MISSING several key performers, Swindon Harriers finished a battling fifth place in their opening Southern Mens League Division One match of the season at Battersea Park in London.
The 2008 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials proved to be one of the most exciting and dramatic for years, with Nicholas Touzaint becoming the first Frenchman ever to win the prestigious title with Hildago De L'Ile.
Castle Combe Circuit hosts its second race meeting of the year with a 10-race programme at the Husqvarna Springtime Raceday on Bank Holiday Monday, writes CHRIS JAMES
Reigning Melton Concrete Products Castle Combe Formula Ford 1600 Champion Edward Moore from Bradford on Avon will be proudly wearing the golden helmet' that he won at the wheel of his Class A Van Diemen RF00.
Australia's triple Olympic Gold medallist Andrew Hoy overtook the field at the end of the dressage phase at Badminton's Mitsubishi Motors Horse Trials with an outstanding display on Sue Magnier's 2006 winner Moonfleet.