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Brain intends to lift Sixways
AFTER watching his side complete their astonishing escape from relegation, Warriors director of rugby John Brain told fans to expect bigger and better things next season. The 22-7 win over Saracens consigned domestic heavyweights Northampton to National
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Rhodes backing County character
DIRECTOR of cricket Steve Rhodes is convinced his side has the character to bounce back from today's Friends Provident Trophy defeat to Leicestershire at New Road. Worcestershire's victory bid was derailed as they lost four wickets in the space of five
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Preece feels a ground move is vital to chances
ANDY Preece says Worcester City will continue to battle against the odds until they move to a new ground. City face another season in Nationwide North after seeing their slim play-off hopes dashed by Saturday's 1-0 last-day defeat at Harrogate Town.
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County results round-up
SATURDAY FOOTBALL COCA-COLA LEAGUE TWO Hereford United 0 Shrewsbury Town 1. NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Crawley Town 0 Kidderminster Harriers 0. NATIONWIDE NORTH Harrogate Town 1 Worcester City 0; Redditch United 1 Farsley Celtic 4. SOUTHERN
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County league results
CRUSADER WORCESTERSHIRE LEAGUE DIVISION ONE FIRST XI Astwood Bank v Bewdley Astwood Bank winning draw. Astwood Bank (14) 197 all out, Bewdley (9) 178-8 (S Mauger 57). Chaddesley Corbett v Redditch Redditch winning draw. Redditch (15) 205-8, Chaddesley
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Dramatic fall hands visitors easy success
A SPECTACULAR batting collapse ended Worcestershire's hopes of extending their winning start to the Friends Provident Trophy. Chasing Leicestershire's 231 all out, the hosts dramatically lost their last four wickets for no runs in the space of just five
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Batty boosted by early season form
SPINNERS don't often prosper at New Road in the early stages of an English summer, so Gareth Batty was delighted to pick up seven wickets in Worcestershire's first LV County Championship Division One game of the season. Although the County were soundly
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Rhodes fine with Davies omission
WORCESTERSHIRE director of cricket Steve Rhodes is unconcerned that New Road wicketkeeper Steven Davies has not been included in England's 25-man squad for the summer international season. New national coach Peter Moores, who coached Sussex to their
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Harrogate 1 City 0
WHAT started out with such optimism ended as a bit of an anti-climax in North Yorkshire. Not only did Worcester City lose this must-win game against Harrogate Town but, for the first time in recent weeks, results in the play-off equation went firmly
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Robins squeeze into play-off spot
EVESHAM were six minutes away from missing out on the play-offs when Steve Duncan headed in his second goal of the afternoon. Simon Fitter provided the inch-perfect dead-ball kick and the midfielder burst through a crowd of players to find the back of
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City duo take on England contest
WORCESTER pair Samantha Dale and Katherine Merchant will be among the starters for England Women's A' team today in their second European Championship match in Madrid. After a 62-0, 10-try victory against Russia in the opening game of the tournament,
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Gaffney impressed by Warriors
SARACENS rugby director Alan Gaffney was full of praise for Worcester Warriors after the hosts' fine victory at Sixways. Gaffney admitted he was surprised at how Worcester found themselves in a relegation dogfight despite completing the double over his
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United fail to find elusive home goals
HEREFORD ended their home programme on a disappointing note when they slipped to a single-goal defeat by local rivals Shrewsbury Town. But for the Shropshire side, there were altogether different emotions as the victory gave them a great chance of securing
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Harriers take no chances
THERE may have been no goals but Harriers manager Mark Yates will be pleased not to have suffered any injury setbacks two weeks before his side's FA Trophy final with Stevenage Borough. Yates had stressed beforehand that getting all his players through
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Malvern sign off with a defeat
MALVERN completed their Southern League Division One Midlands season with a 3-2 reversal at Sutton Coldfield Town. Malvern started brightly and, in the first couple of minutes, Daniel Harding-Hall lashed a long-range shot over the bar. They took the
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Stourport suffer as Rovers earn a point
STOURPORT Swifts have been relegated to the Midland Alliance after they threw away a two-goal lead to go down 3-2 in their Southern League Division One Midlands match at home to Cinderford Town. Steve Frost put them in front with a near-post header after
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Skipper Pat reproduces Great Escape
SKIPPER Pat Sanderson revealed how a video set to the theme tune of The Great Escape' helped motivate Warriors ahead of their 22-7 victory over Saracens. Players watched the home movie the day before their big showdown and Sanderson says it helped keep
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Worcester Warriors 22pts, Saracens 7
WORCESTER not only kept their place among the elite but also produced the kind of performance which suggests they can mix it with the very best next season. The most extraordinary thing about this match was not the fact Warriors escaped relegation but
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Well where do I start????
What an exhausting day..It started with meeting some fellow Warrior fans in a town centre pub for breakfast. Then on to the first packed bus up to Sixways. Did a tour around the ground stopping off at the ticket office to renew my season ticket, got a
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Thirteen-year-old in mountain bike accident
A 13-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital with serious head injuries following a mountain bike accident. The County Air Ambulance was called to a mountain bike centre in Bromyard Road, Cradley, near Malvern at about 3.30pm on Saturday after the boy
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Terror suspects held in county to be freed
TWO terror suspects being held in a Worcestershire prison are due to be set free to protect their human rights. The Home Office opposed bail on the grounds the two Libyans would abscond if let out of Long Lartin maximum security prison, near Evesham,
