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Stories for 10 May 2007

Bromyard

Bromyard maintain good start

BROMYARD V WORCESTER  more...

Fastest lap for Robert Hall

BROMYARD'S 17-year-old racing driver Robert Hall contested round two of the Castle Combe Formula Ford 1600 championship, doing battle once again with vastly experienced Ed Moor and Steven Jensen.  more...

Cricket

Two seamers return to County team

HEREFORDSHIRE will be looking for their first victory of the season when they entertain Cheshire in an MCCA Trophy clash at Colwall on Sunday, starting at 11am.  more...

Two seamers return to County team

HEREFORDSHIRE will be looking for their first victory of the season when they entertain Cheshire in an MCCA Trophy clash at Colwall on Sunday, starting at 11am.  more...

Hat-trick of victories on fine day for county clubs

BROCKHAMPTON and Bromyard both maintained their winning starts in the Crusader Worc-estershire League Division 1 by following up their opening day successes with further victories.  more...

Tight for Strollers

GARNONS II v STROLLERS  more...

Williams sets up Bosbury victory

KNIGHTON v BOSBURY  more...

Eastnor collect first league win

EASTNOR 1 v PERSHORE 1  more...

Ledbury impressive in opening fixture

LEDBURY I v COLWALL III  more...

Ledbury impressive in opening fixture

LEDBURY I v COLWALL III  more...

Equestrian

Johnson scores double at home track

RICHARD Johnson may have had to settle for second place in the Jockey's Championship last season but he was back scoring winners at his local track as the Madley jockey scored a double on the card at Hereford.  more...

Louise rides to cup success on Badminton debut

LOUISE Skelton from Eardisley won the Laurence Rook Trophy at the Badminton Horse Trials for being the highest-placed British rider who has not previously completed the event.  more...

Hannah celebrates her first title victory

A YOUNG county rider is celebrating after the first championship win of her career.  more...

Tudor guides Minsgill Mins to Crudwell Cup win

HIGHLIGHT of Day Two at the Radnor & West Hereford Hunt Bank Holiday meeting at Cold Harbour was the success of Minsgill Mans in the four-mile Men's Open for the Crudwell Cup.  more...

Venetia goes double-handed at Haydock

KINGS Caple trainer Venetia Williams is doubled-handed for the first major race of the 2007/8 National Hunt season.  more...

The pressures of winning at Badminton

"I CAN'T believe it - to lead from the front and win - it's unreal," said an emotional Lucinda Fredericks after winning the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials with Headley Britannia last weekend.  more...

Farming

Strawberries providing a vital stream of income

The healthy eating trend is catching on fast, significantly increasing the consumption of fruit year-on-year. It has led to ever more discerning consumers wanting to eat fruit when they want to, irrespective of seasons.  more...

Strawberries providing a vital stream of income

The healthy eating trend is catching on fast, significantly increasing the consumption of fruit year-on-year. It has led to ever more discerning consumers wanting to eat fruit when they want to, irrespective of seasons.  more...

Football

Sutton strengthen position at top of Premier table

AFTER completing their Hereford Times Herefordshire League Premier Division programme, Sutton United sit at the top of the table with 72 points from their 30 games.  more...

Champions Presteigne finish with a flourish

Presteigne 7 Llanidloes 1 NEW Spar Mid Wales League champions Presteigne wound up their season with a convincing win against the bottom-placed side.  more...

Time stands still in final goalless draw

Torquay United 0 Hereford United 0 HEREFORD fans might have been forgiven for feeling that they had slipped back in time as their League 2 campaign came to an end with a goalless draw at Torquay.  more...

Celebrations all round as old boys show paces

Westfields 6 Aston Villa Old Stars 1 WESTFIELDS ended their 40th anniversary year with an entertaining encounter which also produced a sizeable contribution to the Liver Unit at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.  more...

Rangers’ first-half power secures Strongbow Cup

Wellington Rangers 3 Pegasus 1 A POWERFUL first-half display set Wellington Rangers on their way to their first Hereford Times Herefordshire League Strongbow Senior Cup success in five seasons in the final at Westfields FC.  more...

Marden lose only once on way to Sunday title

MARDEN are the Premier Division champions in the Jewson Herefordshire Sunday League after losing just one of their 14 matches during the campaign.  more...

Cheasley’s reactions provide a winner

Burghill 1 Wellington Colts 2 WELLINGTON Colts came from behind to clinch the Supercraft Construction Leominster Junior Cup at the final held at Bridge Street Sports Centre on Bank Holiday Monday.  more...

General

From Gordon Brown to Harry Hill

THE programme for this year's Hay Festival has been finalised and, as always, promises a wide-ranging selection of events, ranging from politics to poetry and fishing to foreign aid, cricket to crime-writing and Nobel Laureates to the News Quiz... and Bob Geldof in concert.  more...

Golf

Two-day competition marks Times' 50th

THE 50th anniversary of the Hereford Times Trophy at Herefordshire GC was marked by a convincing victory for Neil Greening and Jason Plant.  more...

