Beverley Town moved up to fourth place in the Humber Premier League with a home win against Bridlington Sports Club. Town won the game 4 – 1 and are now just nine points behind league leaders Reckitts, though they have a game in hand. Next up for Beverley Town is a home game against Hessle Rangers who were held by Chalk Lane as the sides played out a goalless draw….
Piwinski Scores Three As Tanners Win At Brandesburton
The Tanners remain top of the Humber Premier Division 1 Table after thrashing Brandesburton. Hodgsons FC won the game 8 – 4 with Danny Piwinski scoring a hat trick, his first was a stunner from 40 yards that shocked everybody including the player himself! Danny Cartwright and Adam Foster were both once again on the score sheet. Ben Wallis was also on target scoring his 100th career goal with Hodgsons…
New Beverley Bypass Fight Hits the Road Again
MP for Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart, today said he would be working hard to make sure plans for a southern relief road around Beverley would go ahead. His comments came after the Department for Transport announced the East Riding Council would be allowed to put forward a bid for the £35 million project. Many other transport schemes across the Yorkshire and Humber region have been shelved including a £200…
Braves Acknowledge Achievements as Summer Season Ends
With their summer season now over, almost fifty players received trophies and medals at the 2010 Beverley Braves presentations for the Cubs, under eights and under nines at Hodgsons on Sunday 17th October. The ever increasing popularity of the club was emphasised by the number of cubs receiving medals from guest of honour Airlie Bird, the Hull FC mascot. The eleven cubs are all under six and whilst they do…
Winless Rochdale Next Up For Beverley RUFC
Bottom of the table Rochdale are the visitors to Beaver Park on Saturday for the National League 3(North) match between the two struggling sides. Although they are now third from the bottom of the table, Beverley are a far better team than their league position suggests, but they cannot continue to rely on that theoretical analysis. They must start to put together a winning run to back up the theory…
Courtland No Match For Colts
The Humber Colts remain top of the league table after a 4 – 0 home win against Courtland. The match was brought forward because both sides had a free week. It was not all good news for the Colts; new signing Steve Grantham was carried off after he pulled a hamstring. Grantham is likely to be out for around 10 weeks missing crucial games for both the Humber Colts and…
Giant Pumpkin is a Hit With Regulars at the Dog & Duck
The Dog & Duck are currently running a ‘guess the weight’ competition after being given a giant pumpkin. The pumpkin was grown by Beverley Male Voice Choir member Nick Andrews and is currently sitting on its own table in the pub. For a £1 regulars can have a guess at the weight with the winner receiving a few pints on the house. The money raised from the competition will go…
Concert: Miriam Roycroft & Anne-Marie Hastings Cello & Piano
Miriam Roycroft and Anne-Marie Hastings will be performing at The Toll Gavel United Church, Beverley on Thursday 11 November 2010 at 7.30pm. 2010 has been a very interesting year for fans of classical music. Many of yesterday’s giants of composition have had important anniversaries to celebrate and this evening’s programme will include works by Schumann, Barber, Pergolesi, Beethoven and Chopin. Dublin-born Miriam Roycroft studied at the Royal Northern College of…
Beverley Theatre Company Presents ‘Plaza Suite’
The Beverley Theatre Company will be staging their first production of the 2010 / 11 season when they perform the comedy, ‘Plaza Suite’ at the Memorial Hall in Beverley from the 10th to the 13th November. The play, written by Neil Simon, was originally performed in New York in 1968, and the three acts see three different couples dealing with very different issues in the same hotel room. Karen and…
New Beverley Runner Leskiewicz First Home For Club
Conditions were perfect for running on Sunday and almost 300 athletes turned out for the Haltemprice 10k, thirty of them from Beverley Athletic Club. The course follows a challenging route through Kirk Ella and out to Swanland with the first 7 kilometres uphill. With handicap points at stake Beverley athletes rose to the challenge and there were some fine performances. First in the handicap competition was Sam Allen who was…
No Soup Delighted With Success Of Summer Productions
Local theatre company ‘No Soup!’ Productions performed their latest play ‘Marvell at Midnight’ in the Beverley Minster Parish Hall. This show was one of many including performances in Selby, Newcastle, Camden (London), and at the Edinburgh Fringe. ‘Marvell at Midnight’ is an original play suffused with jazz, comedy, surrealism and accordions: a vibrant expose of the trials and triumphs of up-and-coming artists in 1930’s Hull. The performance is punctuated by…
Halloween Follow the Haunters Code
Police in the East Riding are committed to making sure ‘little haunters’ are kept safe this Halloween and have been working closely with retailers, schools and Neighbourhood Watch Groups giving out personal safety advice on how to have a safe and fun Halloween. Posters have been given out to residents who do not want to be disturbed by Halloween callers this year, which can be displayed in a prominent position…
Free Christmas Parking For Shoppers
A popular scheme which gives shoppers free parking in the run up to Christmas is set to run again this year. For the past two years, those preparing for Christmas by shopping in the East Riding have benefited as East Riding of Yorkshire Council suspended parking charges at its car parks during the three weekends leading up to Christmas. At its meeting on Tuesday, 2 November, the council’s cabinet is…
Impressive Team Effort From Braves
Braves were on top form straight from the whistle with tough strong tackles going in hard and fast. After just a few minutes Dylan Clifford broke free and charged through the Warriors defence as strong as an ox, to crash over the line for his first try of the day. Owen Harrison executed an outstanding kick to make it 6 points in as many minutes. The Braves did not stop…
O’Connell Scores Hat Trick as Town Make it Three in a Row
After two good wins Town went into this game looking to keep the momentum going in the league. However for the second week running they started slowly and were behind after 10 minutes. Town failed to deal with a set piece from a wide right position and the Ferriby forward out jumped Jon Ricardo to head into the top corner. This spurred Beverley into action and kick started the Michael…
Helping Hand To Prepare For University
Anyone who is preparing for university or another form of higher education can get a helping hand by joining East Riding College’s Bite Size study skills courses. These level four (A-levels are level three) short courses last for six weeks and give participants valuable preparation for the higher education style of writing, researching and studying. Anyone who successfully completes the courses will earn 10 university credits which are validated by…
Beverley Reduce Landfill Waste by Almost Half
East Riding residents took less waste to the 10 household waste and recycling sites over the summer months compared with the same months last year. For East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Councillor Symon Fraser, portfolio holder for environment and planning, said: “This is excellent news because the cheapest waste to get rid of is the waste we don’t make. “It saves the council and our taxpayers the cost of dealing…
East Riding College:New Prospectuses Now Available
Anyone who is thinking about going into further and higher education in September 2011 can now take a look at East Riding College’s new full-time and higher education course guides. The full-time course guide features nearly 100 courses in art, design and media; business and administration; construction; early years and health and social care; foundation programmes; hair and beauty; hospitality and catering; information technology; motor vehicle and engineering; music; public…