Worcestershire | Archive | 2002 | October
BUDDING folk stars are being given the chance to benefit from the experience of established, professional musicians in a mentoring scheme being run at Worcester's Huntingdon Hall. more...
SOME of the best films in independent American cinema over the last year and international classics herald Wyre Forest Film Club's new season. more...
THE 21st anniversary of Wyre Forest's very own Last Night of the Proms this weekend will see one of its leading lights take a final bow. more...
A MUCH-LOVED comedy by Alan Ayckbourn is the next artistic offering at Kidderminster's Rose Theatre. more...
MUSIC lovers can get caught up on Wyre Forest soul band Chains at Bewdley Festival. more...
THE nation's funniest magician will be in his natural habitat when he comes to Bewdley Festival - and loving every minute of it. more...
EX-Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant is playing live in Kidderminster tonight when the town college unveils its own record label. more...
TWO free plays this weekend will give theatregoers the chance to give to charity. more...
ARTIST Sally Sheinman charted her daily life for a year through a painted diary. more...
Rose, Kidderminster - Time and Time Again Monday until October 12. more...
THE Bochmann Ensemble brings some of the world's greatest quartet pieces to The Theatre, Chipping Norton, on Sunday. Works by Mozart, Beethoven and Dvorak will all feature in the Bochmann repertoire for the afternoon concert, at 3pm. The box office number is 01608 642350. more...
THE City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra begins its autumn-winter season with a concert at Symphony Hall, Birmingham next Thursday. Beethoven's Violin Concerto and Choral Symphony are featured, with Marc Minkowski conducting. Renaud Capucon will be on violin. more...
CURTIS Stigers, who has notched up platinum sales of his albums, pays a return visit to Huntingdon Hall, Worcester, tomorrow. The singer-saxophonist will be showcasing his latest album, Secret Heart, which blends his own compositions with songs by people as diverse as Cole Porter and Steve Earle. Curtis was in Worcester during 2001 and earlier this year supported Barry Manilow on his UK arena tour. more...
LEADING English folk vocalist, June Tabor, brings her brand of meditative contemporary and traditional songs to the Subscription Rooms, Stroud tonight. more...
SOLOIST Noriko Ogawa will play Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor when the English Symphony Orchestra (ESO) performs at The Forum, Malvern Theatres tomorrow night. more...
AS we move into October and the weather starts to turn we often start to think about getting out our warmer winter clothing. more...
AFRICAN and Caribbean dance will be the theme of project - High Spirits - being brought to Evesham and Pershore during October. more...
WHEN Richard Briers takes to the stage as Prospero in The Tempest at Malvern Theatres later this month he is likely to be taking on his final major challenge in Shakespeare. more...
EVESHAM actor Ray Tomasi makes a return to the Cheltenham stage next week after a 25-year absence. more...
THE latest in the Classical Music Society's series of Live at the Library recitals began with Beethoven's Sonata in D Major. I was rather disappointed at a lack-lustre performance, though Bloomer was impressive, especially in the first movement. more...
THURSDAY: Kidderminster: Town Hall - Lunchtime organ recital. Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - Talon. Brierley Hill: Robin R'n'B - Fred Zeppelin. Birmingham: Old Railway - The Soul. Stourbridge: Rock Café 2000 - The Bleeding Hearts. Warwick: Arts Centre - Fine Arts Brass Ensemble. Wolverhampton: Robin R'n'B2 - Eric Bibb. more...
A PLAY tracing the early career of the great comic magician, Tommy Cooper, is currently running at Worcester Swan Theatre. more...
YOUNG actors in their first year after leaving drama school are performing King Lear at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan Theatre. more...
ROCK `n roll will have the joint jumping at the Theatre, Chipping Norton tomorrow when At the Hop recreates the hits of the 50s. more...
PERSHORE hairdresser Nick Long is all set to swap his scissors and tail comb for high-heel boots and a feather boa when he takes to the stage next month in an outrageous musical feast. more...
EVER popular numbers like Any Dream Will Do and Close Ev'ry Door To Me will be highlights of the return of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat to Malvern Theatres next week. more...
I'D like to wish the new-look Regal well. I well remember, as a teenager in the 1950s, making Saturday night trips from Aston Somerville on Percy Russell's bus to the Regal and Clifton cinemas, to see Roy Rogers and Gabby Hayes, Abbott and Costello, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, Jane Russell, and The Marx Brothers. Happy days. more...
