Worcestershire | Archive | 2005 | July
WATCH out for the fireworks at this year's Three Choirs Festival with an exciting programme for classical, choral and jazz lovers! more...
BUDDING classical musicians have the chance to take part in a rehearsal and play-through of movements from Beethoven's Symphony No 1 on Sunday. more...
RESIDENTS of a Kidderminster estate are keeping their fingers crossed for fine weather this weekend as they look forward to their first party in the park, organised by the Friends of Broadwaters. more...
IT will be a busy weekend of events in Broadwaters, with the well established annual fair taking place there on Saturday. more...
ACOUSTIC performer, King Rich, will be raising money for Third World charities when he performs at Kidderminster Library next week. more...
VEHICLES harnessing the power of steam - some of them dating back decades - will be the main attractions at an event taking place near Stourport this weekend. more...
FAMILIAR songs from the shows should make for an entertaining evening when Great Witley Operatic Society presents A Grand Night for Singing. more...
A YOUNG actor from Kidderminster has been selected from 2,800 applicants for a place at a prestigious drama school in London. more...
SEALIONS are tuning up as West Midland Safari Park prepares for a spectacular music with fireworks show this weekend. more...
MIDSUMMER Melodies is the theme as well as the title of an evening of entertainment being presented by Stourport Choral and Operatic Society. more...
AMAZING, awesome, breath-taking, magical and sensational - these are just some of the many adjectives that could be used to describe this high octane show and I'm sure the capacity audience would have found many, many more. more...
THE sandy soils and shady woods we find almost all over the Wyre Forest district provide the ideal growing environment for what has to be one of the most spectacular of our wild flowers - the foxglove. more...
MORE than 189,000 people attended 354 performances at The Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham in the last year. And that means theatre staff are celebrating a 10 per cent increase in theatre-going in their latest annual report, as well as a year of performances of all kinds staged by some of the country's top names in acting and entertainment. more...
STRATFORD is hosting the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, on Wednesday. The choir is making one of its regular visits to the town and will be performing a programme of works from the English choral tradition in Holy Trinity Church, raising money for the Stratford Music Festival in October. Box office: 01926 496277. more...
VICTOR Borge was a comedian who was at one point the highest paid entertainer in the world. more...
SHAKESPEARE'S earliest comedy was a tale of confusion, bafflement and upset within a single day - and it is the latest play on the stage at the RSC. more...
ONE of the country's favourite actresses, Prunella Scales, is coming to Cheltenham with her one-woman show tonight and tomorrow. Most famous as TV's Sybil Fawlty, it will be another even stronger character she brings to life in An Evening with Queen Victoria. Contact the box office on 01242 572573 or log on to www.everymantheatre.org.uk. more...
A NEW production of Humperdinck's masterpiece Hansel and Gretel will be revealed at the opera house at Longborough. more...
ONE of the most popular romantic comedy films of all time - When Harry Met Sally - has been adapted for the stage and is coming from the West End to Malvern, complete with an all-star cast. more...
A HAUNTING thriller is heading the new autumn season at The Everyman, Cheltenham. more...
SEATS and perspectives will be altered at The Theatre in Chipping Norton, when its annual Theatre in the Round week gets under way from next Tuesday. more...
AN interesting exhibition of `visionary and theatrical paintings' from a former RSC Artist in Residence is on show in Chipping Norton from next week. more...
TONIGHT: Kidderminster: Library - Simon more...
Swan, Worcester - Extravaganza!, Tuesday. more...
Barber Institute of Fine Arts - The Art of Love, more...
CONGRATULATIONS to the people who inaugurated and upkeep the wonderful wild-flower garden along the Waterside in Evesham, it is really lovely. more...
PEOPLE Power can not only save our hospital, but also get it improved. more...
THE reasoning behind the South Worcestershire Primary Care Trust suggestion that two wards in Evesham Hospital are closed to save money is flawed. more...
THERE is one thing puzzling me about this closure of two wards at Evesham Hospital. Mike Ridley of the PCT says it is to save £4m. more...
