ATHLETICS: IN a blistering Horndon 10K the Thurrock Harriers team regained the team trophy after losing out to Billericay Striders for the last couple of years. Leading the Harriers home was 9th placed David Johnson, with John Green 11th. Martyn Staines
FOOTBALL: A FANTASTIC second half of the season - culminating with eight straight wins – has propelled Thames Gateway FC U15s into Chelmsford Youth League Division One. The boys lifted themselves from sixth place in February to runners-up in Division
IN response to A Knight’s letter (Gazette, June 17), regarding the jailing of Jonathan Robinson for trashing Thurrock Rugby Club, you must live in a very closeted world, as nothing is black or white in life, there are always grey areas. Although this
WHAT are councils up to? I stopped shopping in Upminster because you can’t park easily. I stopped parking in Grays because it is getting harder to park. Now I am up to the stage that I can’t even drop the pretty half of this relationship off to purchase
WITH reference to your recent articles on the use of the spy car that Thurrock Council is about to let loose on the community. As good as it is to stop fly-tipping and illegal parking, may I take this opportunity to suggest another equally important
RE: the report of the young child getting scalded due to a newly installed thermostat becoming faulty soon after being fitted (Gazette, June 24), the mother is entirely at fault for the events that unfolded. All water when about to bathe a child or
I AM looking for an old playmate I used to have as a child – we both lived in Hollis Place, Grays, and her name was June Cole and mine was Mary Kicks. If you are her, or know of her, please get in touch. – MARY PENFOLD, Poppys, 19 Bells Drove, Sutton
THIS week in Down Memory Lane we look at Stanford-le-Hope during the Second World War, because that is the theme to this weekend’s Stanford Festival. If you venture to visit and walk around, start at St Margaret’s Parish Church, not only the oldest
I AM writing this letter to ask for your help and support. Myself and seven others are looking into doing the three peaks challenge in October. This challenge is based on climbing the three tallest peaks in the UK, Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowden
I AM writing to ask Thurrock Gazette readers for their assistance. I am conducting a research project into the subject of euthanasia and assisted suicide and I would like to have as many views on the subject as possible. If any Gazette
THE British Red Cross Thurrock Centre volunteers, based in Tilbury, would like to thank the people of Thurrock who were shopping at Morrisons in Grays for their generous donations during Red Cross Week. We raised £897.81. If anyone would like to join
THURROCK Writers have been putting together their stories and poems for their anthology this month. Tan Dhillon has sent off his competition entry of a short film documentary of a wartime local history experience, this was inspired by a story from Joy
FORTY-FIVE members sang Jerusalem at our June meeting. Then birthday cards were given out, including one to our oldest member Edna Winks, who is 96. President Doreen Kelly attended the National WI AGM in Liverpool earlier this month. She gave us a
AFTER the singing of Jerusalem the minutes of the May meeting were read by president Janet Church. The visit to the Olympic site had been a success and also our cake bake had raise much-needed funds. Members were reminded of the Garden Party and the
IN June, Audrey Gillett gave a very interesting talk entitled Poverty, Porridge and Pavlova, which told a true family story of Emma, born in the Victorian age. She had the courage to face extreme poverty, a difficult marriage and raise seven children
ATHLETICS: AN incredible new best in the high jump took Khai Riley-Laborde into 3rd place in the Regional Schools Combined Events in Peterborough. Khai from William Edwards School, had already had a good series of events in the Intermediate Boys Octathlon
A MAN and his 13-year-old daughter who were arrested after two men were stabbed in a park have been released without charge. The 45-year-old man and the teenager, both from Grays, were arrested in Courtney Road, Chadwell St Mary, following the attack
AN ANIMAL rescuer has been left “sickened” after finding a dead dog had been weighed down with breeze blocks and shrouded in a sheet. Michael Knight, co-owner of Gemini Kennels in Wickford, fears the one-year-old boy Staffordshire bull terrier was alive
TRIBUTES have been paid to a well-known South Ockendon man who died following an operation at Basildon Hospital. Steve Merrill, 53, passed away on Father’s Day. It’s believed he suffered a haemorrhage after undergoing an operation for bowel cancer the
SNOOKER: THURROCK’s billiards pairs title went to Springhouse A after beating Rileys 200-138. Last year’s finalists Barry Graylin and Lionel Manning had a fairly comfortable win against Ray Smith and Paul Pankhurst. A slow start by the Rileys pair
FORMER world athletics champion Derek Redmond was guest of honour at the Thurrock Business Association lunch. He delivered a motivational speech to the audience at the Orsett Hall Hotel’s Graham Thomas Pavilion. During his career, Redmond was twice
NETBALL: Week 11 results: Division one: Badgehurst 15, Star 'C' 28; Calder & Howdens 'A' 37, Star 'B' fly 'A' 39; Bears 'B' 11, Star 'A' fly 'B' 46; Bears 'A' 33, TRFC 29. Division two: Corringham Bull 33, Bears 'C' 21; The Rooms Hair Salon 36, Jones
SPEEDWAY: The Lakeside Hammers team at the Arena-Essex Raceway for their home Elite League match against the Belle Vue Aces on Friday, 1st July, will include both Ricky Wells and Ulrich Ostergaard as both Stuart Robson and Peter Ljung are unavailable.
FOOTBALL: CORRINGHAM Cosmos Cougars Under 10s are moving on up. This has been the club’s best season to date. The Cougars finished third in the Thundermite Sunday league - their best ever league placing, and just a couple short of the top spot.
BOWLS: THE Thurrock & District Bowls competition is hotting up. Drums were up for the challenge in the Premier Division when they beat Thurrock A 5-2 (52-65). Other results: Springhouse A v Aveley A 7-0 61-43; Pegasus A v Springhouse B 5-2 72-51; PRBL
A ROW has erupted after a Thurrock Council Labour cabinet member used the authority’s press office to attack the Government. A statement issued by the council’s press office said adult social care portfolio holder Tony Fish was “increasingly worried”
