A first half strike from Redditch United’s Jimmy Deabill was enough to see Chippenham Town slip to defeat in Worcestershire earlier today. The Bluebirds dominated possession for large spells but the home side put everything into holding on
CHELTENHAM has been a lucky venue for Andy Turnell, both as a jockey and as a trainer, and the Broad Hinton handler is hoping for more of the same this year. Turnell rode the likes of Beacon Light, Cuckolder, Charter Flight, Summerville, Mayfair Bill
The long-term future of Hillworth Park in Devizes is being borne in mind as the £1.5million refurbishment continues there. As work proceeds on the massive revamp, town mayor Sue Evans and Jane Alexander, the monitoring officer from the Heritage Lottery
Seasoned traveller Andy Robinson is off to the Silk Road to help with the production of a Japanese TV show. Mr Robinson, 39, of Castlefield, is among the support staff for the new travel show on Japanese public broadcasting channel NHK, the
Work began on a new care village with space for almost 150 residents on the site of Chippenham Golf Club last week. The £22m development is expected to open in a year’s time and will have a care home with a specialism in dementia care for 70 people,
LIAM Dawson says that he never had to give committing his future to the Rose Bowl a second thought after extending his deal with Hampshire. The Calne all-rounder celebrated his 22nd birthday by signing a new two-year contract last Thursday as he reported
DEVIZES skittlers swept the board at the latest ShootOut Club tournament in Torquay. The Moonrakers men’s team clinched overall victory at the event in Torquay and recorded the weekend’s top score of 377. Arthur Dickenson claimed the
Teenager Luke Palmer was inspired by his grandfather to create a budget sequel to 1980s blockbuster Back To The Future for charity. The 18-year-old, whose grandfather has Parkinson’s disease, took five months to make the 35-minute Back To The
A thug is being hunted by police over an attack which left a complete stranger needing metal plates in his jaw for the rest of his life. Nigel Witchard, 29, was left with appalling injuries to his face after the unprovoked assault in Royal Wootton Bassett
The young people of Bishops Cannings have been putting paint to paper this week as the seventh annual art competition in the village gets under way. Alan and Sarah Padwick of the Lawrence Society of Art invited pupils in the area to take part. Prize-giving
FOUR Rowdeford School students have won a place in the National Schools Championships Finals at Bristol’s City Academy on Sunday. The Year 9-10 boys, Aden White, Elliot Brunt-Murphy and Ryan Lewns, who are all from Chippenham, plus Thomas Bailey from
THE FOCUS of the last week has mostly been on the game at Oxford last Saturday and it was disappointing to see the amount of disorder and violence caused by some of the fans at the game. But I have to say that in the main, I thought that the Swindon
ADIE Mings admits some of his Chippenham Town players are feeling the pressure after a poor run of results so far this year. The Bluebirds ended 2011 with a crucial victory over title-chasers AFC Totton on New Year’s Eve but since the turn of the year
Devizes farmer Chris Combe is taking on one of the world’s greatest challenges by cycling all 4,000 kilometres of the Tour de France route a week before the great race begins. Mr Combe, 49, who farms at Roundway Hill Farm, is a self-confessed “challenge
A tragic story of lost love during a time of war has unfolded after a nephew looking for his uncle’s fiancee made contact with one of her relatives and former neighbour through the Gazette. Stephen Fincher, who lives in Georgia, USA, had been
A historic crane has been restored and, after an absence of about three years, is back in its rightful place on the side of the Kennet and Avon Canal at Burbage Wharf. There has been a wooden crane has been at the wharf for almost as long as
