Worcestershire | Archive | 2005 | February
WORCESTERSHIRE band The Shakedown are preparing for the gig of their lives this month as they play an industry showcase event in Birmingham. more...
AGEING rockers Colosseum are dusting off their instruments for a performance at Worcester's Huntingdon Hall next month. more...
A SKILLED guitarist who has toured with the band Simply Red is set to bring his talents to Worcester at the weekend with a gig at the city's Marrs Bar. more...
WORCESTER'S TOP TEN ALBUMS: more...
KNOWN as `the world's most popular Phantom', Peter Karrie is visiting the Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury and giving local singing fans the chance to join him for an on-stage experience of a lifetime. more...
A JAZZ club that has been bringing international musicians to Kidderminster for 10 years is facing the axe unless attendance at its concerts improves fast. more...
A COMPELLING psychological thriller entwining fantasy and reality is to absorb theatregoers in Kidderminster next week. more...
ANYONE in the know about science fiction probably knows that writer Ian R MacLeod has won a host of gongs, including a Hugo, a Nebula and not one, but two, World Fantasy Awards. more...
THE Valentine's night crowd settled expectantly at Malvern Theatres ready to enjoy a night of comedy, and as usual, the clever characters and witty script in Party Piece by Richard Harris, did not disappoint. more...
POOR Madame Butterfly. The Japanese geisha waits for her American navy husband's return. Faithful and trusting, bringing up his child, she doesn't waver in her belief in him. But three years later he comes back, with an American wife, and hopes to take his son home to the US. Her only escape from her despair, shunned by family and sinking into poverty, is her father's knife. more...
TWO fund-raising events involving theatre and music will be held this weekend in Kidderminster and Stourport to raise cash for victims of the Asian tsunami disaster. more...
A NEW music event has been lined up in Cheltenham in the summer, promising a new take on festival-going. more...
A NEW take on an old favourite is on offer for youngsters at The Swan Theatre in Worcester next Friday. Hansel and Gretel, complete with house of sweets and nasty witch, is presented by The Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds in a scary treat for families. Box office: 01905 611427 (www.huntingdonarts.com). more...
THE Theatre, Chipping Norton, continues its Soundbites series with Rolie's Rambles on Wednesday. more...
INTERVIEWING comedian Lee Mack rather aptly got off to a comical start. Calling him on the mobile phone number given to me by his PR agent, Mack couldn't be quicker to get me off the line - telling me, in all seriousness, he was convinced God wouldn't give him a brain tumour if he used the technology as little as possible. (The first comment of many that left me convinced the man is a hypochondriac). more...
THE Who's hit rock musical Tommy is currently being premiered at Birmingham's Hippodrome Theatre before embarking on a UK tour. more...
A FILM entitled The Son's Room is to be screened at Worcester's Swan Theatre in association with the city's film society. more...
AN evening of "electrifying energy" is in store for an audience at Malvern Theatres when a flamenco dance company comes to town. more...
IF you take a walk in any wood, park or other area with trees there is one wild mammal you are more or less certain to encounter. more...
THE 2005 season at Longborough Festival Opera opens on Friday, June 17, with Puccini's bittersweet La Boheme. more...
TWO former Stratford schoolchildren have grown up into RSC actors and are making their debuts next month. more...
JOIN in with what could be the last production in Hall's Croft Garden in Stratford by auditioning for a part in The Merry Wives of Windsor. more...
A GROUP of students are staging a fund-raising show, inspired by stories about local hospices in the Journal. more...
PROLIFIC playwriting genius Alan Ayckbourn has another of his creations on the Malvern stage next week. more...
ALL the drama and passion of flamenco comes to the Malvern stage next week. more...
MAC, Birmingham - Lost and Found, until more...
ENTERPRISING youngsters, committee members and volunteers from Bidford Youth Club started aluminium can collection to raise money for the club. more...
TWO new recruits have joined the retained fire crew at Bidford, bringing the total number of firefighters up to 12. more...
