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Laurie poised for her Paralympic debut

Laurie Williams

8:00am Wednesday 22nd August 2012

GOING from eighth place to the podium in just four years might seem like too much to ask, but that isn’t stopping Altrincham’s Laurie Williams from aiming high at London 2012. The 20-year-old

Gearing up for the Paralympics in Trafford

The Paralympic players with local players and

7:22pm Monday 20th August 2012

AFTER giving valuable training to the judo teams from Thailand and the Southern Islands prior to the Olympic Games, coaches and players from Trafford and South Manchester were again in action preparing teams for the Paralympics.

Olympic Games under way at Old Trafford

Danny Rose gets tackled

9:10am Friday 27th July 2012

OLYMPIC action came to Manchester on Thursday when the men's Olympic football tournament kicked off.

Trafford Welcomes the World

9:10am Thursday 26th July 2012

TRAFFORD Council has unveiled details of this summer’s ‘Trafford Welcomes the World’ event.

Hale sports events company promotes the Olympic spirit

8:13pm Thursday 26th July 2012

XTRA Mile Events, a sports events company based in Hale and organisers of the Greater Manchester Marathon, is urging everyone to back the British athletes during the Olympics.


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Aug 12 – Olympics end
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