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  • Ask Nick! May answers.

    SALISBURY City manager Nick Holmes has responded to the latest round of questions for the website's Ask Nick! feature. Topics raised include City's play-off finals, injuries, ground improvements, Alan Ball, pre-season friendlies, new signings and the

  • Ask Nick - May replies

    NICK Holmes has responded to supporters' questions submitted for the May edition of our Ask Nick! feature. Due to the extra work load last weekend's play-off final created, his answers didn't quite go out in time for Sunday's final, but are still produced

  • Events in the tent

    SALISBURY City's Raymond McEnhill Stadium will be a hive of activity over the forthcoming Bank Holiday weekend when it again hosts a variety of events in a tent. Celebrated after-dinner speaker Bob 'The Cat' Bevan is the special guest at the club's traditional

  • In-Excess continue shirt-sponsorship

    SALISBURY City are delighted to confirm that its main sponsor, In-Excess has renewed its shirt-sponsorship deal. Manager Nick Holmes said: "In-Excess have been fantastic to us for a long time now and we're pleased their name will remain on our shirts

  • Wheats in sevens heaven

    HAVING entered the social' class of the notorious Church's Charity Sevens rugby tournament in London, the Wheatsheaf Cabin Crew unexpectedly found themselves playing the toughest friendly of their lives. Having managed one win and two defeats in their

  • Cup joy for Frazer

    FRAZER McArdell celebrated his 20th birthday in style by leading his Hartpury RFC team mates to a rousing victory in the EDF Junior Vase Final at Twickenham. Having been named player of the season for the college club, the Scotland under 20s international

  • Ton-up Morton is South Wilts' hero

    SOUTH Wilts registered their first win of the ECB Southern Electric Premier League season thanks in no small part to a superb individual performance from Tom Morton. His undefeated 125, added to a fine performance behind the stumps, saw the Salisbury

  • Redlynch suffer washout

    REDLYNCH & Hale's County Division Two fixture was an early casualty of the inclement weather on Saturday. The team was due to make the long trip to Petersfield, only for the home side to cancel due to a waterlogged pitch. The same fate befell the second

  • Blackmore triumph in tense finale

    THE Winter Teams of Four competition came to an end on Saturday with the final at Witherington Farm Fishery and what a close one it was. It was all to fish for on the last day but the £1,100 top prize went to Sensas Blackmore Vale who amassed 255 points

  • Friendly dates

    FULL details of Salisbury City's pre-season friendlies will be announced shortly. Confirmed so far is the visit of Ryman League Premier Division side AFC Wimbledon on Saturday, July 28, kick off 3pm.

  • New shirts on the way

    SALISBURY City's new strip is expected to go on sale within the month. The Whites, who will be playing in next season's Blue Square Premier, recently completed a leisurewear deal with Italian-firm Macron to supply all its team's kit, replica shirts and

  • Players agree new contracts

    SALISBURY City can confirm that a number of first team players have now either agreed new contracts, or have signed contract extensions, keeping them at the newly-promoted club. Manager Nick Holmes today confirmed that Scott Bartlett, Jon Beswetherick

  • Anti-booze zones call

    FORDINGBRIDGE Town Council is calling for designated areas in the town to have restrictions on public drinking after an outbreak of drink-related vandalism. During the weekend of April 28/29, police were confronted with several incidents of criminal

  • Peter takes on marathon task

    SECURITY worker, Peter Perren, will move between the south of England and the Midlands to run seven marathons in as many months to raise money for the Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal. Peter is supporting the appeal as a thank you to staff at

  • Racial abuse must not go unpunished

    I WAS horrified to read your article on the racial abuse suffered in Salisbury by the two Qatari students, (Race abuse is targeted at students', Journal, May 10). I have lived and worked in the Middle East for more than 20 years, including the state

  • Don't let village's pub be turned into private homes

    AS a resident of Winterslow, and regular patron of the Lions Head, I read with interest the article regarding the pub's sudden closure (Journal, April 26). Reading through the article it would appear to demonstrate some sympathy for the owners, Mr and

  • Spotlight on the world of wood...

    IF you work with wood, or just love looking at things made of wood, then the biggest wood fair in the south of England in October should be in your diary. The Cranborne Chase Wood Fair, which is being organised by the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire

  • Eagles have landed...

    HI everybody and welcome to the Journal Gang page. I've had some visitors this week. They were children from Newton Tony Primary School, who came to look round the Journal's office as part of a project they are doing about the media. The pupils visited

  • Gifting a headstart to Africa's youth

    THERE is a world of difference between the cool tranquillity surrounding exclusive Bishopstone hairdressing boutique Escape and the dusty environs of Nairobi's shanty towns, where corrugated iron shacks pass for hairdressing salons. But the human link

  • Cast of Iolanthe prove they're no amateurs

    GILBERT & SULLIVAN'S IOLANTHE BY SALISBURY AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY, CITY HALL FORGET the word "amateur" in this society's title - this show could rival any professional company's performance. The energy and enthusiasm of the cast and musicians never

  • King continues to please his many jazz disciples

    PETE KING QUARTET, HUNTSMAN TAVERN, SALISBURY JAZZ fans of all persuasions had a real treat when British alto sax star Pete King brought his quartet to the Huntsman Tavern, last month. A long-time stalwart of the jazz scene, the years have left their

  • Truth lost in Absent Friends

    ABSENT FRIENDS, SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE YOU know what it's like - your husband's best friend has suffered a bereavement, so you invite him round for tea and sympathy. True, no one has seen said best friend for three years or met the deceased, but you've

  • Double the fun for Alan Ayckbourn fans

    Fans of playwright Alan Ayckbourn have a double whammy of his work next week. Salisbury Studio theatre will perform How the Other Half Loves from Tuesday to Saturday next week at its theatre in Ashley Road. Written in 1969, the play is typical Ayckbourn

  • Theatre manager of the year

    SALISBURY Playhouse's director of participation, education and outreach, Mark Powell, has been nominated as manager of the year at the 2007 TMA (theatre management association) awards, with the winner being announced tonight in London. Mark has gained

  • It's all change as new MDs take the helm

    TWO well-known companies, one in Salisbury and the other in Verwood, have new bosses. Furniture retailer, Sturtons & Tappers, which has a store at Bourne Retail Park, off Southampton Road in Salisbury, has appointed Tim Rathbone as managing director.

  • Flying high...

    SUTTON Mandeville insurance broker Emery Little has been nominated for a Flight International Award for its Green Fly initiative. The Green Fly initiative, launched three months ago, offsets the carbon emissions of its aviation clients. The nomination

  • Youngsters show their enterprise

    THERE may be fewer teams from south Wiltshire taking part in this year's Young Enterprise competition, but that hasn't stopped them carrying off plenty of silverware. Two teams from Bishop Wordsworth's School and one from South Wilts Grammar School,

  • 'You could go bust'

    AS Liberal Democrat and Labour councillors inched closer to a deal this week to run Salisbury District Council, it emerged they have been warned they could bankrupt the authority if they axe the controversial £15.4m Bourne Hill offices project. Liberal