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News
Staffordshire Hoard should return to 'real home'
Walsall Advertiser 11 Mar 10
A campaign to see the Staffordshire Hoard return to its "real home" near Brownhills has been kick-started by frustrated residents. Since it was discovered just a mile-and-a-half from Brownhills town centre in July last year, the precious collection of Anglo-Saxon artefacts has gone on public display in both Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent...
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Advertiser letter 11 Mar Blocked drains in Aldridge
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News blog
Google Streetview comes to Brownhills
BrownhillsBob 11 Mar 10
Fiddling with Google Earth this evening, I’ve noticed with some delight that the Streetview feature has been enabled for huge sections of our local area. For anyone intrinsically nosey, like me, this is set to provide hours of amusement...
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News
Cherry picker gets to work at Barr Beacon memorial
Walsall Council 10 Mar 10
A detailed inspection will be carried out on the roof and timbers of Barr Beacon’s vandalised war memorial later this week. Copper was stolen off the roof of the stone structure which lies on a 240-acre site off Beacon Road, Aldridge, and the inspection is key to future decisions on repair work...
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News
Candidate questions Pelsall health centre plans
Adam Lumley The YamYam 9 Mar 10
A recently selected Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Aldridge Brownhills has wasted no time in taking an interest in local issues and has commented on projects in Pelsall and Aldridge...
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Comment
Hoard would do wonders for Walsall
Richard Worrall, Letters
Walsall Advertiser 8 Mar 10
It seems extraordinary that it is only now that the council breaks its months-long silence about the amazing hoard unearthed just yards from the borough boundary, a mile from Brownhills and only six miles from the New Art Gallery, which might provide it with a permanent home...

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News
Canal water pledge on work at Chasewater
Express & Star 5 Mar 10
British Waterways is reassuring boaters, event organisers and waterside businesses that it is taking action to keep up water levels in local canals to make up for the loss of the feed from Chasewater...
Chasewater Dam 5 Mar Fish rescue gets underway
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News
Bomb experts called out to Chasewater for a third time
Justine Halifax B’ham Mail 4 Mar 10
Army bomb disposal experts were called out to a Chasewater reservoir for a third time after bombs believed to date from the Second World War were discovered. Staffordshire Police has received three separate calls reporting suspected explosive devices in Chasewater Country Park’s reservoir, near Burntwood, in the last fortnight as work to drain the 200-year-old dam continues...
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News
Cannabis mansion raided in Little Aston
B’ham Post 3 Mar 10
Police have raided a gated mansion used as a cannabis factory in Little Aston during an operation which netted drugs worth £250,000. Officers stormed into the seven-bedroom property on the private Roman Road where house prices top £1 million...
E&S 3 Mar Drugs factory found pictures
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M6 Toll price rises take effect
BBC News 1 Mar 10
Higher charges on the M6 Toll motorway have come into force following a decision to increase prices for the sixth time in seven years...
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News
Walsall Wood murder victim’s grave fight to start in weeks
Chris Henwood B’ham Mail 27 Feb 10
The legal fight for a grave where murdered bricklayer Danny Hastelow was mistakenly buried is to take place next month. Danny, from Walsall Wood, was stabbed to death in a Spanish apartment after celebrating his 26th birthday in January 2008. But after a long battle to bring his killer to justice and repatriate Mr Hastelow’s body, the heartbreak of his family was extended when he was buried in the wrong grave at St John’s Church last November...
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News
Staffordshire Hoard campaign funds reach £1million
William Oliphant B’ham Mail 27 Feb 10
The campaign to save the Staffordshire Hoard for the Midlands has smashed through the £1 million barrier. The amazing total includes £500,000 from the public. The Art Fund is trying to return the Staffordshire Hoard to the West Midlands. The campaign is in its seventh week and is nearly a third of the way to the £3.3 million target needed to ensure the collection stays in our region...
Advertiser 27 Feb Walsall Council defends decision
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News
Arsonists guilty of destroying Aldridge mansion
Express & Star 26 Feb 10
Two arsonists have admitted sparking a fire that destroyed a £1.8 million mansion. The Serious Organised Crime squad had confiscated the house under the Proceeds of Crime Act and issued a press release about selling it off just a week before the arson attack....
