Sixth formers up for challenge
In Driffield Sixth Form our current crop of superb Year 13 students are at the point of their education where they are gearing up for one final push towards the finishing line. Revision timetables are...
View ArticleMurphy’s loss compounds champion Bingham’s exit
The race to win the Betfred World Championship has been blown wide open after last year’s two finalists crashed out in the opening 24 hours.First defending champion Stuart Bingham fell foul of the...
View ArticleO’Sullivan faces disciplinary action after Crucible win
Ronnie O’Sullivan eased to a first-round win at the Betfred World Championship then walked straight into trouble in Sheffield.The five-time world champion beat David Gilbert 10-7 but refused to talk to...
View ArticleHorses to follow from the early skirmishes of the Flat season at Newmarket
Those of us who have no preference for our racing code, Flat or Jumps, are in clover at this time of year.For the final weeks of one season collide head-on with the opening weeks of another. Gone are...
View ArticleOpinion: All hail Nick Clegg, the patron saint of fathers
On waking up each morning, it is common for many folk to thank their maker for allowing them to enjoy another day.Me? I am usually too busy looking for car keys, buttering toast and agreeing with John...
View ArticleMillions of memories as Sheffield venues celebrate 25 years - tell us YOURS
IT’S amazing where the time goes when you’re having fun - and a whopping 60 MILLION of us had just that over the past 25 years at three iconic Sheffield venues.Today we are looking back as silver...
View ArticleDeveloping ingenious ways to move livestock
It’s a fair bet that if you have travelled down a country lane in Yorkshire or indeed the rest of the north of England you will have been behind a gun-metal galvanised steel livestock trailer sporting...
View ArticleYorkshire thwarted by visitors’ spirited response
WHEN Yorkshire and their supporters pitched up at Headingley yesterday, it is safe to say that they would not have envisaged the day panning out quite as it did.The Hampshire score stood at 141-5 in...
View ArticleA right royal occasion
Sir Michael Stoute will attempt to maintain his blistering start to the season by sending two runners to Beverley tomorrow afternoon.The Newmarket handler has his string in especially good form for...
View ArticleYorkshire urged by Gale not to rely on Bairstow
ANDREW GALE last night warned that Yorkshire cannot keep relying on Jonny Bairstow’s “unbelievable contributions”.The Yorkshire captain admitted others need to stand up after the champions were held to...
View ArticleDing’s star rising as Gould stunned by Crucible fightback
Ding Junhui held his nerve to clinch a thrilling first-round win at the Betfred World Championship last night.The former world No 1 had been forced to endure three qualifying rounds just to walk out at...
View ArticleTragic accident calls off Oliver’s Mount racing
Kilham racer James Cowton saw a limited amount of action on a tragic weekend at the Oliver’s Mount circuit in Scarborough.The Spring Cup meeting was abandoned after Isle of Man rider Billy Redmayne was...
View ArticleHorses to follow from the early skirmishes of the Flat season at Newmarket
Those of us who have no preference for our racing code, Flat or Jumps, are in clover at this time of year.For the final weeks of one season collide head-on with the opening weeks of another. Gone are...
View ArticleRACING AHEAD: ‘A crumbling show, destined for the dustbin of TV history’
Racing pundit Tony McCormick from.irishbigracetrends.com takes a swipe at a crumbling show, destined for the dustbin of TV history.I must say at this point, anyone who reads this column regularly, will...
View ArticleIt’s full time for Norman
Norman Harris has blown the final whistle on his time as secretary of the Driffield and District League - but he won’t be bowing out of local football altogether.He announced at the weekend that he...
View ArticleRuby Turner now touring with her own band at new venues
Possessing a voice to die for, and having performed at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert, Jamaican-born singer Ruby Turner regularly plays to sell-out crowds around the world. In spite of her hectic...
View ArticleChris Waters: Bairstow now in the form of his life as critics are silenced
THE numbers speak for themselves… 102, 59, 50, 66, 125*, 0, 15, 219*, 108, 23, 139, 74*, 91, 1, 36, 246, 5.Those are Jonny Bairstow’s County Championship scores since the start of last season, an...
View ArticleRichard Hercock: Crucible’s leading men fail to deliver on big stage
The Crucible in Sheffield is no stranger to drama but killing off your leading men in the opening scene is something odd even for this famous old theatre.World champion Stuart Bingham exited stage left...
View ArticleJoe Root and Ben Stokes - what they said
England duo Joe Root and Ben Stokes discussed a variety of pressing issues for the forthcoming season in Friday's Investec round-table chat with the national press. Here are some of the topics...
View ArticleAndrew Gale: Jonny Bairstow’s brilliant knock proves just how much he has...
JONNY BAIRSTOW has just picked up from where he left off in Cape Town with England and at the back end of last season with Yorkshire – getting a double hundred in this week’s County Championship opener...
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