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Judd Trump relishing chance to ensure Rocket fails to fire
JUDD TRUMP plans to relish his Coral UK Championship final battle with Ronnie O’Sullivan. The 25-year-old, a winner of the tournament at York three years ago, booked a spot in the showpiece with a 6-4 victory over Stephen Maguire. After racing
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Police hunt jewellery raiders
Police are hunting jewellery raiders who struck yesterday evening in Selby. Detectives have spent today analysing CCTV from the town centre and doing forensic work at the shop in Gowthorpe where the burglars broke in between 8pm and 9pm. The raiders
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Rocket Ronnie O'Sullivan climbs off canvas to land knock-out UK blow on Stuart Bingham
RONNIE O’SULLIVAN believed he was out for the count in his Coral UK Championship semi-final against Stuart Bingham - but the Rocket somehow came off the canvas to land a knock-out blow. The Rocket trailed 4-1 in the best-of-11 clash at the York
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Enjoy a dash of winter colour
GINA PARKINSON welcomes the splashes of colours from the plants that survive into December, especially the pot marigolds AFTER the run of dull, damp and grey days last week,it was a relief to see blue sky on Sunday. The garden was damp with that
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Review: Into The Woods, Pick Me Up Theatre, Grand Opera House, York
ORIGINALLY Pick Me Up Theatre had planned to stage White Christmas this December, but when the West Yorkshire Playhouse announced it would be doing likewise in Leeds, artistic director Robert Readman made the sensible decision to switch to Into The
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Wild Beer Co, UK, Redwood 2014 – 5.8 per cent, £3.99
I'm always excited to see what Wild Beer Co, from Shepton Mallett, are up to these days. Not because, like so many modern brewers, their core range is often manipulated and shifting – a barrel-aged version of this, an alternatively hopped version of
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Don’t panic message from pub landlord
GAVIN AITCHISON visits a York pub “protected” as an important community asset and uncovers an unfortunate twist in the tale ACTIONS speak louder than words. That’s the crux of it at The Mitre. Having unwittingly become enveloped in a tornado
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Recipe: Steamed apple and marmalade sponge pudding
ELLY McCAUSLAND gets saucy for winter It’s definitely the weather for a steamed pudding, and this is one of my favourites, adapted from Diana Henry’s wonderful winter cookbook, Roast Figs Sugar Snow. There’s nothing fancy about this mixture of
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Trio of wines ideal for a dinner party
It is dinner party time and here’s the scenario, you are expecting a handful of guests. Unfortunately your ‘friends’ mistakenly believe you like to drink jammy Californian plonk. It says soft and fruity on the label and they discovered it on a half-price
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Tickling the taste buds with Gallic flavours
Fancy something different for Christmas dinner? MATT CLARK meets the chef on a mission to bring classic French cuisine to our festive tables WHILE 2014 will be remembered as the year the Tour de France came to North Yorkshire, gastronomes will
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Any Other Business by Martin Vander Weyer (Elliott and Thompson, £18.99)
Martin Vander Weyer, arguably the finest financial journalist of his generation, has three priceless gifts. He has the ability to describe the most complex economic conundrums in the simplest of prose; he has an exceptionally well-developed sense
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‘Grandma... you’re so lucky because you’re so very old but you’re not dead yet’
STEPHEN LEWIS enjoys a quirky new book of wise Yorkshire sayings SAY what you like about Yorkshire women, but they've got a great line in put-downs. How about this, from Louise, a nurse in Hebden Bridge? "He's one of those blokes who's thankful
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Lost and found for words
You may have noticed mysterious envelopes turning up in local parks, bars and restaurants, urging you to ‘Read Me’. STEPHEN LEWIS finds out what Found Fiction is all about. THE best 'message in a bottle' of all time has to be the Voyager 1 spacecraft
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Carlton Morris primed for League Two stint with York City
YORK City's deadline day loan signing Carlton Morris believes his new team will benefit from his spell at Sky Bet League Two rivals Oxford earlier this season. The 18-year-old striker kicked off the campaign at Oxford's Kassam Stadium and scored
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Stephen Maguire eager to roll back the years
HE’S happy to have a chance at getting to the UK Snooker Championship final once again, but Stephen Maguire says he will need to be at the top of his game if he is to make the York showpiece. The Scotsman fell over the line against Marco Fu in
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Table Tennis: Close Clarence call
PROMOTED Clarence 'B' are still without a win in division one of the SLT FM Solutions Ltd York and District Table Tennis League. However, they pushed Clarence 'A' to the limit in an agonising 6-4 defeat that was only confirmed by the final doubles
