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Determined Ladies edge out Manto
BOLTON Ladies Hockey Club had a great result when they overcame Manto 2-0 in a committed encounter that featured many goalscoring chances for both sides. Bolton started brightly and forced some early chances but they found the Manto's keeper on top form
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Twin title success for Khan brothers
BOXING brothers Amir and Haroon Khan both lifted North West National Schoolboys Amateur titles when they competed at Everton Sports Centre. It was the third time that Amir has won the title but little brother Haroon won his 32k class at the first attempt
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Hill duo gear up to make Mark at top
MARKLAND Hill A look a good bet for Bolton Badminton League champions this season -- with the outside chance of the club's B team taking the second spot. ABC may spoil the party, but it is certainly good form so far for the tennis club's top two teams
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Any Swimming News?
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Club splashes out in new venue
BOLTON Swim Club has moved to Farnworth Pool, Brackley Street, Farnworth. Regular sessions for five to 15 year olds previously held at The Water Place have moved to Farnworth on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings and take place at the following times
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Horwich stun rivals to reach Speedo final
HORWICH Leisure Centre Swimming Club have reached the National Finals of the Speedo Swimming League and will compete with the best 16 teams in the country when they represent the North West of England at Ponds Forge International Pool in Sheffield in
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Thanks for finding Maxine
STEVE HICKMAN of Bolton, ex-Tonge Fold School and Bury Road, Breightmet, says: "I asked last week for the whereabouts of two friends from the Ainsworth Lane area. Thanks to Melanie, Chris and Maxine's sister for finding Maxine Allen for me. I'm still
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What's on the box this weekend
SATURDAY: SOCCER: Barclaycard Premiership, Newcastle v Chelsea - Sky Premiership Plus 1200; Nationwide League Division One, Derby v Leicester - Sky Sports 1 1730. CRICKET: World Cup Pool A from Centurion, Pakistan v India - Sky Sports 3 0800. RUGBY UNION
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Radcliffe Pool League
A DELEGATES meeting will be held on Monday at 8.30pm at the Horseshoe Inn, Radcliffe. Will any team/players in possession of annual awards please ensure they bring them to the meeting. Will all Second Division captains please note that the Royal Oak B
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Will Julius turn up for Whites?
BOLTON fans could get a sneak preview of one of Sam Allardyce's summer transfer targets on Tuesday night. The Ukraine-based Nigerian striker Julius Aghahowa, who has sent repeated 'come and get me pleas' to the Reebok, is expected to feature in the Africa
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Fergie has a point admits Sam
SIR Alex Ferguson found an ally at the Reebok when he claimed last Saturday's noon kick off gave Wanderers an unfair advantage over his jaded Reds. Sam Allardyce reckons the United boss was right when he complained his players were denied vital recovery
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The Reebok Week reviewed
SATURDAY: AN impressive Bolton performance capped by a 61st minute Bruno N'Gotty goal - only his second for the club - looks like securing a derby double over Manchester United for the first time in 24 years. But Ole Gunnar Solskjaer equalises in the
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Parked car smash
A PARKED car was shunted 10 feet down the road when it was hit by a passing vehicle. The silver Saab 900 was parked outside Brian Pederson's house in Park Road, Bolton, when a black Toyota Corolla crashed into it at about 4pm yesterday. No one was injured
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Man, 28, stabbed in gang row
A 28-YEAR-OLD man was stabbed twice during an argument involving a gang of men in Bury. An altercation took place between the victim and a group of around 20 Asian men in Duxbury Drive on Thursday at about 6.15pm. The man was believed to have been visiting
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Vote deadline approaches for tenants
TENANTS have just a couple of days left to return the ballot forms which will decide who will represent their communities in a £250 million scheme to transform Bolton's council estates. Around 4,500 residents have already registered their votes in the
