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First Farmers' Market for city centre
THE fastest-growing phenomenon in rural regeneration during the past year has been the expansion of Farmers' Markets throughout the country and more are being added to the list this month in Hereford and Brecon. Hereford will be holding its first farmers
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Call for GM trials to be abandoned
A PACKED Herefordshire meeting registered a resounding vote against Genetically-Modified crop trials being held in the county, and just across the border in Gloucestershire, writes Roy Lewis. The 250 local people who packed into Upton Bishop Millennium
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Bon Major back to thrill crowds
LEE Price's brilliant six-year-old pacer Bon Major thrilled the crowd at the third meeting under BHRC rules at the Leominster circuit, defying a 30-yard handicap to snatch victory on the line. The popular gelding, a particular favourite of the crowd due
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Moran on pace in Pilbeam
ORLETON based racing driver Roger Moran was back on the pace when he drove his Pilbeam-Judd MP72 at Gurston Down on Sunday. Moran raced to second spot in the morning qualifier with a time of 27.72 secs over the 1,160-yard Wiltshire course. And he took
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National finalist
HEREFORDSHIRE chess player Nigel Beveridge has helped his club into the national finals of the Welsh Chess Union Challenge Cup. Beveridge, from Hampton Bishop, was part of the six-player Monmouth team who defeated Nidum, of Neath, in the semi-finals.
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Repeat for Minster
MINSTER College in Leominster has collected the Sportsmark Award in recognition of the their sterling work in physical education. It is the second time that the college has received this award, as they previously earned the accolade in the scheme's inaugural
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Visitor pips Wheeler
CC Topp rider Keith Townsend won the Hereford Wheelers 25-mile club time trial, pipping host club member Chris Hughes by a matter of seconds. Results: 1 Keith Townsend (CC Topp) 1-01.05, 2 Chris Hughes (Hereford Wheelers) 1-01.36, 3 Adrian Pudsey (Hereford
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Winfield shines in rain
BISHOP'S School athlete Greg Winfield was the star performer in the rain-affected Hereford District Schools Championships. Junior boys' competitor Winfield leapt to victory in the long jump and triple jump with 5.18m and 10.95m respectively and also came
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Kirsty wins golf day out
THE winner of The Hereford Times Wales Open Golf Competition is Kirsty Sockett, of Burghill. Mrs Sockett's was the first correct entry drawn and earns her a final day hospitality package for two at the Wales Open, the newest stop on the PGA European Tour
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6 Scorecard
HEREFORDSHIRE HV Patel c Loveday b Myles 5 RD Hughes c Lane b Fusedale 36 I Dawood lbw b Fusedale 33 PS Lazenbury c Wood b Fusedale 28 NW Round not out 63 K Pearson c Wood b Emburey 23 JW Shaw lbw b Fusedale 1 JE Brinkley lbw b Emburey 0 PA Thomas c Lane
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6 Cricket Scorecards in Brief
HEREFORD TIMES HEREFORD AND DISTRICT LEAGUE Division 2 St Martin's 236 (A Mawdsley 80, D Rone 33, J Morris 24. A Mayers 3-41, B Mason 2-28) Herefordians 93 (N Osborne 31, B Mason 24. P Richards 5-15) Brockhampton 3rd 124-7 (M Pascoe 30, G Jacobs 20, M
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Trophy victory boost for Fields
Westfields 3 Cheltenham Saracens 1 WESTFIELDS completed a gruelling season with victory in the final of the Robert Biggart Memorial Trophy at Bredon. The city side, who play their football in the Premier Division of the Banks's Brewery West Midlands League
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Nerys bidding for Europe
LEOMINSTER hockey club goalkeeper Nerys Hamlett made her debut for Wales under-21 side on Monday in a 5-3 defeat to their England counterparts in Cardiff. Hamlett, an 18-year-old A-Level student at John Masefield High School in Ledbury, played the first
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Family first of the season
