Malvern News, Malvern Sport, Malvern Leisure - From The Malvern Gazette

Stories for 27 April 2001

Leisure

Your complete entertainments guide for the area

Theatre April   more...

Rosy look to line-up at theatre

EVERYTHING from Shakespeare to Bridget Jones's Diary is on the programme for the spring-summer season at Tewkesbury's Roses Theatre.   more...

Play offers reflection on love, life and ambition

THE trials and tribulations of trying to entertain the boss while in the grips of a fanatic double glazing salesman form the basis of a new play by Cheapskate Theatre Company.   more...

Saucy show's `in best possible taste'

WORCESTER cowboys are invited to tie their horse up outside the Swan Theatre next week, to visit The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas.   more...

Hit musical set for new formula

IT would seem logical that after scooping a best show award for his last production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Worcester director Paul Milton would use his winning formula again.   more...

Cinemas

Malvern Cinema: Bridget Jones's Diary (15) Daily (except Wed) 7.30pm, Sat, Sun & Wed 3pm. In the Mood for Love (PG) Wed 25th Only 7.45pm.   more...

What's on at your local theatre.

The Art of Storytelling - arc Dance Company; 15th Anniversary Tour. April 27. 7.30pm. The Crescent Theatre, Sheepcote Street, Brindleyplace, Birmingham (0121 643 5858).   more...

Classical and easy listening- a guide to what's on near you.

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. May 1. 7.30pm. Symphony Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham (0121 780 3333).   more...

Your day to day guide on the best sounds around

Tonight   more...

Exhibitions in and around Worcester

Translucent Exposures: Photograms by Annie Halliday. Until April 29. Foyle Gallery, Mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham (0121 440 3838).   more...

Events taking place in and around Worcester.

New Beginners Line Dance Class. April 27. 8pm-10pm. Chawson First School, Droitwich, Worcs (01905 452123).   more...

Band recording at Upton

AUSTRALIA'S leading New Orleans-style band is coming to Upton to record a new CD.   more...

`British Buddy' to blast off

SIXTIES singer Mike Berry, known as the British Buddy Holly, will be the star of the next Rock 'n' Roll Special presented by Malvern Crepes and Drapes.   more...

Sons share stage with famous dad

GEORGIE Fame has recorded more than 20 albums and 14 hit singles since he came to prominence in 1962.   more...

Vo links up with folk-rock legends

MALVERN musician Vo Fletcher is joining forces with members of folk-rock legends Fairport Convention to create a new musical melange.   more...

Songs from Wigmore gig

MALVERN-based singer Vassily Savenko will be appearing at Cheltenham with a programme of songs which was successfully premiered at the Wigmore Hall, London, last week.   more...

Choir gives voice to choral tradition

CENTURIES of choral music will be celebrated by a Malvern choir next month.   more...

What's on at a Cinema near you

ONE NIGHT AT McCOOLS (15): A sultry vamp (Liv Tyler) worms her way into the lives of three influential men.   more...

Brad's joy with Julia

BRAD Pitt seems to be constantly fighting against his Hollywood hunk image.   more...

Mayor's Charity Concert, St Michael and All Angels' Church, Ledbury

The Stuart Singers crossed the border from Gloucestershire and gave an entertaining and good-natured performance in Ledbury's parish church.   more...

Liza, Market Theatre, Ledbury

For the second year in succession, Junior LADS members staged an adaptation of a well-known dramatic work.   more...

Magic of music is in the words

ALL About Eve's Marty Willson-Piper explains how music turns him on.   more...

Vicar's vision set to startle viewers

STARTLING images exploring the themes of death and freedom form part of a new photographic exhibition by the Reverend Peter Holzapfel.   more...

News

Door to success is firmly opened

AN Upton-upon-Severn manufacturer is hoping the door to success will be firmly open now it has invested £150,000 in a new factory and more jobs.   more...

Fun day events to raise money for Scout group's camping trips

A SCOUT group looks set to carry on camping thanks to the fund-raising initiatives of MFI.   more...

