SKITTLES – Eaton wins Redditch Skittles League singles title
MAC Eaton won the Redditch Skittles League singles competition with a dominant performance after overcoming a scare in qualifying. Eaton, who plays for Nomads, beat Tim Jones, Rob Quartly and also...
View ArticleFOOTBALL – Redditch United sign defender Dudley-Toole from neighbours Studley
REDDITCH United have completed the signing of defender Dexter Dudley-Toole from neighbours Studley. The 20-year-old centre-back stands at 6ft 3in tall and impressed for the Bees in the Midland Football...
View ArticleFOOTBALL – Redditch United surrender early lead in narrow defeat at Spalding
MATT Clarke wants his Redditch United side to ‘work smarter’ after slipping to another narrow 2-1 defeat away at Spalding United. The Reds surrendered an early lead after Ryan Boothe broke the deadlock...
View ArticleGAME OFF! – Local derby between Alvechurch and Bromsgrove Sporting postponed...
LAST weekend’s local derby between Alvechurch and Bromsgrove Sporting was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. An inspection of Church’s Lye Meadow pitch confirmed the turf as unplayable. A rearranged...
View ArticleRUGBY UNION – Redditch suffer fourth straight defeat against Old Leamingtonians
REDDITCH RFC lost 38-12 away at Old Leamingtonians II to suffer a fourth straight league defeat. Tries from Sid Allen and Craig Martin proved in vain for the Kingfishers at Bromsgrove Road. The result...
View ArticleFOOTBALL – Sporting Club Inkberrow return to winning ways with victory...
SPORTING Club Inkberrow returned to winning ways with a 2-1 victory against 10-man Westfields. Goals from Gregor Guy and Jay Higgins-Pugsley saw Inkberrow complete a late turnaround at Sands Road. That...
View ArticleFOOTBALL – Redditch United to play Coventry City in Birmingham Senior Cup
REDDITCH United will play Coventry City in the quarter-finals of the Birmingham Senior Cup. The Reds will host the Sky Blues in the last eight of the competition. A date and kick-off time for the...
View ArticleFOOTBALL – Date and kick-off time confirmed for Alvechurch’s rearranged derby...
A NEW date and kick-off time for Alvechurch’s rearranged local derby against Bromsgrove Sporting has been confirmed. The game will now take place on Tuesday, March 11 with kick-off at 7.45pm at Lye...
View ArticleSKITTLES – The Borough produce huge last leg score in dramatic Redditch...
THE Borough stunned Jumbo Jet Set with a huge last leg score to continue their resurgence in the Redditch Skittles League. The Borough needed a mammoth 77 pins to win the game in the final leg as Scott...
View ArticleFOOTBALL – Redditch United held to goalless draw by Royston
REDDITCH United recorded a first clean sheet since Boxing Day in a goalless draw against Royston Town. The Reds improved after the break but could not find a winner in a stalemate at the Valley...
View ArticleFOOTBALL – Alvechurch suffer injury-time defeat at league leaders Bedford
ALVECHURCH paid the penalty in injury time in an agonising 1-0 defeat away at league leaders Bedford Town. A 92nd minute penalty from Leon Lobjoit denied Church a share of the spoils at The Eyrie. The...
View ArticleRUGBY UNION – Redditch suffer heaviest defeat of season against Old Halesonians
REDDITCH RFC suffered their heaviest defeat of the season after losing 54-5 at home against Old Halesonians II. A depleted Kingfishers side scored their only try through Aaron Atkinson in the first...
View ArticleFOOTBALL – Redditch Borough complete league double over Redditch United in...
REDDITCH Borough Women completed a league double over local rivals Redditch United Women after claiming a 2-0 derby win. A brace from Bobbi-Lea Birch earned Borough the bragging rights at the Valley...
View ArticleFOOTBALL – Crook at the double as Sporting Club Inkberrow edge out Malmesbury...
LOUIS Crook scored a brace as Sporting Club Inkberrow claimed a hard-fought 2-1 victory against bottom club Malmesbury Victoria. Crook netted twice before the break to put Sporting in command as Thomas...
View ArticleRUGBY UNION – Alcester show fight in home defeat against high-flying Camp Hill
ALCESTER RFC suffered a fifth straight league defeat after losing 30-17 against high-flying Camp Hill on the club’s president’s day. Tries from Will Silk, Dwayne Cruickshank and Owen Binns proved in...
View ArticleFOOTBALL – Redditch United suffer fifth straight defeat on the road at Stamford
MATT Clarke admits his Redditch United players must ‘stick together’ following a 2-0 defeat away at Stamford in midweek. Goals from Tobias Liversidge and James Blunden either side of half time saw the...
View ArticleFOOTBALL – Alvechurch surrender early lead in defeat at Kettering
TIM Flowers felt his Alvechurch side threw away a point after surrendering an early lead in a 2-1 defeat away at Kettering Town. Church led courtesy of Archie Crowther’s header on eight minutes only...
View ArticleFOOTBALL – Sporting Club Inkberrow claim third straight win away at Fairford
SPORTING Club Inkberrow need just one point from their final four matches to secure a play-off spot following a 2-1 win at Fairford Town. An injury-time penalty from Jay Higgins-Pugsley earned Sporting...
View ArticleMARTIAL ARTS – FSKF Redditch’s Shihan Treadwell takes on karate England...
SHIHAN Dave Treadwell, who teaches at Redditch Furi Sutairu Shotokan Karate Federation, will lead, coach and train the England team at the ICO World Championships. The 6th dan black belt has trained in...
View ArticleSKITTLES – Lodge Farmers stretch lead at top of Redditch Skittles League
LODGE Farmers stretched their lead at the top of the Redditch Skittles League with a maximum points victory against Jumbo Jet Set. The Farmers took an eight-pin lead after the first leg courtesy of...
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