Wirral | Archive | 2001 | March
POLICE are becoming increasingly concerned about the welfare of a Prenton schoolboy who has been missing from home for two weeks. more...
THE Fuse Disco is moving to New Ferry and needs more spinners! more...
REPRESENTATIVES from the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association visited the Air Training Corps cadets at 1123 (Hooton Park) Squadron. more...
A BEBINGTON school has been chosen as one of the Government's new ICT learning centres. more...
WIRRAL said 'Pants to Poverty' at the weekend as fund-raisers across the peninsula supported Comic Relief. more...
ONE of the most outstanding and interesting country houses in the North West is to be sold for an estimated £3.5 million, writes Stuart Hughes. more...
A HESWALL church's congregation is celebrating its 700th anniversary this year. more...
A MEAT packing company has refused an offer from the Transport & General Workers' Union to settle an industrial dispute. more...
DOCTOR Hugh McAllister from the University of Liverpool is leading a walk around Ness Gardens entitled 'The Wild Side of Ness' this Sunday. more...
MEMBERS of the Wirral branch of the Motor Neurone Disease are delighted with the musical efforts of a mature entertainment group. more...
CLAIRE House Children's Hospice is holding an Open Day on Monday, March 26, from 10am-4pm. Tours of the hospice will be available and merchandise will be on sale. more...
A BEBINGTON man is to be invested as a member of the Order of St John in recognition of his exceptional work for St John Ambulance over many years. more...
COULD your band perform at an outdoor event to 20,000 people? more...
WIRRAL resident Susan Weir has a high flying career as the financial controller of Merseyside Special Investment Fund. more...
ELECTORS in Wirral are to be offered a chance to speak directly to key decision-makers in the borough council with the introduction of new 'Question Time' sessions. more...
TOLLEMACHE Road School Old Boys' Association holds its 10th annual reunion on Wednesday, April 25 at the Tixall Bowling and Social Club. Those wishing to attend should call John Willoughby on 924-8008. more...
FOLLOWING a plane crash some pupils from Wirral are to find themselves stranded on a desert island with no grown-ups. more...
MANY Wirral families will be planning to buy cards and flowers to celebrate Mother's Day this year. more...
A CHARITY has set up a special pilot scheme to maximise the skills and talents of older people across Merseyside. more...
ONE of the most outstanding and interesting country houses in the North West is to be sold for an estimated £3.5 million, writes Stuart Hughes. more...
A TIME capsule is just waiting for your suggestions about what should go in it to amaze future generations. more...
SMALL areas of Wirral's green space are being put under threat by motorists parking on pavements, say concerned residents. more...
THE next meeting of the Wirral Area Group of the British Cardiac Patients' Association Zipper Club takes place on Monday, April 9, at Elm House, Clatterbridge Hospital, starting at 2pm. Members old and new are asked to attend. There will be a guest speaker. more...
Farm disease casts shadow over spring charity events more...
Wirral suicide rate second worst in country more...
WHEN it comes to achievement, mother and daughter Carmel and Claire Edwards believe in doing things by degrees! more...
Search for Wirral Volunteer of the Year 2001 more...
ELECTORS in Wirral are to be offered a chance to speak directly to key decision-makers in the borough council with the introduction of new 'Question Time' sessions. more...
SUMMONSES against a Bromborough butcher brought by the local authority have been adjourned until April 18 for trial by Wirral magistrates. more...
A STAR-struck boy from Heswall will take his first steps towards fame and fortune on Friday singing live on BBC television. more...
WIRRAL resident Susan Weir has a high flying career as the financial controller of Merseyside Special Investment Fund. more...
WIRRAL schools will be given £348,000 of government money to help increase access to schools for disabled pupils. more...
FESTIVE shoppers in Birkenhead's Grange Centre helped to raise more than £1,400 for Claire House. more...
WALLASEY committee of the North West Cancer Research Fund is organising a fund-raising Golf Day at Wallasey Golf Club on Sunday, April 29, and is seeking donations of prizes from local firms, clubs and organisations. For details and to help, call 630-5887 or 639-9195. more...
