Skipton’s Inter-District Veterans earned a well-deserved draw against league leaders Huddersfield. In the home game at Devon, Arnie Ripley, Len Buxton, Colin Wortley, David Jacques, Derek Seed and Keith Coppen all had wins after close matches on the
Skipton’s scratch team captain Matt Ryder’s purple patch continued on Sunday when he returned scores of 75 and 70 to take third place in the prestigious 36-hole Bradford Union Amateur Championship. Ryder, who recently set a new amateur course record
Billy Pinder adopted the role of “Blistering Billy” as the Skipton Athletics Club starlet surged to a record-breaking conquest at Patterdale in the Lake District. Suffering from severe blisters exacerbated through training over bone-dry local landscapes
The well-supported Mixed Open, the first event of Ghyll’s Open Fortnight, was held on Sunday, with home pairings making the most of their local knowledge to dominate the leaderboard. John Dawson and Susan Tattersall (41 points) were the runaway
Cononley’s Jenny Latham has won her sibling rivalry with canoe slalomist Beth to become the first in the family to get a gold medal at European or world level. Jenny won the European Triathlon Union’s Championship in her age group (20-24) and was the
Devonshire Carpets Craven League team Carleton’s first and second teams start pre-season training at Ramper Park next Tuesday. New players are welcome.
Scottish Premier side Stirling County’s visit to Wharfedale for a pre-season friendly has been put back a week until Saturday, August 14 at the visitors’ request. The Dalesmen aren’t unhappy about the switch, however, as it gives them more preparation
Skipton Angling Association will be holding their second members’ match this Sunday at Embsay Reservoir. Competitors this year will be facing lower water levels than usual on the roadside length, and this could make fishing tricky due to the large number
Mewies Solicitors Craven League Division One leaders Bradley encountered few problems when they entertained Ingrow. The visitors were restricted to 88-9 in their innings, Mark Price retiring hurt on 28 after deflecting the ball off his shoulder
Settle have booked their place to meet Baxenden in the Houldsworth Ribblesdale League's Ramsbottom Cup final after a thrilling run chase at Cherry Tree on Sunday. This more than made up for the previous day’s 26-run Senior League home defeat at the
Settle Middle School have added to their growing sporting reputation. Their Year Six girls played in the Keighley Cougars’ Rugby League Tackle Tournament final at Cougar Park. The girls, who won all four of their qualifying games, won the final by nine
Upper Wharfedale and Steeton remain in the hunt for a promotion place from Aire-Wharfe League Division Two after both won at the weekend. After a frustrating clash with Knaresbrough the previous weekend, where their march to victory was thwarted by the
The Upper Airedale Junior League's Keighley Cup2000 Under-17 League championship race is hotting up, with Embsay and West End locked together at the top. Their meeting 24 hours after the cup final might provide an answer as to its ultimate destination
More than a World Cup gold could be at stake next weekend for Andy Hodge in Switzerland. The British pair of Hodge, from Hebden, near Skipton, and Pete Reed were left facing questions about their future in the pairs class after suffering a comprehensive
Embsay Under-17s were given a huge leg-up towards defending their Upper Airedale Junior League's William Spencer Memorial Cup final by their opening batsmen. Lloyd Davies and Josh Robinson put on 100 against Sutton at Silsden, both batsmen reaching their
Silsden’s 12-times world trials champion Dougie Lampkin made his much-anticipated return to the Goodwood Festival of Speed at the weekend, riding his Beta EVO over, through or on all manner of obstacles. Lampkin rode his bike through the house of Lord
Settle’s Chris Walker has been named in the England Under-18 rugby union side that will take part in a four-team tournament in South Africa this month. The Leeds Carnegie flanker is part of a squad that will face South Africa, France and a Namibia Invitation
The Ex-Burnley Clarets v Ex-Barnoldswick Town and United players’ match, which was postponed towards the end of last season due to heavy rain, has been re-arranged for this Sunday (3pm). Admission is £2 for adults and £1 for concessions.
A community operatic project featuring youngsters aged from four to 18 will come alive in Skipton on Friday, when more than 120 people will unite for a one-off performance of Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute. The project, which is part of the North Yorkshire
Theatre-goers will be able to see two very different versions of Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind In The Willows over the next few days. First, the National Student Drama Festival Ensemble will present a promenade production of the classic tale of
We had some lovely light rain on Saturday and this time there was enough to stir the river. It is the first time it has been running here for months. That morning, when Stuart went out to feed some calves in the High Laithe, there were four newly-fledged
A government spending cull has scuppered plans to re-build a Barnoldswick high school. West Craven High Technology College was one of more than 700 schools across the country that had rebuilding projects stopped when Tory Education Secretary Michael
Kettlewell Post Office will reopen next week – and once again it will be located in the youth hostel. The shutters came down temporarily in April when the subpostmaster resigned. However, Post Office Ltd has now appointed a successor within the Youth