ON behalf of the Coronation Street Disabled Club, I would like, through your column to thank all those who supported our recent fund raising quiz. The grand sum of £350 was raised, which will be a great help towards the running of our club. Thirty four correct answers were received resulting in a draw which took place at our 19th anniversary celebration on September 27. The lucky winner being Mrs Jean Beale of Offenham. more...
THE `Liberty and Livelihood March' may have been very well-attended; but don't forget there are about 14 million rural dwellers in this country. That makes about 13 and half million who didn't go on the march. What about their views? more...
WHEN I was a lad them nasty adults stopped me and me mates catching hairy old bluebottles to pluck their wings off and have a laff as they buzzed in circles on the lino. They said is wasn't right when all it was were a bit of fun, cept the pulling off part did make me squirm a bit the first time! more...
IT would appear to many people living in the Wyre Piddle and near villages, that there is a selfish element who are backing the `Close Off Wyre' campaign. more...
In reply to Mr Rosier and the few selfish people of Wyre Piddle who want to isolate their village. more...
A SOLUTION to parking problems at the new Bidford Primary School looks to have been reached. more...
TELEVISION celebrity Pam Rhodes was in Bidford last Sunday, helping to promote the church to its residents. more...
A JUDGE has accepted that a 15-year-old girl was a willing partner when she went to a south Warwickshire man's home where he kissed and fondled her. more...
CARPET retailers in Worcester have joined forces with carpet manufacturers in a £1m campaign to try and stop the industry's slide. more...
A RURAL surveyors has celebrated its first year in business. more...
A GROWING marketing company has appointed a new non-executive director to help steer its ambitious expansion plans. more...
BADMINTON gold-medallist Simon Archer was on hand to help launch the new office of a leading recruitment consultants. more...
HEREFORD'S late taxpayers could face £60-a-day fines as the Inland Revenue adopts a countrywide "get tough" policy, reports top ten accountancy firm Baker Tilly. more...
LAST week I attended a valuable meeting of the Wyre Forest Youth Strategy Group. more...
A FLEDGLING furniture store floored the opposition in a mystery shopper survey in Kidderminster. more...
A TEENAGER is off to the remote Falkland Islands to work in a travel lodge and see the area's famous wildlife first-hand. more...
A horsewoman and daughter from Stourport mounted their trusty steeds to take the first trot along a new long-distance riding route. more...
CHILDREN at a Kidderminster school joined Wyre Forest MP Dr Richard Taylor for an afternoon cuppa to raise money for cancer relief. more...
BUDDING dancer Abigail Taylor would have been forgiven for thinking it was a Stupid Mistake when she was asked to join Gareth Gates on his latest video. more...
A YOUNG man is "lucky" to be alive after his car careered off a road and came to rest precariously hanging over a 100 ft-tall cliff. more...
NEW licensees of a Bidford pub have been warned that action could be taken against them if a noise problem returns. more...
A VALE lorry driver and artist is putting together a book about one of Britain's most famous roads and is asking for help. more...
FOR years, residents from all over the district have been taking their household and garden rubbish to the Hill and Moor tip, quite happily. more...
THE parents of Sorren Prosser, the 26-year-old who died after an assault outside the Bodrum Kebab and Pizza House in Evesham last year, are calling for calm now the mop fair is back in town. more...
A CONCISE and extremely useful booklet guide to the churches and chapels of Worcester is now available at only around 50p. more...
A WILLERSEY-based company has answered an SOS from a fund-raiser who will be among thousands of competitors in the world's biggest half-marathon, which takes place on Sunday. more...
A WILLERSEY couple whose relationship took off after they met while working in an aircraft factory celebrate their diamond wedding today. more...
THE respected headteacher of Droitwich Spa High School is leaving for pastures new. more...
A long-established Bromsgrove factory is to close within the next few weeks with the loss of 30 jobs, the Advertiser/Messenger can exclusively reveal. more...
WE are told by Prime Minister Blair that Britain is the fourth wealthiest country in the world. The question is, how is that wealth distributed? more...
PAUL Griffiths, of Worcester Liberal Democrats, has presented wrong information to your readers regarding regionalisation. more...
THE Rev D G Griffin says it is unfashionable to love Church and State. more...
ANYONE who reads the national Press would see that countryside protesters aired a range of issues ranging from Post Offices and rural pubs to farming, transport and country sports. more...
