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FATHER-AND-SON Mark and Stephen Barrett are the ‘Top Dogs’ at CROMPTON and ROYTON. They triumphed in the final of the four-ball matchplay knock-out bearing that...
Date Published 14/10/2009
CROMPTON and Royton have been nominated to represent Lancashire in the club-of-the-year awards. It comes in the wake of the High Barn club being granted GolfMark status....
CROMPTON are threatening to quit the CLL’S John Willie Lees Twenty/20 Competition in a row over their geographic grouping. The Glebe Street club is unhappy at not being...
OLDHAM Schools under 14s suffered a setback to their Greater Manchester Schools’ League title hopes when they went down 2-1 to Tameside. The town team dominated from the...
A RALLYING call worked the oracle for Chaddy Hoppers under-14s Red in their North Bury Junior League game against Elton and Walshaw Cougars. A few words of encouragement...
THE Christie’s at Oldham appeal — backed by the Chronicle — has hit its £100,000 target in an amazing seven months . . . five months ahead of schedule....
THE chairman of Oldham Town FC has been charged with sexual offences against children. Ken Hughes, of White Bank Road, Limeside, is charged with six counts of indecently...
A PENALTY shoot-out decided the issue when two under-16s teams from Chaddy End FC went head to head in round one of the County Cup. Locked together at 3-3, it was the boys...
THE grandmother known to generations of youngsters as Dobbyhorse Vera has hit out after a callous conwoman was jailed for duping her. Vera Smith (76), who has raised money for...
PLANS to build a controversial waste plant in Chadderton are back on the agenda to the shock of residents and fury of councillors. It was believed the scheme to burn around...
North Manchester Girls League R.O.C.S FC under-16s showed a terrific attitude to pick up maximum points in the North Manchester Girls League. Trailing 3-0 at half-time...
CAMPAIGNERS have vowed to save Crompton Hall Wood, saying it will be gone for ever if development takes place. As revealed in the Evening Chronicle on Monday, members of...
FOLLOWING the spectacular success of last year’s inaugural event, Chronicle Business, in conjunction with title sponsors NatWest Bank and Oldham Council, are launching the second...
A RALLYING cry for urgent action over the new Latics stadium plans was made by Failsworth residents who demanded a meeting with council chiefs and Oldham Athletic directors....
A row over the status of Failsworth parkland which could be swallowed up under Oldham Athletic’s new stadium plans has led to a formal complaint to Oldham Council....
SADDLEWORTH Rangers under-12s bowed out of the Lancashire Cup at the first round stage after a 24-6 defeat at Mayfield Mustangs. A handling error after five minutes gifted...
OLDHAM Athletic will join teams around the country in a nationwide bid to kick racism out of football. One Game, One Community, which runs until October 27, is designed to...
TWO Oldham men were due to appear in court today following the English Defence League demonstration in Manchester. Kevin Greaves (30), of Springwood Hall Road, and James...
A woman who tried to frame an innocent man for car theft after she was involved in a hit-and-run road smash has escaped a jail sentence. Minshull Street Crown Court,...
HIGGINSHAW Eagles under-15s dominated the first half against West Bank Bears. They led 12-6 at the break thanks to a brace of tries from man-of-the-match Elliot White, both of...
POLICE are going to town in their crackdown on burglars. Officers from the Town Centre Neighbourhood Policing Team are visiting Oldham town centre this week to encourage...
POLICE have charged a fourth man as part of a hard-hitting armed robbery operation. Gavin Noakes (30) of National Drive, Salford, has been charged with conspiracy to commit...
THERE are no problems with knife crime in Oldham’s schools, say council chiefs. Councillor Rod Blyth, cabinet member for people and communities, spoke out to reassure...
CANCER care services in Oldham are about to be transformed. Plans to expand local services have been announced in a three-year blue print covering everything from research,...
MASTER chef Angeline Al-Alawi has reached the finals of a national cooking competition thanks to her culinary skills. The contest launched by Mecca Bingo required entrants to...
A project to encourage south-east Asian women to use mental-health services has been officially launched. The Making Connections, Not Assumptions project targets older women...
Transport bosses are taking action to tackle overcrowding on trains through Mills Hill by buying back carriages from the Oldham loop line. The news comes after the Chronicle...
“HOT MIKADO” IT is a little ironic that one of Tameside’s more nondescript public halls has suddenly become the only one the big amateur companies of the...
ATHLETIC have received a triple dose of cheer as they prepare for Saturday’s Boundary Park visit of Southampton. Alan Sheehan, Sean Gregan and Nick Blackman, who have...
Date Published 13/10/2009
OLDHAM return to pre-season training on November 16 — and coach Tony Benson can’t wait. Despite the on-going issue over the ownership of the club — majority...
