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Jimmy's pole tactics do the trick
FISHING at distance on long pole and caster earned Jimmy Baines victory in Newton Anglers' Association's Sunday Spring Series Open. Baines weighed in 3lbs 12ozs 0drms of silver fish from peg 36 on the upper pound section of the Sankey Canal. Second place
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Prescho's period of devastating swing bowling not enough to stall Skem boys
EARLESTOWN made an encouraging start to the cricket season despite defeat in a difficult tie at Skelmersdale. Dave Ashton and John Allan opened the batting and got Earlestown off to a quickfire 25 before the loss of two wickets. Marc Melling and Paul
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Storming Newton
NEWTON Storm under 14s rugby league team put in their best performance of the season so far to avenge a recent defeat by Woolston. The referee's award as player of the match went to Martin Beddows for a superb all round display in which he scored four
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Young guns step up in
the fight for promotion GOLBORNE Parkside amateur rugby league team's strength in depth will be put to the severest test as their promotion hopes come to a head this week. Third-placed Golborne visit second-placed Milnrow in North West Counties Division
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Tight Jones lays platform
APPLETON began the Cheshire Building Society Cricket Alliance Division Two season in fine style. Their comfortable five-wicket win came after tight bowling had restricted Disley to 125 runs. The pick of the bowlers was Duane Jones, who returned figures
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Jeff Cook's men aim to spoil the day as Richard Green seeks first win in charge
RICHARD Green was hoping for better in his first game as captain as Grappenhall drew at newly promoted Sale in the the second division of the Cheshire County Cricket League. The former Lancashire star, who hit 78 runs before falling leg before wicket,
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Tennis victory
STOCKTON Heath Tennis Club's men's first team have made a strong start to the new season. They followed up a National League walkover victory against Wallasey Manor with a 10-2 victory against Newton in Warrington League Division One, with Dave Trainor
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Polished material
A HIGHLY polished 10-dart finish by T Sheen put the gloss on a Pickering Arms' 7-2 defeat of GTL in Grappenhall Darts League. C Fox chipped in with 15, while T Potts won in 21. Star beat Rams Head 5-4 in a hard match. Top marksmen for Star were W Bancroft
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Golf club to host
BIRCHWOOD Golf Club will be the opening venue on July 18 in a competition to qualify for the final stages of the Gulf Air International Pro-Captain Challenge in Bahrain.
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McCall is called up
A NETBALL team from Warrington have a representative in the Cheshire under 21s squad preparing to face Scotland at Birchwood Leisure Centre on Saturday. Jennifer McCall, of Engineering Services, joins three other players from the Warrington Wolves Netball
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Record breakers
HEATHER Timmins was Warrington Athletics Club's only winner in the first match of the National Junior Athletics League on Sunday. She recorded a personal best on her way to victory in the under 17s 3000m at Stanney Oak Leisure Centre in Ellesmere Port
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Sports digest
Town safe after stunning victory WARRINGTON Town Ladies soccer team produced a stunning performance on the last day of the season to avoid relegation. Despite falling behind against Bolton, Town fought back strongly to win 3-1. Nolan was on target twice
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Gymnasts doing somersaults after national finals success
PADGATE Gymnastics Club are celebrating the achievements of three national medal winners and are keeping their fingers crossed for another glory shot this weekend. Emma Sylvester, Katy Johnson and Lynsey Matthews won team bronze medals in the national
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Cup runs end for amateur rugby league teams Crosfields and Rylands
Skirlaugh 36 Crosfields 26 CROSFIELDS missed out on an appearance in the final of amateur rugby league's GMB Union National Cup with a defeat at Skirlaugh in the last four. Soap had previously pulled off a shock win at Castleford Panthers to become the
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Moore soundly beaten
Newton...49 Moore...19 SEVERAL changes to Moore's starting line-up did not help as they were soundly beaten by Newton in their last game of the season. Newton ripped the visiting defence apart in the first half and scored several unanswered tries. But
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Bennett did not give the send-off Warrington planned
Hoylake...17 Warrington...3 WARRINGTON Rugby Union Football Club could not give coach Andy Bennett the send-off they would have wished for us as they lost at Hoylake. Bennett is leaving to join rugby league outfit Bank Quay Bulls, but despite Warrington
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A wheelie arty idea for schools
YOUNGSTERS are being invited to take part in a special art competition - to decorate their very own wheelie bin and win a VIP day out at the Cheshire Show. The competition is being run as a joint project between the Cheshire Show and authorities including
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Ready, steady, wriggle
MAGGOT racing will be on the agenda when Penketh and Old Hall Angling Society stage a family fun day to raise club funds. The society are looking to improve funds so that a junior section can be supported and so that disabled access to their two fishing
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Prospects bud at Mere
