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First Pro-Am win for Sarah in Spain
Sarah Burnell, the club professional at Libbaton, has achieved many things in golf but had never won a team Pro-am in eight years as a professional. But that all changed when the former England amateur international from Somerset a former Burnham and
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Weekend Results
Division One: Collingbourne (10), Westinghouse (10) (cancelled); Burbage & ER (dnb) (10), Beanacre 112-8 (10) (abandoned); Potterne (10), Biddestone (10) (cancelled); Bath Civil Service 50-1 (23), Calne 80ao (1); Purton 200-4 (M Gardner 83) (20),
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No mercy for the wreckers
WHEN and if the people who wrecked the Swindon Round Table Christmas sleigh are caught, the court which deals with the case may well be told by their lawyers that they deserve sympathy and understanding as they have suffered disadvantages. We hope the
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Slipped the net
MANCHESTER United defender Lee Roche has slipped through Andy King's grasp and the Town boss is warning supporters that 'so near and yet so far' will be an all too familiar tale this summer. The 22-year-old right-back, who featured briefly in the Red
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Residents' objections defer school gazebo plan
CONTROVERSIAL plans to erect a continental-style wooden gazebo in the grounds of Northview School in Highworth have been deferred. Swindon Council planners have decided to negotiate with the school after objectors said the siting of the wooden structure
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Louise's help for primate
The plight of endangered orangutans in Borneo worried Louise Beard so much that she went there to help them herself. The 29-year-old left her home in Freshbrook and spent three months among the primates. Louise, a freelance veterinary nurse, said: "It
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Music duo in a spin over town's talent
A PAIR of young musicians have set up their own non-profit making record label after learning the necessary skills at Swindon's New College. Alex Bridges, 20, and Sam Bates, 19, both from West Swindon, have formed San Blew Records to promote up and coming
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Flyover plan put forward
SWINDON Council's decision-making cabinet is to be urged to support a innovative flyover to relieve congestion at the Commonhead roundabout on the A419. The scheme, which is part of the Government's Targeted Programme of Improvements, is likely to be
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Isla's a forces' sweetheart
SINGER and former Generation Game co-presenter Isla St Clair came to Swindon to raise money for the armed forces and The Children's Society. The celebrity, best known for her Generation Game stint with the late Larry Grayson, sang at the Swindon Marriott
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Walkies for macmile event
SWINDON CANCER APPEAL: DOGS of all shapes, sizes and sounds strained at the leash to get involved in the Evening Advertiser's Macmillan Appeal. Some 50 pet pooches pulled their owners around a mile-long sponsored walk at The Polo Ground's Family Fun Day
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Highworth look to the future
HIGHWORTH Town's commitment to junior football will see more youngsters given the chance to represent the club next season. The Hellenic side will be running two Under 9 sides and one Under 14 team during 2003-4. All three sides will play in the North
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Football feast to savour
FORMER Swindon Town player Tom Jones was left to savour a feast of football as Supermarine hosted a six-a-side tournament bearing his name. More than 600 spectators watched 30 sides from Under 7 level through to Under 11 battle it out over three days.
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Doubles up for Eldene
ELDENE School's boys and girls sides both won their respective cups in the Swindon Primary Schools Cup Finals. And, in the Lemon and Co Shield, it was Wanborough who clinched victory. Eldene boys won the Pentel Cup Final with a 3-1 win over St Mary's.
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Golf club raided
THIEVES got away with a £26,000 haul when they targeted a Highworth golf club for the second time in three months. Staff at the Wrag Barn Golf and Country Club believe the same people are responsible for both raids. In the latest, thieves took 100 high
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Knife attacker flees
A WOMAN had a knife held to her throat by a robber who broke into her Nythe home. The attacker, who had his face covered by a black scarf, demanded cash, but fled when the woman, 24, said that her husband would be home soon. The man broke into the wom-an's
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Louise's help for primate
The plight of endangered orangutans in Borneo worried Louise Beard so much that she went there to help them herself. The 29-year-old left her home in Freshbrook and spent three months among the primates. Louise, a freelance veterinary nurse, said: "It
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Pull on those walking boots
THE North East Wiltshire Group of the Ramblers' Association is planning a walk on Thursday. Pat Crabb will lead the five-and-a-half mile trek on the White Horse Trail and Ridgeway. The walk begins at the Crown pub in Broad Hinton at 6pm. Walkers are advised
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Residents' objections defer school gazebo plan
CONTROVERSIAL plans to erect a continental-style wooden gazebo in the grounds of Northview School in Highworth have been deferred. Swindon Council planners have decided to negotiate with the school after objectors said the siting of the wooden structure
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Adding a splash of colour
NATIONAL Volunteers' Week came early for BT staff in Swindon. Members of the North Star House-based procurement policy and development department pitched in to paint a corridor at Prospect Hospice in Wroughton. They chose the project with the help of
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Call to graduates
ARE you a graduate of the University of Leicester? If so, the university wants to hear rom you as it is staging a reunion for its graduates the 2003 Homecoming on June 21. Contact me on 0116 252 2195. KATHRYN WHITEHURST Graduate Relations Officer University
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Why come here?
