ATHLETICS: Thurrock Harriers were in action in last Sundays 5 mile Ingatestone road race. Harriers were well represented in last Sundays' Ingatestone 5 mile road race. Seventeen-year-old Tom Richardson was the 1st Harriers home with a quick time of
SNOOKER RESULTS: Grays WMC 3 (Derek White 2 Derek Baxendale 1) Rileys Wanderers 3 (Mark Mason 2 Denis Hindley 1). Stanford Cons B 2 (Richard Hobart 1 Lew Seales 1) Grays Cons 4 (Steve Gill 2 Steve Palmer 1 D. Mc Donagh 1). Rileys 3 (Ray
BOWLS: Four Thurrock players won the National Mixed fours at Worthing. The players were Elaine Score and Ann Score from United Services, and Gerry Bone and Ray Bone from Pegasus. Their title never looked in doubt as they stormed into the final having
DARTS: Little Haven Ladies League. Results: E.T.C.A. 7, Welcome. 1; Greenline. 2, Brandon Grove. 6; Corringham. ( B ). 3, Stifford Clays. (A ). 5; Welcome. ( B ). 5, L.C.C. 3; Crooked Billet. 5, E.T.R.C. ( A ). 3; Stifford Clays. ( B ). 3, Pegasus. 4
Essex League Div 1 Brightlingsea 23, Pegasus Palmerians 18 RUGBY: Saturday saw Pegasus play away to Brightlingsea. Peg didn’t have the best of starts when they had to play into a very strong wind. Brightlingsea started the scoring off early with
BASKETBALL: ESSEX Pirates were beaten 98-70 at home to Leicester Riders in the BBL Trophy on Saturday night. Pirates trailed 29-22 at the end of the first quarter and that became 52-34 at half-time. In the second half, Riders continued to extend their
A BOILER room in a Thurrock school had such dangerous levels of asbestos that it was branded off limits by the Health and Safety Executive. Thurrock Council is now one of ten authorities in the country to be told to improve its asbestos management
CRICKET: ESSEX’S Ryan ten Doeschate has won the 2010 Sky Sports Sixes League with 30 sixes from 369 deliveries. It was the closest race ever at the top of the Sixes League table with just two sixes separating the top six players. Ten Doeschate finished
FOOTBALL: Tilbury FC has revealed that the following players are currently out injured; Jack West (still in plaster); Aaron Matthews (Dislocation ankle – waiting on MRI Scan); Danny Gibbons (Knee Ligament problem); Egzon Asilani (Knee problem – back 1st
FOOTBALL: Tilbury have announced that, following the draw for the League Cup, representation was quickly made to Romford FC over a change of date to avoid a clash with the England match in the European Championship qualifying tournament on the night of
Thurrock Association Sunday League results Essex Sunday Junior Cup Round 1 Group 11: Kynoch Sports 1, Lakeside FC 4; Little Thurrock Dynamos 2 (Mitchell 2), Berwick 4; Southern Lakes United 4, Zenith Athenians 0; Linford Wanderers 1 (Sadler), Sutton
BLUES boss Paul Sturrock was pleased by the result but not the performance at Hereford United on Saturday. The 53-year-old Scotsman was delighted to see his side fight back to win 3-1 at Edgar Street. But he felt the display did not match those against
FOOTBALL: MICHAEL Timlin ended his 19-month goal drought in spectacular fashion for Southend United at Hereford on Saturday. But the on-loan Swindon Town midfielder insisted it was the 3-1 victory which gave him most pleasure. Timlin, who had gone 44
FOOTBALL: A late goal secured the spoils for TILBURY away to Cheshunt in Ryman One North. It was only the second time the Dockers had won in eight games, the other six all being defeats, and they had looked to be heading back to Essex with just a point
FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round results: Enfield 1 Worthing 0, Gloucester City 0 Weston Super Mare 2, Frickley 2 Newcastle Benfield 1, Bamber Bridge 1 Warrington 1, Norton & Stockton Ancients 2 Leigh Genesis 1, New Mills 0 Harrogate 2, Vauxhall Motors 5 Blyth
FOOTBALL: Thurrock put their Blue Square Bet South troubles behind them to record a 3-1 win over Stamford AFC at Ship Lane. Fleet have yet to win in the league this season and things started badly for the hosts against opponents from Evo-Stik League
