Worcestershire | Archive | 2001 | March
Treasures In Your Home: An Illustrated Guide To Antiques and Their Prices (Reader's Digest, £34.99) more...
Turning Thirty by Mike Gayle. (Hodder and Stoughton, £6.99) more...
Complete Guide To Allergies by Pamela Brooks (Robinson, £9.99) more...
Romanza by Andrea Bocelli more...
THE Classical Music Society are holding their 27th Young Musicians Recital at Kidderminster Library next week. more...
A YOUTH choir present their spring concert in Kidderminster this month in an event which promises something for most music lovers. more...
TALENTED students at Kidderminster College are taking to the road in a double bid to entertain the public and complete their coursework. more...
A CONCERT pianist from Kidderminster has met Prince Charles - and presented him with one of his CDs. more...
La Traviata by Guiseppe Verdi (Opera). March 2-3. 8.00pm. Festival Theatre, Malvern, Worcs (01684 892277). more...
Chamber Music - Centre Stage. March 2. Lunchtime 1.10pm. CBSO Centre, Berkley Street, Birmingham (0121 616 6500). more...
Surrealism in Birmingham. Until March 3. Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham (0121 303 2834). more...
Worcester Film Society - Drop Dead Gorgeous. March 2. 8.00pm. University College Worcester, Henwick Road, St Johns, Worcester (01905 611742 or 355171). more...
Rose, Kidderminster - Singing In The Rain until March 10. more...
THE star of some of British television's best-loved sitcoms is coming to Worcestershire. more...
Winter season more...
A few dollars more more...
WHAT WOMEN WANT (12): more...
LOVE Fifteen, a new show from the Riding Lights Roughshod Theatre Company, is coming to Worcester. more...
SENDING up Shakespeare is the object of a world-renowned show coming to The Theatre in Chipping Norton. more...
DRUMMERS from around the World will descend on Cheltenham later this month. more...
THERE will be something for everyone when the Worcestershire Theatre Festival 2001 starts next Wednesday. more...
SHOCK! Horror! Lives turned upside down in under three and a half minutes!! more...
LIKE the window display of a fine Belgian chocolatier, Lasse Hallstrom's new film is a visual delight. more...
THURSDAY: Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Cool Britannia. Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - Celtus. Brierley Hill: Robin R'n'B - The Company of Snakes. more...
IT might have been the hippy-styled Summer of Love, but 1967 rapidly turned into the dark winter of despair for Worcestershire's farmers. more...
SOME of the rising stars of opera are coming to Campden. more...
The Barron Knights first appeared on stage together in 1960. Brian Epstein booked them to appear as a support act to the Beatles on their very first UK tour. This later led to them gaining a recording contract with EMI. more...
BUDDING singers are being urged to try a bit of barbershop. more...
Romanza by Andrea Bocelli more...
A LAST-MINUTE budget deal means average band council taxpayers will be paying an extra £60.95 a year to Worcestershire County Council from April. more...
AN average Band D taxpayer will have to pay an extra £6.84 a year after Wyre Forest District Council approved a 4.99 per cent increase in council tax last night. more...
Astwood Bank Operatic Society members are preparing to tread the boards with another lavish production which begins a five-night run at the Palace Theatre from Tuesday. more...
TWO fire stations could be built in Redditch to cope with an ever increasing workload, it has been revealed, writes Becky Procter. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE County Council has been accused of snubbing a recycling company in order to forge a "state monopoly". more...
A WORCESTER-based communications agency has launched its Creative Awards 2001, designed to recognise the achievements of graphic design students. more...
WORCESTER-based engineering firm Ricardo Test Automation Limited has entered into a joint venture with internationally-renowned company Schenck AG. more...
SPRING is in the air (no, really) and the green-fingered among us are turning our thoughts to gardening. more...
WARWICKSHIRE police officers on motorway duties are to be released for more frontline work, thanks to a new partnership. more...
MELANIE in her jim-jams certainly stopped passers by in their tracks as she hit the sack in Waterstone's window to draw attention to Bedtime Reading Week. more...
