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Angling: KEN Power was adamant it was his Tri-Cast Trilogy that gave him the edge in the latest five-hour Old Hough Farm open match on Lower Benbo. He needed all of his 17.5...
Date Published 06/06/2014
CRICKET: DELPH have had a double boost ahead of their Drakes Huddersfield League clash at home to Skelmanthorpe tomorrow (1.30pm). Lancashire all-rounder Arron Lilley and Greg...
CRICKET: WITH forecasters predicting heavy showers, play could be at a premium in the Saddleworth and District Cricket League tomorrow. It’s top v bottom as Glodwick take...
CRICKET: CONFIDENCE in sport is everything. A lack of confidence can manifest itself in a failure to cross the winning line when victory seems easier than defeat — a trap...
RUGBY: TWENTY-EIGHT years of playing rugby league have come to an end for Chris Hough. His obsession with the game ended where it had started, Waterhead Park, where Chris had...
CRICKET: THE Saddleworth and District Cricket League’s under-17s competition has been plagued by poor weather. Of the 16 scheduled fixtures so far this...
SNOOKER: TARA ‘A’ have been crowned snooker champions in the Saw-Tech Shaw League — despite losing their final game of the season 5-1 at home to...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY AFC are expanding next season with the addition of five new teams alongside the existing Evo-Stik NPL first team. The club is...
SPORTS BETTING: OF all the world’s great sporting events, the Tour De France is surely the most gruelling. This year’s cycling super-marathon...
HOCKEY: ENGLAND women suffered their second Pool ‘B’ defeat in the Rabobank Hockey World Cup in Holland, going down 3-0 to China. This result followed a...
CHADDY Park FC supporter Adam Robinson (25) shaved off his long hair to raise more than £800 (and counting) for Dr Kershaw’s Hospice. The event took place at the...
AN Oldham company is heavily involved in the attempt by the Bloodhound project to raise the land speed record to more than 1,000mph. Bloodhound is based in Bristol and headed...
Chronicle managing editor David Whaley is sharing his throat cancer treatment experiences with readers. Part four: under the zapper... BEFORE the first of the 16...
TWO Oldham men have been jailed after drugs worth £2,000 were recovered from a house in Coldhurst. Dean Wright (29), of Huddersfield Road, and Carl Atkinson (45), of...
PAUL SCHOLES, who retired last year after a stellar career with Manchester United, has invested in Hotel Football Manchester — the second venue opened by former Reds Gary...
RUGBY: TOUCH rugby, one of the world’s fastest-growing forms of the sport, is coming to Oldham. Oldham Rugby League Club has become a licensee of the...
CRICKET: TWO wins from three games played represented a decent return for the Failsworth Macedonia club in the North Manchester League. The first XI overcame...
CRICKET: CROMPTON all-rounder Simon Wright is the only local player in the CLL senior team to play the Lancashire County League in the Reader Inter-League...
SHAW and Crompton district executive and community forum will be held at Shaw Lifelong Learning Centre, High Street, on Tuesday, June 24, from 7.30pm. “LAST of the Summer...
THE family of a seriously-ill three-year-old girl has been “overwhelmed” by the efforts of local people. Last month Tehyah Solan-Clarke was placed in an induced...
CRICKET: HEYSIDE’S Nick Campbell leads the Saddleworth and District Cricket League side into battle against the Bolton Association at Flixton CC on Sunday...
A CONVICTED killer has admitted going on the run after fleeing day release. Arnold Pickering (44), from Chadderton, fled while on temporary release from HMP Kennet in Maghull,...
A CAR stolen by machete-wielding robbers who forced their way into a terrified couple’s home has been found in Chadderton. The blue Audi S3, stolen from a family in...
CRICKET: ROYTON must play their next two Lake Garage CLL fixtures without skipper Denny Hulme and all-rounder Alan Durose. The pair have been handed bans following...
THE FRIDAY THNG: WHO would be Nick Clegg now? Walloped in the local and European elections that reduced him to a tearful, red-eyed victim, Clegg now finds himself accused of...
ENJOY a cuppa and a cake tomorrow at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Station Road, Uppermill, from 10-11.30am, to raise money for pancreatic cancer research. Raffle, greetings...
OLDHAMERS can see how plans for the new Coliseum theatre and Heritage Centre are shaping up in Gallery Oldham’s latest exhibition. The proposals involve bringing the old...
A novel festival will add a new dimension to Saddleworth’s crowd-pulling Whit Weekend. The Beer and Music Festival at the White Hart, Lydgate, will run from June 12-15...
WHIT walkers are hoping for a sunny Sunday to keep them dry during celebratory processions. In Royton, congregations from Trinity Methodist, St Paul’s and Royton Moravian...
A CHADDERTON business owner has given money to secure the future of a popular Latics youth project. Martin Thomas, who owns the vehicle-leasing firm Optima Cars and is a...
