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GET A GRIP! Councillor calls on cops to get tough with gipsies

By David Miller THE POLICE are not using their powers to tackle the problem of gipsies taking over public land, according to a concerned councillor.

Coun Martyn Bolt demanded the chief constable and police commissioner take action after further trouble recently with travellers in Mirfield and Shaw Cross.

In particular he wants Section 61 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act used more often.

Police used that power last Friday when a group of gispsies occupied the playing fields of Shaw Cross Sharks, where a rugby gala was due to be held next day.

It was just the latest in a series of issues the club has had with travellers who have repeatedly managed to get past obstructions aimed at keeping them off the fields.

But Coun Bolt (Con, Mirfield) said the police did not do so when the gipsies returned there last Sunday.

He said: “Vehicles were parked around the perimeter and police said they wouldn’t use their powers because people still had access to the pitches.

“But if Shaw Cross Sharks were playing and a ball hit one of the caravans I’m sure public order offences would occur.”

A meeting was held in Mirfield last Sunday after two gipsy camps

caused problems.

Playing fields off Old Bank Road and Stocks Lane were targeted, though both groups had left by last Sunday night.

Residents told of dog walkers being confronted, rubbish being thrown into their gardens and being kept awake by generators running all night.

There were also claims gipsies defecated in the Old Bank Road playing fields in full view of residents.

Kirklees Council had secured an eviction notice which was due to be served at 12noon on Monday.

Some gipsies moved from Old Bank Road to the Rocket Park playground off Stocks Bank Road last Saturday night, allegedly breaking off a padlock to gain entry.

Furious locals attended a public meeting at the Airedale Heifer pub around 4pm last Sunday.

Groups of travellers have repeatedly targeted the Shaw Cross playing fields

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Coun Bolt – police have powers but won’t use them

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Friday August 19, 2016 Batley, aged 70, dad of Jo. Funeral is on Monday August 22 at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium at 3.15pm.

WALKER Joan On August 12 at Ashworth Grange, aged 97, Joan, wife of the late Leslie.

Service is at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Tuesday

Deaths ABSON Brian On August 15 in Kirkwood

Hospice, aged 49, of Hightown, father of Daniel and Clara.

Funeral service will be at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Thursday August 25 at 3.15pm.

BAILEY Gordon

HAMPSHIRE Helena

In hospital on August 13, husband of Anne, dad of Martin and Kevin. Funeral at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Tuesday August 30 at 2pm.

On August 15, recently of Earlsheaton and formerly of Ravensthorpe, aged 95, Helen, wife of the late Frederick William Hampshire. Mass will be celebrated at St Paulinus RC Church on Friday August 26 at 12noon.

BARKER Mabel On August 6, in hospital and of Roberttown, aged 89, wife of the late Geoffrey. Funeral will be at St Andrew’s Methodist Church, Littletown on Wednesday August 2 at 12.15pm.

ELLIS Janet (nee Wade) On August 15, at home in Ravensthorpe, aged 64, Janet, wife of Keith. Funeral will take place at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Thursday August 25 at 12.30pm.

GOODALL Raymond On August 10, Ray, husband of Norah. Funeral will be held at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Thursday August 25 at 10.30am.

HELLEWELL Sheila (nee Harrison) On August 12, formerly of Heckmondwike, aged 91, Sheila, wife of the late Herbert. Funeral will be at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium at 12.30pm on Wednesday August 24.

HENDRY Andrew On August 6 at Dewsbury Hospital, aged 70, Andrew, son of the late Christopher and Rene. Funeral will be at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Tuesday August 23 at 1.15pm.

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Harry. Funeral will be at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium at 10.30am on Wednesday August 24.

JACKSON Joan On August 9 in Kirkwood Hospice, aged 73, wife of Brian. Funeral is at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium at 11.15am on Tuesday August 23.

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night. Insp Jenny Thompson, of the Dewsbury and Mirfield NPT, visited Rocket Park off Stocks Bank Road last Sunday morning.

The gipsies were gone by the time a public meeting was held at a pub later that day.

PEDLEY Coun Martyn Bolt has called for Dorothy police to use their powers under At home in Liversedge on Section 61 of the Criminal and August 8, aged 76, wife of the Public Order Act more often. late Ian. Funeral is today But Chief Supt (Friday August 19) at Steve Cotter, of Dewsbury Moor Crematorium Kirklees Police, said: at 3.15pm.

“Section 61 powers Continued from Page 1 ROSS are normally only used for land such as Ian Andrew Coun Bolt said Kirklees took flak and added: school playing fields On August 11 in Huddersfield “Residents are saying something must be done.

Royal Infirmary, aged 42 and during the school When things turn to anger, it’s often the council formerly of Dewsbury, Ian, term or a cemetery, that gets blamed but in this case the anger is husband of Babs. Service is at where the impact to misdirected.

Fixby Crematorium on Friday local communities is “The police have the powers to act, but aren’t August 26 at 12.30pm. significant, which using them, though it’s their job to maintain would not necessarily SUMMERS public order. The remit lays with them, and be the case with this unless the law has dramatically changed, they Edward land at Shaw Cross. have to uphold the law without fear or favour.”

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On August 10 and in Kirkwood Hospice, of Birstall, David, aged 67, father of Tanya and Paul. Funeral is at Dewsbury Moor Crematorium on Monday August 22 at 2pm.

POLICE defended their actions against gipsies who caused problems in Mirfield and Shaw Cross last week.

Travellers who put a rugby gala at the Shaw Cross Sharks ground in doubt were moved on by officers last Friday.

Police also intervened when gipsies occupied a children’s playground in Mirfield last Saturday

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A-LEVEL RESULTS ROUND-UP

A day to remember for the final Sixth Formers

By David Miller

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THE sixth form at Batley Grammar School went out with a bang with top results for its last students.

In November, 2014, the Carlinghow Hill secondary, a government-backed ‘free school’, revealed plans to shut the sixth form by next month.

The final cohort of just 21 pupils achieved a pass rate of 95 per cent across all subjects. Some 63 per cent of grades awarded were A* to C, more than 30 per cent were A* to B and 13 per cent were A* to A. The average points score per entry rose to more than 205 and the score per pupil was 635.

It continued the school’s rise in A-Level performance in recent years, despite Government exam reforms and a switch away from the private sector. The top students were Anastasia Womack and Olivia Marchant, who achieved all A* and A grades. From next month, Batley Grammar becomes a co-educational ‘free school’ for children aged four to 16, with more Year 7 places on offer.

A ‘free school’ is one funded by the Government but run independently of council education authorities. Batley Grammar, founded in 1612, rejoined the state sector as one of the first ‘free schools’ in 2011.

Headteacher Brigid Tullie insisted that the end of the sixth form does not mean a change in the school’s ethos.

A-LEVEL results were so good at Dewsbury’s St John Fisher Academy that most sixth-formers got into their firstchoice university – including the elite institutions.

The overall pass rate for academic and vocational qualifications combined was 99 per cent.

