BOWLS - Sellack Bowls Club is three years old and to celebrate the club is staging a triples tournament at Sellack Village Hall on Sunday. Being an invitation competition, three sides from Madley, together with three teams from Woolhope, will be competing
DONATIONS - The Trustees Management Committee of East Radnorshire Day Centre is determined to proceed with its plan to acquire the next-door cottage in order to extend much-needed facilities for the centre. At its last meeting, there was a surprise visit
COFFEE MORNING - Next Wednesday, September 20, a coffee morning will be held at the village hall at 10.30am until mid-day. There will be an extra 100 Club draw for £100. DOG SHOW - Thanks are extended to those who attended the dog show and barbecue. Luckily
GIFT - The parochial church council would like to hear views from residents of how to spend a small capital gift which must benefit the church building. A short list of four ideas has been made, covering additional heating, a water supply and resurfacing
COFFEE MORNING - Christchurch's September monthly coffee morning will be held at Kathleen Spragg's house on Wednesday, September 20, at 10.30am. Those who may find it difficult to reach the venue should contact Maureen. Meanwhile, on September 19, Kilcot
DUCK RACE - A successful duck race held on the mill stream recently raised more than £300 for the village hall funds. The fete and barbecue held in July on the village recreation ground for the same purpose, was equally successful. This raised more than
A GLASS of Paunton rose welcomed visitors to Bishops Frome . ROSE WELCOME - The dry summer wine is one of five varieties, made from grapes grown at Paunton Court vineyard, which were sampled during the open day. Visitors walked around the main vineyard
100 CLUB - Prize winners in the Allensmore Church 100 Club draw for August were: 1 Ken Williams, 2 John Lance, 3 Ken Jones, and 4 Pauline Pollock. The next draw takes place on September 24.
PARISH COUNCIL - Abbeydore and Bacton Group Parish Council met after the summer break in the village hall on September 5 when the clerk announced that the village hall committee had been successful in its application for a Lottery award and refurbishment
THE renowned Glasgow Phoenix Choir will be joining forces with the Hereford Police Male Voice Choir to perform in a concert in St Michael and All Angels Church, Ledbury, on Sunday, September 24 at 7pm. Both choirs received great acclaim when they performed
THE Herefordshire Photographic Society starts its 2000/2001 programme of events with an illustrated talk entitled 'A Guide to Wildlife Photography' at Brierly Court, Hereford, on Thursday, September 14.
FANS of Nigel Heins' gripping but grisly Flashback series in The Hereford Times should love a new course in criminal history starting in Hereford next Wednesday. Dr Tim Shakesheff will lead 'A History of Crime and Punishment 1750-1900' at Hereford County
THE country's biggest annual sale of Welsh ponies due to take place in Hereford this weekend has been postponed due to the fuel crisis. The sale, to be staged by Birghtwells Auctioneers, has now been re-scheduled for October 6 and 7.
HEREFORD'S two biggest businesses have suffered mixed fortunes during this difficult week. Sun Valley say a 'very serious situation' has developed for both the firm and the welfare of its birds. "We use medium fuel oil to power our feedmill which provides
A FIRE crew came to the rescue when a small child was overcome by the mini heatwave on Sunday afternoon. The youngster was suffering from a convulsion in Hereford's Safeway car park on Sunday afternoon. Officers, who were washing cars for charity at the
Hereford United moved up to second spot in the Nationwide Conference with a fine win at Manor Park. United put away their chances and then held firm against heavy pressure, particularly in the second half. The Bulls scored twice in five first half minutes
JACKIE Burton and Glynne Hall won Madley Tennis Club's annual ladies' tournament with victory in the final over defending champions Christine Snell and Lisa Michael. Burton and Hall topped Group B in the pool stages and then overcame Group A runners-up
HEREFORD and County AC father and son Dave and Craig Jones combined to collect a haul of eight medals at the Stars of Tomorrow and Millennium Games meetings. At the Stars of Tomorrow event in Redditch, senior men's competitor Dave grabbed a duo of golds
