Romsey are flying high at present and New Milton are struggling to get a win, so home advantage should bring another Romsey success. Reflected in Romsey's form is the selection of an unchanged team, although Richard Samuel does return after being a late
MATTHEW LE TISSIER is facing up to the unthinkable prospect that he may not be a Saints player when he stages his long-awaited testimonial game. Chairman Rupert Lowe has said he would love for the first fixture at the new Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium
Old Blues I 24pts Andover I 10pts HSA sponsored Andover 1st XV returned from London last Saturday empty handed after a disappointing display saw them drop from third to sixth place in London League Three (SW). In the first quarter Andover were pinned
Basingstoke scraped a first National League 3 South victory of the season last week - and hope for a repeat tomorrow when they visit Hertfordshire outfit Tabard. But Tabard have made a much better start to the campaign despite heavy defeats by Plymouth
CHAIRMAN Rupert Lowe shrugged his shoulders with resignation today after Saints and the smaller Premiership clubs suffered a bloody nose at the hands of the league's fat cats. The day after the likes of Manchester United, Leeds and Everton blocked a bid
ROD BRANSGROVE was today appointed chairman of Hampshire Cricket Club and immediately pledged to put some of his considerable fortune behind the club. Bransgrove, 50, was elected unanimously at a general committee meeting last night, following the resignation
ISLE of Wight teenager Keiran Page missed out at the World Cycling Champion-ships in Brittany. The Ryde youngster, who rides for SP Systems Wightlink RT, had been tipped as a potential medal-winner in the two title races for juniors. Page was outpaced
ANGRY Alresford residents last night voiced their opposition to a proposal to site a skateboard park near their homes. Nearly 40 people overwhelmingly told town councillors that Sun Hill recreation ground was the wrong place. Council chairman David Hughes
Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Auckland Star, refrigerat, 0600, 101W; Maas, container, 0600, 206; Autoroute, vehicle carrier, 1000, 201 link; Celtic Monarch, container, 1500, 205W; Celtic King, container, 1600, 207E; Aida, vehicle carrier, 1730
THE draws for third round ties in the Intermediate Cup and Tetley's Bitter Junior Vase competitions have thrown up some intriguing ties. Winchester have been drawn at home to the reformed Richmond amateur club in the Intermediate Cup, a match between
AROUND 300 pubs in Hampshire are set to be put up for sale. The sell-off could net owners, leisure giant Whitbread, more than £1.6 billion. The leisure group says that a total of 3,000 pubs are to be sold nationwide in a move which will see the company
Joanna Markham's husband thinks she's having an affair. Her friend Linda wants to have an affair. Linda's husband Henry -who is Joanna's husband's business partner - also wants an affair, but not with Linda or Joanna. Even the decorator is after the au
Witches, warlocks, ghosts, ghouls and grisly monsters will all be making an appearance next week at Havant Arts Centre. As part of the half-term holiday fun, children are being invited to make Halloween masks and decorations for a special spooky storytelling
A TOWN living in fear of road and rail gridlock if a huge port development goes ahead on the shores of Southampton Water last night signalled its objection to the plans. Totton is just a short distance from the Dibden Bay development proposed by Southampton
IF blues is your bag, then The Joiners is almost certainly your venue. For the Joiners Arms, which has, until now, been renowned for putting on some of the top names in contemporary music, is branching out and going back to its roots - so to speak - with
Lymington yachtbuilders Green Marine are having a busy time. The firm, who last week won the contract to build the new Volvo Ocean Racing 60 for the Swedish syndicate Assa Abloy, is also hard at work preparing Steve Fossett's mega-racer Playstation for
A HAMPSHIRE police officer who spent 68 days in a Yugoslav jail after being branded a spy has been hailed as a true ambassador for his force. Det Sgt Adrian Prangnell was greeted with rousing applause as special guest at Hampshire Police Federation's
THE draws for third round ties in the Intermediate Cup and Tetley's Bitter Junior Vase competitions have thrown up some intriguing ties. Winchester have been drawn at home to the reformed Richmond amateur club in the Intermediate Cup, a match between
THE SOUTHAMPTON Table Tennis Association are happy with the new format of their Kings Volvo-sponsored league. The Premier Division of the Southampton League is being staged separately from the rest of the league this season - at the Chamberlayne Leisure
BILLY ELLIOT (15): A young boy discovers he has a talent for ballet dancing - UGC, Ocean Village, Southampton; Odeon, Southampton; Harbour Lights, Ocean Village, Southampton. BRING IT ON (12): Fun American high school drama - Odeon, Southampton. CHICKEN
VANDALS have caused £150 worth of damage after using glue to jam up the padlocks on gates at the West End allotments site in Moorgreen Road.
