PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION - Congratulations to the winners of the photographic competition, sponsored by Melgray, for the Holy Rood Church Restoration Appeal. Thanks are extended to the 36 entrants. Judging was said to be difficult, when the final decision
A ROSS-ON-WYE man, who once lived in South Africa, is hoping farmers, landowners and householders in Herefordshire will be able to offer free accommodation to some families in Zimbabwe who need a break from the stress of the violent land-grab campaign
FORMER Ross-on-Wye and Hereford oarsman Chris Farr was a member of the Worcester crew which won the Wyfold Challenge Cup at Henley Regatta. The coxless fours event is the most prestigious in amateur rowing. It was reward for 10 years of dedication to
HEREFORDSHIRE lost a county friendly match against Somerset by 11 shots on one of Burnham-on-Sea's wettest days. In fact the rink of Ray Walker played only 20 ends because the green had become flooded. They were Hereford-shire's best rink of the day,
THE Ceredigion Trotting Club fixture at Aberystwyth was an outstanding success on Sunday, despite the persistent rain. The conditions certainly did not dampen the enthusiasm of the huge crowd, who enjoyed a card of 15 competitive races, culminating in
HEREFORD and County AC competed at Brecon in difficult wet conditions. But they still managed to record numerous personal best performances. Under-11 Girls: Rachel Skinner, 75m 12.3s 5A, long jump 1.67m 4A; Angharad Thompson, 75m 13.9s 4B pb, long jump
ROSS-based equestrian rider Kate Butling has qualified for the National Dressage Championships at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire in September. Butling, 23, and Grand Prix horse Solitaire's Secret completed their qualification at Intermediare 11 level at the
COUNTY dressage rider Alice Hurley put in a fine performance representing Great Britain against Ireland at the two-day Blarney Castle Dressage Festival in Cork. Twelve-year-old Hurley, a pupil at John Kyrle High School, Ross-on-Wye, came fifth in the
HEREFORD'S ABC Cinema will be continuing to show the summer blockbuster, 'Mission Impossible 2', starring Tom Cruise and Thandie Newton. There are matinee previews on Saturday and Sunday of the adventures of the animated mouse 'Stuart Little'. The Coliseum
THE next Courtyard production will be Stephen Sondheim's hauntingly beautiful, hilariously funny and totally exhilarating musical, Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The director is looking for a company of approximately 20 to work alongside
HEREFORD United's youth team will take on a fresh look and a different league in the new season after joining forces with North Birmingham Coll-ege. The side will play their home league games at Pelsall Villa, Walsall, in the Northern Division of the
NATIONWIDE Confe-rence new boys Chester City will provide Chris-tmas and New Year opposition for Hereford United next season. The Bulls visit the Deva Stadium on Boxing Day and City come to Edgar Street on New Year's Day. United last met the Blues in
WATER cascading from the leaf canopy of a 15 ft high galvanised steel palm tree, (complete with coconuts) fabricated by Ledbury artist Stephen McRae, the champion blacksmith of this year's Three Counties Show, stands in the chicken populated yard of the
LEADING figures in the bell ringing world will be attending two special events at Eardisland Church on July 29 and August 3. Alan Berry, general manager of Taylors Bellfoundry at Loughborough will be guest of honour at In Praise of Bells at 7.30pm on
BURGHILL Valley ladies' captain Pat Cox enjoyed good support for her Away Day at Bryn Meadows. Honours in the team of three format were taken by Carla Doyle, Mary Crockett and Ann Ellis, with Sylvia Kenny, Sandra Fletcher and Wendy Jones taking the runners-up
BURGHILL Valley professional David Park tees up in this week's Standard Life Loch Lomond Invitation event hoping to recapture the form which shot him to prominence on the PGA European Tour. His recent run continued last weekend when he fired a seven over
WEST OF ENGLAND CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP Gloucestershire & Wiltshire Division 1 Gloucester City 47 (N Mucadam 30. A Herbert 5-12, A Mayers 4-27) Hereford 48-3 (N Denny 14 no, D Kings 12 no) Colwall 66 (S Cain 19. Vrenberegt 6-16, Peyman 2-6) Cirencester
MARCHES League Division 2 leaders Burghill & Tillington were toppled at third position Ledbury and lost by 65 runs after the home side made 249-9 with 110 from Danny Baker and 45 for P Elkington. Alan Edge claimed 5-63 for Burghill, but his side crashed
GARNONS underlined their dominance at the top of Division 1 of the Flint & Cook Marches League with a crushing 103-run home win over third-placed Ross. Rob Pritchard's unbeaten 64, plus 58 from Brian Pugh, provided the cornerstone of the reigning
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Falconers Country Dance Club: Barbara Tyler, The Leisure Centre, Cruxwell Street, Bromyard. 01743 872182. Hereford Circle Dance Group: Jill Vernon, 60 Gorsty Lane or Friends Meeting House, King Street, Hereford, 01432 357552. Herefordhire Scottish Country
NICOLA Goodwin has been selected for a 36-strong England women's senior rugby squad who will be prepare for the Canada Cup competition in September. Former Hereford player Goodwin is selected at hooker and joins her Worcester club-mates, prop Amanda Palmer-Norrie
