Phil Nolan: Being Asked To Play For Hodgsons Was Special
Our Sunday played in an Orange strip, we thought we were Holland though played more like New Holland!
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United Make It Eight Wins In Eight
Mill Lane United travelled to Selby to play one of their closest rivals at the top of the table knowing a victory would seriously dent Brayton Belles title credentials. The game started with Brayton quickly on the attack as Mill Lane United struggled to play their usual passing football on a mud bath of a pitch. Brayton knew a win was essential to keep them chasing the leaders at the…
Thousands Enjoy The Beverley Festival Of Christmas
The streets of Beverley were filled with people who came out to enjoy the Beverley Festival of Christmas. The event was officially opened by Charlie Dimmock before the main attraction, Santa Claus, paraded through the streets. Starting at Wednesday Market Father Christmas pulled by his reindeer travelled through the town to Saturday Market where he talked to children who had gathered to meet him. [nggallery id=1908]
Local Runners Travel To Lisbon For Marathon
A small group of runners from Beverley Athletic Club travelled to Portugal last weekend to compete in the Lisbon Marathon. Known as the seaside marathon, the course starts in the Estadio 1o Maio and follows an undulating route through the beautiful city centre before dropping down steeply to the coast between 19 and 23 kilometres. This is followed by a flat 8kilometre stretch along the coast road. At 28 kilometres…
Kershaw Leads Hornsea To Victory Over Town
Beverley Town FC was beaten by Hornsea Town in the Whiteheads Fish & Chips League Cup. Town travelled to the Hollis Recreation Ground and would have fancied their chances in this football match against Hornsea, a tem Town beat earlier in the league. It was not meant to be and for Hornsea skipper John Kershaw the win after he was taunted by Town’s skipper Jonny Ricardo in their last meeeting. Final Score:…
Blue & Golds Suffer Worst Defeat Of Season
The blue and golds suffered their heaviest defeat thus far this season on their travels last Saturday. There was no shortage of effort but they were outsmarted by their more youthful opponents as their disappointing run of results continue. They went into the game without their talismanic number nine Gavin Proctor who was sorely missed with the side lacking organisation. The writing was on the wall in the 10th minute…
Hadley Beats Previous Time At The Guy Fawkes 10 Road Race
Three athletes from Beverley Athletic Club travelled to Ripley near Harrogate last Sunday to run the Guy Fawkes 10 road race. This is a very challenging event with several serious climbs. The course was made even tougher this year by a slight change to the route. Steve Hadley chose this race to attempt to return to his former form and finish in less than 90 minutes for the ten-mile distance. …
Beverley Author Launches New Novel This Thursday
Beverley Author Val Wood launches her brand new novel The Harbour Girl at Waterstone’s, Hull on Thursday 10 th November at 5.30pm. The Harbour Girl is the award-winning author’s seventeenth novel. The romantic saga tells the story of sixteen year old Jeannie, a net mender and herring girl atScarboroughHarbour, just like her Scottish mother. Jeannie meets and falls in love with Harry, a fisherman fromHulland becomes pregnant. Childhood friend Ethan…
Education:Find Your Future With New Prospectuses
People who are looking to take their next step in education or who want to strengthen their CV can find their future with two new prospectuses from East Riding College. The full-time and higher education course guides feature more than 100 programmes across the full range of subject areas at levels equivalent to degrees, A-levels and GCSEs. College Principal Derek Branton said: “Even though we are still in 2011, this…
East Riding Confirmed In London 2012 Olympic Tourch Relay Route
The iconic structure of the Humber Bridge will provide a stunning backdrop and host location for residents and visitors to welcome the Olympic Flame as the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay passes through the East Riding en route to the capital next year. Residents and visitors will be able to welcome the torch’s arrival in the East Riding and celebrate the achievements of the torchbearers from 18 June 2012 as…
James McKay Confident Beavers Can Turn It Around
Mowden Park last Saturday, Beverley RUFC face another daunting away trip to Liverpool to take on Waterloo at Blundellsands. Having suffered another heavy defeat at the hands of new league leaders Darlington Although they are rooted at the bottom of the league table at present, the Beavers are not too far adrift and there is some light at the end of the tunnel regarding the return of their key players…
Special Day For Ethan Dalton In The McCain Yorkshire Coast 10K
A large contingent from Beverley Athletic Club travelled to Scarborough last Sunday to take part in the McCain Yorkshire Coast 10k and fun run. With a field of more than 1000 runners in the 10k the competition was strong but there were some notable performances from Beverley athletes and 14 of them finished in the top ten for their age group. The race was designated a handicap race for Beverley…
Rock N Roll With Jump N Jive
Rock N Roll night returns this Friday, 28th October, at Armstrongs Social Club with West Yorkshire band Jump N Jive. The four piece band play drums, guitar and double bass and are very popular with lovers of this music genre and have many supporters who travel to the club to see them perform. Warm up the hour before the band perform with a Jive and Rock N Roll dance lesson…
Local Lads Reach Top Ten In Pizza Express Music Competition
Two local boys have made it down to the top ten of the Pizza Express competition ‘The Big Audition’ with Jamie Cullum. Billy Gill and Fin Henderson, both 15, make up Palms13 a ‘jazzy-pop’ band. The boys applied for the competition and submitted a youtube video of themselves, competing with over 7500 others they made it down to the top 50 and with votes from fans and school friends are…
Steve Peacock Leads Beverley Home At Bridlington
Fourteen athletes from Beverley Athletic Club travelled to Bridlington last Sunday for the annual Brid Half. The challenging undulating course takes runners out into the East Yorkshire countryside via Sewerby, Flamborough and Bempton and returns via Sewerby to a finish on the sea front. It was a pleasant sunny day and conditions were good for running. Steve Peacock was the first Beverley runner to cross the finishing line. He completed…
Two For One Mini Cruise Deals With P&O Ferries
Beverley has a lot to offer its residents including historical landmarks, fine-dining a great town centre and the wonderful Westwood but sometimes, as great as the town is, you need to get away and now is a great time to take a break as P&O Ferries’ 2for1 mini cruise offer started this month which means that readers of HU17.net can travel to Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Bruges or further afield on the…
Pudsey 10K
James Pearson and Andy Johnson of Beverley Athletic Club love to compete and take every opportunity to enter local and regional races. Last weekend they travelled to Pudsey to run the annual Pudsey 10k, organised by Pudsey Pacers. Advertised as a scenic, undulating course, the race is rated by runners as one of the most challenging 10ks in the country. Following country lanes and tracks through woods in the first…