LEOMINSTER songstress Emily Davies raised an impressive £1,300 for the hospital that cared for her when she fell ill with meningitis. A sell-out gig at the Lion Ballroom last December has inspired Emily, who works at Doodies caf bar when she isn't writing
MORE than 35,000 people in Herefordshire are said to be smokers. If a total ban on smoking in public places came into force, 2,000 of these would become potential quitters, according to Liz Lynne, Liberal Democrat MEP. Ms Lynne had previously supported
Westfields 1 Coalville 2 POOR finishing denied Westfields a share of the points as the city side slipped to their 17th Harvey World Travel Midlands Alliance defeat of the season. With 17 matches still to play, Westfields are still capable of avoiding
Ewyas Harold 7 Ledbury Town Res 1 FOUR first-half goals by the prolific Matt Pitt helped to sweep holders Ewyas Harold into the final of this season's HFA Charity Bowl. The game was marred, however, by an ankle injury to the Ledbury goalkeeper who was
UWA 0 Presteigne 1 PRESTEIGNE held on to second place in the Spar Mid Wales League with an impressive win at the University of Wales in Aberystwyth. Joel Layton grabbed the decisive goal after just 10 minutes and a strong defensive showing ensured that
PHOENIX moved to the top of the HGTA Herefordshire Junior League Under-13 Div-ision with a comfortable victory against bottom-club Lads Club Colts. Westfields are second after winning by the odd goal in five against Bartestree. Lads Club Vixens maintained
Market Drayton 3 Ledbury Town 1 LEDBURY gave a good account of themselves but could not match the pace and power of the runaway leaders of the West Midlands League who eased into the second round of the Premier Division Cup. Drayton attacked from the
Ross Town 2 Pewsey Vale 1 ROSS seem finally to be getting their GLS Hellenic League Division 1 West season back on track after another good home win. The home side got off to a poor start, however, when a Pewsey striker charged down a clearance from Ross
Shawbury United 3 Wellington 2 WELLINGTON were totally outplayed in their first half of their West Midlands League Premier Division clash at Shawbury but came back strongly after the break without being able to claim a point. Shawbury dominated from the
LAST year's winner of the Elgar in Hereford Award, Neil Pigott, may not have been asked to open any supermarkets or to appear on Celebrity Big Brother. He has, however, spent his year productively. Having relinquished his long-standing role as leader
Shrivenham 3 Pegasus Juniors 0 AN inability to convert chances into goals cost Pegasus dear as they slipped to defeat at the GLS Hellenic League Premier Division's third-placed side. Pegasus had the better of the early action and Lewis Jones was unlucky
STUART Roberts starred for Miller Boys when they maintained Hereford Snooker League leadership by after beating club-mates Military B 3-2. Roberts compiled a 97 break - the highest of the season - in his win. Police A did close the gap with a 4-1 win
YOUNG Longtown motocross rider James Jones has already made a major impact in his sport despite taking it up only 11 months ago. James' first season saw him race as far afield as Tenby and Llantrisant and brought him 13 trophies and twice saw him moved
HEREFORDSHIRE'S Premier team lost to Hampshire at Pucklechurch in a friendly but very competitive day's play. Every point was precious, every shot counted. By lunch-time the teams were equal on points but with Hants just ahead on shots. During the afternoon
WHEELCHAIR tennis player Janet McMorran (pictured above), who has won the Herefordshire Sports Council Disabled Sports Personality award, has proved that experience can triumph over youth after yet another excellent season. The Bromyard-based 55-year-old
IF a Herefordshire football team made the semi-finals of the FA Cup, it would have made national headlines but the achievement of Hereford Whitecross Club's squash team in making the last four of the SRA National Club Knockout Cup was comparable in their
PROMISING young Herefordshire boxer Josh Mitchell has registered his third success in three outings. Fighting in a super-heavyweight clash in a club contest in Newport, the 19-year-old, who is with the St Joseph's club, earned a win over Cwmcarn's Kevin
