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  • Next two games are vital: Brain

    WORCESTER director of rugby John Brain believes the next two games are crucial to his side's ambitions of staying in the Premiership for another season. Brain watched his side complete a 21-15 win over Bath on Saturday, which puts them within four points

  • Preece praises quality of leaders

    DROYLSDEN'S ruthlessness in front of goal is the reason they are top of Nationwide North and Worcester City are not, according to Andy Preece. City's progress towards the play-offs faltered again on Saturday with a 2-1 defeat at the Butchers Arms. Terry

  • Worcester Wolves 74, Sheffield Sharks 98

    HEAD coach Josh Cooprider was ejected from the court as Worcester Wolves lost a controversial match against Sheffield Sharks. Cooprider was ordered out with two minutes of the contest remaining at the Univ-ersity of Worcester for continually contesting

  • Chester Jets 114, Worcester Wolves 89

    WORCESTER Wolves suffered another defeat as Chester Jets ended a five-game losing streak at the Northgate Arena. Wolves were without the injured Valdas Urbonavicious and James Noel, while Chester had the luxury of a full-strength side on Friday night

  • Droylsden 2 City 1

    THE difference between Droylsden and Worcester City can be summed up in two words: Terry Fearns. The prolific striker's 75th-minute winner on Saturday was his 25th goal of the season, and we have only just entered March. Such a strike rate is one of

  • Worcester Warriors 21pts, Bath 15

    WARRIORS kept their dreams of playing Premiership rugby next season alive with a gritty and desperately needed victory. The club's supporters enjoyed a league win at Sixways for the first time in more than 10 months and it was the least the team deserved

  • Leaders are put to test by Bulls

    Hartlepool Utd 3, Hereford Utd 2 HEREFORD gave League Two leaders Hartlepool a tremendous fright before the home side stretched their remarkable recent run to 17 wins in 19 matches. Hereford hit back twice to level the scores and in the closing stages

  • Sodje strike dents play-off dreams

    Kidderminster 1, Gravesend & Northfleet 2 KIDDERMINSTER'S fading play-off hopes suffered another hammer blow when Gravesend's late winner condemned them to their fourth successive Conference defeat. Harriers thought they had done enough to earn a

  • Rovers suffer shock reverse

    Bromsgrove Rvs 2, Leighton Tn 3 BROMSGROVE Rovers suffered a shock defeat to lowly Leighton in Southern League Division One Midlands. Rod Brown's side fell behind on 19 minutes when Chris Johnson beat Danny Woodhall from the edge of the area. Kevin

  • Manton sees red in defeat

    Stourport Swifts 1, Rushall Olympic 2 TEN-MAN Stourport Swifts slipped closer to the Southern League Division One Midlands trap-door with a home defeat. Rushall were ahead on eight minutes when Neil Barnfield fired past Dave Adey after Dean Perrow had

  • Dismal day for Malvern

    RIK Halion was sent off on a miserable day for Malvern against Southern League Division One Midlands basement boys Berkhamsted. The Town midfielder was cautioned for dissent 15 minutes from time and saw red for contiuing his tirade. Berkhamsted attacked

  • Amelia books a place in China

    PERSHORE College student Amelia Martin has been chosen as one of eight British athletes to compete at the Special Olympics World Games in China. The 20-year-old will compete in the 100m, 200m and the long jump at the games, which take place in Shanghai

  • Kathleen takes ticket on new ride Crisp

    SUCKLEY Primary School pupil Kathleen Luton-Hughes was runner-up in the Dengie Winter League qualifier on offer at Gracelands Equestrian Centre's recent unaffiliated show jumping competition. The competition is open to Pony Club riders aged under 20

  • Hereford take a look

    HEREFORD have called a precautionary inspection for 8am ahead of tomorrow's race meeting. Clerk of the course Gemma Charrington will take a look at the track after substantial rain in recent days. She explained: "We have had 10 millimetres of rain since

  • Good heavens the Warriors won at home!!

    What a relief!! It was a good game too, the Worcester pack played very well and really disrupted the Bath scrums and especially the lineouts. There several players who have stood out this season for their contributions, Dale Rasumussen, Kai Horstmann,

  • Rape charge

    A custody officer, employed at Worcester police station, has made a five-minute appearance at Worcester Crown Court on a charge of rape. Paul Boseley, aged 22, of Tamworth Avenue, Warndon Villages, Worcester, had been locked up since appearing before