BAT boss Andy Leader reckons you need look no further than Eastleigh for the identity of the 2002/3 Jewson Wessex League champions following his team's 3 - 2 defeat at Ten Acres. Although the Tobaccomen's late comeback caused a few butterflies in home
HAMPSHIRE'S Chris Tremlett played a starring role as England's youngsters hit back against Sri Lanka A at the end of the first day in the four-day match at Colombo. The England and Wales Cricket Board National Academy side won the toss and chose to bat
Newport IoW player-boss Steve Tate was feeling deeply down and depressed - even though his Island side fought back from two goals down for a 3-2 home win over Eastern Division strugglers Spalding. A 79th-minute Gareth Keeping penalty and two late strikes
ROCK bottom Whitchurch pulled off one of the most amazing results of the local football season when they held title-chasing Gosport 2-2. Gosport, who now trail Eastleigh by two points having played two more games, led 2-0 after 57 minutes. But Whitchurch
COWES Sports romped to their third successive league victory when they triumphed 4-1 at Newbury. Boss Derek Ohren was forced to ring the changes from the side that had beaten Totton 2-0 on the Island a week before. In all, there were NINE changes to the
A FIRST-HALF penalty from Ben Thomson gave new Totton boss John Robson a second consecutive Testwood Park win. But he freely admitted the 1-0 victory over visiting Alton wasn't a classic. "The referee was going to call it off because of the weather,"
A hard-fought battle against the elements victory, coupled with a shock in West Sussex, has seen Gosport & Fareham take over the leadership of London Division Two South with just four games to go. The shock came when Tunbridge Wells, who still have
Amesbury Town ended Winchester City's unbeaten record in midweek but were on the wrong end of an astonishing 7-5 scoreline against Lymington Town on Saturday. Lymington are in the bottom half of the Hampshire League Premier Division but manager John Pyatt
AFC Target have hit a rich vein of form just at the right time as they battle to avoid relegation in their first season in the top flight of the Drew Smith Homes Southampton League. Despite storming up through the lower divisions they have found it tougher
FIRE chiefs believe arsonists could responsible for a blaze at a derelict Southampton pub. A small crowd gathered to watch a team of 18 firefighters tackle the blaze at The Sportsman Inn, West End, after smoke was seen billowing from the back of the building
ELDERLY drivers in Basingstoke have been urged to have "a greater awareness of their limitations" behind the wheel of a car. The message was issued by coroner Andrew Bradley at the inquest of Odiham pensioner Margaret Hogan. Mrs Hogan, 85, of High Street
AN OPEN day was held at Down Farm, near Odiham, on Thursday to showcase plans for a controversial motocross track. Robert Benford, leader of Hart District Council, wants to convert a field off Ford Lane into an off-road motorcycle sports park, which,
A FAMILY from Basingstoke are celebrating their success in the biggest ever on-line family quiz. The Gyles family, of Turnberry Drive, Kempshott Park, Basingstoke, came second out of 20,000 entrants in the Microsoft competition, answering all 10 questions
THE concerns of a Hatch Warren phone mast campaigner are to be raised in Parliament by Basingstoke MP Andrew Hunter. Simon Preedy, of Cyprus Lane, has been worried there is no regulatory body to ensure that mobile phone operators adhere to a code of conduct
HOOK and Oakley Athletic Reserves won through to county cup finals on Saturday. Andover BC 0 Hook 1 A single-goal win at Andover was enought to put Hook through to the final of the Hampshire Junior A Cup but it will not be an all-Basingstoke affair because
BASINGSTOKE and North Hants and South Wilts are the only teams left in the running for the NatWest Hampshire under-16 Indoor Cricket Championship. The title will be decided on Sunday, when Basingstoke must beat third-placed Bournemouth to win the crown
Blackheath 18pts Basingstoke 17 BASINGSTOKE went close to recording a memorable victory at third-placed Blackheath on Saturday. In the end though, the FX-backed side fell short by a single point after a second-half rally from Blackheath. Basingstoke will
YOU'D HAVE NEEDED the concentration of a chess grand master to focus on Saturday's game against West Brom and not let your mind drift to the FA Cup. In fact, Kylie Minogue and Justin Timberlake dancing naked in the centre circle might have gone unnoticed
Trojans 9 - Southampton 35 Trojans have been despatched to life in Hampshire League 1 by bitter rivals Southampton with defeat in their own back yard - unless they can perform a minor miracle. They did, however, have some good spells of play but to go
With three games remaining of the season, it was envisaged that Tottonians would be cracking open the champagne in celebration of clinching the London Division Four South-West title with to spare. That was until they decided to lose the plot and crash
A FIRST-HALF penalty from Ben Thomson gave new Totton boss John Robson a second consecutive Testwood Park win. But he freely admitted the 1-0 victory over visiting Alton wasn't a classic. "The referee was going to call it off because of the weather,"
Amesbury Town ended Winchester City's unbeaten record in midweek but were on the wrong end of an astonishing 7-5 scoreline against Lymington Town on Saturday. Lymington are in the bottom half of the Hampshire League Premier Division but manager John Pyatt
SOUTHAMPTON ABC is celebrating enjoying its best-ever run in the senior national finals. A quartet of boxers have made it through to the latter stages of the prestigious competition - some 20 years since the club even had one boxer in quarter finals.
