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AN Uppermill butcher has put his love of bacon, sausages and steak to one side to help launch National Vegetarian Week. Paul Lowcock, owner of Paul’s Quality Meats in...
Date Published 25/05/2010
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: NEW Mossley boss Shaun Higgins wants to build a young side of which the entire community can be proud. Higgins (41) impressed the Lilywhites’ board...
SPEEDWAY: RESERVE Leigh Lanham (10+3) made another strong contribution as Belle Vue Aces got back to winning ways against Swindon 51-39 to secure all three points. Patrick...
A CAMPAIGN urges people to back calls for a national register for sufferers of inflammatory bowel disease. Crohn’s Disease sufferer Ceara Waterhouse, from Grasscroft, told...
BOWLS: SYKE’S Peter Craig must defy a major handicap burden if he is to successfully defend the Oldham Evening Chronicle Bowling Handicap title he won for a fourth time last...
BOWLS: NIMBLE Nook trio Jonathan Copeland, Colin Lane and Gary Ellis carry local hopes in the Waterloo Spring Handicap finals in Blackpool on Sunday (9.30am start). The draw...
Saying it with flowers after 50 years A GROUP which promises fun, friendship and flowers is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Members of Oldham Floral Art Society have...
SAILING: DOVESTONE Sailing Club have been making waves at home and abroad. Ian Jones clinched the European Laser Radial Masters Championship in Cyprus. Up against 34...
DARTS: AS Blackpool were celebrating promotion to the Barclays Premier League, Wes ‘Av It’ Newton, who was born in the seaside town, was toasting Oldham darts open...
RUGBY UNION: Oldham RUFC boast a young coaching team, who are passing on skills and knowledge to the club’s colts, under-14 girls and under-12 and 14s boys’ teams....
CRICKET: FORMER Everton star Duncan McKenzie is the guest speaker at Shaw Cricket Club’s sportsman’s dinner on Friday, June 11. McKenzie, who will always be...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards AYR 2.10 Crown Ridge 2.40 Celtic Sultan 3.15 Cheers For Thea 3.50 Tillietudlem...
A HOLLINWOOD department store has been named one of the best in the country at the retail industry equivalent of the Oscars. Housing Units won the category for best department...
A CELEBRITY Failsworth football match with stars from TV will raise funds for the Help for Heroes charity. The match, followed by a pub fun day, has been organised by...
WHAT KATI DID NEXT: I don’t know about you, but I thought the World Cup was about football. You know, 22 men kicking a ball, kicking one another, falling over, getting...
BEATS: LOOKING for something exciting to do over the bank holiday weekend? Manchester’s Northern Quarter will play host to the Hungry Pigeon Festival from Friday to...
BEATS: OLDHAM born supermodel Karen Elson has swapped the catwalk for the stage and followed in the footsteps of her musician husband. The 31-year-old mother-of-two, a former...
BEATS: DON’T MISS Teenage Fanclub, Academy 2, Thursday The Glasgow lads haven’t toured for a while so they’re raring to get back out onto the road to...
BEATS: TONIGHT: Sugar Hill Gang — Moho Live; Mark Knopfler — Arena; Louisiana Red, Michael Messer — Band on the Wall; Wax Fang — Sound Control; Villagers...
ATHLETIC are expecting to name their new manager by early next week — and the identity of the boss will depend on how well the candidates for the job interview over the...
Date Published 24/05/2010
Oldham 4, Hunslet 60 DEMORALISED ROUGHYEDS HANDED A HARSH LESSON OUCH. There is being brought back down to earth, then there is this. Hunslet, who scored 11 tries in a...
BOXING: JUBILANT Royton boxer John Newell got his hands on the ABA junior title yesterday with a barnstorming victory over Andre Rhone at the Barnsley Metropolitan complex....
CRICKET: AGONY turned to ecstasy for Lee Warburton in the Saddleworth and District Cricket League’s Tanner Cup on Saturday. The Moorside bowler laid prone on the floor...
CRICKET: IT really can't get much worse for our four local Lake Garage CLL clubs. After the previous weekend's defeats for Werneth, Oldham, Royton and Crompton, hopes were...
MARK Peters recorded his maiden century as Austerlands swept aside Friarmere in a high-scoring Saddleworth and District Cricket League encounter yesterday. The 23-year-old...
FABIO Capello is giving serious thought to installing Manchester City’s Joe Hart as his number one goalkeeper at the World Cup – even though he has just 45 minutes'...
CRICKET: DELPH secured victory at Marsden in the Drakes Huddersfield Premiership. The hosts recorded 249 for seven, Bilal Khiljee taking three for 76, before Delph reached...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
Ordeal for child with learning difficulties POLICE today appealed for help in catching three teenage girls who surrounded a 15-year-old girl with learning difficulties in the...
POLICE discovered a £250,000 haul of counterfeit notes when they stopped a Range Rover near junction 22 the M62 at Saddleworth. West Yorkshire Police arrested a...
