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Saturday, October 21, 2006

FOUR people were taken to hospital after a serious crash involving a police car in York.

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Millthorpe, Oaklands and Canon Lee top latest tables

HONOURS have continued to be spread around the area's schools in the Champion Schools rugby league qualifying festivals. These festivals, organised by York City Knights community development team, decide who represents North Yorkshire in the regional

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All Blacks looking good under Richie’s watchful eye

New Earswick All Blacks Under-16s are making their own version of the Magnificent Seven. The squad has no fewer than seven players in three different scholarship schemes, and 11 of the team were recently picked for North Yorkshire. Four of those 11

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Lee in charge

Ryedale Sports Club is running a three-day football camp at their ground in Pickering next week. It will runs from Monday to Wednesday and is for boys and girls aged between six and 13. Former York City striker and Welsh international Lee Nogan,

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Titanic effort by York

YORK RUFC Under-15s continued their winning streak with a 32-5 victory at Rotherham Titans in the Yorkshire Cup. The Clifton Park teens scored first when a long pass from Toby Spark found George Elliott, who off-loaded in the tackle to Charlie Nicholson

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Excellent ending for N Yorks rep side

North Yorkshire Under-18s finished their Rugby League Service Area representative season in style with a convincing 54-6 win over South Yorkshire at Doncaster Toll Bar. North Yorkshire scored in their first set of the game with captain Tom Hodgson going

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York girls roar back

COMEBACK queens City of York Hockey Club Under-13 girls A' team have been crowned North Yorkshire champions. They beat Scarborough 1-0 in the final at Thirsk with a Sarah Clay goal to gain revenge on the Seasiders, who snatched victory in the opening

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Can you kick it?

FOOTBALL fun is on the half time agenda at Lowfield School next week. York City's Football in the Community team are holding a fun week for young players aged five to 14 from 10am to 3pm each day. The cost is £10 a day or £40 for the week and, for

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QM’s School earns string of county call-ups

QUEEN Margaret's School, Escrick, is revelling in sporting success. Year 10 pupils Olivia Brown and Olivia Williams were crowned Yorkshire Under-15 tennis champions at South Leeds Stadium. They qualified as North Yorkshire champs - a title they won

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Cricket course at St Peter’s

YORK Cricket Club is running two cricket development courses for youngsters in the upcoming school half term holiday. They will be held in St Peter's School Sports Hall, Clifton, each day from Monday to Friday next week. There will be a session

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Haxby’s hunt

HAXBY Town's U15's A' need new players who are in school Year 10. Anyone interested should contact Gordon Smith on 01904 415761.

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City girls’ headache

YORK City Ladies found themselves nursing a cup hangover as Barnsley Ladies topped them 1-0 in a dreary North East premier division battle at Oaklands. The Minster Ladies were a shadow of the cup-conquering side of the previous week and the game was

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Grippng yarns lift kids

TUGS on the heart-strings accompanied those on clean white judogi robes at an emotional event hosted by Stamford Bridge Judo Club. Close on 40 youngsters aged from five upwards took part in the first Andrew Fennell Memorial Tournament, which was held

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Cade first ends in a share-all

BISHOPTHORPE and Clifton Rawcliffe Federation will share the Cade Trophy and represent York in the North Yorkshire finals. Five six-a-side football school teams battled it out in the finals at Clifton Green and it was soon obvious that the first primary

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York dig in for Hull draw

DEPLETED York Under-11 Schoolboys may have been short of manpower in their friendly with Hull, but they found enough in the tank to draw 3-3. Several players were tied up in the Cade Trophy finals meaning a repeat of the last result between the two teams

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Rose are blooming

Free-scoring Bishopthorpe White Rose under-13s have a treble in their sights - but taking home the British Sugar Minor Football League crown would be the biggest reward. Unbeaten White Rose are currently top of the league after scoring 18 league goals

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Wigginton’s purple patch sees off Saints

WIGGINTON scored three goals in five first-half minutes against St Oswald's in League C' of the York Primary Schools Football League - and then added a fourth to wrap up the win. But things didn't work out quite so well against Yearsley Grove. Aaron

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Roaring Rawcliffe

RAWCLIFFE Under-12s maintained their 100 per cent York Mitchell Sports League winning record by destroying Woodthorpe 5-0. It was Rawcliffe's fifth successive victory and came against a Woodthorpe which came second in the league last season, when they

