SIMON TRAVIS (3): (Full-back, 23-3-1977, 5'10'', 57+4/3) Travis' powerful forward runs were a feature of Hereford's attacking play last season as he surged down right or left with equal facility. But his remarkable pace was no less of an asset in defence
LEDBURY Town followed up their 1-0 win against Brierley and Hagley in mid-week with a 5-0 thumping of Heath Hayes. LEDBURY TOWN 5, HEATH HAYES 0 The home side were in control from the start and when Sean Maynard was pulled back when through on goal, the
LEDBURY Town travelled to promoted Great Wyrley for their opening West Midlands premier division fixture and found themselves 3-0 down at half-time. GREAT WYRLEY 4, LEDBURY TOWN 0 It was a disappointing start for Ledbury who found their hosts much too
BROMYARD gained their third successive WCL division two nine-wicket victory and their sixth win in a row at Harborne on Saturday. After inserting the home side, wickets were hard to come by in the early stages on a slow, low wicket that offered little
BROMYARD seconds went down to another disappointing defeat but only after bowling out table-topping Malvern seconds for 164. Left-arm swing bowler James Brown picked up his second five wicket haul of the season, finishing with 5-66 and he received excellent
BROMYARD gained an eight-run victory at home to Worcester Nomads despite the efforts with bat and ball of former England swing bowler Phil Newport. After being put in under cloudy skies, Bromyard were faced with Phil Newport operating in ideal conditions
BROMYARD seconds went down to a disappointing seven-wicket loss at Hagley Hall. HAGLEY II v BROMYARD II Batting first, Bromyard were given a sound platform by openers Jeff Bayliss (23) and Chris Simmonds (22). Dave Benbow made 17, but only Owen Thomas
HEAVY overnight rain led to both the Bromyard 1st and 2nd XI games versus Belbroughton being abandoned on Saturday morning. Barnards Green took advantage of their ground-drying equipment and were able to gain a winning draw, extending their lead at the
PENCOMBE U11s are looking for more young footballers for their Herefordshire Junior League side for the coming season. The Bromyard-area side completed a season in the U10s division last season and finished mid-table in a competitive league. They especially
BROMYARD U11s continued their winning streak with a 20-run victory in the pairs game at Brockhampton in the U11s East Herefordshire League. BROMYARD U1S v BROCKHAMPTON Ed Reece again bowled well as Brockhampton were restricted to a total of 214 from their
PAKISTANI Zahid Saeed produced a devastating all-round display to keep Bromyard at the head of the Crusader Worcestershire County League Division Two with a seven-run success over Cookley. Saeed top-scored with 56 as Bromyard mustered 167 and then took
BROMYARD Rugby Club anticipate hosting 300 guests for the 25th season celebratory lunch next month. They will mark 25 years of rugby with the lunch at the clubhouse on Sunday, June 19 starting at 12.30pm. All players, vice-presidents, sponsors and friends
TWO hours of torrential rain forced an abandonment of Bromyard's fourth Worcestershire County League game of the season, at home to division two newcomers Coombs Wood. The Halesowen-based club had invited the home side to bat first and after the early
BROMYARD Tae Kwon Do Club enjoyed another successful tournament last weekend against some of the best fighters in the Midlands, at the open championships in Cheltenham. After several losses to Kyle, Josh Williams defeated his rival for the first time.
