Former media make-up artist Anita Nickson believes regular gym sessions helped save her life after she developed a serious auto-immune disease. Anita, 50, from Stockport, became a weekly visitor to the Avondale gym after being [Read More]
Twelve months ago, 43-year-old John Lee was on the brink of developing Type 2 diabetes. Weighing almost 16.6 stone, and measuring 5ft 4inches, the father-of-four was warned by his GP that he was “a heart [Read More]
Retired maths teacher Brian Povey has always had a passion for numbers, but one particular figure now means more to him than most. Just eight years on from a heart attack, the 70-year-old is celebrating [Read More]
Stockport’s elite athletes, clubs and volunteers were rewarded for their hard work and dedication at Sport Stockport’s annual sports awards at Houldsworth Golf Club in Reddish. Winners of the nine awards were announced on the [Read More]
More than 500 runners and obstacle race enthusiasts took part in the first-ever Tough Tribe event in Stockport. The event at Stockport Sports Village, set to be an annual fixture, was the brainchild of charitable trust [Read More]
More than 1,000 runners took to the streets and trails of Stockport for the Big Stockport Run – an event that has doubled in size in just two years. The 10km and family fun race, [Read More]
The man that helped coach Wayne Rooney to sporting greatness has been turning his attention to China’s female footballing stars of the future in a first for Stockport Sports Village. Tosh Farrell, former technical co-ordinator [Read More]
Fitness experts and staff from Stockport-based Life Leisure got their kit on to raise over £1,500 – with more still coming in – for the We Love Manchester Fund for victims of the arena terror [Read More]
More than a million people in Greater Manchester now ‘regularly active’, saving the area £647,590 in NHS costs in a year. In 2010 local sports charity GreaterSport set the target for Greater Manchester to achieve a million [Read More]
The UK’s newest obstacle course race (OCR) event is coming to Stockport. Tough Tribe – a mixed terrain obstacle race with 5km and 10km versions – will take place on Sunday, September 24, at Stockport Sports Village [Read More]
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