THE SOUTHAMPTON Table Tennis Association are happy with the new format of their Kings Volvo-sponsored league. The Premier Division of the Southampton League is being staged separately from the rest of the league this season - at the Chamberlayne Leisure
Gary Emerson put together four birdies back-to-back to accelerate up the first round leaderboard in the Turespana Masters in Madrid yesterday. The man from Sixpenny Handley near Salisbury birdied holes four through to seven to push on to four under par
A TOWN living in fear of road and rail gridlock if a huge port development goes ahead on the shores of Southampton Water last night signalled its objection to the plans. Totton is just a short distance from the Dibden Bay development proposed by Southampton
The John Merricks Sailing Trust stages its annual golf day at Botley Park on Friday, October 27. First tee-time is at 9.30 and the popular event, that last year saw £5,032.30 raised for the charity, will round off late afternoon with an auction, raffle
CHAIRMAN Rupert Lowe shrugged his shoulders with resignation today after Saints and the smaller Premiership clubs suffered a bloody nose at the hands of the league's fat cats. The day after the likes of Manchester United, Leeds and Everton blocked a bid
HAMPSHIRE County Council has been fined £1 for every one of the 1,500 gallons of oil that it allowed to leak from a Chandler's Ford school into a nearby stream. Council chiefs - who pleaded guilty to causing polluting matter to enter a watercourse - accepted
NEW Street Youth Under-18's won through to the second round of the Hampshire Youth League Cup with a convincing 4-2 victory over Division Two high-flyers Bournemouth Electric. Falling behind against the run of play, Graham Waters' Street side levelled
Whitchurch 0, Hamble 1 Whitchurch managed yet again to throw away a match they should have won after gifting the opposition the JWL points with the softest of goals for the second game in succession at Longmeadow last Saturday (reports Derek Hack). John
Andover 1 Fareham 0 CFL sponsored Andover grounded out another victory in the JWL last Saturday in what was probably their most competitive game of the season so far thanks to an early strike with hitman Andy Forbes notching his 13th goal of the campaign
Gary Emerson put together four birdies back-to-back to accelerate up the first round leaderboard in the Turespana Masters in Madrid yesterday. The man from Sixpenny Handley near Salisbury birdied holes four through to seven to push on to four under par
TWO of the brightest young stars of British middle distance running set the pace in the opening race of the Lunnons Hampshire Cross Country League series at Farley Mount, Winchester (writes Wendy Gee). Guest competitor Michael East of City of Portsmouth
BASINGSTOKE Town have sold goalkeeper Vince Matassa to Woking for a fee in the region of £5,000. The Conference outfit have bought the Australian as a replacement for former Saint Darryl Flahavan who has rejoined the professional ranks with David Webb's
Basingstoke scraped a first National League 3 South victory of the season last week - and hope for a repeat tomorrow when they visit Hertfordshire outfit Tabard. But Tabard have made a much better start to the campaign despite heavy defeats by Plymouth
BOOKWORMS need more elbow space at Romsey Library - that is the plea from the constituency's parliamentary Conservative candidate, Paul Raynes. Mr Raynes, who has had talks with county council deputy leader Michael Woodhall, has called for the shelved
THE SOUTHAMPTON Table Tennis Association are happy with the new format of their Kings Volvo-sponsored league. The Premier Division of the Southampton League is being staged separately from the rest of the league this season - at the Chamberlayne Leisure
BORED children can get some fun down at the local library during the half-term break. The county's libraries are holding free fun sessions for youngsters where they can listen to a range of stories - from swashbuckling pirates to aliens from outer space
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YOU'D think most people would notice if three firemen walked into their bedroom at night - but not little Lauren Bridle. When her mum Nicola found she couldn't open the five-year-old's bedroom door at night, she called the fire brigade to force their
A MOTORIST who was twice the drink-drive limit took minor roads through a forest to avoid being stopped by police - and caused a crash which killed his best friend. Recruitment consultant James Maltman, 27, who had a previous drink-drive conviction, lost
PUB GOERS hoping for a quiet drink yesterday lunchtime were in for a shock. As they walked through the doors of Southampton's Grog and Sausage they were confronted with the bizarre sight of two models grappling in a mountain of moist mash. The craze that
DETECTIVES were today waiting to speak to a Southampton man left traumatised after a speedboat tragedy which killed his friend. The 25-year-old was said to be severely shocked by the fatal crash on the River Itchen at Southampton in the early hours of
A STAFFING crisis within Hampshire police is leaving dozens of calls from the public unattended every day. Officers are unable respond to scores of calls simply because there are not enough of them on duty to go round, it emerged last night. Southampton
HAMPSHIRE County Council has been fined £1 for every one of the 1,500 gallons of oil that it allowed to leak from a Chandler's Ford school into a nearby stream. Council chiefs - who pleaded guilty to causing polluting matter to enter a watercourse - accepted
FOR nearly a year they've been homeless. When arsonists torched a Hampshire Guide hut on Hallowe'en last year, more than 100 girls saw their beloved base go up in smoke. A fundraising campaign was launched to resurrect their building from the ashes. Now
Gary Emerson put together four birdies back-to-back to accelerate up the first round leaderboard in the Turespana Masters in Madrid yesterday. The man from Sixpenny Handley near Salisbury birdied holes four through to seven to push on to four under par
