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Hog win is a stroll in park for Gary
It looked like just another day at the office for Gary Wolstenholme as he won the Hampshire Hog at North Hants on Sunday. The four-times Walker Cupper (Kilworth Springs) breezed round in a brace of 66s -10 under par-to win his second Hog and match the
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Japanese cash lures Prosi from Fratton
Robert Prosinecki has quit Portsmouth for a £50,000 a week contract at Japanese side Grampus Eight. The Croatian international captain signed for Pompey last summer on a two-year contract but had a get-out clause after one season. Although his friendship
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Hampshire one run off record knock
When Alan Mullally was caught at gully yesterday afternoon it meant Hampshire fell short of equalling their record score - by just ONE run. With his side on 667-7, skipper Robin Smith called across from the players' balcony to check with scorer Vic Isaacs
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Town's most deprived areas get special council attention
POPLEY, Norden and Buckskin have been classified as the most deprived areas of Basingstoke. The three wards feature in a Government list of areas of multiple deprivation based on in-come, employment, health and disability, education skills and training
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Bens beaming after their Volvo victory
TWO local teenagers made their mark sailing in the Volvo RYA Youth Championship and World Trials. The team finished first in the Hobie 16 class. Ben Mansfield, aged 15, from Hamble and Ben Hinks, aged 14, from Netley Abbey led the fleet from day one,
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivings: Autoline, ro/ro, 0630, 201 link; Olivia, vehicle carrier, 0700, 25 link; Autoprogress, ro/ro, 1100, 201 link; P&O Nedlloyd Stuyvesant, container, 1700, 207; Provider, general, 1900, 33; Hyundai Federal, container, 2300
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Historic play-off win for Buffalo
Basingstoke Buffalo 13 Altrincham Aces 4 (Basingstoke won 22-9 on agg) HISTORY was made on Saturday in Basingstoke as the Buffalo became the first ever southern division team to make the final of the English National League play-offs. Until now, the top
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Howe sees red over dismissal
Heybridge Swifts 5 Basingstoke Town 1 MANAGER Ernie Howe was furious as one of his most experienced players, Paul Wilkinson, talked himself into a red card before 10-men Town crashed to defeat at Heybridge, writes John Gray. The incident in the first
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Olympian Alex's words will inspire all
Alex Coomber, Britain's Winter Olympic bronze medallist in the bone-crunching skeleton bobsleigh, will be the special guest speaker at the prestigious 2002 Daily Echo Hampshire Business Awards gala dinner in June. Alex gave the nation a reason to celebrate
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A rousing send-off for yachting holiday
SOUTHAMPTON was the scene for a royal send-off as the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, with the Prince of Wales, Princess Anne and Prince Andrew, set out on holiday in the Royal Yacht Britannia. Liners and smaller craft were decked out with bunting in
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Alton boss is snapped up by Winchester
HAMPSHIRE champions Alton Town have had their celebrations cut short by losing manager John Robson to ambitious outfit Winchester City. Rather than lead Town into the Jewson Wessex League next season, Robson believes he stands a better long-term chance
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Shipping only investment to go green
The new green machines are on their way to Southampton Container Terminals as part of the latest multi-million-pound investment in new equipment. SCT has ordered 11 straddle carriers from Noell Crane Systems of Germany, which will be the first of its
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Bream a new Wessex best
GARY WITHERS was in record-breaking form as the season got in to gear, with some cracking fish landed. Within the past couple of weeks, two Ashlett SFC records have tumbled as well as a Wessex regional record with both boat and shore anglers sampling
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Age increase is designed to improve contest
HAMPSHIRE'S sought-after Young Professionals Golf Championship has undergone a radical facelift designed to boost the quality and the quantity of the field. When the 28th Patrons-backed event takes place at Brokenhurst Manor on Thursday, May 2, the age
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Alton boss is snapped up by Winchester
HAMPSHIRE champions Alton Town have had their celebrations cut short by losing manager John Robson to ambitious outfit Winchester City. Rather than lead Town into the Jewson Wessex League next season, Robson believes he stands a better long-term chance
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INSPIRED!
ROBIN SMITH hailed John Crawley's debut double ton as 'inspiring' - but Hampshire face an injury crisis ahead of tomorrow's visit of Leicestershire to the Rose Bowl. Crawley's nine-and-a-half hour 272 against Kent is the highest score by a Hampshire player
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Sorry Arsenal, Vicky got there first!
