IN a game that only came to life in short periods Swindon Town mustered a 2-2 draw with Oldham where the moments of note were quality strikes shared by both sides. Oldham’s James Dayton then Andy Williams scored goals for the scrapbook but it was
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MARTIN Sell could only manage a round of three-under par at Mentmore in the latest round of the Jamega Tour. The Wrag Barn pro began the day in tied fourth place after shooting a round of 67 for a five-under-par score – three shots off the lead
HEALTH officials have arranged antibiotics for people who came into close contact with a New College student who is recovering from bacterial meningitis. Public Health England (PHE) has been working with the college after the 17-year-old student
SWINDON reserve Nathan Greaves just missed a rostrum finish in the British Under 19 Championship at Central Park Stadium, in Kent. The Robins' developing teenager put in a strong showing taking two race victories on his way to 11 points. However
Mothers dread it and fathers aren’t particularly keen, either – and for our family it came and went last week. It was the day we removed our daughter Holly from her home, along with half her possessions, and dumped her in Bournemouth (virtually
Re ‘Live and let live,’(SA August 28) Dave Cottrell states: 'Who are you to say that a person cannot be a Christian if they’re gay?’ Not me Mr Cottrell, but the Holy Bible – something which you claim to have read in your letter, but clearly have not
What a complex person David Cameron is. When he gave Alex Salmond and his Scottish Nationalist Party their desired referendum he pointedly excluded the rest of the United Kingdom from participation in the vote; in doing so he accepted the illogical
I read with interest your article on the redevelopment of the Oasis Leisure Centre (SA Thursday September 11). I really hope the plans by Moirai Capital Investments come to fruition and the refurbishment work commences soon. Deadlines have been missed
I completely agree with what Steve Thompson says in his letter published (SA September 13). I would go further and suggest the coup he describes has already happened. The smug sanctimonious posing as pseudo statesman affected particularly by Clegg
READING about a recent hauling of a mucky takeaway into court by the council’s public safety folk has got me pondering a paradox. Why is it that so many spotlessly clean ones seem to go to the wall while the ones that are anything but clean apparently
GREATER powers for PCSOs to tackle nuisance drivers outside school gates will be proposed at a meeting of Swindon Council this week. In recognition that the local authority does not have sufficient enforcement officers to deal with the problem,
Wiltshire Police is appealing for witnesses following an indecent exposure in Swindon. The incident took place on the cycle track from Shaftesbury Avenue to Dorcan Way at approximately 8.45pm on September 2, 2014. A male was seen by a member
TOWN: Christ Church still has a number of pitches available for the Old Town Autumn Fayre on September 20. Anyone interested should visit www.christchurchswindon.co.uk and fill in a booking form.
Wiltshire Police are appealing for witnesses following an attempted sexual assault in Swindon. The incident took place on May 18th 2014 shortly before 2am at a property in Stafford Street, Swindon. A woman had been on a night out in the Old
M4: Two lanes in the westbound carriageway will be closed between Junctions 15 and 16 tomorrow night. The Highways Agency is resurfacing the lanes and requires the closure. Delays of 10 minutes are expected between 10pm and 6am.
TOWN CENTRE: Thames Water is replacing a sewer cover in Park Lane, near the junction with Dean Street, and requires multi-way traffic signals as a result. Delays are likely from today to Thursday.
HIGHWORTH: Officers from the neighbourhood policing team will be holding a crime prevention session tomorrow on the Podium in the Highworth market area. The team will be available to offer advice for security around homes, farms and allotments
THE Swindon campaign to help people quit smoking has claimed a well-earned victory after it emerged the town racked up the highest number of quitters in the South West last year. No fewer than 1,279 smokers successfully stubbed out the habit, from
JON Obika says that he is not yet firing on all cylinders as he prepares to make his home debut tonight. The 24-year-old marked the start of second Swindon Town spell on Saturday with two goals to seal the points at Bradford City. That was
MARK Cooper is hoping that the Swindon Town fans will be relishing Jon Obika’s home debut tonight. The former County Ground loanee marked his return to the Robins squad with a stunning two-goal bow in Saturday’s 2-1 success at Bradford City.
