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.
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 Building Society has announced new sponsorship partnerships with both Beverley Rugby Union Football Club (RUFC) and Beverley Town Football Club. The partnership with Beverley RUFC will see the Society become a sponsor of the women’s team as well as supporting some of the mini and junior teams. As an official partner of Beverley Town FC men’s team, they will also support the kids’ teams and the girls’ academy.
Back in October when Beverley’s opposition visited Beaver Park it was a tense affair and a high-scoring game led to the away team Huddersfield Laund Hill just securing the win in the dying seconds of the game, 36-38, in this return match on a wet dark afternoon in Huddersfield, the Beavers were able to return the favour, literally winning the game with the last kick of the match to win 25-27 in what proved to be a thrilling start to the 2023 campaign for both teams.
Beverley RUFC managed to lift themselves up to 5th in the Yorkshire County League One after an entertaining match at Beaver Park against West Leeds.
Both teams played inconsistently throughout the 80 minutes, but the neutrals will have found this an entertaining try-fest. Lack of structure and plenty of mistakes will have left both coaching teams frustrated, final score 42 – 29.
After a fine performance the previous week Beverley lapsed back into their bad habits of earlier in the season and deservedly paid the price.
Basic errors and ill-discipline abounded throughout. Twelve penalties conceded in the first half alone says it all. Rishworthians not so much achieved the victory as had it handed to them on a plate.
In a contest against a determined Leodiensian side, Beverley RUFC regained their early season form with a hard-earned 36-14 victory.
As opposed to recent weeks, Beverley looked much more switched on and dangerous right from the start.
Keighley enjoyed a productive afternoon in East Yorkshire as they beat Beverley 8-22 at Beaver Park.
Beverley were looking to bring an end to a run of defeats. Despite playing well in patches they were simply not good enough to overpower the side from West Yorkshire.
Beverley RUFC will welcome Keighley to East Yorkshire this Saturday as they look to end a three-game losing streak at Beaver Park.
This will be a testing fixture for Craig Hancock and his side with the visitors in good form. Keighley has won their last three matches while Beverley has failed to win in their last three games.
Beverley suffered a defeat in the local derby as they were beaten 50-36 by Hullensians. The Beavers had hoped for better ahead of the game but crashed to their third consecutive defeat.
It was not all doom and gloom for head coach Craig Hancock and his side. When they did get the ball they showed they can. However, it was Hullensians who opened the scoring early on.
After defeat in the East Yorkshire derby last week, Beverley suffered their first home defeat losing 36-38 to Huddersfield.
Brian Meadley, a founder member of Beverley RUFC and a founder member of the club, was remembered before the match with a minute’s silence.
Beverley RUFC coach Craig Hancock has praised his side after their win which saw them move to the top of the table. It was the perfect result for the club on a historic day at Beaver Park.
Visitors Dinnington RFC suffered a heavy defeat in the East Yorkshire sunshine by a rampant Beverley team losing 80-7. It means Beverley is the only unbeaten side in the league and also has a 100pc record after three games.
Dinnington RFC suffered a heavy defeat in east Yorkshire as they were beaten 80-7 by Beverley at Beaver Park.
This is a big season for the club which is marking 50 years of playing at Beaver Park. To honour that anniversary the club is playing in the same style strip they did five decades ago.
Beverley RUFC will welcome Dinnington to East Yorkshire this weekend as the Beavers host their first home match of the new season.
The match promises to be an interesting affair with plenty at stake with both sides boasting a 100pc record.
The first game of the 22/23 season kicked off for Beverley RUFC away at newly promoted Wetherby RUFC, so the Beavers were unsure what their opponents had to offer.
It was the first time that they had ever played in Yorkshire Division One and wanted to put in a fine performance in memory of life-long member Jerome Connolly.
Beverley Rugby Club is inviting the residents in the town to visit Beaver Park this weekend to enjoy a game of rugby.
Beverley will host local rivals Bridlington in a pre-season friendly at Beaver Park. Gates will open at 1PM with the match getting underway at 2Pm.
Not necessarily the sort of last game Director of Rugby John Harris would have wished for before retiring after his long and devoted stint with the club.
What promised to be an open encounter with plenty of running rugby in fine conditions with nothing at stake for either side sadly descended into a farcical finish.
The last home game of the 21/22 season at Beaver Park was against Roundhegians RUFC, both teams equal on points in Yorkshire Division One, and the conditions were good, so there was a promise of an entertaining game of rugby, which the supporters were treated too.
An entertaining game of end-to-end rugby which saw Beverley finish victorious 31 – 21. Matchday sponsors Darren Hart from Groundtech and Iain Gillard from Big Box Group brought a good number of guests to the already excited ‘last match at home’ vibe, rounded off with a positive result meant the atmosphere at Beaver Park was buzzing.