Month: July 2013

“Don’t dream, girl! Get a job in a call centre” Samantha Stevens remembers being told at school.

AFC Bournemouth took to the pitch at Goldsands Stadium to play Spanish giants Real Madrid on 21 July. The visitors won and put on an excellent show, winning 6-0 during the friendly. Despite the defeat, manager Howe delighted in the occasion that epitomises the remarkable turnaround in Bournemouth’s fortunes.

The Great Dorset Steam Fair, which takes place from Wednesday 28 August to Sunday 1 September in Tarrant Hinton, is celebrating its 45th anniversary!

The football landscape on the south-coast has changed significantly in recent years; it seemed like only yesterday when AFC Bournemouth was fighting to maintain Football League status. Four years on and the Cherries have won promotion to the Championship, and on the back of this, a glamour tie against Spanish giants Real Madrid.

Five local Rotary clubs have combined to provide a fantastic donation of £10,000 to furnish and equip a room in the new £2.8m Lewis-Manning Hospice in Poole.

Adele Parham and Philippa O’Grady, who have been training at Oxley Sports Centre in Sherborne, both won medals in the British Gas Masters and Senior Age Group swimming Championships 2013.