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  • Windsor Mens Vets hold nerve to win vital tiebreak

    ON Saturday afternoon, in brilliant winter sunshine, Windsor LTC Ladies Cymru Kitchens first team played hosts to Monmouth LTC. In the first round of play, the Windsor second pairing of Bethan Pilcher and Linda Ellis raced through the first set against

  • Cool Govier seals it with first-time volley

    STANLEYTOWN 1 SULLY SPORTS 3 ON A HEAVY but even pitch, the hosts displayed a fighting attitude, needing the points to avoid relegation from the South Wales Senior League Division One. Tackles were hard and Stanleytown went all out for a good start, taking

  • Cogan defence caught napping

    DANESCOURT YOUTH 3 COGAN CORO YOUTH 2 COGAN succumbed to only their second defeat in the South Wales West Division Youth League against a spirited Danescourt side. The home team took the lead with their first shot of the game after a fine strike from

  • Investing in printing

    THE tradition of printing in Penarth has a bright future, say the new owners of a Penarth firm which has seen dramatic changes in its 57-year-history. Beacon Printers was set up in 1948, and has seen the shift through the decades from hot metal to digital

  • Footballers mourn loss of popular youth coach

    THE footballing community in Dinas Powys is in mourning following the sudden death of the manager of one of the village's mini-section teams. The funeral of Rob Green, coach of the Dinas Powys under 14Bs, was held last Friday. Rob, 51, who suffered a

  • Walkway to the Bay set for green light

    A WALKWAY with cycle access linking Penarth with Cardiff Bay via the barrage and a new bridge is set to be given the go-ahead in the next few weeks. The Welsh Development Agency is in the process of finalising an agreement with the preferred developer

  • Old Boys lucky to score nil!

    WONDERFUL weather was the order of the day last Saturday as Old Penarthians Firsts and Seconds undertook their first league matches of 2006 at Cwrt-y-Vil. The pity was that the players of neither side could match up to the occasion, and supporters were

  • From champs to chumps

    PENARTH 5 TAFFS WELL 46 OH DEAR. We didn"t predict that, did we? In fact, we"d entirely forgotten Penarth could play like this. No, it wasn"t a misprint. From imperious promotion contenders one week to hapless also-rans the next. Champs to chumps in just

  • Well-known couple move on

    A FAMILIAR sight along Fairfield Road and the route to Cornerswell Road shops will be seen no more. Viv and Nancy Phillips, who built their home in Fairfield Road in 1948 and who are now in their late 80s, have decided that the time has come to move to

  • Police praised over yobs

    VALE Police have been lauded by a Neighbourhood Watch group for their persistence in helping rid Dinas Powys of its yob element. John Walker, chairman of the Dinas Powys Neighbourhood Watch Association, said: "We have had an anti-social behaviour problem

  • Derek has X-factor

    A MAN tipped to reach the top of the entertainment industry was at Penarth's Briarbank studios last week to record tracks which he hopes will launch his pop career. Derek Hough, aged 20, who is playing the lead role of Ren in Footloose at the Wales Millennium

  • Mums discuss future of maternity care

    A SCHEME that sees new mums and mums-to-be discussing their ante and postnatal experiences aims to shape the future of maternity provision in the Vale and Cardiff for the better. Cardiff and the Vale NHS Trust's Local Maternity Services User Group gives

  • Rugby is the secret of 106-year-olds longevity!

    APPARENTLY, the key to longevity is not drinking, not smoking, and playing rugby! Well that's if 106-year-old Maria Eley is anything to go by! Maria, originally of Cogan, but who now lives at the Bella Vista nursing home on Tynewydd Road, Barry, is a

  • Regulars are a lucky 13!

    THIRTEEN lucky regulars at a Penarth pub were popping the champagne corks this week after scooping £52,197 on last Saturday"s lotto draw. The winners - part of the lottery syndicate at the Merrie Harrier pub on Penlan Road in Llandough - will each pocket

  • Lifesaving 'miracle'

    A MIRACULOUS coincidence may have saved the life of a Penarth man who collapsed at a garage - after an ambulance took more than half an hour to respond to the emergency call. Seventy-three-year-old Colin Ballett, who has a serious heart condition, was