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Viaduct cushion
VIADUCT B lead by four points in Earlestown Darts League Division A after a 5-3 win against Swan. D Smith and SA Jones won in 15 darts for Swan, while S Morse and D Smith succeeded in 18 for Viaduct. Vulcan went down to a last-leg loss against Old Crow
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Glance guide to Warrington sport
Bowls Warrington Afternoon Short Mat Bowls Association results: Derbyshire Hill 7 Cinnamon Brow C 5, St Davids B 11 Cinn Brow A 1, Cinn Brow B 11 St Davids A 1, Cinn Brow D 2 Padgate A 10, Golborne 10 Padgate B 2, Croft A 12 Grange B 0, Grange A 12 Croft
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Leaders stunned
WARRINGTON Snooker League Division One leaders 147 Snooker had their advantage cut to four points as they struggled past Winwick Social 4-3. Newton Social were one of the clubs to gain ground with a 6-1 victory against Snookers A, while Roosters C are
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Lion fall to B team
ESM B caused the upset of the week in Grappenhall Darts League by winning at fourth-placed Golden Lion. The best winners for lowly ESM B were R Hadland, 20 darts, and R Salt, 22, while S Tatlock won in 17 for Golden Lion. ESM A narrowly defeated Crown
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Katie to the rescue in a moment of hockey magic
Daten 3 Buckley 3 SUBSTITUTE Katie Murray rescued a draw for Daten women's hockey team with her first touch in Saturday's game against Buckley. She entered play with five minutes remaining of the Cheshire Women's League Division Two clash and she was
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Price dislocates knee in Tigers' first home defeat
Westbrook Tigers 10 Shevington A 20 WESTBROOK suffered their first home defeat after coming up against a strong Shevington side in Mark Norris Building Services North West Counties Amateur Rugby League Division Seven. Tigers lost full back Gareth Price
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Redgrave rowing aces
WARRINGTON Rowing Club had eight medallists at the British Indoor Rowing Championships in Birmingham on Sunday. Lymm High School pupils Sarah Cooper, Taslim Hussain, Katy McQuillian and Olivia Oakes stole the show by winning gold in the girls' junior
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Patrols to catch underage drinkers
CHESHIRE Constabulary is cracking down on underage drinking in the run up to Christmas. Officers will be patrolling at key times to take alcohol off underage drinkers and to give out on the spot £80 fines to people caught supplying young people with alcohol
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Sutton makes his mark
Liverpool St Helens 5 Lymm 28 LYMM moved up to third place in rugby union's Powergen North Two West after securing a comfortable win at Liverpool St Helens. Lymm put in an impressive performance on their first visit to Moss Lane in 20 years and ran in
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Patrols to catch underage drinkers
CHESHIRE Constabulary is cracking down on underage drinking in the run up to Christmas. Officers will be patrolling at key times to take alcohol off underage drinkers and to give out on the spot £80 fines to people caught supplying young people with alcohol
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Wolves name squad for two festive friendly dates
WOLVES head coach Paul Cullen has named three of his new recruits in a 20-man squad for the festive season friendlies against Widnes Vikings and Bradford Bulls. Scrum half Michael Sullivan, utility back Stuart Reardon and winger Richie Barnett are set
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Style guru set to play it tough
New Zealand international prop forward Paul Rauhihi will be Wolves' only representative in the Tri-Nations Final on Saturday if he overcomes a thigh injury. Chris Flanagan introduces the man behind the mountain. THE usual rugby league stereotypes do not
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Cut down on club games
WOLVES centre Martin Gleeson believes Great Britain's chances of success on the international scene are being hampered by the number of domestic games British players have to play. Gleeson was part of the Great Britain side that missed out on the Tri-Nations
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Final whistle blows on Sheron's playing career
MIKE Sheron has quit Warrington Town after his troublesome knee injury persuaded him to bring his playing days to an end. Sheron was unveiled as the biggest signing in the club's history just over a month ago, but having previously been on the sidelines
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Wolf Pack stretch their legs at top of the Sunday League table
WARRINGTON Touchline Sports Sunday Soccer League side Seven Woods were knocked out of the Denis Scholes Trophy at the second-round stage at the weekend. They went down to a 3-2 defeat against Brooklands, even though Liam Caffery and Ste Cross both found
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196 arrests following
Crackdown A WARRINGTON police initiative has seen 196 offenders arrested during the past week. Crackdown on Crime is Cheshire Police's autumn and winter initiative aimed at putting more criminals behind bars with people arrested for offences including
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Shafilea
family bailed until 2006 AS the family of murdered schoolgirl Shafilea Ahmed are rebailed for a seventh time, her killer is still at large. It is more than a year since six relatives of the 17 year-old were arrested on suspicion of perverting the course
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Family hold bedside vigil for Craig
AN anxious father is clinging to hope as a serious road smash has left his 21-year-old fighting for life. Dave Lester, told the Warrington Guardian of his family's agonising wait after son Craig was thrown from his motorbike on Saturday suffering 'horrific
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Rugby League showcases its real values
THE Rugby Football League will launch a brand new code of conduct for everybody in involved in the sport at the Gillette Tri-Nations Final between Australia and New Zealand at Elland Road, Leeds tomorrow (Saturday). The Right Honourable Richard Caborn
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Prizes to bowlers
BOWLS champions were honoured in a presentation event at St Davids Social Club in Wargrave Road. St Helens North MP Dave Watts was the guest of honour at this year's prize giving ceremony of the Vulcan St Davids Bowls Club. He had a busy night, handing
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Bryn go joint top