More than half of all grades unveiled were at A* to B and 33 per cent were A* to A. The average points score per pupil was 728, equivalent to three B grades at ALevel.

It meant many got into the top Russell Group universities, such as Manchester and Sheffield.

In the lower sixth form, the pass rate for AS Levels was 91 per cent, with 27 per cent of all grades at A or B. Nationally there was a fall in the award of top grades across the board for the fifth year running and headteacher Kevin Higgins said of bucking the trend: “There’s no secret.

Our pupils have been very well supported by their families and teachers.

“The majority have done very well and

achieved at or beyond the expected level.” He added of changes to the exam system: “I know there’s been some horror stories nationally, but our analysis is that this isn’t the case for us.”

Big reforms come in next year, meaning these A-Levels are the last of the current system.

Mr Higgins said: “It’s a difficult time for 16 to 19 education as there are changes which can be confusing for parents and children.

“But our staff are doing their best to guide them through.”

PUPILS at Heckmondwike Grammar School amassed an incredible 268 A* and A grades at A-Level between them.

Excluding general studies, 81 per cent of results were at grade C or better and 70 per cent of these grades were either A*, A or B. Some 44 students achieved three or more grade A* or A passes while nine students achieved four or more – Rufaidah Ahmad, Oliver Atkinson, Calum Dee, Arun Jassal, Patrick Lord, Abdullah Pakwashee, Callum Radley-Scott, Salma Valli and Robert Wilkinson.

This year there were 247 submissions, 78 per cent of which were awarded grade C or above.

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Mum’s benefit fraud BATLEY: A mum caring for a disabled child admitted a benefit fraud of nearly £6,000.

Safina Khalid, 37, of Woodsome Estate, pleaded guilty to three counts of failing to tell the authorities of a change in her circumstances. Kirklees Magistrates’ Court heard she was claiming income support, carer’s allowance and disability living allowance.

Between July 23, 2014 and February 17 last year, Khalid left the UK to take her sick daughter for treatment in Pakistan. During that period she was not entitled to benefits and was overpaid by £5,879 as a result.

Sentencing was deferred for reports.

Jailed for ‘rape’ rant BATLEY: A man who threatened to rape the daughters of police officers in a drunken rant has been jailed for 16 weeks.

Adeel Nafees, 28, also spat at them in a diatribe which began outside a house on Lavender Croft on July 7. Kirklees Magistrates’ Court heard police were called over reports Nafees was throwing stones at a window.

Nafees, of Charnwood Bank, Batley, was arrested but called officers “black and white b********”, spat at them and threatened to rape their daughters.

He admitted two counts of racially aggravated assault, one of racially aggravated harrassment, being drunk and disorderly and possessing cannabis.

Andy Day, for Nafees, said his client knew he had acted wrongly and had no excuses for his behaviour.

Peaks challenge RAVENSTHORPE: Amateur footballers take on armed forces veterans in a Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge for the Blind Veterans charity tomorrow (Saturday). Teams from the Ravenswharfe Hotel and Mirfield Rifle Volunteers will go head-to-head to see who can complete the famous 25.2-mile Yorkshire Dales walk in the quickest time.

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Firm fined £15,000 after worker badly burned A MANUFACTURING firm in Batley has been fined £15,000 after a worker was badly burned at work.

Kevin Hirst needed skin grafts and suffered permanent scarring following an accident at Batley Foundry Ltd on Warwick Road in August, 2014.

Bradford Crown Court heard Mr Hirst was wearing only a T-shirt and jeans when applying paint to a mould.

The coating process involved using a plastic bucket containing highly flammable isopropanol.

A colleague saw Mr Hirst holding a bucket which had 2ft flames coming out of it before he dropped it to the floor and “burning paint” went over him. Another colleague used a fire extinguisher but Mr Hirst suffered full thickness burns to parts of his body.

He was in hospital for four weeks and, while the firm tried to provide other work for him, he left the company and is now a delivery driver.

Batley Foundry Ltd admitted breaching health and safety regulations at an earlier hearing at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court.

Barrister John Cooper QC, for the company, said there was no previous his-

tory of offending or any enforcement notices.

He said bosses cooperated fully with the health and safety executive and had reacted properly since the accident.

Mr Cooper said the company now makes its own metal buckets with lids which can be closed in the event of fire.

They have also issued workers with fire retardant clothing for such

work and refresher training.

Imposing the fine, Judge Colin Burn said keeping substances like isopropanol in plastic buckets near to work stations was “an unsatisfactory state of affairs”.

But he accepted the company had not been cutting corners and welcomed the steps taken subsequently.

The company will have to pay costs of £9,000.

‘Slow down...or lives will be lost’ Dad Steve’s plea for speed cameras after wife and daughter survive road crash

Wreckage of the car from which Steve’s wife and daughter had to be cut free

LIVES will be lost in Dewsbury if drivers do not slow down on a major road, a resident claims.

Steve Scaddan, of Leeds Road, launched an online call for permanent speed cameras to be installed near his home between Shaw Cross and Woodkirk.

It follows a car smash on July 12 in which his wife and daughter were badly hurt.

His Change.org petition had been signed by 587 people by Wednesday this week.

Steve said sometimes there is a mobile speed camera near the Babes in the Wood junction.

“People get to the brow of the hill and if they see there’s no camera they absolutely ton it down there,” he said.

He added that there is overtaking and undertaking and some vehicles do well in excess of the 40mph limit.

“There’s cars and HGVs that overtake me who must be doing at least 50mph or 60mph,” Steve said.

“The people who live on Leeds Road who

need to get out of their driveways find it a frightening experience.

“And a lot of children live on here, so I fear it’s only a matter of time before someone gets killed.”

His wife Tracey, 35, and Caitlin, two, had to be cut free from their car after it was in collision with another vehicle.

They were pulling into their driveway when there was an accident involving a car travelling towards Woodkirk.

Steve’s petition tells how they had to be airlifted to Leeds General Infirmary for treatment.

He said: “I feel extremely lucky to still have my family alive. The speed on this road does need to be brought down because it’s a residential area.

“And if we don’t get permanent speed cameras then I dread to think what could happen.”

Steve’s petition can be found via https://www.facebook.com/steve.scaddan.9/po sts/10209954581923588.

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Attacker avoids jail MIRFIELD: A man who beat up his partner in a vicious attack avoided jail when he appeared in court.

Victim Csabane Kanya suffered facial injuries in an argument at her home on Northway Gardens on May 24 but after giving a statement, refused to testify against Sandor Ignacz, 32, of Cliffe Street, Dewsbury.

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LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE Danny Lockwood

Kirklees, beacon of democracy...

HERE was a time when I was on first name terms with the chief executives of Kirklees Council, as I was with police Chief Superintendents too. I could pick the phone up and vice versa. We could speak off the record with a level of mutual trust.

Times have changed and not for the better, either in improving our towns and communities, or in promoting local democracy and answerability.

That’s not a local malaise, by the way. It’s every town hall and police force in a country which has somehow arrived at a totally fractured fork in the road. The public is the de facto enemy of the political, police and bureaucratic classes and the media is regarded as its militant voice.