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News
Great Barr burglars steal £20k & eat chocolates
Steve Bradley B’ham Mail 26 Feb 10
A furious Great Barr mum has told how callous burglars stole £20,000 worth of goods from her house – and even ate her son’s Advent chocolates...
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News
Rushall dad finds Chasewater bomb
Walsall Advertiser 25 Feb 10
A family stroll around a Chasewater Reservoir exploded into life after a Rushall father-of-two discovered what was believed to be Second World War bomb in the reservoir bed. The object had become visible due to Chasewater currently being drained of water in preparation for works due to take place later this year...
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News
Smuggled cigarettes seized in Aldridge
Chris Henwood B’ham Mail 25 Feb 10
More than 400,000 smuggled cigarettes have been seized from an industrial unit in Aldridge in a raid by officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). They also confiscated two commercial vehicles...
E&S 25 Feb 10 Police seize smuggled cigarettes
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News
Pleck & Walsall Wood celebrate 100th birthdays
Walsall Advertiser 25 Feb 10
Two 100-year-olds from Walsall have been celebrating this week after receiving messages from the Queen. Elsie Roe, originally from Walsall Wood, and Edith Pedley, who lived in Pleck, both marked the milestone with family and friends...
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Feature
Walsall's Erin O'Connor uses her loaf for British Fashion ‘Wheat’
Mercury 24 Feb 10
Brownhills Supermodel Erin O’Connor has teamed up with Hovis to help keep models looking good, feeling good and eating healthy. The model who founded The Model Sanctuary, an oasis for models away from the catwalk, is supporting the trend and has worked with Hovis to devise a ‘British Fashion Wheat’ sandwich using bread made from flour milled from 100% British Wheat which will be on offer to models at the secret location...
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News
Walsall Wood crucifixion protest halts traffic
The YamYam 23 Feb 10
Lichfield Road in Walsall Wood was closed during the morning rush hour today due to what is believed to be a bizarre protest outside a GP surgery...
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News
Walsall not fit to house the Hoard
Adam Lumley The YamYam 23 Feb 10
Walsall Council has finally issued a statement regarding The New Art Gallery as a possible home for the Staffordshire Hoard. Council Leader Mike Bird has described the suggestion as “irresponsible and misleading to members of the public”...
Beacon Radio 23 Feb 10 Dudley Museum would be ‘delighted’ to display the Hoard
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News
Low water levels threaten Black Country canal festival
BBC News 23 Feb 10
Organisers of the Black Country Boating Festival are in talks with British Waterways about the event's future. Chasewater Reservoir, near Brownhills, is being drained for maintenance, which will reduce the water in the canal system...
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News
Man charged with attempted Brownhills murder
BBC News 22 Feb 10
A 42-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a man was found with serious head wounds outside a pub in Brownhills. The 44-year-old remains in a critical condition in hospital whilst a 42-year-old man, from Walsall, is due to appear before Walsall magistrates later...
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News
Staffordshire Hoard fund tops £825k
Edward Chadwick B’ham Mail 20 Feb 10
The fund to keep the Staffordshire Hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold in the region has hit £825,000. The charity Art Fund made the announcement as the Prince of Wales became the first royal to handle the treasure in 1,300 years. City leaders who are part of a bid to put the 1,800 artefacts on permanent show across the West Midlands say they are confident of raising a total of £3.3 million in two months...
E&S 20 Feb 10 Prince handles hoard of gold
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News
Asbestos closes Oak Park Leisure Centre
Adam Lumley The YamYam 19 Feb 10
Both swimming pools at a popular council run leisure centre in Walsall Wood will close on Monday following the discovery of materials containing asbestos in the boiler room...
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News
Mere Green staff terrified by masked shop raiders
Sutton Observer 19 Feb 10
Staff at Somerfield supermarket in Mere Green were threatened and had their mobile phones stolen when five masked men forced their way into the store...
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News
Pelsall scouts jet off to world jamboree in Sweden
Chris Henwood B’ham Mail 19 Feb 10
Three Midland teenagers will be heading off to the World Scout Jamboree in Sweden next year having been picked from hundreds of youngsters from across the West Midlands...
