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Chris Beesley

Christopher Beesley

Boys bask in glory

BASKETBALL: ELLESMERE Port & Neston's boys' basketball team retained their Cheshire Youth Games title for the fourth successive year in Macclesfield on Saturday, while the borough captured the overall Fair Play winners' prize for the first time.Read

Jordan McCulloch

Centre of attention

TENNIS: LITTLE Sutton ace Jordan McCulloch will fulfil every tennis player's ambition on Saturday as he gets the chance to play on Wimbledon's famous Centre Court.Read

Green with envy

BOWLS: A LEADING Ellesmere Port bowler has slammed the condition of council-owned greens in the town.Read

Grand gesture saves scheme

BASKETBALL: THREE Ellesmere Port schoolgirls are hoping their dreams of representing England in August's European Championships will come true thanks to a kind-hearted Pioneer reader.Read

Future is bright for Vauxhall

The 2002/03 season was another vintage year for the Vauxhall Motors ABC as they celebrated their second senior ABA title, several junior crowns and the emergence of a host of new young boxers. Head coach Peter Phelan has taken time out from the gym to talk to sports editor CHRISTOPHER BEESLEY.Read

Hoop dreams may die

BASKETBALL: THE dreams of three Ellesmere Port schoolgirls of representing England at this summer's European Championships could turn into a nightmare unless a sponsor is found to back the national team.Read

Jackpot

ATHLETICS: TOP-CLASS athletics meetings may come to Ellesmere Port next year after Sport England granted £385,897 of lottery funds towards a new track.Read

Brown's goal-den moments

LONG before the words Gordon Brown became synonymous with Budgets an Ellesmere Port man of the same name was giving a good account of himself on the football field.Read

Captain fantastic takes off

CHESTER Jets' New Zealand captain Pero Cameron has returned Down Under after four highly successful seasons with the club.Read

Young ace nets glory

TENNIS: LITTLE Sutton tennis ace Jordan McCulloch has served up another major success by capturing the North of England Championship at the South Ribble Club in Preston.Read

Panthers purring!

BASKETBALL: ELLESMERE Port Panthers have completed the National Junior Women's Championship and Cup 'double' after victory at RAF Cosford on Sunday.Read

Grange Athletic 1 New Brighton Reserves 1, 2-3 on penalties

LIGHTNING struck twice for Grange Athletic as they lost to New Brighton Reserves in the West Cheshire Shield final for the second successive year at Heswall FC's Gayton Park on Saturday.Read

Veterans lose their race date

A SECOND World War veteran says he and his comrades have been let down by Chester Racecourse after the Cheshire Regiment lost the annual handicap race run in its name.Read

Joy of the Rovers for leading lady

ELLESMERE Port's Louise Edwards has been reflecting on her impressive debut season as a manager after steering Tranmere Rovers Ladies to a mid-table position in the Nationwide Women's Premier League.Read

Golden oldies!

ELLESMERE Port defied the odds to win the prestigious Chester RUFC Veterans' competition for the second time in three years on Sunday.Read

Chester Jets 84 Scottish Rocks 89

JETS' season came to a premature end at the Northgate Arena on Saturday as they were knocked out of the BBL Championship play-offs at the first round stage.Read

Glorious start for Christleton

CHRISTLETON made a winning start to their Murray Smith Cheshire County League season by picking up 25 points from their low-scoring home match against Marple in Division Two.Read

Flying start to season for Ruth

ATHLETICS: WEST Cheshire AC raced to a string of good results in their first track and field meeting of the season at Colwyn Bay's Eirias Park.Read

Chester Jets 84 Scottish Rocks 89

JETS' season came to a premature end at the Northgate Arena on Saturday as they were knockedout of the BBL Championship play-offs at the first-round stage.Read

Champions

THE West Cheshire League Championship returned to Rivacre Park for the first time since 1995 on Saturday as Vauxhall Reserves clinched the title with a 2-0 win over Newton.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.