WITH so many complaints being aired about conditions and treatment in some hospitals, it is difficult to understand the thinking behind the proposal to close essential wards in a hospital which receives nothing but praise by those who have received treatment and care there. more...
LIKE many people who have grown up in Evesham but moved abroad or away, it has always been reassuring to know that my parents live in a town with a community hospital. I am devastated to hear that you are closing wards rather than extending facilities. more...
A NEW company is inviting Worcester people to sell their unwanted goods online - without the need for a computer. more...
UNION activists will today stage a demonstration to highlight the low pay of workers in the hospitality industry. more...
FIREFIGHTERS will today lobby MPs to urge support in a campaign against plans to replace emergency fire control centres with new regional sites. more...
FARMERS are being offered bookkeeping advice to cope with changes introduced by the Government to the subsidy system. more...
Rate cut pleas more...
BRAVE pirates and wimpy policemen fought it out in a production of Pirates of Penzance at St George's Catholic School in Sansome Place, Worcester. Children from year six acted out the main characters but all pupils from the junior school took part in Gilbert & Sullivan's famous operetta. Teacher Berny Murray said it had taken about four weeks to rehearse and the final production was impressive. "They've really grown into their parts," she said. "We've definitely got some budding actors and actresses and the parents have just loved it." Pictured above is, from left, Robert Maddison (pirate king), James Linsey (Major Genral Stanley) and Charlotte Edmodson (Ruth). Picture by Richard Eaton. 28660301 more...
AN adventurous writer who cycled 18,500 miles from his home in Bewdley to China is celebrating the publication of his story. more...
LOVE may be in the air for a Harvington pensioner who was invited for a candlelit dinner after taking part in a radio phone-in. more...
LANGUAGE will prove no barrier to visitors to Witley Court thanks to the introduction of tours for West Midlanders whose native tongue is not English. more...
A KIDDERMINSTER man who entered his sister's home and stole £200 cash and a ring has lost his appeal at Worcester Crown Court against a two-month jail sentence. more...
A TEENAGE boy was assaulted at Weavers Wharf, Kidderminster, during an afternoon incident. more...
WYRE Forest students are being warned by police not to get involved in "irresponsible and potentially dangerous" end-of-term pranks. more...
NEW dinner menus offering healthier food options are being made available to children at three Wyre Forest schools. more...
A DEDICATED Kidderminster volunteer has been rewarded for her hard work with an invitation to a garden party hosted by the Queen. more...
MORE than 30 Wyre Forest parents have been fined £50 each for allowing their children to bunk off school under new powers brought in to tackle truancy. more...
A GROUNDBREAKING scheme encouraging parental involvement in their children's education has been launched in Worcestershire. more...
CIVIC leaders from all over Worcestershire converged on Kidderminster for the town's Mayor's Sunday event. more...
HEADTEACHERS have been appointed for 26 of the 30 new schools that will operate as a result of the Wyre Forest education review. more...
DISABILITY access campaigners staged a protest at Kidderminster Railway Station, calling for planned improvements to be given a high priority. more...
LEARNING "ambassadors" will help boost adults' skills levels in Kidderminster's Oldin-gton and Foley Park and Sutton Park wards. more...
DOES anyone know of a Kidderminster signpost in a more unusual place this? more...
STAFF at a Stourport travel agency will be putting on their running shoes to help raise money for a cancer charity. more...
PROPOSED new road markings could go a long way towards making a Kidderminster road safer, according to councillors. more...
A WOMAN who fraudulently claimed more than £17,000 in benefits has appeared in court. more...
A MOTHER-of-two who stole a purse after walking through the open front door of a Kidderminster house has been jailed for a year. more...
A KIDDERMINSTER mother has raised more than £900 to help fund vital cancer research by taking part in a charity race. more...
HARTLEBURY School fete will be attended by Worcester MP, Mike Foster, who will open the Totalots nursery. more...
