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Chris Beesley

Christopher Beesley

Bill has time on his side

MOTOR SPORT: VETERAN Great Sutton sidecar ace Bill Currie is celebrating after being awarded a bronze replica trophy at the Isle of Man TT.Read

Solid gold

BOXING: TWO of Vauxhall Motors ABC's England internationals experienced mixed fortunes as Matty Fagan struck gold in the Four Nations while Nick MacDonald's horrific injury jinx struck again.Read

Howzat for a record! !

ELLESMERE Port rewrote the record books on Saturday as they skittled league leaders Chelford for just 33 runs.Read

Hat-trick of wins secures safe ride

Vauxhall 1 Moor Green 0: THE Motormen mathematically ensured their survival in the division with a third consecutive win on Saturday.Read

Big hits!

BOXING: THERE was delight for the town's clubs this week as both Vauxhall Motors ABC and Golden Star ABC tasted success.Read

Waiting game

VAUXHALL FC manager Owen Brown is waiting to hear his fate on whether he will be installed as Chester City's new manager.Read

On your marks!

ATHLETICS: WEST Cheshire AC will be attempting to break a world re-cord next month on the day that Dame Tanni Grey Thompson officially opens their new track.Read

TCS Chester Jets 91, Plymouth Raiders 65

THE Jets maintained their two-point lead at the top of the BBL table with a victory on Sunday that was a lot tougher than the scoreline suggests.Read

Vauxhall 3, Lancaster City 1

THE Motormen produced their best display for several weeks on Saturday as they ended a sequence of four successive home losses with victory over a lacklustre Lancaster.Read

MacDonald's 'Muphy' magic

BOXING: VAUXHALL Motors ABC's Nick MacDonald was in imperious form at London's Ex-Cel Centre on Friday as he captured his second ABA Senior Championship.Read

Stalwarts fear club may fold

BOWLS: ONE of Ellesmere Port's oldest bowling clubs is facing an uncertain future after it was revealed that they may not have a green to complete the season on.Read

Worcester City 1, Vauxhall 0

THE fact that Motormen keeper Tim Dittmer had only a single save to make in this game, yet his side still lost, sums up just how disappointing things were for the visitors on Saturday.Read

Pair of aces!

ICE SKATING: WHITBY'S teenage skating ace Beth-any Hitchmough is celebrating qualifying for the British Pairs Championship after just a few weeks of training with her new partner.Read

Feat first!

MARTIAL ARTS: EVERYBODY'S kung fu fighting in one Ellesmere Port family as the entire Kavanagh household picked up the Lau Gar School's Student of the Year trophy between them.Read

Ice maiden Dee-lighted

ICE SKATING: AN ELLESMERE Port youngster has become the first member of Deeside Ice Skating Club to qualify for the British Figure Skating Championships in more than a decade.Read

Race wide open but coach is confident in push for BBL crown

WITH a new-look team, TCS Chester Jets head coach Paul Smith has endured an up-and-down first half to the 2004/05 campaign.Read

I'll be back!

DARTS: ELLESMERE Port arrows ace Tony Martin says his appearance at the BDO World Championship on Monday has made him hungrier than ever to reach the top of his sport.Read

Doubts over Blair pledge

GOVERNMENT plans to offer every pupil at least four hours of sport each week at school have been met with caution by the town's leading PE teachers.Read

Vauxhall 1, Redditch United 1

HONOURS were even at Rivacre Park on Saturday as the entertainment faded with the light and a lively first-half encounter degenerated into a scrap after the break.Read

Double impact

BOXING: VAUXHALL Motors ABC's Matty Fagan bagged his second national title on Monday, 12 months after he became the first Ellesmere Port boxer in three decades to secure such a crown.Read

Author Profile

Christopher Beesley has worked in the region for Trinity Mirror titles since 2000. An award-winning multimedia sports journalist specialising on the Merseyside area, he writes on Everton and Liverpool who he has covered both in the Premier League and in European competition plus Tranmere Rovers. Tel: 0151 472 2584.