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Coulson winging in for Press player of year contest
MICHAEL Coulson has joined Femi Ilesanmi at the top of The Press Player of the Year standings. The former Scarborough winger was our man-of-the-match during last weekend's 1-1 draw at Plymouth, earning him three points towards the contest to take
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World titles for United Martial Arts College students
THREE world titles - and an honoured national position - was the glittering haul for students from the United Martial Arts College at the WKC world kickboxing championships in Portugal. Teenager Andrew Garside, veteran Chris Gill and Tony Dias,
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York City accord extra impetus to growing influence of women
YORK City communications director Sophie McGill believes that female football managers will take charge of professional men's teams at some point in the future. McGill is hoping aspiring girl and women coaches, aged over 14, will take up the club's
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Review: John Shuttleworth, A Wee Ken To Remember, Hull Truck Theatre; Dylan Moran, Off The Hook, Work In Progress, Pocklington Arts Centre
JOHN Shuttleworth concludes the 2014 leg of his A Wee Ken To Remember tour tonight at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, but will be stocking up on car sweets anew in the New Year for more travels in Austin Ambassador Y reg. A story has run
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Too many occupants stuck in moan zone
WHEN do some top-class professional sportsmen turn into world-class moaners? Is there some dark and dismal force that suddenly inflicts heroes of the pitch, court, baize, track - whatever - into wizards of whinge and whine, captains of carp and
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Darts: Golden Slipper trounce Tramways ‘A’ 6-1
DOREEN JOHNSON and Phil Smith starred as Golden Slipper trounced Tramways ‘A’ 6-1 in the York Black Sheep Mixed Darts League. In her singles, Johnson fired scores of 121 and 117 before hitting a 117 check out, while Smith’s singles included two
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Paraglider man’s 40ft horror plunge
A PARAGLIDER pilot has told for the first time how he suffered two smashed legs and a broken arm when he crashed 40 feet to the ground. Mark Jenkinson, 40, had to be airlifted to hospital by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance with a broken tibia and fibula
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Donna, Blitzen and Comet visit York Hospital
REINDEER from a York farm shop visited patients and staff at York Hospital this week. The reindeer from Wigginton Farm Shop were petted and cooed over by visitors to the hospital on Thursday, and had been brought to the facility by Donna Harper
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Price hikes to hit York rail users
TRAIN passengers travelling to and from York are facing a price hike in the new year. Fares are set to go up by 2.2 per cent - the lowest rise for five years - and hit commuters and tourists in the pocket. The increase in the rail fares is
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York panto cast shop for Wagon Wheels
CHAOS reigned at a York supermarket this week, as the cast of Old Mother Goose took a shopping trip. Berwick Kaler, Martin Barrass, Suzy Cooper and David Leonard were rolling in the aisles of Tesco Extra in Tadcaster Road to collect a festive supply
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Readers donate boxes of toys and tins to The Press appeal
BOXES and parcels of toys and food have begun arriving at The Press’s offices. The donations have arrived in response to our latest Toys & Tins Appeal. Readers are responding with typical generosity to our pleas for toys and non-perishable
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Question mark over Labour Party candidate selection
QUESTION marks hang over the hunt for a Labour candidate in York Central, after sitting MP Hugh Bayley stood down days before new selection rules kick in. From December 11, new rules in the Labour party mean that the central party and leader Ed
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MP's support for Small Business Saturday
YORK MP Hugh Bayley has praised a successful small businessman, as he visited sites to mark Small Business Saturday. The York Central MP was at Mike Townend Motors near Layerthorpe, a firm he has used for more than 20 years, to encourage people
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Snow forecast for York and North Yorkshire
The first snow of the winter is expected to fall in North Yorkshire and York this weekend as temperatures repeatedly drop below zero overnight. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning of snow and ice for the whole of Yorkshire and the Humber
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Concerns over ambulance response times
CONCERNS have been raised about the length of time it is taking ambulances to reach 999 patients in the York area. Figures have shown the Yorkshire Ambulance Service(YAS) is still consistently missing targets to get to the most serious “Red 1”
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Volunteers put crafting skills to festive use
HUNGRY residents will receive a seasonal gift after volunteers made hundreds of Santa socks and filled them with treats. Those using the city's foodbanks are to receive some festive cheer in the form of an over-sized sock brimming with sweets.