FOUR athletes from Hereford and County Athletic Club took part in their last open meeting of the track and field season held at Telford Athletic Track on Saturday with great success. Between them they won four silver and one bronze medal. In the under
THIS year's Benevolent Ladies' Triples saw an all Castle Green final, won 13-12 by D Herbert, J Reading and A Benson against P Uttley, M Peberdy and S Altham. Results Castle Green 89 (C Reading 25-17, B Howe 22-21, D Phelps 23-11, C Benson 19-25) Rodbourgh
THE new Hereford racing season opened in dramatic fashion last week when three fallers in the opening Wormbridge Novices Hurdle saw the race won by 16/1 outsider Sovereign, trained by John Panvert who had made the long journey from Kent, writes GRAHAM
Bromyard 32 Chaddesley Corbett 14 BROMYARD safely negotiated the First Round Midlands of the Tetley Bitter Vase with a comfortable victory. Richard Spence marked his return from a long injury lay-off with the opening try and, following an exchange of
LEDBURY made a little piece of history in their first ever match in the NPI Intermediate Cup with a victory at the First Round Midlands stage. The home side broke through a resolute Ludlow defence after 20 minutes with an unconverted try for winger Jerry
LUCTONIANS Rugby Club have secured the services of the experienced Stewart Jardine as senior squad coach. Although the former Scotland A and B international worked with the 1st XV towards the end of last season with great success, he had a number of offers
HEREFORD, with seven changes in the side due to a wedding, lacked the spirit of the Lincolnshire visitors and paid for their lethargy with defeat in the preliminary round of the Tetley Bitter Cup, writes Jeremy Finney. With £4,000 awarded to the winners
HEREFORD'S ABC Cinema will be continuing to show 'Scary Movie' for seven days from Friday. At the weekend there will be matinee showings of everyone's favourite tank engine in 'Thomas and the Magic Railroad' and 'Viva Rock Vegas' which features the return
'LA Cage Aux Folles', Hereford Amateur Operatic Society's Challenge 2000 from November 3-11 at The Courtyard, has some of its regular performers in the leading roles. Pictured are Nigel Holloway (left) and Paul Morris (right) who play Albin and George
A THUG with a drink problem who broke a young care assistant's arm during the Millennium Eve celebrations has been jailed for two and half years. Shaun Lerigo ran at Michelle Edwards in Hereford city centre as she tried to intervene in a fight between
A RUINED 16th century county church is set to become an unusual home after moves to declare its religious use redundant were approved, writes JONATHAN LAND. The removal of human remains from graves around Holy Trinity Church, Brockhampton, has not been
PLANS for a 'gateway to the 21st century' at Ross-on-Wye have been put to Herefordshire Council. The gates, on existing pillars at The Prospect, are intended to commemorate the Millennium.
TENBURY Readers' Group will be holding another 'Bestcellars' evening on Thursday, September 21 as part of the 10th birthday celebrations of Tenbury Library. The evening will be similar to the event held during the 1999 Tenbury Festival, and combines books
WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY LEAGUE Division 1 Kington 331-5 (C Millman 140, S Caple 52, J Lewis 32 no, R Symonds 31, C Scott 21 no, D Exall 19) Belbroughton 230-9 (L Bowditch 48, D Scriven 33, D Cook 31. K Gwynne 3-91, O Price 2-32) Droitwich Spa 235-8 (I Duggan
DIVISION 1 champions Garnons secured a second successive league and cup double with a comfortable 133-run triumph against Bulmers in the final of the Pavilion Marches League Cup at Wormelow on Sunday. Garnons won the toss and, after electing to bat, made
SILK garters thought to have once held up Marie Antoinette's stockings have gone on display at Berrington Hall, near Leominster. The garters, each decorated with a French verse, were originally brought to England by a lady-in-waiting of a close friend
REMOTE Craig Cwm Du in the hills above Brecon sets the scene for a new historical drama based on RD Blackmore's Lorna Doone. Instead of choosing a Devon setting, film-makers decided the unspoilt Mid Wales location was perfect for the 17th century-set
A HEREFORDSHIRE pub is offering to pick-up potential patrons as the fuel crisis continues. The Railway Inn, Hope-under-Dinmore runs its own courtesy 14-seater minibus stocked by two petrol tanks on site. Landlady Lyn Kirk said the service had 'plenty