MS Elspeth Wollen (EA, May 15) accuses Frank Avenell and myself of writing letters containing incorrect and misleading information about asylum seekers. She may well be right, although I don't know where she gets her figures from, that only two per cent
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Pick up a mouse
I WAS interested to hear about the council-run IT sessions that were held in Brain Court, Stratton. I speak as someone who had very little knowledge of computers and information technology until a few years ago. I think this is a really important skill
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Setting it straight
I was pleased to note that your article encouraging readers to submit their views on the Wiltshire and Swindon Structure Plan Review 2016 Pre-deposit Consultation Draft. However, I was less impressed to see the statement that "future development will
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High cost of fire
LOCAL taxpayers, still reeling from this year's 15 per cent tax increase, are now informed that a cock-up in the Swindon Borough Council planning department has lumbered them with a bill for £120,000. Coun Mike Bawden, speaking on television, confirmed
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First time out top prize for Max Harris
Max Harris, a professional attached to Canford Magna, played in his first Dorset PGA-Bournemouth Alliance and carried off the top prize. But he had to share the cash with his new boss Martin Cummins, head pro at the club, after they both returned level
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Top PGA award
Sarah Jarrett, from Tickenham, near Bristol, has won the highest possible award for a new golf professional. She has become the Professional Golfer's Association Titleist Trainee of the Year after three years of hard work. She receives her certificate
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Gloucestershire explosion
Ten years ago Gloucestershire had 31 active clubs and less than 13,000 members, it now has 43 active clubs and 19,600 members. This is a huge explosion in the number of facilities to play golf and the number of members in the county. The spread of clubs
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Thorne changes his career to become a pro
Steve Thorne has become one of the latest Dorset golfers to join the professional ranks at the age of 33. "I needed a career change," said the winner of the Echo Sunshine Challenge three years ago. "If I didn't do it now I would never have made the switch
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Norman Barnes at Purbeck
The Norman Barnes Golf and Social Day, run by the bookmaking fraternity at Isle of Purbeck, takes place for the tenth time on June 3. Last year's event raised £6,000 for David Flavell's Leukameia Busters Charity and the organizers, headed by Peter Jolliffe
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Cotswold Hills take team prize
TEAM NEWS: Cotswold Hills assistant Ed Goodwin had a wretched Cornwall Festival, but ended up leading home the winning team. He was given great assistance from his three amateurs. Gloucestershire second team player Elliott Nichols (off two) made six birdies
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Cook out of the Dorset team for this summer
Powerful left-hander David Cook the player who helped propel Dorset into the national county golf finals last year will be absent from the team this summer. He now lives and works in Leicester and Dorset captain John Smith says he will not be available
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Hill returns from Texas
Queens Park professional Richard Hill and his team finished fifth out of 23 teams in a special Pro-am in Texas, six points behind the winners. The Hogan company set up a special Pro-am to mark the 50th anniversary of Ben Hogan's feat in winning all three
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Butler triumph
LANSDOWN champion Ed Butler has moved a giant step nearer earning his first England cap by winning a major championship. He claimed the West of England Strokeplay title over Saunton's championship East course by a stunning five-shot margin. His victory
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Wentworth bound
Michael Stanyard and Ali Welsher from Oake Manor Golf represent the South West in the Duke of Edinburgh's Golden Putters competition after qualifying at The Bristol. Two finalists from 11 regions compete in the final at Wentworth in July. The competition
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Beal battles back to Challenge Tour
WILTSHIRE professional Andy Beal is making one final effort to return to the European Tour. Despite having his left eye removed because of a life-threatening disease 16 months ago, he has never lost his enthusiasm or determination to re-join the big golfing
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New skipper sets his sights high
Gloucestershire's new golf captain David Hares has set himself the stiffest target in amateur golf to win the English county championship. The 38-year-old Bristol software developer said: "That is largely in the hands of the golfing gods, but that is
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Walls a Somerset winner
Taunton and Pickeridge teenager Katie Walls won the Somerset women's championship at Saltford. The Welsh junior international beat Lansdown's former professional Beverley New by two holes in the final. New led the qualifiers. Her opening round of 73 was
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Off the mark
Purton finally gained their first Division One victory when they inflicted a six-wicket defeat on visiting Nationwide House. The visitors scored 198-4 with Kevin Bates scoring 67 and Stuart Archer 46. In reply Mark Gardner's 83, ably supported by Martin
