Herefordshire | Archive | 2000 | September
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THE Mercian King Offa (AD757-596) would be in a spin that walkers today are running rings around his ancient line of demarcation and defence. more...
LOFTY Large was one of the first SAS `legends' to put his experiences into print. Now, a new volume combines both his previous books. more...
PUT a date in your diary for the weekend on October 7 and 8 to visit Eastnor Castle near Ledbury where a festival of fine food and drink is being held. more...
TENBURY Readers' Group will be holding another `Bestcellars' evening on Thursday, September 21 as part of the 10th birthday celebrations of Tenbury Library. more...
FOLLOWING the extremely successful production of `In the Beginning' at Dore Abbey, Mad Dogs now turn their attention to 1940s New York and a production of the ever popular `Guys and Dolls'. more...
`LA Cage Aux Folles', Hereford Amateur Operatic Society's Challenge 2000 from November 3-11 at The Courtyard, has some of its regular performers in the leading roles. more...
HEREFORD'S ABC Cinema will be continuing to show `Scary Movie' for seven days from Friday. At the weekend there will be matinee showings of everyone's favourite tank engine in `Thomas and the Magic Railroad' and `Viva Rock Vegas' which features the return of the Flintstones. more...
THE renowned Glasgow Phoenix Choir will be joining forces with the Hereford Police Male Voice Choir to perform in a concert in St Michael and All Angels Church, Ledbury, on Sunday, September 24 at 7pm. more...
THE acclaimed series of Beethoven recitals by master pianist Martino Tirimo resumes at Hereford Shirehall on Saturday, September 23. more...
COMING to Hereford's Courtyard Studio Theatre (01432 359252), on Saturday September 16 is Scotland's foremost singer-songwriter, Dick Gaughan. more...
MERLIN Music has launched its 38th concert season brochure, which once again offers international performers at affordable prices and with the added convenience of a local setting. Concerts are held in the hall of Monmouth School. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE has a hard-hitting new campaigner. Lindi St. Clair, known to the nation as Miss Whiplash, wants to leave her mark on local politics. more...
AN SAS soldier has been killed in action just 10 days after attending the funeral of two colleagues at St Martins Church in Hereford. more...
MORE than 1,500 people in Herefordshire are backing multiple sclerosis sufferers in their battle to get the drugs they need, writes more...
Wales more...
POLICE in Thailand investigating the death of Brecon backpacker Kirsty Jones have charged a man with rape and conspiracy to murder. more...
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AN artistic Herefordshire tradition has been revived by our neighbours across the Malverns. more...
A COUNTY service station has been inundated with requests for fuel from a `panicky public' although it hasn't sold any for two years. Robin Thorne, of the Bush Bank Service Station, Canon Pyon, received more than 30 calls on Tuesday morning. more...
EMERGENCY ambulances in Herefordshire will continue to work throughout the fuel crisis. more...
THE worst effects of the fuel famine have started biting into Herefordshire's health services. more...
FUEL'S gold -- police protection of `essential' petrol supplies is planned with Herefordshire running on empty. more...
TEMPERS rose with the temperature when Monday's `panic at the pumps' took hold across Herefordshire. more...
BACK at work and feeling good. more...
LEOMINSTER firefighters will be turning their hand to something a little different at the town's fire station on Saturday. more...
A PILOT had a lucky escape when his light aircraft crashed on take off at Shobdon airfield. more...
THE Bromyard business community has helped in the fight against crime by sponsoring key police equipment. more...
PLAQUES are to be erected on some of Kington's historic buildings as part of a £28,500 enhancement scheme. more...
A YOUNG boy was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after falling from play equipment at a caravan park near Bromyard. more...
A HEREFORDSHIRE pub is offering to pick-up potential patrons as the fuel crisis continues. more...
REMOTE Craig Cwm Du in the hills above Brecon sets the scene for a new historical drama based on RD Blackmore's Lorna Doone. more...
A DREAM came true for the owners of Norton Manor near Presteigne when they opened their doors to 100 guests, writes Evelyn Armitstead. more...
SILK garters thought to have once held up Marie Antoinette's stockings have gone on display at Berrington Hall, near Leominster. more...
A MIDDLE-AGED man held up a Ross-on-Wye bookmaker with a knife before fleeing with £1000 this week. more...
PLANS for a `gateway to the 21st century' at Ross-on-Wye have been put to Herefordshire Council. The gates, on existing pillars at The Prospect, are intended to commemorate the Millennium. more...
ROSS-ON-WYE'S new £900,000 pub is to be named after its most famous citizen. more...
AN Ericsson mobile phone was snatched from a Bedford mini van parked in Bye Street, Ledbury this week. more...
THE tragic death of a Monkland woman's grandson has prompted an appeal to buy baby monitors. more...
A RUINED 16th century county church is set to become an unusual home after moves to declare its religious use redundant were approved, writes JONATHAN LAND. more...
