ROBIN Davison and Joel Petkoff each grabbed a brace as Wildcats boosted their play-off hopes with a 6-3 triumph over Milton Keynes Lightning at the Link Centre. Cats' leading points scorer Petkoff and fellow import Jan Vrtik both profited from empty
SUPERMARINE and Mangotsfield United played out a tedious 0-0 draw at Hunts Copse this afternoon as both defences came out on top. The best chance of the game fell to Marine winger Alex Rigley after 70 minutes, but the former Town trainee sliced his
WESTLECOT men begin their bid tomorrow to win the Wessex League overall title for only the fourth time in the 25-year history of the competition. Their three previous victories came in 1995, 1997 and 1998. They face tough opposition in their opening
BIG Brother will keeping a close eye on a community that has been rocked by two petrol bomb attacks. The mobile CCTV unit was installed in Broad Street following calls from residents, after a second man-made firebomb was thrown through the window of
THIS weekend is an important one for the men's section of Westlecot Indoor Bowls Club, both individually and on the team front, writes DAVE EATON. Five players are involved in three Area 16 national finals being played at the Cotswold club in Stroud
TRAINER Alan King paraded his 18-strong team for the Cheltenham Festival at a press day held in glorious sunshine at Barbury Castle in midweek - and nominated Franchoek in the JCB Triumph Hurdle as his leading chance. Trainer of seven winners at the
HANNAH Turland, the England Girls' Under 13s champion from Tidworth, has been named in England's three-strong team to compete in this spring's Scottish Girls' Under 16s Open Strokeplay championship and Nations Cup at Craigielaw, writes Ernie Newell.
MOLLIE Tanner - Miss Mollie to generations of devoted students - has been teaching dance in Swindon for nearly 64 years. Mollie, who celebrated her 80th birthday shortly before Christmas, has been a pivotal figure in the cultural life of the town since
MANY of the customers at Gilberts of Swindon in Old Town follow in the footsteps of their Victorian ancestors. It was in 1866 that the company began selling furnishings and carpets, and it has been doing so ever since. Since then, of course, plenty
WHEN Hickmans was founded in 1928, home entertainment consisted solely of radios and gramophones. These days, there is a whole world of options that grows by the day. Hickmans, which moved to its current Victoria Road site 40 years ago, has always
BURDEN Electronics - known to generations of customers simply as Burdens - is a County Road landmark. Its stock is largely divided between white goods such as fridges and freezers, and so-called brown goods, a sector that includes everything from TVs
SWINDON has always been a place of commerce just as it has always been a place of invention and innovation. When the Great Western Railway came in the 19th Century, it brought with it more prosperity than the relatively sleepy little market town of Swindon
A DOCTOR who failed to send cancer patients to hospital for urgent treatment because of her own health problems can carry on practising medicine. Linda Jacobs, who worked at Kingswood Surgery in Park North, tampered with the medical notes of two patients
WHEN Princess Margaret Hospital's demolition began on February 4, 2004, it was a day mixed with sadness and expectation. For more than 40 years, the hospital had served as a backdrop to the lives and losses of Swindon's people. That's why, at Bloor
THE West Region PGA have published their calendar of events for 2008, writes Ernie Newell. The seven-month tour embraces some 60 tournaments, including nine in Wiltshire, the main one being the 36-hole order of merit Hamptworth PGA Championship on September
A FAMILY who have terrorised Penhill have been told they have two months to get out of their council house. William Hanratty and Tina Brett and their two sons intimidated and distressed other residents in and around Fyfield Avenue, a court was told.
