Wiltshire | Archive | 2000 | May
(a) denotes amateur production more...
THE soggy conditions which threatened to drown Wiltshire under the recent unrelenting spell of rain failed to dampen my appetite when I visited The White Horse Inn, Compton Bassett. more...
GENIUS or nutcase? That's the question which hovers over the memory of comic Andy Kaufman. more...
Thursday 11th May 2000 more...
Thursday 11th May 2000 more...
The Mystery of Charles Dickens more...
DEVIZES more...
THE bells at St Martin's, Bremhill, are to be improved for the first time since 1913. more...
DERRY Hill C of E School has serious weaknesses, with the standard of teaching not up to scratch, according to a recent Ofsted report. more...
THE Calne Branch of the Royal Naval Association will be able to pay for a branch standard and ceremonial pole thanks to a cash boost from the Millennium Festival Awards For All. more...
CALNE Town Council has been urged to do something about the number of shopping trolleys found in the River Marden. more...
ORGANISERS have declared last week's Calne Business Exhibition a moderate success following disappointment over low attendance. more...
A CALNE woman who said cannabis made her life more bearable, was fined £50 for possessing nine grammes of cannabis resin. more...
The new mayor of Calne intends to make the town council more accountable to the public. more...
AIRCRAFT and crew based at RAF Lyneham are playing a vital role in the crisis in Sierra Leone. more...
MORE than 100 teams from three counties took part in a six-a-side tournament at Devizes Football Club at the weekend. more...
COLIN TODD has been assured that funds are there waiting for him to spend as he sets about rebuilding a team for the second division. more...
IN glorious sunshine and searing heat a number of promotion issues were decided at the weekend. more...
Under 17s more...
TWO Marlborough mini soccer teams won their own equivalent of the cup final on Saturday returning home from the Badger League finals held in Salisbury with trophies. more...
LAST Sunday the North Gloucestershire Motorcycle Club held the third round of their road race championships at Keevil. more...
WHEELERS riders are now scoring some significant results in local events and in both time trials and road races the Chippenham colours of orange, black and white have been at the forefront. more...
THE real battle of this year's Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse trials was who was the most popular combination with the public, with the crowd cheering riders across country and reacting with yells, whistles, shrieks and groans to good and bad performances in the show-jumping arena. more...
UNLIKE grown up golfers Ashley Cox, who goes to St John's School in Marlborough, is quite proud of having a handicap which is the same as his age because his is 12. more...
AFTER two weekend washouts Chippenham finally began their season in the West of England's elite division with a home fixture against newly promoted Cheltenham last Saturday. more...
IT was a good day for the promoted sides in Division One, with two of the three emerging victorious. more...
WILTSHIRE, after their decisive victory over Scotland in the first round of the NatWest trophy at South Wilts, have named an unchanged squad for their next two one-day matches. more...
DEVIZES 1st XI kicked off their 2000 season with a disappointing performance but still managed a 27 run victory over Winterbourne on Saturday afternoon. more...
(a) denotes amateur production more...
The Mystery of Charles Dickens more...
THE soggy conditions which threatened to drown Wiltshire under the recent unrelenting spell of rain failed to dampen my appetite when I visited The White Horse Inn, Compton Bassett. more...
GENIUS or nutcase? That's the question which hovers over the memory of comic Andy Kaufman. more...
Six men and a woman appeared before Chippenham magistrates on Monday charged with the kidnap of Lee Naismith on March 23. more...
Vehicle repair man James Brazier is celebrating after district councillors decided to give his rural business the go-ahead. more...
PEOPLE heading towards Chippenham Bus Station were forced move carefully around a swarm of 60-70,000 bees on Tuesday. more...
TIFF Needell, one of the presenters of TV's Top Gear, opened the new Hammerdown Hospitality Suite at the Castle Combe Skid Pan and Kart Track on Friday. The new building provides extra conference facilities for companies. more...
Chippenham College's new principal Peter Martin is looking forward to a busy six months. more...
Shane Andrews: It took us a while to get used to the atmosphere and they were playing three up front so we needed to communicate across the back four which was difficult with all the noise so we were getting caught out early on. more...
