Miriam Roycroft and Anne-Marie Hastings will be performing at The Toll Gavel United Church, Beverley on Thursday 11 November 2010 at 7.30pm. 2010 has been a very interesting year for fans of classical music. Many of yesterday’s giants of composition have had important anniversaries to celebrate and this evening’s programme will include works by Schumann, Barber, Pergolesi, Beethoven and Chopin. Dublin-born Miriam Roycroft studied at the Royal Northern College of…
Beverley Theatre Company Presents ‘Plaza Suite’
The Beverley Theatre Company will be staging their first production of the 2010 / 11 season when they perform the comedy, ‘Plaza Suite’ at the Memorial Hall in Beverley from the 10th to the 13th November. The play, written by Neil Simon, was originally performed in New York in 1968, and the three acts see three different couples dealing with very different issues in the same hotel room. Karen and…
New Beverley Runner Leskiewicz First Home For Club
Conditions were perfect for running on Sunday and almost 300 athletes turned out for the Haltemprice 10k, thirty of them from Beverley Athletic Club. The course follows a challenging route through Kirk Ella and out to Swanland with the first 7 kilometres uphill. With handicap points at stake Beverley athletes rose to the challenge and there were some fine performances. First in the handicap competition was Sam Allen who was…
No Soup Delighted With Success Of Summer Productions
Local theatre company ‘No Soup!’ Productions performed their latest play ‘Marvell at Midnight’ in the Beverley Minster Parish Hall. This show was one of many including performances in Selby, Newcastle, Camden (London), and at the Edinburgh Fringe. ‘Marvell at Midnight’ is an original play suffused with jazz, comedy, surrealism and accordions: a vibrant expose of the trials and triumphs of up-and-coming artists in 1930’s Hull. The performance is punctuated by…
Halloween Follow the Haunters Code
Police in the East Riding are committed to making sure ‘little haunters’ are kept safe this Halloween and have been working closely with retailers, schools and Neighbourhood Watch Groups giving out personal safety advice on how to have a safe and fun Halloween. Posters have been given out to residents who do not want to be disturbed by Halloween callers this year, which can be displayed in a prominent position…
Free Christmas Parking For Shoppers
A popular scheme which gives shoppers free parking in the run up to Christmas is set to run again this year. For the past two years, those preparing for Christmas by shopping in the East Riding have benefited as East Riding of Yorkshire Council suspended parking charges at its car parks during the three weekends leading up to Christmas. At its meeting on Tuesday, 2 November, the council’s cabinet is…
Impressive Team Effort From Braves
Braves were on top form straight from the whistle with tough strong tackles going in hard and fast. After just a few minutes Dylan Clifford broke free and charged through the Warriors defence as strong as an ox, to crash over the line for his first try of the day. Owen Harrison executed an outstanding kick to make it 6 points in as many minutes. The Braves did not stop…
O’Connell Scores Hat Trick as Town Make it Three in a Row
After two good wins Town went into this game looking to keep the momentum going in the league. However for the second week running they started slowly and were behind after 10 minutes. Town failed to deal with a set piece from a wide right position and the Ferriby forward out jumped Jon Ricardo to head into the top corner. This spurred Beverley into action and kick started the Michael…
Helping Hand To Prepare For University
Anyone who is preparing for university or another form of higher education can get a helping hand by joining East Riding College’s Bite Size study skills courses. These level four (A-levels are level three) short courses last for six weeks and give participants valuable preparation for the higher education style of writing, researching and studying. Anyone who successfully completes the courses will earn 10 university credits which are validated by…
Beverley Reduce Landfill Waste by Almost Half
East Riding residents took less waste to the 10 household waste and recycling sites over the summer months compared with the same months last year. For East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Councillor Symon Fraser, portfolio holder for environment and planning, said: “This is excellent news because the cheapest waste to get rid of is the waste we don’t make. “It saves the council and our taxpayers the cost of dealing…
East Riding College:New Prospectuses Now Available
Anyone who is thinking about going into further and higher education in September 2011 can now take a look at East Riding College’s new full-time and higher education course guides. The full-time course guide features nearly 100 courses in art, design and media; business and administration; construction; early years and health and social care; foundation programmes; hair and beauty; hospitality and catering; information technology; motor vehicle and engineering; music; public…
HU17.net Magazine Issue 16
HU17.net Magazine Issue 16 out later today, featuring pictures from the following events and sports games that happened this week in Beverley – Beverley ‘Class of the 80s’ 60s & 70s Disco Beverley Wellbeing Open Evening DeLacy’s New Salon Body Art With Pete McNally Beverley RUFC 2nds, Bandits & Under 17s Beverley Town FC HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size…
Rugby Boys Get Their Kit Off Calendar
A team of rugby lads are displaying their usual bare-faced cheek for an annual fundraising calendar that has become an international hit. The Beverley Rugby team have got their kit off to create the next eagerly anticipated naked fund raising calendar. This will be the fourth nude calendar that the team has produced. Over the last few years they have really taken off and become cult collectors’ items, with sales…
Jackson Scores Hat Trick As Beverley Beat Gilberdyke
Beverley Town Beavers had yet another home game, hosting Gilberdyke, and were looking to build on last week’s positive result. Beverley started well opening the scoring within 5 minutes as Wilson struck taking his tally to two goals in two games. Minutes later Jackson capitalised on a keeper’s miss kick to pass the ball into an empty net. Beverley were dominant but allowed Gilberdyke into the game giving them time…
Middlesbrough Come From Behind to Win
League leaders Middlebrough came to Beverley with an unbeaten record and a last minute try earned them a hard fought win. Beverley pressed from the start with some powerful runs from Ben Brusby, Carl Spurgeon and Mike Hall. Sharp thinking from Ash Dexter at a tap penalty put Jack Liegh over for his first try in Beverley colours. The backs combined well with Leuis Nightingale finding Alex Campbell to beat…
Beverley’s Class of the 80’s @ The Beverley Memorial Hall
The Beverley Memorial Hall hosted a disco that saw Beverley’s Class of the 80’s Reunion. Former DJ’s of Beverley Hills & Regal Simon Burns and Chuz had a guest spot and were once again behind the decks entertaining over 200 people! HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image…
Just ‘Stott’ We Needed
The previous week unstoppable, this week not so good. But once again the ‘tanners’ managed to pick up maximum points against a very stubborn East Riding Rangers team. Only a week ago Hodgsons smashed 5 goals past a very weak Rangers side, yet this game was a totally different affair. The home side looked sharp and worked hard from the beginning to the end of the match. In the early…
Rangers Stay Top With Away Win at Withernsea
Molescroft Rangers consolidated their place in the top half of the table with a professional display against a big Withernsea side, winning 3-0 in atrocious conditions. With the Iceman ruled out with a re-occurrence of his hamstring injury and utility player Nick Milner ruled out just before kick off with a runny nose Molescroft were forced to shuffle their pack playing 5 in midfield with pikey forward Darren Spruce playing…