Citizen Gloucestershire, The back issues from December 2007:
Widden punish Drybrook's slow start
Dec 01, 2007 ... Widden played two short matches at Drybrook's The Manningsground. This ensured good player rotation as both squads containedseveral inexperienced players. DRYBROOK 7 WIDDEN OLD BOYS 7 PLAYING up the slope in the first of their two games, Widdenquickly set out ...
Cinderford rack up the tries at Drybrook
Dec 01, 2007 ... Twenty-three Cinderford Under-sevens and Under-eights playerswent to Drybrook and played two games at each age group. The first game, played by the Under-sevens, was a tight affairwith both sides defending well. It was relatively low-scoring, ending up in a draw with two ...
Rampant Drybrook switch on the style
Dec 01, 2007 ... Cinderford arrived at the Mannings in sunny, dry conditions. DRYBROOK 35 CINDERFORD 0 DRYBROOK started strongly, with fullback Rhys Chandler scoring ajinking individual try from the kick-off. The hosts dominated the whole of the first half, with Alex Ilesand then Tom ...
Widden prove too strong for Red Ants
Dec 01, 2007 ... Widden Under-nines continued their good form, winning both oftheir games at the Memorial Ground against Spartans. Widden scored 10 tries on the day through Alex Barrett, NathanCharnock (2), Ben Didcote, Kieran Bevan, Kingsley Benbridge,Benjamin Kordula, Rowan Whitehead and Charlie ...
Drybrook find Cinderford too strong
Dec 01, 2007 ... Drybrook lost both their games at home to a strong Cinderfordside, losing 30-15 in the first game and 20-5 in the second. In the first game the Drybrook youngsters looked promising tostart with, holding their Cinderford visitors at bay and piling onpressure. This resulted in ...
Aaron's six-try spectacular steals show for ledbury
Dec 01, 2007 ... Ledbury 10 HEREFORD 0 IN THE first of the two games played between these local rivals,Ledbury started the stronger and were able to take control of thegame early on. Hereford were very physical and competitive in the forwards, butLedbury were soon able to match ...
Nolan, ricketts in try-scoring routine
Dec 01, 2007 ... Drybrook Under-sevens 10 CINDERFORD UNDER-SEVENS 10 THIS was a hard-fought battle with the match ending in a draw atthe Mannings Ground. Drybrook's scorers were Mitchel Nolan and Alex Ricketts. The second game between the two Under-Sevens teams ended ...
Drybrook learn from experience to claim long-awaited win
Dec 01, 2007 ... Drybrook 20 OLD RICHIANS 5 IN bitterly cold and wet conditions, Drybrook Under-nines claimeda long-awaited victory against Gloucester visitors, Old Richians. Driving rain and a biting wind made it tough, but the Drybrookyoungsters dug deep and got stuck in to produce a ...
No wet weather blues for Longlevens' hardy players
Dec 01, 2007 ... Longlevens 35 WIDDEN 20 LONGLEVENS Under-sevens and Under-eights braved some horrendousweather to take on Widden at home and attained their second win ofthe season. A full squad turned up for a training session before the match. But after a lengthy wait in the cold for ...
Lessons learned for ledbury team
Dec 01, 2007 ... Ledbury Under-12s went to the Cheltenham Tournament and playedsix games, winning one and losing five. The first game was against Stow, which Ledbury lost narrowly bytwo tries to one after taking a lead from a well worked George Burketry. Ledbury's lighter forwards needed to ...
Hill link up with norville
Dec 01, 2007 ... Norville Opticians have linked up with Coney Hill Rugby Club in athree-year sponsorship deal. Marketing director Paul Walden said: "Norville Group continues tohave its headquarters in the heart of Gloucester and is asignificant employer of people from the local area. "The ...
Millin nets top weight
Dec 01, 2007 ... Coney Hill RFC Angling Club's match at Staunton Lake was won byShaun Millin with a mixed bag of fish, weighing 17lbs 9oz. Gary Hill had 16lbs 12ozs, and captain Mike Mann took third with10lbs 8ozs with a mixed bag of carp, rudd, perch and ...
Ross give out honours
Dec 01, 2007 ... Ross Golf Club ladies' section celebrated their achievements thisseason at their AGM. The A and the B teams stayed in their respective divisions, whilethe C team won two, halved four and lost two of their eight friendlymatches. Lady captain Wilma Macnamara presented the ...
Boaden leads the way in ladies league
Dec 01, 2007 ... Sadie Boaden of Drifters top scored in the Ladies League with 82,including a 14 spare. Trish Blewitt (Rangers) with a 13 spare and Caroline Nicholls(Robinswood Ladies) with a 14 spare scored 80. Ann Watkins (Plums) and Julie Smith (Sparklers) scored 77, as didKaren Birt ...
