This weekend’s visitors to Beaver Park for Beverley RUFC’s scheduled National League 3 fixture are Darlington Mowden Park. In the corresponding fixture at Darlington last October, the Beavers lost 21-36, but felt that the 15 point margin did not reflect the game. Only a 10 minute first half blast whilst Beverley regrouped after the loss of Goran Jelencic, allowed Darlington to score 14 points without reply. Beverley will be out…
Beverley Festival Joins the Brass Band Fever
As BBC TV features the Dinnington Colliery Brass Band in its “A Band for Britain” series, the Beverley Festival brings one of the best known and best loved brass bands in the UK, the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band, to perform in the historic and architecturally stunning, Beverley Minster. The band, who are celebrating 126 years of proud history, have performed twice before at the festival, and always guarantee a…
Beverley Runners Stamina Tested in the Coniston 14+
Runners from Beverley Athletic Club made their annual trip to the Lake District at the weekend to take part in the Coniston 14+ race. Although some of them had run the race several times before, this year was very different. A bridge on the race route is still closed due to serious damage caused by extensive flooding in November and organisers decided to lengthen the course rather than cancel the…
Students’ Prepare for Performance at Hull Truck Theatre
Foundation students from East Riding College have been working with Hull Truck Theatre to create a performance of the play The Whole Truth. The play will be performed on May 7 at 6.30pm in Hull Truck’s studio in Ferensway, Hull. The project was developed with the theatre’s outreach and education department, Inter@ct, as part of the students’ “enrichment” sessions, the name for extra curricular activities. Laura-Anne Shepherd, the Inter@ct assistant…
Beverley Renaissance Partnership Workshop
The Beverley Renaissance Partnership is holding a Workshop today, Thursday 1st April at County Hall. The purpose of this workshop is to launch the new project teams that will be responsible for the delivery of projects in the forthcoming year. The following five project teams have been established based on the projects ability to attract funding, have the biggest impact and be achievable within the next 12 months; Events &…
East Hull 20 Mile Road Race
The East Hull 20 road race attracted a field of almost 400 runners last Sunday, most of them using the event to prepare for the London Marathon next month. The flat 20-mile course is exposed in places and there was no shelter from the strong headwind which plagued runners for the second half of the race. The windy conditions sapped the stamina of the athletes and resulted in slower times….
Live Music at the Cornerhouse
Swedish / London based band We Ghosts will be performing tracks live at the Conerhouse this Thursday. The group which is about to release their third album is back in the region for a concert they will be performing in Hull. Local musician and friend of the group David Hought said; “It really good to have them back, their music is a very relaxing influenced by blues, pop and jaz….
Fibre Voices Exhibition @ Beverley Art Gallery
Beverley Art Gallery has a fantastic exhibition of contemporary textile art from a group of Welsh female artists called Fibre Art Wales, opening this spring. The exhibition, called Fibre Voices, displays a huge variety of different techniques, materials and themes and is at the cutting edge of contemporary textile art. It will run from 27 March to 15 May. Two pieces which give a flavor of the exhibition are Bethan…
Mill Lane United Vs Hodgsons FC
Mill Lane United secured bragging rights over Hodgsons FC by knocking their local rivals out of the cup. The cup match due to the wet weather was switched from the Beverley Leisure Centre to Broadgates. The first half was a non event with both sides cancelling each other out, the second however was full of twists and turns. Mill Lane United took the lead when Terry Jackson opened the scoring;…
Organ & Brass Concert in St Mary’s Church Beverley
Internationally-renowned organist Stephen Binnington returns to his roots at St Mary’s Church on Saturday. Beverley-born Stephen, a former pupil at Longcroft School, will perform an organ and brass concert with the Tempus Brass Quintet, starting at 7.30pm on April 10th. The brother of current St Mary’s organist Alan, Stephen will play a number of solo pieces before being joined by the Tempus Brass Quintet – returning following their outstanding performance…
Zara Phythain Martial Art Workshop in Beverley
Action movie star, world record holder and martial arts expert Zara Phythian is holding a special workshop in Beverley on the 17th April at Riverview Gym. Zara is set to hold a workshop to demstrate some of the skills she has learnt over the years that have seen her crowned World Champion for Weapons and Fighting. Pete Mac who has been running a kick boxing group in Beverley for over…
Driffield Beat Beverley Comfortably
Beverley Town Pool Team took on Driffield in the Inter Pool League, teams were made up select players from their respective local pub and club leagues. It was Driffields day though as the side beat Beverley Town at the Humber Keel pub 14 – 4 earlier in the week. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on…
Beverley Minster Announce Extra Roof Tours Over Easter
This Easter the virgers at Beverley Minster will be running extra tours in the roof to satisfy expected demand. The tours, which include demonstrations of the largest working treadmill crane in Britain, take visitors inside the historic structure of the Minster and show how the building was constructed and maintained during the centuries. Tours will be available throughout the day on Easter Saturday (3rd April) and Monday (5th March) starting…
Sutton Fields Vs Beverley United
Beverley United crashed out of the Muro Cup semi final losing 2 – 0 to Sunday Premier League Leaders Sutton Fields at Hill Top in Cottingham. One goal in each half was enough to end United’s chances of reaching a second cup final in a game not helped by the extremely windy weather which blew the ball everywhere. Manage Danny Williams said after the match; “When you play a strong…
Mill Lane United Vs Manor Tigers FC
Sunday morning football action pictures from the match featuring Beverley side Mill Lane United Reserves who played Manor Road Tigers at Broadgates. Mill Lane United were beaten 4 – 1 in the Wyke Division 1 fixture though Jackson who left his shooting boots at home on Saturday did manage to get on a score sheet with a smart finish. Mill Lane United forward Terry Jackson bursts through to score United’s…
Beverley RUFC Vs West Hartlepool
Beverley RUFC rounded off their club’s fiftieth anniversary celebrations with a fine win in the spring sunshine at Beaver Park. It was hard and physical but always an enjoyable game to watch. From the early stages a victory for Beverley RUFC always looked probable but for half an hour they made heavy weather of it and at the interval all they had to show for their domination was a single…
Beverley RUFC 2nd XV Vs Scarborough 2nd XV
Rugby pictures from the match that saw Beverley RUFC 2nd XV who were narrowly beaten on Saturday by Scarborough 20 – 22 at Beaver Park. Beverley played well and had their chances though it was Scarborough who finally did enough to claim the victory. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to…
Beverley RUFC 50th Anniversary Day
Beverley Rugby Club celebrated its 5oth anniversary at Beaver Park yesterday by inviting former players and their families back to the club. Club Chairman Malcolm Cunningham said a few words before the first XV’s game. Chairman of Beverley Rugby Club Malcolm Cunningham says a few words before the game at Beaver Park HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size HU17.net Picture…