Worcestershire | Archive | 2002 | October
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AN enjoyable yarn, this big budget flick was a hit on the big screen because of its dreamy all-star cast and will hit the right notes after its video and DVD release. more...
Wednesday October 30 more...
LOOKING for a fun new way to get into shape ready for that little black dress this Christmas? more...
A feast of fireworks will be on show at the Arrow Valley Lake on Tuesday. more...
THE first fundraising event for the Redditch Arthritis Self-Help Group will be a Trash and Treasure sale at Winyates Green Community Centre. more...
REDDITCH Folk Club hosts an evening of storytelling in Batchley on Saturday. more...
HALLOWEEN will be celebrated at Arrow Valley Countryside Centre tomorrow with the burning of a spectacular 20ft willowman. more...
Thursday, October 31 more...
THE second concert in Redditch Music Society's new season takes place at the Ecumenical Centre on Saturday. more...
BONFIRE night will provide plenty of fun and entertainment for families all over Redditch this weekend with several events taking place. more...
The Redditch Society holds a talk entitled Canals - Dereliction to Recreation, presented by industrial archaeologist Jean Osborne, on Friday. more...
A 'STARTLING and revealing' new play exposing the sexual nature of the crime at the core of Hamlet is being staged at Birmingham Repertory Theatre next week. more...
TOLKIEN'S fantasy realm Middle Earth and the characters that populate it will be brought to life at the Alexandra Theatre next week. more...
WILLY Russell's musical Blood Brothers returns to Birmingham Hippodrome for a two-week run. more...
THE Palace Theatre will be the venue for an evening of silky smooth love songs, R 'n' B and soul classics next week. more...
AN enchanting ballet telling the tale of a peasant girl who dies from a broken heart is being staged at the Palace Theatre this week. more...
Redditch's Break-A-Leg theatre company clocked up more than £800 in sponsorship at a fun run event at the Abbey Stadium. more...
A POPULAR country band will be returning to a Droitwich club for the third time next weekend. more...
A SOUL train will be running through Bromsgrove on Friday night when a top tribute band brings motown to the town. more...
STUDLEY'S Samurai ju-jitsu club is moving base to Studley High School while Studley Leisure Centre closes for refurbishment. more...
ON October 18, Bob Poole, a Customs and Excise officer at Birmingham International Airport, was stand-in speaker. more...
THE October business meeting Bromsgrove & Redditch Club was busy. more...
ABOUT 50 members attended an evening of wildlife photography on October 17 at Alcester High School. more...
THE Redditch branch of the National Federation of Solo Clubs recently held its AGM at which the committee was re-elected. more...
FUNGI were the subject at the October meeting - fungus of all kinds, from a wide range of edible fungus such as the Chanterelle through to the definitely non-edibles, such as the very poisonous Death Cap. more...
THE Redditch & Alcester Group of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway started the new season of monthly meetings by celebrating the 21st anniversary of the formation of the GWR in the form of a slide show by member Eddie Roberts. more...
MEMBERS joined forces with with Worcester Moutaineering Club during August with a joint climbing trip to the Swiss Alps. more...
AT the October 22 meeting at the Greig Hall Maurice Abney-Hastings talked about his travels around France which included making his acclaimed travel video for TV. more...
AT the October meeting, members were asked to send Jackie Grier news items for the next newsletter, due out in November. more...
ON October 9, members and friends made a most interesting trip with Hazel Pond to the tiny island of Bahrain. more...
IN place of the planned speaker on September 5, group secretary Pat Hodgkinson introduced a video made by her cousin of his 86-day voyage on a 40-foot catamaran from South Africa to England. more...
AT the October meeting, Maurice Abney-Hastings gave a talk on Donkeys, Mysteries and Houses in France when he followed in the steps of Robert Louis Stevenson's visit to France 125 years ago, recounted in his book Travels with a Donkey. more...
A GROUP of young friends saw the culmination of two years' hard work when they collected their Duke of Edinburgh Gold awards in London on Thursday. more...
I JUST felt the need to write following my experience this morning. more...
A REDDITCH man is set to build real hope for disadvantaged children overseas thanks to a £150 donation from a town building society. more...