A COMMUNITY gardening event led by experts and aimed at local residents takes place at the Centre for Sustainable Living in Gorsey Lane, Wallasey, on Wednesday, April 11, from 9.30am to 3.30pm. more...
ONE of the most outstanding and interesting country houses in the North West is to be sold for an estimated £3.5 million, writes Stuart Hughes. more...
FIGURES just published under the Government's School Achievement Awards Scheme show that 14 schools in Wirral have been rewarded for their good results. more...
BEACHES at New Brighton and West Kirby have received the coveted Seaside Award. more...
AWARD-winning jewellery designer Graeme McKay, from Prenton, has been appointed deputy manager of Pykes the Jewellers in Birkenhead. more...
THERE are just five weeks left to nominate YOUR Wirral Volunteer of the Year 2001. more...
ALSAGER woman Anne Mawdsley MBE will be named as Cheshire Woman of the Year 2001 at a ceremony in Chester Town Hall today. more...
TWO major charity events planned in Wirral this spring are being threatened by the spread of foot and mouth disease. more...
A HOYLAKE councillor has joined residents' associations in the town, angry at the decision to demolish what he calls a "fine building". more...
A WALLASEY school was closed yesterday as police investigated the cause of a fire in the building on Monday evening. more...
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RESULTS - Wednesday, March 14: West Cheshire Shield (Semi-final): Aintree Villa Res 1, FC Pensby 3 (aet). Division One: Ashville 1, C/Laird 2. more...
RESULTS - Saturday, March 17: Wirral Junior Cup (Semi-finals): Hope Farm Yth 1, Abbotsford 3; North Star 0, Seven Stiles Yth 0 (North Star win 5-4 on pens). Joe Shields Cup (Semi-finals): The Exmouth 0, Parkfield BA Res 2; AC Brookley 1, Kelma 2. Division One: Clipper Moreton 1, Archers 0; The Hornblower 5, FC Pensby 4. Division Two: Abbotsford Yth 3, Delta 1; FC Coburg 2, BASF Yth 3; North Star Res 5, Old Rockferrians 4; Pacific 6, Royal Liver 3; Shillings Cafe Bar 8, F2 1. Division Three: 27 Club 9, Lingham 1; Toll Bar 3, Malt Shovel 1. more...
RESULTS - Saturday, March 17: Robin Hodgson Division: Avon Ath 3, Rgrs Breaks 1; Bronze Social 0, Grange Ath 3; Tricorn 0, Manor Ath 1; Mersey Ferries 3, Charing Cross 3; Vanser 6, Merebrook Soc 4. Concorde Trophies Division: Dray Ath 6, Beb. Hawks 1; Gen Chemicals 3, Sutton Blk Lion 1; Vanser 5, Blk Horse Hornets 2; Wirral Nomads 2, Manor Ath 3. more...
RESULTS - Sunday, March 18: Premier Division: KEL 0, Queen's Park 1; Parkdale 0, Brow 3; Ship Inn 1, Pelican 0; Pacific 1, Archers Soc 2; R/F Soc 2, Royal Sun All 0; Shaftesbury 3, Dock Hotel 4. Division One: Warwick 4, Hornby HBRBL 4; Swan 1, Parkside 1; Stiles 3, Shaftesbury Snrs 2; Lever Club 3, Rgrs Breaks 0; Heygarth Utd 4, Halfway Vets 4; Jockey 2, St John's Celtic 2. Division Two: Tranmere Vics 3, Houlihan's VC 2; Port Sunlight RBL 0, Oxton Ath 2; Upton Celtic 2, Shellbourne Evans 2; Neston 3, Livingstone 2; Graylands Yth 3, Bromboro' Hotel 1. Division Three: Young Lions 5, Ridger 0; Wirral Libs 4, AFC Archers 0; Wellington 6, Club Octel 1; Civic Way 2, Rockville 4; Corsair Ath 0, Black Horse 2. Division Four: Crown & Cushion 2, Mersey Blades 3; Vittoria Vaults 4, Windsor Castle 3; Hotel Victoria 1, Railway 4; Lord Napier 1, Cavendish 3; Woodhey Ath 1, Clipper 1; Saughall 7, Bidston Hill 1. Youth Division: Heswall 2, Ashville Colts 1; Shore Villa 0, Glenavon 0; Ashville Yth 7, Young Lions 0; Willaston 0, Shaft Boys 4; Shaft Yth 1, Christleton 3; Wirral Yth 5, Upton JFC 3. more...