BROMYARD U13 girls team ended a disappointing season a well-deserved victory away against Worcester City in the Mercian League. WORCESTER CITY U13S 0, BROMYARD TOWN GIRLS U13S 4 Bromyard went straight onto the attack and came close on a couple of occasions
BROMYARD'S Janet McMorran took the women's title at the National Wheelchair Tennis Championships at Gloucester. McMorran, aged 55, won her seventh national women's title and her first since 2000 by beating three-times former champion Kimberly Blake from
BROMYARD continued their fine start to the WCL division two season with a 125-run victory at home to Pedmore. BROMYARD v PEDMORE After some showers, Pedmore won the toss and put Bromyard into bat, but having seen out the first ten overs the Bullock brothers
MORE than 100 children attended Bromyard RFC junior section awards evening. Chairman Farmer Parker spoke of a very successful season in which the club had grown at an alarming pace. In capping a very busy season, the club had successfully competed in
I SUPPOSE the weekend sums up just what football can do for you. There was despair after Saturday to see us perform so ineptly against Grays and then delight to bounce back to do so well against Tamworth on Monday and get the desired result. We were desperate
IN assessing our first three matches, 'indifferent' would probably be the adjective I would use. The second-half against Scarborough was as good as it gets - four goals, none against and some exciting football. Cambridge was a bit untidy. I felt we should
IT'S always good to reach a peak after five-and-a-half weeks of fairly intensive pre-season training. The aim is to try to bring players to the peak for the opening game of the season and it could not have gone any better for us. To score four times,
LEDBURY Rugby Club welcome Pershore to Ross Road tomorrow (Saturday) for their Midlands Three West South clash. Ledbury were away at Old Coventrians last Saturday but suffered a 42-17 defeat. Pershore, meanwhile, got their season off to a fine start with
FORMER Ledbury Rugby Club player Darrell Williams is the new director of rugby at the Midlands West Three (South) club. Williams will start work on player recruitment and bolstering numbers at training to raise playing standards. He will also forge closer
BOSBURY won this final Marches League division four match against Ross seconds at Bosbury by six wickets, to round off another year of success and great all-round team performances. Put into bat by Bosbury captain Steve Davies, the visitors lost D Humble
KINGTON II v EASTNOR II EASTNOR travelled to county rivals and table-topping Kington for their penultimate league game and elected to bat. On an easily-paced wicket, opener Dave Jones (42) quickly set about the Kington attack dispatching the ball to all
CORSE Lawn won the toss and captain Nathan Romeo elected to bat first. CORSE LAWN v COWLEY Brothers Tim Lamden, aged 15, and Rory, 13, formed a new opening partnership, both batted cautiously until 100 runs were on the board. Keith Perrett bowled Rory
A MIXED August Bank Holiday weekend ended with Bromyard securing promotion back to division dne of the Worcestershire County Cricket League at the first attempt. After the disappointment of losing to second-placed Barnards Green away on Saturday Bromyard
BROMYARD Town failed to get off the start they needed in the West Midlands League premier division as they slipped to a 2-1 loss at home to Heath Hayes. BROMYARD TOWN 1, HEATH HAYES 2 Town dominated play for the first half-hour and were eventually rewarded
BROMYARD enjoyed their sixth successive victory at home to local rivals Malvern in this WCL division two clash. Having won the toss Malvern skipper Dave Arnold surprisingly chose to bat first in overcast conditions and on a green pitch. Bromyard's bowlers
BROMYARD School of Tae Kwon Do squad had another successful medal haul at the WUMA Kickboxing Championships at Perdiswell Leisure Centre last weekend. Veteran fighters Julian Burton and Pete Rogers put their gloves back on after breaks of eight (Burton
A VIRTUOSO display of pacey left-arm swing from former Pakistan A player Zahid Saeed destroyed Hagley on Saturday and set up Bromyard for a comfortable eight-wicket win. Hagley were put into bat on what looked like being one of the best batting wickets
BROMYARD maintained their position at the head of the Worcestershire County League division two with their first ever win at Netherton. BROMYARD v NETHERTON The Black Country side predictably chose to put Bromyard in and there were early signs of life
BROMYARD CC maintained their 100 per cent record, when it hasn't rained, with a six-wicket victory at home to newly promoted Harborne Thirds. After winning the toss and putting the Warwickshire side in to bat, Bromyard produced a lacklustre bowling and
WORCESTER City chairman Dave Boddy is cursing his side's luck after being handed a tricky-looking away tie in the FA Cup. City have been drawn at Conference high-fliers Accrington Stanley in the fourth qualifying round on Saturday, October 22. It was
THERE has been some criticism over the arrival of so many foreign players in this country, taking places of young players coming through. The argument can be put forward that at the very top level, with international players coming across, they have improved
THE signings that we have made through the close season have, I think, strengthened the squad. We have lost a number of players, a couple of whom - Mark Robinson and Andy Tretton - we would like to have kept but things move on and I am quite happy with
LEDBURY Rugby Club's new director of rugby, 39-year-old production manager Darrell Williams, says that player apathy is his biggest concern for the forthcoming season. Williams, a former Ledbury player, who played the bulk of his rugby in South Wales,
EASTNOR entertained local rivals Kington on Saturday in the Worcestershire County League division one and defeated them by seven wickets. Eastnor inserted Kington and opening batsman S Williams dug in deep to score 15 runs. There were further runs from
