Lymm 36 Tyldesley 3. LYMM RFC started the new Powergen North Two West season with a commanding victory against Tyldesley on Saturday. Lymm, who are unbeaten at home in 2007 and travel to Leigh on Saturday, fielded six new players and took the lead
Crosfields 18 Heworth 28. CROSFIELDS suffered their first defeat of the season at home to a gutsy Heworth side in National Conference League Division Two. The visitors from York scored three tries in the opening 15 minutes but Crosfields responded
SATURDAY saw the sun come out for the 58th annual Hatton Show in Daresbury. This year crowds were given the extra treat of being entertained by The Wicked Girl Duo who sang a wide range of popular songs - the first time singers have been at the show.
Maine Road 2 Grappenhall Sports 5. RANNY Dhaliwal and Dan Sisson tore Maine Road apart as a depleted Grappenhall Sports side won at Maine Road in the Cheshire Soccer League Second Division. The lethal finishing of the central strike partnership helped
Halton Farnworth H u16 12 Rylands Sharks u16 22. RYLANDS under 16s started their season with a hard-fought win against Halton Farnworth Hornets. Lewis Pickering crossed twice with further tries coming from Danny Brindle, Richard Lepori and Jamie Howard
Ormskirk 12 Warrington 22. WARRINGTON clinched a well-deserved away win in their first match of the Euromanx South Lancashire/ Cheshire Two season. Matt Rockey's penalty put Warrington in front and the same player extended their lead with a 30-metre
WARRINGTON Sunday Soccer League fixtures. Division One: Seven Woods v Crossbar. Division Two: Antrobus Arms v Blackburne Arms, Dog and Partridge v Alpha Care United, Elephant v Ex-Servicemans, Howley v AFC Newmarket, Sandymoor v Manx Arms. Premier
TWO convicted burglars who escaped from a Warrington prison then went on a high-speed police chase across three counties are back behind bars. Mark Wilkinson and Shane Appleton, both aged 20, were serving time for burglary at Thorn Cross Young Offenders
Greenalls PSO 2 Gamesley 0. IN-FORM Robbie Hanley struck again as Greenalls Padgate St Oswalds marched to the top of the Cheshire Soccer League First Division on Saturday. Early pressure resulted in a sweeping move between skipper Ian Whitfield, Brendan
BENEFIT cheats, unemployment and pensions were the topics of choice as the Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions came to Lymm for a questioning. Chris Grayling, who stood for Warrington South in 1997, delivered a speech to more than 50 peers
Appleton v Radbroke Hall. Appleton won by three wickets. Radbroke Hall: 98. Bowling: Jones 12-2-43-3, Truin 7-2-8-2, Stoll 8-1-22-3, Darbyshire 3-0-21-2. Appleton. M Arnold run out 12. A Hurst lbw b Almond 2. T Lomas run out 36. T Broadbent c
IAN Street will hand Tony Dunne his first Town start in Saturday's UniBond League First Division South game at Gresley. Dunne, who signed from Leigh RMI during the summer and has since spent time coaching in America, will join the rearguard after Tuesday's
LOUISE and I are leading separate lives. Because she is breast-feeding, her time is occupied with Matthew, while I, by default, tend to look after the Emily activities. At the weekend we went to the Trafford Centre. Louise went off with Matthew to do
Linotype/Cheadle 2 Crosfields 2. AN inexperienced Crosfields side paid the price for defensive mix-ups after twice taking the lead at Linotype/Cheadle in the Cheshire Soccer League First Division. Crosfields, missing five regular starters, took a deserved
Ince Rose Bridge u18 12 Rylands Sharks u18 16. RYLANDS' strong defence served them well as they won their opening game in amateur rugby league's National Youth League. Man of the match Dane Evans scored the decisive try, while others were touched down
Mossley Hill 15 Eagle 17. PROMOTED Eagle started their Euromanx South Cheshire/Lancashire Three campaign with a win at Mossley Hill. Barry Gettins found a way to the line to put Eagle ahead and, although Mossley Hill responded with a penalty, Alex
WARRINGTON Town have received a boost with news about midfielder Karl Robinson this week. Robinson, who missed Town's matches this week, feared he had suffered a recurrennce of the broken foot which cut short his 2006/07 campaign. But X-rays this week
WARRINGTON kept their promotion chances in their own hands after a five-wicket win at home to Winnington Park in the Cheshire County Cricket League Second Division on Saturday. Winnington Park were bowled out for only 74, with Rob Batey taking 2 for
FIFE Rangers secured an incredible point in Warrington Soccer League's Sindh and Luqmans Indian Cuisine Division Two on Saturday. They drew 5-5 at home to St Michaels Reserves but were losing 5-1 with five minutes to go. Two goals from Simon Whitney
A CYCLIST was seriously injured when his bike was in collision with a car. The 35-year-old man, of Widnes, suffered serious head injuries when his bikee was in collision with a black Honda Civic in Warrington Road, Penketh, at 6.15pm yesterday.
