Kiwi Mark Parker blasted an undefeated 127 as St Cross Symondians rebooted their Southern Electric Premier League Division 3 challenge with a thumping 153-run win over Redlynch & Hale. Parker and Marc Rees (57) launched Symondians' towering 254-4
Australian John Stock cracked 110 as Tichborne Park went on a 305-run spree against Hampshire League Division 1 basement boys Winchester KS at River Park. Stock, from Brisbane, dominated substantial partnerships with Nick Gerrard (63) and Paul Primmer
MARY Cullen is living proof that sport is for all. She might be approaching her 83rd birthday, but every Thursday Mary still catchs two buses across the city and makes the uphill walk to play tennis at David Lloyd Leisure, Southampton. The trip takes
The dates for the 49th London Boat Show have been brought forward to January 2-12 2003. The show was originally scheduled to take place from January 9-19 but had to be changed when it was realised that the Amusement Trades Exhibition (ATE) was due to
THE Millennium Dome may be hitting the headlines still for all the wrong reasons, even if its days as a entertainment venue are long gone. On the other hand, the young acrobatic performers who took part in the Dome's central arena show Storm to great
My darling do not cry, It is your love that allows me to strive and not die. My darling is in Southampton, 5,000 miles away, I am so sad and lonely here in the heart of LA. I love you my darling, please do not cry, I love you my darling, time will fly
SOUTHAMPTON duo, Steve Harder and Steve Deathe, are chasing hard for the leader's spot in the ISAC Open League. The latest round was held at Cogden attracting 89 competitors, and saw Josh Simmonds from Weymouth head the table with 18 penalty points, followed
THE Milford Shingle bank was in pretty good form when the Lymington club held a recent midweek league fixture where members caught a number of dogfish, black bream, pout, pollack and a number of very small spotted rays. Best bream of the night fell to
Dimi Mascarenhas grabbed his first championship five-for of the season - but Yorkshire still made their highest ever Headingley score against Hampshire. Mascarenhas had taken his third wicket - that of Craig White - on a rain-affected third day on which
A RESTAURANT in Overton that put up a bright yellow, illuminated sign without planning permission should tone it down - or take it down, says a leading borough councillor. The Honey Pot Restaurant, in Winchester Street, put up the sign featuring a teddy
AN on-line meeting place for Asperger's sufferers has been set up in Basingstoke. The website, "Virtual Friends", was launched earlier this month at the Autism Society's new offices in New Street. The society will be running a chat room, where people
New gadgets give the elderly long home-life Paul Edwards HI-TECH talking home computers could soon be helping elderly Hampshire residents to live longer in their own homes. The county council is to pilot a project involving the use of sensors fitted to
THE highest bidder in an auction for a two-foot tall chocolate bunny has donated it back to charity. Readers were asked to ring The Gazette and make an offer over the telephone for the 8lb hollow chocolate treat to raise money for CLIC - Cancer and Leukaemia
Today's Principal Arrivals: Autoline, ro/ro, 0600, 201 link; Arcadia, cruise ship, 0630, 105; Autoprestige, ro/ro, 0730, 25 link; Asian Captain, ro/ro, 1230, 43; Angela J, general, 1400, 205E; Cervantes, ro/ro, 1900, 25 link; P&O Nedlloyd Houtman,
AS MUCH as £2m of NHS cash is being wasted in Hampshire every year by people ordering prescriptions they do not want, the Daily Echo can reveal. The money, which should be spent on improving patient care, is lost through unwanted medicines which are currently
A WINCHESTER academic has been granted the honour of writing a hymn to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Professor June Boyce-Tillman was commissioned by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and her hymn is due to be widely sung over forthcoming