I WAS really thrilled to see the Memory Lane photograph of Hewell Road (Advertiser, October 9). more...
A REDDITCH man and his bride celebrated their marriage with three days of celebrations. more...
WHILE I agree with many of the comments regarding the new bus station, I feel I must comment on the state of the train service in Redditch. more...
IN response to Mr Shutkever (Letters, October 23), I would make the following points. more...
RED tape is holding up Government payments to farmers and delaying much-needed cash. more...
A LEADING pizza delivery company enlisted the help of a local school to help it launch its 257th British shop. more...
FARMERS' markets across the county will take on special significance this week as they celebrate British Food Fortnight. more...
A DROITWICH man has won an award for the quality of his work on building sites. more...
THE launch of a new food guide will reinforce Herefordshire's reputation as having "the finest pantry in England". more...
I AM pleased to say that this week new laws to outlaw tobacco advertising finally completed their passage through Parliament. more...
JUST exactly what is Tom Wareing afraid of (Letters, October 24)? So a shop selling naughty knickers is opening in Redditch? Well, dear me, let's man the barricades. more...
IN any guise, an "adult shop" is unacceptable in our town. Whether the shop was sited in a well-used thoroughfare, or even a quiet one, it is an offence to all decent human beings. more...
FURTHER to my letter published in the Advertiser on July 31 and the subsequent article printed on September 25 regarding the petition calling for improvements to the Studley Recreation Ground. more...
I AM writing to complain about the deplorable state of bus services in the Redditch and Bromsgrove area. more...
IN light of recent events, I feel compelled to write to express my disgust at the impending strike action by our fire service. more...
WITH regard to the proposed incinerator at Astwood Bank, I felt I must write because of my knowledge of the knackers yard, my growing concern as a parent of a four-year-old child at Astwood Bank First School and as a resident. more...
Woodrush High School is desperately seeking volunteers to help with an unusual problem. more...
PLANS may be put into action to create a new kickabout area for youngsters in Winyates. more...
THREE quarters of children challenged during a truancy sweep in Redditch were out with their parents, it has been revealed. more...
SIXTH form pupils from Trinity High School are using their love of sport and thirst for excitement to raise cash for a cancer charity. more...
THE wonders of nature have been brought home to pupils of St Luke's First School thanks to help and finance from members of the Rotary Club of Redditch. more...
PUPILS at Church Hill Middle School buried a time capsule to mark National Construction Week. more...
SAMBOURNE'S war memorial is looking spick and span in the run-up to Remembrance Day after its recent renovation. more...
THE trustees of Cookhill Village Hall have to find more than £124,000 to bring the building into the 21st century and abide by Government rulings. more...
THERE were celebrations in Studley this week after the village hall committee heard it had won a £50,000 grant to furnish the new building now taking shape in the High Street. more...
PEOPLE in Alvechurch, Beoley and Tardebigge can have their say on important issues at a Bromsgrove Council "spotlight" meeting. more...
The next meeting of the Feckenham Forest History Society will be on Thursday, November 14. more...
A slideshow hosted by the Wythall Forum will focus on the French region of Provence on Monday. more...
Anyone interested in finding out just what's wild in the county can discover more with the town branch of the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust. more...
PEOPLE are being asked to donate old tools and other items to help bring people in developing countries out of poverty and lead independent lives. more...
THE Redditch arm of The Law Society looks set to relocate near Leamington Spa. more...
Clubbers might be the star of the show tomorrow when a TV crew descends on Redditch's Time nightclub. more...
BEAUTIFUL Christmas cards at reasonable prices are now available to Redditch people who also want to do their bit for charity. more...
AN elderly driver died after suffering a heart attack at the wheel of his car in Hollywood on Saturday afternoon. more...
VOLUNTEERS were using make-up to make a difference at a charity day on Saturday. more...
EAT your heart out Pirelli. more...
REDDITCH has had a reprieve from the first two 48-hour fire strikes which could have put residents at risk. more...
RESIDENTS of Terry Spring Court in Redditch beat off competition from 36 similar sheltered housing schemes across the country to scoop top prize in a garden competition. more...
