Barrow boy Thompson flies to European Championship silver
BARROW-BORN Chris Thompson produced the performance of a lifetime in Barcelona last night as he claimed 10,000m silver at the European Championships.
Walney's American girl Hollie is a Texas whirlwind
CUMBRIA’S best lady golfers were swept aside by a tornado fresh out of Texas as Furness teen Hollie Weatherburn flew into town. (1 comment)
South Cumbrian football whizz key part of Portugal World Cup bid
A SOUTH Cumbrian football mastermind is plotting the World Cup downfall of Brazil and the Ivory Coast for European giants Portugal.
Bauer added to Barrow RL missing list
THERE will need to be a major reshuffle of the Barrow Raiders back line on Saturday, with Andreas Bauer added to the list of absentees.
Double delight for Barrow Island RL youngsters
A HEALTHY dose of team spirit pushed Barrow Island RL under-16s to an unbeaten league and cup double.
Holker youngsters prove unstoppable
IF ever a team deserved the tag of ‘unbeatable’ it was Holker Old Boys under-11s this season. (1 comment)
New faces on show as Barrow fall to Blackburn Rovers
LEFT-BACK. One hyphenated little word that has probably resulted in many a sleepless night at chateaus Bayliss and Sheridan this summer.
EVENING MAIL SPORTS COLUMNISTS
Fell runners are a hardier breed
TWO years to go. That’s all. The London Olympics are coming! Yesterday marked the start of a two-year countdown in anticipation of the Games’ opening ceremony on July 27, 2012. Junior Sport
Barrow Raiders stars teach youngsters skills of the game
THE next generation of Furness rugby league talent will be given a leg-up on the sport’s ladder this summer. (2 comments)
HOLKER Street played host to the finals of the boys and girls Barrow and District Junior Football League KO Cup finals. 
THE four girls’ cup and shield finals saw teams from Barrow Celtic, Dalton and Barrow Wanderers competing on the Holker Street turf. 
THE more experienced Seascale side proved too strong for the Haverigg youngsters in the Vigodny Cup final. 
RON Slater, one of the greatest rugby union fly-halfs never to play for England, has died, aged 80. 
HORSE racing has been one of the most prominent sporting victims of the recent freeze, with even all-weather tracks falling foul of the snow and ice. PAUL TURNER talks to trainer Jimmy Moffatt in frozen Cartmel and discovers he can only just remember the last time he actually had a runner 
ONE of Barrow’s finest RL players of the 1950s, Tommy Keen, has died. 
THE local sporting fraternity is saddened by the death of former Barrow RL star Brian Sharp, who passed away suddenly on New Year’s Day, aged 74. 
PERFECT conditions on the A590 meant some blistering times were set on the first Barrow Central Wheelers promoted open 10-mile time trial of the season. 
