Worcestershire | Archive | 2002 | January
JRR Tolkien's classic tale of the Lord of the Rings, which is sweeping cinemas world-wide, comes nearly 30 years after the author's death in 1973. more...
TICKETS have gone on sale for an appearance in Wolverham-pton by one of the UK's most popular comedians. more...
THE curtain goes up on the new season - which promises musicals, drama, comedy, opera and family shows - at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre next month. more...
BUDDING poets have been quick off the mark to enter a poetry competition aimed at raising funds for a good cause. more...
FOOTBALL fans have the chance to quiz one of the most prolific scorers in recent years in a special event taking place in Bewdley next week. more...
NEW Year, new talent - that is the situation at Kidderminster's Rose Theatre as resident group The Nonentities get 2002 underway with an "up-to-the-minute comedy". more...
A TRADITIONAL pantomime with a modern day twist is being staged by a charity theatre company in Stourport next week. more...
A MEMORIAL concert for Stourport 70s pop star Clifford T Ward will be held next month. more...
AFRO addicts can get their fix of 70s action when a brand new Jackson Five tribute burst onto the stage in Bewdley next month. more...
WYRE Forest Citizens Advice Bureau has taken the unusual step of organising a concert as its latest fund-raising activity. more...
Rose, Kidderminster - Mr Wonderful Monday until January 26. more...
ACCLAIMED comedian Dave Gorman is bringing his hit show to Cheltenham's Everyman Theatre this month. more...
APPARENTLY, it don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing - but don't worry if it swung away, or never dangled there in the first place, it's never too late to learn, or re-learn, those dance steps of the golden age of the big band sound. more...
IAN Lavender is far from being the "stupid boy" his character was witheringly labelled by Captain Mainwaring in the classic TV comedy series, Dad's Army. more...
BOURTON PANTO GROUP is gearing up for a beautifully beastly production this year. more...
Barry Hopkins is swapping his false boobs and frilly frocks for the director's chair in this year's pantomime, Babes in the Wood, by the Pheonix Theatre Group. more...
AS the frost and snow of the New Year period melt, the first green leaves to be seen in the woody areas of Habberley Valley are thoseof the small and unobtrusive plant called dog's mercury. more...
THURSDAY: Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - The Numan Principle. Stourbridge: Rock Café 2000 - Moore Or Less. more...
PAUL Jones and Dave Kelly, in concert at Huntingdon Hall, CrownGate, Worcester, on January 31, are both well-known lead singers with The Blues Band. more...
A STATUS Quo-endorsed tribute band will be rocking all over the Cotswolds this weekend. more...
BIDFORD county councillor Peter Barnes has slammed proposals to close the village fire station. more...
FOOD and drink producers throughout Worcestershire are being asked to contact the county council which intends to promote the region's produce to tourists. more...
A WORCESTER IT company has designed a one-day course aimed at removing parents' fears about children using the internet. more...
BUSINESSES in the two counties are being wooed by a building society that is taking on the "Big Four" banks. more...
A WORCESTERSHIRE MP will visit an Evesham packaging firm to see for himself the impact of issues facing the industry. more...
THE regional development agency for the West Midlands has appointed a new planning and transport executive. more...
PARTY-goers are being urged to take action to make sure that their Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations go with a swing. more...
THE county of Worcestershire is in the "last chance saloon" if it is to avoid eventual abolition, the Vale's MP has claimed. more...
A JUDGE has warned a pregnant woman she can expect a jail sentence for a daytime raid on a house. more...
THE funeral is due to take place tomorrow (Friday) of an Evesham man who was killed when his motorbike was in collision with a lorry on the A435. more...
WORK began this week on a £385,000 road safety scheme on the A46 at Beckford. more...
gipsies battling to stay on an unauthorised site at Cleeve Prior have been knocked back once again. more...
PLANS for a 50ft antenna in Hampton, near Evesham, have been rejected by Wychavon district councillors. more...
VILLAGERS in Wyre Piddle are preparing to do battle with Worcestershire County Council following fears that a rat-run will be created after the long awaited £5.6m bypass is opened. more...
THE manageress of an Evesham shop has answered the prayers of an amateur dramatics' society. more...
DOCTORS in the Vale fear for the future of the Evesham and Pershore community hospitals following the announcement of a huge NHS budget deficit. more...
HELEN Barnett was given the runaround at Evesham's Rivers Gym, but it turned out to be all in a good cause. more...