IT might just have been a half-time exhibition match but the result was portentous for Chippenham. more...
Ian Jones: Did not have a save to make. No chance with the goal. 7. more...
Lee Burns: We did everything but score. We have nothing to be ashamed of and gave it our all. more...
THE pilgrimage of Chippenham Town Football Club supporters to the hallowed grounds of Wembley on Saturday turned into a family occasion as parents took their children to experience what could happen only once in a lifetime. more...
CHIPPENHAM Town fan Dan Slade was glued to the telephone from his home in Malaysia on Saturday as mother Marlene Jones fed him dispatches of the Bluebirds' efforts at Wembley from her home in Calne. more...
CHIPPENHAM Town Football Club supporters may be big on the beautiful game, but they are not big on weekend shopping in the town centre. more...
8.20am: We arrive at the cattle market to find no coaches and one steward. Is this the right day? The coaches were supposed to be here at 7.30am. Is this a bad sign? more...
THEIR team may have lost but fans were fiercely proud of what they had achieved. more...
6.30 am: Awoke with a sudden shock that today was the day we'd been waiting for. Only eight hours from now our very own Chippenham Town would be kicking off at Wembley. A sudden realisation of what this meant sank into my stomach and I felt sick with excitement. more...
A TEAM from Chippenham Town Youth were also beaten by a late goal from Deal Town on Saturday during their demonstration match at halftime at Wembley. more...
THE centre of Chippenham has never seen anything like it since Armistice Day as a sea of blue and white swept through the town to welcome home Chippenham Town on Sunday. more...
MORE than 3,000 fans turned out to welcome home the players of Chippenham Town on Sunday, despite their 1-0 defeat in the FA Vase final. more...
Chippenham mum Lynn Tabley suffered months of black-outs, mini-strokes and kidney damage before an insulin pump offered a chance of a normal life again. more...
BURGER trader Martin Dagostino has lost another battle in his long-running campaign to sell hot food in Chippenham High Street. more...
Chippenham's new mayor, Sandie Webb, is due to take office at the annual meeting of Chippenham Town Council tonight. more...
AN inquest has been opened and adjourned into the death of Colin Horton, 40, who was found dead at his home in Highgrove Close, Calne, by his wife on April 29. more...
A riverside hotel, new homes and leisure facilities are some of the new ideas put forward for the next chapter in Chippenham's town centre development. more...
IT was pedal-power all the way for the youngsters at the Moonbeams Playgroup when they took to all forms of wheeled transport during the week to raise cash for Childline. more...
VOLUNTEER Dominic Parkes will be trading the comforts of life in Cepen Park North for a back-to-basics mud hut in Tanzania. more...
Firefighters have renewed warnings about the danger of chip pan fires after a Chippenham woman suffered burns to her hands and face. more...
MORE than 100 teams from three counties took part in a six-a-side tournament at Devizes Football Club at the weekend. more...
COLIN TODD has been assured that funds are there waiting for him to spend as he sets about rebuilding a team for the second division. more...
IN glorious sunshine and searing heat a number of promotion issues were decided at the weekend. more...
Under 17s more...
TWO Marlborough mini soccer teams won their own equivalent of the cup final on Saturday returning home from the Badger League finals held in Salisbury with trophies. more...
LAST Sunday the North Gloucestershire Motorcycle Club held the third round of their road race championships at Keevil. more...
THE real battle of this year's Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse trials was who was the most popular combination with the public, with the crowd cheering riders across country and reacting with yells, whistles, shrieks and groans to good and bad performances in the show-jumping arena. more...
UNLIKE grown up golfers Ashley Cox, who goes to St John's School in Marlborough, is quite proud of having a handicap which is the same as his age because his is 12. more...
AFTER two weekend washouts Chippenham finally began their season in the West of England's elite division with a home fixture against newly promoted Cheltenham last Saturday. more...
IT was a good day for the promoted sides in Division One, with two of the three emerging victorious. more...
WILTSHIRE, after their decisive victory over Scotland in the first round of the NatWest trophy at South Wilts, have named an unchanged squad for their next two one-day matches. more...
DEVIZES 1st XI kicked off their 2000 season with a disappointing performance but still managed a 27 run victory over Winterbourne on Saturday afternoon. more...