YOUNG helm Alex Rigby and her crew Clare Dodd impressed the field when they crossed the line first in Fiddlers Ferry Sailing Club's September Cup. They set the pace against the tide after turning at Monks Bridge on a seven-mile course but they finished
BEN Westwood hopes departing teammate Henry Fa'afili can claim Super League's top try scorer award by firing Wolves into the play-offs tomorrow night, Friday. Fa'afili, who will join Harlequins next year after being released by Wolves, could become the
GRAPPENHALL Chess Club prodigy Martin Brown impressed at the Liverpool 800th Anniversary Interational Open. The 14-year-old, who attends Sir Thomas Boteler C of E High School, played a succession of internationally rated players and received a prize
WARRINGTON'S Stuart Conroy missed out on the medals at the men's World Angling Championships in Hungary at the weekend. Conroy was a member of the England side which finished fifth after two successive years as the champions. He was 36th in his section
Moore 6 St Edwards Old Boys 15. MOORE were beaten by relegated St Edwards Old Boys in South Lancashire/Cheshire Three at Moss Lane. Moore, who are optimistic about the season with several new players and a new coach, went behind to a penalty. The
PHIL Archer agonisingly missed out on a first European Tour victory in a play-off at the European Masters in Switzerland on Sunday. The Birchwood Golf Club professional has been in good form recently and was in contention for victory at last week's Johnnie
AN important Warrington Public Parks' Bowls League meeting will take place at Grange Sports Club on Wednesday at 7.45pm. The management committee require views on the 2007 season from delegates and players of each club, as well as establishing how many
WARRINGTON Wolves Supporters' Trust and Wolf Pack player of the year awards night will take place at in the Martin Dawes Stand at The Halliwell Jones Stadium on Tuesday at 7.30pm. Tickets are available from the Wolfware shop, or pay on the door. Price
UNBELIEVABLE isn't it! After all the rain during the summer, the River Dane is now so low and clear that Warrington Anglers' Association's bailiff there says it's almost unfishable! A good downpour will probably see it fishing its head off. The River
RIVER form remains on song with several good reports received over the last week from Lymm Angling Club members. Committee member and bailiff Dave Shard made the trip to our stretch of the River Vyrnwy at Llandrinio, where he landed some really beautiful
APPLETON are finishing their season on a high after clinching a three-wicket win at Radbroke Hall in Cheshire Cricket Alliance Division One. Duane Jones, who registered bowling figures of 3 for 43, helped to reduce Radbroke Hall to 39 for 4 and spinner
A CONTINENCE awareness week begins on Monday aimed at making people more aware of bladder and bowel problems. More than 2,000 people in Warrington are affected by the condition, which has a massive impact on their social life, relationships, feelings
THE suspended Adrian Morley is the man to drop out of Wolves' 19-man squad for tomorrow's trip to Salford. Vinnie Anderson and Simon Grix remain in the 18-man squad announced today. A statement has been released by the RFL's disciplinary committee to
TWO teenagers helped save a six-year-old boy when his arm was ripped open by a dog. Joel Dennis, from Vulcan Close, Padgate, needed around 30 stitches and spent six hours in hospital after he was bitten while playing in Valiant Park in Fearnhead on Saturday
ENGLAND'S under 16s girls' basketball squad will continue to train at Warrington Ball Hall and their coach is hopeful that the squad will soon contain players from the town. England held a training camp at the Latchford venue recently and plan to return