FA CUP: East Thurrock United will get a another bite of the cherry when they travel to Carshalton Athletic tomorrow night for their second qualifying round replay. But Rocks will be kicking themselves for not polishing off the Robins at the first attempt
Trojans 5, Thurrock T'Birds 32 WOMENS RUGBY: Thurrock T'Birds made the long journey down to Southampton on Sunday to play the Trojans who are a league above them. The T'Birds were looking forward to the start of the new season with a number of new
ONE year after Basildon Hospital was given a damning report by a health watchdog, it has turned a corner. The Care Quality Commission says the hospital is on the brink of fulfilling a wish list of improvements, demanded following a check of the A&E unit
I AM writing with reference to the front page story headlined: “Why was lorry plan refused?” (Gazette, September 10) I was at the planning committee meeting on Monday, September 6, in support of the petition signed by 347 residents, whose lives are
FORGIVE me for not feeling enthusiastic about John Kent’s rhapsodic prophecies of a wondrous future for Thurrock. These promises and eulogies have been delivered ad nauseum over the years and yet our borough, in my view, has deteriorated from once a
IT would make Thurrock Council’s new chief executive a hero for the people of the borough, if he would take a £60,000 pay cut and explain why he should get such a high salary. All council-funded projects have been cut. Tilbury Forum, for example, has
HOW on earth does anyone think Thurrock Council chief executive Graham Farrant is worth nearly £200,000 a year? I think he should forego at least half his salary so we can have a reduction in our council tax. We all pay far too much for living in an
AS a family that recycles as it should, I was amazed to discover that for the last two weeks, the refuse collectors have not emptied my recycling blue bin. Today, however, they left me a letter from Thurrock Council Waste and Recycling Team stating:
IF you have a relative, friend or neighbour, or know of anyone who has Parkinson’s, please tell them, and their carer, about us, the Parkinson’s UK Thurrock Group. We meet at St John’s Ambulance Hall, London Road, Grays RM17 5YB, on the first Thursday
OVER the past few months, Basildon Hospital has been the subject of negative publicity from both newspaper and television reports, and I assume the people responsible for said reports have never been a patient in the hospital. I recently had to spend
Only 75 days to go until the opening night of the Purfleet Opera Ludd and Isis. The project began in late 2009, with workshops exploring the history of Purfleet. Now, nearly a year later, more than 1,000 people around Thurrock, have been involved with
LAST week it was announced the Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation would be wound up and its powers transferred to Thurrock Council. This decision implements the Conservative promise to return planning powers to local communities. We have
VICE president, Pam Pratt, opened the September meeting and introduced the morning’s speaker, Ceri Lowen, and her technical assistant, Janet, from Chelmsford Council. Ceri’s topic was the History and Restoration of Hylands House, illustrated with slides
A PAEDOPHILE who was caged for 22 years after raping a teenage girl and encouraging her to become a child prostitute, has failed to get his sentence reduced. Sean David Devereaux, 35, of Kendal, Purfleet, was jailed in March after being convicted
Division one: Bears B 25 v Bears A 22 Badgehurst 23 v Jones's 7's A 33 Star A 32 v Phoenix Ladies 29 Division two: Barnards 40 v TRFC 38 2 Jones's 7's B 31 vCalder & Howdens A 41 Manor 33 v Corringham Bull 30 Rooms Hair Salon 38 v Thames
Thurrock 3, Stamford 1 FOOTBALL: Thurrock had their first win of the season after a nine minutes Simon Mowbray went round Joe Woolley in the Thurrock goal and shot against the bar when clear. After 26 minutes the visitors took a deserved lead when