VISITORS to Stratford will no longer get the chance to admire the work of talented local artist Anthony Parkes this summer. more...
MOTORISTS in the Stratford area can breathe a sigh of relief after Stratford magistrates finally locked up a 15-year-old habitual car thief. more...
COUNCIL tax payers in the Vale seem to have avoided the threat of a double-figure increase in taxes for the next financial year. more...
LIVESTOCK farmers have put up the shutters in a bid to prevent foot and mouth disease wiping out cattle and pig herds and flocks of sheep in south Warwickshire. more...
MEMBERS of the South Warwickshire Alzheimer's Disease Society have unveiled a silk wall hanging produced with the help of a professional artist. more...
IF only preventing laminitis was simply a question of keeping fat ponies away from rich grass, but every year horses and ponies of every breed and discipline contract this excessively painful illness. more...
MEMBERS of Broadway's Darby and Joan Club celebrated fifty years of happy village get-togethers this week. more...
Christine Rose's four and a half year jail sentence has drawn a line under a 20 month nightmare for Offenham First School head teacher Jean Wardle. more...
THEY are big, furry, cuddly and loving and you only have them for a year, but guide dog puppies can bring the biggest rewards ever made possible by any animal. more...
MEAT sellers are in every shopping street, but butchers are becoming a rare breed. more...
IN a world where there is supposed to be tolerance and prejudice is frowned upon, it's a shame that we can't live up to these ideals. more...
FOR the benefit of your readers, I would like to point out that the recent "transport exercise" in St John's (Evening News, February 21) does not accurately represent Sainsbury's proposals for Swanpool Walk. more...
READERS will be distressed to hear Worcestershire's ruling Liberal/Labour Group voted through a council tax increase of 10 per cent again. more...
I FIND Councillor Clee's letter (You Say, February 8), praising Tory privatisations and Labour's continuation of the practice, utterly breathtaking. I am not too sure that we both live on the same planet, let alone in the same county. more...
REGARDING M N Sansome's letter (You Say, February 21), why should Mike Foster take note of Tim Pinney's claims about poisons and pest control? more...
IT is welcome to see the UK Government propose funds to combat disease in the developing world, as put forward by Gordon Brown and Clare Short. more...
THE Tories claim they will support families with their new Married Couples Allowance, but this is just another con trick. Eight out of 10 married couples will gain nothing at all - any new Tory allowances will go to the few at the expense of the many. more...
I QUITE agree with Mr L Spiteri (You Say, February 24). more...
I FOUND H Klee's letter of February 13 which suggested cutting free from EU red tape most baffling. more...
A LOCAL footballer had an ear bitten off by a club rival in a fight outside a pub. more...
THE Duke of Edinburgh will arrive at Avoncroft Museum of Historic Building, in Stoke Heath, at 2.45pm. more...
FINAL preparations are being made for today's historic visit to Bromsgrove by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. more...
UNEMPLOYMENT in Wyre Forest has fallen by more than 25 per cent since 1997, according to Government figures. more...
Evesham more...
BRITISH LEGION WOMEN'S SECTION: Held their February meeting in the Betteridge Room. After the business Gerald Heath gave a most interesting talk accompanied with slides entitled `Evesham Past and Present'. Gerald was thanked by Mrs Pratt. Hostesses for the evening were Mrs Bright, Mrs Gregg and Mrs Lampitt. Mrs Gregg and Mrs Lampitt kindly stood in. Monthly prize was won by Mrs Pinchin. Next meeting on March 7. more...
A COURAGEOUS woman waiting for an urgent heart-lung transplant has put her own problems to one side to raise money for others like her. more...
TWO new beat managers have been appointed by Kidderminster Police. more...
WYRE Forest MP David Lock joined in a scheme to boost trees in Britain by planting an oak sapling. more...
A CALLIGRAPHY group celebrates its 10th anniversary this month with an exhibition at Bewdley Library. more...