THE Malvern-based research establishment, QinetiQ, has been awarded an £8.1m contract to build a new radar system. more...
The Bank of England left the path clear for another rise in the cost of borrowing yesterday after it predicted inflation would hit its target sooner than expected. more...
WORCESTER business bosses could face criminal charges if they do not file their annual accounts by the due date. more...
WARNDON-based domestic boiler firm Worcester Bosch has announced the date for its highly-acclaimed Environment 2010 Awards for Excellence. more...
A LEADING North Worcestershire engineering company, which makes air conditioning systems for major new building projects nationwide, has completed the biggest property deal in its 20 year history. more...
BUSINESSES in Worcestershire are among those who have given their backing to Britain's bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. more...
FATHERS will be able to take up to nine months paid paternity leave under new childcare plans revealed by the Government this week - much to the despair of business leaders in Worcestershire. more...
ALAN Bullock explained that his own long service with the firm made the decision to shed jobs particularly hard. more...
PRODUCTION costs contributed to the decision to close the department. more...
JOBS lost in Kidderminster's carpet industry over the years have effectively been exported, said the managing director who has reluctantly been forced to axe employees at one of the town's top manufacturers. more...
A CHALLENGE to find out how many miles a supermarket employee walks around the store in a week has been won by a Bewdley couple. more...
CONSUMERS will be able to get off-the-shelf advice about their rights from their local libraries in a campaign being run by trading standards chiefs. more...
THE number of young Polish people living and working in Wyre Forest is steadily increasing following their country's entry into the European Union last year. more...
A CAMPAIGN to replace a Stourport Scout hut that has outlived its usefulness has received a cash boost following its recent launch. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE'S top education boss has insisted no decision has been taken on a new site for King Charles I High School although a move is almost certainly on the cards. more...
KIDDERMINSTER sports fans went potty when four of the world's top snooker players graced the town's Glades Arena during an exciting new tournament. more...
A MAKE or break meeting on the future of Salford Priors Youth Club is to take place next month. more...
CRIMEBUSTING stickers are being offered to Neighbourhood Watch members in Kidderminster in a fresh bid to beat the burglar. more...
LAUGHTER is the key to a long and happy marriage, according to a Bewdley couple celebrating their diamond wedding today. more...
LOVESTRUCK teenager, Beryl Hall, was bowled over when she spotted future husband, Brian, playing in a holiday cricket match near Kidderminster. more...
HUNTERS in Kidderminster are expecting a bumper turn-out when they meet as usual on Saturday - the day after a ban becomes legal. more...
A TRUE love pledge has stood the test of time inside an old oak tree on a farm near Kidderminster. more...
REINFORCEMENTS have given Royal British Legion members in Stourport the chance to relax in style when their newly refurbished lounge is opened officially on Friday. more...
A PHONE box blast in Bewdley could have been caused by thieves using a powerful firework to get to the cash box, police believe. more...
BEWDLEY Carnival will go ahead this year after new members came to the rescue of the summer event. more...
TWO people who failed to turn up in court and whose last whereabouts were believed to be in Kidderminster were included in a list of bail dodgers issued by police. more...
A FOOTBALL-mad youngster, who put his love of the sport on paper, has scooped a prize in a reporting competition run by a national newspaper. more...
EVESHAM is getting all gummed up and keeping the town clean is a major headache. more...
A BROADWAY charity, which helps solve people's problems by pointing them in the right direction is hoping to expand its services from its new premises. more...
FINANCING is proving to be difficult for Broadway's Tourism Information Centre, which is hoping to move into its new home in April. more...
CAMPAIGNERS are organising a last-gasp bid to save Droitwich Spa's historic lido. more...
YOUNG and old are showing their support for the tsunami victims by snapping up their Evening News Wishbands. more...
YOUR correspondents Mr James and Mr Wornham suggest road safety measures. more...
REGARDING road accidents, Terry James, I reckon if no one under the age of 25 was allowed to drive a car, the amount of drink and drug-induced crashes would greatly decrease. more...