The recent Brexit vote is only one symptom of this breakdown.

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ONE OR two Mirfield residents raised an eyebrow last week at whispers that St Paul’s Church in Eastthorpe had taken in over 100 refugees. “No problem, but it would be nice to know,” was the general tone. Worry ye not – the church was hosting an annual summer convention of Ethiopian Christians based in the UK. We’ll have a nice feature about it next week... something called a Democracy Commission which frankly stuns me, given this authority’s abject record in administering that most basic democratic institution – the public vote.

Its aim is, unsurprisingly, to explore people’s views on Democracy in Kirklees. My first reaction was that it would be nice; would make a change. But that’s too glib because it’s a problem only in

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certain parts of the district.

The Commission has an ‘independent’ chairman in Dr Andy Mycock although given that he’s from the University of Huddersfield and the rest of his panel are serving Kirklees councillors, I already have my reservations.

I’ve been invited to address the Commission and I couldn’t have accepted faster or more enthusiastically if it had been Halle Berry ringing and asking me to help fasten her stockings and sussies.

Sadly, I wouldn’t know the current Kirklees chief exec Adrian Lythgo if I ran into him while delivering a sackload of Savile Town postal votes. I imagine in such a circumstance however that he would be struggling to walk from A to B - because he must have brass balls the size of an Olympic shot put, given what he came out with this week.

If you missed the news, former Tory minister Eric Pickles has delivered a report on electoral fraud. It was a good choice because when he was leader of Bradford Council, big Eric would have seen quite a bit of hanky panky first hand.

Eric’s slap-my-thigh, go-tothe-foot-of-our-stairs conclusion, was that police (and councils) turn blind eyes, ears and arrest warrants to rank voter fraud among Muslim communities for fear of being accused of racism.

Rochdale or Rotherham anyone? Ring a bell?

Oh well, I suppose at least no one gets drugged and raped in fixing a local election.

Maybe we should be thankful for small mercies.

But here's the killer – KMC chief Adrian Lythgo, who has orchestrated institutional cover-ups of electoral fraud specifically in Dewsbury for years, has “welcomed” Eric Pickles's report.

Brass balls the size of shot puts? Balloons more like. Hot air balloons.

I’m counting the days to my appearance at the Commission – and I trust none of its members call in sick that day...

Arise, Masters of the World T'S ironic that GB's Rio gold rush comes on the back of the biggest sell-off of school sports fields and closure of public sports facilities since Baron de Coubertin turned a three-legged-race and garden croquet into the biggest sporting bonanza on the planet.

It shows what a talented bunch we are everyone (pat a neighbour on the back...)

I don’t think golf, tennis or 7s should be in – but I was glued to them all the same.

I still hold my breath when I watch the gymnastics, because that’s not normal. I admit that I can’t watch the ladies’ beam event. How does anyone make it to Rio or London or Beijing to even compete? How come they’re not all in plaster, or busy trying to extract their teeth from the wooden banister they do double somersaults on?

I can only imagine the beam they use for practice is on the floor, surrounded by beanbags.

In fact there’s a thought – if you want to encourage participation, make the darn thing just 12 inches off the mat. (I’d still break my ankle just trying to turn round on it).

Much praise from the successful athletes has gone to funding from the Lottery, to which quite a few grinches have objected.

I think we can rest assured Justin Rose and Andy Murray didn’t need help, nor Bradley Wiggins or Mark Cavendish – but the less well known names, who dedicate years of their lives to trying to glorify not just themselves but our nation?

Lottery funding gets my thumbs up every time.

Would people prefer that hundreds of thousands from the Big Lottery Fund are frottered away to fictitious ‘community groups’ as was hap-

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Lady Laura – sensational penng in Savile Town?

If witnessing the success of Rebecca Adlington, Steve Redgrave and Chris Hoy in the past, Adam Peaty, Laura Trott and Max Whitlock in Rio, encourages youngsters to get off their backsides and ditch the Pokemon Go, I say ‘Amen’.

HERE’S a problem with Laura Trott, her boyfriend Jason Kenny and Mo Farah. How? It’s with Sir Chris Hoy, Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Ben Ainslie, Dame Kelly Holmes etc. It’s fine and dandy dishing out knighthoods when you’re a nation for whom a gold medal is a rarity, but when they’re hanging round Team GB necks like Brazil nuts off a tree, where do you stop? As expected, I have a thought.

Given how David Cameron and the political classes corrupt the honours system year in, year out, I think it’s wrong expecting our national heroes to share titles with fraudsters, sycophants and political financiers – so just bin the lot.

Starting from scratch, we could then create a new honours system, with robust public oversight, to recognise great sporting feats (among others) and the contribution to society of properly heroic citizens.

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LAST WEEK I promised the results of our occasional Dewsbury town centre shop survey. It always helps to have ‘filler’ stories in what we call silly season ... except this patch is never thin for news. As such we’ve had to hold it over until next week.

And you thought Corbyn was stupid...

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UNLIKE the vast majority of traditional Labour voters cast in the mould of my wonderful late mum, I cannot find a bad word to say about leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Lots of mickey-taking, sarcastic words, yes. He’s a castiron idiot who would need to convene a committee to boil an egg. But bad? No. His leadership rival Owen Smith however has none of the innate excuses that Corbyn boasts. Smith actually finished his education after a fashion – crap degree,

lousy Uni. But Smith’s risible suggestion that we should “sit round a table with ISIS” takes not just the biscuit but a Fox’s factory load.

This would-be PM wants us to ‘negotiate’ with ISIS. About what exactly? Whether we choose to nuke ourselves or helpfully cut each other’s throats before the last man submits to Islam?

It says something about these fools’ naivete that they don’t understand the basic tenet of ISIS – submission or destruction.

That’s a pretty extreme position to try negotiating back from Owen, because offering some IMF grants and a few oil fields isn’t going to do it. For once it’s really not about the money.

Oh, and should you get your wish to sit round the table with ISIS – and boy, do I wish that could happen – make sure you’ve got the steak knives and they’ve only got soup spoons...

PS: They’d even take your eyes out with those, given chance. What a moron.

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Council ‘getting tough’ on poll fraud in Kirklees Wembley choir date for Rams fan Mandy ONE of Dewsbury Rams’ most dedicated long-distance fans will be representing the club in the unique fans’ choir at the Challenge Cup final at Wembley next week.

Mandy Fentem, 53, sings in the church choir at her home town of Matlock in Derbyshire every Sunday, before joining husband Michael on the 60-mile trek to Owl Lane, to watch the Rams in action.

She will be joining Batley Bulldogs stalwart Jim McVeigh and representatives of other clubs in leading the 80,000 crowd singing the Rugby League anthem, Abide With Me, before the final between Hull FC and Warrington Wolves on Saturday, August 27.

Mandy was nominated for the choir by her husband, who got involved with the Rams when he was the visiting preacher at the Mt Tabor Church in Dewsbury.

