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Romsey's royal visit
The centre of Romsey was packed this morning (Friday) for the visit of Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness Duke of Edinburgh. The Royal couple arrived at Romsey Abbey by black Bentley for a special service to celebrate the 400th anniversary
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CRICKET: Sparsholt chase down huge total
ECB Southern Electric Premier League - Division 3. OTs & Romsey (301-7) lost to Sparsholt (302-5). Old Tauntonians & Romsey piled up a massive 301 for 7 at Sparsholt - only to see their unblemished Southern Electric Premier League, Division 3 record
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CRICKET: Font tie after casualty chaos
Hampshire Cricket League - County Div 4. South Newton (206-8) tied with Mottisfont (206-9). On a glorious sunny day for cricket, Mottisfont ventured into Wiltshire to play against South Newton on their picturesque ground by the River Wyle. Home skipper
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GOLF: Stubbs wins at Burley
Hockley's Gary Stubbington won The Burley Golf Club Pro-Am Tournament recently after shooting a one-under-par round of 70. Stubbington (pictured) finished one shot ahead of Corhampton's Ian Roper and Alresford's Philip Bryden with both players matching
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CRICKET: Holt & Haskell Border League
League Cup 1st Round. Bramshaw progressed in the League Cup in a delayed First Round match away to Ashurst. Ashurst batted first and although losing an early wicket pushed the score along at six runs an over with Andy Fowell (53no) and M.Collett (26)
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CRICKET: Garvey and Fry lead Ampfield to victory
Regional Division 4 North Central. Ampfield II (143-7) beat Holybourne II (142 all out). Ampfield 2nds won the toss and put Holybourne in to bat. The fielding side soon struck as Mike Stokes picked up the wicket of Jowett. Holybourne then dug in and
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JUNIOR FOOTBALL: Saints celebrations
M&T Saints U10's successful season was celebrated at the club's annual presentation held last Friday. The team finished runners-up in the Yellow League of the Eastleigh & District Mini League finishing just one point behind the League winners. The manager
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JUNIOR FOOTBALL: M&T Girls grab third place
Michelmersh & Timsbury Girls sent two teams to the Testwood Tournament and put on a creditable performance as reigning champions. M&T "Amber" fought out a goalless draw with Winchester City, with new defender Bryony Barnes catching the eye, before crushing
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ROAD RUNNING: No small beer at Braishfield
The Braishfield Beer Race, organised by Romsey Road Runners, takes place this Sunday (June 10) at 10.30am and participants are very welcome to enter on the day. Parking and start of the race are at Braishfield Cricket Club with race HQ and finish at the
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Festival keeps growing
Louise Glyde discovers Blissfields, the low-key music festival based in BradleyBlissfields, a small music festival that champions local bands, is so popular it doesn't need to blow its own trumpet to sell tickets. Held in a field between Alresford and
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Trout Festival for Stockbridge
THERE will be something fishy going on in Stockbridge at the end of June. The village is holding a Trout Festival in its High Street as part of the Hampshire Food Festival on June 30 and July 1. Organisers think it could well be the first of its kind
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Crackdown on benefit cheats
WINCHESTER civic chiefs are warning that their crackdown on benefit cheats will continue this year. In 2006, the city council successfully prosecuted 11 people who committed fraud over council tax and housing benefits. Last year, £558,000 of housing
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Meg doing well after brain op
BRAVE King's Somborne girl, Meg Jones, underwent life-saving surgery in America on Wednesday and is recovering well. Meg, 21, underwent a pioneering operation to remove a brain tumour and as the Romsey Advertiser went to press, she was awake and responding
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Doctors pleased with last Hartley transplant
ROMSEY'S Hartley family are at last on the home straight after three years of transplant trauma. Seven-year-old Luke, the youngest of the four brothers who needed bone marrow transplants to overcome a rare life-threatening condition, finally underwent
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Special arrangement
MAKE it look fit for a Queen - that was the task facing Romsey Abbey's dedicated team of flower arrangers as the countdown began to today's Royal visit. Hundreds of flowers donated by Waitrose were delivered to the Abbey on Wednesday afternoon, along
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Raiders flee with antiques worth £10,000
RAIDERS got away with antiques worth about £10,000 after breaking into a house at Broughton. Police say the householder disturbed three people wearing dark clothing at the property last Friday night. The raiders then fled the scene. Detectives say the
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Drum roll for village fete...