I WONDER what it is that makes government ministers attracted to Europe. It has been going on now for about 40 years since the days of Harold Wilson and Ted Heath. more...
I WAS under the impression that it was illegal to drive along with a mobile phone glued to one's ear. more...
YOUR story headlined "MP Foster blasted in Cripplegate backlash" (Evening News, Friday, February 11) simply goes to show that neither the Conservatives nor New Labour can be trusted with our green spaces. more...
FOOTBALL may have been a "man's game", but now women are breaking through - both on and off the pitch. more...
FLYING round Britain in his Magic Helicopter, Tony Blair has performed his most powerful magic - with a flourish of his wand of pledges he has made that most dreaded band of goblins disappear. more...
GIRLS have continued to get behind Operation Covert with a donation from a Kidderminster Rainbow and Brownie pack. more...
A JUDO tournament raised £300 for Operation Covert. more...
SHOPPERS and snooker fans helped to send our Operation Covert total soaring past the £20,000 mark this week. more...
With the average wedding costing more than £25,000 as we desperately try and keep up with the celebs, it seems there's nothing we'll stop at to make sure our big day is perfect. Here, Emma Cullwick speaks to one woman who literally lost pounds to make her wedding extra special and looks at some handy tips to prevent you getting in the red just to say: "I do' more...
BADSEY SOCIETY: Retiring chairman Terry Sparrow spoke in his address to the society's AGM of another highly successful year. Solid sales of the society's second publication had helped produce a buoyant balance sheet. After the official business, Mr Sparrow put on his local historian's hat, and gave an entertaining talk on the 19th century Enclosure Act. The officials elected for the forthcoming year are: chairman Will Dallimore; secretary Maureen Spinks; treasurer Terry Sparrow, and committee Ian Gibson, Tony Jerram, Richard Phillips and Neil Thould. more...
AT the first meeting of the newly created Cotswold Conservation Board, Niel Curwen, of Woodchester, Stroud, was elected chairman and Jeffrey West, of Charlbury, vice-chairman. more...
OWNERS of horses and ponies in the Vale of Evesham have just days to get a passport for their animals. more...
FARMERS will be able to find out directly how to apply to the Single Payment Scheme - the biggest change facing farmers in 30 years - at a roadshow at the Three Counties Showground on Wednesday, February 25. more...
FARMERS held an exchange of views on current areas of concern in the agricultural industry when they met David Fursdon, deputy president of the Country Land and Business Association. more...
AT the February meeting, the first speaker was Peter Graham on the subject of Fairtrade. more...
FOLLOWING last year's series of talks and discussions on the theme of the Arts in Worship, Churches Together are this year organising a similar series. more...
ON Sunday, two rides will leave The Green, Blakebrook, Kidderminster. more...
THE next meeting is at Holy Innocents Church Hall on Monday at 2pm. All welcome. Enquiries to 01299 826109. more...
IN a change to the advertised programme, on Wednesday a talk entitled "The life of Francis Brett Young" will be given by Mr Michael Hall. more...
AT the February meeting, Mrs Jean Armishaw demonstrated painting on silk. Several members had a go themselves. more...
AT the February meeting, Shirley Gledhill reported on the skittles match played against Chaddesley Corbett, which Stone lost. Anne Brooks volunteered to be communications officer. more...
DURING the week of Prayers for Christian Unity the member churches of the Stourport Churches Forum signed a Covenant declaring their common belief in Jesus Christ and pledging to work together wherever possible. more...
ON Tuesday, Shaun of the Dead, directed by Edgar Wright, will be shown at Kidderminster Library at 7.30pm. more...
THE organisation is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a ball on April 1, 2005, at the Pine Lodge Hotel in Bromsgrove. President Sue invites any ex Hagley Rotaractors or Rotarians to celebrate this milestone. more...
'A WRITER'S Shropshire" was the title of Gordon Dickens' talk at the Wyre Forest and District Centre January meeting in Blakedown parish room. more...