EVESHAM town councillor Paul Rencher, who is alleged to have gate-crashed the Mayor's Ball after drinking, is to go before a Standards Committee at Wychavon Civic Centre on Monday. more...
MEMBERS of the Bidford Christmas Lights committee will be holding two events to help raise funds to replace and buy new bulbs. more...
Please could someone tell me how Grinnell Homes ever managed to get planning permission for the hideous collection of dwellings situated at the bottom of Bath Road, the former Bristol Street Motors site? more...
I should be shocked by Councillor Aubrey Tarbuck's letter, Orbital road only logical solution to our problems' (Monday, June 27), but I'm not. There isn't an atom of logic in it, nor is there any logic in our city's consultants supporting the completion of Worcester's orbital road. more...
MEMORIES came flooding back when I saw the photo of Reindeer Court (Worcester News, June 30). more...
At its annual meeting in Manchester (June 27-30) the British Medical Association (BMA) dropped its opposition to doctor-assisted suicide (see the Times report of Friday, July 1). more...
SO, Mr Williams is going to build beautiful flats in Comer Road. more...
Further to John Brenan's piece carrying the statement made by Coun David Tibbutt (at the meeting) to the effect that "using a mobile phone probably carries more risk than the mast..." more...
AT first glance I thought headlines in the Worcester News (Wednesday, June 29) would solve a mystery in the sky over Malvern Link; over Regency Road estate to be precise. At about 9 o'clock on June 28 I glanced out of the window to observe the weather, to see a blazing mass of something or other travelling in a southerly direction. It was travelling at a great speed and engulfed in yellow flame. more...
EVESHAM people believe it's time there was entertainment for both old and young people in the town. more...
EVESHAM'S Abbey Gates were as large and stately as any in the kingdom and historian Michael J Barnard has been researching what the gates really looked like all those years ago, the area around which is known today as Abbey House. He talked to Gerry Barnett about it. more...
TEN years ago, if you took a bottle of rosé to your neighbour's barbecue they would have most likely turned their noses up. more...
A BROADWAY man has received an OBE from the Queen honouring his work with adult learners. more...
THERE is a drastic shortage of affordable homes in Bidford, according to the latest survey. more...
OPERATION Covert is a step closer to reaching the £30,000 milestone after members of Bewdley Rotary Club collected £1,000 in a bumper bucket-shake and car boot sale. more...
THE plans for the new building at Rhydd Covert are now on display at the Shuttle Times & News office in Black-well Street, Kidderminster. more...
I WAS pleased to be invited with four other MPs to tea at No.10 by Cherie Blair and to take with me three young people between nine and 15, each with a parent. To select the children, I drew three middle schools out of a hat and then asked the headteachers to choose a representative. Laura Alton, 12, from Sion Hill, David Clarke, 13, from St. John's and David Richardson, 12, from St Anne's were the three selected. more...
FLOWER FESTIVAL: A flower festival was held in the quaint chapel at Cookhill, with displays depicting the parables. Ploughman's lunches were served. more...
A WYRE Forest man who has devoted 30 years of his life to Scouting is leaving his akela post with a Kidderminster Cub pack. more...
A BEWDLEY woman and her family have become the latest "inmates" of the Tower of London. more...
THE British Horse Society has welcomed the newly published draft Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Bill) - because it would put in place better protection for horses and ponies. more...
HEART of England fine foods launched its new consumer food club relish at the Royal Show this week. more...
THE finals of the British Association of Shooting and Conservation Big 5 gundog competition will be held at the Cotswold show and country fair at Cirencester Park this Saturday and Sunday. more...
Steve Kirkby will show how to make Fabergé-style eggs, at the Wyre Forest branch's meeting on Thursday, July 14. more...
Some pub nights have been organised by this club for "social singles". more...
At the Ramada Hotel, Bewdley on Monday, John Hope will invite everyone to "Come and her about the world of the private investigator - but don't expect too many secrets to be given away". more...
The Wyre Forest Group has organised a family walk of 3.75-miles duration at Clee Hill on Sunday. The walk is not suitable for pushchairs. more...
