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Chippenham 23 take early lead
BADMINTON: CHIPPENHAM 23 A have taken an early lead in Mixed Division One of the Mid-Wilts Badminton League after a 7-2 away win over newly promoted St Georges. Hardenhuish A are second after an 8-1 win at Calne A. In Division Two Hardenhuish B
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Devizes angler hits the jackpot
ANGLING: DEVIZES-based star matchman Gary Etheridge again hit the jackpot to carry off top prize at the Wednesday open match at Viaduct Fishery. Etheridge won with an excellent catch of carp weighing 210lb. Full story and more angling news in Friday's
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MARRIAGE: Hannah Prosser & Thomas Solman
A honeymoon in the Maldives followed the wedding of Miss Hannah Prosser and Mr Thomas Solman at All Saints Church, Westbury, on August 26. The bride is the daughter of Helen Waller, of Frome, and Barrie Prosser, of Southwick and the bridegroom is the
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Then & Now - Melksham House
Just off Melksham's Market Place is one of the town's most famous houses - Melksham House. The property was first known as The Grove and it was not until 1866 that the title Melksham House appeared. The house today is as a sports and social club for
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OBITUARY: Mr William Albert Hill
WILLIAM Hill, who died on Thursday at the age of 85, was born in Bradford on Avon in May 1921 and spent his early years in Upper Studley. After leaving school he joined the Wiltshire Yeomanry at the age of 17 and served with the 8th Army in the Second
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BIRTH: Holly Rose Duff
NEW parents Christine Allison and Neil Duff are over the moon after the birth of their daughter Holly. After an easy pregnancy, Miss Allison, 30, a sales rep for Elemis, was ready to give birth in Trowbridge Hospital when she had to be taken to Royal
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MARRIAGE: Becky Dolton & Tim Lane
Miss Becky Dolton and Mr Tim Lane were married at Priston Mill, near Bath, on September 17. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Dean Dolton, of Atworth and the bridegroom is the son of Stephen Lane, formerly of Bath and now living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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MARRIAGE: Louise Styles & Paul Hallett
Miss Louise Styles and Mr Paul Hallett were married at All Saints Church, Westbury, on September 16. The bride is the daughter of Dawn Hiscox, of Westbury and the the bridegroom is the son of Georgina Wheeler, also of Westbury. The bride, who was given
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MARRIAGE: Helen Merrills & Gary King
A couple who have known each other since they were at primary school together were married at Homewood Park, near Bath on July 22. Bride Miss Helen Louise Merrills is the daughter of Sue Merrills, of Westbury, and bridegroom Mr Gary Michael King is the
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MARRIAGE: Nicky Mead & Jason Smallman
Miss Nicky Mead and Mr Jason Smallman were married at the Bath Spa Hotel on July 28. The bride is the daughter of Karin and Paul Scudds, of West Knoyle, and the bridegroom is the son of Gloria and Peter Jones, of Bath. The bride, who was given away
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Calne move for Gingell
CALNE Town player-manager Robbie Lardner is bidding to strengthen his squad by signing defender Craig Gingell from Toolstation League Premier Division neighbours Corsham Town. Lardner has put in seven days' notice of approach for Gingell, who has
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FERRIE RECORD AT FARRINGTON
Iain Ferrie, the 6ft 4in big-hitter from West Wilts, set a new course record with a prodigious round in winning the Gloucester and Somerset PGA pro-am at Farrington. Striking the ball with the power and fluency shown by his brother Kenneth, who won £1
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BADEN JONES APPOINTED BY NEW OWNERS AT PALLEG CLUB
Graham Coombe, club professional at Isle of Wedmore since the club opened 14 years ago, has now become a golf club owner as well. He and three members of the Somerset club have bought Palleg Golf Club near Swansea and have appointed Baden Jones as the
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Gloucester runners-up
Gloucestershire finished runners-up to Yorkshire in the EGU county finals at Prince's in Kent thanks to an outstanding return from Nigel Thompson, the only player from the north of the county in the team. Some may have questioned captain Tim Clink's
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RECORD BREAKER HENNI
Yeovil's talented teenager Henrietta Brockway has been in record-setting form again over the past few days. Her latest success was in the Liphook Scratch Cup. The 16-year-old star-of-the-future from Mere carded a new course record with a second round
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MEYRICK RECORD FOR PLUMMER BUT HOLMAN AND THOMPSON WIN FESTIVAL
Mark Plummer broke the Meyrick Park course record on the opening day of the Bournemouth Festival with a six-under-par 63. He even dropped a shot in each half but made birdies at the second and ninth holes and an eagle at the sixth to be out in three-under
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Teignmouth celebrate in the gloom at Tiverton
Teignmouth continued their domination of team golf in Devon by sweeping to a third successive victory in the county's prestigious knock-out competition, the Palairet Memorial Trophy. The inter-club team competition that all clubs enter is concluded at
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SOMERSET RETAIN LEAGUE TITLE IN A TIGHT FINISH
Somerset have won the Channel League for the second successive year after an amazing final match between Gloucestershire and Gwent at Minchinhampton. Somerset led the league exactly two months earlier when they beat Gwent in their sixth and final match
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Wiltshire win for Tidworth’s Turland
Tidworth Golf Club's Hannah Turland, aged 12, won the Wiltshire under 13s Championship at West Wilts, just days after finishing fifth at Kidderminster in the English Under 13s Championship. Turland was only three shots behind Wiltshire champion Emma
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Nicholls joins Lilley Brook members on Welsh pro-am circuit
Coleford-born trainee professional Kirsten Nicholls has been touring the Wales and West Region pro-am circuit with a trio of Lilley Brook members this summer. They struck the jackpot at last in the pro-am at Lansdown and took first prize with a score
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THE JONES BOY’S DEBUT TRIUMPH
Hambrook's latest professional Trevor Jones won the final Titleist-Footjoy under-30s League event at Bath on his first appearance. He shot three-under-par 68 on his debut and also claimed third place in the betterball on countback from Newport pair Brian
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Hole-in-one ace
Gary Box from Staddon Heights achieved a hole in one at the 194-yard 11th hole in the South West of England Mid-Amateur and the Dartmoor Trophy event at Teignmouth. Anthony Mocklow from Effingham Golf Club won with a score of 142 (68 74).
