1.   Competition at TeleCable has always meant winning and keeping the exclusive cable franchises granted by local governments.

2.   Evening and weekly papers faced the stiffest competition at the fringes of their circulation areas.

3.   Nevertheless there will still be inter-school sport and competition at music festivals, chess championships and inter-school exhibitions of art.

4.   Nottinghamshire are looking for their first win in a one-day competition at Trent Bridge this season.

5.   But at least a lot of players have sampled international competition at their own level and that can only be good for the game.

6.   They have also planned a sponsored five-a-side football knockout competition at Kirkby Sports Stadium to help fund the trip.

7.   SWANSEA butcher Chris Davies has won the British Lamb Display competition at the Meat Trades Fair in Harrogate.

8.   The mayor is preparing for a charity penalty shoot-out competition at the Leicester City-Middlesbrough game next Wednesday.

9.   Former Middlesbrough footballers Gary Pallister and Tony Mowbray teamed up in the Dave Bingham Memorial Trophy competition at Barnard Castle Golf Club.