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News
Walsall fury over Staffordshire Hoard
Walsall Advertiser 18 Feb 10
A famous find of Anglo-Saxon gold and artefacts will not go on display in Walsall because the borough's local authority and museums are "not qualified to acquire" the items. The Staffordshire Hoard was unearthed just yards from the Walsall Council boundary at Barracks Lane last year, with the nearest settlement to the find being Brownhills - but Walsall is set to miss out on housing any of the treasure...
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News
Great Barr bomb hoaxers jailed
Express & Star 18 Feb 10
Two hoaxers who sparked a terror alert and the evacuation of householders when they left a bogus bomb in an alleyway in Great Barr last October have been jailed...
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Business news
Princess Anne visit to Aldridge is cancelled
Express & Star 18 Feb 10
Princess Anne has cancelled her visit to RMD Kwikform UK in Aldridge blaming “adverse weather conditions”...

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Business news
Only two traders at Brownhills market, again
Express & Star 15 Feb 10
The future is looking bleak for trouble-hit Brownhills Market after just two traders turned up for the second weekend running. Walsall Council bosses have promised to push for more stallholders to show up at the Silver Street site, where Tuesday markets have already been axed...

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Business news
Second Aldridge supermarket could close some local businesses
The YamYam 28 Jan 10
Proposals to turn a former bingo hall in Aldridge into a new supermarket have led to fears that local shopkeepers could be forced to move out. Property developers Dorchester Land snapped up the Anchor Road site after Gala Bingo closed in August and new owner John Phillips has said that the building is likely to be converted for retail use...
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Brownhills Bob 28 Jan Tesco plans in Brownhills
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Comment
Supermarket sweep
BrownhillsBob 21 Jan 10
It has become evident over the last few months that some shuffling of position has been going on over the retail future of Brownhills town centre. There have been a couple of articles in the local press about how Tesco were hoping to submit revised plans for their apparently utopian new retail facility, but nothing substantial...
YamYam 20 Jan Opposition to Bloxwich supermarket
YamYam 18 Jan Brownhills Tuesday market axed
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Business news
Workers stunned by Burntwood firm collapse
Express & Star 5 Jan 10
A plastics company in Burntwood is believed to have gone into administration, with the loss of 35 jobs. Hytec Plastic Mouldings is understood to have collapsed before Christmas, with all staff made redundant...
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Business news
Easy Fit is open again
Express & Star 4 Jan 10
A debt-ridden conservatory firm which was saved when a company bought it as it went into administration opened its doors in Walsall again on Monday. Easy Fit, in West Bromwich Road, was taken over by Indigo Products, based in Brickyard Road, Aldridge, in mid-December, a week after Easy Fit went into administration and left 34 staff members redundant...
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News
Aldridge quarry lorry misery continues
Adam Lumley The YamYam 26 Dec 09
Up to 200 heavy lorries a day will continue to rumble past homes in a residential area of Aldridge despite government planning permission to build a new road to divert trucks away from the houses...
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Business
GKN to cut jobs at plant
B'ham Post 17 Dec 09
Engineering group GKN is cutting jobs in Birmingham while reassuring investors that trade in the automotive and aerospace sectors is recovering...
B'ham Post 16 Dec GKN expects profits of up to £80m
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News
Dodgy traders under spotlight in markets
Express & Star 20 Nov 09
Surveillance will be introduced to target dishonest stallholders at markets in Walsall as part of the borough’s crackdown on rogue traders...
Advertiser 17 Nov You are being watched!
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Business news
Drinkers get early taste of Staffordshire Hoard ale
Lichfield Blog 17 Nov 09
Chasetown drinkers will soon be able to toast the Staffordshire Hoard thanks to the arrival of a new celebratory ale. Brewed by Brownhills firm the Backyard Brewhouse, the creation of the new golden ale has been given a helping hand by Staffordshire County Council...
