Fareham Nomads Summer Open Meet. WINCHESTER CITY Penguins swimmer Tom Mills took joint Top Boy Award in the boys' 12/13 years age group and also overall Top Boy Award at the Fareham Nomads Summer Open Meet held at the Quays in Southampton recently.
There has been no let up over the last month for Alton and District swimmers. After a testing couple of weekends of Hampshire and South Coast League action, the club's swimmers were in the water again at Havant and Wateerlooville for the Hampshire County
PROTESTORS angry over the restructuring of Hampshire's library service delivered a 12,000-signature petition to the leader of the county council on Tuesday. The petition was organised by Unison, the public services trade union, against county plans to
Athletes Louisa Warwick and Leonie Stewart, pupils at St Swithun's School, have capped a fine year by qualifying to represent Hampshire in the 1500 metres at the English Schools Championships in Birmingham. This is the latest in a string of successes
A LONG-time Weeke resident says she is "disgusted" by the amount of rubbish being dumped near her home. Ruth Harrison, 72, has lived in Trussell Crescent for almost three decades, and says the community spirit there has gone to pot over the last few
WINCHESTER'S outdoor sports centre is starting to become a reality as construction work gets underway. The re-development of the University of Winchester's sports ground at Bar End is starting, after Sport England formally pledged £908,514 to complete
A SPECIAL flame that was lit in Africa passed through Winchester on Monday afternoon. The Scout and Guide spirit flame, part of this year's Scouting centenary celebrations, was lit on the site of the grave of the founder of the world Scouting movement
According to a friend of mine, we can't get anything right in this country. His favourite moans are airports, railways and politicians. He reckons, they're all terrible in the UK. Stop knocking Britain, I say. This is the best place for all sorts of
The re-development of the University of Winchester's sports grounds at Bar End in Winchester is now underway after Sport England formally pledged £908,514 to complete the funding required for the project's completion. The new facilities at Bar End include
WINCHESTER tenant group, TACT, has written to the new Prime Minister to ask for fair treatment of council house residents. David Cruden and Alan Rickman, who chair Tenants and Council Together (TACT), have appealed to Gordon Brown to hear their concerns
SIR - Up to now I have managed to restrain my anger over what is happening to our library service in Hampshire - and particularly in Winchester - but the latest development is the last straw. To suggest as Cllr Margaret Snaith (Chronicle, July 12), that
Eastleigh 4, Gosport Borough 0. Eastleigh achieved a 4-0 friendly success against a Gosport team that won the Wessex League last season and with it promotion. Gosport are managed by Alex Pike whom many people remember as the manager of Wimborne's FA
This close-season will long be remembered by club members as the period which almost brought Colden Common FC to its knees. However, a mixture of commitment, loyalty and belief saw this respected club save its bacon'. The lure of a new league (Hampshire
SIR - I largely support Robert Hutchinson's views about climate change and the need to take action (Chronicle letters, July 12). This must involve everyone using less energy and spending less on non-essentials. However, despite the Labour government's
SIR - While some Wintonians may be taking a (maybe misguided) pleasure at the news that their houses increased in value by one third last year the broader picture is not so good. Aside from the fact that key workers and others cannot afford to live here
The Winchester Girls Flyers and ladies football teams are celebrating nearly 10 years since being formed and are searching for more talent to join their ranks. The club was formed in 1998 and play on Saturdays in the Winchester and District six-a-side
SIR - Your letters correspondent, Roger Chalkley (Chronicle, July 26) is absolutely correct in his assertion that the area's gullies and drains are not properly kept by the councils. Like him, I have, over the years, several times contacted the named
SIR - To state that the southern park and ride scheme has "won public support except for villagers in Twyford," is misleading (Chronicle, July 26). Winchester Friends of the Earth has made a formal objection to the scheme on a number of grounds and especially
NINE-YEAR-OLD Ross Hunter (pictured) won his second successive tennis Tournament at the Denmead Tennis Club off the back of his maiden tournament victory just 11 days previously. Ross plays in the Don Perrin Tennis coaching system based at Perrins Community
Alresford GC hosted the Hampshire Alliance of Professional and Amateur Golfers' summer meeting recently. Nine Hampshire professionals and 27 amateurs competed in a fourball better ball 27-hole Stableford for the Hole Trophy. Last year's winners, Gary
Four Professionals tied for first place in Basingstoke Golf Club's Centenary Pro-Am on Sunday (29/7). Ben Cummings, Alasdair Hay, Steve Cowle and Eddy Rawlings all shot two-under-par rounds of 68 in the Webbers Jaguar sponsored Tournament. For Cummings
BUSINESS Link has welcomed a new report demonstrating the value to Hampshire companies of taking professional advice. According to the Government-commissioned study, "The Economic Impact of Business Link Local Service", small firms that make use of Business
Musicians in Southampton have joined forces to launch a new record label and online shop that will be run on a co-operative basis. The first of its kind in Southampton, Sotones aims to bring together local artists and bands to produce and distribute
THE Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, has launched its very own search for local stage talent. It is currently seeking eight to 18-year-old performers to join the cast of its magical Christmas production of Peter Pan, which will run at the theatre from
Andrew McIndoe explores sweet summer scents PERHAPS the greatest pleasure of a summer evening is to walk in the garden when the air is laden with the heady fragrance of summer flowers. Scented blooms are an essential element in any garden and those that