Pension alert for small firms

MANY small firms with five or more employees are still unaware of their obligation to offer stakeholder pensions, according to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.   more...

Grants for businesses hit by foot-and-mouth disease

BUSINESSES hit by foot-and-mouth disease will be able to bid for grants to help promote their trade.   more...

Centres to help workers find jobs

THREE new foot-and-mouth JobCentres have been launched in the region to help workers affected by the crisis find new jobs.   more...

Germans say `nein' to school trip

STUDENTS at a Kidderminster school have been told "auf wiedersehen" before they have even left the country.   more...

To live or to die?

A CASH-strapped farmer says he has been forced to condemn cattle to slaughter because he has no food for them.   more...

Ready meals ain't what they used to be...

AS a nation we've never been known for our culinary expertise but, it would seem, we are spending even less time in the kitchen than ever before.   more...

Youngsters call for a skate park

AN Evesham skater is appealing to Vale children to rally round and campaign for a skate park.   more...

Biker banned for three months

CAUGHT at 119mph on the 60mph Sedgeberrow bypass, motorcyclist Alister Darby, aged 25, of Green Street, Kempsey, was banned for three months and fined £250 with £55 costs at Evesham court last Thursday.   more...

Poison fumes fears

PEOPLE living near a huge foot and mouth carcass-burning site in Kidderminster have been terrified by a Government admission that smoke from pyres contains lethal dioxins.   more...

`A gross risk for no good reason'

A NEWSPAPER delivery driver who killed a 56-year-old motorist by jumping a red light has been jailed for 21 months.   more...

Link firms fear parking changes

FOUR of Malvern's longest running businesses fear their days are numbered if kerbside parking is abolished to make way for a supermarket.   more...

£1m plan for school on show

PLANS for Cradley's new £1 million Church of England primary school are to be presented to villagers at a public meeting next month.   more...

Potter plans sale of town gallery

A well-known Ledbury crafts gallery has been put up for sale by its owner.   more...

Racers share glory in marathon effort

LOCAL runners are nursing blisters and aching muscles after last Sunday's Flora London Marathon.   more...

Tale of town's greatest hero told in new book

A SURVIVOR of the bloody Indian Mutiny, who won Britain's highest military honour for his courage under fire, is recalled in the first work by local author Chris Bannister.   more...

Firms finish in top three of competition

TWO Malvern Hills firms have finished in the top three in a regional heats of a national business competition.   more...

Jazz festival gets go-ahead for site swap

THE main bandstands at Upton Jazz Festival could be moved to the playing fields if foot and mouth prevents Fish Meadow from being used.   more...

A unique opportunity for you to pass judgment

EVERY voter in Malvern is being given a unique opportunity to pass judgment on the performance of their town councillors in a poll on Tuesday, May 1.   more...

The town council works

MALVERN town councillors are bound willingly by the National Code of Local Government Conduct. Councillors have an over-riding responsibility to the whole community.   more...

Put democracy to the test

IN Malvern, we have a town council some five years old, which has increased its demands on the taxpayer two and a half times over that period of time.   more...

The road to referendum

n OCTOBER: Former mayor Adrian Ward attacks Malvern Town Council's efforts over the Christmas lights display and raises the question of a referendum on its future. Also raising the question of rising costs associated with the refurbishment of the former Manders building as a council office, Mr Ward said of the council: "It seems everything it does turns to crisis."   more...

Travellers threat to business, say traders

MALVERN Hills District Council has come under fire for not evicting travellers from a Malvern Link trading estate.   more...

Old house courts wedding couples

BIRTSMORTON Court is planning to open up its 1,100-year-old doors to wedding couples looking for that perfect romantic setting.   more...

Mayor praises response to Best Value survey

MALVERN's mayor David Williams says he is pleased with the initial results of the town council's Best Value summary consultation.   more...

From Russia...

THE Malvern Gazette's theatre correspondent in 1976, Gerald Morice, received and invitation to the USSR.   more...

Echoes from the Past

100 years ago   more...