A YOUNG boy was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after falling from play equipment at a caravan park near Bromyard. The 12-year-old broke his thigh and right arm in the accident, which happened at Saltmarshe last Saturday. He was taken to Birmingham
LEOMINSTER firefighters will be turning their hand to something a little different at the town's fire station on Saturday. The firefighters will be swapping their hoses for a bucket and chamois as they aim to wash as many cars as possible in their latest
BACK at work and feeling good. That is the news of popular Herefordshire health manager Graham Tarling who found life-saving surgery in America via the Internet, writes LIZ WATKINS. Graham who was given less than a year to live after being diagnosed as
EMERGENCY ambulances in Herefordshire will continue to work throughout the fuel crisis. But outpatient services run by Hereford and Worcester Ambulance Trust have been drastically curtailed. Only cancer patients, those needing dialysis and others with
A COUNTY service station has been inundated with requests for fuel from a 'panicky public' although it hasn't sold any for two years. Robin Thorne, of the Bush Bank Service Station, Canon Pyon, received more than 30 calls on Tuesday morning. "I wish I
AN SAS soldier has been killed in action just 10 days after attending the funeral of two colleagues at St Martins Church in Hereford. Trooper Brad Tinnion, aged 28, suffered fatal wounds when he was hit by machine gun fire as he helped lift six Army hostages
Hereford Utd Ladies 3 Bristol Utd Ladies 1 A BRACE from Lisa Oldham guaranteed victory for Hereford in the preliminary round of the AXA Women's FA Cup at Hereford Leisure Centre. Oldham gave the home side the lead on 62 minutes, but within two minutes
Wantage Town 1 Pegasus Juniors 4 PEGASUS claimed their first away win of the season in the Premier Division of the Cherry Red Record Hellenic League with a dominating display at Wantage. Phil Beavan nearly gave the city side the lead straight from the
Lye Town Reserves 1 Ledbury Town 8 ROBBIE Colwell bagged four as Ledbury atoned for last week's defeat by Bewdley by caning Lye Town Reserves away from home. Ledbury started brightly and created several chances before Colwell opened the scoring with a
Bromyard Town 2 Tipton 2 BROMYARD will feel that they deserved more than a draw from this Banks's Brewery West Midlands Premier League game after creating most of the chances and twice taking the lead. They opened the scoring with a well-constructed goal
Kington Town 1 Darlaston 4 BANKS'S Brewery West Midlands Premier League leaders Darlaston extended their unbeaten run to seven matches at Kington, who had Chris King and Danny Hill sent off in separate incidents. Darlaston took the lead after 15 minutes
Hereford Times Herefordshire League, Premier Division: Fownhope 2 Westfields 3, Ewyas Harold 4 Wellington Rangers 1, Leominster 0 Weston 3, Civil Service 1 Woofferton 1, Sutton Utd 1 Bromyard 6, Pegasus 1 (Tim Williams) Hinton 2 (Matt Smalley, Craig Edwards
BROMYARD hit their hosts Sutton United for six as they chalked up their third win out of three in the Premier Division of the Hereford Times Herefordshire League. Jamie Preece fired in a hat-trick, added to strikes from Brendan Richards, Dave Gilbert
HEREFORDSHIRE cricket hero Karl Pearson has had the shirt he wore for the county's victorious appearance in the final of the ECB County Cup stolen by heartless thieves. Pearson, part of the side which beat Cheshire by 42 runs at Lord's, had his car broken
HEREFORD United will look to continue their fine unbeaten start to the Nationwide Conference season when they travel to Doncaster Rovers on Saturday. Ian Rodgerson is likely to be replaced by Paul Parry, after picking up a calf injury in the match at
HEREFORD'S Danny Gomberra (left) kicks downfield under pressure from two Spalding players in the Tetley Bitter Cup preliminary round at Wyeside on Saturday. Despite Gomberra's efforts, Hereford went down 16-12 to their lower-graded visitors and so missed
Hereford United moved up to second spot in the Nationwide Conference with a fine win at Manor Park. United put away their chances and then held firm against heavy pressure, particularly in the second half. The Bulls scored twice in five first half minutes
MERLIN Music has launched its 38th concert season brochure, which once again offers international performers at affordable prices and with the added convenience of a local setting. Concerts are held in the hall of Monmouth School. The new concert list