THE soggy conditions which threatened to drown Wiltshire under the recent unrelenting spell of rain failed to dampen my appetite when I visited The White Horse Inn, Compton Bassett. more...
GENIUS or nutcase? That's the question which hovers over the memory of comic Andy Kaufman. more...
Thursday 11th May 2000 more...
Thursday 11th May 2000 more...
The Mystery of Charles Dickens more...
DEVIZES more...
(a) denotes amateur production more...
CORSHAM Fire Station needs three part-time firefighters to keep both its fire appliances available during the week. more...
WHEELERS riders are now scoring some significant results in local events and in both time trials and road races the Chippenham colours of orange, black and white have been at the forefront. more...
THE real battle of this year's Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse trials was who was the most popular combination with the public, with the crowd cheering riders across country and reacting with yells, whistles, shrieks and groans to good and bad performances in the show-jumping arena. more...
UNLIKE grown up golfers Ashley Cox, who goes to St John's School in Marlborough, is quite proud of having a handicap which is the same as his age because his is 12. more...
AFTER two weekend washouts Chippenham finally began their season in the West of England's elite division with a home fixture against newly promoted Cheltenham last Saturday. more...
IT was a good day for the promoted sides in Division One, with two of the three emerging victorious. more...
WILTSHIRE, after their decisive victory over Scotland in the first round of the NatWest trophy at South Wilts, have named an unchanged squad for their next two one-day matches. more...
DEVIZES 1st XI kicked off their 2000 season with a disappointing performance but still managed a 27 run victory over Winterbourne on Saturday afternoon. more...
MORE than 100 teams from three counties took part in a six-a-side tournament at Devizes Football Club at the weekend. more...
COLIN TODD has been assured that funds are there waiting for him to spend as he sets about rebuilding a team for the second division. more...
IN glorious sunshine and searing heat a number of promotion issues were decided at the weekend. more...
Under 17s more...
TWO Marlborough mini soccer teams won their own equivalent of the cup final on Saturday returning home from the Badger League finals held in Salisbury with trophies. more...
ENTERPRISING students at Devizes School are currently drumming up business in Russia. more...
A BLACK leopard could be on the prowl in the Lavington area, an animal expert believes. more...
ANIMAL lover Valerie Bridewell has written to the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, to protest about a controversial badger cull. more...
A NATIONAL historic buildings charity has backed a campaign to save Shane's Castle, the empty tollhouse at the top of Dunkirk Hill, in Devizes. more...
A POLICE officer had to use CS spray to fend off two men during an incident in Station Road, Devizes at 2am on Sunday. more...
WHEN Andrew Wooley and Elizabeth Clarke got married they used an unusual form of transport to get to the church. more...
AN elderly driver who tried to overtake two vehicles misjudged the distance and collided head-on with a 15-ton truck, killing himself, an inquest in Chippenham was told. more...
YOUNG vandals are putting their lives at risk by repeatedly targeting a building site, say the developer and police. more...
KITCHENS surveyor Antony Sherman was using his mobile phone and not watching the road when he caused a four-car crash, a court heard. more...
PLANNING applications received by Kennet District Council up to April 28: more...
Planning applications registered week ending May 5 2000 for North Wiltshire District Council parishes include: more...
AN elderly couple, who had only been separated twice in their lives, died within days of each other. more...
VISITORS to a community fair at Bishops Cannings School on Saturday were able to find out about local voluntary organisations and charities. more...
THOUSANDS of gallons of raw sewage poured into a stream leading to the River Kennet before water officials took action, it has been claimed. more...
JOBLESS Darren Clark ripped out the telephone in a hostel for the homeless in Devizes to stop his girlfriend ringing police after they had an argument, magistrates were told on Thursday. more...
A HUGE campaign to get specialist beds for stroke patients, or a mobile unit at Devizes, has failed but it could still be an option in the future. more...
A TEAM of specialist agriculture inspectors for the Health and Safety Executive is blitzing more than 450 west Wiltshire farms this week as part of a drive to cut the number of serious and fatal accidents. more...
LAST Sunday the North Gloucestershire Motorcycle Club held the third round of their road race championships at Keevil. more...