Hampshire are top of their county championship section for the first time ever after a superb recovery against Essex at Cowplain. Defeats for the men's B team and ladies A team had left Hampshire trailing 14-10. The men's A team needed to win 8-4 if Hampshire
CLAIRE SPREADBURY did her junior international prospects no harm at all by reaching the semi-finals of the under-25 singles during the Golden Charter English Women's Indoor BA Championships. The 15-year-old Basingstoke girl made the most of playing on
THREE of the New Forest's biggest secondary schools are facing disappointment as time runs out on their bid for specialist college status and an extra £2m government cash. Priestlands School in Lymington, Hounsdown School in Totton, and Noadswood School
TOTTON College has gained a National Site of Excellence award for developing advanced IT systems to help students. The college in Water Lane is the first in the country to get the gold star from education software company Capita. The firm has provided
FOOTBALL supporters leaving St Mary's rescued a ten-year-old boy from a teenage attacker's indecent assault. The youngster had been waiting for his father outside the Plume of Feathers pub in St Mary Street, Southampton, when a youth persuaded him to
FIRE chiefs believe arsonists could responsible for a blaze at a derelict Southampton pub. A small crowd gathered to watch a team of 18 firefighters tackle the blaze at The Sportsman Inn, West End, after smoke was seen billowing from the back of the building
THE TRAFFIC nightmare is finally over for thousands of Hampshire drivers. Roadworks on one of the main road arteries into Southampton have ended. The busy Redbridge Road route into Southampton was set to be cone-free this morning after contractors finished
IT could be you! Southampton residents stand the chance of winning hundreds of cash prizes with the launch of the city's very own lottery. One lucky winner is also set to scoop the jackpot prize of a ten-day, all-inclusive cruise for four people around
ECHOES of the Deep South come to The Brook, Southampton, on March 9 when the Alabama-based singer Pierce Pettis drops in. Pierce, who was born in Georgia but records in Nashville, Tenn-essee, is touring the UK to promote his new album State Of Grace.
So say campaigners from across the United Kingdom who are backing the Daedalus Action Group in their fight to stop an asylum seekers' centre at Lee-on-the-Solent. From Edinburgh to South Glamorgan, Lincolnshire to Worcestershire thousands of residents
DEVELOPER Barratt Southampton has failed for the fourth time in its bid to build a 20-home mini-estate overlooking one of Fareham's most scenic spots. A government planning inspector has ruled the proposed development at the former Bath Lane gas works
THESE are the two people police want to speak to in connection with the theft of £215-worth of phone cards from a Wickham petrol station. The theft happened on Tuesday, February 18 shortly after 6pm at the Shell Garage in Fareham Road. A man and a woman
AUSSIE artist, singer and television presenter Rolf Harris has been confirmed as one of the star attractions who will be appearing in Eastleigh's first-ever music and arts festival this summer. Eastleigh council is collaborating with Soundbass Entertainment
HOTSHOTS at the World Cup compete for the golden boot - but girls from the Crestwood School football squad at Eastleigh have an entirely different goal to aim at. Eastleigh-based company A&A Business Supplies has not only donated £300 to provide the
Saints defender Michael Svensson admitted his side were 'disappointed' with their winning display against West Brom on Saturday. James Beattie's seventh-minute wonder strike was enough to give Saints the three points but, despite the win, Svensson wasn't
SAINTS' quiet man Paul Telfer has revealed he almost quit football for a year - to go back-packing in Australia. In a rare interview, published in Saturday's matchday programme, Telfer admitted he was planning to take a year out before he got the call
After Pompey had hit the Lions for five, inspired by a sublime performance from Paul Merson, both managers hailed the ex-Arsenal man. And even the Millwall fans rose to give him a huge ovation when he was substituted. On that tribute by the home fans,
Oadby Town 1 - Winchester City 0 The non-league careers of Steve Beeks and Ian Mancey have followed similar paths over the years. But they will want to forget the latest chapter as soon as possible. Beeks and Mancey were at Basingstoke Town and Cove together
BASHLEY are praying that striker Paul Sales is not back to square one with his hamstring injury after the 29-year-old's comeback was cruelly cut short in Saturday's 4-1 home win over Fisher Athletic. The result was enough to keep the high-riding Foresters