Members of the church sponsored a Rams player and minister and Rams club chaplain Chris Battye invited Michael along to a game – and the couple have been hooked ever since, being season ticket holders for seven years.

Every week Mandy makes cakes for the executive club and this season has volunteered in the club shop and served after-match meals to the players.

COUNCIL chiefs insist they are getting tough on election fraud after recommendations from a national review.

Kirklees chief executive and election returning officer Adrian Lythgo said some proposed measures are already in place.

A report by former local government secretary Sir Eric Pickles was published last week.

It concluded that “politically correct sensibilities” means a blind eye is turned too often to voting irregularies.

This is particularly so in Pakistani or Bangladeshi communities, leading Sir Eric to make 50 recommendations.

These include: • Banning political activists from handling ballot papers; • Police cordons around polling stations; • Voters to show proof of identity at polling stations; • Abolition of permanent postal votes.

Kirklees was placed on an Electoral Commission watchlist after problems at the 2012 council poll, which was the latest and possibly worst of regular accusations of electoral fraud.

Three people were cautioned as part of a probe into illegal activities in the Dewsbury South ward.

There were concerns about a big rise in postal ballots in Savile Town and Thornhill Lees and accusations of coercion and intimidation of voters.

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Mr Lythgo gave Sir Eric a written submission which contained ideas featured in the report.

Mr Lythgo said: “I welcome that the recommendations reflect a number of concerns and suggestions made as part of my submission.

“Some of the recommendations for elections are already in place within Kirklees.

“And I am keen to see an introduction of the requirement for voters to produce personal identification at polling stations.”

Mr Lythgo also wants to see the Electoral Commission’s code of conduct beefed up.

He added: “In the meantime, we continue to work with the Cabinet Office, the Electoral Commission and the police to improve the integrity of the electoral system in the Kirklees area.”

The council began sending out voter registration forms from Monday, which must be completed even if there are no changes to personal details.

Individual Electoral Registration means each person is responsible for being on the electoral register.

A council spokesman urged residents to “respond quickly. This saves money as we will not need to send costly reminders”.

News in Brief Cig cheat’s appeal fails DEWSBURY: A shopkeeper jailed for selling counterfeit cigarettes has had an appeal against his sentence thrown out.

Arkan Rashid Ahmad, 36, of Princess Gardens, sold the goods at his Global Groceries shop in 2014, avoiding £80,000 in tax. He admitted fraudulent trading and was jailed for 15 months at Leeds Crown Court in April.

Lawyers at the Court of Appeal in London argued Ahmad should have got a suspended sentence. But the case was thrown out and Mr Justice Sweeney said: “This was an offence of fraudulent trading which continued over a period of months, put customers at risk and evaded a large amount of duty.”

Stone attack ordeal GOMERSAL: A dog walker was attacked with a stone by a robber who demanded money last Wednesday.

The victim, 44, was on a footpath between Moor Lane and Summerdale with her pet around 4pm when the assailant struck. He was wearing black clothes and a black baseball cap and his face was covered.

Det Con Kris Roberts, of Kirklees CID, said: “This was quite clearly a terrifying incident for the victim and it is very fortunate she was not seriously injured.”

Any witnesses can call DC Roberts on 101, quoting crime reference number 13160344357.

Flower fans wanted OSSETT: New members are wanted for the Wakefield Geranium and Fuchsia Society, following the retirement of several committee members.

The group meets at Ossett Town FC on the second Monday of each month. Gardening enthusiasts are welcome to attend the next meeting, on Monday, September 12 (7.30), when the guest speaker will be wildlife photographer Mike Breedon. Call 01226 722287 for details.

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Dear Sir, Is that the beginning of the end for Dewsbury hospital? I have spent the last 4-5 years fighting against this downgrade which will start in September.

I have watched the Clinical Commissioning Group and the Mid Yorkshire Trust decimate a hospital which was paid for

by Dewsbury people.

The Coronary Care unit and the children’s ward are now closed and empty – these services are now at Pinderfields hospital.

The CCG and Trust groups decided to build a new children’s assessment unit at

Gipsy idea is going nowhere From: David Honeybell, Heckmondwike Dear Sir, In your article in last week’s Press regarding untaxed vehicles in Mirfield, and in particular, the ones belonging to the gipsies camped on playing fields off Old Bank Road, I must say I fully agree with Mirfield councillor Martyn Bolt, said that vehicles in

Letter of the Week: Wendy Senior, Dewsbury Dewsbury hospital which has been open about three years which is now being downgraded.

The new maternity ward which is based in the Ridings annex has six beds, ladies are expected to stay for six hours when their babies have been delivered. An epidural for pain relief will not be available there.

I worked at Crossley maternity home, a midwife-led unit in the 1960s. We were constantly sending for Dr Fox who was based at

Mirfield, suspected of being untaxed, should be taken off the road.

All drivers should be made to have roadworthy, taxed and insured vehicles, not only the ones with a permanent address.

Why should the gipsy community be treated differently?

The obvious answer is staring us in the face. If the gipsies have no transport, they can’t move on, meaning you’re stuck with them on your patch.

So Martyn, I hope you’re successful in your fight to take away the gipsies’ vehicles, ensuring they become a perma-

nent part of the Mirfield scene, and keeping them out of our bustling little town of Heckmondwike.

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So stop this madness, playing with people’s lives to save money. Bronte Towers maternity building was built to take the place of Crossley, Batley and Moorlands maternity homes, so why do we have to go to Wakefield?

I have seen lots of money wasted while attending CCG meetings and have been more than 320 public health bosses on more than £2,000 a week in 2014/2015.

What exactly do they do?

What qualifications have they?

How do they benefit patients and taxpayers?

More than half of them, almost 200 “work” for Public Health England, who tells us things such as to get more sleep and to drink less!

Chief Executive Duncan Selbie earned £4,000 a week, similar to Cornwall’s outgoing public health director, who also got a £122,000 golden goodbye.

Will we ever see the cuts they say are needed landing on the shoulders of these fat cats, and the ones in local government?

Managing to make a mess From: R Spreadbury, Liversedge Dear Sir You may be interested in my letter (Jan 22) concerning the downgrading of Staincliffe hospital. I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.

How do the esteemed managers of our public service make their decisions? Can they enlighten us?

Of late there seems to be one bad decision after another (demolition of Whitcliffe Mount SC, Spen poolweights room being confined to a small airless annex, to name but two).

Poor management seems to be a peculiar British disease.

Danny’s latest rant about the

told by people who work at all three hospitals about money wasted there.

The people who run the hospitals are not elected. Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Health handed the CCG the money to make the changes and now it is nothing to do with the Government when all the planned changes have been passed.

On Tuesday 23rd August at 7.30pm, 38 Degrees and Save Dewsbury Hospital Services groups are holding a public meeting at Dewsbury Town Hall. We have invited the CCG and Trust members so please come along and ask questions.

demise of the Reporter Group is another case in point.

Perhaps managers all learn their management style from the same Ladybird book.

Or is it the ‘Peter principle’ whereby employees rise to the level of their own incompetence.

