Worcester Wolves started their fourth campaign in the BBL Cup with a long road trip to Southend to take on the Essex Pirates. They were looking for their first win of the season and travelled in high hopes having played very well against a strong Glasgow
SATURDAY FOOTBALL Blue Square South Hampton & Richmond Borough 2 Worcester City 2. Blue Square North Redditch United 1 Farsley Celtic 2. Aspire Midland Alliance Barwell 1 Westfields 0; Malvern Town 1 Kirby Muxloe 3. Hellenic League Premier
STOURPORT Swifts crashed to a heavy defeat at the Oval as Bedworth made the most of this rearranged Zamaretto League Division One Midlands fixture. The Greenbacks took the lead in the 17th minute when Jerome Murdock waltzed past two defenders to fire
A late goal from makeshift striker Gavin Caines handed Kidderminster Harriers a narrow victory over Crawley Town at Aggborough. The visitors had started the game far the brighter of the two sides and should perhaps have got themselves ahead with the
MIKE Ruddock said it was mission accomplished for Warriors in Madrid and hail-ed the travelling support who descended on the capital to cheer on his men. “It was a fantastic first-half and a great 10 minutes in the second,” said the Sixways director
MILES Benjamin and Alex Grove grabbed Euro braces as Warriors secured a fine victory over Olympus Rugby XV Madrid at Estadio Uni-versidad Complutense in the Amlin Challenge Cup. Mike Ruddock’s men st-ormed into complete control by the half-time interval
A SECOND-half penalty from Ryan Valentine gave Hereford United only their third League Two victory of the campaign at Edgar Street. Valentine struck the winning goal for United 13 minutes into the second period after Robert Page was ruled to have pushed
LOUIS Bridges netted a 90th-minute equaliser to ensure Worcester City’s trip to Hampton and Richmond was remembered for the right reasons. Substitute Bridges had only been on the pitch for six minutes when he sent a sweet left-foot volley over the head
WORCESTER City manager Richard Dryden felt the referee contributed to the scenes which marred the 2-2 draw at Hampton and Richmond. Both sides were reduced to 10 men and there was a flurry of late bookings in a fiercely contested match at the Beveree
EVESHAM United earned an undeserved FA Trophy first qualifying round replay as goalkeeper Nathan Vaughan scored an equaliser deep into stoppage time against Windsor & Eton. Still looking for their first home win of the season, the Robins looked far from
TWO brothers, Jason and Neil Allies, enjoyed a weekend of success at The Worcestershire Golf Club. They won the final of the Ledbury Cup foursome matchplay competition, which involves four or five rounds against fellow members of all standards. In the
A PAIR from Kidderminster GC have become the first from the Russell Road course to win the Kings Norton Gold Cup. David Wiggins and Matt Houghton emerged victorious at the Birmingham club’s prestigious amateur tournament. The pair were presented with
MANUFACTURING has a strong future but there will be casualties along the way, director general of the Institute of Directors Miles Templeman warned on a visit to Worcester. Accompanied by regional director John Phillips and a party of representatives
CATH Francis, The Worcestershire Golf Club champion, rounded off her season in style when she scored 42 stableford points, playing to two, to win the silver section. Tina Dukes was second with 38 points, but it was Francis, with five birdies, who stormed
A WOMEN’S team containing players from Sapey Golf Club finished runners-up at the Tyrol Trophy in Austria. The team was made up of Stourport residents Angela Whetton and Netty Kirk as well as Kidderminster’s Tina Wooldridge. The ladies finished nine
A MOTORCYCLIST has been taken to hospital after coming off his bike in Worcestershire. West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the A438 Tewkesbury Road, near to the Duke of York pub in Berrow, near Ledbury, shortly before midday today. An ambulance
WORCESTER’S St Richard’s Hospice and Stourport-based IT support and solutions firm, OGL Computer, are combining for a special IT security seminar at Worcestershire County Cricket Club’s new Graeme Hick Pavilion on Tuesday, with all proceeds going to the
A MAN from Colwall, near Malvern, has travelled to a remote mountain valley in central Asia to visit a memorial commemorating the death of his father, who died there in a climbing accident. Jeremy Noyce journeyed to the Garmo valley in Tajikistan
A MAN has suffered burns from a bonfire in his back garden. West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to Malvern Road in Powick at 3pm yesterday. A man, believed to be in his 40s, suffered second-degree burns to his forearm and wrist. He was reportedly
A community sports day will give people in Fernhill Heath, near Worcester, the chance to try activities including rugby, cricket, angling, netball and hockey. The sports day has been organised by Spa Housing Association after councillors said
TAXPAYERS are forking out thousands of pounds in legal fees to fight – and lose – planning appeals, councillors have learned. Members of Worcester City Council planning committee were told the legal fees to battle developers in front of
