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  • CHIPPENHAM TOWN: Chippenham Town 4 Tiverton Town 2

    Chippenham Town came from behind for the third time in three games as they beat Tiverton Town 4-2 on Tuesday night. Juts three minutes into the game, the Bluebirds fell behind. Tiverton striker Liam Head lived up to his name and looped a header into

  • RUGBY: Chinnor 32 Chippenham 13

    CHIPPENHAM were unable to follow up their home win against Exmouth as Chinnor ran in five tries. The home side went in front after 12 minutes with centre Richard Williams crossing. Chippenham hit back with a Dave Slee penalty following a great break

  • EQUESTRIAN: Katie lands Championship ticket

    JOHN Bentley School student Katie Smyth has booked a ticket to the first Pony Club Championship of the year, after success at a qualifying round in Hampshire. The 13-year-old, who rides for the Avon Vale branch, had come through the first rounds of the

  • HOCKEY: Somerset Gryphons 1 Chippenham 10

    CHIPPENHAM trounced their hosts for the second time this season, condemning them to relegation to the West of England League Avon Division. Chippenham were given too much time on the ball, with the home side seeming content to defend with 11 players.

  • HOCKEY: Chippenham Ladies 4th 1 North Wilts Ladies 0

    CHIPPENHAM’S narrow victory ensured promotion to Wessex Division Two and avenged a defeat earlier in the season. Their defence absorbed some early pressure from North Wilts and gave the midfield the platform that they needed to provide plenty of ball

  • HOCKEY: Mendip Ladies 2nd 1 Chippenham Ladies 3rd 2

    CHIPPENHAM started in determined fashion, looking to put an end to their losing streak. A strong teamwork and excellent passing paid off after only seven minutes, as Hannah Cox passed across the circle to the waiting Mary Derrick who slotted

  • HOCKEY: Marlborough Ladies 2 Hereford 5

    MARLBOROUGH fought back well from a two-goal deficit before succumbing to three second-half strikes in their West Clubs’ North Division. Hereford took a 2-0 lead in the first half, but the home fightback started when on of their youngest players, 15-

  • RUGBY: Wootton Bassett 14 Trowbridge 39

    TROWBRIDGE kept alive their South West One East survival hopes, but probably need to win at least two of their remaining four matches after Olney won at Marlow and Reading Abbey drew at home to second-placed High Wycombe. Survival had long since disappeared

  • RUGBY: Calne 15 Melksham 16

    Melksham ensured the battle for second place in Dorset & Wilts One North will be a two-horse race between themselves and Chippenham 2nd after edging out four-placed Calne. The visitors started the better with some early pressure and were awarded a penalty

  • Tipped tipper blocks road in Devizes

    Fire officers were called to London Road in Devizes yesterday lunchtime after a tipper truck turned over. The incident took place at around 1.15pm when the tipper, carrying gravel, went onto its side on the roundabout opposite the Total filling

  • Mummified hand stolen from Wiltshire pub

    Thieves took an unusual trophy from a Wiltshire pub - a mummified hand amputated from a cheating gambler. The macabre relic was held in a locked glass case at the Haunch of Venison in Salisbury. The hand is believed to have been cut off a gambler

  • Biker thanks helpers after accident on eve of big ride

    Grateful dad Stuart Jefferies has thanked the people who helped him and his teenage daughter after a motorbike accident on Saturday as he prepared to take part in the Wootton Bassett ride the next day. Mr Jefferies and his daughter Eloise, of Colerne

  • Malmesbury primary prepares to fight cuts

    Malmesbury Primary School is preparing to fight plans to close its specialist learning centre as part of a raft of cutbacks in special education. North Wiltshire MP James Gray visited Malmesbury School’s Specilist Learning Centre on Friday

  • Prince Charles to visit Malmesbury

    Prince Charles is to visit Malmesbury Abbey for a fundraising classical concert on May 22. His Royal Highness will be entertained by internationally acclaimed Russian violinist Sergey Krylov and the London Chamber Orchestra. The concert