Rylands Sharks 18 Wigan St Cuthberts 12. RYLANDS registered their first win of the season against newly promoted Wigan St Cuthberts in the North West Counties Amateur Rugby League Premier Division at the weekend. Jamie Evans put Rylands ahead and Mike
Bank Quay Bulls 40 Orrell St James 12. BANK Quay Bulls prepared for two cup matches with a victory against Orrell St James in the North West Counties Premier Division. Bank Quay travel to Thatto Heath in the first round of the Lancashire Cup on Saturday
Woolston Rovers 29 Blackburn Knights 12. WOOLSTON Rovers got their North West Counties Amateur Rugby League Division Five campaign off to a good start with an impressive win against Blackburn Knights at the weekend. Woolston, who travel to Wigan-based
COMMENTATOR Eddie Hemmings has accepted the role of honorary president at Burtonwood Bulldogs Amateur Rugby League Club. President Peter McConnell said it is envisaged that Hemmings' role will include helping to raise the profile of the club and attending
WARRINGTON Sunday Soccer League results. Premier Division: Cheshire Hawthorne 3 Commercial 1, Reform 2 Monk Sports 8, Vulcan 1 Halton Arms 2. Division One: Brooklands 4 Abacus 3, Green Dragon 0 Seven Woods 2, Hale 0 Crossbar 1, Fleece 2 P and S Eagle
WARRINGTON Soccer League results. Premier Division: Halebank 2 Blackbrook 1, Haydock 3 Moorfield 0, Penlake 2 Beeches 3, St Michaels 5 Cronton Villa 2, Vulcan 0 Moore United 0. Division One: Croft 2 Ford Res 3, Grange SC 1 Sidac Social 1, Rainhill 2
WARRINGTON Snooker League results. Division One: Alford A 5 Alford D 2, Irlam Cons 4 Monks A 3, Richmonds 5 Irish Club A 2, Roosters A 3 Rylands A 4, Snookers A 6 Roosters C 1, Walkers B 5 Newton Social B 2. Division Two: Alford B 4 Tetley OF 3, GESM
MILLER Homes League results. Bateman BMW Premier Division: Alt Kersal Two 7 Fylde Two 27, Broughton Park Two 43 Liverpool SH Two 3, Waterloo Two 21 Manchester Two 21, Chester Two 54 West Park SH Two 7m Birkenhead Park Two 12 Sedgley Park Two 57, Stockport
Rugby Football Union results. North Two West: Lymm 36 Tyldesley 3, New Brighton 27 Vale of Lune 26, Northwich 16 Winnington Park 16, Rochdale 20 Broughton Park 11, Sandbach 3 Chester 28, Stockport 39 Leigh 8. Euromanx South Lancashire/ Cheshire One:
BUNGEE jumping out of helicopters seemed out of the question for Becky Howley. The 24-year-old was a self-confessed couch potato, who found it an effort to even make it out of the house and did not have the motivation to look for a job. But all that
Mark Norris North West Counties Amateur Rugby League results. Premier Division: Pilkingtons Recs 16 Halton Simms Cross 16, Blackbrook 50 Barrow Island 0, Bank Quay Bulls 40 Orrell St James 12, Rylands 18 Wigan St Cuthberts 12, Golborne Parkside 32 Bold
Warrington Summer Dominoes League results. PMP Fabrications Division One: Roosters B 6 Roosters A 4, Borough A 4 Woolston 6, Warrington Town FC 4 Borough B 6, Marquis 10 Monk Sports 0. B Howard Heating and Plumbing Division Two: Warrington Cons C 2
A DRUG dealer who brought almost £1,000 worth of crack cocaine and heroin into Warrington to be sold on the streets has been jailed. On Friday, Warrington Crown Court heard how Michael Gillett had been bringing drugs from a dealer in Liverpool to a Warrington
Warrington and North Cheshire Bowls Association Friday League results. Section A: Brooklands A (1) 169 King and Queen A (14) 234, St Oswalds A (12) 234 Grange B (2) 176, Hollins Park A (4) 180 Grange A (11) 200, Tetley A (7) 219 Alford Hall A (8) 228
POTHOLES and pathways are one of the main concerns of residents around Hawthorne Avenue in Great Sankey, said councillors for Great Sankey south after conducting a survey in the area.