Drumming up support for the East Tytherley fete tomorrow (Saturday) will be the rhythm-based event HumDrumStrum. The Bristol-based outfit, led by Simon Carver, will be encouraging up to 50 people at a time to join a drum circle in two half-hour sessions
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Mum calls for reintroduction of playground
A mother of two young children urged Nursling and Rownhams Council's June meeting to do all in their power to provide a playground for young children. She was told that, some years ago, the council shut the children's play area at St Boniface Park after
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Ruth on Everest
RUTH Miles, a 14 year old Scout from Romsey, has just returned from an unforgettable trip to Nepal and Everest Base Camp. Ruth, a pupil in Year 10 at Mountbatten School and an Explorer Scout in Romsey, was previously with the 3rd Romsey (Braishfield)
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Pupils gardening around the world
YOUNGSTERS at Fair Oak Infant School at Eastleigh dressed up in their best for a garden party to celebrate a special day. Last Thursday, June 7, the school officially opened its Children's World Garden and celebrated with drinks, food, games and music
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COUNTY CRICKET: Balti boys find some form in damp encounter
Jimmy Adams opens up on Hampshire cricket. Another rain-affected game - some might argue that we were helped by losing time against Warwickshire, enabling us to bat out the final day for the draw. However, by the time the stumps were pulled, we had
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CRICKET: St Cross celebrate debut derby win
Southern Electric Premier League - Division 1. St Cross Symondians (122-5) beat Hursley Park (121 all out). Hursley Park are rooted to the bottom of the table after suffering a five-wicket defeat by St Cross Symondians in the Winchester basement derby
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FOOTBALL: Leader takes helm at City
Following a lively question and answer session on Monday evening (June 4) Winchester City FC have appointed Andy Leader, pictured, as manager for the forthcoming season. Andy impressed Chairman Derek Caws and Secretary John Moody at his initial interview
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GOLF: Bryden and Saunders share spoils
Hockley GC Pro-Am Tournament. Alresford's Philip Bryden, pictured, and Hampshire PGA Captain Kevin Saunders (Walhampton) shared the victors spoils in the Hockley Golf Club Pro-Am Tournament. Both shot two-under-par rounds of sixty-nine with Brokenhurst
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CRICKET: England ace leads Taverners at Hursley Park
England's World Cup wicketkeeper Paul Nixon heads the list of top players in the Lord's Taverners squad for their annual charity match at Hursley Park, near Winchester, on Sunday (June 10, 2.30pm). The 36-year-old Leicestershire star is turning out to
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CRICKET: Young Ben comes of age
Hampshire League - Regional Division North 1 Old Alresford (179-7) beat Alton III (164-7). With the pitch true but slow and low Old Alresford elected to bat when they met Alton 3rds last Saturday. Andy Stevenson batted well for his 45 (three 6s and
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CRICKET: Flamingos crowing
HAMPSHIRE LEAGUE - County Division 1. Flamingo (132-4) beat Eastleigh & Otterbourne (127-8). Eastleigh & Otterbourne were the opponents at the Holt on Saturday, with both teams currently languishing in the bottom half of the County Division 1 table.
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CRICKET: Hard times for Trojans
Southern Premier League Division 2. Trojans (182-7) lost to Rowledge (266-5). Trojans, missing five regulars, went down by 84 runs at the hands of Rowledge on Saturday. However when both openers were out lbw with only 19 runs on the board, Trojans
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CRICKET: Dons hang on for victory
Southern Electric Premier League - Division 3. Hambledon (198-7) beat US Portsmouth (197-7). Hambledon travelled to Burnaby Road to take on an undefeated United Services side. Having won the toss, US elected to bat and had reached 41 in the 15th over
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CRICKET: Driven to distraction but Oaks get back on track
Southern Electric Premier League - Division 3. Fair Oak (156-4) beat Bashley II (155 all out). Motorway mayhem and a two-hour drive into the New Forest delayed the start of this match by 35 minutes, but when it did get under way the Oaks bowlers settled
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CRICKET: Sparsholt warm to chase
Southern Premier Division 3. Old Tauntonians & Romsey piled up a massive 301 for 7 at Sparsholt - only to see their unblemished Southern Electric Premier League, Division 3 record shattered in a remarkable evening run chase. When Charles Forward, Stu
