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  • No homes to go to as team falters

    Altrincham Boys GS THE heavy rain during the week led to the home games being cancelled but two teams travelled to Cowley HS at St Helens. The U15s, suffering from injuries and late cryoffs, had to borrow players from the U14s whose game had been cancelled

  • Murray Smith Cheshire league round-up

    NESTON made it four wins in five games in the Murray Smith League when they demolished Chester Broughton Hall by six wickets to go 16 points clear at the top of the Premier Division. Despite a smart 70 from Steve Ogilby, Chester were restricted to a modest

  • Taylor-made

    AS part of their attempt to escape the UniBond Premier League, Altrincham have began team-building with the signing of former Hyde United defender Paul Taylor. Taylor, 23, became a free agent at the end of last season, and the Robins coaching staff see

  • Mixed fortunes for Urmston

    URMSTON Hockey club acquitted themselves well in two end of season encounters with the county side Lancashire. A combined first and second team played the Lancashire U17s and but for some excellent goalkeeping from Jeff Smith could have been three down

  • NO PLACE LIKE HOME

    URMSTON 1st XI enjoyed their first win of the season on Saturday with a comfortable seven wicket win over second placed Upton in their first home game of the season. After another week of poor weather, a green looking track made the toss crucial once

  • Give the car criminal has a bad day

    CAR crime continues to be one of the main problems throughout Trafford with thieves using stolen cars in all sorts of ways. The vast majority are stolen to order with car 'ringing' rackets the main source of profit for the culprits. Many of those vehicles

  • Traders anger at centre plans

    MARKET traders are devastated after learning they will be turfed out of the revamped Sale shopping centre. The market hall will be axed when the £5 million redevelopment of Six Acre Shopping Centre goes ahead. Traders claim they were assured improvements

  • Nurses tackle TB virus

    SCHOOL nurses in Trafford are organising additional tuberculosis vaccinations for those children who previously missed out. The move follows the recent outbreaks across the country which has caused concern among many parents. The vaccination programme

  • House about it?

    A LOCAL councillor has appealed to Trafford residents to help the council bring hundreds of empty private properties back onto the market. Cllr Bernice Garlick, Trafford's cabinet member for housing and environment services, warned that empty and derelict

  • Beware this parking scam

    HIGHWAY chiefs and the police are cracking down on illegal parking scams in Old Trafford - particularly when United are playing at home. Residents and football supporters claim they are being intimidated and conned by the fraudsters who are running the

  • Give us the power

    MESSENGER is opening a second front in the battle to save the borough's beleaguered post offices. The campaign has already achieved a major breakthrough - with the council recently adopting a new policy to help the under threat community lifelines. Now

  • Arthur's lowry success

    IT was success ahoy for local artist Arthur King recently when he picked up the LS Lowry Prize for Art. Arthur, who paints ships, was given the prestigious accolade after an exhibition of his watercolours at the Salford arts complex which bears Lowry's

  • Games need some faces

    ORGANISERS of the Commonwealth Games have launched a massive recruitment operation. The initiative to enrol 15,000 volunteers is being hailed as the biggest recruitment drive the UK has ever seen in peacetime. The volunteers will be the 'face' of the

  • Mum's appeal after boy hurt

    THE mother of a Sale teenager who almost lost his life when a youth knocked him off his bike is appealing for witnesses to come forward. Carole, who does not want to reveal her surname for fear of repercussions, told SAM how her son, Matthew, had to be

  • Anniversary celebrations

    ONE OF SAM'S most successful campaigns - Grotspots - has now been battling to keep the area tidy for three years. Grotspots' anniversary comes after the initiative celebrated a success story that should benefit the community for generations to come. The

  • Give us the power

    SAM is opening a second front in the battle to save the borough's beleaguered post offices. The campaign has already achieved a major breakthrough - with the council recently adopting a new policy to help the under threat community lifelines. Now Messenger

  • Ain't no mountain high enough . . .

