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12th annual Youth Games to be sporting bonanza
Nearly 1,000 children from Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield will compete in West Yorkshire Sport’s 12th annual Youth Games at Leeds Carnegie on Saturday. These children have already won the honour of representing their schools
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Titles at the double for Lambson and Rieder
Craven schools athletes won a “magnificent seven” titles in the finals of the North Yorkshire Schools’ Championships at York. Two of those – Rebecca Lambson of Skipton Girls’ High and Alex Rieder of Giggleswick – pulled off winning doubles. Lambson,
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Cononley looking good, despite stutter at Legion
With the season halfway through, Cononley A are well on their way to retaining the Skipton Bowling Association's Walker Foster First Division title. They have 140 points from 15 games, averaging 9.33 points per game, and lead Keighley A in second by
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Pass the 3D glasses please!
Punters at Ingleton Ex-Servicemen’s Club will be able to watch the United Kingdom’s first cricket match in 3D – England’s first NatWest one-day international against Bangladesh on Thursday, July 8. Paul King, Sky Sports’ executive cricket producer, said
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Rowan loses out in play-off
England Under-20s, captained by Cononley’s Jacob Rowan, lost 27-22 to South Africa in their third and fourth place play-off in the International Rugby Board’s Junior World Cup in Rosario, Argentina on Monday. Despite scoring three first-half tries
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Slogging it out for charity
Skipton Sloggers' rounders team are holding a charity tournament at Sandylands on Sunday to raise funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance (10am). Also playing are Gargrave, Embsay, Bradley, Ben Rhydding and Weston Warriors. There will
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Simpson wins league's players' award
Silsden’s Chris Simpson has been named the Vodkat North West Counties League Premier Division Player of the Year. The versatile Cobbydalers star clocked up an impressive 15 man-of-the-match awards from opposition managers to gain the prestigious accolade
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Heseltine stars as Bradley Wynn again
Haworth Road locked horns with Embsay for the second successive day last weekend – on the latter occasion in the third round of the Mewies Solicitors Craven League’s Wynn Cup. The Baildon Bottom side managed 218, Waj Mahmood top-scoring with 42, Phil
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By-laws brought in to prevent further eel decline
The start of the new coarse fishing season has coincided with the introduction of new fishing by-laws aimed mainly at protecting certain coarse fish species and also extending fishing opportunities for brown trout and salmon. The removal of pike from
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Easy for Bradley as they make it three-way tie at the top
With leaders Crossflatts tumbling to a 42-run defeat against Bingley Congs, Cullingworth and Bradley have joined Crossflatts at the top of the Mewies Solicitors Craven & District League Division One. The former were at Glusburn, whose openers put on
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Schindler tops list as Stags cruise home against Oxenhope
Title-chasers Oakworth were right on song against third-placed Embsay in the Upper Airedale Junior League's Pro Coach Academy Under-15 League, making 175-2, skipper Jack Davison being the pick with 38. Despite Joe Holt’s 36, the Shires Lane
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Now game is memorial to Malcolm and Molly
Settle Cricket Club are still coming to terms with the death of Molly Newhouse, their first lady president. She died last Friday, and the club’s cricket chairman Andrew Davidson said: “All at the club are shocked and saddened by Molly’s passing. “She
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Jacobs helps Silsden turn corner after relegation
Silsden have struggled to come to terms with life after relegation from Aire-Wharfe League Division One but may have turned a corner with a solid display at Illingworth that lifted them off the bottom of the table. This, like so many of their games,
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First-aid courses prove a boon
Members of the Mewies Solicitors Craven & District Cricket League took the opportunity to brush up on their first-aid skills while raising money for Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Having trained first-aiders at sports fixtures is strongly recom-mended, and
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Pearson's 56 not enough as Craven lose opening match
A captain’s innings of 56 by Fred Pearson was not quite enough to bring Craven & District Junior Cricket Association victory in their opener against East Yorkshire. East Yorkshire lost two wickets in as many overs and after 12 were 17 for two. But a
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Hodge: We're right back in the golden mix
Eric Murray and Hamish Bond again proved to be the nemesis of Pete Reed and Andy Hodge at the World Cup in Munich, Germany last weekend. However, Hodge, from Hebden, and Reed are getting closer and closer in their attempts to beat their New Zealand rivals
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Amazing day at Skipton as course record is broken twice
Gavin Stocker is the new course record holder at Skipton after an amazing 36-hole Scratch Fraser Nightingale Fell Cup. In fact, the amateur record was broken twice within ten minutes after two of the best rounds at the course for many years. In the
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Glusburn are just too Kwik
Sutton hosted their fourth successful Kwik Cricket Festival last Wednesday. It was arranged through its School Links Programme with South Craven School and was closely managed by Ben Bolland from Sutton Cricket Club and school links co-ordinator Vanessa
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Pleasant triumph for Pendle
Pendle & Craven Croquet Club’s home team of Geoff Whitaker, Mike Roberts, Walter Flattery and Barbara Dutton travelled to Culcheth, near Warrington and won 9-7. However, many games went to the Golden Hoop and some games to time in what was a very pleasant
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Cross Hills ladies to the fore
There was a mixed bag of results this week for the teams from Cross Hills Tennis Club. For the second week in a row, the first mixed team took on Salts, and this time they went one better, scoring an 8-1 win to keep the team mid-table in Division One
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Craven Council’s higher charges and cuts save £651,000
The scrapping of some free services and charging more for others has made £651,000 for Craven District Council. The council hoped its list of 26 measures would save £733,700 for the council – either by charging for previously free services or raising
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Sutton's ‘brilliant’ day of fun
Organisers of Sutton Fun Day have hailed it as “absolutely brilliant”. The event, staged by Sutton Village Committee, was helped by the widening of the village park gates, which ensured all the attractions could be sited in one place. Christine Young
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Skipton Magistrates’ Court faces new closure threat
Skipton Magistrates’ Court could close, it was announced today. The Government is asking for views on whether to close 103 magistrates’ courts – including Skipton – and 54 county courts “that are underused and inadequate in England and Wales”, according
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Cononley rocks back in time for the gala
A great day was had by all at Cononley Gala on Saturday. The theme was “Cononley rocks through the ages” and first prize went to the village’s Stepping Stone Pre-School and Nursery for its T-Rex interpretation. One of the staff dressed
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Gargrave bells will ring out for Connie, aged 90
A peal of bells will ring in Gargrave on Sunday to celebrate the 90th birthday of Connie Percy. Connie, who lives in Riversway, in the village, was born on the longest day of the year in 1920 in Leeds. As a young woman, she joined the Auxiliary Territorial
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Skipton nightclub opens for a ‘stay out late’ night
A Skipton nightclub is opening its doors for a special night out for people with learning disabilities. It is part of a North Yorkshire County Council initiative to celebrate Learning Disability Week. Craven Learning Disability Services is working with
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Skipton councillor rapped over allotments site claims
A Skipton town councillor has had his knuckles rapped over potentially damaging claims. Coun John Kerwin-Davey had called for an investigation into the council’s selling of the former Burnside allotment site. The council entered into agreement with