COMMUNITY leaders across the town have joined forces to speak out at their 'deep shock' over the suspension of Redditch's top police officer. more...
FALLEN trees and debris littered the roads and footpaths of Redditch on Sunday as the town was hit by severe gales. more...
THE compelling love story of a couple who wrote to each for seven years in the 1870s before finally getting married has been brought back to life in a book. more...
Inmates at Brockhill Prison recently raised more than £250 for a Christmas party for a special needs group. more...
TO start getting you in the Christmas mood, the Redditch Advertiser has teamed up with department store Allders to offer you the chance to win fabulous festive prizes. more...
THE skies above Redditch will be filled with thousands of colourful balloons tomorrow as the long-awaited Debenhams department store opens its doors. more...
WINTER came early for a former Abbey High School student when she took part in adrenaline-pumping sports at the British Army's ice camp in Norway. more...
BOSSES behind a proposed sex shop in the town centre are adamant they will open on December 1 and claim there is nothing Redditch Council can do about it. more...
TWO elderly women were taken to hospital on Saturday after boys - thought to be as young as nine - hurled bricks through the windows of buses they were travelling on. more...
A PURSE containing cash, credit and store cards was stolen after a walk-in theft at Yew Tree Farm craft centre, Wootton Wawen, last Tuesday. more...
Haselor First School teachers and pupils went back to Victorian times to celebrate the school's 125th birthday. more...
ABOUT 1,600 homes across Warwickshire, including Great Alne and Welford, were still without electricity yesterday after gale-force winds swept the country at the weekend. more...
THE first two 48-hour strike actions by Fire Brigade Union firefighters have been postponed. more...
ENERGY saving advice will be on the cards for visitors to the Home Design and Interiors Exhibition at Coughton Court at the weekend. more...
A MOTHER failed to get help for her young daughter for up to two hours after the girl had been sexually abused so violently that she had severe bleeding from her private parts. more...
A STUDLEY vicar believes the majority of people under the age of 40 do not know the Lord's Prayer. more...
STRATFORD planning councillors were yesterday due to visit a garden centre in Bidford which has proposed a major development. more...
A POT of £2.5m could be shared between the Greig Centre and Alcester Grammar School if Stratford Council's executive committee agrees to development plans next month. more...
FAIRYTALE fun was had by children at Alcester Infants School children on Thursday. more...
ALCESTER is set to be revitalised after one of the biggest windfalls in its history was granted. more...
OFFICE workers were outraged when they arrived to find two mobile phone masts being installed just two feet away from their window. more...
THE landlord of a Spa pub was made to pay more than £1,000 after he was caught selling substituted whisky. more...
THE DERELICT Worcestershire hotel will come under the spotlight tomorrow (Thursday)when planners discuss a bid to transform it into apartments. more...
Spa youngsters will be left without one of their main play areas when the town's cash-strapped Adventure Playground closes next week. more...
A MUSICALLY-MINDED youngster has beaten off stiff competition and bagged himself a top award. more...
FANS of a Bromsgrove rock band can take note of few important dates for their diaries. more...
MEMBERS of the public are needed to help with this year's Poppy Appeal. more...
FELINE fans can paw their way to a cat show in Bromsgrove this weekend. more...
COMMUNITY groups can bag a grant as Droitwich round table seek extra help. more...
A HINDU festival has been lighting up the faces of children from a multi-cultural Bromsgrove school. more...
AN extravagant firework display will set the town's night sky alight. more...
CALLS to close a Catshill alleyway, which is used as a rat run by firebugs, car thieves and moped riders, have been answered. more...
MAJOR works to improve safety along a notorious Bromsgrove dual carriageway will begin in weeks following years of controversy and debate. more...
A BUMPER grant of £5,000 is winging its way to town children with special needs. more...
SCHOOLS buildings in Bromsgrove could soon be used to host community activities thanks to one-off windfalls from the council. more...
ENVIRONMENTAL health chiefs are appealing to the public to help them clamp down on fly-tippers. more...
A SOLICITOR drowned in a Stoke Prior canal boat accident in an inquest heard last Thursday. more...
A TRIO of unwanted kittens called Pumpkin, Trick and Treat are seeking loving homes this Halloween. more...
