Life Of Riley will attempt to get on the Royal Ascot bandwagon by winning the Brian Yeardley Two-Year-Old Trophy at Beverley on Saturday (June 9).
The £35,000 conditions stakes over five furlongs has a rich recent history of producing Royal runners, with last year’s winner, Cardsharp, subsequently finishing third in the Norfolk Stakes.
Beverley ARLC return to action this weekend following a 3 week lay-off since their last match and over a month since they last played a home game in the National Conferance League.
Currently top of the table, Beverley will welcome Waterhead Warriors to the Beverley Leisure Centre as they go in search of tenth successive win.
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He is a regular contributor to ‘Bird Watching’ magazine, and was a finalist in BBC’s Mastermind show, answering questions on British birds.
The weather took its toll last Saturday as both the Beverley Town Cricket Club 1st and 2nd XI matches were abandoned due to heavy rain.
Beverley’s 3rds lost again but the 4ths cantered to victory before the rain came and the 5ths did the same on Sunday.
Jungle Inthebungle will attempt to uphold family honour by winning the Brian Yeardley Two-Year-Old Trophy at Beverley on Saturday.
The talented juvenile’s sire, Bungle Inthejungle, won the £35,000 conditions stakes in 2012 before going on to claim two Group races in a fine career.
On Saturday, 16 June, Beverley Art Gallery will be hosting two rather unusual life drawing sessions. Two clothed life models will appear in the gallery space in poses inspired by exhibited artworks.
The morning session will focus on the artworks in the gallery’s own collection, and the afternoon session will involve David Sprakes’s Rhythms in Sculpture exhibition.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has officially launched the East Riding Economic Strategy 2018-2022.
The document has been prepared by the council and will act as a blueprint in guiding economic activity in the East Riding for the next five years, with the aim of promoting growth in all parts of the area.
Photos from the game held at the University of Hull between Hull City Ladies and the German touring side from Lemgo, FC Donop-Voßheide.
FC Donop-Voßheide travelled to the region with two squads and as part of their visit were welcomed to Beverley at a reception held at the Monks Walk.
Beverley Town Council, Beverley in Bloom and town volunteers are busy planning for the summer planting and associated horticultural, environmental and community projects within the town which will contribute to the RHS Britain in Bloom campaign 2018.
This is the first time that our beautiful town of Beverley has been a finalist in the RHS Britain in Bloom campaign, which is managed by the Royal Horticultural Society and entry is by invitation only.
Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Joseph O’Brien could have a first runner at Beverley on Saturday (June 9) as Staycation is in the frame for the Trucking by Brian Yeardley Two-Year-Old Trophy.
The son of Acclamation is well regarded by connections, though fortune has not been on his side in three starts to date.
Learning to drive has never been so expensive and the biggest chunk of the cost involved is the insurance. Drivers between 17 and 19 years old are paying, on average, over £2000 and some are being quoted figures as high as £5000.
It’s estimated that for drivers under 21, upwards of 10% of their salary will be spent on their car insurance.
Kelly Lund and Angela Wallace, the owners of The Wooden House in Driffield say they want to thank customers for their support as they celebrate reaching their four-year milestone.
The four-year anniversary comes as they also expand their presence within the Creative Lab, Flemmingate, Beverley, now in its second year.
The Beverley Puppet Festival team is encouraging visitors to the July festival to stay a little longer and visit the V&A Museum of Childhood touring exhibition ‘Clangers, Bagpuss & Co’ at Hull’s Ferens Art Gallery.
Not that enthusiasts need much more encouragement as the exhibition has been eagerly awaited by fans of Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin’s work.
Brian Ellison could saddle highly-rated juveniles Pearl Of Qatar and Antico Lady in the historic Hilary Needler Trophy at Beverley on Saturday (June 9).
Pearl Of Qatar already has important Beverley experience, having won a five-furlong novice stakes by a length in May.
HU17.net Magazine Issue 401 is out and available to purchase from Molescroft News, Woodhall Way. This week’s issue features a selection of news and sport. Some of the highlights in this issue include the visit of a touring side from the Beverley’s Twin Town, Lemgo.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s annual compost giveaways enjoyed one of their busiest and best years yet – with 5,000 bags given away free to residents.
Ten giveaway events were held across the East Riding during May in Beverley, Market Weighton, Elloughton, Preston, Goole, Pocklington, Carnaby, Withernsea, Hornsea and Driffield.
Musician Oli Brown says he is looking forward to performing in home town of Beverley as part of a selective summer tour. Oli is due to appear at the East Riding Theatre in July as he hits the road to celebrate the 10th anniversary since he launched his first blues album.
My mother Jane Yerbury Sweeney, who was born on 7th. January 1920 and died on 1st. June 2018 at Newbegin House in Beverley, was an extraordinary woman. Brought up in Kensington and Sussex, she was educated at home, mostly by herself. She read widely, but obtained no formal qualifications.
Her mother had been expelled from boarding school while her parents were living abroad, and her father, although he eventually qualified and became an eminent doctor with a successful practice in Kensington, had hated school, so the couple decided to keep Jane and her younger siblings at home.