ON Wednesday, September 11, like many readers of the Evening News, I mourned the death of the thousands of innocent people in the World Trade Center attack. more...
Think science and you're likely to conjure up images of boys peering into test tubes, plus Michael Faraday, Albert Einstein and Bunsen burners. more...
100 years ago more...
BRITISH LEGION WOMENS SECTION: Held their monthly meeting in Sedgeberrow Village Hall, Betteridge Room. Arrangements were made for the group meeting , with Eckington Handbell Ringers as entertainment. After all other business Sir Ross Simms gave a talk entitled A Policemans Lot Is. Sir Ross was thanked by Mrs Pratt. more...
A GARDENER has scooped a prestigious national prize at her first attempt. more...
COUNCILLORS are pushing for an archaeological survey to uncover Bewdley's medieval remains before flood defence work gets underway. more...
A YEAR on from the end of the most devastating foot and mouth epidemic, there is no let up in the calls for assistance being received by the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution's welfare department. more...
CLIMATIC changes may be responsible for an unusual species of butterfly being spotted in the Vale of Evesham. more...
The Wyre Forest branch will hold a meeting at Stourport Community Centre, Memorial Park, Lickhill Road, Stourport, on Thursday, October 10, beginning at 7.30pm. more...
The next meeting will be held at 11.30am on Sunday at The Territorial Army Centre, Kidderminster. more...
The Stourbridge branch, which covers Kidderminster and Bewdley, is appealing for donations of bric-a-brac and good quality jumble for a sale on Saturday. more...
The Wyre Forest group has organised a guided walk around Arley on Sunday. more...
The closing date for booking to attend the Christmas Feast in Blakedown Parish Room on November 18, is October 21. more...
In August members took the club boat to West Bay and dived reefs and two wrecks. These were the Baygitano, a British steamship which was sunk by a German submarine in 1918 and the St Dunstan, a 200ft iron vessel believed to have been working as a minesweeper when she was sunk in 1917. more...
Garden designer Fiona Hope, of Malvern, gave a talk on Easy Maintenance Gardening at the September 18 meeting. more...
On Thursday, October 10, Dr Richard Taylor will give a talk on A Man Before His Time - Dr George Masterman, Medical Officer of Health, In Stourport in the 1880s. more...
The speakers at the September meeting were J Beddows and R Martin. more...
On Monday, September 23 the opening night of the new season featured a Photographic Alliance of Great Britain recorded tape/slide lecture entitled Nature Portfolio. more...
Members lit candles for peace at various churches around the district, to mark the United Nations International Day of Peace. more...
Two rides have been organised for Sunday. more...
VILLAGERS in and around Broadway can see themselves on GMTV every morning as part of a weather sponsorship deal. more...
There were two speakers in September, both on a countryside theme. more...
A public meeting will be held on Wednesday in the Post Graduate Centre, Kidderminster Hospital, starting at 7.30pm. more...
At the September meeting Chris Sheldon, of the Royal Astronomical Society, took members on a whistle-stop tour of the solar system with a high tech presentation of The Universe in a Nutshell. more...
At the latest meeting, Elaine Horton talked about the flowers she grows on Tin Penny Farm, on the borders of Oxfordshire. more...
PLANS for a new hospice for a charity caring for people with cancer and other terminal illnesses - including Vale residents - have been given the go-ahead. more...
THE Prison Service hopes to sell off redundant land it owns near Long Lartin prison. more...
PERSHORE'S arts and community centre is celebrating after it was awarded a hat-trick of grants totalling £150,000. more...
Evesham town councillors have agreed to support the campaign against an asylum centre at Throckmorton by donating £300 to pay for a leaflet drop in the town. more...
A man who peddled heroin in Evesham town centre to fund his own addiction has been jailed for three and a half years. more...
AN EVESHAM schoolgirl has used a visit by her MP Peter Luff to lambast local councillors for neglecting the youth of the town. more...
A HARVINGTON man has died in hospital after his car collided with a telegraph pole and a wall. more...
ALL three of the Vale's High Schools have sent back A-level papers to be re-marked following a national review of the examination system. more...
I WOULD like to comment on the report on the French traders returning to Kidderminster (Shut-tle/Times & News, September 26). more...
MID Worcestershire MP Peter Luff is backing a move which could lead to an hourly train service between the Vale of Evesham and Paddington. more...