Or the one I subscribe to: Management is like a cesspool, the big sh**s float to the top.

Either way we as a community, and for that matter, a country, are being badly let down.

These so called “reviews” are just a complete waste of everyone’s time.

WMSC, Staincliffe and I suspect Hinkley Point, all take absolutely no notice of public concern or input, or expert opinion, and just ratify the original decisions made behind closed doors.

They are just a sop to the public, making us believe that democracy has been served.

Any ideas for a cure? Here are two for a start: 1. Adequately remunerate employees for what they are good at, not what they might be good at.

2. Limit executive pay to 10x that of the lowest paid within their respective organisation.

Personal view on Clayborn From: Michael Holmes, Lee Green, Mirfield Dear Sir, Re the Liversedge FC/ Clayborn situation.

May I put my two-pennorth

in, as my parents the late Jack and Doris Holmes were on the original 1946 committee and playing staff, and I served as a committee member for over 30 years.

Over the years the problems have been highlighted by your papers, with residents “land grabbing to park their cars”.

When this was reported to the authorities, what was done?

Nothing.

It doesn’t need 750 signatures to say the lane is inadequate, we all know that.

Is it not a ‘duty of care’ for Kirklees to ensure people’s safety on the lane? Again – councillors, nothing.

Why is Clayborn over-used by the local fraternity?

That’s right, because there’s nowhere else in Dewsbury, Batley or Spen that can stage a floodlit fixture. This is a reflection on Kirklees and local councillors.

A local councillor told the club to upgrade the access to highway standards before applying for developments, but Kirklees say our responsibility ends at our boundary – work that one out.

They are treating us like fools!

It has been clearly stated that a covenant means it is a football field for another 60 years.

Speaking to a club official I asked if there was a Kirklees development officer showing any interest, or are they lost somewhere in Huddersfield council offices?

It seems that our two local councilors have washed their hands as it isn’t in their interest and they don’t want to upset their friends on the lane.

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CROSSLEY FARM in Mirfield will again stage a massive fundraising effort for Kirkwood Hospice in two weeks’ time.

The T3 Farm Challenge is back for a third year on Saturday, September 3, after raising £10,000 for the hospice last summer with a fun day for all the family, a lung-bursting challenge as its centerpiece and an after-event party.

It’s the brainchild of Dewsbury Celtic coach and Hunslet Hawks player Danny Thomas and his colleagues at T3 Wellbeing, the health and fitness centre in Bradford Road, Batley Carr.

The highlight of the day is ‘The Challenge’ a 5k run with obstacles including water slides, haybale climbs, tricky

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and children £7.50. Tickets are available from the T3 Wellbeing Centre or online at www.kirkwoodhospice.co.uk/T3.

For further information call Danny Thomas on 07903 624281 or Katie Ellis on 07585 661258.

The event is sponsored by Towndoor building properties, Blush Beauty & Bradford Hydroponics.

Town lock-down as arrest follows shooting incident PART of Dewsbury town centre was sealed off on Tuesday night and through Wednesday morning following a shooting incident in Huddersfield.

Armed response officers and the West Yorkshire Police helicopter eventually made an arrest in Savile Town, near the junction of Headfield Road and Lock Street, after reports of shots being fired at 5.14pm in Crosland Moor, Huddersfield.

The suspects fled the scene in a silver VW Golf which is believed to have been abandoned near the Station Hotel, adjacent to Dewsbury market.

Police sealed off that area amongst others, meaning access to the town centre was not possible from Crackenedge Lane until after lunch on Wednesday. A 31year-old man was arrested in connection with the incident and was kept in custody.

Enquiries are continuing

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The after-event party starts at Jeremy’s Boathouse from 7pm until late. Guests at the main event get free access.

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Bikers back ambulance THE Six Lane Ends pub in Heckmondwike teamed up with friends from the Dewsbury Rockers Motorcycle Club for a dance night at which a cheque for £500 was presented to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Rockers stalwart Tom Gannon presented the cheque, raised via different events, to a cause which is dear to his heart.

Nearly 10 years ago Tom, of Liversedge, was left with a broken back after an off-

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Tom Gannon, left, presents the cheque to Richard Handscombe, a volunteer with the Yorkshire Air Ambulance road biking accident and was airlifted to hospital from remote moorland near Pateley Bridge in North Yorkshire. The event was

organised by Brian Rhodes, who offered a big ‘thank you’ to Wayne Naylor at the Six Lane Ends for providing the venue and catering.

Carer who stole from MS victim facing jail A CARER faces jail after stealing nearly £22,000 from the bed-ridden woman she was supposed to be looking after.

Lorraine Furness, 51, of Tichbourne Street, Liversedge, committed a fraud involving more than 100 cheques from April 2007 to February 2014.

Bradford Crown Court heard that the victim, multiple sclerosis sufferer Christine Noad, 76, died last November.

The offending came to light in February 2014 when Mrs Noad’s husband was told by the NatWest bank that an account was about to go over-

drawn. He discovered cheques had been paid to Furness, but his wife denied giving her permission to use the account.

Furness went on trial last week accused of 11 charges of fraud by false representation.

On the second day of the hearing Furness, who had no previous convictions, changed her plea to guilty.

At the start of the trial, Nadim Bashir, prosecuting, told how Mrs Noad was bedridden and unable to move without assistance.

Mrs Noad, of Halifax Road, Liversedge, was only able to leave home if someone took

her out in a wheelchair.

Furness was one of several carers who assisted Mrs Noad and was employed by her for almost 20 years.

Mr Bashir alleged that Furness was struggling financially and resorted to fraud as a way out.

In a video shown to the jury, Mrs Noad told police from her bed that Furness was always paid in cash and insisted she had never given the defendant a cheque.

Judge David Hatton QC said Furness could face up to two years in prison but she was bailed until sentencing at the end of August.

NORTH KIRKLEES: Doctors are encouraging people with a persisent cough or breathlessness to see them.

It is part of a national campaign highlighting symptoms of conditions such as cancer, lung disease and heart problems.

Last month, Batley dental nurse Gerry Walker told how her long-running cough turned out to be non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a rare type of blood cancer.

Dr David Kelly, chairman of the North Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group, said: “Don’t ignore your symptoms.

“And don’t put off a trip to the doctor.

You won’t be wasting anyone’s time by getting checked out.”

Author is Bronte guest MIRFIELD: Author Alan Titterington is the guest at the first meeting of the Kirklees and Calderdale Bronte Group.

He has written a book, St John in the Wilderness, which is out this month, about his great-great-grandfather's connections to the literary family.

Alan will do a book signing at the meeting at Mirfield Library on Tuesday, August 30 (2pm).

The group covers social history, art, music and literature in addition to the Brontes. There is no fee to join.

Car boot sale BIRKENSHAW: Pitches are still available for a car boot sale at the fire service HQ in Bradford Road on Sunday, August 28 (8am-1pm). Traders can arrive to set up from 7.30am. The cost is £5 per car and £7.50 per van (no commercial traders).

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Bin collections will be hit by massive tip blaze A HUGE blaze at the Dewsbury tip could affect residents for weeks to come.

