Hertssavers Senior County League Belstone lead the Premier Division by four points after they made it seven wins from eight matches by defeating Hatfield Social 3-2. Jason Puzey scored a brace in the victory while the league leaders’ other
Sun Sports crashed out of the Challenge Trophy after they were beaten 4-1 by Berkhamsted on Tuesday. It took Berko just 12 minutes to break the deadlock. Frankie Jowle’s corner was met by Ed Canham and he steered his header home. The visitors
A unique sport combing both football and golf will be played at Rickmansworth Golf Club on Saturday. Footgolf is played on a golf course using a size five football. The object of the game is to place the ball into the hole using only your feet
Watford made a winning start to their Herts/Middlesex 2 campaign as they secured a narrow 22-21 home win against Mill Hill. The hosts applied pressure from the kick off and soon went in front. A turnover scrum allowed Ollie Hopkins space to release
Tring Athletic were in ruthless form as they booked their place in the second round of the Challenge Trophy with an emphatic 9-0 victory against Stony Stratford Town on Tuesday. The scoring started in the sixth minute. Ollie Butler’s neat pass
Fast bowler Steve Finn has been named in the 16-man England squad for their upcoming tour of Sri Lanka. The squad will depart for the seven match One Day International series against Sri Lanka on November 16 and Watford-born Finn is one of six
Oxhey Jets moved into the Challenge Trophy second round after a battling to a hard-fought 4-1 victory in a bad-tempered match against London Tigers on Tuesday. There were plenty of fouls and strong challenges in the opening 15 minutes but Jets
Time to catch up on correspondence this week and boy is there a lot of it! That’s the trouble with holidays, if you’re not careful you get behind with everything so apologies to those who have been waiting for action – and let’s get on with it.
The mother of a man who was rescued from a Rickmansworth canal is "so grateful" after two members of the public pulled her son out of the water. Paramedics from London Ambulance Service were called to Summerhouse Way, Harefield, at 7.23am and Hertfordshire
Watford Sunday League round-up Herts Sunday Intermediate Cup Round One AMICI FC cruised into the second round after defeating Welwyn Campus 13-0, with Chris Coleman leading the rout with an impressive five goals. Craig Gorrie hit a hat-trick
Troy Deeney says he will miss Watford’s next three Championship matches due to injury while Hornets’ defender Gabriel Tamas faces a prolonged spell on the sidelines after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament. Golden Boys captain Deeney suffered
Oscar Garcia has been given the all-clear by doctors and today (Thursday) returned to Watford’s training ground. But the Hornets head coach did not take training and it was unclear whether he will be in the dugout at Blackburn Rovers on Saturday
With five Challenge Tour events remaining, Callum Shinkwin remains in the hunt for a European Tour card after he finished in joint-ninth place at the Kazakhstan Open at the weekend. The 21-year-old, from Bushey, is currently 21st in the Order of
West Herts Hockey Club claimed their first National Hockey League Conference East victory on Sunday and coach Matt Grinham praised his players’ organisation and effort in their 4-1 win against Old Loughtonians. It is the Stags’ first year at national
Kings Langley co-manager Ritchie Hanlon says his players have settled seamlessly into life in the Premier Division after his side moved up to eighth in the table on Saturday. Kings secured promotion from Division One last season and, at the start
Following the resounding success of their summer production of 'Hairspray', the theatre at Rudolf Steiner School in Kings Langley are holding auditions for their next big musical. Local young people aged 12 to 18 will have the opportunity to audition
Supermarket chain Morrisons has donated 750 bananas for the Moor Park 10k, which starts at 3pm on Sunday. The popular fundraising event is held every year at Merchant Taylors’ School to raise money for the Lynda Jackson Macmillan Centre (LJMC)
Pupils at Rudolf Steiner School in Kings Langley have been learning about renewable energy while having solar energy panels installed on buildings in the school campus. The panels have been installed by Grand Union Community Energy (GUCE) which
Kings Langley’s very own Father Christmas, who has donated thousands to charity, is being forced to stop decorating his house in Christmas lights after an accident. Tony Spicer, 60, is being forced to stop the popular lights extravaganza in Primrose
Maple Cross residents fighting plans to turn Green Belt land into a quarry fear there could be "an environmental disaster" if the planning inspector rules in favour of the proposals. Plans to extract minerals and process sand and gravel on land
Watford town centre is gridlocked after a set of traffic lights failed outside Tesco Extra. Witnesses say it is impossible to leave the Waterfields retail park at the moment. Emergency services are on scene redirecting traffic. Giles Cooper
A wartime couple from Croxley Green have celebrated 70 years of marriage. Don and Audrey Pain were introduced by a mutual friend at their place of work, The Osram Lamp Works in north Wembley, during World War Two. Audrey, 89, said the pair
Watford defender Gabriel Tamas faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in the draw with Bournemouth. The Romania international was stretchered off the pitch in the 32nd minute of Saturday's contest
Dacorum Borough Council is seeking views on their new development plan to build 60 new homes on Green Belt land located on Chesham Road and Molyneaux Avenue in Bovingdon. The Site Allocations document builds on the Core Strategy - the planning
Visitors to Chipperfield Horticultural Society's Autumn Show on Saturday enjoyed a vast array of colourful flowers and homemade goods despite the grey weather. Members and visitors gathered at Chipperfield village hall where there were displays
The Spiritual and Pastoral Care team based at Watford General Hospital will be holding its annual Child and Baby Memorial Service at St Mary’s Church in Hemel Hempstead at 3pm on Sunday, October 12. The service is for babies and children who have
The Glen Rovers Gaelic Athletic Association will be hosting a fun day at the Watford Irish Club Oxhey Park on Saturday. There will be a BBQ, cake sales and many fun games, including pucsada, an Irish ball game, from noon to 3pm. The day will
Author Catherine Hall will be coming to Watford Central Library on Tuesday, October 14 to talk about her new book, The Repercussions. The novel, a sweeping narrative dealing with the psychological and emotional reality of war, race, guilt, love
Many people young and old gathered at the annual Battle of Britain remembrance parade in Hunton Bridge. Various RAF squadrons, including Bushey & South Oxhey Air Cadet Squadron, marched across the A41 to St Pauls Church Langleybury where a
Pupils and teachers celebrated the re-launch of Garston Manor School following a £5million cash injection from the government. The secondary school for children with special educational needs in has been completely renovated over the past 11 months
Back in 1983, in common with a few hundred Watford fans, I went to Kaiserslautern (in what was then known as West Germany); Sofia, in Bulgaria and Prague in what was then Czechoslovakia. It is strange to think how many countries have changed their
Saturday, September 25, 1982 Having topped the first division a fortnight earlier, the Hornets raised eyebrows further by recording their highest league victory with an exhilerating 8-0 demolition of Sunderland. Luther Blissett was to record
Rugby star and part-time model Jeremy Guscott will stroll from the catwalk to Watford next month on the final leg of his mammoth charity walk around England. Other celebrities, including cricketer Darren Gough, golfer Mark James, chef Gary Rhodes
