Category: Sport
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They’ve done it again
William Doyle and Dylan Kelly repeated last year’s performance by winning the GMFCYP pool competitions. Dylan won the under 12 section and William moved up the age group to win the under 14 competition. They will both go forward to the Northern Area finals in Preston.
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“New kids on the block”
This year the club have started a new senior football team, for the first time since the 1970s. They play in the 4th division of the Eccles and District Sunday league and have won both their opening games. The team is managed by club leader Leon Warmington and assistant Mike Murray. The photo below dating…
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Hybrid boxing
Two of the young combat sports groups at the club came together this week to test out their shared skills by sparing together. Club leader Leon who trains the junior ABA boxers at the club and Terry Marshall who coaches the Thai kickboxers were on hand to supervise this new event which will help both…
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Salford Lads in National Finals
They’ve done it again! William Doyle and Dylan Kelly who won the GMFCYP under 12 pool competitions in December won the Northern championship last weekend in Preston. William and Dylan each won their group sections before progressing to play each other in the final which was won by William. The two lads will now represent…
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Cricket World Cup Inspires Lads
Last night saw the start of a 6 week cricket coaching session in the gym coinciding with the cricket world cup in India. The sessions which will take place every Monday night for the next 6 weeks are organised by the GMFCYP. The project has been developed by the ECB and The Lord’s Taverners to…
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A regatta in the gym
We thought an evening of rowing would involve wearing life jackets and a trip down to the ship canal but no -the rowing event organised by the GMFCYP took place in the gym. Plenty of technical wizardry was at hand to enable young people to learn the skills of rowing and to experience the thrill…
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Black Belt and First Aid
3 members of the Cobra kickboxing Club have reached brown and black belt levels recently. Laura Ellis 1st Dan Black Belt, Cathy Morris, brown belt and Lee Morgan 3rd Dan Black Belt. 9 young club members and adult volunteers have taken part in a national first aid training course at the club over the past…
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Archie meets his hero
Salford Lad and rugby league star Charlie Pawsey returned to the club yesterday . Charlie was captain of Leigh RLFC, an England star and also captained the Great Britain team on the tour of Australia in 1950. Archie, a life long fan of the game recalled Charlie’s exploits on the pitch for Leigh, England and…
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9 Salford Lads and Girls reach finals
Greater Manchester table tennis finalists Niall Armsden won the Greater Manchester Federation under19 table tennis competition last week. Club member Robert Payne also reached the final of the under 14 competition. Both will go forward to the regional finals later this year. Salford Lads and Girls Dominate Snooker and Pool Competitions. 7 members off SLGC…