DAVE Webb admits that Swindon Supermarine have a herculean task on their hands to make the third qualifying round of the FA Cup after drawing former cup heroes Havant & Waterlooville. Marine have been handed a second qualifying round trip to
Swindon Town dropped their first points of the season when they visited Southampton Saints and were held to a thrilling 3-3 draw in the FA Women’s Premier League Division One South West. After a disappointing first half Town were trailing following
PADDY Fitzpatrick will be the proudest man in London on Saturday night as Luke Watkins makes his professional debut. The Swindon cruiserweight will make his first outing in the paid ranks on the undercard of his manager George Groves’ European
CIRENCESTER Senior had to settle for a 3-3 with Burford in their recent match. The opening match was lost on the final green when Joe Maggs chipped in for a two and he and his captain Alex Ross prevailed two up over Clive Bennett and John Thurston
Under 11 Division 1 Swindon Supermarine J suffered defeat on their debut in division one against Forest Green Rovers. Forest Green started more brightly and took the lead though an unfortunate own goal after a Ben Dixon back pass slipped under
In the Oxford Mail league Highworth Town Juniors U16 team went down after a spirited show away to Didcot Casuals. Starting with eight players Highworth went ahead through a well taken goal by Amelia Glover. An injury to reduce their numbers further
SWINDON Spitfires United secured all three points with an impressive 6-0 win over Swindon Town development at the weekend. Spitfires started brightly and went close on several occasions before opening the scoring on 16 minutes against a young Town
SWINDON were edged as they continued their pre-season programme in Wotton. Swindon made the short trip missing three key players but still fielding a strong team with Chris Parsons and Lewis Dyer in the centre of midfield, captain Luke Cejer on
SOUTHBROOK secured their fourth win on the bounce as they beat Corsham Town reserves on their travels 5-4 in the Wiltshire Football League Premier Division. Reece Gilliver opened the scoring for the visiting side and that was doubled before 30
THE 2014 Advertiser Swindon & District summer darts league will hold a presentation and winter registration evening on Friday evening. The winners of each league will be presented with a shield and prize money (£200 winners, £100 runners up
AFC Gas blew away their opposition to progress to the next round of the Swindon Sunday League Knockout Cup with a 9-1 victory. Last season’s Division One champions played host to Division Two side The Windmill and made light work of proceedings
HORSESHOE amateur boxing club have been asked to stage this season’s ABA Senior Novice quarter-finals. The Gypsy Lane club will stage the Western Counties against London section of the tournament on October 11. Horseshoe will also be hoping
RAYCHEM E started the season well with a 29-21 win over Lawn D in Division Four. The strong defence of Mandy Hooper, Chris Geddes and Gail Walker made things very difficult for Lawn’s young attack and Raychem took the lead in the first quarter,
ABBEY Meads A first game of the season was a tight contest against their counterparts from Moredon. Both teams started strong, and by the end of the first quarter it was still anyone’s game with the score of 9-7 to Abbey. The second quarter
A staff member who played peacemaker when he intervened in an argument between two people in the street was left counting the cost when his store was damaged. Hundreds of pounds’ worth of stock at the shop in Commercial Road was damaged on Saturday
NALGO Putting League (formally known as GWRSA Putting League) has set up home at the Nalgo Sports Ground, Swindon. The League and two putting courses are run by volunteerers The Plain Course, is 18 holes over a relatively flat course whilst the
ALMOST 10,000 Wiltshire children got stuck into a good book over the holidays as record numbers took part in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge. The annual quest for primary school children to read six books over the holidays has been its most
COMMUNICATION is key to the relationship between the three schools involved in Clifton Diocese’s new build in Queens Drive, according to the man in the middle, Peter Bradshaw. Swindon Council granted the diocese and Holy Rood Catholic Junior School
THE chief constable of Wiltshire Police is among a trio of officers being investigated over an alleged cover-up over the force’s handling of sexual abuse complaints. Pat Geenty, an inspector and a detective constable are subject to an IPCC investigation
HIGHWORTH’S Co-operative foodstore is being called on to save the post office from relocating out the town centre to a ‘death-trap’ main road. Residents have until October 3 to submit their opinions on the proposals put forward by the Post Office
A TOOTHILL GP has been named as one of the most influential figures in general practice in the country for the third year running. Dr Peter Swinyard, of Phoenix Surgery, reached 41st in Pulse Magazine’s top 50 power list for his work as an advocate