BANK Holiday sunshine greeted racegoers at Hereford on Monday and the meeting produced a win for the Preston Wynne yard of Pam Ford, writes Graham Saveker. Candy Copper stayed on valiantly in the opening Mares Novice Hurdle to land a length-and-a-half
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Jo breaks Western swim record by five seconds
HEREFORD Swimming Club's Jo Greensmith smashed the Western Counties 200m butterfly record on her way to a gold at the Western District Championships at Millfield. Greensmith, aged 13, finished in 2 mins 37.70 secs, which set her third national qualifying
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Upton Bishop
200 CLUB - Winners in the monthly 200 Club were: 1 Percy Jenkins, 2 Marjorie Jarvis and 3 John Sanders. COUNCIL - At the recent parish council meeting, Councillor Boyd reported that the plans for the preparation and the erection of the new parish map
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Llangunllo
COMMUNITY COUNCIL - Llangunllo Community Council is in favour of joining Knighton Working Group and the clerk will write to the group. Members decided to have minutes of meetings both typed and hand-written. Although the council studied the new site for
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Gorsley
FAMILY CENTRE - Many of Gorsley chapel's members have been helping the completion of the new family centre. The work, hopefully, is being completed this Saturday, and it is hoped then that a large number of the members will be able to help in the completion
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Eardisley
WHIST DRIVE - The proprietors of the New Strand, Eardisley, hosted the monthly social whist drive on May 22. MC Philip Jenkins presented prizes to Mrs B Lane, Mrs M Thomas, Mrs L Smith, Mr S Davies, Mrs E Musto and Mrs F Jenkins. The next whist drive
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Eardisland
CRICKET CLUB - The club has now erected the nets which are used for practise on Thursday evenings from 6.30. Before arriving for practise, please telephone secretary Ian Watson for details on 01544 388693. Martyn Connop has been elected the new chairman
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Almeley
WHIST DRIVE - Almeley Village Hall committee held its fortnightly whist drive in the village hall. MC was Mr M Battenti. Refreshments were served by Mrs B Goodwin and Mrs R Holden, and prizes were presented to Mrs D Brown, Mrs M Gates, Mrs A Preece, Mrs
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Grassland winners in Llanwarne contest
JUDGES Bob Davies and George Farr had no easy task deciding the winners of Llanwarne Agricultural Society's grassland competitions. After much deliberation, they awarded the prizes as follows: Short-term ley, 1 Alan Millwall, Aconbury, 2 Nigel Green,
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Going organic at The Leen
THE immense interest in organic farming was reflected in the turnout at the Going Organic day held at The Leen, Pembridge, on Thursday last. More than 80 farmers heard how Tony Norman was currently converting his 400-acre farm to organic. The farm has
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Hereford City Regatta Results
Elite Eights: Nottingham and Union RC bt City of Bristol RC. Elite Sprint Eights: Worcester RC bt York City RC. Senior 2 Eights: Thames RC bt York City RC 2 l. Senior 3 Eights: Gloucester RC bt Twickenham RC 4 l. Women's Elite Sprint Eights: Twickenham
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First round of Open
TOP motocross riders will battle it out at Cwmythig Hill on Wednesday when the Rhayader Motor Club host the start of the Welsh Open Champion-ships. Ten motorcycle races will be contested, with three competitions in each of the experts, seniors and novices
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Busy year ahead for David
WEOBLEY'S David White (pictured) is looking forward to a busy year as president of the Hereford-shire County Bowling Association. After representing Weobley for some 25 years, and also playing for the Leominster and District Indoor club, he is keen on
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Sports Council officers
HEREFORDSHIRE Sports Council elected their officers for 2000/01 when they held their annual general meeting. Officers, president, Clive Richards; chairman, Tony Larkin; vice-chairman, Ian Dinnie; honorary secretary, Bryan White; treasurer, Gill Webb.