WHEELERS riders are now scoring some significant results in local events and in both time trials and road races the Chippenham colours of orange, black and white have been at the forefront. more...
THE real battle of this year's Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse trials was who was the most popular combination with the public, with the crowd cheering riders across country and reacting with yells, whistles, shrieks and groans to good and bad performances in the show-jumping arena. more...
UNLIKE grown up golfers Ashley Cox, who goes to St John's School in Marlborough, is quite proud of having a handicap which is the same as his age because his is 12. more...
AFTER two weekend washouts Chippenham finally began their season in the West of England's elite division with a home fixture against newly promoted Cheltenham last Saturday. more...
IT was a good day for the promoted sides in Division One, with two of the three emerging victorious. more...
WILTSHIRE, after their decisive victory over Scotland in the first round of the NatWest trophy at South Wilts, have named an unchanged squad for their next two one-day matches. more...
DEVIZES 1st XI kicked off their 2000 season with a disappointing performance but still managed a 27 run victory over Winterbourne on Saturday afternoon. more...
THE soggy conditions which threatened to drown Wiltshire under the recent unrelenting spell of rain failed to dampen my appetite when I visited The White Horse Inn, Compton Bassett. more...
GENIUS or nutcase? That's the question which hovers over the memory of comic Andy Kaufman. more...
Thursday 11th May 2000 more...
Thursday 11th May 2000 more...
The Mystery of Charles Dickens more...
DEVIZES more...
(a) denotes amateur production more...
MORE than 100 teams from three counties took part in a six-a-side tournament at Devizes Football Club at the weekend. more...
IN glorious sunshine and searing heat a number of promotion issues were decided at the weekend. more...
Under 17s more...
TWO Marlborough mini soccer teams won their own equivalent of the cup final on Saturday returning home from the Badger League finals held in Salisbury with trophies. more...
(a) denotes amateur production more...
THE soggy conditions which threatened to drown Wiltshire under the recent unrelenting spell of rain failed to dampen my appetite when I visited The White Horse Inn, Compton Bassett. more...
GENIUS or nutcase? That's the question which hovers over the memory of comic Andy Kaufman. more...
Thursday 11th May 2000 more...
Thursday 11th May 2000 more...
The Mystery of Charles Dickens more...
DEVIZES more...
THE Malmesbury, Tetbury and District Local Exchange Trading System is looking for new members to boost the success of the scheme which has already helped one Malmesbury family through a period of financial difficulty. more...
THERE has been such a scramble for tickets for this weekend's production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat that organisers have had to squeeze in an extra performance to cope with the demand. more...
NEW mayor Catherine Doody has vowed to fight for more youth facilities in Malmesbury. more...
RESIDENTS have been urged to lobby their councillors if they want to retain the Saturday morning Malmesbury to Bath bus service which is in danger of being scrapped next week. more...
A SURVEY of county roads has revealed structural deficiencies on the A429 Chippenham to Malmesbury route. more...
A HOUSE was damaged after a car suspected of being stolen crashed into its front door on Saturday. more...
JEFF Staton, the new headteacher at Malmesbury Primary School, has promised to continue developing the school as one of North Wiltshire's top educational institutions. more...
Historian Cilla Liddington of Sherston, who spent six years researching a 60-foot family tree, was shocked to discover five of her ancestors were sentenced to death for poaching rabbits. more...
ABOUT 40 Malmesbury dogs and their owners enjoyed the sunshine and a stroll along the banks of the River Avon while raising more than £300 as part of National Pet Week. more...
WILTSHIRE Federation of Townswomen's Guilds has been unable to set up a new guild in Malmesbury because of a lack of interest. more...
MORE than 100 teams from three counties took part in a six-a-side tournament at Devizes Football Club at the weekend. more...
COLIN TODD has been assured that funds are there waiting for him to spend as he sets about rebuilding a team for the second division. more...
IN glorious sunshine and searing heat a number of promotion issues were decided at the weekend. more...
Under 17s more...
TWO Marlborough mini soccer teams won their own equivalent of the cup final on Saturday returning home from the Badger League finals held in Salisbury with trophies. more...
