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.

Olympics arrives in Trafford

5:00am Thursday 26th July 2012

THE Olympics comes to Trafford today (Thursday).

Sale Welcomes the World

1:00pm Wednesday 25th July 2012

ON Saturday Sale will be twinned with Team USA to celebrate the football being held at Old Trafford as part of the Olympics.

The Olympic Torch in Trafford campaign, is officially the UK's most positive Twitter campaign

Sir Bobby with torch outside Old Trafford

9:00am Wednesday 25th July 2012

RESULTS show that the UK's most ‘positive’ Olympic coverage so far was when Sir Bobby Charlton carried the torch through Old Trafford on June 24 at 6.25am.

Selection joy for Trafford residents

11:11am Wednesday 27th June 2012

TRAFFORD athletes are celebrating being selected for the Para-Cycling team for ParalympicsGB.

Hale Torch tour

Hale Torch tour

11:00am Wednesday 27th June 2012

HALE geared up for the Olympics with its very own torch tour.

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