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It’s a bright outlook for Strensall Juniors

STRENSALL Junior Football Club Under-13s are hoping to clean up in the British Sugar York Minor Football League. Their new kit is sponsored by Simon Dale's Huntington Windows. Strensall manager Steve Field and assistant coach Gary Sharpe spent a huge

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York’s juniors rule the waves

YORK City Rowing Club's juniors went in force to the Ancholme Head of the River Race at Brigg in Humberside with 15 crews competing. They were rewarded with eight wins in single, double and quadruple sculls.

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Four people taken to hospital after horror crash

FOUR people were taken to hospital after a serious crash involving a police car in York. Two officers were responding to an emergency call when their vehicle collided with a blue Volvo, containing an elderly couple. The police car is believed to have

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Rush-hour chaos after five-car A64 pile-up

A FIVE-CAR pile up on the A64 left nine people injured and caused rush-hour chaos for hundreds of motorists. The accident happened on the eastbound carriageway just after 6.30pm last night, just east of the Bishopthorpe Road fly-over. Six people were

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York GCSE and A-level pupils doing better

STUDENTS at York schools are getting better results at GCSE and A-level according to Government figures. Provisional 2006 GCSE and post-16 results released by the Department of Education and Skills (DfES) rank York in the top 30 out of 150 local authorities

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Judge driven to distraction

A JUDGE has hit out at the low level of sentences available for bad drivers after dealing with a "show-off" drink-driver. Gary Norman Watling, 23, crashed one car, ignored the injuries of his passengers and hit a policeman who tried to stop him driving

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Window of opportunity for York glass master

A STAINED glass conservator from York, who works on the Minster's windows, has won a prestigious £8,000 scholarship. Tracy Holmes, 27, has won the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship to study for a masters degree in conservation studies at the University of

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‘Knife attacker’ goes on the run

DETECTIVES are hunting a fugitive who is believed to have brutally stabbed a teenager in the back in a York street. The 15-year-old boy suffered serious injuries when he was knifed in the Danebury Drive area of Acomb. Police are now hunting a 21-year-old

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Pensioner named as victim in country lane death smash

A PENSIONER was killed when his silver Honda car left the road, ploughed through hedges and into a stream. Harold Roy Oliver, 76, had been driving from Easingwold to Stillington on a quiet country lane late on Thursday night. Mr Oliver, of Strensall

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Gangs of yobs force pensioners to abandon bingo

TERRORISED pensioners have been driven out of their bingo hall by roaming gangs of youths. More than five decades of bingo nights will come to an end - because the players are now too frightened to leave their homes. Organiser Olive Hawxby, 77, said

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Tom finds poisonous weed on his allotment

A POISONOUS plant, known as the Devil's Apple, has been found at an allotment in York. Keen gardener Tom Robinson discovered the triffid-like weed shooting up in his plot in Fulford Cross and spent hours chopping it down. Now he is warning other gardeners

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Kilimanjaro climb raises £3,129 for chopper

YORK businessman Bruce Corrie has made it to the top of the mountain. Mr Corrie reached the pinnacle of the 19,300 ft Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania - raising £3,129 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance - more than £1,000 better than he expected. After returning

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999 award for hero Nathan Johnston

A TEENAGER who helped three victims of a serious road crash was given a tour of the ambulance command centre which received his emergency call. Nathan Johnston, 14, was thanked by staff at Yorkshire Ambulance Service in York and presented with a

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Bike rangers home in on York paths

CYCLING enthusiasts got together for a mass ride from York to Selby to mark the opening of a national bike path conference. About 60 volunteer Liaison Rangers, who help maintain the country's 10,000-mile national cycle network, took part in the 15-mile

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Landlord broke manager’s eye socket in scuffle, court told

A LANDLORD broke his pub manager's eye socket shortly before the junior man was dismissed for fighting, a jury was told. Manager Simon Mark Harris never worked again at The Junction, in Leeman Road, York, after a dispute over his drinking escalated into

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York man finds NHS dentist...in Liverpool!

