WITH reference to the letter in the Hereford Times, from David James of Burghill about the state of the Yazor brook, I too am concerned about the state of the brooks in Hereford. I have lived at this address for 34 years and have never known the Eign
IF you haven't had your flu jab yet, get on with it. That's the message from Herefordshire Primary Care Trust, which gives top priority to people over the age of 65 and those with chronic health problems. Last year, 70.5 % of those in that category had
INFECTIONS and their consequences are one of the most talked about subjects in the health service today. They have concentrated the minds of hospital managers and staff and persuaded health authorities to introduce a raft of anti-infection measures. Recently
POMEGRANATE juice is said to be good for your sex life. Understandably, the claim is made by the manufacturers of such an unlikely drink. To try to make their point, they emailed health reporters with their evidence. According to them, men thought of
If the Hereford Photography Festival has whetted your appetite for the medium, make sure you see Galanthus Gallery's autumn exhibition, which features a new series of black and white prints by Presteigne photographer Gareth Rees-Roberts. Titled The Wreck
Westfields 2 Boldmere St Michael's 0 WESTFIELDS finally brought their dismal run of nine Midland Alliance games without a win to a close thanks to two Mark Hibbard goals. Hibbard lobbed narrowly over in the early stages but honours were even in the first
FACED with extra legislation and official instructions on how to run businesses, it was a refreshing change to be recognised by peers and told 'well done', said Kevin Surridge, director of Country Parks Ltd, Bosbury. He was presenting the prizes at the
Solihull 24 pts Hereford 17 AFTER an excellent recent run, Hereford were brought down to earth when they went down by a seven-point margin to the Midlands 3 West (South) title-chasers. The experienced and talented home side have moved up through the leagues
Hereford Cathedral School 33 pts Hereford Sixth Form College 3 CATHEDRAL continued their unbeaten season with a convincing win in the first round of the Daily Mail Under-18 Cup before their forthcoming tour of France. The winning tries for Cathedral,
HEREFORDSHIRE'S British number one Janet McMorran and fellow Briton Lucy Shuker have had their place confirmed in an illustrious field for the Camozzi Doubles Masters, the most prestigious and richest doubles event on NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour with a
YOUNG Hereford kayaker Allen Spencer has returned from the Junior World Marathon Kayaking Championships in Perth, Western Australia with a silver medal. Hereford Kayak Club member Spencer was taking part in the K2 category with Andy Daniels of Reading
THREE swimmers from the City of Hereford club competed at the National County Championships at Ponds Forge, Sheffield. The 40-team competition was split into two divisions where the counties battled it out. Charlotte Tully and Josh Haines were representing
EARLY leaders Miller Boys came unstuck at Police A and went down 4-1 in the third week of Hereford Snooker League. Glyn Biffen won the opening frame, but John Juckes levelled, before the Police rattled off the next three frames. Results: Police A 4, Miller
CARLA Chamberlain, a 14-year-old pupil at Aylestone School, competed at the Horse of the Year Show in the Squibb & Davies National Junior Foxhunter Champion-ship at the NEC in Birmingham and was placed fourth on her pony Ultimate Chaos (Barney). This
OLYMPICS gold medallist Leslie Law returned to his roots when he presented the awards at Golden Valley Pony Club's end-of-season celebrations. Law, who struck gold in the three-day event at Athens last year, began his riding career with the Golden Valley
THE television company S4C recently confirmed their sponsorship of the highly competitive and popular Crock of Gold series for top-class harness racehorses in 2006. The eight weeks of the Rasus programme will begin in July, a little later than usual,
HEREFORDSHIRE Young Farmers came out to play in High Town, Hereford, to launch their new members' week. They county demonstrated some of the fun aspects of YFC competitions. Organised by Gareth Watkins, chairman of the training and recruitment committee
The Colwall Players perform Noel Coward's classic Blithe Spirit at Colwall village hall for three nights from tonight (Thursday). Charles Condomine is a writer whose first wife Elvira has been dead for seven years. Happy in his second marriage to Ruth
HEREFORD United make the short trip to Aggborough on Saturday to take on local Nationwide Conference rivals Kidderminster Harriers for the first time in five seasons. The Worcestershire club, who enjoyed a five-year spell in the Football League after
HEREFORDSHIRE juniors Kris Jones, Matt Davies, Peter James and Sam Baker played a significant part in the Shropshire & Herefordshire team's success in winning the Midland Junior League Champion-ship at Kilworth Springs. Having won the Midlands (West
COUNTY clubs who were successful in the first round of the Hargrove Trophy are preparing to do battle in the second round, with the first-round losers starting their challenge for the Hargrove Plate. In the Trophy competition Burghill Valley A take on
