The Shakers were well off the pace during last weekend’s derby at Rochdale and for the second time this season they were outclassed by their bitter rivals.

British super-bantamweight Quigg had hoped to meet the former Commonwealth and European champion in his first defence. But southpaw Munroe said he was dropping down to bantamweight, leaving unbeaten Quigg to risk his crown against Welshman Jamie Arthur at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton on Saturday.

The former Stockport County and Morecambe defender signed from Droylsden last week and went straight into Benny Phillips’ starting line-up.

While Heys were left kicking their heels after their home game with AVRO at Grimshaw Park was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch, results in the games that were played conspired against Jon Lyons side.

The Sedgley forwards looked to have the edge over their London opponents and the Tigers went into the closing stages with a 30-25 lead.

And the 19-year-old, from Redvales, hopes victory in the National Madison Championship, with Manxman Mark Christian, can become the springboard to a similar glittering career.

Getting back into her racing after illness, she was a creditable 30th place out of a top field of 235 women, covering the 8k course in Pontefract Park, Wakefield, in 34mins 19secs.

Bury lost the first derby of the season at Gigg Lane in September, going 3-0 down inside 18 minutes and ultimately losing 4-2.

Heys had earmarked the game as a significant staging post in their bid to avoid relegation from the Bridgwater Office Supplies Manchester League Premier Division.

The 23-year-old super-bantamweight from Bury is already ranked third by the IBF and WBA. But Quigg, who has won all 23 of his professional fights, feels he isn’t yet ready to take on the best in the world and, more importantly, to hold on to the title when he wins it.

The Tigers bounced back from last week’s home defeat by Fylde to win 32-15 at Birmingham & Solihull.

Donna Cartwright, going from strength to strengh, finished fifth woman out of 61 runners and Stu Sharp had a fine race in 15th place out of a top class field of 145 competitors.

The Sheffield Wednesday midfielder scored three goals in 10 games during two months at Gigg Lane earlier in the season. And after signing Mike Jones from Bury for an undisclosed fee last week, Wednesday boss Gary Megson let Coke go the other way till the end of the season.

Heys came from behind to claim all three points, taking their haul to seven from the last three games since Jon Lyons and Karl Kavanagh took charge of the team.

Cartwright ran the eight miles with 1,100 feet of climbing in cold but glorious conditions and clocked 73mins 39secs bringing her home in a great 31st overall in a large field. Husband Mark also ran, coming in 73rd in 89mins.

Since stepping up into League One this season, Picken believes Bury have only looked out of their depth on one occasion – in early September at Bramall Lane.

Picked up on a free after Grimsby’s relegation from League Two in 2009/10, Sweeney struggled to hold down a regular place at the start of last season and come January was sidelined through injury.

Sheriff scored four goals on loan at Stainton Park before returning to Stalybridge Celtic before Christmas.

Playing their first fixture for five weeks it looked like being a bleak afternoon for Heys when they went two goals down after half an hour but they rallied superbly with Brad Lyons reducing the arrears and player-manager Jon Lyons grabbing a second-half equaliser.

Fighting against blustering conditions which ripped her number off, Cartwright covered the eight miles and 1,200 feet of climbing in 74min 33sec.

The hosts led 14-0 at half-time but Sedgley regrouped to avenge Coventry’s second-half smash-and-grab in the reverse fixture.

The Shakers were due to visit Charlton this Saturday but the fixture has been put back to January 31 as the Addicks have reached the FA Cup third round, where they have drawn Premier League side Fulham.

Sky Sports will screen the showdown live from the Wright Robinson Sports Centre, Gorton on January 7.

The Bury boss could do with a new left-back as he is struggling for cover for the suspended Joe Skarz.

British super-bantamweight champion Quigg makes the first defence of his title against Cwmbran’s Jamie Arthur in Premier Suite at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium on Saturday February 4.

Heys were due to host Manchester Gregorians in the Bridgwater Office Supplies Premier Division but the game was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

The Tigers trailed 9-8 after an entertaining first half at Park Lane, which saw Jamie Harrison’s try bettered by three Ross Winney penalties.