THE milder weather has seen sport improve at most Warrington Anglers' Association venues with Budworth Mere being the place to make for if you fancy some feeder action for skimmers and bream. Alan Davies visited the venue and catapulted his bread feed
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A wheelie arty idea for schools
YOUNGSTERS are being invited to take part in a special art competition - to decorate their very own wheelie bin and win a VIP day out at the Cheshire Show. The competition is being run as a joint project between the Cheshire Show and authorities including
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Changing times leave Wolves looking up not down
Warrington Wolves 36 Hull FC 34 HOW quickly things can change. Just a month ago, Warrington Wolves were 10th in the Super League table and staring a relegation battle in the face after a demoralising defeat at Salford, with the pressure on the team rising
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Culcheth overturn champions
CULCHETH Sports Club moved into second place in Warrington Soccer League Division Two after they defeated champions Beechwood 5-3. That victory moved them above Matthiola, who lost 2-0 to Croft with goals from Gareth Chadwick and Neil Gittins being decisive
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Keeper scores three in Sunday Soccer League
AN unusual positional switch came up trumps as Spa Brook beat Victoria Kings Park in a remarkable game in Warrington Sunday Soccer League Division Three. Jason Heath had already scored for Spa Brook when he traded places with goalkeeper Chris Jupp, who
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Road closure
PART of Dunlop Street in Lower Walton is to temporarily close from Tuesday April 26 due to the construction of a new manhole in the highway. The closure will apply from Dunlop Street's junction with Chester Road in a south-westerly direction for a distance
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Broomhead has prospects
THE head of Warrington-based Northwest Development Agency Steve Broomhead has come third in a poll of the region's most powerful people. The former chief executive at Warrington Borough Council polled well in the list of the most powerful people in the
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Flats 'unsafe and neglected'
A BLOCK of sheltered housing is becoming unsafe to live in and has been neglected by the council according to a Croft councillor. Clr Les Hoyle said requests to repair Croft House, a Warrington Borough Council run block of sheltered housing, have been
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Band of brothers help hospice
WARRINGTON Wolves have launched a new wristband with all proceeds going to St Rocco's Hospice. The St Rocco's Hospice Fit To Care wristbands are the latest fundraising initiative to come out of itspartnership with the Warrington Wolves. The bands are
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Closed street
BOLD Street will close for five nights due to work on Golden Square's redevelopment. Carriageway widening works will be carried out from Monday, May 16 between 8pm and 5.30am. On each night, Bold Street will be closed to traffic at its junction with Sankey
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Arnold and Lawrenson in most wins play-off
A PLAY-OFF is needed in the Earlestown Town Furnishing Snooker League to find the player with the most wins during the season, which ended this week. Phil Arnold's defeat of Colin Moore in Newton Social B's 4-2 win against Stubshaw Labour means he has
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Mo Weaver and John Cooper seal glory
VIADUCT have won Earlestown Darts and Dominoes League's Ron Wilkinson Four-a-Side Memorial Trophy. Viaduct B No2 team defeated Swan No2 in the final. St Davids No2 met Viaduct in the semi finals. Viaduct's S Morse beat E Broughton in 24 at round the board
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Malik magic just the job
NEWTON won the battle of local pride by defeating St Helens in the Liverpool and District Cricket League. After winning the toss, things started brilliantly as Ikram Malik and Aaron Scott blitzed through the Saints top order, reducing them to 16 for 6
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Cheshire Cricket Alliance Division One review
At Bunbury, the home side drew with Aston in a tight match and final scores tied. Bunbury reached 169 for 7 wickets with M Ryder top scoring with 53. Aston in reply made 169 for 5 wickets with 21 runs coming off the last over, D Wright made 72. At Chelford
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Mason's rocket 64 gives Grange shot in arm
NEWLY promoted Grange travelled to face Langley in their opening Cheshire Building Society Cricket Alliance Division Two fixture of the season and came away with a creditable winning draw against a side that were in the top division last season. On a
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Captain Ben's big contribution
STRETTON'S season got off to a great start on Saturday as they registered an impressive win at Castrol CC in the Mellor Braggins League. Stretton, who lost several players to retirement after last year's promotion, won the toss and elected to bowl. Castrol
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Toft beat champions
THE defeat of champions Bowdon by newly-promoted Toft was the shock result on the opening day in the Murray Smith Accountants Cheshire County League ECB Premier Division. Unbeaten in cup or league after mid-June last season, Bowdon's weakened bowling
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Bring on the champions
WARRINGTON open their Cheshire County Cricket League home campaign by welcoming the reigning second division champions Cheadle to Walton Lea Road on Saturday at 1pm. Cheadle and their outstanding Australian bowler Peter Manser will turn up in buoyant
