Gloucestershire Echo, The back issues from September 2008:
Hammett's Ciren produce five-star performance
Sep 01, 2008 ... Cirencester Senior XV 34 MINETY 0 CIRENCESTER scored five tries to comfortably see off local rivalsMinety and continue their encouraging build-up to the season. Cirencester, coached by Dean Hammett, who completed sevenmarathons in seven days earlier in the month, and assisted ...
Dings too strong for gutsy Cheltenham
Sep 01, 2008 ... Dings Crusaders RFC 62 CHELTENHAM RFC 6 COUNTY Cup holders Dings Crusaders swept aside a gritty challengefrom Cheltenham in their first-round clash. Dings started well and scored an early try when full-back JonColler kicked over the advancing defence and won the race ...
North find enough to keep cup bid on track
Sep 01, 2008 ... Cheltenham North 43 OLD CENTRALIANS 40 CHELTENHAM NORTH can consider themselves fortunate to scrape hometo an unconvincing win in the first round of the GloucestershireCounty Cup. Centralians play in Western Counties North, one level below Northin Midlands Two West, ...
Robins suffer a mauling
Sep 01, 2008 ... Cheltenham Town 0 LEICESTER CITY 4 FOR the second weekend in succession Cheltenham Town weresteamrollered 4-0 by one of Coca-Cola League One's strongest teams. Credit must be given to new leaders Leicester City, who lookcertain to challenge for an immediate return to the ...
Robins stars on Saturday's drubbing
Sep 01, 2008 ... How the Robins' players saw Saturday's match ... MICHAEL TOWNSEND: IT WAS a better effort than Oldham, but it is still ademoralising day. I am trying to forget about it already because it hurts toconcede four goals, three and then four again. This is the quality ...
Robins fans have their say
Sep 01, 2008 ... Jon Mundy I DON'T think anyone ever thought for one moment thatrealistically we were going to beat Leicester City on Saturday, butit was the manner of the defeat that was hugely disappointing. Leicester looked a brilliant team with top-quality players forthis level, and we ...
Robins out of 10... ; Cheltenham Town fan ROGER MERRETT rates the players...
Sep 01, 2008 ... Cheltenham Town fan ROGER MERRETT rates the players ... Higgs - 7 Some might say he could've done better in the lead-up to one ortwo of the goals, but that would be harsh. Made some fine saves toprevent further embarrassment. GILL - 5 Sometimes struggled to ...
Council may step in to save historic mansion
Sep 01, 2008; ... Tewkesbury Borough Council may buy an historic mansion ravaged byfire because the owners haven't done enough to repair it. At a meeting on Wednesday, councillors will be told that theborough may have to issue a compulsory purchase order to the ownersof fire-damaged Northway ...
Spirit of the jazz age comes to life
Sep 01, 2008 ... Westonbirt was awash with Champagne, as revellers rekindled thestyle of the roaring twenties with a Jazz Age Garden Party. More than 600 tickets were sold for the weekend-long tribute tothe best of the black and white decade. Musicians filled the surroundings of Westonbirt ...
Boat is salvaged by team on the Avon
Sep 01, 2008 ... A 30ft fibreglass boat was raised from the bottom of the riverAvon in Tewkesbury. A team of six from Mercia Rescue raised the cruiser, which sankin March at the Back of Avon moorings, with a combination of ropes,pumps and floatation bags. Team manager Dave Walker said: "It ...
Deadline looms in Robins striker hunt
Sep 01, 2008 ... Keith Downing is confident of making much-need additions to hisCheltenham Town squad before the transfer window closes at midnighttonight. The Robins slumped to their second successive 4-0 league defeatagainst Leicester City on Saturday and there was further bad newsregarding ...
Garden's my delight
Sep 01, 2008 ... A Disabled man is finally enjoying his garden after peoplerallied to give it a makeover. Adrian Gibbard, 45, was unable to venture into the garden at hishome, in Cleevemount, Pittville, Cheltenham, since he moved in ayear ago because it was overgrown with weeds. However, a ...
'Hannibal's house' is back.
