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Stories for 11 August 2005

Penarth News

Money for nothing!

PENARTH traders could have lost thousands after paying out their cash for advertising space in a glossy brochure which was never printed.  more...

Pc's marathon effort

A PENARTH bobby who claims he knows nothing about running is set to undertake the ultimate challenge - SEVEN marathons in SEVEN days!  more...

Football fun in Craig's memory

WOULD-BE soccer stars of all ages, shapes and sizes donned their boots on Saturday to remember Penarth lad Craig Hopkins - and to raise money for charity.  more...

Garden party success

THE annual fundraising Garden Party took place at the Marie Curie Hospice Penarth on Saturday, August 6.  more...

In the right spirit

A PENARTH councillor has vowed to push for a community centre in her ward to keep the spirit of the area, and that of its residents, alive.  more...

Pub is 'top dog' in summer

A POPULAR Penarth watering hole has been dubbed as one of the best places in the country to devour burgers and hot dogs al fresco.   more...

War book donated to teach youngsters

COPIES of a book documenting British Merchant Navy losses during the Second World War have been donated to Penarth library in a bid to raise youngsters' awareness of the atrocities.  more...

Boat runs aground on causewayHead

BOTH PENARTH'S lifeboats were on a routine training exercise when they were asked to check on a boat that had run aground on the causeway to Sully Island, on July 20.   more...

Seventy years of wedded bliss is cause to celebrate

A DINAS Powys couple with an appetite for life have just celebrated seven decades of marriage.  more...

Lotto cash windfall for tenants

A LOTTERY grant looks set to improve the social lives of tenants at a Cogan sheltered housing complex.  more...

Penarth Sport

Aneurin bats his way into top 50 in the country

YOUNG CRICKETERS representing Cardiff and the Vale held their own against formidable English County opposition at the recent London Schools Cricket Association U15 Tournament at Ampleforth, Yorkshire.   more...

Dinas Powys second XI clinch vital win at home

LAST Saturday's game was a case of do or die for Dinas Powys Cricket Club's Second Eleven.  more...

Brothers Ryan and Jamie lay waste to struggling opponents

SULLY Centurions 1st XI visited Panteg last Saturday when the home side made a disastrous decision by putting Centurions in to bat after winning the toss.  more...

Lloyd selected to face Rest of World

SULLY Centurions" 21-year-old all-rounder Lloyd Smith has been selected to play for Matthew Maynard"s Wales Select XI in the former Glamorgan and England batsman"s testimonial match.  more...

Keeping it in the family on the far side of the world

IT hasn"t taken long for 18-year-old Penarth rugby star Luke Muggeridge to make his mark on the other side of the world!  more...

  
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