Cafes did a roaring Easter trade

THE weather seemed to be a good deal better a quarter of a century ago, if the Malvern Gazette of 1976 is to be believed.   more...

A victim of the perils of hunting

THE hazards of hunting were brought home to readers of the Malvern News a century ago, when the paper reported the inquest of Mr Francis James Blackwood.   more...

No wonder the girls went for those Yanks

THE anti-American outburst by the Rev D G Griffin is hardly what one expects from a man of the cloth but certainly typifies an attitude prevalent among British armed forces in the Second World War.   more...

The illusion of freedom

A "GUILTY" verdict makes a man or woman a criminal. They have committed a crime against the state. Their particulars are forever filed on a police computer file. Whose law was broken?   more...

Mourning the fate of Nature

I HEAR that the Severn is now considered to be one of the highest-polluted rivers in Britain.   more...

Pressure on GPs

WE should try to reduce the pressure on our GPs. A lot of doctors were in general practice 30 and 40 years ago when, like today's practitioners, they were poorly paid.   more...

Waste of money

I READ with interest the comments voiced by Paul Davies regarding holes in the Worcester roads.   more...

Committed to Worcester

DAVID Candler displays sheer ignorance towards Richard Adams (You Say, April 20) - soon to be a Conservative MP for Worcester - suggesting he will be a part-time MP.   more...

Protest as foot and mouth carcasses hit 102,000

VILLAGERS from Throckmorton and Tilesford have protested that their concerns about the effects of burying animal carcasses on the former airfield on the local environment were going unheard.   more...

Colourful Worcester newsvendor, 28-stone `Tiny' dies aged 46

THE Journal for this week of 1951 mourned the loss of a clearly colourful local personality Tiny Smith.   more...

5,700 signatures in a week against cull

A LONGDON woman hopes to present a petition of 5,700 signatures to Tony Blair opposing the livestock cull.   more...

Co-ordinator sought to save festival

THE future of a successful Malvern arts festival is in doubt because no one can be found to co-ordinate the event.   more...

Town's link to evolution theory

THE family of Charles Darwin, the pioneer of evolution, held a special service in Malvern this week to mark the death of the great scientist's daughter.   more...

No connection

Thank you for printing the letter submitted by John Raine and myself (Postbag, April 13).   more...

Missing friends

I AM currently tracing all the former school friends who started at Stratford-on-Avon Grammar School in Class 2D in September 1964.   more...

End in sight

LET me please reassure my friends that every project now in hand will be brought to a satisfactory conclusion before old age takes over and it's time to put my feet up in front of the fire. And that includes resurfacing Tilley's Alley and tidying up other little problems about town.   more...

Bad timing

CONGRATULATIONS to the council on its excellent timing for the installation of new litter bins situated along the old railway track leading to Little Marcle Road.   more...

Concert tribute

WE would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who contributed to our concert on Friday evening (April 20). The success of the evening was due to a tremendous effort on the part of the Stuart Singers Choir, the volunteers at Ledbury Parish Church and everyone who took leaflets and posters. Thanks are also due to the staff of the Ledbury Tourist Information Centre and the town council for selling tickets. Lastly, we would like to thank our official guests and everyone else who attended for supporting our causes.   more...

Branch appeal

THIS year Save the Children Week is highlighting the plight of children in poverty.   more...

`Help stop all this slaughter'

THE effects of foot and mouth disease are dreadful and its economic consequences spread far wider than the farming community. Despite this, there is a great deal of hypocrisy around and it is not helping find solutions.   more...

Many questions

Friendship Charnwood Housing Association of Birmingham is proposing 44 homes on the old treasurer's site, Albert Road North and Church Street. Hardly a prime site for this type of high density development, in a Conservation Area and embracing two Victorian buildings, part of Malvern's heritage?   more...

More responsible?

WHEN this foot and mouth crisis is over, can we look forward to a slightly more responsible ownership of the sheep, which in the past have been allowed to wander over the Wells Common, the grounds of Malvern College, the A449 and various roads and gardens thereabouts?   more...

