DORSET kicked off the South West Championship with an impressive draw against Cornwall at Saunton Golf Club today. Trailing 5½ to 2½ after the morning singles, Dorset won three of the foursomes matches after lunch to level the match 7-7.
FERNDOWN star Harry Mitchell won the battle of the county’s young guns at the Dorset Boys’ Championship. Mitchell’s level par two-round total of 144 at Crane Valley was three shots better than county championship runner-up Robbie Mabb (Weymouth
GRAHAM Howell set aside worries about the impending birth of his first son to win the new-style Bournemouth Fourball Festival with his career-best tournament round of seven-under-par 64 at Dudsbury. He achieved his first West Region PGA
Southbourne extended their lead in A Division with a 40-35 victory over Ferndown. Olive Fidler, Jean Howell, Tina Sikes and Barbara Lunnun (21-16) eased the Tower ladies home after Ferndown skip Barbara Brown had clung on for a 19-19 tie. Lymington picked
BASHLEY skipper Andy Neal hailed Neil Thurgood and Andy Sexton after the most successful opening pair in the SPL had smashed through the 10,000-run barrier. Sexton’s seventh century in the competition brought up the milestone and helped pave
PETE Smith had a day to forget as Bournemouth suffered a heavy defeat at Hook & Newnham Basics – not that skipper Alex Kennedy had any sympathy. Opening bowler Smith arrived late for the clash with the Division Two leaders after having a minor shunt
THE first solar panels in a £10million green energy scheme have been installed on a council block in the heart of Poole town centre. Residents of the Whatleigh Close maisonettes now have 55 solar panels on the roof of their building, which already power
THEY'RE solid brass, gold class, and Yorkshire proud through and through. Those champions of champion brass players, the Black Dyke Band, were back in town for another of the Wessex Heartbeat charity fundraising Best of Brass concerts which, despite three
WIMBORNE Folk Festival returns next weekend – and after 31 years it’s still going strong. Organisers had been worried that they would have to pull the three-day annual event in the face of swingeing funding cuts. But local government money came through
NEW Forest residents have been warned about the dangers of dumping garden waste in the countryside. The Forestry Commission is working with the New Forest Non-Native Plants project and other partners to stop the spread of unwelcome flora
A British Empire Medal awarded to a leading Dorset conservationist is being auctioned in London. Helen Brotherton, who died in August 2009 aged 95, was a pioneer and a founder of Dorset Wildlife Trust, who was instrumental in securing Brownsea Island
Lemony Chops with Spiced Cherry Chutney Serves 4 4 lean lamb loin chops Salt and freshly milled black pepper 2tbsp fresh thyme leaves 1tbsp grated lemon zest 2tsp rapeseed or sunflower oil For the Spiced
WE Britons are well-known for our love of pets, and now a trend is sweeping the nation – of live-in petsitters. Thousands of people across the country are paying hundreds of pounds on top of their holiday costs for their pooch to be perfectly pampered
DRIVERS in Dorset are still wasting money on car parking machines that don’t give change. A staggering £2.4billion in coins is left in the nation’s pay and display ticket machines each year, and a survey shows people in the South West overpay
