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Missing the lesson in the way they get on
WOULD the polytunnel protesters give some thought to this point. A grower of soft fruit, using tunnels and employing 500 young people from 10 different countries, was asked if he had any trouble with the different nationalities. His reply was: "Very little
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New boy at school!
PAUL Smith, the new head at Hereford Cathedral School, has a hard act to follow. The 45 year old who has just arrived from Portsmouth Grammar School made the comment after the announcement of the school's GCSE results. Every pupil at the school gained
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Musical opportunity
Hereford Chamber Choir is looking forward to a busy season of concerts ahead and is keen to attract new members. The choir's aim is to actively support local charities which it will fulfil with concerts for Arthritis Research, Save the Children Fund and
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Record finish to league season
LEOMINSTER'S win over visiting Weobley in their final match created a new record in the Nash Rocks Bowls League. It meant that the new champions lost only one match in the season and kept a 100% home record. Their only defeat came when they visited Kingsland
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Ross club's progress is marked by successes at two-day home regatta
ROSS-on-Wye's annual Festival of Rowing took place last Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday. The 50 competing clubs brought with them large squads with estimates of over 1,500 rowers enjoying the highly competitive Junior and Veteran Regatta on Sunday and
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Scott in form for second
ORLETON-based Scott Moran was second only to runaway series leader Martin Groves when he and his father, Roger, contested two rounds of the Nicholson McLaren British Hill Climb Championship at Gurston Down. Groves won the morning run-off with a time of
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Sheep breeder sweeps board
BELTEX sheep breeder David Bishop, of Luggsmill, Colwall, swept the board in the Beltex classes at Monmouthshire Show at Monmouth, winning the championship with a two-year-old ram and the reserve with a two-year-old ewe. He also collected the male and
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Actors ready to bring Oliver! to life
The Courtyard Community Company autumn musical Oliver! opens tonight. Professional actors and members of the creative team are working alongside local acting enthusiasts under director Nikolai Foster and musical director Mark Collins - a recent graduate
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Trophies for Nan and Gill
NAN Etheridge and Gill Bonse were the trophy winners at Herefordshire GC Ladies' closed meeting morning medal round. Results, silver division for Nan Etheridge Salver: 1 Anne Wheatsone 83-13-69, 2 Glynne Hall 86-15-71; best gross: Emma Harris 76-5-71;
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Skipper Boroughs leads from front as County show some improvement
HEREFORDSHIRE will be hoping that Warwickshire, who visit Kingsland for a Twenty20match next Wednesday, will have a little extra silverware to bring with them. The Midlands county take on Hampshire at Lord's this weekend in the final of the C&G Trophy
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Cricket Scorecards in Brief
CRUSADER WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY LEAGUE Division 1 Brockhampton 208 (N Price 63, A Nahorniak 43, M Ali 39, J Marsh 16, A Hewlett 13. J Summers 6-69) Astwood Bank 52 (M Ali 6-34, R Parker 2-10) Ombersley 268-7 (C Flowers 104, D Catterall 70) Kington 106
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Bosbury
FLICKS IN THE STICKS - Following a summer break Flicks in the Sticks returns to the parish hall on Saturday, September 17. Note the changed date and come and support the first screening of the autumn programme, the popular Ladies in Lavender which starts
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Kington
ANNIVERSARY -This weekend Kington Baptist Church will be celebrating the 200th Anniversary of its founding. On Saturday at 2.30pm there will be a celebration event which will include a drama based on the church's exciting early life. Tea will follow.
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Lyonshall
CHURCH SERVICE -The Arrowvale Group of Parishes Family Service is going to be on Sunday at 11 am in Lyonshall Church. There will be four baptisms during the service. Children are welcomed at the service, and a colouring corner is provided for when the
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Presteigne
MARKET - The monthly Presteigne market is on Saturday. The market will be open from 9.30am until 1pm. More details can be obtained from Gilly Johnstone at the Rowan Shop opposite the Post Office or on 01544 260292 or 01544 260513. FUN DAY - Presteigne
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Travelling supporters play their part in team performance
I SUPPOSE the weekend sums up just what football can do for you. There was despair after Saturday to see us perform so ineptly against Grays and then delight to bounce back to do so well against Tamworth on Monday and get the desired result. We were desperate
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County champions get off to winning start
REIGNING champions Ewyas Harold made a winning start to their Hereford Times Hereford-shire League Premier Division campaign with a 5-3 success against visiting Ledbury Town Reserves. Matthew Pitt put the villagers ahead in the first period before Ledbury
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Late goals clinch victory
Wellington 2 Evesham United 1 TWO late goals helped Wellington to get their Midland Floodlit Youth League Southern Division campaign off to a winning start. Matt Hancock and Jason Evans missed good early chances for Wellington who were punished on 32
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Five-goal Ledbury romp to second league success
Ledbury Town 5 Heath Hayes 0 LEDBURY notched their second West Midlands League Premier Division success in four days when they followed up their 1-0 win over Brierley & Hagley with a 5-0 thumping of Heath Hayes. Nicky Welch powered home a 20-yard
