Martin Lemesurier mixed it with some of the world's best to finish in a tie for 45th after yesterday's final round of the Dubai Desert Classic. The Brokenhurst Manor golfer, 27, fired rounds of 70, 73, 70 and 73 for a two-under total in a field containing
Eastleigh boss Paul Doswell remains confident that Premier Division football is on its way to the Sparshatts Stadium next season. His fears about the ground not meeting the grading requirements have been allayed by confirmation that Dr Martens clubs will
Southampton Saints' promotion hopes were dealt a major blow yesterday when they lost 2-1 at home to AFC Wimbledon. They remain top of the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division, but have had their lead trimmed to four points by Bristol City, who
WORKERS at Hamble Aerostructures downed tools today in a 24-hour strike over pay. Staff manned a picket line on each of the three gates at the approaches to the factory. Half a dozen strikers took up positions huddled round traditional braziers outside
Today's Principal Arrivals: Cervantes, ro/ro, 0800, 105; P&O Nedlloyd Genoa, container, 0825, 204; Joker, general cargo, 1000, 33; Eijin, vehicle, 1115, 34/35; Grande Ellade, vehicle, 1130, 202; P&O Nedlloyd Hudson, container, 1230, 207; Platinum
AN ELECTRICAL firm run by two directors racked up debts of £775,000 in Hampshire, Business South can reveal. The lights went out on the firm because creditors could not be paid off. It is unclear today how many people are owed money by A H Rowe &
KEY people from more than 80 aerospace and defence firms in the region met up in the hope of generating lucrative contracts. The networking summit, with big-spending Boeing present, was organised by Farnborough Aerospace Consortium (FAC) and regional
SHOPPERS in Festival Place will soon be able to feast their eyes on the Rugby World Cup, which England won for the first time in Sydney last November. The Hampshire RFU have announced their programme of events for the three days the Webb Ellis Trophy
SCHOOLS rugby is starting to take a hold in Basingstoke. In the last week I have seen two fantastic matches between schools participating in the Basingstoke RFC curriculum programme. It was great to go back to Cranbourne on Wednesday afternoon. The Year
BAT boss Andy Leader was so angry following their 1-1 home draw with Newbury that he didn't want to talk about the game. "He's not happy," confirmed assistant Mick Read. "There were a lot of strange decisions made by the referee in the second half and
BROCKENHURST player/manager Graham Kemp won't forget his 39th birthday on Saturday in a hurry! Immediately after the Badgers' 2-0 victory at Bemerton Heath Harlequins, the birthday boy was stripped naked by his fellow teammates and given the bumps on
At the foot of the table, second-bottom Downton are now looking anxiously over their shoulder after crashing 4-1 at home to table-proppers Whitchurch United. Downton manager Mitch Blake shrugged: "They were better than us and deserved it. We looked nervous
SAINTS goalie Antti Niemi will be swapping his football gloves for two metal balls and a jack this week as he drops in for a have-a-go-session at petanque. The city's club, in Redbridge Lane, Redbridge, is celebrating the advent of round-the-clock petanque
WINCHESTER College has been hit by the outbreak of a highly contagious bug. Dozens of schoolboys and several members of staff have been laid low by what is thought to be norovirus, the same type of bug which hit hundreds of passengers on the cruise ship
A LEADING campaigner has condemned Winchester's public conveniences and called on city bosses to improve them. The demand by Richard Chisnell, director of the British Toilet Association, comes only days after the body of a man, who died of a suspected
GET scribbling at the "Writers' Weekend Workshop" at Shawford. The sessions provide an opportunity to work in small groups to improve your writing skills under the guidance of professional writers and commissioning editors. Editing, rewriting and marketing
A NEW Forest school which will have its future decided tomorrow was forced to partly close today because of vandalism. Holbury Infant School is one of three schools which are under consideration for mergers with neighbouring junior schools - and possible
TWO WATERSIDE schools earmarked for merger will appeal if education bosses push ahead with their plan. Blackfield Junior and Infant Schools are due to be amalgamated into a community primary school in September 2006 as part of a major shake-up of primary
