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BODY IN RIVER WAS MISSING MAN, 38 Fourth waterways death in recent weeks A BODY found in the River Calder in Dewsbury on Wednesday is missing man Daniel France. Police enquiries into the fourth death in three weeks on waterways in the district are continuing. Mr France’s body was identified yesterday (Thurs) after officers were called to Sands Lane. Firefighters used an inflatable dinghy to recover a man’s body from the water near the railway viaduct at around 11.40am on Wednesday. Police taped off the scene for
several hundred yards along the river until about 3.40pm while the operation was under way. The family of Mr France, missing from his home in Ravensthorpe since March 12, have been informed. Det Insp Stef Wiseman, of Kirklees CID, said: “We are keeping an open mind, however there are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances. “We are continuing our enquiries to determine how the man’s body came to be in the water.”
The discovery is a grim end to the extensive searches for Mr France since he disappeared. Last weekend police went over the grounds of Dewsbury Moor Crematorium and Crow Nest Park in the hunt for the 38-year-old. Officers made house-tohouse enquiries in the Staincliffe Road area of Dewsbury Moor. A mountain rescue team searched Dewsbury Country Park while police also combed
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MITCHELL BARRIE On 27 March, aged 76. Husband of Moira. Memorial service will be held at Aston Manor Nursing Home, Dewsbury on Monday 18th April at 2.30pm.
Deaths ALLEN AUDREY On 25 March, formerly of Earlsheaton, aged 91. Service
at Dewsbury Crematorium, Thursday 14 April at 2pm.
APPLEYARD WINNIE On 27 March, aged 101. Wife
of the late John. Funeral enquiries to George Brooke Ltd Funeral Directors. 01924 454476.
Service at Thornhill Parish Church, Monday 4 April at 1.15pm, followed by interment in the Churchyard at 2pm.
BEAUMONT NEWHAM Batley Town Centre Manager 1996-99. On 18 March. Service of Thanksgiving at Batley Central Methodist Church, 9 April at 1pm.
COOPER MARY On 21 March, aged 84, of Batley. Requiem Mass Tuesday 12 April at 11.30am, followed by interment in Batley Cemetery.
BLAKELEY RONALD GOVIER On 28 March, of Batley, aged 88. Husband of the late Doreen. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Wednesday 13 April at 1.15pm.
DEWHIRST MICHAEL On 25 March, of Batley Carr, aged 59. Partner of June. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Friday 8 April at 10.30am.
BRACKENBURY NEIL ANDREW In Tenerife, on 9 March, aged 55. Service at All Saints Church, Roberttown, Tuesday 5 April at 11.30am, followed by committal at Liversedge Cemetery.
BRIDGEWATER Micheal ‘Mick’ On 21 March, of Thornhill, aged 74. Husband of Val.
FARRANCE AUDREY (NEE ASQUITH) On 23 March, of Thornhill Lees, aged 89. Wife of the late Roy. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Friday 8 April at 11.15am.
April, at 11.30am, followed by interment at Batley Cemetery at 12.30pm.
HAGGER EDNA On 21 March, of Thornhill Lees, aged 95. Wife of the late Albert. Service at Trinity Parish Church, Ossett on Monday 11 April at 11am, followed by quiet family committal at Dewsbury Crematorium at 12.30pm.
HIGGINS ANN MARIE On 22 March, aged 75. Service at Scholemoor Crematorium, Friday 8 April at 12.40pm.
HOBSON NEE SMITHSON MARGARET MAUREEN On 5 March, of Birstall and formerly of Soothill, aged 82. Wife of Derek. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Thursday 7 April at 12.30 pm.
FINNERAN KEVIN On 22 March, aged 60 years. Requiem Mass at St Mary’s RC Church, Batley on Friday 8
INGHAM NEE WALKER ‘DOLLY’ On 27 March, of Westtown and
formerly of Liversedge, aged 82. Wife of the late Reggie. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Monday 11 April at 11.15am.
JOHNSON NEE BACKHOUSE AUDREY On 20 March, formerly of Mirfield, aged 82. Wife of the late Brian. Service will take place at Ravensthorpe UR Church, Friday 8 April at 1.45pm, followed by private family committal at Dewsbury Crematorium.
KENWORTHY NEE RICHARDSON MARY ELIZABETH On 27 March, aged 95, of Batley. Wife of the late Dan. Service at Central Methodist Church, Batley on Wednesday 13 April at 2pm, followed by committal at Dewsbury Crematorium at 2.45pm.
On 27 March, aged 95, formerly of Norristhorpe. Wife of the late Fred. Funeral at Woodlands Crematorium, Scarborough, Tuesday 5 April at 12 noon.
SIMPSON MARGARET On 22 March, aged 85, of Shaw Cross. Wife of the late Jeff. Service was held at Dewsbury Crematorium, Thursday 31 March.
TOMLINSON CLIFF On 24 March, of Purlwell, Batley, aged 65. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Tuesday 12 April at 12.30pm.
WALKER PEARL On 22 March, aged 91, of Ravensthorpe. Enquiries to the Bereavement Office at DDH, tel 01924 816096.
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MARSHALL ALICE On 19 February, aged 97. Previously of The Rising Sun, Norristhorpe. Wife of the late Harry.
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From page one Huddersfield Road, Broad Street, Crown Road and Scout Hill Road. Mr France was last seen in Ravens Avenue, Ravensthorpe, on the afternoon of March 12. Last Wednesday there was a possible sighting of him in the Towngate area of Wyke. Also last Wednesday a witness reported seeing a man put up a purple tent near the River Calder, close to where Mr France’s body was recovered. There have been three other deaths, all unrelated, on waterways over the last three weeks. A man was recovered from the River Calder near the John Cotton factory at Mirfield on Good Friday. Although the death is not being treated as suspicious the body has not been identified. A 77-year-old man died on March 23 after falling into the canal at Thornhill Lees near the Slaithwaite Road bridge. Hamza Amer, 19, of Batley, was found dead in the Huddersfield Broad Canal on March 17. And police are still trying to identify the body of a man found in a wooded area near the Calder and Hebble canal at Ravensthorpe on March 14. In the case of Mr France, police are appealing for information about the purple tent. Officers found such an item, described as a “pop-up” tent, at the back of commercial premises on Sands Lane. Anyone with information can call Kirklees CID on 101 quoting reference 0472 of March 30.
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A man was ejected after trouble broke out in the South Stand (on left of picture) while around the same time there was a confrontation in one of the main stand bars (right)
News in Brief Diabetes group to get Mayor’s £5,700
Bulldogs’ Good Friday win marred by fighting among supporters
Derby duel gets dirty By David Miller A PROBE is under way into trouble at the Heavy Woollen rugby league derby on Good Friday. Batley Bulldogs triumphed 44-30 over rivals Dewsbury Rams at the Tetley’s Stadium, to maintain their position near the top of the Kingstone Press Championship. But there were separate incidents in the main North Stand and the terrace opposite which are now being investigated. Rams chairman Mark Sawyer is to review CCTV today (Friday) with security officials. He said stewards ejected one person from the terrace, known as the South Stand, amid claims a bottle was thrown. The culprit, according to an initial check of CCTV, appeared to have acted alone. But the person’s actions are believed to
have caused “two or three others” to become involved and scuffles broke out in the area mostly populated by Batley fans. A more detailed study of CCTV is now to be made in a bid to identify those responsible. The flare-up is thought to have happened in the second half at around the same time as a disturbance in the main stand’s Royal Suite. Mr Sawyer said two people had an argument and several others tried to break them up. According to some witnesses, the trouble involved two women. He added: “It was not an all-out fight but we certainly don’t want a repeat as that’s not the way to behave. “A lot of other people not involved tried to split them up – so we need to be careful in trying to identify those responsible.” One witness told The Press that a Dewsbury fan had started the trouble in the
‘It’s rugby, not football’ – fans SUPPORTERS condemned trouble which marred the Heavy Woollen rugby league derby on Good Friday. Dewsbury Rams lost at home to Batley Bulldogs amid two unrelated incidents in different stands. A fan called Moorside Roughyed posted the following on a rugby league forum: “Any form of crowd trouble needs to be dealt with. We don’t want to be in a situation where we get put in the same mould as soccer. “I always champion rugby league as a good, safe sport to watch to my friends and a few have become fans themselves. “But this type of behaviour, however isolated, cannot be tolerated. It’s actually quite embarrassing. These people need to start behaving themselves.” On the Batley Bulldogs Facebook page Elaine Dunwell posted this comment: “My daughter got hit at back of head ... I’m fuming. Don’t go watch a match to put up with that crap.” Fellow fan Graham Fisher wrote: “Moved during 2nd half because of unpleasant atmosphere from BOTH sets of supporters.” Bandit Jewell wrote: “... some of the Dews fans were very unpleasant –
the stewards did well. It’s rugby not football.” Paul Appleton stated: “Shame it was spoilt by a minority of fans causing trouble. Never seen it before at a rugby match. Hope I never
see it again.” On the Dewsbury Rams Facebook page Richard Walker wrote: “We lost fair and square and that’s not in doubt. “What’s shameful is the standard of reffin (sic) and of
course these socalled fans who were fighting. “This isn’t football folks it’s rugby league – a family game which should be enjoyed without fear of reprisal. Go figure.”
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South Stand, with complaints being made to ground stewards, before a Batley supporter eventually retaliated. Fans of both clubs were quick to condemn the terrace incident in particular online (see story below). Security staff described to Mr Sawyer the suspect ejected from the terrace as being a “non-rugby” individual. Mr Sawyer vowed action and said: “We’re a family club and want to get to the bottom of this. “The incident in the South Stand only lasted a few minutes but I can imagine it was very unpleasant for those who got caught up in it. I’ve spoken with (Batley chairman) Kevin Nicholas and we both view the incidents very dimly. “We want to keep our reputations as places where people can come to have a good time without any trouble intact.” Separately, the Rugby Football League are also looking into the incident, after a weekend which also made headlines with violence at the Huddersfield Giants-Salford Red Devils game which saw Salford players go into the crowd, reportedly to protect their families.
DEWSBURY: The mayor of Kirklees is to hand over the first slice of charity money he has raised to a local group for young people with diabetes. Coun Paul Kane has chosen Dewsbury Young Diabetics to receive £5,700 from the funds raised during his mayoral year. He said: “At the start of my year as mayor I was committed to ensuring as best I can that the money raised in the area should stay in the area. “Dewsbury Young Diabetics do a fantastic job in supporting families in the area who struggle with diabetes day to day. They offer advice, or sometimes just somebody to listen and they make a huge difference to those who often do not know where to turn.” Coun Kane (Lab, Dewsbury West) will hand over the funds to the group on Monday April 4 at Dewsbury Town Hall.
Nurses recruited NORTH KIRKLEES: Hospital bosses have offered jobs to 32 student nurses who attended an open day. Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Dewsbury District Hospital, has faced criticism over poor staffing levels. The new recruits will take up their roles in September in various departments across the trust. • Baroness Betty Boothroyd, 86, is to visit the day care centre named after her at Dewsbury District Hospital today (Fri). The Boothroyd Centre, originally opened 20 years ago, will now house increased endoscopy, pain management and urology clinics under changes at the hospital.
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News In Brief Shannon TV show is ‘no drama’ – claim DEWSBURY MOOR: Producers insist the drama they are making about Shannon Matthews will be sympathetic to the area. A two-part docu-drama called The Moorside Project is expected to air on the BBC in the autumn. Sheridan Smith stars as Julie Bushby, the woman who helped organise the search for missing Shannon in 2008. Court scenes for the show are believed to have been filmed in Bradford last weekend. Screenwriter Neil McKay said: “This drama takes us into the heart of the story and a community that was defined more by prejudice than understanding.” Charlotte Moore, controller of BBC One, said: “This was an extraordinary story and we only ever saw it from one perspective.” DEWSBURY: Great Britain rugby league legend Garry Schofield is due to be a guest at a Dewsbury Rams fundraiser for the Danny Jones Defibrillator Appeal on Friday April 22. Also on the bill will be Rams head coach Glenn Morrison, live entertainment and food. Tickets are £5 and are available from Amber Ribbon committee members. Keighley Cougars player Danny died after being taken ill while playing. Widow Lizzie, who sang Abide With Me at the Challenge Cup final, aims to raise £50,000 to pay for defibrillators at RL grounds.