Despite coming closer to beating the Australians than any team in this World Cup, England's fate in the competition is now in the hands of others. The final Pool A game between Zimbabwe and Pakistan in Bulawayo tomorrow will decide who goes through with
Havant & Waterlooville co-manager Mick Jenkins admitted he feared the worst as his team conceded a late third to Grantham Town in "farcical" conditions at Westleigh Park. The torrential lunchtime rain had given Grantham cause for concern, but referee
LARRY CLAY was left frustrated after his Hamble outfit "threw away" the chance of victory at Moneyfields. A brace from Jamie Musselwhite had given Hamble a 2-0 lead, only for individual errors to gift the hosts a 3-2 victory. "We have to start learning
ROCK bottom Whitchurch pulled off one of the most amazing results of the local football season when they held title-chasing Gosport 2-2. Gosport, who now trail Eastleigh by two points having played two more games, led 2-0 after 57 minutes. But Whitchurch
Sixth-placed Basingstoke Town are still clinging to the shirt-tails of the Ryman Premier big-guns after a magnificent 5-1 victory at Boreham Wood. A mistake by Tommy McCormick gifted Wood's Scott Forrester a goal in the opening seconds, but three minutes
THE psychiatrist looking after mentally-ill children in Basingstoke believes another £1million is what it would take to put the over-stretched service "back on its feet". Consultant Richard Fry (pictured) has been at the reins of the troubled Child and
A FAMILY from Basingstoke are celebrating their success in the biggest ever on-line family quiz. The Gyles family, of Turnberry Drive, Kempshott Park, Basingstoke, came second out of 20,000 entrants in the Microsoft competition, answering all 10 questions
A BASINGSTOKE council meeting had to be adjourned when a Tory councillor refused to let business begin until Liberal Democrat Cabinet members had apologised. Cllr Philip Heath demanded the apology over a controversial leaflet issued during the campaign
A DOG owner facing charges of animal cruelty has told magistrates that he was too poor to pay for veterinary care. Derek Bennett, 30, of St Christopher's Close, South Ham, Basingstoke, pleaded guilty to failing to provide necessary care for his six-year-old
AN EMOTIONALLY-unstable mother was so desperate to get her children to sleep that she spiked their chocolate milk with drugs, a court heard. The Basingstoke woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, chopped a tablet she had been prescribed into three
Today's Principal Arrivals: Bouzas, ro-ro, 1600, 25 link. Today's Principal Sailings: Jingu Maru, vehicle carrier, 1700, 43; Eufonia, ro-ro, 1800, 105; Walker, general cargo, 2000, Dibles Wharf; Hong Kong Express, container, 2200, 207; Frankfurt Exporess
INDOOR rowing hope Kevin Peebles finished outside the medal winners in his world championship debut in Boston, writes Peter Phipps. A heavy cold made him doubtful for the competition but he decided that, having paid for his trip to the United States,
TWO Basingstoke tenpin bowlers helped Hampshire to victory in the inter-county championships at Nottingham. It was the first-ever triumph for the county in the 18 to 24 age group in the competititon. The winning local duo were Jessica Deevoy, who is 18
Basingstoke Bison 1 Cardiff Devils 3 CARDIFF Devils celebrated St David's Day in the best possible way by recording their first win of the season over the Basingstoke Bison in the play-offs opening fixture. This game could have gone either way, as it
FOR the first time in the tournament's 152-year history, the America's Cup has come to Europe. The Swiss team Alinghi completed a 5-0 whitewash yesterday over the less experienced Team New Zealand. At the end of the day, SUI-64 was never anything special
CLAIRE SPREADBURY enhanced her growing reputation as one of England's finest young bowlers by reaching the semi-finals of the national under-25 singles. The 15-year-old Basingstoke girl had the benefit of playing on her own carpet in the Golden Charter
Boreham Wood 1 Basingstoke Town 5 RUTHLESS finishing from Craig McAllister and Neville Roach swept Boreham Wood aside as a rampant Town raced to their largest league win of the season. The duo grabbed a brace each in a consummate second-half performance
BAT boss Andy Leader reckons you need look no further than Eastleigh for the identity of the 2002/3 Jewson Wessex League champions. Although the Tobaccomen's late comeback at Ten Acres caused a few butterflies in home stomachs, there was no doubt in Leader's
A hard-fought battle against the elements victory, coupled with a shock in West Sussex, has seen Gosport & Fareham take over the leadership of London Division Two South with just four games to go. The shock came when Tunbridge Wells, who still have
Farnborough and Romsey will contest the top two places in Hampshire Division One. But it is becoming more likely that the north Hampshire outfit will be going up as champions after they returned from Guernsey with a crucial victory. While Romsey played
