EASTNOR Bowling Club has secured a place in the Herefordshire County semi-final of the Travelsphere National Club Championship, after beating Kingsland away 4-0. RESULTS: Singles - J Jones 21-11; Pairs - V Brookes, P Yorke 26-14; Triples - V Pedlingham
LEDBURY DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB TWENTY-TWO pairs took part in an 11 table Mitchell movement event at the Club on June 14. There were joint N/S winners, Janet Holder & Paul Clayburn and June Homes & Warwick Ackland both scoring 55.79. Other scores
A marquee still up from a Stoke Lacy wedding provided the perfect venue for a fundraising event for three local charities. On Saturday, June 11, the marquee had been filled with guests for the wedding reception of Bridget Bufton and Philip Mackereth at
Police Sergeant Bob Wilson is urging Ledbury residents to security mark their property and secure outbuildings with strong locks. He spoke out following a spate of recent break-ins to sheds and outbuildings by crooks "who appear to be targeting the Ledbury
LEDBURY 2nds eased to their second win of the season against bottom club Knighton 2nds, despite being hit by late withdrawals. LEDBURY 2ND XI v KNIGHTON 2ND XI After winning the toss, captain Ehrlich asked Knighton to bat first hoping to take advantage
ON Saturday Bosbury 2nds played table topping St Martins and, asked to bat first, made a poor start losing their first three wickets for only 36 runs. BOSBURY 2ND XI v ST MARTINS The in-form Keith Eyles (57) and Paul Ledbury (17) then restored some semblance
Ten youngsters from John Masefield High School launched a bid for their bronze Duke of Edinburgh Awards by taking part in a camping weekend at Symonds Yat. The party of Year Nine teenagers was taken to the beauty spot last weekend by police sergeant Bob
LEDBURY are through to the quarter finals of the Dymock Knock-out Cup after a thrilling victory over defending champions Goodrich. LEDBURY v GOODRICH Ledbury batted first but lost an early wicket when Jamie Bullock was run out after a mix up with David
Ledbury Town Council is planning a meeting with a Herefordshire Council dog warden. Issues to be dealt with include the extent of dog fouling, the scarcity of disposal bins on the New Mills estate and the need for prosecutions as a warning to pet owners
ANOTHER low scoring match for Eastnor 3rds in this Hereford Times H & DCL Division Three match, Eastnor going down by five wickets and falling down from pole position which they had held briefly. EASTNOR 3RD XI v TALGARTH 3RD XI Put in to bat the
BROMYARD now looks very unlikely to have its long-awaited industrial relief road for at least five years. It emerged this week that the project to link the Porthouse Farm Industrial Estate and Station Trading Estate direct with the A44 will not be included
The Victims of Torture Centre in Sarajevo is one of the places where Ledbury osteopath Beverly Gyde could find herself working this summer, now she has started fundraising for a mission to Bosnia. The mother-of-two, from the Ledbury Osteopathic Practice
Bishop's Frome wood turner Mike Abbot is to demonstrate his traditional skills at the Royal Show at Stoneleigh Park, in Warwickshire. Mr Abbot, who owns his own piece of woodland near Ledbury, will be hard at work in the Country Lifestyle area at the
A celebration of performance poetry will highlight the life of a Ledbury poet who died last weekend, following an 18-month battle against lung cancer. Pete Brown's death came just weeks after his wedding in Winchcombe to fellow poet Brenda Read, who is
A CONMAN fled with a Ledbury couple's life savings after he talked his way in and ransacked their home. The man, who was carrying fake identification, tricked 93-year-old Lena Mayo into staying in the kitchen while he searched the bungalow. The thief,
QUEEN Elizabeth High School pupil Jonathan Dickson recently won the Hereford and Worcester County Junior Boys 100m championship. He represented the county in the Mason Trophy and came fifth. He is hoping to improve his winning time of 12.4s to gain the
TOR Brewer, from Hartpury, Gloucestershire, who has grown up living next to Hartpury College was placed third at the Yorkshire Post National Young Rider Champion-ships held at Bramham, Yorkshire. Tor, aged 20, is currently based at home in Hartpury where
CRADLEY-based rider Sarah Jackson was rewarded for her courageous battle against extensive injuries when Tee Tee Too scored a comfortable win in the Ladies Open at the Torrington Farmers fixture at Umberleigh in Devon. Jackson, aged 32, has only recently
The chairman of Herefordshire Council has said he would be "surprised" if Ledbury's Millennium Garden was demolished to make way for a new toilet block. Coun Peter Harling said that although the garden was a possible location, but the authority was looking
A CALL for extra police patrols on Ledbury Recreation Ground has followed a spate of vandalism, including the burning of two picnic tables. Town clerk June McQuaid said many of the problems take place in the evening and that under-age drinking may be
Eastnor Garden Plants and Knight's Maze are taking part in the National Garden Party Weekend celebrations, with a host of activities and demonstrations planned for tomorrow (Saturday) and Sunday. On both days, from 2.30pm to 4pm, there will be demonstrations
SATURDAY'S trip to Dumbleton saw Colwall take their first League victory of the season thanks to a fine century from Tom Wolfendale. DUMBLETON v COLWALL Dumbleton set Colwall a mediocre target of 174 after impressive bowling displays from Simon Cain,
LEDBURY Preserves won their first match of the season when they beat the Brewery Inn by 72 runs. LEDBURY PRESERVES v BREWERY INN Preserves was asked to bat first and lost the first wicket in the second over. A 53 run partnership for the second wicket
THE Eastnor season of dismal batting continued at Brockhampton on Saturday in this WCL Division Two match, Eastnor losing convincingly by nine wickets. EASTNOR v BROCKHAMPTON Electing to bat Nick Bollen and Keith Fortey steadily put on 15 runs for Eastnor
Hairdresser Colin Thorne has put bars on his salon window following a burglary in which a charity bottle for the Cottage Hospital was stolen. Mr Thorne, who said he would rather have had the cash taken from his till than from the bottle, said he was "
Hundreds of grateful customers have paid for a garden bench for Dudley Smith, following his retirement from Tarrington Post Office and Shop after 68 years. Mr Smith, aged 89, said his work "had always been a pleasure as well as a business." His son, Maurice
LEDBURY took the trip into Wales to visit Monmouth and came away with a resounding 121 run victory against a totally outclassed opposition. MONMOUTH 2ND XI v LEDBURY 1ST XI Ledbury were relieved to win the toss and bat in the sweltering heat and after
SIZZLING weather brought a sea of straw hats and long queues for ice cream on the last day of the Three Counties Show at Malvern on Saturday. Extra fans were brought in to cool down sheep and cattle, while the Fire Brigade hosed down the pig tent, as