GHOSTS of the past provided chilling entertainment at Avoncroft Museum's Hallowe'en weekend. more...
SHOPKEEPERS who sell fireworks to children could face a hefty fine or even a spell behind bars. more...
A BROMSGROVE teenager died after a drinking binge on the party island of Tenerife, an inquest heard. more...
A COURAGEOUS Belbroughton pub landlord is fuming after he was left with a £180 bill for tackling a fire. more...
FIREFIGHTERS were inundated with calls from concerned residents when gale force winds wreacked havoc in Bromsgrove on Saturday night. more...
BROMSGROVE Probus Club celebrated its 20th anniversary in style in October with a special luncheon at Bromsgrove Golf Centre. more...
I HAVE been sickened by the letters of support for the fascist dictatorship in Iraq. While I respect the right of Messrs Margrett, Spiteri et al to support this totalitarianism, I must question their judgement. more...
Members welcomed Martin Rickard to our October meeting and thoroughly enjoyed their introduction to ferns and an insight to "behind the scenes" at Chelsea and Malvern. more...
VICE Chairman Brenda Graham greeted a happy group of ladies to the October meeting at the Ladybird Inn, and everyone sat down to a meal of roast lamb with mint sauce. After the loyal toast had been drunk and a few announcements made, the speaker, Sue White, was introduced. more...
ASPIRING gardeners were invited to learn more about potting, planting and pruning at Bromsgrove School of Science and Art. The New Road school was offering free tickets for a lecture on gardening. They were available from Thomas Horton. more...
ALL decent people should feel extremely angry and utterly sad. more...
MARY Fairbairn, president, welcomed almost a full house of our 44 members to the October meeting. more...
COUNCILLOR Francis Lankester is drawing on his limited amount of Middle Eastern political knowledge to reach the conclusion that Saddam must be stopped. more...
MRS Hughes, president, welcomed members to the October meeting of Finstall WI. more...
FIREFIGHTERS were scrambled to All Saints Hospital when a fire broke out in the east wing. Patients were carried from smoke-filled wards and the staff rooms were completely gutted. The Women's Voluntary Service managed to serve hot meals to distressed patients and help them settle into new wards. Three roofs in the east block were destroyed, along with the block's day room. It is believed the blaze began in the kitchen. more...
I COULD almost hear the chuckles emanating from a certain flat in Warndon as the occupant gloated over his printed retort to Dieter Schroeder's observations of Britain's failings (You Say, October 16). more...
MEMBERS of the Rosehill Flower Arrangement Society spent an enthralling afternoon at the flower demonstration by Hazel West from Mamble, near Kidderminster. Her title rich pickings related to interesting aspects and events in her life and each aspect was depicted by a delightful arrangement of foliage and flowers. more...
A VOCAL section of Bromsgrove and Redditch Community Health Council was critical of the new strategy document concerning health care in the district, for the next two years. A number of town members said the document assumed a new district general hospital would be built on the Woodrow site at Redditch. They feared Bromsgrove faced a serious number of bed losses but they were told that regardless of where casualty services were sited, they would have to be shared between Bromsgrove and Redditch patients. more...
THE Swan Theatre could be the jewel in Worcester's crown if the council invested in it and nurture it in the way it deserves. To simply cut off its life-source seems at best misguided, at worst, wilfully ignorant and an insult to the people of Worcester. more...
DENNIS Quaid says there's no difference between being gay and being straight. more...
MR Showell is quite right (You Say, October 16). The EU is costing us billions of pounds. more...
DEAR EDITOR - I was fascinated to read the remarks made by an apparent resident of Norbury House. I can only assume this person has no grasp of life as it exists within our cities, towns and villages. more...
DEAR EDITOR - Sir Humphrey is alive and well. Another brilliant piece of obfuscation from our very own Department of Administrative Affairs. more...
DEAR EDITOR - I feel it is my duty, as a devoted 17-year-old member of the Norbury Theatre, Droitwich, to respond to the letter of the resident of Norbury House. I appreciate that it is indeed a free country, and we are all entitled to the right of free speech and so I am going to exercise this right presently. more...
