HAMPSHIRE cricketer Shaun Udal hailed his benefit dinner at Saints' Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium as "a fantastic night". Former county captain and Channel 4 cricket presenter Mark Nicholas acted as the master of ceremonies and the 440 guests listened
HACKWOOD PARK near Basingstoke is the setting for the Hampshire Hunt point-to-point this Sunday. The first of seven races is at 1.15pm and, with 92 entries, competitive racing is assured. Four of the races are qualifying events for finals to be run in
ANOTHER week dogged by further cancellations in the beleaguered NHL, with champions Southampton Arms calling off their home game with RS Basingstoke Res after they could muster six players and Tadley Res were also hit by a mysterious attack of 'flu and
Andover NS 1 Petersfield 0 TRANSPLUS sponsored Andover New Street eased their Hants Premier relegation fears with a much needed home win at Foxcotte Park last Saturday. Street's youngest player Bobby Swayne got the all-important goal from an 82nd minute
Cowes Sports 1, Andover 4 AFTER a poor Easter return of only two points CFL sponsored Andover made the long journey to the Isle of Wight last week with the knowledge that the clash with Cowes was a must win situation. Accordingly, hearts and minds were
TOP croquet players from around the country will be competing on the south coast later this month when Winchester holds it's annual one-ball croquet tournament. The prestigious competition is the only national one-ball croquet tournament recognised by
BUDDING young singing stars have a few more days to enter a mini Pop Idol-style competition being held in Romsey in aid of charity. The cut-off date for Sam and Buster's Search for a Star has been extended to April 19 to allow last-minute entries. The
TOWN council chiefs in Romsey are hoping that residents will finally start to organise Golden Jubilee celebrations after an initially apathetic response to the June occasion. The council has received a poor reaction to an appeal for suggestions of ways
THE first big deployment of soldiers from the Tidworth area to Afghanistan took place this week when more than 200 members of the Ludgershall based 26 Regiment Royal Engineers flew out from RAF Brize Norton. They are expected to spend four months in Afghanistan
ANDOVER is hosting its second Hampshire Farmers' Market in the High Street on Sunday 21 April between 10am and 2pm. The first market held in March attracted around over 4,000 people to sample the produce of over 50 farmers and growers. There will be plenty
WILKINSON is celebrating its return to Andover by giving away £1,000 worth of products to community groups and charities. The Bridge Street store has teamed up with the Andover Advertiser to launch the Helping Hand scheme in the run-up to its reopening
ENTRIES for floats in Andover's revitalised carnival for 2002 are already rolling in and the organisers are quietly satisfied with the progress being made. Nigel Baxendale, chairman of Andover Round Table, long-time organisers of the street fun event,
IT'S astonishing how quickly pop stars are forgotten once their moment of glory has passed. Take Take That, for instance. Robbie Williams we all know about - but whatever became of Gary Barlow, Mark Whatsit and the one with the lisp and the dreadlocks
WHEN one of the borough council's officers organised the annual Test Valley Awards presentation night, he did not know that the final award of the evening would be presented to him. Derek Grimston has organised the community awards scheme for a number
ALL 30 wards in the borough of Basingstoke and Deane are being contested in the local elections and a number of candidates are standing for the four seats in Overton and Whit-church. The election comes about because of the borough's full boundary review
THE owner reported for allegedly allowing one of his dogs to foul a local sports ground and failing to clear up properly, has hit back at what he labels the 'continued slagging off of dog owners'. In last week's Andover Advertiser, another resident, David
GROUNDWATER levels locally are above average in some places but the message from the Environment Agency is that there is no cause for concern. In the latest edition of a newsletter charting the situation, the agency says at Vernham Dean levels are above
SCORES of jobs are in the offing as a retail giant looks to gain a foothold on the Isle of Wight. Discount food retailer Aldi is in discussions with the Island's council over creating stores at sites in Freshwater, Ventnor, Sandown, Shanklin and East
