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Basketball fan Keiran is a fantasy football manager
FOOTBALL fan Keiran Hinchliffe's wildest fantasies have come true after the teenager netted a £500 prize for his managerial skills. The 14-year-old from Callands scored the big cash prize by taking part in a national newspaper's Fantasy Football competition
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Anniversary remembered
BOUQUETS of flowers have been placed beneath the Bridge Street plaque laid for Tim Parry and Johnathan Ball, who died in the town centre bombing eight years ago on Tuesday this week. Warrington's Irish Club laid its traditional arrangement in the shape
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Watchdog to take on less active role
THE town's health service watchdog, the Community Health Council, is set to wind down its services this month, taking a less active role in dealing with NHS complaints. And after this month, the CHC cannot guarantee that there will be staff available
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Bid to grow new kidneys
A SCIENTIST from Warrington could be on the way to transforming the lives of kidney patients, burns victims and bald people with a new method of growing cells. Dr Paul Kemp, who comes from Great Sankey, owns Intercytex, which is based in Manchester University
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Smart students heading for Oxbridge
THREE students from Priestley College could be on their way to Oxbridge. Laura Coats, Rebecca Brewer and Tunde Oyinloye have been offered places at the prestigious universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Laura, from Appleton, hopes to read a BA (hons) degree
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An inspector calls and villagers tell of concerns
VIGILANT villagers and countryside campaigners met up with a public inquiry inspector last week to discuss three applications for motorway service stations in Warrington. Inspector Richard Hollox is hearing arguments from all corners in a public inquiry
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School serves up a treat for tennis players
BRIDGEWATER High School is set to build six new tennis courts, thanks to a £218,000 cash injection. The school has received a Sport England lottery grant to replace four existing tennis courts with six new courts, which will be regularly used by the Stockton
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Shape future of the village
PEOPLE in Lymm will be able to have a say on the way their village will look in the future when a draft copy of the village design statement goes on show next weekend. Residents will get a chance to influence the style and character of future house building
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Development controversy rages again
FURTHER changes to a housing development in Winwick have been branded an "abuse of the planning process". Crosby Homes' development on land off Golborne Road has been dogged by controversy ever since it was given the go-ahead on appeal. Residents, parish
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Making sweet music
HUNDREDS of talented youngsters gave stirling performances at Great Sankey High School on Saturday. The National Festival for the Music for Youth provided a morning of marvellous music making at the Barrow Hall Lane School. Ten groups comprising more
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Ancient trees face the chop
RIXTON residents have expressed concerns that trees are being needlessly trashed in their village. As reported in the Guardian, gas giant Transco is running a pipeline through the area as part of a £2 million programme of work. The 40 kilometres of new
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LOOKING ahead to Sky televised Super League game
Friday, 8pm kick off: WIGAN WARRIORS v LEEDS RHINOS Super League record 1996 Leeds 20 v Wigan 40; Wigan 68 v Leeds 14 1997 Leeds 16 v Wigan 17; Wigan 38 v Leeds 4 1998 Leeds 16 v Wigan 8; Wigan 8 v Leeds 15 1999 Leeds 12 v Wigan 26; Wigan 4 v Leeds 13
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Students get royal dinner date invite
INSPIRING young people from Padgate High School have received an invitation to visit the Duke of Westminster after he heard of their achievements. The group of ten students performed their Operation Bodyguard role play for Princess Anne at the Peace Centre
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Caring Cath's a friend indeed
A GREAT Sankey woman, who donated her kidney to save the life of a friend's son, has been nominated for a television award. Cath Kennah aged 51, stepped in to help her friend Helen Cliffe, of Parsonage Way, when she discovered that Helen's son, Chris,
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Model approach to cancer awareness
A LINGERIE fashion show designed to heighten awareness of breast cancer was held at Marks and Spencer in Gemini on Thursday last week. Staff donned some of the latest in lingerie at the store and put on the show for customers, who bought ribbons from
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Failed robbery at hotel leaves receptionist injured
A RECEPTIONIST was beaten in an attempted robbery of the Lymm Hotel on Sunday night. Four men entered the Whitbarrow Road hotel in Lymm on Sunday at 10.10pm. They were brandishing various instruments including spanners and metal bars and were wearing
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Shell-shocked!