Sep 01, 2008; ... Revised plans for a house, described as so ghastly only HannibalLecter would live there, have been submitted to Cheltenham BoroughCouncil. Agent De Matos Story Ryan says James Perkins' plans for Ham HillFarm North, in Charlton Kings, are more compact and have minimalvisual impact ...
Landowner's bid to bar a walk angers villagers
Sep 01, 2008 ... A Landowner's bid to close a path that runs past his mansion hasmade villagers see red at Guiting Power. Otto van der Wyck says his animals don't like noisy groups ofwalkers and motorbikes using the route by Castlett Manor. He has offered the parish council pounds10,000 to ...
Row could endanger animal fundraiser.
Sep 01, 2008; ... Fundraisers fear internal rowing could cost Cheltenham AnimalShelter pounds30,000. They say a lucrative annual event to be held in November is injeopardy. Manager of four years Tony Bell was suspended, followed by astring of resignations - including a key ...
Exhibition offers rare glimpses of town
Sep 01, 2008 ... Unusual and rare views of Cheltenham will feature in a newexhibition put on by the town's Art Gallery & Museum. Drawings from the 18th and early 19th centuries of the town willbe on show. Curator Helen Brown said: "We have focused on some ofCheltenham's most iconic buildings, ...
Man denies stealing safe
Sep 01, 2008 ... A 30-year-old man has denied stealing a safe from a building inWinchcombe Street, Cheltenham, on January 4. Kevin Sexton, of Avon Road, Cheltenham, ...
Cabbie to learn fate this week
Sep 01, 2008 ... A Taxi driver who was fined for allegedly blocking a family in acar wash and carrying a weapon in his cab will hear whether he getsto keep his taxi licence this week. Siraj-Eddine Kortbi was fined pounds80 by police for a publicorder offence on March 1. He took his vehicle to a car ...
Council publishes flood findings
Sep 01, 2008; ... Tewkesbury Borough Council has come up with a raft of measures totackle future flooding. Its hopes of preventing flooding, and ideas about how to copewith another major event, are included in its scrutiny review of theJuly 2007 deluge. A final draft of the report has been ...
Former sergeant major backs shoebox appeal
Sep 01, 2008; ... A Former Sergeant Major from Bishop's Cleeve has given hisbacking to the Shoebox Appeal. Chris Askew, 64, from Churchfields, volunteers at CheltenhamSenior Citizens Club. He said the club will become a drop-off pointfor donations for the appeal. Mr Askew served in the Army ...
New police welcomed in hester's way.
Sep 01, 2008; ... There are more police on the beat in Hester's Way, Cheltenham. Five new Police Community Support Officers have been welcomedinto the Safer Community Team, based at the station off PrincessElizabeth Way. Residents have said they will be pleased to see more officers outon the ...
We're futsal crazy, futsal mad
Sep 01, 2008 ... Springbank's newly formed futsal team will be meeting St Paul'sFC for a festival of the sport. Springbank Warriors, who play the South American style offootball, have already been trying out their new red strips. They met for a kick-about in Springfield Park, where they ...
Police give advice on bike thefts
Sep 01, 2008 ... Cyclists in Cheltenham are urged to get a 'sheducation' byGloucestershire police in order to keep their bikes safe. More than 350 cycles have been stolen in Gloucestershire sinceJune 1, with 150 thefts taking place in Cheltenham and Tewkesbury. Police say many of the bikes were ...
Untaxed drivers caught in police net
Sep 01, 2008; ... There was no escape for untaxed drivers on the A38 betweenGloucester and Tewkesbury. Police teamed up with officers from the Driver and VehicleLicensing Agency and HM Revenue and Customs to crack down on illegaldrivers on Friday night. In a layby south of Coombe Hill, they ...
Elvira buys town hotel
Sep 01, 2008 ... Guests from around the world will feel at home at The MoorendPark hotel, Cheltenham. The Victorian townhouse, in Moorend Park Road, has been bought ...
Who's top of crops?
