A teenage catering student named as Yorkshire’s best young chef was stunned to hear of a last-minute addition to his prize – the chance to create a product for one of the UK’s leading supermarkets.

Eighteen-year-old Kurtus Auty was over the moon at winning the title of the Golden Apron 2015 in a keenly-fought final at the Pipe and Glass Inn at South Dalton.

Sponsors ASDA announced that he will be working with them to create a new food product to add to their range.

The competition is run by James Mackenzie, chef/owner of the Michelin-starred Pipe and Glass, and the Yorkshire Wolds Cookery School and farming company JSR, both based at Southburn near Driffield.

Kurtus, a Level 2 Professional Cookery student at Selby College, beat off competition from Zacharias Abbot (16) from Stamford Bridge and 15-year-old Jemima Harpin from Nun Monkton. Each cooked a starter-sized portion of a dish of their own design for 70 guests who then voted ‘blind’ on the three dishes.

Kurtus’s winning dish was herb-crusted fillet of pork, apple and black pudding bon bon, Ampleforth Cider and butternut squash purée.

Driffield Ladies 1sts returned to winning ways with a 6-1 success at home to Doncaster 2nds in Division Two South East of the North Hockey Women’s League.

From the outset, Driffield were ruthless and relentless in attack, Amelie Johnson and Henri Williams began pummelling the opposition on the right with endless drives.

Rapid distribution from Charlotte Smith in defence scuppered any attempts from Doncaster to break through Driffield’s wall.

Despite rapid fire at the opposition’s goal, it wasn’t until the home side were rewarded a penalty corner that a goal was scored.

The home side’s classic formula paid off yet again as a strike from Charlotte Tuplin was slipped in from the post by Williams.

This goal opened the floodgates for the home side.

A determined Kate Morgan drilled a reverse-stick shot onto Doncaster’s backboard.

Tireless work and positivity from Gemma Tuplin maintained the tempo of the home team’s attack which was capitalised by Anna Kitching through the legs of the keeper.

The second half began in the same vein as skilled one-twos between Ashley Gate and Katie Measom opened up the left-hand side of the pitch.

Brutal striker Hannah Langley slammed a runaway goal home to make the scoreline 4-0.

However, the highlight of the match came when, while facing backwards, Langley deflected a hit into the D into the top left corner of the goal.

Driffield were not allowed to rest on their laurels, tireless work and determination from the opposition rewarded them with a penalty corner.

Stand in goal-keeper Fiona Tuplin managed to hold the line until eventually the visitors bobbled the ball into the goal.

The final sting in the tail for Doncaster came from the agile Connie Walker, whose dramatic lunge sealed a 6-1 win.

Girl of the game went to Measom and donkey of the match to Kitching.

Driffield Men’s 3rds earned a 7-1 home win against a young Slazengers 4ths side, bouncing back from their drubbing at the hands of Sheffield Hallam the previous week.

Strengthened by the welcome appearance of several more experienced players, the youngsters grabbed the opportunity to learn to pass the ball around and attack more freely.

With Ewan Stork, Tom Whitehead and Ollie James defiant and strong in defence the Woldsman were rampant.

It was fantastic to see both James and Harry Whitehouse score their first goals for the club.

In fact Whitehouse managed to score twice, nicking one over the line following Cohen Green’s shot. Green did manage to score before the interval.

The second half was good, but not that good, David Barraclough in goal was tested more than once, and although beaten by a shot from the edge of the area produced a wonderful save with his foot at full stretch.

With Andrew Wallace and Joe Watson enjoying themselves in the middle and Whitehouse and Tom Voase running rampant down the wings it was no surprise that Driffield scored a further three goals, and from centre-forward Green, who really enjoyed his day.

Man of the match this week went to James for his first goal and strong tackling.

Driffield Ladies 3rds, still chasing that elusive win, faced a youthful Pickering team at Driffield sports centre on Saturday morning.

The hosts dominated the first 10 minutes of the match, sweeping the ball accurately across the pitch until a gap could be found in the Pickering mid-field.

Anna Walgate and Katie Salstonstall worked tirelessly up the left wing resulting in clear strikes into the Pickering D which Wendy Foster and Julie Pease were unlucky not to turn into goals.

Pickering Ladies had a couple of breaks down the centre of the pitch but solid defending by Catherine Smith and Sharon Falkingham prevented any threat on our goal.

A clearance from Heather Measom, was picked up by Kathryn Walker and she battled through the Pickering defence and won Driffield ladies a short corner which Pease struck cleanly past their keeper.

In the last 10 minutes of the first half Pickering put on the pressure finding some gaps down the centre of the field and keeping their forwards high which stretched the midfield.

Goalkeeper Amy Leonard stayed calm and focused, blocking many attempts on goal but Pickering’s tenacity paid off when a shot on goal was neatly deflected just inside the goal-posts by Anna Aspery.

Second half saw neither team dominate with some good fast movement on the ball.

Sarah Soanes,Foster and Walker in midfield were able to intercept the Pickering passes and distribute the ball back up to their forward line where Laura Nesfield and Sue Bailey on the right wing could slice the ball across the goal.

Numerous attempts by the home side were saved by the experienced Pickering keeper.

The Driffield team, who are carrying some injuries at the moment, couldn’t quite match the opposition’s speed in the final 10 minutes of the match and this resulted in Pickering snatching a last-gasp winner through Lucy Collier.

The 3rds fielded a younger side for their Sunday cup fixture at home to Sheffield University Bankers.

