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It's real

AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's so close now, I can almost smell the musky scent of 37,998 other runners. Tomorrow we fly out to New York. It's a bit of a surreal feeling, thinking in under three days we'll be pounding the

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Church welcomes minister

CHURCHGOERS welcomed a new minister to a town centre church last week. Cairo Street Unitarian Chapel welcomed the Reverend Lynne Readett during a service to mark her appointment. The presiding minister for the service was the Rev Gillian Peel, minister

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No beer here!

NEW powers allowing the police to get tough with people drinking in public have been given the thumbs up. A borough-wide alcohol designation order was unanimously approved at a meeting of the full council on Monday. It will come into force on December

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HOCKEY: On cloud nine

BOTH of Lymm Hockey Club's men's teams completed nine-goal victories against Neston at the weekend. Lymm's first team, who shocked Neston's first team in the Cheshire Cup at the start of the season, thrashed the Wirral club's fourth team 9-0 in North

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HOCKEY: Entertaining draw

WARRINGTON Hockey Club entertain Brooklands on Saturday after sharing the honours in a 4-4 draw with Bowdon in North West Division Seven North. Mike Vickers struck twice for Warrington, with James Hughes and Mark Taylor also on the scoresheet.

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Eagle brave in defeat to unbeaten Isle of Man side

Eagle 12 Douglas 23. EAGLE ran unbeaten Isle of Man side Douglas close in South Lancashire/Cheshire Three on Saturday. Eagle, who travel to Parkonians on Saturday at 2.30pm, produced a creditable display against Douglas and only trailed by four points

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Sharks lose lead

Rylands Sharks 25 Pilkington Recs 26. RYLANDS threw away an 18-0 lead as they lost at home to to Pilkington Recs in the Mark Norris Construction North West Counties Amateur Rugby League Premier Division. Chris Forster chipped to Jamie Evans and collected

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Cancer support meetings

HEAD along to Wycliffe Church on Tuesday for the first in a new series of meetings. The John Holt Cancer Support Foundation is hosting social days for members of the group on Tuesdays at the church on Bewsey Street between 10.30am and 4pm. The day includes

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Clarke to start for Great Britain

JON Clarke will make his Great Britain debut on Saturday after being drafted into the team to face New Zealand in Hull. Clarke will start at hooker and will join fellow Wolves players Martin Gleeson and Adrian Morley in the starting line-up. Terry Newton

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Legion goalkeeper scores from own area

STOCKTON Heath Legion's goalkeeper scored with a kick from inside his own penalty area as his side clinched a 3-2 win against Sandymoor in Warrington Sunday Soccer League Division Two. Danny Hoyland struck for Legion from the penalty spot and Mark Wallis

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SAILING: Roberts wins Halton Trophy

TOM Roberts skippered his Wayfarer to victory in Fiddlers Ferry Sailing Club's Halton Trophy on Sunday. Tom and M Roberts were victorious ahead of the Pico skippered by Alex Rigby, who won the Mersey Basin Young Sailor Trophy after finishing first in

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Handy Andy’s Sandiway tench catch success

WARRINGTON Anglers' Association member Andy Craddock caught a tench weighing 7lbs at Sandiway on Friday night. Another angler had a carp that was one of the originals stocks. This is how it seems to have been going all year, with just the odd fish coming

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Whitley Pool latest to be hit by an alga crash

IT is that time of morning mists, mellow fruitfulness, alga die backs and aeration requirements for many fisheries - including those attached to Lymm Angling Club. Buoyed up by being able to reopen Founders Pool following a period of very low oxygen

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Get set to vote for park facelift

FORGET X Factor or the Australian general election. There will only be one vote that matters in Warrington - the People's Millions TV contest. Because if thousands of viewers pick up the phone and give their support to Enfield Park in Cinammon Brow,

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TAEKWONDO: Eden collects two medals

LORNA Eden won gold and bronze at the Global Taekwondo UK Regional Team Championships in Stratford-upon-Avon on Saturday. Lorna, who was representing Manchester, won gold in the patterns discipline in the junior female black belt 13 and 14-year-old category

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Mixed week for Yellows

WARRINGTON Town had an away win and a home defeat in the week of Gary Owen's unveiling as the club's ambassador. Town go into Saturday's FA Trophy second qualifying round tie against UniBond Premier Division side Ossett Town, which kicks off at 3pm at

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75 per cent of parents have already set up child trust funds

THREE quarters of parents in Warrington North have set up a child trust fund account, according to new figures. Warrington North MP Helen Jones says the report shows that 3,960 children in her constituency have received £250 to start saving for their

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Kiwis can say what they like - Morley

WOLVES and Great Britain forward Adrian Morley has told New Zealand that they can say what they like about him - he has too much experience to be put off his game by a war of words. Morley unwittingly found himself at the centre of a diplomatic incident

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Casino Night is a hit.