Sep 01, 2008 ... The wait is nearly over to identify Cheltenham's top croppers. More than 40 plots on eight sites have been judged in the boroughcouncil's annual allotment competition. Marks are given for quality and variety of vegetables and fruitgrown, weed ...
Party fun is boost for clinic
Sep 01, 2008 ... A Garden party for 40 people raised pounds255 for the CobaltAppeal Fund. Lyn Uzzell held the party at her home in Rectory Lane, Avening,to support the Cheltenham-based cancer charity. Guests enjoyed barbecued food and cream teas, a raffle and ...
Home plan lodged for garden site
Sep 01, 2008 ... Another back garden in Cheltenham will disappear under concreteif a new planning application is approved. The borough council's planning department has received anapplication for permission to build a two-bedroom home behind ahouse in Russell Street, St Paul's. The two-storey ...
Bungalow applied for
Sep 01, 2008 ... Plans have been submitted to build a split-level bungalow in theback garden of a house in Cheltenham. An application for permission has been made to Cheltenham BoroughCouncil's planning department to allow the development in HillviewRoad, near Battledown. Elender Properties ...
Leisure@cheltenham back in the swim of things
Sep 01, 2008 ... Sports-starved fitness fanatics returned in their droves toLeisure@Cheltenham when it opened its doors for the first time inmore than a year. The recreation centre. in Tommy Taylor's Lane, welcomed its firstcustomers since it was flooded last summer. More than 100 people got ...
Lacklustre Ciren crash out of cup
Sep 01, 2008 ... One goal was enough to beat Cirencester and end their interest inthis season's FA Cup. Newport Pagnell had four shots on goal all match, but the earlyone they notched was enough to dump a woeful Ciren out in the firstround on a sweltering Buckinghamshire afternoon. On five ...
Dog show goes with a bark
Sep 01, 2008; ... Dogs of every shape and size had their day at the annual Paws inThe Park show in Cheltenham. Dozens of pets and their owners braved the drizzle to raise moneyat Burrows Sports Ground, in Leckhampton. But there was no place for pampered pooches. Instead dogs competed for ...
Evesham match title favourites
Sep 01, 2008 ... Evesham's impressive start to the season continued as they heldtitle favourites Farnborough to a goalless draw. The point was enough to move Farnborough to the top of the BGBPremier Division. United were streets ahead possession-wise, but the lack of agoalscorer was evident, ...
Cleeve crash out of cup
Sep 01, 2008 ... Bishop's Cleeve crashed out of the FA Cup at the first hurdlefollowing this preliminary round defeat at Bitton. The home side, who are third and unbeaten in the ToolstationWestern Premier, scored either side of Lyndon Tomkins' header tosecure victory. Cleeve manager Paul ...
Alex hits hat-trick as town progress
Sep 01, 2008 ... Westbury United 0 FAIRFORD TOWN 6 FAIRFORD are through to the first qualifying round of the FA Cupafter a comprehensive win over Westbury. Alex Rudd netted a hat-trick as John Paget's Hellenic Premierside routed their opponents from the Toolstation Western ...
Please support our pink rally
Sep 01, 2008 ... Please may I use your column, to make an appeal to your readers? I am organising a pink car rally to raise awareness of, and fundsfor, a fledgling children's charity, called the Little PrincessTrust. The charity provides realistic wigs and hairpieces to childrenwho lose their ...
Collections at recycling area need changing
Sep 01, 2008 ... With reference to recycling in Tewkesbury. In this day and age,when we are all encouraged to recycle more and more, imagine oursurprise when we arrived at Morrisons in Tewkesbury to be confrontedby overflowing receptacles of all types: plastic, paper, cardboard,and the area littered with ...
K bus is a must for the elderly
Sep 01, 2008 ... In reply to Anon (Echo, August 16). If the writer feels that heor she has to mount the pavement every time a bus is seen, it wouldbe safer for the pedestrians if his or her car was left in thegarage. I have driven around Warden Hill area for the past 14 years andhave never needed ...