Sharon through to English finals

SHARON Helps has qualified from Hereford Municipal for the NAPGC English Ladies' finals at Abbotsley in August.  more...

Latest

Aylestone Hill assault

A MAN has been assaulted on Aylestone Hill in Hereford.  more...

Suspicious fire

A SKIP was destroyed in suspicious circumstances in a fire at the former SAS site in Hereford.  more...

County's moonwalking landlady

A HEREFORDSHIRE landlady will be moonwalking in the capital on May 19 as she raises money for breast cancer research.  more...

Woman trapped in car

A WOMAN was trapped in a car following an accident between Leominster and Monkland.  more...

Tractor rampage

TRACTORS have been stolen and used to damage property in separate incidents in Herefordshire.  more...

Church wall collision

MB May 10 A MAN was taken to hospital after his car collided with a church wall on a Herefordshire road.  more...

Church wall collision

A MAN was taken to hospital after his car collided with a church wall on a Herefordshire road.  more...

Listings

WHAT'S ON

Events/talks May 11 Great Charity Night featuring Divine, Crystal Bawls, Danny Lee, Ade Marshal and Bonnie, Hereford Welsh Social Club, 7.30pm. Tickets Mayors office 01432 260438 or on door.  more...

Music

Intimacy matters to the OperaBabes

THE OperaBabes may have performed in concert halls around the globe with the world's leading orchestras and played in front of the Queen, but intimacy and informality are key to their shows.  more...

News

Bulls boss left with difficult decisions

HEREFORD United director of football Graham Turner has been left with the usual crop of hard decisions as he decides on whom to offer contracts for next season, writes Richard Prime.  more...

Worrying end-of-season slump follows positives

HEREFORD United's first season back in the Football League has provoked the usual share of positive and negative emotions.  more...

Other

Austin pots for World champs

A YOUNG Hereford pool star has been part of the Wales side which won the World Youth Pool Championships in the Yorkshire resort of Bridlington.  more...

Champions get off to winning start

KINGTON started their defence of the Tarmac Herefordshire League title with a five-shot win at Hereford.  more...

Hereford’s winter work rewarded by Avon Challenge Vase victory

HEREFORD Rowing Club reaped the rewards of a long, hard winter's training with a total of eight wins at Evesham Regatta, a two-day event held on the River Avon.  more...

All-round sportsman as both player and official

ONE of Herefordshire finest all-round sportsmen, Bill Bullock, has died at the age of 80.  more...

Nyree aims to better pervious records

HEREFORDSHIRE swimmer Nyree Lewis is aiming for more records at this weekend's VISA Paralympic World Cup in Manchester.  more...

Parish News

CHURCH SERVICES

Hereford Cathedral: 7.30am, Morning Prayer; 8am, Holy Communion; 10.30am, Eucharist; 3.30pm, Evensong.  more...

Reviews

Lionel is still quick on his feet

FROM the joyful jive to the sensual samba, through the quickstep, foxtrot and waltz, the world of ballroom has danced its way on to the Malvern stage for a week of glitz, glamour ... and Lionel Blair.  more...

Round-Up

Fixtures

SATURDAY  more...

Eastnor Seven on Sunday

THE Magnificent Eastnor Castle seven mile multi-terrain running event takes place on Sunday (May 13), starting 11am at the Deer Park Estate, Eastnor.  more...

Bowling club holds open day

THE Ledbury Bowing Club will be holding an open day next Sunday (May 20), when new and experienced players can turn up and sample the game of bowls.  more...

Ledbury’s marathon runners

LEDBURY and District Harriers has six runners that completed the London Marathon, all in the first 8,000 finishers (out of 37,000), despite the heat.  more...

Bridge results

LEDBURY DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB  more...

Jenkins in league draw

LEDBURY darts ace Terry Jenkins and Peter Manley battled out an entertaining seven-all draw in front of over 4,500 fans at Birmingham's NIA.  more...

Charity Sevens play Sunday

LEDBURY RFC's Charity Sevens tournament takes place at Ross Road on Sunday with last year's winners Samurai hoping to retain the trophy.  more...

Theatre

Sheer inspiration

WHEN Tamsin Fitzgerald, founder and director of 2FaCeD Dance Company, learned recently that she had won a prestigious choreography award, she was thrilled on more than one level.  more...

Greek drama will be a tribute to Eddie

"ORIGINAL and highly topical, sparky and rather naughty in parts." Not a description many might expect of a Greek classic. But it's what's promised in a forthcoming production of Aristophanes' Clouds, which will owe as much to Have I Got News for You as it does to ancient Greece.  more...

Turner'S Column

Radical changes needed during close season

LOOKING back on the season as a whole, the first target was to make sure we did not struggle, avoid getting involved in any relegation battle and preserve our hard-won Football League status.  more...

Visual Arts

Return to their roots

THE two young designer-makers exhibiting in the recently opened Alloy Showcase at the Courtyard have more in common than just their membership of Alloy.  more...

Delights along the Preedy trail

THE work of a renowned 19th century architect and designer of stained glass windows has been attracting a great deal of interest around Herefordshire this year, following the discovery of his work in two of the county's churches.  more...

  
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