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• It's hard cheese for Town's swimmers competing at Cheddar

  MEMBERS of Cirencester Swimming Club had to face strong opposition in the third round of their 2004 Cotswold League campaign held at Cheddar last weekend. read more

• Fairford Town's hopes of some silverware bite the dust at Cinder Lane

  FAIRFORD Town's last hope of some silverware this season disappeared in a 0-3 defeat at their Cinder Lane ground on Wednesday evening of last week. read more

• Bourton runners tackle Draycote Water five-mile race with gusto

  BOURTON Road Runners headed off to Rugby in Warwickshire last Saturday to compete in the Draycote Water five-mile road race. read more

• In this week's Standard

  Making news in the Cotswolds and North Wiltshire this week: read more

• Hockey team clinches promotion by the skin of their teeth

  WITH a little bit of magic from five-goal maestro Paine in a 9-3 thrashing of Warminster and aided by results elsewhere on Saturday, the hockey of Cirencester 1st XI have achieved promotion by the skin of their teeth. read more

• Rallying mums from Highworth all set for a long trek to Yorkshire

  HIGHWORTH'S rallying mums, Shelly Taunt and her co-driver Julie Murphy, are once again preparing for a long haul north back to Yorkshire to tackle the Northumberside Rally, which is a round of a very competitive BTRDA championship. read more

• On-song United FC rattle in six goals against high-riding Ardley

  CIRENCESTER United produced a remarkable 6-3 league victory on Wednesday of last week to beat an Ardley team which had lost only four games this season and conceded 25 goals in the process. read more

• Fast rising tae kwon--do start Rosie Cox takes gold at Bristol

  FAST rising tae kwon-do star Rosie Cox, from Cirencester, won gold in the sparring division in her very first major tournament. read more

• Horse racing man Sam reflects on a wonderful Cheltenham Festival

  FEW words can describe the euphoria of this year's National Hunt Festival at Cheltenham, especially for racegoers like myself who had not previously attended this annual spectacle, writes Sam Hoskins. read more

• The endeavours of former referee Alistair receive due recognition

  FORMER local referee Alistair Matthew received the Long and Meritorious Service Award at a presentation made at Bibury FC the Saturday before last. read more

• Protestors Gather to Oppose Missing Link

  DOZENS of placard waving protestors united to show their anger over a controversial new road scheme planned for the Cotswolds 'missing link'. read more

• VWH point-to-point becomes another victim of the gale-force winds

  THE VWH Point-to-Point at Siddington, near Cirencester, was unlucky enough to suffer the same fate as so many other sporting events on Saturday afternoon when high winds made racing impossible. read more

On this day: Cirencester Archive