• Local cricket: No surprises as weather is the winner on opening day

  By OldSchoolFrt

  I thought Loughborough Town were champions, has this been overturned?

            

   

  By Leicester Mercury at 07:35 on 01/05/12

  

  The first weekend of the local cricket season was decimated by some horrendous spring weather. Not a ball was bowled in the Everards Premier League where Market Harborough were defending their league title. Flooded pitches and car parks were commonplace across the county as the wettest April on record finished in spectacular style. With more rain forecast from tomorrow onwards until Saturday, week two's programme must already be...

• Angling: Rob Wootton lands bumper catch to clinch open

  By konjma12

  He is showing his full spectrum of skills from rivers to canals to the commercials , also a good...

            

   

  By Leicester Mercury at 07:30 on 07/01/12

  

  Rob Wootton landed a bumper catch of roach to win Wigston Angling Society's open on the canalised River Soar at Aylestone. The Shimano-Dynamite Baits ace pole-fished bread punch and hemp for a 6lb 0z haul to set the pace in the 20-peg contest. Adam Nurse (Wigston) was runner-up on 4-14 ahead of Dan Pickard (Leicester), 4-13, and Pete Jayes (Wigston), 3-0. Difficult conditions meant low weights in Wreake AC's contest on the Grand...

• Young rugby players chase places at Welford Road

  By nora_hs

  Prima Tiger Cup at Leicester Tigers ground on Sunday . . . great day out

            

   

  By Leicester Mercury at 09:30 on 03/11/11

  

  Young rugby players from across Leicestershire and Rutland will compete for the right to play at the home of Leicester Tigers in the Prima Tiger Cup on Sunday. Lutterworth Rugby Club will welcome 16 under-10s teams for the second festival of this season's competition. The contenders include holders Oakham, who beat Coventry side Old Coventrians in last season's final at Welford Road. Oakham face Leicester Forest, 1997 winners...

• Local cricket: Loughborough Town confirmed as Everards League champions

  By biglad3009

  What is the point of making rules for them to be voted on as to whether to apply them or...

            

   

  By Leicester Mercury at 09:30 on 24/09/11

  

  Loughborough Town have been confirmed as Everards League champions. The decision was taken at a meeting of representatives of the clubs. They voted to back a recommendation of the officers that the registration and transfer to Loughborough of Sunny Patel from Birmingham League side Wolverhampton, about which questions had been raised, should be accepted. If the recommendation had not been accepted, Loughborough might have faced...

• Local cricket comment, by Tim Murray: Settle this issue on the field

  By louis2010

  Topbatter i know what you mean regarding points for abandoned games. Harborough were 46 for 6...

            

   

  By Leicester Mercury at 09:30 on 21/09/11

  

  Cricket matches and cricket titles should be decided on the cricket field. Loughborough Town's registration of Sunny Patel and his transfer from Birmingham League side Wolverhampton has been a matter of contention that has clouded the final few weeks of the Everards League season. Loughborough Town secretary Jon Clarke has said: "As far as we are concerned, we did everything right and with the best intentions." The...

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