Plenty of spirit but not much memorable rugby. After recent rain and overnight frost the going was pretty heavy and this was never going to be a classic.
Months of qualifying matches culminated in an excellent 2011 Finals Night at the Beverley Squash and Racketball Club last Friday. Chairman Jonathan Rollison was delighted with the “excellent court etiquette and fairness” on display at their Norwood Recreation Park home courts, and congratulated the winners – who started their qualifying campaigns in January – on their achievements There were eight finals played on the night, and the results and reports…
It’s been 25 years in the making – and Sam Welburn couldn’t take the grin off his face! Beverley Town’s Welburn, known as ‘Plug’ among other less printable nicknames, smashed his first ever six for his 4th XI side at the Norwood Recreation Ground on Saturday. It didn’t stop his side going down to a massive 10-wicket defeat at the hands of Patrington in the EYCA First Division clash. Nor…
In the other game at the Norwood Recreation Ground, Pelican beat the fourth XI in a real thriller. Batting first, Beverley’s Ian Morrison smashed 10 fours in a fine 59 as the home side made 189 all out. There were also solid contributions from Rob Wicks (34), Ray Teal (26) and an important, unbeaten 21 from number 11 Sam Welburn. Beverley took regular wickets as Pelican took their turn to…
The annual finals were played on Friday night 16th April at the Beverley Squash and Racketball Club, Norwood Park. The tournaments commenced in January with the first round matches and since then over 130 knockout matches have been played to get to the finalists. Results 1) Junior Squash Championship – James Robinson beat Ben Robinson. James (aged 14) played brother Ben (aged 11) in a gripping match with polite but…