Give them a break

Malvern Hills District Council is once again considering a cull of pigeons in Malvern town centre. We are told they pose a human health risk. Well, it is true that no one likes pigeon faeces falling on them from a great height (although onlookers seem to enjoy it!), but is there any evidence that this is actually a health risk?   more...

Patronising attitude

IN the early 1970s I remember taking the family to an open day at Woodbridge Air Force base in Suffolk.   more...

Deserving of praise

SO Ms Nussbaum finds the sight of dead animals too upsetting. It is, but she should be glad that she was not watching her own livelihood going up in smoke.   more...

Spot the shopper!

I WAS very interested and somewhat puzzled by the Easter Around the Counties supplement in the Malvern Gazette & Ledbury Reporter, April 6.   more...

The fault of drivers

FOLLOWING the recent spate of letters regarding the construction of new traffic lights at the Link Top junction, all focused on road layout and design, I consider it my social duty to state the obvious on this subject.   more...

Exercise fell flat

I WAS not surprised to read the letter from Peter Hughes, on behalf of the Trustees of Madresfield Estate regarding the development of the Lower Howsell allotment site (Postbag, April 13).   more...

Pressure can be brought to bear

I HAVE been horrified by the unfolding story of the children being used as slaves on cocoa/coffee plantations in West Africa and feel impelled to do something about it but what can be done?   more...

Social housing plan beggars belief

THE news the district council is negotiating the sale of the former treasurer's site at the junction of Albert Road North and Church Street will be greeted with despair by those of us who see it as yet another threat to the essential character of Great Malvern.   more...

Trying to take one game at a time

WHEN the new Dr Martens Cup holders take to the pitch against league champions-elect Margate tomorrow, they'll face the stiffest test of their growing credentials.   more...

WEST MALVERN Correspondent: Mr Colin Jackson. Tel: 01684 577604

Modernising local government will be the theme of West Malvern's Annual Parish Meeting, to be held this Monday (April 30) in the village hall.   more...

WELLINGTON HEATH Correspondent: Mrs P Wilkin Tel: 01531 633853

THE Horticultural Society met in Christ Church during April to hear a local professional landscape gardener, Mr Stephen Large, talk about Mulches and Soil Conditioners.   more...

STAUNTON Correspondent: Mrs U Groves-Smith Tel: Gloucester 840273

ALL the Easter services were well attended at Staunton Parish Church.   more...

POWICK Correspondent: Mrs M Allsopp Tel: 01905 830746

EASTER Sunday services, St Peter's Church was beautifully decorated by ladies of the church.   more...

PENDOCK

PENDOCK C of E School are working hard to raise funds towards the cost of a much needed extension to be used for special educational needs and girls' changing rooms.   more...

MALVERN WELLS Correspondent: Mr Tom O'Malley. Tel: 01684 575682

IT was chips with everything at the village hall last Saturday night and a great many of them were green.   more...

LONGDON Correspondent: Mrs Eileen Moss. Tel: 01684 833256

THE Good Friday activity morning, held at the vicarage, was very well attended. A great time was had making Easter crafts, singing and cooking.   more...

haRtpury Correspondent: Mrs U Groves-Smith Tel: Gloucester 840273

HOLY Communion was celebrated in St Mary's Church, Hartpury, on Easter Sunday morning and was conducted by Canon John Evans, the organist was Holly Chapman.   more...

FORTHAMPTON Correspondent: Gill Warner Tel: 01684 292395

A JOINT meeting of the Forthampton & District Royal British Legion Branch and Women's Section was held on Monday, April 9.   more...

COLWALL Correspondent: Mrs P Hockett Tel: 01684 564872

THE next production by the Colwall Players continues tonight (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday) at 7.30pm in Colwall Village Hall.   more...

CASTLEMORTON Correspondent: Mrs R Bolton Tel: 01684 833287

A COFFEE morning and gift day will be held at St Gregory's Church tomorrow (Saturday) , from 10am to noon, to receive donations towards the upkeep of this ancient and beautiful church. If you are unable to come on Saturday, donations can be posted to Mrs S Musgrave, PCC Treasurer, Folliott House, Castlemorton.   more...

