Wiltshire Olympians going for gold

PARALYMPIC GAMES: Millward storms into 100m backstroke final

Stephanie Millward

10:53am Friday 31st August 2012

Wiltshire swim star Stephanie Millward is in to this evening's S9 100m backstroke final at the Paralympic Games after winning her heat this morning.

PARALYMPIC GAMES: Millward fifth in fly final

Corsham’s Stephanie Millward

7:43pm Thursday 30th August 2012

Wiltshire Paralympic star Stephanie Millward was fifth in the S9 100m butterfly final at London 2012 this evening.

PARALYMPICS: Chloe’s London 2012 bid overwhelms proud mum

Trowbridge ASC's Chloe Davies

2:30pm Saturday 25th August 2012

NANCY Davies says that she’s expecting the feeling of watching her 13-year-old daughter Chloe take the to the water at the Paralympic Games in London next week to be “overwhelming”.

OLYMPICS: Homecoming hero ready for Rio?

1:00pm Saturday 25th August 2012

WILTSHIRE Olympic hero Ed McKeever says that he hasn’t ruled out the possibility of taking to the water again at Rio 2016 but he will give the Brazilian water a trial run before making any decisions.

PARALYMPICS: Aaron gets by with a little help from his friends

Aaron Moores

12:30pm Saturday 25th August 2012

TROWBRIDGE swimmer Aaron Moores says he will be leaning on the support of his teammates in his battle against nerves on his Paralympic debut at London 2012.

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I refer to the article on Chippenham RFC seeking permission from the Rugby Football Union to allow their second team to be promoted to Southern Counties (level seven of the RFU league structure) should they finish top of Dorset & Wilts 1 North (level eight), (Gazette & Herald, February 28). The most interesting aspect of the article was actually what was not said by the club’s representative or was not mentioned.  − Colin Brockhurst, Corsham

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A newsletter hit my doormat on March 2 from ‘Nick Watts and the Lib Dem team’ headlined: Freeze Wilts council tax say Lib Dems. This document goes on to tell us that: “hard-working families cannot afford unnecessary council tax hikes in these difficult times” and so “Nick Watts and the Liberal Democrats have promised not to support any attempt by Wiltshire Conservatives to hit families by increasing council tax this year”.  − Peter Kemp, Chippenham

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