A WALK has been organised around Trimpley of about eight miles on Sunday, meeting at the Memorial Park Gates, Park Lane, Stourport at 10am prompt. For further details telephone Dillis Lacey on 01562 829204. more...
RESPONSES to a questionnaire that will help shape that future of Broadway have come flooding back to the parish plan's steering group. more...
THE Wyre Forest group's latest walk is on Sunday, a four-five mile walk at Churchill. more...
WHAT is the lifespan of a mute swan, do they partner for life, do they return to the nest? At the January indoor meeting these questions were answered by Bert Coleman. His knowledge of mute swans had been gained from an intensive and ongoing survey. more...
EVESHAM and Pershore Housing Association has been named as one of the top organisations of its kind in the country. more...
STAFF at a Vale school are pulling out all the stops after an Ofsted inspection revealed weaknesses. more...
THE food industry and its related transport problems in the Vale of Evesham came under the spotlight at a forum organised by the Country Land and Business Association. more...
PARENT campaigner Helen Donovan from Evesham attended a conference in Chester to show support for a new funding scheme which could bring in another £4m for county schools. more...
A VALE couple renewed their vows in front of millions on Valentine's Day when they took part in GMTV's Breakfast Show. more...
CONVICTED drink drivers living in the Vale are taking the opportunity to reduce their sentences by learning from their mistakes. more...
BAIL dodgers had a double Valentine's Day surprise from police this week in an initiative to crackdown on people who try to evade the justice system. more...
VALE schools and parishes are being encouraged to make a difference this lent by lobbying politicians and raising money for CAFOD. more...
EVESHAM'S Port Street will never again be a shopping street, more...
FARMERS and growers in the Vale of Evesham are taking another step in the fight back against the giant supermarket chains. more...
THE final council tax bills for people living in the Vale of Evesham and Broadway are expected by the end of this week. more...
EVESHAM car owners demanding parking permits for their street, following the re-enforcement of waiting restrictions, have been backed by town councillors. more...
A talented footballer smashed a glass in the face of a former school friend after an argument in a Worcester bar. more...
SO, Waitrose is to close. Goodbye to another specialist store in Kidderminster. more...
EVESHAM schools campaigner Helen Donovan had a private meeting with Prime Minister Tony Blair when he came to Worcestershire! more...
IT was like saying goodbye to one of the family when Sam Boulter watched as a bubble car was removed from the garden of his home in Honeybourne where it had been for about 40 years. more...
I AM astonished at the outpouring of grief, over the closure of the Waitrose store. more...
A SNACK wagon has been given permission to continue to trade from a lay-by in Willersey, despite concerns expressed by residents. more...
A VALE farmer who lost more than £20,000-worth of straw in a suspected arson attack claims those responsible should pick up the tab. more...
I AM writing to say that I and several women - eight altogether who travel on the Dial-a-Ride service - use Waitrose to get our groceries. Now that it is closing we do not know where we will get our shopping from. more...
A VALE woman has praised the Advertising Standards Authority's prompt response after complaining about receiving a mock police file from Channel 5. more...
THE Birmingham War Research Society is a voluntary organisation which has been taking people to visit battlefield sites across northern Europe for 30 years. more...
100 Years Ago more...
A LEAFLET sent by local Tories to the residents of Spennells in Kidderminster seems to suggest the decision to change from a three-tier school system in Wyre Forest to two-tier has already been made and the £160 million needed to implement the change is in place. more...
SO district council leader Stephen Clee now writes about "pride" (Letters, February 3) does he? Well, he really fails to understand that the small schools that may become casualties of the schools review truly don't deserve to be caught up in its mess. more...
ON a recent Sunday morning, I was in the empty Green Street surface car park near the Aldi supermarket in Kidderminster. To my astonishment there was a car park attendant booking several cars which appeared to have been there all night. more...
A FATHER and son have been fined at Worcester Crown Court after being found guilty of an early morning affray outside a Kidderminster nightclub. more...
CAN anyone in authority please tell me who is responsible for the chaotic state of the bus service? more...