Refugees and inter-faith issues are the subjects of the meeting on Wednesday at Areley Kings Methodist Church. more...
A talk on "How the Weather Works" was given by Mr Godfrey at the June meeting. more...
At Mamble village hall on Monday, Phyllis Benedikz will give a talk on the Birmingham Assay office and the story of hallmarking. more...
Chairman Graham Kiteley presented a programme of recorded music by Four Englishmen of 1905. more...
The Summer show will be held at Trinity Methodist Centre, Kidderminster, on Saturday. more...
A Howell movement was played at The Lion Inn, Cleobury Mortimer, on June 21. more...
Margaret Cook gave a talk while arranging a display of summer flowers from her garden (and a local supermarket), then donated the arrangements for raffle. more...
Centenary celebrations continue, from a grand tour of Cornwall in March, to visits to local attractions in June. more...
THE Parish Plan Group at Broadway is organising an Open Day at the Lifford Hall this Saturday to give villagers the opportunity to find out more about the project. more...
Broadway-based photographer Kevin Smith has scooped a major award for his wedding pictures. more...
CATTLE, sheep, pigs and poultry from exhibitors in the Cotswolds and the Vale of Evesham picked up prestigious awards at the Royal Show this week. more...
A Bidford man who took part in sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl has admitted his guilt as the teenager was waiting to give evidence against him. more...
A VALE woman is fighting to bring a bus service back to Birlingham after Worcestershire County Council recently stopped it. more...
A MOTORIST who ran from police after being sprayed with CS gas has been ordered to carry out 80 hours of community work. more...
TWO former pupils of Pershore College have been showcasing their talents on a Channel 4 gardening programme and with great success. more...
EVESHAM Police this week warned motorists to be cautious when getting into their cars. more...
POLICE were this week hunting vandals who desecrated a grave in Evesham town centre. more...
Jubilant campaigners have announced they are closing in on their target to build the new St Richard's Hospice - thanks to generous donations and huge public support. more...
A TEENAGER from Middle Littleton, whose father is terminally ill with cancer, is organising a concert to raise money for Evesham Hospital's Macmillan Unit. more...
WEST Mercia chief constable Paul West was among the mourners at the funeral of a Evesham police officer in the town yesterday. more...
SAVE Our Hospital campaigners will be out in force this Saturday at the famous Evesham River Festival. more...
MEMBERS of Wychavon District Council agreed this week to offer financial help in a bid to stop the front-line cuts proposed at Evesham Community Hospital. more...
I WRITE regarding the opening of the annual exhibition by the full and part-time art and design students at Kidderminster College. more...
ORGANISERS were delighted when 300 people packed the Public Hall for a briefing meeting by leaders of Save Our Hospital Campaign. more...
THE lives of members of the rural community are already beginning to be devastated by the Government's "unjust" hunting ban, the High Court was told this week. more...
I HAVE just received an e-mail from the UK to advise me that my lifelong friend Stanley Goode passed away on June 12. more...
THOUSANDS of visitors are expected to descend on Evesham at the weekend for the annual river festival, a highlight of the town's summer calendar. more...
AN Evesham family is delighted with the prospect of staying in their own home after an innovative idea by Wychavon District Council. more...
ON behalf of Club 55 plus, of the Social Day Centre, Stourport, I offer a big "thank you" to all the people who supported us at our VE event on Saturday, June 18. more...
The numbeR of people who have signed the Journal petition to save Evesham's Community Hospital has more than doubled over the past week with more than 8,000 people now calling for plans to close two wards to be scrapped. more...
IF anyone is serious about all this plastic waste, how is it that supermarkets still dish out free plastic bags by the billion? more...
I COMPLETELY disagree with the remarks by Mrs H Pimble, regarding the carpet bed on Kidderminster's ring road. (Letters, June 23). more...
BROADWATERS Park in Kidderminster is looking beautiful and considerably enhanced by installation of hanging baskets. more...
