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The blue and golds will play their final pre-season friendly against Skirlaugh this Saturday in the 2PM kick off at Beverley Leisure Centre.
Beverley had to hastily arrange the fixture due to West Bowling pulling out of an arranged friendly between the clubs at short notice.
Lecconfield played host to a night of boxing as The British Army Boxing Team faced the England Boxing Team in a head to head contest on an evening that saw two titles decided.
Featuring six contests, the night of boxing at the Defence School of Transport helped to raise money for the Beverley Community Lift and SSAFA.
Beverley Academy can take heart from a spirited performance against a very strong Skirlaugh second string at the Beverley Leisure Centre on Saturday.
Some heavy overnight rain had put the fixture in doubt, but a 12noon pitch inspection declared the playing surface fit.
Town progressed into the semi final of the East Riding Senior Cup for the first time in their history after a hard fought win against Hessle Rangers at Longcroft.
Town started with a strong wind behind and looked to make the most of this. However they were dealt an early blow when midfielder Ben Thomson injured his ankle and had to be replaced by Kegan Rose after only 10 minutes.
Beverley Town Football Club boss Rich Jagger says his side are looking forward to their game this weekend as they look to book their place in the semi final of the cup.
Town who have in recent weeks began to click as a team will face Hessle Rangers, a side that turned Town over earlier in the season.
The blue golds now out of the Challenge Cup will switch their attention to the depth of the squad as they continue their preparation for the new season.
With the squad in mind the club have arranged a friendly for their Academy side against Skirlaugh Bulls this Saturday at the Beverley Leisure Centre in a 2PM kick off.
On a day when strong hearts and minds beat stronger bodies Beverley RUFC U13s produced a scintillating performance to come from behind three times and beat a big muscular Rotherham side 35 -25 and reach the final of the Yorkshire Plate.
Beverley have a bad habit of conceding early scores before jolting into action and Sunday was no exception when with three minutes on the clock the visitors ran a penalty move from the halfway line straight through a nonexistent Beverley defence for the first try.
Beverley Town Football Club were in action at home again as they faced defending champions Crown FC, on a heavy pitch at Cranswick.
Both teams started reasonably well, Crown trying to play out from the back, and Town exploiting pace down the flanks.
Beverley hosted a resurgent Selby at Beaver Park on a miserable wet and grey day when conditions were bound to be difficult to allow much entertaining rugby and, so it proved.
The match was held as a Memorial game to celebrate the life of Lee Morley, a good friend of the club who, sadly passed away last year. Proceedings from the match and lunch raised over £3000 to be donated to Ward 29 at Castle Hill hospital at the request of Lee’s family in thanks for the care given to Lee during his extended time there.
The blue and golds will come away from this Challenge Cup tie with their heads held high despite bowing out of the competition.
In a game played in miserable conditions of freezing rain on a heavy pitch, the home adapted better to the adverse conditions. They spilled possession on fewer occasions and mainly concentrated on percentage rugby.
Beverley RUFC return to action this weekend as they welcome Selby to Beaver Park in a match manager Will Turnbull says with be a war of attrition.
Turnbull and his side are flying high in second place in Yorkshire Division One of the North Divisions, and their incredible home form means they are in the driving seat for a playoff position.
The blue and golds will attempt to play their postponed Ladbrokes Challenge Cup First Round tie away to Shaw Cross this Saturday.
Last week club officials were left feeling frustrated when the Kirklees Council declared all of their pitches unplayable on the Wednesday evening prior to the Saturday. It turned out to be the only postponement of the round.
Beverley Under 15s travelled to Yarnbury and were greeted by some very wet conditions, but showed true grit and determination in a ferocious game of rugby which the home team eventually won 14-0.
Beverley played some excellent rugby in a first half with most of the play was in the Yarnbury half, birthday boy Harrison Petrie was excellent and a constant menace at the breakdown.
The weather was certainly not what was hoped for as rain and wind swept around the Scarborough ground for this weeks under 9 matrix fixture.
Conditions could at best have been described as soft but a more honest assessment would be to describe the scene as reminiscent of a mud bath.
Beverley Town Reserves kept their title hopes alive with a fine 2-1 win away from home against league leader North Cave.
Town boss Ed Grady praised his side saying it was a fantastic performance coupled with great team spirit as he watched his side go top of the table.
Beverley RUFC travelled across to Keighley in confident mood, lying in a handy second position in the league table following last week’,s convincing victory over Moortown.
Starting well Beverley dominated proceedings for much of the first quarter and after 19 minutes took the lead through a Luke Hazell try which was converted by Phil Duboulay.
Beverley Town Academy came up trumps as brushed aside Hedon Rangers Reserves 5-1 at Longcroft School in a match they simply had to win.
Following a ‘terrible’ performance last weekend that saw them drummed 6-2 by West Hull Amateurs, Town’s third string showed the right attitude and put the effort in order to secure all three points.
Richard Twigger says his side can beat anyone on their day adding that Walkington AFC will learn a lot about themselves this weekend as they face league leaders Chalk Lane.
Walkington moved above local rivals Beverley Town FC in the Humber Premier League last week after they claimed a good win away at Hornsea Town.