Citizen Gloucestershire, The back issues from May 2008:
Foresters show spirit after semi-final blow
May 01, 2008 ... Cinderford 0 CHELTENHAM A 21 THE Cinderford and Drybrook joint teams exited the County Cup tothe eventual winners Cheltenham in the semi-finals. The boys played a fine game against an excellent Cheltenham sideas strong running from forwards and backs kept them in the ...
Ledbury denied
May 01, 2008 ... Ledbury, the 2007 champions, were unable to repeat last year'ssuccess, narrowly beaten in the final to take a well deservedrunners-up medal in this year's Anglo-Welsh tournament. Ledbury found themselves in a tough pool, which began with a byeagainst Builth Wells. They then ...
Drybrook hit 50 mark
May 01, 2008 ... Drybrook hosted a round robin tournament, with the Under-sevensand eights playing two games each. Berry Hill Under-eights and Cinderford Under-sevens and eightsalso participated. Berry Hill defeated Cinderford Under-sevens 30-5 in the firstgame. DRYBROOK UNDER-EIGHTS ...
Poor period costs 'brook
May 01, 2008 ... Chosen Hill 19 DRYBROOK 7 THESE teams have been well matched over the past few years and soit was on this occasion, save for one poor period from Drybrook. The Foresters started brightly, forcing their way slowly towardsthe Chosen Hill line where they were awarded a ...
Drybrook fight back to secure plate win
May 01, 2008 ... Drybrook 10 STROUD 7 THE Foresters were quick out of the blocks in this County Platesemi-final, forcing play deep into enemy territory and disruptingStroud with some high tempo rugby. After three minutes of pressure, Stroud were awarded a scrum fivemetres from their ...
Tim's efforts pay off with uni selection
May 01, 2008 ... Severn Athletic Club's Tim Dalton has won selection to representhis university Loughborough in the British University AthleticChampionships next weekend. The 20-year-old Richian performed with distinction in theLoughborough trials. In a tactical 800 metres, he was fifth in ...
Harriers heroes race to national relay best
May 01, 2008 ... Cheltenham and County Harriers achieved their all-time highestposition of 22nd in the National 12 Stage Road Relay Championshipsat Sutton Coldfield last weekend. Dave Roper got them off to a good start as he finished 26th onthe highly competitive opening long leg. He handed ...
Marathon milestone
May 01, 2008 ... Ian Daniels has become the first member of new club CLC Stridersto complete a marathon. He did so in the Shakespeare event ...
Chris shines on the road
May 01, 2008 ... Cirencester Ac were the second Gloucestershire team to finish atthe National Road Relay Championships. They came home 47th, with opening runner Chris Illman producing afine long leg to finish well up the field in 28th. The fastest short leg went to Paul Barlow, who got round in ...
Silver place for Bradley
May 01, 2008 ... Jeremy Bradley headed a team from GCHQ in the Civil Service 10KChampionship in London. He produced a fine run to claim the silver medal position in 32minutes, 46 ...
Denise stars at highworth
May 01, 2008 ... Denise Evans recorded a personal best of 38.06 in the Highworthfive-mile road race - her final race before the Dusseldorf Marathonon Sunday. Four other Angels Running Club ...
Full set of majors for gutsy rich
May 01, 2008 ... Almost Athlete Rich Gilbert has the distinction of havingcompeted in all five of the world marathon majors after running atBoston. He was determined to cross the finishing line, despite being illthe week before, and ...
Steph puts up a brave fight for second
May 01, 2008 ... Steph Lane gave close chase to Oxford City's finest MelissaHawtin at the Blenheim 7K. Having given Hawtin a lead at the start, the Bourton Roadrunnerclosed her down and was neck-and-neck to the last kilometre. Lane eventually finished second lady and 10th overall finisher ...
Severn's strength in depth
May 01, 2008 ... Severn AC's men put in a good performance to finish 52nd in theNational 12-Stage Road Relay Championships at Sutton Park. Simon Fortnam ran a solid first leg, bringing the team home in56th place in 30.38 for a seven-second improvement on his MidlandsRelay long leg time. Dave ...
Ace angie rises to the challenge
May 01, 2008 ... Angie Sadler stole the show on an impressive day for TewkesburyAC at the Shakespeare Marathon. No stranger to challenging courses, she made her decisive move atthe 20-mile mark and crossed the line as first woman overall in agreat time of three hours, 12 minutes. The main ...