The site on Weaving Lane is now shut to both the public and wagons making deliveries. It means council refuse collections will be affected – residents are advised to leave their bins out until they have been emptied.

Firefighters were called to the tip around 2pm last Sunday and were there overnight.

Ten pumps and two aerial appliances attended at the height of the blaze and five pumps remained on Monday morning. Crews dragged machinery from a single storey 160sqm warehouse in a bid to fully extinguish the fire as Thornhill Road at the junction with Huddersfield Road and Fall Lane was closed to traffic. Firefighters ran several large hoses across the road to take water from the River Calder. The tip, which was closed by a serious fire in December, 2013, is operated by Suez Waste Management. A majority of refuse and recycling wagons in North Kirklees use the site but as vehicles will

now have to travel further to empty, there will be a knock-on effect on bin collections.

People who do household recycling are advised to use other sites at Nab Lane, Birstall, and Emerald Street, Huddersfield.

Coun Naheed Mather, Kirklees Council cabinet member for housing and enforcement management, said : “A full investigation into the cause of the fire will take place and once the extent of the damage is known, plans will be put in place to ensure the service returns to normal as soon as possible.”

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Students at Heckmondwike Grammar School celebrate their successes

Two schools outstrip average pass rate TWO schools in North Kirklees came out above the national average for A-Level results – pupils at Mirfield Free Grammar achieved a pass rate of 99 per cent while at Batley Girls’ High it was 98.8 per cent.

Both figures are above the Kirklees district average of 98.7 per cent and national average of 98.1 per cent. And both schools, like Heckmondwike Grammar, are rated outstanding by Ofsted.

At Batley Girls’ High, top performers included Zainab Patel (three A grades) and Safiyyah Hafiji (A, A, B).

English language, history and maths were among the subjects where pupils did par-

ticularly well. At Mirfield Free Grammar, Robert Wood gained an A* in maths, A in physics and B in further maths and will now do a maths degree at Leeds University.

He was joined among the star performers by Emily Hardy (A*, B, B, C) who will study marketing at Liverpool John Moores University.

Vice principal Neal Packard said: “We are delighted with the sixth form A- Level results.

“We are proud that our students will now take the skills and knowledge which they have developed with us onto the next step in their career.

“Seeing them flourish dur-

ing their time in Sixth Form has been a privilege and we look forward to learning how their success continues into the future.”

Kirklees Council cabinet member for schools Coun Masood Ahmed hailed the district’s results.

He said: “There are excellent standards in our schools and colleges and we are proud of the work that takes place.

“Young people are helped to achieve and progress in ways that suit each individual.

“We are also proud of the Ofsted judgements in our schools and colleges. These results further demonstrate the high quality provision in the area.”

“These results further demonstrate the high quality provision in the area.”

– Coun Masood Ahmed, Kirklees Council cabinet member for schools

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Garage boss jailed for £300k tax fiddle A BUSINESSMAN from Liversedge has been jailed for 32 months after cheating the taxman out of more than £300,000 in VAT. Ian John Coleman, 53, of Knowler Way, Liversedge, failed to declare the true income of his vehicle repair company for 11 years.

Leeds Crown Court heard he was the sole proprietor of the Top Gear garage in Cleckheaton.

Simon Clegg, prosecuting, said Coleman had to pay extra in 2002 due to an inaccurate return but failed to heed the warning.

Over the next 11 years he submitted returns which failed to declare money from scrap sales, neglected to cor-

rect central assessments which were too low and under-declared the firm’s income.

Due to the failure to declare sales to two scrap companies, £15,827 had not been paid.

As a result of failing to submit some returns there were estimates that £72,617 had not been paid.

And the West End industrial estate firm’s true income meant a further benefit over 11 years of £215,000.

Mark Rhind, for Coleman, said his client was a hard worker who initially had some cash flow problems.

Coleman had not intended it to lead to such a scale of offending, for which he was

deeply ashamed. The money had not been used to fund a lavish lifestyle for his family but had been put back into the business.

He was known for supporting his local community and intends to fully repay the debt.

Coleman, who admitted 12 charges of evading VAT, employed nine people and it was hoped one of his staff would keep the business going.

Recorder Richard Woolfall told him: “This is clearly not a victimless crime. Everyone suffers especially in these difficult financial times – hospitals, schools and similar establishments suffer if the pot is diminished.”

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MP Paula Sherriff at the start of the Jo Cox Way ride, with Mayor and Mayoress of Kirklees Jim and Carol Dodd, plus organiser Sarfraz Mian

They’re off! 260-mile Jo Cox cycle trek starts out THE sister of Jo Cox MP this week joined a group of cyclists riding 260 miles in her memory.

Kim Leadbeater took part in the Jo Cox Way event from Wednesday, along with Mirfield’s 85-year-old Tour de France legend Brian Robinson.

Bulldogs in the ATLEY BULLDOGS’ Fox’s Biscuits Stadium will be a sea of pink this weekend (Aug 19-21) as the club prepares for its annual breast cancer fundraising campaign.

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The cyclists set off from the Princess Mary athletics track in Liversedge at around 10am and were seen off by Dewsbury and Mirfield MP Paula Sherriff and Mayor of Kirklees Coun Jim Dodds.

Others riders include World

War II veteran Franklin Medhurst, 96, who lost a leg below the knee. Mr Medhurst, of Teeside, flew more than 2,000 sorties with the RAF during the war and was honoured with the Distinguished Flying Cross.

The cyclists’ five-day journey ends at the Houses of Parliament on Sunday, via stopovers to see the work of various community projects.

The event was organised by Sarfraz Mian, chief executive of equestrian firm Neue Schule, of Stokesley, North Yorkshire.

He said: “I didn’t know Jo, but I was struck by her principles and beliefs – and the fact that communities are always stronger when working together.

“The Jo Cox Way is our tribute to her life, her beliefs and all the good work that goes on up and down the UK in our villages, towns and cities.”

Meanwhile, online fundraising in memory of Mrs Cox has broken the £1.5m barrier, making it one of the most successful Go Fund Me campaigns ever. The cash will be shared by the Royal Voluntary Service, HOPE Not Hate and the White Helments of Syria.

after the charity event was set up three years ago by Batley chairman Kevin Nicholas and his wife Beverley.

So far the fundraising bonanza has raised £21,000, but the club hopes to improve on that total with

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In 2014 Batley Bulldogs raised £9,700 before exceeding that total 12 months ago by over £1,000.

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Man’s attack on 999 staff was fuelled by drink and pills FOUR emergency staff were assaulted by a man high on a cocktail of alcohol and medication.

James Ramsden bit, head-butted and lashed out at two ambulance staff and two police officers who came to his aid after he collapsed after a party at an ex-girlfriend’s house on July 2, Kirklees Magistrates’ Court heard.

Prosecutor Alex Bosnan said Ramsden, of Green Close, Dewsbury, was put into an ambulance on Staincliffe Road in Dewsbury, where medics put him on a drip and fitted a neck brace before setting off to Leeds General Infirmary.