FUNDRAISERS at one of the New Forest's biggest schools are determined to battle on with improvement plans despite a £1m jolt from the government. With support from staff, pupils and Hampshire County Council, the governors at the 350-pupil Milford Primary
One year on from the brutal killing of Southampton teenager Hannah Foster, police are no nearer bringing their prime suspect in for questioning - even though they know who he is . . . On Friday, March 14, 2003, Hannah Foster spent the evening with friends
AFTER three national tours and a West End run, parenting comedy Mum's The Word arrives at Poole Lighthouse next week. The hit comedy about the traumas of being a mother or father features a starry cast, including Sarah White, better known as Bev from
COMEDY fans could be treated to a new, slimline version of an old favourite next month, when Freddie Starr hits the road. The experienced funnyman - currently one of the main attractions on ITV's reality weight-loss show Celebrity Fit Club - brings his
SOUTHAMPTON went bananas as music and entertainment filled the city centre to celebrate Fairtrade city status. Onlookers cheered as the city was given the award last week. It was the climax of an 18-month campaign to see Third World farmers given a fair
ORGANISERS are being sought to run a weekend of performing and visual arts in Southampton this June after the city's Arts Council decided it was unable to fund the event. Cuts in council funding has led the Southampton Arts Council to scrap the weekend
Gosport Borough bounced back from their midweek reverse at Wimborne to triumph 5-0 over Alton Town at Privett Park. A threaded pass by Darren Robson saw Mark Tryon volley Boro' into a 27th-minute lead which was extended nine minutes later when Karl Lis
Winchester have given themselves another week in their bid to stay in London Division Two South as they decisively thrashed fourth-placed Old Mid-Whitgiftian 28-0 to maintain the hope of beating the drop. The win, their fifth of the season, was very much
HE MAY not be a puppy any more, but plenty of people still love Donny Osmond. Thirty-two years after scoring his first UK number one hit, the evergreen Donny is still causing female hearts to miss a beat. He'll be doing so all over again when he performs
WHITELEY'S civic chiefs have renewed their appeal to the county's education bosses for more school places to serve their growing community. Both leaders of Fareham Borough Council and Winchester City Council have written to county council leader Ken Thornber
A WEEKEND recruitment campaign to sign up more special police constables has been hailed a huge success across the county - with officers from the Eastleigh leading the way. Thirty-one officers from the Eastleigh basic command unit were at key locations
A CHARITY crippled by the theft of vital computer equipment is hoping that a Bee Gees tribute band will ensure it is staying alive. Staff at Eastleigh District and Mind were devastated in January when £16,000 of laptop computers were stolen from a parked
MARCH will be the busiest month of the year at a Chandler's Ford school's state-of-the-art concert hall. For there are up to three public performances every week at Thornden Hall. Southampton University Sym-phony Orchestra are making their debut there
Basingstoke 60pts, Gosport and Fareham 3 BASINGSTOKE, who have dominated the Hampshire Cup in recent seasons, stormed into another final by blitzing opponents from two levels lower at Down Grange. In a one-sided semi-final yesterday afternoon, the referee
Basingstoke Bison 2, Cardiff Devils 5 BASINGSTOKE Bison player-coach Steve Moria slammed referee Matt Thompson for his performance in the 5-2 defeat by the visiting Cardiff Devils on Saturday night. The Herd now need a mathematical miracle to make the
What Paul Sturrock would have made of it all, we could only guess. Sturrock left his seat in the Fratton Park stands with Arsenal already five goals up and about to take off their three best players. Sturrock can be forgiven if he was a little shell-shocked
THE rampant Lions of Andover hit Hamble ASSC for six at the Portway Stadium on Saturday but the shine was taken off their sparkling victory when top-gun Justin Bennett was carried off to hospital on a stretcher. "It was a pure accident but unfortunately
COWES Sports manager Derek Ohren blasted the standard of officials in the Sydenhams Wessex League after watching his side slip to a 2-1 home defeat against Lymington & New Milton. "We've played against 13 players today," seethed Ohren. "I've never
BROCKENHURST player/manager Graham Kemp won't forget his 39th birthday on Saturday in a hurry! Immediately after the Badgers' 2-0 victory at Bemerton Heath Harlequins, the birthday boy was stripped naked by his fellow teammates and given the bumps on