THREE collapsed teeth, two crowns and a cap that need replacing - no wonder Andrew McAssey needs a dentist. But after months on the North Yorkshire NHS dental waiting list to no avail, fed up Andrew, of Bad Bargain Lane, York, is travelling all the way

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Builder queries homes shortage

CAN someone tell me why is it, when we supposedly have enormous demand for affordable housing, from the council's own statistics, that a home in Tostig Avenue has been empty for 14 weeks? My question follows an article in The Press last week (Fast track

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School memories

SO the fate of the Shipton Street school site has been settled (Homes plan for old school site, The Press, October 12). I am reminded of my schooldays there from 1930 to 1934. It was called a girls' "higher grade school". I do think we had a

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Post campaign

GOOD to see growing protests in defence of our local Post Offices and other local services (Village life faces a fresh threat, Features, October 19). Readers wanting to take constructive action may be interested in the Local Works campaign, backed

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Drug facts

TJ RYDER says it is a "known fact" that people who regularly use cannabis usually go on to harder drugs. As the effects from cannabis are nothing like the effects from LSD, amphetamines, coke, etc, I have never understood this years-old argument

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Oppose sentence

AS Amnesty International marked Protect The Human Week, ending yesterday, its renewed appeals to stop the execution of a man from Leeds highlight just why it's never been more important to stand up for humanity and human rights. Mirza Tahir Hussain

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Slow movers

IN my experience, tractors are not the main cause of congestion on Yorkshire's rural, single-carriageway A roads (Why do tractors have to slow down all traffic? Letters, October 13). It's rare to be stuck behind one for more than one or two miles before

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Tracking buses

I WAS delighted to see coverage of the upcoming launch of satellite tracking equipment on Coastliner buses running through York (Yorkshire Coastliner go high-tech, The Press, October 13). I agree with Mr Richardson that this is an excellent innovation

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Seize the chance to break crime cycle

CITY of York Council's cycle strategy recognises the need for additional secure cycle parking in the city centre, preferably not far from the station. Ideally, this should include a repair and hire shop. The former substation at Lendal Bridge is ideally

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Monstrosity

MR Barker of New Earswick is dead right (Splash out, letters, October 18). The old toilets in Parliament Street were unobtrusive, quite roomy, wide steps at each end, and very clean. That someone allowed that idiotic monstrosity that has poor access

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October 21, 2006

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Small planes, big cheque

MODEL aircraft enthusiasts from the British Model Flying Association returned to Castle Howard to present a cheque for £900 to the RAF Benevolent Fund. The money was raised at an event at the stately home last month, when the modellers displayed replica

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‘Anita would never have wanted anyone to grieve on and on. I feel life goes on’

THE husband of a York woman who died a year ago of a chronic lung disease has vowed to continue fundraising to keep her memory alive. Christian Klopsteg pledged to add to more than £6,500 he has so far raised for York Hospital since his wife, Anita Wilhelms

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Planners set to approve resubmitted campus plan

FRESH plans to demolish staff houses and build 248 student flats at the University of York look set to win the go-ahead next week. Planners say the campus scheme will help reduce pressure from students on private housing throughout the city. The university's

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Charles Hutchinson reviews The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice

IT begins with two piercing screams, setting the tone for Jackie Fielding's shrill performance as Mari, the mother from hell. Hell in this instance being a rundown northern house with the electricity on the blink and dampness seeping into the walls

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Kids urged to ‘catch a rat’ during half-term hols

KEEPING the kids occupied during the October school half-term break should be a doddle this year. There are so many things going on in York for youngsters over the coming week, parents should be spoilt for choice. Rancid rats have been released around

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York Barbican Centre inquiry demand

SCORES of campaigners have written to the Government to demand a public inquiry into plans to formally abandon a replacement swimming pool near York's Barbican Centre. They claim a decision by York councillors last month to change a crucial legal agreement

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Travellers are taken to task

NEW legislation to curb anti-social travellers could be brought in after a string of problems in North Yorkshire and York. Evidence - including the failure of police and local authorities to tackle problems when they arise - is being considered by the

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How I got them to eat veg at last

SUNDAY October 15, 2006, is going down as a red-letter day in our household. Or perhaps I should call it a red bottle day. That was the day our ketchup-addicted daughter finally gave up the sauce. I could have wept when I heard her say, "It doesn't taste