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Budding maestros aiming to make a big hit
A CACOPHONY of music is coming from St James School, Farnworth, as the orchestra prepare for an intensive training weekend and forthcoming concert. The 100 strong group of mini maestros will be going to Willow Grange, Sheffield, where experts will train
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Top of the Pops goes global
IT has its origins in a converted church in Manchester but long-running music show Top of the Pops is set to go global. The programme is to be broadcast on radio on the BBC World Service, it was announced today meaning the famous theme tune will go out
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Claim that council tax rise is 'less for more'
THE rise in Bolton Council Tax bills of 8.5 per cent from April has been condemned as "horrendous" by a councillor who claims residents will be paying more and getting less. The Conservative councillor for Bradshaw, Paul Brierley, said the Labour controlled
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Dubai gamble proves a success
SAM Allardyce admitted today that he stuck his neck out when he took Wanderers on their warm-weather break in Dubai. Eyebrows were raised when it was confirmed that Big Sam and his players were taking a six expensive days R and R in the Gulf state. The
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What the papers are saying
THE SUN: Roy Keane has warned Manchester United they will end the season as flops if they only win the Worthington Cup. DAILY MIRROR: Roy Keane fears Sunday's Worthington Cup final could be one of his last showpiece appearances for Manchester United after
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HORWICH & DISTRICT GAMES LEAGUE
DARTS P W D L Pt St Mary's B... 15 15 0 0 210 St Mary's A... 16 14 0 2 208 Rivington Club... 16 13 1 2 188 Schooner Inn... 16 10 2 4 171 Brown Cow... 16 10 2 4 159 Bay Horse B... 16 9 2 5 152 Crown Hotel B... 16 5 2 9 126 Bay Horse A... 16 6 2 8 123 Crown
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Any rounders news?
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Astley Bridge Pool League
LATEST details P W L F A Pt Beer Monsters ... 11 10 1 40 15 60 Simply the Bowler ... 10 9 1 39 11 57 Bowling Green ... 11 6 5 29 26 41 Edge Tavern ... 11 5 6 26 29 36 Stork 5 ... 11 5 6 25 30 35 Karaoke Kings ... 11 4 7 23 32 31 Pomps Devils ... 10 3
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Turton & Edgworth Pool League
LATEST details DIVISION ONE P W L B F T Hare and Hounds A... 11 7 4 14 47 61 Globe... 12 7 5 14 43 57 Bradshaw Con Club... 11 7 4 14 41 55 Pack B... 11 7 4 14 40 54 Spread Eagle A... 11 6 5 12 41 53 Pineapple... 12 5 7 8 44 52 Chetham Arms... 12 6 6 12
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Rachel Pounds rivals
RACHEL Pounds was the pick of the Bolton Harriers squad which travelled to London for the National Cross Country Championships. Northern Champion Rachel finished 18th in the Under 13 girls section. Katie Smith finished 38th in the Under 17s, while Liz
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Muller joy at double county call
HORWICH RMI Harrier Paul Muller had reason to celebrate this week, as he gained selection for the Lancashire County team to run in the British Half Marathon Championships and combined Inter-Counties Championships in Wilmslow next month. He also won last
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Cup minnows get a slice of Warburton action
TWO teams from the Premier Division and two from Division Two won through to the semi-finals of the Warburton Cup. Ladybridge B, receiving ten points start, comfortably beat Premier Division leaders Ramsbottom A 5-2, which included three wins by Phil
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Astley Bridge League
THE semi final and final of the John Harris Cup will be played on Wednesday, March 5. Could the following teams please be at Astley Bridge Cricket Club no later than 8pm for the draw: Bay Mare, Bowling Gn (Esk St); Astley Bridge Br Legion and Central
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HAMMOND DOMINO LEAGUE
LATEST details P W L F A Diff Pt Anglers Club... 22 16 6 177 153 +24 43 Rumworth LC... 23 16 7 179 159 +20 38 L Ladies (Anglers)... 22 14 8 170 160 +10 37 Cattlemarket B... 23 14 9 173 165 +8 37 Sweet Green*... 22 15 7 182 148 +34 36 Oasis Club*... 23
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Reebok again for Hospital Cup final
THE final of the Hospital Cup will again be held at the Reebok Stadium on Monday May 12. Last season was successful competition with £4,000 donated to the Bolton Wanderers Coronary Care Appeal. Interest in this year's competition from local clubs has
