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Birdie puts Treleaven in matchplay
Mark Treleaven, James Ablett and Ben Johnson booked their place in the draw for the ERIF (UK) Hampshire PGA Matchplay Championship on June 16 & 17 after a seven-man play-off at Corhampton. Hayling's former European Challenge Tour player Treleaven
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Terry: I don't feel I'm under any pressure
Paul Terry may have a football manager like role at Hampshire - but he isn't feeling the pressure. Second from bottom Hampshire are looking for their first win in the championship this season against in form Durham at the Rose Bowl tomorrow. The last
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SportAid helping Charlotte's career
FORMER Olympian Roger Black was the chief speaker at the second Solent SportAid lunch at The Rose Bowl to raise funds for up-and-coming youngsters. The 400m silver medallist at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 was on hand to present teenage basketball hopeful
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Walkies!
Fencing contractor Reg Clough, pictured, struck lucky to collect over £300 in prize money in the Wessex Spring Open at Cogden. Clough, from East Woodyeates, was far from happy when he drew peg one because it meant a mile trek along the shingle. But, after
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So, who has won £170,000?
THE mystery Winchester winner of a £170,000 Lotto cash prize has still not come forward, a spokesman for the company said today. Camelot, who run the national lottery game, made an appeal yesterday for people living in the Winchester area to check their
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Hampshire Business Awards Giving something back
Last week we focussed on the three finalists for the Bond Pearce Innovation Award. This week we turn the spotlight on the final contenders for the Marsh Business in The Community Award, and next Tuesday we will discover just who is in line for the KPMG
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Gary's US mission
THE creative director of Southampton based HPW Partnership is off to Ohio next month to address garden centre managers and owners on how to maximise the potential of their sites. Gary Wilburn will be talking to members of the OFA, an association of floriculture
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Mega ship heading this way
IF you go down to the docks today you are in for a really big Southampton surprise as the world's largest container ship is due in port. OOCL Shenzhen can carry a staggering 8,063 containers on her massive decks, so many that if they were laid end to
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Our high-rise hell
A SOUTHAMPTON family claims they have had to endure a year and a half of misery after they were placed on the 22nd floor of a Southampton tower block. Southampton City Council housed Julie Corbett, 43, and her family on the 22nd floor of Canberra Towers
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Future of historic Tudor House secured
THE FUTURE of one of Southampton's best known and historically most important landmarks has been secured. In the first key decision of the city's newly elected Liberal Democrat cabinet yesterday, members approved council funding of £564,000 which will
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Nick's suspenders put him in the frame
WE already have a front runner in the Daily Echo competition to find Hampshire's daftest dad. Fifty one-year-old Nick Thomas-Webster, from Marchwood, near Southampton, has been nominated for his penchant for black suspenders and bodices. Nick, obviously
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Fans bridge football divide to help Whizzkidz
SUPPORTERS from two of the south's leading football clubs put aside their rival allegiances for the day to join forces and raise about £800 for charity. A group of 16 Saints and Pompey fans completed a 22-mile sponsored walk in just over eight hours from
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Saints' £4m FA Cup jackpot
SAINTS raked in around £1m in just over three weeks from selling yellow and blue FA Cup Final merchandise. That is the phenomenal figure spent by Cup crazy fans clamouring for souvenirs of the club's first Final appearance for 27 years. And it helped
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Cyclists offered harbour, sea and scenery bike rides
CYCLISTS in the Fareham area can saddle up for two scenic bike rides in the coming weeks. The sixth annual Ride Around the Harbours takes place on Sunday, June 8, while Fareham Borough Council's Sea and Scenery ride follows a week later. Both events are
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Baird set for Italian debut
CHRIS BAIRD'S remarkable rise from reserve player to full international in under a month will be completed tonight. As revealed in the Daily Echo on May 20, Baird is set to make his senior Northern Ireland debut in tonight's friendly in Italy. And if
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Star Karen is everyone's cup of tea
EASTLEIGH charity worker Karen Jelly is a volunteer with a big heart. She has been named as the area winner in a nationwide competition to find the British Heart Foundation's (BHF) star shop volunteer. Karen was chosen following a search for exceptional
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Looking to the future
