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Avon Valley runners impress in London Marathon
On a glorious Spring Day, 18 Avon Valley Runners where among the 35 thousand plus runners competing in this years London Marathon, the last to be sponsored by Flora. The overall race winner was Samuel Wanjiru from Kenya in 2:05:10, 2nd Tsegay Kebede
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Rugby: Frome 12, Trowbridge 42
The difference in standard between South West 2 and Southern Counties was evident as Trowbridge comfortably beat Frome in this Bath Combination Cup Semi Final at Gypsy Lane. They now play Chippenham in the final in a repeat of the 2003 final
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Chippenham U13 43, St Bernadettes U13 31
On Sunday Chippenham under 13s lined up to face guests St. Bernadettes for their penultimate game of the season - and the crowd were treated to an avalanche of points. Rory Mulgrew got the home team off to a flying start when he stole the ball from
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AFC Corsham U16 1, AFC Calne U16 3
This was a well fought game with Calne dominating for half of the first half and Corsham then coming strong towards the end of it. Despite this the score remained 0-0 at half time. Corsham were quickest out of the block in the second half and scored an
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Trowbridge impress at Bath Festival
The Bath Festival was a fitting end to a demanding season for Trowbridge U10s. The challenge in the pool stages was considerable as Trowbridge faced Pontypridd, Redruth, Bath and Salisbury. The first match against Pontypool was a shock
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Avebury U10 2, Bromham Youth U10 7
League winners Bromham travelled to Avebury in their final game of the season and saw another fine winner against a much improved Avebury. Avebury took the lead within the first few minutes of the game closely followed by a goal from Elliot making it
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Trowbridge Town U10 A 0, FC Chippenham Youth U10 0
The scoreline does not tell the story of a superb match played in a great spirit and with a delightful display of quality football from both teams which was a credit to the standard of the Mid Wilts Blue Division on Thursday. Both teams had chances to
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Starlet Willshire shines in Wales
Motorsport: Last weekend saw the second round of the N G motorcycle road race championships held at Pembrey in Wales. Flying Novice jacket competitor Ross Willshire from Corsham was again in the thick of the action on his Refind Recruitment backed T
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Teen taxi fare dodger told to pay cash back
A teenager from a Melksham estate who ran off from a taxi without paying after a 30-mile trip has been fined £100 and ordered to pay the fare back. Ben Wright, 19, of Harvard Close, Bowerhill, was initially accused or robbing the cabbie of his
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Father's go-kart fundraising mission wins support
A father-of-three who has organised a 24-hour go karting event to raise money for a debilitating condition affecting his wife, says other people with the same disease have got in touch as a result. Martin Maskelyne, 41, of Lambrok Road in Trowbridge
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Tesco Extra expansion plan thrown out
Residents in Warminster worried that a supermarket’s expansion bid would lead to a loss of privacy and a rise in illegal parking are relieved after the planning application was thrown out. The application to extend Tesco Extra in Broadway from a two
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Games consoles robbery charge denied
A 25-year-old Trowbridge man is to face trial after denying a charge of robbing a man of electrical and gaming equipment. Moses Leader, of Charlotte Square, Trowbridge, denied carrying out the offence on the alleged victim in the village of All Cannings
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May Fair organisers are all of a flutter
Plans for a May Fair celebration has caused a flutter of excitement in Bradford on Avon. A bug and butterfly themed event will see bouncy castles, miniature steam train rides, face painting, arts, crafts and much more descend on the grounds of Christ
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Wiltshire open campaign with record victory
Wiltshire began their MCCA Trophy campaign with a huge 120 run win against Herefordshire at Devizes on Sunday. Winning the toss and deciding to bat, Wiltshire started steadily with an opening stand of 37 between Tom Morton and Luke Stoughton before
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£1m drug haul seized in Wiltshire
Three men have been charged after drugs with a street value of more than £1m were seized in the second biggest police operation of its kind in Wiltshire. The arrests were made as part of Operation Scarlet, carried out by the Wiltshire organised
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AFC Corsham Tournament
The AFC Corsham Tournament will be held over the weekend of the 6th and 7th of June. The deadline for applications is the 10th of May. Applications may be found on their website, under Tournamnets, at www.afccorsham.co.uk .
