Mottisfont (230 for 7) beat Pylewell Park (166 all out) by 64 runs MOTTISFONT entertained fourth placed Pylewell Park with a little rain in the air, which fortunatly cleared before the start. The visitors won the toss and put the home side in to bat.Mottisfont
THE past month has been very exciting for the ladies' section of Romsey Golf Club. First, Anne Tait became the Hampshire LGA Veterans Champion from among a field of 61 competitors. After playing golf for only five years, Anne is now playing off a handicap
Paultons (239 for 5) beat Fair Oak (238 for 8) by 5 wickets A massive partnership between Tony Richman and Touqeer Iqbal earned Paultons the victory they needed last Saturday to virtually ensure they'll still be playing Southern League cricket next season
SILENCE surrounds continuing negotiations for a multi-billion pound takeover of Southampton based financial services giant Skandia, but no deal appears imminent. Front runner in any deal is South Africa's largest insurer Old Mutual, which revealed in
IT'S all over for clothes moths at London's Royal Opera House But it's nothing to do with fat ladies singing, it's down to a Hampshire company's in-depth knowledge of the hapless insect's sex life. Chilworth-based Exosect's technique, which works by confusing
PAUL STURROCK is refusing to stoke up tomorrow's clash with Saints by revealing the reasons behind his St Mary's split. The Scot, whose parting of the ways with Saints 51 weeks ago remains shrouded in mystery, is maintaining a diplomatic silence on the
KENWYNE JONES has thanked Paul Sturrock for kick-starting his Saints career. Sturrock, below, signed Jones during his short stay at Saints and then brought him to Sheffield Wednesday for a loan spell last season. The Trinidadian flourished at Hillsborough
STEVE CLARIDGE yesterday joined Sheffield Wednesday on a two-day trial. Paul Sturrock invited the 39-year-old veteran to join in training after being hit by a striker crisis ahead of tomorrow's game against Saints. Luggy was unable to say whether the
HARRY REDKNAPP remains desperate to enhance his Saints squad - with Neil McCann, Brett Ormerod and Marian Pahars all still injured. The Saints boss knows that cover on the left is urgently needed following the losses this summer of Graeme Le Saux, Olivier
HARRY Redknapp is unconcerned by the Championship table just two matches into the season. But he knows that playing promoted teams like Luton and Sheffield Wednesday so early in the season is probably not the best timing for a Saints side still adjusting
TEST Valley Community Services has hit the jackpot - a huge cash windfall from the Big Lottery Fund. And the £103,270 grant coincides with the voluntary sector organisation's move to new premises at Romsey's Horsefair because of the lack of facilities
MICHELMERSH has paid homage to a popular adopted son - Dr Bill Lees. Nearly 200 mourners paid their last respects to Dr Lees, who died on July 30th, during a moving thanksgiving service for his life at St Mary's Church on Monday afternoon. The church
ROMSONIANS are promised a unique piece of art to mark the 400th anniversary of the town receiving borough status and its own local government. King James I created the Borough of Romsey in 1607 when he granted the town a royal charter. Now, nearly 400
A GROUP of Hampshire youngsters saved the life of a man who was just hours away from death in one of the world's most unforgiving deserts. Members of the New Forest-based League of Venturers stumbled across Robert Damer during a 30-day expedition to the
POLICE were today awaiting the findings of a post-mortem examination on the body of a woman exhumed from a Hampshire cemetery yesterday. It is understood that the results of samples taken from Faith Cooper could take weeks or even months before they are
DETECTIVES investigating a fire that broke out in a top-floor flat in Southampton have released a man being questioned in connection with the blaze. Residents had to flee their homes in a block of waterside flats at Riverdene Place in Bitterne Park as
FOR the second time Andover resident Bob Allen has won the Test Valley in Bloom front garden of the year award. Bob enters his garden in the competition every year and the last time he won was eight years ago. Last year he was runner-up in the category
VERNHAM Dean has won £200 for being runner-up in the Building Community Life section of the 2005 Hampshire Village of the Year competition. The big prize for the overall Village of the Year went to Grayshott, described by the judges as a 'vibrant small
THE owner of an Andover fishing tackle business who has spent the last 22 months building it up says an overnight burglary was 'soul-destroying'. Cox's Tackle lost between £10,000 and £12,000 of stock on Saturday night when raiders smashed doors to gain
