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Lancashire suffer county title setback at Carlisle in Northern Counties League

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

LANCASHIRE lost top spot in the Daily Telegraph Northern Counties League when they lost to Cumbria at Carlisle.

West Lancashire golfer James Rooney sets sights on success at highest level

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

JAMES ROONEY is hoping to use his success in the Lancashire Boys Championship as a platform towards international recognition.

Lancashire denied fourth straight success by Hertfordshire

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

A CHRIS MAY brace helped Hertfordshire to a comfortable 38-20 victory over Lancashire in the Bill Beaumont Cup Final at Twickenham, exacting revenge for their 2011 Final defeat to the Red Rose in the process.

Double delight for Huyton and Prescot golfer John Carroll

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

JOHN CARROLL completed a memorable double when he added the Southport & Ainsdale Bowl to the Formby Hare to collectively land the Lancashire Links Trophy.

Bootle cricketers enjoy their screen test as Ian Botham recalls early days

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

BOOTLE Cricket Club had a weekend to remember last week after Sky Sports featured the Wadham Road side on their popular Club Life segment.

Chester rugby players enjoy trip to Twickenham

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

CHESTER RFC took part in a very special ‘Land Rover Parade of Champions’ at the Aviva Premiership Rugby Final on Saturday in front of a sell-out Twickenham crowd.

HAYDOCK Park’s John Goodland won the Lancashire County Collinge Trophy qualifier at Grange Park.

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Chris Clarke, who plays off 17 at West Derby, claimed second. The final is at Hesketh on September 13.

Lancashire captain Glen Chapple joins kids at Sefton Park

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

BOOTLE were not the only local club to feature on Sky Sports last week as Sefton Park also enjoyed some exciting media coverage when Lancashire captain Glen Chapple joined schoolchildren at Sefton Park CC for a day of cricket on Tuesday May 22 as part of Brit Insurance National Cricket Day.

Waterloo chief Jan van Deventer is looking forward

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

WATERLOO held their annual Players’ Awards Dinner but director of rugby Jan van Deventer is already looking to next season.

England duo James Anderson and Graeme Swann are like Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne in their pomp, says bowling coach David Saker

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

JAMES ANDERSON and Graeme Swann are capable of matching Australia greats Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne – according to England’s bowling coach David Saker.

Perils and pitfalls of new manager markets

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

NEW manager markets are lucrative.

Euro 2012 preview: Under the radar players to watch in Poland and Ukraine

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:15:00 GMT

Euro 2012 will be awash with new talent, here's the ECHO's guide to under the radar players to watch out for in Poland and Ukraine.

Olympic Torch 2012 - find out where to see it in Liverpool, Wirral & Southport

Liverpool Daily Post — Sun, 27 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

THE 2012 OLYMPIC TORCH hits Merseyside and the North West this Friday (June 1st) and will be marked with a waterfront spectacular in the Liverpool city centre.

Olympic torch to be welcomed to Liverpool by 10,000 people on the Pier Head

Liverpool Daily Post — Sat, 26 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

THE Olympic torch will be welcomed with a 2½-hour entertainment event on Liverpool’s waterfront when it passes through the city.

Liverpool International Tennis Tournament director Anders Borg on ten years of tennis in the city

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 24 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT

Liverpool International director Anders Borg talks to Neil Jones ahead of the tournament’s 10th anniversary

Tributes paid to former Lancashire wicketkeeper Frank Parr

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

TRIBUTES have been paid to former Lancashire wicketkeeper Frank Parr who died on May 8 at the age of 83.

Former Merit champion lifts Henriques Trophy at Hesketh Golf Club

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

THE cream came to the top in the Henriques Trophy at Hesketh where three-time Cleveland Srixon Northern Order of Merit winner Mark Young finished a shot ahead of title-holder Steve McGlynn.

Sean McGuire: Time to end the Magic weekend event as it no longer casts a spell

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

IT CAN only be hoped that this weekend will see the final staging of rugby league’s Magic weekend, where a round of Super League fixtures are all played at the same half-empty stadium.

Home boy Broad hopes to repeat the trick in Trent Bridge return

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

STUART BROAD is hoping to relive one of the finest moments of his career when England take on West Indies in the second Test at Trent Bridge.

Prenton Golf Club pays tribute to long-serving volunteer Peter Dutton

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

FRIENDS and family gathered at Prenton Golf Club to mark a remarkable milestone for a man who has served the game of golf with such distinction down the decades.