A rather curious match. Beverley RUFC opened their league season with a visit to newly promoted Burnage and for the first time had to contend with an artificial playing surface. How much this affected their game is uncertain but in the end they were well beaten by a lively Burnage side which was clearly at home on the plastic surface. With several senior players not yet available Beverley RUFC fielded…
Town Reserves Beaten By Greyhound
Beverley Town Reserves were well beaten by Greyhound FC at Lecconfeild Sports Ground. Beverley lost the match 5 – 1 as they completed their pre season. Town’s second team kick off their East Yorkshire County League campaign next weekend with an away day at Easington United Reserves. Photos by Paul Linton [nggallery id=1702]
Scullies Open Up Three Point Lead In HPL
Sculcoates Amateurs beat North Ferriby Reserves 4 – 0 as the first met second in the Humber Premier League. A brace from Danny Drayton and goals for Danny Moon and Sean Lyons secured all three points for the champions at the Police Sports Ground. The win leaves Sculcoates Amateurs three points clear at the top of the table while North Ferriby Reserves now slip from second place to fourth. Sculcoates…
Tanners Come From Behind To Chalk Up First Win
Hodgsons FC secured their first win in the Humber Premier League by beating Chalk Lane 3 – 2 at Hull University. The Tanners did it the hard way coming from behind turning a 2 – 1 half time deficit around to secure a much needed three points. Denis Edgar, Danny Cartwright were on target for the Tanners with Adam Foster scoring the winner with just four minutes left to play,…
Tanners Reserves Thrash Leven
Hodgsons FC Reserves completed their pre season with a comprehensive win over Leven Members Club 5 – 0 at the Beverley Leisure Centre. Stew Scott and Rob Whiting scored twice each while Garry Collins claimed a goal after converting a first half penalty. The Tanners second string gets their season under way next week as they travel to Bishop Burton to face Terry Jackson’s Lord Nelson. [nggallery id=1699]
MP Praises Beverley and Holderness’s Finest Examples Of Manufacturing Excellence
Graham Stuart MP has nominated Bartoline Limited of Beverley as an example of manufacturing excellence in his constituency for Made in Britain, a project set up to celebrate the best of British manufacturing. Made in Britain has been set up by the Associate Parliamentary Manufacturing Group, and each MP was asked to nominate a company or a product that is manufactured in their constituency today. Bartoline Limited, a privately owned…
Beverley Treasure House To Host Family History Course
With the return of ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ to television screens, many more people are starting to trace their family history. Genealogy is a fascinating and rewarding hobby, but it can be difficult to know where to start. A new family history course is starting at the Beverley Treasure House this month. The course lasts eight weeks and is ideal for people getting started in tracing their family…
One Giant Leap For Broadband And The Residents Of Woodmansey
Woodmansey residents offered the opportunity to be amongst the first people in Hull and East Yorkshire to get super fast fibre optic broadband from KC From 1 September local communications provider KC, will be offering Woodmansey residents the chance to take part in a fibre trial for six months, and be amongst the first homes in Hull and East Yorkshire to get super fast fibre optic broadband with speeds of…
New Funding Rules Mean Courses For Just £20
New national funding rules aimed at getting people into work mean those on benefits can take courses for as little as £20 at East Riding College from this September. Late changes announced last week mean people aged 19 and over who are on a range of benefits get free tuition and will only pay a small administration fee and, in some cases, exam and awarding body fees. It means people…
MP Urges Yorkshrie Ambulance To Reconsider Changes
“Lives at risk” says MP, as he urges Yorkshire Ambulance Service to reconsider changes to first aid training. Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, is concerned that changes to local first aid training may put lives at risk, especially in rural areas. Yorkshire Ambulance Service has reduced Community First Responders training from monthly two-hour sessions to bi-monthly training sessions. Community First Responders are unpaid volunteers who are trained to…
Beavers Missing Key Players For Trip To Cheshire
Beverley RUFC open their League campaign with a visit to league newcomers Burnage RFC in Cheshire. Despite having a successful pre-season with victories over Hull Ionians and Malton & Norton, the Beavers start their campaign with a somewhat depleted squad. First choice winger Goran Jelencic is suspended following his dismissal against Hull Ionians, centre Sam Atiola is awaiting his visa renewal and is, therefore, not available for selection. Last season’s…
Mobile Belfry Comes To Beverley
To coincide with the last week of this exciting exhibition, showing the fascinating world of church bell ringing, a mobile belfry will be sited outside the Treasure House, Beverley, on Saturday, 3 September. The belfry will be rung by local bell-ringers and a free drop-in workshop in handbell ringing for adults and children will be held inside the Treasure House. The drop-in session is an exhibition by the Beverley and…
The Best European Destinations For Stag and Hen Parties
A stag or hen party is a very big deal, a farewell to single life that usually involves a lot of alcohol and, for some poor soul, taped to a lamppost. Stag and hen parties should be well organised and lots of fun, heaven forbid you lose momentum wandering around your destination looking for something to do. There is then much pressure on the organiser to really pull something special…
Beverley Town Council: In And For The Community – August 2011
August is a great month for getting out, and that’s exactly what happened at the skate park at Beverley Leisure Centre this month. Beverley’s youth workers organised an educational and healthy living event for young people both in the town and that come to the use what the town has to offer. It was a great chance for a bit of fun with some covert education thrown in, covering how…
Peter Levy To Open Beverley Food Festival 2011
Beverley Town Council is once again preparing all the ingredients for the next Beverley Food Festival. This year the event will take place on Sunday 2nd October and will be officially opened by Peter Levy of BBC Look North. This time there will be an emphasis on why it is important to support local food producers. Mayor of Beverley, Cllr Peter Astell, explained: “In the current economic climate, it is…
Police Appeal Following Disorder: Beverley
Police were called at 1932hrs on Monday 29 August 2011 to the report of a large group of youths causing disorder and criminal damage in the area between Nolloth Crescent, Beverley and the town centre. Officers attended and dispersed the group. A second incident occurred on Tuesday 30 August 2011 at 2038hrs when officers discovered a fight between a group of youths in Saturday Market, Beverley. A number of officers…
Blue & Golds Face Orchard Park In First Match
The season 2011/2012 finally gets underway for the blue and golds this Saturday with a fixture at home to Orchard Park. It has been a close season of uncertianty across amateur rugby league in this country with teams and some leagues at open age and youth level electing to switch to a March to November season and be part of the RFL’s pyramid structure. However the Hull & District League…
Teen Disco @ Beverley RUFC
Beverley Rugby Club hosted their first Teen Disco. Ace Disco Party Sounds and Beverley Rugby Club are hoping to build up a monthly event that will offer youngsters aged between 13 and 15 an alternative Friday nights entertainment. The next night is scheduled for the 30th September with tickets being priced at just £2.50. DJ Andy said; “Working with Kevin Roe we are very hopeful we can grow this event.”…