloucester University Sports Hall where teams from far and wide came to do battle for the trophy.  more...

Rider in first spot

LEDBURY rider Abbey Smythe was delighted to win the Petplan Equine Novice Open Area Festival Finals at this year's Winter Dressage Championship at Solihull Riding Club.  more...

Rugby

Young Wyesiders triumph over county rivals to lift trophy

Hereford 27 pts Luctonians 5 HEREFORD established county bragging rights at under-14 level with a comfortable win in the North Midlands Under-14 Cup final.  more...

Tank crushes rivals' hopes

Droitwich 2nd 19 pts Hereford 3rd 26 HEREFORD rallied well to inflict only the second defeat of the season on the Herefordshire & Worc-estershire Merit Table Division 2 leaders.  more...

Ledbury’s golden moment

IT needed a golden try' to decide the Under-8 Tag final of Luctonians Anglo-Welsh Mini Rugby Festival.  more...

Luctonians storm through in North Midlands quarter-final

Luctonians 102 pts Camp Hill 0 NORTH Midlands Cup holders Luctonians stormed to a semi-final place with an overwhelming victory against lower-graded opponents Any notion that Luctonians would have difficulty maintaining their momentum after the previous week's Midlands 1 performance against Luton was quickly dispelled as they ran in a first-minute try against Camp Hill.  more...

Ledbury’s triumph

LEDBURY RFC won the Luctonians Anglo-Welsh Mini Rugby Festival U8s tag final with a golden try'.  more...

Ledbury U15s find Worcester too strong in cup final

WORCESTER U15 35PTS, LEDBURY U15 0  more...

Hartpury are crowned champions

UWE HARTPURY 27PTS, UWIC 14PTS  more...

Theatre

A man on a mission

WHILE everyone else is rushing around in a frenzy of 21st century activity, Jeremy Hardy, who brings his stand-up show to the Courtyard next week, is busy getting not much done.  more...

Unmissable fun at RSC

THREE big events will be marked this weekend as the Royal Shakespeare Company celebrates the close of The Complete Works Festival, Shakespeare's 443rd birthday and 75 years of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre with an unmissable day of workshops, discussions and events The birthday marquee will be a hive of activity with a full programme of practical classes and a new Theatre Discovery Zone providing a close encounter with theatre craft - from wigs and make-up to hats and blood-bags. And at the riverside venue of Cox's Yard, a diverse programme of activities for all ages, including workshops and storytelling, music-making and costumes runs all day.  more...

Courtyard hosts Cossack dancers

THE sensational Moscow-based Russian Cossack State Dance Company are coming to Hereford's Courtyard with their breathtaking, dynamic production featuring dazzling displays of highly skilled, acrobatic Cossack dance.  more...

Turner'S Column

‘Video nasty’ to view before Shrewsbury game

ON odd occasions this season we have thrown in a really poor performance which has led to an embarrassing result and it was very similar at Peterborough.  more...

Visual Arts

Ronald’s double accolade

KINGTON artist Ronald Swanwick is having an exciting 2007 - having been chosen for two major events in the art world - and an exhibition at his gallery offers an opportunity to see new pieces from an artist who has had a lifelong obsession with painting and drawing.  more...

  
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