Edwina Jackson shared her 54th birthday on 11.1.11 with 20 of her friends with the help of ‘Sambuca Bar’ who put on a wonderful carvery spread followed by chocolate gateau birthday cake and coffee. The evening was a great success, Edwina thanked Dawn and Asad and their staff for being such lovely hosts and making her evening go so well. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to…
Avoid DIY Disasters With Barratt Homes
Barratt Yorkshire East is offering to remove the stress from the New Year D.I.Y drive with an amazing range of savings on new homes, all of which come with a five year guarantee. The message from Yorkshire’s leading housebuilder is that it could be cheaper and certainly easier to buy a brand new home rather than renovate or extend an existing property. The last time the RoSPA (Royal Society for…
Fire Fighters Save Beverley Family’s Pet That Was Trapped Under Ice
A stunned teacher looked on in horror as his pet Labrador survived a bad break after crashing through ice on a frozen loch. Geography teacher Paul Gibson, who was visiting his mum in Cambuslang, watched as his black Labrador, Paddy, plunged through shattered ice in the middle of Strathclyde Loch during a family day out. Distressed Paddy was stuck for 45 minutes before being rescued by firefighters from Strathclyde Fire…
FREE Online Demo to Fix Your Computer Problems
The cba partnership is offering a neat solution to small businesses to fix their I.T problems via the Internet. Scott Reading, cba’s I.T Manager says: “Many businesses live with problems because I.T call-out charges can be expensive, but this service allows us to massively reduce the cost as there is no mileage or extra time costs. Instead, I.T Remote enables us connect via the Internet to a computer system anywhere…
Sun Shines on Councillor Elvidge and His Bride
Councillor David Elvidge married Janet Morris on Saturday 8th January at Beverley Minster, and the sun shone brightly on the whole day. Janet arrived at the Minster in her father’s car wearing a beautiful figure-hugging dress in a rich crimson, heavily adorned with golden beads and embroidery, with a matching sari-style wrap. The Reverend Jeremy Fletcher warmly welcomed friends and family of the couple who were all seated in the…
Young Riders Race Their Way to the Top
Young Beverley racer Jordan Rushby is looking forward to an exciting year after confirming his ride for the coming Superteen season. Jordan has confirmed he will be riding an Aprilia RS 125cc bike for the 2011 season, during which he’ll race at some of the country’s most famous tracks. Jordon already has sponsors, Strattons Motorcycles, Moto GB and Roclad Systems, though requires more backing to raise the £15K needed for the season. Jordan will rub…
Successful Day at Humberside Cross-Country for Beverley AC
Junior and senior runners from Beverley Athletic Club are celebrating their success at the Yorkshire and Humberside Cross-Country Championships which took place at the Northern Racing College near Doncaster last weekend. The annual championships attract a strong field of runners from running clubs in the region and Beverley Athletic Club was represented in all age categories from under-13 juniors to senior men and women. For the second year in succession…
Beavers Travel to West Riding to Face Sandal
This weekend Beverley RUFC make the relatively short trip to the West Riding to take on Sandal RFC in the National League 3 (North) fixture. Lying just 1 place above the Beavers in the league table, Sandal have won 2 more games than Beverley RUFC and will be a tough proposition on their own ground. Certainly Beverley RUFC will need to play a lot better than they did last week…
Bulldogs Get 2011 off to a Winning Start
Beverley Whitestar Bulldogs started the New Year with a win and a good display of passing football. Although Bulldogs have been without a competitive game since early November it didn’t show as they confined their visitors to their own half for much of the game. Bulldogs moved well down the flanks with nice touches between midfield and the front runners. George Woods went close for Bulldogs with a rasping shot…
Tigers Make it Through to Next Round of Cup
Beverley Whitestar Tigers just edged an exciting and hard fought Cup semi-final against Westella & Willerby. Following a 3-1 league defeat the previous week all the Tigers players knew they would have to lift their game, if they were to have any chance of competing with their Myton League opponents. Westella got off to a good start playing downhill and with the wind behind them and they pressured for much…
Whitestar Athletic Put Seven Past Ferriby
Beverley Whitestar Athletic moved into overdrive in this their opening league fixture of 2011. A lightening start saw Whitestar pressure the North Ferriby goal. A close range effort from centre forward James Ayre was parried by the keeper but it was deflected over the line for a goal by a Ferriby defender. Beverley continued to play with great authority, next coming close when Matty James drifted a shot just past…
Beverley in Bloom ‘SPRING-board Event’ – Show You Care!
Beverley in Bloom wants your ideas about how they can make Beverley look beautiful this year. You are invited to an open day to come and chat to members of the group, to see what the group does, to give your ideas and feedback and to get more involved if you want to. The event is on Thursday January 20th between 11am and 2pm at the Town Council office at…
Andrea Driscoll’s Surprise Birthday
Friends and family of Beverley girl Andrea Driscoll, gathered at Bar Fusion, Wednesday Market, to surprise her in celebrating her 40th Birthday. Her husband, Michael, managed to keep the secret from his wife with the help of friends Mada and Teri. Andrea and guests enjoyed champagne, a buffet and danced the afternoon away into the evening. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to…
ERYC Cabinet to Vote on Parking Proposals
Parking throughout the area could become the responsibility of East Riding of Yorkshire Council from October if councillors vote in favour of proposals next week. On Tuesday, 18 January, the cabinet of East Riding of Yorkshire Council will consider whether the authority will apply for Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE) powers from the Department for Transport (DfT). At present more than 85 per cent of local authority districts within in England…
HU17.net Magazine Issue 25
The first edition for 2011 of HU17.net Magazine features pictures from the following features on the web site and is available from Molescroft News on Wodhall Way; Holderness Hunt New Years Eve: Kings Head New Years Eve: The Beaver New Years Eve: The Queens Head Beverley Town Beverley RUFC Eager Beaver Beverley ARLC Molescroft Rangers HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full…
Turn Back Time: Beverley’s Changing High Street Talk
Beverley Library is ‘Turning Back Time’ with the BBC following the popular recent television series about how shops and shopping have changed since the Victorian era. Local authors, Margaret Sumner and Patricia Deans, will deliver an illustrated talk on the changing face of Beverley High Street, in Beverley library on Thursday, 26 January at 2.30pm. Due to limited seating, booking is required. Admission is free. In addition to the talk,…
Actors Prepare to Launch “Waiting for Godot” in East Riding
East Yorkshire-based Other Lives Productions take to the stage with their most ambitious play when they open with Waiting for Godot in an eight-venue East Riding tour, ending at Hull Truck Theatre (from Saturday 15th January 2011). Samuel Beckett’s play, which was first published in 1952, features two tramps, Vladimir (Neil King) and Estragon (Mike Burton), sitting by the roadside waiting for a man called Godot. They think they have…
Vikings Late Tries Steal Victory From Beverley ARLC
The blue and golds were in action for the first time in six weeks last Saturday when they travelled to Keyingham on a bright but bitterly cold afternoon. They went down to defeat despite leading 20-18 with only 15 minutes to go. It was a performance packed with pride and effort and only the odd mistake which seemed to be punished on every occasion proved to be their undoing. They…