A THUG with a drink problem who broke a young care assistant's arm during the Millennium Eve celebrations has been jailed for two and half years. more...
A FAREWELL gesture by the chief officer of Age Concern in Ledbury has pooled in the pounds for the charity. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE Citizens Advice Bureaux are launching their website at the group's AGM on September 16. more...
A FIRE crew came to the rescue when a small child was overcome by the mini heatwave on Sunday afternoon. more...
A CASH boost worth hundreds of millions of pounds can be confirmed as coming Herefordshire's way - and there's a bonus, writes BILL TANNER. more...
THERE'S something fishy going on at Denco. more...
HEREFORD'S two biggest businesses have suffered mixed fortunes during this difficult week. more...
THE country's biggest annual sale of Welsh ponies due to take place in Hereford this weekend has been postponed due to the fuel crisis. The sale, to be staged by Birghtwells Auctioneers, has now been re-scheduled for October 6 and 7. more...
EVERY father wants his `boy' to blaze a trial, and for one Hereford dad it's the longest walk in the world, writes BILL TANNER. more...
AN intrepid adventurer is 5,000 miles into forging the longest continuous footpath in human history. more...
FANS of Nigel Heins' gripping but grisly Flashback series in The Hereford Times should love a new course in criminal history starting in Hereford next Wednesday. more...
THE Herefordshire Photographic Society starts its 2000/2001 programme of events with an illustrated talk entitled `A Guide to Wildlife Photography' at Brierly Court, Hereford, on Thursday, September 14. more...
A COUNTY rider has racked up three prestigious equestrian titles in a week with victories at the Blenheim Horse Trials and the National Riding Club Championships at Malvern. more...
Hereford United moved up to second spot in the Nationwide Conference with a fine win at Manor Park. United put away their chances and then held firm against heavy pressure, particularly in the second half. more...
HEREFORD'S Danny Gomberra (left) kicks downfield under pressure from two Spalding players in the Tetley Bitter Cup preliminary round at Wyeside on Saturday. more...
LEOMINSTER Ladies moved into the quarter-finals of the Travelsphere national knockout competition with a thrilling second round victory over Bristol club Kingswood and Hanham at Bredon BC. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE-born three-day event rider Leslie Law will represent Great Britain in this month's Olympics in Sydney, Australia. more...
HEREFORD United will look to continue their fine unbeaten start to the Nationwide Conference season when they travel to Doncaster Rovers on Saturday. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE cricket hero Karl Pearson has had the shirt he wore for the county's victorious appearance in the final of the ECB County Cup stolen by heartless thieves. more...
CHARLOTTE Criddle opened her season's account with Ross Town's only goal in the 1-1 draw with Lads' Club in the HGTA Herefordshire Junior Football League's under-10 division. more...
BROMYARD hit their hosts Sutton United for six as they chalked up their third win out of three in the Premier Division of the Hereford Times Herefordshire League. more...
Hereford Times Herefordshire League, Premier Division: Fownhope 2 Westfields 3, Ewyas Harold 4 Wellington Rangers 1, Leominster 0 Weston 3, Civil Service 1 Woofferton 1, Sutton Utd 1 Bromyard 6, Pegasus 1 (Tim Williams) Hinton 2 (Matt Smalley, Craig Edwards), Westfields 1 (Jack Gwillim) Ewyas Harold 1 (Ian Herbert), Wellington Rangers 2 (Mark Hicks, Simon Edwards) Pegasus 2 (Adie West 2); Division 1: Colwall Rangers 1 Golden Valley 0, Weobley 3 Woofferton Res 1, Ledbury Town Res 3 Tupsley 1, Pencombe 0 Painters 1, Widemarsh 3 Kington Colts 0; Division 2: Orleton 4 Ross Utd Services Res 1, Sutton Utd Res 2 Burghill 1, Leintwardine Colts 1 Civil Service Res 2, Stoke Prior 1 Leominster Res 2, Great Western 3 Ewyas Harold Res 3 (Derek Howells, Gareth Thomas, Tom Herbert); Division 3: Bartestree 8 Leintwardine Res 2, Shobdon 3 Holme Lacy Res 1, Tupsley Colts 0 Wincanton 1, Miners 4 Skenfrith Utd 6, Kingstone Rovers 4 (Dave Gilbert 2, Paul Gilbert, Simon Ellis) Skenfrith Utd 1; HFA Junior Cup, first round: Kingstone Rovers 4 (Paul Gilbert, Mark Harris 2, Simon Ellis) Ewyas Harold Res 1, Holme Lacy 5 Poachers 2, Bulmers 2 Wellington Rangers Colts 1, Weston Res 4 St John's Howle Hill 1; Jewson Herefordshire Sunday League, Premier Division: Gamecock 1 Vaga 3, Madley 5 Rapid Moorfields 1, Pandy 2 Greyhound 4, Division 1: Allstars 2 Golden Banks 4, Belmont 2 Black Horse 1, FC Trefynwy 7 Sterling 0, Hearts 4 Pencombe 0, Radnor Rovers 2 (Danny Rocke, Neil Bennett) Volunteer Moles 1, Division 2: Longtown 1 Seven Stars 5, Monument 2 (Andrew Barrington, Jason Powell) Radnor Rovers Res 4 (Luke Morgan, Danny Plowman, Mike Symonds 2), Sporting K's 2 Whitchurch 3, Treacle Miners 24 Rapid Moorfields Colts 1; Division 3: Broadleys Colts 3 (Gareth Griffiths 2, Paul Davies) Bishops Frome Res 3, Richards Castle 0 Credenhill 3, South Hereford Garages 1 Bowling Green 11 (Ben Moss 8, Mark Jones, Spencer Harling), White Lion 0 Presidents 6, Whitecross Wanderers 2 FC Tryfynwy Res 1. more...
