NFU Cymru are backing a call for more people to help with lambing as the foot and mouth crisis means that Mid Wales farmers cannot get to their sheep that have been 'tacked' on lowland farms in West Wales. Movement restrictions mean that the ewes cannot
THE slaughter and disposal of animals continues to horrify many people. But it is the welfare problem, caused by the ban on movement of animals, has reached such massive proportions that some believe it could become a bigger a bigger issue than the foot
JUST as Herefordshire farmers began to think the foot-and-mouth outbreaks had slowed down, more cases were confirmed in the county this week. The farming community and the Ministry of Agriculture officials have been cautious about stating when the peak
BISHOP'S School in Hereford is already making preparations for an exciting sports tour to Australia, which will take place next summer. Forty-four pupils will leave for the sunny shores of Down Under at the end of July 2002, with fixtures scheduled for
THE chances of a hat- trick of Girobank Tour victories for Ross tennis player Colin Bennett evaporated when he was forced to withdraw from his second round match at Sunderland due to illness. Bennett, who is currently third in the men's standings with
BROMYARD Beer Bellies finished convincing champions of the Arrow Plant Hire Hereford Table Tennis League and won 13 of their 14 games in Division 1. Another Bromyard team, Kites, were runners-up, while Ross Gogetters took the Division 2 title by just
NOW is the time for Hereford United's squad to show their character as men as well as players. That's the message Bulls boss Graham Turner delivered to his team after Forest Green Rovers blew them out of the FA Trophy on Saturday. Trophy favourites United's
HEREFORDSHIRE County Cricket Club's hopes of getting in some match practice in preparation for their Cheltenham and Gloucester - erstwhile NatWest - Trophy second-round tie against Gloucestershire CB at Brockhampton on Tues-day, May 15 has been hit by
PEGASUS Juniors spark-led in a 2-1 away win over Malvern Town in the Midland Floodlit Youth League. Ben Chambers opened with an acrobatic goal and Phil Glover netted a 30th-minute header before Malvern replied with a second-half penalty.
Chaddesley Corbett 1 Hinton 1 DAFYDD Roberts netted his first goal of the season to cancel out an earlier strike from the home team and give Hinton a deserved point in their mid-table clash in Division 1 South of the Banks's Brewery West Midlands League
Westfields 0 Lye Town 1 WESTFIELDS' three-match winning run in the Premier Division of the Banks's Brewery West Midlands League came to a disappointing end after they dominated the game from start to finish. The fortuitous win gave Lye a double over their
Wellington 1 Little Drayton Rangers 0 MARK Cross netted the first-half goal which gave Wellington a welcome, if narrow, revenge win in the Banks's Brewery West Midlands League Premier Division. The villagers were well beaten 3-0 when they recently visited
PROVIDED there is not another lengthy spell of heavy rain, Hereford Racecourse will go ahead with their traditionally well-supported Easter Monday meeting. There are seven races on the card, starting at 2.25pm. The last meeting was called off due to waterlogging
KINGTON Town will be on a revenge mission when they face Ross United in the final of the HFA County Challenge Cup at Edgar Street on Easter Monday, kick-off 11 am. Ross pipped their North Herefordshire rivals 3-2 in the 1998 final, with Graham Jones snapping
FORMER Hereford Rugby Club ladies' hooker Nicola Goodwin made her senior England women's international debut as a replacement in a 50-6 victory over France at Franklin Gardens, Northampton on Sunday. The previous day Goodwin, aged 27, played for England
HEREFORD'S poor run of results continued with a narrow defeat to Dover in the Nationwide Conference on Tuesday. But this was far from a poor performance and they could consider themselves unlucky not to have gained at least a point, particularly after
Hereford United 1 Forest Green Rovers 4 HEREFORD'S hopes of a first ever FA Umbro Trophy final were eclipsed inside half an hour of Saturday's second leg at Edgar Street. By then, the unfancied visitors were two goals to the good, although the Bulls had
Dead badgers are being left on the roadside because of foot and mouth. Members of the Marches Badger Group have not been allowed to pick up and move dead badgers and a number of bodies now lie by the roadside in the Bishop's Castle area. "Because of foot
A NATIONAL strategy is needed to preserve rare breeds of cattle, sheep and other animals from being wiped out by foot-and-mouth disease, says the Country Land and Business Association. The landowners have called on the Government's veterinary advisers
WITH foot and mouth just two miles away from her family farm, Sally Clive, president of this year's Herefordshire-hosted Three Counties Show, knows how vital the event will be in boosting battered morale. Having seen and shared the strain felt by so many
