Archive

  • Crunch time for Keighley Cougars coach after capital punishment

    London Skolars 18, Keighley Cougars 16 Jason Demetriou admits it is time to prove himself after Cougars lost their third game on the spin. It was a similar tale to the previous defeat against Rochdale as Keighley let a lead slip late on against a much-improved

  • Bradford Mela draws the crowds despite poor weather

    A day of music and dance with an international flavour brought thousands of visitors to Peel Park for Bradford Mela. Two stages offered performances from acts representing an array of cultures during ten hours of live entertainment yesterday

  • Bulls 14 St Helens 14

    Jamie Foster denied the Bulls victory with the last kick of the game in dramatic encounter at Odsal. Andy Lynch was penalised for taking out Lee Gaskell as he chased his own kick and Foster struck a cruel blow. Saints opened the scoring

  • Derbyshire skipper sings Rafiq's praises

    Derbyshire captain Luke Sutton has hailed Azeem Rafiq’s loan spell with his side, admitting that he would love to see the Yorkshire off-spinner return to the County Ground later this summer. Rafiq spent a month with the Peakites from the back end of

  • Three robbed at knifepoint in Bradford's Wibsey park

    Three teenagers were robbed of their mobile phones at knifepoint by a gang of masked youths in a Bradford park. The boys were walking home through Wibsey Park when a gang of older teenagers, wearing balaclavas to conceal their faces, ambushed

  • Pudsey Congs' final stand thwarts Baildon

    There was only one small consolation for Baildon after their frustrating one-wicket home defeat against Pudsey Congs. The six bonus points they gained was enough to lift them off the bottom of the JCT600 Bradford League Division One table,

  • Mason joins 100 club as Woodlands go top

    Simon Mason scored a spectacular first Bradford League century as Wood-lands became the new leaders of the JCT600 Bradford League Division One. Mason, who signed from Yorkshire League club York in the close season, hit an unbeaten 163 from 123 balls

  • Yorkshire fail to look on the bright side after wash-out

    Director of cricket Martyn Moxon will start preparing for a hectic period in two competitions for Yorkshire, hoping today’s rain has not halted the momentum for their Friends Life t20 campaign. Steady showers forced umpires Neil Bainton and

  • Heaton so hot in run bonanza

    The outstanding batting performance of the day in the Dales Council came in DIVISION A as Hepworth & Idle’s Anthony Heaton clattered a belligerent 182 out of his side’s enormous 363-5 (Andrew Clinton 65). Home side Hawksworth were never really

  • Look and learn... that’s how to master Twenty20 cricket

    Twenty20 cricket can present something new in almost every single game, which means you are always learning as a player. Whether it’s teams coming up with different plans or fields or players coming up with different shots or different balls

  • Skipton Gala takes to the streets

    Skipton Gala took place on Saturday where 11-year-old Eva Bethany Garrett was crowned as Gala Queen. The procession started in Westmoreland Street and then made its way down Sackville Street, up Keighley Road and the High Street, over Mill Bridge and

  • Illingworth: I’m feeling a lot better

    Yorkshire president Ray Illingworth is recovering well after suffering a heart attack in April. Pudsey born Illingworth celebrated his 79th birthday last week and is hoping to be back watching cricket at Headingley before the end of the t20 campaign

  • Police appeal after sex attack on woman, 28, in Bradford

    Police are appealing for help to trace a man who assisted the victim of an alleged serious sexual assault in the Scholemoor area of Bradford. A 28-year-old woman has reported that she was attacked at an address in Walker Avenue between 8am

  • Adam is Bees knees for Mayfield

    Mayfield had two centurions in their Bradford Mutual Sunday School League GROUP B draw with Odsal as James Batley (112) and Adam Beesley (102no) provided the bulk of the runs in an impressive 282-4 total. Beesley also starred with the ball as he took

  • Adams sets her sights on Olympic gold

    Former Bradford Police and College Academy Boxing Club fighter Nicola Adams is convinced she is closing in on Olympic 2012 glory after leading a triple-medal haul by Great Britain boxers at the women’s European Union Championships in Poland.