JANUARY.

HEREFORD swimmer Otto Putland won the Midlander of the Year 2006 award after throwing his weight behind raising money for the Teenage Cancer Trust Laurie Engel Fund.

Darts star Terry Jenkins reached the quarter-finals of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship before losing 5-4 to Andy Hamilton.

Carol Brown, a member of Hereford Acoustic Target Shooting Club, clinched the British title for a fourth time at the National Blind Shooting Championship.

Hereford United crashed out in the third round of the FA Cup at Bristol Rovers, going down 1-0.

But the Bulls were boosted by the return to Edgar Street of midfielder Ben Smith for £20,000 - the first player for whom Graham Turner had paid a fee in almost 10 years.

Snooker player Stuart Roberts, from Miller Boys, compiled the highest break in the history of the Hereford League - a magnificent 140.

Athlete Sarah Waldron marked her Great Britain debut with a fourth-placed finish at the Lisbon Junior Cross Country International in Portugal.

Harry Franklin, from Wye Valley Runners, struck gold in the over-70 section of the Midland Masters Athletes Association Cross Country Championships.

FEBRUARY.

PARALYMPIAN gold-medallist swimming couple, Sascha Kindred and Nyree Lewis, were named Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year at the Herefordshire Sports Council awards.

Rob Weale bowed out of the World Bowls Tour indoor singles championship at the quarter-final stage and suffered a last-gasp defeat in the final of the Welsh International Open.

Hereford Couriers' Matt James was crowned the men's individual champion of the Herefordshire Cross Country League season, with team-mate Nikki Edwards taking the women's individual title.

Steve Guinan arrived back at Hereford United - on-loan from Cheltenham - with a bang, firing in a hat-trick in a 4-1 win at Lincoln City.

Luctonians' Bahamian flanker Dan Woodside played for the West Indies in the IRB Sevens World Rugby Series in San Diego.

Westfields Football Club celebrated their 40th anniversary.

Sandra and Anthony Rogers, from Fownhope, clinched the Herefordshire Short Mat Bowls county Pairs title.

The four-timer scored by rider Claire Allen and veteran trainer Dick Baimbridge was the highlight of the North Hereford Hunt point to point meeting at Whitwick Manor.

Paul Woodward took the top prize in Hereford and District Angling Association's Joe Berrows Memorial Charity Match.

MARCH.

HEREFORD Rugby Club clinched the Midlands 3 West (South) championship after an emphatic 50-13 win at nearest rivals Old Laurentians.

Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School's dream of playing at Twickenham was dashed when they lost 27-7 against St Paul's School in the semi-finals of the Daily Mail Under-15 Rugby Schools' Cup.

Llandovery won their third Hereford Cathedral School Marches Sevens title in a rain-drenched 30th anniversary competition at Wyeside.

Hereford rugby player Laura Keates captained England Women Under-19 to a comprehensive win over the USA at RAF Halton, near Aylesbury.

Hereford Hockey Club bowed out of the EHA Vintage Plate Over-50s national competition at the quarter-final stage with a 4-2 home defeat to Worcester.

Herefordshire Schools' Under-13 lost 2-0 to Stafford in the semi-finals of the Midlands Football Cup.

Lingen scooped the North Herefordshire Indoor Carpet Bowls League title.

Former Kington cricketer Dwayne Smith played a starring role as the West Indies beat Pakistan in the opening match of the World Cup in Jamaica.

Ewyas Harold lifted the HFA Charity Bowl.

APRIL.

HEREFORD Times horse racing columnist Katie Stephens, the Hereford Racecourse general manager, successfully tipped Silver Birch - a 33-1 shot - to win the Grand National at Aintree.

Luctonians Rugby Club preserved their Midlands 1 status with a vital 27-8 home victory over champions Luton in their final match.

Presteigne Football Club sealed their first Spar Mid Wales League title triumph after a 3-2 win at Llanfyllin, while Ledbury Town lifted the HFA Challenge Cup for the first time in 26 years. Phoenix Ladies were also successful, securing the Mercian League Championship.

Hereford United ended a 630-minute goal-drought with a 3-0 home win over Boston United.

But there was sadness as football in Herefordshire mourned the sudden death of former Sutton United player and Herefordshire League and HFA official Graham Hughes, aged 62.

Terry Jenkins won the Antwerp Darts Trophy for the third successive year.

Kington Ladies clinched the South Wales Women's Hockey League Division 4 title to add to their Mid Wales Plate success.

