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Irish Winner Lee Misses Record
Peter Godsiff in Ireland Cardiff touring professional James Lee missed a chance to tie the course record recently at Irish club St Helens Bay when he three putted the final green. But his five under par 67 brought a three shot win over Scott Macaskill
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Families fear for soldiers in Iraq
FAMILIES of Gwent soldiers serving in Iraq have called for heightened security following the death of a Welsh soldier in Basra. But a Gwent soldier on leave from Iraq says everything possible is being done to make British soldiers secure in the country
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Dragons are back to normal
A WEEK is a long time in Welsh rugby. If this pre-season Rodney Parade warm-up had been played seven days ago the crowd would have been measured in hundreds, if that. But because the Newport name had finally been included in the title after months of
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On track at last!
THE fight to reopen the Ebbw Vale to Newport rail link in 2005 is finally on track with transport chiefs revealing a new plan to end the delay. The Argus' Get Us Back on Track campaign is calling for the mile-long track to reopen in 2005 - the same time
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20mph plea by mother of accident boy
LITTLE Ashley Brakspear is "lucky to be alive" after he was in collision with a van near his Newport home. The five-year-old, from Moorland Park, had to have stitches after suffering cuts to his face, elbow, hand and foot in the accident last Tues-day
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County don't take their chances
PETER Nicholas is getting hot under the collar and his Newport County side are feeling the heat. The doom-mongers are circling as the Exiles have slumped to their worst league start with two points from their opening four outings following their 1-1 draw
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Captain's Charity Day on the Roman Road Course
Pat Bees reports on the event at The Celtic Manor On Friday 1st August Dennis Jones (captain of Celtic Manor Golf Club), held his annual Charity Golf Day. Dennis, with the help of his partner Shirley Pearson (who also happens to be Ladies Captain this
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Wood BMW Classic
James Lee (Cardiff) extricated himself from a series of mishaps to finish as the leading Welshman in the Wood BMW Classic West Region order of merit tournament at Dudsbury. He shared seventh place after clawing himself back into contention after a fine
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St Andrews Major - 10th Anniversary
St Andrews Major Golf Club in the Vale of Glamorgan is 10 years old this year. The club was founded in 1993 when owners John Edmunds and John Llewellyn opened up the club as a nine-hole course. Since then an awful lot has happened. John Llewellyn has
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Police quiz 14 after violence
FOURTEEN men were arrested after two fights in a Newport suburb late on Sunday and several of them needed hospital treatment. An incident which began at 10.45pm in the car park at the Friendly Fox pub on Garth Hill, Bassaleg, is believed by police to
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Heroine Hilda hits 100 with visit from VIP
'HILDA MAY JONES gave Noel Trigg the best present he has ever received - his life. For when he was just four years old, Hilda May saved his life - pulling him from the River Usk in Newport. So when Mrs Jones celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday, the
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Dragons get called up by WRU
NEWPORT rugby officials have been called before the Welsh Rugby Union to explain the changes they have made in the regional set-up. The side was renamed Newport & Gwent Dragons and Newport benefactor Tony Brown returned to the fold after Ebbw Vale
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The city - 277 steps up
MORE than 1,000 people climbed to the top of Newport's historic Transporter Bridge for the city landmark's annual open day yesterday. Visitors old and young climbed the 277 steps to the top of the 177 feet tall structure for unparalleled views across
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Police car pelted during quarry rave
PARTY-GOERS at an illegal rave in a disused Gwent quarry pelted a police car with stones as they went to the aid of an injured woman. Up to 1,000 people are thought to have gone to the rave at the disused Trefil quarry, near Tredegar, over the bank holiday
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Harrison Leads Welsh Order of Merit
Ian Harrison, the touring professional from Woodlake Park, was the leading Welsh-based player after the first tournament counting towards this year's Welsh order of merit. Harrison finished on nine-under-par 195 in the Welsh Masters over the Mathern course
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St Andrews Major - 10th Anniversary
St Andrews Major Golf Club in the Vale of Glamorgan is 10 years old this year. The club was founded in 1993 when owners John Edmunds and John Llewellyn opened up the club as a nine-hole course. Since then an awful lot has happened. John Llewellyn has
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Malcolm: You ain't seen nothing yet
NEWPORT'S Christian Malcolm has sent out a warning to his fellow World Chamionship 200m sprint rivals: "If you thought Crystal Palace was fast, you ain't seen nothing yet." Malcolm was in inspired form at the Norwich Union international meeting earlier
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Get back to reality
NOW we can see rugby go forward in the Gwent region - at last, at last common sense has prevailed and the Newport name is finally in the title. Months and months of campaigning by this column in particular has been rewarded, and you'll forgive me if I
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Soldier's feat for tragic Chris
A STREET party raised £2,500 for meningitis research in memory of a Newport boy who died of the disease. Chris Pitt, 11, died of bacterial meningitis on Christmas Day 1997. An annual street party is held in his memory in the road where he lived, Nash
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Dragons are back to normal
A WEEK is a long time in Welsh rugby. If this pre-season Rodney Parade warm-up had been played seven days ago the crowd would have been measured in hundreds, if that. But because the Newport name had finally been included in the title after months of
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Quiet life since 'terror' banned
RESIDENTS on a Newport estate say life is more peaceful now that a teenager who terrorised families there is banned from part of it. John Brimble, 16, is not allowed to use the lane between 11 and 13 Oliphant Circle, Malpas, after an anti- social behaviour
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Cottrell Park to Help Build Golf Tourism in Wales
£500k plans for a 20-bedroom golf lodge welcomed by all Welsh tourism chiefs, golfers and local businessmen are united in their support for a £500,000 development at Cardiff's Cottrell Park Golf Club. Cottrell Park Golf Club has worked closely with the