The Driffield girls were hoping for a second win in the cup competition. Play was at a quick pace from the off with Driffield unlucky not to open the scoring in the first few minutes.

The Uni Bankers team settled in quickly and were soon to open the scoring with a couple of quick strikes. The younger legs of the Driffield team made some good runs, with Lauren Dinsdale-Young and Molly Coombs distributing the ball well.

With some good strong play on the left from Beth Dinsdale-Young and Anna Walgate and good support from Wendy Foster and Wendy Gate, they were unlucky not to grab a goal back before half-time.

Minutes into the second half the Uni team added a further couple of goals.

The host continued to play good hockey and were at last rewarded when Polly Coleman sent a good hard hit down the right side of the pitch for Julie Pease to give the touch it needed to find Anna Walgate who struck it into the back of the Leeds goal.

With time running out, Driffield were unable to add any further goals.

After a tough double-header Driffield will be hoping they can come back this weekend with a league win.

A fantastic performance put Sprinter Sacre back in contention for the Queen Mother Chase.

The Nicky Henderson trained nine-year-old was once regarded as the best two-mile chaser of his generation but serious injuries have plagued this star horse.

His incredible performance in the Shloer Chase on Sunday was something back to his very best.

Jockey Nico De Boinville took his mount to the front four from home and this superb chaser only kept extending after the last to win by 14 lengths.

An emotional Nicky Henderson said: “He has taken us to some unbelievable places over the years, but probably nothing anywhere like that today.

“It had to happen or the doubters would of been winning the argument, we had to do something. We are not all the way there but we are going in the right direction.”

Last year’s Champion Hurdle winner Faugheen had his confidence dented with a shock defeat to stable companion Nicholas Canyon.

The 1/6 shot, who went into the race unbeaten, could only manage second at Punchestown, which was a massive shock.

I do feel that Faugheen will put that performance behind him and improve, but I don’t believe it was a fluke.

Nicholas Canyon looks like he has improved to that level and he is a class act to definitely keep on your side.

There is plenty to look forward to on Saturday with Ascot and Haydock having exceptional racing to enjoy.

The card to concentrate on firstly is at Haydock with a star-studded field in the Betfair Chase and the betfair hurdle.

The betfair Chase was a race that paul Nicholls has dominated in recent years.

The great Kauto Star won the race a record four times, even when I mention his name I get goosebumps.

Silviniaco Conti won it 2012 and 2104 and he will face seven rivals to try complete his hat-trick.

Cue Card, the 2013 winner, looked right back to his very best when last seen a month ago.

His jumping was faultless and he dominated his rivals from start to finish and I can see him taking this one with a run under his belt.

I think Silviniaco Conti at 11/10 is just too short, Cue Card at 3/1 is the best value in that race.

The 1.50pm Betfair Hurdle is a good quality race to start us off.

I think Irving has a big chance considering his success last month, but Top Notch looks the one to be on here.

His form reads 1111112, his second a defeat by only a neck to Peace and Co which is far and away the best piece of form to his name.

Odds of 6/4 do look short but even if he was running backwards I still feel his class will be too much for his rivals.

The 2.25pm Fixed Brush Hurdle is a hard one to call.

Plenty will feel their horse has a decent chance in this ultra-competitive race.

Trainer Nick Williams is in red hot form at the moment and Tea For Two could well be the answer here.

He won the Lanzarote hurdle last year and I think he looks on a competitive mark to make his presence felt in this one.

A price of 7/1 is fair and he is definitely worth a punt.

Wally’s Tips

Haydock, Saturday, 1.50: Top Notch (6/4).

2.25: Tea For Two (7/1).

The cost of making a traditional Christmas meal for eight people has come down this year.

The Good Housekeeping Institute researched prices across the main supermarket chains and concluded that consumers can buy the 11 key ingredients for a traditional Christmas feast for as little as £20.26.

That figure works out at 4.9 per cent cheaper than last year’s. The figure was reached by ‘shopping around’, rather than buying everything in one store. The cheapest turkey came from Lidl, at just £8.99 for a bird weighing between 2.8 and four kilograms. Morrisions are cheapest for potatoes and Sainsbury’s had the best deal on mince pies.

Good Housekeeping’s consumer director, Caroline Bloor, said: “Thanks to low inflation and fierce competition between the supermarkets, budget conscious consumers will find plenty of festive food bargains this Christmas.

“While there’s a big variation in price on key items like Christmas pud and turkey, you can get the basics, like carrots and parsnips, pretty cheaply at most.”

Shoppers who prefer to do all their shopping in one store, would get the best price if they shop at Iceland. The cost of the full Christmas shop there came in at £24.81, compared with the most expensive, Waitrose, where the shop cost £47.84.

All prices are subject to change.

BEEFORD

Between 19:00 on 02/03/2015 – 09:00 on 03/10, two car tyres were damaged by means of person(s) unknown placing nails and screws around the village.

There were similar incidents in August.

CS/2142444/2015 refers

Between 12/10/2015 – 17/10/2015 a farm implement was left in the field on Foston Lane Beeford. When the victim returned on Saturday 17th October she discovered various parts including top link, balls & pins and chains stolen had been stolen by person/s unknown. The value of this theft is £1,000.

CS/2145925/2015 refers

Between 21:30 on 26/10/2015 – 04:25 on 27/10/2015 Unknown person(s) set fire to straw bales and barn using unknown means. The fire caused £2,175 worth of damage.

CS/2147349/2015 refers

SKIPSEA

On 06/10/2015 a male was charged with affray after an incident where two knives were held up making people fear for their safety.

