A GOAL in each half from top scorer Richard Brodie earned York City a 2-0 victory over crisis club Weymouth. Brodie headed the first in the 23rd minute of the Blue Square Premier clash at KitKat Crescent, but there was to be no repeat of the Terras'
YORK City Knights are looking to put down a marker for the Championship One season against London Skolars in the Northern Rail Cup tomorrow (2pm). Player-coach Paul March not only wants a win to put his side into the next stage of the competition
HESLINGTON author Dan Wagstaffe once performed kick-ups in front of a packed David Longhurst Stand under the watchful eye of future Premier League manager Ricky Sbragia. As a talented schoolboy footballer, he also rubbed shoulders with the likes of Alan
YORK City’s chances of boosting their lowly league position have been handed a massive lift with Martin Foyle’s men now due to face crisis club Weymouth twice in six days. The cash-strapped Terras, who fielded a youth team in last Saturday’s 9-0 home
TALENTED half-back Danny Grimshaw is celebrating an award-winning return to the York City Knights ranks. The 23-year-old is this season’s first winner of The Press player of the month award after a stunning start to the campaign. Readers of The Press
HEWORTH ARLC Under-18s suffered a 30-0 defeat in a bad-tempered encounter at Farnley. The Villagers stood up to an over-the-top barrage in a game that featured three red cards and a sin-binning. Heworth were dealt two huge blows when they lost
MITRE ‘A’ hit back to beat Dringhouses ‘A’ 5-3 in the York John Smith’s Sunday Pool League. Dringhouses ‘A’ took a 3-0 lead at home to Mitre, with a seven-ball game from Nigel MacDonald putting them in control. However, Mitre fought back to take all
TONY Kelly’s comprehensive article on Heworth Golf Club (The Press, January 29) asks the questions have other clubs been affected by falling membership and the credit crunch. Some of your readers may not be aware of the background which led to the current
THE place: Indonesia, the target: in the mix – that’s North Yorkshire’s Simon Dyson as he seeks to repeat the feat of recapturing his first European Golf Tour crown. Three years ago Dyson, pictured, shattered his Tour duck when he captured the Indonesian
KEN Heaton, a member of Fulford Golf Club for 40 years, has died suddenly following a heart attack. He was 71. A retired plumber, Heaton, who played off 15, was a keen supporter of York Union tournaments for many years. He won Fulford’s Key Cup
THE road to the Blue Square UK Open starts in York for a host of darting hopefuls. The Clifton Hotel has staged the first of three qualifying events for the prestigious tournament, with Pip Hair and Rich Corner booking their places in the next stage.
DOOM-SAYERS may well be having their day. As the credit crunch concertinaed on the world, a plethora of prophets of optimism suggested sport could be immune to all the fiscal shenanigans. Given how football occupied the January transfer window routinely
WANT to see a Grand National winner? Then Doncaster is the place to be today. Comply Or Die, hero of steeplecashing’s greatest race last April, runs in the featured £50,000 Coolfun Grimthorpe Chase, which has been selected as a final warm-up race by
THE END of February sees the garden really coming to life as dormant plants awaken from their winter slumber. Spurred on by lengthening days, it is light before seven o’clock in the morning now, their growth will become increasingly rapid during
CARLTON, the one in Coverdale, is a pleasant village, notable, and take note walkers, for a village hall car park we can use. It has an honesty box. Our first impressions were made memorable because we irritated a local with our apparent discourtesy
The mere mention of Frankie & Bennys attracted a ‘love it or loathe it’ response when I told friends of our dining destination last weekend. We decided to give the American-Italian diner on Foss Islands Road the once-over as an easy, lazy Sunday dinner
WE are not normally to be found snacking in public houses but continuing our quest for bargain meals we couldn’t resist this offer: Monday to Friday, two lunches for £9.95 seemed unbelievable. This road house was quite busy when we arrived. Although
LINED up in frilly hats, starched aprons and smart jackets, Frank Green’s servants look the picture of domesticity outside Treasurer’s House in 1920. This photograph would have been consigned to the history books had Mr Green not given his house and
WHILE I had a soft spot for boy skaters and skateboarders in my teenage years, I never managed to stay upright and instead sat on the side and watched the lads jump steps, rails and anything else remotely jump-able. So it amused me to watch the CCTV
AS THE evenings get lighter and the days warmer, the wine drinker’s knee-jerk reaction is often to switch to fresh whites and light reds. But let’s face it, we live in northern England where the phrase “ne’er cast a clout til May is out” is best heeded