Leese at the double
Dec 01, 2007 ... Aretians 0 OLD RICHIANS 37 OLD RICHIANS travelled to Aretians and claimed a comfortableGloucestershire Premier victory. Richians opened the scoring on two minutes when in-form numbereight Thuys Botha crossed for an unconverted try. Arron Leese missed a penalty chance ...
Newent win for peglars
Dec 01, 2007 ... Newent Ladies I 2 YATE/SOUTH GLOS I 0 NEWENT will face North Notts in the last 16 of the England HockeyWomen's Trophy. After a disappointing away league loss against the City of Bath,Newent scored through winger Sheen within two minutes from a shortcorner ...
Bodenham lights flame for the olympians' bid
Dec 01, 2007 ... Bob Bodenham floored a superb 106 for Olympians in Division ThreeNorth on the Linden Tree alley. His slate included four spares, and it read7,11,8,9,7,15,16,16,8,9. There was a fine 94 for Steve King for Longford and Ash (ThreeSouth) on the Kingsholm Alley and Matt Trotman ...
Jason claims first double flatner of the season
Dec 01, 2007 ... The season's first double flatner spare was recorded by JasonCrandon of Division Seven's Gladrags, hitting 21 in three balls. However, he only scored 81 with team-mate Lisa Robins scoring 86,including spares of 15 and 17. Steve Coleman (Lumberjacks, Division One) has achieved ...
Kristof is going up in the world
Dec 01, 2007 ... Kristof Willerton bounced back from two broken feet to representGreat Britain in the trampoline world championships in Canada. The 14-year-old, of Oxstalls Springers trampoline club,Gloucester, has just returned from Quebec. "He's had the Wayne Rooney metatarsal injury in both ...
Wasley is on form but Rileys shock Westgate
Dec 01, 2007 ... Westgate B suffered a shock defeat to Rileys B in the VaughtonShield. Westgate's Michael Wasley won two frames, but Matt Redding lostto Simon Fleming 75-74, 59-57. John Pearce lost his two frames to Wayne Billingham. Quarter-finals: Suzy Q A v Wotton Hall C; Westgate ...
St Peter's stay on course for double
Dec 01, 2007 ... St Peter's School kept alive their hopes of a Daily Mail Cupdouble with two victories. The Under-18s, who are aiming to regain the title they won in2006, are through to the last 16 after they beat Royal GrammarSchool of High Wycombe 23-10. That followed on from the Under-15s' ...
Graham guides Stroud to win
Dec 01, 2007 ... Stroud recorded an 11-pin win over Gloucester in the West MidlandLeague at St Peter's Club in the second game of the season. The first half players once again held their own against a strongGloucester side. They were leading until Ray Pritchard for Gloucester hit a 16spare to ...
Our saviours
Dec 01, 2007 ... The efforts of dedicated mental health workers and volunteershave been honoured at the first ceremony of its kind in the county. The gongs - Recognising Outstanding Service and ContributionAwards (ROSCA's) - were set up by Gloucestershire PartnershipFoundation NHS Trust to ...
Rotary chief hails effort
Dec 01, 2007 ... Rotarians in Gloucestershire have been praised for helpingstricken communities during this year's flooding emergency. Allan Jagger, president of Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland(RIBI), heaped praise on county members at a recent meeting of theGloucester Rotary Club. The ...
Oven shelf snatched
Dec 01, 2007 ... A Pizza oven shelf has been stolen from a takeaway outlet inAlfred Street, Gloucester. The thieves took the oven shelf, worth pounds1,500, from outsidePizza Hut between 6pm on Monday and noon on Tuesday. Franchisee Simon Wright, said: "It was a bit foolish ...
Ford found on its roof
Dec 01, 2007 ... Police were called to Yorkley after a car was found upside down. The blue Ford Focus rolled down a hill on to a road below at9.31am after the handbrake was allegedly left ...
Fun for all at bazaar
Dec 01, 2007 ... Minsterworth will have something for everyone with its Christmasbazaar today. The event at the village hall will have crafts, cakes, gifts anda Santa's grotto. Doors ...
It's merry whistmas
Dec 01, 2007 ... Minsterworth Village Hall will be hosting a festive whist drivenext weekend. The Christmas Whist Drive will take place on Saturday, ...
Candles of hope burn
Dec 01, 2007 ... Candles of hope will burn in Gloucester Cathedral at Christmasfor lost loved ones in aid of a cancer charity. The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) will remember people whohave lost their lives to cancer at the Cathedral, through its Candleof Hope appeal. From Christmas Eve ...
Rare coins unearth past
Dec 01, 2007 ... The discovery of two rare Roman coins has unearthed informationabout Gloucester's history. The coins, which add new knowledge to the understanding of lifeduring the Roman period in Gloucester, are on display at the CityMuseum and Art Gallery in Brunswick Road. One of the ...
