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TENNIS: Eleanor serves up semi shock
SUMMERSEAT teenager Eleanor Kelly lit up the Holcombe Brook Open when she defeated top seed Sue Lawson in the ladies singles semi-finals. Kelly, who also enjoys rowing and playing football, is coached by Lawson, who was adamant that she won on merit.
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Boro all change for busy spell
RADCLIFFE Borough look set to continue ringing the changes when they visit Chorley’s Victory Park to face local rivals and play-off candidates Leigh Genesis tonight. Boro’s director of football Gerry Luczka, who spent three years at Genesis during the
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Morrell plots course for big finish
ANDY Morrell has targeted six of the best as the Shakers plot a new course for League One. A run of eight games without victory has seen Bury slip from a position of strength in the top three, but Monday’s 3-0 defeat of Burton Albion has breathed
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RUGBY UNION: Bury 11 De La Salle 67
BURY had no answer to the quality of De La Salle, who chalked up another convincing victory in a season they are destined to end undefeated. With only three games remaining and having slipped perilously close to the North Lancashire Division One relegation
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FOOTBALL: Bury GSOB 3 Radcliffe Town 2
THE Old Boys took the points with a convincing attacking performance but made hard work of it after leading 3-0 just after half time. Playing some quality football with Simon Curtis, Adam Evans, Ben Williams and Derrick Aljoe prominent, the Bury side
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FOOTBALL: Walshaw 4 Hindsford 2
WALSHAW finally got the better of lowly Hindsford after conceding two goals in the first five minutes. As the half wore on they clawed their way back into the match and, after Russ Brierley had one penalty appeal waved away, Lee Gaskell was blocked
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Boro recruit Makin an impact
CHRIS Makin has played only two games for Radcliffe Borough since signing for the clubs several weeks ago, but his Premier League pedigree was there for all to see in their 1-1 draw at Trafford. The 36-year-old former Prestwich High School pupil was
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BOXING: Bury trio into quarters
BURY Boxing Club have three fighters into the ABA Junior quarter-finals after Hassan Amjad won his 85k bout in Blackpool. He joins Yaser and Awaiz Iqbal who have also won through to the next round on April 25 in Tyne-Tees.
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Meet the Bury team
THE Bury FC first team squad will be posing for pictures and signing autographs for supporters when they visit Subway in Bury town centre on Thursday afternoon at 1pm.
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FOOTBALL: Prestwich Heys 1 Elton Vale 0
ELTON Vale’s prospects of avoiding relegation from the Manchester League Premier Division suffered a setback when they lost to Prestwich Heys at Sandgate Road on Saturday. Both teams cancelled each other out in the first half but Heys got on
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ATHLETICS: Royle showing from Eileen in Salford 10k
SIX Radcliffe AC runners competed in the popular Salford 10k on Good Friday with one taking an age category prize. Eileen Royle was first vet 60, clocking 51mins 55secs. Only the week before she had been first in her age group when she joined two other
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Resurgent Rams enjoy Easter bonanza
RAMSBOTTOM United took maximum points over Easter to move back up to fourth in the Vodkat NW Counties Premier Division. A John Robinson penalty and strikes from Phil Dean and Michael Morrison earned the resurgent Rams a 3-1 win over St Helens Town at
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MOTOR SPORT: Bury trio impress at Oulton Park
ROB Birrell was the best finisher of three Bury-based motor racers to start the season at Oulton Park. Company director Birrell drove his Caterham 7 single seater clubman’s car into two second-place finishes in both his 20-minute races after qualifying
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Comedian hoping to raise laughs - and cash - for charity
BURY comedian Phil Buckley will be hoping to raise a pile of money as well as a few laughs at his annual Comedy4Christies event at the Lowry in June. Last year the show raised nearly £5,000 for the charity, and Phil is hoping that this year they will
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Father who spent £23,000 in a year must be given new home
BURY Council is facing having to find a new home for a 45-year-old father who spent £23,000 in a year after his life “fell apart”. Judges at London’s Court of Appeal rejected a local authority challenge against a decision that he should have
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Gardening is grand at Diggle Lane
NINETY years on and Diggle Lane allotments continue to grow and grow! For £30,000 worth of grants planted the seeds for the latest developments at the allotments site off Melrose Avenue and Jackson Close in Elton. The cash has funded
