East Yorkshire’s Heritage Open Days will be bigger than ever this year, with over 40 events taking place, and Beverley Guildhall is pleased to be able to join in. From Thursday, 8 to Saturday, 10 September, the Guildhall will be open from 10am to 4pm with free admission. Guided tours by the curator will also be available on request on the Friday. Fiona Jenkinson, curator for the Guildhall, said: “We…
Back To Victorian Beverley Information & Schedule
The museum service, in collaboration with the archives service and Beverley Library, is holding a special event for families entitled “Beverley 1900,” looking at life in the town 100 years ago. Taking place on Friday, 26th August (10am – 4pm) at the Treasure House in Champney Road, Beverley, the event will include music, displays and numerous activities for children. Members of The Pram Society and Spin Off Productions will be…
Healthy Living Event @ The Beverley Leisure Centre
East Riding of Yorkshire Councils detached team held an event at the Beverley Leisure Centre Skate Park. The event which was aimed at 13 – 17 year olds featured a number of activities including a 6-a-side football competition and the Kit Kat challenge. The Mayor of Beverley Peter Astell, Cllr David Elvidge and Cllr Kerri Harold were also at the event which was held t6o help encourage young people to…
Debutant Cage Fighters Shine At British Cage Fighting 4
Less than a year ago Beverley MMA formed, unlike most MMA clubs that had cages to practice in and a dedicated coaching team, offering multiple training sessions every week, Beverley MMA operated one night a week only, with one sole coach Peter Wright. Despite the humble set up Beverley MMA has enjoyed lots of success. All their fighters cleaned up at the Hull and District Grappling Championship earlier this year,…
Good Practice Award For Beverley’s Perfect 32
PERFECT 32 in Beverley is delighted to announce its success in gaining a Good Practice Award from the British Dental Association, the profession’s national organisation. Gary Rowland, principal dentist at the NHS and private dental practice in Ladygate, said the award recognised his team’s commitment to providing consistently excellent dental care and to exceeding strict infection control guidelines. Perfect 32’s preventive approach and comprehensive range of dental, cosmetic and restorative…
Higher Education Students Love East Riding College
Higher education students have given their East Riding College course a big thumbs up as part of a national survey. The National Student Survey, carried out by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, drew responses from about 265,000 final year students at 154 higher education institutions and 99 further education colleges. East Riding College students were full of praise for their course, with 87 per cent saying they were…
Ricardo Rocket Spoils Kershaw’s Return To Norwood
Beverley Town FC picked up their first win of their Humber Premier League season by beating Hornsea Town at 2 – 1 at the Norwood Recreation Ground. The game saw former Beverley player John Kershaw who signed for Hornsea during the summer returning to the club he had spent seven years playing for. Hornsea came closest to taking the lead in a sluggish first half when a shot from Dean…
Angels In Action @ Alton Towers
Last Friday saw the final event of the season for the Angels in Action this year when the team of roving, active European citizens headed south to Alton Towers theme park to celebrate the end of their European-funded project implemented this summer. They successfully supported a number of events and festivals and promoted the Youth in Action programme across right across the county. The project coach Sue Dudill said, ‘it’s…
The 2011 Local History Book Fair
The annual Local History Book Fair, hosted by East Riding Archives and Local Studies Service, now in its 25th year, will once again be held at the Beverley Treasure House on Saturday, 17 September. The event will be opened by Councillor Chad Chadwick, vice-chairman of the council, accompanied by his wife, Councillor Margaret Chadwick. Over the years, the book fair has provided a meeting point and focus for local and…
United Beat Beaver At Broadgates
Mill Lane United won an evenly contested Beverley derby on Sunday against the Eager Beaver. United fielded a much more experienced then in their previous friendlies as the United management team used the game to test out different players. Mill Lane United took the lead early on after neat passing sent the left winger through on goal and he made no mistake with the tidy finish. The game then became…
Ray Teal’s Cricket Round Up
Beverley Town CC 1st XI secured their fifth outright win of the season when they beat bottom of the league Heworth by six wickets at Heworth. The 2nd XIs up and down season continued when they were beaten at home by Ripon while the 3rd XI got back to winning ways with a successful day at Hessle. The 4th XI continued their disappointing second half of the season when they…
Police Appeal: Burglary, Keldgate, Beverley
Humberside Police are appealing for information following an incident which happened between 0915hrs and 2200hrs on Tuesday 16 August 2011 at an address on Keldgate in Beverley. The suspect(s) approached the terraced property on Keldgate from the rear and forced entry via a back door. Once inside a search was then carried out which resulted in credit cards, aftershave, a white coloured Apple laptop computer and quantity of cash being…
Brilliant McDowell Scores 50 And Takes Wickets
Once again Sarah McDowell was the belle with the bat and ball scoring a brilliant 52 not out, taking 3 wickets for 1 run and whipping the bails off to run out one of the players. Vernon Carus, a Lancashire side, turned up at Norwood Recreation Ground ready to repeat their performance in May when they soundly beat Beverley by 9 wickets. Not so this time, Vernon won the toss…
Pelican Beat Town 4th’s By 99 Runs
Beverley Town Cricket Club’s 4 XI were beaten by 99 runs at the Norwood Recreation Ground by Pelican. Beverley won the toss and decided to bowl. Pelican scored 213/7 with the top scorer being Steven Kay who reached a total of 95. Matthew Saint picked up two wickets while Kieran Thompson, James Grainger and Sam Welburn all got one each. In replay Beverley managed just 114 run, Neil Goforth was…
HU17.net Magazine Issue 57
This week’s edition of HU17.net Magazine, Issue 57 is out today. The magazine features sporting action from the weekend, nightlife and events around Beverley and is available from Molescroft News, Woodhall Way. Tribfest 2011 Eleanor Richards 18th @ Bar Fusion The Siam Star Beverley Fire Stattion Open Day Beverley Youngsters To Represent GB Local Darts League Hogdsons FC Bevelrey Town FC Beverley Town FC Team Poster Beverley RUFC [nggallery id=1676]
Town Beaten By Ferriby’s Youngsters
Beverley Town FC were beaten 2 – 1 at the Police Sports Ground by North Ferriby United Reserves. Town started the game well though missed a couple of good chances to build a lead in the game against a side who although much youngerwere technically very good. Beverley Town return to action in the Humber Premier League when they host welcome Hornsea Town to the Norwood Recreation Ground. Hornsea got…
Controversial Penalty Costs Tanners
Hodgsons FC lost their opening game of the new Humber Premier League campaign against Reckitts AFC. It was Reckitts AFC who took the lead which they doubled after being awarded a controversial penalty in the second half. The second goal seemed to take the wind out of Tanners and Reckitts AFC set about killing the game off using every delay tactic in the book. With over half an hour to…
Rangers Draw With St Andrews
St Andrews got off to the worst possible start going one nil down after conceding a penalty in the first few minutes of their opening game of the Humber Premier League (HPL) season. As the game settled down St Andrews grow in confidence and drew level half way through the first half and continued to play the better football but couldn’t find the finishing touch in front of goal. The…