Dominic sets new record
May 01, 2008 ... All four Gloucester AC veterans who entered the eighth WestonProm Run managed to achieve sub 30-minute times, despite the windyconditions. First home in fifth place overall was Dominic Malsom (MV35) witha new Vet M35-39 club record of 27.58. This beat his own previous club ...
Cavanagh's season has perfect start
May 01, 2008 ... Lewis Cavanagh opened his season in style with a personal best inthe Team Bath Open meeting staged at Bath University. Blustery conditions did not help the sprinters, but the 14-year-old Gloucester AC athlete shaved eight one-hundredths of a secondoff his 2007 best with a time of ...
Dozen will miss county opener
May 01, 2008 ... Injuries have taken their toll on Gloucestershire's preparationsfor Saturday's Bill Beaumont Cup County Championship opener againstMiddlesex at Staines. They have 12 players either injured or unavailable but still havea raft of National League level players to pick ...
Injured Firth desperate to see hill set cup record
May 01, 2008 ... Gareth Firth will experience a bittersweet mixture of pride anddisappointment as his Coney Hill team-mates take to the Kingsholmturf on Sunday. The full-back or centre would have been running out for theirRaging Bull Junior Cup final appointment with Matson had he notsustained an ...
Double joy for tactical master at woodford
May 01, 2008 ... Geoff Barfoot-saunt was rewarded with a double after he made theshort journey from his home at Huntingford to the Berkeley meetingat Woodford. Following Julian Pritchard's retirement, Barfoot-Saunt can beregarded as one of the elder statesmen in the jockeys' tent. Experience ...
Maisemore title decider
May 01, 2008 ... The North Ledbury meeting at Maisemore Park on Monday should helpdetermine the outcome of the West Midlands Area Trainers'Championship. Fergal O'Brien made a good start but the Naunton trainer freelyadmits that he is now running out of ammunition. However, with four meetings ...
'Missing link costs us millions'
May 01, 2008 ... The missing link on the A417 is costing the county millions ofpounds a year. That is the message from Gloucestershire businesses who arebacking the campaign to find a solution to the nightmare stretch ofroad. As well as the danger to drivers caused by the singlecarriageway, ...
'Nurses being trained to be bureaucrats'
May 01, 2008 ... Nurses at Cheltenham General and Gloucestershire Royal hospitalsare spending hundreds of hours each week on paperwork instead ofcaring for patients. Nurses estimate they are forced to spend around a fifth of theirtime filling in forms and this had increased in the past five ...
Teach manners at home
May 01, 2008 ... "THE older generation definitely need to look at themselves withregards to manners! I think that it is the parents' responsibilityto teach their children manners. If it is not taught as a foundationto everyday life before school then there will be no hope for thatchild being taught ...
'James never said goodbye, he just disappeared...'
May 01, 2008 ... Imagine the pain of not knowing if your child is dead or alive.Or if you last spoke to them more than a decade ago and never gotthe chance to say goodbye. This is the heartbreak David Elam, from Stroud, has to bear everyday. His son James, went missing aged 25, 14 years ago ...
Builder halts pounds70m homes development
May 01, 2008 ... Work will cease on the pounds70 million 450-home development onGlou-cester's former cattle market unless there is sufficient demandfor the houses, say the company behind the scheme. House builder Persimmon has announced it is suspending allspeculative building work on 30 sites ...
You can bank on rankin at food and drinks fest
May 01, 2008 ... Tv Chef Paul Rankin will be demonstrating his culinary skillswhen the fourth Tewkesbury Food and Drink Festival takes place thisweekend. Paul, well known for his appearances on Ready Steady Cook andSaturday Kitchen, will be in action in the Cookery Theatre. This year's ...
Musicians tip the balance
May 01, 2008 ... City gospel and Christian rock groups will be joining forces tohelp feed the rubbish-dump scavenger children of the Third World. The Gloucester and District Christian Choir will be putting on aconcert at Bishops' College, Oxstalls, this month to raise pounds400to buy a tonne of ...
Driver, 64, lied to get Tesco job
May 01, 2008 ... A LORRY driver has been given a conditional discharge afteradmitting lying about his criminal past on a job application form,and having 'criminal' property. David Brookes, 64, of Draycott Crescent, Cam, told an untruth onthe form for recruitment agency Superstaff in 2005, saying ...
Tim Chosen as TUC chairman
May 01, 2008 ... Former Citizen reporter Tim Lezard has been elected as chairmanof the South West TUC. Tim, who lives near Berkeley, took up office at the South WestTUC's annual conference at the weekend. A former president of the National Union of ...
