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21-0913A Thatcham v Yateley

Falkland out to break extras habit

FALKLAND find themselves caught in the extras dilemma afflicting a number of clubs in the Home Counties Premier League. New leg wide rules, especially affecting the 50 overs a side format, have seen Falkland concede a glut of wides – more than 40 in last week’s defeat at Gerrards Cross and skipper Bruce Martin says: There’s a lot of improvement needed. “We actually bowled really well apart from the extras and without those they only scored 170 or 180. “But we’ll work it out.” Falkland are at home on Saturday to a Harefield also seeking its first league win of the ...

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19-2413F Hungerford V Merthyr Town

Hungerford cue warm-up campaign

HUNGERFORD Town have aranged several pre-season games in the run-up to their ...

KAUTO STAR and DENMAN horseracing 2009

Star horses head for Barbury

RETIRED racing stars Kauto Star and Denman will reunited at this year’s ...

Richard Hannon talks tactics outside the new Crafty Filly at The Racecourse

Hannon aims to win over War in ale day

Richard Hannon talks tactics outside the new Crafty Filly at The RacecourseRICHARD ...

26-1712S Newbury Swimming action

Jake backstrokes to victory

NEWBURY Swimming Club’s Jake Jezzard finished five seconds ahead of his nearest rival to win ...

20-1213E Falkland v Dinton

Falkland bolster batting options

FALKLAND bid to shake off their opening day defeat at the hands ...

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Wila claim netball crown

WILA LIGHTING have finally broken their duck by winning the Newbury Netball ...

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Berkshire aim to get off the mark

Falkland's Matt Jones - in Berkshire squadSKIPPER James Morris is confident that ...

Lee tops the table

LEE GILLINGHAM was the last man standing of 83 who set out ...

Home starter for Falkland

FALKLAND bowl into league action on Saturday with an early season tester ...

Lauren strikes gold in Munich

UPPER Basildon rower Lauren Kedar returned from the weekend’s Munich Junior International ...

Reading Ladies move to Thatcham

READING Ladies will be preparing for their forthcoming move to their new ...

Up, up and away go Hungerford

Mark Draycott - put Hungerford aheadHungerford Town 3 Merthyr Town 1 TWO extra ...

Hungerford prepares to face Merthyr invasion

Cup victory: skipper DIak Johns holds the Basingstoke Senior CupHUNGERFORD TOWN are ...

Fox and Hounds sees action again

A ROARING return to action at the Fox and Hounds Circuit saw ...

Thatcham pair on Twickenham duty

THATCHAM will have two players on Twickenham duty when Berkshire under 20s ...

Hockey festival at Northcroft

NEWBURY Hockey Club will be staging its 32nd annual festival at Northcroft ...

Hungerford take up and down trip into play-off final

Mark Draycott - netted at the double Hungerford Town 4 Paulton Rovers 2 ...

Cheer us up, says Hungerford boss

Hungerford manager Bobby Wilkinson - appeal for the '12th man of support' HUNGERFORD ...

Bradley break a play-off blow

Bradley Gray - injury blow HUNGERFORD Town midfielder Bradley Gray has broken a ...

Fox and Hounds roars back into action

MOTO CROSS returns to the old championship circuit at the Fox and ...

Boris serves up tips for Alisha

NEWBURY’S Alisha Reayer was given a tennis masterclass by three-times Wimbledon champion ...

Hungerford ask for seconds

HUNGERFORD TOWN go into tonight’s derby game at Abingdon United already assured ...

Flat start at Newbury – and something for new racegoers

Moohaajim wins the Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury last ...

One more win will save Blues

ANY win will do as Newbury Blues bid to ...

Hungerford seal play-off spot

Tiverton 1 Hungerford Town 3 HUNGERFORD ploughed through the Devon mud to secure ...

Blues claim safety chance

Reading 11 Newbury Blues 13 DAN THORNE kept his nerve to slot over ...

Gentle blow for Town

Biggleswade Town 2 Thatcham Town 1 IT WAS anything but Gentle for Thatcham ...

