Local sporting news featuring football, rugby union, rugby league new from Beverley’s key clubs
The NCL fixtures for 2022 have been released. In a tricky looking opening month in division 2, Beverley will open up with a trip to Hunslet Warriors.
The following week, they will entertain Normanton Knights, in what will be their only home fixture in March, before hitting the road to Dewsbury Moor and Woolston Rovers.
After a bruising encounter last week at top of the table Middlesbrough, where Beverley represented themselves well but didn’t bring back any points, an away trip to the bottom of the table Bradford Salem looked an easier fixture, but there are no easy fixtures in Yorkshire one when you’re going through a transitional phase with the team and under a new head coach.
That head coach, Craig Hancock, was very pleased by the end of the afternoon having had a hard-fought battle with the home team who were looking for their third consecutive victory at home.
Beverley Town Football Club is delighted to announce a significant sponsorship agreement with JUMP INC of Flemingate.
The agreement sees Jump Inc provide several discounts and incentives to players at the club as well as a significant financial contribution towards the club development fund. Jump inc has also provided winter Jackets to Beverley Town Saints under 11s, which provide the team with fantastic looking winter wear.
Against a team heading the table with only two previous defeats this season and having amassed nearly 500 points this was always going to be a tough afternoon for Beverley, especially at a ground where in the past they have seldom enjoyed much success.
Nonetheless, it was a hard-fought and entertaining game played in a fine spirit. Up to halftime, there was very little in it but as the game wore on the superior physicality and powerful running of the home side eventually told.
The supporters and guests at Beaver Park were treated to one more early Christmas present with another thrilling game of rugby between top of the table Old Crossleyans and Beverley.
Both teams battled to the end and delivered a very entertaining game of rugby, very well refereed by Simon Franks who allowed a fierce competition to ensue without too much incident and saw the home team give the top team only their second defeat of the season, Beverley 25 – 15 Old Crossleyans.
Not one of Beverley’s better days. They were unlucky in that the rub of the green throughout seemed to go against them but they were nonetheless well beaten here by a more determined and better-organised side.
Had Beverley played with the same finesse and vigour as they did in the thrilling victory against Huddersfield YMCA they would almost certainly have won this game comfortably.
The supporters and guests at Beaver Park were treated to an early Christmas present from the players of Huddersfield YMCA and Beverley. Both teams battled to the end and delivered a very entertaining game of rugby with a thrilling finish.
A crunch game, two mid-table teams needing to find more points in the league, who delivered an exhilarating afternoon of rugby with the home team finishing victorious 34-30.
Beverley ARLFC has returned to pre-season training following the usual close-season lay-off.
Head Coach Tony Spence, determined for his side to hit the ground running in 2022, has arranged a comprehensive and varied pre-season schedule. Boxing gyms are combined with the conventional outdoor sessions under lights.
Head Coach Tony Spence, determined for his side to hit the ground running in 2022, has arranged a comprehensive and varied pre-season schedule. Boxing gyms are combined with the conventional outdoor sessions under lights.
This match had everything you would expect from a local derby plenty of tries, lots of incidents, red and yellow cards, and most of all lots of talking points.
It was a tale of the rapier versus the bludgeon from the off, with Beverley’s fast and flowing start sparked by Dan Lee’s incisive break leading to a switch of play from left to right resulting in a well-worked try for Jake Boardman.
St Nicholas Primary School Boys Football Team are celebrating after they reached and triumphed in the Humberside Finals.
Their win over a strong North Ferriby side now means the school will compete in the Midlands Finals being held in March.
Beverley has produced some fantastic players across a wide range of sports: swimmer Lizzie Edmonds, tennis Grand Slam winner Colin Gregory and 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Gay Smith, to name a few.
In this latest feature, we’ve taken a look at who are the leading footballers to be born in Beverley and gone to have great careers.
Never pretty to watch but in the end, it all came to life with an exciting finish. Given that they were never really competing in the first half this was a good result for Beverley.
Throughout the half, they had been dire, totally lacking in any urgency or adventure. It was as though they had been addressed pre-match by an official from the Health and Safety Executive. A better side than Leodensians might have put thirty or forty points past them before halftime.
Another Jekyll and Hyde day for Beverley – badly below par one week and at the top of their game the next. Having slipped in recent weeks to an uncomfortably low position in Yorkshire One they needed a good win and they got it.
A state-of-the-art 3G Pitch has been officially opened by the Chairman of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Councillor Nigel Wilkinson, for East Riding Leisure Beverley.
The new 3G Pitch was made possible thanks to investment from the Premier League, The FA, Commuted Sums, East Riding of Yorkshire Council and the Government’s Football Foundation.
The 2021 Super League season has come to an end, and pollsters have started putting together their ‘top’ lists based on the action.
Featuring prominently in a number of rundowns were players representing Hull FC and Hull KR, and of those it was Jake Connor who came out amongst the most highly rated, despite him missing out on a place in the England squad.
Beverley is currently going through a period of transition, having lost a number of players due to the long layoff and also the loss of head coach Will Turnball in the week before the start of the season.
It is taking the players a while to adapt to the different styles of play introduced by the new head coach and this is resulting in a great deal of frustration for their supporters.
A brace each from Fynn Kemp and William Rawlings and a goal from Kinobi Hill helped AFC Tickton Wolves keep up their winning start to the season with a 5-1 win over Brandesburton.
Man of the match Kemp scored twice in the opening 10 minutes to put Wolves in control of the Hull & District Youth Football Under-12 Wyke match.
Photos from the match featuring AFC Tickton Bull Dogs against East Riding Rangers held at Longcroft School.
Tickton, playing in their home colours of claret and blue put on a good show in a competitive match.