WORK can start on contaminated gardens in Sankey Bridges. As reported previously in the Warrington Guardian, there were trace amounts of dangerous chemicals found in the land of gardens on Broadhurst Avenue and Roughley Avenue. They will now be cleared
PENKETH Library in Honiton Way is holding a book sale for three days, starting today, Thursday, during normal library hours. There are lots of bargains to be had including encyclopaedias and reference books; adult and junior fiction and non-fiction;
FATHER Francis, the singing monk, will perform at St Joseph's Social Club in Meeting Lane, Penketh tomorrow, Friday. Starting at 7.30pm, tickets are £4 on the door and are also available in advance by calling 416618. Proceeds from the concert will go
PENKETH and Sankey Royal British Legion is hosting a charity evening in aid of St Rocco's Hospice on Friday, September 21 at 7.30pm Entertainment will feature the Rod Stewart Experience. Tickets are available from the club priced £6. Call the Penketh
HEAD down to Penketh Community Pool for aqua fit classes. Classes are held on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings. For details call Carol on 724853. To find out more about classes held on Tuesday evenings call Tamsyn on 0783 4620 256. Non-swimmers
A HIGH quality hotel is to be built in Great Sankey - as a flagship development at Lingley Mere. The owners of the business park have submitted an ambitious scheme to open a 132-bedroom hotel on the site. Plans have been submitted to Warrington Borough
THE next meeting of Penketh Parish Council takes place on Monday at Honiton Square. Starting at 7.30pm, members of the public are welcome.
THE next police community action meeting in Great Sankey North takes place at 8.30pm on Thursday, October 4. Starting at 8.30pm at The Tim Parry Community Centre on Wroxham Road, the meeting gives residents the chance to name their priorities for policing
RECREATIONAL trampolinists got their first taste of competitive action at Great Sankey Leisure Centre. The Sankey Springers Trampoline Club held its first tariff competition, which helped raise £262 for the club. Lindsey Rigby, from the club, said:
A TOWN councillor has called on the council to spend more money on landscaping in Birchwood. Pauline Nelson, who is also a borough councillor, told a meeting that paths in the area were becoming totally overgrown'. She also said that there was a backlog
THE 12th Warrington East (1st Birchwood) Scout Group is holding a car boot sale on Sunday, September 16, in Forest Park from 8.00am to 1.00pm. To book a pitch call 813070 or e-mail ca.schofield@ntlworld.com Price is £7 booked in advance or £8 on the
A NEW tai chi class has started this week at Croft Activity Centre at 7.30pm. Classes are every Tuesday. Call instructor, Steve, on 0151 4243363 or 0790399 5628 for more information.