BEWDLEY's civic leaders, who saw streets under water twice before Christ-mas, have given the thumbs down to a barrier they say would cause "more disruption than half a century of flooding". more...
WYRE Forest's Conserv-ative prospective parliamentary candidate feels Dr Richard Taylor's decision to stand for Health Concern in the impending General Election could be beneficial - to sitting MP David Lock. more...
AN outraged Labour councillor has asked why a Health Concern colleague's libel costs have been picked up by the district council's insurers. more...
DAVID Lock has warned the people of Wyre Forest that sending Dr Richard Taylor to Westminster could damage the chances of future Government investment in the district. more...
A HEALTH group set up to link doctors with other community health care services is set to start a new period of independent financial control. more...
CAMPAIGNERS bidding to save services at Kidderminster Hospital are to fight seven seats in the Worcestershire County Council elections on May 3. more...
A MAN who raised £9,000 to buy his wife a special wheelchair after a battle to get physiotherapy at the Alexandra Hospital failed has taken his case to a disability discrimination group. more...
CHILDREN across Wyre Forest were flying high during half-term week in memory of one of the world's most infamous bombings. more...
WOMEN under pressure have been offered some light relief in the form of free stress reduction classes which are underway in Kidderminster. more...
100 years ago more...
100 years ago more...
THE role of women in family life will be highlighted in a special service for Women's World Day of Prayer at two Kidderminster churches tomorrow. more...
100 years ago more...
PREGNANT women come in two kinds. The ones who enjoy compliments like "my dear, you look blooming" and those who look weighed down in body and spirit. Yoga made easy: Roz Widdowson. more...
WORKING parents in Kidderminster have been boosted by a £25,000 lottery grant which has been used to help expand facilities at a day nursery. more...
AN exciting line-up of wedding day services helped attract more than 600 visitors to a show to remember. more...
MALVERN Town Council has hit back at its leading critic by questioning how he spent public cash. more...
A WYRE Forest concessionary travel scheme should not be swapped for a county-wide system that could encourage people to shop elsewhere, Wyre Forest District Council has agreed. more...
A MALVERN woman was so fed up with crime on her estate, she made police arrest her to get away. more...
FLOWERS which have been grown by a Wyre Forest family for 200 years will feature in a new TV series. Michael Ecob puts his feet up in his garden. more...
A DANCE gala ended on a controversial note after it was claimed some entrants snubbed its finale in protest at decisions made by a top judge. more...
A SCHEME to educate the public about car safety had a big impact in Kidderminster town centre. Tony Page gets a crash course in road safety with help from Kidderminster town centre beat manager PC Paul Green. more...
NATIONAL Servicemen from Worcestershire were among the British forces fighting the terrorists in Malaya at this time half-a-century ago. more...
RICHARD Taylor, our prospective MP, is being linked with Richard the Lionheart. more...
A SERVICE is being held in Trimpley this weekend to unveil a plaque in memory of a First World War soldier whose name is mysteriously missing from Wyre Forest's war memorials. more...
DRIVERS have been warned that temporary traffic lights and a 10mph speed limit will be slowing down weekend traffic on the A449 near Kidderminster for six weeks. more...
AN Areley Kings artist gave a Midlands football club the perfect boost before one of the biggest games in their history. more...
SMALL screen buffs in Wyre Forest can get a glimpse into the future of television when the Independ-ent Television Comm-ission brings a special presentation to Kidd-erminster this month. more...
NEW evidence has been unearthed in support of Wyre Forest District Council's bid to bring a cinema to Kidderminster. more...
A REWARD of £1,000 reward is on offer in a bid to catch those responsible for a brutal fox killing when two of the animals were mutilated. more...
HISTORY will be coming to life at a moated Elizabethan manor house near Kidderminster this weekend. more...
Due to the Foot and Mouth emergency the clubs Sunday rides are being suspended until further notice. more...
WINNING prizes is a piece of cake for an icing sugar sculptor. more...
CHILDREN at a Droitwich Spa nursery are simply daft about daffs. more...
