THE men’s three-man Team Open was held on Sunday and the event attracted 17 teams from 10 clubs. This was a medal competition off ¾ handicap with two of the three scores to count. Bridport trio Nick Franks, Roy Gill and Martin Jones won with
SOPHIE Keech made her wildcard entry to the Polish Junior Championship count by sealing the girls’ crown and claiming the overall title. Taking on 55 players from 15 different countries, the former Lyme Regis youngster’s first round got off to
THIS year’s autumn West Bay Sea Angling Club open boat match was fished in perfect conditions with light winds and a good tide. The fishing in Lyme Bay has been very poor all summer so competitors were hoping for some better fish this time around
NEW MILTON SECONDS 5 BRIDPORT 6 RORY Greening won a low-scoring Dorset & Wilts Two South encounter for Bridport with the last kick of the match at New Milton. It was a dramatic ending to a hard-fought opening day clash that looked like
PARLEY SPORTS 1 BRIDPORT RESERVES 1 MATT Newberry’s late leveller denied injury-hit Bridport Reserves back-to-back Dorset Premier League wins. A draw was a fair result according to Bees’ boss Robin Townsend, but conceding an equaliser so near
The town was the proud recipient of its first heritage plaque at the site of the former Beaminster and Nethe-rbury Grammar School. The plaque, with the support of the town council, was unveiled on September 3. Former teacher Ray Fox performed
Friends of the late Ruth David rallied round to visit some of her favourite local places in a sponsored walk in her memory. Ms David, 54, passed away in September last year following a battle with cancer and spent her last days in the Joseph Weld
POLICE are hunting thieves who stole a portfolio of antique bird prints. The leather-bound album of prints, called Birds of America, was stolen from Smith’s Vintage on Swanage’s High Street. Pictures of the antique prints have been released
The number of tributes, messages of sympathy and offers of support are comforting the family of Keith Baldwin, who died when the JCB he was driving plunged into a slurry pit. Mr Baldwin, 50, was moving heavy slurry from one pit to another on Westcombe
DORSET County Council chiefs have admitted they DID know about a fire which led to the school meals fiasco. Cabinet member for education Toni Coombs claimed last week that catering firm Chartwells had failed to inform the authority before the start
WEST DORSET: The Love to Sing project, coaxing shy singers out of the shower and in front of a microphone, will air as part of a Bridport FM project next week. Heather Hamer and Eddie Adamberry, of the song-writing and music production partnership
One man was arrested for theft and another for burglary in separate incidents in Lyme Regis on Monday. The Lyme Regis Safer Neighbourhood Team said that at approximately 13:10hrs on a call was made over the Lyme Regis Shoplink Radio to Police following
LYME REGIS: Plans to relocate 11 day huts and 11 chalets at Monmouth Beach to stop them falling victim to landslips and severe weather have been hindered. An application was put to West Dorset District Council’s development control committee amid
FOOD fans tackled a fiery challenge at the second annual charity World Garlic Eating Competition in Bridport. The event was held at The George Inn in Chideock on Saturday September 13 from 3pm, with all the money raised from the competition going
DORSET is the best place in England and Wales to retire, according to new report. Pensioners in the county enjoy the highest quality of life based on a new quality of retirement index that has been developed by the insurer Prudential using a selection
