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Cricket: Dramatic wins for Frocester
IT was a great weekend for Frocester, where two thrilling games at Pounds Close saw them progress to the third round of the National Club KO and maintain their challenge at the top of the WEPL Premier One table. On Saturday, Bristol were the visitors
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Cricket: Booth helps Stone to first victory
PETER BOOTH hit a half-century to inspire Stone to their first victory of the season. After captain Peter Lavis opted to bat first, opener Booth looked to put Stone in control early on, but both Darren Turl and Miles Palmer fell for six to leave them
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Cricket: Slimbridge claim thrilling win
EARLY season pacesetters Minchinhampton won the toss and asked Slimbidge to bat on the warmest day of the season so far. Slimbridge openers Jeff Chandra and Ashley Phillips started steadily before losing a couple of wickets to some accurate bowling.
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Cricket: Rendall returns to top form for Cam
CAM returned to winning ways after a return to form for strike bowler Eddie Rendall although another batting collapse didn’t help their cause. After being asked to bat on a greener wicket than normal, Cam lost Scott Kalus and Adam Holloway
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Cricket: Youngster stars in Almondsbury's first win
ALMONDSBURY got their first win of the season on Saturday, winning by three runs at Redcliffe - and the star of the show was 14-year-old debutant Josh Slade. Skipper Tom Armfield decided to bat first on what appeared to be a good track but
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Cricket: Fisher hat-trick haunts Bracewell
JOHN BRACEWELL’S honeymoon period on his return to Gloucestershire appears to be over. Ian Fisher took the first hat-trick of his career against his old employers, who got their Twenty20 campaign off to a poor start with defeat against Worcestershire
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Play area is shut because of vandals
A CHILDREN’S play area in Thornbury has had to be shut off to the public again because of vandalism. The popular children’s paddling pool at the Mundy Playing Fields had to be closed for two days this week while glass, which had been deliberately smashed
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Art project inspires towns across the country
A PROJECT that started life in Dursley has been taking the country by storm. The On View project, aimed at regenerating empty shop windows by filling them with art exhibitions, has inspired towns around the UK and has attracted media attention from
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Police warn scrambler bike riders not to go into the woods
POLICE are again calling for witnesses who see scrambler bikes in Stinchcombe woods to contact them and help with their inquiries. Police in Dursley have received a number of complaints regarding the use of scarmbler bikes in the woods and
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Town marks 30 years of twinning links
CROISSANTS and coffee, boules and baguettes – the French way of life is being celebrated in Chipping Sodbury this weekend as the town marks 30 years of links with the continent. Sodbury and District Twinning Association became officially linked
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Funding for new academies is agreed
A FUNDING agreement to pay for two new academies in South Gloucestershire has been agreed, the Gazette can reveal. A contract between the Government and The Ridings Federation of Academies was drawn up in principle last Thursday, paving the way for
