Andrew Motion, the Poet Laureate, is back in the region to read from his work at Winchester Tower Arts Centre next week. Regular readers of Creative Corner will now know quite a lot about the nation's leading poet, as he has been involved extensively
Ellen MacArthur and Frenchman Alain Gautier capsized their trimaran whilst racing in the Challenge Mondail Assistance this week. Competing in the race, their fast multihull overturned in fierce seas some fifty miles from Lisbon, Portugal, on its way to
With the 2004 Olympics in Athens drawing closer, the British contingent is shaping up. The selection for the Pre-Olympic regatta, to be held at the site of the Olympics in Greece this coming August, were announced this week by the RYA Olympic Manager
Today's Principal Arrivals: Aegean Breeze, ro/ro, 0500, 201; Oriana, cruise ship, 0600, 105; Oceana, cruise ship, 0630, 106; Queen Elizabeth 2, passenger liner, 0630, 38/9. Today's Principal Sailings: Autosky, ro/ro, 0400, 201 link; OOCL Chicago, container
Optimist dinghy sailor Sophie Wequelin, aged 14 from Lymington, is a favourite to shine at this weekend's Volvo Musto Optimist Inland Championships at Grafham Water SC. The Royal Lymington Sailing Club member, who is a student at Talbot Heath School in
Seasoned yachtsman Eddie Warden-Owen from Locks Heath has been selected to take on the role as tactician to His Majesty King Juan Carlos of Spain when he skippers an entry in July's Admiral's Cup race on the Solent. The recently launched Jason Ker designed
The Royal Southern Yacht Club, Hamble, is hosting the May Madness regatta this weekend. Contact Katie Ashworth on 02380 450 300 for details. Lymington Town sailing club is hosting the Wanderer Cruise and Open Meeting this weekend. Topper Open Meetings
SAINTS' magical FA Cup run came to a heartbreaking end as they were defeated by a single Robert Pires goal at the Millennium Stadium today. Having fought so bravely to get to the showpiece final, Saints put in a determined display but, in the end, Arsenal's
DAY of destiny. The excitement and tension has become almost unbearable as support for the Saints in today's FA Cup final against Arsenal reaches fever pitch. Hundreds of thousands of Saints supporters across the south - and around the world - are praying
A CHANDLER'S Ford Saints fan who travelled halfway round the world to soak up FA Cup fever in a Southampton pub is now in with a chance of winning tickets to the match. Joe O'Reilly, from Bodycoat's Road, booked a spur-of-the-moment £500 flight from New
SAINTS fan Penny Wigham returned home from work to find the family home had been turned into a shrine to the club. Penny's mother Pam, 64, spent three hours decorating the semi-detached property at Spicer's Way, Totton, with a huge amount of Saints memorabilia
IT WILL cost him over £100,000 if Saints lift the prized FA Cup today but Southampton jeweller Kim Rose is still praying the team will put on a dazzling performance. The ardent Saints supporter pledged to refund all sales of diamond jewellery sold at
WHAT did the Saints fan in Russia say when he heard he had a ticket for the FA Cup Final? Moscow! (Must Go, geddit?) A Hampshire man is making the trip to Cardiff after he found out at the last minute and managed to secure a ticket to see his beloved
THE HAMPSHIRE man who murdered Danish schoolgirl Camilla Petersen at an Isle of Wight beauty spot was today starting a life sentence. Richard Kemp, 53, showed no emotion as the judge jailed him at Winchester Crown Court yesterday. Mr Justice Gibbs told
THE AGE of the train returns to Chandler's Ford tomorrow - 34 years after the last passenger train pulled out of the suburban station. In the late 60s it fell victim to the Beeching cuts but the railway line stayed in place for freight traffic. Now it
OTs & ROMSEY added a home win to their opening day victory at Sparsholt, making it an excellent start to the season. As is so crucial when rain threatens OTR won the toss and put Easton in to bat. Tight bowling from Mukesh Morjaria and debutant 15
MOUNTBATTEN recently overwhelmed Thornden 7-nil in the Year 7 KO Cup Final at Stoneham Park. The predatory Sam Melin opened the scoring after 10 minutes and then Adam Quick made Thornden pay for any defensive lapses by helping himself to a first half
Justin Rose eased himself into a challenging position for the lucrative Deutche Bank SAP Open title in Hamburg yesterday. But two other Hampshire hopefuls, Richard Bland and Matt Blackey, were left praying that the halfway cut would come back to level
John Crawley plays against his former Lancashire teammates for the first time tomorrow, 14 months after completing his acrimonious departure from Old Trafford. Hampshire captain Crawley's England recall last year helped ensure that he missed both championship