FROM the agency that condemned Stourport's York Street to 57 months of bollards, another load of old bollards - the new Dunley Road junction. more...
I FEEL offended at the detrimental comments about Marlpool First school. more...
WHILE I sympathise with Jacqui Penn over the effect of changes to the Wyre Forest school system that will soon take place (Letters, June 23), I must take issue with her very misrepresented view of the Wyre Forest Schools Review, and her comments regarding Marlpool First School, which have upset some parents. more...
MOWERS worth a combined total of £2,000 were stolen in a raid on a property in Blakedown. more...
I CAME to live in Kidderminster more than 30 years ago for no better reason than I liked the town and the people, and it seemed a nice place to live, work and raise a family. For many years I think I was right. more...
A 17-year-old youth suffered a cut and swollen mouth after being assaulted in Kidderminster town centre. more...
A STOURPORT woman in her 60s has been swindled out of almost £12,000 after falling for a phone scam. more...
A £10,000 award has been served up to Wyre Forest District Council by the Food Standards Agency to fund a schools survey project. more...
100 Years Ago July 8, 1905 more...
SEVEN Royal Doulton figurines of King Henry VIII and his six wives, together worth more than £1,000, were stolen during a burglary in Cookley. more...
DROITWICH residents are being urged to continue to fight for a saltwater lido after alternative plans were proposed for the derelict site by Wychavon District Council. more...
MAYOR of Worcester Aubrey Tarbuck has called for the missing link in the city's ring road to be built to regenerate the city. more...
A COUNCILLOR involved in a black-tie spat with the Mayor of Worcester's chauffeur at a charity ball will face the music on Monday. more...
THE ambulance service in Hereford and Worcester has offered its chemical unit to help with the London bombings. more...
DEVELOPERS are being urged to give a multi-screen cinema star billing in regenerating Kidderminster's Worcester Street area. more...
CHILDREN are being denied the chance to play in a recently refurbished Kidderminster park which has become plagued by drunks and drug addicts. more...
Although we in Britain are reputed to be `a nation of animal lovers' we can also be extremely cruel to our pets. more...
In last week's Journal, it said that following the proposed cuts to Evesham Hospital, 103 letters of objection have been written so far. more...
A VALE of Evesham man, Chris Reynolds, of Fladbury, has won the prestigious title of West of England regional Syngenta Farm Spray Operator of the Year. more...
VILLAGE FETE: Arrangements are well in hand for the Cotswold Life Magazine Fete awarded to Willersey as Village of the Year. The event will be held on Saturday, August 20 and will have events and stalls throughout the village, on the greens, the recreation ground and along the Main Street. more...
PLAYGROUP: Playgroup children raised £308 during a sponsored litter pick-up in the centre of the village. more...
PARISH COUNCIL: At their June meeting, chaired by cllr Tony Wilkins, parish councillors heard that the Cotswold AONB marker stone at the junction of Front Street and Mickleton Road had been moved. The chairman reported that he had attended a meeting at which section 136 payments was discussed, and that he had spoken against the ending of the district council's reimbursement of expenditure on mowing and repairs to play equipment. John Maples, MP, had written to explain that the majority of people in the district would benefit from the new system, and county councillor Issy Seccombe said that it would reduce council tax by three per cent. The parish council was still not happy about this, because people in other areas used the facilities of the playing field almost more than Ilmington residents, and Ilmington ratepayers would now have to finance all the costs of providing these facilities for the benefit of the whole district. more...
WICK WIVES: The meeting on June 27 was held at Waveney, home of Beryl Burton. Seventeen members gathered to hear Mr. Fossey talk of his years as a toastmaster. He officiated at many events, including one attended by The Queen. He entertained members with accounts of his many experiences, sometimes having to cope with the unexpected. The vote of thanks was given by Sarah Wilson. Refreshments were served by the hostess and committee members. The raffle prize was won by Ann Latchford more...
ART SOCIETY: The art exhibition held at Broadway over the Whit weekend was successful with more than 300 visitors viewing the 90 paintings on show, 14 of which were sold. more...
