Local Sport
12th March 2020
Issue 1104
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Daren crowned Yorkshire champ A GOOD number of Penistone runners competed in the Yorkshire veterans cross country championships at a wet and boggy Longley Park in Sheffield on Sunday. Stand out performance was by Daren Nockels who claimed first place in the men’s over-50 category. Daren set off hard and managed to keep a good pace over the undulating four-lap course which was just shy of six miles in distance. His time was inside 40 minutes at 3858. Penistone lady Becky Timms came closest to achieving a podium place in the ladies over-40 category. Becky was fourth missing out on third place by just 13 seconds. There was some success on the teams front too. Penistone claimed second
placed in the ‘all to score’ over-35 men’s event with the counters being Damian Kilpin, Phil Hinchliffe, Richard Mackie, Dan Limb, Oliver Pike, Matt Coldwell and Luke McGuinness. The Penistone ‘three to count’ over-50 team finished equal third with Robin Clough and Paul Fryers making up the team alongside Daren.
at the Retford Half Marathon in 72-36. In the same race Dawn Broom finished in a time of 1-42-16 which was enough to give her a club gold standard for the half marathon distance.
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On the fells Julie Darigala had a storming run on the hills over Marsden to claim first lady in a time of 58-36 at the Ian Roberts Memorial fell race. On the roads Jonathan Philips claimed first over-40 man at the Rother Valley 10k. Jonathan was seventh overall in a new personal best of 38-51. Gareth Cooke was seventh also
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AWARD CEREMONY AFTER CHIP BUTTY RUN AFTER the Chip Butty Run there was a belated presentation of Valley Hill Runners’ annual club awards at the Commercial in Chapeltown. John Power won the Wooden Spoon Award for running lots of miles with a broken toe. Rebecca Sanders won the trophy for the best performance at the time trials. Sports Personality of the Year Award went to Kevin Gibson in recognition of running an A-Z of half marathons, travelling to various countries to achieve this whilst always flying the VHR flag.
PROMOTION DREAM OVER Burley 31-0 Stocksbridge
STOCKSBRIDGE Rugby bowed out of the promotion race in the latest round of the play offs, going down by 31-0 at Leeds based Burley, who have now recorded a play off double at the expense of the travelling Stocksbridge side. Still having to cope with a crippling injury list and unavailable players, Stocksbridge travelled more in hope than expectation of pulling off an unlikely victory. Despite a promising opening quarter, the visitors fell behind to a sweeping three quarter move which saw the speedy home winger cross for the opening score.
The luckless prop forward Ricky James had to be replaced due to a recurring back issue and coach Rhys Keenan entered the fray in a re-jigged front row. Despite little possession and conceding territory, Stocksbridge managed to hold firm until a tap penalty move from the Burley forwards resulted in a further score. Some impressive pressure relieving kicking by fly half Jack Spencer kept the rampant home side at bay as Stocksbridge struggled to get a foothold in the game. They conceded again just before half time, leaving the score 17-0 to Burley.
Any hope of a dramatic Stocksbridge Rugby resurgence were quickly put to bed, as some pretty weak defence allowed a try for the Burley outside centre almost from the restart.
sure to score, but was held up just short. Keenan allowed his frustrations to boil over and received a yellow card with 10 minutes in the sin bin for some choice remarks to the official.
we showed character and passion despite the result. This will help us prepare for the Spring Cup matches coming up, when we can focus on a real opportunity to win some silverware this season.”
Skipper Rowett had to be replaced by youngster Jack Martin as a precaution for a suspected broken nose, after a collision with team mate Gary Woodcock. Perhaps the home side relaxed a little, or Stocksbridge upped the pace, as they enjoyed a period of superiority and were unlucky not to score a consolation try of their own. Newton went close, as did O’Leary, and Whitaker looked
Burley crossed again towards the end of the game as the visitors visibly tired from their efforts.
Keenan offered his apologies to the squad for his sin binning. “It’s not the perfect example, I lost my cool for a moment,” he admitted.
The Man of the Match award went to Jack Spencer for a courageous and committed performance at fly half. Head Coach Keenan said afterwards: “Fair play to them, they are a better side than we are, but again
Weather permitting, Stocksbridge will host basement club Halifax Rugby at Coal Pit Lane this weekend and will be hoping for a confidence boosting win. Kick off is at 3pm and entry is free.