Carry on, committee MIRFIELD: The chairman of campaign group Save Mirfield was re-elected at a meeting. Cheryl Tyler continues with Christine Sykes as secretary, Stephanie Teale as treasurer and Liz Edgar and Chris Powell for communications.
Council school chief’s academies warning By David Miller COUNCIL chiefs would have no power to intervene at failing schools should they all become academies. That was the stark warning from Coun Shabir Pandor after he asked Kirklees Council to look into claims of problems being experienced at Heckmondwike’s Fairfield School. The school for children with special educational needs, on White Lee Road, has been rocked by claims that staff are being bullied. Cabinet member for schools and learning Coun Pandor (Lab, Batley West) asked for a probe after people came forward with complaints. Coun Pandor claimed that he would have been unable to do so if the school was already an academy. Under controversial plans announced by the Government all schools have to convert or be on the way to becoming an academy by 2020. Coun Pandor said: “Under these proposals there’d be no public accountability – academies are run like a private business. I’ve no problem with private businesses, but when we’re talking about children’s education and safeguarding there needs to be that accountability. “As it currently stands when
Coun Shabir Pandor (left): Aware of problems at Fairfield School schools are in trouble the council can go and reign them in. But if you go down the academy route then in four years’ time I’m not going to be able to do anything.” Coun Pandor said he could not discuss the allegations at Fairfield due to the need to keep the probe impartial. But he said: “It was me who asked for the investigation after a number of people came forward and I’m very grateful to them for doing so. This will be looked at seriously and as far as I’m concerned if anything comes of it we’ll act on it.” An investigation was already under way into high absence rates and turnover of staff at Fairfield.
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The 124-pupil school spent more than £760,000 on agency supply staff over the last two years. And a £250,000 surplus in April 2013 has turned into a £200,000 deficit despite Kirklees pumping in an extra £350,000. Leaders from Ravenshall School in Ravensthorpe will work with Fairfield until the summer holidays. A letter to parents from Fairfield chairman of governors Naomi Finch and deputy headteacher Bev Brooks detailed the situation. It said: “You will be aware that our headteacher, Anne Tierney, is currently absent from school. We will keep you informed if that situation changes. “Our shared priority is to
ensure the highest possible standards of care and education for all our pupils. “To help us to do this we have been fortunate in gaining longterm support from another outstanding school. “Jeanette Tate, headteacher and NLE (National Leader of Education) at Ravenshall School, and her staff have agreed to work with us from after Easter right through to the end of the summer term. “This support is aimed at helping us to maintain leadership capacity whilst Anne is absent, and to provide us with additional expertise to further improve our provision at Fairfield for all our learners. “We hope that you will agree that this makes for a positive end to the term, and gives us more confidence as we move forwards into the summer.”
Cash Lifeline for addicts DRUG and alcohol addicts in our area can access more help through a new £13.5m counselling service. The Lifeline Project has won a three-year contract funded by Kirklees Council, health chiefs and the region’s police and crime commissioner for over 18s, including people who are homeless, have mental health problems or experiencing parenting or family issues due to drug and alcohol misuse can also get help. The service, run from
Lifeline’s bases in Dewsbury and Huddersfield, is costed at £4.5m a year. Coun Viv Kendrick (Lab, Heckmondwike) said: “The support given is very much focused on prevention and recovery. The specialist team work with many services, including housing and benefits, to ensure they are giving people the very best help and advice possible.” The cabinet member for public health and adult social care added: “It is often at the
heart of family breakdown, and people need to know they can get help to recover and get their lives back on track.” Anyone who needs help can call Lifeline on 01484 353333 or speak to a doctor. See also www.alcoholconcern.org.uk. Lifeline have also joined forces with the council for a crusade against domestic violence called “It’s Never OK”. The focus is pregnant women aged 16 and over and is backed by a 24-hour helpline on 0800 052 7222.
A letter from the bank? Natalie just loved it By Steve Martyn VALENTINE’S Day may have passed, but Dewsbury man Darren Robinson still found a novel way to pop the question. Darren, 38, asked partner Natalie Fuller to marry him through a series of cash transfers into her bank account. Each of the five transactions was given a title for reference – which spelled out “Will You Marry Me? XX” in a paper statement. Natalie, 32, did not know any money had been transferred until her bank statement arrived last Thursday. And Darren had not realised they would show up this month – so he was yet to buy a ring.
Natalie said: “He transfers money for food and bills every month and always puts daft words in the reference box. “When I saw it I just said ‘is this a joke?’. I had to read it twice. He said no and I was so happy I forgot to actually say yes. I was over the moon.” The couple, who have five children between them from previous relationships, met through a dating website. HGV driver Darren plotted the unusual proposal during his long nights away on the road. Natalie said: “He usually sends £75 in one go for the food shopping but it cost a little bit more last time so I asked for £100. “He sent it in five lots of
£20 and I thought it was a bit strange. He was watching me as I opened the letter which I thought was a bit odd as well.” Natalie was the last person to find out after Darren revealed his plan to family and friends. Darren said: “I still asked her dad and tried to do everything properly, but she had been saying her statement was due any day. “Obviously I’ve not got the timing quite right and I had to watch her open it with no ring to offer. “Now it’s all calmed down, Nat actually asked if we could have a new kitchen instead of a ring so I’ve just been out and got us a new kitchen.”
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MP Jo helps highlight hospital ‘home’ scheme BATLEY & Spen MP Jo Cox has formally relaunched the ‘Home from Hospital’ service at Dewsbury & District Hospital. The service is run by the Royal Voluntary Service but Mrs Cox discovered that takeup of the service was not as widespread here as in neighbouring areas. The Labour MP, working with RVS to promote the local service, brought together health and social care professionals and organisations in a bid to raise awareness and encourage more referrals. Mrs Cox said: “RVS’s Home from Hospital is an important service that helps older people when they are discharged from hospital. “We heard some powerful stories about the difference this service can make to people leaving hospital. “It is my hope that this relaunch will provide the boost it needs in North Kirklees and that together we can improve the reach and impact it has for people who need it.” She said the relaunch had been prompted by the number of people who have been in touch with her raising issues about discharge from hospital
Speakers line up in Littletown MP Jo Cox (red dress) with health and social care professionals at the relaunch of Home from Hospital and a gap in services. “These gaps arise from cuts to council and NHS budgets, changes to hospital services and the complexities around commissioning. Home from Hospital has the potential to fill that gap,” said Mrs Cox. “There seems to be a lack of knowledge about what is available around discharge planning among some of the organisations I have
met in recent months. “We hope everyone who was involved in this relaunch will refer patients into the service and tell others too. “GPs, discharge teams, Locala, community matrons, local community groups and many more have a collective role to play so that we can all work together to ensure that older people in our communi-
ty are not left without support once they go home from hospital. This will help to resolve a lot of issues and re-admissions problems.” As well as hoping professionals will make more use of the service, referrals are also welcome from patients’ friends and family also. RVS can be contacted directly on 01924 446100.
Conmen steal ring on golden wedding day
Brass for glass... HANGING HEATON: West Yorkshire Brass, celebrating their 30th anniversary, play at the Ebenezer Methodist Church on Saturday April 23 at 7.30pm. The band was formed in 1986 and includes musicians from Cleckheaton and Wakefield. Tickets are £6 including refreshments and are available from 01924 473538 or pay on the door. Proceeds are for new church windows.
Defibrillator in place on the high street MIRFIELD: Town councillor Sean Guy has delivered on one of his pledges – a lifesaving defibrillator. Coun Guy (Con, Northorpe) made buying defibrillators a key aim for his year as deputy mayor. As a result a machine has been installed outside the Mirfield Business Centre on Huddersfield Road. Mirfield Town Council has bought another defibrillator which is set to be fitted at the other end of the high street.
Police warn public about ‘loose change’ trick to steal jewelry
A HUSBAND celebrating his golden wedding anniversary had his wedding ring stolen by thieves. The 73-year-old victim was waiting for a bus in Batley at around 1.30pm last Tuesday when two men approached him, asking for change. He got coins out to swap with one of them, but when he got home he found his prized ring was missing.
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It is thought the culprits somehow pulled the ring off his finger without him noticing. The theft occured at the junction of Pearl Street and Bradford Road on the day of the Birstall man’s 50th wedding anniversary. One suspect is described as white, 6ft tall, fat, balding,
with a lump under his right eye and an eastern European accent. His accomplice is also white, but shorter at about 5ft 6ins tall, slim and with an olive complexion. PC Darren Hill, of Kirklees Police, said: “The victim has had his wedding ring stolen on what, by a terrible turn of fate,
was his 50th wedding anniversary. “Clearly this would have been an extremely upsetting offence for the victim at any time of year. “But for it to happen on his 50th wedding anniversary has only made the circumstances even more upsetting. “I would ask anyone who saw this
offence or may be able to help us identify these two men to come forward. “We would also advise residents in the Batley area to be wary of this kind of scam.” Anyone with information can call PC Hill at the Batley NPT on 101, quoting crime number 1316026319.
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LIVERSEDGE: A fascinating range of speakers are guests of a church social group through to July. Tony Morris is first up at the Monday Club, at St Andrew’s Methodist Church, with a talk evacuation train marshalls on April 18. Meetings at the church on Bradford Road, Littletown, take place fortnightly on Mondays at 7.30pm. Just two from a full series are Trevor Moody on the National Trust Yorkshire Coast trail on May 16 and Shelia Lum on the Great Wall of China on June 13. Anyone with donations for the church’s Romania appeal can pop down on Monday from 7pm or on Tuesday from 1.30pm. Parishioners collect items such as clothes for underpriviledged children for Jubilee Outreach Yorkshire. On Tuesday co-ordinator Cathy Ted will give an update on the project. The next collection will be at the end of October.
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LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE Danny Lockwood
Time to put wind up green conmen NE OF these days, on my regular journeys past the new giant wind turbines at the junction of the M1 and A1, I’m going to find a place to park, and sit and stare at the big sods until I fathom exactly how they work. Oh sure, I know the wind blows them round and round, spinning the rotor that powers the turbine, generating electricity. I wasn’t that rubbish at physics. No, I need to work out who’s behind the racket – because saving polar bears is the last thing ‘green energy’ is about. How come they keep spinning when there isn’t a breath of wind? Honestly, I’ve asked it before but have you seen the size of those blades? My washing won’t dry on the line, but there they go, spinning like billyoh. Do they plug them into
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the mains? Does the Jolly Green Giant give them a spin to get them going? Seriously. And why is it that when it gets really blowy, the big Scottish wind farms have to shut down because the system can’t handle them – AND the taxpayer has to dole out compo for their downtime? Which genius invented that wheeze? (Odds on he’s an ex-MP now on the board of a green energy conglomerate). And what has any of that to do with your leccy bills and the fact that the British steel industry is about to have the last rites read? It’s a common theme actually. It’s corporate fraud. Those Welsh blokes about to get the heave-ho at Port Talbot? Don’t blame their bosses at Tata, or even the Chinese for wrecking the global steel market. Blame the EU and the Tories, hand in hand.
The EU’s punitive climate change/energy legislation is responsible for the steel industry’s power bills going through the roof, while around the world they’re cheap as chips. Even though gas and oil is at its cheapest in years, British companies have to pour billions down a ‘renewable energy’ hole just to tick a box on a Eurocrat’s clipboard. Down the road from the turbines at Drax power station, they burn 7.5 million tonnes of ‘renewable’ fuel a year to generate electricity, mostly wood pellets (the equivalent of 4,600 sq miles of forest apparently). This ticks a massive ‘green’ box for the Drax owners – no matter that almost all of it has to be shipped, carbon-costly, from north America; it brings in hundreds of millions in UK and
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EU green subsidies. In fact Drax seem to spend as much on lawyers as power station workers, suing our government every time it tries to withdraw subsidies it can no longer afford. So it’s not just the EU. Blame politicians on the take like the disgraced former chair of our Energy and Climate Change sub-committee, MP Tim Yeo who held that ‘neutral’ position of some power and influence while pocketing £200,000 a year from green companies. Blame recently resigned MP Charles Hendry, former minister for energy and climate change who threw that towel in and swiftly took the chair of Forewind Ltd, which promptly got the contract for the world’s biggest offshore windfarm – which will pocket about £9 billion in public subsidies. That of course will be the last thing on your elderly relative’s minds, while laying in their own filth on a Mid Yorks Trust hospital trolley for 12 hours or so. But it will be their money, ultimately, that these charlatans are pocketing ( and I suppose letting our old folk die is one way of keeping the pensions and care home crisis at bay). There are more of these shysters. Many, many more and almost all very keen on staying in the EU. You can understand why. Sometimes the grass is definitely greener when you’ve conned everyone into feeding, watering and cutting it for you. As for the government intervening to save Port Talbot? Well, it gets embarrassing there as well. It seems Cameron and Osborne have vetoed EU moves to stop the Chinese dumping steel because, a) it helps their business pals buying the cheap stock, and b) they’re cosying up to the Chinese to fund a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point. Clean energy? It’s as dirty as anything. Pigs, troughs, snouts in.