MEMBERS from the Evesham and Pershore Peace Group and hundreds of protesters from Gloucestershire joined the march in London against war with Iraq. more...
THE reason that councillors and the public attempted to frustrate Councillor Beardwood and Severn Waste Services' plans for incinerating waste was due to the fact they were entirely flawed and unacceptable (Decisions On Waste Are Tough, Shuttle/Times & News, September 26). more...
NORMAL workwear will be left at home across the Vale tomorrow when jeans become the order of the day. more...
A WAREHOUSE in Evesham is needed urgently to store thousands of Christmas gifts for deprived children. more...
I READ with interest the article in last week's Shuttle/Times & News "District is top for ambulance time" and that Wyre Forest was particularly impressive. more...
A PERSHORE school went all continental for the day by celebrating Europe and its many languages. more...
October 15 is an important day for Kidderminster Civic Society. more...
MY mother, Alice Lowe was born in Kidderminster in 1906. Her brother was Harry Lowe, police chief in the 1940s. more...
I AM writing on behalf of HALT (Hartlebury Against Landfill Toxins) to register my extreme concern at threats to Hartlebury village. more...
IF double yellow lines were placed where people "could" park in Bewdley and Kidderminster, what an awful lot of paint would be saved. more...
SPORTSMEN and women are being warned not to leave valuables in changing rooms after two thefts netted items worth more than £1,000. more...
I WAS delighted to read in the Stourport News on September 19, about the proposed skateboard area for our young people in Stourport. more...
A CRACKDOWN on joyriding around a Stourport car park has led to two youths being successfully prosecuted for driving offences more...
I FEEL I must respond to the letter from George Smart attacking Stourport Town Council (Shuttle/Times and News, September 19). more...
THE Sutton Park Road junction with Bewdley Hill in Kidderminster is becoming so dangerous that I am terrified of someone having a serious car accident. more...
THE dangers of children of playing in haystacks have been highlighted after a weekend blaze. more...
A 14-YEAR-OLD schoolboy from a village near Kidderminster punched a teaching assistant during a disagreement in the classroom. more...
ANTIQUES and electronic equipment worth almost £4,000 have been taken in a house raid. more...
A HOUSEHOLDER'S car was stolen in a bid to escape with thousands of pounds of electronic gear. more...
A PETROL station manager bravely grappled with robbers during a daytime raid in Kidderminster. more...
A man in his 80s was assaulted outside his flat after three men posing as officials tricked him into opening the door to the lobby. more...
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a "despicable" daylight robbery which left an elderly woman in shock. more...
TWO men have been warned to expect jail for taking part in violence at a Kiddermin-ster pub. more...
A HI-TECH Stourport firm has made every member of staff undergo an interview for their own job - with some told afterwards they are no longer suitable. more...
LIVE entertainment is on the cards at a Stourport pub which has been given a new look. more...
PARENTS whose children can't find seats on their school bus are understandably anxious that the situation is resolved as soon as possible. more...
IN answer to last weeks letter on the bypass. The bypass you want to cut off and Wyre Hill, The Close, Southview were part of the village long before The Green, Ryland, houses in George Lane, so why cut east side off, they are Wyre people where ever they live, what other village has been cut off from all there friends. more...
PERSHORE College is a key player in a group set to be officially launched next week, with the aim of boosting Worcestershire's rural economy. more...
THE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION OF MALE VOICE CHOIRS: Will be in concert on Saturday, October 5 at Pershore Abbey commencing at 7.30pm. Anyone wishing further information please ring 01452 529108. more...
ART GROUP: The Art Group starts its winter season in the village hall on Friday, October 4 (please note) at 2pm and it is gratifying to report that following their recent exhibition, the group now has the promise of five (at least) new members. more...
CAMERA CLUB: Special events: Monday - From Cotswold Edge, a photographic celebration of Gloucestershire and beyond by Martin Fry, a foremost Gloucester photographer. November 11 - A special presentation, for camera and garden fans, Suzanne Shacklock's excellent presentation on `Disasters and Delights - a photo essay in garden design'. more...
WEDNESDAY CLUB: The club is looking forward to welcoming Colin Dexter, the author of the Morse detective novels, to its October meeting. Members invite family, friends and all who enjoy these hugely successful books, to join them on this occasion, on Wednesday October, 3 pm at Ilmington village hall. Entry is only 50p and will include light refreshments. Proceeds from the meeting will go to the work of the Royal National Institute for the Deaf. more...
