AN IMPRESSIVE display by Saddleworth School’s Year 8 rugby league team saw them beat Rainford School 26-0 in the NW Champion Schools’ competition. Tries from…
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Saddleworth School rugby team reach regional semis
SADDLEWORTH is renowned for its rugby talents, with Grasscroft’s Kevin Sinfield CBE a high-profile example. There’s no exception at Saddleworth School, whose current crop could…
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Saddleworth School champions girls rugby growth
RUGBY sessions were delivered to girls at Saddleworth School, as part of the club’s plans to grow the women’s game in the area. The first…
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Saddleworth School overcome elements to seal rugby league cup win
SADDLEWORTH School’s bid for rugby league cup success has started with a win. But the Year Seven side had to overturn an eight-point deficit and…
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Saddleworth’s Nines battle bravely but beaten by Brooksbank
DEBUTANT Ewan Gadesby scored Saddleworth School’s only try having borrowed his PE teacher’s boots as the Year 9 rugby league team put up a gallant…
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Saddleworth girls make north west’s top four
SISTERS were doing it for themselves and Saddleworth School as girls showed their talents by making the semi-finals of a prestigious rugby league competition. The…
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Rugby star George Ford does the honours at Saddleworth Rangers
ENGLAND rugby union star George Ford went back to where it all began to reward rugby league stars of the future at Saddleworth Rangers. The…
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Saddleworth school rugby league team crowned Year 11 champions
SADDLEWORTH School’s Year 11 rugby team is now officially the best in Oldham after winning the annual rugby league festival run by the Leeds Rhinos…
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Rugby match christens school’s new grass pitch
SADDLEWORTH School’s Year 11 defeated Year 10 by 50-6 in the first rugby league match to be played on Saddleworth School’s new grass pitch. First-half…
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Sweeney’s Sixties Classics come to Greenfield
RADIO legend Mike Sweeney and his band are playing the classic songs of the sixties at a fundraising event on Friday, October 7 in Greenfield.…
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Jagger kicks Saddleworth to Plate victory with late penalty
SADDLEWORTH School’s rugby league team edged out St Peter’s School, Wigan, 14-12 to be crowned the North West Plate Year 10 champions in a thrilling…
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Super League debut for 17-year-old Jack Sinfield
GRASSCROFT’S Jack Sinfield revealed how he overcame pre-match nerves to make an encouraging start to his Leeds Rhinos career in the Betfred Super League. The…
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Hat-trick for Harry in Plate victory
A HAT-TRICK of tries from Harry Hibbert helped the Saddleworth School Year 10 rugby league team progressed to the quarter finals of the North West…
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Losing finish for Oldham RUFC who are hit by indiscipline
FLEETWOOD 51, OLDHAM RUFC 10 DEPLETED Oldham RUFC were heavily beaten at Fleetwood in their final ADM Premier Division match of the season. Yet, Oldham…
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Waterhead Warriors ready for biggest match in club’s 102-year history
WATERHEAD Warriors bid to create club history by lifting the BARLA Open Age National Cup for the first time on Sunday, April 10. It will…
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Elementary my dear Watson as Josh is hat-trick hero for Oldham RUFC
OLDHAM RUFC 40, ECCLES 12 JOSH Watson scored a hat-trick of tries as Oldham RUFC defeated Eccles handsomely in their final home game of the…
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Oldham RUFC edged out in two-point derby defeat at Aldwinians
ALDWINIANS 24, OLDHAM RUFC 22 OLDHAM RUFC were left to reflect on what might have been as they were edged out by only two points…
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Oldham RUFC suffer fifth straight defeat in ADM Premier Division
OLDHAM RUFC 19, LIVERPOOL ST HELENS 26 OLDHAM RUFC scored three tries and picked up a losing bonus point, but it was insufficient to stave…
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Saddleworth School sports teams seal titles as well as close losses
THE Saddleworth School Year 11 basketball team were crowned champions of Oldham after emerging victorious in a golden point thriller over Waterhead in the final…
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Rugby player Paul was secret poet
UNKNOWN to family and friends, former Oldham Rugby Union Club player Paul Heginbotham was a secret poet. Following Paul’s sudden death aged 63, his family…
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Oldham RUFC failed to halt runaway leaders
OLDHAM RUFC 14, DIDSBURY TOC H 40 MID-TABLE Oldham RUFC failed to cause an upset as they lost at home to ADM Premier Division leaders…
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Winning start for new coach
SADDLEWORTH School’s Year 7 rugby league team gave trainee teacher and new coach Andy Hollinworth a winning start as they beat Bluecoat 40-6 in his…
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Celebration of the life of rugby player Paul Heginbotham
A CELEBRATION of the life of former Oldham Rugby Union Club player Paul Heginbotham takes place at Diggle Band Club on Saturday, October 30 from…
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Oldham RUFC back to winning ways
WIGAN 8, OLDHAM RUFC 19 AFTER back-to-back defeats, Oldham RUFC returned to winning ways in the ADM Premier Division with victory at Wigan which lifted…
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Spirited Oldham RUFC lose their way after double sending off
OLDHAM RUFC 12, WIDNES 30 OLDHAM RUFC lost their discipline as they were beaten at home by second-placed Widnes in the ADM Premier Division. They…
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Rugby teams triumph
SADDLEWORTH School conquered all before them in an inter schools’ rugby tournament at Oldham RUFC. They fielded two Year 8 sides, red and blue, in…
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Hundreds gather to bid fond farewell to Rangers legend Mick Coates
AROUND 300 people filled the ground at Saddleworth Rangers Rugby Club in Greenfield to say their final goodbyes to legendary coach Mick Coates. The popular…
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Saddleworth Rangers clubhouse to host funeral of legendary coach Mick Coates
THE funeral of Saddleworth Rangers’ legendary coach Mick Coates will take place on Friday, June 18 at the clubhouse in Greenfield. Grotton-based Mick passed away…
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The long-gone rugby club that has not been forgotten
IT is a story of a lovingly remembered rugby league club which has been told in a book published by two of its stalwart members.…
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Not the end for marathon man Sinfield
KEVIN Sinfield has 2.5 million reasons to look around thinking, ‘What the heck happened?’ But his epic marathon efforts are not the end of it,…
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Oldham RL’s Sheridan continues ‘miracle’ recovery from Covid-19
BRENDAN Sheridan, Oldham RL Club’s assistant coach, is struggling mentally after his “miracle” recovery from Covid-19 in Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield. The 41-year-old father of three,…
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Local sporting ‘gentleman’ Eddie Bayliss dies after short illness
EDDIE Bayliss, a well-known and highly respected local sporting figure, has died aged 83 in a nursing home in Chadderton following a short illness. He…
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Ford still hurting after defeat in Japan
GEORGE Ford admitted to still hurting from England’s defeat to South Africa in the final of the Rugby World Cup. The 26-year-old, who was raised…
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Saddleworth Rangers up for the cup
SADDLEWORTH Rangers are plotting an upset in the Coral Challenge Cup when they visit Siddal for a first-round tie on Saturday, January 11, kick off…
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