There was an excellent turn out for the Casino Night at the Village in Warrington on October 19th. The elegance of the people who attended was matched by their generosity in buying chips and bidding on the auction! The event raised over £2000 for Warrington

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Ghosts And Goblins Invade Orford!

Wednesday night in Orford turned very hectic and extremley spooky as we took the Dudes N Divas out trick or treating in the local area and to their families homes! The children all came dressed in their spookiest and scariest outfits ready for some

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Drug traffickers must pay back £500,000

A CONVICTED drug trafficker jailed 10 years ago was back in court on Friday - having large assets seized. Michael Peacock, of Virginia Gardens in Great Sankey, along with Michael Anthony Gillett, of Preston, jointly had £500,000 seized - including a

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Louis hungry for games

LOUIS Anderson's low key season leading up to the current Test series could prove to be a massive bonus for Wolves in 2008. Kiwi Anderson is craving to make up for missing out on chunks of this campaign in what he describes as a promising and exciting

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Candlelit walk in tribute to Stuart

HUNDREDS joined a candlelit walk paying to tribute to teenager Stuart Lowe this morning. More than 300 gathered at the shrine on Sankey Street that has formed since the 18-year-old died last week. He had suffered head injuries following an attack near

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Former City man Owen links up with Town

FORMER Manchester City and England B midfielder Gary Owen has pledged to do whatever he can to help Warrington Town climb the leagues after agreeing to become the club's official ambassador. The former Penketh High School pupil, who started his football

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Former City man Owen links up with Town

FORMER Manchester City and England B midfielder Gary Owen has pledged to do whatever he can to help Warrington Town climb the leagues after agreeing to become the club's official ambassador. The former Penketh High School pupil, who started his football

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The face of hit-and-run victim

A NURSERY nurse who was the victim of a hit and run is appealing for witnesses to go to the police. Tina Clare, aged 20, was hit by a van last Thursday morning outside the Trigger Pond pub in Great Sankey. "I don't remember much really, just riding

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Town could become feeder club - Owen

NEW Warrington Town ambassador Gary Owen says the club could progress and become a feeder club for young talent in the years to come. The former Manchester City and West Bromwich Albion midfielder has agreed to help the ambitious Yellows, who are currently

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Glance guide to sport

Bowls. Orford War Memorial Monday Night Short Mat Bowls League results: M Norton 9 C Flinn 16, P Houghton 1 W Eden 23, J Naughton 10 J Sutcliffe 8, D McIndoe 14 K Cosgrove 5. Darts. Grappenhall Darts League's Jefferson Trophy fixtures for November

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Junior rugby league round-up

Haresfinch u16 8 Culcheth Eagles u16 30. PLAYER of the match Sam Stretch scored twice as Culcheth returned to winning ways. Sam Cooper also crossed twice with most improved player Sam Rogers and Andy Rogers, who landed three goals, touching down further

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GOLF: Archer on course

BIRCHWOOD Golf Club professional Phil Archer will record his highest ever finish in the European Tour Order of Merit when he ends his season at the Volvo Masters this weekend. Archer starts the final tournament of the European Tour season at Valderrama

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Impressed by Liverpool's second string

IT was a pleasure to see internationally renowned footballers gracing the turf in the latest Premier reserve league game to take place at The Halliwell Jones Stadium. Of course, there are many residents of Warrington who travel out of town to attend

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MARTIAL ARTS: Trio fare well

THREE Warringtonians impressed at the National All Styles martial arts event in Birmingham at the weekend. The trio are all based at the Chinese Kung Fu Organisation at Cheshire Martial Arts Centre with Birchwood's Master Tong Liu finishing first in

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Kewell completes Sydney double at Halliwell Jones

SYDNEY will always have a place in the history of Warrington Wolves' Halliwell Jones Stadium thanks to the scoring exploits of two of its sporting exports. Australian international footballer Harry Kewell scored Liverpool's first ever goal on the ground

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Gleeson happy with form

GREAT Britain centre Martin Gleeson is feeling good after an injury-hit second half of the Super League season with Wolves. Gleeson had to be rushed back into action following a mid-season fractured kneecap and was not at full fitness in the last few

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Town could become feeder club - Owen

NEW Warrington Town ambassador Gary Owen says the club could progress and become a feeder club for young talent in the years to come. The former Manchester City and West Bromwich Albion midfielder has agreed to help the ambitious Yellows, who are currently