A GROUP of campaigners is backing a bid to raise awareness and achieve Fairtrade town status for Bewdley. more...
CAMPAIGNERS from Wyre Forest joined thousands of people marching in Edinburgh in support of the Make Poverty History campaign. more...
A WHITE banner has been placed around the tower of a church in Bewdley in support of the global campaign to wipe out poverty in developing countries. more...
HEADS appointed to run Wyre Forest schools in the two-tier system from September, 2007 are: more...
WYRE Forest's Polish community will hold events relating to the country's wartime history as part of the 60th anniversary. more...
ORGANISERS of Stourport Carnival are inviting people to help mark the event's 80th anniversary. more...
CHILDREN are being denied the chance to play in a recently refurbished Kidderminster park which has become plagued by drunks and drug addicts. more...
MONTHLY farmers' markets in Stourport have proved so popular during a trial run they are set to carry on. more...
A KIDDERMINSTER teenager has been given a two-year anti-social behaviour order banning him from riding or driving any mechanically propelled vehicle in a manner likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress. more...
MORRISONS is creating 48 new jobs in Kidderminster as it rebrands the Oxford Street store currently operating as Safeway. more...
THE jobs of 240 people employed by furniture making sister companies at Hartlebury are under threat after both companies went into receivership. more...
TENBURY Wells is set to become England's Mistletoe Town and Teme Valley mistletoe, officially branded `a kiss or two above the rest', is on track to be marketed throughout the UK. more...
A GROUP that befriends elderly people has become one of the first in the country to receive a prestigious new award for their work. more...
PEOPLE are being asked to clear their throats and raise their voices to help raise funds and awareness for hospices around the world. more...
A TOURIST board has received 100 per cent support from visitors to open a town attraction every weekend. more...
BUDDING reporters from a Worcester school were quizzing city residents to discover their views on the themes of hope, reconciliation and the Second World War in particular. more...
REPORTERS, a photographer, a librarian and a personal assistant from the Worcester News will be ditching their notepads and cameras in favour of oars this weekend. more...
LOCAL craftsmen are exhibiting three dimensional creations at a Worcester art gallery. more...
HUNTING the banks of the Severn for lost children or scouring parks for potential suicide victims are just two of the tasks you could be doing as a volunteer for a new emergency search and rescue team. more...
BEWDLEY'S disappointing 66-run defeat at home to Alvechurch has left them seventh in Crusader Worcestershire County League division one. more...
Hanley Castle and Upton 130 Tenbury 131-3 more...
A BLISTERING century from former captain Ben Smith led Worcestershire to a comfortable 37-run Twenty20 Cup victory over Glamorgan -- but it proved too little, too late for the Royals. more...
SHOAIB Akhtar is facing a race for fitness ahead of Worcestershire's County Championship clash against Yorkshire tomorrow. more...
VIKRAM Solanki today became the first England substitute of the new era as the match against Australia brought in the new rule changes for the NatWest Challenge opener. more...
STUART Watkiss has insisted he is not assembling a `Dad's Army' with the signing of another 30-something. more...
JOCKEY Tom Doyle led from start to finish to land the first race at Worcester Racecourse last night. more...
EXPERIENCE won the day as the Fossils defeated a younger Tibberton side by nine wickets and Malvern Wells by 10 runs. more...
DAVID Robinson struck a career-best 137 not out as Kempsey defeated Hewell by 35 runs. more...
THE Independent Tae Kwon Do Schools Federation held an annual black belt grading at Droitwich Leisure Centre. more...
JAMES Carter fired 24 off one over en route to a career-best 186 for Worcester. more...
VIKRAM Solanki today became the first England substitute of the new era as the match against Australia brought in the new rule changes for the NatWest Challenge opener. more...
STUART Watkiss has insisted he is not assembling a `Dad's Army' with the signing of another 30-something. more...
SHOAIB Akhtar is facing a race for fitness ahead of Worcestershire's County Championship clash against Yorkshire tomorrow. more...