EVEN though it is on the brink of war, Kidderminster's intrepid travelling binman still wants to go to Iraq! more...
A GROUP which helps bereaved children is set for a bumper pay-day after a huge turn-out for a charity run at the weekend. more...
SUPER fund-raiser Mary Clarke has spent decades helping to raise thousands of pounds for local charities. more...
SIX hundred cannabis plants have been seized by police during a massive drugs raid on a farm on the outskirts of Stourport. more...
A MAN who used a replica revolver to wake up his sleeping girlfriend by firing it near her face has been jailed for nine months. more...
IT was full steam ahead on Monday as some 200 folk boarded a direct rail link between Kidderminster and London. more...
A PETITION has been launched to try to win back axed bus services in Stourport. more...
ONE of Kidderminster's best known family firms, J and H Russell, is set to sell off its town centre premises after nearly 90 years trading. more...
CARS will be allowed back onto Severnside North in Bewdley next week - appearing to dash hopes of it being pedestrianised. more...
A HUGE cash grant has boosted hopes of building a new community centre in Stourport. more...
A HEADTEACHER has come out fighting after a Kidderminster primary school was placed in special measures. more...
A LUXURY boat-building company has been ordered to pay nearly £35,000 in fines and costs after an employee was overcome by fumes. more...
MYSTERY surrounds the death of a middle-aged man found by neighbours in his house following a fire. more...
A MOVING story unfolds tomorrow as Kidderminster Hospital services change location. more...
THE fight is on to stop a third of Kidderminster Hospital being bulldozed for housing. more...
PERSHORE'S arts and community centre is celebrating after it was awarded a hat-trick of grants totalling £150,000. more...
A DROITWICH-based healthcare agency has been awarded a three-year contract to supply nursing and care staff to three prisons. more...
A MAN broke into a city hotel and stole a worker's mobile telephone and other belongings. more...
SEX offenders in Worcestershire will be ordered to register at a police station every 12 months instead of every five years - or face up to five years in jail. more...
An Evesham motorcyclist died instantly when an articulated lorry veered into his path and smashed into him, an inquest heard. more...
SPORTS facilities in Worcester are on to a winner with £3m already secured in a revamp of the city's leisure services. more...
PETER Luff, MP for mid-Worcestershire, joined members of the county's ME Support Group for a meeting. more...
PARENTS trying to get to grip with computer skills will now have the opportunity to learn at any time, thanks to a full-time centre. more...
UNFAIR imports could be contributing to the over-supply of organic produce on the British market, says Sir Michael Spicer. more...
A COLLEGE that offers further education opportunities to people in Herefordshire has been found to meet the needs of its students. more...
FLOOD prevention works could uncover a mediaeval quay lying fossilised behind a Worcestershire town's present quayside. more...
A CHARITY golf day has swung into action and raised more than double the anticipated amount for Kemp Hospice's building appeal. more...
WOMEN wishing to learn a unique blend of kung-fu and aerobics have benefited from a lottery award given to a martial arts centre. more...
A MASSIVE £50,000 has been ploughed into a community facility in Pershore. more...
A COUPLE who declined ruby wedding anniversary gifts and asked well-wishers to support the building appeal have won a bottle of champagne. more...
CUTS to bus services that could leave passengers in Worcester and Droitwich stranded have been announced by First Bus (Midland Red). more...
A MEDIAEVAL church in Droitwich Spa could answer the prayers of market traders worrying about their future. more...
SPIRITUAL healing - and physical refreshment - is a big draw for one patient marking her first anniversary at Kemp Hospice. more...
PEDESTRIANS in Worcestershire will be able to cross its busiest roads safely soon when speed cameras are put into place. more...
CAMPAIGNERS acting against a controversial asylum centre have raised thousands of pounds to help with their battle. more...
The former boss of a Pershore company that dumped illegal waste - including asbestos - on unlicensed sites, has been jailed for 12 months. more...
A VISUALLY-impaired canoeist and his friend have raised almost £400 for Acorns Children's Hospice Trust. more...
THE manager of a Worcester charity shop was suspended for organising a day trip rivalling one planned by shop bosses - forcing theirs to be cancelled - a leaked letter has revealed. more...
A MAN who died after crashing into a telegraph pole at the weekend has been named as Nicholas Willoughby of Harvington, near Evesham. more...