But as he regained consciousness, he ripped off the equipment before throwing an oxygen cylinder across the ambulance and lashing out at ambulance worker

Matthew McCabe and policewoman PC Moorhouse.

Mr Bosnan said: “He tried to get out on Gelderd Road but was unable to. He became very aggressive and swore. PC Moorhouse tried to handcuff him but he leaned forward and bit her.

“He headbutted Mr McCabe and spat at him and the ambulance driver, who had stopped and got out to help.”

The trio managed to restrain him but Ramsden then assaulted another police officer. He was arrested and told police he had been drinking and was on medication for anxiety and depression.

Ramsden said he did not remember anything when he woke up the next day in Leeds General Infirmary.

He said he was “horrified and embarrassed” by his actions and was committed to getting himself back into stable employment.

Ramsden admitted assault by beating and assaulting a PC and was given a six-months suspended jail sentence, a four-months curfew and 15-day activity requirement to address his issues.

He must also pay £300 compensation to emergency staff, taken out of his benefits.

Fame trail tribute to cricket ace Sonny’s Liversedge link LIVERSEDGE cricket club has a littleknown connection to one of the game’s all-time greats – West Indies spin bowling legend Sonny Ramadhin.

Sonny, now 87, helped the club win the Heavy Woollen Cup 50 years ago and took 92 wickets in the 1966 season to finish top of the Central Yorkshire League averages.

He was one of the dominant international bowlers of the era and began his rise to fame 16 years earlier, when at the age of just 20, he and fellow spinner Alf Valentine took 59 wickets between them as the West Indies beat England in a Test series for the first time.

In the 1950s, he moved to England from Trinidad and Tobago to play county championship cricket. By 1964/65, he was playing for Lancashire but quit abruptly when he lost form.

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the gates of Liversedge CC on Roberttown Lane.

Historian Mike Popplewell noted the connection while continuing his look at the Spen Valley Civic Society's fame trail, which features 47 plaques recalling famous people or events which shaped the area’s history.

Plaque number seven is at the Star Inn on Roberttown Lane for John Booth, who died in the Luddite uprising of 1812.

Just down the road is the cricket club, where in the clubhouse there is a picture of the Heavy Woollen Cupwinning side featuring Sonny.

Former Liversedge CC chairman Allan Trevitt remembered playing against him and said: “I was out first ball!”

Sonny's grandson Kyle Hogg, who retired at 31 in 2014 due to injury, was an all-rounder for Lancashire.

PINK for breast cancer charity Weekend of activities at Fox’s Biscuits Stadium including Coppafeel, Against Breast Cancer and Breakthrough Breast Cancer.

The fun weekend kicks off today (Friday August 19, 2pm) with a coffee and cake afternoon. Everyone is welcome to attend at the Mount Pleasant stadium and cakes are priced at £2.

On Saturday (Aug 20), the club will stage a family sponsored 10k walk. Last year’s trek saw from two-year-olds to 80-year-olds take part, and the club is once again urging people to get involved to combat breast cancer.

The walk will take participants through Carlinghow and White Lee ahead of a pit-stop at Priestley’s Cafe-Bar in Birstall for a sponsored drink before returning to the club.

On the same day Batley Boys will host a rugby gala as part of the festivities with teams aged from under-8s to under-15s competing at Mount Pleasant.

The bar and kitchens will be open throughout the day providing refreshments and children will also be entertained with fairground rides, a bouncy castle, books, cakes and a tombola.

On Sunday morning Batley Boys’s rugby festival will continue from 10am with the Under-13s and 15s taking centre stage ahead of what has been dubbed ‘The Pink Match’ between Batley Bulldogs and Huddersfield Giants.

The Bullodogs will be playing in a one off pink kit to mark the occassion, which will be revealed just before the game.

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The players’ shirts have already sold out, some of which were purchased 12 months ago by eager fans, but pink polo shirts are available to buy from the club throughout the weekend for £15.

There will be photograph and autograph opportunities after the match along with entertainment throughout the afternoon including a Freddie Mercury tribute act and a ducking stool, with Bulldogs officials, fans, sponsors and even referees taking part.

A pink calendar will also be available to buy, featuring a host of Batley players.

Anyone attending an event at the weekend is asked to wear pink and the club

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For further information about the events taking place, or to get involved, contact the club (01924 470062) or Beverley (07711 983123).

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BIGGER AND BETTER! Your Guide to Mirfield Show 2016

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THE Mirfield Show 2016 upon us – an award winning day out that will attract thousands from across Yorkshire, on Sunday August 12 at Mirfield’s fab Showground.

Committee chair Karen Bullivant said: “The final preparations are now underway as show day fast approaches. This year’s show promises to be colourful and entertaining as we embrace the carnival spirit with a host of new attractions and competitions.

“I would like to say a massive thank you to all of our sponsors and volunteers who make this show possible. A lot of time and

effort goes into planning the show and volunteers will be on site from Friday morning to ensure everything is ready.

“I am looking forward to a fantastic day and look forward to seeing everyone there.”

BBC weatherman Paul is celebrity opener THIS year’s show will be opened by BBC weatherman Paul Hudson along with special guests the Mayor of Mirfield Coun Sean Guy and Derek Highe from the Robin Royd Lights.

The show will embrace the Olympic and carnival theme with colourful dancers, stilt walkers and Olympic themed competitions and children’s games.

Main ring attractions First up on show day will be the Horse & Pony Show from 8.30am.

The sky’s the limit as the Red Devils Parachute Regiment come soaring into the showground at around 1.30pm. The team is made up of 12 serving soldiers who will happily meet and chat with spectators after the display.

Blackrock llamas are the UK’s first and only llama agility display team, coming to Mirfield all the way from the outskirts of the Snowdonia National Park in Wales.

Featured on ITV’s Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis, the Blackrock llamas will perform in the main ring at 12.30 and 3.30pm.

Closing this year’s show in the main ring will be the popular tug-of-war. Will the Mirfield Stags retain their 2015 title in this epic battle?

Mirf’fest Music Stage BACK by popular demand for the third year, the Mirf’fest music stage in association with The Pulse will host a selection of solo performers and bands covering everything from folk to pop punk. Performers include Jess Huxham, Alexandra Carlos, Jasmine Wilkinson, The Final Throes, Phoenix, Elastic Waste and Yeli Williams.

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Eastenders star Michael gets even more ‘Exposure’ on West End stage MICHAEL GRECO, the former Eastenders actor who played Beppe Di Marco in the soap, is now back on stage in the musical Exposure at the St James Theatre, London. He told me: “I was approached and loved the idea of singing and dancing again, and the extra bonus is that I have just recorded the cast album, which was another dream come true.” Michael adds he will be back on screens very soon, this time in a new comedy. “It’s brilliant and I play a Mancunian this time around.”

THERE’LL be no more investigations for Houdini & Doyle, as Fox has called time on the series. The US broadcaster has confirmed that the show which starred Stephen Mangan as Sherlock Holmes’s creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, won’t be back for more great escapes/general sleuthing.