On 26/10/2015 a male was arrested for possession of cannabis during a search.

SKERNE

Between 19:00 on 05/10/15 – 08:00 on 06/10 person(s) enter a stable block containing horse equipment and stole an Albion brown leather horse saddle and bridal worth £1,300. Entry was gained through an unlocked stable door

CS/2142837/2015 refers

NAFFERTON

Between 19:00 on 05/10/15 – 07:00 on 06/10/15 near to the Carr Lane area of Nafferton, unknown person(s) steal six horse rugs worth £300, one purple zebra print from stables.

CS/2142845/2015 refers

Overnight 15/10/15 – 16/10/2015 unknown person(s) approach large detached property under renovation and use unknown instrument to gain access to outbuilding.

An insecure ford transit tipper van parked in the yard. Was stolen and abandoned it in the nearby town.

CS/2145242/2015 refers

31/10/2015 at 17:30 hours a male was arrested for being drunk & disorderly and criminal damage on St Quintin Field in Nafferton.

CRANSWICK

10/10/2015 – A male is on his own land when he sees 5 males and 5 dogs Hare coursing. He witnesses a dog chase and kill a Hare and challenges the males after writing down the VRN of their vehicle. One of the males tries to get the piece of paper with the VRN from the victim’s pocket and after becoming verbally aggressive, pushes him over. Victim suffers no injury and males then leave the area.

CS/2143643/2015 refers

14/10/2015 - Unknown person(s) approached the rear of a property in the Reynard Close area of Cranswick and entered the rear garden.

Damage was caused to the rabbit hutch to steal a long eared rabbit worth £20 from within.

CS/2144401/2015 refers

Between 21:00 on 28/10/2015 – 06:00 on 29/10/2015 two vehicles were broken into whilst parked at a pub car park in Cranswick. Various tools worth £500 were stolen from one and damage was caused to the other one.

CS/2147484/2015 & CS/2147501/2015 refers

BURTON FLEMING

On 12/10/2015 between 19:00 – 19:20 hours, unknown person(s) steal a 7 month old bitch black and white Shih Tzu and a black and grey 6 year old Yorkshire terrier from secure rear garden in the Front Street area of Burton Fleming. The dog were worth £900.

CS/2144149/2015 refers

LANGTOFT

Sometime between 01/10/2015 and 15/10/2015 Unknown person(s) approaches farm building and puts cardboard in a corner of the building and sets light to the cardboard causing damage worth £62 to heavy cable, melting a bucket and covering for a water pipe.

CS/2144677/2015 refers

BURTON AGNES

Since the end of September 2015 there has been three incidents where screws have been pushed into tyres of three different vehicles parked in the car park opposite Burton Agnes School causing in total £220 worth of damage.

CARNABY

On 17/10/2015 at 05:00 hours Turkey Lane, Carnaby, A female offender was searched by police officers and found to be in possession of a green herbal substance identified to be cannabis.

The female has been given a Penalty Notices for Disorder for the offence.

CARNABY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE

Between 17:10 on 22/10/2015 – 10:30 on 23/10/2015 Unknown person(s) approach business premises side heavy duty security door and use railway sleeper to repeatedly hit glass causing it to smash a hole in 4” thick reinforced glass. Climb into the premises and make untidy search of workshop. Various manual, electronic cordless & compressed air power tools, lime green in colour were stolen as well as a Modus Solus Plus Diagnostic machine.

The total cost of this crime was £235.

CS/2146289/2015 refers

FRAISTHORPE

26/10/2015 - A male was searched on a165 following suspicious circumstances and a canister marked ‘pepper spray’ was found in his pocket. He has been charged with possession of section5 firearm.

26/10/2016 – A female was arrested for drugs possession as well as possession of an offensive weapon.

THWING

Between 16:00 on 24/01/2015 – 09:00 on 25/10/2015 £20 worth of damage was caused by scratching a cross into the paintwork of the victim’s back door.

CS/2146885/2015 refers

FIMBER

Between 23/10/2015 – 25/10/2015 Unknown person(s) have gained entry into a field and have approached 2 harvesters. Person(s) have then on one harvester cut the main cable in half causing damage before cutting another cable. On the second harvester person(s) have sliced open the wiring loom which contains 10 wires inside of the casing and then they have cut the cables inside of the casing before putting it all back and making off.

This caused £1,000 worth of damage.

CS/2146943/2015 refers

BRANDESBURTON

Between 18:30 – 19:15 on28/10/2015 entry is gained to a car parked in a pub car park in Brandesburton. The offender(s) steal a laptop worth £500 which was visible on the seat.

CS/2147453/2015 refers

Martin Murray has the chance to shed his ‘nearly man’ tag when he fights Arthur Abraham for the WBO super-middleweight title in Hanover on Saturday.

In the past he’s had a fair bit of bad luck, coming close in some big fights but not getting the decisions.

In 2011, he was adjudged to have drawn with Felix Sturm in Mannheim despite looking to have comfortably won the fight. Then in 2013, he suffered the first defeat of his career against Sergio Martinez, despite putting his opponent down twice and dominating most of the rounds.

Although Murray is a really good fighter, and will probably edge it with Abraham, I can’t see him actually getting the result this weekend.

I think that the step up to super-middleweight will benefit him, as he always looked like he struggled to make the weight as a middleweight, but going to Germany as the away fighter and winning on points is notoriously difficult.

It doesn’t happen very often, and in reality Murray isn’t going to knock his opponent out. Abraham has a solid chin and Murray lacks sufficient power at world level. He just doesn’t possess that one-punch knockout ability.