EVESHAM High School has launched a fund-raising campaign in a bid to become South Worcestershire's specialist Sports College. more...
A GROUP of Vale women hit by cancer are refusing to become downhearted. Instead, they are pulling on their walking boots to raise money to fight the disease. more...
A CHRISTMAS production by a Kidderminster nursery raised about £100 for the Meningitis Research Foundation. more...
ALCESTER Hospital was built in 1914 at the beginning of the Great War with the purpose of serving a workhouse situated on the Fields Park Drive site. It has now earned its place at the heart of the community. more...
ARTISTS are known to derive their inspiration from all sorts of places but an Evesham-born man found his raison d'etre in the paragraph of a book. more...
WHO would be a football referee? Players swearing at you and pushing you around, managers blaming your decisions for defeats and chants from the fans which question the legitimacy of your birth. more...
ANITA Knittel (Evening News, January 8) has allowed herself be sucked in by the twisted emotional propaganda of animal extremist groups and has therefore let down her patients. more...
LIKE Councillor Gary Kibblewhite, I use Worcester's roads and am absolutely amazed that he and the rest of the council haven't realised that the traffic problems are caused by the parent school run. more...
PHILLPOTT'S Files - every one a winner, guaranteed! But why was "Don't gamble with the euro" written under "taking a look at the not-so-obvious"? more...
THE national audit office recently reported that some notable hospital trusts had been massaging their hospital waiting lists to improve or retain their position on the hospital league table. more...
WE run a unique Helpline for people in need, their relatives or people who advise them. The Association of Charity Officers (ACO) is an umbrella body which represents a network of more than 200 charities that help individuals. more...
THE letter from D Sheppard (You Say, January 5) is a perfect example of how little knowledge the anti-hunt brigade have about the countryside. more...
There will be a four-mile walk in the Chaddesley Corbett area on Sunday. more...
Keeping up the progress from December at Kidderminster Library, the club is showing another eight filmsa. The season starts with the acclaimed Chocolat, and includes the evocative adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel House of Mirth on February 5, Buena Vista Social Club on February 12, Harry, He's Here to Help a French suspense-filled film on February 19, and the most recent version of A Midsummer Night's Dream. more...
The annual meeting will be held at Stourport Day Centre on Thursday, January 24, starting at 7.30pm. more...
A Christmas party was held in December, with a mini-pantomime, carols and a quiz. more...
There will be a meeting on Wednesday at Areley Kings Methodist Church, starting at 7.30pm. more...
The Gunpowder Plot and the Midlands is the subject of Vince Hemingway's talk on Wednesday, which starts at 7.30pm at St George's Church Annexe, Radford Avenue. more...
Due to illness and the bad weather, there were only a few members at the January meeting. more...
There will be a meeting of this self help group on Monday at a new venue - Horsefair Community Centre. more...
There will be one ride on Sunday, to Albrighton, Shropshire. more...
The third meeting of the reformed group featured Gerry Griffiths of Avian Adventures, who gave an illustrated talk about the birds of Finland and Norway. Sand martins are regular visitors to those regions. more...
Due to the club's continued success, he has now moved venue to Cleobury Mortimer Golf Club, allowing an earlier start and not such a late finish for members to travel home. Play now commences at 7pm sharp. more...
At the Christmas meeting, Howard Drury entertained with advice on pests, then hosted a quiz which included a musical section. more...
Creative gardener and judge Michael Ecob will give an illustrated talk on Wednesday, January 30 on preparing and presenting a display or garden for Bewdley in Bloom. more...
A Christmas party was held in December, with seasonal music, and a talk by John Fletcher on the new Kemp House Hospice building and its extra amenities. more...
The first meeting of the year featured a talk on Food for Thought by Rosemary Hubbard. more...
STAFF at a tiny branch of HSBC in Broadway raised more than £1,100 for charity during 2001. more...
FINES totalling £150, with £35 costs, were imposed on Jamie Bennett, aged 18, of Lime Tree Avenue, Broadway, by magistrates at Evesham last Thursday. He pleaded guilty to having no insurance or test certificate for a motorcycle and riding otherwise than in accordance with his licence on August 25. more...
THREE stone ornaments were taken from the back garden of a Broadway house last weekend. more...
MANAGER of the Lygon Arms in Broadway, Barry Hancox, has promised that repair work outside the hotel will start soon. more...