HEREFORD United will be looking to extend their unbeaten run in the Nationwide Conference to nine matches when fellow promotion-chasers Halifax Town visit Edgar Street on Saturday. The Bulls recently eliminated the Yorkshire side from the FA Trophy but
A JUDO player and an athlete collected the two main individual accolades at the Hereford Times sponsored Herefordshire Sports Council Awards last night. World Masters judo gold medallist Andrew Morris was Sportsman of the Year and cross-country gold medallist
ALLPAY.whitecross booked their place in the quarter-finals of the National Squash Club Championships with a 3-2 home win over Kenilworth. Higher-graded Whitecross were forced to work hard for their second-round victory in front of about 130 spectators
HEREFORD United's promotion clash with Stevenage Borough has been moved from Saturday, February 25 to the following Monday, February 27, after the match was selected for Sky TV coverage. The decision provides a cash bonus of £5,000 for the Bulls but this
HEREFORD United will be looking to extend their unbeaten run in the Nationwide Conference to nine matches when fellow promotion-chasers Halifax Town visit Edgar Street on Saturday. The Bulls recently eliminated the Yorkshire side from the FA Trophy but
PRESTEIGNE FC are looking forward to welcoming a number of special visitors next Monday. The club's new floodlights are being officially switched on and Wales manager John Toshack will be on hand to carry out the ceremony at 6.45pm. After this, at 7.30pm
PLOUGHMEN from far afield collected the main spoils at Herefordshire Ploughing Association's match at Bromsberrow Heath, near Ledbury, last Sunday. A good number of local ploughmen competed but only Mike Watkins, formerly of Leominster and now living
THERE has been a lot of speculation following the departure of Graeme Souness from Newcastle over who would take that job on. One man who has definitely ruled himself out is Alan Shearer, stating that he is nowhere near experienced enough and only now
Newport 8 pts Luctonians 37 NORTH Midlands Cup holders Luctonians started their defence of the trophy with a potentially tricky match against Midlands 2 West opponents from Shropshire but came away with a convincing win. Playing down the slope in the
Events/talks Feb 11 Heritage Open Day, Hereford Museum Resource and Learning Centre, 01432 260292. 11 The Marches Scribe Calligraphy Workshop Ros Pritchard, Monkland Village hall, 01885 483186. 11 Orleton Caring for Gods Acre annual meeting, village hall
FLOODLIGHTS - Presteigne St Andrews Football Club are officially opening their floodlights on Monday, February 13. To commerate this occaision they will be playing TNS (Total Network Solutions) current Welsh Premier League champions, at 7.30pm. At 6.45pm
LEOMINSTER'S hopes of securing a promotion spot in North Division 1 of the Gerrard West of England and South Wales League appear to be fading after the North Herefordshire club went down 6-5 at Cwmbran. Things had looked promising for Leominster who had
LEOMINSTER stepped up their bid for promotion from the West Clubs' Women's League Severn Division 1 with a fine 3-0 win over visiting Cirencester which reinforced their third place in the table. With second-placed Yate & South Gloucestershire 2nd
GERRARD WEST OF ENGLAND AND SOUTH WALES MEN'S LEAGUE Division 3: Cardiff Uni 4, Hereford 1; Cirencester 3, Exeter Uni A 6; Minehead 3, Lydney 3; Ottery Crickets 1, ECV Hornets 2; Plymouth Marjon A 3, Newent 2; Truro 4, Bath Buccs B3. P W D F A Pt Truro
THE Home Secretary's plans to merge West Mercia Police with others in the Midlands has been slammed by Herefordshire Council and the county's two MPs. In a statement to Parliament on Monday, Home Secretary Charles Clarke said a merger between West Mercia
A FESTIVAL of fun activities aimed at young people is returning to Bromyard during February half-term. Bromyard Youth Fest, which is organised by the town's community support officer, is aimed at children between six and 17 and runs at a variety of venues
WE are a group of youngsters from the ages of 16-18 who have set up a group to try and get us somewhere we can ride/skate/blade, and we are writing this letter in disgust to the article you featured in the Hereford Times, (January 12) headlined 'Skateboarders
