Teenager Tony Hobbs had to beat off a strong challenge from his twin brother Tom to win the Bramshott Hill Club Championship. Tony fired a level par first round 70 and followed up with a 75 to beat 18-year-old David Loveless by three shots with his brother
You have to go back more than ten months for Hampshire's last championship win. That was 11 games ago, a four-wicket victory against Somerset that came within days of the mid-August sacking of Jimmy Cook. Relegation soon followed and it is just as well
Each month we will be offering the Sailsolent visitor's the chance to win a superb nautical prize. This month's prize is... 'The Book of The Solent' Just click on the right hand link to 'Win with Sailsolent' answer the question and if you name gets pulled
Today's Principal Arrivals: Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0200, 201 link; P&O Nedlloyd Cook, container, 0630, 207; Queen Elizabeth 2, passenger liner, 0645, 38/9; Autosky, ro/ro, 0730, 46; Mignon, vehicle, 0730, 43; Terrier, vehicle, 0830, 36; Aida, vehicle
In Saturday's Daily Echo, reporter Claire Moriarty took a look at some of the A36 accident black spots which have claimed the lives of 15 people. Today she highlights three other dangerous sites which have helped the notorious road to earn the nickname
HAMPSHIRE TV presenter Alistair Stewart was today banned from the roads for 30 months and fined £2,000 for drink-driving. Stewart, 50, of Wood Lane, Bramdean, near Winchester, today pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol on June 19 in the road
PRIVATE sector jobs and start-up businesses in the south are under threat from new competition posed by local authorities, it emerged today. The Federation of Small Businesses, which represents the interests of the self-employed, has sounded the alarm
THE Southern Daily Echo Job Scene Roadshow is back at The Guildhall, Southampton, on October 9 - destined to make it easy for companies and training providers to recruit. Thousands of people from across Hampshire travel to Southampton for the one-day
HAMPSHIRE TV presenter Alistair Stewart was today banned from the roads for 30 months and fined £2,000 for drink-driving. Stewart, 50, of Wood Lane, Bramdean, near Winchester, today pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol on June 19 in the road
SERIOUSLY ill patients at Southampton General Hospital have been hit by a potentially fatal bug. Four patients on the intensive care unit have been struck down by MRSA - an infection which can kill people with weak immune systems or those with open wounds
AMBITIOUS plans to put Southampton on the national cultural map with the creation of a multi-million-pound arts centre in the heart of the city have taken a further step forward. Members of the city council's Cabinet heard vocal support from arts groups
A HAMPSHIRE sailor, who risked his life to stop HMS Nottingham sinking, is to be honoured for his bravery by the Navy. MEM Jamie Dalton, 23, will receive the Commander in Chief of the Fleet's commendation from Admiral Jonathon Band on board the aircraft
SIX more secondary schools in Hampshire and Southampton have won specialist status, the government has announced. Woolston School has been successful in its bid to become a specialist language school while Cantell School in Bassett is to major in mathematics
EVEN the legendary Harlem Globetrotters would have trouble shooting basketballs into a moving hoop while blindfolded. This was the challenge laid down to Southampton MP Alan Whitehead in a game of unfair basketball in the city centre this weekend. While
MORE than 150,000 people are expected to attend a truly diverse Southampton Balloon and Flower Festival this weekend. In addition to a plethora of balloons, blooms and activities, the central element for this year's event is the Festival of Diversity
Up to 10,000 women are expected to take part in this year's 10th anniversary Race for Life event in Southampton on July 20. So far more than 5,000 entrants have signed up but with less than a month to go the clock is ticking . . . ALL ACROSS Southampton
YOU can hear music fit for a future king in Chichester next week. The royal harpist to the Prince of Wales, Catrin Finch, gives a concert on Friday, July 11 as part of the Chichester Festivities. Now in her early 20s, Catrin received her royal appointment
SHE has taken seven years to establish her specialist toy business attracting customers from across the south. But just five months after opening her third toy shop - Wicor Models in Portchester - Linda Strange lost £6,196 of stock when two men smashed
TWO Southampton-based athletes took hot conditions in their stride as they came across the Lordshill 10k finish line first in the men's and women's races. Andy Morgan-Lee, running for Salford Harriers, stretched the field from the start line and was soon
TRAVELLERS who set up camp near a group of upmarket homes could be served an eviction order in court today. About 30 caravans had moved on to an open space beside Fair Oak Road by last Wednesday. Police were called in when nearby residents were involved
FORMER Arsenal and England striker Alan Smith has warned James Beattie he will be a marked man next season. Smith says defenders will have specific plans to counter the threat of the Southampton hitman, but still insists Beattie has the ability to again
Southampton docks has revealed the name of its new cruise terminal to be opened later this year. Shipping Editor KEITH HAMILTON gets the lowdown on the port's latest developments... Southampton's latest dockside development for the rapidly growing British
WIDESCALE changes are being planned in Southampton for the care of overseas crew members of vessels visiting the port. A new shore-based welfare centre will be eventually established in the city where seafarers, sometimes far away from their home country
Bigger is definitely better in the international cruise industry as now there is a possibility that even Southampton's massive 150,000 ton passenger liner, Queen Mary 2 could be eclipsed in size. When Cunard's QM2 arrives in the city's port in December
Martin LeMesurier has snapped up his European Tour card for next season. Now he has set his sights on a place on The Open at Royal St George's on July 17. The 27-year-old Brokenhurst Manor clubman tees off in the regional qualifying round at Blackmoor
Craig McCarthy once dreamt of following his dad into The Dell. Now he dreams of golf swings and how to get the best out of them. The 23-year-old son of former Saints right-back Bob McCarthy has become one of England's rare breed of golf biomechanics.