FIFTEEN silent vigils have now been held in Bewdley following September's terrorist attacks on the US. more...
RAIDERS broke into two Volvo cars which were parked near Broadway Tower between 2.35 and 2.45pm on January 2. The raiders stole a leather handbag and purse after smashing the rear quarterlight of a silver car, but the owner of a red Volvo, a man aged 45, from Broadway, returned to see two people breaking into his car. They quickly got into a waiting dark grey saloon with two other men and drove off. more...
AN APPLE a day keeps the doctor away, but not the bank manager, children of St Mary's First School in Broadway learned. more...
Bewdley Town Council has recommended a bid for permi- ssion to fit demountable flood doors to the front and back of a house in Severnside South be approved. more...
THE ongoing success of Bewdley Festival has sparked talks aimed at creating a theatre in the town as part of Opportunity Bewdley. more...
THE work of everyone involved in Opportunity Bewdley was praised by the men who hold the key to unlocking vital funding. more...
METHODS of tackling the bad behaviour of drivers in Bewdley should be an important part of shaping the town's future. more...
IT was a rum deal for marathon man Andrew Dickens who braved 106 degrees C to complete the Jamaica marathon for charity. more...
A CHARITY helping an increasing number of crime victims has appealed for volunteers. more...
COLLECTORS will be looking to raise cash in aid of children in Afghanistan later this month outside Sainsbury's in Kidderminster. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers joined in celebrations for the 21st anniversary of Kemp Hospice during Saturday's 1-0 win over Darlington. more...
A MEMORIAL concert for Stourport 70s pop star Clifford T Ward will be held next month. more...
A PROMINENT pensioners' campaigner who fought for the rights of Wyre Forest's elderly has died. more...
A POPULAR hospital visitor who grew vegetables for the elderly has died. more...
A NEW-look village hall has been unveiled following a lavish lottery-funded transformation that has provided a "real community resource". more...
THE problem of flooding in Kingsford Brook, Wolverley, looks set to continue despite talks with landowners last month, Wyre Forest District Council chiefs heard. more...
THE British Horse Society has welcomed Government consultation on an animal welfare bill and proposed updating of laws protecting domestic or captive animals. more...
RISING star Jimmy Chamberlain is celebrating more success after winning a part in a top production at the London Palladium following six weeks of tough auditions. more...
THE Best British Foal Show, which was introduced by Brightwells Auctioneers last year and sponsored by Supporters of British Breeding and Equilibra, will take a new direction in 2002, with three separate classes to reward the Best British show jumping, dressage and eventing foals of 2002. more...
BATTERED lurcher Heather is close to being rehomed after an article in the Shuttle/Times and News highlighting her plight prompted a big response. more...
A WOMAN born before the Boer War broke out in the late 19th century celebrated her 104th birthday last week. more...
VINTAGE railway footage will be delighting steam buffs on Saturday at Kidderminster Railway Museum. more...
THE owner of the remains of a medieval tower in Kidderminster who rescued it from ruin has had rate charges waived by grateful council chiefs. more...
A NEW sports complex available for both Kidderminster Harriers and the community could be built in the town following the thumbs-up from district planners. more...
HEARTLESS vandals have run riot at a Kidderminster school, destroying a millennium garden which was put together following a fund-raising push by pupils. more...
GLOOM over car parking in Kidderminster has deepened after a town centre car park was placed off limits to some season ticket holders. more...
100 years ago - January 18 1902 more...
NEWS that Worcestershire is to get a £1.5 million cash boost to cut "bed-blocking" in hospitals has been welcomed by Worcestershire County Council. more...
I WOULD like to thank our local team of health councillors and the workforce they employ for the magnificent job they did during the recent cold snap to help the young, elderly, infirm, mums-to-be etc to get around the town centre in the icy and dangerous conditions. more...
I AM somewhat amazed and yet bemused at Councillor Frank Baillie's letter in the Shuttle/Times & News (January 3). more...
I WAS interested in the photograph of members of Remove at King Charles I School in 1953 in the Shuttle/Times & News of January 3, and I was pleased that Mick Shuck had tracked down a number of his old school mates as a result of it. more...
WITH reference to LJ Jones's letter in the Shuttle/Times & News of January 10, concerning Sainsbury's "hazardous potato situation" in the run-up to Christmas, I have to point out that unfortunately I don't think our local fire-fighters benefited from the quick disappearance of the obstructing items as suggested. more...
