Ashley Ball

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Production Editor at Barnsley Chronicle

Production editor on the @ChronOnline. @PASport man at the New York Stadium. A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury. Signifying nothing.

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Young ice hockey star plays it cool

1 week ago | barnsleychronicle.com | Ashley Ball

A YOUNGSTER from Hoyland is making his way in the rough-and-tumble of professional ice hockey. Alex Oldale, 20, is on the books at Elite League side Manchester Storm where he is the understudy goaltender. With 54 regular season matches and cup competitions to play in, it involves a heck of a lot of travelling and dedication. But it is something Oldale continues to relish.
Could knurr and spell be set for a comeback?

2 weeks ago | barnsleychronicle.com | Ashley Ball

A TRADITIONAL game with deep roots in Barnsley is being revived by a bunch of dedicated enthusiasts. Knurr and spell, which has dipped in its popularity over the last century, was once a thriving sport in the town with reports regularly featuring in the Chronicle’s sport pages as a contemporary to football, boxing, rugby union and pigeon racing. Now Boz Davison wants to start reviving the sport at Wortley Men’s Club.
A look back at a bygone age for Barnsley shoppers

2 weeks ago | barnsleychronicle.com | Ashley Ball

JUST look how much a microwave once cost... We have gone back through the Chronicle archives this week to see how much the advertising world has changed. The adverts featured are from way back in 1984 and the most striking revelation was how much a microwave cost back then. Even the cheapest model available at the Co-op’s Market Street branch was a whopping £129.95.
Trinity Players return with comedy

3 weeks ago | barnsleychronicle.com | Ashley Ball

YOU will be getting deja vu with Trinity Players’ latest production. ‘It’s Deja View... Again’ is a comedy written during Covid lockdowns by a Sheffield thespian known locally as the Stannington Scribbler aka Henry Petherwick. Since then, however the original play has gained a sequel, been serialised and come to the attention of certain production companies. “I learned of It’s Deja View...
Micky’s boxing club going the distance

3 weeks ago | barnsleychronicle.com | Ashley Ball

Pics to come... FOR three decades now a community boxing club has provided a place for youngsters to go. Micky’s Athletic Boxing Club has had a nomadic existence with bases in Wombwell, Wath, Mexborough and now back in their native Brampton. Run by the Wale family, their home at the former Cortonwood Miners’ Welfare is now secured and has become a big part of the community.
Footballing brothers’ story retold in book

1 month ago | barnsleychronicle.com | Ashley Ball

A BOOK telling the remarkable story of FA Cup-winning brothers from West Melton will be released next month. George and Ted Robledo won the FA Cup with Newcastle United in 1952 with George’s header being the winner in a 1-0 triumph over Arsenal. George, who was also in the Newcastle team who won the FA Cup a year earlier, gained immortality with the goal and he will be the main focus of Spencer Vignes’ book ‘Postcards from Santiago’.
Sagar wins on pro boxing debut

1 month ago | barnsleychronicle.com | Ashley Ball

Boxer Cory Sagar got off to a winning start as a professional at the Magna Centre in Rotherham on Saturday night. The Barnsley super-middleweight was handed a deserved 40-36 verdict against Londoner Robbie Chapman. Sagar, who followed in his grandfather and father's footsteps by boxing, was energetic throughout the contest.
Jenson aiming to show his grit in global gravel racing series

1 month ago | barnsleychronicle.com | Ashley Ball

HEMINGFIELD cyclist Jenson Young is not going to be spending much time at home over the coming months. The 23-year-old has been signed by the pioneering British team Ribble Outliers for the forthcoming gravel racing season. It will see him travel the world to race in places like Italy, Spain, Sweden, Iceland and Switzerland as well as monster races in Kansas and California, USA. The season’s curtain-raiser is on Sunday in Turnhout, Belgium.
Wath smash Keighley with ten tries

1 month ago | barnsleychronicle.com | Ashley Ball

WATH powered over ten times in a storming 66-10 hammering of Keighley. The Moor Road team defied the league table to beat their third-placed opposition at a canter. Tries came from Sam Levitt, Jake Keogh, Rory Anderson, Sean Hopper, Oli Winstanley, Anthony Davies’s brace, Brandon Coult, Will Chipchase and Mike Fenoughty. Eight of the scores were converted by Jack Whitlam, who made a rare appearance at full-back.
Vuelta stage win for Imogen Wolff

1 month ago | barnsleychronicle.com | Ashley Ball

Rising Silkstone Common cyclist Imogen Wolff picked up her first stage win in the colours of Visma Lease A Bike over the weekend. The 18-year-old prodigy won the third and final stage of the Vuelta a Extremadura in Spain on Saturday and secured the youth classification title in the process. Wolff had finished third in the second stage, held on Friday, and also picked up 12th and 13th positions in the first day.