WOOLHOPE are benefiting from a relationship with Birmingham League side Brockhampton where they loan some of their younger players.In the last four years Woolhope have borrowed players from Brockhampton who have not been able to get a game for them.Max
BIZZIE LIZZIE’S this week became one of just a handful of Herefordshire nurseries to receive an Outstanding grade from Ofsted.The Eardisley nursery, headed up by its namesake Lizzie Smith, opened in 2005 and now has 80 youngsters attending.Ms Smith
A HOSPICE benefactor will open the gardens of his Herefordshire home to raise funds for the charity. Clive and Silvia Richards are welcoming visitors to Lower Hope in Ullingswick on Sunday, August 10. Proceeds from the event, which takes place
MORE than 80 runners from across the region took part in the annual Dorstone Dawdle.James Smith of the Black Pear Joggers led the field from the off and went on to win the event with a time of 35.31.Taking part were entrants from Hay Hotfooters, Black
DARTS player Jim Williams hopes a new set of darts could help him hit the bullseye this weekend as he competes in one of the biggest events in the calendar.The former Wigmore School pupil lost his arrows in a taxi in Belfast around four months ago and
WOMEN in Leominster who are due to use a mobile breast cancer screening van will instead need to make the trip to Kidderminster Hospital. The interim measure has been put in place as Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust works to deliver a "
VICKY Howells is the Burghill Valley club champions for the 10th year running after returning the best gross score.Jacqui Powell returned the best nett score and won the Barnet Salver.Club Championship/EWGA Medal, Aggregate Score: 1 Vicky Howells 70-66
BROMYARD bounced back in fine style to upset local rivals Colwall in Worcestershire County League Division One – but the win came at the cost for one of their players.Edd Oliver dislocated a shoulder after diving to stop a catch at square mid-wicket
THE vice-captain of Woolhope Cricket Club, Max Foster, believes they have what it takes to compete in GB Liners Marches League Division One next season should they get promoted.Foster was standing in as captain last weekend for club skipper Andrew Williams
DESPITE their lofty position in Division Two, Almeley Cricket Club’s captain is not yet allowing himself to dream of promotion.Marc Priday believes the club needs more numbers in the squad before they can start thinking about the first division.He
THE man who nearly won the West Midlands Premier Division title for Pegasus Juniors last season could have played his last game for the club after suffering an horrific injury.Cory Hyde – who scored 48 goals last season – tore his cruciate
HEREFORDSHIRE Badminton Academy have shown that the future of the sport in the county is in safe hands after a triumph in the Four Counties Challenge in Gloucester.Players from the academy made the short trip to Gloucester to take part in the challenge
A £2.14m grant will benefit the major redevelopment planned for the Oval in South Wye. The funding was secured last week by Herefordshire Housing and will help pay for new, affordable homes and refurbishments across the county over the next three
TWO-time British Blues Award winners BabaJack are to perform a one-night only gig for a county charity next Friday (August 8). Fresh from European shows, BabaJack will headline as local bands Uke in Hand and Supreme Awesome Dudes also take to the
ALEX Phillips and Ed Pollock are set to make their debuts for Herefordshire Cricket Club against Cornwall this weekend.Phillips plays for Knowle and Dorridge, while fellow batsmen Pollock stars for Barnt Green.Pollock scored 39 for Barnt Green last weekend
Hereford United's playing budget next season "is not sustainable".That is the view of Redditch United secretary Dave Jones, who says that he astounded to hear that the Bulls will be paying £13,000 a month on football wages next season.Redditch
OLLIE Farr will be swinging into action today at the first professional golf tournament in Azerbaijan.Farr, who lives in Hereford, is competing in the Azerbaijan Challenge Open.A total of €300,000 will be up for grabs, with the tournament taking
MARDONIANS, a team based at the Cross Keys, Withington, formed many years ago by skittles enthusiast the late Bert Pitt, are this year's winners of the Leominster Rankin Club Invitation 6-aside competition.In a keenly contested final against local
Grove GC's Gina Whyke had excellent support on her Captain's Day: 1 Joy Holman 40 pts, 2 Janet Mussell 37 (on cb), 3 Jane Luffman 37; nearest the pin: Jane Luffman; longest drive: Pauline Foster.Badger nine-hole competition: 1 Brenda Bowen, 2
WE, in Hereford, have just had a visit from the regional judges of Britain in Bloom and I cannot praise the workforce of Balfour Beatty enough. Their men did a great job to ensure our day went well. It takes 3.5 hours to complete the judges’ tour
JIMMY Lindsay and Ben Morris have been crowned the respective senior and junior champions at Leominster GC.Seniors' Club Championship: Played over 36 holes, the first LGC Seniors Club Championship was won by Jimmy Lindsay, playing off six, with rounds
Abbey Dore DORE ABBEY ORGAN CONCERTS – Saturday mornings in August, with free admission. Four informal recitals with coffee from 10.30am and recital at 11am. Saturday – Sean Montgomery, Abergavenny; August 9 – James Luxton, Worcester Cathedral
FIREFIGHTERS put out a fire in a bathroom at a house near Bosbury this morning. Crews from Ledbury and Bromyard used four breathing apparatus, two hose reels, a thermal imaging camera and positive pressure ventilation to extinguish the flames
ROB Purdie is hoping for a bumper crowd at Malvern on Sunday as he takes charge of the Hereford United Supporters Team against a Worcester City XI.Purdie will be assisted for Joel Edwards for the game at Langland Stadium that kicks off at 2pm.This is
ADVISOR Joel Nathan says ‘everything is now going to plan’ and Hereford United will be kicking off the new season in the Southern League Premier Division. Nominee Marc Landsman, on behalf of the club’s directors, has put together a Company Voluntary
FORMER Hereford United kit-man Roger Lloyd has joined the back room staff at Westfields.Lloyd left Edgar Street earlier this month after not being offered a contract.But he has now made the short journey to Westfields."When he heard Roger had left
THE county’s cash-strapped health trust is spending £1 million to ease “unprecedented” pressures on urgent care. This week the board of Wye Valley NHS Trust (WVT) backed the investment into Accident and Emergency work at Hereford County Hospital
A MOTHER of two from Hereford who bravely beat breast cancer has died following a freak horse riding accident. Geraldine Rose, 51, was pronounced dead after falling from a horse while riding along Llangennith Beach in the Gower, South Wales, on
HEREFORD’S late-night hotspot Commercial Road will have another new restaurant open into the early hours.SFS Off License, located at 60 Commercial Road, will be refitted to serve Indian and Italian food until 1:30am.It is the second premises, after
