WESTON PARK aim to be the first Hampshire side to lift the English Schools Football Association U16 Cup after winning the southern final. The team from Southampton, dubbed the "untouchables" and managed by former Hibernian player Alan Orr, booked their
THE HAMPSHIRE Games 2005, which will provide thousands of young people with the chance to compete in a range of sports, will be launched at schools across the county on March 21. The games, including the Hampshire Youth Games, Hampshire Parallel Games
FOUR City of Southampton swimming Club youngsters have achieved qualifying times for the Southern Counties District Championships. At the Hampshire County Age Group Championships last weekend, two of the younger swimmers qualified for the first time.
PUPILS at Southampton's St Anne's Catholic School are still celebrating a fantastic netball season for 2004/5. Between the school's four teams they have amassed six cups and 72 medals. The school's under-12 team won the Southampton School's Tournament
HAMPSHIRE selectors have made changes to the men's teams for the visit to Yorkshire in the British Inter County League in a fortnight. Ricky Cull drops out of the team to reserve but Trevor Elmer, in for Alan Yates against Essex, holds on to his place
A DISTURBING picture of child health has emerged from the findings of an exclusive Daily Echo survey into young lifestyles. The Daily Echo Healthy Kids Survey, the most comprehensive of its kind so far conducted in Southampton, involved 800 children aged
YOUNG people are being bombarded with different messages about their health and fitness from a variety of sources. But how much of this information sinks home and what issues are important to them? On day five of the Daily Echo's series of features on
SHE'S NO Victoria Beckham, courting the press and lapping up the media attention. Simone Warne, wife of Hampshire's new cricket captain, is usually content to limit her media appearances to supporting the Australian sporting hero at matches or hanging
SPORTING heroes of tomorrow will receive a cash boost today worth £60,000 from the University of Southampton. Bursaries will be awarded to more than 30 young athletes studying at the university and at sixth form colleges in Hampshire to help them develop
SOMEONE, probably Sam Goldwyn, famously said that nostalgia is a thing of the past. I suppose I'm as guilty as any of looking at things as they used to be, particularly in football, through rose-coloured glasses. So I was interested to read about new
IT'S a report that will send shock waves through homes across Hampshire. And it contains figures which indicate a potential obesity timebomb on our doorsteps. The Daily Echo Healthy Kids Survey - the most comprehensive of its kind conducted in Southampton
RESIDENTS have given a mixed reception to plans that would radically change the face of Southampton's waterfront. An exhibition outlining the £350m regeneration scheme of the former VT boatyard in Woolston was put on display at St Mark's Institute yesterday
SOUTHAMPTON docks are to be the venue for a £30,000 public party celebrating the naming of the city's latest superliner Arcadia, the Daily Echo can reveal. The event is inspired by the huge success of the naming ceremony of Queen Mary 2 last year, which
HAMPSHIRE'S top golfers endured a miserable day on the world golfing stage. Richard Bland and Matt Blackey crashed out of the TCL Classic in China and Justin Rose looked like following suit in the Bay Hill Invitational. So high were the standards in China
A SMALL Fareham Nomads Swimming Club contingent competed in the final round of the Hampshire County Swimming Championships at the Quays in Southampton. Both the elder and younger members of the groups acquitted themselves extremely well, with 34-year-old
SOUTHAMPTON Institute are the new British Universities indoor six-a-side cricket champions. Unfancied, they clinched the coveted title at Lord's with a stunning last-ball win over Durham University, the hot favourites. And they did it chasing Durham's
Today's Principal Arrivals: Torrens, vehicle carrier, 1230, 101; Toledo, vehicle carrier, 1430, 34/35; Autotransporter, ro/ro, 2230, 201. Today's Principal Sailings: Velazquez, ro/ro, 1200, 105; Hual Transporter, ro/ro, 1700, 40; Asian Breeze, ro/ro,
SAINTS sponsor Friends Provident has unveiled a 29 per cent rise in profits to £344m. The hefty rise follows a year which saw the company close its direct sales force and reorganise its network of appointed representatives. The company, which employs
HE learned to ski just five years ago. Now Trevor Dundon is a triple medal-winning hero against all the odds. The 30-year-old returned from the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Japan with a gold, a silver and a bronze. He swooped to win the slalom
SOUTHAMPTON'S Mayflower Theatre was offered the chance to stage the highly controversial musical Jerry Springer The Opera but turned it down - not for its religious implications but because they did not think it would be commercially viable. The theatre
SOUTHAMPTON docks are to be the venue for a £30,000 public party celebrating the naming of the city's latest superliner Arcadia, the Daily Echo can reveal. The event is inspired by the huge success of the naming ceremony of Queen Mary 2 last year, which
OIL bosses have vowed to carry on in their efforts to extract what could be up to $7 billion (£3.5 billion) of oil from under Hampshire, the Daily Echo can reveal. Directors of Northern Petroleum have not given up on the oil field below Hedge End - which
STUDENTS in Southampton were given a taste of Broadway when one of the US's most highly acclaimed dance companies visited the city. Twenty-five performers from the University of Southampton perfected some fancy footwork under the guidance of the Penn
TWO of my ex-Dell boys who I signed for the Saints have been in the news. Alan Shearer, who came to us as a schoolboy with the help of Jack Hixon, my north east scout, and Kevin Keegan, who I signed when he was a ready-made superstar from Hamburg, where
RUPERT Lowe has spoken publicly about the dreaded 'R' word. Speaking at his exclusive, £100-a-head, Chair-man's Annual Dinner at St Mary's, Lowe insisted Saints won't go into financial meltdown if the unthinkable happens and the club is relegated. During
ANTTI NIEMI will return to the Saints team to face Middlesbrough tomorrow. The Finnish international will get the nod ahead of Paul Smith as Harry Redknapp aims to lead Saints to their first away Premiership victory at injury ravaged Boro. Smith has started
