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DISTINGUISHED guests helped the Rotary Club of Crompton and Royton celebrate its 53rd anniversary at a special dinner. The presidents of Oldham, Chadderton and Failsworth,...
Date Published 18/03/2010
BEAUTIFUL blooms filled Shore Edge Church, in Buckstones Road, for its spring fair. Visitors who flocked to the church in Shaw browsed all manner of goods, from cupcakes to...
An international singer will perform in Oldham tomorrow at the Unitarian Church. Aniko Toth’s grandparents managed to escape the Hungarian uprising of 1956, taking...
THE Tudors were on the timetable for these time-travelling pupils. The nine and 10-year-olds from East Crompton St James’s primary, Shaw, wore traditional costumes to...
PAV’S PATCH: IN the wider scheme of things, I reckon there can’t be many jobs more daunting than that of the pub entertainer. You’ve got have some guts to...
DAVE PENNEY paid tribute to his goalkeeper Darryl Flahavan, whose heroics helped secure a battling 1-0 win at Stockport. Athletic are now seven points clear of the relegation...
Date Published 17/03/2010
OLDHAM Roughyeds have landed a season-long shirt-sleeve sponsorship deal with Holland’s Pies. The Baxenden-based company was Burnley Football Club’s major kit...
MANCHESTER City full–back Wayne Bridge is set to be sidelined for around a month after undergoing a hernia operation yesterday. The 29–year–old was...
Stockport 0, Athletic 1 Keeper in the spotlight again as Latics grind out vital win THE ADAGE goes that a good goalkeeper is worth 12 points a season. Pick apart three...
NETBALL: Northern Thunder ended Surrey Storm’s unbeaten record in the Co-operative Netball Superleague. A superb 59-48 victory moved Thunder into the fourth and final...
RACING: FOR a man who has been crowned champion jockey for the last 14 seasons, Tony (AP) McCoy has come in for some unwarranted criticism in recent weeks. His riding of...
Cheltenham preview: BIG BUCK’S, the horse Paul Nicholls describes as the most talented in his star-studded stable - despite the presence of the mighty Kauto Star - will...
SPORTS BETTING: HOW fortunes can change in the world of sport. A year ago, Tiger Woods had golf’s major prizes at his mercy and Ernie Els could not buy a victory....
WERNETH golf club lost 4-1 in the second round of the Mail on Sunday National Classic with Lee Rowbotham (2&1) their only success as three of the four losers were beaten at...
FOOTBALL: HEYSIDE JFC under-11s tasted Tameside and District Junior League Cup success at Ashton United’s Hurst Cross ground. They defeated Clayton Villa 2-1 in the...
FOOTBALL: CHADDERTON Park FC are celebrating a landmark achievement. They have received the FA’s Charter Standard Community Club award for their hard work at grassroots...
RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH Rangers under-15s are to embark on a week-long trip to France in two months’ time — and it has been paid for thanks to their own players. The...
INDOOR CRICKET: THE top of the table clash featuring Shaw and Woodhouses in the Oldham Cricket Development Group under-11s Indoor League ended in a thrilling tie. Shaw took...
SNOOKER: LAST season’s champions Deaf B have hit the top of the Oldham Amateur Snooker League thanks to a 5-1 victory at home to Springbank A, M.J. Smith taking the last...
TRAINING: LIGHTS, camera, action. A film crew descended on Saddleworth Sports Centre to help promote coaching. Organised by Sportscoach UK, it is aimed at parents or carers...
AMATEUR FOOTBALL: Failsworth Dynamos FC are holding a dinner at the City of Manchester Stadium on Saturday, March 27. Entertainment is provided by a Take That tribute band....
Ju-JITSU: CHRIS SMITH and Lauren Whitehead, of the Cherry Leaf Ju-Jitsu Club, Oldham, have earned their black belt qualifications - and been commended by the examiners at the...
DAD FLIES OUT TO BRING HIS KIDNAPPED SON HOME THE father of kidnap victim Sahil Saeed was expected to land in Pakistan today to bring his five-year-old home to huge...
SQUASH: After surrendering their nine-match unbeaten run last week, Tame Valley’s first team slipped up again, beaten 3-2 by Cheetham Hill firsts in Division three...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards SOUTHWELL 2.30 Spic ‘n Span 3.05 Novay Essjay 3.45 Victory...
THREE deafening cheers rang out as classmates of kidnapped Rushcroft Primary School pupil Sahil Saeed celebrated his safe release. Delighted head teacher Jane Sheridan held a...
A loan shark who terrorised, assaulted and kidnapped a businessman during a blackmail campaign prompted by a £100,000 debt had his 10-year sentence backed by top judges...
A POLICEMAN from Saddleworth who ran away from a fellow officer said not immediately telling police of his mistake was the worst decision he had ever made. Daniel Adams, from...
A CHADDERTON man who stands accused of shooting dead a young dad with his twin brother told an ambulancewoman about the killing after trying to take his own life, a jury was told....
THE heroes of the snows have received a mammoth cash windfall. Members of Saddleworth Round Table have handed over £5,000, the biggest donation in the club’s history, to...