TWO people who failed to turn up in court and whose last whereabouts were believed to be in Kidderminster were included in a list of bail dodgers issued by police. more...
WE wish to respond to the letter from Mrs Sue Savage (Shuttle/Times & News, January 13 ). more...
A STOURPORT man's day went from bad to worse when his prized car caught fire and torched his designer clothes which he was taking to the launderette because his washing machine had broken down. more...
FRIENDS of the Earth are seriously concerned to learn that the community network dealing with electrical appliances is due to close on March 2 with the loss of eight jobs. more...
A MAN who simulated sex with a nine-year-old girl has been jailed for two years at Worcester Crown Court. more...
I AGREE with the view expressed in the letter from Malcolm Flight (Shuttle/Times & News, February 10) that cars parked on cycle lanes are a dangerous obstacle for cyclists. more...
SIX vehicles were vandalised during a wrecking spree in Kidderminster. more...
I WOULD like to thank those who responded to my request for information concerning the Tivoli in Mill Street, Kidderminster. more...
PRIMARY school teachers from across the Midlands are working with University College Worcester to improve their modern language skills. more...
A MINI motorcross motorcycle was stolen from a shed in the rear garden of a Kidderminster house. more...
I REFER to David Guest's letter concerning Bewdley Museum (Shuttle/Times & News, February 10). more...
THE Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service has a new chief officer. more...
HUNDREDS of thousands of pounds could be spent by Worcester City Council on developing the riverside area. more...
BUILDER, Tristram Scully, 32, of Primrose Way, Aggborough, Kidderminster, admitted receiving stolen equipment valued at £2,300 from Express Tool Hire, of Lisle Avenue, Kidderminster, and was sentenced to a community punishment order for 60 hours and ordered to pay £55 costs by the town's magistrates. more...
YOUNG people from Upton- upon-Severn are travelling to youth clubs in Kempsey and Hanley Swan because there is nothing for them in the town itself. more...
A FAIR funding campaigner was granted a personal audience with Tony Blair during his visit to Worcestershire - but got just two minutes to state her case. more...
PUPILS using a shortcut through a wooden fence have been blamed for smashing through a repair job just hours after it was completed, claim residents. more...
"TOLLIES" and "Brickies" will be able to stroll together in a Worcester park after it is treated to a £270,000 overhaul. more...
THIRTY-two shopping trolleys, 2,820 newspapers, 14 bicycles and 23 items of assorted household furniture - all these were dumped in Worcester's parks in 2004. more...
NEWS that jobs in rural Worcestershire are to be lost was confirmed as top judges yesterday rejected a Countryside Alliance appeal to overturn the fox-hunting ban. more...
WEST Worcestershire MP Sir Michael Spicer dropped in on an old people's home in Malvern this week for a triple birthday celebration. more...
UP to 65 jobs could be axed at the former Kays Company in Worcester. more...
COUNTY race boss Mohammed Aslam is being called upon to withdraw "outrageous and false" claims that the Worcester Evening News is "racist" and took part in a "Paki-bashing spree". more...
WORCESTERSHIRE hospitals have missed out on a £100,000 cash windfall after failing to hit a target to end long waits in casualty on time. more...
SIX quad bikes were among a haul worth more than £30,000 stolen during a break-in at a farm in Wolverley. more...
THE BODY of "lovely" son and brother Einstein Ellis has been found in the Severn three months after he disappeared. more...
RACISM. It's an ugly word for an ugly sentiment. And in modern, tolerant Britain, few people would stand for being accused of it. more...
SATURDAY: Worcester Ramblers - Panoramic Bredon, meet at 10am for an eight to nine mile moderate walk, it takes place in the Bredon and Kemerton area and has lovely panoramic views. Bring packed lunch. Details: Cedric 01905 779872. more...
FRIDAY: 7.30pm, Whitnash Town Council civic dinner at Leamington and County Golf Club, Whitnash. more...