EUROPEAN measures to cut down on the number of old cars sent for scrap could mean dozens of new jobs in Long Marston. more...
MP PETER Luff is pressing the Home Office for funds to rebuild fire stations at Broadway and Pebworth. more...
A VALE man has put pen to paper to write a moving account of life with his autistic son. more...
HOAX callers have been warned that they are putting lives at risk by wasting police time. more...
THE efforts of pupils at an Evesham school in raising money for charity was rewarded with the presentation of a commemorative certificate. more...
MORE money is to be ploughed into tightening speed restrictions in the Bidford area next year, says Warwickshire County Council. more...
BROTHERS Leslie and Christopher Webb have been given three months to remove an underground fuel tank and dig up a hardstanding on their land at Badgers Hill, Sheriffs Lench. more...
PANCAKES from St Andrew's School in Hampton have been raking in the pounds for Portage. more...
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new 1,150 capacity nightclub and bar in the heart of Evesham look set to win approval. more...
AS a former colleague of Dr Booth, a highly respected consultant physician, I am pleased that he has at this late stage clarified his position regarding the acute services (Shuttle Letters, February 22). more...
OFFICE blocks and corporate finance take the place of bleak castles and forests in Pershore High School's radical new interpretation of Macbeth. more...
Worried farmers have shut off their farms to all but essential visitors in a bid to keep the disease at bay. more...
I READ with interest the letter from Dr SN Booth (Letters, February 22), urging us to settle our differences with the Worcestershire NHS Trust. more...
Prize-winning butcher Colin Townend, of Fladbury Butchers, said supplies of British pork and lamb would run out soon but butchers like himself who hung beef would have enough for longer. more...
A LEADING member of the Worcestershire-Gloucestershire border farming community underwent a third operation in Canada on Tuesday after being seriously injured in a skiing tragedy which claimed the life of his friend. more...
I WAS so pleased to read that Dr Richard Taylor is to stand for parliament. more...
FIREMEN in Evesham are encouraging householders to fit smoke alarms in their homes. more...
A VALE school secretary and clerk to four parish councils is starting a four and a half year jail sentence for fraud on a massive scale. more...
LIVESTOCK farmers have put up the shutters in a bid to prevent foot and mouth disease wiping out cattle and pig herds and flocks of sheep in south Worcestershire. more...
DR Taylor, in his bid to win support in the General Election stakes seems anxious to blame just about everyone for the downgrading of Kidderminster General Hospital. more...
WE all feel strongly about the loss of services at Kidderminster General Hospital, but sending Dr Taylor to Parliament as our MP is not a good idea. more...
AS a country lover I am more and more disgusted at the practice of fly tipping. more...
A MYSTERY of criminal damage on a garage forecourt was solved when detectives matched red and orange glass fragments with a suspect's car. more...
I WAS pleased to find that red hearts were still readily available on Valentine's Day - after reading the comments of Councillor Frank Baillie (Shuttle, Feb 8) I feared that Health Concern may have cornered the market. more...
A man was treated at Kidderminster Hospital for a cut eye after being attacked by four men wearing brown football scarves on Sunday. more...
YET again, this week has seen First Midland Red increase their bus fares well above the rate of inflation. more...
I AM Group Scout Leader of Moreton in Marsh Scouts. Recently I received a phone call from an officious Cotswold District Council employee telling me that our cage that we keep gas bottles in had no padlock fitted and that we were breaking Health and Safety regulations. more...
A Toyota MR2 stolen from a house in Mill Lane, Kidderminster, was abandoned by thieves in nearby Plimsoll Street. more...
THE ruin facing livestock farmers as Foot and Mouth disease spreads around the country should make us take stock of what is important in our countryside. It is time to stop the endless bickering about fox-hunting and concentrate on the damage which this disease could do to rural life. more...
I AM amazed at the attitude of some Bewdley residents and traders towards the proposed traffic-calming measures in the Wyre Hill area. more...
