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  • Festival fun for all

    REVELLERS at Blissfields were blessed over the weekend as the sun came out and the rain held off. Blissfields is in its seventh year and is organised by Paul and Mel Bliss, who host the event in what is essentially their back garden. The inconsistent

  • Taylor fails to avert Park defeat

    Southern Premier Lge Div 1. Totton & Eling (250-8 dec.) beat Hursley Park (80 all out). Hursley Park managed to finally get on to a cricket field after three weeks of rain and only one ball being bowled. Despite a League best bowling performance from

  • CRICKET: Font struggle at Sarisbury

    Hampshire Cricket League - County Division 4. Sarisbury Athletic II (236 all out) beat Mottisfont (115 all out). After three blank Saturdays, Mottisfont travelled to Sarisbury in the knowledge that a damp green track probably awaited their arrival.

  • GLIDING: Chilbolton pilot is aiming high

    Chilbolton glider pilot Liz Bertoya Sparrow (pictured) launched her attempt to win World gold when the Women's World Gliding Championships began this week (Wednesday, July 11) at Romorantin in the Loire Valley. For the next week and a half, Liz will

  • ROAD RUNNING: Family frolics in New Forest 10-mile race

    Two generations of Halterworth Harriers were racing this weekend in the New Forest. New Park Farm near Brockenhurst was the venue for the annual New Forest ten mile race. Jack Lochray, Michael Arnott and Frances Arnott took part in the one mile fun run

  • CRICKET: Garrett leads Nomansland to easy victory

    Hampshire League - Division 1 South. Nomansland (244-7) beat Eastleigh and Ott II (135-9). A cracking innings of 108 from Chris Garrett paved the way for an emphatic win for Nomansland in Division 1 South on Saturday. The home side were invited to

  • CRICKET: One-run triumph for Baddesley

    Hampshire League - Division 2 South-West. North Baddesley (160-5) beat Burley (159-9). North Baddesley got their season back under way with a visit to Burley. Batting first, they suffered an immediate setback, losing Neil Williams before a run had been

  • CRICKET: Spinners turn the screws

    Hampshire League - Division 3 North West. East Tytherley II (155-8) beat Andover V. (151ao). East Tytherley seconds went into their game with Andover fifths in desperate need of a win to get them off the bottom of North West Division Three. In confident

  • Winchester hospital holding de-clutter week

    WINCHESTER hospital is staging a big clear out so that its wards and clinical areas are easier to clean and less likely to harbour infections. The de-clutter week' at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Romsey Road, runs from July 16 - 20. Ward staff

  • JUNIOR ATHLETICS: Mountbatten pair return to county team

    For the second successive year Sophie Mead and Bradley Awuah-Peasah (pictured), both students at Mountbatten School, have been selected to represent Hampshire at the ESAA Track & Field Championships. Sophie has been selected to run in the Intermediate

  • FOOTBALL: Ex-Saints on board...

    The organisers of the Nippy Beale Football Day to be held at Broughton on Sunday, August 12, have confirmed that an ex-Saints team led by Jimmy Case will be taking part along with Broughton, Stockbridge, Mottisfont and Awbridge. The event will be a round

  • JUNIOR FOOTBALL: More M&T success

    Michelmersh and Timsbury Girls' good tournament run continued with a win at New Milton Eagles on Sunday (July 8). M&T sent two strong teams to the tournament where the B team were unbeaten in the group stages without conceding a single goal, so were

  • TENNIS: Victory goes to the favourites

    Wednesday, July 4 was a dreadful day for tennis! The rain disrupted the activities frequently and the strong winds added to the chaos but the Romsey Vets B team still managed to be good hosts to "visitors" the Romsey A team. As has happened before the

  • COUNTY CRICKET: Time to draw line under weather and Twenty20

    Jimmy Adams opens up on Hampshire cricket. Surely it can't get a mention next week but yet again we have had a week of fixtures badly affected by the weather. Groundsmen around the country have been putting their waterhogs' and super-soppers' (and other

  • CRICKET: All smiles at St Cross...

    Southern Electric Premier League Division 1. St Cross Symondians (163 all out) beat Bashley Rydal (131 all out). St Cross Symondians probably banished any ECB Southern Electric Premier League relegation worries when they avenged a thumping opening day

  • CRICKET: Taylor’s toil can’t avert defeat for Park

    Southern Premier Lge Division 1. Totton & Eling (250-8 dec.) beat Hursley Park (80 all out). Hursley Park managed to finally get on to a cricket field after three weeks of rain and only one ball being bowled. Despite a League best bowling performance

  • Winchester road to close

    ONE of Winchester's busiest streets is due to be closed for two consecutive Sundays next month. Hampshire County Council has announced that Jewry Street will be shut in order to carry out drainage works. The closure will affect most of the road, with

  • Geoff resumes his sail

    QUADRAPLEGIC sailor Geoff Holt has finally been able to resume his attempt to sail around the UK after being weather-bound in Wales. Mr Holt, 41, from Shedfield, is paralysed from the chest down and embarked on his 'personal Everest' challenge to be

  • Bursledon Windmill to reopen

    BURSLEDON Windmill is set to reopen to the public this Sunday (July 15) after being closed for more then six months. The mill, which is managed by Hampshire County Council, has been restored over the past 20 years with carefully crafted wooden machinery

  • Night flights could shatter the peace

    FEARS are growing that the tranquil countryside around Romsey is about to be shattered by noisy Bournemouth Airport-bound jets. Bosses at National Air Traffic Services (NATS) have set alarm bells ringing after releasing details of plans to fly planes

  • Gidley’s bill gets to grips with boozy Brits

    ROMSEY MP, Sandra Gidley, has introduced a bill in the House of Commons that would restrict alcohol advertising and clamp down on alcohol-related offences. It called for PM Gordon Brown to "turn warm words into positive action" on alcohol abuse. The

  • Village hall vandalism necessitates CCTV

    Awbridge Village Hall may rest in the rural setting of the Test Valley and be a popular and busy venue, but that hasn't stopped it becoming a target for vandals, who, since the start of the year, have spoilt the area and caused over £800 of damage, writes

  • Paultons tops poll

    Paultons Park, at Ower, near Romsey, has been voted the national winner of the first Best UK Place2go award. The awards, sponsored by Raring2go! the national network of "what's on and where to get it" magazines aimed at parents of children aged up to

  • Mark Goodeve-Docker

    Message for Mark Goodeve-Docker: Mark GED the old chestnut from Foxtons, send an email mate. Ben.Email: ben_howell@hotmail.com

  • Kathleen Mary Smith

    Kathleen Mary Smith - your name is on my birth certificate and I'm getting impatient to know what became of you? Usually it's the other way around and a mother doesn't know what her child has been up to. Time is fast running out to discover

  • FOOTBALL: Denplan is gleaming for twinning event

    The Denplan City Ground has been a hive of activity this summer, as committee members, supporters and the new management team have all been working to get the pitch and the stadium ready for the Twinning Tournament. The work has included building a new