THE FA cup arrived in Basingstoke last week . But there were no open-top bus parades as Town missed out this year in the fourth qualifying round. The cup arrived through AA marketing employee Vicky Seabrooke, 24, who won the right to keep it for a day
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Developers bypass local council in bid to develop site of historic house
THE saga of Fieldways - the historic house built by famous Basingstoke builder Harry Mussellwhite to live in himself - goes on. There was an outcry at the end of last year when Laing Homes Thames Valley put in a plan to knock down the house in Russell
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Flying high at Chineham Park
IT WAS three cheers for Chineham Park Primary School as pupils released 200 balloons to celebrate an OFSTED report praising them and their teachers. Inspectors said the Basingstoke school has many good features that contribute to providing a sound education
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Youth admits unprovoked head-butt attack on man
A TEENAGER has been given an 80-hour community service order for attacking a man in Brighton Hill. Andrew Vickery, 18, of Shepherd Road, Basingstoke, pleaded guilty to attacking Karl Wingvist as he walked home from a Brighton Hill chip shop with a woman
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Win keeps Deano on course for title
DEAN FRANCIS' long awaited return to the ring was triumphant as he beat South African Mondli Mbonambi on points at the Wembley Conference Centre. The Basingstoke-born fighter, who had been out of the ring for more than two years, looked in fine form.
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Logical 1,000 choice
QUEEN'S Logic looked the princess waiting to be crowned queen when she preserved her unbeaten record with a dazzling comeback victory in the Dubai Duty Free Stakes at Newbury on Saturday. A local triumph in next month's Sagitta 1,000 Guineas looks on
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Howe sees red over dismissal
Heybridge Swifts 5 Basingstoke Town 1 MANAGER Ernie Howe was furious as one of his most experienced players, Paul Wilkinson, talked himself into a red card before 10-men Town crashed to defeat at Heybridge, writes John Gray. The incident in the first
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Viking regain trophy
THE FINAL stage of badminton's Basingstoke and District knock-out cup saw Viking regain the trophy at Basingstoke Sports Centre. The eventual winners were given a bye into the semi-finals because of the late withdrawal of Waynflete, leaving only seven
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Free time at school
LAST week saw the start of free 20-hour coaching programmes in five schools across Basingstoke. The free tennis is part of the package of opportunities given to local schools by the Cliff Richard Tennis Foundation, which brought its tennis trail back
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First winners of memorial trophy
HAMPSHIRE Centrecourt was the venue for a mixed American tennis tournament held in memory of Julian Lance, who played in the Basingstoke and District, Newbury and Hampshire and Isle of Wight tennis leagues for over 25 years. He played for Portals, which
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City street enjoys a new calm
PEACE has descended on a Winchester street in which neighbours have been locked in a bitter dispute. The rows between three families at Cobbett Close, on the Stanmore housing estate, have declined since they all signed good behaviour agreements with the
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Battle of barking resumed
THE OWNERS of the "largest dog in the world" have launched a new bid to overturn an order barring the Great Dane and their three other canine companions from barking. Neighbours of New Forest couple John and Brigitte Tee-Hillman won the noise abatement
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Willments yard goes on the market
An entire waterfront industrial estate close to the centre of Southampton has been put up for sale by its family owners. Willments Shipyard in Hazel Road, Woolston, Southampton, with an unrivalled one-kilometre-long frontage to the River Itchen, should
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Hampshire Social Services go hi-tech
Hampshire County Council Social Services is to replace its computer system over the next four years with a new £5.2m state-of-the-art system. The new system, along with additional staffing requirements, has been funded from a loan from central government
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Arena for conferences
When the final whistle blows to mark the end of the soccer season Southampton Football Club will already be looking forward to next year's bookings. Not the bookings on the pitch but those for the many events that now take place at the multi-million pound
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Skills shortage in construction industry
WITH housing developments popping up all over Hampshire and homeowners inspired to enhance their homes by TV makeover shows - it's no wonder the construction industry is growing at twice the rate of the rest of the economy. However, skills shortfalls
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Car trade keeping docks busy
The first batch of UK-built Honda CR-V models has left the port of Southampton for America. A total of 60,000 of the sport-utility vehicles are due to pass across the city's dockside as part of the Japanese giant's present export drive to the USA. Made
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Willments yard goes on the market
An entire waterfront industrial estate close to the centre of Southampton has been put up for sale by its family owners. Willments Shipyard in Hazel Road, Woolston, Southampton, with an unrivalled one-kilometre-long frontage to the River Itchen, should
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Delgado sent home to recover
SAINTS have sent Agustin Delgado back to Ecuador to prepare for the World Cup Finals. The club made the decision at the weekend after the £3.2million striker returned home from Spain where he had unexpectedly turned out for his country in a friendly against