WELSH Water apologised for the second time in two weeks after upsets over a water mains renewal scheme in Leominster. After admitting it made an error in a letter to traders saying High Street would be closed for two weeks the company put up temporary
VIEWERS can embark on a historical journey across the Midlands - including Hereford - with Rajesh Mirchandani as he visits various sites from around the region. They are considered to be wonders of the modern world and feature in a new BBC1 programme,
Bromyard 2 Pelsall Villa 0 BROMYARD moved a little closer to mid-table safety in the West Midlands League Premier Division when goals either side of the interval game them a comfortable win over Pelsall. Joe Maidment gave the Herefordshire side a first-half
Bishop's Cleeve 2 Wellington 3 UNBEATEN Wellington extended their lead at the top of the Midland Counties Floodlit Youth League Southern Division after an excellent win over their nearest rivals. Cleeve's Tambling opened the scoring after just five minutes
Pegasus Ladies 4 Worcester City 1 THREE goals in the first 11 minutes set Pegasus on their way to a comfortable win over their local rivals in the West Midland Regional Women's League Division 1 South. Etty Grenhouse headed home an early Lucy Belcher
Hereford Times Herefordshire Football League, Premier Division: Kington Town Res 0 Hinton 3, Pegasus 1 Weston 2, Fownhope 0 Woofferton 2. Division 1: Bringsty Sports 3 Wellington Rangers Colts 3 (Tom MacLean, Mark Cross, Mike Price), Shobdon 5 Ewyas Harold
HINTON moved up to sixth place in the Hereford Times Herefordshire League Premier Division after completing their first double of the season with a 3-0 win at Kington Town Reserves. The visitors got off to an excellent start when Adam Jewitt fired home
Heath Hayes 3 Kington Town 2 GOALKEEPER Brian Kirkham made a series of excellent saves to keep Kington in the game in their West Midlands League Premier Division clash between teams struggling to keep away from the relegation zone. An uneven surface made
DAVID Park met up with some of the world's golfing superstars when he competed in the Dubai Desert Classic and was looking set for a good finish when he stood on the final tee at eight-under-par in 21st place. But the Herefordshire professional then carded
HEREFORDSHIRE GC's senior team have a mountain to climb if they are to book a place in the final of the Ken Smith Trophy, a Shropshire & Hereford-shire winter competition for seniors, after going down 3-0 in the away leg of their semi-final against
Hinton 4 Sporting Khalsa 3 HINTON celebrated receiving the West Midlands League Division 1's December Team of the Month award with a victory, in spite of a spirited late flurry by the visitors. Outstanding midfielder Simon Gwynne gave Hinton the perfect
Hereford United 1 Cheltenham Town 4 ALTHOUGH defeated by a clear margin in the Football League Youth Alliance South West Conference, Hereford turned in one of their better performances of the season and looked at one stage as if they might emerge with
PETERCHURCH motocross rider Craig Newton has picked up his biggest title to date after carrying off the British AMCA 125 Expert Wessex Group championship. Craig, aged 21, who has been riding since he was15 when he joined the Hereford Motocross Club, has
HEREFORD Cathedral School pupil William Tucker has made an impressive start to the new skiing season. The 14-year-old has already competed in seven races and achieved two firsts, two seconds, a fifth and a 12th place. He started in tremendous form by
SARAH Waldron successfully defended her title in the Herefordshire & Worcestershire Schools Cross Country Championships when she collected the gold medal in the girls senior race. The 17-year-old's success means that she qualified for the England
TWO runners shared the men's overall title in the Herefordshire Cross Country League for the first time in the competition's history. Going into the final race of the season on Sunday, hosted by Presteigne Pacers, Tim Clarke knew that he had to win to
HARD-working Andrew Griffiths has certainly put in the hours to earn the Herefordshire Sports Council's Coach of the Year award. Griffiths is responsible for the tennis coaching programme for 172 junior members at Whitecross Tennis Club where he has one