Abraham doesn’t like to graft in the ring, so you’d expect Murray to outwork him comfortably, but I just can’t see him getting the stoppage that he needs.

This situation raises two interesting points.

Firstly, what does it say about the sport that I, and probably many other boxing fans and pundits, can sit here and say that a fighter could conceivably go and outbox his opponent but won’t be awarded victory, simply because he’s in someone else’s back yard?

Obviously this is nothing new, it’s just the way boxing is.

It isn’t just in Germany that it’s hard to get a decision over a home fighter in a close contest, it happens all over the world, including here in Britain. It’s not a case of the sport being corrupt, it’s more to do with the fact that boxing is so subjective.

I’ve sat and watched fights with my friends and we’ve all scored it totally differently.

That’s just the way it goes, people interpretate bouts very differently.

This brings us to the second point, which is that the only way to guarantee success is to remove the grey area by putting your opponent on the canvas.

This is what Murray needs to do on Saturday, but sadly I think it may be beyond him.

ENGLAND ARE DOING OKAY UNDER ROY

England’s friendly defeat against Spain showed just how far behind the top nations we currently are. Do you think we are making any progress under Roy Hodgson? Joel Gurken.

The first thing to say here is that I really don’t think England played that badly against Spain, particularly in the first half.

I like the way that they set up and thought they did pretty much everything right for 45 minutes, they just failed to take any of the three or four half-chances they created.

There’s no denying Spain are currently a better side than England, and that told in the end, but I don’t see any need to be overly critical of England.

The team doesn’t look in too bad shape under Roy Hodgson, I think there are some signs of progress, and while there is absolutely no chance they will win Euro 2016, I fancy us to have a decent tournament and get at least as far as the quarter-finals.

Do you agree with Tommy Hearns’ comments that Dillian Whyte will beat Anthony Joshua because he has a mental advantage over him after his success in the amateurs? Callum Cann.

No. Dillian Whyte is a very good fighter, but I’d back Anthony Joshua against pretty much anybody in the world, even at this stage of his career.

I can see the logic of what Hearns has said, but Joshua isn’t mentally weak.

Anybody who can win the Olympics on home soil can handle pressure, and Joshua has shown that.

I can’t see Whyte lasting too long once the two get in that ring.

Is David Moyes finished as a manager after his sacking at Real Sociedad? Kelly White.

I really don’t think that he is, he didn’t get enough time at Manchester United and Sociedad was a tough gig.

Fair play to him for going abroad and giving it a go, not enough English coaches are brave enough to do that.

He showed at Everton that he is an exceptional coach, and I have no doubt that he will return to the Premier League in the future and do a great job somewhere once again.

A farmer’s son from Kilham is taking his passion for climbing to its greatest heights.

Mark Savile, 30, of Raven Hill Farm near Kilham, is heading for Argentina to climb the highest mountain outside Asia.

He will leave the Yorkshire Wolds behind some time before Christmas to travel almost 7,000 miles to Mendoza, the starting point of a 19 day trek to the summit of Mount Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Americas at 6,960.8m (22,837.3 ft).

Part of the Andes mountain range, at that height air pressure is 40 per cent that at sea leve meaning 40 per cent less oxygen.

No stranger to mountaineering, he has climbed almost every peak in the UK and some abroad including Mont Blanc and one of the three peaks of Africa’s highest mountain, Killimanjaro.

“It is going to be a huge challenge,” said Mark, who spends much of his time in London as a freelance business analyst and management consultant in the maltings industry. “The key is to ascend slowly doing no more than 500m a day, while the body burns around 6,000 calories. Its going to be a tough climb.”

Training is vital to reach a good level of fitness in order to increase his chances of getting to the top.

Although he will not hit the slopes of Aconcagua until December 29 he will tackle a lesser peak of around 4,500m for training and acclimatisation.

In recent weeks he has been training at home taking long walks carrying a back-pack loaded with 30 kilos of weights.

“I suppose a few people might have seen me walking around the hills and countryside around Kilham with the heavy back-pack and wearing a head torch and wondered what I was doing,” said Mark, who expects to be carrying at least 20 kilos up Aconcagua where temperatures can swing wildly from around 30 degrees centigrade during the day to minus 30 at night. His epic trip will be with others and led by experienced guides but he said it was still a bit daunting.

Apart from his own ambition he has another good reason to push himself to the limit. He wants to raise funds and awareness for meningitis. When he was 11 years old he caught the sometimes fatal illness, going from being perfectly health to being in a semi-conscious state in just two days and spent five days in hospital before making a recovery.

“This is why I want to raise sponsorship money for the Meningitis Research Foundation to enable them to help others affected overcome Meningitis,” said Mark, who has a Just Giving website where people can make donations.

All money received will go to the Foundation as he is funding his trip himself. His fascination for walking and climbing began when he went with his father, Steve, on regular walks and climbs as a youngster.

The former Kilham Primary and Driffield School student went on to Leeds Universtiy where he also took up rock climbing. When he returns home around January 19 no doubt he will be heading for his local pub The Old Star on Church Street, Kilham, for a celebration drink and some proper pub grub. Mark is part of a syndicate in the village which two years ago bought the pub and improved it to make is part of the local community.

He occasionally organises pub quizzes acting as quiz master. What’s the betting that Aconcagua soon comes up as an answer!

To sponsor Mark visit his Just Giving page at www.justgiving.com/MarkWSavile.

