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FRINGE trio Kashley Watkins, Mark Brocklehurst and Scott Mansfield are among the players bidding to impress in the Northern Rail Nines competition. With a raft of injuries to...
Date Published 16/07/2010
CRICKET: HOW do you stop a run machine called Clinton Perren? Well, Royton had better find the answer and pretty quickly, too! The Paddock outfit face the Australia-born...
Khiljee on a Tanner mission for Greenfield CLASSY overseas player Bilal Khiljee will aid Greenfield’s bid to reach the 2010 Saddleworth and District Cricket...
CRICKET: ROMIDA Sykes Cup finalists Delph play host to Drakes Huddersfield League premiership one pacesetters Honley tomorrow. Grant Jones’ men, who will meet...
FOOTBALL: CHADDERTON continue their preparations for the new season with a home game against Flixton tomorrow (3pm). The Broadway outfit drew 3-3 with Leigh Genesis and lost...
RUGBY LEAGUE: ROBERT Hicks will referee Sunday’s Northern Rail Cup final between Batley and Widnes at Blackpool. The Austerlands-based official (28) was handed his first...
CRICKET: LANCASHIRE over-50s completed their national group fixtures with a draw in a rain-hit match against Cumbria. After being put into bat, Cumbria made 224 for six and...
WEEK four winner of the Oldham Evening Chronicle World Cup Prediction League David Moore received his prize this week from Chronicle sports editor Kevin Richardson. David will...
CRICKET: EILEEN Bartram, who served on Heyside Cricket Club’s committee for many years, has died at the age of 67 after losing a long battle with cancer. She filled...
CRICKET: OLDHAM Greenhill Community Sports Club, in conjunction with Glodwick Cricket Club, are staging a four-day coaching course for children, starting on Monday (10am to 3pm)....
ATHLETICS: Girls from Saddleworth School are all smiles after clinching the Year Sevens section at the Oldham Schools’ Track Championships. The winners on the day were...
Angling: IN-FORM Jim Evans made it two wins out of two in the Chadderton Mill AC Thursday evening matches on the club water. Drawn on the favoured peg 14, he produced a fine...
BOWLS: TONGE remain in command of the Manchester Premier League title race despite losing 9-6 (180-149) to main challengers Garswood Hall in Wigan. Tonge made a superb...
TENNIS: Tame Valley Tennis Club’s third team won the Dunlop Oldham and District Tennis League division three Subsidiary Cup final. The Greenfield outfit defeated...
RUGBY LEAGUE Tonight — Engage Super League: Leeds v Huddersfield (8pm); Wigan v Warrington (8pm, TV). Tomorrow — Engage Super League: Catalans v Crusaders...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
A MUM was left stunned after Sainsbury’s staff refused to hand over money she had withdrawn only moments earlier from the store’s own cash point. Justine Newman,...
An Oldham gambler thought his luck had changed when proceeds from a £1million bank fraud suddenly dropped into his account. He blew more than £17,000 at a casino...
ACTION taken by police to tackle anti-social behaviour in Greenfield has been welcomed by residents. It has led to a renewal of confidence in the police, a meeting heard last...
Oldham travel agent tells co-stars to clean up their act PINT-SIZED travel agent Keeley Johnson is showcasing her award-winning spirit in the “Big Brother” house....
A lawyer has blasted prosecutors for “prolonging the agony” of two Oldham women accused of trying to smuggle a dead relative on to a plane. Officials at Liverpool...
Slashing almost £7 million from Greater Manchester Police’s budget could mean fewer police on the beat and less safe communities, the Government has been warned....
OLDHAM residents are being reminded that the hosepipe ban remains in force despite heavy rain on Wednesday night. United Utilities imposed the ban across the North-West on...
CRIME figures for Oldham have revealed an increase in sexual offences while all other types of crime are down on last year. The British Crime Survey showed sexual offences...
13,323ft peak is friends’ target A DEDICATED trio of explorers from Oldham are set to scale Italy’s highest mountain in aid of a children’s charity....
SIX Kaskenmoor teachers are retiring after chalking up 186 years between them in Oldham’s classrooms. They are leaving at the end of an era for the Hollinwood school...
A boy on his way to scouts was attacked when he and a friend were told to hand over their money and phones. The youngsters, both aged 12, were walking along Burnley Lane, near...
FUND-RAISING fun with a few pints for good measure raised much-needed charity cash during the High Crompton beer walk and family fun day. More than 30 teams donned all manner...
COUNCILLORS’ basic allowances will stay at £8,950 next week — if Oldham Council agrees to a 12-month freeze. But some “special responsibility”...
Mark Owen says the news that Robbie Williams and Take That are back for good is “like a dream.” The 38-year-old Oldhamer reacted to the news that Robbie, who...
