BUDDING chef Matthew Marriott beat stiff competition to win through to the national final of the Springboard FutureChef competition. The Year 11 student tweaked his winning menu from the local heat and was delighted when judges at the North West Regional final declared his dessert was ‘delicious’. In the catering […]

A PLACE in the national trampoline final beckons for our boys’ team and individual Lucie Waters. Last year, the team of Harry Sneddon, Josh Lowthion, Will Harding and Max Harwood-Lomax won the national final, but at that stage they were competing in the novice category. Max, 12, said: “This year […]

FOR the first time in its 175 year history, Ramsbottom Cricket Club has introduced a dedicated women’s and girls’ section. The club is keen to capitalise on the increased interest following the success of England’s women’s team who won the World Cup in 2017 and were runners up in the […]

AN INCREDIBLE final score line of 14-0 saw our U16s girls football team soar straight through to the Lancashire Cup semi-final. The team hope to emulate their success from 2017 when they won the cup, although they have been in the semi-final and final almost every year since starting at […]

FOR the second year running budding chef Matthew Marriott has won the local finals of the FutureChef competition. Now he will compete in the regional final to be held at UCLan in Preston, on January 31, when he will face other local winners. Although last year his dreams of a […]