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6 Cricket League Tables
WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY LEAGUE Division 1 P W D L A Pt Luctonians 6 2 0 0 4 80 Elizabethans 6 2 0 0 4 78 Redditch 6 1 1 0 4 70 Droitwich Spa 6 1 1 0 4 65 Pershore 6 1 1 0 4 62 Kington 6 1 0 1 4 61 Netherton 6 0 1 1 4 53 Chaddesley 6 0 1 1 4 50 Ombersley
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New scoreboard bequeathed by supporter
A GENEROUS donation from a late Hereford United supporter has ensured that Edgar Street will have a brand new electronic scoreboard in time for the new season. Long-time United supporter Anthony Tindall, who lived in Hereford, left the money in a bequest
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6 Soccer Honours Board 1999-2000
HFA CUPS County Challenge Cup: Bromyard Town 4 Ewyas Harold 1 (aet) Charity Bowl: Ledbury Town 3 Woofferton 0 Sunday Cup: Vaga 2 Bishops Frome 1 Junior Cup: Leominster 0 Kington Colts 0 (Leominster won 7-6 on penalties) Burghill Cup: Tupsley 3 Colwall
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Champions pip county
SURREY thwarted Here-fordshire for the second year in a row at the National Women's Hockey Champion-ships in Cannock when they pipped them to a place in the final. Herefordshire, who lost to Surrey in the final last year, had a good start to their Pool
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Host club scullers in CityRegattatriumph
HEREFORD Rowing Club emerged with eight victories when they hosted the Hereford City Regatta on Monday as the sun shone on a packed timetable of events. The club's women scullers stamped their mark on the day and took victory in five of the six races
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Old Radnor
ELECTED - Old Radnor farmer, county councillor Michael Jones, of Weythel Farm, has been elected vice-chairman of Powys County Council. He has represented the Radnor Valley since 1985.
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Mordiford
COMPETITION - 'Herefordshire Lifestyle' is the theme for a photograph competition. Closing date is June 15 and all entries to Mordiford Stores. Further details are available from 01432 870235. WALK - Join a leisurely walk of about six miles on little-used
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Dorstone
PARISH COUNCIL - Elected to Dorstone Parish Council were: Mrs T Birchenough, N Davies, R Garrad, K Goodwin, D James, P Smith and D Smyly. At the first meeting, Councillor James was elected chairman and Councillor Birchenough vice-chairman. Councillors
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Aston Ingham
LUNCHES - The PCC thanks all those who cooked for lunches, and also all those who came and enjoyed a tasty lunch and the sociable hour. Thanks also is go to those who gave towards the donations which will go towards the church's charity giving. MUNCHES
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Gemma is the champion
s Seven-year-old Gemma Morris of Clyro sits well on her alert pony at Hay-on-Wye Show on Monday. She is pictured collecting the Chris Gibbon supreme championship accolade from Mr Christopher Gibbon. The leading-rein Mountain and Moorland pony, Menai Silver
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Top-two place is required
HEREFORD Swimming Club's junior team, with 176 points, finished third behind Stratford (196) and Leamington Spa (182) in the second round of the Nuneaton Junior League. This was a slightly disappointing result as, after looking at the results of the first
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Schools' fund raiser
SCHOOLS in the county have an opportunity to raise money for their sports departments in an unusual way with the launch of a national ten-pin bowling tournament. Over £3,000 in prize money is on offer for top teams in the Millennium National Schools Compe-tition
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Jean's champion round
JEAN Griffin became the Brockington ladies' champion when she carded 148 for the 27-hole competition, a performance which also earned her the best nett score. Results: 1 Jean Griffin nett 100, 2 Betty Manning 106, 3 Lesley Hopkins 110. May stableford:
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Scott guides Kington to next round
KINGTON overcame the elements and beat local rivals Eastnor by five wickets in the third round of the 6X National Village Knockout, helped home by an unbeaten 48 from Clive Scott. Victory set up a home tie with Chaddesley Corbett in the fourth round of
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National gold
HEREFORD RC member Hannah Welling raced to a gold medal in the National Schools Regatta at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham on Sunday. Representing Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire, Welling took victory in the women's junior-15 sculls. The 14-year-old gained
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Moccas
AUCTION - Another event helping to raise funds for the new village hall in Moccas was a grand auction which raised £780. A wide variety of goods went 'under the hammer', from furniture, china and glassware to plants, old bicycles and bric-a-brac, even
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Knighton
OXFAM KNITTERS - Knighton Oxfam Knitters have packed their first consignment of blankets and tops from their new venue -- St Edward's Close Social Room. Mercy Griffiths, of Abbeycwmhir, collected them ready for packing and delivery to any part of the
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Ewyas Harold
PARISH COUNCIL - The annual parish assembly, annual meeting and ordinary meeting of Ewyas Harold Group Parish Council were held in the Recreation Ground Pavilion, with Councillor Peter Jinman in the chair. Four members of the public and Herefordshire
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Brecon
OFFICERS - Brecknock YFC has chosen its new officers to lead the federation into the new Millennium. They are: Federation president, Councillor Rosemarie Harris, from Libanus; deputy president, David Morgan, from Llandefalle; chairman, Sharon Havard from
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Abbeydore
CELEBRATION - A Christian Millennium celebration for the whole diocese in Dore Abbey welcomed more than 1,000 people. They enjoyed 10 performances of 'In the Beginning' - a medieval mystery play. The Mad Dogs Theatre Company brought Bible stories to life
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School takes to the streets...