IT was a case of being all white on the night for the opening of York’s newest clothes store. White Stuff, a clothes store renowned for its quirky features, opened its door to paying customers yesterday in Stonegate. One of the more unusual features
THE third annual York Literature Festival kicks off today – two weeks of readings, book signings and writers’ group meetings that celebrate every aspect of the written word. As usual, there will be a focus on the local, as well as on big-name
A COUNTY council has denied breaching health and safety laws after a North Yorkshire teenager drowned on a school caving trip. Tadcaster Grammar School pupil Joe Lister died after he became separated from the rest of a group of pupils during an outing
POLICE are appealing for help as they try to trace a York man who has been reported missing from home. Ian James Cartwright, 45, who is from the Haxby area, has not been seen by his family since Sunday, February 8. North Yorkshire Police said Mr Cartwright
THREE Chinese immigrants accused of being involved in a massive cannabis-growing operation on a York industrial estate have appeared in court. Lia Chen, 26, Jun Wang, 25, and a 17-year-old youth were all arrested at a food warehouse near the
THE cost of a pint in many York pubs looks set to soar by more than 10p a pint. The move follows a hike in wholesale beer prices by Scottish & Newcastle, one of Britain’s biggest brewers. The company has increased the wholesale price on all its beer
PETROL prices at some filling stations in York have risen for the fifth time since the beginning of the year. A litre of unleaded now costs 88.9 pence at several filling stations across the city, including Morrisons in Foss Islands Road, where it cost
A TABLEWARE store is hoping its cups runneth over and so give York’s hospice a massive boost. The Denby Shop, at York Designer Outlet, is giving customers the chance to buy new tableware at discounted prices and help St Leonard’s Hospice at the same
THE multi-million pound transformation of the National Railway Museum’s (NRM) Great Hall has moved a step closer after receiving a cash boost to develop the scheme further. The Leeman Road site has been handed a £200,000 development grant from the Heritage
I refer to The Press’s Comment column of February 24 (Sort out this pool problem), when it said: “Surely someone, somewhere, must have had an inkling of the funding shortfall before now?” At the public inquiry into the university expansion, neither QC
THE Press’s article “Always play safe with CORGI” (February 19) quite correctly advised that consumers should use only registered gas engineers for gas work. But your readers also need to know that from April 1 the CORGI registration scheme will
WITH reference to “Child sex crimes shock” (The Press, February 23), this comes of no surprise to me. The authorities have been aware of the problem over many years, but until the Freedom of Information Act came into force the truth was not always
MARCH is Meat-Free Month. It is the perfect opportunity for readers who are looking to reduce their meat consumption – due to ethical, environmental or health concerns – to take positive action and try some of the many meat-less food products available
TRANSPORT leaders and politicians have reacted with dismay to plans by First York to slash services across the city. The company has announced a raft of cuts to be made in April, with several evening services axed and other timetables reduced. The link
CALLS have been made for an investigation into the cause of repeated power cuts in south-west York. Residents in Dringhouses and Woodthorpe have been plunged into darkness three times in as many weeks, most recently on Wednesday evening, when 6,300 properties
YOUNG entrepreneurs from a York primary school showed off their business skills at a celebration of enterprise. Youngsters from Osbaldwick Primary were among a number of pupils from schools across North Yorkshire who took part in the event at Sandburn
Y ORK’S buses have become the latest casualty of the economic downturn. Operator First York is slashing services across the city, blaming a fall in passenger numbers because of the recession. Evening services to Haxby, Stamford Bridge and Copmanthorpe
WE’VE heard of in-store music to help shoppers relax. But an in-store cinema – that’s a new one. Clothing store White Stuff, which has just opened a branch in York, is renowned for its quirky features. Its new Stonegate store is living up to that reputation
Alan Charlesworth (Not neighbourly, Letters, February 23) refers to organisations that are funded by the York ward committees as “quangos” from whom the city council “buys solutions to problems”. My understanding of the definition of a quango is
IT SEEMS I may have misjudged the new First York management, now based in Leeds. It seems that they have actually listened. I recently complained about the No 10 bus service, which leaves Poppleton at 7.30am, and travels through the Acomb ward.