A funeral service was held at the East Riding Crematorium on Friday November 13 for Mrs Eileen Annie Flintoft, of Driffield, who died peacefully at home on October 29. She was aged 88 years.

The service was conducted by David Keating, humanist minister.

Eileen was born on February 3, 1927, to parents Harry and Rene Stork. She was a loving sister to Vera and Peter and her deceased siblings: Harry Jnr, Gordon, Melvyn, Rita and Jean.

She attended the local school on Cross Hill in Driffield, leaving at the age of 14.

After leaving school, she worked at Walter Wilson’s Grocers in Driffield and at Bradshaw’s.

During her married life she worked at Dee and Atkinson’s for over 25 years and the Highfield Country Club for many years; all were Driffield-based and family-run firms.

She married John Thomas (Jack) Flintoft at All Saints’ Parish Church in Driffield on March 6, 1948. They went on to have four children: Jacqueline, John, Richard and the late Irene.

She was a very fond mum-in-law to Linda and Jackie, a much loved and loving nana to Tracey, Sally, Amanda, Donna and Melissa. She was a proud great-nana to James, Emma, Kendal, Jaydn, Paige, Lewis, Liam and Theo and great-great-nana to Lola, who is just two years old.

Eileen was a hard-working, family-orientated lady and devoted a very large part of her life to her family, but she also found plenty of quality time for her other relatives and friends. She was a Jack of all trades in respect of her numerous skills: wallpapering, painting, gardening, knitting, baking, cooking and was also a highly-skilled seamstress — from turning up jeans to an entire wedding ensemble for bridesmaids of all shapes and sizes.

She enjoyed her weekly trip to bingo in either Driffield or Bridlington and later in life to Hull with her own mum, family members and friends.

Eileen loved working for the Simpson family at the Highfield Country Club; family weddings and other special events were always held there which still hold great memories for her family.

She suffered tragedy when her baby daughter, Irene, died in 1957 and her husband Jack’s untimely death in 1998 was devastating for her.

Eileen’s door was always open to family and friends alike.

Even if she was busy she would drop everything to make you a cuppa and, on Sunday, her family used to drop in for a wonderful Sunday lunch. In earlier years she used to enjoy going on the annual ‘Bridlington Trip Day’ with the children and other family members.

Eileen was a very special lady, a wonderful mother, nana, great-nana and great-great-nana and will be greatly missed.

Family Mourners: Jacqueline Horner (daughter), John and Linda Flintoft (son and daughter-in-law), Richard and Jackie Flintoft (son and daughter-in-law), Vera Kember (sister) and Peter Stork (brother); Tracey and Carl Stainforth (grand-daughter/husband), Sally Horner and Dereck Mallory (grand-daughter/partner), Amanda and Paul Quin (grand-daughter/husband), Donna and Ben Duncan-Dove (grand-daughter/husband), Melissa and Rob Carpenter (grand-daughter/husband); Paige Denholme and Matty Ellis (great grand-daughter/partner), James and Emma Stainforth, Kendal Dundan-Dove and Jaydn Goodrich, Lewis Denholme and Liam Mallory (great grand-children).

Others present: Andrew and Glynis Kember, David Kember, Christine Flintoft (rep. Derek Flintoft), Philip Flintoft, Ian and Janet Burry, Colin and Susan Berkley, Tony and Jane Cain, Diana Berriman (rep. Carol and Andrew), Mr L. Robinson, Christine Stork (sister-in-law), Julie Bowes, David Stork, Lee Stork, Marie Stork (sister-in-law), Jenny Booth, Pat Raines (rep. Mary Blakeston), Paul and Gail Berriman.

Julian Noble (rep. Sandra Noble), Paul Hornby, Peter Walker, David and Carole Martin, Kath Hood (rep. Laura Foster), David and Diane Lawson (rep. Beckie and Natalie Lawson), Mr S. Plant (rep. Irene Wilson), Peter Bentley (rep. Jacqueline Armstrong), Diana Hood, Karen Ringrose, Gail Horner (rep. Peggy Horner), Mr and Mrs T. Atkinson, Brian Flintoft (rep. Caroline Flintoft).

Fia and Jamie Simpson, Judith Orman (rep. Steve Orman), Gill Boyes, Marie Brandham (rep. Gary Brandham), Kirsty Milner (rep. Pauline and David England), Kath England, Ann Malster (rep. Simon Malster), Mary Turner.

Former Bridlington and Driffield rugby player Sophia Topham has earned a call-up to the Yorkshire girls under 15 squad for the 2015/16 season.

She started playing mixed rugby at the age of four, and has progressed to be one of the only a few girls to make it through all the age groups.

After beginning in her home town of Bridlington, at the age of 11, Sophia joined Driffield RUFC where she played her final two years of mixed rugby.

Due to the lack of girls teams in the area, she headed to West Park Leeds RUFC to play in an all-girls team. This enabled her to play against teams from further afield, improving and developing her skills, playing centre and wing.

Sophia is committed to travelling to Leeds every Sunday to play or train, alongside Yorkshire training on Wednesday evenings at Pontefract.

One in 10 GPs feel so overworked and disillusioned that they are ready to quit their jobs within the next year, a poll on behalf of the Royal College of GPs has found.

And nine out of 10 of those surveyed say they fear they are so busy that they may miss a vital piece of information while diagnosing a patient.

“It is OK now and again to have a really busy day, but at the moment in general practice it’s relentless, and that is a threat to our own health and our patients’ safety,” RCPG chair Dr Maureen Baker told The Guardian. “Tired GPs are more likely to make mistakes, be it missing a potential symptom or making a paperwork error, and the results of our survey today show that this is a very real concern for a huge number of family doctors.”

