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George Broadbent scored his first professional goal for Dale against Swindon

Swindon 2 - 2 Rochdale

Rochdale ended a run of five straight defeats with a pulsating 2-2 draw on the road at in form Swindon but were ultimately left disappointed they didn't take all three points after a stoppage time equaliser for Swindon.

Date Published 17/10/2021

Hockey: Timperley Mens 4ths 7 - 0 Rochdale Mens 2nds

Rochdale travelled away to league leaders Timperley on Saturday 9 October for what proved to be a thrilling contest from both sides. The home team were coming into the game...

Date Published 15/10/2021

Judo: Rochdale Judo Club Juniors Championship 2021

Over 40 youngsters from the area gathered at Rochdale Judo Club for its annual Juniors Championship on Sunday 10 October.

Date Published 15/10/2021

Dale Supporters Trust AGM

The Dale Trust will be holding its Annual General Meeting next month.
The Trust AGM is planned for Saturday 13 November commencing at 11am in the Dale Bar at the Crown Oil Arena.

Date Published 15/10/2021

Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club

Martin Brennan, in his Solo, was on form on Sunday (10 October) winning the first and third races as he mastered the shifty north west winds.

Date Published 14/10/2021

Boxing: debuts for Scarlett Holden and Connor Middleton

Two 11-year-old boxers made their debuts for Hamer Amateur Boxing Club when they participated in a skills match at St John’s Boxing Club in Chorlton on Saturday 8 October.

Date Published 13/10/2021

Rugby union: Rochdale Junior Colts 50 - 14 Sefton Junior Colts (friendly)

With an official rest weekend for league fixtures, Rochdale had the opportunity to entertain Sefton, a team one league higher, in a friendly fixture on Sunday 10 October.

Date Published 13/10/2021

Rugby league: Former Rochdale Mayfield players named in England Knights squad

Former Mayfield players Matty Ashton and Matty Lees have been named in the England Knights 20-man squad for the match against Jamaica at Castleford on Friday 15 October).

Date Published 12/10/2021

British Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: clean sweep of gold medals for Perez trio

Three Rochdale siblings all landed gold at the Nova Grappling Youth Open competition in Croydon, London, on Sunday (10 October).

Date Published 11/10/2021

Rochdale 0 - 1 Crawley

Rochdale’s poor run of form continued as Kwesi Appiah scored the only goal to condemn Dale to their fifth straight defeat in all competitions. The Crawley striker slid in to turn...

Date Published 11/10/2021

Hockey: Rochdale Mens 2nds 1 - 3 Sale Mens 2nds

Rochdale entertained a Sale side on a rainy Saturday 2 October 2021 off the back of an underserving 5-1 loss away to Buxton, with high hopes to continue the impressive second half...

Date Published 08/10/2021

Hockey: Rochdale Ladies 0 - 3 Bolton Ladies

Rochdale had their first home match of the season on Saturday 2 October, hosting Bolton Ladies 2nds. Any hopes of staying dry were dashed before the match even started, and it...

Date Published 08/10/2021

Rochdale AFC shareholders approve the issue of nearly 400k new shares

Rochdale AFC shareholders have voted in favour of the club issuing 400,000 new shares at an EGM on Wednesday (6 October).

Date Published 07/10/2021

Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club

Racing at Hollingworth Lake on Sunday 3 October was limited to a few who ventured out.
It was a wild wind during the first race and the three boats avoided capsizes, except for...

Date Published 07/10/2021

Rugby union: Rochdale Junior Colts 12 - 14 Morley Junior Colts (friendly)

With no league game and some good results of late, Rochdale invited Morley to Moorgate Avenue on Sunday 3 October. Morley play in a higher league in the Yorkshire setup and so...

Date Published 07/10/2021

Head coach Matt Calland signs new deal at Hornets

Rochdale Hornets has announced that head coach Matt Calland has signed a new deal to remain at the club for the 2022 campaign.

Date Published 07/10/2021

MMA: Tyler Derbyshire scoops silver and national squad place for Junior World Championships

Rochdale MMA fighter Tyler Derbyshire, 15, has been chosen for the England squad in next year’s IMMAF Junior World Championships after scooping a silver medal at the English...

Date Published 06/10/2021

Knockhill takes its toll - but Brown’s still leads British Rallycross category

Local rallycross driver Steve Brown endured a tough weekend in Scotland (24-25 September), managing only one podium spot in the BMW MINI double header at Knockhill Race Circuit.

Date Published 06/10/2021

Last putt win for Academy 1 in Castle Hawk Ryder Cup

Castle Hawk golf club’s Ryder Cup competition was keenly contested in an excellent spirit before being won by Academy 1, providing great excitement for the throngs of spectators...

Date Published 05/10/2021

Bradford 2 - 0 Rochdale

Bradford City maintained their unbeaten home form with a goal in each half to send Rochdale back over the Pennines pointless. Alex Gilliead reacted quickest after Joel Coleman...