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Corsham fall to first defeat of the season
DIVISION FOUR: The biggest game of the day in the Fourth division, saw an in-form Melksham Jagerbar host a previously unbeaten Corsham Centre B at the Beeches and Jagerbar came out on top with a 3-1 win to inflict the Corsham with their first defeat of
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Bromham on the brink of title glory
DIVISION THREE: Bromham (Sunday) followed their midweek victory over Third division leaders Three Crown United with a comfortable 6-0 win away at Corsham Park Rangers that took Ady Kember’s side to the verge of promotion to division two while condemning
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Collier eyes a top two finish
DIVISION TWO: With the way results have gone over the past few weeks FC Bradford’s stay at the top of Division Two could continue for a lot longer than they would have expected it too and with second placed AFC Melksham and third placed Pheasant
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White Hart Combe back in pole position
DIVISION ONE: Two victories in the space of four days saw White Hart Combe reclaim top spot in Division One from Cooper Avon who remain as joint leaders with Combe but are in second place by virtue of an inferior goal difference. Combe visited Bradford
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Biddestone maintain two-point lead at the top
PREMIER DIVISON: Box Rovers were unable to stop Biddestone Social from maintaining their two point advantage at the top of the Robson Taylor, Chippenham League, Premier division as an under-strength Rovers side were beaten 3-1 by a Social side
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Wiltshire League: Melksham win senior cup
Melksham Town picked up the Corsham Print Senior Cup with a hard fought 3-1 victory over Bradford Town in an entertaining final played at Corsham’s Southbank Ground. Delighted manager Tim Spear said : “ It was the fourth time lucky for the club who had
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Collins' hat-trick seals runners-up spot for Harriers
AFC Calne Harriers' win over Devizes Town Youth B confirmed them as runners up to Marlborough Town in the U10 Red Division. In a even and entertaining end to end game Calne just edged out Devizes with Ryan Collins scoring a hat trick and Eddie Summers
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Westbury Youth U17 0, Bradford Town Youth U17 3
A match that was largely decided by the fact that Bradford took their chances well while Westbury squandered theirs. The first half started with Bradford in the ascendency and they presured Westbury goal right form the off. However, as the half wore on
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A & B Cup final date
The A & B Cup Final sponsored by Pied Piper Promotions will take place on the 6th May at Chippenham Town’s ground k.o. 7.30pm between Lavington & Trowbridge Town ‘A’.
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North Bradley up to second place
Division Three The Stiffs v North Bradley AFC North Bradley secured second place in the table after travelling to play The Stiffs and coming away with a 4-0 win. A Pete Stephenson brace saw Bradley go in at half time with a two goal advantage. The
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Bromham hit back to claim victory
Division Two Bratton v Bromham Reserves Fifth placed Bratton played host to third placed Bromham Reserves in this 8 goal match. Bromham scored the only two goals of the first period. The second half saw Bratton hit back and take the lead with three
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Hill run will be in memory of founder
This year’s Bratton Hilly Run will be in memory of its founder who died in March after a long battle with cancer at the age of 66. Roger Broberg, was the founder of the race, organised in partnership with Bratton Primary School in 1996.
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Lavington win nine-goal thriller
Division One: Blue Circle v Lavington Lavington travelled to Blue Circle and came away with all three points after winning a nine goal thriller by the odd goal. Blue Circle started the better and raced into a two goal lead thanks to a brace of goals
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Frome Town 1, Bideford Town 1
Frome and Bideford played out a very entertaining 1-1 draw in front of a good crowd in a match that could have gone either way. With Matt Cowler starting at centre half for the first time this season (in place of the suspended Dan Harvey), Adamo
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Melksham Liverpool fan forced to auction his collection
Melksham Liverpool fan Mike Young says he has been forced to auction off his collection of Anfield memorabilia to raise cash after losing his job. He lost his job due to recession cuts last October. The same month he moved into a new home and
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Businessman's mission to raise cash for hospital
A businessman from Melksham is to raise money for a hospital that cared for his teenage son when he was a baby. Carpet and upholstery cleaning firm owner Jonathan Mitchelmore, 41, of Church Walk, is hoping his idea of a prize raffle will raise money
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In the spirit of "try everything once..."
When I think of cock fights, I think of dingy underground cellars, dirt, sweat and old, crinkled notes being thumbed by fingernails lined with grime. I think of bear bating, dog fighting and Shakespeare’s groundlings pouring into the Globe showing early
