Youngsters set for cup climax

Photo: PICTURES by ANTHONY MILLER.

HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE . . . Saddleworth Rangers’ Ben Forster (left) and Ethan Chiappe, of Oldham St Anne’s, hold the Carnegie Challenge Cup, as players and coaches watch.

RUGBY:

OLDHAM St Anne’s host the Oldham Junior and Youth Rugby League Cup competitions on Sunday.

The event — sponsored by the Oldham Evening Chronicle and Rugby Oldham — gets under way at 10.30am with the under-12s final. The under-14s game follows at 11.40am. Saints face Waterhead in both games.

Saddleworth take on the hosts at 1pm in the under-15s category, before the under-16s final, which sees Higginshaw tackle Saddleworth (2.30pm).

Saints’ Higginshaw Road home also stages the under-13s final on Sunday, May 15.

The home team take on Milnrow (noon kick-off).