England Seniors Amateur champion David Lane won the John Nettell Trophy at Brokenhurst Manor in decisive fashion, returning a gross 144 to come home five shots clear of Gordon Broster from Padbrook Park. Phil Young did the host club proud by finishing
A stroke of genius helped Hayling assistant Mark Treleaven to a five-shot win in the 36-hole Captain's Charity Tenth Anniversary Pro-Am at South Winchester. Treleaven holed a his seven-iron second shot for an eagle at the tough 450-yard 15th hole and
BAT's Richard Gregory has opted against joining Winchester City's growing band of strikers. With last season's 76-goal top gun Andy Forbes now staying with City, the FA Vase winners already have five quality front-men on their books - Forbes, Ian Mancey
NEWPORT Football Club are ready to create history on September 1 by hosting the Isle of Wight's first ever floodlit cricket match. Working in tandem with the Isle of Wight Cricket Board, they are bringing the popular Twenty 20-style format to St George's
THEIR pupils' hard work was recognised by teachers at a Hampshire school's awards evening. One hundred youngsters aged from 11 to 13 at Wildern School collected awards for outstanding attainment, progress and community service from Daily Echo editor Ian
The process of judging this year's Daily Echo-backed Hampshire Business Awards is proving hard work according to the judges who have been deliberating upon this year's entries to draw up the shortlist of finalists. With so many businesses demonstrating
STUDENTS flocking to the Varsity in Southampton city centre have helped pump up the profits at pub and bar group Barracuda. The company says it is on target for record annual profits after a strong first half to the year. Buckinghamshire based Barracuda
MORE than 700 high-quality manufacturing jobs in the south have been safeguarded with a £30m boost. Engineering giant GKN, which has a factory at East Cowes on the Isle of Wight, is to build a world-class advanced aerospace composite centre. Staff will
AN archaeological excavation in Winchester of one of the largest Roman cemeteries in the country is giving experts a valuable insight into the lives of our ancestors. The county council organised the dig as part of a major redevelopment which included
CAMPAIGNERS have lost their battle to defeat a Hythe housing scheme they fear will create a major road safety hazard. A proposal to build two blocks of affordable flats at Langdown Lawn was approved by just two votes at a meeting of the district council's
CHILDEN at a Southampton school showed off their artistic flair during an exhibition for parents. All of their creative creations were on display at Mansbridge Pri-mary School in Octavia Road after a successful art week including activities such as painting
WHEN great-grandmother Mary Tampion said goodbye to her dying sister last April she made her a promise. She told her she was going to take part in the Flora Light Challenge for Women and she said she would be doing it for the Macmillan nurses who had
FOR many people graffiti on a wall is just a mess that needs cleaning up. However, an ambitious scheme under way in Winchester is hoping to challenge that view. The project has been set up by Winchester's Graffiti Busters team, made up of representatives
A LOCKS HEATH woman has sent out a heartfelt plea to thieves who snatched her treasured diamond engagement ring to return it to police. The £4,400 platinum two-carat solitaire was stolen from her van as she left the vehicle for five minutes to help in
ADVENTURE Ranger Corps (ARC): Meet at John Hunt School, Popley, every Wednesday, at 7pm. I visited the Popley unit to meet the group on June 30. The first unit was established in Tadley in 1993, giving young people the opportunity to enjoy themselves
GREAT news: The Four Lanes Schools' summer fete, held recently, raised over £3,300! The Friends of Four Lanes would like to thank all those who helped out on stalls and to those who turned up despite the somewhat grotty weather! DISAPPOINTMENT: Neighbourhood
SUMMER Fair: Hatch Warren Junior School held its fair last month and raised around £1,200. It was a great success even though the event had to be planned around the ongoing building work. All the money raised will go towards equipment for the school.
HOOK Mother and Toddler Group: The last meeting for this season will be on Wednesday. As well as the usual activities there will be a summer raffle and a bouncy castle. Next term will start on Monday, September 6.