LAST Sunday the North Gloucestershire Motorcycle Club held the third round of their road race championships at Keevil. more...
WHEELERS riders are now scoring some significant results in local events and in both time trials and road races the Chippenham colours of orange, black and white have been at the forefront. more...
THE real battle of this year's Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse trials was who was the most popular combination with the public, with the crowd cheering riders across country and reacting with yells, whistles, shrieks and groans to good and bad performances in the show-jumping arena. more...
UNLIKE grown up golfers Ashley Cox, who goes to St John's School in Marlborough, is quite proud of having a handicap which is the same as his age because his is 12. more...
AFTER two weekend washouts Chippenham finally began their season in the West of England's elite division with a home fixture against newly promoted Cheltenham last Saturday. more...
IT was a good day for the promoted sides in Division One, with two of the three emerging victorious. more...
WILTSHIRE, after their decisive victory over Scotland in the first round of the NatWest trophy at South Wilts, have named an unchanged squad for their next two one-day matches. more...
DEVIZES 1st XI kicked off their 2000 season with a disappointing performance but still managed a 27 run victory over Winterbourne on Saturday afternoon. more...
GENIUS or nutcase? That's the question which hovers over the memory of comic Andy Kaufman. more...
Thursday 11th May 2000 more...
Thursday 11th May 2000 more...
The Mystery of Charles Dickens more...
DEVIZES more...
(a) denotes amateur production more...
THE soggy conditions which threatened to drown Wiltshire under the recent unrelenting spell of rain failed to dampen my appetite when I visited The White Horse Inn, Compton Bassett. more...
EMERGENCY services faced a tricky rescue operation after a 12-year-old boy was injured when he fell down the steep railway embankment by the old railway tunnel at Marlborough. more...
THE anti-cancer drug, Taxol, will soon be made available to people Wiltshire. more...
ABOUT 20,000 people are expected to converge on the Barbury Racecourse on May 28 for the Marlborough Cup 2000 races. more...
Explorer David Hempleman Adams is patiently waiting to embark on his latest record-breaking adventure. more...
TO the uninitiated every thatched roof looks the same, but conservation officer Ian Lund is concerned that finding the right thatching material is proving to be the last straw for some property owners. more...
WILTSHIRE'S world famous balloonist Brian Jones dropped into Dauntsey's School to help launch its £1.2million library and study centre. more...
COUNTY council highways chiefs say there could be further disasters following road excavations. more...
A BOY of five is being praised for his bravery after he walked more than half-a-mile to get help for his injured grandmother. more...
THE theft of more than £600 from the strongroom of a Pewsey newsagents was the work of a team of conmen, police believe. more...
AN urgent appeal is being made to two unsuspecting Pewsey gardeners to return seed packets for a herb that experts warn could harm their fertility if eaten. more...
A coach-load of family and friends from the Pewsey Vale will watch tomorrow night as soprano Claire Weston makes her debut at London's Royal Albert Hall in Verdi's Requiem. more...
WOODBOROUGH School hopes the bumper support its fete attracted on Saturday will mean it has achieved its £1,000 fundraising target. more...
THEY came to Ramsbury in their thousands in the Second World War, young, eager American servicemen on their way to the battlefields of Europe. more...
NEWLY elected Mayor of Marlborough Maurice Cooper said at Monday's mayor making he wants councillors to put the town first and their personal politics second. more...
THE possibility of a by-election to fill the East Ward vacancy on Marlborough Town Council is looking likely . more...
Marlborough Mayor Stewart Dobson brought his year in office to a close by handing out cheques to the town's St Peter's Junior School and the Youth and Activity Centre. more...
MORE than 100 teams from three counties took part in a six-a-side tournament at Devizes Football Club at the weekend. more...
COLIN TODD has been assured that funds are there waiting for him to spend as he sets about rebuilding a team for the second division. more...
IN glorious sunshine and searing heat a number of promotion issues were decided at the weekend. more...
Under 17s more...
TWO Marlborough mini soccer teams won their own equivalent of the cup final on Saturday returning home from the Badger League finals held in Salisbury with trophies. more...
LAST Sunday the North Gloucestershire Motorcycle Club held the third round of their road race championships at Keevil. more...