A BUSINESSMAN from Warrington is facing bankruptcy and homelessness despite winning a court battle against petrol giant Shell. Steve Fallon, of Penmark Close, Callands, took the oil company to court for allegedly misleading him in a business venture which
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Please help my heroin addicted daughter
A DISTRAUGHT mum is begging for help for her daughter who is a heroin addict. Janet, who does not want to give her real name, says drug services in Warrington are unable to cope. She has a 29-year-old daughter who has been addicted to heroin since the
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Find us new premises and that will take the biscuit, say bosses
WORKERS at a distribution centre in Risley have been given an unusual challenge in order to secure 80 jobs in Warrington. Bosses at Burtons Biscuits have thrown down the gauntlet to staff at the warehouse to find new premises in the town to accommodate
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Town nose best!
By JULIA RAVENSCROFT YOUNG and old painted the town red on Friday when they took part in wacky fund-raising activities for Comic Relief. Rowing fanatic Mike Crossley made it all the way to Majorca without moving an inch and flew into the record books
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School almagamations on the cards
INFANT and junior schools are to be amalgamated at two sites in Warrington. The council's education and lifelong learning committee made this decision on Monday night. The two Alderman Bolton schools, in Longdin Street, Latchford, and the two Beamont
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Series of walks in April scrapped
A SERIES of walks planned for April have been cancelled as a precaution following the foot-and-mouth crisis. Ranger Service walks and a fundraising effort have had to be cancelled as a precaution because their routes involved crossing farmland. The ranger
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Remains NOT going to Arpley
ARPLEY landfill is NOT taking in remains of foot-and-mouth from the incineration plant in Widnes, according to bosses at the Environment Agency. Speculation has abounded this week that the controversial landfill was taking the remains of cattle which
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Claims that carcass trucks are not sealed
FEARS have been raised that trucks carrying animal carcasses which pass through parts of Warrington to a rendering plant in Widnes have not been properly sealed. Barry Durkin, who campaigns in Crewe and Nantwich, has been filming several of the trucks
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The first winner of award in memory of road safety officer
THE memory of a road safety policeman who died in a collision at the start of the year has been honoured by one of the causes he supported so strongly. PC Bob Graham, from Winwick, died when his motorbike was in collision with an HGV on Holcroft Lane
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Bogus water board officials dupe woman
A DEFENCELESS 85-year-old woman was burgled by two men posing as water board officials. The pensioner, who lives on Thelwall New Road, and does not want to be named, was visited by two men on Friday at about 11am who claimed they were from the water board
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ExtraCare appeal gets early boost
THE ExtraCare appeal to raise £1.5 million for the Ryfields retirement village has already been boosted by £600,000. At the launch of the appeal, it was announced that the charity had received a donation of £300,000 from the Bradbury Foundation and that
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Ryfields is chosen as new Guardian charity
THIS week sees the launch of the Guardian's new charity the Ryfields retirement village. The joint partnership between Warrington Borough Council, Grosvenor Housing Association and the ExtraCare Charitable Trust is set to be completed by 2002. ExtraCare
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Presenter Pete back on home turf
MEDIA students at Warrington Collegiate were treated to a star-struck lecture yesterday, Wednesday, when author and TV presenter Pete McCarthy hit home soil. Pete delivered a seminar about the ups and downs of working in the media industry and the trials
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Letter to the barbarians who attacked my son and his friend on Saturday night, March 10
I SUPPOSE it was the main topic of conversation on Sunday, Monday at the pub, or at work? That is assuming of course, a bunch of morons like you are capable of stringing more than two words together. I bet you bragged about the way you insulted my son
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We do not aspire to share power with Labour - but replace them
IN YOUR front page article in Warrington's "Cabinet-style Council" (in last week's Guardian), you said that the cabinet will be made up entirely from the ruling (Labour) group "because the opposing Lib Dems are opting out". Your lack of any explanation
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Tea dance time
WITH regards to the Victoria Square development in Stockton Heath, restaurants are all very well in moderation, but I feel it would be very nice if some facilities were provided for ballroom dancing. Afternoon tea dances could be held as well as evening
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What about democracy?