ALTHOUGH Founders Day at John Beddoes School, Presteigne, started as usual, it changed after the first lesson when pupils and staff took to the streets of the town. Led by headteacher John Stocker and chairman of the governors, Colin Kirkby, the entire
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Clare is top Miss
CLARE Pritchard was named Miss Bridstow 2000 during the village's Millennium celebrations. During the day, commemorative mugs were presented to children of the parish by Mrs Rachel Lane, while the public enjoyed a variety of stalls and other attractions
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Ladies in top form
LEOMINSTER ladies' A and B teams both claimed emphatic victories against Droitwich and Whitecross respectively in the Hereford-shire and Worcestershire League. The A team put in a fine display and won their Division 1 match 6-0, while the B team of Chris
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Personal best heads silvers
ATHLETES from Hereford and County AC claimed three silver medals at last weekend's Midland Counties Champion-ships held at Solihull. Adam Crickmore clocked a personal best time of 14.1 secs to take the silver in the under-17 100 metres hurdles final;
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Hiscox sets the pace
CORIN Hughes was again the top local runner in the Hereford Couriers' second 5km event of a three race series at Hereford Leisure Centre. The Hereford and County AC man came home third in a time of 15 mins 52 secs, an improvement on his fifth position
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Crickmore gains qualifying time
ADAM Crickmore produced the best Hereford and County AC performance at their second meeting of the season in the McDonald's National Young Athletes League at Newport. Crickmore sprinted to a qualifying time for the English Schools Champ-ionships when
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New scoreboard bequeathed by supporter
A GENEROUS donation from a late Hereford United supporter has ensured that Edgar Street will have a brand new electronic scoreboard in time for the new season. Long-time United supporter Anthony Tindall, who lived in Hereford, left the money in a bequest
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Top form from partners
Roy Eckley and his partner Jenny Cooke were in top form at Herefordshire GC over the weekend, winning the Hereford Times Armitage Trophy and the annual Mixed Open Foursomes. Hereford Times Armitage Trophy:1 Roy Eckley and Jenny Cooke nett 67, 2 Cliff
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Swinging Rock's top record
ROBERT Rock broke the professional course record at Burghill Valley GC with a winning score of 66 in the Midland Region PGA Pro-Am Tournament for teams of four. Rock, of Swingers Driving Range in Lichfield, Staffordshire, led Hereford Garrison team to
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County draw as rain halts rivals' charge
RAIN put paid to a productive finish to Herefordshire's Minor Counties Championship match against Berkshire at Finchampstead on Monday. A complete washout of Sunday's play ensured that the game turned into a one-day affair and further rain saw the match
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Junior soccer applications
APPLICATIONS for membership of the Hereford-shire Junior Football League for the 2000-01 season are due by June 16. The league will be running divisions for under-9 and under-10 (both mini soccer), and every age group from under-11 through to under-16
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KNOCKOUT START FOR YOUTH Xl
HEREFORDSHIRE Youth Cricket Board begin their under-15 fixtures next week with an English Schools CA Knockout match against Worcestershire at Colwall on Thursday, starting 11.30am. They are also grouped with Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire
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Sellack
ANNUAL MEETING - A lively annual meeting followed a Sellack bowls session at Sellack Hall. Chairman Ivor Skyrme presented a resume of the past year where overall the club had fared fairly well. He mentioned skipper John Morriss' enthusiasm and his selection
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Presteigne
MID BORDER ARTS - The annual meeting was held at the Assembly Rooms. In Millennium year, members elected the previous vice-chairman, Alex Dufort, as chairman to succeed Wendy Johnson-Brett, who had completed three years in office. Also retiring was her
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Breinton
FESTIVAL - The villagers of Breinton intend to celebrate the Year 2000 in style. Over the weekend of June 17-18, there will be a two-day flower festival in St Michael's Church, with the theme of God's Rainbow, and a festival service on Sunday morning.