CALLOW END Correspondent: Mrs M Allsopp Tel: 01905 830746

THIRTY children attended the Easter Activities Day held at St James' Church the week before Easter. Origami crosses, Easter cards and Easter gardens were made.   more...

New recruits needed for town

THE British Red Cross is appealing for more recruits after the success of one of its Kidderminster services.   more...

BUSHLEY Correspondent: Ms M Wilkes Tel: Tewkesbury 293435

IN view of the foot and mouth disease on our doorstep, the race night arranged for tomorrow (Saturday) has been cancelled.   more...

BERROW Correspondent: Mrs R Bolton Tel: 01684 833287

A TREMENDOUS effort by everyone concerned resulted in £400 being raised at Janet's jumble sale last Saturday at Berrow village hall.   more...

Top rights lawyer in city for lecture

RENOWNED human rights lawyer Geoffery Bindman is due to visit Worcester tomorrow to commemorate world-famous historian and campaigner E P Thompson.   more...

Carer stole from purse

A WOMAN claimed she stole money from a stroke victim she looked after because she was trying to expose the ``bad attitude'' of two fellow carers.   more...

Expansion is put on hold

PLANS by a Worcestershire supermarket to extend into the premises of a neighbouring company have been put on hold over fears it could result in job losses in the town.   more...

Rise in calls is to blame for failure

A SHARP rise in calls has been blamed by the county's ambulance service for its failure to hit the Government's new eight-minute response time.   more...

By George, what a fantastic idea!

PATRIOTS in Worcester have been called on to make a stand this weekend.   more...

Organs wait is over

THE agonising wait for some Worcestershire families worried about what has happened to the organs of their dead relatives is finally over.   more...

Tragedy ended life of promise

FAMILY and friends of a former Royal Grammar School pupil killed in a road smash in Broadway have paid tribute to the "terrific" teenager.   more...

The man who changed radio station's fortunes

THE man who changed the face of a Worcester radio station and raised thousands of pounds for local charities has died.   more...

Top city Tory quits party

OUTSPOKEN councillor Gary Kibblewhite has quit the Tory party, leaving Labour and Conservatives on Worcester City Council vying for power with 15 seats apiece.   more...

Hell ride for brave boss

A PUB landlord had the ride of his life when a Bonnie and Clyde-style duo burned rubber - armed with stolen condoms.   more...

Sport

Dale raises £1,000

MALVERN Squash Club captain Dale Wilde completed his ninth London Marathon on Sunday and raised around £1,000 for charity.   more...

Hockey girls triumph again

EIGHT members from Malvern Junior Hockey Club who had represented Herefordshire & Worcestershire in the Millennium Youth Games, went to Milton Keynes National Hockey Stadium on Sunday where the best English performers held a re-run of last summer's matches held at Southampton.   more...

Malvern PO in national crib finals

MALVERN Post Office's crib team have made up for last season's disappointment of losing 8-7 to Bath in the final of the Post Office South Wales/South West Divisional Team Championships by taking the crown this year.   more...

Singles pool knockout is down to last eight

LAST Sunday saw the final 16 contestants in the Malvern Pool Singles Showdown battle it out to make up the quarter final berths.   more...

Severnsiders all at sea in Torbay

UPTON'S now defunct men's hockey club have remained in close contact over the years and this year decided to organise another tour, to play in the 51st Annual Torbay Hockey Festival, sponsored by Upton-upon-Severn company Midland Communications.   more...

Tony bowls 12 strikes

MALVERN Gazette & Ledbury Reporter advertising sales executive Tony Cary scored a maximum 12 consecutive strikes during a bowling game at Worcester Tenpin Bowling club in Bromyard Road last week.   more...

Ceris's top show puts The Chase in the frame

MALVERN Olympian Ceris Gilfillan's performance for the Great Britain cycling team in Sydney has put her former school in the picture.   more...

Preview: Kidderminster v Hartlepool

Confidence is up at Aggborough after Kidderminster Harriers won their last two games, scoring six goals in the process.   more...

