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Cirencester Archive

• Golfer Heather wins a Dougie Rolls Cup qualifier

  A large field contested the Dougie Rolls Cup qualifying competition at Cirencester Golf Club last Sunday when the top 16 players moved forward to the next stage - a matchplay knockout competition. read more

• Cirencester planning pre-season friendlies

  ALTHOUGH their 2002-3 campaign has barely finished, Cirencester Town FC are already in the throes of organising a number of prestigious pre-season friendlies to be played at their Corinium Stadium this summer. read more

• Parsons sailing for a world championship berth

  EXCITING news for South Cerney Sailing Club is that it will have two representatives competing for a World Championship berth when the third and final sector takes place at Brightlingsea over the last weekend in May. read more

• Tennis champions experience a first upset

  THE reigning men's, ladies and mixed champions in the Swindon and District Tennis League all crashed to their first defeats of the season last week. read more

• Foreign jail's 'pure torture'

  NICK Baker claims he has been mentally tortured and left deformed as a result of his "barbaric" stretch in a tough Japanese prison. read more

• Stunning performance from karter Hughes

  RICHARD Hughes put in a stunning performance at the Shenington Kart Club meeting last weekend to qualify in pole position. read more

• On two wheels with Corinium Cycling Club

  CORINIUM Cycling Club jerseys were conspicuous among the 400 cyclists who gathered at Meriden on Sunday for the 82nd memorial service to honour cyclists who had died in the two world wars. read more

• After series of friendlies, Wilts CCC are to play Wales

  WILTSHIRE County Cricket Club completed their programme of warm-up fixtures with matches against Hampshire 2nds at the Rose Bowl on Wednesday of last week and against Dorset at Dean Park, Bournemouth on Sunday. read more

• Consistency rewarded for model car club enthusiasts

  DESPITE dry weather when setting out, members opted to race indoors for the fourth round of the Stroud Tool Hire Championship hosted by Cotswold Model Car Club at the Duke of Gloucester Barracks, South Cerney, last Saturday. read more

• Runners set for a jaunt around the streets of Fairford

  THE streets of Fairford will once again thunder with the sound of hundreds of feet when the ever popular 3k family fun fun and Fairford 10k road race get under way on Sunday, June 1. read more

• Town youngsters well pleased with their rugby tour

  Cirencester RFC U13s and U14s returned from their recent tour of Belgium and the Netherlands Tour in happy mood after showing their hosts the finer points of the game. read more

On this day: Cirencester Archive