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The blue and golds took the spoils in an encounter which they appeared to possess more big guns than their youthful but enthusiastic opponents but at times made hard work of it. The hosts piled on the pressure early which eventually paid dividends with Gavin Proctor going over from his customary dummy half position in the 10th minute. Shortly after a well worked move amongst the forwards saw popular publican…
Officials, players and sponsors of Beverley RUFC gathered at the KC Stadium for the Sportmans’ Dinner on Thursday. The night was compared by the witty Malcolm Lord. John Bentley, who has represented his country at the highest levels in both Rugby League and Rugby Union, was the Guest Speaker, and funny man Josh Daniels kept everyone entertained. It was also a chance to bid farewell to 2009/2010 Players Player Richard…
Beverley Firefighter Tony Stamp is much more used to the inside of a fire engine than the inside of a boxing ring, but he’ll soon be swapping his uniform for a pair of boxing gloves for a Charity Evening on November 12th at the KC Stadium. Tony will face Shaun Appleton in one of six fights that is being arranged to raise money for the Steve Prescott Foundation. Tony admits…
Conditions were perfect for Sunday’s Burton Pidsea 10k and a record number of runners took part. The 10k and fun run raised £1600 for the village hall appeal. The race was won by Steve Bateson of East Hull Harriers in 32.49. Beverley Athletic Club’s James Pearson came second in 34.45. He was followed 2 seconds later by Jonathan Leskiewicz who is on excellent form. Steve Peacock finished in eighth position…
Beverley RUFC entertain unbeaten Stockport on Saturday at Beaver Park in a National League 3 (North) fixture (Kick off 3 p.m.). Games between these two sides are invariably close, hard fought affairs and Saturday is unlikely to prove to be any different. Although the Beavers lost narrowly at Lymm last weekend, they had a much depleted side and, despite the replacements all playing very well, the side’s lack of cohesion…
Beverley Racecourse was full of people enjoying the races and there was plenty to at the Westwood Course. On track was a horse owned by The Queen, ‘Set To Music’ which was ridden by Tom Queally. Set To Music performed well finishing third in the 2.35 at Beverley. The Queens ‘Men’ were also in Beverley, members of the 72 Engineer Regiment were at the course as they enter the final…
Beverley Whitestar Sharks took on the Molescroft FC Dragons in their final warm up match at Longcroft School, Beverley. Each team won a game each as the sides played two 20 minute matches. The first game was won 1 – 0 by the Dragons with the second match being won 2 – 0 by the Sharks. Beverley Whitestar coach Paul Dixon praised both sides saying; “It was good evening for…
Molescroft Rangers made the step up in divisions look easy as they swept aside Howden Reserves at the Beverley Leisure Centre. Molescroft dominated the game and attacked at will, missing chance after chance before finally Darren Spruce, Molescrofts new signing form Hall Road Rangers beat two men in the box to slot home to give the home side the lead twenty minutes in. The home side continued to press forward…
The Beverley Braves started the Hull and District Youth Rugby League season against old rivals Skirlaugh Bulls and straight from the off there was some excellent crunching tackles from both sides. Despite being strengthened this season with some skilled new players it was Skirlaugh who broke free in the first few minutes from their big no. 20 who was also their play maker last season. Skirlaugh piled the pressure on;…
In a massive improvement on the previous weeks disjointed effort the blue and golds took home both points on their travels to Bilton on Saturday. In an entertaining game which saw the lead change hands several times, the stand out performers were Steve Johnson who was invlved in 5 out of 6 of Beverley’s tries and Ian Lane who scored one try and assisted in two others and was a…
A bad day at the office is how manager Jim Young described Mill Lane United’s exit from the cup. United clawed their way back into high scoring game, coming from behind they were crawly denied extra time by a late Sutton winner. Young said; “We lost Shaun Gibson with an injured ankle leaving us with just ten men, at that time the game was balanced though given the timing of…
Beverley Town CC 3rd XI suffered a 101 run defeat at the Norwood Recreation Ground. In a game that was interrupted by rain Beverley bowled out Hessle for 188. In their innings Beverley were bowled out for just 88 as they concluded their Premier East Yorkshire Cricket Alliance Premier campaign. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=909] HU17.net Picture…
Hodgsons FC kept their first clean sheet of the season with a workman-like display against a stubborn Kingburn FC side. Hodgsons were without first team regulars Karl Wallis, Adam Foster and Paul Silvester for the trip to Springhead Lane, and a late fitness was given to Goal Keeper Josh Sewell who sustained a nasty leg injury during the week. The game couldn’t have started any worse for the Tanners when…
Beverley Town Beavers started the season with a local derby against newly promoted Barrel Walkington on Longcrofts 3G pitch. With numbers depleted throughout the club the third XI beavers team saw a number of changes from the previous season however they managed to carve out the first clear chance of the game as Anfield found himself through on goal but shot wide of the left post. The rest of the…
Two evenly matched sides and an exciting encounter at Crouchley Lane. It could have gone either way. Both clubs had got their season off to a good start with fine wins and both set out to build on it here by playing fast attacking rugby. Lymm with the advantage of the slope and blustery wind had the better of the first half. Afterwards Beverley RUFC clawed their way back and…
Mill Lane United were beaten 2 – 0 at home by Sculcoates Amateurs Reserves. Opening their season at home United fancied their chances though fell behind just before half time with the visitors finishing the job doubling their lead with a second half goal. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=907] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture…
Beverley Town CC 1st XI ended their season with home defeat losing to Woodhouse by 9 wickets. Having lost the toss Beverley were put into bat first, the home side scored 193/4 off their 50 overs with Jamie Mitchell top scoring with 59 runs. Woodhouse openers Jonathon Bean and Nick Hadfield made light work of task in hand. Bean made an impressive 105 of 108 balls with partner Hadifield notching…
Beverley RUFC face another trip into the unknown this Saturday, when they travel to newly promoted Lancashire Club Lymm. Lymm started their first season in National 3 North with a 27 – 26 home win over Middlesborough last weekend and will be in a confident move. Beverley RUFC will be encouraged by a fine all round team performance in their win over Waterloo last week but will be hampered by…