Drink-drive hearing set
Dec 01, 2007 ... A Man who denies drink- driving will face a trial in January. Robert Michael Farmer, 52, of Bowbridge Lane, ...
Forgotten war hero put 49th regiment on map
Dec 01, 2007 ... The War of 1812 in North America is one of the most fascinatingin British history, yet it remains one of the least well-known. Itfeatured a soldier who served with the forerunners to the RoyalGloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry, now TheRifles.Here, former Territorial ...
Man crashed bike to forget dad's suicide
Dec 01, 2007 ... Andrew Holdsworth admitted crashing a friend's motorbike whi-ledrunk because he was trying to forget his father's suicide. The 22-year-old, of Acacia Drive, Dursley, told Stroudmagistrates he had to "cut down" his dad after he hanged himself. He pleaded guilty to drink driving, ...
Moo-ve along!
Dec 01, 2007 ... This inquisitive calf didn't worry about following the rules ofCrickley Hill Country Park. John Gransmore, of Chosen Drive, ...
Climate change is so important
Dec 01, 2007 ... Stroud Mp David Drew suggested Green party councillor MartinWhiteside "inhabits an alternative universe" when he challenged theGovernment on their latest plans to tackle climate change (TheCitizen, November 20). I believe that many of our elected representatives refuse toinhabit ...
Foie gras off the menu? Well done
Dec 01, 2007 ... As A passionate supporter of animal rights, I am extremely gladto read in The Citizen (27 November) that head chef and proprietorof Bearlands restaurant, Robert Sinyard, has taken the controversialfoie gras off the menu following protests. I was not one of the protesters, but had I ...
Toddler stunt is too much for me
Dec 01, 2007 ... With reference to Martin Warren's letter (The Citizen, November23) regarding illegal practices. Today, I saw a woman with a toddler on her lap in the passengerseat of a car ...
Police tackle all crimes in the county
Dec 01, 2007 ... The jailing of four men who were involved in a pounds10 milliondrugs supply ring this week attracted much publicity and our searchfor missing woman Kate Prout has also focused the national mediaspotlight on the Forest and Gloucester area. I am sure the jailing of Simon Harrison and ...
Unspoken words
Dec 01, 2007 ... Actions speak louder than words, Although it helps to merely talk, To show you are a Christian, Is seen in your daily walk. Show by your action to others, Rather than to others preach, For often they will arch their backs, And to them you can ...
Stuffed heads
Dec 01, 2007 ... How nauseating are those beheaded trophies hung in galleries and halls of ego-inflated sporting men! - I would ...
Gambling man
Dec 01, 2007 ... There is a man, his name is Jeff, He can tell you how to gamble and bet. All day he studies the horses and dogs, he wants to get rich so he can give up his job. He goes home from work and gets all dressed up, Goes to the Casino to mix with the ...
Changing faces of Christmas
Dec 01, 2007 ... We have a perception of how Christmas should be, twinkling lights from a bedecked tree. Snowflakes like a mantle cover the slumbering land, Carols resounding from gleaming brass bands. As the festive season ...
Old buck
Dec 01, 2007 ... His broad blade broke we turned and fled My father, yet it's here I first Learned of the crown I bore on my head - I got caught in the skirts of firs. Now he's adrift as a roving breeze, He used to hoard the choicest bite, and leave but a husk at ...
The colossus of Lydney park
Dec 01, 2007 ... In Lydney Park a Colossus grows, sectioned trunk in vertical rows. Its trunk around a massive girth, erect stands rooted to the earth. This centuries-old survivor still, firmly stands upon a sloping hill. Fagus Sylvatica, the common ...
Basically
Dec 01, 2007 ... There's nothing wrong with basically, it's in the dictionary, the trouble is it isn't used the way it's meant to be. It's used so often these days that the word has lost its way, basically this, basically that - you hear it every day. Take it from a sentence and the ...
PC 49
Dec 01, 2007 ... Why did our friendly British Bobby decide to take a hike? Was it because the force took away his trusty old peddle bike? He also used to live amongst us, in fact only just down thestreet, so if we went home a little worse for wear from the pub wewouldn't make a ...
We cannot ignore fate of others
Dec 01, 2007 ... I Have a friend whose placid little dog gets quite excited at theword "moosies". It happens that this little dog has found the scent of micearound the garden, and it is wonderful to watch her picking up thetrail of where they have been. Even though our climate has changed a ...
Glow for it dad!
Dec 01, 2007 ... A Dad-of-eight has created a glowing scene to teach his son aboutChristmas. Michael Gibbs, 34, of Amber Close, Tuffley, has decked his backgarden in a fantastic array of lights including a rocking horse,teddy bear and a blow-up grotto. His efforts have thrilled 18-month-old ...