DEAR EDITOR - As residents of Millfield/Brook Road wish to draw your attention and that of Bromsgrove District Council to the happenings listed below:- more...
DEAR EDITOR - I write in regard to the article in last week's Advertiser/Messenger 'Cat Dies After Being Shot By Pete Lammas'. more...
A PILOT `on the spot' fine scheme is currently underway in the West Midlands Police Force area. more...
ARTS Minister Kim Howells has laid the blame for the Swan Theatre crisis firmly at the door of Worcester City Council. more...
THE future survival of the Swan Theatre is not in the hands of the city council but in the hands of the theatre itself, a city councillor has said. more...
SWAN Theatre campaigners held protest placards and posters up throughout a meeting of the city council cabinet last night. more...
THE yearly all-out effort to raise as much money as possible for a Redditch and Bromsgrove charity in the run-up to Christmas kicks off this week. more...
REDDITCH Council is set to join a partnership to improve rural bus services which could see up to £250,000 awarded for individual projects. more...
JUNCTIONS 2 and 3 on the M42 north of Redditch have been identified as part of a Government target to tackle congestion and safety issues. more...
REDDITCH Council is offering people over 60 the chance to become involved in arts and crafts and keep physically fit. more...
MAJOR road improvements will be made to Battens Drive, in Winyates in the New Year to reduce accidents. more...
TWO new taxi routes using lanes previously restricted to buses are set to make journeys quicker and easier in the town. more...
WORK to upgrade Redditch's district shopping centres should be finished by March. more...
RESIDENTS in the Bromsgrove Council district are being asked to help Environmental Health chiefs with a hard-hitting action plan to clamp down on fly-tippers. more...
LAKESIDE residents are set to be consulted over what they would like to see happen to council-owned sites in the area. more...
AN appeal in the Advertiser earlier this month saw 14 people from Redditch interested in becoming a Barnardo's Short Break carer. more...
A PLAN has been hatched to make living in Headless Cross a more pleasant experience for residents. more...
Redditch Mayor Steve Wheeler and his wife will be putting their brainpower to the test tomorrow evening in the town hall. more...
Volunteers are needed to help elderly people who are isolated because of their dual sensory impairment. more...
Redditch Council was last night set to decide whether to grant permission for a mosque in Jinnah Road, Smallwood. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE County Council has organised another set of child car seat checks this weekend. more...
BUS chiefs say they had to withdraw an off-peak travel pass from sale suddenly last week because it was no longer commercially viable. more...
THE chairman of the Redditch and Bromsgrove CHC health watchdog has said smoking at hospitals should be banned altogether. more...
A CARING schoolboy covered a box in acorns for his great-grandparents' diamond wedding anniversary and used it to collect £300 for a Worcester charity from party guests. more...
AN evening of sequence and modern dance is being held at Christopher Whitehead High School in aid of Acorns Children's Hospice Trust. more...
A PILOT clothes bank scheme based at a Droitwich garden centre has been hailed a success after raising thousands of pounds for a Worcester charity, so far. more...
A TOWN health watchdog will be making its feelings on eye services clear at a meeting with the Commission for Health Improvement (CHI) next Thursday. more...
A SIMPLE spelling mistake means Christmas has come early at the Alexandra Hospital's premature baby unit. more...
October 28, 1977 more...
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A WOODROW woman has been fined after she pleaded guilty to benefit fraud at Droitwich Magistrates Court earlier this month. more...
POLICE are warning people to be vigilant after phone calls were made by people claiming to be from the police asking for personal financial information. more...
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Police are investigating a burglary at Studley Cricket Club in Birmingham Road. more...
POLICE are appealing for information after a stolen car was used in an early morning shop raid 11 days after it was taken. more...
THREE youths are facing custodial sentences after a Redditch teenager was kidnapped and terrified into stealing beer from off-licences. more...
A REDDITCH drug addict with a history of depression and overdoses committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a bus, an inquest heard. more...
LIBYAN government lawyers have set conditions for compensating families of the Lockerbie bombing victims with £6.4m each - and for recovering the money if the terms are not met. more...
THE people of Worcestershire are being urged to put their best feet forward over the next six months of autumn and winter. more...
