The upcoming Ebor Festival at York could provide some useful form pointers for the Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup in Australia later this year.
The trainers of several runners at the recent Royal Ascot meeting have pinpointed the big Yorkshire meeting as a stepping stone towards races Down Under.
A busy day at Beaver park – the first team game was pre-empted with an excellent win for Beverley Under 14’s in the semi-final of the Yorkshire cup against Otley. Good luck in the final, also at Beaver Park in a couple of week’s time.
The annual Old Boys reunion was already in full throw by the kick off time. It was great to see the crowd boosted by many old friends of bygone ages.
Last weekend brought another two wins and two winning draws for Beverley Town Cricket Club.
The 4th XI win means they have secured the Holderness Division 4 title with two games to spare. The 1st XI also reached the Hunters Cup Final last Friday evening.
Beverley Under 15s played a ferocious end to end against Yarnbury (Leeds) in the 2nd round preliminary of the Yorkshire Cup this weekend.
The two sides had met for the first time last season and as expected this would be another close game.
Beverley U15s welcomed Goole to Beaver Park for a first-round Yorkshire Cup tie just two weeks after losing to them in an early-season friendly.
Coming back to near full-strength after injury lay-offs over recent weeks presented the u15s with a chance to redress the balance, and a strong and intelligent display from the full squad saw them contain and dismantle a capable and expansive Goole team.
Beverley RUFC U13s got off to the perfect start as they beat Moortown RUFC 25 -10 at Beaver Park to progress into the second round of the Yorkshire Cup.
Sammy England opened the scoring for the Beavers after great work by the team opened up the Moortown defence.
Beverley RUFC continued their good start to the season following the Yorkshire Cup first round win away against Pocklington with a resounding 43 – 0 home win against York.
This win was against a sadly depleted York team who started with fourteen players and Beverley were soon able to make their player advantage count.
Beverley Under 15s travelled to Goole for match which will be repeated in the Yorkshire Cup in two weeks time.
Goole claimed advantage this time round with a good win in what turned out to be a very competitive game from the kick off.
Beverley Braves U12s attended the Rhino’s Challenge festival help at Butlin’s Skegness this past weekend and finished an outstanding joint 7th out of the 34 teams competing in their age group.
With a squad of 17 travelling to the event the Braves had high hopes of repeating their successful campaign of 2017.
Organisers of Flem’s Fight Night say they are grateful for the support they have received from the residents and businesses in Beverley.
Following the sad loss of local man Paul Fleming, his friends have pulled together to raise money for his wife and two children.
Beverley Under 14s travelled to West Park Leeds for their long awaited Yorkshire Plate Final on Sunday against a strong Ripon team.
Although full of confidence, Beverley knew it would be a difficult task to overturn Ripon, but played the full game with the spirit and determination that had previously ensured they fully deserved a place in the final, but unfortunately came across a very clinical opposition.
Beverley RUFC Under 14s travelled to Sandal for the first round of the Yorkshire Plate knowing that this was going to be a tough physical game against previous Yorkshire Cup winners.
On Sunday the Beverley team travelled to Huddersfield in the preliminary round of the Yorkshire Cup.
Beverley RUFC Colts missed out on completing the double after they were beaten 27-11 by Sheffield in the Yorkshire Cup Final.
PHOTOS from Beaver Park featuring the Yorkshire Cup Semi Final between Beverley RUFC Colts and Old Brods.
Beverley RUFC Colts are champions after they beat Scunthorpe by a single point at Beaver Park.
On a pitch that was heavy under foot Beverley dominated territory along with possession
Beverley RUFC Colts reached the semi-final of the Yorkshire Cup this weekend as they overcame Middlesbrough at Beaver Park.
Beverley RUFC Colts will be looking to bounce back from last weekend’s defeat as they host Middlesbrough in the Yorkshire Cup.