THE news in last week's Evesham Journal that Evesham United Football Club are once more resubmitting plans to move their ground to Cheltenham road is quite unbelievable. more...
RAIDERS escaped with computer equipment worth £1,400 when they struck at Brintons Carpets' offices in Exchange Street, Kidderminster. more...
I am sure that I am not alone when I say that I sincerely hope that local Councillors see sense and pass the plans for Evesham United to move to the Cheltenham Road site. more...
I HAVE read letters and reports about the proposed incinerator, and at no time have I seen mention of the one at Hoobrook 20 years ago. more...
AFTER ten years of searching, Evesham United Football Club is pleased that it has at last found a site for a new ground that will enable the club to re-locate to the edge of the town, and also provide a community facility for young people who wish to develop their football skills. more...
MAY I through your newspaper, appeal to the irresponsible dog owners of Moreton-in-Marsh who allow their dogs to consistently foul the public footpaths in the town. more...
YOUNG arsonists are believed to have destroyed a portable lavatory on a building site in Cleobury Mortimer. more...
LAST week's letter from Councillor Peers glosses over some of the realities of the county council proposal to install a drastic traffic-calming scheme on the west side of Bewdley. more...
I READ with disgust about the pay out from Worcestershire County Council for the Broadway by-pass and even more disgusting is the council officers who put the stigma on Sandscroft Avenue as being the poorest part. more...
THROUGH the Journal I would like to thank the gentleman that helped me push my car from the traffic lights at the new bridge on Monday, February 12 in the pouring rain. more...
The report in your issue of 8th February on plans for a New Town Hall in Pershore provided a stimulating and useful topic of conversation around the town. Thank you, the better the input the better the project. May I now bring you right up to date? more...
Burglars escaped from a house in Mill Street, Kidderminster, with a computer, camera and DVD accessories worth about £1,950. They broke in between 8pm on Friday and 1am on Saturday. more...
Two Kidderminster men are to appear before a judge at Worcester Crown Court tomorrow on charges arising from pub violence in the week before Christmas. more...
A LUCKY group of children have been given new toys to play with from a popular toy company. more...
CHILDREN who took part in a half term play-scheme proved they were real animal lovers when they met up with some new little friends. more...
A 12-year-old Batchley boy born with a rare kidney disease has been nominated for a Young Hero Award in recognition of his spirit and bravery in dealing with the condition. more...
WOODLAND at a Great Witley tourist attraction is to be revamped as part of a £1.5 million English Heritage scheme. more...
STAFF and regulars at a Stourport hotel had a shock when former England footballer Jack Charlton checked in on Saturday night. more...
A CHURCH congregation did a double-take at a clergyman's smart new spring outfit thanks to the nimble fingers of craft group. Margaret Downton with the new more...
IT seems that nothing short of a miracle or a ruling by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott will now save the green acres of Grove Farm from the bulldozer and concrete mixer. more...
NO prizes for guessing where we find ourselves standing in the latest clash over bus fares affecting passengers in Worcestershire. more...
A MAJOR project to clean up the site of an ancient monument in Church Hill has been launched after complaints about its neglect, Becky Procter. more...
THE fight for the demolition of an "eyesore" Kidderminster town centre building is expected to hot up this weekend. more...
A HORSE breeder struck by illness has been devastated by a council snub which she says will mean she will have to sell up. Having to sell up? Lyn Phillips at her stud. more...
BOSSES at a Kidderm-inster superstore have been forced to pull abandoned shopping trolleys worth nearly £5,000 out of a nearby canal. Just a few of the shopping trolleys ditched into the canal near Sainsbury's. more...
WYRE Forest went on the alert this week as confirmed cases of foot and mouth disease in Herefordshire and a suspected case in Shropshire came too close for comfort. more...
A KEY meeting to decide a controversial planning application for a giant incinerator in Kidderminster may come to town after all following a change of heart by mayor Nigel Knowles. more...
A PENSIONER is basking in the glow of literary fame after writing a poem about her grandfather and a candle. more...