ANIMAL welfare campaigners were invited to tour a farm in Southwick to check out how animals are looked after. Andrew Humphrey and wife Sally played host to staff from Compassion in World Farming, who took a tour around Lodge Farm. Mr Humphrey said: "
A sports and leisure hall is to be built at Cams Hill School for the benefit of pupils and the local community. The £400,000 complex will mean an end to PE activities having to be held in the school's dining-room and assembly hall. Borough councillors
SOUTHAMPTON sprint guru Mike Smith is reining back on coaching after 45 years. But the man who inspired Donna Hartley, Roger Black, Kriss Akabusi and Iwan Thomas to track greatness is not ready for his pipe and slippers just yet. Far from it. Already
Julie Boland always enjoyed her privacy. Leafy trees shielded her and fellow residents from a building site just yards from their homes. But that all ended this week. Workers ripped up the 20 trees in a line that, at 18 feet high, provided a welcome screen
MORE than 50 able and disabled people have set sail from Southampton, bound for France aboard the largest wooden boat built in this country since 1900 - The Tenacious. The voyage has been organised as a joint venture between the city-based Jubilee Sailing
EVER since Roman times a passenger ferry trade has existed between Ryde and Portsmouth. In those days the main port opposite the Island was Portchester, and the population of the whole Island could be numbered almost in hundreds. Over the centuries the
RORY DELAP was today handed a World Cup lifeline by Republic of Ireland boss Mick McCarthy after fearing he might miss out on this summer's finals in the Far East. The Southampton midfielder has been named in a 24-strong squad for next Wednesday's friendly
WHEN Graham Kemp was laying down the law to his players before Tuesday's 5-0 win over Downton, he had forgotten he was about to reach a significant personal milestone. Unbeknown to the Lymington & New Milton player-manager, it was to be his 500th
HAVANT are Hampshire's double junior indoor cricket champions after winning both the Hampshire Under-13 and Under-16 Indoor Cups at Winchester's River Park Leisure Centre. Stuart Ransley, Chris Morgan and Simon Hodgson sparkled as Havant saw off plucky
Whitchurch United 0 Brockenhurst 4 WHITCHURCH must be wondering where their next goal is going to come from after recording a sixth successive blank sheet in the JWL last Saturday. "It's been our problem all season," said the village club's Andover-based
Moneyfields Sports 0 Andover 3 CFL sponsored Andover kept their hat in the JWL championship ring after a much improved performance they left Dover Road with three vital points on Tuesday evening, with two goals from Shaun Dyke and another from Andy Forbes
Andover 1 Gosport Borough 3 THE Jewson Wessex League (JWL) title race was blown wide open - literally - at a windswept Portway last Saturday after Gosport completed a league double over a jaded Andover. A crucial game for both sides was ruined by a cold
Today's Principal Arrivings: Alteland, container, 0130, 204E; Angela J, container, 0200, 204W; Takara, vehicle carrier, 0530, 34/35; Alianca Brasil, container, 0700, 206; Victoria, cruise ship, 0700, 105; Eufonia, ro/ro, 0730, 201; Andrina F, general,
WHEN Graham Kemp was laying down the law to his players before Tuesday's 5-0 win over Downton, he had forgotten he was about to reach a significant personal milestone. Unbeknown to the Lymington & New Milton player-manager, it was to be his 500th
THE inaugural Southampton varsity boat race takes place on the River Itchen next month. It will be staged on a 3.5-mile course from the Itchen Bridge to Riverside Park on May 11. There will be two races between Southampton University and Southampton Institute
A HAMPSHIRE dentist "named and shamed" by the NHS ombudsman has been struck off after being found guilty of serious professional misconduct. The chairman of the disciplinary committee of the General Dental Council, Huw Mathewson, told New Forest dentist
FIRST they put up a sign with the name of the village misspelt. Then they failed to put up enough signs warning of a 20-mile diversion because of a major road closure. Now contractors working on one of the busiest routes between Southampton, Salisbury
EUROPE'S newest regional airline has taken off from Southampton International Airport with the official launch of British Airways CitiExpress. The first flight to operate under the new name from Southampton was the BA7681 service to the Channel Island