Westside finished fifth in their maiden season in the West Midlands Netball League Division 2.

MAY.

INTERNATIONAL bowls stars Tracey Powell and Rob Weale helped mark the opening of the new green at Weobley Bowling Club.

Sascha Kindred and Nyree Lewis picked up gold medals in the Visa Paralympic World Cup.

Terry Jenkins finished runner-up to Phil Taylor in the Holsten Premier League.

Hereford United finished 16th in their first season back in League 2 after failing to score in nine of their last 10 matches.

Wellington Rangers completed a double when they won the Herefordshire Football League Premier Division to add to the Strongbow Senior Cup.

Austin Manning played his part as Wales won the World Youth Pool Championships in Yorkshire.

Potting Shed Z also tasted success on the green baize, wrapping up the Hereford Snooker League title.

Hereford Rowing Club carried off 11 titles at their home regatta and Daniel Middleton, of Dilwyn, won the junior 16 quad sculls at the National Schools' Regatta.

Hereford Whitecross Squash Club lost in the final of the England Squash National Over-45 plate competition.

The county mourned the death of one of Herefordshire's finest all-round sportsmen, Bill Bullock, at the age of 80. He was the Herefordshire Sportsman of the Year in 1958.

JUNE.

TWO fine knocks by Kington's Dave Exall could not stop Herefordshire losing their opening Minor Counties Cricket Championship match.

Hereford and District Angling Association's Ray Bryan stepped down after 33 years in the chair.

James Bevis carried off the 2007 British Disability Target Shooting Association Wheel Power National Championship.

Ross Town announced they were to leave the Hellenic Football League to rejoin the Hereford Times Herefordshire League.

Matthew Evans hit 183 not out for Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School in a 75-run win over Weobley School in the Herefordshire Schools Association Under-15 Cup.

Ross Golf Club member Betty Spacey, aged 80, achieved a hole-in-one at the seventh.

Tracey Powell helped England to victory in the Home International Bowls Championships.

Hereford-based coach Tony Larkin and his England Blind Football Team won an international tournament in Greece.

Former captain Ken Watson claimed his fourth title at Leominster Golf Club's championship, while the club celebrated 40 years of progress at Ford Bridge.

JULY.

AN heroic 120 not out from stand-in Tim Riley could not stop Herefordshire losing to Devon in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship.

Potting Shed's Tom Cousins hit a record 147 break in the Hereford Snooker League and finished runner-up in the World Junior Under-18 Pool final.

Terry Jenkins won the Players' Championship at Hayling Island.

Former Bishop's School pupil Ollie Frost gained selection for the England Under-18 rugby tour to Australia.

Kayaker Claire Spencer and athlete Sarah Waldron were joint winners of the Sportsperson of the Year at the Ready Steady Win awards evening.

Pegasus Juniors Football Club officially opened their impressive ground at Old School Lane.

Hay-on-Wye Tug of War Club won a gold and two silver medals at the Welsh Championships.

Angler Richard Hoskins won the three-day Waterways Ireland Classic Fishing Festival.

Ultimate frisbee player Jemima Klenk was selected for the Great Britain side in the European Championships.

Hereford Triathlon Club members Colin Kerfoot and Nicola Goodwin picked up medals at the inaugural Upton-on-Severn triathlon.

AUGUST.

TERRY Jenkins recorded his first win over Phil Taylor but lost in the final of the Stan James World Matchplay Darts Tournament.

Herefordshire finished bottom in the Western Division of the Minor Counties Cricket Championship for the third time in four seasons.

Herefordshire cricket was saddened by the death at 67 of Terry Morgan, a familiar figure on the county scene in the 1960s and 70s.

Lionel Ainsworth scored a hat-trick as the rebuilt Hereford United side demolished Yeovil 4-1 in the first round of the Carling Cup. Despite a Theo Robinson goal, Hereford lost 2-1 at Premiership Birmingham City in the second round.

James Bevis claimed a British disabled record and took bronze in the Open European Shooting Championships in Germany.

The Marches Rifle Club won the Mackworth Praed Challenge Trophy.

Herefordshire's young dressage riders took 10 first places at the International Under-21 UK Summer Championships.

Rob Weale and his brother David collected their fifth Welsh BA National Pairs' title and Edwardians won the Hereford and District Invitation Skittles League Cup final for the eighth time.

Herefordshire football lost a well-known former player and administrator, Dave Gilbert, who died, aged 46, after a battle with cancer.

SEPTEMBER.

