May 2009 Archives

By Adam Etheridge
Journalist - Coventry City Ladies F.C.
Pictures courtesy of David Singleton

Coventry City Ladies announced today that Assistant Coach Matt Whitehouse (right) had stepped down due to other commitments.

Whitehouse had previously worked in Phoenix, Arizona for Major League Soccer before returning home and taking up the post as Manager Paul Cudby's assistant.

The duo had a great first season together narrowly missing out on promotion from the Midland Women's Combination League.

By Derek Brown

DISABLED Coventry athlete Charlotte Moore emphasised her potential when winning the 100m girls event at the 2009 npower Regional Athletics Competition for Disabled Athletes at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium.

The ten-year-old Templars School pupil hit top form as she beat some of the region's more experienced, young female wheelchair racers, with a tenacious performance that emphasised her improving talents.

A GROUP of students at Warwick University are celebrating after a robot they designed won a prize.

A robot designed by Warwick Mobile Robotics, a group made up of engineering students, won best for mobility at the European Robocup Championships, held in the German city of Hanover. Their robot also came third overall.

The group are planning to take their creation to the World Robocup Rescue competition in Austria and are hoping to raise £6,000 to cover expenses.

Anyone who would like to sponsor the group should ring 024 7654 0863 or e-mail mobilerobotics@eng.warwick.ac.uk

A WARWICKSHIRE writer could be destined for success after penning a spiritual thriller about the limits of free will.

A Sealed Fate is the debut novel by Southam-based author Lisa Gordon, who writes as Lisa Lazuli.

The Warwick University graduate also writes horoscopes for Asian Woman magazine and has been a regular guest on BBC local radio since 2001.

The book - ISBN 978185756-6543 - is published by Janus Publishing Company, priced £8.95.

Digging through our library archives we found some very interesting photos of Warwick University's student demo's and disputes.

Do you remember being at Warwick University when any of these events took place?

Perhaps you have more pictures to share or can name a few of the students shown in the pictures.

These were taken between 1970 and 2002. Maybe you have a story to tell to go with the pictures. If so we'd like to hear from you so please get in touch by emailing us at communities@coventrytelegraph.net

WARWICK Business School is 54th best in the world and fifth best in Britain according to the Financial Times.

Director of executive programmes at the business school Rebecca Smith said: "It is great news that the Warwick Business School has risen in this ranking."

The Warwick Business School part of Warwick University in Gibbet Hill Road, Gibbet Hill, Coventry.

By Cara Simpson

AN AUSSIE-themed play park is boomeranging its way to Coventry in honour of city-born Sir Henry Parkes, former statesman of Australia.

Prior Deram Park in Canley is to undergo a major makeover, inspired by elements of the outback - complete with an Ayers Rock plant area.

The project is part of a multi-million pound project to change the face of Canley and build more homes.

By Adam Etheridge
Journalist - Coventry City Ladies F.C.
Pictures courtesy of David Singleton

The Coventry City Ladies rounded off their 2009 campaign in some style as an energetic performance lead to a comfortable 6-1 win over relegation threatened Loughborough.

Emily Hanson scored twice and had a hand in two others as the Sky Blues carved their visitors open at will. Jade Formaston, Danni Saulter and Nicole Tinto also chipped in with one each whilst top scorer Helen Dermody hit her 20th of the season.

By Lucy Lynch
Education Reporter

HUNDREDS of bright Coventry teenagers are missing out on a university education even though some of them are clever enough to get into top ranking institutions.

Warwick University assistant registrar Andrew Holdcroft reckons there are around 200 teens in the city who have opted not to apply for degree courses even though they have all the right qualifications.

By Michael Corley

A mum whose hair was turned green by a top city salon has had her tresses transformed by a Good Samaritan stylist, thanks to the Telegraph.

Pearl Cooper cried uncontrollably when staff at Toni and Guy, in Market Way, Coventry, turned her platinum blonde locks into a freakish fusion of greens and browns during a six-hour ordeal.