Keyz host Vauxhall

KEYZ 2000 FC play hosts to AFC Vauxhall in the Worcester Division Four this Sunday (April 29) at 10.30am on Victoria park, players meet 9.45am prompt in changing rooms.   more...

Rob Perrins' brace boosts Rangers

IF you are old enough to remember Gerry and the Pacemaker's `Ferry `cross the Mersey' then Malvern Rangers players will remember the day when Simon Rea changed the title to `Ferry `cross the Severn' as his mode of transport to get from his Worcester-based home to All Blacks pitch by the side of Worcester Athletic track.   more...

Late efforts extend unbeaten run

AN injury time goal earned Callow End Harriers a valuable point in this Sterling Classic Malvern League Division One game against a fast improving Morgan Aero 8 team at Sling Lane.   more...

Junior Soccer Scene ...

WANDERERS needed to win this last Stourport & District Under 15's league game of the season to maintain their three season unbeaten league run.   more...

Late Scott Senter goal keeps Malvern RM on course at top

MALVERN RM 3,   more...

Unbeaten LTFC 2000 are the Malvern League champions

LTFC 2000 are confirmed as Champions of the Sterling Classic Malvern Football League in their first season in the League having inflicted a fourth successive defeat on visitors Morgan.   more...

Athletic find title-chasers too strong

MALVERN Athletic made two lapses in concentration in the first half of this Midland Combination Division Two League encounter at the New Windmill Ground of title chasers Leamington and suffered the consequences and also lost any chance of picking up points from the game.   more...

Unbeaten in three league seasons

MALVERN Wanderers U15s team has not lost a league game in the last three seasons.   more...

Crawley Town 1 Worcester City 0 (1-4 agg)

Thursday, April 26, 2001   more...

Kings switch venues

KINGS Heath have agreed to sacrifice home advantage in their league game against Bolehall Swifts next Saturday.   more...

Town dull rising Star

AT the final count Malvern Town would not have been too disappointed with a point against a rapidly improving Star side in this Banks's League Premier Division fixture on Wednesday night.   more...

Under 12s do just enough for victory

MALVERN U12's did just enough to defeat a well-organised Dudley Kingswinford squad last Sunday in their last inter-club match of the season at Swindon Road.   more...

`Stags' complete hat-trick

Hat-tricks were all the rage at Spring Lane last Sunday as the HSBC Malvern U16 `Stags' overcame a determined Dudley Kingswinford side, intent on over-turning the two defeats of the `Stags' had inflicted upon them earlier in the season.   more...

Upton Rugby Club celebrates its 20th season

UPTON Rugby Club celebrated its 20th anniversary last weekend with a series of matches and events at their headquarters on the town's playing fields.   more...

Young guns shine

MALVERN'S last home game of the season coincided with Sponsor's Day at Spring Lane.   more...

27/4/01 - Turner urges United to end in style

HEREFORD United are looking to give some belated cheer to their supporters when they entertain Morecambe in their final Nationwide Conference home game of the season tomorrow (3pm).   more...

Win for Reserves

MALVERN Town first team were without a game last Saturday, but the Reserves gained a 3-2 win in the Banks's Division One (South) at home to Hinton.   more...

27/4/01 - Robins on course for cup triumph

EVESHAM United took a giant step towards lifting the Worcestershire FA Senior Cup for the first time in their history when a James Brown goal gave them a fine 1-1 draw at Moor Green in the first leg of the final last night at the Moorlands.   more...

27/4/01 - Commons salute for Worcester triumph

WORCESTER City's Dr Mar-tens Cup success was due to be toasted in the House of Commons today.   more...

27/4/01 - City in mood to spoil title party

HAVING had their own celebration party last night, Worcester City are set to be guests at another one tomorrow.   more...

Cricket teams ...

BARNARDS GREEN CC   more...

Nomads win opener

LUCTONIANS, having early season problems in raising their best team, were then overwhelmed by some accurate pace bowling from Nomads' Ian Jinks.   more...