RESULTS - Sunday, March 18: Pyke Cup (3rd Rd): Port Sunlight 2, Stirrup 3. Premier Cup (2nd Rd): Lancelyn 3, Ship 4. Senior Cup (2nd Rd): Admiral 1, Cat 2; Farmers Arms 6, Royal Oak 2; Wirral Ath 3, Premier Soc 4. Junior Cup (1st Rd): Wirral Health 1, Ship Ath 6. Junior Cup (2nd Rd): Allport 1, Victoria Lodge 2; Riverside Town 1, Fairfield 5. Division One: Old House at Home 1, Halfway Prenton 3. Division Two: Pollards Inn 5, Old Brown Cow 0; Tranmere Rvrs Supporters 3, Wellington 6. Division Three: Punch Bowl 1, Hoylake 3. more...
RESULTS - Sunday, March 18: Premier Division: Gt Float Social 0, Millhouse 0; Parkfield 1, St Joseph's 8; Saddle 0, Stanley Vaults 5; Queen's 2, Poulton Royal 0. Division One KO Cup: Black Horse 2, Morton Arms 12. Division One: Shepherd's Rest 2, Windsor 4; Old Market 2, Pilot Boat 3. Division Two: Stanley's Cask 6, Vicky Lodge 1; Seaview 2, Sandridge 2; Boot Inn 3, Sandbank 1; Brackenwood 1, Shell Travellers Rest 2; Bird in Hand 0, Leasowe Castle 1. Youth Division Cup: Arthur FC 5, Shell 2. Youth Division: Deeside 8, Townfield 1; Victoria Colts 5, Phoenix 7. more...
RESULTS Sunday, March 18: Under-16: Parkdale 2, Ashville 2; W/Kirby Wasps 0, Heswall 2; Shore Villa 3, Fender Yth 0; Shaftesbury YC 8, Willaston Wndrs 0; Princes Villa 0, Vauxhall 4. Under-15: Neston Nomads 1, Irby Jnrs 0; Eastham Villa 3, Eastham Blades 3; Shore Villa 3, Victoria Colts 1; Ashville 1, Vauxhall 5; W/Kirby Wasps 0, Shaftesbury YC 4; Newton Yth 1, Young Lions 1. Under-14 'A': Neston Nomads 3, Vauxhall 4; FC Phoenix 2, Squibb 1; Castrol Woodlands 4, Ashville 0; Shore Villa 3, Heswall 0; Shaftesbury YC 1, Fender Yth 1. Under-14 'B': Allport Hawks 6, Crusaders 1; Eastham Blades 0, Heygarth Utd 0; Willaston Wndrs 2, Rossway Utd 0. Wirral Minor Cup: Glenavon 7, W/Kirby Wasps 3. Under-13 'A': Squibb 3, Neston Nomads 4; Heswall 1, Shore Villa 3; Raby Ath 1, Shaftesbury YC 0; Vauxhall 4, Heygarth Utd 0. Under-13 'B': Alliance 1, Irby Jnrs 1; Ashville 6, Lion Kings JFC 1; Allport Hawks 4, Fender Yth 3; Parkdale 1, Eastham Blades 8; Liscard Panthers 0, FC Phoenix 3. Under-12 'A': Ashville 0, W/Kirby Wasps 3; Fender Yth 3, Stork 1; Vauxhall 2, Liscard Panthers 2; Parkonians 4, Shaftesbury YC 3; Shore Villa 1, Heswall 2; Fender Yth 3, Shaftesbury YC 0. Under-12 'B': Irby Jnrs 4, Allport Hawks 1; Eastham Blades 1, Newton Yth 5; Prenton Ath 0, Victoria Colts 8. Under-11: Squibb 2, Allport Hawks 0; Young Lions 1, Ashville 7; Shore Villa 3, Vauxhall 0; Parkonians 1, Irby Jnrs 0; Neston Nomads 5, Victoria Colts 3; Fender Yth 1, Liscard Panthers 2; Stork 8, Rossway Utd 2; Heswall 1, W/Kirby Wasps 2. more...
