NICK Holmes' Salisbury City face another testing week as they adapt to life in the Nationwide Conference South. Saturday presents a difficult trip to London to take on Yeading, before Tuesday evening's eagerly awaited home clash with Hampshire neighbours
DOWNTON defied the odds to reach the First Qualifying Round of the FA Cup with a well-earned win over Christchurch at Wick Lane. After their 2-1 victory against their Wessex League colleagues, jubilant Downton boss Jeff Softley said: "I asked the players
AN equaliser from Nick Jones earned Shrewton United a share of the spoils in a frustrating first home game of the season. Manager Stuart Withers said that his side had been effectively stifled by a well organised and defensively-minded Portishead team
SALISBURY'S boxers made it two out of three wins in their first bouts of the new season at a dinner show organised by the Army Air Corps at Middle Wallop. Ben Copsey enjoyed his fourth successive win, flooring Steve Beddoes from the Royal Electrical
IT'S been a bonanza week for carp with big mirrors, commons and ghosts being taken from several south Wiltshire fisheries. Among the largest were a 22lb common caught by James Smith from Abbots Lake at Waldens Farm Fishery and a 17lb 2oz mirror caught
SALISBURY Rugby Club's first team put the finishing touches to their preparations for the forthcoming season in Powergen South West Division Two (East) with a morale-boosting 41-0 victory away at Basingstoke seconds. The friendly match against the Division
RACER Alan Blencowe still has everything to play for in the Seat Cupra Championship after a storming weekend's competition at Knockhill saw him scoop another two podiums. Although current championship leader Mat Jackson left the Scottish track having
POWERLIFTER Paul Newell can head to the World Championships in confident mood after he turned in a near-perfect performance at the weekend's UK Open Championships. Newell not only won his 100kg class with three personal best lifts, but recorded the best
SOUTH Wilts' final game of the season against Bashley (Rydal) was washed out, denying them the opportunity to go for a top three finish. South Wilts therefore ended the season in fourth place, just a point adrift of Bournemouth. BAT were league champions
SALISBURY City head to London on Saturday looking to continue their fine start to life in the Nationwide Conference South when they visit Yeading. City came out of their Friday night experiment with Welling United with three more points, and with other
SALISBURY City ladies kick off their new campaign on Sunday with their first ever FA Cup match. City, who finished last season as Hampshire League Division Two champions, head to Aldershot for Sunday's preliminary round game which kicks off at 2pm.
Hi, everyone, and a big warm welcome to the Journal Gang page! Do you remember the picture we showed you of the sunflowers that we grew in the Journal garden? We thought they were enormous and were so proud of them but they are teeny-weeny in comparison
BUDDING young film-makers in south Wiltshire are to get the chance to be the next Steven Spielberg. Entries are being invited from amateur and young film-makers under 21 to Preloader, the Wiltshire and Swindon short film festival. Entrants will be able
EXCITING and nerve-racking is how composer Howard Goodall describes the process of producing a new work, but he thinks he has found a winning formula in his new musical, Two Cities, opening tonight at Salisbury Playhouse. "A cracking love story with
THE summer festival season may have ended but two music festivals are being held next weekend (September 15 to 17) - Salisbury Folk Festival and End of the Road Festival. End of the Road festival is at the Larmer Tree gardens, near Tollard Royal, and
SALISBURY City boss Nick Holmes is featured in a new book celebrating some of the all-time great Southampton players. Written by Jeremy Wilson, the soon-to-be-published book is titled Southampton's Cult Heroes. Today's Salisbury Journal spotlights
EIGHT pupils from Salisbury's Godolphin School escaped serious injury when their minibus was involved in an accident in south Yorkshire on Thursday last week. The girls, aged 16 to 18, were in south Yorkshire for their Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award projects
TENANT farmer Michael Goulding has been ordered to pay more than £27,000 in fines and costs for allowing drums containing hazardous waste to be dumped and fridges to be buried on farm land at Ringwood. Goulding, of Ashley Farm, Verwood Road, Ringwood
SALISBURY City's golf day, scheduled to be held at the High Post Golf Club on Friday, September 22 has been cancelled. The event will be rescheduled with the new date pencilled in for mid-to-late April.
TICKETS are available for the latest Salisbury City fundraising sporting dinner. Former Wimbledon boss Dave Bassett is the special guest speaker at the event which is being held in the club's Sarum Suite on Friday, September 29 (7.30pm). Tickets
SALISBURY district council has been accused of wasting taxpayers' money on lavish brochures "bullying" tenants into accepting the transfer of its housing stock. But council chiefs have hit back at the claims, which came after the bulky consultation booklets
A SALISBURY hospital worker has told of her "lucky escape" after she was injured in a gun attack on tourists in Jordan that left another Briton dead. Karen Sparke (47), of Alderbury, was shot in the shoulder when the gunman opened fire on the group as
HALYARD Fabrications, a division of Halyard Marine of Whaddon - which earlier this year was awarded The Queen's Award for Enterprise - is expanding into new premises in Ferndown. The Bournemouth division of the marine exhaust systems company is moving
FRIENDS Provident employee Angela Nippard has proved she has the wow factor when it comes to customer service. The 23-year-old, who is a customer service representative at the Salisbury company, has received a Wow Award for Outstanding Customer Service
SALISBURY & District Chamber of Commerce and Industry has come up with a special offer to coincide with Expo - the business exhibition taking place in the City Hall on September 27. It is offering prospective new members a saving of £25 if they join
