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THE Bristol City Supporters Trust has welcomed the reduction in Ashton Gate season-ticket prices. The club have responded to relegation from the Championship by announcing a five per cent reduction for the tickets that are to go on sale on Thursday. "The club outlined what their general thoughts were on the matter at the last Fans Parliament meeting, and I think five per cent seems like a reasonable reduction," said Trust...

NATHAN Hill took a distinct liking to the Winterbourne track and bowling on the weekend, following up his 70 in a WEPL League win with a commanding unbeaten 132 the next day in a four-wicket victory in the Gloucestershire Cup. The opener took centre stage as Shirehampton chased down Winterbourne's total of 241-9, which included an unbeaten 105 from James Williams. The previous day, Hill had weighed in with a return of 2-44 from ten...

KEYNSHAM have been spared relegation from Western Counties North, despite finishing second from bottom. Two teams have been promoted into WCN from Somerset Premier – champions Chew Valley plus Midsomer Norton, who defeated Frampton Cotterell in a play-off. And Norton's success, combined with a customary round of geographical rebalancing across the South West league pyramid, all helped save Keynsham from the drop. Walcot have...

GLOUCESTERSHIRE'S senior wom- en fell to an agonising one-wicket defeat against Hertfordshire in the ECB Women's County Championship Division Three clash at Tring. Chasing 163 for victory, the home side reached their target with three balls to spare in a thrilling finale. Alex Macdonald dominted the visitors' innings with an undefeated 89 from 146 balls, including eight fours. Macdonald aside, however, the county struggled to get...

SKIPPER Sam Long, Harry Chambers and Tom Tremlow were all in excellent form to help Rockhampton beat Thornbury to claim their first Under-11 Section A victory of the season. Long and Chambers bowled tightly to restrict opponents Thornbury to 16 off their first six overs after being put in. Tremlow then capped a fine bowling debut by taking 3-6 in three overs as Thornbury were bowled out for 70. Long and Chambers then set about the...

DOWNEND moved to the top of Premier One in the West of England Premier League thanks to a commanding eight-wicket home defeat of Keynsham, who collapsed in remarkable style from 84-4 to 86 all out. The visitors, who had won the toss, fell apart as leg-spinner Andy McEwan (4-27 from eight overs) and Downend skipper Matt Jackson (3-5 from four overs, including three wickets in one red-hot four-ball spell) got to work after Phil Jackson...

DRG Frenchay face relegation from the David Wilson Homes Gloucestershire County League after defeat in their final game left them at the bottom of the table. Rockleaze triumphed 2-0 at their fellow Bristolians, which saw Frenchay slip to the foot of the standings on goal difference and moved the victors up to third place. The three-way battle to avoid the bottom two places became one from two on Wednesday when Taverners blew their...

CARMELO Micciche is hoping to bow out on a high note when Rockleaze Rangers travel to DRG Frenchay in the Gloucestershire County League tomorrow – by guiding his team to a third-placed finish. Victory over DRG, who played their key relegation clash against Berkeley Town last night, would seal third spot for Micciche, who recently confirmed he is stepping down after six years in charge of the Coombe Dingle-based club. Micciche's...

A SECOND-HALF goal by Ellie Aitchison gave Winterbourne International Academy Under-14s a 1-0 win over Thornbury's Castle School in the final of the Bristol & South Gloucestershire Girls Cup. In Winterbourne's first season since the amalgamation of three age groups, reaching the final, at Keynsham's Fry Club, was a fantastic achievement for the team against a Castle side who had beaten them earlier in the campaign. The breakthrou...

NOAH Hessey, a promising 18-year-old four handicapper from Long Ashton, was runner-up in the Ashton Vase at his home course, one shot behind county regular Charlie McLean (Brickhampton Court). In the opening Duchess Salver event of the season, the defending champion followed a morning 70 with 74. It was his second significant win, coming a week after his victory in The Challenge Salver at Burnham and Berrow. Hessey opened with 71 and...