SOUTH Wilts Cricket Club set aside this season's struggles and produced a stunning performance in the Jack Wilcox Wiltshire Knockout to be crowned county 20/20 champions. The competition takes place annually between the top four sides in Wiltshire.
DOWNTON were knocked out of the FA Cup in their Preliminary Round replay at Abingdon United on Tuesday night. The Robins went down 5-2, after the Southern League side had forced a replay in the dying moments of Saturday's game at Wick Lane which had
LAVERSTOCK & Ford moved top of the Sydenhams Wessex League Division One, maintaining their 100-per-cent record with a 1-0 win at AFC Portchester on Saturday. Dominic Male scored the decisive goal on the half hour and there was no way back for Portchester
DOWNTON came mightily close to causing an FA Cup Preliminary Round shock against Abingdon United on Saturday, writes Ryan Lovejoy. The Robins were a goal up against the Southern League Division One South & West side before conceding an equaliser deep
A LACKLUSTRE display at home to early frontrunners Larkhall Athletic saw Shrewton United slump to a humiliating 4-0 defeat. The result came as no surprise to Shrews boss Stuart Withers. He has seen his charges make a lively start to the campaign so
PREMIER Division new boys South Newton & Wishford began the season with a hard fought 1-1 draw with Stockton & Codford. The first half proved a tight affair with chances at a premium. The second was more open. Nick Beales broke the deadlock for Stockton
NICK Stamp, Kay Williamson and Jamie Barry - with two titles each - led an array of 20 champions at the end of a crowded programme at Riverside Tennis Club's 2007 finals day on Sunday. Nick's brace came in the men's doubles with Graham Hull and the mixed
SOME hefty barbel have been coming out of the Avon between Fordingbridge and Ringwood while further upstream in the shallower stretches, super bags of dace and small chub to pleasure anglers - up to 35lb a session. Lifelands is again the stretch to fish
HAVING secured their Southern Electric Premier Cricket League status the previous week, South Wilts produced another disjointed display to close the season with yet another defeat. Skipper Rob Wade lost the toss and Bashley captain Andy Sexton opted
SALISBURY Rugby Club head into their new South West Division Two (East) campaign with one aim uppermost in their minds. Having missed out on promotion last season in a heartbreaking play-off defeat by old foes Bournemouth, the ambitious Castle Road side
A BED quilt crafted by members of a ladies sewing group is being raffled off to raise money for the Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal. The double bed size quilt is appropriately made up of stars but members of the Black Adder crocheting group
TRAVELLERS who set up camp illegally in Hudsons Field have until the end of the day to move on. More than 20 caravans arrived at the field on Friday, sparking concerns among local residents. "This is a much-loved recreational area for the whole of the
THE only hotel in Fordingbridge, at the centre of a high-profile court case last year, looks set to be demolished to make way for a nursing home. If planning permission is granted, the Ashburn Hotel, in Station Road, will be sold to Sentinel Health
I HAVE been reluctant to criticise the Wiltshire Constabulary since retiring in 1996 for styles and methods of policing change over time. However, recent experiences and those of friends coupled with the obvious public dissatisfaction in levels of service
CLLR. King (calling himself "Mr." King) writes in the Salisbury Journal on Aug 23 that the Council has limited ambition with regard to its wheelie bin scheme and initiatives for recycling. It is rather ludicrous that he is criticising this scheme which
TWENTY acres of farmland on the edge of the New Forest near Landford has played a part in a new sweetcorn crop that is hitting the UK markets in October. White sweetcorn, which is sweeter than its yellow cousin, has been cultivated by Zimbabwean farmer
HI EVERYONE and welcome to the Journal Gang page. If you have already started back at school I hope that you have settled in to the new term. I'd also like to give a special Gang mention to all the children who are going to school for the first time.
PLACING an overflowing tea urn on a piano is really not a good idea. Sadly, this was just one of the many mistreatments a 100-year-old Steinway piano had received during its time at Salisbury's City Hall. So Diane Sharman, Chair of Nadder Hall in Tisbury
WHEN Whiteparish student, Adam Weymouth, visited the village of a semi-nomadic tribe called the Himba in Namibia as part of a package tour, the people and their way of life fascinated him. "Theirs is a fragile culture, with only 5,000 individuals left
An exhibition of paintings by Sue Sleeman and Tricia Webb, opening in the Edwin Young Gallery at Salisbury library on Saturday, is tinged with sadness for all concerned. For, sadly, Sue died on July 31, and it was the joint wish of her husband, Keith
MUSIC lovers in Salisbury will be delighted to learn the new Music in Salisbury booklet has been published. More than 120 concert entries are listed in the booklet covering the period from September through to August 2008. The booklet is produced by
ORGANIST of Tisbury Parish Church, David Power, starts a rather special pilgrimage next month. In a special fundraising mission to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support, David is going to tour all 43 cathedrals in England and, naturally enough for
DESIGNING and painting her own greetings cards is Shiralee Goddard's dream for her future. Part of that aspiration has already been achieved for the Dinton mother of two whose colourful greetings cards have been gracing the shelves of Fisherton Mill
THERE is still time to take a stand at this year's South Wilts Business Expo. The business-to-business exhibition will be at the City Hall in Salisbury on Wednesday, September 26, The organisers, Salisbury and District Chamber of Commerce and Industry
THE Hidden Brewery's Hidden Fantasy ale was voted Best Beer of the Festival by visitors to the Buckland Beer Festival 2007 in Somerset at the end of last month. Voters tasted nearly 60 local beers and ciders before the straw-coloured summer real ale
A NUMBER of staff at the Raymond Brown Group in Ringwood have been presented with awards by its president, Raymond Brown. Nick Muir, group health and safety manager, was honoured for his NeBOSH qualifications and Steve Tubbs, group health and safety
WELCOME to Chequers, beams Sir Edward Hulse, as he emerges from between two large lorries to greet us. The place, he explains, is in chaos, courtesy of the BBC Production company, KBO Productions, who are unloading antique furniture and other paraphernalia
A TALENTED Winterslow squash player and Tai Kwando expert who was left with severe brain injuries following a road accident, has been awarded a seven-figure sum in damages. Jeff Heward, 27, who grew up in Salisbury and was a pupil at the St Joseph's
PLANS have been unveiled to bring a large regional distribution centre into the Solstice Park business complex in Amesbury, fuelling fears of even greater traffic problems for the A303. Although there is a great deal of speculation as to who would occupy