The ComRes poll also found that 97 per cent of 504 UK family doctors questioned believed that morale had worsened.

The recent government drive to allow patients to access a GP 7 days per week, 8am-8pm was cited as a major factor in their decision to leave or retire by those surveyed. However, recent pilot schemes have reported that there is less demand than anticipated for weekend appointments with almost no interest in seeing a GP on a Sunday.

Langtoft isn’t known for too much in the greater scheme of things. It has a pleasant bowling green in its centre and a church with a 13th century tower and that’s about it as far as the amenities go.

The Collinge family of Richard, Caroline and their four daughters make up over one per cent per cent of the population of 492, but their Dexter herd could bring greater awareness of the village in the future.

The Collinges have a small acreage just off the Kilham Road, up the hill from the bowls club. Richard tells of how their York Wold herd came about, having clearly learned the art of promoting the credentials of a breed that originates from across the Irish Sea.

“We came here in 1997 and initially had Caroline and her sister’s horses here, then the little people (the girls) came along and we moved from horses to ponies. We found that the ponies weren’t good at eating the grass and with our little tractor mower continually breaking down we decided to get some cows to eat what the ponies couldn’t.

“We chose Dexters because we’d heard of their reputation and because they are small, making them more easily manageable for Caroline and less intimidating for the girls.

“They are quite hardy and will live outside. The beef we get from them is outstanding although we’re finding we don’t get much chance to taste it now, as it gets sold as soon as we have any ready.

“You definitely notice the difference between a Dexter steak and something from a supermarket that has been stuck in a shed and stuffed with barley. Ours live on grass and haylage and grow more slowly than continentals, but taste far better for being grass fed.”

Richard and Caroline’s Dexters were originally taken on as grazers but they soon became far more than that.

“Our first three cows came from Mill Farm in Catwick in 2008, two were in-calf and one had a calf at foot. Once we’d had the calves off them I wanted to get the cows back in-calf and borrowed a Dexter bull for a couple of months from Derek Bedford in Hutton-le-Hole.

“We’ve continued with a couple of his bulls since then and we currently have four breeding cows and 13 head of cattle that includes three calves this year, three from last year and three from the previous two years ago as we kill out at around 30-36 months.

“The beef is sold locally to family and friends and aside from the first beast, which was an Aberdeen Angus X, everything else is pure pedigree Dexter beef.

“We’re members of the Dexter Cattle Society and if we could get more acreage we would definitely increase the herd further. The beef really sells itself and we have a waiting list for when our next beef boxes will be available.”

Richard is a civil engineer dealing with flood defences, roads, bridges and pipelines and is presently at a chemical works on Teesside. He grew up in Luddenden near Halifax where his parents had goats, pigs and hens.

“I kept a few goats when I was in my teens and with Caroline knowing about horses and ponies we already understood a bit about keeping livestock. We’ve also had over 40 pigs but we only have two at the moment.

“We started off with Berkshires and then moved on to Tamworth and Saddleback X but we’ve found that Dexter beef sells far easier than the pork so we’d rather concentrate our efforts on that.”

The size of the cattle has worked out as they hoped.

“Our girls are happy enough jumping in and out with them whereas a shed full of larger cattle would I’m sure have proved a bit too daunting since I’m not here all the time.”

Caroline was born in Driffield and competed in show jumping, cross country and team chasing. She now works in a microbiology lab in Kelleythorpe for Northern Hygiene as well as tending the herd, her brood and their ponies but she’s not complaining and is looking forward to the times when they might take the best of their York Wold herd to some of the local agricultural shows.

“I was with the Middleton East Pony Club and competed at Driffield, Malton and Ryedale shows,” Caroline says.

“The girls are with the White Rose Riding Club.

“Showing our Dexters is definitely something we would quite like to do but we’re on with the ponies at the moment and with only one trailer that makes things a little difficult to do both.”

Livestock farming is clearly in the blood and enthuses both Richard and Caroline, who tells of her own family farming heritage.

“My grandfather, David Midgley, worked for Mr Chester at Huggate Wold Farm for nearly 40 years.

“Mr Chester obviously thought a lot of him because he had a bronze statue made of him by way of respect that stands in the farmyard today.”

Hundreds of pupils at Leconfield Primary School have been learning all about how to Be Dog Smart thanks to the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, Dogs Trust.

Education and Community Officer, Laura-Jane Muscroft, accompanied by her four-legged friend Education Dog Winnie, went to the Arram Road school to help children understand how they can enjoy the company of dogs while staying safe.

A survey carried out by Dogs Trust earlier this year revealed that a quarter of children in the Yorkshire and Humber area were afraid of dogs and a third of parents said they were not sure or had no idea what signs to look out for when a dog may be feeling uneasy and could be pushed to become aggressive.

Laura-Jane, who ran workshops with every class, said: “It’s really important to educate young people about how to behave around dogs, not only because many have dogs in the family but also because they are the dog owners of the future.

“We help the pupils understand that a dog is a living creature that thinks, feels and gets frightened just like us.”

Headteacher Katie Tracey said: “Laura-Jane spent two days with us and it was a fantastic opportunity for the children to learn how they can thoroughly enjoy the companionship of dogs while also staying safe.

“It was lovely having Winnie here too, a real treat for us all.”

If you would like to give a homeless hound a home, you can check out the website at www.dogstrust.org.uk

Scarborough and Flixton have impressed in the annual ground marks released for the 2015 Hunters York & District Senior Cricket League season.