The Three Choirs Festival returns to Hereford in August 2006, with an exciting programme of music. The festival chorus comprises choirs drawn from Gloucester, Worcester and Hereford, and local adult singers are encouraged to audition. Geraint Bowen, festival
REPAIR work on the centuries-old White Cross in Hereford is expected to start in the next few days. The cross, situated on a major road junction at Whitecross, was seriously damaged when a car ploughed into it in September last year. The cost of the repair
PARISH COUNCIL - More than 30 residents attended a special meeting to discuss plans for six affordable housing units on land in the village. Their comments were noted and are being submitted to Herefordshire Planners together with those of Councillors
PRESTEIGNE eliminated Kington from the Mid Wales Cup after a 3-1 win in the first clash of the season between the old rivals at Llandrindod Wells. Kington dominated the early stages and good forward play from Karen Stephens, Jenny Layton and Rachel Owens
GERRARD WEST OF ENGLAND AND SOUTH WALES MEN'S LEAGUE Premier Division 3: Bath Buccs B 0, Truro 1; ECV Hornets 4, Ottery Crickets 3; Exeter Uni A 5, Cirencester 2; Lydney 4, Minehead 3; Newent 3, Plymouth Marjon A 2; Hereford 1, Cardiff University 1. P
October Events/talks 'til 30 Hereford Festival of Fungi www.herefordshire-fungi.org.uk. 30 Creepy Crafts, The Judge's Lodging, Presteigne, 10.30am-12.30pm/2-4pm. 01544 260650. 27 The Psychic World of Paul Norton and Tracy Hall, Conquest Theatre, Bromyard
Pegasus Juniors 2 Headington Amateurs 0 PEGASUS progressed to the first round of the GLS Challenge Cup after a solid performance which brought a goal in each half against their lower-graded opponents. But only a succession of fine saves by Headington
Northamptonshire FA 0 Herefordshire FA 1 A GOAL from Lee Mussell after 35 minutes settled this Midland Counties Youth Football Cham-pionship under-18 clash in Herefordshire's favour. Mark Davies played the ball out of defence to Craig Jones who fed Sam
Ross Town 0 Shrivenham 7 ROSS were taught a footballing lesson as they crashed to a heavy defeat to higher-graded Shrivenham in the GLS Challenge Cup preliminary round. Shrivenham are flying high in the Premier Division and their whole outfit was well
Tividale 4 Ledbury Town 1 LEDBURY are looking for a new manager after boss Dave Connell resigned following the New Street club's 13th defeat in 17 West Midlands League Premier Division outings last Saturday. Town found themselves two goals adrift at the
HEREFORD United must travel to meet Kington Town in the semi-finals of the HFA Senior Floodlit Invitation Cup. The other semi-final sees the winners of the quarter-final tie between Westfields and Wellington entertain the winners of the fourth quarter-final
Wellington 12 Pershore Town 0 WELLINGTON proved far too strong for their visitors in the Midland Floodlit Youth League Southern Division. Nick Panniers and Matt Hancock both completed hat-tricks with the other goals coming from Will Perkins (2), Mark
HGTA HEREFORDSHIRE JUNIOR LEAGUE Under-9 Division: Bartestree 15 Ross Juniors Gunners 0, Bromyard Town 2 Ross Dynamos Colts 2, Phoenix 5 Ledbury Swifts Rangers 1, Ledbury Swifts 1 Pegasus Juniors 4, Ross Dynamos 0 Leominster Minors 5, Ross Juniors 5 Westfields
HEREFORD United make the short trip to Aggborough on Saturday to take on local Nationwide Conference rivals Kidderminster Harriers for the first time in five seasons. The Worcestershire club, who enjoyed a five-year spell in the Football League after
NINE Herefordshire schoolboys have been chosen for the North Midlands Under-16 rugby squad who begin their regional championship matches next Wednesday. Eight of the county players are from the Hereford Bishop's School team, while the other, Charlie Bennett
HEREFORDSHIRE motorcycle racer Chaz Davies improved on his 11th position in Philip Island the previous week by finishing a place higher in the first-ever 250cc Turkish Motorcycle Grand Prix in Istanbul last Sunday. On his Aprilia, Davies finished less
WHY, oh why has Herefordshire Council allowed the centre of town to be decorated with Christmas Decorations when, as I write, it is only October 22? Please, could we not be allowed some space between the remnants of the summer sales and December 25? Christmas
IT IS interesting for Madley residents, and others who supported the fight against the Estech waste treatment plant at Madley airfield, to observe how the council is handling the relocation of the cattle market. The differences are remarkable. After a
THE school run in Hereford was replaced by the school walk for at least a week. Children from the St Thomas Cantilupe School in the city were encouraged to take part in an initiative to get youngsters out of the car and onto their feet. A "park and stride
TWO hundred years ago in the days of Nelson and Trafalgar there was no doubt about the role the Navy played - but times had changed, said a former Falklands Royal Marine commander at Hereford Town Hall on Sunday. Speaking at a Trafalgar bicentennial lunch
HEREFORDIANS joined celebrations across the country over the weekend, as the nation paid tribute to its greatest naval hero and the victory that cost him his life. Trafalgar weekend began on the 200th anniversary of Trafalgar Day itself - Friday, October
