GIRLS football team Petts Wood Robins came within a whisker of winning the under-12s section of the prestigious Umbro Cup last Saturday, the largest international football festival held in Britain. The Robins went into the seven-a-side competition having
THE annual Hayes Tennis Club Championships finals was highlighted by Andrew Smithson regaining his singles title after a six-year gap, when he defeated Rhys Brewer in three sets, 6-1 4-6 6-2. Brewer had better luck when teaming up with his father, Alan
Dave Aungier is no stranger to riding sidecars, having competed successfully in the Vintage Series for several years. Now the 60-year-old racer from West Wickham is challenging strongly for glory in this season's Classic Series, aboard a sidecar with
Millennium Swimming Club competed splendidly in the Bronze/Silver/Gold Trophy gala held at Ladywell Leisure Centre, hosted by Saxon Crown. The Chislehurst-based team shared second place with Eltham Stingrays in an exciting competition where positions
Joel Surendran, an outsider at the begining of the tournament, was a surprise winner at Catford Tennis Club finals day. Taking advantage of a walkover caused by withdrawal due to injury by Liam Griffith in the semi-final, Surendran was, nevertheless,
THE Ravens hosted their first youth tournament last weekend in aid of Matt King, a London Broncos academy player whose career was ended by a serious injury earlier this season. A high level of competition saw Ravens' under-11s make the final where fittingly
Greenwich Admirals' London League side lost 58-32 against Bedford Tigers, despite a brave performance which promises much for the future in the hot and humid surroundings of Bedford's International Athletics Stadium. Despite Greenwich losing powerful
Greenwich Admirals cruised into the final of the totalrl.com Rugby League Conference London and the South Division play-offs after a convincing 66-9 win over Kingston Warriors on Sunday. The Admirals, London and north Kent's top rugby league club,
WITH a £5,000 cash prize, one of the most prestigious small-sided football events in the UK attracted four national five-a-side champions for the final stages of the London FA/Elms' Challenge Cup. The men's tournament was played at the Goals Soccer
Blackheath remain in second place in the Shepherd Neame Kent League Division Table five points behind leaders Bickley after victory against Harvel at The Rectory Field on Saturday. It was achieved despite a truly superb century by Harvel's David Walker
John Blundell, a basketball coach with a 60-year assocation with the game, has finally retired from the sport after the last league tournament played at Hurstmere School, in Sidcup. An advanced coach and member of the exclusive English Basketball Fellowship
AFTER his fine performance in the Nrburgring 24-hour race when second in class, endurance driver Dave Cox returned to the track for a "foreign round" of the Belgium, Belcar Championship, and went one better finishing first in class and second touring
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GRAVESEND Ladies Hockey Club is inviting new players to join for forthcoming season. Training commences next Tuesday from 8pm to 9pm, with under-18 training starting at the end of September. For more details about Gravesend Ladies Hockey Club, call
BBHC starts pre-season training next week. The sessions are on Tuesday from 8pm-10pm for men and on Wednesday between 8.30pm-10pm for ladies. Both will be held on Mayplace Astro pitch, in Perry Street, Crayford when all present and new players are invited
BEXLEYHEATH'S Vincent Caveney and his playing partner, Jeremy Davies from Westgate-on-Sea, are through to the final of the prestigious Audi Quattro Cup UK golf tournament. They secured their place in the final, being played at the Forest of Arden, near
HYOGEN Do Karate Club built on its recent good form by returning from the Essex Open Karate Championship with yet another clutch of medals. A gold medal eluded the Swanley-based club at the recent British Championships when it had to settle with four
Robert from Kent would appear to be a young football fan judging by his selections for the great England team of all time. It could just be that he has faith in England's current crop of stars, such as Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney, going on to establish
JESSICA BROUGH made an outstanding return to the gymnastic stage at the recent British Championships held in the Guildford Spectrum Sports Centre. The 15-year-old, who has just returned after an injury-riddled three years, made a stunning comeback to
Showbiz Salons competition winners: Lynne Smith, Sidcup; Mrs E Turvill, Bexley; Mrs M Inkpin, Orpington; Marian Reardon, Dartford; Sue Nelson, Orpington; Miss B Moss, Petts Wood; Mrs C Davey, Bexley; Carolyn Mason, Sidcup; Joyce Hitchman, Sidcup; Maureen
A HEAVY drinker was found dead in his sink by police. Housing association tenant Glennon Sweeney, 59, was emaciated and wearing a T-shirt and shorts when officers broke into his flat. A downstairs neighbour in the block in Versailles Road, Anerley,
A FATHER-of-three weighing 36 stone died from heart failure partly due to his "morbid obesity". Gary Sherwood, 35, had not been upstairs at his Goudhurst Road home, Bromley, for three years due to his weight, Southwark Coroner's Court heard. His partner
THE council has completed £200,000 road works two weeks ahead of schedule. Bromley Council was severely criticised by traders in June when it announced plans to close Mottingham Road, Mottingham, for seven weeks for resurfacing and drainage works. Several
A MENTAL health trust denied permission to set up a drug rehab centre will put its case to a Government inspector. South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (SLAM) appealed Bromley Council's refusal for the centre in Edison Road, Bromley, earlier this year
A MUM raising funds for asthma research after the death of her five-year-old daughter has thanked visitors to a summer fair. Zoe Parfitt, whose daughter Chloe died last March, is selling hundreds of house-shaped money-boxes as part of an innovative collection
VISITORS to the News Shopper-sponsored 2004 Biggin Hill International Air Fair are set to find excitement at ground level as well as in the skies. The RAF at War living history group will be reconstructing what life was like at a World War Two air base
A CHARITY is making a plea for volunteers. The British Heart Foundation (BHF) needs to fill positions in the Bromley area which require good communicators and motivators. The BHF, which fights heart disease, needs a schools co-ordinator to speak to
A LETTER to News Shopper can make all the difference and one reader was overjoyed she put pen to paper. Sue Crisp of Court Road, Orpington, wrote in, asking what the world had come to after her garden lights were stolen. She wrote: "I had solar lights