Kington Town 1 Darlaston 4 more...
Wellington 3 more...
Westfields 1 more...
Bromyard Town 2 more...
Lye Town Reserves 1 Ledbury Town 8 more...
Wantage Town 1 more...
Hereford Utd Ladies 3 Bristol Utd Ladies 1 more...
Leominster 2 Cheltenham CS 5 more...
BROMYARD clinched promotion and jumped back to the top of Division 2 in the Worcestershire County League with only one game left to play thanks to a last-ball win at home to local rivals Eastnor. more...
DIVISION 1 champions Garnons secured a second successive league and cup double with a comfortable 133-run triumph against Bulmers in the final of the Pavilion Marches League Cup at Wormelow on Sunday. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY LEAGUE more...
LADIES' Day during the Millennium Week of Golf at Ross-on-Wye was marked with a very interesting competition. Teams of three played off the red, white and blue tees in turn as they made their way around the course, with all the scores counting on the par fives, two scores counting on the par fours, and only one on the par threes. more...
GERRY Griffiths, a past captain of Kington, was elected to the vice-captaincy of the Society of Shropshire and Herefordshire Golf Club Captains for 2001, at the AGM of the Society, held at Bridgnorth. He will assist Alan Walker (Hawkstone Park) in his year as captain before taking over the reins for 2002. more...
DAVID Park missed out by a shot to qualify for the final two rounds of the European PGA Canon European Masters after posting a four-over-par total of 146 (75,71) at the spectacular Crans-sur-Sierre course, perched some 4,000 feet up in the Swiss Alps. more...
HEREFORD United will look to continue their fine unbeaten start to the Nationwide Conference season when they travel to Doncaster Rovers on Saturday. more...
HEREFORD, with seven changes in the side due to a wedding, lacked the spirit of the Lincolnshire visitors and paid for their lethargy with defeat in the preliminary round of the Tetley Bitter Cup, writes Jeremy Finney. more...
LUCTONIANS Rugby Club have secured the services of the experienced Stewart Jardine as senior squad coach. more...
LEDBURY made a little piece of history in their first ever match in the NPI Intermediate Cup with a victory at the First Round Midlands stage. more...
Market Drayton 5 Greyhound 0 more...
Bromyard 32 more...
FORMER British Olympic athlete Kriss Akabusi MBE took time to praise the talents of young county sportsmen and women when he visited the Leadership Trust in Ross. more...
HEREFORD Wheelers finished the Magic Dragon Series with some creditable individual positions, headed by Peter Murrieri who was 15th with 534 points. more...
THE new Hereford racing season opened in dramatic fashion last week when three fallers in the opening Wormbridge Novices Hurdle saw the race won by 16/1 outsider Sovereign, trained by John Panvert who had made the long journey from Kent, writes GRAHAM SAVEKER. more...
THIS year's Benevolent Ladies' Triples saw an all Castle Green final, won 13-12 by D Herbert, J Reading and A Benson against P Uttley, M Peberdy and S Altham. more...
FOUR athletes from Hereford and County Athletic Club took part in their last open meeting of the track and field season held at Telford Athletic Track on Saturday with great success. Between them they won four silver and one bronze medal. more...
HEREFORD and County AC father and son Dave and Craig Jones combined to collect a haul of eight medals at the Stars of Tomorrow and Millennium Games meetings. more...
JACKIE Burton and Glynne Hall won Madley Tennis Club's annual ladies' tournament with victory in the final over defending champions Christine Snell and Lisa Michael. more...
A BRILLEY postman has raised over £2,000 for charity following his participation in the Offa's Dyke 15km race, held between Hay-on-Wye and Kington. more...
The Boughrood meeting under BHRC rules at Almeley was bathed in September sunlight, and enjoyed by a large crowd. more...
Hereford United moved up to second spot in the Nationwide Conference with a fine win at Manor Park. United put away their chances and then held firm against heavy pressure, particularly in the second half. more...
HEREFORD United recovered from conceding their first goal of the season and came back to preserve their unbeaten Nationwide Conference record with a draw at Edgar Street on Saturday. more...
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