News in Crewe

CREWE'S American football team are on a youthful recruitment drive after returning to training following the grassroots sports easing.

Crewe Railroaders are inviting youngsters aged 13 to 18 to join their Academy's open training sessions on King George V Playing Fields this Sunday, April 18 and Sunday, April 25 from 10.30am.

CREWE Town Football Club is pleased to announce that their new Ladies Team sponsored by Pure Seal Services UK Ltd will be entering The Cheshire FA Ladies League later this month.

Initially formed last year with the aim of getting the ladies training and fit, the club's women's section has grown to two nine-a-side teams, The Fireballers and The A Team managed by Gaz Richards and Anne Marie Vodrey.

A CREWE-BASED insurance firm has been thanked for helping out one of South Cheshire's non-league football clubs stay afloat during the pandemic.

The County Group is a long-standing sponsor of Nantwich Town, which has resumed some of its activities in line with the easing of restrictions, although competitive first team football is off until next season after the decision to null and void the current Northern Premier League season.

COVID meant Crewe's players were left high and dry before the promotion run-in last year.

But by the time they beat lowly Stevenage on March 7 to go top of League Two they had done enough to ultimately secure an automatic promotion spot later decided by points per game after the season was halted.

CREWE'S Hightown Tennis Club is preparing to throw open its courts again as grassroots sport returns.

The Gainsborough Road club has been closed since December, but will mark its reopening on March 29 by offering a 50 per cent discount for existing members after receiving a Covid-19 support grant.

OFFICIALS at Crewe's longest running Sunday League are confident they can complete the season despite a massive fixture backlog.

Last week grassroots football, along with other sports, was given the go ahead to resume on March 29 as part of Boris Johnson's four-step roadmap out of the lockdown.

COMPUTER game enthusiasts are being offered the chance to turn their hobby into a career at Cheshire College.

A new Esports course, designed to support progression into employment in one of the world's fastest growing industries, starts at the college's Crewe and Chester campuses in September this year.

CREWE have suffered a defensive blow after transfer window loan signing Billy Jones returned to Rotherham to recover from a serious knee injury.

Alex boss Dave Artell says the 33-year-old has seen a specialist before he embarked on a rehabilitation programme back at his parent club.