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Reynolds marks Rod’s new reign
Rovers 2 Sutton 0 STRIKER Luke Reynolds bagged a brace to hand returning manager Rod Brown victory in his first game back in the hotseat at Rovers. Brown, taking charge again after returning to the club last week, watched the
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Car stolen in robbery
A MAN has had his car stolen following a robbery in Hagley. It happened in School Lane at about 8.30pm yesterday (Wednesday, September 17) when the victim was at home. Two men, one armed with a hammer and one armed with a knife, walked in through the
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Euro 2008 official a guest at meeting
The next meeting of Bromsgrove Referees Association is at 7.30pm on Thursday, September 25 at Bromsgrove Rovers FC on Birmingham Road. The meeting will have one of the Euro 2008 assistant referees, Darren Cann, talking about his experiences running
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Battling Boars get off to winning start
Bromsgrove RFC 20 Sutton 19 BROMSGROVE got their campaign in the Midlands Division Two West off to a flying start with a hard fought win over Sutton Coldfield on Saturday at Finstall Park. Having lost the first league game of the season
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Bromsgrove U3A
AT the first meeting of the new autumn season, members of the Bromsgrove U3A were treated to a both amusing and erudite talk by Bridget Pugh on the relationship between Jane Austen and Gothic horror. Taking as her focus Austen’s novel Northanger Abbey
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Chaddesley Corbett Local History Society
THE Chaddesley Corbett Local History Society started its autumn/winter season with the annual Elisabeth Tangye memorial lecture, which was given this year by Nick Molyneaux, instructor on historic buildings for English Heritage, on the timber-framed
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Chaddesley Corbett Gardeners’ Club
Our annual summer outing started with a visit to Stone House, in Wyck Rissington, a lovely garden with many interesting features created almost from scratch by Katie Lukas and her husband. After lunch in Stow-on-the-Wold, we spent a few hours in the
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Hagley Gardeners’ Club
FANTASTIC plants, an interesting and informative talk, good interaction between members and the speaker – exactly what we have come to expect from Rob Cole when he comes to speak to us. Diane, with the patience of a saint, backs him up and keeps him
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Wychbold Flower Club
We met at Windmill Barn, courtesy of our chairman Ruth Bottomley, for our garden meeting, a delightful occasion with the opportunity of exploring outside before being regaled with pizza, cakes and coffee indoors. The next meeting was a new experience
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Wychbold WI
THE meeting was held at Margaret Bradford’s home and we were welcomed, as usual, with our hostess’s generous hospitality. The weather was kind, enabling us to enjoy the delights of the garden and it was a pleasure to have as our guests, Margaret and
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Spa begin with loss
Old Laurentians 32 Droitwich RFC 12 Droitwich got their league campaign off to a poor start, when they lost at Rugby based Old Laurentians in the Midlands Division Three West (South) on Saturday. The whole performance was unsatisfactory
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Michelle is King of the road
BROMSGROVE rider Michelle King secured the ladies’ title in the Rudy Project time trial series by winning round six. The Wyre Forest CRC member clinched the title with another dominant display in Buckinghamshire. King beat her closest rival in the overall
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Lynch roars
Results from the singles and doubles competition held at The Members Club, Bromsgrove. Singles results: Greg Lynch (Golden Lion B ) added the Summer League singles title to his two winter titles by beating Phil Whitlock ( Catshill ) by 3 legs to 1 in
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Kits boost for school
RIGBY Hall Special School are celebrating after being awarded a brand new football kit by the Football Foundation, the UK’s largest sports charity. The new Nike kit worth £400 was awarded to the team as part of the Foundation’s Junior Kit Scheme. This
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Villa are edged out
FAIRFIELD Villa suffered their third defeat in a row in the Midland Combination Division One after being edged out 2-1 by Alveston on Saturday. Defeat means that Villa are 10th in the table after losing to title-chasing Alveston. Meanwhile
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Cameron scores in Town loss
Bromsgrove Town under-14s lost 3-1 to Austin Sports, with Cameron Wellington on target. Rubery Girls under-11s went down 5-1 at Woodloes in their first 11-a-side game, despite a terrific second half performance and a cracking goal from Madison Chipman
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Brown return provides boost
BROMSGROVE Rovers captain Dennis Pearce has called on the club’s players to put aside uncertainty over their places and enjoy their football. Rovers face their second home game in a row on Saturday when they welcome undefeated AFC Sudbury (
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Opponents far too hot
On one of the hottest days of the year, Droitwich Ladies firsts hockey team played a friendly match against Harborne Ladies and lost 5-2 At half-time the score was 3-1 to Harborne and their dominance continued with the final score 5-2. Goals for Drotwich
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Banner drawn back by boss
IT is an open secret that ‘the Rod Brown factor’ was the main reason behind Kevin Banner’s swift return to Bromsgrove Rovers. No sooner had Brown been re-appointed as boss of the BGB Division One Midlands club, had he moved to re-sign the fans
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Scott takes the rough with the smooth
BROMSGROVE race ace Scott Mead enjoyed mixed results in the latest round of the Superteen series. Mead had recorded 10th and 11th place finishes in the first two races but tumbled off in the third when chasing a top ten spot. Despite the set-back the
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Batsmen fail to fire in defeat
BARNT Green's season in the Birmingham and District League Premier Division ended in disappointment after they suffered a five-wicket loss to Knowle and Dorridge on Saturday. The defeat ensured that the Cherry Hill side slipped a place to fourth in the
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Leaders are very reliable
THE unpredictables stormed to a 6-0 victory over Next Generation in the Droitwich Leisure League on Sunday. Wych Way Warriors claimed their first win in style as they held on for a hard-fought 3-2 success over Real Madras and Jogo Bonito made it two
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Richard is making hay after two great results
DROITWICH driver Richard Hay enjoyed further Caterham Eurocup success when he and his team-mate Clive Richards raced at Donington Park. West Sussex-based Richards, with whom Hay claimed Eurocup championship victory last season, got the event
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Club looks forward to a premier future
CAPTAIN Mark Evenson was full of praise for Bromsgrove CC’s players after his side clinched promotion to the Birmingham and District League Premier Division on Saturday. Despite their game at Old Hill abandoned because of a waterlogged pitch
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Five star ladies get off to a flying start
Bromsgrove's Ladies hockey team started their short pre-season programme with a resounding 5-0 win over newly promoted Kidderminster. Town opened the scoring when good right wing play from Vicky Powell set up Chrissie Ashworth, who turned tightly and