TWO Herefordshire market towns are to receive £300,000 each in a major funding boost to regenerate town centres. more...
AN Evesham man whose haul of tobacco was seized by customs officials has welcomed the end of the war on "booze cruisers." more...
AN elderly couple have been left "extremely upset" after two bogus callers entered their house and stole more than £300. more...
AROUND three per cent of Worcester's council tenants are putting their lives at risk because they are refusing the city council permission to check their central heating boilers. more...
A NEWSAGENT is looking forward to spending a little longer in bed after a decade of early rising to serve his Worcester community. more...
A NEW football team is looking for somewhere to practise its skills in St Peter's. more...
A WORCESTER teenager has been recommended for a police award following his "valiant" attempts to rescue a drowning friend. more...
A FORMER Worcester City Council mechanic stashed £1,200 of drugs behind his fireplace, a jury heard. more...
FEARLESS fun was feeding youngsters' imagination at a Worcester museum today. more...
ENTHUSIASTIC youngsters have stepped forward to stage a Christmas pantomime at a Worcester community centre. more...
THE murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman have prompted a children's self-defence class to triple in size at a Worcester martial arts centre. more...
A WORCESTER man died after working with asbestos 35 years ago, an inquest has heard. more...
A DRIVER cheated death when his car smashed into a tree near Worcester cricket ground. more...
COUNTY archaeologists are jubilant following a discovery that proves the existence of a long-forgotten industry in Worcester. more...
A WORCESTER man who sped along a city street at 100mph died after his car ploughed into a telephone kiosk and pillar box, an inquest heard. more...
A WORCESTER heroin addict who committed shoplifting offences to fund his habit, has been given one last chance by magistrates. more...
A RHINO who has failed to mate with his female friends for two years has been given the herbal equivalent of Viagra to put him in the mood for love. more...
A TERRIFIED family were under siege in their home when baby-faced trick or treaters hurled bricks at their windows. more...
WYRE Piddle Livewyres are the early pacesetters in Division One of the Evesham Association following three big wins. more...
RISSINGTON Kart Club stages its final round of the Club Championships at Upper Rissington this weekend. more...
WELFORD Ladies played their first WWIBA league game when they played Erdington Court at Rugby. more...
DAVID Foy's hopes of an early comeback following routine keyhole surgery have been dealt a blow after cruciate ligament damage was discovered. more...
REDDITCH Rugby Club have replaced Kiwi player-coach Cameron Waghorn by promoting first teamer Ron Skelton to the role. more...
DROITWICH Spa boxer Michael Pardoe has recorded the best victory of his young career after being crowned a Midlands champion last Saturday. more...
WORCESTER flanker Neil Mason has been named in the England Under 21 North squad to play France East Under 21s next month. more...
Sat July 13 Stratford Town (a) 1-1 Lewis more...
Redditch United 4 Evesham United 5 (aet; 90 mins 4-4) more...
COOKHILL Cricket Club stalwart Howard Brazil died last week at the age of 86. more...
AFTER a fantastic start to the season the key for us now is to finish the job in hand. more...
WILL Garrity (19) from Chipping Campden, became the British Junior Sabre champion last weekend when he defeated defending champion Peter Kirby 15-8 in the final. more...
EVESHAM Cricket Club and Henricians annual dinner and awards evening took place at the Waterside Hotel (Strollers). more...
SIX Bromsgrove and Droitwich Spa schools have gained the Football Association's coveted Charter Standard status. more...
DROITWICH Spa Minimoto star Christopher Jones is a treble champion. more...
A 17-YEAR-OLD Bromsgrove football referee swapped his whistle for some golf clubs to hit a hole-in-one. more...
BROMSGROVE golfer Pete Williams stands on the threshold of international golfing glory after playing the round of his life to reach the prestigious final of the Wilson Matchplay Championships. more...
DROITWICH Spa boxer Michael Pardoe has recorded the best victory of his young career after being crowned a Midlands champion last Saturday. more...
Evesham Jubilee Society more...
BROADWAY golfer Ben Storey made a super start to his attempt to win the Daily Telegraph -Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Junior Championship in South Africa. more...