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Glenbrae PGA Fourball Championship
West Region captain Neil Holman (Torbay) and Sean Mason (Teignmouth) shot 61 in the last round in the Glenbrae PGA Fourball Championship at Hesketh to share second place with Dudsbury pair Mark Wiggett and Lee Thompson. They finished one shot behind
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Jamega Tour win for Surry
Cumberwell Park's Steve Surry has won the Swindon-based Jamega Tour first time, despite finishing out of the money in the final tournament at Wrag Barn. Two level par rounds of 72 brought a share of seventh place with Lee Corfield, the former Somerset
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GLOUCESTER PRO AM RAINED OFF
Gloucester Golf Club's first pro-am for 20 years was abandoned when torrential rain saturated the course with half the field still to start. Captain Bill Boucher, who put so much effort into the event, said: "It was so sad for everyone who supported
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Leech unbeaten all season
Dorset won the South East Counties southern section for the first time in ten years after a stunning 8-4 victory over Sussex at Royal Ashdown Forest in their final match. They won all four matches this summer, beating Kent and Hampshire at home and Surrey
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Barwood loses place on dream trip to Hong Kong
Knowle's Hannah Barwood is still counting the cost of two bad holes that denied her the chance of a dream golfing trip to Hong Kong in the New Year. She was heading for a comfortable win in the Faldo Series finals at Celtic Manor Resort last week when
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Wood wins by a record margin
Long Ashton's star player Chris Wood underlined his enormous potential by winning the Duchess Salver by a record points margin. He claimed the City and County of Bristol Championship at Henbury for his third Gloucestershire order of merit title in what
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Jessup quits full-time golf
Carl Jessup has quit full-time professional golf. After starting out in financial services and working in an office he is now "between jobs". He is hoping to set up a golf consultancy to organise corporate days and has still retained his membership of
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ILLNESS DENIES VIVARY INTERNATIONAL PAIR
Taunton's Mark Pavey and Colin Murphy (Vivary Park) represented England in the International Pairs world finals at Celtic Manor after winning the UK final at St Andrews Bay Golf Resort last October. They were close to the lead against 26 other nations
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Okehampton enjoy unprecedented success
Okehampton may only have 30 playing ladies but have enjoyed an unprecedented success this year. The side, pictured, won the Devon county league for the first time since it was instigated 20 years ago. Ironically it was started by an Okehampton member
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DE SAVARY SELLS BOVEY CASTLE FOR £26M
Businessman Peter de Savary has sold Bovey Castle for around £26 million after transforming it into one of the leading country hotels in the country. The former Manor House Hotel at Moretonhampstead in Devon has estimated to have given him a £4 million
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Harper storms to Europro win
Former Devon amateur star Kevin Harper (East Deon) won the Europro Tour event at Marriott Hollins Hall by one shot in a brilliant finish. Harper came through the field on the final day with a stunning 66, with an eagle at the 14th being followed by two
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Elkins to join Farrington
Former Somerset county junior champion and England schools international Lindsey Elkins has become Farrington's new assistant professional. She will share the teaching duties with Jonathan Lawrence and spend three days a week looking after the interests
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GLOUCESTERSHIRE SO CLOSE AGAIN
Gloucestershire's women's team suffered the agony of losing the national county final to Yorkshire for the second successive year - and in exactly the same unsatisfactory way. Both sides were unbeaten at Copt Heath in the West Midlands, just as they
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Ridout prefers Frome to Corsham
CORSHAM Town look set to lose the tug-of-war for Melksham Town's sought-after defender Nick Ridout. Corsham manager Colin Bush has put in seven days' notice of approach for the 18-year-old, but Ridout revealed today he favoured a move to their Toolstation
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BEAL IS HEAD PRO AT HAMPTWORTH
Former European Tour player Andy Beal, right, has been appointed head professional of Hamptworth Golf club, near Salisbury, after representing half a dozen clubs in the West. Salisbury-born Beal, aged 41, who lives at nearby Winterslow, started as a
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Trophy for James
Alistair James (Cumberwell Park), pictured right, won Wiltshire's Gillson Trophy awarded annually to the player scoring the most points for the county in the two match-play events, the Channel League and South Western Counties Championship. Former winners
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Cook takes Masters title
Devon golfer Steve Cook has become the first totally blind golfer in 18 years to win the British Blind Masters Championship at Patsull Park, Staffordshire, after a blistering final. He was 13 strokes behind leader Duncan Bickerton and seemingly out of