It's time to go underground
Sep 01, 2008 ... It was refreshing to read informed letters from J Leighton (Echo,August 23) and Coun Les Godwin (Echo, August 1) on the subject ofunderground parking and the Civic Pride proposals. Having read In Motion magazine, which was sent to each household,I came to the same conclusion they ...
Flats are not easy on the eye
Sep 01, 2008 ... With regard to the meeting where plans were approved for 12 flatson the New Penny site, Coun Fisher was obviously not the leastinterested in the visual result of same. We do need one and two-bedroom flats, but we like to think ourcouncillors are responsible people. How many ...
Wartime classics
Sep 01, 2008 ... Remember the Roaring Forties and the Swinging Sixties? Now's yourchance to relive the songs of yesteryear in a glittering performancein the Cotswolds. Bourton Panto Group is presenting its musical show, RememberWhen? It starts at 7.30pm today and runs until Saturday at the ...
Gilad's back and full of musical surprises
Sep 01, 2008 ... What do you call a saxophonist who plays like a titan despite thepain of two broken elbows? The answer is Gilad Atzmon, who last played Cheltenham's Everymanbar after parting company with his off-road bike. It wasn't surprising. Surprises are the norm with Israeli-bornAtzmon ...
Henry - you're a shining example
Sep 01, 2008 ... Henry Scot-Simmonds came into the Echo offices on Friday.Charming, polite, and amazingly upbeat, he came to say thanks. Thanks to the donors - all 700 of them who have signed up. Thanks to the Echo for publicising the sessions at Kingsholm andCheltenham Ladies' ...
@ last we're on road to recovery
Sep 01, 2008 ... It's the news Cheltenham has been waiting for: Leisure@ opens itsdoors today after what's seemed like a long year. The July 2007floods swamped the centre. For 14 months, mums have had to take their tots to Tewkesbury orGloucester to learn to swim. Football teams and athletics clubs ...
Reward offered after priceless Olympic footage of Zac stolen
Sep 01, 2008 ... A pounds200 REWARD has been offered by the Gloucestershire Echofor the return of a camcorder containing priceless Olympic memories. The mum of gold medallist rower Zac Purchase was left devastatedafter thieves stole the camcorder on which she had recorded herson's triumph in the ...
Crash victim cut from car
Sep 01, 2008 ... A Woman was cut from her car by firefighters after a collisionwith another car. The accident happened at 8.45am yesterday on the B4213 by Tirley,near the junction with Ham ...
Meet the chef - Anthony David jeanes from speech house hotel
Sep 02, 2008 ... Name: Anthony David Jeanes Age: 33 Lives: Cinderford Where do you work? The Speech House Hotel, near Coleford, Forestof Dean How long have you been in the job? I started as head chef inApril. What's the best thing about it? Beautiful ...
Make grid for night of motorsport
Sep 02, 2008 ... Petrolheads in Cheltenham will get the chance to emulate LewisHamilton or Fernando Alonso. Renault dealer Hylton Cheltenham is hosting a Renault Formula OneTeam Challenge this month. The free event at the dealership in Mackenzie Way gives up to sixmotorsport fans at a time ...
Bathroom firm taps into market trends
Sep 02, 2008; ... Lakes Bathrooms is cleaning up - both here at home and on theother side of the world. The company's ability to successfully spot an emerging market ortrend, and to back its judgement with investment and effort, hasseen its sales more than triple - towards the pounds9 million mark ...
Stow youth club needs new blood to expand its services in the community
Sep 02, 2008; ... Bosses at Stow Youth Club are calling for volunteers so they canforge ahead with plans to open to the community. They say the management committee often includes only two orthree people. It is calling for volunteers to look after the Fosseway buildingand the club. The ...
Entry into draw could win a merc
Sep 02, 2008 ... Shoppers will have a one in 5,000 chance to win a flash new motorwhen they walk into the Regent Arcade. The competition will run for a week. Tickets can be purchased inthe Cheltenham arcade. Prizes include a new top-of-the-range Mercedes SLK AMG, aMitsubishi Shogun Warrior or ...
