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Hodgsons FC have kicked off their pre-season as they beat Hessle sport 4 – 1 at Longcroft School. Tanners front man Adam Foster picked up where he left off as he scored two of the goals for Hodgsons FC with play maker Danny Cartwright and Shaun Gibson scoring a goal each. [nggallery id=1589]
Hull FC stormed into sixth place in Super League with a crushing 52-16 victory over Salford at the KC Stadium. A vocal home crowd for the club’s Pink Night – the players sported special black and pink kits in aid of The Yorkshire Scan Appeal – enjoyed a sparkling performance as Hull continue to find their best form at the right stage of the season. Danny Tickle helped himself to…
Hodgsons landlord Keith Jenkins is calling on pubs and clubs to keep the Country League alive. The popular Monday darts and dominoes league – once thriving and with teams from as far afield as Market Weighton – is now down to less than 10 teams. If any more teams drop out, says Keith, this may be the last year it will run – much to the detriment of pubs and…
Beverley Town Under 13`s travelled to Doncaster CC to play in the ECB National Cup. Parents and supporters travelled on Acklams Coaches, on a lovely summers day. Doncaster batted first and the openers, Kathryn Hilditch and Charlie Allen played excellently, punishing anything short to set a large score.Allen retitred for 33 and then Hilditch also for 33 retired. Joseph Colley kept the score moving forward, despite fine bowling from Greg…
Beverley Town CC 1st XI lost at home in the league for the first time this season when they were beaten by Sessay. The 4th XI made it a poor day at Norwood when Cottingham ran out easy winners but the 2nd and 3rd teams fared much better on their travels with convincing wins at Pocklington and South Holderness respectively. York Senior League Premier Division Beverley 1st XI lost to…
Beverley Town CC 1st XI subsided to a seven wicket defeat to Sessay on a benign pitch at a lightning fast Norwood Recreation Ground. This was despite an admirable case of commitment and skill from middle-order batsman Faisal Abid. He had only snatched a few hours sleep in 36 as he worked a double shift at Hull Royal Infirmary. But the gastroenterologist hit a gutsy 54 and with Tony Spence…
More than 600 runners will be taking to the roads around Walkington on Friday 8 July for the annual Airkool Walkington 10k. The popular race follows a challenging route on undulating rural roads. Runners head out from the back of Walkington and climb up Bluestone Bottoms, returning via Little Weighton. They will all have earned their t-shirt by the time they get to the finish on Walkington playing fields. Before…
Sarah McDowell out first ball last week but finishes 97 not-out batting through the entire innings for Beverley Ladies on Sunday 3rd July at Norwood Park. This was by far Beverley’s best performance of the season. Put into bat by Pool, Beverley made a good start and steady progress until Beth Smith was given LBW on 24 with the score on 84. Some good bowling from Bradbrook saw the demise…
Typhon Moss blew threw the Norwood Recreation Ground to mete out a real battering to Beverley Town CC 4ths. Cottingham CC 1st XI’s Danny Moss smashed a rapid, unbeaten 124 as his side cruised to their target of 194 with, racing to 196-2 off just 32.2 overs. It was a tough experience for the home side’s bowlers, especially as Alan Hammond had made an early breakthrough to dismiss opener Liam…
Beverley Racecourse pulled in the punters for the second consecutive day as race goers enjoyed a cracking day horse racing in the sunshine. Among the thousands who had flocked to the Westwood course were number of champagne supping Hen Parties. [nggallery id=1576]
Friday evening saw thousands of people descend on Beverley Racecourse for the first of two days racing. The day saw Cheyenne Red, a horse owned by local racing syndicate Crown Lanark and The Beverley Boys, take to the Westwood track in the 8.30 Feguson Fawsitt Arms Hadicaps Stakes. There was to be no fair tale day for the The Beverley Boys as Cheyenne Red finished a few lengths behind the…
The Three County Partnership has existed since 1998 when a group of racing enthusiasts from East Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Lancashire got together to form a racing syndicate which is still active today. Today’s syndicate is primarily formed with Beverley racing enthusiasts and is led by Ken Brooke who is a keen racing fan and has organised a number of local fund raising events supporting racing charities. On Saturday at Beverley…
Beverley’s two-day fixture starts on Friday night with a six-race card featuring a novice event for two-year-olds over five furlongs. Although the race has attracted only four runners, it does include Quite A Thing, trained by Sir Mark Prescott, who looked very impressive on her first start at Lingfield when she won by no less than eight lengths. Alenjandro, trained by Richard Fahey, looks the main threat and has run…
Josh Edgecombe fired home a hat-trick as Tickton Cougars beat Molescroft FC 9-0 at Longcroft School’s 3G pitch last night. Despite the scoreline, Molescroft battled gamely but couldn’t trouble The Cougars’ keeper , who was largely unemployed throughout the three ‘halfs’ of the game. A large crowd enjoyed the football on offer in the pre-season friendly ahead of the teams’ move from under 10s to under 11s football. However ,…
Beverley will welcome some of the best cyclists in Britain to the town next month. The racing starts with the National Circuit Race Championship on Friday evening through the town centre, a thrillling race which last year saw Olympic champion Ed Clancy storm to victory in front of a huge crowd. The timetable for the evening is as follows: 6pm: National A youth event 30 mins plus 3 laps 6.35pm:…
Beverley Town Bowling Club hosted their 26th Whistle Stop bowling event at the Norwood Recreation Ground on Sunday. Competitors from around Yorkshire took part in quick-fire version of the traditional game of lawn bowls. The event was very well attended by players from around the region and was a colourful spectacle, made all that much better by some brilliant British summer weather. [nggallery id=1569]
Hodgsons FC boss Lee Hastings claims he has stolen a march on Humber Premier League rivals Beverley Town ahead of the new season. Hastings, who led the Tanners to the Division One Championship to cap a remarkable rise through the leagues, has beaten off a host of clubs to make two signings for the 2011/2012 campaign. He has brought in Ben Thomson in midfield and highly-rated Dom McMahon from Howden…
Temperatures soared to 30°C last Sunday as more than 1500 people took part in the Humber Bridge Half-marathon. With no shade on much of the course runners could not escape the heat and had to adjust their pace to suit the conditions. First across the finishing line for Beverley Athletic Club was James Pearson. He finished in fourth place overall in 1:17:37, several minutes slower than his best at this…