THE grieving parents of a teenage girl killed while trying to cross a dual carriageway have set up a trust in her memory to help fund a campaign aimed at preventing another tragedy. Michelle Bolton. more...
TWO attackers who left their victim fighting for life in a Malvern street have been jailed. more...
CONTROVERSIAL GM crops are to return to the two counties once again. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE has been awarded almost £680,000 to boost childcare provision and nursery education. more...
A LOCAL footballer had an ear bitten off by a club rival in a fight outside a pub. more...
TONY Blair has been attacked for failing to stop the "discrimination" against Worcestershire youngsters. more...
ANOTHER increase in bus fares will hit the pockets of the most vulnerable members of society, a councillor has claimed. more...
STUDENTS at the Pershore Group of Colleges, which includes campuses at Hindlip and Holme Lacy, have had their agricultural courses put on hold. more...
A HEREFORDSHIRE farmer who watched his livestock slaughtered after a foot-and-mouth outbreak is thinking about quitting Britain. more...
A NEW-LOOK website with a change of address has been launched by Wyre Forest MP David Lock. more...
WEST Oxfordshire District Council is reviewing its decision to switch Chipping Norton's monthly farmers' market from a Thursday to a Friday. more...
TORY constituency members in the Rock area of Wyre Forest have been introduced to a new name. more...
LONG Compton parish councillors have teamed up with Warwickshire Rural Housing Association (WRHA) in an attempt to attract new blood into the village. more...
VILLAGERS in Long Compton hope their fund-raising efforts for the victims of India's recent Gujarat earthquake will hit the £1,000 mark. more...
WYRE Forest is a key seat in the forthcoming general election, according to a senior Conservative shadow minister. Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate Mark Simpson greets shadow foreign secretary Francis Maude outside Brintons carpet factory. more...
LIVESTOCK farmers have put up the shutters in a bid to prevent foot and mouth disease wiping out cattle and pig herds and flocks of sheep in north Gloucestershire. more...
YOUNGSTERS in Blockley spent an enjoyable half term holiday just clowning around. more...
THE Tongan Warrior is preparing himself for the greatest battle yet as the countdown for the game of the season begins. more...
PETER Kirby (16) from North Littleton produced the second best British result at the Junior World Cup in Dourdan, near Paris to clinch a place in the youth World Cham-pionships team for the Cadet (under-17) sabre event. more...
PRS South Warwickshire more...
EVESHAM Wheelers Ken Haynes and Brian Newton kick-started the racing season off on Saturday afternoon in the Wyre C.R.C ten-mile time trial held near Upton-on-Severn in cold but dry conditions. more...
THOMAS Brenda (14), a pupil at Alcester High School, came second in the Warwickshire Sabre Championships last weekend. more...
Evesham and District Association more...
REVENGE was the order of the day for Evesham Rowing Club's ladies after they lost narrowly to Horny Hold in the Worcestershire League. more...
Evesham and District Airgun League more...
COTSWOLD Cobras, with the help of their sponsors Hella and Oliver and New-man, have won the National League (South Division) with two matches still to be played. more...
As the match draws to a close find out which side is most likely to take the points away from Bloomfield Road, more...
As the clash between Kidderminster Harriers and Blackpool gathers pace check out who is in control of the second half. more...
Follow the progress in the first half of Saturday's match in Lancashire. more...
Discover who has enjoyed the best of the early play at Bloomfield Road. more...
Harriers are looking to build on their last away result, an impressive 0-0 draw at play-off challengers Leyton Orient two weeks ago. more...
Find out the result of Saturday's Division Three clash at Bloomfield Road after 5pm GMT. more...
DROITWICH Rugby Club hope to cause a massive upset when they go head to head with Malvern in the second round of the North Midlands Cup on Sunday (2pm). more...
KINGS Heath earned a 2-2 draw at Sutton Town last night (Wednesday) to continue an impressive run of form. more...
STUDLEY returned to winning ways on Tuesday but left it late against lowly Southam. more...
Evesham and District AA more...