    A HARDY team from Sale Sharks are ready to climb any mountain as part of a fund raising effort for a children's charity. The gang of four will head out to the Canadian Rocky Mountains, for a six day 330 mile cycle ride. Community development manager Wayne

  • Colts scoop County Cup

    FOR THE second year in successon, Altrincham Kersal Colts won the Cheshire County RFU Colts Cup, outscoring Northwich by five tries to one in the process. The victory was not as easy as the scoreline would suggest. The bigger, heavier Northwich forwards

  • European mission for Harriers

    FOLLOWING Lorraine Shaw's record breaking start to the season in the hammer, two other athletes from Sale Harriers Manchester have caught the sporting headlines. In an all-star international meeting at Loughborough Rebecca White cleared an incredible

  • BOWDON BOUNCE BACK

    BOWDON 1stXI won a tough game on Saturday when they beat Macclesfield at South Downs Road by four wickets in their Cheshire County League ECB Premiership match to pocket 20 points towards this year's Championiship campaign. Prolonged rain during the week

  • Trafford Basketball Centre

    Yet Another National Title for Manchester Basketball LAST weekend brought an end to an amazing season for Manchester Youth Basketball Club, when the U15 boys team won the National title, to make it three National Championship Trophies for the club. An

  • THREE AND EASY

    THREE close victories put Stretford's cricketers on the crest of a wave this weekend. Winton were the first victims of a buoyant 1st XI on their own soil on Saturday. Stringent bowling from Gairav Sharma, Ben Casey and Tan Azan held Winton to a lowly

  • Pub may be demolished

    A DERELICT pub in Flixton could soon be demolished. The former Brunel's Bar, off Flixton Road, was gutted in a fire three years ago and has been left boarded up ever since. Trafford council's Urmston area manager, Rebecca Nugent, said she had been in

  • William sparks rescue drama

    A HORSE sparked off a major rescue drama after he plunged into the Bridgewater Canal. Three fire engines, an emergency salvage tender and an inshore rescue boat took part in the operation that finally brought the three-quarters of a ton horse to safety

  • TOWN GETS A SPRING CLEAN

    GRIME busters were out in force to give Partington a spruce up. Eight teams were drafted in for the clean up day - litter picking, tidying up and door knocking to collect bags of rubbish from residents. The teams were each allocated an area, and kitted

  • Campaign rounds up truants

    BOBBIES in Trafford teamed up with council chiefs last week in a bid to crack truancy amongst the borough's youngsters. The two-day drive across Trafford tracked down 160 children who were not in school during sweeps around Metrolink stations and shopping

  • School's sporting possibilities

    PUPILS at a Timperley school could soon be enjoying new sports facilities after Trafford's planning committee approved plans for a new sports hall. Green Lane High School will build the single storey sports hall near its existing gym, if the Secretary

  • Rescuers save horse

    A HORSE sparked off a major rescue drama after he plunged into the Bridgewater Canal. Three fire engines, an emergency salvage tender and an inshore rescue boat took part in the operation that finally brought the the three-quarters of a ton horse to safety

  • Rabu's royal visitor

    A STUDENT at South Trafford College has met the Duchess of York to discuss her six year fight against bone cancer. Ruba Al-Fikaiki, from Sale, presented the Duchess with a bouquet of flowers during her visit to Christie Hospital. Ruba has had chemotherapy

  • Plea on empty houses

    A LOCAL councillor has appealed to Trafford residents to help the Council deal with privately owned, empty homes. Cllr Bernice Garlick, Trafford's Cabinet Member for Housing and Environment Services, warned that empty and derelict houses and flats are

  • And they call it puppy love...

    AN animal lover from Stretford saved a litter of puppies from certain death when their mother fell ill. Isobel Roberts, of Derwent Road, volunteered to look after the 10 helpless Yorkshire Terriers when they were brought in to the Peggy Henderson Animal

  • Man dies in motorbike crash

    THE POPULAR co-owner of a novelty shop in Altrincham died when his motorbike veered out of control and hit a lamppost. Richard Antonelli, 34, died instantly in the smash on a right hand bend on Oldfield Road. Richard - who was known to everyone by his

  • School gets face lift

    STAFF and pupils at Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School in Davyhulme are gearing themselves up for a much-needed face-lift at the school. For work begins this weekend on a new block at the Davyhulme Road site to provide new facilities including two

  • Centre goes for square look

    SALE'S Six Acre Shopping Centre is in line for a £5 million makeover. The refurbishment and extension scheme for the centre - which will be renamed The Square - will see the creation of new, larger units, redesigned entrances and upgraded public spaces

  • Hunt out missing pets

    THE description of this country as 'a nation of animal lovers' has an increasingly hollow ring to it, according to Petline organiser Chris Butterworth. Chris says many people regard their pet as nothing more than an accessory which can be dumped as soon

  • Anger as club closes

    MEMBERS arrived at an exclusive Hale fitness club to discover it had closed and the locks had been changed. The owners of the £450 a year Nautilus Fitness Centre broke the news to its hundreds of members the day before the closure. Employees say Barry