JOINT schools summer fair: Once again, a very big thank you to everyone who helped with this year's summer fair. The amount raised for each school was £1,600. A special thanks to "The Noise" group whose help was invaluable. A big thank you must also go
SUCCESS: That surely understates the festival in the village which lasted nine days. The flowers in the church were out of this world and the open gardens were great. Then, of course, Sunday, July 17, saw the great Old Basing Duck Race. I couldn't get
PAMBER Heath Gardening Club: The club will be visiting Valentine Cottage, Newnham, today. Contact Richard Brown, club chairman, for more details on 0118 9700100. SUMMER playscheme: In Pamber Heath Village Hall, every morning during the week of August
AUCTION: The auctions at Melrose Hall on Wednesdays will be closed for the whole of August, so if you have anything you wish to get rid of over the next two weeks, now is the time to do it. Viewing is from 4.30pm, and the sale begins at 7pm sharp. PLAYSCHEMES
Sir.-As chairman of Tadley Town Council, I write to welcome the news of the signing of the Partnership Agreement for the Barlow Plantation site development reported in the Tadley Gazette last Friday. I am sure local residents will be pleased to learn
Sir.-I am writing with reference to the Winklebury Carnival, which will be taking place on Saturday, July 24, on the Winklebury playing fields. As well as having lots of fun, the main purpose is to raise money to help local people and charities. With
Hampshire will have to wait at least another year before ending their Lancashire jinx after their Twenty20 dreams were left in tatters at the Rose Bowl. A third defeat of the season against Lancashire leaves Hampshire without a win against the Red Rose
Today's Principal Arrivals: CFF Seine, ro/ro, 0530, 30; Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0900, 201; Grande Mediterraneo, vehicle carrier, 0900, 202; Hong Kong Express, container, 1730, 207; Autoprestige, ro/ro, 1745, 105 Today's Principal Sailings: Palma, vehicle
SOUTHAMPTON International Airport must draw up a "master plan" explaining how it hopes to grow over the next 30 years, the government has announced. The document must state whether bosses hope to extend the airport's boundaries to cope with a predicted
BUSINESS adviser Paula Claisse has just flown out to South Africa to spend five weeks training staff in rural schools in the Eastern Cape Province. Paula, who lives in Southampton and is a director in tax practice at professional services' company KPMG
THIS year's bumper remuneration packages for the bosses of Stagecoach - parent company of South West Trains - have been revealed in its annual report. Chief executive Brian Souter, the 50-year-old co-founder of the public transport empire, gets £817,000
GLAMOUR model Jordan has played a key role in upping sales at a bookshop chain on the south coast. Katie Price's autobiography, Being Jordan, sold more than 17,500 copies at Ottakar's after being snapped up by mainly teenage customers. The book, by the
WINCHESTER'S Labour Party is struggling to find a candidate to fight the next general election. The Daily Echo has learned that a selection meeting of the local party last Thursday night refused to back the only shortlisted candidate and instead opted
ROMSEY police are warning homeowners to be on alert for bogus traders offering to resurface driveways. They say a vulnerable elderly couple in North Baddesley were stung for a large amount of cash after a team of workers put pressure on them until they
FOR centuries walkers have enjoyed the sights and sounds of running water at Salmon Leap. Those views were lost overnight when 6ft fences were installed on both sides of a bridge over the River Test to protect the river keeper and his family. Now, much
THE Hampshire detective who has been on the trail of Maninder Pal Singh Kohli for more than a year may have to wait up to two months longer before he can question him. Not even Det Supt Alan Betts has been allowed access to Kohli, the prime suspect in
WINCHESTER grandmother Karen Barratt never thought she would be staging her fourth anti-mobile phone mast vigil in 2004. She has held a 24-hour protest every year since 2001, in objection to plans for a 39-ft mast on her doorstep in Byron Avenue, Fulflood
A QUIET cul-de-sac was at the centre of a marathon rescue operation when firefighters were called in to remove a 40-stone man from his home. Paramedics were unable to get the 52-year-old man out of his home at Tresillian Gardens in West End because of
