Raiders places up for grabs for Leigh opener
SHIRTS are still up for grabs in the Barrow Raiders team to kick-off their Northern Rail Cup campaign at Leigh on Sunday.
RL ace rescued from sharks and thrown to the Wolves
DOUBLE Challenge Cup winner Ben Harrison is delighted to be back in the thick of Super League action – saying it’s safer than Warrington’s training camp in Australia! (1 comment)
Wilkes not wild about Vikings surface
OLIVER Wilkes is glad to see the back of Widnes’s controversial new pitch despite, starting his second spell at Wakefield Trinity with victory.
SPORTS MEMORIES: Swim star Shaun’s a world beater
REMEMBER WHEN: Barrow swimmer Shaun Uren set a new paralympic world record
SPORTS MEMORIES: Barrow potter Andy goes snooker loopy against Stephen Hendry
REMEMBER WHEN: Barrow's Handy Andy beat the world snooker champion.
Sheridan faces D-day over suspension
THE investigation that will determine Darren Sheridan’s future at Barrow AFC should be concluded this week.
Wildcat Wilkes ready to stick his claws into Super League
RETURNING Wildcat Oliver Wilkes is hoping to prove wrong the old sporting adage of never go back, by returning to Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.
Big Brad developing his own superpower at Leeds Rhinos
TOWERING teenage packman Brad Singleton is targeting more Super League appearances with Grand Final winners Leeds Rhinos this season.
Touchdown Terriers - American Football takes off on Walney
A HEAD coach has been drafted in and 30 players are ready to wear the green and gold uniform – things are really taking shape for the fledgling Walney Terriers American Football team.
Rally ace Williams is top 10 hit
RALLY navigator Chris Williams treated himself to a belated Christmas present as he partnered Peppe Planeta to ninth place in the Specsavers Christmas Stages Rally.
Amateur RL news
Murray hopes Millom won’t cop it in the cup
RUGBY league’s greatest knockout competition – The Carnegie Challenge Cup – gets under way for local clubs tomorrow, with Millom and Askam involved in the preliminary round. Barrow swim star makes Olympic trials
OLYMPIC swimming hopeful Fraser Minnican will get a taster of what competition will be like at London 2012 in March. (1 comment)
Aaron rallying talent is no flook
SPEEDING Flookburgh rally ace Aaron McClure is racing ahead towards his first adult competition.
Ex-France and Wigan coach Wilko back on Cumbrian RL scene
FOR a vastly-experienced coach who leads the Russian national side, you might think that knocking some of Cumbria’s top teenage rugby players in to shape would be easy.
Saint Ade keen to make up for lost time
ADE Gardner’s first appearance at St Helens’ new £26m Langtree Park home was a special occasion for more than just one reason for the Walney winger.
Amateur football
Rovers’ Senior moment
FURNESS Rovers aim to take another step towards eradicating last season’s Furness Senior Cup final heartache when they go to Millom in the quarter-finals of this year’s competition. 
FORMER Commonwealth silver medallist Matt Bowe admits London 2012 will come too soon in his fledgling coaching career but insists it will only spur him on to play a major role in Rio in four years’ time. 
CARTMEL Racecourse chiefs are confident the sun will shine on them in 2012 after a surprise drop in race goers in 2011.
CHAIRMAN Andy Steele has hailed Ulverston’s brave decision to switch to summer rugby league after more than 20 years in the North West Counties.
A THIRD South Cumbrian amateur RL team will make the switch to summer rugby this season – with more set to follow in their stead.
THOSE of us old enough to remember when Terry Venables, then manager of QPR, tried to persuade the football world that plastic pitches were the future – he even penned a novel called They Used to Play on Grass – may feel that we have seen it all before. 
BASKETBALL small guy Chris Pearce is backing his Durham Wildcats side to bounce up the national standings. 
TOP teenage boxing prospect Liam Conroy’s dreams of turning professional have been backed by none other than Amir Khan.
FOOTBALL League and Conference hotshot Wayne Curtis has vowed to return to the professional game next season. 
TALENTED centre Ryan Shaw has moved a step closer to his Super League debut after signing for Castleford Tigers on a month’s loan. 
NORTH LANCS/CUMBRIA RURECENTLY-APPOINTED Furness coach Rod Singleton faces another tough examination tomorrow as his struggling side take on title hopefuls Kirkby Lonsdale. 
THE Barrow Raiders squad swapped tackle bags for punch bags to sharpen up their fitness ahead of the new season. 
COME rain or shine – and it has mostly been the former so far this pre-season – Barrow Raiders have been putting their noses to the grindstone under new boss Darren Holt. 
CARTMEL trainer James Moffatt is blazing a trail on the northern National Hunt circuit with a horse unlike any other.
MOVING north to Cartmel has proved an inspirational decision for young jockey Joel Belbin. 
BOTH Barrow and Furness Cricket Clubs will host three-day county matches this summer. 