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The truth behind murder of a thoroughly good man E NEVER have far to look for bad news, some of it truly horrendous and as inhuman as you can comprehend. In terms of acts of horror that are both tragic and troubling, I was left most grieved this week by the senseless murder of Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah (pictured). I know, only one killing in a week when there are scores, hundreds even, but it isn’t just the loss to his family of this thoroughly decent man, it is the inability of the wider political and religious powers to either understand it (are they really that thick?) or condemn it (are they really that cowardly?) Both, I suspect. Mr Shah, a popular pillar of his local community, posted an online message wishing a Happy Easter to his customers, friends and neighbours, of all faiths and none basically, but in effect doffing his cap politely to the Christians among them. What a nice chap. But for that act, by what most British Muslims consider a religious heretic, Bradford man Tanveer Ahmed allegedly stabbed him in the head (and other parts of his body) more than 30 times. We will have to wait for court proceedings before we are told whether Ahmed travelled more than 200 miles of his own volition, or was encouraged by Bradford imams who have preached hatred against Ahmadiyyan Muslims. Because they have, quite recently. Mr Shah was Ahmadi, one of the many and various sects of Islam who disagree on the ‘true’ path of their violently disputed religion following the death of Mohammed in 632AD.
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Ahmadiyyans are very much in the minority in the UK. We have some locally though – they pushed a friendly Christmas card through my mum’s letter box last year. Yet they are despised by the Sunni majority to the point that people apparently feel it’s within their rights to murder them in cold blood for being nice to their neighbours. Politicians coughed loudly and pretended they hadn’t noticed at worst, or offered a meaningless platitude at best. The media typically bottled it, discussing the crime as being ‘Muslim-on-Muslim’ as though that made everything alright. Well it didn’t. Because it wasn’t. This was every bit as much a politically/religiously motivated hate crime as the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby. Ahmadiyyan Muslims preach love, tolerance and respect for all. Meanwhile I have yet to have one counter-argument put to me that Britain’s dominant hardline Sunni Muslims do not actually seek a global caliphate and the subjugation of people of any and every faith to their god. As I’ve said before, these pages are free to anyone wanting to take up that debate.
Ged would have frowned on idiots HE local rugby league troops will be bidding farewell to another fallen soldier today in Ged Brentnall. Ged was for many years a stalwart volunteer at the Dewsbury Moor club and a teammate of mine from my early days playing at the Gate Inn. Happy days, and though Ged could always find something to have a chirrup about, a beaming smile was never far from his face. He was a good, solid, dependable player in his day and a great bloke all round. I thought about Ged last Friday night at the Dewsbury-Batley game, when young drunks kicked off and one or two of them got a clip round their lugs, while the hi-vis jacketed stewards looked on pretty helplessly.
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I don’t blame them by the way. I doubt they either turn up expecting, or get paid enough to get kicked down a stand by some yob mouthy on booze and high on something else. It was a storm in a teacup, but still disappointing. In our day, it really, really wasn’t like that. Tough blokes like Ged Brentnall did their sorting out on the field, not arm-waving and handbag-swinging after a gallon of alcopops and a nose full of ‘Beecham Powders’. And for what it’s worth, there’s a no-brain solution to such problems in the Good Friday derby – play the matches at noon, so the idiots aren’t full of Dutch courage. It might affect the gate though – they’d probably all be still in bed.
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Bells ring out at St Mary’s By David Miller BELLS which rang out in Mirfield for the first time in 12 months are good for the next 100 years. Chimes rang from the tower at St Mary’s Church on Easter Sunday after a refit costing about £89,000. The 10 bells were taken down after Easter last year amid a huge fundraising effort. Six of them were recast and the other four cleaned and retuned by Taylor Bells of Loughborough. Volunteers helped get the bells, the heaviest of which weighs one and half tonnes, back inside the church. They used a trolley, their bare hands and also had to remove part of a doorframe. Rev Hugh Baker blessed the bells once they had been hoisted up into the belfry. But the installation was
not quite as simple as it sounds – it took three weeks from beginning to end. Guests from the Yorkshire Association of Change Ringers played them for the first time. Chris Breare, for the church, said: “What a fantastic effort by all involved to have them all back up the tower in just a week. “We then had another two weeks of highly skilled work when the bells were fitted into their housings. “It was a really emotional moment for so many of this
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very dedicated team who have worked tirelessly to raise funds. “We’d like to say thanks to all who have been so dedicated to this project, which will benefit the local population for the next 100 years.” Church bell captain Ian Ackroyd said: “It has been wonderful to see the bells being rung again. “People have been commenting saying how tremendous and wonderful they sound.” • A PRESTIGIOUS University of Cambridge choir is to perform at the church later this month. The King’s Men Choral Society of the university’s Kings College will be there on Monday April 11 at 7.30pm. Tickets are £12 including refreshments and are available from Scott Senogles on 07900 996854.
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I fear for school leaders and their pupils Dear Sir, I have been a governor of local schools for more than 10 years and in that time I have seen many changes in education, some good and some not so good. It seems that every Secretary of State for Education wants to set their personal imprint on our schools, but the recent statement that all schools will be forced to become academies takes change to an entirely new level. The government diktat set out in its Education White Paper has the potential to cause enormous damage to schools. Schools are already having to implement radical changes to the National
Mayoral thanks From: Dudley James, Dewsbury Dear Sir, Can I, through your paper, say thank you to Coun Paul Kane (the present Mayor) for organising and attending the veterans’ event at Hanging Heaton Cricket Club recently. It was a wonderful evening with great entertainment and
Letter of the Week: John Broadhead, Batley Curriculum and to assessment and testing which will take years to bed in. Despite the government’s claims to the contrary, schools face squeezed budgets, difficulties in recruiting qualified teachers and low morale in the workplace.
food (except for the custard?). We all enjoyed ourselves, and Coun Kane made us all welcome. There aren’t enough thankyous given out, but I just thought I had to put words to paper and show our appreciation. Thank you must also go to the entertainers and the club, especially Peter the steward, who was very hospitable. Thanks again Coun Kane,
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The implementation of a full-scale academy programme, as well as other major changes in the White Paper, will be a difficult, expensive and bureaucratic exercise which will detract from the essential day-to-day running of schools. None of this was spelled out in the of it in a bin before she calls at the shop. I thought of this lady when I was listening to BBC Radio Four’s ‘Costing the Earth’ programme and the issue of litter. The Keep Britain Tidy group, which has been in existence for over 60 years, is very much aware that more waste is being generated and disposed in an era of fast food, eating on the go, disposable cups and cans. Keep Britain Tidy believes that the Government should be raising awareness of the problems with litter. Speakers on the programme noted how clean things were in Switzerland, where they have teams of litter ambassadors talking to people which has led to much reduction in litter. In the mid-1980s there was concern in the state of Texas of the amount of rubbish being thrown out of cars – they came out with the slogan ‘don’t mess with Texas’ and reduced litter on Texas highways by 70 per cent. In the UK some local authorities have introduced on the spot fines for the dropping of cigarettes in the street. The simple message for all of us is to take our rubbish home or dispose of it in the appropriate bins that are provided around areas where we live.
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Dear Sir, Is anyone in the world truly safe? And I don’t mean safe from the various terrorist groups who are trying to wreak havoc and bring an end to the world in the name of religion. I make no apology for once again raising one of most emotive subjects – that of abortion/euthanasia. In Ontario, Canada, seminars are being held to instruct doctors in the most effective drugs to use to kill elderly patients who have different medical conditions. What is the world coming to when a wealthy country like Canada can seek to kill rather than support its old, weak and vulnerable citizens? It’s both frightening and sad
Conservative Party manifesto and it is interesting to note that several Conservative-run councils are now protesting about the proposed changes. Perhaps worst of all is the complete disregard for local democracy. Local authorities are not perfect in their administration of schools but the unelected multi academy trusts which will be tasked with running our schools have little or no local accountability. I fear for the hard-pressed school leaders who will have to carry the can for this policy and for those children whose education will be put at risk and whose parents’ views will be given scant regard.
that they should promote and encourage the practice of early death, rather than invest in research to find cures for, or ways to reduce the symptoms of chronic conditions. Then at the same time as the elderly, the disabled or anyone perceived to be a burden on society are being coerced into accepting their fate of an early death. At the other end of the spectrum, the unborn child faces not only the threat of abortion, but along comes a group of doctors who are advocating that women who are carrying a disabled or handicapped baby, and have taken the traumatic decision to have an abortion, should be persuaded to go full term with the pregnancy, so the child’s organs could be harvested and used in transplants. What kind of world do we live in? For a woman to take the horrendous decision to abort her baby must be difficult enough, but to have to deliver the child knowing it will be only used as spare parts doesn’t bear thinking about. If life before birth and life before natural death can be treated with such indifference, we are all targets for the culture of death.
Health system transforming From: Christine Hyde, Dewsbury Dear Sir, On Wednesday March 16 Kirklees Council voted unanimously to take the N out of the NHS by voting for their ‘health plan’. It is part of the ‘West Yorkshire’ footprint, which has 11 CCGs and a population of 2.5m people. The plan – imposed by NHS England with no consultation and no impact assessment, no risk assessment or reference to anything other than reduction in spend – is to be done by council managers in a ludicrously short timescale and finished by June. The NHS-funded profit-making companies running the Commissioning Support Unit will ‘help’. They know what other companies want. No matter that the representative of the Local Authorities
Association told the Health Select Committee: “It feels wrong for councils to implement the Five-Year Forward View.” Paula Sherriff MP missed this particular part of the Health Select Committee meeting, but I went. In my opinion, this huge topdown re-dis-organisation of health services in Kirklees, makes Jo Cox MP and Paula Sherriff MP’s excuse for not turning up at the NHS Bill debate on March 11 more than a bit tame. They seem to be happy to transform ours to the US system of health service provision with its exorbitant costs to taxpayers, who fund 64 per cent of US healthcare, its inequalities and denials of treatment. Are you?
I’m voting a resounding No From: John Sheen, Dewsbury Dear Sir, After 40 years of transition from joining a free trade Common Market or the EEC (European Economic Community) to being a virtual puppet in a European superstate we now have a wonderful opportunity to remove the handcuffs of subservience from this failed European project on June 23. We’ve seen political power controlled by unelected commissioners in Brussels whose very ‘raison d’etre’ is a desire to rule Europe without any democratic constraints. Successive UK governments have been party to this systematic betrayal of the British people by signing away our sovereignty through numerous and questionable treaties. Nothing beyond our shores should be allowed to over rule our sovereignty and democracy, yet, whilst our laws and our justice system are created by an elected British parliament, the European Court of Justice has precedence over our Supreme Court. Staying on the justice theme, criminal convictions for EU migrants have increased by over 40 per cent during the past five years.
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Continued from page 9 Over 700 offences every week. The freedom of movement EU policy has allowed free access to Britain for Europes criminals with little possibility of deportation. The events in Cologne, Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands during the new year celebrations were an appalling vision of depravity and could easily have been replicated in Great Britain. Our future security will depend on the ability to control our own borders. Major General Julian Thompson, a hero of the Falklands War, supported by many other high ranking military personnel, completely dispels the myth that EU membership makes us safer. On the contrary, we’ve seen the tragic events in Paris and Brussels which brought a realisation of just how vulnerable we are. The Shengen Treaty, which Britain did not sign up to, created open borders for all member states and has resulted in mass migration of biblical proportions. Ronald Noble, the ex-head of Interpol, said the introduction of the Schengen policy was like waving a welcoming flag to terrorists. Sheer insanity. Yet another error of judgement by EU officials. Add this to the failing Euro, the declining EU trading bloc and their inevitable drive to fasttrack Turkey into the EU. A country that borders Iraq and Syria would springboard terrorists into Europe with impunity. Bosnia has also applied for membership and other countries for consideration are Serbia, Albania, Kosovo, Ukraine and Montenegro. It may take several years but a positive decision would allow an additional 150,000,000 of the poorest people on the planet access to our already overcrowded country. Our infrastructure is unfit for purpose. Our NHS, schools and housing stocks are in a critical position, yet many of our misguided politicians want to remain within the constraints of this highly expensive club that only tolerates us because of our massive financial contribution and because we are one of the EU’s biggest markets, providing them with a surplus of around £80 billion per annum. Weighing up the pros and cons, I want Britain to be great and free again for my children’s and grandchildren’s future prosperity. I’m voting a resounding NO in the forthcoming referendum.