Lancashire skipper Warren Hegg reckons John Crawley and Wasim Akram will be applauded on their return to Old Trafford. Veteran wicketkeeper Hegg was the man who replaced Crawley as skipper when Hampshire's captain was axed from the Old Trafford post at
Another young Hampshire yachtswoman is climbing the ranks of solo international competition. Following in Ellen MacArthur and Emma Richards' footsteps is Hamble's twenty-eight-year-old Sam Davies. Sam, a likable professional sailor who crewed on the '
SAM Davies has already proved her commitment to sailing. In her gap year she worked for yacht designer Rob Humphreys. During her time at Cambridge University, where she gained a Masters degree in Engineering, she also took up rowing. Sam was appointed
Nick Hutton, 21, from Hamble has been selected to join the Volvo RYA Keelboat Team 2003. Nick, a former student of Southampton Institute, works as a sailmaker at Hyde Sails and is also the bowman on board Bear of Britain. He first learnt to sail in an
Hampshire recovered from 10-8 down overnight to beat Staffordshire with some super darts. It was, though, a weekend of achievements and frustrations. There was the frustration at some of the less than good darts and frustration at missing out on two of
A review of the facilities at Romsey Town Hall, which will include looking at the possibility of installing a lift, are on the agenda for the coming year, said Cllr Mike Curtis when he was installed as town mayor this week. Mr Curtis promised that following
The first train to call at Chandler's Ford station for 34 years is due to arrive on Sunday morning. Councillors who helped to reinstate the service will greet the 9am from Romsey, the first in an hourly South West Trains shuttle service calling at Eastleigh
PLANS to enhance the area around Romsey Abbey have drawn a mixed response from the public. Proposals to make the abbey approaches more pedestrian-friendly would transform Church Place into a public open-space. Pedestrian safety is a vital part of the
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist was killed on one of Hampshire's busiest roads. David Atherton was about to embark on a motorcycle holiday in France when he fell from his machine and was run over by a vehicle that failed to stop
CAN it happen again? Will history repeat itself? James Beattie, the cup-winning goalscorer, held aloft by Fabrice Fernandes and Jo Tessem as Saints capture the FA Cup for the second time in their history! It's a magic flashback to that famous Daily Echo
CARDIFF was today geared up for the arrival of up to 75,000 football fans for the FA Cup final. South Wales Police are putting into place their plan for dealing with capacity events at the city's landmark Millennium Stadium, which will see Arsenal and
A SAINTS fan travelling to Cardiff was not cheering on the team during their 1976 victory - he was playing for them. Former central defender Jim Steele, pictured, was among the Southampton FC team who beat Manchester United 1-0 at Wembley. The landlord
A SEA of yellow and blue filled the skies above Southampton as children and teenagers released thousands of balloons into the sky to salute Saints' FA Cup final. The children from Sholing Junior and Infant schools and students at Itchen College joined
ROBERT Gladstone is giving his long-suffering wife Mandy the bird ahead of the final by getting their parrots to voice their support for the Saints. Rosie and Sylvester can already give a rousing rendition of When The Saints Go Marching In and have now
Team Solent could change their name to "Team Work" after their efforts in the latest Road Runners Ten race. They put recent poor turnouts behind them along with just about every other runner when they turned out in numbers at the New Forest Runners-organised
ARSENAL 1 - SAINTS 0 Pires, 38 FOR THE MATCH REPORT CLICK THE LEFT HAND LINK FOR "REPORTS 02/03".
SAINTS STARTING LINE-UP Southampton: Antti Niemi, Chris Baird, Michael Svensson, Claus Lundekvam, Wayne Bridge, Paul Telfer, Matt Oakley, Anders Svensson, Chris Marsden, James Beattie, Brett Ormerod
WHEN the Southampton Civic Centre clock strikes three times this afternoon, a whole city will be drawn to events 139 miles away in Cardiff. If the number of yellow and blue flags and ribbons decorating cars and homes across the region are any judge of
INJURED Saints captain Jason Dodd has spoken of his pain at missing today's FA Cup final - but also his dream of seeing stand-in skipper Chris Marsden lifting the famous old trophy. The 32-year-old has agonisingly been ruled out of Saints' biggest game