THE chief of a leading county sports club has launched a stinging criticism of Herefordshire Council planning committee procedures. Andy Morris said that Westfields Football Club and Hereford Sixth Form College had been left 'totally devastated' by the
A FORMER Hereford United footballer and member of England's triumphant 1966 squad has been devastated by Germany winning the right to host the 2006 World Cup after he helped spearhead a rival bid. Terry Paine, player-coach in United's league hey-day,
OUTING - Twenty-one members of Lyonshall Ladies Luncheon Club enjoyed a Millennium outing to Monnington Court, visiting the home of Mr and Mrs John Bulmer. After a scrumptious tea in the Butt House, they had a tour of the gardens, admiring Angela Conner's
COMMUNITY COUNCIL - Llangunllo Community Council is looking at ways of deterring the various commercial advertisements and flyers which keep appearing on the notice board. They will remove items on a regular basis. A final decision as to whether to renew
CHRISTIAN AID - Members of Linton and Bromsash have responded magnificently to the recent Christian Aid collection. More than £300 was given and a refund, via the Gift Aid Scheme, will advance this to about £360. GARDENING - A chilly evening, although
COFFEE MORNING - There will be a coffee morning at Hanley Court, Kingstone, on Saturday, July 22, from 10.30am, in aid of church funds.
FETE - It was a fun weekend for the Kings Caple Church Fete, held at the church and nearby Tump landmark, with stalls, raffles, games, refreshments and a helicopter ride put up as a prize. The PCC at Kings Caple and organisers were pleased to hear Saturday's
MILLENNIUM QUILT - The specially- designed quilt was hung in position on the south wall of the nave on June 12. It is the result of five months' patient work by a dedicated group of local ladies, under the guidance of Marie Roper. MILLENNIUM TRIPTYCH
SIMPSON HALL - At the recent meeting, the management committee was told how successful the hall had been during the recent financial period with a record income from lettings, in spite of the decision to hold hiring charges at the 1999 rate. Planning
SCHOOL - Almeley Primary School took advantage of the free tickets for schools for the Millennium Dome recently. It was an unforgettable day for the pupils and very fitting as the year 2000 is their 150th anniversary year. This term, the pupils have visited
THE Herefordshire Federation of Women's Institutes is marking its 80th anniversary with a special concert at Hereford Cathedral in September. Headlining the September 15 event will be the 18-year-old virtuoso violinist, Cora Venus Lunny, who began studying
FANS of ITV's 'Stars In Their Eyes' will have their own chance to make up their minds about one of the acts 'in the flesh' on July 22. Yvonne Haylen will be giving her version of 'Cher' as one of the acts performing at Hereford United's fund-raising concert
MADLEY Festival will be welcoming four very talented instrumentalists who are all finalists in the BBC Hereford and Worcester Young Musician of 2000 competition, and are all pupils of Hereford Cathedral School. On Sunday, July 23, they are giving a short
NOT only did a number of new entrants win rosettes at the Harewood End Agricultural Society field and livestock competitions but the prestigious best-managed farm classes also drew first-time winners. Recently-wed Charlie Whitehouse and father Phillip
CANON Frome residents are backing a call by Ledbury Town Council for a county-wide referendum on genetically-modified crops. Besides writing to Herefordshire Council for a referendum, a meeting of parishioners also agreed that GM crops should not be grown
THE Prince of Wales will officially open the Royal Welsh Show on Monday, July 24. It will be the first time that a member of the Royal family has opened the show since 1975 when the opening was undertaken by Prince Philip. Prince Charles, who has expressed
A LONGTOWN business woman is calling on Herefordshire Council to stop dragging its feet over promoting local produce. Mrs Jean Carter of Olchon Court, Llanveynoe, has written to the council saying it was rather surprising that a county with so much good
ROB Weale, Pres-teigne's international bowler, faces a busy county and club programme after helping Wales to a disappointing fourth place in the British Isles Champion-ships at Llandrindod Wells. The Wales team failed to make home advantage count and
HEREFORD downhill mountain bike rider Peter Butterfill recorded a double victory in rounds seven and eight of the Welsh Dragon Series, held at Rheola Forest near Swansea. He won the pro-elite class of round seven in 3mins 29.60secs, and round eight by
ROSS Tennis Centre's men's A team have reached the regional play-off stage of the National Club League after winning the County Division 1. They maintained their 100 per cent record with a win in their final match away to Manor Park, Malvern. The men's
HEREFORDSHIRE'S Janet McMorran and Matthew Faucher will both represent Great Britain in the Invacare World Team Cup, the Davis and Federation cups of wheelchair tennis. The event, now in its 16th year, will take place in Paris, France, from July 17-23
