EVESHAM United and Per-shore Town will both provide a trio of players for the Worcestershire FA's Under-17 representative friendly match against Herefordshire. Jason Jones, Darren Knu-rek and Tom Wilmot are the boys from Common Road who will be joined
EVESHAM United Under-10s and Pershore Town's Under-12 girls squad will represent The Vale at Sunday's Mercian Festival Junior League finals day at Malvern Town FC. The Robins face Kempsey Warriors (11.30am) when the Talbot Page-Jones Memorial Shield is
ODDFELLOWS Arms lifted the Bluck Cup for the first time in front of a sizeable crowd last Sunday. The opening half-hour against Broadway United Reserves was a scrappy affair until three goals in 12 minutes swung the game towards the Oddies. A mix-up in
EVESHAM United and Per-shore Town will both provide a trio of players for the Worcestershire FA's Under-17 representative friendly match against Herefordshire. Jason Jones, Darren Knu-rek and Tom Wilmot are the boys from Common Road who will be joined
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers director of football Jan Molby has hinted that his close-season plans could involve the departure of one or two long-serving players from Aggborough. Two Aggborough campaigners who could be under threat are long-serving goalkeeper
Evesham Utd 4, Gloucester City 2 A CRAZY old night at Common Road saw Dave Busst in goal, the Robins tame the Tigers and Redditch's Western Division championship hopes given a surprise boost, writes Mervyn Collins. Almost everything went United's way
Shepshed Dynamo 2, Evesham Utd 1 A SWITCHED off Evesham dealt Dynamo a boost to their hopes of avoiding the drop with a disappointing display that saw the winners record only a second home win of the season and a Western Division double to boot! Chasing
WORCESTER light-middleweight Leroy Williamson once again stepped into the breach at the 11th hour to provide an opponent for Sheffield-based Tony Montana at Leicester's Ramada Jarvis Hotel last night. It was therefore no big surprise when he ended up
MATT Neal will be looking to secure his first win of the season in the British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch tomorrow. The 37-year-old Wychbold driver, who drives for Pershore-based Team Dynamics, currently lies joint sixth in the championship
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers director of football Jan Molby has hinted that his close-season plans could involve the departure of one or two long-serving players from Aggborough. Two Aggborough campaigners who could be under threat are long-serving goalkeeper
NET sessions for the new season involving youngsters at Pershore CC get under way next Friday, April 30, at 6pm. The weekly two-hour net is for boys and girls aged seven upwards at a club that has just become only the second in the county to be awarded
EXHALL and Wixford pair Leon Gates and Scott Carmichael started the new cricket season in sparkling fashion with centuries in Saturday's friendly defeat of visitors Ashton. Australian Gates was unbeaten on 102 when the hosts closed their innings on 230
WORCESTERSHIRE are on course for an opening match victory after they set Kent 429 runs to win at Canterbury -- highlighted by a century from opener Stephen Moore. Kent went into today's final day of the Frizzell County Championship Division One match
BROADWAY trio Peter Steadman, Ed Ken-nedy and Chris O'Hagan helped Gloucester-shire to victory in their opening Junior Channel League match of the new season. Despite lacking eight regulars, the county overcame old rivals Somerset 9-6 at Stockwood Vale
Old Halesonians II 10, Evesham II 14pts EVESHAM have been crowned champions of Division One of the Hereford and Worcestershire Merit Table. The club's second string won 25 of its 30 league matches, losing just five and scoring a mammoth 690 points in
Evesham and District Disabled AC & Partnership's ROUND four of the club's spring season, sponsored by the Bradford and Bingley Building Society, was fished at Brock-amin, Worcester on Sunday. Another new venue saw yet another name leading the men
CHAMPIONS of Division Four of the Evesham Sunday League, Hampton WMC, are on the trail of county glory on Sunday. They face Droitwich Spa Reserves in the Worcestershire FA Sunday Minor Cup final at Pershore Town's ground. The tie kicks off at 6pm and
FINE weather and light winds greeted the visitors to Arden Sailing Club at Defford at last Sunday's first "Try Sailing" day of the year. Boats and instructors were kept busy giving a taste of sailing to a varied selection of people some of whom were impressed
NET sessions for the new season involving youngsters at Pershore CC get under way next Friday, April 30, at 6pm. The weekly two-hour net is for boys and girls aged seven upwards at a club that has just become only the second in the county to be awarded
ODDFELLOWS Arms lifted the Bluck Cup for the first time in front of a sizeable crowd last Sunday. The opening half-hour against Broadway United Reserves was a scrappy affair until three goals in 12 minutes swung the game towards the Oddies. A mix-up in
SUNDAY saw a return to form for Evesham's Ian Haywood but it has taken a little while to get things going. There were eight boats on the water, a reduction on previous weeks, but with a chilly wind from the north west and a cold spiteful drizzle all afternoon
FINE weather and light winds greeted the visitors to Arden Sailing Club at Defford at last Sunday's first "Try Sailing" day of the year. Boats and instructors were kept busy giving a taste of sailing to a varied selection of people some of whom were impressed
Evesham Invitation League EVESHAM travelled to Redditch for the third match in the newly formed Worcester Inter-League competition and they returned home with an impressive 17-4 success that leaves them on top of the league. Impressive displays were recorded
Stratford and District Winter League LAST Sunday saw the final action for league teams when the Swans Nest Lane club staged the men's and ladies Round-Robin tournament. Out of an entry of 18 pairs from ten different clubs, it was the host club that provided
