TONGE Ward Labour Club incurred mixed fortunes in their recent matches in the Cosmopolitan League In a match against GM Buses, the busmen scored 109 mainly due to an innings of 32 from Ronak. In reply Tonge Ward managed a spirited 92 for 8. However, in
THE results in the bottom half of Division One of the Metropolitan League have been unpredictable all year and, as the league table shows, there is precious little to choose between four or five sides. The latest turn of the roundabout saw Daubhill lift
By Peter Stafford: POSSIBLY the most often repeated assertion being currently heard around the grounds of the Fort Sterling Bolton League is: "It's time we had a change in the points system." And whenever you hear it, be it from player, club official
By MICHELE BOWKER CHANGES in Bolton's weekend home help service have left an elderly Lostock man fuming. Norman Morlidge, aged 88, is angry that home helps from outside Bolton are drafted in to boost the service. Mr Morlidge, who has just come out of
THE Bolton Tennis Tournament gets underway on July 12 with play continuing through until the finals on July 20. The tournament will again be held at the Bolton School courts on Chorley New Road. This year, with an increase in entries, there will be a
FEARS ARE growing that Westhoughton children may not have a bus service home from their Atherton school next term. A change in the school hours means that pupils at Hesketh Fletcher CE High will finish 10 minutes later - at 3.25pm - next term. But it
LITTLE Victoria Thomas is set to get a twin brother or sister...two years she was born! Victoria was born in February 1994 after test-tube treatment. And on Monday her mum, Janice, will give birth to her biological twin - developed from a frozen embryo
Bolton League have the oppportunity of the perfect rehearsal for next week's Lancashire inter-league semi-final with the Lancashire County League. The side that will line up for that game will meet the Manchester Association tomorrow in the annual friendly
ELTON are hoping to repeat last year's Cross Cup success when they go into tomorrow's semi-finals of the Association's premier competition. But first they will have to get the better of Atherton - the team they beat in last year's final. Elton's win was
BRAVE mongrel Scruff is in the running for a national award designed to pay tribute to man's best friend. Owner Peggie Foster Mitchell nominated her beloved puppy for the courageous way he battled back to health after an horrific attack by another dog
THE Vimto Bolton Association has reached the halfway stage of the season and it is interesting to look back and consider my thoughts and predictions made at the quarter mark, writes John Carlson. At that time Clifton were the league leaders and they have
PUPILS and staff from Birtenshaw Hall School were bowled over at a special presentation ceremony at the Oval cricket ground in London. They were handed the keys to a new adapted minibus to be used for the benefit of the pupils at the school. The New Horizons
POLICE were today hunting for a maniac who raped a 14-year-old at knifepoint in broad daylight outside a church. The man grabbed the schoolgirl as she waited at a bus stop in front of St Anne's church, Manchester Road, Clifton, early last night. He marched
BOLTON United Harriers Senior Ladies travelled to Barnsley for the second round of the Jubilee Cup, knowing they faced a tough struggle with the team badly depleted. Though there were only seven competitors, their spirits were high and they produced some
MARK Smith, the current leader in the English U12's Fell Championship, took the Winter Hill junior fell race by storm. Mark, running on home ground, led the field around the demanding two mile course from the start. He won in a time of 18.03, nearly one
Wigan 26 Castleford 25 By DAVID MAGILTON WIGAN can thank their lucky stars and the boot of Andy Farrell that their title dreams are still alive. Bradford Bulls, who look like losing their coach Brian Smith, did them a huge favour by hammering St Helens
LAST Saturday the terribly sad news was broken that Stoneclough, the Bolton Combination's top club over the past two seasons, had lost the team that has just achieved a magnificent second successive Premier Division championship, writes John Bullen. The