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Victims of the vandals aren't alone
WITH new and ever more depressing reports of vandalism, street crime and general loutishness arriving every day, it is sometimes tempting to simply give up urban life altogether and go and live elsewhere. Perhaps we would do just that if we thought we
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Rodbourne Cheney are still on top
DIVISION One champions Rodbourne Cheney continued their fine start to the the season, winning their third game in a row. They are followed in the league by Shrivenham and Highworth, who have lost one match apiece. Cheney's most recent win was a 92-59
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Another step forward in the story of broadband
BROADBAND operator Wireless Edge Communications will launch its services in Swindon on Friday. It hopes to close the access gap between core networks and isolated users where fast and high performance communication is made available for everyone. Involved
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Image seals a deal
IMAGE Factory one of Wiltshire's leading retail and advertising screen-printing companies has bought the leasehold for the former NHS logistics building at Bumpers Farm Industrial Estate in Chippenham. The £1.665 million deal is one of the biggest deals
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Family firms face a taxing problem
RETROSPECTIVE tax demands are being backdated by six years, causing concern among a huge number of small family businesses in the South West. According to Old Town-based IT recruitment agency Out-source UK, recent guidance from the Inland Revenue on section
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Dream trip to Portugal for Lombard winners
Dorset professional Martyn Thompson and five-handicap amateur Andy Boyd are on their way to a fabulous week in Portugal after becoming the first regional winners of the Lombard Trophy. They won the South West qualifier at the championship Saunton links
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Glowing all over for a festival finale
This was the scene at Lydiard Park as Swindon's first Balloon Festival - sponsored by the Evening Advertiser - came to a dramatic close. A balloon glow accompanied by classical music thrilled thousands of onlookers on Sunday night. Organiser Stuart Cassell
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Moving in on killer drivers
A CAMPAIGN to secure longer jail sentences for killer drivers - backed by the mother of a teenager killed in a car crash - has been given a boost. Home Secretary David Blunkett has announced a review that could lead to motorists guilty of death by dangerous
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They need your help
VANDAL WATCH: THEY are the people at the forefront of the campgain against the vandalism and anti-social behaviour which is engulfing parts of Swindon. Together they make up the Crime and Disorder Team at Swindon Council. The team, together with the police
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Take to the skies and try something different this summer
FOR anybody who wants to take to the skies this summer, the Vale of the White Horse Gliding Club says it has the answer. The club is holding open days on June 7 and June 8, and everyone is welcome to attend and watch gliders in action. Trial lessons will
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We need your help to beat it!
VANDAL WATCH: As we report on more acts of vandalism, this is the message from Swindon's Crime and Disorder squad. VANDALS have wrecked the Swindon Round Table Christmas sleigh and caused thousands of pounds damage to the industrial unit where it was
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Probyn to speak at club dinner
ENGLAND Grand Slam winner and former British Lions prop Jeff Probyn is a guest speaker at Chippenham RFC's 50th annual club dinner this Friday. Special guest on the night is the club captain at the time of the inaugral dinner, Frank Osborne. Osborne was
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Town smash six goals past asians
A CHARITY match at the County Ground raised more than £250 for the Iraqi Children's Fund. Swindon Town's backroom staff took on the Swindon Asians in an annual benefit game last week and a hat-trick from former Supermarine striker Adam Collier helped
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Don't call us
STAFF at a women's fashion shop in the Outlet Village have been receiving calls for Swindon's Tax Office. Employees at the Autonomy shop in the West Mall of the Outlet Village have been receiving around 15 calls a day intended for the cash office. Their
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Smash team efforts set to be recognised
VOLUNTEER mentors are to be presented with certificates by the mayor of Swindon, after completing a course allowing them to support vulnerable youngsters. The 14-strong team spent a night each week, over the last six weeks, developing the skills to guide
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Jockey Thomas leaves his fans jumping for joy
LITTLE Thomas Young - Wiltshire's youngest jockey scooped three rosettes in the Wanborough Show Gymkhana. Thomas, who is two, turned heads at the show riding his 32-inch high miniature Shetland Pony Megan. His grandmother Joyce Thomas, who lives with
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Roundabout's fame spreads Down Under
THE Magic Roundabout has puzzled visitors to Swindon for the last 30 years and now it is causing bewilderment as far away as Australia. An e-mail is doing the rounds Down Under claiming the town's famous landmark solves congestion by scaring people into
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What's so great about a big bang?