Evesham Utd U-13 13, Moretonville Kestrels 0 UNITED all but mathematically secured their place in the Witney league Supplementary Cup semi-final after an emphatic display against their Division C opponents. With the Robins already 5-0 up at half-time
OLD Stratford Alliance rivals Campden Town and Shipston Excelsior will meet in the final of the Nursing Home Cup. Darren Reason and Richard Lewis were on target as Town put paid to the hopes of Mettis Aerospace, while Shipston had an easier passage with
Polesworth 2, Littleton 0 ON AN excellent surface, Saturday saw a well-contested game and, although both goals had an element of luck about them, the hosts deserved to take the points. They hit Littleton with everything but the kitchen sink in the first
Shepshed Dynamo 2, Evesham Utd 1 A SWITCHED off Evesham dealt Dynamo a boost to their hopes of avoiding the drop with a disappointing display that saw the winners record only a second home win of the season and a Western Division double to boot! Chasing
EVESHAM United Under-10s and Pershore Town's Under-12 girls squad will represent The Vale at Sunday's Mercian Festival Junior League finals day at Malvern Town FC. The Robins face Kempsey Warriors (11.30am) when the Talbot Page-Jones Memorial Shield is
MIDLANDS non-league football has been given a welcome boost with the launch of a pioneering new youth development league. The Midland Junior Premier Football League will offer hundreds of footballers aged 12-16 years in non-league academies across the
WORCESTERSHIRE are on course for an opening match victory after they set Kent 429 runs to win at Canterbury -- highlighted by a century from opener Stephen Moore. Kent went into today's final day of the Frizzell County Championship Division One match
HEREFORD'S David Park continued to stamp his authority on Fuerteventura Golf Club when an excellent second round 65 gave him a four-shot lead at the half-way stage of the Canarias Open de Espaa. The Burghill Valley club member, looking for his second
NORTH Midlands want to make it to the altar after two seasons of being bridesmaids in the Tetley's County Championship Rugby Union Shield. North Midlands have twice reached the Shield semi-finals, been beaten and then lost again in the play-off for promotion
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers director of football Jan Molby has hinted that his close-season plans could involve the departure of one or two long-serving players from Aggborough. Two Aggborough campaigners who could be under threat are long-serving goalkeeper
DANNY McDonnell celebrated an England call-up this week and team-mate John Snape is urging him to go out and make a name for himself. Snape believes international recognition for McDonnell in the National Game XI squad is long over due but now he's earned
THERE were some competitive scores in the well supported DUCS and Lombard Qualifier at Evesham. The top eight players progressed to the club's own singles knockout with the winner going through to the national Lombard event. Calmer conditions in the morning
Evesham Utd 4, Gloucester City 2 A CRAZY old night at Common Road saw Dave Busst in goal, the Robins tame the Tigers and Redditch's Western Division championship hopes given a surprise boost, writes Mervyn Collins. Almost everything went United's way
RICHARD Bates has ad-mitted that the "time was right" to quit Worcester Rugby Club. The 32-year-old flanker is returning to his native South Africa to join his father's hotel business after a miserable time with injury. Bates, who became a crowd favourite
Stratford and District Winter League LAST Sunday saw the final action for league teams when the Swans Nest Lane club staged the men's and ladies Round-Robin tournament. Out of an entry of 18 pairs from ten different clubs, it was the host club that provided
Evesham and District Airgun League DEFEAT for the Lygon Arms at the hands of champions Offenham RBL allowed Campden RBL to move into third place in the final standings. They were indebted to Bob Pitcher who notched a maximum for Campden who came away
DRAG racers Chris Round, Pete Ashworth, and rookie Rick Cook became the quickest drivers of the day at the second spring training event at Shakespeare County Raceway last Saturday. Yorkshire-based Supercharged Outlaw driver Round ran a very respectable
THERE was plenty for the locals to cheer at Ludding-ton Road on Sunday despite the poor spring weather. Alcester trainer John Allen shone strongly in the opening two races at Stratford, taking the opener with 14/1 chance Society Buck and then boasting
COTSWOLD Cobras, based at Chipping Campden School, made it through to the final of the Great Britain National Championships. After finding qualification difficult, having finished fourth in the National League Southern Division, they had to meet the best
THE tennis section of Evesham Rowing Club has enjoyed a successful winter season in local leagues with three teams securing promotion and another winning indoors. The ladies B team, comprising Sarah Eaton, Cindy Thomas, Pauline Richardson and Jenny Currie
EVESHAM College sports lecturer Lee Perry of Tri UK competed in the Mansfield Duathlon last weekend as part of his build-up for the World Age Group Triathlon Championships in Madeira. Perry had just returned from a gruelling training camp in Lanzarote
EVESHAM Swimming Club's annual biathlon sponsored by Wychavon Leisure takes place on Sunday. The swimming races start at Evesham Leisure Centre's pool at 9am with the running races at Evesham High School from 11.45am. Spectators are welcome at both venues
TOMORROW WORCESTERSHIRE FA CUPS Saturday Minor Cup final (at Evesham United's ground 3pm): Plumbers Arms v West Hagley (J Curtis, KJ Jennings, PK Harding). WORCESTER AND DISTRICT LEAGUE Division One: Bransford Rovers v Pershore Manor Rovers (P Tyler);
THIS week's fixtures for football clubs across the two counties include: TONIGHT Midland Combination Reserve Division: Worcester City v Chasetown. Midland Floodlit Youth League Premier Division: Nuneaton Borough v Kidderminster Harriers. South: Evesham
