Megan has an eye for a goal

FOOTBALL:

EIGHT was great for Oldham Athletic Girls under-11s hot-shot Megan Tindall. 

The St Margaret’s School pupil, from Hollinwood, scored eight goals in a North Manchester Girls League game against Curzon Ashton.

And as a reward for her brilliant effort, Megan’s parents bought her a new pair of football boots.

“Megan eats and breathes football,” said mum Vanessa. “She is huge Liverpool fan and her favourite player is Fernando Torres.

“She takes everything in her stride and loves scoring goals. It doesn’t matter what angle, she always tries to get a shot away.

“Megan scored four in a game earlier in the season, but she has never done anything quite like this before.”

The 11-year-old trained at Failsworth Dynamos before joining Oldham Athletic Girls last season.

She was the manager’s player of the year in 2008/09, helping her side finish runners-up in the league.


ROCKETTES ON A HIGH

Uppermill Rockettes under-14s are celebrating silverware glory in the North Manchester Girls League.

A 5-2 defeat of Heyside Angels sealed title success for the team, who first came together as under-12s and have since developed their footballing skills and team spirit.

A number of the girls represented Oldham at last year’s Greater Manchester Champions Challenge, where they lost to Salford in the final.


ROCS hit the perfect 10


ROCS under-13s hit double figures against Uppermill in the North Manchester Girls League.

Abby Bennett got three of the goals in the 10-0 triumph, Leah Bickerstaffe, Samantha Bickerstaffe and Alys wild scored two apiece and Keeley Taylor bagged the other.

In the League Cup, Faye Hardicre struck four times for the club’s under-16s in a 6-3 defeat of Heyside Clarets. Bethany Ormrod and Angela Fox made up the tally.


LAUREN Parkinson helped herself to four goals as Heyside Angels under-16s overcame Oldham Athletic 6-2 — Emma Harte and Lucy Shaylor were also on the mark — and Lavina Whitehead repeated the feat for Angels Whites under-11s in an 8-2 defeat of Curzon Ashton.

Molly Taylor, with a hat-trick, and Katie Halligan did the rest of the damage, while Angels Blues under-11s were held to a goalless draw by Harpurhey Angels.


CHADDERTON Park under-14s lost 4-0 to Oldham Athletic Girls.


Other results and scorers —

UNDER-10S: Chadderton Park 4, Heyside Angels Clarets 1 (Hannah Clegg); Heyside Angels Blues 2 (Beth Boothroyd 2), Denton Tigers 2.



RESULTS and scorers from the Bowlee Mini-Soccer League —


UNDER-10S: Heyside JFC 8 (Jack Dunkerley , Sulaiman Sajjad 3, Lewis Dearden 2, Kieran May, Kai Whitney), Shawclough 1.


PHOENIX Athletic, under-12s, thanks to goals from Jack Hoyle (two), Cameron Reavey and Aaron Beckett, recorded a thrilling 4-3 win over Shawclough Whites in the Bowlee Junior League.