COMING to Hereford's Courtyard Studio Theatre (01432 359252), on Saturday September 16 is Scotland's foremost singer-songwriter, Dick Gaughan. Born in Leith of Scottish and Irish descent, Dick grew up immersed in the Gaelic tradition. With very eclectic
THE acclaimed series of Beethoven recitals by master pianist Martino Tirimo resumes at Hereford Shirehall on Saturday, September 23. This will be the fifth in the series of seven concerts which is featuring all of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas. September
AN intrepid adventurer is 5,000 miles into forging the longest continuous footpath in human history. The record-breaking bid by 'Walkman' Karl Bushby is catching world attention, but its base is right here in Herefordshire. Karl's father Keith, from Hereford
EVERY father wants his 'boy' to blaze a trial, and for one Hereford dad it's the longest walk in the world, writes BILL TANNER. Keith Bushby expects to see son Karl again in several years' time, once the 31-year-old former paratrooper has covered 36,000
THERE'S something fishy going on at Denco. A six-foot dolphin made from recycled metal has appeared outside the Hereford company's headquarters in Holmer Road. The specially-designed sculpture, by local artist Helen Vasbenter, has been created to celebrate
A CASH boost worth hundreds of millions of pounds can be confirmed as coming Herefordshire's way - and there's a bonus, writes BILL TANNER. Regional development agency Advantage West Midlands will be making the mega-money available for regeneration projects
HEREFORD United recovered from conceding their first goal of the season and came back to preserve their unbeaten Nationwide Conference record with a draw at Edgar Street on Saturday. Bulls skipper Ian Wright was the home hero when he glanced a header
The Boughrood meeting under BHRC rules at Almeley was bathed in September sunlight, and enjoyed by a large crowd. JJ Kedo won the first race on the card for Non-Winners, then three races later, he and Roy Wilson powered to a short head victory to take
A BRILLEY postman has raised over £2,000 for charity following his participation in the Offa's Dyke 15km race, held between Hay-on-Wye and Kington. Peter Mayne collected £2,125 for the Charles Renton Cancer Unit in Hereford, almost doubling the total
HEREFORD Wheelers finished the Magic Dragon Series with some creditable individual positions, headed by Peter Murrieri who was 15th with 534 points. Chris Hughes was 23rd with 489 and Sue Hughes ended 81st with 169, while the event was won by Port Talbot
FORMER British Olympic athlete Kriss Akabusi MBE took time to praise the talents of young county sportsmen and women when he visited the Leadership Trust in Ross. Akabusi, who was a guest speaker at the Trust's third annual conference, met a group of
Market Drayton 5 Greyhound 0 GREYHOUND bowed out of the Tetley Bitter Vase at the First Round Midlands stage in a hard fought match sprinkled with some excellent play from both sides. A lapse of concentration from the Hereford club allowed Mark Sheridan
FOLLOWING the extremely successful production of 'In the Beginning' at Dore Abbey, Mad Dogs now turn their attention to 1940s New York and a production of the ever popular 'Guys and Dolls'. This musical comedy written by Frank Loesser will be performed
HEREFORDSHIRE Citizens Advice Bureaux are launching their website at the group's AGM on September 16. The meeting at the Shirehall is followed at 11am by an open day where the public can learn about the organisation's work and check out www.herefordshirecab.org.uk
A FAREWELL gesture by the chief officer of Age Concern in Ledbury has pooled in the pounds for the charity. Meg Rendle moves on at the end of September but was determined that her dedication would stay right up to the end so she did a sponsored 'swim-a-mile
THE tragic death of a Monkland woman's grandson has prompted an appeal to buy baby monitors. May Parker has raised around £3,000 for the Cot Death Society's Millennium Appeal following the sudden death of her baby grandson, Sam Parker-Hendry, on Boxing
AN Ericsson mobile phone was snatched from a Bedford mini van parked in Bye Street, Ledbury this week. A TAX disc was stolen from a Citroen BX19 between September 6 and 7. THIEVES siphoned fuel from a Lada in Colwall in the early hours of September 8.