John Robson admits he is not enjoying all aspects of his job as manager of Bashley. Although he cannot fault the support of his players and managerial assistant Ricky Haysom, he admitted: "I don't feel as if everybody at the club is on my side." While
Gosport Borough bounced back from their midweek reverse at Wimborne to triumph 5-0 over Alton Town at Privett Park. A threaded pass by Darren Robson saw Mark Tryon volley Boro' into a 27th-minute lead which was extended nine minutes later when Karl Lis
Leigh Phillips is hoping his first man-of-the-match champagne for Salisbury City will guarantee he keeps his place in the starting line-up for Wednesday's Dr Martens Eastern Division trip to Burgess Hill Town. There were a few eyebrows raised when the
Can anyone stop VT now? Poole Town thought they had a chance but crumbled in the Premier Division's match of the day on Saturday. VT won 4-1, inflicting on Poole their first defeat since November. The Boatmen had to play 16-year-old Matt Sturgess in goal
COACH firm Lucketts Travel has provided some spring cheer for one local charity with a cash donation and computer equipment. The Fareham based company is a long-term supporter of The Rainbow Centre in the town, which helps children with cerebral palsy
AARON Hopkins, who learned his rugby in the mini section at Basingstoke rugby club, has just won his first Welsh Youth cap. The 17-year-old, who lives in Cliddesden, played for the Principality under-18 team in a four nations tournament against Portugal
Eastleigh boss Paul Doswell remains confident that Premier Division football is on its way to the Sparshatts Stadium next season. His fears about the ground not meeting the grading requirements have been allayed by confirmation that Dr Martens clubs will
Andover sprung a major surprise to reach their first Hampshire Worthington's Cup final by dumping a second-string Havant out of the competition and continuing their 2004 resurgence in the process. Using many of the squad players that had taken the Hooks
Winchester have given themselves another week in their bid to stay in London Division Two South as they decisively thrashed fourth-placed Old Mid-Whitgiftian 28-0 to maintain the hope of beating the drop. The win, their fifth of the season, was very much
On a day of very few fixtures and extreme frustration of cancelled matches, many of which were at short notice, those that did take place saw lower league opposition get the better of those in more exalted positions. It didn't look as if it'd be that
Having impressed in the originally oversized training squad of 72, Hampshire Under 16 captain and Embley Park second row forward Charles Gardiner has been selected to represent England 16 Group Schools in their forthcoming round of internationals. The
Table-toppers Wimborne Town put six of the best past Blackfield & Langley. Yet it was the Watersiders who had the best of the opening 15 minutes with Steve Wheatland heading them into a shock lead from Andy MacIssac's cross after nine minutes. Gareth
John Robson admits he is not enjoying all aspects of his job as manager of Bashley. Although he cannot fault the support of his players and managerial assistant Ricky Haysom, he admitted: "I don't feel as if everybody at the club is on my side." While
COWES Sports manager Derek Ohren blasted the standard of officials in the Sydenhams Wessex League after watching his side slip to a 2-1 home defeat against Lymington & New Milton. "We've played against 13 players today," seethed Ohren. "I've never
AFC Totton were beaten 3-1 away at Hurn Bridge by Christchurch. Richard Bentley opened the scoring for the Priory men after ten minutes, James Bailey-Pearce knocking the ball into the area for Ross Edwards who unselfishly fed Bentley instead of shooting
ECO-WARRIOR and druid priest King Arthur Pendragon has declared his first monthly meeting a success. The event was organised after the former Bar End campaigner, pictured above, decided to run as an independent parliamentary candidate for Winchester in
ROADKILL could give the clue to increasing polecat figures in the New Forest. Forestry Commission head keeper Martin Noble has the grisly job of checking out corpses he finds in the road. The sad irony is the more polecats he finds squashed, the more
HEARTLESS teenage thugs pinned a paraplegic woman in her own wheelchair and tried to steal her handbag as she used a Hampshire town centre underpass. Thirty-six-year-old Rachel Fox was on her way home at night when the gang of five struck in a Hampshire
