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The Humber Bridge played host to a new running event last weekend. The gruelling 12-hour Hell on the Humber endurance race started at 7 o’clock on Saturday evening and finished at 7 o’clock on Sunday morning. Over a hundred competitors started the event but not everyone managed to finish. The route across the bridge and back was four miles in total and runners had to complete as many of these…
Beverley Town Cricket Clubs’s 3rd XI drew with Hull Ionians Coal Exporters at the Norwood Recreation Ground. Winning the toss Beverley put Hull into bat and the visitors scored 193. Beverley 13 year old Greg Whyley was the stand out performer picking up two wickets. In reply Beverley scored 182, skipper Richard Moon scored 58 while Andrew Burton also made a half century as he scored 51. [nggallery id=1691]
North Ferriby United Reserves sit top of the Humber Premier League after beating Crown FC 4 – 2 at the Police Sports Ground. North Ferriby Reserves took and Crown battled out an evenly fought game in Ferriby took the lead. Crown FC however got themselves back into the game hitting the woodwork and causing plenty of trouble for Ferriby from set plays. With the score even at 2 – 2…
North Cave lost their 100% start to the Humber Premier league season when they were beaten at Dene Park by Hall Road Rangers Reserves. In an evenly contested match played in very wet conditions the sides were all level at 2 – 2 at half time. In the second half it was Hall Road Rangers Reserves who took control as they scored three without reply. The win see’s Hall Road…
Saturday was a big hit with race goers despite the unpredictable weather. A good sized crowd enjoyed a great days racing at Beverley Racecourse. Racing returns on Sunday to Beverley as the Westwood course completes their Bank Holiday Racing bonanza. [nggallery id=1688]
Chalk Lane thumped St Andrews 5 – 0 in the Humber Premier League. The win moves Chalk Lane to up to fourth in the table with maximum points from their two fixtures. Chalk Lane will return to action on Tuesday when they travel to the Norwood Recreation Ground to face Beverley Town and will then host Hodgsons FC next weekend. St Andrews will host Pocklington Town who are bottom of…
Beverley Town have moved up to sixth place in the Humber Premier League with comfortable victory over Bridlington Sports Club. Two second half goals were enough to secure Town all three points and claim back to back wins. The first goal came from Nathan White while the second was credited as an own goal. The match was ended early by match referee Leslie Towse due to an injury to a…
Terry Jackson claims he has got what it takes to go all the way and lift the Beverley Darts League Trebles title. Jackson cruised through to the knock out rounds this week at Hodgsons that saw around 80 players all throwing for their place in the finals. The competition will be decided at Hodgsons Pub on 8th October where last 16 who compete for the converted crown. Jackson won his…
Hodgsons FC were twice pegged back by Bridlington Sports Club in the Humber Premier league as the side shared the spoils at Longcroft School. The Tanners took the lead early on in the match through Matthew Crane though Bridlington Town scored to ensuring the sides were level at half time. In the second half Hodgsons brought on Rob Northern who took just 10 minutes to make his mark on the…
St Andrews were held at home by Humber League Premier Champions Sculcoates Amateurs at Bishop Burton College. The match finished 2 – 2 with Lewis Poucher scoring twice for St Andrews giving the home side a two goal lead at half time. Michael Leng and Ricky Field scored for Sculcoates in the second half to ensure the champions got something form the game. This weekend St Andrews face tough test as…
Less than a year ago Beverley MMA formed, unlike most MMA clubs that had cages to practice in and a dedicated coaching team, offering multiple training sessions every week, Beverley MMA operated one night a week only, with one sole coach Peter Wright. Despite the humble set up Beverley MMA has enjoyed lots of success. All their fighters cleaned up at the Hull and District Grappling Championship earlier this year,…
Beverley Town FC picked up their first win of their Humber Premier League season by beating Hornsea Town at 2 – 1 at the Norwood Recreation Ground. The game saw former Beverley player John Kershaw who signed for Hornsea during the summer returning to the club he had spent seven years playing for. Hornsea came closest to taking the lead in a sluggish first half when a shot from Dean…
Mill Lane United won an evenly contested Beverley derby on Sunday against the Eager Beaver. United fielded a much more experienced then in their previous friendlies as the United management team used the game to test out different players. Mill Lane United took the lead early on after neat passing sent the left winger through on goal and he made no mistake with the tidy finish. The game then became…
Beverley Town CC 1st XI secured their fifth outright win of the season when they beat bottom of the league Heworth by six wickets at Heworth. The 2nd XIs up and down season continued when they were beaten at home by Ripon while the 3rd XI got back to winning ways with a successful day at Hessle. The 4th XI continued their disappointing second half of the season when they…
Once again Sarah McDowell was the belle with the bat and ball scoring a brilliant 52 not out, taking 3 wickets for 1 run and whipping the bails off to run out one of the players. Vernon Carus, a Lancashire side, turned up at Norwood Recreation Ground ready to repeat their performance in May when they soundly beat Beverley by 9 wickets. Not so this time, Vernon won the toss…
Beverley Town Cricket Club’s 4 XI were beaten by 99 runs at the Norwood Recreation Ground by Pelican. Beverley won the toss and decided to bowl. Pelican scored 213/7 with the top scorer being Steven Kay who reached a total of 95. Matthew Saint picked up two wickets while Kieran Thompson, James Grainger and Sam Welburn all got one each. In replay Beverley managed just 114 run, Neil Goforth was…
Beverley Town FC were beaten 2 – 1 at the Police Sports Ground by North Ferriby United Reserves. Town started the game well though missed a couple of good chances to build a lead in the game against a side who although much youngerwere technically very good. Beverley Town return to action in the Humber Premier League when they host welcome Hornsea Town to the Norwood Recreation Ground. Hornsea got…
Hodgsons FC lost their opening game of the new Humber Premier League campaign against Reckitts AFC. It was Reckitts AFC who took the lead which they doubled after being awarded a controversial penalty in the second half. The second goal seemed to take the wind out of Tanners and Reckitts AFC set about killing the game off using every delay tactic in the book. With over half an hour to…