The Cotswolds | Archive | 2005 | May


Stories for 18 May 2005

Leisure

Arsenic and Old Lace, Everyman, Cheltenham

THAT two seemingly nice old ladies could be mass murderers hardly seems a premise for comedy but the well-known tale of Arsenic and Old Lace has been making it work for more than 60 years.   more...

Oedipus at Colonus, The Other Space, Everyman, Cheltenham

THE towering majesty of Sophocles' tragedy needs no embellishment. Adaptor Jonathan Shelley and Works Well Productions have given this central play of the Theban trilogy an almost perfect platform in the intimate setting of the Everyman's studio.   more...

Sport

Dirk's debut brings second place finish

Evesham and District AC & Partnership's   more...

Manny on mission but Wicks is on to a winner

SCORELINES can often be misleading and Exhall and Wixford didn't have things all their own way in Saturday's eight-wicket win at Twyning that has left them in pole position in the Premier Division of the Cotswold Hills League.   more...

Barnes- stormer! Matt's magic with the bat

MATTHEW Barnes was Adlestrop's batting hero as the villagers notched up a weekend double.   more...

Robbie roars in win

YOUNG cricketers from the North Cotswold Club registered three wins on their latest outings.   more...

Bretforton's cup defeat

BRETFORTON'S npower Village Cup defeat last Sunday leaves the Worcester-shire, Herefordshire and Powys group devoid of local representation.   more...

Pershore on top at The Bottoms!

EVESHAM were brought down to earth with a huge bump when they visited old rivals Pershore for Saturday's Birmingham League Division Three contest.   more...

Set for Shane test

NICK Knight, skipper of County Champions Warwickshire, is looking forward to the challenge of taking on the world's greatest leg spin bowler when Shane Warne's Hampshire side arrive to play in the Stratford Festival of Cricket next Wednesday.   more...

Skips on song in easy cup win for Broadway

BROADWAY members enjoyed another successful weekend when they entertained visitors from Barnwood and Shaftesbury.   more...

Open day at tennis club

IF you live in the North Cotswolds, this is your chance to take advantage of the country's biggest and best annual sporting offer - to play tennis for free!   more...

Five out of six for county ace Linda

GLOUCESTERSHIRE ladies, including Broadway's Linda Carruthers, triumphed at last week's ELGA South West Division clash held at Wrag Barn in Wiltshire.   more...

Boundary blast wins it

AFTER letting Kidlington off the hook with the ball, Bourton Vale hit back in thrilling style with the bat to post a splendid four-wicket Oxford Times Cherwell League first division success.   more...

Latest scores from Chipping Norton GC

Chipping Norton   more...

Juniors on tee

THERE'S an 8.30pm start for those players first off the tee in the 36-hole Junior Champio-nship at Chipping Norton on Saturday.   more...

Double delight for Defford duo

LAST Sunday saw the annual RNLI benefit races held at the Arden club at Defford.   more...

Pitch talk a booster

AT THE annual awards dinner, chairman of Bredon Buzzards Chris Wilkinson announced the successful outcome of negotiations and plans to provide the juniors with two new pitches for next season.   more...

Daniel dazzles

PLAYER of the tournament Daniel Antonelli was the inspiration as Bredon Star ran out winners of the Ledbury Sevens tournament.   more...

John and Aron star

TEWKESBURY'S first team got their County League Division One season off to a winning start with a four-wicket defeat of Fairford.   more...

Baker third

TEWKESBURY Park golfer Stuart Baker finished third in last weekend's Gloucestershire Golf Union's Junior Championships at Filton.   more...

Bretforton's cup defeat

BRETFORTON'S npower Village Cup defeat last Sunday leaves the Worcester-shire, Herefordshire and Powys group devoid of local representation.   more...

Brian in top spot

BRIAN Newton and Adrian Main represented Evesham Whee-lers at last Sunday's VTTA (West) Jack Grey National Points 25-mile Time Trial.   more...

Blast from past at Village Hall

MOTOR Racing comes to Fladbury - well, not quite, but the next best thing!   more...

Super Cup for Hampton pair

Evesham and District   more...

Pupils hit the heights

YEAR 7 pupils from St Egwin's and Bredon Middle Schools have been shooting for the top thanks to an initiative organised by Prince Henry's High School.   more...

Homing returns

Shipston Invitation Flying Club   more...

Spoils of crib season

Moreton and District League   more...

Carry on winning!

MEN and ladies from Northwick Bowling Club were again on top of their form as the Cotswolds club added three more wins to maintain their undefeated start to the season.   more...

Gold for Anna in Italy

ANNA Bailey won a gold medal at the Italian Indoor Championships in Rome.   more...

B team buzzing at the top after rivals fail to record win

Prudden Road Surfacing League   more...

Hungary for success! Michelle's title treble

MICHELLE Parsons was crowned European Age Group Duathlon champion for the third successive year in Hungary.   more...

Chance to take TT tester

CHIPPING Campden racer Andy Smith has been offered the chance to get back on board a sidecar at this year's Isle of Man TT Races.   more...

Late starter Smith is a fast finisher in fifth

A SMALL contingent of Bourton Roadrunners headed off to Highworth near Swindon to run the annual five-mile event and they came away with a number of prizes.   more...

See final on big screen

HORSE racing and football fans can combine the two at Stratford on Saturday when the FA Cup Final can be watched on a large Tote screen.   more...

Boys blaze medal trail

EVESHAM'S junior boys' squad is celebrating after winning an impressive seven events at Shrewsbury Regatta last Sunday.   more...

  
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