WHEELERS riders are now scoring some significant results in local events and in both time trials and road races the Chippenham colours of orange, black and white have been at the forefront. more...
THE real battle of this year's Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse trials was who was the most popular combination with the public, with the crowd cheering riders across country and reacting with yells, whistles, shrieks and groans to good and bad performances in the show-jumping arena. more...
UNLIKE grown up golfers Ashley Cox, who goes to St John's School in Marlborough, is quite proud of having a handicap which is the same as his age because his is 12. more...
AFTER two weekend washouts Chippenham finally began their season in the West of England's elite division with a home fixture against newly promoted Cheltenham last Saturday. more...
IT was a good day for the promoted sides in Division One, with two of the three emerging victorious. more...
WILTSHIRE, after their decisive victory over Scotland in the first round of the NatWest trophy at South Wilts, have named an unchanged squad for their next two one-day matches. more...
DEVIZES 1st XI kicked off their 2000 season with a disappointing performance but still managed a 27 run victory over Winterbourne on Saturday afternoon. more...
exhibitions more...
IN response to T D Woodhouse's letter in the Evening Advertiser of Thursday May 11, I would like to point out that my previous criticism of MP Julia Drown was only based on observing the local news. more...
Following my recent pictorial book about the Home Guard (for which I appealed for photographs through the Evening Advertiser) I am now writing a full-scale history of the subject (due out from Sutton Publishing next year) in which I am looking at all aspects of the life and work of the men and women who served in Dad's Army, during the Second World War. more...
AS a candidate at the recent Old Town and Lawn elections I feel I must respond to Neil Butters' letter printed in the Evening Advertiser on May 9. more...
MR Reynolds (Evening Advertiser, Wednesday May 10) is quite wrong when he says the Prime Minister and Chancellor have failed to keep their promise not to raise income tax rates. The truth is, they've gone one better and reduced them! more...
WHAT a breath of fresh air from Maria Drysz in Wednesday night's Adver. more...
A-LEVEL students should be required to study at least one foreign language as a qualification for university to combat a chronic shortage in linguistic skills, an independent inquiry has recommended. more...
IT'S NOT every day you see a procession of spidermen walk down the street. more...
ANOTHER successful page has been written in the seven year history of the Swindon Festival of Literature. more...
A FULL account of the festival's highlights would be a book in itself. more...
MORE than 300 former neighbours of old Old Town gathered together in Swindon to rekindle memories. more...
Government moves to increase support for British agriculture have provided a glimmer of hope for struggling small farms. more...
BRIGHTLY-COLOURED bats, birds and body parts reached for the sky over Wroughton at the weekend for the 10th annual Swindon Kite Festival. more...
SOUTH Swindon MP Julia Drown is urging a change in the law to clamp down on illegal travellers. more...
MOREDON: A woman fought off two young robbers in an early morning attack in Swindon. She was walking between Manor Crescent and St Mary's Church in Moredon, parallel to Akers Way, when she was approached by two youths aged between 17 and 20. more...
MOBILE phones have been unveiled as the latest weapon in the fight against domestic violence. Victims in Swindon are being given them so they can contact police at any time in an emergency. ABBIE JONES looks at what these phones will mean to battered women in a town where domestic violence figures are higher than in the rest of the county. more...
WHEN women arrive at Swindon Women's Refuge they feel safer because their partners are not allowed in. more...
RENAULT'S award-winning distribution building in West Swindon could close, with the loss of more than 200 jobs. more...
RAIL passengers are being asked to stage a train boycott to show their safety concerns. more...
LITTLE Caitlin Peck is unlikely to ever utter a word after experts diagnosed her to have a rare genetic condition. more...
FOR many young boys a football, roller-blading or Pokemon party would be the top choice for a 10th birthday celebration. more...
ELDERLY residents at a sheltered home have presented a strongly-worded petition to the council after an eight month saga of highs and lows with their lift. more...
THE final chapter in the campaign to open a dialysis unit in Swindon was completed yesterday. more...
A WOMAN and her young daughter narrowly escaped injury today when their car was in collision with a mobile crane in Swindon town centre. more...
