Herefordshire | Archive | 2006 | February
AMATEUR theatre group, The Hereford Players, has been successful in its application for a £2,700 grant from the lottery subsidiary Awards for All. more...
TALENTED artist Oliver Steel will see his painting of Hereford Cathedral appreciated all around the world when it is reproduced on the cover of this year's Three Choirs Festival programme and booking form leaflet. more...
Events/talks more...
HOW many musicians can there be in an orchestra before they need a conductor? Of course, it depends on the musicians, and on the repertoire: time was, a dozen seemed the safe limit. more...
LAST year's winner of the Elgar in Hereford Award, Neil Pigott, may not have been asked to open any supermarkets or to appear on Celebrity Big Brother. more...
LEOMINSTER songstress Emily Davies raised an impressive £1,300 for the hospital that cared for her when she fell ill with meningitis. more...
THE Home Secretary's plans to merge West Mercia Police with others in the Midlands has been slammed by Herefordshire Council and the county's two MPs. more...
More than three in four taxpayers in the UK are frustrated with the complexity of the tax system and favour simplification. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE'S black-eyed flu bug which targets children is still coughing and spluttering its way across the county. more...
A HEREFORD school was repeatedly broken into and vandalised over a two-day period. more...
PLOUGHMEN from far afield collected the main spoils at Herefordshire Ploughing Association's match at Bromsberrow Heath, near Ledbury, last Sunday. more...
THE work in the community of a busy Hereford city priest has been recognised by the Rotary Club of Hereford Wye Valley on behalf of Rotary International. more...
VIEWERS can embark on a historical journey across the Midlands - including Hereford - with Rajesh Mirchandani as he visits various sites from around the region. more...
MORE than 35,000 people in Herefordshire are said to be smokers. more...
WELSH Water apologised for the second time in two weeks after upsets over a water mains renewal scheme in Leominster. more...
A FESTIVAL of fun activities aimed at young people is returning to Bromyard during February half-term. more...
GERRARD WEST OF ENGLAND AND SOUTH WALES MEN'S LEAGUE more...
A STRING of outstanding saves by goalkeeper Lisa Hughes helped Kington to claim a 0-0 home draw with KBS League leaders Presteigne. more...
LEOMINSTER stepped up their bid for promotion from the West Clubs' Women's League Severn Division 1 with a fine 3-0 win over visiting Cirencester which reinforced their third place in the table. more...
LEOMINSTER'S hopes of securing a promotion spot in North Division 1 of the Gerrard West of England and South Wales League appear to be fading after the North Herefordshire club went down 6-5 at Cwmbran. more...
Newport 8 pts Luctonians 37 more...
HEREFORD Bishop's School scrum-half Ollie Frost is one of three North Midlands players included in the England Under-16 training squad for a team development week at Hartpury College in Gloucestershire. more...
THERE has been a lot of speculation following the departure of Graeme Souness from Newcastle over who would take that job on. more...
RFU LEAGUE more...
PRESTEIGNE FC are looking forward to welcoming a number of special visitors next Monday. more...
HEREFORD United will be looking to extend their unbeaten run in the Nationwide Conference to nine matches when fellow promotion-chasers Halifax Town visit Edgar Street on Saturday. more...
HEREFORD United's promotion clash with Stevenage Borough has been moved from Saturday, February 25 to the following Monday, February 27, after the match was selected for Sky TV coverage. more...
ALLPAY.whitecross booked their place in the quarter-finals of the National Squash Club Championships with a 3-2 home win over Kenilworth. more...
A JUDO player and an athlete collected the two main individual accolades at the Hereford Times sponsored Herefordshire Sports Council Awards last night. more...
HEREFORD United will be looking to extend their unbeaten run in the Nationwide Conference to nine matches when fellow promotion-chasers Halifax Town visit Edgar Street on Saturday. more...
HEREFORD United's promotion clash with Stevenage Borough has been moved from Saturday, February 25 to the following Monday, February 27, after the match was selected for Sky TV coverage. more...