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Expert to talk at meeting of anti-fracking group
ANTI-FRACKING campaigners are hosting a meeting to highlight potential dangers they believe are caused by the controversial drilling procedure. Frack Free York has invited a water engineer, Peter Rolinson, to speak about water pollution issues
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Community events for money saving energy scheme
COMMUNITY events are being held across York for people interested in signing up to an energy switching scheme. Drop in sessions will give people chance to learn about the Big Community Switch - which has already seen 750 people sign up and save
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£20k vandal attack at Christmas tree farm
CHRISTMAS trees worth thousands of pounds have been destroyed in an attack at a York village. The trees belonged to Tim and Mandy Graves, whose company Contract Landscapes in Dunnington were preparing to sell them from this weekend. The trees
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Man assaulted in York unprovoked attack
A MAN was punched in the face in an unprovoked attack in York. The man, in his 20s, was walking in St Sampson’s Square at about 3.20am on Friday, when he was hit in the face outside Barratt’s shoe shop. North Yorkshire Police said there were
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School nativity shows pupils that everyone is special
A YORK school has put a different twist on the annual nativity play. Angel Small by author and composer Karen Langtree had its first ever live performance at The Mount Junior School. Angel Small is aimed at Key Stage 1 pupils and Karen is Author
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14 arrests and £5k in fines recovered in day of police action
MORE than a dozen people have been arrested by North Yorkshire Police, as part of a pre-Christmas operation. Officers, PCSOs, Special Constables and court enforcement officers took to the streets of York on Thursday to execute a number of outstanding
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Award ceremony to recognise community heroes
NOMINATIONS are open for an awards scheme which honours the people who work hard to improve life in the East Riding. The 2015 East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Chairman’s Awards will be given out at a ceremony at The Spa Bridlington in May.
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Heworth housing site backed
THE site for six new council houses in Heworth has been approved by city council bosses. The land on Pottery Lane will become part of the first phase of new council house buildings in the city, which will see 70 new homes. Cabinet member for
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Time to speed up
AMBULANCE bosses have been struggling for years to ensure paramedics get to 999 patients quickly. The Yorkshire Ambulance Service – and the North Yorkshire service before it – have repeatedly promised to get to grips with poor response times.
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Red tape gets in way of good sense
THE term ‘red tape’ summons up images of uncaring bureaucrats getting in the way by insisting every last ‘t’ is crossed and ‘i’ dotted – no matter what the consequence. Sometimes proper bureaucratic procedures are necessary. That is as true when
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Team is dragged
MAY I make a small correction to Tom Mitchell’s letter of December 4 regarding his team, Leeds United, and their latest run-in with football authorities. It is not the FA who are taking a pop at them it is, the Football League. Yes, the FA do at
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We should all have our say on this
IN LAST Saturday’s paper you reported that the council was finally holding consultations about the Community Stadium. With less than an hour to go, I rushed to the offices to see it. There were no councillors present, but I was able to talk to
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Meals move bad
UKIP sets the failed Lib-Lab-Con pack their agenda once again, touching councillors’ conscience regarding their despicable decision affecting the most vulnerable members of our society. In a letter of October 28, I condemned City of York Council
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Brothel disputed
SO, according to D Scorgie (Letters, December 4) there is no such word in British law as brothel. Just to put him right, it is an offence under Section 33 & 33A of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 “for a person to keep a brothel.....”. It would
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Meeting is moved
UNFORTUNATELY the venue for the Fulford Branch RBL meeting on December 11 has had to be changed (Letters, December 4). The meeting will now be held in the Fulfordgate WMC at 7.30pm. Ian Smith, Branch press officer, Stockton Lane, York
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Spineless MPs
THE north of England’s MPs seem to be a spineless lot. They watch as Scots get a third more per head of population for healthcare, Londoners get £2,600 per head to support transport as against £5 in the North East. London gets £20 per head against
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Real bridge cost