CHADDESLEY Corbett Football Club are stepping up their pre-season preparations with a tour of Wales. more...
TRIALS for Evesham United's Under-17 side will take place at Evesham High School on Sunday, July 17 from 10am and also the following Tuesday night from 7.45pm on the Astroturf at Pershore High School. more...
Hurst Farm: Mick Rowe 13-5, Barry Southall 12-13, Harold Price 11-12, John Guest 8-0. more...
Moorlands, Moors Pool: T Hyrons 38-12, S Campbell 31-2.5, T Cooke 22-2, M B rown 20-7, R Campbell 18-11. more...
A contest will be held on the BAA Stourport riverbank and Newhalls on Sunday, with the draw to be made at 7am behind Stourport Leisure Centre. more...
Walcote: P Connoly 22-1, F Hutton 7-10, T Ploughwright 1-6, R Brumby 1-5. more...
Moorlands Silver fish pool: A Wilmot 34-11.5, M Galazewski 31-6.5, D Pugh 30-5. more...
TRIALS for Evesham United's Under-17 side will take place at Evesham High School on Sunday, July 17 from 10am and also the following Tuesday night from 7.45pm on the Astroturf at Pershore High School. more...
Juniors, Three Crowns: L Taylor 20-15, C McPherson 19-5, W Mills 13-5, L Bow 13-3. more...
Woodside Fisheries: Dave Parson 28-2, Devin Driver 20-3, Dave Parry 19-6, Mark McGinley 12-5. more...
Wren's Nest Pool: P Knowles (visitor) 36-13, R Moule 35-5, T Hughes 22-12. more...
Some cutting out took place on Wrens pools recently, but because of lack of attendance some pegs remain in need of maintenance, and members are encouraged to make an effort to carry out this work as soon as possible. more...
Larford Lakes: Ray Jordan 23-6, Dennis Moles 22-2-8dr, John Hancocks (guest) 18-8, Trevor Hyrons 17-13-8. more...
Stourport Lyttelton, pegs 44-58: Colin Garbett 1-15 (golden peg), Frank Guest 1-1, Jeff Garbett 1-0. more...
KDAA Pool Silver fish match: Mick Price 13-5, Mick Millinchip 10-1, Trevor Wills 8-12. more...
Wednesday: Ken Humphreys (Oswestry) 99-5 (Sycamore 33, corn and pellet, carp 8lb, tench 3lb), Jason Elwell (Wednesbury AC) 98-14 (Sycamore 24, paste and pellet, carp 8lb, bream 3lb), Steve Roberts (Rod & Gun) 93-4 (Sycamore 36. more...
Sandpipers Pool has given excellent sport this week, with quality carp to 12lb caught in matches. more...
The Sunday open was held this week on Mucky Meadow Pool. Winning for the third time, Chris Senter fished meat and paste off peg 39 to land 122lb 5oz of fish. more...
On the Wyre Dell six trout to 2lb 8oz were caught with a hares ear, another angler taking 12 trout to 2lb on a mixture of flies. more...
A NEW four-hour match record for Moorlands Farm Fishery was set by Stuart Palser, who fishes for the Daiwa Gordon League, on Sunday evening Open, when he caught 288lb 10 oz of fish from peg 54. more...
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KIDDERMINSTER teenager Melissa Knott is on cue for the grand finals of a Pontin's pool tournament after winning a weekly qualifier at a holiday camp in Southport. more...
MEMBERS of a Kidderminster karate club were among the medals at two recent tournaments. more...
THE Chadwick brothers of Hartlebury - Dan, 12 and Ben, 10 - have both achieved black belts in karate/kickboxing. more...
THIRTEEN members of Kidderminster's Tae Kwon Do School of Excellence were celebrating after their successful black belt grading in Droitwich. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Rooks Chess Club did reach the Worcester and District League Cup final, but otherwise their league form, in Division Two, has been poor, and they ended the season with two losses. more...