HEREFORD United central defender Tamika Mkandawire has retained his place in the England National Game Xl squad to take on Italy in the European Challenge Trophy at Cambridge United next Wednesday. more...
PROMISING young Herefordshire boxer Josh Mitchell has registered his third success in three outings. more...
A SEASON of success over all age groups has helped Hereford Rowing Club to be named Herefordshire Sports Council's Club of the Year. more...
IT has been another excellent year for Hereford and County Athletics Club who have been awarded Herefordshire Sports Council's Junior Team of the Year prize. more...
IF a Herefordshire football team made the semi-finals of the FA Cup, it would have made national headlines but the achievement of Hereford Whitecross Club's squash team in making the last four of the SRA National Club Knockout Cup was comparable in their sport. more...
A JUDO player and an athlete collected the two main individual accolades at the Hereford Times sponsored Herefordshire Sports Council Awards last night. more...
THE Herefordshire Sports Council Junior Sports Personality of the Year award for 2005 caps a fine year for Hereford Kayak Club's Allen Spencer (pictured right). more...
WHEELCHAIR tennis player Janet McMorran (pictured above), who has won the Herefordshire Sports Council Disabled Sports Personality award, has proved that experience can triumph over youth after yet another excellent season. more...
MORE than half a century of dedication to tennis has earned Hilda Griffiths the Herefordshire Sports Council Service to Sport Award. more...
HARD-working Andrew Griffiths has certainly put in the hours to earn the Herefordshire Sports Council's Coach of the Year award. more...
TWO runners shared the men's overall title in the Herefordshire Cross Country League for the first time in the competition's history. more...
SARAH Waldron successfully defended her title in the Herefordshire & Worcestershire Schools Cross Country Championships when she collected the gold medal in the girls senior race. more...
HEREFORDSHIRE'S Premier team lost to Hampshire at Pucklechurch in a friendly but very competitive day's play. more...
HEREFORD Cathedral School pupil William Tucker has made an impressive start to the new skiing season. more...
PETERCHURCH motocross rider Craig Newton has picked up his biggest title to date after carrying off the British AMCA 125 Expert Wessex Group championship. more...
YOUNG Longtown motocross rider James Jones has already made a major impact in his sport despite taking it up only 11 months ago. more...
STUART Roberts starred for Miller Boys when they maintained Hereford Snooker League leadership by after beating club-mates Military B 3-2. more...
Hereford United 1 Cheltenham Town 4 more...
Hinton 4 Sporting Khalsa 3 more...
Shrivenham 3 Pegasus Juniors 0 more...
HEREFORDSHIRE GC's senior team have a mountain to climb if they are to book a place in the final of the Ken Smith Trophy, a Shropshire & Hereford-shire winter competition for seniors, after going down 3-0 in the away leg of their semi-final against Lilleshall Hall. more...
Shawbury United 3 Wellington 2 more...
DAVID Park met up with some of the world's golfing superstars when he competed in the Dubai Desert Classic and was looking set for a good finish when he stood on the final tee at eight-under-par in 21st place. more...
Heath Hayes 3 Kington Town 2 more...
Ross Town 2 Pewsey Vale 1 more...
Market Drayton 3 more...
HINTON moved up to sixth place in the Hereford Times Herefordshire League Premier Division after completing their first double of the season with a 3-0 win at Kington Town Reserves. more...
Hereford Times Herefordshire Football League, Premier Division: Kington Town Res 0 Hinton 3, Pegasus 1 Weston 2, Fownhope 0 Woofferton 2. more...
PHOENIX moved to the top of the HGTA Herefordshire Junior League Under-13 Div-ision with a comfortable victory against bottom-club Lads Club Colts. more...
Pegasus Ladies 4 Worcester City 1 more...
UWA 0 Presteigne 1 more...
Ewyas Harold 7 Ledbury Town Res 1 more...
Bishop's Cleeve 2 Wellington 3 more...
Bromyard 2 Pelsall Villa 0 more...
Westfields 1 Coalville 2 more...
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