FOR many people, men's health and men's diseases meas only one thing, and that is the prostate gland and it's diseases. more...
WHEN visiting Kidderminster recently I was disgusted at the McDonald's litter - plastic and polystyrene containers etc - strewn around the benches in Worcester Street. more...
I WAS very disappointed to experience a total lack of support when in need recently. more...
IN separate articles in the December 27 Shuttle/Times & News district political allies Councillors Mike Oborski (Liberal) and John Gordon (Health Concern) attack Worcestershire County Council of which they are members. more...
A REGISTERED blind man is facing trial at crown court on charges of making and distributing pornographic images of children. more...
COUNCILLOR Mike Oborski is right to think that the incinerator fiasco will damage public confidence in Worcestershire County Council (Shuttle/Times and News, December 27). more...
A KIDDERMINSTER man said to be a heroin addict has been warned he faces custody unless he complies with a drug testing order. more...
I REFER to a recent series of articles in the Shuttle/Times & News. more...
MENINGITIS and meningococcal septicaemia can kill children and young adults within hours. Today there is still no effective vaccine available for the prevention of meningococcal group B meningitis which accounts for most cases of bacterial meningitis. more...
MECHANIC Steven Randall used his trade skills to help a friend hot-wire a car in a dealer's compound. more...
THERE has recently been some publicity concerning the proposed and controversial plans of the Royal Shakespeare Company for the town of Stratford upon Avon but I feel that the average Stratfordian has not been sufficiently consulted or correctly informed of what these plans really are. more...
ONCE upon a time in Wyre Forest -- I relate the following tale, which is not so much a pantomime, but yet another health service disaster. more...
One can sympathise with Mr Parr in his quest for information on the Regional Development Agency. more...
A MAN was hit by a brick in a "vicious and unprovoked" attack by three teenagers in the early hours of Sunday morning in Stourport. more...
RESIDENTS of Wyre Piddle have recently received a leaflet outlining traffic restrictions proposed for the village. more...
I WOULD like to respond to the attack on me by Councillor Stephen Clee in last week's letters page. more...
Further to Irene Mackenzie and Brian George's letter in the Journal January 10, regarding my comments on the Regal Cinema, I would like to make an open reply on the letters page, I could nip across the road and speak to them in person but they are probably not the only ones who have been incensed by the white elephant comment I made and I want people to understand why I made it. more...
A BOY of 13 is to undergo further psychiatric assessment to see whether he is fit to answer a £350,000 arson charge. more...
I FIND the attitude of Kidderminster Swan Centre shop managers amazing. more...
THE Government has given former Labour Wyre Forest MP David Lock, who suffered a devastating election defeat last year, a top crime-busting role. more...
THREE men from Kidderminster pleaded not guilty at Worcester Crown Court to being involved in a conspiracy to supply heroin worth £150,000. more...
A KIDDERMINSTER man has been jailed for 15 months for sex attacks on a young girl. more...
HEAVY plant equipment worth almost £10,000 was taken from a Kidderminster business after thieves cut through a perimeter fence. more...
MEMBERS of Stourport Town Council have slammed on-going disruption in York Street claiming it poses a "danger to the community". more...
THIS week has seen the Third Reading of the NHS Reform and Healthcare Professions Bill. more...
TRADERS and residents of Stourport have united in opposition to regular funfairs being held in the town. more...
PEOPLE can feast their pampered 21st century eyes on "labour-saving" cleaning products and paraphernalia from the last 100 years at a new Stourport library exhibition this month. more...
A TEENAGE driver embedded his father's car into the family's Stourport house after he clipped a kerb and lost control early on Sunday morning more...
IF you live outside the Wyre Forest area, you might think that the crisis over night-time ambulance cover has nothing to do with you. more...
HEADLESS Cross residents are being urged to help landscape parts of their own neighbourhood. more...
A MAJOR scheme costing more than £1million has been drawn up in an attempt to improve the town centre around Church Green, writes Becky Procter. more...
AN application to extend the Public Entertainment Licence at a popular town centre pub until 1am three nights a week has prompted objections from residents. more...
THIS rustic scene was photographed in 1930. more...
HELP is at hand for sufferers of chronic pain and fatigue following the founding of a fibromyalgia support group by a former Kidderminster nurse. more...