Andover FC took another step towards their goal of being a true community club this week as they welcomed the youth sides of RPM to the Portway. The 13 youth teams, who now play under the banner of RPM Andover, held their AGM at the Portway on Wednesday
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Results don't go well on rink
It was not a good week for Andover Bowling Club's teams, and in the Whitchurch league only the C team came out on top, beating Laverstoke 4 to 1. Both our A team and our B team lost by the same result. In the Basingstoke rinks league we went down 4-1
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Priors keep momentum
Hurstbourne Priors 208-6 beat Colden Common 120 Hurstbourne Priors maintained their impressive start to the season with maximum points at Colden Common, writes Mark Hamson. Priors got off to a poor start, losing Oakton without scoring and Carter for 16
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Money is beginning to trickle in for Darren
Stoneham's Darren Henley has pocketed his first cheques on the EuroProTour after a top 30 finish in the Sky Sports Classic at St Pierre followed by a tie for 43rd in last week's Quinta da Ria event in the Algarve. The former Hampshire champion, pictured
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Le Tiss is back at Saints
Saints legend Matthew Le Tissier is preparing to pull on the red and white stripes again later this month. The former England man, who bagged 161 league goals for Saints during his career, will appear in the popular Masters six-a-side tournament. In a
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: Celtic King, container, 0530, 205E; Hual Asia, ro/ro, 0800, 40; OOCL Shenzhen, container, 1115, 207; THV Patricia, buoy ship, AM, 38; Autofreighter, ro/ro, TBA, 201 link; Birgit Saban, general, TBA, 43. Today's Principal Sailings
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CYCLING - Winchester course a happy hunting ground for Horner
CHANDLER'S FORD school teacher Rowan Horner (VC St Raphael Waite Contracts) made a triumphant return to the Owlesbury circuit near Winchester. Horner won British Cycling's south regional championship three years after he took the Wessex road title on
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Art for business' sake
The Beatrice Royal Gallery was the setting for a cocktail party with an artistic twist, thrown by Hampshire marketing and design agency LeepeckGreenfield. Although the Southampton-based agency didn't pay for hundreds of naked models to lie down at the
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South's women lead the way in business start-ups
A ONE-DAY conference and exhibition in Hampshire next month is geared to encouraging women in the south to realise ambitions of setting up in business. Guest speakers include Hampshire Business Woman Of The Year, Avril Owton, proprietor of the Cloud Hotel
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Little Sam's misery as pup vanishes
A boy with special needs has been left devastated after his puppy was taken from a town centre car park. Shiloh, a six-month-old springer spaniel/collie cross, was given to ten-year-old Samuel Hubbard to try to help him get over the sudden death of his
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Steam up for charity
IT WAS full steam ahead for one of Hampshire's most historic and best preserved traction engines this week. The nine and a half tonne metal beauty "Katrina" headed from her home at Bursledon Brickworks Museum in Swanwick, Southampton, hundreds of miles
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Donovan's got the summer sun licked
IT was beginner's luck. As a community relations exercise, Testway Housing decided last October to organise a fun-day for their 5,000 plus tenants. After consulting land availability and the calendar, they plumped for May 31 - and didn't they hit the
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Scientists' role in protecting the deep
AN AREA of deep water corals found off the coast of Scotland by Southampton scientists is to be turned into Britain's first deep-sea marine reserve. Scientists from Southampton Oceanography Centre found the rare habitat, called Darwin Mounds, in 1998,
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Trust will consult on hospital future
VILLAGERS have been told there will be full consultation before any decisions are taken about the future of the Mount Hospital, Bishopstoke. A campaign to safeguard facilities currently offered by the Mount to the elderly people of Bishopstoke and Eastleigh
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Charity shipping sale raises thousands
A charity auction of shipping memorabilia has raised £2,100 for Southampton's Mission to Seafarers. The most expensive lot, at £100, was a framed copy of Lord Nelson's obituary which appeared in The Times newspaper. Other items under the auctioneer's
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Monks take a big scalp
SEMI-FINAL day produced the result of the competition when division two champions Merrie Monk B beat Wolversdene A from division one. They meet Chute Club, who cruised past the Wellingtons. Graham Howerd, the Monk's skipper and Saints supporter, will
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Bone of contention!
Amport 90-5 rrt beat Ellingham 157 It was a good effort from the Amport ground staff for the game to take place at all -- and with a wet pitch it was a surprise for the Amport skipper to be asked to take the field after losing the toss, writes Jon Anstee
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At last, Rob hits victory!