A man accused of sex assaults on two girls was a convicted thief who had been sent to jail, a jury was told. more...
THE revelation that there are three women to every one man in Worcestershire will comes as good news to the male population. more...
THERE'LL be a warm welcome for fun-lovers who flock to the big pink tent on Pitchcroft, if Shish Kebab has anything to do with it. The fire-eater is just one of the acts performing until Sunday night. more...
WORCESTER City has thrown down the gauntlet to city councillors over the club's proposed new stadium. more...
CHILDREN are being "thrown off" a bus and left to make their own way home from school despite paying for a yearly pass, worried parents have claimed. more...
THE Evesham and District Table tennis Association season gets under way at Evesham High School tomorrow. more...
THE penultimate county match of the year against Leicestershire was held at Badsey Recreation Club. more...
Evesham and District more...
A DIVISION action got under way in the Cotswold Floorball League on Tuesday night when there was one tight match and three easy wins. more...
A TOURING team from the South Warwickshire Assoc-iation visited Suffolk and played four games and one internal singles competition. more...
UCL HONDA rider, Simon Andrews, had a mixed weekend at the British Superbike season finale at Donington Park. more...
HAMPTON became the first team to record a win in the 2002 Wychavon Parish Games. more...
EVESHAM Rowing Club's top three lady weightlifters entered an important competition at Woking on Sunday in preparation for the British Under-18 championships on October 18. more...
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON Motor-cycle Club staged its final round of the 2002 Summer Trials Champion-ships at Saintbury Quarry on Sunday. more...
THREE of sport's leading figures will be appearing at this year's Cheltenham Festival of Literature that takes place between Friday, October 11 and Sunday, October 20. more...
MICHELLE Parsons clinched her second duathlon win in as many weeks in the final race of the British Triathlon Association's National ranking series in north Yorkshire on Sunday. more...
RICHARD Bates will start his first game for more than eight months after being included in Worcester's line-up to face Bedford on Saturday. more...
August more...
Sat July 13 Stratford Town (a) 1-1 Lewis more...
Pershore Town 1, Cheslyn Hay 1 more...
IRREPRESSIBLE Evesham swept aside their Tuesday hosts with contemptuous ease to book a place in the third qualifying round of the FA Cup. more...
Evesham and District Association more...
AT most clubs the temptation to keep the same side after a 66-22 win might be strong - not at Worcester! more...
Pershore 20pts, Old Leamingtonians 23 more...
Ledbury 37, Evesham 26pts more...
BROADWAY Ladies couldn't have planned more perfect autumn weather in which to stage their Invit-ation Day. more...
A SHOTGUN start at 11am tomorrow will herald the opening shots in the Vale Golf and Country Club's inaugural Pro-Am event. more...
STOURPORT 4 WORCESTER NORTON 3 more...
WORCESTER Norton ladies aim to bounce back following their shock defeat last week in order not to be playing catch-up in the Midland Premier League title race. more...
NOMADS fought a tightly contested match with Jubilees in the Worcester & District Ladies Skittles King Pin with only a few pins separating the teams in each leg. The match was eventually won by the Jubilees by 16 pins. more...
THE winter season of Worce-stershire Society meetings opens next Tuesday when the guest will be Mark Newton, Worcestershire CCC's first Chief Executive. more...
Worcester Rugby Club's U13s played their first competitive 15-a-side game, having moved up from 12-a-side mini rugby, and scored an emphatic 36-8 victory over Leamington Spa. more...
Eight clubs in Worcestershire can now boost Charter Standard status. more...
WORCESTER Norton ladies aim to bounce back following their shock defeat last week in order not to be playing catch-up in the Midland Premier League title race. more...
Sunday, September 30, 2002 more...
STOURPORT 4 WORCESTER NORTON 3 more...
Tuesday, October 1, 2002 more...
THE unbridled passion and excitement generated by the 34th Ryder Cup will linger long in the minds of those lucky enough to have witnessed one of sports' greatest events. more...
LEDBURY Town continued their charge up the West Midlands Premier Division with a 4-1 win at home to Lye Town last night. more...
HEREFORD United have snapped up midfielder Mick Galloway on a month's loan from Carlisle United to ease their injury problems. more...
RICHARD Bates will start his first game for more than eight months after being included in Worcester's line-up to face Bedford on Saturday. more...
FORMER goalkeeper Chris Taylor could be on his way back to Common Road. more...
