Beverley Athletic Club Chairman, Rob Reid, travelled back to his home city of Liverpool last weekend to take part in the first Liverpool Marathon. Entering the marathon in his home town had seemed like a rather nostalgic and romantic thing to do and he was not disappointed. He ran past many pubs from his youthful days, saw his sister’s school and ran along part of his old school bus route….
Injury Hit Beavers Travel To Birkenhead
Beverley RUFC face the long trip across the Pennines on Saturday, to take on Birkenhead Park in the National League Div 3(North) Fixture. During last Saturday’s heavy defeat at the hands of Bradford & Bingley, the Beavers suffered another blow with hard working prop forward Mike Bradshaw joining the queue in the Physio’s room with a shoulder injury. However, there is a little light at the end of the tunnel…
Local Firm Backs Badminton Star
Hull man Carl Sadler is to head to Korea later this month to play in the World Deaf Badminton Championships sponsored by local company Cumberland Comms Ltd. Carl has been playing the sport since the age of 12 and started for Great Britain in 1996. Since then his achievements have been numerous, including gold in men’s doubles in Switzerland 2002, a silver medal in the world games in Denmark 1997…
Street Light Changes Continue Across The East Riding
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is continuing its programme of replacing old, low-pressure sodium orange lighting with fluorescent white lights as part of a commitment to reduce carbon emissions and save energy. Lighting has already been replaced on the A1079 Beverley road, between Dunswell and Hull, and Boothferry Road, Hessle. Nearly all the street lights in Anlaby have been updated and similar works are now underway in Cottingham, with positive…
Quiz Night @ The Green Dragon With A Band!
Some pictures from the Tuesday Quiz night at The Green Dragon Pub. At the end of the quiz a band, whose name I cannot recall, played to a very enthusiastic audience mainly made up of students. The land lady of The Green Dragon, Glyn Clarke says she loves her student nights and simply refers the band who perform as the Garage Boys. [nggallery id=1787]
Tomlin First Back For Beverley At Bishop Wilton
The first race of the 2011/2012 season of the East Yorkshire Cross-Country League took place last Sunday at Bishop Wilton and more than 150 athletes from eight local running clubs lined up at the start. Beverley Athletic Club fielded a large squad of 33, among them several new members competing in the league for the first time. Mark Walsh, Mariana Barbera, Richard Clark, Jane Goodchild, Sarah Crabtree and Chris Woolner…
Beverley Parks Apple Fest 2011
Members of the public are invited to attend a free festival to celebrate apples at Beverley Parks Local Nature Reserve. The East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Apple Fest will appeal to all ages and will be held on Sunday 23rd October 2011 at the Millennium Orchard, Beverley Parks from 11 am to 3 pm. The event has been organised and funded by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Countryside Access…
From Beverly, New Jersey To Beverley East Yorkshire
Meet Stephen Ferri, Stephen is 99 years old and from a place called Beverly, New Jersey, USA. On a recent trip here to Beverley in East Yorkshire Stephen was introduced to our current Mayor of Beverley Peter Astelle. To mark his visit to the town he was presented with the Beverley Coat of Arms to take back to his home town Beverly in the United States. Last year four Australian…
Blithe Spirit
The Beverley Theatre Company will be staging their first production of the 2011/12 season when they perform the farce, ‘Blithe Spirit’, at the Memorial Hall, Lairgate, Beverley, from Wednesday, 9-12 November at 7.30pm. The play, written by Noel Coward, was first performed in the 1940’s and centres around the aftermath of a dinner party at which the host arranges a séance for entertainment and to provide research for his new…
Holly Comes Close In British Judo Championships
The elite of the Country’s junior judo players came together to compete in the Under 12 British Championships held in Nottingham on the 9th October 2011. Beverley’s Holly Bentham who has been a member of the East Riding of Yorkshire Judo Academy based at the Beverley Leisure Centre, since the age of five was the regions only representative. The event overall attracted 146 entrants and whilst disappointed not to gain…
Tickton Do Double Over Hedon Rangers
AFC Tickton came out 5-0 winners against Hedon Rangers. The first half was a tight affair with AFC Tickton and Hedon Ranges unable to find an opening going in to the break. In the second half AFC Tickton’s Liam Jones ran the Hedon defence into submission netting five goals to give AFC Tickton the comfortable win – Final score: 5-0 In the second match AFC Tickton took an early lead,…
HU17.net Magazine Issue 64
Hu17.net Magazine Issue 64 is available from Molescroft News, Woodhall and features content from following; Crew Clothing Co. Opening Polly and Fred: New Kids On The Block Longcroft’s Got Talent 2011 Beverley Barge Preservation Society’s New Mermaid Out & About: The Royal Standard Hair by El Turco: Sofia Burns Beverley Braves Team Poster Beverley Braves Vs Cottingham Tigers Beverley RUFC Vs Bradford Hodgsons FC Vs Beverley Town Girls in Gloves…
Braves Charge To Victory Against Old Rivals Cottingham
Beverley Braves really let Cottingham know what they were up against within the first minute as Dylan Clifford tackled strong, low and powerful on an unsuspecting Tiger followed by a crunching, hard tackle by Kurt Pelham. These non stop tackles forced a scrum with head and feed to Beverley Braves and from this a lovely passing exhibition through many hands saw Owen Harrison receive and burst through the Cottingham defence…
Gold For LUKE Chapman in World Biathle Championships 2011
It is every athletes dream to compete in a World Championships in their chosen sport. This recently came true for 3 athletes from Kingston swimming club who made their way to Sofia in Bulgaria for the 13th annual World Biathle Championships. Biathle sees competitors run, swim and then run again consecutively with a transition between each discipline as you are not allowed to swim with your shoes on .They arrived…
Beverley Well Beaten By Bradford In National 3 North
Good in patches but much of this game was rather messy and unmemorable. Given Beverley RUFC’s parlous injury crisis the result was probably what could have been expected. That they restricted Bradford to only two tries and a conversion in the second half was a credit to Beverley RUFC who had turned round 41-0 down after being heavily outplayed in the first half. In fact the second half was a…
Wam Bam Thank You Sam: Overton Strike Sinks Town
A Sam Overton strike early in the second half was enough to give Hodgsons FC a well earned victory over local rivals Beverley Town. Overton who left Town in the summer to play for Tanners headed the only goal of the game from close range after Town had failed to clear a corner. Town had two good chances to level the match; Jonny Ricardo saw his glancing header shave the…
Girls in Gloves:Punch Your Way To Fitness!
Girls in Gloves is a ladies only boxing fitness class, incorporating boxing moves, techniques and exercises. This class is a great way to lose weight, tone-up, burn fat and release stress. More and more ladies are participating in boxing fitness because it is one of the few total body workouts that helps change the shape of your body in a short period of time. Qualified ABA coach Bob Beautyman, who…
MP Works To Ensure Children Can Continue To Enjoy School Outings
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, has taken a stance against teachers being threatened with legal action – simply for driving minibuses with a standard driver’s license. Graham said: “This is health and safety legislation gone mad. Hard-working teachers should not be afraid of being fined or receiving points on their driver’s license for taking children to geography field-trips or sports-matches.” Around half of all local authorities nationwide currently…