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…
Remember East Yorkshire Troops For Afghan Anniversary
This October marks the 10th anniversary of British Military operations in the Afghanistan conflict. The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA) Forces Help East Yorkshire Branch will be remembering the immeasurable sacrifices made by our servicemen, women and their families. Since 2001, many members of our Armed Forces have given their lives and many more have been seriously injured. But it will be a long time before the full…
Beverley Blues Festival Debuts At Sun Inn
The first ever Beverley Blues Festival kicks off at The Sun Inn on the 21st October. The weekend long festival will showcase blues music, from acoustic to rock and the line up is brimming with exciting acts including, among others, the Alligators, the Steve Fulsham Band and Stikkyfingers. The festival was thought up by a group of music lovers and so has no admission charge. However proceeds from the weekend…
Richard Durham: Town Will Win 3 – 1
HU17.net has caught up with Richard Durham on the eve of the massive cup encounter that will take place this weekend featuring Hodgsons FC and Beverley Town. Durham has played for both sides in though his fitness levels have hampered his football career earning him the name ‘The Durham Hamstring’. On Saturday like many others in Beverley Durham will be pitch side to watch the two football giants of Beverley…
Crew Clothing Delighted With Beverley Store
Crew Clothing Co. opened their doors in Beverley earlier this week and were delighted with the response and trade on their first day. Kevin Lucas, Area Manager, Crew Clothing said: “We were delighted with our first day’s trade in Beverley, we had a lot of customer interest, many of whom knew the Crew Brand from the York outlet store and who were excited to see our new store in Beverley.”…
Barbour Store in Beverley Now Open on Sundays
Following customer demand, leading heritage and lifestyle clothing brand, Barbour, has now opened its Beverley store on Sundays so shoppers can enjoy the Barbour experience seven days a week. Coming up to its eighth year, the store offers a good mixture of men’s and ladies Heritage, Lifestyle & Classic collections as well as the brand new children’s collection for AW11 featuring mini sizes of adult favourites. Beverley Jaques, manager of…
Beverley Literature Festival: Ticket Offer
Beverley Literature Festival brings top novelists, historians and writers from around the UK and beyond, including Margaret Drabble, Val McDermid, Jon Ronson, Tom Rob Smith, and many more. It also includes an entertaining, fun and thoughtful programme of events for children over the first weekend, 8-9 October, based at the Beverley Treasure House. So that you can enjoy more of the festival for less, or share your love of books…
Beverley Fair Well In Northern Athletics Cross-Country Relay Championships
After a successful day at the recent road relay competition in Warrington athletes from Beverley Athletic Club travelled to Sheffield last weekend to take part in the Northern Athletics Cross-Country Relay Championships. Thirty-two teams of four lined up at the start for the senior men’s event on the hottest October day since records began. With the temperature around 30oC conditions were very unusual for a cross-country event in October. Instead…
Duboulay To Miss Beavers Clash With Bradford
Bevereley RUFC’s injury woes continue this week with the ruling out of fly-half Phil Duboulay with a knee injury,for the visit of Bradford & Bingley to Beaver Park for the National League Division 3(North) fixture. The Beavers can draw comfort from the performance of their patched up side at Chester last week which, although going down to what appears to be a heavy defeat to the league leaders, performed heroically…
Poor First Half Costs Molescroft
Molescroft FC were dumped out of the cup as they were thrashed 5 – 1 by Westella and Willerby at the Molescroft Pavilion. A poor first half by the home side proved costly and despite coming strong in the second half Molescroft FC could not get themselves back into the match. Skipper Ellis Horsefield said; “We got better in the second half but it was too little too late.” “I…
Schools Football: Longcroft Vs Beverley Grammar
Action pictures from the yesterdays football featuring local schools Longcroft School and Performing Arts College and Beverley Grammar School. In total four games were played as local lads went head to head with plenty of pride at stake. [nggallery id=1778]
East Riding Council Links Up With Network Rail To Reduce Costs
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is continuing to reduce costs and save staff time and resources following a link up with Network Rail. The rail company carries out an annual survey of its level crossings, with respect to the condition of road markings and signage, in the East Riding. Assets on the approach to a crossing are the responsibility of the council and those within the bounds of the stop…
Beverley Musical Theatre Announce Winter Production Dates
Beverley musical theatre’s production of Snow White and the seven dwarves is a traditional pantomime which follows the story very closely. With 7 cute dwarves all played by children from 6 to 12 years old. They have a lot of funny lines to deliver, which they are practising very hard to get right. Some have had acting experience and for others this is their first time on stage. The songs…
Beverley’s Most Successful Author to Attend Lit Fest
It’s been at least 10 years since celebrated Beverley Author Val Wood appeared at the Beverley Literature Festival. This year Val is back to celebrate the release of her 17 th novel The Harbour Girl. Val says: “I’m so looking forward to meeting readers old and new and will be reading from my new novel, The Harbour Girl, which is set for release in November so all attendees will be…