AS he left his press conference, Kevin Bond cracked a joke. It can only have been gallows humour. Bond tried to put on a brave face after Cherries' first home point of the season had come at major cost. Defenders Russ Perrett, Warren Cummings and Ryan
LIONS were left to rue a poor kicking display as they crumbled to a 19-7 South West One defeat against Chinnor on Saturday. Sam Hardcastle gave David Dunn's charges the perfect start with a try and conversion after just nine minutes at Chapel Gate.
STEVE Riley admitted a replay was "good enough" after his Bashley side drew at local rivals VT FC. Jeremy Tarr, deputising for the injured Justin Keeler, opened the scoring just after half-time but Bash were pegged back by their Wessex Premier Division
A REMARKABLE comeback left Phil Simkin "absolutely delighted" with his players as Hamworthy United lived to fight another day in this season's FA Cup. Up against Southern League outfit Bishops's Cleeve, who ply their trade a level above Hammers, Simkin's
CHRISTCHURCH boss Graham Kemp pulled no punches in his critical appraisal of his side's embarrassing home defeat to lowly Fareham Town. Priory went into the game off the back of Tuesday's thrilling Vase victory, while Fareham had yet to register a league
POOLE Town boss Tom Killick hailed the impact of Steve Smith after the young striker sealed another victory for the Wessex Premier Division leaders. While Killick thought his side were disappointing, he heaped praise on Smith after the 19-year-old rattled
CHRISTER Warren's injury-ravaged Wimborne Town crashed out of the FA Cup after a heavy defeat at the hands of Clevedon Town. But, as Warren explained, it could have been so different had star striker Scott Joyce taken an early chance to open the scoring
TREVOR Parker blamed his New Milton Town side's "normal kamikaze style" defending after they again failed to register a first victory of the season. For the second time in a week Linnets scored twice away from home but failed to emerge with any points
VERWOOD Town's fine form continued as they secured another comfortable Division One win. Adie Arnold's men were always in control at Potterne Park after Charlie Elysee and Russell Dyer struck first-half goals.A late strike from Luke Homer made the result
A GRIEVING stepson has conquered the highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales in memory of his stepdad who died of lung cancer earlier this year. David Wright, a 24-year-old Parkstone builder who completed the tough Three Peaks Challenge in under
A FORMER Conser-vative councillor has said it was "disgraceful" of Bournemouth's Tories not to award a traditional honour to a long-serving Liberal Democrat. Bournemouth Borough Council voted last week not to give former deputy leader Adrian Fudge the
"I am normal," emphasised Norrie Woodhall at one stage of our interview. "I'm just normal". Over the past year, and at the age of 102 years old, the last surviving member of Thomas Hardy's Hardy Players has published an autobiography, Norrie's Tale,
BUILDING work at the new Queen Elizabeth School in Wimborne is on target and progressing well, say county chiefs. Excavation of the site to create the correct ground levels is due to start shortly, followed by the installation of the steel piles to form
A BLANDFORD woman who had to rely on her family to thread needles for her business making hand-stitched curtains can see clearly again after undergoing a pioneering operation. Over six years Susan Hay grew more and more frustrated with her fading eyesight
PLANS for eco-friendly power at a dairy in Burton were given a second wind on Thursday when parish objections to a 24-foot turbine were blown away by Christchurch council. Burton Parish council gave the thumbs-down to the generator at Waterditch, and
A BOURNEMOUTH head teacher has hit out at the thieves who stole large sheets of copper from their school's roof. It's believed the thieves returned to Heathlands School in West Howe on three consecutive nights to strip the copper from the roof. Head
Council is sued after cycleway sign crash A CYCLIST who says he was injured for weeks after slamming into the back of a road sign blocking a cycle path is suing the council. Roger Excell, of Columbia Road, Poole, was unable to walk after tearing tendons
A WORRIED mum fears a child could be killed because of a potential death trap outside a village school. Pupils at Lytchett Matravers County Primary are being forced to walk headlong into oncoming traffic because both pavements get jammed with parked
YOU'D never know until you started looking but it is amazing what people leave in their cars. Strolling down Richmond Hill, gazing in the parked vehicles, I spot an electric razor in one car and what looks like an iPod buried under a mountain of rubbish
I AM heading for another crossroads in the long and often chequered history of pet ownership. Dogs have played a major role in my life since I was a toddler and while I struggle to remember the names of many ex-girlfriends, it would be hard to forget
