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Davies brace sinks Raiders
A BRACE from centre Matty Davies gave Swindon's play-off push a major boost this evening as Wildcats edged out rivals Romford Raiders 3-2 at the Link Centre. Cats put some daylight between themselves in seventh and eighth-placed Romford with a late
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Edenborough seals third straight league win
ASHLEY Edenborough's brave lob 10 minutes from time gave Supermarine a deserved 2-1 win over bottom club Cheshunt at Hunts Copse. The former Fairford Town striker latched onto Richard Kear's flick and beat the advancing Nedjet Hussein to give Marine
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TURF TALK: Star's all set
Trainer Paul Nicholls is said to be satisfied with the ground conditions ahead of today's meeting at Ascot where his charge, Gold Cup favourite Kauto Star, will be going to post in the Grade I Commercial First Chase in his warm-up race for the Festival
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TURF TALK: Carl ponders Twiston-Davies' offer of a ride in the National
Lambourn trainer/jockey Carl Llewellyn, who took over from Mark Pitman at Weathercock House Stables, has said he was giving serious consideration to an offer from Nigel Twiston-Davies to ride one of his horses in the Grand National. Llewellyn, a Swindon
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TURF TALK: Rachel's walk raises £1,250
Trainer Alan King's wife Rachel edged her husband out of the spotlight when she raised funds for the local Greatwood Centre for Retired Racehorses and Naomi House Children's Hospice by walking 87 miles in four days across the Ridgeway. Together with
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TURF TALK: George off mark from new home
GEORGE Foster, former assistant to Brian Meehan at Manton, saddled his first winner since taking out a licence in October. King of Legend, ridden by fellow Scot Robert Havlin, won the mile-and-a-half handicap at Wolverhampton's recent evening fixture
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56 thefts by man on run
A CAREER burglar, given day release from prison, went on the run and stole from more than 50 homes. Shane Jarvis carried out 56 distraction burglaries during a few weeks last summer after being released on licence from Dartmoor prison. Jarvis, 37, even
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Don't be caught by the clampers!
CLAMPERS who have been preying on unsuspecting football fans had an unprofitable evening thanks to one of their previous victims. As reported in the Adver, dozens of people were clamped during last week's England Under 18 match at the County Ground.
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GOLF: Kevin is the new Lord of the Manor
SWINDON golfer Kevin Phillips drove himself into office as club captain at Broome Manor in the time-honoured manner, writes Ernie Newell. A sizeable crowd, including his former club and county colleague David Howell, turned up to see Phillips launch
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The price of fame
CHILDREN stood on their tiptoes with faces pressed against the shop window while young teenage girls jostled for position at the head of the line. Hundreds of people queued outside WH Smith in Regent Street yesterday, but this was not a mad rush for
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I Spy With My Little Eye - Trouble Today Mum!
I had a real nightmare of a day yesterday, with the dangerous one. The day starting on a dodgy note and proceeded to get even dodgier! I dropped all the kids off at school, except for Alfie, whose playgroup had one of those dreaded "training days" I
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End of the road for iconic buses
THEY have got passengers from A to B for the last 40 years. But Thamesdown Trans-port is set to retire the last of its three Fleetline double decker buses. And the bus company is allowing the public to pay tribute to the buses by providing free journeys
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Wish you were here Barrie
A COUNCILLOR who has been sunning himself in Spain since the beginning of January and hasn't attended a council meeting in seven months is still collecting his £7,429 allowance. Coun Barrie Thompson (Lab, Parks) says he has no plans to give back the
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Floyd follows in family footsteps with national call-up
SWINDON'S Floyd Taylor has been chosen to play for England Under 13s in the Pee-Wee Hockey World Championships. Swindon Pumas' Under 14 alternate captain Taylor has been picked to wear the A on his shirt for his country in the tournament which is currently
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College link with Forest Green
YOUNG footballers are being given the chance to play for Forest Green Rovers next season while completing a full-time education at Swindon College. The College's football academy scheme sees students receive six hours of professional coaching per week
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Seven up for super Tops
TOPCATS took their winning streak this season to nine as they easily clipped the wings of Milton Keynes Falcons in a very one-sided affair. Despite icing a depleted squad of only eight skaters plus two netminders, Swindon recorded a 7-0 away victory.
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Walcot trio aiming to pack a punch in Bristol
THREE of Walcot's young boxers hope to take a step nearer national glory today when they compete in the quarter-final of the Golden Gloves Championship at the Broad Plain Boys' Club, in Bristol. Thirteen-year-old Connor Wells meets Frankie Smith, from
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O'Donnell's triple has Pumas roaring
JACK O'DONNELL struck a splendid hat-trick as Swindon Pumas' Under 14 side beat Milton Keynes Storm 4-2 in this crucial top of the table clash at the Link Centre. The victory took Pumas seven points clear of both Romford and Milton Keynes at the top
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You couldnt make it up.
This week the do gooders supreme group Liberty, said that the devices known as Mosquitoes, things that make a noise only the under 25’s can hear, should be banned because they infringe the human rights of the yobs that hang around shops. This particular