A TEAM of riders - Paul Prince, Matt Ashcroft, Joe Rowe and Dan Harding - took silver for Wyre Forest Cycle Racing Club in the Team Pursuit Final of the West Midlands regional track championships at Manor Abbey stadium, Halesowen. more...
ANDY Norris was the first Amazing Feet Running Club member to complete the Timberhonger 10k at Bromsgrove at the weekend, which was part of the town's carnival attractions. more...
ROSE Bradley of Bewdley Bowling Club won this year's Tony Crisp Ladies Singles beating Mo Millard of Kinver in the final. more...
SAMURAI'S young judo stars were spread far and wide recently with their quest for glory taking them to Birmingham, Gloucester, Shrewsbury and Holland. more...
MARC Roberts took the blue ribbon double in the third round of the Young Athletes Track and Field League competition at Swindon, winning both the 1,500 metres and 800m men's U-17 events. more...
FIRST time entrants of the Kidderminster Harriers Golf Day, Hire-It, claimed this year's trophy after winning the annual event. more...
BEWDLEY Pines promising golfer Richie Atkins has set his sights on a professional career in the sport after winning an open-age competition at the club. more...
Dave Adey Apps 20, gls 0; Linton Bailey (1), 0; Richard Ball 19 (2), 15; Leon Blake 41 (5), 8; Marc Burrow 28, 3; David Carns 15 (7), 3; Jermaine Clarke 42 (8), 19; Tim Clarke 29 (1), 0; Daire Doyle 1, 0; Steve Duncan 34 (4), 8; Aaron Farrell 1 (3), 0; Simon Fitter 12 (16), 0; John Gayle 3 (1), 0; Steven Hands 35 (3); 0; Stuart Hamilton 32 (3) 0; Wesley Joyce 8, 2; Lee Knight 29 (3), 3; Karl Lewis 3, 0; Tobias McIntosh (3), 0; Neil O'Sullivan 18 (4), 0; Gavin O'Toole 43, 3; Grant Pinkney 40 (8), 4; Craig Pountney (1), 0; Lee Ross 8, 4 (retired); Ravi Sangha 5 (11), 4 (nlwc); Andy Smith 5 (2), 0 (nlwc); Leon Thomas 2 (3), 0 (nlwc); Anthony Watson 50 (1), 1; Danny Williams 19 (15), 5; Simeon Williams 16 (6), 0; og 1. more...
STUART Watkiss has defended his policy of recruiting experienced players after seeing his squad labelled as a "Dad's Army". more...
BEWDLEY Town and Kidderminster Harriers hope to signal the start of an exciting era for Wyre Forest football when they meet in a pre-season friendly on Saturday. more...
BEWDLEY will be hoping to clamber away from the foot of the Fearnley Factory Shop Worcestershire Sunday Club cricket league Ist XI when they host Worcester on Sunday. more...
SUNDAY LEAGUE more...
GEORGE reached the final of the Wednesday Junior Plate in one of the only two Wilden Industrial Estates Cricket League Wednesday Cup and Plate semi-finals completed, the others being abandoned due to the rain. more...
DIVISION ONE more...
Division One first teams: Alvechurch 192-8, Bewdley 126; Luctonians 85, Chaddesley Corbett 87-4. more...
GEORGE Baylis hit a superb 123 for Chaddesley Corbett thirds in Division Seven, but could not prevent Stourbridge Social winning the match by 28 runs. more...
CLEOBURY Mortimer beat Stone on Saturday by 91 runs in a Division Five encounter. more...
IT was a bleak day for a re-shuffled Stourport first team as they were beaten by three wickets at Stourbridge in a Division Three encounter. more...
A FIVE-WICKET victory over bottom-of-the-table Hallow enabled Chainwire to climb to third place in Division Five. more...
Cookley suffered a crushing 94-run defeat at Division Two rivals Worcester Nomads. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Victoria county league seconds beat fellow strugglers Bromyard by two wickets in their Division Two fixture. more...
BATTING (knocks of 50 or more) more...
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