CHADDESLEY Corbett U-13s won the club's junior section's first fixture with a 15-10 defeat of strong Woodrush. more...
NEW South African fly-half Phil Arderne and man-of-the-match Mark Woodward were the main plus points as Bewdley slipped to a 12-7 defeat against Stourport thirds. more...
NEW signing Sascha Hobbs marked his debut with a great try as Stourport claimed their first North Midlands One win. more...
Suckley Harriers 0, more...
DOMINANT Cleobury Mortimer lead North Midlands One after easing to a 23-5 success at Redditch. more...
Malvern Tn Wdrs U-9s 0, more...
Evesham Utd U-12 0, more...
Elmley Castle 0, more...
A BELOW-STRENGTH Kidderminster Carolians line-up proved more than capable as they won 29-13 at Midlands Three West North new boys Willenhall. more...
Elmley Castle 2, more...
SATURDAY (3pm unless stated) more...
SIX and seven-year-olds are still being recruited by Kidderminster Lions U-8s. more...
SUPERB Ferndale U-16s defeated local rivals Redditch United 3-0 on Saturday. more...
THERE were some miserable faces at London Road on Saturday evening following heavy defeats for Shipston Excelsior's two Stratford Alliance sides. more...
Birdseye Sports Evesham Sunday League more...
A SIX-A-SIDE league in Kidderminster is looking for new teams to join the winter season which will begin in December. more...
Littleton 1, Central Ajax 2 more...
Suckley Harriers 0, more...
THE week's highest scorers in the Stourport Sunday Five-a-Side League were St Johns who hammered Big D's Dynamos 9-2 in a Division One encounter. more...
Pershore Town 1, Cheslyn Hay 1 more...
A YOUNG Evesham United team launched the new Kidderminster Women's County League against Burlish Olympic before a good sized crowd at Common Road on Sunday. more...
TWO teams were on top form in Kidderminster Six-a-side League Division Two as Loom and Shuttle thrashed Missfits and All Stars hammered Sevens, both by 10-0 scorelines. more...
NEW leaders Wyre Forest Brintons dished out a 13-0 thrashing to Droitwich Packers in Stourport and District Youth League U-12s Division One. more...
JOHN Grant Cup, KDAA Pool: D Montroy 2-4-0, J Gale 2-3-8, C Garbett 2-3-0. more...
THE first ladies match in 108 years of the Kidderminster and District League saw Burlish Olympic beat Evesham United 7-5. more...
ELMBRIDGE: P Hyde 24-4, L Wilson 23-5, J Monger 18-4. more...
BEWDLEY Town dominated their Worcestershire Junior Cup round one clash to win 4-1 against Kidderminster leaguers Oldington United. more...
ON SUNDAY a contest will be fished on Stubbs Pool, BAA waters. more...
STAR player Brian Burton insisted there was no need for panic after Chaddesley Corbett failed to score for the third match running in a shock Worcestershire Junior Cup exit. more...
PORTERS Mill: Mark Wilson 0-14-8dr, Alan Andrews 0-13-0, Brian Oliver 0-11-0. more...
THE worst display of the season condemned Wyre Forest Brintons to a 7-1 thrashing at Ludlow Town Reserves in West Midlands League Division One South. more...
WINTERDYNE: S Rowe 10-12, J Billingham 8-15, E Rowe 6-3. more...
FORMER Derby County boss Jim Smith is the next guest at Aggborough for the The Friends of the Harriers Sporting Dinner. more...
HUCKS Farm: Ron Russell 11-2, Roy Griffiths 8-15, Bert Potter 7-15, Mick Rowe 6-1. more...
IAN Britton is working hard to overcome the draw specialist tag that has followed Kidderminster Harriers through seven Division Three stalemates this season. more...
SPORTS EDITOR'S MAILBAG more...
CANAL Trophy: Clive Monger 3-2, Harold Price 3-1, Neil Walford 2-14, RJ Price 2-1. more...
HARRIERS U-18s' hold on the Midland Floodlit Youth League Premier Division title is slipping after a second defeat in a row. more...
BUILDWAS, Sunday: T Cooke 2-10, D Saunders 0-14.5, P Bruce 0-7, M Brown 0-.5. more...
LYTTELTON, Sunday: M Keen 3-7, Bob Harris 3-5, J Morris 3-4. more...
SPORT has been good all week with individual carp catches on the Dragonfly Pool ranging from 16lb to 23lb. more...