INTEREST AND LEISURE CLUB: On February 9 in the Royal British Legion Club vice-chairman David Cham opened the meeting by asking members to stand for a minute's silence in memory of the following members: Mrs Ward (vice-chairwoman in the early days of the club), Mrs D Scarsbrook, Mrs Sybil Hopes, Mrs Mary Brooks, Mrs Pye and Miss Dot Cooper. All enthusiastic members who will be much missed. more...
WEDNESDAY CLUB: This year 52 members sat down to an excellent festive meal with a friendly service. The rooms were beautifully decorated as were the tables and the turkey was carved at the table. more...
SATURDAY: The North Cotswold Hounds - meet at The Kennels, Broadway at 10.45am. more...
1st (£1,000) 13662, Worcester; 2nd (£100) 19816, Ab Lench; 3rd (£50) 19389, Malvern. more...
BRITAIN has become a country governed by regulation, one follows another as we advance towards the Orwellian Society of Animal Farm, according to Andrew Grant, West Midlands regional chairman of the Country Landowners' Association. more...
ST JAMES'S CHURCH: The pancake party organised by the social committee and held in St James's church on Shrove Tuesday evening was very well supported and raised £75 for the Children's Society. This was one of those occasions when the area at the west end of the church was put to very good use for a secular cause and was a foretaste, it is hoped, of the many such events which will take place there when all the planned alterations and improvements have been completed. Readers are reminded that more can be learned about these plans and other facts concerning the running of the church and its hopes for the future at the annual meeting which will take place on Sunday evening, April 10, following a shortened evensong. more...
THE February meeting was an illustrated talk by Hugh Cantlie on the life and work of Sir John Vanburgh, Dilettante or Genius? Members heard of his importance as architect of stately homes such as Castle Howard and Blenheim Palace, both of which clearly show the influence of his time in Paris, though he is equally famous as the author of some of the wittiest comedies of the early 18th century. more...
GARDENING CLUB: Evesham Gardening Club will be meeting on Tuesday, February 22 at 7.30pm at Wallace House, Oat Street, Evesham. The speaker will be Peter Pashley whose talk is called Some Enchanted Island. The talk is sponsored by Pro-Culture of Evesham. The competition this month is for a bowl of hellebores. Refreshments will be served at the end of the meeting and the entrance fee is £1 for members and non-members. Please come along and support your local club. more...
DO you have a question about a disability issue? Did you know there is an advice service in Evesham and Broadway that can help you find the answer? more...
DEBATING SOCIETY: The society met for its annual encounter with Chipping Campden School to debate the motion -this house believes that advertising is the bane of society. more...
A FORMER mayor of Bewdley has been rapped for swearing during a heated council meeting over a skatepark plan - but has refused to apologise. more...
A CANCER sufferer's appeal to buy a hospital a life-saving skin cancer scanner is to benefit from a tribute show in Kidderminster, despite its second target having already been smashed by Posh and Becks. more...
A TOP Tory has apologised for a photograph in a campaign leaflet which a leading school governor said made parents think their school was in line to be knocked down. more...
SAVE Our Streets forms were distributed to members and visitors to the most recent meeting of Stourport Civic Society. more...
CAMPAIGNERS are urging Stourport residents to boost their civic pride in their town by supporting an initiative to have eyesores cleared from the local landscape. more...
AN up-and-coming DJ has made an impassioned appeal for muggers to return a master copy of recordings they stole from him - fearing they will get into the hands of bootleggers. more...
ENVIRONMENTAL health inspectors were called on for advice on a burnt-out building in Stourport after firefighters discovered asbestos in the roof. more...
A 69-year-old woman who cheated Wyre Forest District Council out of £10,212.52 has been given a 200-hour punishment order. more...
A STOURPORT man has made a five-minute appearance at Worcester Crown Court accused of causing the death of a Bewdley teenager by dangerous driving. more...
TWO people had to be rescued from a lift in a residential home following a power cut. more...
A STOURPORT man accused of dealing in drugs with an estimated street value of £50,000 has made a brief appearance at Worcester Crown Court. more...
THE hunt is due to start for a new manager at Kidderminster Hospital's treatment centre. more...