The Backyard Brewhouse Home
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Comment
Walsall Council launches Brownhills ‘Shop Local’ Initiative
BrownhillsBob 13 Nov 09
Fresh from the steaming keyboards of Walsall Council’s press office, I’ve had this press release mailed to me and I thought I’d run it here. We really need to support our town, and the concept does make a lot of sense...
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News
200 train stations to get £3.5bn upgrade
Express & Star 13 Nov 09
More than 200 train stations across the West Midlands will be upgraded as part of a £3.35 billion programme. Passengers boarding trains at Walsall, Aldridge and Bloxwich will enjoy improved facilities...
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Business news
Aldridge mail firm on the up thanks to post strike
Express & Star 07 Nov 09
Send Marketing an Aldridge based private mail company is snapping up scores of business customers from strike-hit Royal Mail – and most say they won’t be going back...
Send Marketing Home
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Construction news
Aldridge Shaylor Group sales up 32%
John Cranage B'ham Post 6 Oct 09
Aldridge building contractor Shaylor Group has produced a recession-beating set of annual figures after winning a tranche of contracts covering both private and public sector projects...
Shaylor Group Home
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Business news
Sale of popular Brownhills garden centre creates new jobs
The YamYam 1 Oct 09
The future of a much-loved family-run garden centre has been secured following its sale to a Burntwood landscaping business...
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Feature
Deerly beloved at Chasewater
BrownhillsBob 9 Mar 10
A week ago, Brownhills Blog contributor, fellow Panoramio fan and top local history operative [Howmuch] went for a ride round Chasewater on a quiet Monday, armed as ever with his camera...
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Comment
Our own personal Jesus
The Plastic Hippo 24 Feb 10
Not a lot seems to happen in Walsall Wood, but when it does, it kicks off big time. The strange event in Lichfield Road on Tuesday morning has sent ripples across the internet and other media that could give us a new definition of care in the community...
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Comment
You can’t polish a turd
BrownhillsBob 23 Feb 10
Ravens Court, the very nearly empty shopping precinct in the centre of Brownhills, is symbolic of the state of our town; once bustling and the focus of a community, the precinct now mainly plays host to bored, spaced gangs of teens, a publicised cottage and piles of urban detritus that are probably best not probed too closely...
YamYam 9 Feb 10 “Naff all” for sale in “ghost town” Brownhills
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Comment
Ethelred the Unready found safe and well in Walsall
The Plastic Hippo 23 Feb 10
The discovery of the Staffordshire Hoard in a muddy field near Burntwood has had a seismic effect in the world of archaeology and has led to claims that the history of the middle ages may have to be reconsidered. The response from Walsall Council to this remarkable and profoundly important find also needs some consideration...
YamYam 23 Feb Walsall not fit to house the Hoard
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Comment
Chasewater – the only victim seems to be the truth
BrownhillsBob 22 Jan 10
Chasewater, the dam, the dead fish. It’s all going a bit mad right now...
Mercury 22 Jan 10 Fish dead at Chasewater
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Feature
Surge Domine Et Dissipentur Inimici Tui Et Fugiant Qui Oderunt Te A Facie Tua
Danny Smith
Birmingham: It’s Not Shit 18 Jan 10
Anglo-Saxon England was a horrible violent place with different kings and fiefdoms slaughtering for land, old gods and gold. Buried treasure is not just storybook fantasy but a possibility if you plough deep enough. The world is slipping into fiction; trust me it’ll be mermaids next...
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Feature
Aldridge's Drew McOnie in finals of 'So You Think You Can Dance'
Roz Laws B'ham Mail 9 Jan 10
At the age of nine, Drew McOnie melted hearts when he played the little boy in the hit stage production of The Snowman. Now he wants to warm up our Saturday nights by starring in the new high-energy BBC1 series So You Think You Can Dance. Drew, 24, is one of the final 14 dancers whittled down from thousands who applied for the contest. The live shows start tonight, with the finalists trying to impress judges Nigel Lythgoe and Arlene Phillips and win viewers’ votes...

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Feature
Mapping the past – now for something completely different
BrownhillsBob 5 Jan 10
I’ve been fiddling for some time now with digital maps. I’ve always loved their paper forebears; a map is a promise, a portent of future exploration, a pointer to places and journeys yet to be experienced. When I open a map, it takes me right back to my childhood...