OLDHAM Athletic boss Lee Johnson has revealed that the Latics were interested in taking Jon Obika to Boundary Park. The 24-year-old striker, who marked his Swindon Town debut with a brilliant brace at Bradford City on Saturday, re-joined the County
WES Foderingham feels that Swindon deserve to be higher in the table than sixth. The 23-year-old stopper produced a man-of-the-match display at Bradford City at the weekend. Off the back of that performance Foderingham believes his side can maintain
JAKE Reeves believes that the secret to Swindon Town’s success is the relationship the players have with each other off the field. The 21-year-old midfielder, who will be hoping to get his first appearance at the County Ground this evening when
WILDCATS wing Sam Bullas is hoping that his team will be still be riding high going in to next weekend’s double-header with Guildford Flames. Swindon claimed their first-ever away win at reigning champions Manchester Phoenix on Sunday as they battled
JAKE Reeves has compared this Swindon Town squad to the Brentford one he won promotion with last season. The 21-year-old arrived at the County Ground at the end of August after negotiating his release from Griffin Park. On departing the Bees
JAMIE Cox is back and will make his return at the Swindon Oasis the Advertiser can reveal. The former Commonwealth light-middleweight champion will make his long awaited return to the ring on December 6 in his hometown. The unbeaten 28-year-old
SUPERMARINE Ladies fought hard but found it tough against Bath Ladies losing 15-38. Marine made a very promising start, scoring in the first five minutes through number eight Sam Watts. Unfortunately the early lead was soon wiped out with Bath
AN Ashley Searle double for Wallingford Town secured a 2-2 home draw against Faringdon Town for whom Jamie Hopgood and Mike van der Mortel scored in Division One. Last season’s top two met and it took a last-gasp strike from Charlie Allsop to separate
OLD Town United put last weekend’s crushing defeat at the hands of Village Inn behind them to beat Spectrum 4-2 on Saturday. Chris Wood’s side got off to the worst possible start in the Swindon and District Football League Premier Division as they
REVELLERS enjoyed a winning combination of watching rugby and tasting real ales during Royal Wootton Bassett’s beer festival at the weekend. The seventh annual festival, held by the Royal Wootton Bassett Rugby Club, took place on Friday, Saturday
THE start of the Swindon and District Air Rifle League saw no less than eight possibles (60 point maximums) scored in the Tunley Shield. Robert Ellis, of VWH Cricklade, won 105-102 on outward scoring after he and Carl Smith (Lambourn C) both notched
MAX Hazell won The Cotswold Triathlon for the second year running from an entry list of 650 split over a number of categories. The 19-year-old from Bradford upon Avon won in a time of 56:17, but he had some strong competition from 17 year old Kieran
UPDATE: New College working with Public health England after student diagnosed with bacterial meningitis FEARS of a potential meningitis outbreak are growing after a New College student was rushed to hospital with the life-threatening infection
KIERAN Hill and Claire Vallance took the top spots in young organiser Cieran Alstowe’s Highworth Sprint Triathlon last Saturday. In the men’s race it was a head-to-head battle between Hill and Phil Kruse. The 20-year-old student, Hill, from Loughborough
AFTER 16 years, anti social behaviour orders are on the way out. Next month, ASBOs are to be replaced with a raft of new measures designed to tackle low level crime, with the victim at the heart of the proceedings. New guidance has been issued
ATTEMPTS to raise £1.2m to conserve one of the oldest buildings in Swindon have stalled after a bid for a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund was rejected. Parishioners from St Mary’s Church in Lydiard Park have been fundraising throughout the
STAFF reported for duty as usual yesterday but metal shutters at Swindon’s Phones 4u shops remained firmly shut – leaving a question mark over the fate of firm’s 17 workers in the town. Employees at the mobile phone provider’s 550 UK shops were
THE children of Mike and Nikki Sly, stalwarts of the Swindon drama scene, are proving to be chips off the old block as they tread the boards alongside their parents. Max and Annie Sly are taking part in the autumn production of Oh! What A Lovely
EIGHT weeks to the day since it started, the Averies Recycling fire was finally put out yesterday, much to the relief of residents and businesses neighbouring the Marshgate site. The blaze started on July 21 and burned continuously, with the fire
QUIZ team members from the Ashford Road Club put their heads together to take top spot at a prestigious competition – but the team are no ordinary quizzers. With members including a BBC TV ‘Egghead’, plus former Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and