MORE than half a century of dedication to tennis has earned Hilda Griffiths the Herefordshire Sports Council Service to Sport Award. Hilda (pictured above), who stepped down at the end of last year as a member of the Herefordshire and Worcestershire LTA
THE Herefordshire Sports Council Junior Sports Personality of the Year award for 2005 caps a fine year for Hereford Kayak Club's Allen Spencer (pictured right). Spencer gained international selection for Great Britain at junior level and returned from
A JUDO player and an athlete collected the two main individual accolades at the Hereford Times sponsored Herefordshire Sports Council Awards last night. World Masters judo gold medallist Andrew Morris was Sportsman of the Year and cross-country gold medallist
IT has been another excellent year for Hereford and County Athletics Club who have been awarded Herefordshire Sports Council's Junior Team of the Year prize. The club enjoyed another excellent season in the South East Wales Young Athletes League, carrying
A SEASON of success over all age groups has helped Hereford Rowing Club to be named Herefordshire Sports Council's Club of the Year. Senior crews competed at major events at Nottingham, London and Henley where the men's coxed four reached the quarter-finals
THE work in the community of a busy Hereford city priest has been recognised by the Rotary Club of Hereford Wye Valley on behalf of Rotary International. Andrew Mottram, Vicar of All Saints in Hereford city centre, has been awarded the Rotary Centenary
HEREFORD United central defender Tamika Mkandawire has retained his place in the England National Game Xl squad to take on Italy in the European Challenge Trophy at Cambridge United next Wednesday. But there is disappointment for Bulls midfielder Rob
HEREFORD United's promotion clash with Stevenage Borough has been moved from Saturday, February 25 to the following Monday, February 27, after the match was selected for Sky TV coverage. The decision provides a cash bonus of £5,000 for the Bulls but this
HOW many musicians can there be in an orchestra before they need a conductor? Of course, it depends on the musicians, and on the repertoire: time was, a dozen seemed the safe limit. At the Courtyard, the City of London Sinfonia proved 19 was no problem
RFU LEAGUE Powergen Midlands 1: Market Bosworth 22, Luton 11. P W D F A Pt Rugby Lions 15 13 0 464 162 26 Bedford Ath 15 12 0 396 218 24 Scunthorpe 14 12 0 405 265 24 Dudley Kings 14 9 0 348 248 18 Luctonians 13 8 0 254 215 16 Market Bosworth 15 8 0 297
HEREFORD Bishop's School scrum-half Ollie Frost is one of three North Midlands players included in the England Under-16 training squad for a team development week at Hartpury College in Gloucestershire. The England selectors have named a squad of 80 players
A HEREFORD school was repeatedly broken into and vandalised over a two-day period. Burglars stole expensive musical equipment and vandals smashed 19 sky-lights and five windows at Whitecross High School over the weekend of January 28 and 29. Police believe
HEREFORDSHIRE'S black-eyed flu bug which targets children is still coughing and spluttering its way across the county. Many schools have depleted classes and there is no indication the infection has peaked. While the number of children reporting sick
TALENTED artist Oliver Steel will see his painting of Hereford Cathedral appreciated all around the world when it is reproduced on the cover of this year's Three Choirs Festival programme and booking form leaflet. Oliver, aged 18, left the Cathedral School
More than three in four taxpayers in the UK are frustrated with the complexity of the tax system and favour simplification. That's the conclusion of a study conducted by the Hereford office of accountancy and business adviser Baker Tilly. The survey,
A STRING of outstanding saves by goalkeeper Lisa Hughes helped Kington to claim a 0-0 home draw with KBS League leaders Presteigne. Kington made a good start with some fine attacking play from Jenny Layton and Emma Turner in midfield and some dangerous
AMATEUR theatre group, The Hereford Players, has been successful in its application for a £2,700 grant from the lottery subsidiary Awards for All. The money will go towards sound and lighting equipment, which will enable the group to tour its productions
