Sports correspondent

WIDNES Wild put in a battling performance in the NIHL Midland Cup against higher division Blackburn Hawks on Sunday but came back from east Lancashire on the wrong end of a 6-1 scoreline.

RUNCORN Linnets took on the early-season league pacesetters on Saturday as Workington visited The Millbank, writes Ste Bignall.

FOOTBALL supporters are often prepared to go the extra mile in support of their club, particularly in the rarefied environment of the non-league game.

VICTORY may have lost just a little of its shine with the two goals conceded in the last five minutes but the underlying polish was still present, Dave Bettley writes.

FROM the very first minute, when the visitors hit the woodwork, until the last as a brilliant save denied them, Runcorn Linnets were in complete command of this game, Dave Bettley writes.

AFTER another flurry of transfer activity which had seen the departures of Gary Grier, Chris Lawton and Matt Holmes, Michael Ellison bolstered his depleted squad with two new signings.

WIDNES Wild faced their toughest test to date in the new NIHL North Division 2 (Laidler) season and passed with flying colours with a 6-4 victory over Sutton Sting on Sunday night at Silver Blades Widnes.

Halton SC were in action again at the weekend taking part in Round 2 of the National Arena Swimming League, making the journey by coach to Kendal Leisure Centre. Halton, who finished in 4th place in Round 1 were looking to improve on this position and they didn’t disappoint.

LINNETS Ladies threw away their long unbeaten Cheshire Women’s League run after allowing 2-0 and 3-2 leads to slip away.

WINGER Corey Thompson crossed for a hat-trick as Widnes produced a magnificent display of attacking rugby to thrash Leeds Rhinos 56-12 at the Select Security Stadium.