Scarred for life - it was just a game
Dec 01, 2007 ... Thirteen-year-old Ryan Wiggins has been scarred for life after agame with his mates went disastrously wrong. He was nearly killed when a friend set fire to some petrol onwaste ground on Tewkesbury's Northway estate. Now he and his mother, Sharon, are warning other children of ...
Taylor is roasted over Tory motion
Dec 01, 2007 ... A Liberal Democrat city councillor was forced to face his partyafter joining the Tory administration six months after beingelected. Council leader Paul James proposed a motion to elect Barnwoodcity councillor Phil Taylor (pictured) as cabinet member for theenvironment, which ...
'We warned shops about booze sales'
Dec 01, 2007 ... City centre stores have been warned they risk losing theirlicence to sell alcohol after some shops were caught sellingalcohol to underage children. In a police operation nine out of 11 stores in Gloucester handedover alcohol to a 16-year-old without checking her age. Four ...
New parking charges are set for the Forest
Dec 01, 2007 ... Parking charges are set to be introduced in the Forest of Dean. It would mean motorists would be charged 20p an hour for parkingin Cinderford, Coleford, Lydney or Newent. The move would end the Forest's special status as one of just sixdistrict authorities which does not charge ...
Batallion sounds the retreat at new home
Dec 01, 2007 ... The sound of bugles echoed around Chepstow Castle as the 1stBattalion The Rifles to mark their arrival in the area. As dusk fell on Thursday, bugles sounded from the parapets as theregiment Sounded the Retreat and marched in front of an appreciativecrowd. The event was an ...
Council advertises top posts
Dec 01, 2007 ... New posts for high flyers have been created at the Forest of DeanDistrict Council. The council is advertising two strategic director posts. Thesalary is up to pounds72,000 on its website. The directors wouldwork with the chief executive at the heart of the ...
Don't drink and drive - it will change lives
Dec 01, 2007 ... Convicted drink drivers in the county have teamed up to launch ahard-hitting safety campaign. The Department for Transport launched its THINK! campaign for thesouth west in Cirencester yesterday. To help spread the message that drink driving won't be tolerated,convicted drink ...
Ea appoints new manager
Dec 01, 2007 ... The Environment Agency welcomes a new west area manager fromMonday. Paul Tullett will be based at Riversmeet House in Tewkesbury. He will be responsible for managing the Environment Agency'soperations in Powys, Shropshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. Mr Tullett ...
Street name after David
Dec 01, 2007 ... A Gloucester street has been named after a former council worker. Coun Steve Morgan, cabinet member for planning and community,told a full meeting of ...
Cash can help area
Dec 01, 2007 ... Cash is in place to give a city play area an upgrade. Gloucester city councillor Lucy Nethsingha (LD, Longlevens) askedwhether there was any progress with the upgrade of the play area inLongford Lane at a full council meeting. Council leader ...
School play is fit for a king
Dec 01, 2007 ... King's school pupils dazzled audiences with their take on KingLear. More than 30 children from the Gloucester school took to the NewOlympus Theatre stage to act in one of Shakespeare's more ...
Help light up the lives of children like brionny
Dec 01, 2007 ... Please support our hospice! That's the message from nine-year-old Brionny Gwilliam who is bravely battling a chronic illness. Acorn Children's Hospice has been a Godsend for Brionny and hermum Rachel. Brionny, of Cinderford, suffers from Duchenne muscular ...
'House plan is a kick in teeth for victims of crisis'
Dec 01, 2007 ... Residents have slammed plans to build 500 new homes in Longford. Community leaders have branded the proposals as "madness" andare calling on the Government to throw out an appeal by RobertHitchins Ltd. The row comes as councils across the county join together to askPrince ...
Chef stirs school
Dec 01, 2007 ... Celebrity chef Paul Rankin visited the Rosary School in Stroud toteach the primary pupils the importance of healthy eating andlifestyle. The visit was part of a national tour of schools run by mealsprovider Sodexho Education. Mr Rankin, a favourite on TV's Ready, ...
Ignition fires up season
Dec 01, 2007 ... The Ignition carol services were a highlight for hundreds ofpeople last Christmas. They filled Stroud Leisure Centre not once but twice over, saidthe Rev Simon Richards, of the Ignition Taskforce Team. "This year will be just as special," he said. "We have invited Mark ...
Hurt stag put down
Dec 01, 2007 ... Police were called after a collision between a van and a stag atBroadwell. The deer was seen staggering in the ...
Staff get city facts
Dec 01, 2007 ... Twelve members of Gloucester's front-line tourism staff have beenappointed as city ambassadors. The staff from hotels were given a tour of the city and freeentry to several attractions as part of the Gloucester AmbassadorsScheme (GAS). It aims to raise knowledge and awareness ...