The North Marine Road club led the way with an overall rating of 293.48 for this year’s campaign, having collected 293.48 marks for the pitch 202.8 for the outfield.

Flixton finished in fourth place, an improvement of one place from 2014, with an excellent 479.72, just behind second-placed Sheriff Hutton Bridge on 485.2 and Hornsea with 484.74 points.

The village side were handed 284.09 points for the pitch as well as 195.64 for the outfield.

Pickering snapped up 15th place with 455.65, with a pitch score of 278.83 and an outfield mark of 176.83.

This saw the Mill Lane club fall nine places in the rankings.

Hovingham finished in 21st position with a rating of 262.19.

The Hovingham Hall-based club moved up nine places in the rankings, having earned 262.19 for the pitch and 184.75 for the outfield.

Malton & Old Malton dipped 14 places from 15th to 29th.

They were given a score of 435.56, with a pitch mark of 265.22 and outfield rating of 170.34.

Recently, I played with a Bridlington Links member and found myself explaining a rule.

Lots of leaves are getting blown into bunkers at the moment so it’s important to know the can and can’t dos in this type of hazard, alongside the obvious of not been able to ground your club in the bunker.

Can you move a leaf out of a bunker ?

This subject is an easy one, but surprisingly it catches out many amateur golfers, who incur unnecessary penalties as a result.

It is essential that you are able to distinguish between obstructions, which are artificial objects, and loose impediments, these are natural objects.

Loose impediments are natural objects that are not fixed or growing, not solidly embedded and not adhering to your ball.

If a player’s ball lies in a hazard, the player must not touch or move any loose impediment lying in, or touching, the same hazard.

Rule 13-4c says ‘loose impediments include: stones (but see *), leaves, branches and twigs, pine cones, dung and droppings, insects, worms and their casts, spiders and their webs, half-eaten fruit etc * Note that while the rules do not permit players to remove stones from bunkers, that is often overridden by a local rule that does permit their removal for safety reasons.

Artificial objects such as cans or a dropped head cover etc are all moveable obstructions without penalty.

The penalty for moving a loose impediment is two strokes in stroke play and loss of hole in matchplay.

DID YOU KNOW: The average number of ball marks made on greens per round is eight per golfer.

Assuming a little over 100 rounds per day on average are played, your course will receive over 1,000 impressions daily, over 30,000 per month equating to over 300,000+ per year.

Are you wondering how to putt under those conditions? Well, repair your pitch marks.

Racing pundit Tony McCormick from.irishbigracetrends.com presents his weekly column, highlighting a looming crisis and looking forward to the renewals of two grand old races.

Our trainers to watch in November continued in a rich vein of form, going in to the final week of the month.

Paul Nicholls secured his seventh and eighth wins for our angle.

The criteria for following Nicholls for the last few days of the month are chasers, beginners chasers, novice chasers and handicap chasers, aged between four and eight, with an starting price no bigger than 10/1.

Venetia Williams had two winners from nine runners in the week at 9/2 and 9/4.

The angle though is still in profit with a healthy 30% strike rate.

Handicap chasers and handicap novice chasers, with an SP up to 16/1 are still to be given a second glance.

Cheltenham’s most prestigious races are under threat of losing sponsorship, following the news that Betfred are ending their backing of the Gold Cup.

The story is that in October, Britain’s most powerful racecourse groups said that they will adopt a range of measures, including a ban on new sponsorships by bookmakers that make no contribution to the sport from offshore earnings, as part of a concerted effort with the British Horseracing Authority to address a “haemorrhage” in funding from the Levy system.

All racing turnover on offshore internet sites is beyond the reach of the statutory Levy system, which has returned money to the sport from high-street betting shops for half a century.

As more betting turnover moves online, the BHA estimates that the sport is currently losing £30m annually as a result, a figure that can be expected to increase in future years.

In an attempt to collect some or all of the missing millions, the BHA said in October that it will award authorised betting partner status to bookmakers who have “a fair and mutually sustainable funding relationship” with the sport.

At present, the online firms Betfair, Bet365 – which recently moved its operation offshore – and 32Red voluntarily contribute 10.75% of gross profits, the current rate of the Levy, on their British business and will qualify for authorised betting partner status from January 1, 2016.

BetFred, Ladbrokes, Coral and William Hill have collectively made additional, voluntary payments to the Levy of £4.5m over the last year, but this is well short of the 10.75% paid via Levy on their onshore cash business.

It’s a double header of top-class races this weekend as Newbury host the Hennessey Gold Cup and the Grade One Fighting Fifth Hurdle takes place at Newcastle.

The Hennessey should be between second season chaser Saphir Du Rheu and Gold Cup winner Coneygree, while The Young Master (12/1) should come on for his seasonal debut.

For big price followers, Emma Lavelle’s Fox Appeal could grab a place at around 50/1, though William Hill have the eight-year-old at half that price.

Willie Mullins-trained Arctic Fire deserves a Grade One victory to his name.

In 2015, the six-year-old has finished second to Hurricane Fly in the Irish Champion Hurdle, second to Faugheen in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham and second to the same horse at the Punchestown Festival.

Arctic Fire has improved 19lb since finishing third of six in last term’s Fighting Fifth behind Irving, who again lines up to defend his crown, who has himself gone up 13lbs to a mark of 162 since winning in 2014.

For more details on the Cheltenham ‘Insiders’ insight Pack go to irishbigracetrends.com

The event will be held at Ferns Farm Hotel on Tuesday December 1, not Saturday November 28 as printed in this week's Bridlington Free Press.