CASH-strapped Hereford United are set for a welcome financial bonanza after their FA Umbro Trophy quarter-final against Burton Albion was picked for live TV coverage. more...
DROITWICH Rugby Club hope to cause a massive upset when they go head to head with Malvern in the second round of the North Midlands Cup on Sunday (2pm). more...
Nuneaton Old Edwardians 23pts, Evesham 17 more...
Droitwich III 15 pts, Pershore III 32 more...
Nuneaton III 12, Evesham III 34pts more...
Pershore II 32pts, more...
Evesham II 62pts, more...
FOUR dropped shots at the last four holes on the opening day left Jeremy Robinson with plenty to do in the second 18 holes at the Caltex Singapore Masters. more...
AT the recent, well attended, annual general meeting of Evesham Golf Club, outgoing captain, Mike Whiteford thanked the members for all their help and support he received during his enjoyable year as captain. more...
WORCESTER City's on-loan defender Allan Davies will not be allowed to play in Saturday's showdown with Dr Martens League Premier Division leaders Burton Albion. more...
I was delighted with the way the boys responded to the disappointment of Henley with a rousing display against Coventry on Saturday. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club internationals Nicky Crawford and Joanne Yapp have both been selected to attend the prestigious Hong Kong Sevens. Winger Crawford and scrum-half Yapp will both represent the England Stormers at the tournament which runs from March 28 to March 30. more...
ST BENEDICT'S were celebrating after winning their first-ever match in the Evesham Indoor League. more...
BIRLINGHAM CC recently held its annual general meeting when the following officers were elected. more...
Evesham Utd 4, Mangotsfield 0 more...
Worcester City Football Club's full fixture list for the 2000/2001 season more...
WESTFIELDS poor run of results continued last night when they went down 3-0 at Causeway United. more...
WORCESTER Norton Ladies first team have opened up a three point gap at the top of Midland Hockey League Division 'A' following their recent victory over Charnwood. more...
PEGASUS Juniors clinched an impressive 4-1 victory when they entertained Almondsbury Town in the Cherry Red Records Hellenic League Premier Division at Rotherwas last night. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club internationals Nicky Crawford and Joanne Yapp have both been selected to attend the prestigious Hong Kong Sevens. Winger Crawford and scrum-half Yapp will both represent the England Stormers at the tournament which runs from March 28 to March 30. more...
DROITWICH Rugby Club hope to cause a massive upset when they go head to head with Malvern in the second round of the North Midlands Cup on Sunday (2pm). more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Jan Molby may find out later today if he is to serve a touchline ban. more...
CASH-strapped Hereford United are set for a welcome financial bonanza after their FA Umbro Trophy quarter-final against Burton Albion was picked for live TV coverage. more...
WORCESTER City's on-loan defender Allan Davies will not be allowed to play in Saturday's showdown with Dr Martens League Premier Division leaders Burton Albion. more...
SIZZLING Stourport inflicted only full-strength Kenilworth seconds' third defeat of the season with a solid 28-16 away win. more...
THERE were reasons to be cheerful at Cleobury Mortimer after they returned to winning ways in Midlands Four West (South) with a 17-15 success at Redditch. more...
THE Midlands Three West (North) relegation threat was almost certainly removed by Kidderminster Carolians after a 32-5 success over bottom club Newcastle. more...
Mostyn Rangers moved into second place in Kidderminster Six-a-side Soccer Leagues Division Two by beating top team Ryan's Wanderers 1-0. more...
FERNDALE Youth belied their bottom place in Stourport and District Boys League U-14 Division One. more...
KIDDERMINSTER and District League Sunday Division Two side Club Inter are into the Worcestershire FA Junior Cup final. more...
Sedgley 1 Chaddesley Corbett 1 more...
Mahal 2 Bewdley Town 1 more...
THE race for the Division One South title is gathering pace with Wyre Forest teams all playing a role at the top. more...
Shifnal 1 Stourport 1 more...