I WOULD like to draw attention to the meeting of the Development Control Committee on March 14 and register my disquiet at the way the hearing was conducted. The residents of Woodlands Drive are to be congratulated on their handling of the situation.
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EARLY LEADERS
IESTYN Harris of Leeds Rhinos is the early leader in two of the Super League and Cup scoring charts with 36 goals and 84 points, including three tries. He is followed in both charts by Henry Paul of Bradford Bulls with 32 goals, including one drop goal
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McCURRIE MISSES OUT
WARRINGTON Wolves' back row forward Steve McCurrie will not take part in Sunday's Super League clash with Salford City Reds. His virus got the better of him on Wednesday night when he only played 15 minutes of the Wolves Alliance Under 21s game at the
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NO SILVERWARE FOR ROVERS
Thornhill Trojans...30 Woolston Rovers...6 ROVERS' championship hopes suffered a fatal blow with a poor performance in the National Conference League Premier Division. Woolston are setting their sights on finishing second, where they currently lie. Secretary
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LYMM UPSET FORM BOOK
Lymm RFC...19 West Park...13 LYMM toppled league-leaders West Park with an all-action performance on Saturday and secured a further two valuable league points. One more win for West Park will secure promotion and with relegation still a possibility for
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PLAY-OFF SECURED
Aspull RUFC...6 Warrington RUFC...13 THIS victory at a cold and windy Aspull ensured that Warrington Rugby Union Club will finish as a minimum second in the league. This guarantees a play-off game to win promotion to North Two Division. This Saturday
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ELLIOT BURNT
WANDERERS gave their hopes of a return to Premier Division level a boost when they defeated General Elliot 6-2 in the Warrington Sunday Soccer League. Martin Burns struck five times for the first division leaders and James Connolly completed their scoring
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HULL OF A TASK AHEAD
Wolves...20 Hull FC...32 EVEN though the season is at such an early stage it is understandable why most people's optimism for the Wolves is waivering. Whether events leading up to the game affected the players' performances on the pitch is undetermined
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A WEEK TO FORGET SAYS ALF!
PEOPLE would expect the person hit hardest by Kevin Walters' departure would be his old pal Alfie Langer - but not so! The bond built between the two from years of success playing together for Brisbane Broncos had filled Langer with delight at the prospect
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THE TOA KOHE-LOVE COLUMN
I HAD started off the season positively prior to being a little unlucky with the second tackle I made at Wigan that led to my suspension. In the second half I played against Leigh Centurions and in the time I was on the field against Wigan I felt great
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SEMI-FINAL TICKETS NOTICE
WOLVES supporters can purchase their Silk Cut Challenge Cup semi-final tickets from the Wilderspool shop on Sunday, before or after the Super League game against Salford City Reds. Fans should note that entry to the Wolves' tie against Bradford at the
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Teenagers' television debut
TWO William Beamont pupils have been selected to take part in brand new TV game show Twister, screened on Children's ITV. Amy Lawton, aged 13, of Poole Avenue, Longford and 13-year-old Joe Holt, of Orford, were selected during trials for the north-west
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Singer learns to be fighting fit
WHEN entertainer Mark Hay was diagnosed with throat cancer eight years ago he thought his singing days were over. But against all the odds he fought back and has now caught the fitness bug - retraining as an aerobics instructor! "To get cancer of the
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New guidance on phone masts
PEOPLE in Warrington are to be given a louder voice when fighting against mobile phone mast applications. The Government has announced a series of changes to the planning system on the siting of mobile phone masts following a round of public consultations
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Volunteers boldly go to work on children's space mural
THE children's ward at Warrington Hospital has been given a cosmic new look, thanks to volunteers from the Prince's Trust. The team of young people spent a week creating a colourful space mural on the corridor outside the ward. The new look will brighten
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Review paves way for better services
'QUALITY not cost' is the message which borough council chiefs want to push forward in the wake of their first Best Value review of waste management. The council's environment committee and joint commercial board met at a slightly heated meeting on Tuesday
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Golden romance sealed with a kiss
ROMANCE is still very much alive when it comes to an Orford couple celebrating their golden wedding anniversary. In 50 years not a night has gone by when Gladys and Gordon Speirs from Orford haven't kissed each other goodnight. The couple first met when