Date Published 04/10/2021

Boxing: Hamer’s schoolboy champion Charlie Braddock defeated by Muhammad Safari

Fourteen-year-old ‘Champagne’ Charlie Braddock, of Hamer Amateur Boxing Club, ended the National Schoolboy contest as a semi-finalist after being defeated by Muhammad Safari, who...

Date Published 03/10/2021

Opening girls’ rugby league session a success

16 girls aged from 11-16 from Rochdale got involved with a Rochdale Hornets Sporting Foundation girls’-only rugby league session last weekend with special guests Victoria Molyneux...

Date Published 02/10/2021

Rochdale Golf Club makes history with cup victories

The last weekend of September marked a historic weekend for Rochdale Golf Club as it won both the Dunham Forest Trophy and the City Glass Men's Foursomes for the very first time -...

Date Published 01/10/2021

Boxing: Hamer's Austin Heneghan wins fight of night after victory over Tyree Holden

Hamer Amateur Boxing Club’s Austin ‘Powers’ Heneghan won fight of the night after a recent victory over Tyree Holden, of Accrington Lions.

Date Published 01/10/2021

Rugby union: Rochdale Junior Colts 55 - 0 Aldwinians Junior Colts

Rochdale entertained Aldwinians at Moorgate Avenue in the first round of the Lancashire Cup on Sunday 26 September. Both teams are at the top of their respective leagues although,...

Date Published 01/10/2021

Rochdale AFC Academy to be named after club director Andrew Kelly

In recognition of his long-standing contribution to Rochdale AFC's academy, the club has announced that the academy has been formally renamed as the Andrew Kelly Rochdale AFC...

Date Published 01/10/2021

Hockey: Rochdale Ladies 3 - 1 Stockport Bramhall Ladies 2nds

Excited for the start of the new hockey season, Rochdale were playing away against Stockport Bramhall Ladies 2nds on Saturday 25 September. Unfortunately the weather didn't get...

Date Published 30/09/2021

Hockey: Buxton Mens 2nds 5 -1 Rochdale Mens 2nds

Rochdale opened the new 2021/2022 hockey season with a tough away fixture to Buxton Mens 2nds on Saturday 25 September. With the new divisional format devised by the Northwest...

Date Published 30/09/2021

Rangi Chase re-signs for Hornets for 2022

Former England star Rangi Chase has re-signed for Rochdale Hornets for the 2022 League 1 season.
Chase, 35, made the mid-season switch to Hornets during the 2021 season, bringing...

Date Published 30/09/2021

Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club

Some of the club’s junior sailors recorded impressive results away at the RYA Junior Championship this weekend (25 & 26 September). The championship was sailed at Derwent...

Date Published 28/09/2021

Rugby league: Leigh Miners 12 - 26 Mayfield

With a severely depleted squad Mayfield made the trip to Leigh on Saturday 25 September for the first round of the NCL Shield competition, knowing they were in for a tough time.

Date Published 28/09/2021

Graham Morris appointed as Rochdale AFC club president

Rochdale AFC has announced that former director Graham Morris has accepted an invitation to become club president.

Date Published 27/09/2021

Crown Oil Arena's main stand renamed in memory of late chairman David Kilpatrick

The main stand at the Crown Oil Arena has been renamed as the David Kilpatrick stand, in memory of the club’s former chairman who sadly died last week.

Date Published 27/09/2021

Online information session to help sports clubs and physical activity providers score more funding

Local charity Action Together is hosting a free online information session on Wednesday (29 September) to help and support sports clubs and physical activity providers.

Date Published 25/09/2021

Valley Thai Boxing Club students named Sandee Open Champions as they take home title belts

Members of Whitworth-based Valley Thai Boxing Club celebrated success at the Sandee Muay Thai Open Championships on 11 September.

Date Published 25/09/2021

Rugby union: Oswestry Junior Colts 7-62 Rochdale Junior Colts

Rochdale Junior Colts made the long trip to Oswestry, Shropshire for their second league match of the current campaign on Sunday (19 September).
The game played with full...

Date Published 24/09/2021

Rugby league: Mayfield preview

After losing out in last week’s play game at Hunslet, Rochdale's Mayfield travel to face Leigh Miners in the first round of the NCL shield competition this weekend (Saturday 25...

Date Published 24/09/2021

Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club celebrates 75 years

The Lake Sailing Club celebrated the 75th anniversary of its founding on Saturday and Sunday (18 and 19 September).

Date Published 23/09/2021

Former Dale chairman David Kilpatrick dies, 78

Former Rochdale AFC chairman David Kilpatrick has sadly died at the age of 78 (Tuesday 21 September).

Date Published 22/09/2021

Boxing: Hamer's Charlie Braddock storms into National Schoolboy Semi-Finals

Fourteen-year-old ‘Champagne’ Charlie Braddock, of Hamer Amateur Boxing Club, has stormed into the National Schoolboy semi-finals.