NEARLY 1,500 women laced up their running shoes and put their best foot forward for Swindon's first ever Race For Life event yesterday. more...
OLD romantic Sandy Martin refused to spill the beans on the surprise honeymoon destination he had in store for his new wife, Sarah. more...
WHAT a weekend. Swindon's dialysis unit was officially opened, the Festival of Literature wound up after two hugely successful weeks and DJ Sandy Martin got married. more...
YOUNG William Broad is really looking forward to his tenth birthday. more...
DREAM TEAM 1999/2000 more...
BEST ground more...
PUMAS once again had to give second best to their bogey side Invicta Dynamites in the final of the English National Championships at Nottingham Arena. more...
LEOPARDS were narrowly beaten in a thrilling English U-16 Championship final by Northern champions Billingham Bears. more...
SWINDON JAGUARS finished a highly creditable third in an international U/12 Ice Hockey tournament staged at Anglet, near Biarritz in Southern France. more...
Swindon Junior Ice Hockey Club's youngest team the Swindon Cubs U-10 side competed in a prestigious tournament held in Rouen France. more...
SWINDON Junior Club will have a stand this coming weekend in the Outlet Village. more...
BATH will have to wait another 12 months at least before the end of their barren search for a league title which stretches back to 1996. more...
Swindon Cricket Club had a disappointing day on Saturday, losing heavily at home in the brilliant sunshine to Bristol West Indians. more...
Gloucestershire's tail-end batsmen battled to force a draw against Glamorgan at Cardiff after the top order batting had collapsed in mid-afternoon. more...
West of England Premier League more...
Justin Turley was in dynamic form as he delivered a powerhouse display to secure a second consecutive appearance on amateur boxing's night of the year. more...
Kevin Hicks battled his way from the back of the field to claim eighth place in the National Saloon Championship at Donington park. more...
THE football season has finally come to an end and there were plenty of relieved journalists in the Adver offices this week. more...
Jim Quinn's season of misery ended on a brighter note when he scored at Wembley to seal Hungerford's triumph in the Umbro National Veterans Tournament. more...
Town old boys were on the scoresheet for both sides in a five-goal thriller at the Britannia Stadium. more...
(a) denotes amateur production more...
THE soggy conditions which threatened to drown Wiltshire under the recent unrelenting spell of rain failed to dampen my appetite when I visited The White Horse Inn, Compton Bassett. more...
GENIUS or nutcase? That's the question which hovers over the memory of comic Andy Kaufman. more...
Thursday 11th May 2000 more...
Thursday 11th May 2000 more...
The Mystery of Charles Dickens more...
DEVIZES more...
IN glorious sunshine and searing heat a number of promotion issues were decided at the weekend. more...
Under 17s more...
TWO Marlborough mini soccer teams won their own equivalent of the cup final on Saturday returning home from the Badger League finals held in Salisbury with trophies. more...
LAST Sunday the North Gloucestershire Motorcycle Club held the third round of their road race championships at Keevil. more...
WHEELERS riders are now scoring some significant results in local events and in both time trials and road races the Chippenham colours of orange, black and white have been at the forefront. more...
THE real battle of this year's Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse trials was who was the most popular combination with the public, with the crowd cheering riders across country and reacting with yells, whistles, shrieks and groans to good and bad performances in the show-jumping arena. more...
UNLIKE grown up golfers Ashley Cox, who goes to St John's School in Marlborough, is quite proud of having a handicap which is the same as his age because his is 12. more...
AFTER two weekend washouts Chippenham finally began their season in the West of England's elite division with a home fixture against newly promoted Cheltenham last Saturday. more...
IT was a good day for the promoted sides in Division One, with two of the three emerging victorious. more...
WILTSHIRE, after their decisive victory over Scotland in the first round of the NatWest trophy at South Wilts, have named an unchanged squad for their next two one-day matches. more...
DEVIZES 1st XI kicked off their 2000 season with a disappointing performance but still managed a 27 run victory over Winterbourne on Saturday afternoon. more...
MORE than 100 teams from three counties took part in a six-a-side tournament at Devizes Football Club at the weekend. more...
COLIN TODD has been assured that funds are there waiting for him to spend as he sets about rebuilding a team for the second division. more...
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