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Sport

Party time with the Oldham King Riders

A VERY special volunteer regarding how they can encourage
celebration party hosted by the people from the local community
Oldham King Riders cricket team to get involved, and detail future
proved a huge success. plans.
The team took their chance to say Officials welcome all different age
a big ‘thank you’ to all their club groups to the club, while parents are
members and volunteers, while also welcome to see and join practice
raising some much-needed funds sessions indoor and outdoor.
for the devastated flood victims in The Oldham King Riders’
Pakistan. chief aim is to promote cricket
The party was staged at the and healthy activities in local
Oldham Cricket Club ground on communities.
Broadbent Road, and offered the Check out the Oldham King
Oldham King Riders a perfect Riders’ dedicated page on
opportunity to share their story Facebook.
Tommy is Isaan’s golden boy Eamonn’s mammoth

charity ride

Eamonn pictured
with his dad Matt
By Ken Bennett Atlantic Ocean in County Donegal.
The biggest challenges were the endless
TEN-YEAR-OLD Eamonn Postlethwaite hills and late finishes - around 7.30pm each
completed a mammoth 320-mile bike ride day.
from their family home in Mossley to Clare According to Eamonn’s father, an
Island, on the west coast of Ireland, raising accountant: “The toughest part of the ride
cash for a poignant charity. was slowing Eamonn down so we could
Eamonn, a pupil at St Edward’s RC keep up with him - he’s like a machine.
Primary school in Lees, raised more than “He probably could have ridden 100 miles
£1,400 for George’s Den, a Mossley-based every day!
fundraising initiative to set-up a centre for “We tried to stay on quiet country roads
local teenagers in memory of his neighbour, as much as possible, but these brought their
George Butterworth-Sice, 13, who sadly own challenges as they were much hillier
passed away in June last year from cancer. than the main roads.
Eamonn, his sister, Ciara, 13, their father “I’d be grinding my way up another climb
Matt, and friend Mike Grace, set-off from and suddenly Eamonn would shoot past just
Mossley on a glorious summer’s morning, as I was nearing the top of the hill.
heading for the ferry to Belfast. “But there wasn’t a drop of rain the whole
Tommy Lowe Ciara cycled with them as far as Liverpool way.”
on the Trans-Pennine Trail, then left the Plucky Eamonn said of the ride: ”The best
OLDHAM’S 16-year-old WBC opponent from Australia to win the gold boys to complete their journey to Ireland. bit was sprinting ahead of my Dad lots of
European champion Tommy Lowe is now medal in the final. From Liverpool the trio took the scenic times on the ride and the ferry to Ireland.
a WBC Youth Games champion. Tommy, who said he was very happy ferry across the River Mersey to Birkenhead “I rode my record distance of 82 miles one
Isaan Gym star Tommy flew out to with the result and winning a gold medal, and sailed to Belfast arriving early the next day.
Canada last month to compete as part of now hopes to go the Venice Games next morning. “I’ve ridden to Southport before which was
Team England at the WBC Youth Games year. They then rode another 250 miles across 75 miles, but this was much harder.”
showpiece. Isaan Gym Head Coach Ste Donnelly Ireland, climbing over 10,000 feet and And he added: “I was really happy to have
Tommy, from Waterhead, had two fights said: “I’m extremely proud of Tommy as passing through eight different counties. raised so much money in memory of George.”
while in Canada, firstly winning his semi- we were both nervous. Highlights were the beautiful weather - Eamonn is a keen cyclist and races for
final against an opponent from the USA. “Tommy has proved he can travel unusual for Ireland in August - the quiet ESV Manchester based at the Manchester
Tommy then put on a master class well and fight as he put on a sublime roads and suffering only one puncture the Velodrome and trains with Mossley CRT at
performance to beat a very strong performance to take the gold medal.” whole journey, and a bracing swim in the the Tameside Cycle Circuit.