Be there for eyes down at 7.30pm prompt for your chance to win one of the seasonal prizes.

All are very welcome.

A minister and a priest were by the side of the road holding up signs to passingcars. The minister held up a sign, “The End is Near!”

The priest, on the other side had a sign proclaiming, “Turn before it’s too late!”

“Get a job,” yelled a car driver when he saw the sign. Another driver, immediately behind the first, yelled, “Leave us alone you religious freaks!” Shortly, from around the curve, the two clergy heard screeching tyres followed by a splash. The minister looked over at the priest and said, “Do you think our signs should say: “Watch out! Bridge collapsed?”

I thought that the title for my sermon this coming Advent Sunday should be “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Eschatology.” Eschatology is the study of the “last things.” It is a subject that has seen the misuse of the Bible and has been a happy-hunting ground for all sorts of lunatic fringe movements from the first century until today.

There is always one group or another making a case for the imminence of the end of the world and rarely talk about anything else! Like Private Frazier on Dad’s Army, “We’re all doomed”. There was an American politician called James Watt who said that he wasn’t bothered about saving the environment because he didn’t know how many future generations there would be “before the Lord comes.”

Some of the books on this subject are often best-sellers, for sensationalism always sells. Still, it seems odd to me that evangelists can write best-selling books about the imminent end of the world, and then salt away their royalties in long-term securities!

I do wonder if any of these groups ever read this passage: “But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Mark 13:32) Even Jesus did not know! NO ONE! But have we let the pendulum swing too far the other way? I believe that one day Christ will return and those who call themselves Christian are to live in faith, and hope, and, above all, love. Someone once said about the return of the Lord:“God didn’t put me on the Time and Place Committee; He put me on the Preparation Committee.” Our job is not to speculate about times and seasons, but to make sure that we are living as God wants us to live – sisters and brothers to one another – here and now.

Advent is a time like Lent to take stock of our lives to see if we are prepared for an unknowable future. Live each moment as if it were your last moment.

To remember that

The good that you would do, do now.

The love that you would give, give now.

The commitment you would make, make now.

As John Ruskin once put it: “Let every dawn of morning be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close; then let every one of these short lives leave its sure record of some kindly thing done for others, some goodly strength or knowledge gained for yourself.”

Be patient. Be faithful. Be prepared.

Top chemistry students Rosie Jackson (Y11) Freddie Jackson (Y9), Leah Palmer (Y10) and Olivia Laurie (Y9) took part in the regional heat of the national Royal Society of Chemistry ‘Top of the Bench’ competition at Hull University on Thursday 12 November.

Deputy Head of Science, Mrs Lesley Walker, who accompanied the students on the visit, said: “The evening went really well. The students were given an initial written test and then carried out a number of group challenges, such as building molecules and setting up equipment.

“There were many representatives from major local industries and the Royal Society of Chemistry working with the students. The students were a credit to Driffield School and thoroughly enjoyed the competition. They particularly valued having the opportunity to meet and work with representatives from industry and compete against other schools.”

Up to three Yorkshire dairy farmers are quitting the industry on average every single month, compelling proof of an urgent need for clear dairy labelling to help shoppers choose products made with British milk.

The Yorkshire Post is leading a new campaign calling for clear labelling of dairy products to make it easier for shoppers to buy British and support hard-pressed farmers, new figures reveal that North Yorkshire, the region’s dairy industry hotbed, has seen 23 farmers give up milking in the last 12 months alone.

And the sharp, continued decline fuelled by the withdrawal of China and Russia from the export market is being felt across the county, notably in West Yorkshire where nine farmers exited dairy in the last year. There is also one less farmer milking cattle in both East and South Yorkshire than there was a year ago.

In total, 34 fewer dairy farmers are operating in Yorkshire compared to last November and there are just 674 still in business now compared to 1,999 at the turn of the century - two-thirds of Yorkshire dairy farmers have quit since the year 2000. National figures tell of a wider demise.

A prolonged tumble of farmgate milk prices that has encouraged many farmers to walk away from dairy, price Cuts since February last year have created dairy farming’s worst cash crisis for a generation.

As part of the campaign in support of British dairy farmers, The Yorkshire Post wants retailers and processors to make it clear where the milk used in dairy products is from.

Graphic Design students, comic and Manga enthusiasts enjoyed a Saturday out in Leeds at the annual Thought Bubble Comic Convention on Saturday 14 November.

Thought Bubble is an annual celebration of art in all its forms, but most especially everything from comics to animation and beyond. The festival lasts for a total of eight days with the main exhibitions and Cosplaying taking up the two weekend days.

Cosplay, for those of you who are wondering, is the action of dressing up and pretending to be a fictional character (usually a sci-fi, comic book, or anime character).

Mr Hamilton, one of the art teachers who kindly gave up his Saturday to take the students to the convention, said: “As well as dressing up as their favourite comic characters and joining in the Cosplay, the students were able to watch some of the best international illustrators at work and had lots of opportunities to chat to some of the freelance and independent creators about finding work and self-publishing.

“Loads of comics and posters were purchased and there were plenty of freebies too! A good time was had by all.”

Y12 student Philip Snowden, who is a comic fanatic, said: “It was brilliant! People put loads of effort into their costumes and it was really atmospheric.” Billie Gregory added, “I loved all the free stuff like signed postcards and posters and there was a huge range of comics, costumes and other merchandise too. We had a great day out and will definitely be going again next year. A big thank you to Mr Hamilton and Mr Woodhead for taking us.”