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NEIL Roden doesn’t have anything to prove to the Roughyeds coaching team. Admittedly, the 29-year-old stand-off hasn’t been playing much this season in comparison...
Date Published 27/05/2009
THE GOOD, the bad and the ugly all featured in our win against Swinton at the weekend. Looking back at the game again on video, from our perspective the first half contained...
LEE Greenwood had plenty to celebrate at the weekend. As well as playing his part in Oldham's win against Swinton, the former Halifax and Leigh winger was on the touchline in...
WHILE Oldham have a weekend off, there is plenty of other action going on in Co-operative Championship One. Keighley have the chance to get within one point of the Roughyeds...
Golf WERNETH’S Seniors Open was won by home player Mike Wallace and Blackley’s Brian Gwynne who had 42 points for the fourball Stableford. Runners up, on a card play-off,...
Golf WERNETH ‘A’ continued their improved form with a 4-4 draw at Oldham ‘A’ with away wins for Adam Rowbotham and Jonathan Wilde and James and Adie Buckley. Lee Blainey...
Golf WERNETH are hosting an open fourball event as part of their centenary celebrations. It will take place at the Garden Suburb club on Friday, June 26 and costs only £24...
Golf CROMPTON and Royton triumphed 3-2 at West Lancs in the Lancashire Scratch Shield. The winners were Zoe Styles (2up), Pauline Givvons (3 & 2) and Sarah Penney (6 & 5)....
Speedway Belle Vue Aces team manager Chris Morton is threatening a big shake-up in his line-up if performances do not improve in the coming weeks, with skipper Charlie Gjedde...
Sport betting ONE of the most eagerly-awaited Champions League finals for many years will take place in Rome tonight. Organisers of the competition could hardly have dared...
Football CROMPTON House enjoyed double joy at the Oldham Schools FA League play-off finals at Boundary Park — but they were denied a four-timer. The Year Eights team...
Rugby OLDHAM’S Service Area sides secured a trio of wins against Lancashire in the final round of games. The under-12s made it two wins out of three, winning 16-6 away at...
Cricket ELLIS HELIRE made the most of his chance as Saddleworth A moved to the top of the Saddleworth League under-13s table. In the battle of two undefeated teams,...
A COURAGEOUS Royton woman who was in the midst of planning her dream wedding to the love of her life has lost her battle with cancer. Joanne Mayall (35) was diagnosed with...
Council braced for appeal THE Environment Agency acted on flawed advice from Oldham Council when it turned down an application to tip waste at Birks Quarry. That’s...
Councillor blasts temporary ‘joke’ Here stands the temporary replacement for Broadway Library. It’s a handful of makeshift hospital-style trolleys...
President responds to theories on swine flu A Saddleworth pub landlord has received a response from President Barack Obama after raising concerns over the swine flu virus....
Champions League parade planned MOTORISTS could face major disruption in Manchester city centre tomorrow... depending on the result of tonight’s Champions League Final....
A VINTAGE motorbike fan who suffers from bowel cancer is well on his way to completing a mammoth 874-mile ride from John O’Groats to Land’s End — all in the name...
STUDENT Rachel Jones Hind has gained national recognition for a film promoting University Campus Oldham to disabled people. The digital arts student, who is registered blind...
MORE than £2 million was spent housing prisoners in police cells across Greater Manchester last year as the prison population continued to spiral. The Ministry of...
Builder provides solution Boatman John Lund was all at sea over plans to close a controversial bridge. He was convinced the six-week closure would wreck his summer...
Soldiers from 75 Engineer Regiment, based in Failsworth, have been working in the Scottish Highlands — building a new house for a polar bear. The 80-strong Territorial...
Quartet set for Halle spotlight A QUARTET of talented musicians are tuning up for the small screen after being selected for a unique orchestra. Rory Farrell, James...
ORGANISERS ensured the investiture of the new Mayor of Austerlands was a grand occasion after discovering his historical roots. Springhead’s Gerry De Maine was appointed...
MATURE motorists are being offered a free refresher driving course this week. Oldham Council’s Road Safety team is running the course at the Fitton Hill Centre for...
WHAT’S your idea of giving to charity? Throwing a few coppers into a collection tin, pledging your support on Children in Need night or even setting up a direct debit from...
Here are Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards: AYR 2.20 Baileys Vision 2.50 Swinbrook 3.20 Stateside 3.50...
Christie in Oldham Appeal POWERFUL machines used to treat patients at Oldham’s new £17 million radiotherapy centre will be housed in a huge concrete bunker with walls up to...
HOW many of you were budding Jamie Olivers as children? Maybe you didn’t have a choice but to help your parents in the kitchen. How many youngsters these days know how to do...