Havant are still rooted in the bottom two of the National Division South. Travelling to champions-elect Rosslyn Park with a squad of players that had already been stripped to its bare bones, they also had to compete against three withdrawals on the morning
BASHLEY are praying that striker Paul Sales is not back to square one with his hamstring injury after the 29-year-old's comeback was cruelly cut short in Saturday's 4-1 home win over Fisher Athletic. The result was enough to keep the high-riding Foresters
With three games remaining of the season, it was envisaged that Tottonians would be cracking open the champagne in celebration of clinching the London Division Four South-West title with to spare. That was until they decided to lose the plot and crash
Britain's pairing of Peter Waterfield and Leon Taylor came close to starting their international season in perfect fashion but were forced into the bronze position on the final dive of the 10m platform synchro event at the German leg of the FINA Grand
SOLENT STARS 95 (13, 37, 60) - READING 109 (27, 53, 86) With two Solent players requiring hospital treatment after the game and only a bench of eight players to use - one of whom had already fouled out - coach Mark Scott was left with few options in the
A HAMPSHIRE businessman has spoken of his living hell in a Middle East jail - just days after he was meant to be released after six spirit-breaking years. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Echo, George Atkinson spoke of the nightmare of being crammed
ANOTHER political row has blown up in the New Forest over funding for Citizens' Advice Bureaux. Ruling Conservatives insisted at a meeting of New Forest District Council that the funding they were providing was "very generous". But the Liberal Democrat
HAMPSHIRE-based DIY retail chain B&Q is to create 40 new jobs when it opens its latest Warehouse store at Farnborough in May. In total, the new store will have a staff of 300 with 240 of these transferring from the existing store in Solarton Road
WINCHESTER-based public relations consultancy Hallmark PR has undergone a change of leadership following a successful management buy-out. The new leadership team of Steve Osborne-Brown, Steve Wilson and Helen Symes have bought the firm from departing
THOUSANDS of sick people and young families will benefit from ambitious plans for a £2m Health & Family Centre proposed for west Southampton. The new facility, if approved by council planning bosses, will be built on a piece of surplus land at Newlands
THIS SWAN had a close call when it decided to take a look at cars on busy Mountbatten Way, Southampton, and settled down on the road. Police cordoned off part of the road and tried to shoo off the swan, which can only take off from water. Eventually an
A SOUTHAMPTON University lecturer has vowed to mount a series of walkouts from work if Britain goes to war with Iraq. Dr Mark Levene hopes others will follow his example and his protest will snowball, sparking a huge national strike which will hit the
THE importance of recycling waste, hidden hazards in cosmetics, non-disposable nappies and a wide range of other important ecological and health issues are to be discussed in Totton today. The subjects are all on the agenda at a conference being run by
THE GREEN Cellar was packed with fans who came to see the UK's leading modern funk band The New Mastersounds. The seven-piece band mainly played songs from their album Keb Darge Presents The New Mastersounds, including Nervous and the gospel-driven All
LARRY CLAY was left frustrated after his Hamble outfit "threw away" the chance of victory at Moneyfields. A brace from Jamie Musselwhite had given Hamble a 2-0 lead, only for individual errors to gift the hosts a 3-2 victory. "We have to start learning
DESPITE funding cutbacks, Bishop's Waltham and Meon Valley Citizens Advice Bureau has launched an extra advice session. From April 3 people will be able to call in at the CAB in the library in Bank Street to get information and advice in the evening.
LITTLE Bradley Prescott has plenty to smile about. Not only was the Fareham schoolboy given the Woman's Own Children of Courage award last year for coming to the rescue of his epileptic mum, now he has been given a surprise gift of a television and video
NOT enough small homes, house prices going through the roof and first-time buyers facing an ever-widening gap between house prices and incomes. That is part of the stark picture of an accommodation crisis revealed by a housing needs survey recently carried
OLYMPIC silver medal sprinter Darren Campbell paid a visit to an Eastleigh school to get youngsters there excited about getting fit. The Sale Harriers 100m and 200m sprinter helped youngsters at Shakespeare Junior School through a tough session of sponsored
