HEREFORDSHIRE'S rich heritage of mills is to be celebrated for the first time. Nine mills in the county are to be opened to the public to help celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. The mills of Herefordshire
TWO new initiatives have been announced by Hereford Samaritans to help cover the ever-increasing costs of running the centre. The charity is looking to new technology to help raise funds with the setting up of an auction site, which will be used to
SIX Herefordshire village halls will share more than £50,000 thanks to Herefordshire Council's Community Building Grant Scheme. Cawley Hall, Little Birch, Much Dewchurch, Shobdon, Stanford Bishop and Whitchurch and Ganarew will receive the money for
WHAT should lovers do in the dark of the night? Gaze at the stars if Will Catcheside, from Ross-on-Wye, has anything to do with it. The 28-year-old craftsman has designed a star gazers loveseat, made from iron and wood, which has won him an award at the
HEREFORDSHIRE music lover Richard Wilson, founder of Outback Records, is pulling out all the stops. This year, the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, he has single-handedly organised for his complete series of piano sonatas to be performed in Hereford
SUTTON United enhanced their position at the top of the Hereford Times Herefordshire League Premier Division with a 2-0 win at struggling Kington Town Reserves last Saturday. Sutton were rarely troubled by the youthful home side and, but from some over-elaboration
AYLESTONE School enjoyed a successful football season at all levels, starting at under-12 when their team won the Herefordshire FA Football Festival. Aylestone ended the term by lifting the Herefordshire Schools' Under-13 Leonard Dale County Cup with
HGTA HEREFORDSHIRE JUNIOR LEAGUE Under-9 Division: Leominster Minors 2 Ross Dynamos 1, Pencombe 0 Bartestree 5, Ross Dynamos Colts 1 Ledbury Swifts Rangers 1. P W D L Pt Leominster Mnr 21 18 3 0 39 Pegasus Jnr 20 14 3 3 31 Ledbury Swifts 21 13 3 5 29
Hereford Times Herefordshire League, Premier Division: Kington Town Res 0 Sutton United 2, Ledbury Town Res 3 Hinton 3, Pegasus 3 Woofferton 1, Weston 0 Leominster Town 5, Pegasus 1 Westfields 2, Leominster 1 Woofferton 1, Westfields 3 Lads Club 1. Division
Waterloo Reserves 1 Presteigne 4 A STRONG second-half showing moved Presteigne back to second place in the Spar Mid Wales League. After a goalless first half which produced little in the way of excitement other than efforts from Dylan Barrington and Kieran
A THREE-WAY tie required a countback to decide the winner of the Harland Bowl at Herefordshire GC. Terry Neate, Ben Synnock and Wally Harding all finished on plus six in the bogey competition and the Harland Bowl - for low handicappers - went to Neate
Birmingham Diamonds 0 Pegasus Ladies 8 PEGASUS clinched the West Midlands Regional Women's League Division 1 South title and secured promotion to the Premier Division with a convincing success against their Birmingham rivals. The city side went into the
HEREFORD Municipal bowed out of the National Association of Public Golf Courses Hawtree Mixed Four-somes when the city club were beaten 3-1 by Thornbury at the Racecourse. The home team of five mixed pairs opened briskly when Terry Robinson chipped in
WELLINGTON remain on target for a top-six finish in the West Midlands League Premier Division after a 2-0 win over Wednesfield last Saturday. Wellington might have taken the lead inside the first 25 seconds when Mark Cross proved a centre for Eddie Murphy
GREYHOUNDS clinched the Division 2 title in the Arrow Plant Hereford Table Tennis League when they beat Bishop's A 7-3 in their final match. Kestrels made sure of runners-up honours with a whitewash win over Minster A. Crackpots B have an outstanding
MILLER Boys took a giant step towards the Hereford Snooker League when they whitewashed Herodians while their closest rivals Police A stumbled. Stuart Roberts made the second century of the season with 104 as he led his Millers side to victory. Second-placed
ROSS Tennis Centre have made a flying start to the summer league season with two whitewash wins. In Division 1 of the Hereford and Worcester League, the men's A team were at home to Bewdley when Chris Friend, Josh Gilmour and brothers Allan and Neil Meek
ONLY 38 horses went to post to contest the seven races at the Easter Tuesday Croome and West Warwickshire point to point meeting due to the ground firming up at Upton-on-Severn. But jockey Mark Wall had something to celebrate as he scored a double on
A CHANCE for farmers to discuss going organic is available at Wilsley House, Holme Lacy College, next Wednesday. A presentation and discussion with Gerard Dinnage, adviser for the Defra Organic Conversion Information Service, will deal with the expanding
OUR play-off position was finally confirmed on Monday following a victory over relegation-threatened Tamworth. We now have plenty of time to prepare for the big games in just over two weeks' time. The game against Tamworth did not provide too much entertainment
Hereford 10 pts Stratford 20 HEREFORD's hold on second-place in Midlands 3 West (South) is still virtually unassailable in spite of a surprise home defeat by third-placed Stratford last Wednesday. To be overtaken for second place in the table and deprived
Luctonians 2nd 35 pts Llandrindod Wells 3 LUCTONIANS 2nd rounded off an off an excellent season by winning the Jaques International Floodlit Cup for the third year in succession at Mortimer Park. Playing against the wind in the first half, Luctonians
They were the days long before pubs were open almost all of the day and night and, in Wales, it was a case of "Never on a Sunday". NIGEL HEINS recalls a day almost half-a-century ago when a border pub hit the headlines. IT was a very special pint that