RESULTS - Sunday, March 18: Under-11: B'hd YC 0, Wirral Panthers 1; Glenavon 1, Greenleas 2; Greenleas Celtic 1, NB Saints Rangers 6; Parkfield 0, NB Saints Rovers 0; Olympic 2, Wallasey Wdrs 5; Ridgeview 3, Wirral Scorpions 7; Victoria Colts 6, Upton 1. Under-12: NB Saints 3, Hearts 2; Olympic 0, Greenleas 5; Parkgate 1, Glenavon 4; Pensby Falcons 4, Delta Colts 0; Poulton Ath 0, Ridgeview 5; Wallasey Wdrs 4, Upton 1; Wirral Panthers 7, B'hd YC 3. Under-13 'A': Glenavon 2, Saughall Ath 0; Ridgeview 4, Gt Float 1; NB Saints 2, Greenleas 3; Hearts 3, Mersey Park 0; Upton 6, Wallasey Wdrs 4. Under-13 'B': B'hd YC 2, Pensby Falcons 1; Victoria Colts 1, B'hd YC Colts 6. Under-14 Wirral Cup: Greenleas 7, W/K Wasps 3. Under-14 'A': Glenavon Hawks 5, Wirral Scorpions 0; Victoria Colts 1, Ridgeview 4; Poulton Ath 3, Wasps 4. Under-14 'B': Pensby Falcons 0, NB Saints 5; Olympic 0, Wirral Panthers 4; Parkfield 2, Wallasey Wndrs 1; Upton 0, Parkgate 4. Under-15: New Brighton 5, Glenavon 1; Greenleas 1, NB Saints 0; Olympic 2, Upton JFC 4; B'hd YC 3, Overchurch 1; Wirral Scorpions 1, Olympic Colts 6; Upton Manor 2, Parkgate 2; St John's Colts 5, Poulton Ath 2. Under-16: Blu 1, NB Saints 6; B'hd YC 2, Olympic 2; Glenavon Eagles 2, Greenleas 3; Poulton Ath 5, Wasps 2; Victoria Colts 2, Glenavon Hawks 3. more...
by Andrew Stratton more...
LOCAL RUGBY ROUND-UP with Andrew Stratton more...
CARLSBERG WEST CHESHIRE LEAGUE ROUND-UP with Ray Condliffe more...
NORTH Star and Abbotsford - both from the Birkenhead & Wirral (Saturday) Football League - will contest this year's Wirral Junior Cup Final. more...
FIRST met second in the South Wirral Football League Robin Hodgson Premier Division - and it resulted in Grange Athletic reducing Bronze Social's lead at the top to a single point after a 3-0 success at Valley Road (writes Matt Scott). more...
ST JOSEPH'S still head the Wallasey & District Sunday Football League Premier Division following their 8-1 demolition of Parkfield (Steve Hazelhurst). more...
VAUXHALL slipped to a fourth successive defeat in the Unibond League Division One, on Saturday, losing 1-0 to North Ferriby United. more...
GOALS galore seemed to be the order of the day in the Houlihan's Birkenhead Sunday League - a total of 147 were scored throughout the six divisions! more...