SPORTS centres in Kidderminster and Stourport could be transferred from local authority management to charitable trusts in a move aimed at slashing costs. more...
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a housing estate in a conservation area of Cleobury Mortimer have been thrown out by South Shropshire District Council. more...
BURGER giant McDonald's has seen its plans for a drive-thru restaurant - its third site in Kidderminster - thrown out by district planners amid widespread public opposition. more...
VULNERABLE teenagers face the "devastating" experience of being moved away from family, friends and schools in Wyre Forest due to an acute shortage of foster carers in the district. more...
RESIDENTS are paying twice for the same service and Wyre Forest District Council "couldn't care less" about it according to the leader of Stourport Town Council. more...
BIG changes are in the pipeline for Bewdley with a revamped town centre, theatre and arts centre and skate park all in the offing. more...
BUSINESSES in Stourport have invested thousands of pounds to install CCTV cameras across the town centre in a "ground-breaking" bid to combat criminals. more...
FOLLOWING the case Government inspectors warned the manufacturing industry to give more attention to the safety of their workforce when using large machinery. more...
A CARPET company has been fined £45,000 after a worker got caught in machinery and suffered horrific injuries. more...
FIREFIGHTERS were called out to the River Severn in Bewdley in a special boat to fish for an unusual catch - a Ford Orion. more...
ONE heart attack, two strokes, two cases of high blood pressure and one broken relationship - this has been the price of flooding for people in one part of Bewdley. more...
A "GODSEND" for the most socially deprived ward in Worcestershire will bring 30 new jobs and health facilities after plans for a new fitness centre were approved. more...
FEARFUL paramedics have warned people will die if county ambulance provision is not changed. more...
ARTISTIC students at Evesham High School have been inspired by works of art from the past - and their creations are now being put on display next to them. more...
BOGUS callers posing as plain-clothed police officers are believed to be responsible for a series of distraction-type offences in Hereford. more...
A SCHOOLBOY told a jury he visited a Kidderminster flat to buy drugs with money he made by selling stolen goods. more...
SCHOOLCHILDREN who took a trip into Worcester's past had plenty to smile about when they were presented with history awards. more...
A FARMER forced out of the family home because his mother died has had his application to build himself a bungalow thrown out. more...
A WORCESTER pasty shop has been given the go-ahead by the city council, despite concerns that its presence contravenes the 1998 Local Plan. more...
A MEMORIAL to 12 children and a teacher who died in the Hagley school mini bus crash has been attacked by vandals. more...
A WORCESTER mental health unit which was closed when bacteria was found in the water system has been reopened to patients. more...
A DROITWICH pensioner who refuses to pay her business rates is to be made bankrupt. more...
THE Malvern division of the St John Ambulance service is celebrating after raising £1,000. more...
A SHAKE-UP among West Worcestershire Liberal Democrats has brought the temporary suspension of the Malvern branch and the resignation of the prospective Parliamentary candidate. more...
PREPARATIONS are underway to deal with the transfer of housing stock away from direct Worcester City Council control. more...
A NURSE pushed an elderly woman into a chair so hard that it left the ground and hit the wall behind. more...
A CAMPAIGNER is outraged after discovering cattle grids are to be installed in several roads throughout Castlemorton. more...
TWO police operations over Christmas have been hailed as successes in reducing disorder on the streets of Worcester - but taxi drivers claim more work needs to be done. more...
UP to £1m which doctors feared was to be stripped from Worcestershire to pay for bureaucratic redundancies looks set to be returned to the county. more...
STUDENTS from Worcester College of Technology have been put through their paces in a series of sport, fitness and health challenges. more...
A TEENAGE girl who was celebrating the end of her GCSE examinations has been convicted of handling stolen goods in a Worcester nightclub. more...
AMBULANCE workers have put out an emergency warning that the service is deeply under strain - and patients could die. more...
Mangotsfield Utd 1, Evesham Utd 3 more...
Evesham Utd 2, more...
KIDDERMINSTER'S Claire Cashmore has retained the disabled sports personality title after building on her achievements in spectacular fashion. more...
TENNIS ace Lewis Barnes is one of the country's talented up-and-coming players who could one day follow in the footsteps of Tim Henman. more...
RICHARD Rhodes led Sunday's Evesham Wheelers A group in mild weather conditions to Upton- on-Severn, via Sedge- berrow, Greet, Goth-erington, Tredington and Corse Lawn. more...