BRIDGEWATER Place at firm, MEPC Birchwood Park is in the running for a national property award. The 250,000 square foot complex - home to 125 companies and 4,000 workers - has made the shortlist for the first phase of the British Council for Offices
A FORMER Birchwood High School pupil is celebrating after picking up a distinction in a master of science degree. James Clifford, aged 27, achieved the impressive marks in quantity surveying at Salford University, where he also studied for his degree
MY wife and I went for a cycle ride around Westbrook, Whittle Hall and the new Chapelford estate this evening, about 7pm. We could not believe the number of cars that whizzed past us, way above the speed limit. These were sports cars and family
REGARDING the recent letter about the new car park. Warrington's future as a shopping city looks bleak. I had to queue for 50 minutes to get out of the helter-skelter last Saturday and, to add insult to injury, was told my ticket had expired and that
I AM in total agreement with reader Bernard Dean and his comments entitled common knowledge' which referred to a Government that doesn't care and police that can't be bothered to tackle the problem of loutish/violent behaviour of a lot of the young people
MAY we take this opportunity to thank the residents, local businesses, volunteers and all the locals at the Harrow Pub and Restaurant, in Culcheth, who helped to make the family fun day, held on August 12, a massive success. The event raised more than
aWHAT a joke - Warrington get rid of three of their best players to make way for some more foreign imports. I cannot imagine the new guys being any better than what we have let go. What happened this year with Morley, Anderson and Johnson? All three
AT some time during the building of the new bus interchange the traffic lights were removed from Scotland Road at its junction with Winwick Street. I would like to know if there are plans to replace these traffic lights because of the risk that now exists
READING the two interesting stories concerning submarines in the Warrington Guardian recently, they reminded me of my son, Andrew, who, 36 years ago, was in his last year of St John's School, when a visit was paid by the captain of the HMS Andrew submarine
TODAY I received my second card in as many months from Royal Mail, Warrington, telling me that they have a letter for me that they cannot deliver because the sender paid six pence too little postage. I am now required to pay the six pence plus £1 handling
HAVING recently returned from holiday, I read in the Warrington Midweek and Warrington Guardian about David Mowat filling in a pothole in Walton. Will he now be going to other wards like Latchford, Bewsey and Whitecross in Warrington South where there
IT seems more traffic chaos is about to occur on Cromwell Avenue with the introduction of lights at Calver Road. Let us hope that the same idiots that planned the Westbrook Crescent /Cromwell Avenue lights have not been involved. Even over the summer
REGARDING the article in Warrington Midweek with the headline Poor show on staff relations' about Firth House. My wife has been a resident there for three years. She is happy and so am I. She could not get better treatment anywhere. I visit my wife
ISN'T it time we stopped all this PC rubbish and got back to letting parents bring up their children without so much interference from outside forces? When I had the good fortune to be placed with a caring foster family, my upbringing was strict but
PAUL Cullen thinks the potential return of Vinnie Anderson will be 'a massive bonus' for Wolves at Salford. Anderson is likely to make his comeback from a back injury in Wolves' crucial last match of the regular season, having been on the sidelines with
AFTER months of consultation, Woolston High School is set to close and last week's new intake of pupils will be the last to study there. The controversial move has been met with dismay from parents and teachers, who have fought to keep it open. "They
IN the past year there have been 129 arrests made in Warrington's bars, pubs and clubs and on their grounds. Big Bar, on Bridge Street, fared the worst with 19 arrests made from August 1, 2006 to July 31 this year. The offences that caused the most
VINNIE Anderson and Simon Grix look set to make themselves available for Wolves' decisive match at Salford tomorrow night, Friday, in another example of the bravery that Paul Cullen reckons merits a place in Super League's top six. Cullen's side need
ANGRY parents-to-be say they have been ripped off' by a pram store that has shut up shop. The shutters have come down on nursery superstore Peekaboo, of Haydock Street, off Lythgoes Lane. And customers say they are yet to receive their orders and are
PAUL Cullen has been encouraged by the form of youngster Lee Mitchell during his first few games in Super League. The second rower, who turned 19 on Saturday, has featured in the last three matches and has impressed Cullen with his performances. The
THERE seems to be a misconception among many people that all football fans would rather their team was packed with 11 local players than fancy dan foreigners. Everyone would apparently be much happier if their team was filled with Fred Smiths and Albert
PAUL Cullen has warned his troops that tomorrow's match at relegated Salford will not be easy. Wolves need to win the game and hope Wigan lose to St Helens if they are to make the play-offs and Cullen is keen that his side do not slip up against a Salford
St Helens 36 Warrington Wolves 16 DID someone in the Warrington camp run over a black cat before the season started? Wolves' coaches and players will not care to admit it but the gods have certainly been against them for some reason. How else would