I WAS surprised to see a brief item during a recent BBC TV Watchdog programme which referred to the Lendal Bridge closure fines, and gave viewers details of the City of York Council website on which to reclaim any fines. This is the first time
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Incoming helpers
HOW can D Wardell attack incomers to York for many of its problems (Letters, November 27). He and DM Deamer (Letters, November 22) are wrong on this. Inward investment is good not only for York, but any other town or city as it brings more jobs
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Cameras to surprise
I OFTEN wonder why locations of speed cameras appear in the paper and often pop up on social network sites. Surely this just makes people stick to the speed limit in those areas and then speed afterwards. The whole point of speed cameras is
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Fire closes village's main street
The main street through a North Yorkshire village was cordoned off in the early hours this morning when fire broke out in a farm outbuilding. Fire crews from Huntington, York and Acomb, feared acetylene cylinders in a garage/workshop at a Flaxton farm
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Drive for equality
HOWEVER consistent the left-wing elite and liberal press are becoming, for them to accuse Dave Whelan, self-made millionaire, employer of thousands, chairman of Wigan Football Club, of making offensive remarks, is ridiculous. They should join our
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Please bin scheme to convert convent
I ALMOST choked on my porridge on reading the stupid plans to turn St Joseph’s Convent, also known as Poor Clare’s, into yet more student flats. Many such flats are in progress on The Press and Vardy’s old sites – do we really need any more in this
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York pensioner dies aged 101
A PENSIONER who survived two world wars to reach the grand age of 101 has died peacefully. In spite of her age, Grace Newman remained mentally sharp and witty throughout her life and was "loved by everyone". Mrs Newman moved into Lime Tree
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Candle-lit River Ouse tribute to lost loved-ones
HUNDREDS of candles were floated down a river in York this week in memory of people who have died. More than 700 candles were released down the River Ouse on Thursday as part of St Leonard's Hospice's Candle On The Ouse event - part of the facility's
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Councillors and MP row over ring road cash
YORK councillors have hit back at accusations from the city's Tory MP that they are failing in the push for improvements on York's outer ring road. Cabinet members at the Labour-run City of York Council have rejected criticism of their record from
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Poppleton Road Primary School perform Nativity play
PROUD parents and relatives turned out to watch as pupils at Poppleton Road Primary School performed their Nativity. The four and five-year-olds in the two Reception classes threw themselves into rehearsals for the show, which they staged for the
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December 6
100 years ago A new Home Office order was in force in York. We had been requested by the Chief Constable of York to state that by an order of the Home Office all Belgian refugees living in the city had now to register. Any proposed change of
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Air ambulance funds boosted by charity lamb sale
A CHARITY lamb sale helped raise £1,400 for the work of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Members of Helmsley & District Young Farmers’ Club presented the donation when the charity’s regional fundraising manager, Bob Smailes, visited and gave a
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Quality award for York pub
STAFF at a York pub have celebrated winning a prestigious dining award. The Lamb & Lion Inn in High Petergate underwent a huge renovation and investment in October 2010, and was this month awarded two AA rosettes. The rosettes are awarded
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Plea to stop chapel’s supermarket transformation
A LETTER has been written to the chairman and chief executive of Sainsbury's appealing against an historic York chapel being turned into a supermarket. York-based developer S Harrison has agreed terms to buy the Grade II-listed Groves Chapel in
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Drinker banned from museum after offence
A NOTORIOUS street drinker could be banned from her native city as the authorities make a fresh move to curb her behaviour. Karen Anne Bulmer is now barred from the Richard III Museum because it was the place where she committed the latest of more
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Special carol service for bereaved families
BEREAVED families who have lost an an infant are being invited to a special carol service at York Minster. The event on Sunday is being hosted by safer baby sleep charity, the Lullaby Trust, and is an opportunity for families in York and the surrounding
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Fourteen police recruits get ready to take to the streets