A FORMER Hereford United footballer and member of England's triumphant 1966 squad has been devastated by Germany winning the right to host the 2006 World Cup after he helped spearhead a rival bid. Terry Paine, player-coach in United's league hey-day,
THE SNAP phenomenon returns to Hereford Leisure Centre on Saturday. No fewer than 12 live acts will be taking the stage over seven hours between 4pm and 11pm in support of the anti-drugs Say No And Phone campaign. Acts for this first birthday event will
COLLECTION Gallery Ledbury, renowned for its wide range of contemporary British crafts, compliments its three-dimensional work this month, with a show of prints and etching by Ross-on-Wye artist, Sue Maud. An experienced sailor, Sue not only does much
OFFICIALS of the Cricket Federation for People with Disabilities were delighted with the response to their inter-regional match between the Midlands and Mid-Wales at Luctonians' Mortimer Park on Sunday. Chairman Dick Wildgoose who, with the help of his
HIGH-FLYING Lucton-ians were shot down by Ombersley and fell to a narrow two-wicket home defeat in Division 1 of the Worcestershire County League. Damien D'Oliveira (4-19) was the scourge of the county side, while R Robinson also took four wickets as
COLWALL suffered the heartbreak of defeat on wickets lost in the national first round of the 6X Village Knockout after the scores were tied at 146 against Derbyshire visitors Elvaston. The efforts of unbeaten ninth-wicket pair Jordan Kontarines (32 not
HEREFORD bowled out visitors Gloucester City for just 47 and crushed them by seven wickets in the Gloucestershire & Wiltshire Division 1 of the West of England Clubs Championship. The county side avenged a 128-run defeat in May with a similarly emphatic
HEREFORDSHIRE marched into the quarter-finals of the ECB 38 County Cup and set up a clash at Gloucestershire Board with a 42-run win over Warwickshire Board at Brockhampton. The county were anchored by an unbeaten century from Chris Boroughs, skipper
Theatre July 14 Stu Who + support (comedy), Courtyard Theatre, Hereford. 22-23 Hoodwinked: Inner State Theatre Company, Goodrich Castle. 26-29 The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Courtyard Theatre. Details: 01432 359252. Musical events July 14 Black Umfolosi,
HEREFORDSHIRE Junior League line-up for 2000-01. Under-9 Division: Bartestree, Bartestree Colts, Dore Valley, Fownhope, Kington Town, Lads Club, Lads Club Colts, Ledbury Swifts, Leominster Minors, Hinton, Orleton, Tupsley Pegasus, Wellington, Weobley.
LEOMINSTER and Hinton will both rejoin the Premier Division for the new season in the Hereford Times Hereford-shire League. Leominster return to the top flight as Division 1 champions after electing to drop down for the 1999-2000 season. The Premier Division
JOCK Handley, chairman of the Hereford Times Herefordshire Football League for 10 years, stepped down from his post at the annual meeting at the GWRSA Club. Handley left the position after 40 years service on the committee, having joined in October 1959
HEREFORDSHIRE are just two matches away from Lord's after victory against Warwickshire in the ECB 38 County Cup set up a quarter-final clash against Gloucester-shire Board this Wednesday. The county's only challengers in Group 4 were Shropshire, whose
FORMER Wolves and England striker Steve Bull has joined Hereford United's coaching staff and will link up again with former manager Graham Turner, writes ADAM WORKMAN. Turner will allow Bull to work with the United squad as much as the goal-scoring ace
JUMBLE SALE - Barbara Colwell and Jean Cornwall organised the recent successful jumble sale which raised £72. COUNCIL - The following have been elected to serve on the new parish council -- Ikka Boyd, Diana Forrester, Peter Fray, David Jones, James Lloyd
COMMITTEE MEETING - Sellack bowls committee had its first meeting since the May annual meeting and last season's events and ideas for the coming 12 months. The emphasis was on the recruitment of new players for the club and the committee is now keen to
CAR PARKING CHARGES - Knighton Town Councillors were dismayed to hear that the Radnorshire committee of Powys County Council had deferred a decision on the implementation of car parking charges on the Bowling Green Lane car park while it considered ways
PARISH COUNCIL - All councillors, two district councillors and the local beat manager were present at the July meeting of Kilpeck Group Parish Council held at Wormbridge School. The County Economic Development Plan, together with the Herefordshire Housing
GARDEN VISIT - For their meeting this month, members of Gorsley Garden Club will be travelling to Much Fawley on July 17 to visit the home called Seabournes. Members will meet at the village hall at 7pm and anyone wishing to join the party should ensure
SCOUTS -The 1st Aston Ingham Scout Troop took part in the Millennium celebrations.They joined 600 Beavers and Cubs at the weekend camping at the West Midlands Safari Park. In a tug-of-war competition, the Aston leaders teamed up with a troop from Hereford
A MENAGERIE of pets collected over a decade by a Kentchurch woman are now on show for the first time. Wendy Scudamore has brought together more than 100 animals, including pigs, cattle, hedgehogs, deer, goats and ducks, and has decided to open up the
