AFTER a lengthy period when training courses were not allowed, Dovestone Sailing Club is restarting its popular Royal Yachting Association, (RYA), level one and two…
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Saddleworth 3Ds look forward to normality returning
AS the curtain came down on a long and difficult season, Saddleworth 3Ds reflected on the good and bad of 2020-21. Another season blighted by…
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Gary crowned club champion for third time
CROMPTON and Royton golfer Gary Melling has completed a hat-trick of wins in Crompton and Royton’s club championship. The 47-year-old, who has taught PE at…
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Royton pair play starring role in Springhead cup victory
STOCKPORT GEORGIANS 2, SPRINGHEAD 3 SPRINGHEAD’S superior firepower ultimately proved pivotal in their Gilgryst Cup win against Stockport Georgians. The formidable front three of Jordan…
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Royton man fined for holding illegal gathering
A MAN has been fined £1,760 for a Covid-19 breach by holding an illegal gathering of more than two people at his home in Royton.…
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‘The Perfect Ten’ birds of Greater Manchester – survey now online
A BIRD for each of Greater Manchester’s 10 boroughs is an initiative which is far from a flight of fancy for James Walsh. James, also…
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Tributes to former rugby club winger Jack Birchenall
OLDHAM Rugby Union Club has lost another ex-player following the death of former winger Jack Birchenall aged 79. Jack, who starred for the club at…
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The long-gone rugby club that has not been forgotten
IT is a story of a lovingly remembered rugby league club which has been told in a book published by two of its stalwart members.…
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Two Royton men banned from the roads
TWO Royton men have been handed bans by Tameside Magistrates Court after admitting drink driving. Anthony McMullan, 30, of Bleasdale Street, was banned for 12…
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Worldwide tributes to former Oldham teacher John Grant
TRIBUTES have been paid to former Oldham teacher and accomplished sportsman John Grant who has died suddenly aged 66. John, who had returned to live…
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