Terriers ready to race
Sep 02, 2008 ... Dog owners are being urged to take the lead and enter early forterrier racing at this year's Moreton Show. Ring terrier races have been so popular in the past that many dogowners have been left disappointed and unable to take part. Bookings will be taken at the Attractions Ring ...
Barn build helps with our skills
Sep 02, 2008 ... Students are putting their carpentry skills to use by helpingbuild a forest barn at Westonbirt Arboretum. Thirty budding designers will make a medieval-style oak barn inthe six-day course, which began yesterday. Timber framer Henry Russell, who featured in the BBC's What ...
Tributes paid to farming stalwart
Sep 02, 2008 ... The farming community has paid tribute to Michael Fox who diedsuddenly. Michael (right), who worked for Natwest Bank, suffered a heartattack at his home in Churchdown on August 19 and was taken toGloucestershire Royal Hospital. The 48-year-old was later transferred to ...
Flood-hit pool reopens
Sep 02, 2008 ... Cheltenham's sports centre is up and running after being closedfor 13-months.Leisure@Cheltenham opened its doors at 6am yesterdayfor the first people to take an early morning dip in more than ayear. Commercial Manager Stephen Petherick said: "Finally, we're openfor normal ...
Olympic heroes form a human pyramid to celebrate team GB's success in Beijing
Sep 02, 2008 ... After nearing the top of the medals table, Gloucestershire'sOlympic heroes have been scaling dizzy heights again. Team GB celebrated their success in China by building a 21-person pyramid. Rower Steve Williams, of Cheltenham, showed his strength bypowering the coxless fours ...
Choir in strong voice
Sep 02, 2008 ... Well-known choir, Philomusica, is about to start it's new seasonand is looking for more members. The choir rehearses on Friday evenings from 7.30pm to 9.30pm atThe Milestone School, Longford Lane in Gloucester. John Quinn, Philomusica's chairman, says: "There have been ...
Keep trade local
Sep 02, 2008 ... The Federation of Small Businesses has attacked Government movesto increase the cost of parking in town ...
Centre to offer support
Sep 02, 2008 ... A New Parklife Business Support Centre opens at the KingsditchIndustrial Park in Cheltenham tomorrow. The service will link companies in the same area for networking,skills development, staff recruitment and business ...
Heroin supply charge denied
Sep 02, 2008 ... Tracey Jobbins is facing trial on charges of dealing heroin. The 27-year-old, of Wheatland Drive, Cheltenham, pleaded notguilty at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court to possession of heroin andsupply of ...
Motorist in mistaken ID claim
Sep 02, 2008 ... A Man convicted of several motoring offences is appealing againstthe decision because he was being impersonated. Thomas Ludlow appeared before Cheltenham Magistrates' Court forallegedly driving without a licence, insurance or MOT in Hester'sWay on August 31, 2006. The ...
Eco power runs festival ragged
Sep 02, 2008 ... Musical magic was mixed with care for the environment atGloucestershire's greenest festival. The Ragged Hedge Fair, held at Abbey Home Farm in Cirencester,mixed the usual fare of live music and performance with seminars onorganic farming. The three-day event at the weekend ...
We'd spruce up our area
Sep 02, 2008; ... A Bmx track and a tidy rose garden could be on the cards for theMatson and Robinswood Tenants and Residents' Association if it winsthe Echo Community Makeover competition. The association has launched a bid to win pounds6,000 in thecontest, which is being run in partnership with ...
Drug user took razors
Sep 02, 2008 ... Drug addict Ben Holloway stole more than pounds80 worth of razorsfrom Waitrose. The 30-year-old, of Grove Street, Cheltenham, committed theoffence while on bail for another theft, Cheltenham Magistrates'Court heard. Crown prosecutor Sharon Green said the latest offence took ...
Drug dealer jailed
Sep 02, 2008 ... Patrick Bermingham has been caged for three-and-a-half yearsafter he admitted dealing crack cocaine. At Gloucester Crown Court, Judge Mark Horton said Bermingham, 18,and a 17-year-old also sentenced yesterday, had been attracted bythe "thrill" of a dangerous criminal ...