Young farmers take the reins
May 01, 2008 ... Young farmers were out in force on the weekend for a taster eventof what is to come at the annual show. Byford's Farm in Huntley was the stage for activities, such aspig and pony judging and nature trails. Event organiser Anne Hollingworth said the event was a ...
Immigrant facing jail for drug growth
May 01, 2008 ... A Vietnamese illegal immigrant faces prison after he admittedgrowing 350 cannabis plants and holding 11 bin liners of thecultivated drug at a house in Tredworth. Nguyen Hung, 33, pleaded guilty before magistrates in Cheltenhamto one charge of being concerned with the production of ...
Store rejected
May 01, 2008 ... It Is second time unlucky for plans to build an Aldi supermarketin Tewkesbury. The plans have been thrown out again by the borough council'splanning committee. The German discount chain's previous plan was rejected last ...
Game's just grand
May 01, 2008 ... Copies of the latest must-have computer game were being snappedup after its launch on Tuesday. A steady stream of eager gamers in Gloucester and Cheltenhambought Grand Theft Auto IV. Some ...
College holds its open day
May 01, 2008 ... Gloucestershire College is holding an open day on May 7 topromote its Higher Education courses on offer from this September. It will take place at the Llanthony Road campus in Gloucester,between ...
Towns join rich list
May 01, 2008 ... Cotswold residents are among the richest in the country. A study into the wealthiest towns in Britain has placed ChippingCampden, Stow-on-the-Wold, Moreton-in-Marsh and Winchcombe in thetop 50. But, according to some residents, the influx of money has come ata ...
Plan approved
May 01, 2008 ... Plans to build a house near Tewkesbury School have been approved,despite fears that it could put pupils at risk. But after visiting the site, members of the borough council'splanning committee approved the ...
A century of stage experience will aid uni students
May 01, 2008 ... Students on the University of Gloucestershire's new foundationdegree course in Performing Arts, will have the benefit ofexperience. Sue Passmore and Sheila Mander have spent more than a century indance and drama between them. Since then the women have worked together on a ...
Share your memories of wartime
May 01, 2008 ... An historian wants to hear from Gloucestershire people withmemories of the First World War. Alun Edwards, who lives in Honeybourne, near Evesham, is aresearcher at Oxford University trying to create the world's largestarchive of the war as a memorial to those who lived, and died, ...
Firms urged to sign up for safety seminar
May 01, 2008 ... St John Ambulance is urging businesses in Gloucestershire to signup to a seminar on new health and safety laws. The forum will outline what the new Corporate Manslaughter Actmeans. Under the new act, companies could face fines of up to 10% oftheir annual turnover if a serious ...
We're in poll position
May 01, 2008 ... Polling stations will be open from 7am-10pm today, as voters inGloucester and Stroud vote on who they want to represent them in thesecond tier of local government. One third of Gloucester City Council's and Stroud DistrictCouncil's seats are being contested. Forest of Dean ...
Bob wants visitors to zorb the Forest
May 01, 2008 ... Adrenaline junkies may soon be rolling over for joy as a newcraze gets set to bounce into the Forest. Sphereing, or zorbing as it is also known, is an adventure sportwhich involves participants being strapped into a three-metrediameter inflatable sphere and pushed down a ...
Fans tackle showers
May 01, 2008 ... Hardy rugby fans are thrilled at the way their charity trek hasgone so far. Two days into the walk from Gloucester to High Wycombe, they havebraved heavy April showers but raised more than pounds4,000. Fans of Gloucester and Wasps rugby clubs are doing the 85-milewalk ahead ...
It's the power of music
May 01, 2008 ... A Varied programme of music has been announced for this year'sGuiting Festival.The community event has been taking place in thevillage of Guiting Power for 38 years and kicks off on July 25. This year, eight concerts covering many aspects and styles are onthe bill from a piano ...
'Author inspired my Spanish walk'
May 01, 2008 ... A Berkeley man is planning to walk 1,200 miles across Spain toraise funds for a bereavement charity. Alan Isserlis, 67, is going to complete the challenge to helpraise funds and highlight the work of the Gloucestershire branch ofCruse, a voluntary organisation for bereaved ...
Forge gets vote for funds
May 01, 2008 ... Rotarians in Newent forged ahead to raise funds for a centre forblind people. Newent Rotary Club has raised pounds90 for the Forge Centre, inCinderford, to say "thank you" to Forest of Dean MP Mark Harper fora recent trip round Parliament. Fifteen members of the club were ...
Chris recalls Severn days
May 01, 2008 ... Wednesday Fellowship at Rodborough Tabernacle heard a talk byChris Witts about his working life on the River Severn. Mr Witts told the members, plus 15 visitors and friends, of thehazards he encountered when, aged only 16, he started on a tankerbarge. His career ended as a ...
