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Chris Beesley

Christopher Beesley

Injury-hit Jets 'refuse to lose'

Chester Jets 97, Newcastle Eagles 89: SOMETIMES the only thing that matters in sport is getting the result and Jets defied the odds at the Aston Event Centre, Birmingham, on Saturday to reach the BBL Trophy final for the third year running.Read

Jets' treble chase is on

Chester Jets 97, Newcastle Eagles 89: SOMETIMES the only thing that matters in sport is getting the result.Read

Young gun signs

VAUXHALL FC have snapped up their own Wayne Rooney by making a 16-year-old schoolboy the youngest ever player to sign for their senior team.Read

Chester Jets 102, Milton Keynes Lions 82

JETS recovered from a bad start at the Northgate Arena on Sunday to run out comfortable winners over a Milton Keynes side that had defeated them twice this season.Read

Chester Jets 95 Sheffield Sharks 89

JETS returned to winning ways against top-of-the-table Sharks on Sunday to bounce back from their first defeat in 13 games at Milton Keynes on Friday night.Read

Anne's grand target

A GREAT Sutton women is calling on the Ellesmere Port public to help her raise more than £1,000 for Cancer Research as she runs the London Marathon in tribute to her mother who died from the disease.Read

Matt Dunks Award

BASKETBALL: A YOUNG Ellesmere Port basketball player has made himself a household name in Yugoslavia after playing a starring role for England at an international tournament in Belgrade.Read

Net call for Sharni

TENNIS: GREAT Sutton tennis ace Sharni Jones has shown she's a real smash hit by earning a place on the country's leading development scheme for young players.Read

Losing is too hard to Bear

Brighton Bears 89, Chester Jets 79: JETS failed to recapture the first of the four trophies they won last season as a third quarter slump ensured they slipped to their first cup final defeat under coach Robbie Peers at the NIA, Birmingham.Read

Jets fuelled for cup defence

ALL eyes will be on the NIA, Birmingham, on Sunday as Chester Jets attempt to retain the first of the four trophies they won last season.Read

Great strides

ATHLETICS: HOSTS West Cheshire AC retained two team titles and grabbed a fistful of individual medals on Sunday in the Cheshire County AA Cross Country Championships at Vauxhall Motors Sports and Social Club.Read

Weighing in for big time

BOXING: VAUXHALL Motors ABC are planning a major assault on the National Schoolboy Championships with a record number of 11 entrants taking part.Read

Davis settles Jets' nerves

Chester Jets 104, London Towers 95: JETS followed up their previous night's 103-97 win over Scottish Rocks with a nine-point victory over Towers at the Northgate Arena on Sunday to move up to fourth place in the BBL table.Read

Treble rousers

MARTIAL ARTS: ELLESMERE Port Tae Kwon-Do is celebrating a hat-trick of major honours.Read

Vauxhall Motors celebrate

Vauxhall cavaliers dump QPR out of Cup

VAUXHALL FC stunned the football world last night as they knocked Second Division QPR out of the FA Cup.Read

Spot-on for glory

AFTER watching his FA Cup heroes humble Second Division QPR at Loftus Road last night, Vauxhall boss Alvin McDonald claimed that the sensational result that had shocked the footballing nation had come a no surprise to him.Read

Medal magic down under

WEIGHTLIFTING: VETERAN Ellesmere Port weightlifter Gwilym Parry's 12,000-mile trip to Melbourne was well worthwhile for he returned from Down Under with a bronze medal from the World Masters Games.Read

Founds steps up the class

MOTORSPORT: AFTER completing their second season in the FIM Superside World Championship, Team Founds are confident of more improvements next year.Read

Peers has faith in players

Chester Jets 72 Birmingham Bullets 64Read

Blues fall behind after 15 seconds

CHESTER City were camera shy at the Deva Stadium last night (Tuesday) as they suffered their first defeat of the season, going down 2-1 to Nuneaton while being broadcast live to the nation by Sky.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.