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.
When people are asked to name legendary England goalkeepers, chances are they choose to name the likes of Peter Shilton, Gordon Banks, or David Seaman.
Some may even go as far as to mention Joe Hart, but one name that never crops up is Paul Robinson. A Beverley native, Robinson is a goalkeeper from which the rest of the current England squad could learn a few things.
Back in the day Beverley was one of Britain’s biggest towns but nowadays, for those people who live away from the area, the town of Beverley might not even trigger a response in their brain but over the years we’ve produced some sporting talents who have defied the odds to mix it up in the elite.
While Beverley is only a small town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, it has had many notable people grow up and go on to do great things.
One of the things that the people of Beverley are very proud of is the large number of sports people who have come from Beverley and managed to perform well on the world stage.
Beverley Grammar School, in Beverley, East Yorkshire was founded in 700 AD and is the oldest state school in England.
Notable former students include Thomas Percy and Paul Robinson. Beverley Grammar School was founded with the Collegiate Church in Beverley by St. John of Beverley c. 700 CE.
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Priory View Day Centre has had a brilliant summer of sport – finishing top team in the legacy games in Beverley in July. They competed against six other day centres and a combined team to win the big cup which sits proudly in the trophy cabinet at Priory View.
Hard on the heels of a very successful open day, Beverley & East Riding Lawn Tennis Club organised their first mixed doubles tournament of the season in perfect conditions at the Seven Corners Lane courts. Twenty four players took part in two round robin groups before the group leaders played out a final knockout phase to decide the winners. Paul Robinson partnered by Sue Fuller and alternate Dorothy Mackley took…