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As an organiser of the West Yorkshire Veterans Association, I have been sincerely touched and moved by what has happened just down the road from my home in Huddersfield. The boarding-up of your council chambers in Mirfield, and the departure of its democraticallyelected council has left us all chilled, and has angered the vast majority of our associates. Mirfield war memorial, 100 yards away and in view of the chambers, is home to one of our nation’s most attended Remebrance services, second only to London’s Whitehall parade. How sorry we all are to see such an unfortunate issue unfold. To allow such a fine public building to fall into disrepair, and the lack of foresight as to what this area stands for, is nothing short of a national disgrace. There are thousands of us throughout Kirklees, veterans of National Service, conscriptions and many more families who have lost loved ones throughout the long decades of warfare. We have a vote coming up soon, and it will be used. As for the Kirklees cabinet? Lions led by donkeys.
Serious questions From: M Walker, Mirfield Dear Sir, Some time, not long ago, Gordon Brown sold off the bulk of Britain’s
gold reserves when gold was at its lowest price. Following on in similar fashion, I think the Kirklees Council cabinet are seeking to do similar to the Mirfield council chambers; let the building get run down due to lack of maintenance and then flog it off quite cheap. So, who are the winners and losers in all this? If you maintain your home, keep up to its windows, roof, pointing etc, the price over the years will increase, and you will have a profit on your property far exceeding the cost of ongoing repairs. Most people throughout Kirklees would probably agree. So, let’s have a good look at this scenario. We all pay council tax to Kirklees (well, a lot of us do), so we would expect council property to be kept up to as a tangible asset for the future. Very serious questions, should be asked over the management of our public assets. We are the losers; the town council and the Labour cabinet will all claim the moral high ground and find a way to blame each other for cutbacks and lack of funding. Both parties will find a way to do very little to remedy the situation where the building is put back into profitable use and, possibly, rented out to the public. That process would involve a little bit of what you’ve paid for (work), and a bit of extra brainpower, if that’s possible.
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storey rear extension. The extension projects 6m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 3.9m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 2.8m, 40 Carr Side Crescent, Batley. B Burton, single-storey side extension, 19 Jail Road, White Lee, Batley. P Hunter, certificate of lawfulness for proposed two-storey extension, Briarcroft, Briestfield Road, Briestfield, Dewsbury. FKR Poperties Limited – c/o agent, three dwellings with associated parking and demolition of existing dwelling, 42 Hopton Lane, Lower Hopton. Mr M H Hafeji, the proposal is for erection of single-storey rear extension. The extension projects 4m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 4m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 3m, 11 Carlisle Close, Dewsbury. R Housecroft, reserved matters application persuant to permission 2014/93860 for outline application for erection of up to two dwellings (within a Conservation Area), Church Lane, Birstall. Mr & Mrs Brown, first floor extension, 34 Royd Wood, Cleckheaton. S Robson, two-storey side and single-storey rear extensions, 30 Chapel Close, Thornhill. Mr Ismail Rawat, single-storey extension, 32 Purlwell Crescent, Batley. Alan Milburn, work to TPO(s) 51/93, 23a Cornmill Lane, Liversedge. Mr M Sharif, the proposal is for erection singlestorey rear extension. The extension projects 6m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 3.9m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 2.9m, 117 Sackville Street, Ravensthorpe. Mr M Iqbal, the proposal is for erection of singlestorey rear extension. The extension projects 6m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 3.9m, the height of the eaves is 2.9m, 3 Scout Hill View, Scout Hill Road, Scout Hill, Dewsbury.
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P Pettinger, outline application for of one detached dwelling, adjacent to Sty Mount, Long Causeway, Thornhill. T Stevens, demolition of existing porch and erection of single-storey rear extension, 51 Groves Hall Road, Dewsbury Moor. Mr Kelly, part demolition of warehouse and erection of warehouse with external alterations, Wellington Mills, Huddersfield Road, Mirfield. Mr & Mrs Town, demolition of existing dwelling and outbuildings and erection of detached dwelling, detached garage, and detached outbuilding ancillary to 113 Leeds Road, Mirfield. N Shazad, change of use of former offices to one dwelling, Dewsbury Mot And Tyre Centre, Day Street, Ravensthorpe. Barnes Homes, erection of five units, Rawfolds Way, Cleckheaton. Mrs I Waheed, two-storey rear and single-storey front extensions and dormer window to rear, 15 Baptist Street, Staincliffe. Mr & Mrs Sinclair, two-storey rear extension, Ross Crea, Shillbank Lane, Mirfield. Mr & Mrs Windsor, orangery to rear (within a Conservation Area), 29 Batley Field Hill, Upper Batley. I Devey, formation of living accommodation above double garage and erection of porch to front, 21 Spinners Way, Lower Hopton. Mr Hasnain Abid, two-storey and single-storey rear extensions, first floor side and single-storey front, 68 Stockhill Street, Dewsbury. Mushtaq Hussain, two-storey rear extension, 26 Bronte Close, Dewsbury. B Carroll, one detached dwelling (within a Conservation Area), adjacent to 12 Grosvenor Road, Batley. R Wallin, two-storey side extension, 18 Chadwick Lane, Lower Hopton. Mr M Hussain, single-storey rear extension, 53 Oaklands Drive, Batley. L Fielding, certificate of lawfulness for proposed hip to gable enlargement with roof lights to form additional living accommodation, 21 Ghyllroyd Drive, Birkenshaw. Mr Makda, the proposal is for erection of single-
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News In Brief Mum’s holiday fine BATLEY: A mum was fined for taking her son on holiday without permission from school to see his seriously ill grandmother. Kirklees Magistrates’ Court heard the seven-year-old boy missed nine days of school last September. No permission was sought and the woman was charged with failing to ensure her son attends school . She was fined £190 plus £150 in costs and a £20 victim surcharge.
Man ‘robbed pal’ DEWSBURY: A man is accused of robbing and assaulting an acquaintance last month. Kirklees Magistrates’ Court heard Richard Richardson, 38, attacked the man on March 11. Richardson, of Ashworth Gardens, Eightlands, is charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He is due to appear at Leeds Crown Court on Wednesday April 27. He was banned from contacting the complainant in the meantime.
Governing Body Meeting To be held in public on 6th April 2016, 9am to 12.30pm Ravensthorpe Community Centre (Routeways), 24 Garden Street, Ravensthorpe, WF13 3AR An opportunity to listen to the Governing Body. Questions can be sent in advance by emailing ask@northkirkleesccg.nhs.uk, which will be answered at the start of the meeting. Verbal questions relating to the agenda will be answered at the end of the meeting.
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TORIES in Dewsbury have set out three main aims after electing new leadership. Mark Eastwood, 45, became chairman of the Dewsbury County Conservative Association at a meeting last Tuesday. He wants to win seats at May’s council poll, increase membership and win at the general election in 2020. The body covers the parliamentary area of Dewsbury, Mirfield, Kirkburton and Denby Dale. Mirfield town councillor Philip Tolson was named deputy chairman (political) at the meeting at Shepley Library in Kirkburton.
Kirklees councillor for Kirkburton John Taylor became treasurer and deputy chairman (membership). Father-of-two Mr Eastwood is again standing in the council elections in the Dewsbury East ward. He said: “With Labour only one seat from gaining overall control of Kirklees Council, we will be focusing all our energies on winning seats and achieving good results in the local elections. “After that, I want to look at new ideas to increase the membership numbers.” Mr Eastwood, who grew up on the Wilton Estate in Batley, moved
to the Dewsbury East area nine years ago. He is also Yorkshire and Humber representative of the Conservative Trade Unionist (CTU) organisation. His long-term aim is to retake the Dewsbury and Mirfield parliamentary seat from Labour. Mr Eastwood, involved in the campaign for defeated MP Simon Reevell, said: “Naturally, we were disappointed to lose the seat in 2015. “We need to implement a longterm strategy for regaining Dewsbury in 2020 – something I shall be looking at throughout my first term as chairman.”
Anya’s hair-raising is a cut above the rest By David Miller A YOUNGSTER from Dewsbury had an incredible 2ft of hair cut off for charity last Saturday. Anya Clayton raised nearly £1,600 in the process for children’s charity the Little Princess Trust. They make wigs for youngsters who have lost their hair due to cancer treatment. Each one costs about £350 – so nine-year-old Anya has helped several families with her gesture. Anya, a pupil at St Paulinus RC Primary School, had grown her hair since being little to about 3ft long. Standing at only about 4ft 6in, Anya’s hair
came down below her waist and needed special care. Jade Foster of VIP’Z Hair and Beauty on Market Place performed the cut last Saturday. Anya’s hair was so long it had to be put into plaits first to make the job easier. The amount chopped off will make at least one wig, while the money will pay for four or five more. It was the culmination of two months of fundraising which began in February with a school non-uniform day. Supermarket shopping bags were packed and supporters completed an excersise bike marathon. These raised £193.34, £279.92 and £637.85 respectively, with even more coming in through a Just Giving webpage. Anya’s total for the Little Princess Trust currently stands at an impressive £1,589.02. Parents Phil and Narinda Clayton, of Northfield Place, helped along with Anya’s six-year-old brother Alex. He held a bucket at two collections at Asda in Dewsbury all day without complaint. Anya said: “When I first heard the total I couldn’t believe we’d raised that much. “I learned a lot about what others can go through and feel really happy to have helped people who have lost their hair.” She added: “My head feels a lot lighter now. With my hair being so long my head could feel quite heavy.” Dad Phil thanked all those who helped or donated, including St Paulinus Kids Club. He added: “Anya is really enjoying the extra independence of being able to wash and style her own hair now it’s much shorter.”
Hairdresser Jade Foster of VIP’Z in Dewsbury, with Anya and her cut-off plaits
Youngsters seen in BBC drama A SIX-PART BBC programme featuring children from across the area began last Tuesday. Youngsters aged five to 11 from Dewsbury, Thornhill, Birstall and Gomersal can be seen in autism drama The A-Word. All are members of Gomersalbased drama school Articulate Speech, Drama and Casting. Filming took them around Yorkshire, Manchester and the Lake District in Cumbria from last November. They play a range of support roles including villagers, school children and party guests. The show, starring former Dr Who Christopher Eccleston, is about how a family cope when their five-year-old son is diagnosed with autism. Poppy Dyson, six, of Overthorpe C of E Academy in Dewsbury, said: “It was so cool filming. “We got to do lots of drama and everyone was really nice and gave us lots of nice things to play with when we weren’t filming.” Demi McDonald, eight, of Fieldhead Primary in Birstall, said: “Acting is my dream. “I loved meeting lots of new people on The A Word, it was such a fantastic opportunity.”
Young cast members with A-Word star Christopher Eccleston The drama school, which has bases across West Yorkshire, meets at Gomersal Public Hall on Oxford Road. Stacey Burrows, of the school, said: “The work the kids put into this project was incredible. “It wasn’t the usual ‘get up at 9am and film in a warm studio for a couple of hours’ affair. “Instead they were up really early some days and filming in the freezing cold playgrounds of the snowy Lake District.” • The A-Word is on BBC One on Tuesdays at 9pm. Episodes are also available on BBC iPlayer.
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An artist’s impression of the proposed wind turbine farm on land in Thornhill Lees
By Harvey Nallaf THORNHILL Lees and Mirfield residents worried about the prospect of 4,000 new homes being built on nearby green belt could receive good news today, with proposals to slash the project in half. However, it would be a mixed blessing, with Kirklees Council planners meeting this morning (Friday) to ponder a proposal by green eco-company Windy Prospects to site up to a dozen 80ft wind turbines on part of the designated land. The chief executive of the American company, based in Greenville, Kentucky, is Mr Ady Pallsifoor, who knows Kirklees leader and Heckmondwike Labour councillor David Sheard.