PEOPLE are being urged to carry on having their say on Wyre Forest Birth Centre by writing to the district's maternity services liaison committee. more...
A DETERMINED mother's fight to see post-natal services return to Wyre Forest Birth Centre has prompted a change of opinion by the man who closed the facility after six babies died. more...
SHOP managers in a Kidderminster centre have sprung to the defence of stallholders given just two weeks to leave - saying they play a key role in drawing shoppers into the complex. more...
THE Claines Amateur Theatrical Society (CATS) are hosting their annual pantomime this week. more...
COMMUTERS in St Peter's will have somewhere else to take cover from the rain - as a total of eight new bus shelters are being installed in the city. more...
FURTHER rises in pay for Worcester city councillors have been ruled out. more...
MISGIVINGS about plans to create a "one-stop shop" for council services in Upton-upon-Severn were aired this week. more...
WORCESTER Mayor Coun Allah Ditta donned his traditional "shalwar kameez" to give his backing to St Richard's Hospice PJ Day next month. more...
PEOPLE in Upton-upon-Severn have been offered a chance to comment on every aspect of life in the town, including issues like shopping and transport, as well as future development. more...
A FANFARE for solo French horn will be played for the first and last time at a Rotary Club ladies' night in Pershore this month. more...
AN international salsa star from America is coming to Worcestershire for one night only to help teach residents how to shake their stuff on the dance floor. more...
FARMERS and growers in the Vale of Evesham are taking another step in the fight back against the giant supermarket chains. more...
A TALE of mystery and humour will be keeping Droitwich youngsters on the edge of their seats as the Norbury Theatre is brought alive by Bats in the Belfry. more...
Evesham 3, more...
EVESHAM Wheelers A team rode the Stratford Reliability from Clifford Chambers with all riders completing it in record times . more...
Evesham and District Association more...
STRATFORD Racecourse is gearing up for next month's first National Hunt meeting of 2005. more...
Evesham and District Airgun League more...
EVESHAM High School pupil Dan Keen won the senior age group race at the Worcestershire Schools Cross Country Championships in spectacular style. more...
THE Prudden Road Surfacing Tennis League's annual meeting takes place next Tuesday, starting at 7.30pm at the Royal British Legion Club in Bidford. more...
PUPILS from Prince Henry's High School learned skills off the field before being shown how to put them into practice on it. more...
Tenbury United Reserves 1 Gemini 12 more...
The Tough Guy, as seen on TV, is a world-renowned SAS-style race that combines a fearsome bog, dyke, barrier and fire assault course with a long run over muddy fields. more...
THE Prudden Road Surfacing Tennis League's annual meeting takes place next Tuesday, starting at 7.30pm at the Royal British Legion Club in Bidford. more...
ASHTON Cricket Club celebrate their centenary in 2007 and plans to mark the event are being made. more...
EVESHAM Henricans Cricket Club are looking to recruit players of any age or standard to play Sunday friendlies. Match frees are £4 a game. more...
ANOTHER clean sheet, another win on the road and, more importantly, another three points in the promotion locker. more...
SIXTH-FORMERS Dan Antonelli, Joe Newcome, and Chris Hesketh have returned to their roots in mini-rugby to help in the training of the Bredon Buzzards Under-10s. more...
ON A Warwickshire Avon that was more than a foot in flood, Saturday's final round of the Fisheasy Teams League was fished on Ham-pton Ferry and Evesham Town Waters. more...
Evesham 0, Bishops Castle 6pts more...
Evesham GC more...
AN almost full-strength squad will be out for revenge at Common Road on Saturday when a fourth successive Southern League Division West win will further strengthen Evesham United's hopes of promotion. more...
ANYTHING you can do... Long Compton went one better than last week's big scorers in the Stratford Alliance's Nursing Home Cup. more...
WCB Indoor League more...
Birdseye Sports Evesham Sunday League more...
Pershore 2nd Xl 2, more...
THREE straight wins booked Holy Redeemer RC Primary School a place in the final of the Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College tournament. more...
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