BROMSGROVE Tennis Club coach Richard Lawton believes a new junior coaching performance programme is starting to get the best out of up and coming players. The programme, which is part of a national initiative by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) to give
RIDERS from Bromsgrove Olympique CC produced a number of impressive performances in the West Midlands Cyclo-Cross League held at Sanders Park. The event welcomed 219 riders from all over the region to test their mettle and local riders gave strong accounts
DROITWICH Spa Tigers ran West Midlands Phones B close, but ended up the losing side in the opening fixture of the Bromsgrove and Redditch Table Tennis League Division One. Jason Adams won all three matches for the Tigers, while Tony Deighton clinched
Droitwich Diamonds 0, Malvern Town 6 DIAMONDS began brightly on a wet afternoon, but gradually faded and the visitors scored twice in the final two minutes of the half. Diamonds continued to work hard, but Malvern had plenty of second half possession
IT was Clements Brothers Cup action this week in the Bromsgrove and Redditch Table Tennis Association with first and second division teams drawn against each other. Rarely do the second division teams spring a surprise, but SPSP went close to doing this
BROMSGROVE scooped 264 points in Saturday's swimming gala against Brierley Hill, Oldbury and Blythe Barracudas - Kingsbury Aquarians did not show - thus affording Bromsgrove the rights to retain the Standard Trophy. Out of the 52 races Bromsgrove achieved
Woodford United(1) 2 ROVERS (1) 2 Business Gas Southern League Midlands Division One ROVERS saw their 100 per cent away record disappear and had to battle hard to grind out a share of the spoils against an eager Woodford side on a heavy pitch
Rubery 8, Redditch RBL 0 THIS was ample revenge for Rubery after losing to their opponents earlier this season. The amazing thing is that their opening goal from Tandy didn't arrive until the 38th minute and that was how it stayed until half-time.
Wake Green Juniors u14s 3, Callowbrook Swifts u14s 5 THERE was only one candidate for the man of the match award as Swifts brushed past their Division Two opponents in the Open Cup. The accolade went to Owen Hartland who scored all five goals as Swifts
Bromsgrove Football League IF it was goals you were looking for, the Bridgewater Cup second round tie between Rubery Social and Waseley United was the place to be on Sunday. Ten goals were scored with Waseley having the advantage 6-4 at the end. Also
Bromsgrove School has teamed up with Premier League side Worcester Warriors to give their gifted juniors a greater chance of reaching the sport's top level. It will become a centre of excellence for the club and work with it closely in developing players
BROMSGROVE School pupil Francesca Pioli continues her progression on the international scene after being called up to fence for Great Britain this weekend. The gifted 16-year-old has been called up to Great Britain's under-17s girls foil team, which
Droitwich u16's 29, Old Halesonians u16's 5 ENJOYING a fine start the season, along with their seniors, is Droitwich's under 16 side. Despite having a number of players away on county duty and elsewhere, Droitwich started off strongly with in excess
CHADDESLEY Corbett showed their strength in a triangular tournament involving themselves and Droitwich and Old Hales. In game one Chaddesley beat Droitwich 21-0 with tries from Ross Westwood, Sam Patchell and Sam Smith, with conversions added by Rob
Newport 13 BROMSGROVE 3 Midlands Division Two West THE season continues to have fluctuating fortunes for Bromsgrove. In spite of the defeat this game against Newport was encouraging. Both the forwards and backs competed well, although at times
Bournville 2nds 1, Droitwich Spa 1sts 2 DROITWICH Ladies first team continued to improve in form with a win away at Bournville. Droitwich started strongly and quickly scored after a blistering shot from Keeley Hawkes found the back of the net.
BROMSGROVE Mens Fourth hockey team failed to build on their recent success when they crashed to a 5-2 defeat at home to Harville. The team, which in recent weeks has been undefeated, had to let veteran defender Neil Turner play for the opposition as
DROITWICH 22 Dunlop 0 Midlands Division Four West (South) DROITWICH maintained their unbeaten league run on Saturday with a workman-like performance to dispatch Dunlop. The Spa side played into the blustery wind in the first period, and soon made
SUGARBROOK are now heading the Bromsgrove Ladies Darts League. Their latest match produced a 6-3 win over Labour C. Four teams are just two points behind on 10 points - Catshill A and Hawthorns who met with the latter winning 5-4, Catshill B who won
FOOTBALL teams and players in Worcestershire are set to receive a boost after the FA signed its biggest ever sponsorship deal for with sports equipment giants Umbro. The kit and sponsorship deal is worth £2 million nationally for the next four years,
TOP of the table and with virtually a quarter of the season gone would satisfy most people, but not Bromsgrove Rovers' boss Rod Brown. He firmly believes his side can do even better! "We've had problems with injuries and have been missing some experienced
THE long wait is over at last for Bromsgrove Golf Club in the Birmingham League Division One as they sealed the title for the first time in the competition's 40 year history at the weekend. Bromsgrove's 17 to 24 team clinched the title by defeating Brandhall
CRICKET star Dougie Brown geared up for his charity fundraising trek across the Sahara desert with a send-off event in Barnt Green. The Warwickshire player was joined by Barnt Green's ex-England footballer Geoff Thomas to take part in a curry night at
