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  • Lechlade cricketers defeat Collingbourne to go top

    LECHLADE'S decisive victory over bottom-placed Collingbourne on Saturday has taken them to the top of the Division One table in this Wiltshire Cricket League encounter The Collingbourne openers put on 25, aided by some good fortune, before Wayne Bambrick

  • Hammond still a maestro of grasstrack racing

    A GOOD day was had by nearly all of 110 solo riders that took part in 63 races in Sunday's event staged at Dauntsey by the Swindon Adult Grasstrack Club. The weather was by and large kind and, despite the odd shower, very few accidents occurred. In fact

  • Cirencester CC first team returns to winning groove

    CIRENCESTER CC 1st XI were indebted to a third-wicket partnership of 129 by David Shackleton and Dominic Jeffcott on Saturday for their 59-run County League win over Cheltenham Civil Service. After winning the toss and electing to bat, both Cirencester

  • Managerial changes made at Fairford Town FC

    FOLLOWING a change of job that involves more Saturday working, Mark Webb has relinquished the post of Fairford Town manager at Cinder Lane, handing over the reins to his assistant, Kevin Maloney. Webb, though, will remain with the club in a coaching and

  • Cricklade Town FC elevated to Hellenic League status

    DESPITE finishing third in Plaister Autos Wiltshire Premier League at the end of last term, Cricklade Town's application to join the GLS Hellenic League has been accepted and promotion means that the club will now play in Division One (West) for the first

  • School smoochers save kissing tree

    TO thousands of students who went to the former Filands School site in Malmesbury, the place where they or their friends did their early smooching holds a special place in their affections. A large oak tree standing in the far corner of the soon-to-be

  • Swindon RC promoting cycle race at Cricklade

    LOCAL cycling club Swindon RC is once again set promote the Cricklade Festival Road Race this Saturday, June 18. This 'Bike Week' event sees 60 racing cyclists from around the country taking on ten laps of a course covering Cricklade, Common Hill and

  • Castle Combe gearing up for biggest race meeting of season

    CASTLE Combe is gearing up for its biggest meeting of the season over the Saturday and Sunday of June 25 and 26 - the John Guest Speedfit British Formula 3 and GT Speed Festival. The British Formula 3 championship is widely regarded as one of the most

  • Cirencester AC ladies claim team prize in Fairford 10k

    IN a welcome departure from the hot and humid weather of the past couple of years, Cirencester Athletic Club runners competed in the Fairford 10k in near ideal conditions on Sunday, June 5. This helped compensate for a deceptively tough and undulating

  • Second homes cash pumped back into Cotswolds

    PEOPLE in need in the Cotswolds are set to get a helping hand from those who can afford the luxury of a second home. Under the proposals put forward money collected from council tax on second homes in the district would be used to cover the costs of a

  • Tennis doubles champions lose crown at Chedworth

    DEFENDING champions for the past two years, Simon Sheppard and Alison Armitage, finally lost their crown at this year's annual Coln Valley Mixed Doubles Tennis Tournament, held at Chedworth last Saturday. The defeated finalists, from Ashton Keynes, went