EVESHAM Swimming Club stages its 17th Annual Biathlon on Sunday April 28. more...
KEN Mothersdale has been a driving force behind National League Stourport Hockey Club throughout the last 30 years. more...
Evesham C 22, Chiltown 19 more...
MES Pinvin and District League more...
HOTSHOTS at Kidderminster Rifle Club have had a tremendous centenary year, both at local and national level. more...
EVESHAM'S junior girls have again been in good form as they enjoyed success at the Head of the Avon Gorge race. more...
Evesham and District Airgun League more...
Cotswold League more...
THE under-15 girls from the newly formed Kidderminster and Stourport Athletic Club have been outstanding in cross country and road relays. more...
Evesham and District Association more...
TEAM Dynamics have lost star driver Matt Neal for a second time, writes Mervyn Collins. more...
COMMITTED Elaine Gale has been instrumental in pushing forward netball in the Wyre Forest area. more...
EVESHAM rower and Wychavon's Senior Sports Personality of the year, Crystal MacLeod, is looking for urgent funding after setting her sights high to go to the World Championships for Indoor Rowing in Boston USA next month. more...
CYCLE speed merchant James Shaw is a bright hope for England, having won the British U-23 Road Race Series and the one-day championships. more...
EVESHAM Rowing Club member, Andrew Walker, produced a fantastic performance in winning his Under-18 race and at the same time setting a new Grand Prix record time of six minutes 24 seconds for his 2000m event in the second round of the National Indoor Rowing Grand Prix organised by Concept Two. more...
SIX months after joining Worcester Athletic Club, Daniel Keen has already notched up a quartet of cross country triumphs. more...
WYRE Forest's sporting achievers will be rewarded at the annual district sports awards next Thursday. more...
RICHARD Brenda, a pupil at Alcester High School, was the youngest member of a triumphant Warwickshire Fencing Team in Nottingham this weekend. more...
Mangotsfield Utd 1, Evesham Utd 3 more...
Evesham and District Association more...
Leamington Spa 8 pts, Pershore 6 more...
PRINCE Henry's Under-18s rugby side crashed out of the Daily Mail Schools Vase last Wednesday. more...
WE'VE banned all talk about the Rotherham match this week because everyone needs to focus 100 per cent on Henley at Sixways. more...
FIVE dropped shots in the space of six holes cost Jeremy Robinson a top ten finish at last weekend's Bell's South African Open. more...
ANDY Ducros kick-started his Kidderminster Harriers season and handed Jan Molby the "biggest result" of the campaign so far. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers Ladies began 2002 in style with a 3-0 victory over Billesley to keep them top of the West Midlands Premier League. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers joined in celebrations for the 21st anniversary of Kemp Hospice during Saturday's 1-0 win over Darlington. more...
RED Foxes triumphed 341-330 over Flintstones in Division One of the Worcester & District Ladies Skittle League. more...
Coming soon... from the Worcester Evening News sports team. more...
REDS manager Rod Brown was this week hoping to tie up the signing of former Stourport captain Lea Shaw in time for the trip to Sutton Coldfield Town on Saturday. more...
ROD Brown is hoping to talk to former Stourport skipper Lea Shaw tonight about a move from Bilston. more...
Redditch United Grand Christmas Draw Result; 1st: Mr K Jones c/o Linread; 2nd: Sanders Clan; 3rd: Mr DK Broome c/o Howard; 4th: D Dyson c/o J Mee; 5th: Rana Micro Springs c/o Rg; 6th: J Slater c/o Howard; 7th: M Harris c/o Good food group. more...
NICKY Cross is set to declare himself fit to play against his former employers on Saturday. more...
CHAMPIONS Ashton triumphed in the opening contest of the 2002 Eve-sham Indoor League season. more...
EVESHAM CC wants to make their ground available to works and office teams, and pub sides. more...
AFTER losing 4-2 to Bloxwich last Saturday Stourport Ladies Hockey Club first team entertain Olton 2B on Saturday. more...
WORCESTER Norton Under 19 women's squad retained their Worc-estershire Clubs Championship Trophy with three convincing wins at Stourport and now qualify as the county's representatives in the Midland Counties Under 19 Clubs' Finals at Northampton on March 10. more...
LUCTONIANS took over the leadership of Midlands One last weekend when they beat Leicester Lions 11-3 at Kingsland. more...
THE North Midlands Cup and Shield competitions have again been affected by rearranged league matches. more...
