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MG Trophy newcomer Joe Cruttenden continued to build on his strong start to his inaugural season in the MG ZR championship, taking a solid points haul away from the Silverstone double header last weekend (18/19 June).
Date Published 24/06/2017
Rochdale Hornets welcome Batley Bulldogs to the Crown Oil Arena hoping to right some wrongs after their defeat in the reverse fixture.
Date Published 23/06/2017
Heywood's reward for their fine 62-run victory at Glossop in the second round of the Derek Kay First XI Cup is a home tie in the quarter-finals.
Date Published 22/06/2017
Middleton Under 19s, spurred on by captain Rhys Tierney, scored a good win over Edgeworth. The Bolton club, from the higher echelons of the Greater Manchester Cricket League,...
Mayfield play hosts to mid table Myton on Saturday afternoon. Hull based Myton are currently just below half way in the Kingstone Press NCL Premier Division having won six and...
Rochdale midfielder Joe Thompson says he is in "cancer free" after his second battle with cancer.
Date Published 21/06/2017
Delegates from the Greater Manchester Cricket League (GMCL) and the Pennine Cricket League (PCL) 2018 Steering group met at Emirates Old Trafford on Monday evening to discuss...
Right from the start both sides threw all they had at each other, Siddal started like the league leaders they are, battering the Mayfield line with drive after drive with the two...
Date Published 19/06/2017
Heywood’s 168-run defeat of Worsley in Division One of the Greater Manchester League was not totally unexpected given the respective positions of the teams in the table.
Heywood Monkeys comfortably saw off Bamford Bulldogs to set up a chance of qualification from their Archway T20 Group when they take on Thornham Thunder on Friday 23 June at 6pm.
Two wickets in the last possible over, by captain Hashum Malik, gave Norden maximum points from their visit to Saddleworth on Sunday.
Dominic Humphreys picked up two late wickets to ensure Norden collected five points from their away match against Monton and Weaste on Saturday.
Saturday Premiership: Crompton 186-3 (Denis Louis 93, Simon Wright 69no), Saddleworth 182-7 (Sam Holt 71, Danny Hesford 43);
National League team, Barrow AFC, have agreed a contract extension to hold their training base at Hopwood Hall College’s Middleton campus.
Rochdale Hornets won at home for the first time since the opening game of the season with a thrilling second half display against Bradford Bulls at the Crown Oil Arena.
Date Published 18/06/2017
Rochdale Judo Club held a grading examination on Sunday (18 June) and 27 junior judokas graded - eight pre Mon grade and 19 Mon grade.
Dale Chief Executive Russ Green met up with Jeff Stelling on Friday morning to join the TV presenter on his final marathon walk.
Date Published 17/06/2017
Rochdale Hornets have signed Wakefield Trinity prop forward Anthony Walker until the end of the season, the club's second Super League signing in the space of a week.
Date Published 15/06/2017
Brendan Moore has Rochdale Football Club on a two-year-deal. The 25-year-old American has been in the UK since the start of 2015 after graduating from North Carolina...
Rochdale golfers Michelle Black and Lisa Duffy have qualified for the national final of the American Golf Ladies Championship.
Rochdale Hornets are reducing junior ticket prices for the Father's Day game against Bradford Bulls at the Crown Oil Arena on Sunday to just £1.
Date Published 14/06/2017
After their outsanding performance last week Mayfield will have to go one better this week as they host league leaders Siddal at the Mayfield Sports centre on Friday night.
Rochdale Hornets have signed Leigh Centurions' Lewis Foster on loan for the remainder of the season. Foster, 23, can operate in the halves or at hooker and comes in at a time...
Heywood Monkeys were well beaten by Unsworth Dragons in their opening action of the Archway T20 group.
Ashton proved too strong for an under strength Middleton Thirds at the Reynor Lane ground in a Natwest T20 game on Sunday.
With no game for the first eleven and the second team rained off, the only game to survive the weather on Sunday was Middleton Cricket Club Under 19s.
A bowl out secured Middleton Cricket Club’s Second Eleven's passage into the semi-final of the Burton Cup on Saturday. Batting first, Middleton found themselves under the cosh...
