MARTON are aiming for their third championship in five seasons after a flying start has taken them to the top of the leaderboard. Three wins and a positive draw sees the Teesside club one point clear of Darlington, and skipper Chris Veasey is ‘
Ernest Armstrong Cup final: Northallerton Town 1 West Allotment Celtic 3 (at Billingham Synthonia) NORTHALLERTON Town’s bid to become the first club to retain the Ernest Armstrong Cup ended in disappointment on Monday as ten-man West Allotment
THE Division One title race looks like going down to the last day as both Sportsmans FC and Northallerton Police won last Sunday. After the two title rivals had drawn 2-2 the previous Thursday evening, Sportsmans retained their nine point advantage
THE league concluded on Saturday, and while Unicorn FC were celebrating a league and cup double, Hawes Gayle had a different reason to crack open the champagne. Matthew Sedgewick became the toast of Gayle after his brace saw them end a run of 79
SATURDAY turned into a runmaking bonanza, with Stokesley captain Andrew Weighell and Great Ayton’s new South African professional Nick Hendrie hitting centuries. The spectacular hitting of Weighell brought him a magnificent 159, his highest ever
Dales Cup final Richmond Town Academy 0 Unicorn FC 1 A FIRST-HALF header from Carl Handley was enough to seal the league and cup double for Unicorn FC at Ferrand Park last Saturday, as they denied Richmond Town Academy a double of their own.
BECKETT League team Gillamoor won the Gordon Harrison Memorial Trophy final on Monday evening at Thornton-le-Dale, beating Rosedale 5-3. Gillamoor took the lead after just 33 seconds when Luke Mclaren scored. They doubled their lead after 17 minutes
BROMPTON ON SWALE continued their fine start to the season when they recorded their third victory in three outings to go joint top of the early season table. Having struggled at the other end of the standings in 2012 these are exciting times for
FINE sunny evening greeted the new Pilmoor Evening League season on Wednesday of last week – once again the league is operating two tiers, a first division consisting of eight teams and a second division of ten teams, Champions Thirsk began the defence
The Darlington and DMC organised Northern Saloon and Sports Car Championship returned to its home circuit of Croft following a successful Easter weekend at Oulton Park supporting the British GT Championship. A damp track for qualifying saw Hartlepool
MIDDLESBROUGH DMC’s Spring Two-Day Trial at the weekend took place in superb weather conditions at two venues. On Saturday, the competitors had the chance to witness the spectacular vista of Bilsdale with four laps and ten sections around Beak
NICOLA Wilson endured a difficult afternoon of show-jumping at the weekend as New Zealand debutant Jonathan Paget claimed a thrilling victory at the Badminton Horse Trials. Wilson, who is based at Morton-on-Swale, near Northallerton, finished 30th
THE first Classic of the new season took place at New market last Saturday with the 2000 Guineas,and a new star has arrived in the shape of the winner Dawn Approach, who looks the real deal for trainer Jim Bolger and his son-in-law Kevin Manning who
THE Members’ race at the Zetland Hunt Point to Point at Witton Castle on Bank Holiday Monday saw a popular win for owner Peter Dowson, with Roman Cruise. The ten year-old gelding, a maiden winner, was pulled up after leading the field at Hornby last
AN initiative which promotes locally-grown seasonal cut flowers is blooming. Gill Hodgson founded the Flowers from the Farm network two years ago, and it already has 120 paid-up members nationwide. Many are farmers’ wives and smallholders,
A NORTH Yorkshire biomass heating company has entered a new partnership agreement with a Scottish company. HW Energy, of Fort William, and Pennine Biomass, of Barningham, near Richmond, will now offer a complete package from design and installation
A LINCOLNSHIRE-based distribution company is opening a new operation on Teesside. Clugston Distribution, the logistics arm of the privately owned Clugston Group of Companies, has announced an ambitious £1.5m capital expansion of its fleet during
AN innovative and economically viable way of creating electricity from waste energy has been developed by Wilton Centre-based DRD Power. The system could provide a solution to operators of large processing plants and manufacturing facilities faced
AN URGENT review of life insurance policies has been called for after figures revealed bereaved families are being hit with Inheritance Tax bills totalling up to £177m. Sean McCann, personal finance specialist at NFU Mutual, said: “This is completely
A NEW local food shop in Barnard Castle is also offering a grocery delivery service. The Barn on The Bank has been set up by former chef Michael Dack and his partner, Nicola Canavan, and opened for business last Saturday. Mr Dack said: “We
SIR Thomas Ingilby has stepped down as chairman of The Great Inns of Britain after 17 years. The owner of Ripley Castle and The Boar’s Head at Ripley, Sir Thomas co-founded the association in 1995. He will remain an active member and the estate
A SEMEN marketing partnership has been agreed between the East Yorkshire based Stabiliser Cattle Company and Cogent Breeding. Richard Fuller,technical director of the Beef Improvement Group (BIG), said providing greater availability of Stabiliser
ENVIRONMENT Secretary Owen Paterson held a landmark summit of major banks, farming charities and farming representatives late on Wednesday. Experts in banking,farming,insurance and business were called to Defra headquarters in London to discuss
A FARM event in Swaledale on Monday night will look at grazing and the problems caused by wet weather. “After a Wet Year” is an uplands grassland event organised by Eblex and hosted by Paul Brownat Swale Hall Farm, Grinton. Charlie Morgan,