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Still dancing after 50 years
LYMM sweethearts Alan and Elizabeth Roberts will be donning their dancing shoes and celebrating with friends and relatives on Saturday to mark 50 years of wedded bliss. The couple, from Wetgate Lane Farm, Heatley, will be celebrating their golden wedding
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Clubbers injured in town centre attack
TWO clubbers were left with facial injuries after an attack on Horsemarket Street in the early hours of last Sunday, and police want three key witnesses to get in touch. The two men, who are both aged in their 20s, were involved in a fracas at about 2.30am
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Cyclist robs pensioner of £10 as she rides her scooter
A PENSIONER was pulled out of her scooter by a robber on a bike who tried to snatch her handbag out of her basket. The 74-year-old woman was riding down Manchester Road in Woolston at 12pm on Monday when the man pulled up alongside her and tried to grab
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School route concern
SCHOOLCHILDREN at a Padgate primary school have been warned to change their routes to school after an incident involving an alleged flasher. Parents of pupils at Oakwood Avenue Primary have been asked to avoid Steel Street after an incident was reported
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St Patrick's Day parade success
THIS year's annual St Patrick's day parade saw the town turn out in force to support the event. Walkers set off from the Irish Club on Orford Lane and were joined by the Mayor, Clr Sheila Woodyatt, and her consort, MP for Warrington South Helen Southworth
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Pervert rumours denied
RUMOURS that a paedophile moved into a house in Culcheth over the weekend have been refuted by police and council bosses. But the family of a pensioner were still forced to move her out of her home in fear of her safety. Victoria Sanderson contacted the
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Palalysed mum's bus agony
A MOTHER of five has told of how her life was turned upside down after she fell on an Arriva bus and was left paralysed. Dale Mather, aged 41, of Neville Crescent in Penketh worked as a customer services advisor for Marks and Spencers until she had the
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Husband pays tribute to his devoted wife
THE husband of a Warrington woman who died after a routine antenatal test has paid a touching tribute to a devoted wife and mother. Thirty-three-year-old Jane McCarthy died in June last year after contracting the E.coli virus following a amniocentesis
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Chamber enters the fray
WARRINGTON Chamber of Commerce has entered the fray in the foot-and-mouth crisis, calling for more Government aid for rural businesses. Chamber chief executive Colin Daniels said: "The Countryside Agency has estimated that the cost to tourism alone could
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New craze is knockout!
YOUNGSTERS in Warrington have been fighting their own corners in a new craze that is doing the rounds in the town. Hook and Jab is taking Bridge Foot business centre by storm and the newly formed club in the town is the only club in Lancashire or Cheshire
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Huge blow for Salvesen as jobs go
MORE jobs are to be lost at warehouse giant Christian Salvesen. The company's Birchwood depot, in Leacroft Road, has announced a further 17 redundancies on top of 210 last summer. Staff are devastated by the blow which, they have been told, is due to
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Grosvenor pledges its commitment
THE Grosvenor Housing Association, one of the partners in the Ryfields development, has also pledged its commitment to the Strategy for an Ageing Population in Warrington. The aim of its pledge is to manage and develop housing, meeting the needs of elderly
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Anniversary couple are looking forward to move
A GLAZEBROOK couple celebrating their ruby wedding anniversary now have another reason to party after they put down their deposit for a home in the new Ryfields retirement village. Josephine and Geoffrey Harrison met almost 41 years ago at the Knutsford
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Selfish motorists driving me mad
WITH constant surveillance of the area by closed circuit TV cameras I am surprised to find that there are few reported prosecutions by the police of drivers who sit in the yellow boxes on Bridge Foot each evening. The Highway Code has been very clear
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True Italian restaurants make guests welcome!
READING Points of View last week regarding a compaint about bad service in an Italian restaurant, I nearly fell off my chair reading that a lady was complaining about a restaurant in Lymm that offered poor quality service. I'm absolutely astonished that
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Has any development looked as good as the artist's impression?
THE letter from your correspondent Mr Slawther cannot be allowed to pass without comment. I too live in Stockton Heath and have been here more than three times as long as he has. Also I live nearer to the Square than any part of Whitefield Road. Some
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Who is going to pay?
