Young guns show their class

Photo: Chris Sunderland

IN IT TOGETHER: Oldham Service Area under-12s defeated their Salford counterparts 10-6.

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IT was a good weekend for the Oldham Service Area against their Salford counterparts, the local youngsters winning three of the four matches played.

The only side to experience defeat was the under-13s, who went down 16-0 at home. However, it was a committed performance that put Salford under plenty of pressure along the way.

Jack Marsden and Callan Whittaker came closest for Oldham, while Dominic Elkin and Ben Hamer also played well in a close, tense affair.

Oldham’s under-12s benefited from tries for Ryan Lynch and Billy McDermott and a goal from Adam Wells, which contributed to a 10-6 home defeat of Salford.

The margin of victory was greater for the other two local sides.

Oldham under-14s won 36-10 on the road, while the under-15s triumphed 44-12 on home soil.

In the latter encounter, Oldham were forced to recover from a shaky start before overwhelming the opposition.

Half-backs Luke Du Feu and Danny Yates worked well in tandem, second-row man Ryan Bradbury was in fine form to break the line on numerous occasions and the other stand-out performers were captain Jarrad Ward and Josh Johnson.

Try scorers for Oldham under-15s were Martin Swaine (two), Jonathan Faulds, Yates, Bradbury, Jake Shoel, Oliver Kerr, Johnson and Jack Cooke.

The town teams are in action again this weekend.

On Saturday, the under-14s (10.30am kick off) and under-15s (noon) take on Lancashire at Saddleworth, while the under-12s and under-13s are away to the same opponents at Chorley.


Molloy stars for Rangers

SADDLEWORTH Rangers under-eights beat local rivals Waterhead in an entertaining clash.

Kien Molloy won Rangers’ man-of-the-match award for his try-scoring performance, with Lewis Haigh gaining top tackler and Bennett Tupaea most improved.

Other tries for Saddleworth were scored by Brad Jinks, Ben Forster, Andrew Goodwin, Elijah Wolstenholme and Adam Howarth.

Other results —

UNDER-EIGHTS: Chorley 10 tries, Oldham St Anne’s eight tries (Asa France, Jack Haynes, Max Flanagan 2, Ben Ivell 2, William Maloney 2).

UNDER-NINES: Ince Rose Bridge seven tries, Oldham St Anne’s seven tries (Macauley Jones 4, Sam Hall 3).

UNDER-10S: Oldham St Anne’s 26 (tries: Jamie Ashton, Harry Akeroyd, Haider Khan, James Barran, Nathan Done; goals: Akeroyd, Barran, Done), Wigan St Patricks 16.