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Double triumph for Hutton
Hamptworth's first pro-am was a triumph for Wiltshire professional David Hutton and made up in part for his failure to progress in his bid to win a place on the European Tour. Hutton, 31, who is attached to High Post, took an early lead with a four-under-par
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Albert storms Oake
Albert MacKenzie hardly has time to play as his priority in the summer is to attend to the requirements of the members and many visitors to the two courses at Saunton in North Devon. MacKenzie, 44, the club professional at Saunton for eight years, took
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MASON CASHES IN AT EXETER
Teignmouth's Sean Mason earned more than £1,000 by winning both the individual and team prizes in the Exeter Pro-Am. Yet winning was the last thing on his mind after a wretched start. He dropped four shots in the first six holes before making seven birdies
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My Wiltshire Life - Arthur Ransom
ARTHUR Ransom, 80, has lived in Trowbridge for nearly 40 years and has served on the town council for over four, including a year as mayor from 2005 to May this year. A widower for seven years, a grandfather of 11 and also a great grandfather, he is a
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HARRISON MAKES A WINNING FAREWELL
Hereford-based Ian Harrison is certainly leaving full-time golf in style. "Rex," as he has always been known during his 17 years representing a variety of clubs in the West and Wales, is looking at a golf-related business venture. Ironically, the 37-
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Stunning recovery for Collins
Mendip Spring's Luke Collins made a magnificent recovery after a wretched start in the 72-hole Federal Cup tournament on his first trip to Australia. Everything looked bleak when he carded 81 in the opening round the day following the sponsor's day team
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Churchill influenced by Garcia at Open
New Dorset strokeplay champion Ben Churchill believes Ryder Cup star Sergio Garcia is having an influence on his game. After completing a double by adding the strokeplay to the matchplay championship he won a year ago, he admitted that watching Garcia
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Mackman bags county Colts title
Broome Manor's Miles Mackman is hoping to emulate the club's most famous player David Howell and make the breakthrough into golf's big time. While Howell was smiling his way to another Ryder Cup success, Mackman, aged 20, was winning further events in
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Starring role for Oliver Glaze in Kendleshire win
Gloucestershire county junior Oliver Glaze played the starring role as The Kendleshire won their way to the finals of the Mail on Sunday team competition. Scratch player Glaze, 16, was called on to play in the decisive sudden-death play-off against Yorkshire
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Brand looks west
PGA West Region champion Gordon Brand Junior plans to play more frequently on the West Region circuit next year after his success in the one order of merit tournament this season. Brand 48, who left the European Tour ten weeks earlier, said: "The tour
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Oxjam a success despite headline act’s disaster
MUSIC fans raised almost £200 for charity at the Neeld Hall in Chippenham, when over 100 people showed their support for Oxfam by attending the Oxjam Chippenham event, featuring four local music acts.
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Down Memory Lane
Mrs Francis of Trowbridge wonders if anyone can tell us who this mystery couple is? If you can help, please let us know. You can do this by email: lrharris@newswilts.co.uk or by telephone on 01225 773649
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Nostalgia
Thank you to June Ruddick, of North Bradley, who says Tony and Sue Hale's mystery photo shows the Bodman family, of Keevil, and looks to date back to the Victoria era. The photo is thought to have been taken to celebrate the wedding of William "Charlie
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Bradford to 'taste the difference'
A NEW Sainsbury's supermarket opened in Bradford on Avon today on the site of the former Budgens store by Elmscross Business Park. Eager shoppers crowded outside the doors as staff gathered inside for the official opening. West Wiltshire District councillor
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MPs' expenses claims revealed
WILTSHIRE'S MPs have revealed details of their expenses in the third annual publication of parliamentary allowances. James Gray, MP for North Wiltshire, claimed £138,796, which is £4,382 more than last year, making him the 131st most expensive MP.
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White Horse gets new coat
WITH its new gleaming white shine, motorists driving through Westbury may have to reach for their sunglasses as they pass the town's famous white horse. Over the last few weeks the landmark has undergone a full makeover, including a steam clean and
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Toolstation League results
Toolstation League results for Wednesday November 1: First Division: Clevedon United 2, Wellington 2 Sherborne Town 5, Larkhall Athletic 2.