Sugar, The Phoenix Theatre Company, Plaza Theatre, Romsey Some like it hot - and this stage version of the cult movie is one of the most sizzling am-dram shows I've seen. It centres around the outstanding double-act of Iain Steel and Wayne Ings. This
BARTON PEVERIL College's boys'hockey team recently took top honours in the Hampshire Sixth Form College's Cup after beating Havant 3-1 in the final of the com-petition. The Eastleigh lads were particularly thrilled to beat the Havant side who have several
A SPATE of dog thefts in Hampshire and Oxfordshire could have an Andover connection. In recent months seven dogs have been stolen in the area around Andover with four going from Winchester, one from Basingstoke, one from St Mary Bourne and another from
STOCKBRIDGE police have warned visitors to be on their guard against gangs who frequent beauty spots to break into parked vehicles. Thieves and vandals slashed the tyre of a car parked at Stockbridge Down, and stole a handbag, with a total value of £200
POLICE and firefighters have warned children about the potential danger to life following a series of grass fires in the Anton Lakes area of Andover. One of the most serious incidents happened at 3pm on Monday when firefighters were called out to tackle
CHILDREN and passers-by were horrified on Monday evening to see the driver of a white van plough through a flock of mallard ducks in Andover. Children were playing nearby in South Street when the motorist drove at speed through the ducks, killing at least
HURSTBOURNE Tarrant teenager Jonathan Anderson was auditioned to be part of Channel 4's third Big Brother series - but in the end he was pleased not to be chosen. He decided to have a go because he wanted to do something different and Nick Bateman who
POPULAR events for cyclists of every ability start in a week's time in the south of Test Valley borough. Test Valley Tour 2002 cycling begins with a 100km route starting from Broadlands in Romsey on Sunday 21 April. Riders have the choice of three routes
RESIDENTS in Tidworth and Ludgershall will have to pay up to three times as much for a CCTV service as people living in Devizes. Under a scheme drawn up by the Kennet Safety Partnership Ludgershall band 'D' council tax payers will have to pay £23.16 a
STOCKBRIDGE police station was chosen as a location for a film being made by students from Surrey University. Director Louise Randall knew of the attractive and old-world station in the High Street and chose it to figure in the story provisionally entitled
WINCHESTER and Eastleigh Health-care NHS Trust, managers of Andover hospital, might have to make savings of £5.8 million to break even next year. This is because government targets for reducing operation waiting times, lower waiting lists and out-patient
AMBITIOUS plans by HART Wildlife Rescue to build a purpose built hospital are forging ahead - with architects Frew Drew Knight Creamer drawing up plans and preparing to submit a planning application. Fundraising has been going well but there is still
STOCKBRIDGE police are receiving increasing reports of illegal hare coarsing taking place in the district. Two recent incidents at Leckford and Broughton, involving a Subaru estate car and reported by local residents, could involve the same gang. A police
NOBODY has stepped forward to claim ownership of Blue, the pedigree cocker spaniel who was found wandering around the Anton Lakes area of Andover. Pc Ted Reynolds said the owners had been given seven days to claim the dog. But the story has a happy ending
A MAN with one arm and one leg ended up in court yesterday after he failed to stop his car after a minor crash. Vernon White, of Virginia Park Road in Gosport, lost the two limbs in a motorcycle accident 16 years ago, Fareham magistrates were told. But
EASTLEIGH Football Club has shelved plans to create a "stadium of dreams" at its Ten Acres ground. The dramatic move comes less than two months after Whitehall forced a public inquiry into the proposed £800,000 ground makeover which the Jewson Wessex
THEY will be known as Southampton's White Sisters, twin luxury superliners boosting the city's position as a world-class centre for the multi-million pound cruising industry. The news that yet another huge cruise ship will be making the city its home
SOUTHAMPTON'S ill-fated liner Titanic will be remembered in a series of simple ceremonies as the city commemorates the 90th anniversary of the world's most famous shipping disaster on April 12. It was in April 1912 that Titanic sank with the loss of hundreds