MORE than a dozen new North Yorkshire Police officers have graduated and will take to the streets this month. A passing out ceremony was held for the 14 officers, following an 18-week training course, and takes this year's total of new officers
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Selby seeks development investors from China
INVESTORS have been sought in London for a new development in Selby. Selby District Council and the developers of the Olympia Park site at Barlby attended an event at the House of Lords this week to promote trade, tourism and raise the profile
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East Yorkshire MP’s proposal to turn off traffic lights
THE MP for East Yorkshire, Sir Greg Knight, is proposing traffic lights should be turned off outside rush hour periods to ease congestion. Conservative Sir Greg urged the Government to follow the lead of other countries and turn off certain signals
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Funding for public services in Selby
MORE than half a million pounds has been granted to redesign how Selby District Council works. The funding has been granted from the Government to look at how the authority works in partnership with North Yorkshire County Council, and how that
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Review: Dick Whittington, City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds
AS one of the most tone-deaf and musically inept men in Yorkshire it does not take much to impress me at the theatre. Anyone with the ability to pick up a guitar and sing at the same time has me nodding with approval, so a pantomime where the entire
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Affordable home plans for East Riding
MORE than 100 new affordable homes are being planned for the East Riding under the council’s new scheme. The East Riding of Yorkshire Council is working on a project to build 46 new homes, buy and renovate 75 homes, and bring ten long-term empty
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Five-star York book Green Un Cup semi-final spot
YORK Schoolboy Under-11s won through to the semi-finals of the Green Un Cup after a 5-1 victory over Scarborough. Goals from prolific striker Elliot Heath (2), Oliver Walsh, Joe Stamp and Will Hollings secured a last-four meeting with a strong
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Batley double puts All Blacks on the up
NEW Earswick All Blacks Under-14s ended their season in fine style with a promotion-clinching 18-6 victory at Batley Boys. The result means that the White Rose Avenue youngsters will play in division two of the Yorkshire Junior League. After
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Joseph Rowntree School star at cross-country championships
CROSS-COUNTRY purposes were brilliantly achieved by the year seven starlets from Joseph Rowntree School. The New Earswick-based school's 11-year-olds were in scintillating form with boy Jo-Ro boys' and girls' teams winning the York cross-country
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Huntington Junior Cup semi-final spot after York RI Galaxy victory
A FAST start helped Huntington into the last four of the York FA Under-12s Junior Cup. The visitors raced to a 2-0 half-time lead at York RI Galaxy in a rearranged tie after the original match was postponed due to a waterlogged New Lane pitch.
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Girls' rugby union is back on the map in the Ryedale area
Malton & Norton RUFC held a successful event to relaunch their under-13 and U15 teams. Girls’ rugby co-ordinator Ian Hepworth said: “We were blown away by the turnout. “We’ve had coaches in some of the local secondary schools delivering
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New kit for Haxby Town Junior Football Club U11s
LONG-STANDING sponsors Bayford Oil have provided Haxby Town Junior Football Club Under-11s with new kit. A donation of £450 from the national fuel and lubricant distributor helped the Ethel Ward-based team buy 24 kits. Neil Thorbinson, club
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Christmas cheer for York City Bath Club swimmers
YORK City Baths Club scooped the Top Club trophy at the annual Doncaster Dartes Swim-along-a-Santa B/C Graded Meet. The York City squad of 40 swimmers took top honours ahead of the 17 other participating clubs. Frankie Van Den Heever secured
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Thorpe United held to 0-0 draw by Yorkshire Amateur
FIFTH-PLACED Thorpe United Under-16s held second-placed Yorkshire Amateur to a 0-0 draw in division one of the Garforth Junior Football League. Amateurs tested Alex Ward early on, but the Thorpe keeper got a strong hand to the shot and Ben Clowes
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Net gains for York’s junior cricketers
YORK Cricket Club will start their junior winter coaching programme in January. The club will stage weekly pre-season sessions for under-9s, U11s and U13s at St Olave’s School, the junior school of St Peter’s in Bootham, while the U15s will be
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Haxby hit back to seal derby draw
THE derby between Wigginton Grasshoppers and Haxby ended all-square in the York FA Under-19s Football League. Wiggy led at half-time through a Callum Hurst goal, but Haxby equalised straight after the restart with Kieron Dunlop scoring from the
