BATH tonight confirmed that first-team coach Brad Davis would be leaving the club. Davis, the one survivor from the coaching team led by Sir Ian McGeechan last season, departs after six years at the Rec, having joined from Castleford Tigers rugby
WHEN watching the Six Nations, we’ve always known that it’s been steeped in tradition but that perhaps, when push came to shove, the southern hemisphere Tri- Nations (now four-team Rugby Championship) was at another level. But last week, we had
THE most predictable result of the day came in the junior boys’ race with the all-conquering Howorth twins again to the fore. After dominating the South West and Midland Counties Championships the St Augustines’ School runners were quickly to the
WILTSHIRE Sunday Cup holders FC Jager will have an even greater incentive to beat top Swindon League outfit New Century WMC this Sunday in their delayed quarter-final clash. Next up for the victors are Jager's local rivals and top flight stablemates
WITH both FC North Wiltshire and Old Road in Subsidiary Cup action, Sportzcoach Dragonz United, currently third in Division Four, will be looking to keep their own promotion hopes alive with a victory at Pig & Whistle United B. Dragonz beat
Melksham’s Avon Rubber PLC has announced a positive start to the year, in their first quarterly statement of 2013. The firm, which produces rubber items for the defence and dairy industries, has enjoyed a stronger first quarter performance this
AFTER losing out in their three previous derby-day duels, Bremhill View Boys will be hoping it will be fourth time lucky when they host North Star B in their latest Division Three outing. The match at Beversbrook is certain to get the pulses racing
CARL Murray’s Wren side may be bottom of Division Two with no points from their 13 games to date, but the Calne-based side will be looking forward to their meeting with Southwick Wanderers, who are just above them in the standings and who have lost
ROB Webber feels he is finally pulling his weight after a much-delayed start to his Bath career. The 26-year-old made his return in the LV= Cup triumph over Exeter two weeks ago and featured in last weekend’s win at Gloucester after nearly a year
WITH Division One leaders Bradford Renegades in cup action, second-placed Corsham United will look to make up ground on Lance Davis' side when they visit North Star A who, despite being bottom of the table, could be looking forward to the meeting at
HAVING sent Westbury Rangers crashing out of the Knockout Cup a back in December, AFC Melksham will host Shaun Gardiner’s side for a third time this season. Rangers beat their hosts 1-0 in their previous S.K. Fruits Ltd Chippenham Sunday League
The Seend Shuttle Committee will hold a meeting at the community centre on Tuesday at 7.30pm, to encourage people to help with the running of the village bus.
THE Subsidiary Cup has made a return to the league calendar for the first time since the 2003/04 season when Biddestone Social were the last team to win the competition. The cup is being run on a league basis, made up of four groups of three, who
FROME Town have been handed home advantage in the semi final of the Evo-Stik League's Red Insure Cup. Darren Perrin's side will host either Slough or Northwood Town, both of the Division One Central Division, on Wednesday, March 6 (7.45pm).
Wiltshire Police are launching a crackdown on burglars who target sheds, garages and outbuildings in and around Melksham. There has been a recent increase in so-called “non dwelling burglaries” in the town which can involve the theft of valuable
Quinton Barham, the Trowbridge teenager who collapsed during a youth football game last weekend, has undergone a heart bypass operation. The 13-year-old Clarendon Academy pupil has been in a stable but critical condition at Bristol Royal Infirmary
A man who peddled hard drugs to raise cash to fund his own habit has been ordered to hand over more than £2,200 of his ill-gotten gains. Mark Nurdin, of Shearman Street, Trowbridge, who was jailed for three years in the autumn, profited from crime
DIVISION Two White Horse FC will look to book the final place in this season’s presstoprint-sponsored Eric Hughes Memorial Knockout Cup semi-final line-up on Sunday. However, for Clive Black’s men to keep their cup dreams alive they must beat Premier
Breast cancer survivors will take to the catwalk for an annual ladies-only fashion fundraiser, which this year moves to Trowbridge. The event, in aid of Breast Cancer Care, is being organised by Wayne Palmer, who carried the Olympic Flame through the
TROWBRIDGE pilot John Jackson was concentrating on the positives after narrowly missing out on a four-man medal at the World Championships in St Moritz last Sunday. The 35-year-old, who is based in Paxcroft Mead, and his crew were left to rue a
COME Sunday afternoon, the first of the finalists of this season’s Westernsport Trophies-sponsored WG Parr Trophy should be known. The first semi-final to be played at Poulton looks on paper as if it will be a one-sided affair as it pairs together
The BBC and Longleat Safari & Adventure Park are joining forces to create a spectacular new series of Deadly-themed features at the world famous Wiltshire attraction. The four-year plan will see areas of the park transformed in the style of
Managers at the Great Western Hospital (GWH), Swindon, are asking for nominations from the public for its annual staff excellence awards. As well as at GWH, staff work in the community hospitals of Wiltshire, including in Trowbridge, Warminster