They met while Mr Palsifoor was presenting a sustainable energy plan to their mutual friend, ex-Cuban president Fidel Castro, in Havana. Coun Sheard was there on a fact-finding tour, studying excellence in local government methods. It is thought he introduced several Cuban innovations into Kirklees Council management when he took over the leadership in 2014. Mr Palsifoor, who first became aware of the potential of the Thornhill Lees site while staying with Coun Sheard on a ‘glamping holiday’ in nearby Bluebell Wood, said in a statement ahead of the April 1st meeting that the plan was a win-win for local people. “The area desperately needs houses,” he said, “but Kirklees
also needs to meet its green ecotargets. This does both. “Sure, some of the turbines will be less than 100ft from houses on nearby Ouzlewell estate, but we’ve covered all those pesky bases. We can compulsorily purchase the homes and knock them down to provide the necessary barrier, or we can offer those residents affected free electricity by wiring their mains systems right into our new turbines. “On the downside, they might struggle to cook the Sunday roast if it’s a still day, and if it gets too windy their houses will light up like Blackpool Tower, but I’m sure it’s nothing we can’t overcome.” A spokesman for Kirklees Council said: “This is just the kind of partnership we are look-
ing towards and the Secretary of State for the Environment has already given this the green light. “It is highly likely that the 2,000 new houses would be in demand among the already crowded Savile Town, Ravensthorpe and Thornhill Lees districts and because of the ethnic profile of the projected growth, Ady Pallsifoor has said Windy Prospects would be happy to fund a major new mosque, leisure facilities and even a cottage hospital to replace the soon-to-close A&E unit at Dewsbury District Hospital.” The site visit by planners, councillors and the firm is scheduled for 11am today (Fri Apr 1), with a final decision before 12noon.
FOR years now, Charlotte’s Ice Cream Parlour in Whitley has been one of the area’s favourite ‘tourist’ destinations, with a county-wide reputation. However the yummy kiddies’ favourite could have competition thanks to a ground-breaking new invention by a part-time Robberttown farmer. When he met and married Cleckheaton girl Sally Forth in Italy in 2012, fairground worker Mr Justone Corneto couldn’t have imagined a freezing Yorkshire night would transform his fortunes. Mr Corneto worked for his father-in-law helping tend his dairy herd of 99 cows, but when one was left out in a blizzard last winter, and was brought in the next morning, its milk immediately glazed. It was Mr Corneto’s idea to feed the cows with a high protein diet consisting mainly of unsaleable bananas from a ripening factory in Ravensthorpe. An organic, banana-flavoured ice cream resulted – and it is set to scoop awards at the World Organic Ice Cream championships in Naples this summer. “It’s been a rocky road of trial and error,” said Mr Corneto. “We tried feeding the cows pistachio shells, but sadly our ‘prototype’ herd member Daisy choked and died. But we have exciting plans and have started freezing the sperm from our two resident bulls Ben and Jerry, to see if that assists the process further down the line.” Because the product is both kosher and halal, the middle east’s biggest ice-cream manufacturer, Walls of Jericho, has already made an offer to buy the patent. “We have won the Winter Ice Cream’s Golden Cone award in St Ivel, Cornwall and next week (today – Friday April 1) it’s the European awards in Haagendajs, Holland. Winning that would be the icing on the cake.” To celebrate their success, Sally and Justone Corneto will be giving their novel new product away outside Dewsbury, Batley and Cleckheaton town halls today (Friday) but only until 12noon.
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News In Brief Hungarian fraudster finally tracked down DEWSBURY: A man who fled the country has finally been jailed for a £9,000 benefit fraud. Sandor Lendvai, 50, was convicted at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court of seven counts of housing benefit and council tax benefit fraud in June 2014. Hungarian Lendvai, of Ravensthorpe Road, was also convicted of providing documents to commit fraud. But he failed to attend his sentencing hearing and it took police 20 months to find him. Magistrates jailed Lendvai for a year.
Drunk dad forced wife to call police THORNHILL LEES: A man was arrested after causing a disturbance at his home while drunk. Mohammed Aziz, 44, refused to calm down when police were called to his home on Lees Hall Road on Tuesday. Kirklees Magistrates’ Court heard his wife called for help and officers were directed upstairs. Vanessa Jones, prosecuting, said: “He was banging on the bedroom door and his children were telling him to stop and go to sleep.” The bench bound Aziz to keep the peace at a sum of £150 for 12 months. DEWSBURY: A woman faces three charges of causing a noise nuisance. Georgina Hayes, of Ings Courts, is accused of failing to comply with a noise abatement notice issued by Kirklees. The order was made to ban amplified sound and other loud noises. Her case at Kirklees Magistrates' Court was adjourned until Thursday April 14 due to her having had an operation.
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Disabled campaigners threaten to sue over Whitcliffe sports plan By Staff Reporters CAMPAIGNERS could sue Kirklees Council in a bid to stop a Cleckheaton sports centre being demolished. The Equality Act is to be used to argue that a suitable alternative for disabled people has not been found to replace Whitcliffe Mount Sports Centre. It is due to shut on Friday May 20 in readiness for a new school to be built on the site. Disabled sport centre
user Ken Shaw is leading a group of protesters who have engaged solictors to challenge Kirklees Council. The authority had suggested the new Huddersfield Leisure Centre as an alternate base. Campaigners believe disabled parking spaces that are at least 60m away from the entrance make the £35m venue unsuitable. They want Whitcliffe Mount Sports Centre to stay open at least until
other facilities have been found. The rebuilt school, costed at £12m, will not feature a like-for-like replacement sports centre. It will have provision for pupils during school hours and the public at other times. To avoid shunting students elsewhere, the new school is being situated on the site of the current sports centre next door. A letter from their solicitors, Ramsdens, said: “The closure of WMSC will have a sub-
stantially greater and unlawful discriminatory effect on our client and other disabled persons to the extent that he and they will be left without any suitable council service of the sort which is provided to persons who are not disabled. “This issue is not going to go away and if the provision of services for our client and other disabled uses is not properly addressed by the council then county court proceedings under the Equality Act 2010 will be
commenced.” A spokesman for Kirklees Council said: “We did receive a preaction protocol letter through solicitors threatening judicial review proceedings. “We responded and the solicitors have confirmed they will not be seeking judicial review. “The solicitors have now sent a further letter threatening a claim under the Equality Act 2010. “We are currently putting together our response.”
Record entries battle for Gawthorpe title By Steve Martyn IT WAS over in a flash – and that’s no mean feat for those lugging 50kg of coal uphill. Craig Heppinstall triumphed at the 53rd World Coal Carrying Championships in Gawthorpe in a time of just 4 minutes and 42 seconds. He and scores of others were watched by a crowd of about 2,000 people on Easter Monday. The route runs 1,108 yards from the Royal Oak pub in Ossett to the Maypole Green in Gawthorpe. Men carry 50 kg of coal and women 20kg, in honour of a bet made in 1963 by two men. Penny Ditchfield won the women’s event for the third year in a row in a time of 4 minutes and 35 seconds. The current record holders are David Jones in 4 minutes and 6 seconds and Catherine Fenton in 4 minutes and 25 seconds. Damian Cameron won this year’s veterans race while more than 100 children took part in fun runs. This year competitors also had to contend with blustery conditions which meant running into a tough headwind. Back in 1963 coal merchant
TAKING A TUMBLE: The 2016 Gawthorpe Coal Race had record entries Reggie Sedgewick was enjoying a drink in a pub when Lewis Hartley walked in. He joked that Mr Sedgewick looked unfit and was instantly challenged to a race carrying a sack of coal. This year there was a record
number of entries, with more than 100 men and more than 40 women taking part. Committee secretary Duncan Smith said: “We had a fantastic day and despite the weather we still had a great crowd of between 1,500 and 2,000.
PHOTO: VIC HERITAGE “Why so many people want to run up a hillside with a huge sack of coal on their back I don’t know. “The race has really captured people’s imaginations and we are delighted that so many people have got on board.”
Patient calls kept waiting by health firm HEALTH contractor Locala has been hit with an official rebuke for not answering patient calls in time. The Batley-based not-for-profit firm runs community care services under a £238m deal. Under the terms, it has to answer calls to its ‘single point of contact’ call centre within 90 seconds. But after taking over podiatry services last month Locala struggled to cope with the extra calls. Chief executive Robert Flack had already admitted the calls “massively” exceeded what was expected. Now the company has been served with a contract performance notice from commisssioners. This kicks in a “remedial action plan” and if that does not work Locala could be fined or have some of its funding withdrawn. Locala’s deal, called Care Closer to Home, is jointly with the North Kirklees and Greater
ments to podiatry patients so there is less of a need for them to telephone in. “And we’ve introduced dedicated lines for some services to help ease the congestion. “We are confident that the steps we are taking and the ongoing monitoring will lead to a considerable improvement.”
Huddersfield clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). Doctors here said they would not allow cuts at Dewsbury District Hospital without such a service in place. Mr Flack said: “We would like to apologise to everyone who was kept waiting and thank our colleagues for their efforts in these difficult circumstances. “We’ve changed the way we offer appoint-
• Locala have checked the health of residents in Dewsbury Moor as part of a pilot project. The first of five Connecting Communities roadshows focused on the Pilgrim Estate. Residents received blood pressure and blood sugar checks and advice about healthy eating and exercise. Recommendations were made to those individuals who required further support and a healthy lunch was provided. A second event – which includes a community walk – is planned, building on the success of the first and to develop relationships further.
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Ramblers’ corner • FORTHCOMING walks with the North Kirklees Group of the Ramblers – non-members are always welcome. Please call the walk leader for more details MONDAY APRIL 4 SATURDAY APRIL 2 SPEN VALLEY SPRING (NK) PUGNEYS COUNTRY PARK (NK) Meet 1pm top car park Oakwell Meet at 10.30am at The Ship Inn, Hall WF17 9LG Horbury Bridge, WF4 5PR GR SE 217 270 6 miles (M) GR SE 280 179 10 miles (M) No dogs No hills, only one stile, no dogs Leader: Kathleen O’Shea Leader: Geoff Tel: 01924 471473 Tel: 01422 379921
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Blood Brothers – Leeds Grand Theatre Until Saturday April 2 Tickets £19.50 - £38 Box office: 0844 848 2700 Review by Lucy Tissiman BLOOD BROTHERS is the story of twin boys Micky and Eddie, who are separated at birth by their mother who simply can’t afford to keep them both. Micky stays with his mother who is already struggling to bring up her family, whilst Eddie is destined for a privileged life and is given to a wealthy couple who are unable to have children of their own. The boys grow up in contrasting worlds when at the age of seven their paths cross. Unaware that they are siblings the boys form an everlasting friendship and become blood brothers. Destiny draws them together and along with their friend Linda we follow their journey through laughter and tears into adulthood. This was my fourth time seeing the show and it was as heart-warming and as heart-breaking as the first. There is something very special about it, the stage setting is by no means elaborate, there are no fancy effects, the story is simple and brilliant, the cast are tremendous and truly believable and the music is so fitting – expect an emotional rollercoaster ride.
Table top sale at community centre OSSETT War Memorial Community Centre hosts an indoor table top sale on Saturday April 9. The car boot-style event opens to the public at 10am and admission is 50p, which includes a cup of tea or coffee. Bacon sandwiches will be available. To book a table at the centre, on Prospect Road, contact the organiser by email on ossettwe-carboot@yahoo.co.uk or by phone on 01924 263618 (voicemail).
Historical notes SPEN VALLEY Historical Society's next two upcoming meetings will be: Wednesday April 13 – ‘Tommy Atkins WWI’ presented by John Spencer; Wednesday May 11 (The Mabel Ferrett Memorial Lecture) – ‘The Mary Rose’ by David Cockman. Meetings are held in the Catholic Church Parish Hall on Dewsbury Road, Cleckheaton, starting at 7.30pm, with refreshments served from 7.15pm. The cost is £2 per meeting for members, £4 for guests and membership is £10 per year. For more information, contact society secretary Sue Cooper via email on scooper@thecoopersonline.org.uk.
