RYAN Aldridge was pleased with the endeavour shown by his Swindon Wildcats players as they came out on the right end of an energy-sapping clash with the Manchester Phoenix tonight. The Wildcats ran out 4-2 winners at the Link thanks to a brace
SWINDON Wildcats got back to winning ways in the English Premier League at the first time of asking with a 4-2 home triumph over the Manchester Phoenix tonight. In a dress rehearsal for their two-legged Challenge Cup semi-final showdown with Manchester
8:25pm And that brings the curtain down on another successful evening at the Link for the Swindon Wildcats. It's a fine return to winning ways in the league for Aldridge's side and a well-earned two points. The buzzer
LAWRENCE Bennett will have to return to the scene of his Southern Area title success to defend the belt he won last March. The Swindon cruiserweight has been ordered to face former MMA star Jamie Hearn with the 10-round contest, likely to be in
The last time I met Lee Power was after he banned our then sports reporter Sam Morshead for Tweeting team news (even though fans had already leaked it after seeing Nile Ranger’s shirt hanging in the dressing room). He told me then that if I took
PATIENTS are being piled up, staff are overrun and Great Western Hospital is bursting at the seams according to television presenter Jeremy Kyle. The tabloid talk show host praised the dedication of doctors and nurses at Swindon’s leading hospital
ROBINS asset Jason Doyle wrapped up his first Australian Solo Speedway Championship title this morning. Doyle, who is poised to depart to Leicester from Swindon once a transfer fee has been agreed, landed victory at Kurri Kurri, having secured
Robert Downey Jr has seen a double success at the People's Choice Awards in the US. The star of The Judge and Iron Man picked up the trophies for favourite dramatic movie actor and favourite movie actor at the ceremony. The Big Bang Theory also won
THE DATES for Swindon Wildcats’ two-legged Premier League Challenge Cup semi-final showdown with the Manchester Phoenix have been released. Ryan Aldridge’s side, who secured top spot in their regional group with victory at Chelmsford Chieftains
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It finally happened, after weeks of nearly reaching the summit, Swindon Town now sit top of the League One table. Honestly, I never thought I would need to write that sentence this season, but after a superb first half of the campaign, Mark Cooper
AUSTRALIA boss Ange Postecoglu hailed the performance of Swindon Town’s Massimo Luongo as the midfielder starred in their Asian Cup opener win. Luongo picked up the man of the match award, scored and created a goal for the Socceroos as they come
A NUMBER of unemployed workers in Swindon have won places on a work experience scheme developed by Thames Water. Last year, the utilities company said that to combat a lack of engineers coming into the trade, it was launching a programme for unemployed
KINGSDOWN School headteacher Wendy Conaghan has said she will continue to appoint the best candidate for the job despite the head of Ofsted rooting for positive discrimination. The head of the education watchdog, Sir Michael Wilshaw, said earlier
THE Peugeot team from Fish Bros on Great Western Way has delivered a second new van to local charity Swindon Foodbank. Thanks to funding from a local company, Imagine Cruising, Peugeot was able to supply the Swindon Foodbank with an Expert van,
COUNCILLORS have asked for more evidence from the police to support their bid to restrict the number of late night bars and clubs in Old Town and the town centre. An application for a cumulative impact policy (CIP) went before the licensing committee
CAMPAIGNING mother Karen Edwards fears attempts are being made to sabotage a petition which is due to be presented at Downing Street next week. The mother of murdered Becky Godden-Edwards has been campagning for reform of the Police and Criminal
WESTLECOT went into the new year still deeply involved in two national team competitions – the ladies’ Yetton Plate and the David Cornwell U25 Mixed Double Rinks – and still with several representatives in the men’s and ladies’ national championship
PLAYERS from Westlecot still have an active interest in many of the national championship competitions. In the four main national championships events, Westlecot have three finalists in the Area 10 ladies section where all the matches have to be
It was a record breaking year for Matt Mumford and he continued to develop as a fine golfer. Mumford won the men’s championship at Wrag Barn in May and went on to write his name into the record books at the Highworth club. Competing in the club
INGLESHAM residents are watching in dismay as nearby Lynt Farm Solar Park takes shape and anger over its original planning permission remains. The solar farm is being built to the east of the A361 between Highworth and Inglesham and covers 50.4
A TOP cancer nurse is in line to scoop a prestigious prize at the Wiltshire Life Awards. Lyndel Moore, 46, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s lead cancer nurse, has been nominated in the Carer of the Year category. She will find
A MAN who started a fire at the back door of a terraced house in the dead of night while on drink and drugs has been spared jail. Jacob Quinn had white spirit, matches and a fire extinguisher in his bag when he set the blaze in the ‘bizarre’ case
WILTSHIRE’S new £5m air ambulance helicopter went into service yesterday. Wiltshire Air Ambulance was given the go-ahead for the helicopter, a Bell 429, to undertake Helicopter Emergency Medical Service missions following a visit by the Civil Aviation
WOOTTON Bassett Ladies face Cheltenham Town Ladies Development in a six-pointer this weekend. Both sides are on the same number of points and sit just above the bottom three in Gloucestershire County Women’s Football League Division 1. Bassett
SWINDON Council is to be urged at a meeting later this month to support firefighters in their dispute with the Government over pensions. The Labour Group is to put forward a motion at the next full council meeting saying they support firefighters
SWINDON Robins promoter Colin Pratt says the saga surrounding Jason Doyle’s departure to Leicester Lions is no closer to being concluded. The Robins are due a transfer fee following the Australian’s switch but the two outfits are yet to settle
EVEN Swindon Primary School is celebrating after achieving its best Ofsted rating yet for its last inspection. In November, the education watchdog visited the school in Pasture Close, which opened nine years ago, and rated it good in the report
RYAN Aldridge has admitted his side are in for a tough weekend as they look to start another winning run in the league. Despite losing their winning record to Guildford Flames last Saturday the Link Centre boss was happy with the way his side performed
SWINDON’S economy will suffer if nothing is done to rectify the town’s dwindling supply of upmarket office space, according to property expert Andrew Kilpatrick. Andrew, the managing director of Kilpatrick & Co, in Commercial Road, has a stark
PROGRESS is being made dealing with anti-social behaviour issues in Walcot now a new security guard is on site and Asbos are being pursued for known troublemakers. Groups congregating around Sussex Square have been responsible for a number of incidents
Town’s move to the top of the table after the opening League game of the new year replicated that in 1996, when a three-goal victory over Swansea saw them move three points clear of Crewe. The lacklustre visitors were tormented all evening by Wayne
SWINDON-BASED players featured prominently in the planetbowls.com Bournemouth Open singles tournament at the start of the year. Westlecot’s John Anderson, Denis Holborow, Ian Jefferies and Neil Smith all managed to reach the last 16 of the tournament
SWINDON’S two indoor clubs made an extremely poor start to the new year in their opening group matches in the Wessex League. Westlecot slumped to a 98-67 defeat at the hands of Rivermead (Reading), who were second from bottom in the East region