ROSS-ON-WYE'S new £900,000 pub is to be named after its most famous citizen. Wetherspoons, which was granted a licence to trade at the town's Old Post Office this week, is to call the outlet 'The John Kyrle' after the 18th century benefactor immortalised
A MIDDLE-AGED man held up a Ross-on-Wye bookmaker with a knife before fleeing with £1000 this week. The robber entered Ladbrokes in Gloucester Road at around 5.30pm on Monday and demanded money. Once he was handed the cash he calmly walked out of the
HEREFORD United will look to continue their fine unbeaten start to the Nationwide Conference season when they travel to Doncaster Rovers on Saturday. Ian Rodgerson is likely to be replaced by Paul Parry, after picking up a calf injury in the match at
PUT a date in your diary for the weekend on October 7 and 8 to visit Eastnor Castle near Ledbury where a festival of fine food and drink is being held. The festival has attracted the best of the region's producers and will also include a Victorian working
DAVID Park missed out by a shot to qualify for the final two rounds of the European PGA Canon European Masters after posting a four-over-par total of 146 (75,71) at the spectacular Crans-sur-Sierre course, perched some 4,000 feet up in the Swiss Alps.
GERRY Griffiths, a past captain of Kington, was elected to the vice-captaincy of the Society of Shropshire and Herefordshire Golf Club Captains for 2001, at the AGM of the Society, held at Bridgnorth. He will assist Alan Walker (Hawkstone Park) in his
LADIES' Day during the Millennium Week of Golf at Ross-on-Wye was marked with a very interesting competition. Teams of three played off the red, white and blue tees in turn as they made their way around the course, with all the scores counting on the
LOFTY Large was one of the first SAS 'legends' to put his experiences into print. Now, a new volume combines both his previous books. One Man's SAS and One Man's War in Korea are no longer available. But Soldier Against the Odds contains each in one revised
THE Mercian King Offa (AD757-596) would be in a spin that walkers today are running rings around his ancient line of demarcation and defence. The Offa's Dyke Trail was one of the first National Trails, and is still one of the most popular, attracting
BROMYARD clinched promotion and jumped back to the top of Division 2 in the Worcestershire County League with only one game left to play thanks to a last-ball win at home to local rivals Eastnor. Jeremy Leighton plundered his third ton of the season for
A DREAM came true for the owners of Norton Manor near Presteigne when they opened their doors to 100 guests, writes Evelyn Armitstead. The Barr family was celebrating the launch of their home as a Country Hotel. The opening honours were carried out by
PLAQUES are to be erected on some of Kington's historic buildings as part of a £28,500 enhancement scheme. The money, the majority of which has come from Herefordshire Council, will also pay for new litter bins, additional street lighting and the illumination
THE Bromyard business community has helped in the fight against crime by sponsoring key police equipment. An appeal in The Hereford Times led to two firms coming forward and providing much-needed property marking kits, which help in the recovery of stolen
A PILOT had a lucky escape when his light aircraft crashed on take off at Shobdon airfield. Emergency services rushed to the scene on Saturday afternoon to find the plane extensively damaged. The pilot, who is not being named, was treated by paramedics
TEMPERS rose with the temperature when Monday's 'panic at the pumps' took hold across Herefordshire. The situation developed so suddenly that some service station employees were soon enduring abuse from angry motorists. With patience running out faster
FUEL'S gold -- police protection of 'essential' petrol supplies is planned with Herefordshire running on empty. At the time of going to press, three 'secure' service stations -- serving the north, city and south -- were being designated as the source
THE worst effects of the fuel famine have started biting into Herefordshire's health services. From today all routine waiting list surgery at Hereford hospitals has been cancelled so that priority can be given to emergency and urgent cases. A decision
AN artistic Herefordshire tradition has been revived by our neighbours across the Malverns. Bertie the bull has been hand-crafted in the finest porcelain by a Worcestershire firm. He is pictured here with his inspiration, Free Town Maximus from Tarrington