The Northern Musical Theatre Company is rehearsing for the Cliff Richard musical Summer Holiday. The show offers mini skirts, big hair, tight jeans, Lambretta scooters and a big red London Bus, plus a fabulous mix of Cliff Richard classics, including
It was just like the old days. Back in the 1970s, when the Fitzwilliam succeeded the Amadeus as the university’s quartet-in-residence, tickets to their concerts were like gold dust. It was the same on Wednesday: a sell-out for the quartet’s 40th anniversary
UNION representatives have warned that council services may be placed under further strain as Guildhall chiefs drive for further savings. City of York Council’s budget includes a Conservative commitment to reduce spending on staff. Tory leader Ian Gillies
THE husband of heroic charity fundraiser Jane Tomlinson has praised the support of the people of York for a race in her memory – as the fund she founded hits the £2 million target she set before she died. The total raised for Jane’s Appeal
HARD-PRESSED building firms in North Yorkshire are being offered a free opportunity to see how they can combat the credit crunch, Bridlington-based Hudson Contract is organising an advice seminar for its fellow firms next month, which will include tips
BOSSES at North Yorkshire County Council have pledged to adopt a raft of measures to help businesses weather the economic downturn. The council, along with the other 21 local authorities in the Yorkshire and Humber region, announced the package in response
COUPLES planning their big day in 2009 have the chance to browse the best that the region’s businesses have to offer at the Yorkshire Living Brides Fair tomorrow at York Racecourse. Everything from cakes and confetti to flowers and photographers will
TICKETS for Humpty Dumpty, dame Berwick Kaler’s 31st pantomime at York Theatre Royal, will go on sale for personal bookers on Monday at 9am. In keeping with tradition, queues are expected to form much earlier that morning outside the theatre
A NATURE reserve in York is celebrating its fifth birthday with a little help from some friends. The Friends of St Nicholas Fields will today be joined by City of York Council leader, Coun Andrew Waller, Dave Meigh, the council head of parks and open
KARATE kids are holding sway at three clubs in the area – Haxby Shotokan Karate Club, York SKC and Selby SKC. And the ranks of the Haxby outfit could soon be swelled after the club agreed to go into partnership with the Activ York programme run by City
TRIKES, bikes ands skateboards were the preferred mode of transport for a flurry of youngsters who attended a novel initiative during the school holidays. Several boys and girls willingly accepted the invitation of taking part in the Street Sport York
NORTH Yorkshire author Kevern Stafford will sign copies of his cult rock’n’roll novel JookBoxFury at Borders, in Davygate, York, today throughout the afternoon from midday. “I encourage you to hitch a ride on the JookBoxFury phenomenon and get yourself
Rawcliffe kept up their title challenge with a 3-2 win at Poppleton in the York FA Under-19s Football League. Rawcliffe took the lead when the impressive Dan Zambelli scored from a corner. Poppleton equalised on 35 minutes when Lee Fisher smashed
Wilberfoss FC Under-12s maintained their unbeaten record with a 7-3 victory over Old Malton St Mary’s in division three of the York Mitchell Sports League. ’Foss raced into a four-goal lead with two from Matty Cant and one apiece from Alex
A HAT-TRICK from Millie Beales earned Stamford Bridge Under-12s a 3-0 victory over Poppleton Tigers (West) in the City of York Girls’ Football League Cup. The preliminary round victory at Poppleton booked a home tie against Easingwold for Stamford Bridge
THE Howardian Hills provided the picturesque backdrop as Terrington Hall School hosted its annual under-11s and U13s cross country event for boys and girls. A total of eight schools took part in the event, including Bramcote, Cundall Manor,
THE York Schoolboys Under-13s footballers returned to action with a bang against Spen Valley. The York youngsters were 2-0 winners – and even that scoreline failed to reflect their dominance. Jordan Outerbridge and Tom Hawksby were a threat down the
RECORDS tumbled in the New Earswick Swimming Club Championships. More than 120 swimmers took part in the four-night gala, with the senior performance boys breaking all four of the existing 100 metres records. On the opening night Tom Eaton broke
HEWORTH ARLC Under-13s stormed into the semi-finals of the Yorkshire Juniors Continuation Cup with a 38-8 triumph over Oulton Vikings at Elmpark Way. The game had been been postponed twice due to the wintry weather, and the Villagers were champing
REVENGE was sweet for York Acorn ARLC Under-13s as they conjured a comeback to beat Stanley Rangers 32-20 in the Yorkshire Junior Challenge Cup. The Blue and Golds trailed 20-0 at half-time in the second round tie against a side that beat them home
DERBY honours went to league leaders Heworth ARLC Under-14s as they held off the challenge of York Acorn to win 10-8. The game remained in the balance right up to the final whistle of a game of superb defence, with the forwards matching each other stride
THORPE United FC Under-16s saw their title challenge undermined in the York Minor League division one by a 3-3 draw at Pickering Town. A last-minute equaliser from the Pikes denied Thorpe, who won 7-0 in the reverse fixture, a key victory. Having fallen
IN-FORM Dunnington Magpies FC Under-18s carried their cup form into the Hull Boys Sunday Football League with a 6-1 victory over Hessle Sporting Tigers. Table-topping Magpies have reached the finals of the Hull U18s Knockout Plate and the East Riding
ALL-CONQUERING Woodthorpe Wanderers FC Under-14s are chasing glory on four fronts. The club booked their place in the semi-finals of the County Cup – to add to two semi-final places already in the bag – after a 3-1 victory over Nunthorpe. The first