CLOSED-CIRCUIT TV could have prevented a suspected arson attack on a Southampton block of flats, it has been claimed. Five people had to be led to safety after fire broke out in a ground-floor flat in Weston Lane, Weston, at the weekend. City councillor
WORKERS at Hamble Aerostructures downed tools today in a 24-hour strike over pay. Staff manned a picket line on each of the three gates at the approaches to the factory. Half a dozen strikers took up positions huddled round traditional braziers outside
FIRE chiefs and firefighters have joined forces to attack government plans to create a single control room that could see Hampshire fire brigade merged with others in the south-east. The Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers' Association (CACFOA) warned
A DAD of two who discovered he had testicular cancer three years ago is now urging other men to take part in a charity fun run which could save lives. Ex-police officer Craig Jones, 36, was having a shower on a training course when he discovered a lump
HE HAS walked tens of thousands of miles - to make sure that Southampton's streets are spick and span. Ted Pike's long sweep began in 1959. He set out on a council career path which in street sweeping service terms must be a record breaker. And it is
THREE Totally Tennis Elite players were members of a triumphant under-18 team who helped Hampshire gain promotion to the second division in the inter-county cup. Sammie Moreton, Emma Retter and Tanya Hasking joined four other county players, Georgie Hamilton
There's no change at the top as Winchester City also picked up maximum points with a 3-1 verdict at Bournemouth Poppies - but they also fell behind early in the game. After eight minutes City's Toby Redwood was caught in possession just outside the penalty
THE rampant Lions of Andover hit Hamble ASSC for six at the Portway Stadium on Saturday but the shine was taken off their sparkling victory when top-gun Justin Bennett was carried off to hospital on a stretcher. "It was a pure accident but unfortunately
Basingstoke Town 1, Carshalton Ath 2 MATT Warner made a scoring comeback after a surprise return in a Basingstoke Town shirt on Saturday. Warner was on loan at the Camrose earlier in the season from Wycombe Wanderers but returned to the Second Division
Crystal Palace 2, Reading 2 READING remain eighth in Division One after a brace from Lloyd Owusu gave them a fine point from an entertaining match with in-form Crystal Palace on Saturday. For manager Steve Coppell, it was a satisfactory return to his
GRANDMOTHER Marina Eden fraudulently claimed more than £2,000 in benefit money by not declaring her work - at a job centre. The 51-year-old said she falsely claimed £2,011 of Income Support to make ends meet and save the grandchildren she looked after
FORMER teachers and anyone with an interest in the profession are invited to attend a recruitment fair. The event aims to boost the number of teachers in Hampshire and will be held on Thursday, March 18 at Bridgemary Community School's learning resource
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to stop one of Whiteley's biggest employers moving its operation to India were in Fareham today to draw attention to the protest. As part of a national campaign to stop Lloyds TSB moving its call centre at Solent Business Park, campaigners
EASTLEIGH police are drawing up plans to crack down on the latest outbreak of juvenile nuisance on their patch. They have already sent out letters to parents warning them about the behaviour of their offspring and asking for help in putting a lid on the
GORDON STRACHAN today speaks out for the first time since departing as Saints manager just over three weeks ago. In an in-depth interview with the Daily Echo, Strachan admits it has been a gamble to take a break from football. He also reveals: The managerial
FORMER Saints striker Nicky Banger has tasted the Paul Sturrock managerial experience and admits: I'm sure he'll be a great appointment. The one-time Dell marksman, currently playing for ambitious Eastleigh in the DML Eastern Division, was signed by Sturrock
SO what is new Saints manager Paul Sturrock like? What can the St Mary's faithful expect from the club's ninth manager since the start of 1994? Here, SIMON CARTER answers a few of the questions that could be on Saints' fans lips. Saints struggled to score
SAINTS fans completed a comprehensive derby double victory over their Pompey counterparts yesterday. In the second of two friendlies designed to promote harmony and friendship between the two sets of south coast supporters, Saints romped to a 4-0 win