CATS CAST: Back row L-R Sophie Hardill, Lucy Peel, Maya Fieldhouse, Jordan Barker, Louis Ashpool and Megan Rogers. Front row: Kate Parker, Georgia Elsdon, Sophie Golby, Macy Lupton and Lewis Lockwood
BACKSTAGE HEROES: Melanie Horwood-Hirst, Anita Elsdon, Sharon Own, Elizabeth Beever, Many Ashpool
Thanks fur support! IT'S A CASE of many hands make light work as Acorn Youth Theatre prepare to take to the stage with Cats at Cleckheaton Town Hall. Dewsbury-based Acorn founders Sarah and Cev Barker have their roles within the company fairly well defined when it comes to moving their shows onto the stage – with Sarah taking care of most backstage aspects and Cevin overseeing technical elements. But things are a little different this year after Cev was offered a last-minute Easter
panto run at Blackpool's North Pier. Cev said: "It was a bit out of the blue and coincides with Cats, so we were concerned how it would work with one of us out of the mix." But they needn't have worried. A few phone calls later and the parents of the youth threatre members were rallying around to help. Sarah added: "It's above and beyond what we expected. We have a great group of parents anyway, they are always helping with costumes, making props and painting sets, but in
the past week they've done all this without any direction from myself and just pulled together so I can concentrate on the technical elements. "It is a little out of my comfort zone, but I am backed up with the most amazing technical team as well. They’ve even been sitting in on rehearsals to ensure backstage runs smoothy." Cats will be performed tomorrow (Sat) at 7.15pm, and on Sunday at 1pm and 6pm. Tickets are available from http://tickets.kirklees.gov.uk.
Festival reveals folk stars in line-up THE DEMON Barbers are among headliners at this year’s Cleckheaton Folk Festival. This year will be the 29th festival and it has become known worldwide, with visitors coming from Europe and North America in recent years to sample the atmosphere at the ‘best little festival’ on the folk circuit. The popular Spen Valley event from Friday July 1 to Sunday July 3 and ‘folkies’ from up and down the country will swamp the town once again for music from both international and UK-based folk acts, complemented with generous helpings of fun and entertainment for all the family. There will be concerts, singarounds, workshops, music sessions, street entertainment and markets. Haworth-based folk band The Demon Barbers will perform their XL song and dance show on the Saturday of the festival, in
The Demon Barbers dress up for their latest album Disco At The Tavern partnership with North Kirklees arts organisation Creative Scene. There will also be pre-festival workshops and a chance to join
in part of the festival entertainment. The Pitmen Poets are the Friday headliners at the festival,
featuring former Lindisfarne singer Billy Mitchell, Bob Fox, Benny Graham, and songwriter Jezz Lowe. The All Stars Concert at Cleckheaton Town Hall on the Sunday will feature a capella trio Coope Boyes And Simpson, multi-instrumentalists The Shee, Radio 2 Folk Award winners Faustus, and Young Folk Award nominees Granny’s Attic. Other artists who will be appearing over the weekend include Crab Apples Ceilidh Band with caller Ron Darnbrough, Copper Kettle, Fireside Knights, Graeme Knights and Jim Mageean, Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar, John Prentice and Jill Drury, Keepers Lock, Keith Donnelly, Lucy Ward, Nick Dow, Said the Maiden and Yan Tan Tether. For more information visit www.cleckheatonfolkfestival.org or call 01274 879761.
Workshops and masterclasses at Red House FOLLOWING on from the success of the first ‘Junior Art in the Barn’ exhibition at Red House Museum in Gomersal, two workshops and a master class are being held this weekend. Open to all young people, the workshops take place on Saturday from 2pm to 4pm and cost £3.50 per person. Models in period costume will pose in the period rooms of Red House for a life drawing
workshop led by professional artist Jim Bond. It is aimed at children aged 10 and above and afterwards, work will be exhibited in the museum. Professional artist Helaina Sharpley will lead a ‘Drawing with Wire’ workshop in which children aged eight to 14 and their parents will make a picture of Red House out of wire. Materials will be provided and children
must be accompanied. On Sunday, from 2pm to 3pm, Helaina Sharpley will give a master class on ‘Professional Skills for Artists in the Digital Age’. She will discuss her website and the use of social media for self-promotion and selling. It is aimed at students on vocational art and design courses and costs £2.50 to attend. Places can be booked by contacting Red House Museum on 01274 335056/07773 212763.
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Brookside star Philip tells Ann all Turn your unwanted items about his directorial theatre debut into cash £££s IVERPOOL actor Philip Olivier – best known for his role as Tim O’Leary in Channel Four’s Brookside, not to mention stage roles in musicals and pantos – spills the beans on his directorial debut, a production of The Ale House. “It’s set in a pub and yes it’s about the banter and what goes on, but it’s totally relatable to the audience, as we have all stood in a pub at one time or another,” he said. Philip tells me he plans to take the comedy on tour across the UK later this year.
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COULD this be the end of Bake Off on the BBC? TV bosses have admitted their hit show could be poached by a commercial rival. It’s the most watched show on BBC this year, yet Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood could be poached by rivals as their deal with BBC comes to an end. A source tells me: “Of course the BBC want to keep the show, but they also know commercial channels have bigger pockets, so it could be out of their control. We are all hoping they agree to the BBC deal...” FOLLOWING on from the success of Sunday Night At The Palladium, an eight-part series of Tonight at The London Palladium is coming back to our screens from this spring. And again it will be hosted by comedian Bradly Walsh, along with some star names and many not known to us at all yet. IT APPEARS that the BBC can’t get enough of Sue Perkins-fronted panel show Insert Name Here, which is to return for a second series on BBC Two later this year. She says she is so happy with the quiz returning as: “It’s a great simple format that everyone can play at home too.” DON’T expect another series of the ITV show ‘Davina McCall: Life At The Extreme’, which was essentially another TV travel show with a celebrity. It performed rather badly in the ratings and now TV bosses think it may just come back for the odd special. STRICTLY Come Dancing’s Brendan Cole tells me he has no plans to quit the show that made him famous. He says: “I would be mad to of course, but I know after 10 years they could easily replace me with someone younger and keener. I enjoy the show and the fans that I have made since it all started, long may it continue.”
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Ann Montini with Philip Olivier AS THE glamorous host of Strictly Come Dancing, she’s the wholesome face of Saturday night TV. But Tess Daly has admitted to me: “I appeared in quite a few 90s pop videos, from Duran Duran to The Beloved ... you look back at the fashions and cringe don’t you? I do wonder if people see them and think ‘oh no Tess had no style at all!’” MR SELFRIDGE star Harry Selfridge was so captivated by the Dolly Sisters that he racked up huge debts lavishing them with gifts and funded their expensive gambling habit. Now, thanks to the success of the TV series, bosses are considering an option to turn their life story into a one-off Sunday night drama too. A source tells me: “People seem rather captivated by them, just like Harry, so we are exploring this.” DETECTIVE drama Endeavour, the prequel to Inspector Morse, will return to ITV for a fourth series following the strong audience reaction to series three. Set in 1967, the new films will go into production in late spring 2016. HAPPY VALLEY will return for series three after the Sarah Lancashire drama was a rating smash. Insiders tell me they are not sure when filming will commence, as it’s not certain when they can get all the cast together. They can’t do it without James Norton and Sarah, so everything depends on those two being available. JACK DEE has confirmed his departure as host of The Apprentice: You’re Fired after one series. A source reveals: “Jack enjoyed his time on the show but felt he wanted to get back to his comedy roots and not do more presenting.”
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Countdown to new-look cricket campaign begins By Mike Popplewell Cricket Correspondent sport@thepressnews.co.uk
AS THE new cricket season approaches there is much anticipation in the district as the historic merger between the Bradford League and the Central Yorkshire League opens the door to the arrival of the All Rounder Cricket Bradford Premier League. While the format of the old leagues has changed considerably, the newly-named Premier Division (formerly Division One) remains a constant, with last year’s Second Division champions Morley and runners-up Scholes moving up to replace the two clubs dropping into the newly-formed, two-section, Championship. Cleckheaton, champions in 2013 and 2014, failed in their bid to complete a hat-trick of wins last season but John Wood’s side were never far away and they were still in with an outside chance right up to the last game of the campaign when Pudsey St Lawrence beat them to take the title. Since the end of last season opening batsman Tim Jackson has moved on to Woodlands, Ian Wood has retired, after battling a knee problem in recent years, and
Scottish international Iain Wardlaw has joined Hoylandswaine, but there are some additions to last year’s squad. In comes left arm paceman Mohammed Bilawal as an overseas player, former juniors Chris Holliday and Sam Wilson join from Methley and the Aire Wharfe League respectively, and former early order batsman Mohammed Zaman rejoins the club from Littleborough. Hanging Heaton enjoyed a promising season last year and it is interesting to see hardhitting Birstall batsman Rob Macfarlane return to Bennett Lane. His previous stint as an all-rounder at the club was met with mixed results, due largely to injury, but now he is concentrating more on his batting and could prove to be a useful addition to the side. Scholes’ first season in the top flight is eagerly anticipated at New Popplewell Lane where wicket keeper batsman Matt Garside’s move from Second Division Spen Victoria is perhaps one of the more unexpected moves of the winter. Garside is about to embark on his 22nd season of Bradford League cricket but his experience, collecting 5,419 runs and 515 victims in the course of his career with Idle, Morley, Gomersal and Spen Victoria, should adequately compensate for any effects longevity may have had on his flexibility. Garside’s victim total makes him the leading wicket keeper currently playing.
Matt Garside in action with the bat (above) and gloves (inset) during the 2014 season
SPEN VALLEY LEAGUE FOOTBALL
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THIRD- and fourth-placed sides Palestino and Savile Youth played out a cagey 1-1 draw in the Spen Valley Football League Premier Division. Adbullah Aswat got the goal for Youth and James Chadwick scored for Palestino to make sure the game finished even. The fixture between Hightown Jets and Harsthead also ended 1-1. James Mortimor scored for Hightown but it wasn’t enough for the win thanks to Jack Rodgerson, who netted for Harsthead. The most one-sided game of the weekend came at Idle when the hosts fired seven past Savile United without reply.
Jack Strudwick bagged a hat-trick, Carl Dawson (brace) and John Curtis and Callum Doherty also got their names on the scoresheet. Girlington extended their lead at the top of the table after a narrow 2-1 defeat at home to White Abbey Road. Danyal Dar and Shoaib Javed netted for the hosts, in reply Weedy Khan struck for White Abbey. In the Premier Division’s final game of the weekend Vision edged a 1-0 win away at Athletico thanks to a Liam Hartley strike. Elsewhere, in the First Division West End
Park scraped a 3-2 victory over Smokin Aces thanks to goals from Milo Holley (two) and Matty Softley. Ashraf Navsarka struck twice in reply for Aces. And Howden Clough and Savile Town played out an entertaining 3-3 draw. Clough scored through Simon Moore (two) and Lee Crossland. But Town earned a point thanks to strikes from Naveed Hafeez, Fayyaz Bobat and Siraj Akbar. In the Spen Valley Memorial Trophy, Mount Pleasant beat Inter Batley 3-1 with goals from Saif Akbar (two) and Jawad Khan. Batley scored in reply through Suleman Variava.
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Inconsistent Albion aim to secure safety OSSETT ALBION showed some solid defence to take a point from a goalless draw with lowly Handsworth on Easter Sunday but they came unstuck at home to unbeaten Farsley Celtic on Wednesday night when the visitors ran out 6-1 winners. Nikki Swift provided the assist for Kim Nallon to score Albion’s goal. That win leaves the West Leeds side just three points short of certain promotion to the North East Regional League Premier Division while Albion’s point, three days earlier, sees them now seven points clear of bottom spot going into Sunday’s game at Sheffield Wednesday. At one point in the season it looked as if West Riding League side Ossett Town might be exchanging places with Albion but with later’s form improving Town’s promotion hopes have taken a dive in the past month. In their last outing the Reds went down 4-3 at Hepworth United and now find themselves needing to win their remaining games, while clubs above them are dropping points, if they are to
secure promotion. But, it is the League Cup semi-finals that are the main focus in this week’s West Riding County League fixtures, with First Division promotion rivals Battyeford Belles
and Bradford City A battling it out at City’s Rawdon Meadows ground for the right to play Premier Division leaders Altofts, or Tingley Athletic, in the final.
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Willow Valley hosts footgolf comp WILLOW VALLEY Golf Club held the opening leg of the UK Footgolf North of England Tour. Footgolf, a somewhat unexpected merger between football and golf, has gained a substantial following in recent years which has led to new courses been built and competitions hosted up and down the country.
Willow Valley used their par-three, nine-hole course to host the North of England Tour event last weekend which follows the same rules as golf. The only difference being that players must kick a size-five football into a 21-inch hole. Footgolf’s world cup players Mikey Downey, Tom Spink and Marc Cowell took
part in the event near Hartshead Moor, alongside beginners to the game, in a bid to win 230 ranking points and vouchers. And to add further incentive for the competitors, winners from each competition in the country will have the chance to represent England at the sport in future international tournaments.