DOUBLE the number of parking tickets are expected to be issued across the Kennet district when new parking rules come into force in September 2006. The change, called decriminalisation of parking, means that parking will be enforced by the district council
ANDOVER pub workers and close friends Charlotte Ward and Kelly Talmage are taking a 12,000ft plunge to raise money for Strongbones Children's Charitable Trust. The Globe Coaching Inn employees were approached by the charity and asked if they would like
CROWDS gathered in Andover town centre on Wednesday night after a lorry in Anton Mill Lorry Park caught fire. Firefighters from Andover and Whitchurch were called to the blaze which involved 15 tons of baled straw on the back of the lorry which had caught
Wellow and Plaitford (261 all out) beat Ampfield (135 all out) by 126 runs Wellow and Plaitford returned to winning ways with a convincing victory against Ampfield to take the maximum 24 points. Ampfield skipper Frank Dixie chose to bowl on a grassy pitch
AN Andover graduate claims to have started a new form of exercise, which is spreading worldwide and has even been featured on East-enders. Annie Willens, a graduate from the Andover based Iss-hinkai Aikido Aca-demy, has developed Aiki exercises, which
ALMOST a year after it axed all Portsmouth to France crossings and 1,200 jobs, ports and shipping group P&O today reported early signs of revival of its remaining ferries business. Despite higher fuel costs and disruptions to a key cross-channel route
A MOTORCYCLIST died when he was thrown from his machine and into the path of an on-coming car on the outskirts of Romsey last Friday. He has been named as Russell Morland, of Stoke Common Road at Bishopstoke, near Eastleigh. Police say the 18-year-old
PLANS to cut or limit bus services, including many rural services, across Hampshire have met fierce criticism. The county council says it cannot afford to continue subsidising dozens of routes, because they are currently running over budget. It plans
THE bid to introduce a life-saving scheme that enables people to become heroes in their own community is increasing in momentum in Stockbridge. Following a meeting with a member of the Hampshire Ambulance Service two weeks ago, residents are keen to introduce
A NEW pressure group has been set up to fight hospital bed closures in Romsey and the New Forest. MPs and five hospitals' leagues of friends affected by health bosses plans to axe in-patient beds are behind the Save Our Community Hospitals organisation
IT IS 60 years since the horror of atomic warfare was unleashed on the world. In a split second, 100,000 were killed as the most powerful bomb ever seen at that time was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. The anniversary of the event this month has brought
ROAD safety campaigners have called for a change in the law after a speeding Southampton driver who had smoked cannabis before being involved in a crash which killed a four-year-old girl escaped with just a £60 fine. At an earlier court hearing, Barnaby
A MULTI million pound investment in Andover town centre involving a new cinema and ASDA superstore will give the area a massive boost of confidence, a spokes-man for the deal maintains. Bosses of the supermarket giant estimate an extra £266 million could
WILLY Wonka's little helpers ran riot through Andover's Chantry Centre on Saturday when it was transformed into a makeshift chocolate factory to host the Oompa-Lympics. The mischievous Andover youngsters - styled on the new breed of Oompa Loompa in this
CLIMATE change has been high on the agenda of many national and international organisations but it already appears to be having a major impact locally at both ends of the River Test system. At the northern edge of the system some of the streams that feed
LONGSTOCK residents who get their water from Leckford water supply are the first in Hampshire to have a hosepipe ban. Many of of the homes in the village are supplied by Southern Water or their own boreholes and are not affected by any ban. But David
IT was a day of goodbyes at the Hexagon Stores in Andover on Wednesday when three people said goodbye to the retail trade after many years serving the public. Longest serving em-ployee Sheila Dark left after 18 years. Shop owners, Marian and Harry Thorne
SOME people in the Collingbourne villages are such snobs they don't like to be associated with the likes of Tidworth, a Kennet District Coun-cillor has claimed. Councillor Steve Miles, who represents Tidworth, says a number of people in the Collingbournes
