SWINDON'S boxers enjoyed a successful evening at the 'Rumble by the Avon' event at the Olympiad in Chippenham tonight. Kelvin Young continued his recent improvement with a 40-37 success against Sheffield's Dean Walker. The former Penhill
ALAN Sheehan looks to have played his last game for Swindon Town after caretaker boss Paul Bodin confirmed the defender is to go on trial at Preston next week. The 24-year-old, who has made just over 40 appearances for the club, was not included
PAUL Bodin admitted Chris Taylor was the difference between the sides after the Oldham midfielder scored twice to condemn Swindon to defeat in their final home game of the season. Taylor opened the scoring in the 17th minute as the Town defence
A COUPLE from Haydon Wick are supporting an appeal by the British Red Cross for volunteers to provide support to people recently discharged from hospital. Gill and Bill Phipps say the help of their Home from Hospital volunteer Berty Hunt has
A CONSULTANT anaesthetist at Great Western Hospital has described his time in Afghanistan with the Territorial Army as more fulfilling than he could imagine. Ben Maxwell, 47, served three years ago as a member of the West’s 243 Field Hospital and could
TWO goals from Chris Taylor ensured Paul Bodin’s first game in charge of Swindon was to end in defeat as the Robins were downed 2-0 in their final home game of the season today. Taylor had the visitors’ only two shots on target all game but
Swindon Town trail 1-0 at the break after a wonder goal by Oldham captain Chris Taylor separates the two sides at the County Ground today. Taylor unleashed an unstoppable drive from distance with just over a quarter of an hour gone. Town were playing
A RUNNING group for beginners will soon start limbering up for this year's Nationwide Swindon Half Marathon. The Swindon Shin Splints group was formed last year by Swindon Council to help runners of all abilities train for either the 13.1-mile
CARETAKER boss Paul Bodin has made his mark on the Town team to face Oldham today, with the inclusion of his son Billy the most notable change. Bodin comes in alongside Calvin Andrew at the head of a 4-4-2, with the other big change being David
PUB staff are in high spirits after turning around its fortunes. The Plum Tree, in Regent Street, has seen its turnover quadruple since new owners took over at the end of March. It follows a series of reports in the Adver showing that pubs in Swindon
WHILE millions were watching the Royal Wedding, one couple enjoyed a big day all of their own. Stratton couple Kathy, 62, and David Selwood, 67, tied the knot yesterday morning at the same time as Prince William and Kate Middleton. The two weddings
Local jockey George Baker teamed up successfully with former Marlborough trainer Martin Bosley when Dualagi won the Summer Fillies Handicap at Bath in the week. With no rain in the area for several weeks the seven-year-old coped with the firm ground
A WILTSHIRE Police Land Rover and trailer have been trashed after officers left them parked outside a supermarket in the middle of a Bristol riot. The £100,000 Land Rover Discovery and its trailer were outside Tesco in the Stokes Croft area, which has
BRITISH Masters super-featherweight title holder Liam Richards is relishing a swift return to the ring, even though it has meant his favourite foods have been removed from the menu. The 24-year-old Melksham fighter has reverted to the nine-stone division
It’s the turn of the Fillies to take centre stage at Newmarket tomorrow in the second Classic of the season the Qipco 1,000 Guineas. Likely favourite for the one mile event is the French trained Moonlight Cloud. Trainer Freddie Head is reported to
Newmarket plays host to the first of the seasons Classics, the Qipco 2,000 Guineas, to be run this afternoon, and the 1,000 on Sunday. Favourite for the Saturday showpiece is the Henry Cecil-trained Frankel. Wiltshire trainer Richard Hannon takes on
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a knifeman robbed a young woman on Thursday in Lawn Woods, Old Town. DC Sean Tregunna said: “A lone female was walking from Old Town when she was approached by the suspect, who was pushing a red mountain bike.
ENGLISH middleweight champion Nick Blackwell is hoping to deliver a swift finish to his forthcoming clash with Latvian Andrejs Loginovs at the Chippenham Olympiad tonight. The unbeaten Trowbridge boxer feels that this is the arena to demonstrate the
SWINDON middleweight Kelvin Young hopes that victory over Dean Walker at the Olympiad in Chippenham tonight will propel him towards the next stage of his career. Keith Mayo’s 24-year-old protégé has his sights on boxing for an Area title and a win over
IT WAS the day that everyone had been waiting for and the moment that nobody would forget. As we all know, yesterday Prince William and Kate Middleton tied the knot in a fairytale ceremony at Westminster Abbey and thousands of revellers travelled
ALAN McLoughlin has welcomed the decision to appoint old friend Paul Bodin until the end of the season as a positive move by the Swindon Town board. Few would have envisaged, after the defeat to Sheffield Wednesday on Monday, that there would be an air
A SUSPECTED arson attack has caused severe damage to one of the rooms at the former Swindon College building. About 30 firefighters attended yesterday afternoon’s incident in Regent Circus, which took place on the eighth floor of the empty
SWINDON Town chief executive Nick Watkins has urged the club’s players to be mindful of what they post on social networking sites such as Twitter following today’s announcement that Samsung will be the main sponsor for next season. Twitter
SWINDON Town interim chairman Jeremy Wray has suggested the club will not be actively pursuing managerial targets and instead will be looking for those interested to submit applications themselves. The club’s board began their search for a new manager
THE weather came to Swindon Robins’ rescue last night after their meeting at Eastbourne was abandoned after six heats with Ronnie Russell’s men trailing 24-12. The hosts were seemingly in total control of the meeting with Swindon failing to
PUNK fans dusted off the leather jackets, patches and haircuts for a blast from the past last night. Never mind the Buzzcocks, rockers had plenty to shout about with energetic four-piece The Computers, who have won mainstream national radio