l From Page One Prime Minister Tony Blair said he could not pay enough tribute to the skill, the professionalism and the courage of the armed forces involved. Trooper Tinnion, who had been in the SAS for a couple of years was formerly in the Royal Artillery
POLICE in Thailand investigating the death of Brecon backpacker Kirsty Jones have charged a man with rape and conspiracy to murder. Andrew Gill, who ran the Aree guest house in Chang Mai, was charged on Tuesday. Kirsty, aged 23, was murdered while on
Wales A SECOND former Army base in Herefordshire is up for sale. Moreton Camp, covering 85 hectares, or 210 acres, went on the market this week and the Government's Defence Estates is hoping for a quick deal, writes LIZ WATKINS. No one is prepared to
MORE than 1,500 people in Herefordshire are backing multiple sclerosis sufferers in their battle to get the drugs they need, writes ELIZABETH WATKINS. They have signed a nation wide petition, which will be delivered to Prime Minister Tony Blair at Downing
HEREFORDSHIRE has a hard-hitting new campaigner. Lindi St. Clair, known to the nation as Miss Whiplash, wants to leave her mark on local politics. Lindi, who now lives near Bromyard, is livid at the county council's new rubbish collection contract, striking
Leominster 2 Cheltenham CS 5 LEOMINSTER Ladies went down to defeat in their first pre-season friendly of the new campaign after early pressure from Cheltenham saw them rack up a three-goal cushion. The county side grabbed one back through Ollie Linton
Theatre September Until 16 Travels with my Aunt, Malvern Theatre. Details: 01684 567751. Until 16 Lads production 'Dead Guilty', The Market Theatre. Until 23 Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Courtyard Theatre. 19-23 Mr Peters' Connections
Westfields 1 Ettingshall 1 WESTFIELDS missed an opportunity to record their fourth Banks's Brewery West Midlands Premier League win of the season when a combination of squandered chances and controversial decisions meant that they could only share the
Wellington 3 Heath Hayes 1 WELLINGTON maintained their good form and are handily placed in the top half of the table after seeing off their struggling opponents. Mark Cross, Peter Wallace and Stuart Gwynne were on target for the villagers while Julian
CHARLOTTE Criddle opened her season's account with Ross Town's only goal in the 1-1 draw with Lads' Club in the HGTA Herefordshire Junior Football League's under-10 division. Results Under-9: Bartestree 0 Lads Club Colts 5 (Newbury 2, Preece 2, Hancock
HEREFORDSHIRE-born three-day event rider Leslie Law will represent Great Britain in this month's Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Law, along with horse Shear H20, will make his first Olympic appearance in the team event of the equestrian competition, which
LEOMINSTER Ladies moved into the quarter-finals of the Travelsphere national knockout competition with a thrilling second round victory over Bristol club Kingswood and Hanham at Bredon BC. With each team having won two matches the tie was decided on a
A COUNTY rider has racked up three prestigious equestrian titles in a week with victories at the Blenheim Horse Trials and the National Riding Club Championships at Malvern. Jane Cockin, who lives in Bartestree and runs the Antique Tea Shop in Hereford's
HARVEST FESTIVAL - A harvest festival is being held at Winforton Church on Sunday, September 24, at 7pm.
FETE - Wigmore Primary School will be staging its annual autumn fete on Saturday, September 23, starting at 2pm. The event will be opened by Winnie the Pooh. Main attractions will include Paws for Thought dog display team, and archery with the Bromyard
ST EDWARD'S CHURCH - The Rev. Dennis Parry celebrated Sunday eucharist at St Edward's Church. As it was the first Sunday of the month, the Hopwood musical setting for the eucharist was used. Because the service fell on the 61st anniversary of the declaration
REUNION - The class of 1982 at Kingstone High School is invited to attend a reunion evening on September 30. For details contact Julie on 01873 890049 or Kathleen on 01432 870874.
PARISH COUNCIL - Kilpeck Parish Council's September meeting heard details of a Learning for Leisure initiative, 'Know Your Herefordshire Councillor', and received Waste Management newsletters. The Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan was discussed and
