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Straight talking from Alty boss

1:26pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

GRAHAM Heathcote reflected on Altrincham's plight at the foot of the Blue Square Bet Premier and spelled out a stark message about his side's shortcomings.

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Sale Sharks beat Treviso

5:47pm Tuesday 31st August 2010

Sale Sharks 28 Treviso 6

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Rugby - Wirral v Altrincham Kersal

5:34pm Tuesday 31st August 2010

Wirral 13 Altrincham Kersal 33 ALTRINCHAM Kersal gained a convincing victory over newly promoted Wirral in this first round of the Cheshire Vase competition. Although Wirral won the toss and played with the strong wind at their backs in the first period, the visitors took command from the kick-off with their forwards driving the Wirral eight back at the set pieces and in the loose. Although they ran in five tries, dropped passes at crucial moments meant that at least three scoring opportunities were lost. Three of Kersal's tries came from the pack, Hutchinson, Laga and Smith getting the touch down. And the Edwards brothers, Paul and Simon shared the honours for the other two. Wirral's scores came from a well taken early penalty goal and two late tries which their kicker was unable to convert.

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Football - Lancaster City v Trafford

5:19pm Tuesday 31st August 2010

LANCASTER CITY 2 TRAFFORD 2 STAR striker Scott Barlow came off the substitutes bench to crash a stunning 20 yard volley into the top corner within four minutes and give Trafford a share of the spoils at Lancaster on Bank Holiday Monday.

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Cricket - Northwich v Hale Barns

4:44pm Tuesday 31st August 2010

Northwich 176-8 Hale Barns 83-4 Match Abandoned Promotion chasing Northwich visited Hale Barns and were asked to bat first on a damp wicket with the delayed start reducing the match to 86 overs. The opening partnership put on 42 in 13 overs before Dave Molloy bowled Allcock as he was trying to accelerate the scoring. A couple of bowling changes brought Robinson and Saddington into action with Jamieson playing some lusty blows in an attempt to gain maximum points and this resulted in a sporting declaration on 176-8 off 41 overs leaving Hale Barns 45 overs to get the runs. Robinson taking 4 for 33 off 7 overs.

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Bank Holiday defeat leaves Alty at foot of table

12:21pm Tuesday 31st August 2010

Altrincham 0 Mansfield Town 4 Monday, August 30 Blue Square Bet Premier IT is already proving to be a tough season for Altrincham as the sequence of games against promotion candidates continued in front of a sizeable Bank Holiday crowd at Moss Lane. Indeed, Mansfield's pedigree is underlined by the fact that their win here took them to the top of the table.

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Heavy defeat for Robins

11:59am Tuesday 31st August 2010

York City 3 Altrincham 0 Blue Square Bet Premier Saturday August 28 For this match against York, with two games in 48 hours over the weekend, manager Graham Heathcote did not risk Chris Denham and Nicky Clee, who were carrying knocks.

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Trafford triumph despite sending off

11:29am Wednesday 25th August 2010

Trafford 3 Ossett Albion 1 TRAFFORD recorded a comfortable 3-1 win over Ossett Albion in their Evo-Stik League Division One North fixture on Tuesday night, but the victory was tarnished by the late dismissal of star keeper Tom Read.

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Alty lose to Southport

9:36am Wednesday 25th August 2010

Southport 1 Altrincham 0 GOALS conceded by Altrincham in the last 10 minutes of games have already cost them six points with the season just four games old.