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Glance guide to Warrington sport
Bowls Warrington Catholic Bowls League results: Section One: St Oswalds 153 St Augustines 173, Ryl/St Bens B 141 St Stephens A 169, Sacred Heart A 171 St Josephs 145, St Peters A 178 St Anselms A 190. Section Two: St Stephens B 177 Irish Club 163, KSC
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Warrington's juniors make a splash at Nottingham City Regatta
WARRINGTON Rowing Club had winners in three events at the Nottingham City Regatta on Sunday. Tom Pearson and James Whitehead's time of 3mins 47.78secs earned them victory in the boys' under 14s double sculls over 1000m, and the pair also joined forces
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Commitment paying off
HEAD coach Eddie Harris is hoping that his Warrington Wizards side can start their rise up the National League Three table when they entertain Sheffield Hillsborough Hawks at Wilderspool on Saturday. Wizards endured a nightmare start to the season with
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Junior rugby league reports
Latchford Albion u14 20 Wigan St Pats u14 12 LATCHFORD were on top of their game as they defeated Wigan St Pats. Albion had long periods of sustained pressure, with Joe Mellor grabbing one try and setting up three others for Matthew Lomax, Sam Mairs and
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Bulldogs and Sharks host Catalan XIII tourists
A LINK between Warrington and French amateur rugby league teams is up and running ahead of Perpignan's first assault on Super League next year. Catalan XIII Perpignan junior players were hosted by a combined Burtonwood Bulldogs under 13s/14s team on Saturday
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Commitment paying off
HEAD coach Eddie Harris is hoping that his Warrington Wizards side can start their rise up the National League Three table when they entertain Sheffield Hillsborough Hawks at Wilderspool on Saturday. Wizards endured a nightmare start to the season with
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Keep your car safe
POLICE are urging car owners to take precautionary measures after a spate of car vandalism in Middlewich at the weekend. Three cars parked along Booth Lane were damaged by vandals in the early hours of Saturday. PC Alison Wright, from Congleton's Community
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Warrington and Lymm youngsters win rugby union tournaments
TWO of Warrington Rugby Union Football Club's junior sides came out on top in an Anglo-Welsh tournament in Wrexham on Sunday. The under 12s won their age group after winning all their matches against teams including Wrexham, Shrewsbury and Congleton,
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Opening success for under 16s
Warrington Wolves u16 38 St Helens u16 22 DARREN HILL scored four tries as Warrington Wolves under 16s won the first of their four games in the Foundation Academy competition on Saturday. Craig Howard and Ashley Faulkner also touched down, while Scott
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Controversial defeat for Academy
St Helens 26 Warrington Wolves 20 WARRINGTON Wolves under 21s were defeated in controversial circumstances in the Senior Academy Championship at St Helens. Wolves were denied a share of the soils when a last-minute Wolves try between the posts was ruled
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Friends reunited
MARTIN Gleeson is champing at the bit at the prospect of getting one over on his mates when he returns to St Helens for the first time tomorrow night. The Great Britain international centre left Knowsley Road last July to join Wolves in a £270,000 deal
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'I want to win trophies with Warrington' - Brent Grose
WARRINGTON Wolves are aiming to complete a perfect week with a win at St Helens after a memorable victory against Hull FC was followed by the extension of Brent Grose's contract until the end of 2008. Wolves go to Knowsley Road tomorrow night, Friday,
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Point required
Ossett Albion 1 Warrington Town 1 WARRINGTON Town need a point from their last game of the season to ensure they will be playing UniBond First Division football next year after they failed to win at Ossett Albion on Saturday. Mid-table outfit Shepshed
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Team helps soldier Paul to get back to work
THE employment team at Warrington Disability Partnership has been celebrating the success of their latest client to find work. Paul Underwood, of Cronulla Drive, Great Sankey, has a health problem that made it difficult to find a job. A former member
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Guilty plea
A MAN has pleaded guilty to shoplifting and motoring offences. Steven Keith Clark, aged 30, of Sexton Close in Runcorn, appeared at Warrington Crown Court on Monday charged with a theft from a shop, aggravated vehicle taking and dangerous driving, driving
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A salt can batter you
REDUCE your salt intake - that's the message from Warrington Borough Council's trading standards department. A survey carried out revealed that many popular ready meals are very high in salt, with half found to contain more than a third of the recommended
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Lesley served up with award for her hard work
JAMIE Oliver isn't the only school meals hero - just ask pupils and staff at Cinnamon Brow Primary school who voted their catering supervisor Lesley Deans top of the class in the kitchen. Head teacher Lesley Sweeney nominated Lesley for a special achievement
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Racist vandal gang trashes cars
RESIDENTS in Great Sankey have said they will not stand by after an apparent racist attack on Saturday night. Racist slogans were scratched on a large blue car parked outside the Golden City takeaway, on Park Road, and the tyres were slashed. A large