PARENTS crowded the council chamber's public gallery yesterday as Moorlands Infant School was saved from closure. All 45 mums and dads who have campaigned to turn the 120-pupil school into a primary clapped after Southampton City Council's executive member
A SERIES of free guided nature walks over Old Winchester Hill in the Meon Valley will be the centrepiece of celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of this National Nature Reserve. Local wildlife experts will join English Nature's site managers to lead
THE young designers and engineers of the future went head-to-head to compete in an egg race with a difference. Participants from 40 schools took up the challenge to design and manufacture a water-powered jet vehicle. Using a two-litre coke bottle and
RESIDENTS will have a major say in the future of the Coldeast site in Sarisbury, planning minister Keith Hill MP has promised. Fareham's civic leader Sean Woodward travelled to Westminster yesterday to quiz Mr Hill over the huge impact government policy
FLORAL society: At the start of the meeting on July 2, the chairman thanked May Gosling and her husband for hosting the barbecue in June. Many members had a lovely evening with delicious food. The chairman then handed over to Mrs Mavis Meachen, who started
WALKIES! On Saturday, July 10, I had the great pleasure of going on Cliddesden's Wine Walk and enjoyed excellent company and terrific food, including a slice of Gordon Snook's 80th birthday cake. They linger longer at hosts' houses in Cliddesden, mainly
WELL done: Aldworth Science College held their summer fair recently. Despite the weather being less than kind, it was a great day. Thanks go out to all who helped out. TEEN Night: Every Wednesday, from 7pm to 9pm, for children aged 12 to 16 at JJ's World
THIEVES have struck twice in six weeks to deal a double blow to a young Hampshire motorbike racer. Raiders have stolen two caravans which Chris and Sue Bray used to follow their son Daniel as he competed in races around the country. Both vehicles were
GARDEN open: Caroline Hughes has bowed to public demand and will be opening her garden at 17 Ash Grove on Fridays July 23 and 30, from 2pm to 6pm. There will be no plant sale, and she warns that her monster new puppy has wreaked some havoc, but she hopes
A VISION of how Eastleigh could develop over the next two decades is at the heart of the borough's first community plan. Over the last 18 months the council has been working with local organisations to draw up the blueprint. Eastleigh set up its own strategic
LAST Sunday: At the last Family and School Service of the term in Rotherwick Church, two new hand-stitched kneelers were dedicated and blessed by the Rev Anthony Chambers at the 10.30am service in memory of Bill and Margaret Whistler. The kneelers feature
CONGRATULATIONS to Loddon Sports: At their presentations evening they were awarded the FA Charter Standard Award. The presentation was made by John Ward, chairman of the Hampshire FA. This honour reflects the hard work by the club. Stuart Fifield and
COACH trip: Have you given your name to Rosemary, on 0118 9701070, for the visit to Eastbourne Air Show on August 13? There are still some places left for Silchester residents. The cost is £5. DIG supper: Tickets for August 2 are available from Valerie
ROADWORKS: Countdown is now on to the start of major roadworks in Tadley. There will be a lot of work on the A340 Mulfords Hill, however, it is needed and must be done, so we must grin and bear it. Lets hope that we have good weather so they can get on
Sir.-My wife and I wish most strongly to add our support to the Gazette campaign to have St George's Day recognised as a public holiday and to have it celebrated each year by some public recognition, such as a parade or some such similar event. In fact
Sir.-I am delighted to invite everyone to the Old Down Hall Public open day, which will take place at Old Down Hall, Kempshott Lane, tomorrow, from 1pm to 4pm. The event will be an open afternoon of tea and cakes with the chance for you to view the facility
Sir.-The Scouts and Leaders of the First Basingstoke (Trinity Methodist) Scout Group would like to thank all the people at Race for Life who donated money to the Scouts, who assisted with car parking at the event. A total of £173.12 was collected, half
BASINGSTOKE Ice Skating Club won their first National Team Challenge since 1999 at Lee Valley. The local club had several individual winners, as well as winning two team categories - the synchronized skating category and the show number. Basingstoke needed