TWO months into the season, we have now seen the effects of the implementation of the transfer window. I can understand the reasons at the highest level where there are big squads and young players waiting for an opportunity. But lower down, with smaller
Luctonians 24 pts Kettering 15 LUCTONIANS rejuvenated themselves after a lack-lustre first half to defeat visitors Kettering and secure the home points so essential for survival in Powergen Midlands 1. Kettering turned in a performance that belied their
HEREFORD-based Malvern IBC's Jim Knowles teamed up with Mid-Gloucestershire's wheelchair bowler George Ridgeon and reached the final of the Professional Bowls Association's KO. The duo were paired up at the last minute when both their intended partners
ROSS Tennis Centre ladies' A team made a successful start to their Hereford and Worcester Winter League Division 3 programme with a close 3-2 home win over Boughton B. The Ross B team were not so successful in Division 4 when they travelled to play Three
MORGAN Szymanski's guitar recital on Saturday for Ludlow Music Society was an eye-opener in many ways. Much of the music would have been unfamiliar. However Morgan's sensitive playing must have left his audience wanting to learn more about such composers
HOBBY poultry farmers may have to register for the first time as part of Britain's defence against avian flu. In Herefordshire, there are many backyard poultry keepers and semi-commercial flocks and owners are being given details of vital bird flu precautions
NEIL Dillon, who grew up in Peterchurch, where he lived until recently, has won the award for gaining most points for exhibiting sheep at Breconshire agricultural shows in the 2005 season. He received the Gwynne Griffiths Tregaer Award. Neil, of Llandefalle
Planning is under way for this year's Courtyard pantomime Cinderella, which opens on December 2. The Hereford Times is able to reveal who will play leading lady and principal boy in Lyndsay Maples' adaptation of the best-loved panto. Taking the title
HEREFORDSHIRE GC seniors team made a flying start in the Shropshire & Here-fordshire Ken Smith Trophy with home wins over the holders, Shifnal, and Bridgnorth in their first two group matches. The pairs match-play competition is played home and away
MEMBERS and friends of Summerhill Golf Club rallied splendidly to raise £3,700 at the Lin Harris Memorial Charity Day. They competed for the Yorkshire Building Society Trophy and the money raised will be shared between Cancer Research, Focus, St Michael's
DAVID Park continued his timely late season surge of form with a fine performance in the Majorca Classic, the last event of this season's PGA European Tour schedule, played at the Pula Golf Club. The Herefordshire player's two-under-par total of 278 (
HEREFORD became the first team to take any points off Cardiff University this season when they held the Gerrard West of England and South Wales League Premier 3 leaders to a 1-1 draw. Cardiff took the lead in the first half when a disputed short corner
HEREFORD Sixth Form College will represent the county at the West of England Counties tournament next month after carrying off the Herefordshire under-18 competition. The tournament's crucial match proved to be a fiercely competitive clash with Hereford
TWO months into the season, we have now seen the effects of the implementation of the transfer window. I can understand the reasons at the highest level where there are big squads and young players waiting for an opportunity. But lower down, with smaller
Plymouth Argyle 0 Pegasus 4 FIFTEEN-year-old Simone Quinn cracked a hat-trick as Pegasus pulled off a shock in the Women's FA Cup first round by defeating a side from two steps further up the pyramid. Pegasus showed that an upset was on the cards against
Hinton 1 Kington Town 3 HINTON failed to repeat their HFA County Challenge Cup success against Kington when they were knocked out of the Herefordshire Senior Floodlit Invitation Cup. The hosts made a bright start and almost took the lead in the fifth
FOWNHOPE have moved into a challenging position at the top of the Hereford Times Herefordshire League Premier Division after caning visiting Lads Club 11-3. The villagers got the scoring underway with one of the quickest goals of this or any other season
Hereford Times Herefordshire League, Premier Division: Ewyas Harold 9 Weston 0, Fownhope 11 Lads Club 3, Hinton 2 Ledbury Town Res 2, Leominster Town 0 Wellington Rangers 2, Pegasus 1 Woofferton 2, Sutton United 1 Westfields 1. HFA Junior Cup, first round
Llanfyllin 3 Presteigne 2 PRESTEIGNE retained top spot in the Spar Mid Wales League despite a disappointing defeat at their title rivals. Shaun Prince missed an early chance for the visitors who were quickly made to pay as the home side stormed into a
NINE-year-old goalkeeper Nathan Phillips has been signed up by Cardiff City for their under-10 academy team. Nathan, who attends Hampton Dene School and plays for Bartestree, will be travelling to Cardiff for training three times each week, including
Alfreton Town 1 Hereford United 1 (Hereford win 4-3 on pens) GOALKEEPER Craig Mawson was the hero as Hereford battled past Alfreton to earn an FA Cup first-round tie at Cambridge City on Sunday, November 6. On his debut almost exactly a year ago, Mawson
