Local sporting news featuring football, rugby union, rugby league new from Beverley’s key clubs
Bridlington is gearing up for a full-on combat spectacular as some of the world’s top martial arts masters prepare to descend on the town for one of the UK’s biggest self-defence seminars.
The action-packed event will take over Bridlington Spa on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 May — and organisers say it’s set to be bigger and better than ever.
A dedicated grassroots football coach is going the extra mile—literally—to make sure his young team ends their season on a high.
Joe Huyton, 34, of Filey, will set off at 1am on May 2 for a 30-mile overnight trek to Longcroft School in Beverley, home of Tickton Dynamos FC, arriving in time to lead his Under-7s’ 10am training session. Nine hours of walking through the dark, cold early morning? All for the kids.
The Hornsea & District Hospital War Memorial Challenge Cup, more popularly known as the Tanton Cup (named after P.C. Tanton Esq, who donated the trophy in 1922), returns for its 103rd anniversary season.
First contested in the 1922/23 season, the competition was originally established to raise funds for Hornsea’s War Memorial Hospital. Over the years, it has become one of the oldest and most respected football cup competitions in the East Riding, continuing to bring together local clubs from North Holderness
The opening game of the 25/26 season at Beaver Park the home of Beverley RUFC was a thriller, played out to the death, literally the last kick of the game, the visitors Yarnbury RUFC stealing back the spoils in what was a great afternoon at Beaver Park. Although the result didn’t quite go the way of the Beavers, the atmosphere, weather and rugby meant everyone left satisfied they’d had a great day out.
A series of CCTV cameras using AI technology are being installed at hotspots across the East Riding in the fight against fly-tipping.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is fitting high-tech towers of CCTV cameras at sites in Cottingham, Hessle, Boynton near Bridlington and Rawcliffe near Goole, in a bid to catch any fly-tippers in the act on film.
Electric car drivers and those looking to make the switch in Yorkshire and the Humber can get around with the confidence that a chargepoint will be close by, as a further 1,044 public chargepoints were added to the region in the past year.
Today (Thursday 24 July) Future of Roads Minister Lilian Greenwood has confirmed that there are now 4,141 in Yorkshire and the Humber – a 34% boost compared to July 2024.
Free compost giveaways proved as popular as ever with East Riding residents queueing up to collect bags.
Eight events were held across the area in May where East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s waste and recycling team handed out 5,000 bags of compost.
Trying to end North Ribb’s long unbeaten run in the Yorkshire Shield Semi Final was always going to be tough ask but Beverley certainly gave it a good go with all the team turning in one of their best performances of the season. The Beavers gave as good as they got for the first half hour of the game and the last 20 minutes, but a Ribblesdale try blitz around the half saw the visitors jump out to a lead that they would not relinquish.
Max Hall (Ferriby) recently secured victory in the 2024 ProAir British Junior Squash Championship in the Boys Under 9 category, held from October 31 to November 3 in Sheffield.
Cementing his place as a rising star in junior squash, Hall overcame a series of tough opponents to claim the trophy in an intense and dramatic final.
Beverley Christie Brothers finish 3rd and 4th in Sidecar World Championship
Beverley’s Sam & Tom Christie claimed 3rd place in the 2024 FIM World Sidecar Championship after finishing 7 out of the 12 races on the podium whilst brother Adam alongside Finnish driver Pekka Päivärinta finished 4th place in the championship.
The Beavers opened their win account in fine style after several close calls in the season’s early weeks. A sunny day and magnificent pitch gave the home side the conditions they crave to play their style of rugby. Beverley put a marker down as early as the fifth minute as a bullocking run from the base of a five-metre scrum by Callum Harvey opened the scoring 7-0.
Beverley Town Football Club is helping promote Healthy Minds through their match kit.
Healthy Minds in East Riding information and support will be highlighted to thousands of families attending Beverley Town FC games in 2024 and 2025 through on the team’s match day kit.
The EFL Championship has developed a reputation for being a fiercely competitive division where any number of clubs can challenge for promotion.
However, relegated Premier League teams have dominated in recent seasons, winning the Championship title in four of the past five years.
The Beverley Grand Prix, presented by Wren Kitchens, was a fantastic success; hundreds of cyclists raced around the town centre, for six hours of cycling events from four to 10pm. It was the first such event in the town since 2017.
The event featured six rides and races, including the finale of the British Cycling National Circuit Series, which was won by Matthew Bostock, of Ribble Rebellion
If you’d like to spend time with your family, but you’re concerned about the number of hours you’re committing to watching television or otherwise staring at screens, then taking up a sport might seem the logical thing to do.
Enjoying a sport as a family can provide many benefits (on top of the enjoyment itself). Some of those benefits are obvious, while others are more subtle. Take it seriously, and you could invest in some equipment – including a replica shirt of a favourite football player. But you don’t have to spend any money, in most cases, to get started.
Three-times Olympic gold medal winning cyclist Ed Clancy OBE is getting ready to ride in the Beverley Grand Prix presented by Wren Kitchens on Friday 26 July.
A former winner of the Beverley race, Ed said he has fond memories of the competition and is glad it has returned to the town for 2024.
Hull City will head into the 2024/25 season aiming to force their way into contention for a top-six finish in the Championship.
After missing the play-offs by three points last term, the club sacked manager Liam Rosenior and replaced him with German coach Tim Walter.
The 48-year-old has previously coached Bayern Munich II, Holstein Kiel, VfB Stuttgart and Hamburger SV, but has never worked in England.
Walter will lead City’s charge to return to the Premier League after a seven-year hiatus, but has a tough job on his hands after losing some influential players.
The upcoming Ebor Festival at York could provide some useful form pointers for the Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup in Australia later this year.
The trainers of several runners at the recent Royal Ascot meeting have pinpointed the big Yorkshire meeting as a stepping stone towards races Down Under.