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Hall kinds of everything

CHARLES William Bigge - country gentleman, banker, Whig, JP and High Sheriff of Northumberland - would, I think, have approved. Linden Hall was built almost 200 years ago in the heart of the Northumberland countryside as a home for himself, his wife

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Mike Tipping disproves one of his own cherished theories

THE world of wine is curious, as I am reminded often. Just when I think that I have a position on wine, something comes along and knocks my theories off-course. Theories such as: single varietal merlot is usually dull and if I was writing about a

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Hesketh Farm Park at Bolton Abbey

WHAT AND WHERE? Hesketh Farm Park at Bolton Abbey in Wharefdale. WHY? It's got all the usual farm creatures that will make every child - and many adults - go "aahh," but with some interesting extras on top. I took my daughter Gabrielle and two

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Eyes down, folks

PEEK behind the plaque in Poppleton Road Memorial Hall and you will see a prominent reminder of the 1960s and 1970s - a bingo ticket. Back then, locals would spend every Friday night with their eyes down, all in the hope of winning the £2 full-house

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The Yorkshire Coast & North York Moors Landscapes (Myriad, £20) and Yorkshire Dales Panoramas (Myriad, £12.99), both by John Potter.

Coming along nicely in time for Christmas are two sumptuous new books of photographs from York-based landscape photographer John Potter. It was John who brought out last year's Yorkshire Dales Villages - a glossy, 96-page volume that put the focus

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Growing Pains, by Billie Piper, Hodder & Stoughton, priced £18.99.

Billie Piper is still only 24. But, having crammed a pop career, a battle against anorexia, marriage to Chris Evans and a stint as Doctor Who's sexiest, spikiest assistant ever into her short life, she has a maturity far beyond her years. Material aplenty

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The Red Dahlia by Lynda La Plante (Simon & Schuster, £17.99.)

As the creator of such television hits as Widows and Prime Suspect, Lynda La Plante is best known for her TV scripts but she can still punch above her weight in the novel-writing corner. For evidence, just settle down with a copy of her latest offering

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Commondale

COMMONDALE, the village, huddles down in a dip in the North York Moors. Really today I should be celebrating with the highest peak in the Dales, but that will have to wait until my Achilles tendon is strong enough. Never mind, this is a nice walk. People

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Back from the brink

October is drawing to a close and the weather remains mild and damp, perfect conditions to encourage the continuation of dahlia blooms. Some years they would have gone over by now, felled by the first frosts which blacken the foliage and see to the end

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McEwan’s double swoop

YORK City have won permission to take Stevenage Borough pair Darryn Stamp and Jason Goodliffe on loan. The Minstermen have agreed a three-month deal with striker Stamp that will keep him at KitKat Crescent until Sunday, January 7. Stevenage club

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Louise’s FA Cup tickets mercy dash

AN 11th hour dash up the A1 by York City's senior administrative assistant Louise Jackson ensured season-ticket holders could buy tickets yesterday morning for the FA Cup trip to Newcastle Benfield (Bay Plastics). Jackson drove to the north-east with

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Farewell to sportsdesk legend Hugh MacDougall

HUGH MACDOUGALL, a member of The Press's sportsdesk team for 29 years, has hung up his pen. Hugh, 65 next Tuesday, retired yesterday, after 47 years as a journalist. Born in Dundee and a proud Scot, Hugh's career began as a junior reporter at the Isle

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Joint-leaders increase lead

JOINT-LEADERS Clifton and Dringhouses stretched their advantage in the York John Smith's Sunday Pool League, recording 6-2 victories against Mitre and Fossway A' respectively. Clifton took the first six frames but Mitre hit back with Chris Leaf and

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Match booking

ANGLERS should note that an additional match booking for this coming week. It is on Tuesday, October 24, at Laybourne Lakes (Marley) pegs 37 to 53 plus 10 others.