Date Published 22/09/2021

Rugby league: Rochdale Masters continue fantastic run of form

Rochdale’s Masters of rugby league continued their fantastic run of form last week as they played out a very entertaining game against the strong, quick Boothstown Terriers side...

Date Published 22/09/2021

Football: all ticket for Saturday’s game against Oldham Athletic

Saturday’s (25 September) Sky Bet League Two game between Rochdale and Oldham Athletic at the Crown Oil Arena has been designated as an all ticket fixture.

Date Published 21/09/2021

Rugby league: Hunslet 32 – 12 Mayfield

The writing was on the wall before Mayfield had even boarded the bus for Saturday’s (18 September) 32-12 loss against Hunslet.

Date Published 20/09/2021

Rochdale fans' statue tribute to ‘superfan’ David Clough installed at Crown Oil Arena

The statue of late ‘superfan’ David Clough has been unveiled at the Crown Oil Arena (Saturday 18 September) after football fans raised over £10,000 to honour his legacy.

Date Published 20/09/2021

Boxing: Leevan Fong Junior reaches semi-finals of England Boxing National Schools Championships

Littleborough ABC’s Leevan Fong Junior has advanced to the next stage of the England Boxing National Schools Championships.

Date Published 17/09/2021

Rugby league: Mayfield preview

Mayfield face their toughest test of the season so far on Saturday (18 September), as they enter the play-off stages of the National Conference League and make the journey over...

Date Published 17/09/2021

Rugby Union: Rochdale Junior Colts 40-0 Macclesfield Junior Colts

For their opening match of the new season as junior colts (under 17s), Rochdale entertained Macclesfield at Moorgate Avenue on Sunday 12 September; the first time the two teams...

Date Published 16/09/2021

Obituary: Gerry Unsworth

Former Rochdale Hornets player Gerry Unsworth passed away on the 10th September 2021 aged 86 years.

Date Published 15/09/2021

Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club

It was busy on Saturday 11 September at Hollingworth Lake with the sailing club hosting another round of the North West Junior Travellers series. There were 28 juniors under 19...

Date Published 15/09/2021

Rugby union: Aspull 32 - 18 Littleborough

Littleborough's second away game this season on Saturday 11 September was the first time in some 25 years that Aspull and Littleborough had played each other.

Date Published 15/09/2021

British Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: Rochdale's Perez brothers win gold and silver at British Open Championships

Three Rochdale brothers won two gold medals and a silver at this year’s British Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Open Championships in Loughborough on Saturday (11 September).

Date Published 14/09/2021

Guy Courtney and Jan Wormald named as new directors joining Dale board

Two new directors have been appointed to the board of Rochdale AFC: Guy Courtney and Jan Wormald.

Date Published 13/09/2021

Rochdale Hornets 50 - 22 Coventry Bears

Rochdale Hornets finished their 2021 Betfred League 1 campaign on Sunday 12 September with a high-scoring 50-22 victory over Coventry Bears at the Crown Oil Arena.

Date Published 13/09/2021

MMA: Rochdale fighters make amateur debuts

Three MMA fighters from Rochdale made their amateur debuts at the Full Contact Contender 26 on Saturday 28 August.

Date Published 10/09/2021

Boxing: Littleborough’s Leevan Fong Junior takes 62-65kg North West England Boxing Championship schoolboy title

Littleborough ABC’s Leevan Fong Junior has been named the North West of England schoolboy boxing champion for the 62-65kg weight category.

Date Published 10/09/2021

Boxing: Hamer’s Charlie Braddock takes North West 44.5kg-46kg schoolboy title

Hamer Amateur Boxing Club opened the new season with another champion, when 14-year-old ‘Champagne’ Charlie Braddock travelled to Tameside to take on James White, of Technique...

Date Published 09/09/2021

Rowing: North of England Sprint Rowing Championships at Hollingworth Lake

Hundreds of competitors descended on Hollingworth Lake Rowing Club on Saturday (4 September) for the largest rowing regatta in the North – the North of England Sprint Rowing...

Date Published 09/09/2021

Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club

It seemed like a summer’s day on Sunday 5 September, which also meant a wind that was very fickle. It could change direction by 180m degrees or just fade away. It was particularly...

Date Published 09/09/2021

Rugby union: Garstang 13 - 13 Littleborough

Great weather to start the new season made for perfect conditions for an entertaining match between Garstang and Littleborough on Saturday 4 September.

Date Published 08/09/2021

Rochdale Hornets 30 - 32 Barrow Raiders

A Joe Taira red card looked to have killed any kind of contest between Rochdale Hornets and Barrow Raiders before it had the chance to even get going on Sunday (5 September) but a...

Date Published 06/09/2021

Rugby league: Mayfield 42 - 41 Crosfields

Mayfield started strongly against Crosfields on Saturday (4 September) and were 4 - 0 up after a couple of minutes after a great Lewis Butterworth try.

Date Published 06/09/2021

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