TWO new initiatives have been announced by Hereford Samaritans to help cover the ever-increasing costs of running the centre. The charity is looking to new technology to help raise funds with the setting up of an auction site, which will be used to auction
I READ the Rev Brian Gill's letter: "Women cannot become priests." Oh yes they can! Eardisley group of seven churches will tell you we were cared for by a woman priest for nearly eight years and she would have made an excellent bishop had she not died
HARVEY WORLD TRAVEL MIDLAND ALLIANCE P W D F A Pt Stourbridge 39 26 5 102 54 83 Chasetown 37 25 7 65 29 82 Romulus 38 23 10 80 39 79 Malvern 39 25 3 87 51 78 Coalville 39 21 6 63 53 69 Barwell 37 19 7 75 51 64 Leamington 37 17 11 65 40 62 RC Warwick 38
WESTFIELDS have a great chance to improve their position near the foot of the Harvey World Travel Midland Alliance table when they have two home games in the next three games. The city side, who only picked up one point from their two games over the Easter
Henley Town 1 Pegasus Juniors 1 A YOUTHFUL Pegasus side, without a single player over the age of 20, did well to pick up a point from their GLS Hellenic League Premier Division clash with a more physical home side. Pegasus made a flying start and hit
Hereford United 0 Bournemouth 2 HEREFORD did not enjoy the greatest of fortune as they wound up their programme in the Football League Youth Alliance South West Conference with a home defeat - and finished the campaign without a win. Hereford held their
Ross Town 0 Old Woodstock Town 1ROSS put on a far better display than in recent weeks but still went bottom of the GLS Hellenic League Division 1 West. The goal came midway through the second half when a cross was only partially cleared and the ball fell
HEREFORD Fly Fishing Club held their first trip of the season to the nearby Witcombe Water fishery just outside Gloucester last Sunday. Fourteen anglers braved the blustery conditions to catch a total of 74 trout, which included nine bag limits of six
IT was 48-year-old GP Sarah Myhill who took the plaudits at the Ludlow Hunt point to point on Easter Saturday when the galloping doctor scored her first ever win aboard her horse Captain Rawlings in the Confined race at the Bitterley circuit. Captain
ORLETON-based racing drivers Roger and Scott Moran shared victories at Loton Park on Monday when they contested the two opening rounds of the British Hill Climb Championship. Scott Moran won the morning run-off with a time of 46.54 seconds over the 1,475
HEREFORD BC's Shaun Jones is on the brink of international honours after being picked for an England Junior international trial. Jones will take part in two matches in which the red team will play against the white team at Blaby Bowling Club in Leicestershire
THERE were certainly no leaves on the track and the timing was impeccable at the Wales Millennium Centre as Starlight Express roared into town. For sheer energy and the physical stamina required to sing, dance and roller skate simultaneously, nothing
HEREFORDSHIRE schoolboy rugby players have been helping England to victories at both under-18 and under-16 levels in recent internationals. Leominster boy George Thomas made his debut as a replacement hooker in England's opening 26-15 victory over Ireland
THE Mid Wales Cup finals will take place at Tref-y-Clawdd Rugby Club's Borders Pitch in Knighton on Saturday. The Cup final between Newtown 2nd and Cobra (Llanfair Caereinion) kicks-off at 3.30pm and will be preceded by the Shield final between Newtown
Malvern 18 pts Ross-on-Wye 12 WITH their unbeaten league season behind them, Ross were looking for a testing encounter as a warm-up for their Combination Cup matches this weekend and certainly got that in an entertaining clash with Malvern. Malvern kicked
Clubs/classes/societies 13 Hereford Textile Group, Beginners Guide to Knitwear Design with Patricia Baggott, Young Farmers Club, Hereford, 2-4.30pm. 01432 840559 13 Talk by Gordon Taylor, Elgar Musical Tour Through Herefordshire, Dilwyn Cedar Hall, 7.30pm
THE Fruits of Enthusiasm, an exhibition of work by the late James Sellars (1927-2000), remains on show at Hereford Art Gallery until May 7. Sellars lived and worked in the county and the landscape captured his imagination and features heavily. He taught
THEY say the early bird catches the worm and this is proving true for businessmen and women who attend the chamber of commerce's business breakfasts. Networking has always been a key benefit of the Chamber of Commerce Herefordshire and Worcestershire,
VILLAGE HALL - It is time to get out the flares, platform soles and wear a beehive hair-do again. Tomorrow (Friday, April 21) there will be a 60s dance in the village hall starting at 8pm. Music will be provided by the popular local group Late in the
THE new cricket season gets underway locally on Saturday with the first Crusader Worcestershire County League outings for three sides. Colwall, Monmouth and Wormelow will all be making their debuts in Division 3 South after joining the competition this
HEREFORDSHIRE'S rich heritage of mills is to be celebrated for the first time. Nine mills in the county are to be opened to the public to help celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. The mills of Herefordshire
SIX Herefordshire village halls will share more than £50,000 thanks to Herefordshire Council's Community Building Grant Scheme. Cawley Hall, Little Birch, Much Dewchurch, Shobdon, Stanford Bishop and Whitchurch and Ganarew will receive the money for improvements
WHEN trouble troubles you, the only thing to do is - dance! Hereford Amateur Operatic Society's production of the 1920s pastiche, The Boyfriend, will be playing at the Courtyard theatre from Tuesday. Director Jon Stacey draws on a range of talent in the
