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Yorkshire U-20s match at Wharfedale RUFC on Sunday saw the white rose side include a number of local lads in Tom Davidson, Joe Gill and Mark Gemmell, all formerly of Wharfedale RUFC, and current Wharfedale players Jack Mackie and Richard Rhodes.

Tynedale's high tempo too much for Greens

6:54pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

Tynedale 55 Wharfedale 18 Fly-half Gavin Beasley scored Tynedale’s ninth try just before the final whistle to add some extra gloss to the home side’s total but there are no doubts about the splendid attacking credentials of this talented side or the exciting brand of high tempo rugby they revel in.

Ermysted's youngster in England squad

6:51pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

Ermysted’s Grammar School’s winger Oliver Cicognini is in the England U-16 squad that will take on their Italian counterparts at Rome’s Stadio Flaminio.

Brid succumb to Reds

6:59pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

Skipton 13 Bridlington 29 Bridlington came to Sandylands on Saturday as the current season entered its penultimate month.

Ribb succumb to Leos

6:57pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

Leos 13 North Ribblesdale 3 Ribb came down to earth with a crash against a Leodiensians’ side who simply were hungrier for the win.

Transplant boy Fred breaks a leg

6:49pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

There is no bigger fighter than young Fred Midgley who had battled courageously back after a kidney transplant to take up his favourite sports of football and cricket again.

Skipton see red after defeat by bottom club

7:11pm Wednesday 3rd March 2010

Skipton 22 Yarnbury 29 After the previous week’s game was called off due to a frozen pitch at Bradford Salem, Skipton entertained Yarnbury on Saturday in a game both needed to win.

Lisa feeling blue

7:04pm Wednesday 3rd March 2010

Could former Skipton Girls’ High School pupil Lisa Meegan, a 21-year-old undergraduate at Cambridge University, be the latest local sports person to hit the headlines in the sport of rowing?

Craven runners in national championships

7:05pm Wednesday 3rd March 2010

Craven’s Victoria Wilkinson and Tom Blanchard - both winners at the Yorkshire Championships - led the local challenge at last Saturday’s English Cross-Country Championships at Roundhay Park, Leeds.

Wharfedale bag the points

7:08pm Wednesday 3rd March 2010

Wharfedale 20 Newbury 5 At least the Greens won well - or well enough against admittedly poor opponents but while the Greens will be happy winning for the first time against a team they lost to earlier in the season, there will or should be some grumbling concern at the level of the performance.