WEDNESDAY, Meadow Pool: Dave James 199lb 10oz (peg 22), Neville Groves 132-14 (15), Steve Watson 117-7 (47). more...
FOR the second week in a row, young Far Forest angler Tom Walker has been among the top anglers. more...
A CHARITY match at Haye Farm was won by Tim Jones with a 105lb 8oz catch. 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 two seasons at Hartlepool before his free transfer move to Third Division opposition Harriers. 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...
Another Mr Versatile, long-serving Smith signed for Harriers in 1997 for £19,000 from non-league rivals Bromsgrove Rovers. 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...
CHESS: John Wrench, a member of Kidderminster Chess Club, won a tournament on holiday in Malta. more...
THE last time Chris Garrard came up against Otley he came away with an incredible five tries as Worcester trounced the Yorkshiremen 71-14. more...
GOLF: Millie Whitmore scooped the double at Wyre Forest when she took a clear nett win in the LGU Pendant Medal Competition and also won the threes competition. more...
WITH a name like Bates and a nickname `nutter' you might expect this man to run an out-of-town motel. more...
DARTS: Waggon and Horses B skipper Steve Eaton masterminded one of the results of the week in the Bewdley Town Winter/Summer Darts League. more...
SNOOKER: Franche D claimed a 5-0 win over Pockets F to open the Monday Night League Division One campaign in style. more...
GOLF: Little Lakes used home advantage to good effect to win the Bewdley Cup in its second year. more...
SAILING: Mark Tissiman and daughter Hannah made a welcome return to Trimpley by taking the 1200 race easily from the Turners in the GP14 class. more...
TABLE TENNIS: Last season's Kidderminster League Division One runners-up Harriers B could only field two players against holders Jim's Gym A and paid the price. more...
SWIMMING: Wyre Forest narrowly failed to take first place at the Worcester County Championships due to Stourbridge's higher points total. more...
BOWLS: Chester Road ended their outdoor season with an addition to their tally of trophies, triumphing in the Worcestershire County League. more...
MOTORSPORT: A schoolboy from Arley put in the best display of the day in Bewdley Motorcycle Club's late summer trial at Pound Green. more...
ATHLETICS: Amazing Feet runners turned out in force for neighbours Kidderminster and Stourport's Brambles 10km on Sunday. more...
ATHLETICS: A tremendous effort from the men's A team of Kidderminster and Stourport secured fifth place out of more than 100 at the Midland Counties Men's six-stage. more...
BOWLS: The successful Franche Village Club A team added another trophy to their cabinet by capturing the Newton Cup. more...
VOLLEYBALL: A fantastic display of team volleyball helped Cleobury Mortimer Ladies overpower local rivals Warwick 3-1 in National League Division Two. more...
MOTORSPORT: Mamble karter Daniel Rowbottom clinched his best result of the season after scooping second in the elite JICA junior karting class at the Champions of the Future Series final round. more...
Statistics 2002-03 more...
Midland Combination Division One Winners 1952-53, 1954-55, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69. more...
GOLF talent Richard Wassell celebrated his first tournament as a professional by triumphing in the Worcester Open. more...
HOCKEY: There were worrying signs for Kidderminster as they were thumped 11-0 in their final friendly at Kings Heath Pickwick. more...
HOCKEY: Pakistan international Imran Yousaf found his rhythm with a hat-trick of short-corner drag flicks in Stourport's 4-3 win over lower league Worcester. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers turn their attentions to the FA Trophy this Saturday as they prepare to put their FA Cup heartbreak behind them. more...
MATCH winner Bo Henriksen is calling on his team-mates to keep reproducing the kind of form they showed at Bristol Rovers. more...
Saturday, September 28, 2002 more...
THE unbridled passion and excitement generated by the 34th Ryder Cup will linger long in the minds of those lucky enough to have witnessed one of sports' greatest events. more...
Bath Buccaneers 1, Bretforton 2 more...
Barford Tigers III 3, Pershore II 1 more...
THERE were high hopes of an immediate return to the Birmingham League Premier Division after Kidderminster's relegation the previous season. more...
EXPERIENCED defender Jan Mulders leads troubled Stourport Swifts into their tough FA Trophy test at Mangotsfield United on Saturday. more...
Sat July 20 Halesowen Harriers (a) 3-1 Mulders, Stanier, Dobson more...
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