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Relief as Alder Hey says sorry
THE parents of an 18-month-old boy who was stripped of vital organs in the Alder Hey Children's Hospital scandal have accepted the public apologies made by the hospital and the University of Liverpool. Denise and Bill Green, of Worsley, had to hold three
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Bolton Golf Association fixtures 2003
ALL the dates for your diary APRIL: Saturday 26: Fourball Betterball Medal (Old Links) MAY: Saturday 17: Past President's 36 Hole Medal (Gt Lever); Second Division Golf Cot (Deane). Saturday 31: Higher Handicaps (Breightmet). JUNE: Saturday 7: All Captain's
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Pair's record-breaking marriage
A COUPLE have broken a UK record by celebrating their 79th wedding anniversary. Childhood sweethearts Anne and Bert Ivison, have been together since they were 14 and married in Toxteth, Liverpool, on 1 March, 1924. The 96-year-olds grew up in the same
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Knife clue in hunt for rapist
A KNIFE, which police believe was used by a rapist to threaten a 17-year-old girl in a park in Bolton, was today due to be examined by forensic experts. Detectives recovered the blade -- which was held to the girl's throat during her horrific ordeal in
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Car thieves snatch daughter's lifeline
A MOTHER has been left heartbroken by thieves who stole the car she uses to take her five-year-old daughter for chemotherapy sessions. It is the second time within months that thieves have stolen Nafisa Sarwar's car. Miss Sarwar woke to discover that
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Emmanuel swaps his spear for pens
A MASAI warrior has swapped his hunting spear for school books to live in Prestwich for two months. Kenyan Emmanuel Kisemei is just 14 years old but has already reached manhood in his home village... by spearing a wild lion. The killing, in a village
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Drunken prank ended in death
A YOUNG Bolton father was crushed under the wheels of a freight train when a drunken prank went tragically wrong. Trevor Hall, who had been drinking and taking the drug Ecstasy, was fooling around on the edge of a railway platform when he was suddenly
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Ward boundaries all set to change
THOUSANDS of residents could soon find themselves living in different council wards following proposals to wipe many historic names off the political map. Sweeping changes to the make up of each of the borough's 20 wards will be made if the Boundary Commission
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Virgin train hit by fire
ABOUT 300 passengers have been led to safety after a fire broke out on a train in Cumbria. The fire brigade said passengers on the Virgin Voyager train from Glasgow to Poole had a lucky escape from the fire in one of its undercarriages. Virgin staff attempted
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Horwich Games League
DARTS Results: Bay Horse A 5 Brown Cow 13; Crown Hotel A 11 Vic/Albert 7; Horwich Cons 7 Crown Hotel B 11; Reform Club 7 Queen's Head 11; Rivington Club 11 The New Vic 7; Schooner Inn 13 Bay Horse B 5; St Mary's A 10 St Mary's B 8. P W D L Pt St Mary's
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Astley Bridge League
THE Men's Round the Board Pairs will be on Monday, March 3, at the VBQ Blackburn Road. Only one player needs to be registered with the League Draw will be at 8.30pm. The Ladies Three-a-Side competition is on Monday, March 10, and the Men's Three-a-Side
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Derby darts
THE Individuals Knockout was won by G Jones, who beat G Shepherd. Losing semi finalists were M Naylor and K Owen. The Pairs Knockout was won by G Shepherd/K Owen. Runners up were M Heyes/S Smith and losing semi-finlists K Norris/J Scott and S Green/F
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Atherton Charity Cup
ATHERTON Charity Cup is to take place again this season with at least 16 teams taking part in the competition which will start the end of this month. Leigh Athletic will be looking to retain the trophy after beating Breightmet United in last season's
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Title duel is hotting up
LADY throwers are fighting it out for the individual honours in the Bolton Darts League in aid of the Bolton Senior Gateway Club for Mentally Handicapped Adults. In the Ladies Section One (The Albert, Friday), Beryle Prescott holds the top spot by a superior
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Mixed success for all-Blacks