Gary Sykes (left) was slow out of the blocks against Luke Campbell GARY SYKES suffered a heavy second-round defeat – and the fifth of his career – to Olympic gold medallist Luke Campbell at Sheffield Arena in their fight for the vacant lightweight Commonwealth title. Despite his experience Sykes, 32, couldn’t keep out of the reach of Campbell for long
and the fight was over within six minutes. A powerful left hook to the top of Sykes’ head was the point of no return for the Dewsbury boxer, who suffered 22 consecutive punches in Campbell’s final flourish before his team threw the towel in.
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Moorenders’ recent good form ends at Rossendale National League Three North
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at Marl Pits CLECKHEATON’s recent resurgence in National League Three North came to a crashing holt away at Rossendale where they lost 40-15. But despite the eventual one-sided scoreline it was the visitors who opened the scoring through Ronan Evans from a penalty goal on five minutes. But poor discipline from the Moorenders resulted in Rossendale quickly taking the lead after Simon Walker burrowed his way over from close range. Steve Nutt added the conversion to give his side a 7-3 lead. And the hosts soon extended that advantage with a second try scored by Nutt ho dusted himself down before adding the conversion. Rossendale scored another breakaway try shortly afterwards through Jack Ward as Cleckheaton struggled to come to terms with the pace of the hosts’ backline.
Danny Vento was yellow-carded for an alleged off-the-ball tackle and while the visitors were down to 14 men George Peel went over for Rossendale’s fourth try of the game. After 30 minutes Cleckheaton battled to find a way back into the game and their efforts paid off with a well-worked try finished off by Martin Woodhead. Evans converted in windy condition to reduce Cleckheaton’s deficit to 26-10. Knowing they would have downhill advantage in the second half the Moorenders felt they were still in the game. But they were hit with a blow on the stroke of half-time when Rossendale went over for another try, scored by scrum half James Bramhall under the sticks. Nutt added the extras to make it 33-10. Richard Piper pulled one try back for the away side in the second half following a trademark catch and drive, and despite being on top and looking set to score further tries Cleckheaton threw a loose pass and Rossendale capitalised to score another try through Alex Hurst to round off a comfortable win. Cleckheaton remain out of the relegation zone despite the defeat as they prepare for the visit of second-placed Wirral tomorrow (Saturday, 3pm).
Martin Woodhead touches down for Cleckheaton
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Sedge edge closer to safety NCEL Premier Division LIVERSEDGE
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at Clayborn LIVERSEDGE have climbed off the foot of the Northern Counties East League Premier Division table following a 1-1 draw with Handsworth Parramore on Tuesday night.
Sedge went ahead early on through new signing Benny Igiehon and the hosts held onto the lead through to half-time. But shortly after the restart Simon Harrison levelled the scores for Handsworth. However the Clayborn side performed much better against Rainworth Miners Welfare last Saturday, where they won 3-1 at home. Igiehon gave Jonathan Rimmington’s side the lead in the 36th minute. But the hosts didn’t double their advan-
Albion’s play-off hopes look over despite solid win Evo-Stik First Div North BRIGHOUSE TOWN 1 OSSETT ALBION
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at St Giles Road OSSETT ALBION got the better of Brighouse Town 3-1 away on Easter Monday in the Evo-Stik First Division North, but a recent slump in form has ended the Golds’ chances of finishing in the play-offs this season. Albion’s top goal-scorer Rob Bordman got his side off to a good start with the opening goal in the 21st minute against their
close rivals. The away side remained one goal to the good until Bordman doubled his tally early in the second half. A penalty in the 71st minute from Brighouse’s Ernest Boafo made for a nervous end to the game for Albion but they secured the win thanks to Abdou Bojang who struck in the 82nd minute to seal his side the points. The victory leaves Albion in ninth in the league standings, eight points adrift of fifth-placed Northwich Victoria who have two games in hand. Albion face another away game tomorrow (Saturday, 3pm) when the play fourth-placed Clitheroe.
tage until Timmy Raheem’s strike 20 minutes from time. Jordan Eldridge pulled one back for Rainworth but Raheem’s second goal in the 85th minute sealed the win for the home side. Liversedge are now just five points from safety with five games in hand. Rimmington’s men now travel to face Barton Town Old Boys tomorrow (Saturday, 3pm) to continue their quest for survival this season.
Reds lose out to late strike Evo-Stik First Div North SCARBOROUGH ATH 2 OSSETT TOWN
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at Queensgate OSSETT TOWN conceded a 90th-minute goal to slump to a 2-1 defeat away at Scarborough Athletic which was the Reds’ 21st of a long campaign. Stephen Mallory put the hosts ahead in the 24th minute and it remained 1-0 until the closing stages of the match, when Nick Wood gave the visitors hope of stealing all three points. But it wasn’t to be as Niall Flint fired the hosts ahead once more
in the 90th minute to seal the victory for the North Yorkshire side. The defeat leaves Grant Black’s men 20th, four points clear of the drop with three games in hand on fellow strugglers Harrogate Railway Athletic in 21st. Town hosted Bamber Bridge last night (Thursday), and will hope their latest signings Xander McBurnie and Anthony Mackie will provide the improvements necessary to avoid relegation. Town play Harrogate Railway at home tomorrow (Sat, 3pm) and a win in that game would give a huge boost to the Reds’ survival hopes in 2016.
Sharks’ youth on French expedition SHAW CROSS SHARKS Under-14s and 15s have been enjoying life in Villeneuve-SurLot and Tonniens in France this week. The Sharks’ annual French exchange, in its 47th year, saw local French families host the club’s young players as they prepared to play matches in Tonniens and Villeneuve. But the Sharks’ youth have been taking part in various other activities as well, including canoeing, mountain biking, a visit to the local vineyards and even a special civic reception. The young group of players are being led by Alan Smith and Tracy Grimwood with club coaches Paul Sutcliffe, Jacob Price and Darren Lister also on hand.
ATHLETICS
Dewsbury Road Runners impress TREENA JOHNSON was the star of a strong performance by Dewsbury Road Runners at the East Hull 20 Mile Race. The 54-year-old won the women’s race overall in a time of two hours 10 minutes 41 seconds . It was her best time in over a decade and the second fastest in the UK this year by a woman in her age category. The Dewsbury women’s team took the second team prize, the other scorers being Flora Skidmore in 2:37:39 and Maxine Hamilton in 2:41:28. Madeleine Stansfield won the female over 60 prize in 2:48:56 and there were also good runs from Mark Oldroyd 2:19:58, Kerry Wilson 2:45:28, Jean Entwistle 2:59:54, Wayne Speight 2:59:54, Trish Kay 3:07:56 and Shaun Camponi 3:22:56.
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Fryston put an end Stags’ cup dream BARLA National Cup FRYSTON WARRIORS
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Thornhill Trojans celebrate after reaching National Cup semi-finals
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Trojans triumph in big cup upset BARLA National Cup
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at North Road THORNHILL TROJANS have reached the last four of the BARLA National Cup after causing a 28-26 upset against holders Egremont. The Cumbrian side, who play in the National Conference Premier, two divisions above Thornhill, started the better of the two sides in challenging conditions and went ahead straight from kick-off thanks to a Matt Henson touchdown. Matty Bewsher converted. But Thornhill showed spirit to bounce back immediately and level the scores after Danny Ratcliffe try and an Andrew Bates conversion. The try gave the away side huge confidence and it led to a well-executed 60-metre touchdown which was finished off by Mindaugas Bendikas. Bates added the extras.
But Egremont were never going to roll over in this quarter-final encounter. The hosts demonstrated some good handling before setting up Ryan Barnes to go over for an unconverted try. And shortly afterwards the home side took the lead after Henson touched down for his second try of the match. Egremont then strengthened their grip on the contest with a Ryan Barnes try on the wing which Bewsher converted. Trailing 20-12 Thornhill began to battle back in the run up to half-time and Danny Ratcliffe went over for a crucial try which Bates converted. This was followed minutes later by a Bates penalty goal which levelled the scores. In the second half the intensity of the occasion began to spill over and the game threatened to get out of hand when Liam Morley conceded a penalty which Bewsher converted for the Cumbrians. But Thornhill refused to back down and Bates won a penalty which he
converted himself to bring the sides level once more. With nothing separating the two sides George Woodcock’s try proved decisive. Luke Carter made the initial surge but Danny Ratcliffe took over the attack, setting up Woodcock to go over. Bates was again accurate from out wide with the conversion. Egremont, desperate to progress to the last four, threw everything at Thornhill late on. Luke Charlton crossed for an unconverted try to reduce the Trojans’ lead to two points but the Overthorpe Park outfit managed to hold out for a memorable win. It is the first time this millennium Thornhill Trojans have reached the semi-finals of the National Cup and the third occasion in their history. Trojans will travel to play East Hull (April 30) in their semi-final showdown, but first up is a home game against Salford City Roosters in the National Conference League Division Two tomorrow (Sat, 2.30pm).
MIRFIELD STAGS were thrashed 42-12 away at Fryston Warriors in the BARLA National Cup quarter-final. Despite being roundly written off from the draw being made last month, the visiting Stags made a flying start to proceedings and had their Pennine League Premier Division opponents on the ropes following an impressive opening quarter of an hour. However, experience proved the difference on Saturday as the Warriors battled back to level the scores, before taking a narrow lead into half-time. Fryston kicked on after the interval and never looked back. But Mirfield enjoyed great territory during the opening stages and broke the deadlock in some style, after just seven minutes of play. Full-back Ross Hayden kicked high on the last tackle of the
Stags’ third set and regathered the ball inside the Fryston ingoal to make it 4-0. Hayden added the extras and Mirfield had early control of the last-eight contest. It wasn’t long before Fryston hit back, though, scoring a converted try of their own. The hosts then hit the away side with two quick-fire tries, providing them with a 10-point lead. With two minutes of the first half remaining, Fryston were awarded a penalty but the goal attempt sailed wide of the mark. In the second period Richard Silverwood’s men struggled to stem the Warriors’ flow. But after going 34-6 behind Mirfield bagged a consolation try when youngster Lewis Martin collected his own grubber-kick to take his side into double figures. Hayden added the extras. Fryston finished with a flourish on home soil, however, crossing to claim a pair of late tries to surpass a 40-point total and book their place in the competition’s last four. Mirfield host Brotherton Bulldogs in the Pennine League Championship tomorrow (Saturday, 2.30pm).
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Moor players shave heads for charity
Toby Williams (left) and Eddie Brown after having their charity haircuts
BOWLS
Smith edges Men’s Merit final KEZ SMITH pipped Stuart King 21-20 in the final of the Men’s Merit competition last weekend at Thornhill Cricket and Bowls Club. The event, sponsored by Keith Milner of KM Wedding Motors, saw Smith beat Adam Wadsworth 21-13 in the first round before he overpowered Robert Maud 2110, Peter Ellis 21-20 and Josh Mordue 21-18 in the semi-final. Runner-up King on the way to his final appear-
ance defeated Frank Griffin 21-11, Michael Sweeney 21-19, Nick White 21-14 and Colin Heywood 21-11 in a one-sided semi-final. Elsewhere Overthorpe Sports Club’s junior bowls section kick start their campaign with an open training session tomorrow (Saturday, 10am). Players old and new are welcome to take part in the event as Thornhill’s junior ranks prepare for their tough season opener against last year’s champions Sandal on April 6.
TWO DEWSBURY Moor rugby players Eddie Brown and Toby Williams have shaved their hair off for charity. The idea was the brainchild of Williams, who got
his fellow Dewsbury Moor Under-11s counterpart Brown on board to help raise money for their trip to the upcoming Leeds Rhinos Challenge weekend.
Donations are still being made but it is estimated that the two brave and charitable youngsters have also raised £200 for the Forget Me Not Children’s hospice.