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John Carver says his Leeds players need to sort themselves out

JOHN Carver will continue to plan for Leeds United's future despite the constant speculation surrounding the vacant manager's position at Elland Road. Gary McAllister has become the latest candidate to be linked with the job but Carver insists he is

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Yorkshire boss sad at McGrath revelations

Yorkshire's director of cricket, David Byas, says he is "disturbed and saddened" to hear that top batsman Anthony McGrath wants to leave the club because he is unhappy with the way it is being managed. Byas, like chief executive Stewart Regan, is on

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Dyson in title chance

YORK golf star Simon Dyson was eyeing another triumph today as he headed into the third round of the Hero Honda Open in India in joint-third position. The Malton and Norton Golf Club ace was only one shot off the pace at the end of yesterday's second

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Liam eyes magical year

TEENAGE prop Liam Watling is hoping 2007 will be his breakthrough year - and he's already started pre-season training to make it so. The former Heworth ARLC junior has signed a new one-year deal with York City Knights and is determined to become a big

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Anyone for tennis

Bubwith Tennis Club are offering winter membership to run from October 1 to March 31. Prices are £5 for juniors, £20 for seniors and £40 for a family. The club are also holding Tennis Club Mornings each Sunday, between 10am and noon. The club

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Tabua’s Fiji hopes

YORK City Knights' new signing, Tabua Cakacaka, will be hoping Samoa beat Tonga at Headingley tomorrow (ko 3.45pm). The match is the Federation Shield opener ahead of Engand's tussle with France, and doubles up as the final game in the Pacific/Oceania

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Great Scott

UP and coming mini-moto rider Philip Scott is celebrating after another fine season. The 21-year-old, who ditched bowls for the high-pace motor sport, finished second in the lightweight production section of the British Mini-Moto Championships and

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Jumping the cup banana skins

IN any list of York City legends, the likes of Keith Walwyn, Paul Aimson, Wayne Hall, Jack Pinder, Barry Jackson, Chris Topping and Andy McMillan demand mandatory inclusion. However, the super seven also share one far less glorious Minstermen experience

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Book launch treat for Houchen fans

York City's home game against Dagenham on Saturday, November 25, will see the official launch of a new book detailing the life and career of former City star, Keith Houchen. The new book by Jonathan Strange, entitled "A Tenner and a Box of Kippers,"

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Party time at KitKat Crescent

Prohibitive police costs might have persuaded City's directors to bring forward Boxing Day's home clash with Halifax Town by three days, but you can still celebrate the festive season at KitKat Crescent during the York Minstermen's Christmas party. The

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City ’keeper Evans gives thumbs down to headguards

YORK City's Tom Evans does not feel the need to wear protective headgear at Tamworth this afternoon despite the idea being mooted on a national level following the injuries to Chelsea goalkeepers Petr Cech and Carlo Cudicini. The debate has gathered

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North Yorkshire pair’s crowning glory

Two Scarborough golfers have been crowned 2006 International Pairs English men's champions. Shaun Smith and Simon Deaves, of Scarborough South Cliff Golf Club, inched home with 76 stableford points to secure the English title at the UK final staged in

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Figures all add up

TWO golfers from the York office of chartered accountants Garbutt & Elliott have thrown down the gauntlet to fellow chartered accountants across the country. Bob Elliott, son of one of the founders of the firm, and colleague David King have challenged

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Wrong to knock Knights’ initiative

I AM writing in response to the Park Life article featured in York Press on Saturday, September 30, in particular the views of Emma Ireland. To knock York City Knights for all their hard work when rugby league is now played in over 125 schools is just

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Discredit to village club

I WAS surprised to read in a recent article that several clubs in the York Senior Cricket League had been involved in disciplinary measures recently. I cannot condone the fact that aggressive behaviour and the use of foul language has become part

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Grange hat-trick

WOODHOUSE Grange, pipped to the Hunters York and District Senior Cricket League crown, scooped top individual honours at last night's annual dinner. While champions Easingwold received the Thirsk and District Trophy for lifting the premier division title

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Star attraction

Kauto Star is the potential star attraction at Aintree tomorrow as he makes his eagerly-awaited reappearance to begin his quest to become this season's top two-mile chaser. Trainer Paul Nicholls has never disguised his admiration for this lightly-raced

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Recognise this

It's been a long time coming, but the real stars of the athletics world are finally getting the recognition they have always deserved. Not the medal-winners - they have the Great Britain vests, the Golden League cash and the allure of another record

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Sport has the answer

When it comes to religion and politics the rule of thumb is don't even go there. But sometimes you have to. Times like when Let's Kick Racism Out Of Football funds are granted for cross-racial girls festivals during Ramadan. With lunch included. It's