MALVERN Rugby Club travel to Sharmans Cross Road on Saturday to take on the second string of National One side Birmingham and Solihull. more...
THREE North Midlands players have been included in the England 18-Group Schools final rugby union trial at Nottingham High School this weekend. more...
MIDFIELDER Leon Jackson is doubtful for Worcester City's clash with Hednesford Town this weekend. more...
DUNCAN Roke looks set to be handed a key role for Worcester against Henley Hawks on Saturday. more...
BEWDLEY returned to the league programme after seven free weeks to lose 26-0 at in their first North Midlands Three return fixture of the season. more...
BOTTOM club Cleobury Mortimer slipped further into Midlands Four West (North) relegation peril with a narrow 17-15 defeat at Handsworth. more...
INJURY-hit Stourport coach Ronnie Hobbs was philosophical after a 23-3 Midlands Four West (South) defeat at Southam kept them second from bottom. more...
A FIRST defeat in six years to rivals Bridgnorth put a dent in Kidderminster Carolians' Midlands Three West (North) title bid. more...
FOCUSED Ferndale Girls U-13s hold a 5-1 lead from the first leg of the League Cup semi-final after a comfortable home win over Hednesford Town. more...
THE Samba Boys' beat is still playing in the Stourport Five-a-side League Premier Division after a big 7-2 win over AC Ram at Stourport Sports Centre. more...
WOODTHORPE had an impressive 4-0 victory over Mistermen in Kidderminster Six-a-Side League Division One at Stourport Sports Club. more...
POOLE Hall is the venue for a contest on Sunday. more...
OWEN Davies scored a hat-trick to help St John's Tigers U-17s to a 4-2 victory in a day of Stourport Youth League Cup action. more...
STRAWBERRY Pool: B Roberts 19-3, T Hughes 4-15, C Willis 4-6. more...
LOWLY Brintons recorded a shock in Kidderminster and District League Sunday Premier Division with a 4-3 win over high-flying Grange United. more...
Birdseye Sports Evesham Sunday League more...
LATEST match: Paul Waters 45-8, Mark Johnston 8-6, Colin Reed 2-4, J Mills 1-12. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers Ladies began 2002 in style with a 3-0 victory over Billesley to keep them top of the West Midlands Premier League. more...
Pershore Town 7, more...
CHADDESLEY Corbett play their first match since their 4-1 win over Wyre Forest on December 22 against the same team on Saturday. more...
Bishampton 5, All Blacks 3 more...
BEWDLEY Town were knocked out of the Kidderminster Hospital Cup by West Midland League Division One North side Ounsdale by the only goal of the match. more...
IT was a bad day for Bretforton Old Boys in more ways than one after the Stratford Alliance leaders crashed out of the Nursing Home Cup. more...
SUNDAY, Lyttelton 21-43: P Wilson 3-9 (bonus peg), R Harris 3-4, M Carey 1-10-8dr - 22 fished, only three weighed in. more...
Littleton U-11 8, Evesham Utd 0 more...
Littleton 6, Badsey Utd 1 more...
THERE will be a match at HETA Pool on Sunday, draw 9.15am. more...
Willersey 2, more...
A CONTEST has been organised for Sunday at Poole Hall, Cuckoo Pool. more...
Evesham Utd 2, more...
CHRISTMAS match: Paul Pearsall 8-0, Gary Owen 4-0, Bob Harris 3-0, Mick Sztybel 2-12, Andy Bentley 2-8. more...
DRAGONFLY Pool provided excellent sport despite the frost. more...
THE Ultimate Double event will take place at Moorlands Farm Fishery on Sunday with £400 each to the winners of the carp and silver fish contests. more...
A player with an impressive reputation in homeland Denmark, Henriksen headed to Harriers on a three-month loan in November. more...
JAN Molby took Richie Appleby to Swansea in August 1996 and is now reunited with him until the end of the season at least. more...
LARKIN joined Harriers on a month's loan on Friday, September 14, but suffered a dead leg in training and lasted only 45 minutes on his debut against Plymouth. more...
Tall target-man who made an immediate impact with his aggression, spirit and goal-scoring on being signed for £50,000 from Peterborough in January 2001. more...
Pacy Foster was top scorer during the Conference-winning season but has been hit by injury throughout his professional footballer days. more...
Ex-England youth and schoolboy international Ducros has been used by Harriers both behind a front-two and in attack. more...
