HUNDREDS of people turned out to enjoy a day of crafts and musical talent in Sherfield-on-Loddon. People of all ages attended the Crafts and Music event at Sherfield School. The event, organised by the Friends of the Basingstoke Area Youth Orchestra
ABACUS Employment Services have extended their sponsorship of Hatch Warren Phoenix FC for another two years. The company will sponsor the Inferno under-sevens, the under-eight Flames and Blaze as well as the under-13 sides in the Testway, Peter
THE chief executive of Pelican Cancer Foundation spoke to health and social care groups about the charity’s vital role in life-saving research. Sarah Crane met with the Level 1 and Level 3 BCoT students to share her experiences of working with
Hartley Wintney v Paultons Hartley Wintney M Kerr c Murrell b Linge 4 J Hersh c Duggan b Denney 72 D Plume c Duggan b Linge 0 A Karvelas lbw b Linge 0 M Digweed run out 66 J Teale c Lamb b Linge 32 C Jolley c Hills b
HARTLEY Wintney kept themselves in the promotion places in Southern League Division Two, after 20-run victory over visiting Paultons on Saturday. Having elected to bat the village side were soon in trouble at 20-3, but thanks to opener Jack Hersh
TWENTY different beers were on offer at an annual ale festival. The Hartley Wintney Football Club Beer Festival was held over three days, offering a variety of real ales and ciders to be enjoyed while listening to live bands performing on stage
HOOK and Newnham Basics won a thriller to record back-to-back wins in the Southern League Division One, after winning at Fawley by one wicket with three balls to spare. The visitors were set a target of 228 to win, and thanks to an superb century
Fawley v Hook & Newnham Basics Fawley T Gates c Love b Brewer 78 D Streather c Champ b Binns 4 P Marks c Love b Champ 81 A Parratt lbw b Brewer 0 K Earl c Love b Poulter 3 C Earl b Poulter 25 W Royan b Poulter 19
ODIHAM hockey star Alex Danson scored for the second game running in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, as England beat Malaysia 5-0, to keep themselves on course for a top two finish in their group. Danson scored in 2-0 victory over Wales and
IT’S the end of an era as two teachers, who have collectively clocked up over 75 years at the same school, retire. Pete Dimond has been an English teacher at Aldworth School for 35 years, while his colleague Derek Dicker has taught PE for 42 years
GILBERT’s Games & Country Fair takes place at Gilbert White’s House in Selborne on August 2-3 between 10am and 5.15pm each day. This jam-packed weekend of events has something for all the family. Take part or compete in traditional 18th
Basingstoke & North Hants II v Bashley (Rydal) II Basingstoke Leon Nurse lbw b Neal 16 D McCormack c Gates b Ridley 5 A Fulton c & b Ridley 11 Lee Nurse lbw b Rapson 9 G Dique lbw b Gilmour 0 S Trinder c Digby b
BASINGSTOKE and North Hants hopes of promotion for the second season running, looked to have been ended, as they lost at Liphook and Ripsley by 27 runs on Saturday. This was the Bountymen’s first away loss and only their third in total in this
PUPILS were in the pink as they raced around their school playing field to raise money for a worthy cause. Hundreds of students from The Vyne Community School united in a mission to generate funds for Cancer Research UK in their own Race for Life
Liphook & Ripsley v Basingstoke & North Hants Liphook R Covey c Benge b Connor 69 B Ungaretti c Connor b Pistorius 20 G Cover b Thankachan 5 S Ganguly run out 48 C Martin c Vinn b Pistorius 7 H Munt c Benge b Thankachan
THE countdown has well and truly begun to a major summer festival held at a north Hampshire farm. CarFest returns to Laverstoke Park Farm, near Overton, for the third year to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for BBC Children in Need. The
READING continued their build-up to the Championship season with a 2-0 win at League Two Wycombe Wanderers in a pre-season friendly. The Royals dominated from the start and scored just before half-time, as Pavel Pogrebnyak headed in from a tight
TEENAGER Bradley Neal scored an excellent 76 as Basingstoke and North Hants beat Ramsdell by 34 runs to keep up the pressure on North Hampshire Midweek League Division One leaders Hook and Newnham Basics. Results Divsion 1: Basingstoke (18pts
THE HAMPSHIRE and Isle of Wight Freemasonry group has donated £4,000 to a local charity. The group has decided to award the bank-boosting funds to the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance and it will help the air ambulance carry out life-saving
Sir.–What a wonderful evening it was at The Anvil on July 6, for the Festival Of Choirs – such a moving experience, bringing many thoughts of my uncle who served in the Horse Artillery, with so many lives lost, and the horrors they faced in the First
MONEY has been made available to replace two gates at Edward Kersley Playing Field, in Overton. At Overton Parish Council’s July meeting, it was agreed that two of the gates will be replaced with new ones, costing a total of £2,000, which will
I THOUGHT that this holy time of Ramadan for Muslims might be a good opportunity to share the high esteem that the Catholic Church has for other religions, such as Islam. We, as Christians, believe that Jesus Christ is the sole redeemer of all
SHAUN Lewis and Kevin Pigney were the big winners at Hartley Wintney Golf Club’s Seve Cup. Lewis won the gross competition thanks to a one-over-par round of 72, beating Mark Chandler on countback after holing his second shot with a nine-iron at