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YamYam 13 Mar Local football fixtures & results
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News
Great Barr shooter Ryan is aiming for 2012
Sutton Observer 8 Mar 10
A shooting star from Great Barr has been selected to compete for the GB team this month in the next stage of his quest to be picked for the 2012 Paralympics. Ryan Cockbill, from Ravenhurst Drive, will be heading to Poland at the end of March to take part in an international target shooting tournament which he hopes will promote his chances of heading to the 2012 games in London...
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Cadet kart racing
Walsall Museum celebrates Pelsall karting champion
Walsall Council 8 Mar 10
A small display at Walsall Museum during March and April 2010 celebrates the achievements of Walsall’s Karting Champion, Roy Johnson...
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Football
Pics line up bid for Solihull Moors youngster
Colin Stoner B’ham Mail 6 Mar 10
Rushall Olympic have made a move for Solihull Moors prospect Marvin Johnson to help provide a fresh spark to their flickering play-off push...

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Football
New faces for promotion-chasing Scholars
Colin Stoner B’ham Mail 6 Mar 10
Chasetown have recruited two new faces, Ben Jevons and Richard Wooley, and promoted two youth teamers to keep their squad up to strength for their assault for a double...
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Football
Bloxwich United 2
Chasetown FC 1

Dave Goddard
Chasetown FC
5 Mar 10
Walsall Senior Cup
The Scholars’ exit from the Walsall Senior Cup at the quarter-final stage on Thursday night saw them dominated by Bloxwich United for almost all of the 90 minutes. Bloxwich took the lead after only five minutes when Ahmed Obeng beat the Scholars defence. Bloxwich manager Mike Moseley had clearly studied Chasetown’s approach as his men had all angles and possible dangers covered...
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Football
Rushall Olympic 3 Darlaston 0
Steve Stuart
Rushall Olympic FC
5 Mar 10
Walsall Senior Cup
Rushall Olympic overcame a committed Darlaston side thanks to a Danny Edmond hat-trick. The match, having once been postponed previously due to a waterlogged pitch, was once more under threat due to an unresponsive pair of floodlights which caused the game to be delayed for around 20 minutes, the Pics however started brightly in the gloom whilst the lights warmed up...
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Football
Walsall Wood 3 Dosthill Colts 3
Walsall Advertiser 4 Mar 10
Classic game of two halves
Midland Combination Premier Division
The 'game of two halves' cliche has never been as apt as it was at Oak Park on Tuesday as Wood fought out an entertaining draw.
Wood dominated the first half and took the lead on 10 minutes as Huseyin Torgut was upended just outside the box and Brett Larkins nodded home Rob Cadman's pinpoint free-kick from six yards...
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Bowling
Century of bowling at popular Walsall club
Express & Star 1 Mar 10
For Claude Tomlinson, there are a few things that have kept his bowling club running for 100 years – trust, good beer and, most importantly, no women. Lichfield Road Bowling Club started in 1910 with almost 50 members, all of them men...
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Football
Lincoln run rings around Olympic
Darren Stockall
Non League News
27 Feb 10
Rushall Olympic 1 Lincoln Utd 4
Unibond First Division South
Poor defending gifted 19th placed Lincoln United all three points at Dales Lane as Rushall Olympic slumped to a dire home defeat after shipping three confidence sapping second half goals without response...
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Football
Chasetown get the job done
Dave Goddard
Non League News
27 Feb 10
Willenhall Town 0 Chasetown 1
Unibond First Division South
It may not have been the demolition job that some had envisaged, but Chasetown did what was needed to take all three points at a wet Willenhall Town on Saturday...
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Football
Rushall Olympic in talks with Chasetown striker Gary Hay
Colin Stoner B’ham Mail 27 Feb 10
Rushall Olympic boss Neil Kitching is preparing for a footballing D-Day to learn whether he will be able to sign Gary Hay - and whether he will lose Gary Moran...