ENGLAND Saxons stars Tom Biggs and Kyle Eastmond return to the starting line-up tomorrow as Bath take on Worcester Warriors in their first home Aviva Premiership match of 2013 tomorrow (2.15pm). Biggs is back on the wing with Eastmond outside Matt
Bradford on Avon’s cub leader is stepping down at Easter after working for the Scouts for 22 years. Sally Tanner, 53, is leaving her role at Bradford on Avon Scouts in April to spend more time with her family. “I am really going to miss the
The words of one of the Paralympic competitors keep reverberating around in my head: “If my life and future had not changed so suddenly as a result of the accident years ago, I wonder what I would be doing now instead of being a prominent part of this
For many people there have been indulgences over Christmas with a little too much food and not enough exercise. The first few months of the New Year are a time for getting things back on track –eating more healthily and taking more exercise. Many of
I would like to reply to the letter in the February 1 edition from John Potter, the mayor of Bradford on Avon, which clearly, in part, refers to comments in my letter dated January 14. In my letter where I referred to the proposals for housing
I was very interested to read of the great fire at County Hall, Trowbridge, in January 1958. At the time I was a patient in the Royal United Hospital, in the days before TV coverage of such events, but the BBC made this headline news on national radio
I read with dismay your report (February 1) of the temporary closure of in-patient facilities at Charter House ‘due to high number of unoccupied beds’ – not because of lack of demand. So, we continue the same process – specialist facilities provided
I read Lee Rumens' letter (End crime spree, Wiltshire Times, February 1) with interest. I share his view that the recent spate of burglaries in the Melksham area has been very disappointing. Wiltshire Police realise how distressing burglaries
I’m interested in the views of Cllr Jeff Osborn, who is calling for a new hospital to be built in Trowbridge. He is so right, but it’s not only Trowbridge that is affected by health cuts, all the towns in West Wiltshire have lost their hospital. Both
May I thank everyone for their generosity in kindly supporting my two mayoral charities, Alzheimer’s Support and West Wilts Portage Service, at a charity bag pack held at Asda Stores, Trowbridge, on Saturday, at which a total of £304.05 was collected
TROWBRIDGE’S Hayden Atkins had a debut to remember at last Saturday’s Wiltshire Schools Championships at Grittleton House. The 12-year-old became locked in a sprint finish for the minor boys gold medal with fellow Trowbridge pupil Jonah Veakins
The independence of the new health and social care watchdog was questioned after it was announced that its chairman is a former Wiltshire Council manager. Wiltshire Involvement Network (WIN) will be abolished in April and replaced by Healthwatch
BATH coach Toby Booth expects the next phase of the club’s squad building programme to be unveiled in the next few weeks. Booth revealed the club were close to releasing the latest names to commit to the Rec cause as the management put together
TREVOR Rawlings was relieved to see his Corsham Town pick up a much-needed three points as they triumphed over local rivals Westbury United on Wednesday night. Corsham had gone four games without a win but Ross Lye’s first half penalty put them
Young superheroes took over The Mead Primary School on Friday as part of The Big Draw programme. Reception class children got creative with their parents to become all kinds of heroes, with Spiderman proving to be a firm favourite with the youngsters
Two haulage firms were prosecuted this week thanks to the Bradford on Avon Lorry Watch scheme. J Bradshaw & Sons Ltd from Lincolnshire and Langdon Industries Ltd from Somerset, pleaded guilty to one offence of breaching the 18 tonne weight
Trowbridge Police responded to a false alarm of man carrying a gun into Daisy Express, in Roundstone Street, at around 4pm on Friday. Inspector Lisette Harvey said: “It started out as a report of a man allegedly carrying a firearm through the
FROME Town will welcome football royalty to Badgers Hill next week as their 90-day Football Pools challenge hits the halfway point. Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish and former England striker Trevor Francis, the country’s first £1,000,000 player
Manchester United have offered their support to Trowbridge teenager Quinton Barham who suffered a cardiac arrest while playing football last weekend. The 13-year-old has been in a stable but critical condition at Bristol Royal Infirmary since collapsing
PAUL Shanley reckons Bradford Town will have to wait to see if their draw with local promotion rivals Calne Town on Wednesday night was two points dropped or a point gained. In-form Bradford took the lead on the stroke of half-time through Jake
LACOCK youngster Yasmin Watling finally brought her long quest for an individual cross country gold medal to an end as she triumphed at last weekend’s Wiltshire Schools’ Championships at Grittleton House. The 14-year-old St Mary’s pupil topped
Bratton Silver Band enjoyed another sell-out performance alongside the Cory Brass Band at the Wiltshire Music Centre on Sunday, 10 years after their first performance together. The performance at the Best of British Brass concert saw both bands
Former Corsham Sunday league footballer James Whitehead has swapped his boots for the backroom, to organise a charity match for a friend with Motor Neurone Disease. Mr Whitehead, 30, is the driving force behind the Motor Neurone Select 11, a team