THE NFU has joined a coalition of European farmers’ organisations to fight against CAP proposals that could result in significant reductions to farmers’ direct payments. Negotiators from the European Commission, European Parliament and Agriculture
AN EXTRA £500,000 is being spent on improving and increasing the parking for this year’s Great Yorkshire Show. Last year’s three-day event had to be cancelled after the first day because the extreme wet weather made many of the parking areas unusable
ENTRIES for the livestock classes at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show are flooding in as deadlines rapidly approach. The show runs from Tuesday to Thursday, July 9-11, and each year attracts some of the UK’s finest cattle, sheep and pigs to the
TELEVISION presenter Matt Baker has stepped down as president of the National Federation of Young Farmers. He completed his two years in office and handed over to president elect Poul Christensen, chairman of Natural England. Mr Baker, whose
INSPIRATIONAL pig farm manager Tony Wright was presented with a special Student of the Year award at the final session of the Bpex Professional Managers Development Scheme. Mr Wright, of Shedden Farms, near York, was one of seven managers whose
ALONG with half the population of North Yorkshire, we went to the car boot sale in Bedale on Saturday morning. The bit of sun meant it was heaving - people had clearly been counting down the days of winter until they could get their hands on other
WELL-KNOWN farmer and cattle breeder James Weightman not only sells his homegrown Blonde D’Aquitaine bulls all over the UK – he’s now selling home-grown electricity too. He has installed a 500KW wind turbine which powers his entire farm at Hallfield
WENSLEYDALE Creamery MD David Hartley was spotted casting a fatherly eye over the creamery’s stand in a prime corner of the food marquee. It was the second time Spectator had bumped into the man who runs the most important business in the Dale.
THE reporting of the local election results nationally was rather at odds with the experience in the North East and North Yorkshire. After all the bally-hoo and talk of a sea-change in British politics, the political map in our part of the country
Sir, –I write in response to last week’s letter from M Cockerill regarding our mobile safety camera van which was parked on the pavement outside Carlton Miniott church. I would like to thank the writer for bringing this to our attention. It is
Sir, – I refer to the letter and photograph from M Cockerill (D&S, May 3) which brings to mind my transfer from a southern police force to the old North Riding force in 1965. I was living in Scarborough and working in Malton with two days’
Sir, – I am writing in response to a letter in the Darlington and Stockton Times (May 3) regarding the land slip on the A67 between Darlington and Piercebridge. The county council is not the highways authority for this stretch of the road. This
Sir, –Can I take this opportunity to thank those electors who voted for me to continue as the elected member for Catterick Bridge in the county council elections. Contrary to the Green Party candidate’s supposition in a recent Letters page, I am not
Sir, – Universal credit, which replaces means-tested benefits for working age adults, has been described by Coalition workfare wizards as the “biggest overhaul of the benefits system since the creation of the welfare state” which will “simplify the
Sir, – Your article about safe disposal of low-energy light bulbs (D&S, May 3) rightly draws attention to the lack of convenient collection points. The bulbs reduce electricity bills as well as saving energy, but should not be placed with normal
Sir, – Councillor Hadlow’s departure from the position of chairman of Yarm Town Council (D&S, May 3) is greeted with, I think, mixed feelings among his many fans. We shall be bereft of the amusement and wondrous wit of a man who, in his own
Sir, – On page 32 last week (D&S, May 3) there is a reference to “Drivers fined over insurance”. Three drivers were prosecuted for using vehicles without insurance and their fines were £92, £110 and £230, ignoring the standard £20 victim surcharge
Sir, – I would just like to say a massive thank-you to those organisers and showmen of Northallerton Town Fair. I visited two of the nights, taking with me my five children. We had a thoroughly great time – the atmosphere was one of fun, entertainment
Sir, – May 12-19 is ME Awareness Week. There are reported to be 250,000 ME sufferers in the country,including as many as one in 100 school children. However, due to the isolating and debilitating nature of the disease, there may be many more who
Sir, –May I ask if any reader can help locate a missing tombola drum? The said drum is made of wood and inscribed N&S Cowton church. It was taken several weeks ago by a woman who was possibly driving a black car. This person must have had
THE transformation of a palace which was home to theBishops of Durham for 800 years into a major tourist attraction can now begin thanks to a £1m grant. The Auckland Castle Trust has received the initial funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (
AFTER 14 years’ running a successful hairdressing salon, a Leyburn businesswoman has decided her future is in ladies fashion. Having owned the Topiary Hair Salon in Leyburn High Street since 1999, Julie Dent thought it was time for a change.
A CYCLE centre has organised a gruelling ride of the second part of Yorkshire’s Tour de France Grand Depart route to raise cash for charity. Ian Alden, from Bank Cycles in Catterick Garrison, organised the event on Wednesday for the second year
STAFF at a Richmond charity shop pulled on their chaps and Stetsons for a Wild West-themed event to encourage people to donate unwanted goods – old or new. Julie Dobson, manager at the Sue Ryder shop in Finkle Street, Richmond, said: “People throw