MANY congratulations to Dave Smith (Black Eyed Boys) and Ellen Wareing (Black Horse) who beat Dave Kelly (Sharmans) and Pat Miller (Looney Tunes) 3-0 in the final of the mixed pairs competition held at Rumworth & Hulton Conservative Club. There was
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Craig's flying start
LRC's best rider of 2002, Craig Battersby, started his race campaign as he finished last year by winning the first event of the Lancs and Lakes SPOCO series outright in a time of 23 minutes 58 seconds for the 10.2 mile 'sporting' course around Bolton-By-Bowland
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Call from lost cousin
SHEILA M HOWARTH of Pen-Y-Bryn, Llangrove, Ross On Wye, Hereford, HR9 6EU, writes: "Thank you so very much for publishing my request to find lost relatives. In less than 24 hours I had a telephone call on Sunday morning from my cousin Brenda, we had not
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Friends' tribute to tragic Ellen
DEVASTATED friends gathered to remember pensioner Ellen Crank on Friday night, a week after she was brutally stabbed to death in her own home. They met for their usual game of bingo at the Victory Community Centre as they had done with their tragic pal
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Relegation countdown: Who plays where - and when
WANDERERS are deeply embroiled in the relegation countdown so here is a handy guide to find where and when the opposition is playing: WEST HAM Fixtures Sat Mar 15: Everton A 15:00 Sat Mar 22: Sunderland H 15:00 Sat Apr 5: Southampton A 15:00 Sat Apr 12
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Chairman talks to fans
BOLTON Wanderers chairman Phil Gartside is the guest speaker at the Supporters Association meeting in the Platinum Suite at the Reebok on Wednesday at 7.45 pm. Membership cards must be shown at the door, but non-members wishing to enrol on the night are
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Hammond Domino League
Results: L Ladies (Anglers) 1 (6) Oasis Club 2 (9); York Hotel 0 (6) Cattlemarket A 3 (9); Royal Br Legion 3 (9) Park Nomads 0 (6); Sweet Green 3 (12) Little John 0 (3); Rumworth LC 1 (7) Cross Guns 2 (8); Cattlemarket B 0 (5) Bradford Ward 3 (10); The
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What's on offer in the region this year
Here we take a look at what's on in the pick of the North West theatres. One of the highlights at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, is the classic Harold Brighouse play, Hobson's Choice. This will be its first showing at the Royal Exchange. Trevor
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Trio grab man's gold bracelet
A 17-YEAR-OLD man was robbed by three men as he walked through Bury. The victim was near Bury Interchange, in Haymarket Street, on Thursday night when he was confronted by the gang. They demanded his gold bracelet. When the victim refused to hand it over
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TWO bogus officials conned their way into an 81-year-old woman's home in Bury, but fled when the pen
A man and a woman called at her house in Westminister Avenue, Whitefield, at 2pm on Thursday saying they needed to check her electricity meter. The pensioner let them in -- but shortly afterwards she grabbed the telephone and the couple fled empty-handed
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Indecency case man 'needed help not custody'
A MAN convicted of four counts of inciting children to commit acts of gross indecency has been given a community penalty. Paul Williams had denied the offences involving four girls aged between 11 and 14, which happened on a bus travelling from Bury to
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Star comic adds extra show date
STAR of Phoenix Nights and former North-west Comedian of the Year, Dave Spikey, has added an extra date to his stand up show at Chorley town hall. Best known for his role as Peter Kay's long suffering sidekick, Jerry St Claire in the hit Channel Four
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Horwich & District Games League
DARTS P W D L Pt St Mary's B... 14 14 0 0 193 St Mary's A... 15 13 0 2 191 Rivington Club... 15 12 1 2 178 Schooner Inn... 15 9 2 4 160 Brown Cow... 15 10 2 3 151 Bay Horse B... 15 8 2 5 140 Crown Hotel B... 15 5 2 8 120 Bay Horse A... 15 5 2 8 113 Reform
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WINTER ROUNDERS
AFTER overnight rain, the pitches were in remarkably good condition for Sunday's Winter Rounders matches. The Halliwell League had a full schedule of six matches although some teams had players missing. Darcy cling on to keep top spot WINTER Rounders
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Any boxing news?
