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• Glo'shire player is Cirencester CC's guest of honour

  CIRENCESTER CC players and supporters turned out in force to welcome their guest of honour, Gloucestershire CCC left-arm spinner Ian Fisher, to the club's 2003 junior and senior presentation evening, supported by the Wheatsheaf. read more

• Town win at Oxford equals best ever run in the FA Cup

  CIRENCESTER Town's comprehensive 3-0 defeat of Oxford City in Saturday's third qualifying round has set them up with a home tie against Crawley Town from the Dr Martens Premier Division on Saturday, October 25. read more

• Best gross prize for golfer Gareth at his Cirencester club

  THE Best Gross prize in Cirencester Golf Club's October Medal was won by Gareth Bennett with a score of 70. read more

• Soprano returns to her Cotswold roots

  HELEN Kucharek, the former principal soprano of English National Opera, is to return to her roots next month when she gives a concert at Westonbirt School, near Tetbury, where she was once a pupil. read more

• Tyning Villa dressage competition sets high standard

  THE last dressage competition of the season at Tyning Villa Stables, Frampton Mansell, near Cirencester, followed the pattern set at earlier shows. read more

• Minety RFC defeat keen rivals by ten points to five

  A STRING of injuries and a second-half comeback by Cooper Avon Tyres were not enough to dislodge Minety's defiant grip on last Saturday's Dorset & Wilts Division One encounter. read more

• Widdecombe to share life story

  LARGER than life Tory politician and novelist Ann Widdecombe brings her show to Swindon Arts Centre on Tuesday, October 21 at 7.30pm. read more

• Potter's late equaliser rescues a point for United FC

  IT was a case of two points lost rather than one gained for United as they had Ben Potter to thank for grabbing a 90th-minute equaliser when the game should have been wrapped up. read more

• Whiteway 1st XV scores first league win of the season

  CIRENCESTER'S depleted 1st XV recorded their first Gloucestershire Premier of the season, beating their North Bristol hosts by 22 points to 22 on Saturday. read more

• Netball team records first victory after hard fought match

  IN what proved a massive shot in the arm for their netball team, Cirencester A took vital points in a close but much needed 49-46 home victory on Saturday against newly promoted Churchdown. read more

• Vics do well to hold league leaders Purton FC to a draw

  MALMESBURY Victoria did well to hold Hellenic Division One West leaders Purton to a goal-less draw in Saturday's well contested local derby at the Flying Monk ground. read more

• Injury-hit Fairford having to face a tough FA Vase trip

  FAIRFORD Town are having to face the prospect of travelling to Rymans League side Bemerton Heath for this Saturday's vital FA Vase first round clash with a much depleted squad. read more

• Tenants escape flat fire

  FOUR adults and a baby are lucky to be alive after a fire ripped through their flat in Tetbury, writes Elizabeth Kemble. read more

• Maddy and her girls to perform at Sundial

  OVER a remarkable career spanning more than three decades, Maddy Prior has become widely recognised as the voice of English folk music, with a reputation as both as a highly original songwriter and a superb interpreter of traditional song. read more

On this day: Cirencester Archive