JOHN PHILLIPS was one of the VWH point-to-point’s most staunch supporters until his untimely death in June last year. His wife Scilla and sons George and Nick are continuing the family’s involvement with the sport and were rewarded with a double
THE FIRST seeds of doubt on Sunday came into my mind when the goals that got us to Wembley were flashed up on the big screen before the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy kick-off. Had our progress through each round really been earned by a single victory
APRIL FOOL. The accusation will be bandied about thousands of time on Sunday but Gloucester will be hoping that the joke’s not on them. Aviva Premiership matches are serious stuff at the best of times. After last weekend’s home defeat by Exeter, the
ZARA PHILLIPS continued her solid start to the eventing season in the Land Rover Gatcombe Horse Trials over the weekend. Phillips, the 2006 world champion, may be rated an outsider to make Great Britain’s Olympic eventing team for London this
Dorset & Wilts Div 1 North Minety 44, Calne 18 UP AGAINST Calne’s confrontational pack, Minety let loose a running game to which their opponents had no answer. An attacking line-out and a perfect catch-and-drive from Calne produced the
SHOP windows across Cirencester will display their patriotic style this spring as Cirencester gears up to celebrate the Olympics and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Retailers across Cirencester will compete from next month to win a trophy made by Walter
A TEENAGER has been charged in connection with allotment burglaries in Stow-on-the-Wold. The 14-year-old boy from the town has been charged with five counts of burglary in connection to shed break-ins at the allotments at Spring Gardens.
A FATHER and daughter are walking 104 miles along the Thames path to raise money for the RNLI. Geoff and Kate Pollock, from Cirencester, started their journey from the source of the Thames on March 25 and are due to finish on March 30 when
THE OLYMPICS this year will not be much of a novelty for one local man who hopes to be working in the main stadium for the second time in his life. Mike Cooper, 77, was a volunteer at the Olympics in Atlanta in 1996, and enjoyed it so much
COTSWOLD’S canals could soon be part of a multi-million pound solution to a predicted drought caused by low water levels in the River Thames. A £250 million scheme proposed by Cotswold Canals Trust could see up to 300 million litres of water