TWO students from the Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford are set to represent Britain at the European Athletics Championships for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Poland this August. Sprinter Janet Norris and Tony Williams, who competes
HEREFORD Acoustic Target Shooting Club has received a windfall of £3,824 from the Awards For All scheme, funded by the National Lottery. The club, based at Hereford's Royal National College for the Blind, has 15 members and is open to anyone who is visually
LUCTONIANS' Alex Davidson helped North Midlands into the semi-finals of the Tetley's Under-20 County Cham-pionship with a 33-16 win over Cheshire at Moseley's Bournbrook ground. North Midlands now have a difficult home draw against Northern group winners
EX-LUCTONIANS scrum-half Scott Bemand skippered England Students to a fine 25-15 win over their French counterparts, the reigning World Student champions, at Worcester RFC. Former Hereford Cathedral School winger Adam Billig, an England Schools international
AFTER the previous week's narrow defeat at the hands of Bredon, Ledbury 2nd returned to winning ways with a 17-12 home victory over Cheltenham CS. Russ Price (2) T Blandford scored their tries and Barrett Price kicked a conversion. n Charlie Langford
Hereford 3 pts Camp Hill 14 HEREFORD'S run of seven league and cup wins was halted by a determined Camp Hill performance on a muddy, rain-drenched Wyeside pitch on Saturday, writes Jeremy Finney. Hereford, secure in the top half of Midlands 1, had an
Luctonians 41 pts Lichfield 3 LUCTONIANS took a step closer to the play-off spot for promotion from Midlands 2 West with a convincing victory over bottom club Lichfield. Despite a waterlogged pitch, the home side ran in three tries before half- time and
Hereford 28 pts Droitwich 10 HEREFORD booked their place in the semi-finals of the North Midlands Cup when they overcame lower-graded Droitwich in a hard-fought game, played in difficult conditions at Wyeside on Sunday. Hereford led from the fifth minutes
HEREFORD United central defender James Wall has been given an early release from his contract so that he can join Nashville Metros in the American League. United signed Wall, aged 20, from Derby County in the summer of 1999 and his contract was due to
HEREFORD'S shell-shock-ed players could not hide their disappointment after they slumped to a shock defeat in Saturday's FA Umbro Trophy semi-final second leg at Edgar Street. The Bulls, who had not lost a game by more than the odd goal all season, collapsed
BURGHILL Valley ladies' section captain Annette Mansie raised £362 towards her charity, the Macmillan Nurses, from a nine-hole stableford. Results, front nine: 1 Jan Du Cros 20 pts, 2 Paula McQuillan 19, 3 Jane Salter 19; back nine: 1 Mary Crockett 20
HEREFORDSHIRE'S new cricket development officer, Chris Dirkin, is setting up a series of meeting throughout the county to outline his plans. Five regional meetings are planned for this month with invitations going out to clubs and schools from the areas
LEAGUE and county cricket in Herefordshire has been plunged into doubt by the foot and mouth crisis, just a few weeks before the new season gets underway. With a large percentage of local league clubs playing at rurally-based grounds and higher-graded
HEREFORD'S penalty-flick prowess deserted them on Sunday when they were beaten 4-2 on penalties by visiting St Albans after a 1-1 draw in their semi-final of the English Hockey Association Veterans Cup. In the fourth round of the competition Hereford
BROMYARD Town's hopes of completing their Banks's Brewery West Midlands League programme this season have been thrown into doubt for a second time. After the outbreak of foot and mouth, Bromyard declared a self-imposed ban on their matches so they have
Easington Sports 2 Ross Town 0 ALTHOUGH Ross enjoy-ed a good proportion of both possession and chances, they conceded a goal in each half and remain rooted to the bottom of Division 1 West of the Cherry Red Records Hellenic League. Ross started brightly
Wantage Town 4 Pegasus Juniors 3 A WEAKENED Pegasus side netted three goals during a spirited fight-back in the final 20 minutes of their Cherry Red Records Hellenic League Premier Division fixture, but were unable to salvage a point. Wantage took the
THE HGTA Herefordshire Junior Football League have abandoned their league programme for the season with no improvement in the foot and mouth crisis likely in the near future. The decision was made at the league's management committee meeting on Tuesday
NOW is the time for Hereford United's squad to show their character as men as well as players. That's the message Bulls boss Graham Turner delivered to his team after Forest Green Rovers blew them out of the FA Trophy on Saturday. Trophy favourites United's
Dover Athletic 1 Hereford United 0 HEREFORD'S poor run of results continued with a narrow defeat to Dover in the Nationwide Conference on Tuesday. But this was far from a poor performance and they could consider themselves unlucky not to have gained at
