http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk// Top stories for Sport http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/512/512986_rugby_league_ray_marks_time_as_club_clockwatcher.html CLOCKWATCHING is something generally not encouraged at work, but for Ray Myers it has become a labour of love. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/512/512986_rugby_league_ray_marks_time_as_club_clockwatcher.html Mon, 15 May 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/512/512915_roll_of_honour_sportsmen_and_women_who_represented_their_country.html ROCHDALE has rarely hit the headlines in the world of sport, yet the town has produced countless athletes for teams at county, regional, national and international level. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/512/512915_roll_of_honour_sportsmen_and_women_who_represented_their_country.html Sat, 13 May 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/513/513011_golf_illustrious_names_on_our_silver_rose_bowl.html THE peak came in 1993 when 351 hopefuls put their names forward to start another Rochdale Observer Group Golf Tournament. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/513/513011_golf_illustrious_names_on_our_silver_rose_bowl.html Sat, 13 May 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/513/513008_martial_arts_flagbearing_judo_star_simon.html IN YEARS gone by it was frowned on to order a picture from an outside source for use in the Observer. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/513/513008_martial_arts_flagbearing_judo_star_simon.html Sat, 13 May 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/513/513014_snooker_peter_caught_up_in_a_whirlwind.html YOU could say it was a whirlwind decision taken in 1995. The Observer, in association with New Look Windows, organised a snooker classic which attracted a full house to the Town Hall. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/513/513014_snooker_peter_caught_up_in_a_whirlwind.html Sat, 13 May 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/513/513015_boxing_thunderbolt_blazed_a_trail_for_town_fighters.html THE town has produced some fine exponents of the noble art, as Les Barlow discovers ... http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/513/513015_boxing_thunderbolt_blazed_a_trail_for_town_fighters.html Sat, 13 May 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/513/513012_angling_contest_has_the_lakes_fish_fleeing.html IT CAN be a hard life watching water sometimes, ask the lads who have competed in the annual Rochdale Observer Team Angling contest - as in some years that is all they have managed to do. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/513/513012_angling_contest_has_the_lakes_fish_fleeing.html Sat, 13 May 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/513/513013_fun_run_a_dream_which_brought_people_out_in_thousands.html IT WAS the biggest event Rochdale had ever seen, and it literally ran for eight years. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/513/513013_fun_run_a_dream_which_brought_people_out_in_thousands.html Sat, 13 May 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/513/513004_football_remember_when_.html A QUICK run through some of Rochdale FC's recent milestones and stories to remember ... http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/513/513004_football_remember_when_.html Sat, 13 May 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/513/513016_darts_hatton_made_history_but_sandy_was_tops.html RAY Hatton made local history way back in 1964 when he became the first player from Rochdale to reach the News of the World Darts final. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/513/513016_darts_hatton_made_history_but_sandy_was_tops.html Sat, 13 May 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/513/513010_football_life_at_the_grass_roots.html AMATEUR Football teams to have played in Rochdale, be it Saturday, Sunday, or midweek, were listed in Observer articles a couple of years ago, as were some of the highlights of the local grass-roots game. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/513/513010_football_life_at_the_grass_roots.html Sat, 13 May 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/512/512984_rugby_league_on_the_ball_with_glut_of_clubs_in_town.html ROCHDALE produced more than 300 rugby clubs between 1870 and the 1920s, most of them before the turn of the century when association football was still new to the world. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/512/512984_rugby_league_on_the_ball_with_glut_of_clubs_in_town.html Sat, 13 May 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/512/512991_football_legend_reg_holds_place_in_record_book_and_the_heart.html RICHARD Partington caught up with the man Dale supporters voted their greatest ever ... http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/512/512991_football_legend_reg_holds_place_in_record_book_and_the_heart.html Sat, 13 May 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/512/512987_rugby_league_cup_kings_of_1922.html HORNETS won the Challenge Cup Final - then the Northern Union Cup - for the first and only time in 1922 at Headingley on 6 May. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/512/512987_rugby_league_cup_kings_of_1922.html Sat, 13 May 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/512/512985_rugby_league_shedding_light_on_historic_night_match.html THE first rugby match to be played under floodlights saw Broughton meet Swinton at the Yew Street ground in Salford on 22 October 1878. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/sport/s/512/512985_rugby_league_shedding_light_on_historic_night_match.html Sat, 13 May 2006 00:00:00 -0000