UNFORTUNATELY I was not able to be at the planning meeting last Wednesday, but it would appear that they have extended the Town Hall if there were, quote, 'hundreds of Stockton Heath villagers ..." This is no longer a village it is a suburb of Warrington
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He should have stood up and voiced his concerns
THANK you to the Guardian and to the "Member of the Jury" for at last throwing some real light on how and why the Tesco/Stadium plan came to be called in by John Prescott. The reasons why have puzzled me for months. The full text of Clr Hughes' letter
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Be honest Clr Hughes do you support the town's right to have a Rugby League Club?
THANK you for printing the full letter sent by Clr Hughes to John Prescott. Why has Clr Hughes not yet given a reason for missing such an important meeting of the planning committee and then knifing the committee and the vast majority of the Warrington
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LEG-BUSTER STERRIT WINS BRITISH TITLE
WARRINGTON'S excellence in Thai boxing grew stronger on Sunday when Penketh's Gavin Sterrit won the British middleweight title in Urmston. Sterrit fights for the same Pele Nathan Club as world light welterweight champion Warren Brown. For 21-year-old
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LATCHFORD CHANCES OF LANCASHIRE CUP GLORY DASHED BY WOODWORK
Crosfields u8...20 Wigan St Judes u8...40 GOOD play from both sides. Crosfields' award winners were player of the match Kieran Lea, top tackler Philip Reading and coaches' player Alison Mercer. Team: A. Mercer, K. Sparks, K. Lea, P. Reading, T. Mitchell
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LYMM ANGLING CLUB REVIEW
RESTRICTED fishing for Lymm Angling Club members has shown some silver lining to the black cloud of enforced closures. Village Pool, which has been kept open for the first time through what was the old closed-season, has been a little gem of a fishery
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WARRINGTON ANGLERS' ASSOCIATION SCENE
GREY Mist is popular due to the foot-and-mouth epidemic forcing other water closures and of course the earlier opening due to the dropping of our voluntary close season. Anthony Outlaw had a mirror of 21lbs 4ozs 0drms while another member had fish of
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ARCHERS BOW TO GRANGE AS SEMIS SPOT IS BOOKED
Bromborough Archers...2 Warrington Grange...5 GRANGE women's soccer team continued their tremendous run of form with this win on the Wirral in the quarter-finals of the Cheshire Cup. Despite four goals from Rachel Nolan goalkeeper Helen Sadler was player
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WHO WILL PLAY SIDAC IN GUARDIAN CUP FINAL?
WARRINGTON Soccer League Premier champions Sidac Social booked their place in this year's Guardian Cup final but not before surviving a mighty scare. After a tense goalless first half against first division Fearnhead, the score was locked at 1-1 after
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SMITH'S A BLAST
Chadderton...0 Tetley Walker...4 A four-goal blast from scoring sensation Neal Smith extended Tetley Walker's unbeaten run to 11 games as they leap-frogged neighbours Warrington Town into second place in North West Counties League Division Two on Saturday
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CONTROVERSY AT STONE
Stone Dominoes...1 Warrington Town...1 TWO controversial decisions denied Warrington the opportunity of victory in their first visit to Stone. It led to them dropping out of the top two in the North West Counties League second division. Moments after
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TOWN'S LATE DASH KEEPS THEM IN CONTENTION
Warrington Town...2 Ashton Town...1 TOWN maintained their North West Counties League promotion hopes with a second half rescue operation on Tuesday. Top four teams around them all dropped points in midweek and two goals in five minutes completed a fight
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WORLD CHAMPION DEFENDS HIS CROWNS
WARRINGTON'S double world Thai boxing champion Warren Brown faces the biggest test of his career so far. In the space of 22 days he will defend his WKO and WAKO belts. Usually the minimum of a month's gap is needed between title defences but Brown will
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WOLVES ACCEPT NO EXCUSES
WARRINGTON Wolves were not prepared to take on board that the 'Kevin Walters' and 'drugs test' events leading up to the Hull game had taken their toll on the players. Coach Darryl Van de Velde held his hands up and said: "I'm not going to make excuses
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SWITCH ON THE CARDS FOR BRIERS?
WARRINGTON Wolves are giving consideration to switching Lee Briers to stand off for Sunday's Super League clash with Salford City Reds at Wilderspool. The final decision will be made nearer to the 3pm kick-off, specially as extra training sessions have