Junior coaching at North End Lane

IF you are aged between 9 and 13 years old and interested in receiving some cricket coaching then pop along to Barnards Green Cricket Club at North End Lane on Wednesday, May 2 at 6.30pm.   more...

Batting is Colwall's downfall

FOLLOWING on from a five wicket friendly win over Kempsey the previous week, Colwall entertained St Stephens on Saturday at Stowe Lane but were let down by a poor batting performance in a 32 run defeat.   more...

Andy Shepherd has his suspension cut

TOWN striker Andy Shepherd's long awaited hearing concerning his 84 day suspension, imposed after his sending off at Darlaston last December, was heard in Worcester on Tuesday.   more...

Town entertain Tipton

MALVERN Town play host to struggling Tipton Town tomorrow (Saturday) kick-off 3pm.   more...

Town looking to retain Urn

MALVERN Town defend the Worcestershire Senior Urn on Monday evening (April 30), when they take on Studley BKL in the final at St George's Lane, home of Worcester City, kick-off 7.30pm.   more...

27/4/01 - Shepherd ban reduced

MALVERN Town have been boosted after top scorer Andy Shepherd's 84-day suspension was reduced on appeal.   more...

More cricket washouts

HEWELL have confirmed the cancellation of their final two pre-season friendlies.   more...

27/4/01 - Survival hopes hit by keeper crisis

BROMSGROVE Rovers face a goalkeeping crisis at the start of a critical week in their Dr Martens League Western Division survival bid.   more...

26/4/01 - New Road suffers second blank day

PLAY has been abandoned for the second day running in Worcestershire's opening County Championship match against Sussex at New Road.   more...

27/4/01 - Worcs suffer further delay

NO play was possible before lunch in Worcestershire's weather-wrecked County Championship Division Two match against Sussex at New Road today.   more...

Fixtures and Results 2000/2001

Worcester City Football Club's full fixture list for the 2000/2001 season   more...

Kingsmark set to reign

KINGSMARK can give Penrith trainer Martin Todhunter the biggest success of his career in the Whitbread Gold Cup that brings the curtain down on a traumatic jumps season at Sandown tomorrow.   more...

Neal contract blow

PEUGEOT Sport have released Worcestershire's Matt Neal from his contract to drive the 406 Coupé in the 2001 British Tour-ing Car Championship.   more...

Harriers aiming for trio of league wins

KIDDERMINSTER Harriers are aiming to raise a few more eyebrows tomorrow when they entertain Nationwide League Division Three play-off candidates Hartlepool United at Aggborough (3pm).   more...

Turner urges United to end in style

HEREFORD United are looking to give some belated cheer to their supporters when they entertain Morecambe in their final Nationwide Conference home game of the season tomorrow (3pm).   more...

City in mood to spoil title party

HAVING had their own celebration party last night, Worcester City are set to be guests at another one tomorrow.   more...

Worcs suffer further delay

NO play was possible before lunch in Worcestershire's weather-wrecked County Championship Division Two match against Sussex at New Road today.   more...

Commons salute for Worcester triumph

WORCESTER City's Dr Martens Cup success was due to be toasted in the House of Commons today.   more...

Barton eyes title tilt after cup win

WORCESTER City hope to use their Dr Martens League Cup success as a springboard to greater things next season.   more...

27/4/01 - Booth double in vain for Swifts

Two goals from leading scorer Lee Booth were not enough to take Stourport Swifts through to the Midland Alliance Davis League Cup final, Bridgnorth Town booking their place with a 3-2 second leg win last night.   more...

27/4/01 - Harriers aiming for trio of league wins

KIDDERMINSTER Harriers are aiming to raise a few more eyebrows tomorrow when they entertain Nationwide League Division Three play-off candidates Hartlepool United at Aggborough (3pm).   more...

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES

SATURDAY, APRIL 28   more...

27/4/01 - Survival hopes hit by keeper crisis

BROMSGROVE Rovers face a goalkeeping crisis at the start of a critical week in their Dr Martens League Western Division survival bid.   more...

  
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