EARLESTOWN Town Furnishing Snooker League leaders Rileys lost 4-2 at Earlestown Cons thanks to Eric Hazelton's victory in the last match. That defeat allowed Bryn Labour to go joint top despite needing a win from Lee Cunliffe to rescue a 3-3 draw against
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Professional fishing coach now on board
IAN Smidowicz won Newton Anglers' Association Sunday Open Sweepstake on the upper pound of the Sankey Canal by catching a large ide on the last cast of the match. On a cold day, Smidowicz collected ide, roach, perch and skimmers to 3lbs 5ozs 0drms on
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Greg Wilde's try earns Golborne Parkside a share of the spoils
GOLBORNE Parkside under 12s rugby league team were unable to hold on to their 6-0 lead against Wigan St Judes on a deteriorating pitch and had to settle for a draw. Player of the match Greg Wilde's try and Mike Scally's conversion had handed Golborne
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Patrols to catch underage drinkers
CHESHIRE Constabulary is cracking down on underage drinking in the run up to Christmas. Officers will be patrolling at key times to take alcohol off underage drinkers and to give out on the spot £80 fines to people caught supplying young people with alcohol
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Hodkinson fires home a hat-trick
NORTH West Division Nine South leaders Lymm Hockey Club maintained their good form with a 6-3 win at Runcorn's third team. The visitors did fall behind when Runcorn converted a penalty corner after three minutes, but four minutes later Hodkinson dispatched
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Sports digest
Lovely day on Victoria green LOVELY Lane took three of the top four positions in Warrington Public Parks' Bowls League's Winter Sweep on Sunday. Derek Gorton defeated teammate Tony Smith 21-18 in the final, while the losing semi finalists were Rod Chadburn
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Great Latchford effort faded with tiredness
Latchford Albion A 8 Widnes St Maries A 26 LATCHFORD'S A team gave Widnes St Maries A their toughest game of the season but were beaten in their North West Counties Division Six clash. Despite the poor conditions, the visitors got off to a flying start
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Youth and junior amateur rugby league round-up
Crosfields u16 60 Saddleworth u16 6 PACY centre Taylor Welsh scored a hat-trick as Crosfields demolished Saddleworth. The visitors could not cope with Crosfields' pace and power, with Adam Neal and centre Steve Taylor scoring twice while half back Chris
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Bank shut down
Bank Quay Bulls 6 Pilkingtons 23 BANK Quay Bulls lost their unbeaten record in the North West Counties Amateur Rugby League Premier Division after falling to a home defeat against Pilkingtons on Saturday. The visitors, who are becoming a bogey side for
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Warriors third in Papoose Gala
WARRIORS of Warrington Swimming Club had winners in eight events at the Papoose Gala in Woolston on Saturday. Many of the swimmers were representing the club for the first time, and each competitor secured a new personal best, with Catherine Parker, Sophie
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The Potter family clock up 94 points in Moore's clash with Wigan
Moore 8 Ellesmere Port 14 MOORE failed to score in the second half of Saturday's South Lancashire and Cheshire Three clash and paid the price. With 10 minutes to go Port gave away a penalty in front of the posts. Rather than go for drawing level by going
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Warrington unable to convert pressure into points
Anselmians 27 Warrington 5 WARRINGTON rugby union team have still not learned how to convert sustained pressure into points as they contrived to lose a game which they could easily have won. Warrington were so much on top in the first half of Saturday's
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Eagle's under 17s stars up to the challenge at higher age group
Caldy u19 5 Eagle u19 5 AN injury-ravaged Eagle Rugby Union Club colts team returned from Caldy with a hard-fought point to keep their Lancashire and Cheshire League title hopes alive. Eagle had four under 17s players in their ranks, with Andrew Giblin
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Tench and carp offer good sport at Whitley
THE opening of Belmont Pool is moving closer thanks to the efforts of the few volunteers who have been giving up time to carry out necessary work. The work continued on the Lymm Angling Club water on Sunday, with the main task being to remove excessive
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Who says there are no small roach in canal?
WARRINGTON Anglers' Association's disabled and over 60s match on Monday showed how the Bridgewater Canal can change when a few frosts send water temperatures plummeting. In freezing fog, when at times anglers could just about see the adjacent competitor
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Shock in Guardian Cup as holders bow out after extra time
GUARDIAN Cup holders Greenalls Padgate St Oswalds are out of this season's competition after losing 4-3 against St Michaels. With Lee Webster ill and the duo of Chris Dutton and Fergus Morris held up in traffic, Greenalls boss Ian Lomax was forced to
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I salute our remarkable servicemen
WARRINGTON turned out in style as Prince Charles honoured Cheshire's military men and women. North west dignitaries braved the November chill for the regal ceremony as 227 men from the King's and Cheshire Regiment (KCR) were recognised with medals for
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Immigrant attacked PC
AN illegal immigrant is on the run after attacking a policeman. The Chinese man in his 20s escaped from an officer on Padgate Lane by biting and scratching causing deep cuts. The man had been arrested by an officer last Wednesday but escaped within minutes
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Damning reaction to merger plan
REACTION to news of a possible merger between Warrington Hospital and Whiston Hospital has been vociferously damning. Last week the Warrington Guardian broke the news that plans were in the pipeline to merge the two trusts, which currently share the same
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Drug dealer fled prison and hid
at dad's house for four months A DRUG dealer escaped from Thorn Cross prison for four months until he was found at his father's home in Runcorn. Peter Potbury was found to be missing from the Warrington prison during a roll check on July 7. The 19-year-old