Some members of parliament say they get more letters about fireworks than they did about the Iraq war. Low noise fireworks are now said to be available. New laws are on the way. This should free humans and animals from the distress they have endured for
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All we want is to live without fear
Congratulations to the Evening Advertiser for standing up (once again) for the common person over law and order. We are now into the second generation for whom discipline and respect are the only dirty words, a world in which the thug sees the police
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Euro debut for 13-year-old girl
While the world's No 1 woman's golfer Anna Sorenstam controversially teed up in the men's Colonial event in Texas, a slip of a schoolgirl from the West Country made headlines in Europe. Henrietta Brockway from Yeovil enjoyed her greatest golfing moment
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It's victory for Nigel
Broadstone professional Nigel Tokely won both the individual and team prizes at a Pro-am organised by Spanish Fairways in Portugal. He and the seven-man team have qualified to play in the final this month. Tokely finished on level par after four rounds
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Former Exeter pro settled in Thailand
West Region PGA secretary Ray Ellis and his wife Linda both former captains of Exeter Golf and Country Club spent a spring holiday in Thailand visiting an old friend. They stayed ten days with former Exeter club professional Frank Kilbride, now aged 57
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Garratt joins the PGA committee
Cirencester club professional Peter Garratt has taken his first step up the executive ladder by joining the West Region PGA committee. He was elected as Gloucestershire's representative at the annual meeting of the region at Exeter. He succeeds Terry
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Norton tackles Europro route
Leading Dorset amateur David Norton has turned his back on the amateur game in favour of the Europro Tour. Although he has never won any major events, the county regular who has played at all levels for Dorset since 1996 is determined to prove himself
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Tom on the up
Tom Peacock could be on the verge of making a major national breakthrough after achieving his highest finish in a national tournament. The 22-year-old Dudsbury player whose handicap is plus-three finished tied fourth in the Lytham Trophy at the Royal
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Sandry's best ever
PGA NEWS: Broome Manor assistant Mark Sandry, 25, celebrated the lowest round of his tournament career on the second day at Trevose. He shot five-under-par 66 the best score on the second day the first bogey-free round of his life. He also missed a two-foot
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Praise from Poxon after 13-over-par
PGA NEWS: Former European Tour player Martin Poxon, who has played in the Cornish Festival in the past, had never had the pleasure of testing the marvellous championship links at St Enodoc After his opening round played in periods of sunshine and torrential
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Round-up from the Cornish Festival by Peter Godsiff
PGA NEWS: Weymouth assistant Michael Watson landed his biggest prize of the season and then thanked his future brother-in-law for making it possible. After winning the West Region PGA Cornish Festival by three strokes over Graham Howell (Ferndown Forest
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Course record at Minchinhampton
DUDSBURY'S Mark Wiggett smashed the course record with a stunning ten-under-par 61 in the Pro-am at Minchin-hampton common. His round was three strokes lower than the previous mark set by Martyn Thompson (Parkstone) and Welshman Sion Bebb in the 1997
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Butcher returns to Bournemouth
Warren Butcher has returned to Bournemouth as teaching assistant at Ferndown. The 33-year-old from Southbourne was assistant to Mike Torrens at Knighton Heath and later head professional at Meyrick Park until 1996. Professional Iain Parker has also enlisted
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Sutherland strikes out on Europro abroad
LEADING Cirencester and Gloucestershire county golfer Jon Sutherland has turned professional. The 22-year-old scratch player intends to play most of his golf on the Europro Tour. He will probably start in Portugal, where four successive tournaments are
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McGinley plays special benefit
IRISH Ryder Cup star Paul McGinley, who converted the winning putt for Europe against the United States at The Belfry last September, is playing in a special benefit Pro-am for respected former Knowle club professional Gordon Brand. The event is at the
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Open returns to Sandwich
This year's Open moves back to Royal St George's at Sandwich in Kent and Ernie Els will defend the title he won after a play-off at Muirfield last year. The course adjoins Princes, another famous links, and Peter Godsiff, editor of South West Golfer,
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Stanford bows out with trip to troon
FORMER Walker Cup star Mathew Stanford has decided to bow out of top-class golf after 17 years as one of the west's best players. "I am going to concentrate on my family and career from now on," said one of the best ball strikers in the west country.