Darren Henley achieved one of his highest finishes on the EuroProTour when he took 25th place at Quinta da Marinha, the last event on the tour's Portuguese loop. The two-times Hampshire champ-ion climbed to 71st in the order of merit after taking his
During 2003 the Golf Roots initiative is taking place in four cities - Southampton, Birmingham, Liverpool and London. In Birmingham the programme will reach 5,000 children from 20 inner city schools. Activate UK aims to encourage children back into sport
SUCCESSFUL students from the first Cadets Course at Hockley GC are pictured above alongside club professional Gary Stubbington and captains Alex Pugh and Doug Peacock who presented them with their certificates. All of the children passed with a merit
TEDDY SHERINGHAM admitted the chance to continue playing in the top flight made a move to Pompey irresistible. The 37-year-old former Millwall, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham, Manchester Utd and England striker yesterday completed his move to Fratton Park
Paul Terry insisted that Hampshire can still win promotion after the county's winless streak continued at the Rose Bowl yesterday. Hampshire took ten points from their draw against Gloucestershire and are now second from bottom and 26 points adrift of
A HAMPSHIRE sailor, who risked his life to stop HMS Nottingham sinking, is to be honoured for his bravery by the Navy. MEM Jamie Dalton, 23, will receive the Commander in Chief of the Fleet's commendation from Admiral Jonathon Band on board the aircraft
OLYMPIC junior champion Tony Hill finished his boxing season in style by adding the Four Nations British middleweight title to the English ABA crown he won in May. The Lordshill fighter is regarded by many experts as Britain's leading young prospect and
SOUTHAMPTON boxers Colin Kenna and Matthew Barney will share top billing on August 1 at the home of British boxing - the York Hall in Bethnal Green. British super-middleweight champion Barney takes on Ghana's Charles Adamu for the vacant Commonwealth
Hampshire anglers dominated this week's Lymington open boat competition. Phil Stevens collected £500 for the best specimen fish, a 15lb smoothhound, while Ray Davies from Lymington was the overall winner with 90 points. Davies, fishing from his own boat
CENTURIES of tradition in the New Forest look set to end following a vote by MPs for an outright ban on foxhunting. MPs were debating plans to allow some hunting to continue under licence when the government dramatically withdrew the compromise scheme
MAKING millions of pounds, creating jobs and generating wealth in the south - these are some of the key attributes that have made some of Hampshire's entrepreneurs what they are today. Budding businesses were let in on the secrets of success at a special
GET networking is the message from the Solent Enterprise Hub (SEH), which is part of an award-winning network of focal points for innovation and entrepreneurial activity in a growing number of locations across the region. The Solent Enterprise Hub has
AN ENGINEERING and design consultancy with its headquarters in Southampton has scooped a gong for sustainable building principles and a green strategy in this year's national Building Services Awards. According to the judging panel in London, Gifford,
AS THE curtain came down on another Power in the Park, a Hampshire public relations agency played an important role in making the event a considerable success once again. The annual free event on the Common had just seen some of Britain's best known pop
SUPERMARKETS have featured in the headlines in recent months, both in the national press and in property journals, due to the widely reported interest in the proposed takeovers of the Safeway and Somerfield chains. When William Morrisons announced proposals
A BOY aged ten was stabbed repeatedly after being abducted at knifepoint as he played with pals in a Hampshire wood. Luke Todd was today recovering from his serious injuries in hospital after the terrifying attack in Lordswood, Southampton. The youngster
HAMPSHIRE'S chief constable has pledged that no police stations will close as a result of force restructuring due to take place next year. Paul Kernaghan said the proposed mergers of Eastleigh and Andover police divisions and Fareham with Gosport would
A PUZZLED parson has been scouring telephone directories and pumping parishioners for information that could get a mystery Hedge End couple to the church on time. The Rev Mike Powis confesses that it was his clerical slip which has triggered his parish-wide
The South Coast is gearing up for a Festival of Speed on Water in August, as an International field of offshore powerboat racers take to the waters off Poole and the Solent to vie for winner's laurels on the 100th Anniversary of the Daily Mail British
THE search for a missing woman on the Isle of Wight has been called off after a body was found in the sea at Freshwater Bay. A post-mortem examination was due to be carried out today on a body found in the sea at about 11am on Sunday. Police said the
AS heroes go, Dan Davenport certainly ranks among the unlikeliest. However, yesterday the unemployed 18-year-old who left school with few qualifications and minimal prospects became the toast of his council estate when he ran back into a blazing house
Senior Isle of Wight club athlete Andy Frost has broken the Island Games and Guernsey all-comers record in the men's hammer. The tenth Island Games, sponsored by NatWest, were opened last Thursday and run until Friday - but Frost's throw of 65.82m was
A PUZZLED parson has been scouring telephone directories and pumping parishioners for information that could get a mystery Hedge End couple to the church on time. The Rev Mike Powis confesses that it was his clerical slip which has triggered his parish-wide