Celtic’s youth show improvements
From left: Josh Mordue, Colin Heywood, Keith Milner, Andy Mitchell, Stuart King and Kez Smith Dave Jewitt
DEWSBURY CELTIC Under-11s showed more improvements in their last outing against West Bowling. Kaydan Roddy and Broady Arundel both scored impressive tries for the Westtown club. But strong running was also on show from prop Dalton Kiely, who collected the man of the match award. Kiely created good field position throughout the encounter which Bailey Bayton exploited to cross the whitewash for two tries. The best effort award went to Kailieb Atkinson who competed well, but the top
tackler award was given to Oliver Athey who was fearless at full-back preventing several tries with last ditch tackles. Meanwhile Celtic’s Under-10s narrowly lost out to Farnley Falcons in their first outing of the season. Harley Thomas raced over for seven tries to bag himself the man of the match award. The top tackler honours went to George Lister and the opposition man of the match accolade was collected by Ethan Day. Jake Hudson and David Malone both impressed on their debuts for the club.
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Kear’s Batley joint top after ‘Haven victory Kingstone Press Championship
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Easter Monday at Mount Pleasant BATLEY BULLDOGS narrowly defeated Whitehaven for the second time in as many weeks at Mount Pleasant to keep themselves on track for a top four finish in the Championship. Despite having the upper hand in the opening exchanges, Batley went behind to a Chris Taylor try on six minutes but Scottish international David Scott levelled the scores with a touchdown for the hosts. Adam Gledhill and James Brown then added further tries for the Mount Pleasant side and Pat Walker was accurate
with the boot to give Batley a comfortable 16-6 lead at halftime. After the restart James Coyle’s Cumbrian outfit were a different prospect and caused Batley huge problems in defence. Three unanswered tries from Taylor, Craig Calvert and Dion Aiye gave the visitors the lead but Kear’s Batley have not known when they’re beaten in 2016 and Alex Brown scored to renew their hopes of a sixth league win of the season. A drop goal from Grant Gore stunned the home crowd as Haven went ahead by a single point as the game neared its end, but a penalty goal for the Bulldogs ensured that they keep their tremendous form going as they sit joint top of the Championship with Leigh Centurions.
Batley’s Alex Brown on the attack against Whitehaven John Miller, Memory Mill Photography
Bulldogs’ delight after derby win Kingstone Press Championship
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Good Friday at The Tetley’s Stadium A FLYING start from Batley Bulldogs laid the platform for a deserved victory over local rivals Dewsbury Rams in the Good Friday Heavy Woollen derby at the Tetley’s Stadium. The Bulldogs were 12 points up within six minutes and added two further tries during the early stages of the first half to leave Dewsbury with a mountain to climb. And though the Rams rallied in the minutes that followed, the loss of three players to injury during the game and a heavy penalty count in the visitors’ favour put paid to any hopes of a comeback. It was a dominant pack display from John Kear’s side, coupled with a quick game around the ruck that proved to be the difference on the night. Batley took the lead in the fourth minute when Keegan Hirst offloaded in the tackle and then followed up the break before sending Alistair Leak over under the posts. Pat Walker converted and he was on target again as the Bulldogs crossed for a carbon copy score. Hirst again provided the offload for Leak to scramble over. The Rams continued to concede penalties and the Bulldogs were able to maintain their momentum, dominating territory and possession. And when the hosts did begin to build pressure, a loose pass from the returning Rob Spicer was scooped up by Wayne Reittie, who raced 80 metres to score out to the left. The Jamaican international was in again moments later when Dominic Brambani’s kick to the right bounced favourably into the Batley man’s hands. The latter two conversions were missed by Walker but the Bulldogs held a 20-point lead. By this point the Rams had lost influential prop forward Matt Groat to a knee injury and Aaron Brown to a shoulder problem while Kyle Trout was forced to leave the field with a head knock. The deck appeared to be stacked against the hosts, but they were able to rally before half-time. On 28 minutes Andy Kain wriggled free following a right to left move and found the supporting Luke Adamson and three minutes later Paul Sykes’ inside ball sent Josh Guzdek through a gap, and he rounded fullback Dave Scott to score in the left corner. Sykes converted both tries to make it 1220, but, after Pat Walker responded with a penalty goal for Batley, the Rams conceded on half-time for the fourth consecutive game.
MATCH STATS: DEWSBURY RAMS
Paul Sykes, Shane Grady and Joel Farrell team up on Batley’s Alex Brown Steve Horsfall Alex Brown beat Dale Morton to Brambani’s kick to the corner and sprinted over to score. Walker was wide with the goal. The try came after the Rams’ Joel Farrell was sin-binned for holding down. The Bulldogs put further daylight between the two teams in the minutes following the restart. Dominic Brambani’s attempted 40/20 was scooped away from the touchline by Guzdek and into the path of the chasing Shaun Ainscough, who caught Rams winger Morton off-guard to scoop up and score. Walker converted and the Bulldogs looked to kick on, but the Rams responded when Shane Grady was put through by Sykes. And after another Walker penalty for Batley, Guzdek’s flat ball sent Morton over and the Rams continued their resurgence 10 minutes from full-time. Kain’s pass sent Sykes over the line, before the former Bradford Bulls player returned the favour to put Kain over. Just one of the Rams’ four second-half tries was converted, however, preserving the visitors’ 30-36 lead and during a second half that saw Dewsbury’s Grady and Jason Crookes sin-binned, further indiscipline from the hosts afforded Batley the opportunity to kill the game. Brad Day twisted his way over the line on 75 minutes and Walker added a penalty goal on the hooter to round things off for the inform Bulldogs, who sit level on points with leaders Leigh.
1. Josh Guzdek 2. Dale Morton 15. Jason Crookes 4. Shane Grady 5. Dalton Grant 6. Paul Sykes 17. Dom Speakman 8. Matt Groat 9. Tom Hemingway 10. Ryan Hepworth 14. Luke Adamson 32. Kyle Trout 13. Aaron Brown SUBS: 18. Tony Tonks 11. Rob Spicer 22. Andy Kain 25. Joel Farrell
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BATLEY BULLDOGS 22. Dave Scott 2. Wayne Reittie 23. Danny Cowling 7. Shaun Ainscough 26. Alex Brown 13. Pat Walker 7. Dominic Brambani 8. Keegan Hirst 20. Alistair Leak 10. Alex Rowe 17. Joe Chandler 11. Brad Day 9. Luke Blake SUBS: 21. James Brown 18. Tom Lillycrop 24. James Harrison 31. James Davey
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DEWSBURY RAMS Tries: Adamson (31), Guzdek (34), Grady (50), Morton (59), Sykes (71), Kain (73). Goals: Sykes 2/4, Hemingway 1/2.
BATLEY BULLDOGS Tries: Leak (3, 6), Reitte (19, 22), A Brown (40), Ainscough (41), Day (77). Goals: Walker 8/10. Referee: Chris Kendall / Half-time: 12-26 / Penalties: 5-19 / Sin Bin: Joel Farrell (36), Shane Grady (55), Jason Crookes (80) / Sent Off: None / Weather: Still, chilly / MOTM: Dominic Brambani / Attendance: 2,020 / Match Rating: 5/5.
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Easter Monday at the Tetley’s Stadium DEWSBURY RAMS responded well to the disappointment of losing to Batley Bulldogs in the Heavy Woollen derby to overcome full-timers Sheffield 34-16. Dewsbury went ahead in the opening exchanges
thanks to some sublime attacking play which paved the way for Dale Morton to blast his way over in the corner. This was followed soon after by another clever move involving Joel Farrell, Morton, Josh Guzdek and Paul Sykes, who together paved the way for Dalton Grant to score in the corner in the next play. Sykes was accurate with the conversion from the touchline. The visitors showed intent when they reduced their arrears thanks to a try from Dave Hewitt. Michael Knowles added the extras. But it was to be Dewsbury’s half as they scored
their third try on the stroke of the interval. Morton was the man to touch down after he cut inside to fool two would-be tacklers. Sykes converted to give the home side a 16-6 lead at the break. Rob Worrincy’s try after the restart gave Mark Aston’s men a sniff of a comeback but their hopes were soon cut short when the rampant Rams scored two tries in as many minutes. First Nathan Conroy did the hard work before setting up Shane Grady to go over. Sykes was once again accurate with the conversion.
This was followed by a Farrell try which Sykes converted. Sheffield did muster something of a consolation thanks to a Cory Aston try, but Sykes stepped up shortly afterwards to ease any nerves with a penalty goal for the hosts. It wasn’t to be the final action of the game, however, as Toby Adamson crashed over on the hooter for the Rams’ sixth try of the match. The win leaves Glenn Morrison’s men two points adrift of the top four places, having played a game more than Bradford Bulls in fourth.
‘Dogs aiming to remain on top By Joe Link Sports Reporter joe@thepressnews.co.uk
BATLEY BULLDOGS prepare for their trip to Oldham with even more belief and optimism after a flawless Easter schedule saw them climb to the summit of the Championship alongside big-spenders Leigh Centurions.
Bulldogs boss John Kear wants to see improvements in his defence against Oldham Steve Horsfall
Hard-fought victories away at Dewsbury and at home to Whitehaven signalled that John Kear’s men have the character to push on and cement their place in the Championship top four this season, but the Bulldogs now face their first outing against one of this year’s newly-promoted teams and it looks set to be a high-scoring encounter as both sides have struggled defensively in recent matches. “Oldham can play some good attacking rugby and they’ll pose a big threat to us if we don’t improve on how we performed against Whitehaven,” said Kear. “I’m sure Scott (Naylor) will be preparing his team to take advantage of our recent frailties in
defence so it’s now my job to make sure that doesn’t happen.” Nevertheless Batley appear to possess the qualities of a trophywinning side as they grind out wins despite not playing their best rugby, and even the recent news of Kear’s departure at the end of the season hasn’t derailed their impressive form. “My ambition is to get my players playing at their best throughout the whole 80 minutes but that hasn’t happened yet, not even against Bradford or Leigh,” said Kear. “The first 20 minutes against Dewsbury I was particularly impressed with, however, and it’s that kind of performance I want to see more of. “But I’ve got a really grounded group of players and they know to take every game as it comes. “It is no good us getting carried away, we need to take each game with the same level of importance and if we do that we’ll give ourselves a better chance of keeping this good run of form going. “But we have a lot of hard work to do before we can start thinking about achieving something special.”
TOUGH TEST AHEAD FOR RAMS’ BRUISED BODIES DEWSBURY RAMS’ win over Sheffield Eagles on Easter Monday came at the right time as Glenn Morrison’s men gained some confidence ahead of their toughest run of fixtures so far this season. The Rams are preparing to host Leigh Centurions on Sunday (3pm) before welcoming Bradford Bulls back to the Tetley’s Stadium in a bid to repeat their Challenge Cup heroics over the former Super League side seven days later. And the Owl Lane side know that picking up points in the next two games is important after their inconsistent start to the 2016 campaign. Morrison’s side have won four and lost four to date and the busy Easter schedule has epitomised their season. A disappointing defeat to Batley Bulldogs was followed by a comfortable win over full-timers Sheffield Eagles, but gaining enough consistency to put a winning run together won’t be easy given the injury woes within
Morrison’s squad. “The Easter schedule has taken it out of us and we have a lot of busted bodies,” said Morrison. “We had to play a depleted side against Sheffield so to get the win was really good and shows the depth in our squad this year. “It was a big game for both sides as we wanted to break into the top six and both ourselves and Sheffield have some tough games coming up.” Joel Farrell was an example of the Rams players going above and beyond for the club after he suffered a knock to the head against Sheffield, but after undergoing the required tests managed to get himself a try on his return to the action. Matt Groat is another first team player fighting to be fit for Dewsbury’s tough run after he picked up a knee injury against Batley. Aaron Brown (shoulder) and Kyle Trout (head) are also doubts.
Dewsbury’s Matt Groat suffered a knee injury against Batley Steve Horsfall
Five make shortlist for top job at Batley THE SEARCH for John Kear’s replacement as coach of Batley Bulldogs in 2017 is well underway – and interviews have been taking place this week. It was recently announced Kear would be vacating his role to take on the job of director of rugby at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and Batley Bulldogs chairman K e v i n Nicholas is delighted with the shortlist he has comp i l e d alongside his boardroom colleagues. “We had a few potential coaches in mind when we heard John would be leaving at the end of this season,” said Nicholas. “But what we didn’t expect was the high number of applications that we received and some of those applicants have interviewed really well and have put themselves in the running.” Names linked with Batley’s top job include Dewsbury-born former Leeds Rhinos players Francis Cummins and Matt Diskin – but Nicholas refused to be drawn on specific candidates. “We have a shortlist of five now and they are relatively young coaches,” added Nicholas. “But we haven’t limited ourselves in any way.” The decision is likely to be made within the next three weeks when Nicholas returns from a holiday.
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