KINGS Norton have been hit by the loss of outside centre James Braban for the trip to Edwardians at the weekend. more...
ALCESTER'S Richard Brenda took bronze in the British cadet (under 17s) sabre fencing championships at Whitchurch Leisure Centre, Bristol. more...
ALCESTER put the disappointment of Junior Vase defeat to lower league Tenbury behind them with a narrow win to keep their Powergen Warwickshire One hopes alive. more...
WOODRUSH came up with the goods in a 55-5 hammering of neighbours Five Ways Old Edwardians at the weekend. more...
FIVE Ways Old Edwardians skipper Chris Sims has faced up to the inevitable and admitted his side will be playing in North Midlands Two next season. more...
Tuesday, October 29, 2002 more...
WINTER has set in with a vengeance, high winds and torrential rain have both hit sport pretty hard and if things go to form the next few months look likely to be quite dismal for us anglers. more...
THE majority of matches fell vitim to the weather last Sunday. more...
CATSHILL Warriors U12s have made the perfect start to the season by winning six games from six. more...
JAMES Dyson scored the vital goal nine minutes from time as Bromsgrove Rovers won 1-0 at Swindon Supermarine. more...
FOOTBALL crazy folk from Rubery can meet a Baggies legend tomorrow night (Thursday). more...
RUSSELL Carlin got the only goal of the game as Droitwich Spa Football Club A defeated Upton Town 1-0. more...
FAIRFIELD Sunday returned to winning ways with a superb 2-1 victory at Kidderminster Premier side Grange United in the Worcester Premier Cup. more...
THE two clubs with 100 per cent league records won again as division one Sporting Harbourne won a tight encounter 2-1 to go two points clear at the summit. more...
BARNT Green Spartak reached the last eight of the Worcestershire FA Junior Cup with a comfortable 4-1 defeat of Inkberrow. more...
DROITWICH Spa sent Fairfield Villa crashing out of the Worcestershire Junior Cup with a 2-1 victory last Saturday. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers surrendered their unbeaten Dr Martens Western record as they were out played and out muscled by a determined Merthyr Tydfil at The Victoria Ground last Saturday. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers are preparing to open transfer talks with Gresley Rovers midfielder Mark Peters. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers won 4-1 at Stourport Swifts last night (Tuesday) to sweep into the second round of the Dr Martens League Cup. more...
DROITWICH Spa RFC U14s were thrashed 72-0 by Hereford in their worst ever defeat. more...
Fly half scores 24 points after scare more...
Bailey's message despite Spa's narrow second league win more...
REDS winger Matty Hall goes into Selly Oak for an operation on his fractured cheekbone tomorrow. more...
BROMSROVE RFC First XV captain Dean Ball could be back in the side for Saturday's visit of Leicester Lions to Finstall Park. more...
THE last one-day event in the Wychavon Parish Games was the junior table tennis, held in Evesham. more...
WORCESTER'S Perdiswell Park's October Medal saw rejuvenated senior Ray Day secure top spot by equalling his personal best round of 91-28-63. He beat Peter Brown by one stroke and Alan Hateley 87-22-65 was third. more...
Worcester racing driver Tim Matthews achieved what he has described as his best-ever result in a 33-year career on both two wheels and four. more...
A Steve Lutz goal in the second period of extra time settled last night's Dr Martens Cup First Round tie in favour of Evesham United when they beat rivals Redditch United 5-4 at a rain swept Valley Stadium. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers manager Gary Hackett praised the quality of his side goals after they brushed aside Stourport Swifts with a 4-1 win in the Dr Martens Cup last night. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers climbed to second place in the Nationwide League Division Three with a 4-0 thrashing of Swansea City at the Vetch Field last night. more...
WORCESTER flanker Neil Mason has been named in the England Under 21 North squad to play France East Under 21s next month. more...
DAVID Foy's hopes of an early comeback following routine keyhole surgery have been dealt a blow after cruciate ligament damage was discovered. more...
Evesham Utd 2, Solihull Boro 1 more...
Redditch Utd 4, Evesham Utd 5 (aet) more...
WITHOUT an away win in the Dr Martens League Western Division this season, Evesham face a tough task to break their duck at Racing Club Warwick on Saturday. more...