Penton 160-9 beat Liss 63 Penton II beat Tichborne Park III It was a long time coming, but Rob Rasey finally led Penton to their first league win since he took over, writes Mike Wells. Batting first, Roy Burch (23) and Wayne Green (25) got the innings
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Battling Dawson true to his word
WHEN the European Seniors Tour stops off in Jersey next week, there will be no more welcome sight on the lovely La Moye course than Hampshire's own Peter Dawson. Little over six months ago, the former Ryder Cup ace was undergoing surgery for prostate
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Romsey's Ben banned until next February
A LOCAL footballer has been suspended for 154 days by the Hampshire FA for disciplinary offences. Ben Boyce has been banned from September 1 to February 2 next season and also fined £50 with £7 costs. The Romsey Town Football & SC player, also registered
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Memorial garden fit for a king or queen
A MEMORIAL garden to mark the final resting place of King Alfred was unveiled as Winchester's crowning glory. Workers laboured around the clock to get the first phase of the development of Hyde Abbey Gardens finished in time for the 50th anniversary of
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Donkey derby scoops £6,000
SEA scouts at Eling went galloping along the fund-raising trail when their best-ever donkey derby raised a thumping £6,000 towards a brand new home on the outskirts of Totton. The group is aiming to move its headquarters to the shores of the recently-created
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Freddie praised after playground crisis
FIREFIGHTERS cut two trapped toddlers free from a New Forest playground swing - and then heaped praise on the nine-year-old who helped speed up the rescue operation. The incident happened in a playground at the rear of Marchwood village hall, with three-year-old
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Creative designs on kids' clubs
SOUTHAMPTON design consultancy 3 Men & A Surfboard, has sponsored Hamble-based Chapel tristars - a top junior triathlon club - with a funky new website. Simon Heron, a director of 3 Men, said: "It will be a major asset for the club, helping them forge
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Experts get chance to net web awards
Website experts in companies and organisations across the county are being offered the opportunity to have their skills recognised, with the arrival of The Hantsweb Awards 2003. The awards, which are taking place for the second time, are organised by
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Police in riot gear at Romany funeral
IT WAS meant to be the day that the Romany people paid their last respects to a popular Hampshire woman. But the family of May Cooper claim the day was ruined when police turned up in riot gear prepared for trouble. Mourners at the funeral of Mrs Cooper
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Nuclear subs not welcome!
SOUTHAMPTON'S former top politician has said nuclear powered vessels are "not welcome'' in the city. Labour group leader Councillor June Bridle told members of the city council's newly formed Liberal Democrat Cabinet yesterday that controversial plans
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Porsche present is up to the marque
AN estimated 250 Porsches turned up at Beaulieu's National Motor Museum on Saturday - and one of them was helped on its way to a new home by Lord Montagu. The cars were taking part in the Porsche 356 International Rally and headed through Hampshire after
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You've never had it so good, say police
CRIME is down and there are a record number of police officers patrolling the streets in Stubbington. That was the good news delivered by the police at a public meeting. But despite this, a large crowd of concerned residents still confronted two top policemen
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Sea what's on offer at popular show
It just keeps on growing and this year's, seawork2003, the international marine exhibition and conference staged annually in Southampton docks, is going to be the biggest yet. In excess of 4,500 visitors are expected to flock to the city's Western Docks
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Liner debut in Southampton
The port of Southampton has again been chosen for the prestigious international debut for a major new cruise ship. Holland America Line's 85,920 ton Oosterdam, recently completed at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy, is due to make a 48-hour visit to
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Mega ship heading this way
IF you go down to the docks today you are in for a really big Southampton surprise as the world's largest container ship is due in port. OOCL Shenzhen can carry a staggering 8,063 containers on her massive decks, so many that if they were laid end to
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Andover colts beat Leckford
The Travail-backed U15s beat Leckford in the quarter-final of the Millard Cup on Friday evening. Leckford were restricted to 63-9 with Chris Hadfield (4-9), Luke Andrews (2-3), Martin Roberts (1-6) and Ollie Williams (1-8) doing the damage assisted by
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The summer league takes over
Andover & District Netball Association's new summer league has begun, despite the recent rain. The league trains umpires so they will be qualified for the winter season, and is being run almost the same as the winter league with the exception of registration
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He's Roy of the Overs
Old Arlesford 67 lost to Over Wallop 210 Skipper Roy Cavill turned in a complete all-round performance on Saturday as Wallop crushed Old Arlesford by 143 runs. Wallop's first game of the season started badly, losing two quick wickets. But captain marvel