BROCKHAMPTON Cricket Club clinched the Crusader Worcestershire County League Division 1 title by the narrowest of margins.

The villagers finished level on points with Worcester Nomads, but secured the crown because their second team finished higher than Nomads' second string.

Colwall won Division 3, but there was despair for Wormelow, who were relegated from Division 2.

Garnons landed their first Marches League Division 1 title in seven years, while Burghill & Tillington lifted the Marches Cup.

Julian Pritchard, the most successful point-to-point rider, announced his decision to retire from the sport due to injury.

Bromyard Rifle Club's Robin Hughes became the new Welsh Long Range small-bore Rifle Champion.

Hinton Football Club withdrew from Division 1 of the Sport Italia West Midlands League.

More than 3,000 Motocross fans flocked to the Maxxis ACU British Championships at Pontrilas.

Hereford Times sports editor for the past 16 years, Jeremy Finney, retired to end a 40-year association with the paper.

Richard Prime became only the fourth sports editor of the Hereford Times since 1920.

OCTOBER.

HEREFORD Rugby Club revealed their hopes for a new £4m HQ at Holywell Gutter Lane.

Luke Jones, 19, clinched the British 125GP series in only his second season in the competition.

Ross Cricket Club's Therese Warwick won the national Behind the Scenes honour at The Outstanding Service to Cricket Awards.

Hereford Kayak Club's Sharon Colley clinched a gold and silver medal at the World Masters Kayak Marathon Championships.

Ross tennis player Colin Bennett won the men's singles title in the Herefordshire & Worcestershire Senior County Closed Tennis Championships for the 10th successive year.

Orleton racing driver Scott Moran secured second place in the British Hill Climb Championship.

Hereford and County Athletics Club retained the South East Wales League title.

Hereford 4th Dan Black Belt Stan Cantrill took bronze at the World Masters Judo Championships in Sao Paulo and gold at the British Masters.

Widemarsh Rangers Football Club folded due to unavailability of key players and the cost of playing matches.

History was made when the first-ever harness race was held on Hereford Racecourse.

NOVEMBER.

AN early goal from Lionel Ainsworth gave Hereford United a memorable 1-0 win over Leeds United at Elland Road in an FA Cup first-round replay. Hereford were unlucky not to win the original tie at Edgar Street, which finished 0-0, in front of the Sky television cameras. Ainsworth left United just two days after his heroics at Leeds to join Championship Watford.

Lea Wood became the overall VSR Super Silhouette Saloon Car Champion.

Leominster Cricket Club's future looked bleak after they withdrew from the Marches League due to a shortage of players. Burghill & Tillington also left the Marches League, joining the Crusader Worcestershire County League.

Herefordshire golfer David Park lost his European Tour Card after a disappointing display in the Tour School Final at San Roque.

Kington Golf Club's Ross Moore became the Herefordshire County Junior Champion.

Belmont Lodge's Pete James won the amateur Order of Merit title on the Celtic Pro Tour.

Herefordshire's small-bore rifle team won the annual Three Counties Challenge match for only the third time in 59 years.

Ledbury racehorse owner Eddie Moss celebrated a £16,000 jackpot in the Southern National Handicap Chase at Fontwell.

Hereford Combat Academy claimed two British titles at the British Open Ju-Jutsu Kumite event.

Terry Jenkins reached the quarter-finals of the inaugural PartyBets.com Grand Slam of Darts.

DECEMBER.

NYREE Lewis and Sascha Kindred jointly scooped the BBC Midlands Sport Awards' Disabled Sportsperson honour.

A stoppage-time try from Tom Gallagher gave Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School a 13-10 win over Bedford School in the regional quarter-finals of the Daily Mail Schools' Under-15 Rugby Cup.

Hereford United secured a 2-0 victory over League 1 Hartlepool United at Edgar Street in the second round of the FA Cup. However, hopes of a glamour tie were dashed when United were drawn at Tranmere Rovers in round three.

Herefordshire body fitness competitor Andrea Evans celebrated wins in the trained figure classes at the EPF UK Open Championships in Halesowen and the UKBFF Welsh Championships in Port Talbot.

Tommy Burton regained the men's singles squash title at Hereford Whitecross Tennis and Squash Club 20 years after his first triumph.

Sandy Urro won gold and silver medals at the British and Irish Open Masters Cross Country Championships.

Ian Jones won the clubman accolade at Hereford Motocross Club for the third successive year.

Bishop's Frome Cricket Club stalwarts Jeff Barnes and Stuart Knights announced they were to leave for pastures new.