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Huddle impresses on ring debut
TONGE Amateur Boxing Club's James Huddle marked his debut in the ring with a mature performance beyond his years. Fighting a giant in 6ft 8in pugilist Luke Walker, the 16-year-old won by way of a unanimous points decision. He undid the Manchester man
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Central Lancashire Cricket League fixtures 2003
THE cricket season still seems a million miles away as we prepare for the worst of the winter weather during the next two months. But the Central Lancashire League fixtures for the 2003 season are out and Radcliffe begin their bid to lift the CLL championship
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Deane and Daubhill Pool League
THURSDAY, March 6, is the Deane and Daubhill AGM, starting 8pm at the Jolly Waggoner, Deane Road. Quarter Finals of the Jolly Waggoner Individuals KO, Wednesday, March 5: Waggoner: D Grime (Star) v R Taylor (Patriots); Gibraltar Rock: S Tierney (Beasts
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Top two's role reversal for Champions League
THIS week we had the top three in the Premiership fighting battles in Europe for the Champions League. Arsenal are now strong favourites for the Premiership at 1-4, with Man Utd at 11-4, but in the Champions League the roles are reversed with United second
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Farnworth Snooker League
LATEST table P W D L Pts Farnworth Vets... 19 12 0 7 103.0 Farnworth Snooker A... 19 13 0 6 99.0 Armitage... 19 11 1 7 97.0 Farnworth CC... 18 13 0 5 92.0 Cuemasters A... 18 10 1 7 86.5 Farnworth Snooker B... 18 12 0 6 83.5 Cuemasters C... 18 11 0 7 81.0
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Bolton & district Snooker League
A LEAGUE meeting will be held on Monday at Breightmet Labour Club, when details of the various cup competitions will be distributed. All trophies should be returned at this meeting Jim Worsley Final sponsored by Federation Breweries Monday, March 3, at
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Rob rules at Radcliffe
HORWICH runner Paul Muller was not the only success story of Radcliffe Athletic Club's 12 miles trail race. Robin Sedman-Smith of West Cheshire AC was second in 72.22, followed in by Rob Jackson, another Horwich runner. Bolton's Ken Fowler looked to be
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Dog savagely attacks owner
A MAN has suffered severe injuries after being attacked by his own dog. John McGrath was attacked by his Bull Terrier Cross on Friday night at his home in Bolton-le-Sands, Lancashire. Lancashire Police said they were called to his home in Main Road after
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Woman flirted with me, says accused
A MAN admitted trying to have sex with a pregnant woman who was sleeping next to her daughter, but he told a court she had been flirting with him. Munib Sarcevic said that once the woman told him she was expecting a baby, he stopped and left the room.
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Budding maestros aiming to make a big hit
A CACOPHONY of music is coming from St James School, Farnworth, as the orchestra prepare for an intensive training weekend and forthcoming concert. The 100 strong group of mini maestros will be going to Willow Grange, Sheffield, where experts will train
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Founders darts
BIRTHDAY boy Tony Cross, aged 60, just missed out on the doubles to take the title off Wayne Merrick but Wayne managed to hit the doubles. Losing semis were Jack Fletcher and Ste Hand. The darts knockout is held every Saturday £1 entry. Draw to be made
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TV dates for your diary
LATEST Sky TV Premiership matches: 3 MAR Aston Villa v Birmingham City 20:00 15 MAR Aston Villa v Manchester United 12:30 16 MAR West Bromwich Albion v Chelsea 16:05 23 MAR Arsenal v Everton 16:05 24 MAR Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur 20:00 5 APR Manchester
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Siddons on course for second spot finish
SIDDONS beat Tonge Fold XI in Section A of the John Smiths Farnworth Winter Rounders League on Sunday, to go joint second in the table, but have two matches to play while Hanson have completed their programme. With Darcy already taking the championship
