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Brandhall escape with Police win
Karl Ashmore, Kev Franklin, Brett Hallard, Jason Hickman won for Brandhall but Alan Hooper lost his first match of the season when Steve Mason with a break of 42, nicked a frame from the Police. Sedgley WMC with only two games to play also won 4-1 on
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Stourbridge Bridge Club
Results: Thursday February 22,Linda Wright and David Horton; Anne Sargent and Gill Griffiths. Friday February 23, James Taylor and Roy Withers; Marion Perks and Derek Ryder Monday February 26, Sue Knoll and Paula Slater; Ian Lineker and Derek Ryder
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Bowlers battle on
Conditions more akin to Water Polo faced players in the early preliminary rounds of the Tony Pagett Memorial Open at Cradley Liberal B.C. were a first prize of £500 awaits the winner of the final on Sunday April 1. The first qualifiers were Steve Dicken
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Shock defeat
Lye Town lost their second league game in row last weekend when they crashed 3-0 to rock bottom Ludlow Town. Town had been looking to get back to winning ways after slipping to surprise home defeat to Bustleholme the week before but manager Geoff Moss
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Age is no barrier
61-year-old, Bett Duckhurst claimed the British title against her younger counterparts at the event in Manchester. Bett who trains juniors at Stourbridge Lawn Tennis and Squash Club was delighted with her achievement. She said:" Hopefully this shows
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News in brief
Cricket Stourbridge Cricket Club will be holding a race night at the Memorial Ground on Friday March 23. Entry is £1 per person with the doors opening at 7pm. All profits made on the night will be used to increase cricketing opportunities to local
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Glassboys get blown away
In a bright opening, Stourbridge defender Craig Slater saw his close range shot blocked after home goalkeeper Nathan Vaughan had failed to hold an Adam Bastable corner, then at the other end, Steve Lutz curled a shot agonishingly wide of the far post,
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Kinver WI hands over quilt
The presentation was made to Evadne Wright the custodian of Kinver Rock Houses, owned by The National Trust. One of the rock houses has been restored and is open to the public.
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Stour storm past helpless Harrogate
The oppostion who sit bottom of National League Two have only been able to notch up one victory all season and they were easily pushed aside by a Stour side including the emerging James Lloyd-Jones, Chris Rowley and debutant Duncan Kelly. The pattern
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Belbroughton History Society
His talk will be 1,000 years of Birmingham. Many readers will have seen or heard Carl Chinn on local TV or radio. He is a very knowledgeable and charismatic speaker and his talk promises to be informative and amusing. Cost will be £2 admission to include
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Boss looks for reaction
The Glassboys will be aiming to get their promotion push back on track at home to Aylesbury on Saturday following a dismal display away to Evesham. Stourbridge lost 4-0 to the Worcestershire opponents and boss Gary Hackett will be looking for the "real
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Wordsley TG
Chairman, Barbara Gregory, opened the February meeting, welcoming members and visitors. At next month's AGM the committee will stand down and as there are two vacancies, due to two committee members retiring, members were urged to consider adding their
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Weather frustrates boss
The weather ended any hope Brierley and Hagley had of playing at the weekend as their game with Goodrich was called off due a waterlogged pitch. The Briers are without a fixture again this Saturday and manager Tony Gore was frustrated by the lack of
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Norton sets up big fight
Norton stopped the dangerous Tommy Eastwood in the eighth round at The Sports Centre in Coventry to win the belt. The 35-year-old and his advisers now have their sights on Hungary's WBF champion, Gyorgy Hidvegi. A meeting with Hidvegi would see the
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Oldswinford “E” Townswomen’s Guild
Pauline sadly announced that Margaret Pearson had passed away on January 31 at Mary Steven's Hospice. She had been a guild member for six years, and a committee member for four years. Her funeral had been attended by the committee and other members, and
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Welcome win
Head Coach, Neil Mitchell is eying up fourth place in National League Two after their hopes of promotion were dashed after a poor set of results saw them lose eight of ten fixtures either side of the New Year. Mitchell now hopes the easy 46-3 win over
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Stourbridge HF Ramblers
The harsh landscape of Titterstone Clee was the setting for the recent eight-mile walk. A keen, blustery wind greeted the eighteen-strong group. After walking along the dismantled railway track, the route joined the Shropshire Way to walk up the old
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Stourbridge Round Table
Money raised will benefit Stourbridge's Phoenix Centre Parent Support Group, which runs a pre-school programme for two to four year olds who have any kind of disability or developmental delay. Other charities including Mary Stevens Hospice will also
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Wollaston Gardeners Guild
He thanked all the committee members for all their work over the last year. The president Tom Hadgkiss and members held a minute's silence in memory of Roy Nock. He was pleased to tell members that Gerald and Isabel Darby's book had now raised £1000
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Wychbury WI Februrary meeting
Margaret Pearson was a hard working committee member and a keen team player in the skittles matches until her illness, and will be sadly missed. The recent quiz was well supported and great fun, and the Wychbury team won the latest skittles match
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Police join town litter campaign
The town's police community support officers will now work alongside council enforcement officers in the town centre to hand out fines to litterbugs in a joint crackdown. Anyone spotted dropping litter will be slapped with a £50 fine and if they fail
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Victory for United
Dudley United made it through to the semi final of the League Cup after a hard fought 2-1 victory over Warstone Wanderers. It was the visitors who took the lead but United got goals from captain Dean Phillips and a fine individual strike from Marc Cooper
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Boss fumes
Gornal Athletic manager Simon Williams was furious as his side were again beaten by one of the West Midland Premier League's relegation threatened teams. The Peacocks have struggled to beat lowly sides all season and suffered another setback at the weekend
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Martin to move?
He said: "We are only five points behind and we are on a good run. I'm sure there will be some strange results yet and anything could happen." However Hill revealed that his promotion plans could be dealt a blow this week. Striker Callum Martin has been
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Record breakers
Sports thrashed Wednesfield 6-0 last weekend to record the biggest away win in the West Midlands Premier League and are looking to complete a league "double" over their near neighbours having triumphed by a single goal to nil when the two sides last met
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£10m makeover started
A HAGLEY school is well on the way to completing a £10m makeover after the demolition of old buildings. The former school hall, library, canteen and staff room were levelled earlier this month after standing for 30 years at Heybridge High School. Redevelopment
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Power of prayer talk
AN Ugandan pastor is to give a service at Chawn Hill Church, Stourbridge about his effect of encouraging prayer to society. Revivalist Aloysius Kiiza will visit Stourbridge on Tuesday March 13 and will talk about how Lift Up Jesus Global Ministries church
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Get work experience of a lifetime!
STOURBRIDGE teens have been urged to apply for a host of glamorous work experience placements including Everton FC and Rick Stein's seafood restaurant to make it a half-term to remember. The Learning Skills Council has launched a contest for 16-18 year-olds