The Shakers travelled to Colchester at the weekend on the back of a three-match winning streak in League One.

Winger David Worrall signed a new two-year deal in October, before captain Steve Schumacher and eight-goal top scorer Andy Bishop followed suit last month.

The Tigers led briefly before trailing 19-10 at half-time and the hosts cut loose after the break, finishing with nine tries to Park’s two to run out 61-17 winners.

Martyn Forrest and Steve Howson have opted for pastures new while Boro announced on Monday that club captain Simon Kelly is hanging up his boots.

The Shakers travel to Colchester on Saturday on the back of three straight league wins after a 1-0 victory over Preston in their last outing emphasised just how far the newly-promoted club have come this season.

Almost 5,000 attended the derby with Preston last time out and they cheered Bury on to a third straight league win.

The former striker steered the Shakers to promotion last term after Alan Knill left for Scunthorpe United with the finish line in sight and since taking the reins Barker has continued to work wonders on a tight budget at Gigg Lane.

Jamie Byrne scored in the 67th minute to break the deadlock in a hard-fought and at times ill-tempered cup clash.

In this year’s Run The Moors Grand Prix race series, Ann Marie took third place among the vet 45 women while husband Kevin was second in the vet 55 category.

So accustomed to a free-flowing style of rugby, the Park Lane faithful had to settle for a good old fashioned scrap as their side claimed a 23-8 victory over their struggling visitors.

Boro, who currently sit 19th in the Evo-Stik One North, have a recent resurgence to thank for their not propping up the rest of the division.

The Bury captain followed winger David Worrall in signing a two-year extension, putting pen to paper on the eve of Saturday’s 1-0 win over Preston.

Heys won 5-1 in new boss Jonathan Lyons’ first game in charge and hoped to maintain that momentum away to AVRO last Saturday.

Rosslyn Park ended the Tigers’ three-match winning streak last week, but they regrouped on their trip to the north east to make it four victories from five.

Fresh from the success of knocking Football League hopefuls Fleetwood out of the Lancashire FA Trophy, they visited Harrogate Railway Athletic last Tuesday night.

Mike Norton’s header earned the Evo-Stik Premier Division side victory over Blue Square Bet North Altrincham in front of 1,945 fans at Gigg Lane on Sunday.

Since making his first-class debut for the county in 2005, the Bury-born wicketkeeper had to bide his time in the seconds while Luke Sutton kept him out of the side.

Players, fans and even the kitman are taking part in Movember, which encourages men to ‘grow a mo’ each November to raise funds and promote awareness of men’s health, specifically cancer.

For the second home game in succession, the Shakers struggled to compete with a direct, physical side having lost 2-1 against Stevenage two weeks before.

Full-backs Jimmy Kennedy and Shane Birtles had given the hosts a 2-0 lead and, although Wythenshawe pulled one back with half an hour left, it still looked as though Heys were on course for a much-needed win.

Two quick tries on eight and 17 minutes for the visitors down either flank clearly marked Park’s card as wingers and brothers Nathan and Alistair Bressington both showed their respective numbers a clean pair of heels.

Despite only being a small club they managed to field 14 men and six women for the league’s third race out of four in some good but muddy conditions at Leverhulme Park, Bolton.

The League Two title chasers may arrive at Gigg Lane on Saturday confident of continuing their recent Cup exploits. But Bishop has told the big-spending Reds they will be up against a striker getting back to his prolific best.

Andy Bishop’s first-half double proved sufficient for Barker’s side to claim three points at Boundary Park.

The experienced former Chester right-back has been snapped up after leaving Clitheroe while Boro have also signed ex-Blackburn trainee Andy Parry, a 20-year-old centre-back.

The 29-year-old netted for the fourth consecutive game as Bury secured victory in the two clubs’ first league meeting for nine years.

On an afternoon when the club paid tribute to legendary striker Tommy Kaye, who passed away the previous week, Heys could have done with some of his goalscoring magic.

The hosts led 15-14 after a hard-fought first half and after two Sedgley tries, including a solo effort by half-time replacement Smith, Dale scored two of their own to lead 28-26 with 16 minutes left.