Pedal power brings in the pounds for charities
May 01, 2008 ... More than 100 cycling enthusiasts rolled up at Beechenhurst toraise money for three charities. Three different courses were mapped out varying from a 25-mileroute for the hardcore cyclists and a two-mile route for childrenand beginners. Between 100 and 200 people turned up to ...
Heroin addict stole after prison release
May 01, 2008 ... A Heroin addict went shoplifting just a month after beingreleased from prison. But Gloucester magistrates gave 30-year-old John Parsonsaconditional discharge this week. Parsons, of London Road, Gloucester, pleaded guilty to twocharges of shoplifting. Prosecuting ...
New call to alms
May 01, 2008 ... Campaigners in Newland want ideas to raise money for thevillage's historic almshouses. A public meeting will be held at All Saints' Church at 7.30pm onThursday, May 8, to discuss the plan. County councillor Peter Chamberlain told members of Coleford TownCouncil that a ...
Sheila's in a colourful art moo-vement
May 01, 2008 ... You may have noticed at Taurus Crafts, the Camp Hill centre forarts, crafts and food just outside Lydney on the A48, some rathermemorable animal paintings displayed on the walls. Simon Drew creates pictures of all sorts of furry and featheredcreatures which have been dragooned into ...
Playground brush up
May 01, 2008 ... Amy Bennett and her mum Jo joined forces to bring a new lease oflife to Elmbridge Infants School playground. Up to 25 school children and parents got fully involved sandingdown and re-painting the schools play equipment. Jo, who organised ...
Scooter left with damage
May 01, 2008 ... Vandals damaged a scooter parked in Nailsworth town centre. They snapped off the front panel, twisted a handlebar brake leverand broke off the speedometer of a Peugeot ...
Hall turns on style for dance
May 01, 2008 ... A Village hall will be transformed into a glamorous venue for aball later this month. The Cotswold Tyndale Rotary Club's Summer Ball will take place onSaturday, May 17, in Stinchcombe. The village hall will be transformed into an opulent andglamorous venue with marquees ...
Hospital revamp to begin
May 01, 2008 ... Refurbishment work at Stroud General Hospital will begin on May14, it has been confirmed. Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust (PCT) says the pounds1.8million revamp to modernise the operating theatre and endoscopydepartment is due to get under way on that date. The work will ...
Driver, 35 who hit 4 is spared jail term
May 01, 2008 ... A HIT-and-run father-of-two, who was more than twice the drink-drive limit when he ploughed into four people waiting for a taxi,has been spared jail. Master butcher Clive Brisland was given a 16-week prison sentencesuspended for 18 months and ordered to do 180 hours' unpaid work ...
Brass tack
May 01, 2008 ... An Ensemble of Salvationist musicians, Vision Brass, all withconnections to Birmingham Citadel, will perform at Stroud ...
Circus is back
May 01, 2008 ... Giffords circus will be back in Stroud with a new show Caravanthis summer. The performers will be at ...
Find fruit that suits
May 01, 2008 ... England's main strawberry growers are to be celebrated in a newdrive to promote locally grown produce. For the first time, growers like George Leeds, from Ledbury inHerefordshire, will have details of their respective farms on thepackaging of their strawberries sold by ...
Walk will be span-tastic
May 01, 2008 ... Walkers are limbering up in preparation to walk across a bridge. The North Dean Walking Group is organising a hike across thefirst Severn Bridge and back ...
Experience the colour
May 01, 2008 ... The 2008 Longhope Experience sessions are set to start. On Thursday, May 8, at the 12th Century parish church of AllSaints, the first Longhope Experience ...
Growers will promote fruit
May 01, 2008 ... England's main strawberry growers are to be celebrated in a newdrive to promote locally grown produce. For the first time, growers like George Leeds, from Ledbury inHerefordshire, will have details of their farms on the packaging oftheir ...
Crash car leaves
May 01, 2008 ... Police are looking for the driver of a blue BMW who didn't stopafter a collision. The BMW and a VW camper van with a boat ...
Thief bags a bag
May 01, 2008 ... A Customer at a Stroud car boot sale had her handbag stolen. The woman was browsing a stall at the event at Aston Down onSunday morning when a thief took her small black leather bag ...
GPs seek answers
May 01, 2008 ... Doctors at Dursley's May Lane Surgery are to offer freealternative therapy sessions to selected patients in a pilot studythought to be a first in Gloucestershire. They want to find out whether herbal remedies, ...