KIDDERMINSTER angler Colin Bailey landed 37lb of fish at Poole Hall Fisheries, his best specimen a 9.5lb mirror carp. more...
A DOMINANT performance saw Stourport Swifts return to winning ways in the Midland Alliance with a 2-1 victory at Willenhall Town on Tuesday. more...
Evesham United 1, Hednesford Town 0 more...
Highgate Utd 1, Pershore Town 0 more...
EVESHAM College's Football Academy will be holding trials next month for the new intake of the 2001/2002 season. more...
AN all-Stratford Alliance final was foiled when Bidford BC lost a thrilling penalty shoot-out against Newdigate in the semi-final of the George Dutton Cup. more...
Hallow WMC 3, Bishampton 1 more...
Littleton 8, more...
WILLERSEY suffered only their second defeat of the season in all competitions as they fell to a surprise defeat in the quarter-finals of the Evesham Sunday League's Black & White Garages Bluck Cup. more...
Leckhampton Rvrs 0, Badsey Rgrs U-11 2 more...
TRIVIA: HARE and Hounds ended a poor run in the Kidderminster Trivia League when they completed the double over Red Man Allstars by a single point. more...
DARTS: Teams are being invited to join the Sunday Morning Darts League for the summer. more...
CYCLING: Wyre Forest Cycle Racing Club veteran, Bill Picton, 70, took two awards at the Midland Veteran Time Trials Association's annual prize giving. more...
SNOOKER: Richard King suffered disappointment in snooker's biggest competition of the season, the World Championships. more...
CHESS: Kidderminster Chess Club's excellent season in Worcestershire League Division One continued with a 4-2 victory at Malvern. more...
CYCLING: Mountain bikers are being served by a recently formed club in Wyre Forest which travels the country to compete. more...
SAILING: Ray Drury took Trimpley Sailing Club's Saturday Snowflake Series in good sailing conditions with 9.75 points. more...
MEETING: Chester Road Sporting Club are holding their annual meeting at the Kidderminster club on Thursday, March 15, at 7.45pm. more...
ATHLETICS: Amazing Feet Running Club members ran the Action Heart 10k in Dudley. more...
SWIMMING: Stefanie Weston and Marcus Griffiths were winners for Wyre Forest Swimming Club at Redditch Gala for nine to 12-year-olds. more...
TABLE TENNIS: Kidderminster Table Tennis League's U-14 team ended the Heart of England Cadet League with a 100 per cent record to secure the championship for the third time in four seasons. more...
JUDO: A GREAT performance from Samurai juniors at the Midlands Minimon saw them come away with four medals with Tom Walker and Ben Newbury defeating everybody in style to win golds. more...
MOTOR SPORT: KART ace Nathaniel Freke completed a whitewash over a strong field at Three Sisters circuit on Sunday. more...
HOCKEY: SAD Chaddesley Corbett only had themselves to blame for a heavy 6-0 home defeat to Aston University in the DTZ League West Midlands Two. more...
HOCKEY: PROLIFIC Phil Lashford scored another two for Stourport but hosts Lewes fought back for a 2-2 draw in National Hockey League Division One. more...
HOCKEY: TEN-PLAYER Kidderminster Boundary Ladies recovered from a poor start at Malvern to win 3-2. more...
GOLF: WHARTON Park Golf Club's assistant professional Danny Clee is preparing for April's Master Card British Tour after finishing sixth in a regional event. more...
NETBALL: FORMER netball players are being encouraged to make a comeback and boost the thriving Kidderminster and District League. more...
TENNIS: FORWARD-THINKING Bewdley Tennis Club have appointed a head coach to keep up their progression. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Jan Molby may find out later today if he is to serve a touchline ban. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Jan Molby may find out later today if he is to serve a touchline ban. more...
DEFENDER Craig Hinton believes the new-look Harriers team needs more time to gel together - but the signs are good. more...
Evesham 3, Yardley 2 more...
Bretforton Ladies 4, Cheltenham II 0 more...
Bidford Ladies 3, Bretforton II 3 more...
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