Bennett was a then club record buy of £30,000 from rivals Bromsgrove Rovers in January 1999 and proved a goal-scoring menace to Conference opponents in the title-winning season. more...
The son of former England goalkeeping legend Peter spent the past two seasons at Hartlepool before his free transfer move to Third Division opposition Harriers. more...
After starting off as a trainee at Liverpool, Williams was released at the age of 19 to return to his native Wrexham. more...
Ex-England schools, youth and U-21 international Blake was a big hope at Aston Villa before moving to Portsmouth, Leicester, Walsall and Mansfield. more...
Senegal-born Sall began his career with French Third Division Montauban and impressed enough to be snapped up by Toulouse. more...
Rangy Ayres joined Harriers as a youth-team player from Walsall but progressed to the reserves after impressing at the heart of the defence. more...
San Diego-born Joy began his footballing education at Tranmere Rovers but did not make the first team. more...
A broken tibia temporarily ended his professional career and Clarkson was forced to play outside the Football League, signing for Harriers in November 1999. more...
Stamps started with Torquay United despite being brought up in Birmingham and his obvious talent earned him a £10,000 move to Colchester United in 1997. more...
MIDFIELDER Leon Jackson is doubtful for Worcester City's clash with Hednesford Town this weekend. more...
Another Mr Versatile, Smith signed for Harriers in 1997 for £19,000 from non-league rivals Bromsgrove Rovers. more...
TRIVIA: Joint Kidderminster Triva League leaders Hare and Hounds and Red Man BCC both recorded good victories. more...
Versatile Hinton began his career at right-back before reverting to a centre-half role during the Conference championship-winning season. more...
CHESS: Kidderminster again took a share of the points in their home Wolverhampton League Second Division match against Lucas. more...
Released by Aston Villa, Brock signed for Harriers in September 1997 after a short spell at Northampton Town where he failed to make an appearance. more...
DARTS: Blount A moved back into second place in the Rock and District League with two victories in one evening against the Sun & Slipper (6-3) and the Blount B (7-2). more...
DARTS: Great Western claimed revenge over leaders Red Lion as the second half of the Bewdley League season got underway. more...
GOLF: Alan Sykes and Nigel Smith won the Christmas Competition at Cleobury Mortimer which attracted 68 entries. more...
SAILING: The opening races of Trimpley Sailing Club's new winter series began with light to moderate winds and a good turnout. more...
SNOOKER: St George's A have extended their lead at the top of Kidderminster Wednesday Snooker League to 10 points with a 4-1 victory over Pockets B. more...
SNOOKER: Snooks A came from 2-0 down to beat Pockets A 3-2 and stay top of Kidderminster and District Monday Snooker League Division One. more...
TABLE TENNIS: The battle between the second and third placed teams in Kidderminster Table Tennis League Division One saw KF Hawks complete the double over Jim's Gym B. more...
ATHLETICS: The 2002 Amazing Feet Inter-Club Race League got off to a good start with eight runners in the Roman nine-mile road race at Stratford. more...
ATHLETICS: Matt Vaux-Harvey won the Birmingham Cross Country League Division Two race at Northampton on Saturday. more...
`Revolutionary' Keast armed with honesty more...
HOCKEY: Richard Wheeler's hat-trick helped Kidderminster Boundary to a 4-4 draw at home to Solihull Blossomfield in DTZ League Midlands One. more...
HOCKEY: The experienced David Knott was Stourport indoor side's leading scorer in the first round of national league matches at the Glades, Kidderminster. more...
DUNCAN Roke looks set to be handed a key role for Worcester against Henley Hawks on Saturday. more...
MALVERN RFC more...
A NERVY opening failed to stop record signing Andy Ducros turn only his fifth Football League start of 2001/2002 into a successful one. more...
FIXTURES more...
AN umpires course run by the Kidderminster and District Cricket Umpires Association has started on Tuesdays at Chainwire. more...
INDOOR coaching is being run for youngsters through Victoria Carpets Cricket Club junior section. more...
Shipston Ladies 1, more...
WINCHCOMBE School has been running a mixed hockey club for all age groups and abilities since last September. more...
West Bromwich II 2, more...
Bretforton Ladies 2, more...
TIM Langford has urged injury-hit Stourport Swifts to put their FA Trophy woes behind them and chase the Dr Martens Western Division leading pack. more...
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