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Football
More twists and turns in Chasetown's promotion push
Colin Stoner B’ham Mail 27 Feb 10
Chasetown manager Charlie Blakemore predicted ‘plenty more twists and turns’ before the battle for the UniBond One South title is decided. Back-to-back draws have nudged Chasetown off top spot and into fifth spot, but they head into today’s clash at Willenhall Town lying ten points off pacesetters Mickleover Sports, who have played two more games...
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Athletics
Walters makes London target
Walsall Advertiser 18 Feb 10
Aldridge’s Debbie Walters produced a remarkable performance to win the women's race at the Watford Half-Marathon, despite very cold but dry conditions last weekend. The Birchfield running star was competing in the event as a stepping-stone towards achieving the qualifying time for the elite start at the London Marathon...
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Rugby Union
Aldridge dominate but fail to take chances
Walsall Advertiser 18 Feb 10
Midlands Five West North
Aldridge RFC 16 Hanford 12

Aldridge gained revenge for an earlier defeat to Hanford this season – when they were well beaten 24-7 – by claiming victory in the reverse fixture...
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Football
Walsall Wood bounce back well from their mauling
Walsall Advertiser 18 Feb 10
Midland Combination Premier Division
Brocton 1 Walsall Wood 1

Wood regained some pride after a midweek hammering at Heather St John's. Boss Rob Masefield was absent for the 9-1 mauling at Heather due to work commitments but still termed it the worst performance of his reign...
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Football
Mistakes cost Pelsall Villa the game
Walsall Advertiser 18 Feb 10
Midland Combination Premier
Heather St John's 4 Pelsall Villa 0

Villa frustrated the leaders for 53 minutes on Saturday only for three mistakes to cost them, writes Bill Shaw. Pelsall had the first strike on goal after 15 minutes, but Ansel Gayle dragged his shot wide...
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Hockey
Streetly win with penalty shoot-out
Wirral Globe 15 Feb 10 (scroll down)
Neston travelled to West Midlands League leaders, Steetly, in the National Vase on Sunday and with the sides locked at 2-2, a penalty shoot out decided the game...
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Football
Error proves costly as Pics slip to defeat
Darren Stockall
Rushall Olympic
14 Feb 10
UniBond First Division South
Carlton Town 1 Rushall Olympic 0
A fatal error by Rushall Olympic ‘keeper Chris Gemmell 17 minutes from full time gifted Carlton Town all three points at the Bill Stokeld Stadium...
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Football
Scholars denied at death
Dave Goddard Chasetown FC 14 Feb 10
Unibond First Division South
Chasetown 2 Lincoln Utd 2
Lincoln United's 95th-minute equaliser denied Chasetown all three points after Danny Smith and Duncan Horler had put the Scholars 2-0 up at the break...
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Non league football
Midland Combination round-up
Chris Vaughan Mercury 14 Feb 10
Heather St John trounced Pelsall 4-0 at home whilst Walsall Wood were reduced to ten men early on at Brocton, where they drew 1-1...
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Football
Rushall Olympic snap up striker Tom Ward
Colin Stoner B’ham Mail 13 Feb 10
News signing Tom Ward will have to wait another fortnight to make his Rushall Olympic debut – but he has already been given the seal of approval from his new team-mates. Pics boss Neil Kitching says he is “over the moon” at the capture of the centre-forward from Market Drayton Town...
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Football
Chris Slater on how the FA Cup has made Chasetown
B’ham Mail 13 Feb 10
Chris Slater has no doubt that the FA Cup has been the making of Chasetown – and he should know...
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Badminton
Brownhills quartet are a smash hit on the badminton court
Walsall Advertiser 11 Feb 10
Brownhills Community Technology College has beaten off fierce competition from four local rivals to win the third annual coveted Walsall Schools Badminton Tournament...
Brownhills Community Technology College Home
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Football
Pelsall Villa 2 Bartley Green 5
Walsall Advertiser 11 Feb 10
Midland Combination Premier Division
A decimated Villa side were soundly beaten by a Rhys Morgan-inspired Bartley Green on Saturday. It took the visitors just seven minutes to take the lead as Keith Draper's long ball fell to Morgan who took the ball in his stride and calmly slotted the ball into the net...

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