Rochdale Mayfield players James Connaughton and Lewis Ainley played their part as the Great Britain Police Rugby League Team beat HM Prison Service Team at Mayfield Sports Centre.
Tanner Cup Second Round Staley v Hollinwood Norden v Saddleworth
Last weekend the weather affected a number of rides and races, but the East Lancs still had riders out and about in numbers doing a variety of events.
Date Published 13/06/2017
As the thermometers went over 30 degrees, an injury hit Hornets side, shored up by youngsters on dual registration and two debutants, tasted defeat against Toulouse in the...
Date Published 12/06/2017
Mayfield thrashed a Thatto Heath side they had expected would be their toughest game of the season so far.
Norden are through to round three of the LCB Knockout after what could only be described as a massive win at Walsden on Sunday.
Rochdale made smooth progress in the LCB Cup by virtue of a 53-run victory over Westhoughton at Redbrook on Sunday. They now travel to Lowerhouse on 2 July for their third...
Norden were left with a fixture mess following the postponement of Saturday’s first X1 Tanner Cup home match against Ashton.
Rochdale FC Girls' U9 team got off to an excellent start after playing in two football tournaments, thanks to the Community Trust programme.
Littleborough Rugby Union second team, coming so close to gaining promotion last season, were always going to find it difficult to replicate the same form in such an even division...
Date Published 11/06/2017
Hopwood Hall College’s first team recorded a 16th straight win at Salford City College to cap off a superb title winning campaign.
Date Published 09/06/2017
Calderdale Way Fell Relay Race Harriers competed in the Calderdale Way Fell Relay Race on Sunday 21 May - one of the highlights in the running calendar.
Coming from the highs of last season where all the first team accomplished a year-long goal for promotion this season was always going to be challenging and despite some...
Over 50 women at the Women’s Soft Ball Cricket Festival, known as Prosecco Cricket, at Littleborough Cricket Club. The Prosecco Soft Ball Cricket Festival is aimed at giving...
Date Published 08/06/2017
Adam Bates, Chief Executive of Rochdale Hornets, has praised Matt Calland after his Hopwood Hall Hornets team won the Colleges National Cup for the second consecutive season.
Rochdale Hornets head to Toulouse on Saturday for the first time since their League One Promotion Final heroics, as they take on the French outfit for the second time this season.
A scintillating first half display from Littleborough set the platform for a convincing victory despite a second half fightback from Burnley and Pendle. Littleborough romped to...
Date Published 07/06/2017
A dominant display saw Heywood march into the group area final of the Royal London National Club Championship.
Kate and Bobby Cross helped Heywood back into joint second place in Division One of the Greater Manchester League with victory over Denton.
Tommy Rutter, Middleton born and bred, gave a man-of-the-match performance to help Middleton to victory in their top of the table clash against Moorside.
Middleton's first match in the T20 saw them at beat Shaw in front of a reasonable crowd at Towncroft on the Bank Holiday Monday. Shaw arrived with an experienced team,...
Lewis Ainley and James Connaughton, who play locally for Mayfield ARLFC, have been named in the Great Britain Police Rugby League squad to play the HM Prison Service team on...
Mayfield Mustangs under 9s have a new kit after Kevin Hughes, of Phoenix Fre Protection Services, sponsored the team's training kit for 2017 season.
One of the longest running and sponsorships in local sport - believed to be for over 20 years - has been sustained as JW Lees handed over a cheque to Heywood Cricket Club to...
Shahruf Ali, 14, of Hamer Amateur Boxing Club, has been awarded a place on the England Talent Pathway Programme.
Date Published 06/06/2017
The East Lancashire Road Club 150 mile in 12 hours Reliability Ride, which is one of the longest rides in the season long Best All Rounder Competition, took place on Sunday.
Premiership Austerlands showing improved form have moved off the bottom of the table to 9th, and had a well-deserved win over Crompton. Austerlands 137 for 5 v Crompton 135,...
Rochdale opening batsman Ben Chapman put arch rivals Littleborough to the sword on Saturday when he blasted a magnificent 140 to set up Rochdale’s 191 run victory.
Date Published 05/06/2017