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Two-goal burst decisive
Shortwood United 5 Pegasus Juniors 0 TWO goals by Chris Davis midway through the first half sapped the confidence of the Pegasus side and hastened their first GLS Hellenic League Premier Division defeat of the season last Wednesday. Shortly after Anthony
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Pegasus try again in cup debut
Teversal 1 Pegasus Juniors 1 PEGASUS, making their debut in the competition, face a replay at Old School Lane tonight (Thursday) against their Nottinghamshire rivals for a place in the first qualifying round of the FA Cup. Chris Mortlock and Paul Brown
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Traffic-free city centre spells greater safety
I started to read the piece about the pedestrianisation of Widemarsh Street with a sense of disbelief and irritation until I came to Maurice Jones's comments and realised that there is sanity in Hereford after all. Hereford boasts an attractive and thriving
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A different set of pathways towards right to roam
THE popular notion that the public desire the right to roam the countryside, without constraint, could be a misconception. The fact that people want to walk the land does not necessarily mean they wish to amble about hither and thither in decreasing or
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Aubrey treble books place
Westfields 3 Sutton Coldfield Town 0 MATT Aubrey cracked an FA Cup preliminary round hat-trick as Westfields completed a giantkilling act over their Southern League Western Division visitors to move into the first qualifying round. Aubrey, a late replacement
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Jones takes runner-up honours in top singles
SHAUN Jones, who plays for Ross-on-Wye, gave the best performance by a Herefordshire male bowler for many years when he finished runner-up in the EBA National Under-18 Championship at Worthing. The competition consisted of two events, the first being
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Amy furthers ambitions with national gold medal
FORMER Aylestone School student and City of Hereford Swimming Club, Amy Ballantyne won a gold medal at the ASA National Youth Championships and Comm-onwealth Games Trials held in Sheffield. The 14-year-old Hereford girl was a member of the triumphant
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Tetley on the boil for Wheelers
A FIVE-MINUTE downpour shortly before the start dampened any hopes of personal best times in Hereford Wheelers' final 10-mile time trial of the season at Allensmore. But in-form Wheeler Jon Tetley still managed a creditable 24 mins 4 secs for first place
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Record entry expected
A RECORD entry of almost 150 pedigree pigs from 11 breeds will be sold by auctioneers Norton & Brooksbank at the 4th national pedigree pig sale at the Three Counties Showground, Malvern, on Saturday. Nick Hunkin, from the British Pig Association's
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Lining up for sale
DESPITE the changes in agricultural support, the same values apply now as they did 17 years ago, said David Uffold as he looked at the Texel sheep the family partnership will be offering at their 17th home sale. Sheep produced from grass with the lowest
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All roads lead to musical delights
Themed festivals walk a narrow road between having too many topics, leading to incoherence, and concentrating on too few, leading to indigestion. Yet again the Presteigne Festival director, George Vass, has found this road and produced a six-day feast
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Turner seeks loan player
HEREFORD United chief Graham Turner was hoping to recruit a wing-back on a short-term loan before the transfer window closed last night. With Ryan Green ruled out for three matches after being sent off at Tamworth on Monday and Simon Travis still around
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Welcome to Conference
GRAYS Athletic did not leave Edgar Street with just the three points from Saturday's Nationwide Conference clash. The United board of directors also presented their counterparts from the Essex club with an engraved bronze Hereford bull to mark the first
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Hardisty halves final hole to clinch pairs victory
THE Hereford Municipal pairs competition produced a close final which went to the last hole before number two seeds Gareth Hardisty and Adrian Marshall won one up. They had taken a two-hole lead on the turn but number one seeds club captain Phil Green
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Juniors play just above handicap in speed round
MOST of the boys shot scores not far above their handicaps - suggesting that slow play could be eradicated from the game - when Kington Juniors successfully contested the first speed golf challenge at Bradnor Hill. The winner, Nick Crum, shot a gross
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Youngsters hit a high note for good cause
The school holidays are two thirds gone and many teenagers are pulling out their hair with boredom - but not all. A group of Leominster youngsters, led by 16-year-old Keri Hoffman, are putting on a show to raise money for a local cause. The cast of 50
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Spin bowler/batsman top priority for next term
A SPINNER who can bat will be top of Herefordshire's selection committee chairman Malcolm Morgan's wish list for next season. "We missed a quality spinner this season and had hoped that Matthew Rawnsley would have been available more," said Morgan. "He
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Herefordshire CCC Averages
BATTING M I No R Hs Av R Hall 2 3 1 167 120 83.50 C Boroughs 6 10 3 406 115* 58.00 H Patel 2 4 0 201 91 50.25 M Ali 2 2 0 80 70 40.00 P Trego 3 4 0 158 45 39.50 G Ahmed 4 8 0 281 131 35.12 O Ali 2 4 2 67 31* 33.50 M Dale 3 6 2 92 36* 23.00 D Willetts
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Minor Counties Championship Final Tables
MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP Western Division P W L D Pt Cheshire 6 3 3 0 100 Devon 6 3 2 1 91 Berkshire 6 2 4 0 91 Cornwall 6 2 3 1 86 Oxfordshire 6 2 2 2 78 Shropshire 6 1 3 2 71 Wales 6 1 3 2 63 Herefordshire 6 1 3 2 59 Wiltshire 6 1 2 3 55 Dorset 6
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District championships bring boys into squad selection reckoning
THE conversion from schools' soft-ball cricket to the hard-ball game came to fruition at the Herefordshire Cricket Board Under-11 Boys' Festival Finals at Luctonians CC. District cricket was introduced by the county board three years ago and the standard
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Kington title hopes nosedive with top-of-table defeat
KINGTON'S hopes of overhauling Ombersley at the top of the Crusader Worcestershire County League Division 1 all but disappeared when they suffered a crushing 162-run defeat by their rivals last Saturday. The Worcestershire side rattled up an impressive
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Burghill win takes Marches championship to the wire
BURGHILL & Tillington remain hot on the heels of Division 1 leaders Monmouth after an impressive demolition of Wormelow in their penultimate Flint & Cook Marches League fixture. Wormelow won the toss and invited the visitors to bat first in overcast
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Section title will be decided at Ross
DIVISION three pacemakers Kington 3rd and Ross face a Flint & Cook Marches League title showdown on Saturday. The rivals clash in South Herefordshire after both won their penultimate games last weekend. Ross chased 176 at Colwall 3rd to win by seven
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Bromyard sure of promotion
DESPITE suffering a defeat to nearest rivals Barnards Green last Saturday, Bromyard gained a comprehensive victory over Cookley on Monday to secure promotion from Division 2 of the Crusader Worcestershire County League. Skipper Edd Oliver produced a fine
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Board buys out PGL for £42m
HEREFORDSHIRE-based PGL Travel Ltd has been acquired by its management from the family of its founder, Peter Gordon Lawrence, in a deal valued at £42 million. Based in Ross-on-Wye, PGL was founded in 1957, initially specialising in canoe camping trips
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Bishopstone
VILLAGE LOTTERY - The couple winning £25 from the draw on Saturday with their number 49 is Ian and Hilary Robinson. COACH TRIP - The profits of £55 from trip to the National Botanical Garden of Wales near Carmarthen have been given to the New Bridge Community
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Dilwyn
THREE CHOIRS -The Friends of Hereford Three Choirs Festival invite the public to an evening with Ian Storey at The Left Bank, Hereford on Monday, September 12. Reception 6.30pm, Performance at 7.30pm. Tickets £15 from Mrs Jane Hawksley 01544 318007
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Little Dewchurch
ANNUAL FETE - Little Dewchurch will be holding what has become to be recognised as the annual fete and soap box derby on and around the village green on Sunday, September 11. The events start at 12 noon and continue until around 5pm. There will be plenty
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Pudleston
HORSE SHOW - Organiers of Pudleston Horse and Pony Show on Sunday are pulling out all the stops to help cure Leukaemia, a new charity which is aiming to raise £3 million for a Leukaemia Centre under construction at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
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Richards Castle
SHOW RESULTS -The Richards Castle Produce and Flower Show took place on Saturday, August 27 when the trophy winners were as follows: The Goodwin Goblet for Vegetables C J Mills; The Friendship Club Cup for Eggs,Fruit & Herbs, Sally Milner; The Marsden
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Upton Bishop
CHARITY EVENT - On Saturday a huge charity event is being staged for Cancer Research UK at Upton Bishop on the B4221 just up from the M50 junction 3 turn off, towards The Moody Cow. Last year £3,500 was raised and the aim is to better that total this
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What's on in city and county
events/talks September 3 South Wye Big Event, King George V playing fields, 1pm-10.30pm. 01432 383232. 3 Steam-up/Works Open Day, Alan Keef Ltd, Lea, 11am-4.30pm. 01989 750757. 3-4 1471 Tower ordinance re-enactment weekend, Brockhampton Estate, 12noon
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Ross unable to finish moves
Ross Town 0 Winterbourne United 1 ROSS suffered their second GKS Hellenic League Division 1 West defeat of the weekend when they went down to Scott Cameron's 31st-minute strike. Cameron pounced from close range after Ross goalkeeper Rich Newman failed
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Bulls bounce back with changed team
Tamworth 0 Hereford United 1 HEREFORD bounced back from a desperately poor showing in their previous game with Grays to notch a battling win at Tamworth in the Nationwide Conference. Graham Turned decided to shake up his squad and the much-changed outfit
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Turner seeks loan player
HEREFORD United chief Graham Turner was hoping to recruit a wing-back on a short-term loan before the transfer window closed last night. With Ryan Green ruled out for three matches after being sent off at Tamworth on Monday and Simon Travis still around
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Trophy finalists take on County line-up
A NUMBER of local cricketers will have a chance to test themselves against top opposition when Herefordshire take on C & G Trophy finalists Warwickshire in a Twenty20 match in aid of Dougie Brown's benefit at Luctonians next Wednesday, starting 5.30pm
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Irie masters a second world title success
HEREFORDSHIRE pole-vaulter Irie Hill is now a double world champion after clinching the 2005 World Masters Championship in San Sebastian, Spain. Hill is already the reigning World Masters Indoor champion and also holds the European title. She had to overcome