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We’ll never see the like again

ONE reason I have to remember Ian Porterfield is that he sent my mother into premature labour. Read

Richard on a Roll to take NFSA competition

THE top two fish in the NFSA boat competition both came aboard Sarah JFK, with Richard Roll taking the biggest weighing in at 28lb 13oz, when weighed a good few hours after capture. Patrick Ward took the next biggest weighing in at 18lb. Read

Juniors land title at Burgham

BURGHAM Park’s growing reputation has been enhanced by the success of their youngsters, who are the new champions of the Brett Fuels North Northumberland Junior League. Read

Wilson’s solving Vipers’ problems

ROB Wilson believes he has solved two of the biggest problems which dogged the Vipers last season. Read

John’s mirror image

IT HAS been a bumper week for coarse angling locally with stillwaters and rivers both in cracking form. Indeed, one of the best carp ever reported north of the Tyne was landed from the TAA’s Killingworth Lake this week when John Douglass caught a superb 31lb mirror. Read

Newcomers to take on Europe at Aussie Rules

AS sportsmen, Simon Greetham and Ben Merrett consider themselves rugby union players first and foremost. Read

Look out for a Burgham masterclass

IS there any such thing in golf as a simple masterclass for club golfers? Former Ryder Cup captain and current BBC TV pundit Mark James reckons there will be when the PGA North Region Championship is staged at Burgham Park later this month. Read

Broken wrist for new signing

THE Vipers could be without new signing Petr Kratky for the next eight games after the Czech was ruled out for three to four weeks with a broken wrist. Read

Radcliffe to make GNR return

PAULA Radcliffe will make her eagerly-awaited comeback in the Great North Run later this month in a major coup for the event’s organisers. Read

Robson edged out by Twynholm

THE return of The Journal Champion of Champions produced a dream pairing for the sudden-death shoot-out at De Vere Slaley Hall yesterday. Read

Neil plays through pain to finish fifth

THE lure of The Journal Champion of Champions inspired heroics yesterday from the South Moor club’s champion, Neil Harker-Bell. Read

Eagles’ Hyatt ready to step up to challenge

EAGLES wide boy Jeremy Hyatt is ready to jettison his bad habits and become a model pro after joining up for a seventh season with Newcastle. Read

Shields ready to be ‘intimidating’

WHEN centreman Colin Shields returned to British ice hockey this summer it was only ever going to be with the Vipers – because he did not want to be on the receiving end of the Newcastle side’s rough-house tactics! Read

Our Champions are in paradise

THREE Ryder Cup captains have marched down the same lush fairways and firm greens that await the 91 competitors in The Journal Champion of Champions on the Priestman Course at De Vere Slaley Hall tomorrow – Sam Torrance, Mark James and Bernard Gallacher. Read

Shark’s bite is a healthy omen

THE winter shore fishing season is almost upon us, and the weed beds are already holding good numbers of fish. Cod to 5lb and plenty of coalfish are being caught around the north end of Tynemouth Beach and Cullercoats Harbour. Read