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• Competition at South Cerney proves fierce for model car racers

  ROUND two of the TD construction championship took place at the Duke of Gloucester Barracks in South Cerney on Saturday. read more

• Castle Combe racetrack preparing for an action-packed weekend

  CASTLE Combe circuit is preparing for record crowds this weekend (Saturday and Sunday, June 19 and 20) with the John Guest Speedfit British Formula 3 and GT Festival set to make its annual visit. read more

• Tennis champions retain title in Coln Valley doubles tournament

  IN a riveting final to the Coln Valley annual mixed doubles tennis tournament, held in Chedworth on Saturday, defending champions Simon Sheppard and Alison Armitage of Ashton Keynes beat Rene Cason and Jackie Turner (Nailsworth) to take home the Speke Chal-lenge Cup for the second time in as many years. read more

• Unlucky Purton FC have to turn down Hellenic Premiership status

  HELLENIC Division One (West) champions Purton FC had to reluctantly turn down Premier League status after they were unable to obtain permission from the owners to install floodlighting at their Red House ground. read more

• Successful local runner Wendy is enhancing her reputation

  WENDY Jones strengthened her reputation as Cirencester Athletic Club's top runner in the recent Berkeley and Fairford 10k races, the latest rounds of the club's road race championship. read more

• Change of surface gives car club members a testing time

  THERE was a change of surface to grass for the third round of Cirencester Car Club's annual summer series. read more

• Mountain bike rider Morris finishes 14th in Sherwood Forest event

  SWINDON Road Club team Noah Rider and Tim Morris travelled to Nottinghamshire for the third round of the mountain bike national cross country series held at Sherwood Pines Forest. read more

• Swindon RC's Tim Morris is 14th in

  SWINDON Road Club team Noah Rider and Tim Morris travelled to Nottinghamshire for the third round of the mountain bike national cross country series held at Sherwood Pines Forest. read more

• Anneka helps raise profile of hospital event

  TELEVISION celebrity Anneka Rice was among guests at the annual Cirencester Hospital fete on Saturday. read more

• Veterans mark D-Day

  LAST weekend was a time of nostalgia and remembrance in Stow-on-the-Wold as the town commemorated D-Day's 60th anniversary. read more

On this day: Cirencester Archive