HAVE any Runcorn residents noticed the alarmingly low quantity of books in the Shopping City, sorry, Halton Lea Library? more...
AT the time of the former ICI announcing massive job cuts, what do we hear? more...
YET another visit to the Auto Quest Stadium of shattered dreams to support a team that promises so much, but delivers so little; where top players from other teams suffer an inexplicable loss of form on signing for Widnes and whose support base and facilities must be the envy of any other team in the NFP. more...
A WIDNES shoplifter has expressed his remorse after his crime caused Frodsham postmaster David Nolan to have a fatal heart attack. more...
A DISABLED woman fears her health is being put at risk by the rendering of thousands of foot and mouth carcasses in Widnes. more...
THE grisly rendering process of thousands of foot and mouth infected carcasses was witnessed first hand this week by Halton MP Derek Twigg. more...
DELAYS on the Runcorn-Widnes bridge are likely as both northbound lanes will be closed from 6am to 2pm for the next two Sundays - March 25 and April 1. more...
THE River View gipsy site in Widnes is to get a £112, 200 facelift. more...
LEAKING ammonia from a refrigeration unit caused a chemical leak on Wednesday. more...
THE spate of mindless arsons in Widnes continued this week. more...
CONTENTIOUS plans to turn a furniture store into a nightclub were deferred this week for a site visit - following objections from the police. more...
RESIDENTS in Higher Runcorn are outraged about the activities of gangs of youths congregating near their home. more...
A SOCIAL club has offered to raise funds towards the legal expenses faced by the family of the late Sarah Jane McNicholas. more...
WHEN it comes to the comfort and safety of passengers, Arriva North West makes no exceptions...even a stray swan received the five-star treatment. more...
A RELAXING concert of light orchestral music is being held to raise funds for Halton Haven Hospice. more...
HOAX calls cost lives. more...
While I was out on Saturday night I was recognised for the first time by my picture in the Widnes World! more...
A DOCTOR'S surgery in Widnes urged people in Halton to kick the habit by joining in with National No Smoking Day. more...
CHESHIRE Victim Support Scheme is looking for volunteers. more...
A SPRING charities fair is being held on Saturday, March 24 from 10am-3pm in Halton Trinity Methodist Church, Main Street, Halton Village. more...
FRODSHAM and District Photographic Society's annual exhibition is at the Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham from March 25 to May 5. more...
A WORLD class guitar master and virtuoso, Eduardo Niebla is bringing his stunning flamenco jazz and Indian fusion to Halton tomorrow evening. more...
DOZENS of works by artists of the future will figure in the latest exhibition at the Castle Park Arts Centre in Frodsham. more...
ANCIENT Hale Church forms a magnificent setting for a historic concert next month. more...
VIKINGS coach David Hulme was this week sacked just four months into the season. more...
|Old Anselmians 12 Runcorn 24| more...
|Widnes Amateur Swimming Club| more...
|Widnes Schools u11 34 Salford Schools u11 0| more...
|Mond Rangers 0 Ashville 2| more...
YOUNG Kickboxer Darryl Stokes has fought his way to the top of the ladder with his recent win in the Kickboxing UK Open. more...
|Halton Girls u14s 0 Tranmere Rovers 17| more...
|Moorfield u11 22 Pilkington u11 12| more...
GROUP One has a new leader. Pumas, with two wins, 3-0 against Cheetahs and 1-0 against Wolves, take over top spot from Cougars who drop to third. Bears stay second. Sharks also had two wins, beating Cougars 3-1 and Cheetahs 3-0. Tigers gained a point against Wolves and then lost 1-0 to Bears. more...
Widnes Vikings 10 more...
THE Vikings pre-season star signing Karle Hammond has left the club. more...
Runcorn 0 Worksop Town 4 more...
Everton Reserves 2 more...
RUNCORN heavyweight Glynn Turner is into the ABA National Senior Final. more...
Widnes Albion Bulls 28 more...
Spring View 30 more...
|Birchfield 32 Northwich 10| more...
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