THREE Redditch schools have won FA Charter Standard status. more...
A TRIO of Stratford Alliance sides made County Cup progress on an afternoon of goalmouth action. more...
Kenilworth Wardens 1, Littleton 7 more...
Meir KA 3, Pershore Town 2 more...
Birdseye Sports Evesham Sunday League more...
BIRMINGHAM City Ladies have it all to do if they are to reach the FA Women's Premier League Cup final for the second year running. more...
HEADLESS Cross Ladies will be bursting with confidence ahead of Sunday's derby date at arch rivals Redditch United Women. more...
FECKENHAM manager Lee Adams hopes to have Studley midfielder Gavin Barratt in the team in time to face visitors Continental Star on Saturday. more...
ALVECHURCH survived another cup scare before easing into the last 16 of the Endsleigh Challenge Cup at the weekend. more...
STUDLEY manager Mark Chambers has paid tribute to a mean central defence which has shipped just one goal in the last three games. more...
Alvechurch 3 Handrahan Timbers 4 more...
WITH the cricket season now over, this section of the site will not be updated as regularly as the others. more...
A player with an impressive reputation in homeland Denmark, Henriksen signed a two-and-a-half year deal at Aggborough in February 2002. more...
The youngest player to earn a professional deal at Aggborough and the reason was 52 goals with Coventry-based non-leaguers Marconi in 2000/01. more...
Tall target-man who made an immediate impact with his aggression, spirit and goal-scoring on being signed for £50,000 from Peterborough in January 2001. more...
Pacy Foster was top scorer during the Conference-winning season and appears to have overcome the injury problems that have plagued him as a professional over the years. more...
Signed on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers, the creative Dublin-born playmaker has made a good impression and extended his deal for a second month. more...
Vastly-experienced Flynn took over the captaincy in Mark Blake's absence after putting pen to paper on a year's deal before the first league game with Lincoln. more...
Summer signing Parrish has enjoyed three promotions before from Division Three, twice with Northampton Town and once with Chesterfield. 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...
After starting off as a trainee at Liverpool, Williams was released at the age of 19 to return to his native Wrexham. more...
The third player signed by Ian Britton on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers this season, following Mark Clyde and John Melligan. more...
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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...
Stamps started with Torquay United despite being brought up in Birmingham and his obvious talent earned him a £10,000 move to Colchester United in 1997. more...
Versatile Hinton began his career at right-back before reverting to a centre-half role during the Conference championship-winning season. 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...
GOALS -- who needs them -- well City do and quickly if they want to sustain their title challenge. more...
Worcestershire top the table in division three of the Inter Counties Darts League after a good 24-12 victory against Avon. more...
REDDITCH skipper Tom Hiles says his side still have a chance of the title despite losing their unbeaten start to the season at the weekend. more...
REDDITCH Golf Club juniors are celebrating another double success. more...
HEADLESS Cross ace Stefan Hodgetts has set his sights on a Formula 1 test drive this time next year. more...
REDDITCH Regents have a mountain to climb in their Rosebowl game against Hagley on Sunday. more...
REDDITCH Reds stormed home on their own patch to win the Redditch Centenary Trophy Gala. more...
DROITWICH Spa Hockey Club Ladies Second XI failed to capitalise on an early to lead in losing 3-2 at home to Cresconians. more...
A GOAL 30 seconds from time sent Bromsgrove Hockey Club Ladies Second XI to a 3-2 home defeat by Harborne Ladies Thirds. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers are preparing to open transfer talks with Gresley Rovers midfielder Mark Peters. more...
DROITWICH SPA Hockey Club Men's First XI suffered their first league defeat of the season as they crashed 5-1 at Wednesbury. more...
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Evesham II 6, Yardley II 1 more...
Old Silhillians II 1, more...
Keele University 2, more...
Sat July 20 Halesowen Harriers (a) 3-1 Mulders, Stanier, Dobson more...
BOSS Dave Titterton admitted Stourport Swifts have a long way to go after their 4-1 humbling by Bromsgrove Rovers in the Dr Martens Cup first round on Tuesday. more...
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