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  • Results round-up

    SATURDAY FOOTBALL Npower League Two: Hereford United 0 Oxford United 1. Blue Square Bet Premier: Kettering Town 0 Kidderminster Harriers 1. FA Cup second qualifying round: Eastwood Town 0 Evesham United 3; Godalming Town 2 Worcester City 1. Evo-Stik

  • Worcester Wolves 93 Guildford Heat 87

    WORCESTER Wolves opened their British League Trophy campaign against Guildford Heat with a 93-87 victory. In a game that the Wolves trailed for long periods at the University of Worcester, it needed over-time for Paul James’ side to emerge victorious

  • Christians celebrate Bible’s big birthday

    ABOUT 200 Christians from Worcestershire and beyond gathered in Worcester Cathedral to study the Bible under the guidance of both the Anglican Bishop of Worcester and the Roman Catholic Archbishop for Birmingham. The event was held to celebrate

  • Heeley at low point after City shambles

    MANAGER Carl Heeley described Wor-cester City’s FA Cup defeat to God-alming Town as the lowest point of his career. The City boss pulled no punches after watching his side lose 2-1 to the Ryman League minnows in the second qualifying round. Worcester

  • Warriors' ratings v Northampton Saints

    Claassens: Superb in the first-half causing Saints plenty of problems, quieter second 40 minutes.7. Garvey: Defended well, but will want to get on the attack more and help Warriors to cross the line.7. Grove: The Scotland centre made a few early breaks

  • Bransford in fine form

    THE on-song Bransford Golf Club senior men’s team went one better when they won their first home match of September. The previous fixture at their own course had produced a 6-0 whitewash against Churchill and Blakedown and this time it was Evesham who

  • Hill happy with penalty victory

    WARRIORS head coach Richard Hill was in no doubt how he viewed his team’s victory over Northampton Saints. While the game lacked a cutting edge and quality, the Sixways chief was delighted with how his players hung on for the 12-3 victory having lost

  • Hereford United 0 Oxford United 1

    GLOOM descended over Edgar Street once again despite the warm weather as Hereford United lost 1-0 to Oxford United for their fifth defeat in six home matches. The Bulls’ failings in front of goal, with just four goals in 11 matches, were plain to see

  • Worcester Warriors 12 Northampton Saints 3

    IN 1999, the Stereophonics famously penned the song ‘As long as we beat the English,’ yet Worcester seem to write their own version of the tune against North-ampton Saints. Quality and a cutting edge was lacking on a balmy Friday night at Sixways

  • Eastwood Town 0 Evesham United 3

    EVESHAM United put their indifferent league form behind them to cause an FA Cup upset with a 3-0 triumph at Blue Square Bet North side Eastwood Town. Two goals by in-form striker Marcus Palmer ensured the Robins a deserved place in tomorrow’s third qualifying

  • Kettering Town 0 Kidderminster Harriers 1

    JAMILLE Matt scored the decisive goal as Kidderminster Harriers maintained their excellent away form as they edged out fired-up Kettering. Steve Burr’s team overcame a spirited Poppies side, looking to bounce back from a 5-3 defeat to Hayes and Yeading

  • Bosch day raises Children in Need cash

    TEEING off in the name of charity, 16 teams from the plumbing and heating industry joined Worcester, Bosch Group for a golf day at the Bransford’s Brook Bank House Golf Club. Worcester, Bosch Group has set itself the goal of raising £60,000 out of the

  • City's ratings v Godalming Town

    Dormand: Little chance with goals and made several saves to ensure things were not more embarrassing.6. Naylor: Disappointing following his recent displays. Crossing was poor and struggled to deal with hosts’ pace.4. Clarke: Battled

  • Godalming Town 2 Worcester City 1

    THERE are some matches that will live long in the memory for all the wrong reasons. This was one of them. Worcester City produced one of their most disappointing and dismal efforts of recent years as they crashed out of the FA Cup at the first attempt

  • Grant joy for disabled golfers

    DISABLED youngsters from the Wyre Forest area will be among the chief beneficiaries after Bewdley’s Wharton Park Golf and Country Club teed up a successful bid for a £10,000 grant from the Sports Lottery. The club’s head PGA professional Angus Hoare

  • Hundreds say their farewells to Rosie

    A VILLAGE hall was filled to capacity to pay tribute to a teenager who died from cancer. Nineteen-year-old Rosie Kilburn had battled a rare form of liver cancer for more than two years before her death on September 12. More than 300 friends and family

  • Celebrations to mark 20 years of golf at Ombersley

    OMBERSLEY Golf Club celebrated 20 years in operation with an anniversary golf day and evening presentation. Directors’ Robert Dowty, Nigel Dowty and Laureen Moyse welcomed more than 100 entrants to compete in mixed teams. The event was followed by a

  • Latest bans from the WFA

    THE Worcestershire Football Association has handed the following suspensions which start today. Seven days to October 9, 2011 — Gary Buckland, Broadway United; Alexander Emery, Hagley Athletics; Elliot King, VBL Sports; Albert McCathie, Droitwich Spa

  • Molyneux bags brace for County in victory

    WORCESTERSHIRE started the new campaign with a trip to Huntingdonshire with seven of the starting 11 players making their competitive debuts in the Midlands County Youth Championship 4-0 victory. The County started brightly getting a lot of the early

  • 70 firefighters tackle town centre blaze

    ABOUT 70 firefighters tackled a blaze at a furniture store in Kidderminster. The fire broke out at Levines furniture store at the junction of Worcester Street and Market Street at about 1pm. Levines and the British Heart Foundation buildings

  • iPhone app puts council info at your fingertips

    INFORMATION about school closures, the availability of books in libraries and bus and cycle routes is literally at your fingertips thanks to a new iPhone ‘app’. Worcestershire County Council has developed the tool to reflect the most accessed areas of

  • 'Suicide' man pulled from river

    POLICE and firefighters rescued a drunk man from a Worcestershire river in the early hours of this morning. Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service were called to the river under Bridge Street, Evesham by the ambulance service.

  • Grass on fire in Worcester

    FIREFIGHTERS were called to burning grass and undergrowth near a Worcester road. Hereford and Worcester fire and rescue service received a call at 1.38pm yesterday. They sent a fire engine from Worcester to deal with the burning grass

  • Bridge to be painted blue and gold

    PEOPLE of Upton-upon-Severn have voted to have to have their landmark bridge painted duchess blue and gold. The county council has confirmed the new colours for Upton Bridge after the public had its say on how it should be painted. Nearly 670 people

  • ‘I realised the smoke was from our flat’

    A YOUNG mother’s quick-thinking actions, along with a working smoke alarm, averted disaster for her and her son when a fire broke ou. Jessie Stewart was with 16-month-old son Isaac in their lodgings at the Regents Theological College in Westminster