Thurrock 3rds 1, Rochford Casuals 1 HOCKEY: Both teams were playing their first game in NE14HOCKEY Division 8SE Thurrock having been promoted last season and Rochford being relegated. The game was hard fought from the start with both teams battling
Trojans 5, Thurrock T-Birds 32 WOMENS RUGBY: THURROCK T-Birds’ trip to Southampton on Sunday to play the Trojans – a league above them – proved fruitful for Thurrock Ladies. The T-Birds were looking forward to the start of the new season with a
SPEEDWAY: Lakeside Hammers have announced their 2011 season ticket prices for the track at Purfleet. They have promised anyone buying tickets soon will beat the New Year VAT increase. Adults season tickets cost £315; senior citizens and students £260
Stanford 3rds 31, Westcliff Bulldogs 55 RUGBY: WITH their league opposition crying off mid week Stanford’s third string arranged a friendly with rivals Westcliff Bulldogs. The game badly with Stanford conceding a try straight from the kick off
FOOTBALL: Thurrock FC are away at Lewes in the next round of the FA Cup on Saturday 9 October. Club officials have decided that they are going to arrange for a coach to take fans to the match. The coach will be free and tickets to the game are £10
Thurrock 2nds 2, Brentwood 5th 0 HOCKEY: THE 2s opening tie of the season in the NE14 HOCKEY Division 6SE was the potentially tricky visit of newly promoted Brentwood 5s. Thurrock were able to field a near full strength side, and although the team
Crostyx 2nds 1, Thurrock 1sts 3 HOCKEY: It was a tough game to start the season in NE14HOCKEY Division 3SE for the Men’s 1s, after a long summer off. It was Crostyx who scored first as they broke quickly down the right wing, leaving Thurrock defence
NETBALL: Division one: Bears B 25 v Bears A 22; Badgehurst 23 v Jones' 7's A 33; Star A 32 v Phoenix Ladies 29 Division two: Barnards 40 v TRFC 38 2; Jones's 7's B 31 vCalder & Howdens A 41; Manor 33 v Corringham Bull 30; Rooms Hair Salon 38 v Thames
A TOP Thurrock councillor has spoken publically on her battle with breast cancer at the Labour Party Conference. Diana Hale, cabinet member for education, addressed hundreds of people in Manchester and spoke on her fears of the consequences
Gillingham 0, Southend United 0 SOUTHEND United played out their second goalless draw in less than a month against Gillingham last night. The two teams failed to score when they met in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy at Roots Hall in late August. And
FA CUP: Grays boss Julian Dicks is confident his side can cause an upset when they host Bury Town at Rookery Hill, Corringham, in the FA Cup second qualifying round tonight. Blues held Bury 2-2 in Suffolk on Saturday, and Dicks said he saw enough from
FOOTBALL: Tilbury found the going tough at Thamesmead Town on Tuesday night when Paul Vaughan's men were defeated. The Scoreline was 3-1.
Carshalton Athletic 3, East Thurrock United 2 FOOTBALL: Rocks were on top for most of this FA Cup second qualifying round replay - but ended up with nothing on a Tuesday night that John Coventry will want to forget. Again it was the Robins guardian
Carshalton Athletic 3, East Thurrock United 2 FOOTBALL: Rocks were on top for most of this FA Cup second qualifying round replay - but ended up with nothing on a Tuesday night that John Coventry will want to forget. Again it was the Robins guardian
NETBALL: TRIBUTES have been paid to one of the founders of the South Essex Thurrock Netball Association league. Marlene Morton-Holmes, 65, from Tilbury, passed away on August 19 after losing her battle with cancer. Marlene played an integral part
THURROCK Council finally looks set to address the lack of secondary school places in Tilbury and Chadwell St Mary. Officers at the Labour-run authority have recommended the council’s Admissions Forum sets up a working group to look at the distribution
A MOTHER whose baby is at risk of brain damage has thanked a charity which stepped in to buy him a special helmet. Seven-month-old Finley Cooper was born six weeks premature with a skull deformity called plagiocephaly. His condition means he has a facial
