TWELVE-year-old Alice Brooks has just won her third tournament in the Gaudet Luce ladies’ section. Alice has only entered four competitions since joining the section in the autumn of last year and, so far, has managed three wins and a second place.
SATURDAY FOOTBALL ZAMARETTO LEAGUE Division One South and West: Stourport Swifts 0 AFC Totton 5. Baker Joiner Midland Alliance Malvern Town 3 Willenhall Town 5; Westfields 1 Friar Lane & Epworth 0. Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division
A LORRY driver caught trying to hide a drugs stash with a street value of more than £1 million in a cargo of apples has had his nine-year jail term cut on appeal by top judges. Drugs mule Stephen Toner, aged 28, of Clougharevan Park, Bessbrook
NEARLY 40 teams of four players took on The Worcestershire course in a strong, turbulent wind with two scores to count on each hole. Such conditions usually favour the lower handicapped players there was no exception at the Malvern Wells course. Stephen
MANAGER Steve Burr hopes the majority of extra fans who came out in force to watch Kidderminster Harriers’ win over Altrincham at Aggborough remain for the rest of the season. The efforts of Kidderminster Har-riers Indepedent Supporters’ Trust (KHIST
KAI Horstmann will be sidelined for up to three weeks with a rib injury, but Worcester Warriors captain Chris Pennell is poised to make his first start of the season against Birmingham & Solihull on Saturday (2pm). Back-rower Horstmann, who has deputised
THIS game between the bottom two teams in the Baker Joiner Midland Football Alliance turned into disaster for Malvern. The young Town side seemed intimidated by the more experienced Willenhall team and the Langland Stadium club paid the price. In the
Arscott: By his own admission, the former Bristol full-back didn’t have the best of games.6. Garvey: Took his try well, set one up and put his body on the line - as the stitches to his head will prove.7. Grove: Slotted in well to the Warriors press
ALTHOUGH the conditions were quite trying, there was still plenty of good golf in evidence when Bransford seniors entertained their counterparts from Little Lakes in the latest winter league fixture. Home advantage just about told in the end after a
WORCESTER Warriors head coach Richard Hill is still searching for a full 80-minute performance from his side after they once again switched off in the closing stages of a game. The Sixways crowd had been treated to some superb rugby from the hosts for
IT’S hard to imagine any other team that could score five tries in a comprehensive victory which maintains their 20-point lead at the top of the table, yet still send their fans away from the match less-than-impressed. However, that’s exactly what Worcester
WORCESTER Wolves returned to winning ways by demolishing Worthing Thunder 98-59 in the British Basketball League at the University of Worcester. After four consecutive losses, Wolves were badly in need of a confidence-boosting performance against one
STOURPORT Swifts crashed to a comprehensive 5-0 defeat to AFC Totton in the Zamaretto League South and West Division. Swifts’ cause was not helped by conceding three goals in five minutes mid-way through the first-half. Stourport’s best efforts came
A MAN has denied driving a van dangerously on a country road in Worcestershire. Christopher Ward, aged 55, of Old Hill, Flyford Flavell, appeared before magistrates in Worcester where he denied the charge. The alleged incident happened on the Stratford
A BRACE from Isaac Shaze guided Evesham United to victory against strugglers Tiverton Town in the Zamaretto League Premier Division today (Sunday). Shaze scored in the 24th and 67th minutes to continue his side’s march up to 10th in the table in this
DEBUTANT Waide Fairhurst hit a superb double to fire Hereford to an impressive derby triumph at Whaddon Road. The Doncaster Rovers loan ran-ger was Hereford’s hero with a goal in each half to send the 694 travelling fans in the 3,643 crowd into ecstasy
Coleman: Commanded his area well, was good in the air and looked solid throughout.7. Evans: Took a knock in the first-half, soldiered on but was hurt again and was eventually forced off.6. Ward: Tenacious throughout in unfamiliar left-back
MARC McGregor grabbed the winner as Worcester City left it late to complete the first part of their six-point mission. Manager Carl Heeley had targeted victories from both the St George’s Lane clashes against Stalybridge and Hyde, who visit
ST George’s Lane manager Carl Heeley was delighted to see Worcester City’s positive attitude pay off against Stalybridge. With the game heading for a stalemate, substitute Marc McGregor popped up to turn Danny Glover’s injury-time shot into
VOLUNTEERS are needed for the first Bromyard Hop Festival. The Herefordshire town, part of Britain’s biggest hop-farming area, will host the festival, planned for Saturday, September 3. Organisers have received the backing of local businesses as well
A FREE health check is being offered to people in Worcester. The “MOT” checks will be carried out by health advisers on behalf of NHS Worcestershire, which manages county healthcare at CrownGate Shopping Centre, Worcester, between 10am and 1pm on Monday
Ambitious plans for a county roll-out of broadband have been produced by Herefordshire Council. The strategy sets out the importance of broadband to Herefordshire. It aims to have 90 per cent of homes and businesses in the county linked up to fast internet
FIREFIGHTERS were kept busy last night with a number of fires around Worcestershire. Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue were called to a house fire in Bewdley and to the Star Hotel Inn and Hotel in Upton-upon-Severn last night, as well as a number
A MAN is in hospital with serious injuries after being discovered in the middle of a busy Worcestershire A road. A passer-by found the man, who is in his early 20s, lying in the middle of the A46 near to the Evesham United football ground at 2.33am
WORCESTER City go in search of their fourth successive victory tonight when they host Hyde at St George’s Lane (7.45). Carl Heeley’s team have already recorded back-to-back Blue Square Bet North home wins this month —having beaten both Boston
Eight-year-old James Thomas from Worcester has made his mum proud and raised £360 for St Richard’s Hospice in memory of a family friend. James, who goes to Redhill Primary School in London Road, swam 44 lengths in half-an-hour in the recent
A MAN on crutches who was refused help to shop at a supermarket because his girlfriend had been banned for shoplifting has now been banned himself. Christopher Henman and Amy Rheeston tried to visit Sainsbury’s in Windermere Drive, Blackpole
