• Elderly build home for the summer

  By Nottingham Post at 07:30 on 18/05/12

  

  RESIDENTS of an elderly people's complex in Clifton have officially opened a summerhouse they built. The woodworking group at Lark Hill Retirement Village have been working on the project for more than a year. Bill Hodder, John Toulson, Alwyn Preston and Mick Parker, who run the group, thanked fellow residents for their support. Mr Preston said: "Everyone's been brilliant. This has taken 12 months of blood and sweat, but there...

• Beeston boss hopes Olympics dream comes true for trio

  By Leicester Mercury at 07:30 on 18/05/12

  

  GREAT Britain must pick Beeston duo Adam Dixon and Alastair Wilson for the Olympics, says Bees' boss Graham Griffiths, who also hopes goalkeeper George Pinner is named in the squad for London to complete a remarkable treble for the club. The trio are all in contention for the final 16-man squad, having spent most of the season in a GB training squad. They have all also played on the international stage in the build-up to the...

• Boro's Premier Cup

  By Nottingham Post at 07:30 on 18/05/12

  

  Football: Attenborough Cavs had a comfortable 4-0 win over Sportsman in the Long Eaton Sunday League Premier Cup Final. Div 1: Ilson Athletic 3 Sawley Athletic 1. Div 2: FC Stumble 0 Lovell 3, AFC Westernmere 3 Beeston VC 2.

• Pinner helps Bees to a hat-trick

  By Nottingham Post at 07:30 on 17/05/12

  

  BEESTON have staked their claim to keep the EHL Trophy for good after their third consecutive triumph – and their fourth in five years. But they were indebted to goalkeeper George Pinner, who pulled off a string of fine saves in the closing minutes of the final to help the Bees to a 2-1 victory over Hampstead & Westminster in what was a repeat of the 2010 final. It was the Londoners who had the first glimpse of goal on...

• Masson breaks the Maid Marion record at Little John Lakes

  By Nottingham Post at 07:30 on 17/05/12

  

  SCOTTISH international Jamie Masson smashed the record at Little John Lakes with the first double ton to come on Maid Marion. Masson, on peg 26, was forced to fish meat on his top two sections at 3m because of the wind. But it paid off big style with a succession of carp to 8lb. The previous record was 196lb, set by Roy Nichols. Owner Steve Beard took second spot with 124-13, on meat in the margins, at peg one. Ben Holmes also...

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