Newbury fell bottom side

Shrivenham 1 Newbury 4 NEWBURY scored a vital win at bottom of the ...

Play-off decision in sight

James Clark - fit for Tiverton trip HUNGERFORD TOWN can virtually secure their ...

Blues face relegation crunch at Reading

NEWBURY BLUES will be bidding to stave off a fifth successive relegation ...

Flat start with a buzz for new racegoers

FLAT RACING leaps into action at Newbury next weekend with the Dubai ...

Black marks for red and yellow

ONE table in which the four local clubs are thriving is their ...

Newbury pile them in

NEWBURY face a hectic end to their Hellenic League Premier Division campaign ...

Offer a pound a goal?

TIVERTON TOWN supporters- and visitors form Hungerford – can pay what they ...

Play-off pack closes in

Hungerford Town 0 Wimborne Town 0 HUNGERFORD are left looking nervously over the ...

Defeat for Thatcham and Newbury

Thatcham Town 0 Chalfont St Peter 1 THATCHAM lost for the 12th time ...

Star Sprinter strikes nine at Aintree

STABLE star Sprinter Sacre remained invincible after taking the hike up to ...

Blues dumped back into trouble

Old Centralians 41 Newbury Blues 3 NEWBURY BLUES were sent back into the bottom three in ...

Brrrr…acing start for new county campaign

Cricket: HAMPSHIRE Bowl into County Championship action on Wednesday when Leicestershire visit ...

Freeze hits marathon paddlers

A THIRD of the main race entries pulled out along the way ...

National legends back in action

A LINE-UP up of racing legends will be donning silk for Saturday’s John Smith’s Aintree ...

Draycott treble lifts Hungerford

Draycott celebrates on SaturdayHungerford Town 4 North Leigh 2 HUNGERFORD recovered from Saturday’s ...

Town rally to sink Fleet

Fleet Town 0 Thatcham Town 2 THATCHAM leapfrogged Fleet in the Division One ...

Four point return for Newbury

NEWBURY collected four points from their two holiday home games to keep ...

Top pair take the points

THATCHAM and Tadley suffered a home one-two of defeats on Saturday in ...

Paddlers off on the fast track to Westminster

CANOEISTS tackling the annual Devizes to Westminster Easter marathon have been warned ...

Town fall to late winner

THATCHAM TOWN crashed to a 2-1 defeat against Northwood on Tuesday night as a goal ...

Adkins a confirmed Royal

READING have confirmed Nigel Adkins as their new manager and he will take charge of ...

Weather bites sport but Blues survive

NEWBURY BLUES’ key relegation clash with Bletchley has survived the weather and ...

Day sidelined for Abingdon trip

Matt Day - hamstring injuryHUNGERFORD will be without former England C international ...

Blues face relegation crunch

NEWBURY BLUES face a crunch relegation battle on Saturday when they entertain ...

Chukka champions

ST. Bartholomew’s arena polo team won their section of the Schools and ...

Paddles up for Easter marathon

THE final warm-up for Easter’s Devizes to Westminster canoe marathon saw more ...

Bath time for Joseph

FORMER Newbury Blues youngster Jonathan Joseph is quitting London Irish to move ...

Hungerford stay on the trail

Hungerford Town 3 Sholing 0 HUNGERFORD took advantage of their superior playing surface ...

Blues lose to leaders

NEWBURY BLUES could not gain any ground on the teams around them ...

‘Title is not out of reach’ – WIlkinson

HUNGERFORD TOWN manager Bobby Wilkinson still believes that his side can battle ...

Blues face Bees test

NEWBURY Blues face old rivals Bracknell at on Saturday looking for options ...

Alex back on the road

FORMER junior time trial champion Alex Royal marked his competitive debut for Banjo Cycles with ...

New breed enters the ring

THAMES VALLEY ABC’s ‘new generation’ of young fighters is beginning to make ...

Stand back for the winners!

LOCAL throwers grabbed a share of the victories at Newbury AC’s annual ...