Stephen blames the lack of ratings on, as ever, not great PR. POLDARK series 2 is on its way, and Aidan Turner (that’s Ross Poldark) has confirmed that they’ll be deviating from some of the original stories as “people want them updated and fun, plus of course the added extra drama, but it will remain at heart true to the books that we all know and love.”

SHERRIE HEWSON has bid an emotional farewell to Loose Women after 14 years.

She tells me: “I want to go back to less sharing on screen, and return more to acting, I have really enjoyed my time on the show, but I do miss playing other people, and this is what I plan to do next.”

LOUIS WALSH says the “lightweight” Rita Ora and Nick Grimshaw, turned X Factor into a fashion show.

Nick though has hit back and stated that: “He just had sour grapes, as they dropped him for a more cutting edge team, and yes he is back, now, but for how long?”

IT LOOKS like Simon Cowell’s worst kept secret is actually true – the music mogul is annoyed at One Direction’s Liam Payne for going to another label with his solo music career. A friend tells me that Syco the record label doesn’t have a “great track record with people – I mean, once you have won the X Factor what happens then? Not much, hence Liam moved on with his plans.”

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STRICTLY dancer Brendan Cole tells me he is stunned he is still invited on the show after all these years. “I have no desire to leave, as it’s giving me a good profile and living, but what I do wonder is when they will say to me that I am too old for the show – after all I have had a great run, and some amazing people to dance with.”

THOUGH it’s been three decades since Glynis Barber appeared in TV crime drama Dempsey and Makepeace, she tells me she would love the show to return. “I think now I am at an age where I could play the boss, rather than the blonde gal, but again it’s down to TV bosses – I just hope they would at least consider it,” she said.

THE ROYLE Family star Ricky Tomlinson tells me that people love his character of Jim in the show, because “they see themselves don’t they really? I mean we all do what Jim does in one way or another, but he is just out there, and loud, saying really what he thinks.”

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DAME Judi Dench may have been dropped from the last Bond film, but she says she hopes that she will return at some point: “I do miss filming them, and it’s all terribly good fun, but as with everything time moves on and you have to move with it. Maybe it’s time for a female Bond!”

HUGE American Hollywood singer and actress Gloria DeHaven, known for giving Frank Sinatra his first big screen kiss in 1944, has died at the age of 91. Gloria suffered a stroke a few months ago and died in Las Vegas.

She famously once said that she wanted to be famous for her acting roles, and not the men that she dated, but later in life admitted: “I think it simply went the other way around”.

BRITISH TV presenter Carol Vorderman may have been cruelly dropped as the hostess on Countdown, but like so many people admits she no longer watches the show.

“It hurt at that time, it really did as I loved the show, but I never received the fee they claimed, (over a million a year) so I knew that my time was up – but no I don’t watch it now.”

X FACTOR winner and singing superstar Leona Lewis is facing the wrath of the critics over her supposedly ‘uninspiring’ performance in the Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Broadway revival of Cats. A friend tells me that Leona is less than ‘Purr-Fect’ for the role, while our very own Jane McDonald is always ready to step in after her success in Blackpool.

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AWARD winning comedy company Laugh and Let Die will be hoping to make a killing for the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust at a fundraising event in October.

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01924 501406 (1986) Single electric bed with head board £40 01924 501406 (1986) Flying Scotsman memories of steam Cuckoo clock needs slight attention but in full working order £30 01924 501406 (1986)

CHILDREN’S GOODS/TOYS Eye Candy Apple pram, includes carry cot, pushchair seat, rain cover. Converts to 3 wheeler, like new bargain £135. 01274 870164 (Gomersal). (1971)

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Removal forces sale. Tel 07876163070 (Mfd) (1979) Mother of bride wedding outfit, mauve dress & jacket, Jacques Vert, size 16, also matching bag and shoes, size 7 £95. Tel 01924 496751. (1969) Three gents’ leather jackets, size medium. All good condition, £30 for all three. Tel 01924 518904. (1957)

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Blanket box/ottoman on Shepherds castors, hinged lid, brass handles, wood effect 3ft long X 18” deep X 16” high £25 ono 01924 462494(1976)

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Grey concrete roof tiles (Rosemary), 16” X 13”, 40 used tiles plus quantity of part tiles, collection only £40 ono. Tel 01924 462494. (1976)

Lindam child safety gate, new, still boxed £7. Tel 01484 656666. (1970)

Kenwood Food processor/liquidizer with all accessories, hardly used £15. Removal forces sale.

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Lexmark Inkjet 3-1 printer copier, silver/black, wi-fi, with charger; Energy Star 3500/4500 model 4431 £4. 01924 462494. (1978) Large CD/cassette player; surround sound, remote control £20. Tel

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Modern design, 68” W x 77” H x 18” D. Four glass sections with lighting, two drawers, four cupboards and mirrored cocktail cabinet, plus also matching bow front corner unit 18” W. Good condition £75 for both.

Buyer collects. Tel 07730 445466. (1972)

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(1968) G Plan suite, green gold pattern, in very good condition £300 ono. Tel 01924 498330. (1965) Four drawer pine chest, good condition £25 ono.

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GARDEN Deluxe gazebo, only used once £30. Tel 01924 503630. (1977) Chapel pew-style garden bench, iron framework, wood seat. Ideal for renovation £30. Buyer to carry. Tel 01924 724627 (Shaw Cross). (1973) Green gazebo £15 ono.

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SMALL coffee table, solid marble with brass legs £10. Removal forces sale.

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KITCHEN Whirlpool fridge (white), 34 x 22 x 22 like new, less than 12 months old.

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(1975) Raclette grill, combination grilling for meat, veg and seafood etc. None stick dishes and wooden spatulas. Boxed £15. Tel 01484 656666. (1970)

LUGGAGE 2 trip, two wheeled suitcases, dark pink.

Retractable handle, one external and 3 internal pockets. Good clean condition, 19” wide (490mm), 29” (740mm) high, 11” (270mm) deep, £12 each. Tel 01924 473017. (1981) Two x two-wheeled suitcases, measure 29” x 18” x 13” retractable handle, two external and two internal pockets, good clean condition, strong and durable, £10 each.

Tel: 07939 599381. (1942)

HEATING Delonghi oil heater, good condition £15. Tel 01274 870164 (Gomersal) (1971) Valor Dream gas fire, coal effect, in black & chrome with side controls. Cost £450 Xmas 2015, will accept £150. Absolute bargain, must be seen.

Tel 01274 875178/ 07977 679703. (1948)

HOUSEHOLD Brand new fire door, 700 X 2000 X 50mm, woodgrained fibreglass in red on one side and white on reverse. New and unused, half price at £30.

Tel 01924 515595, very heavy, buyer collects from Liversedge. (1980) 13 decorative wall plates with wire hangers £10.

Removal forces sale. Tel 07876163070 (Mfd) (1979) FOUR Hofmeister glass boots, (2 large, 2 smaller) pub memorabilia £30.

Removal forces sale. Tel 07876163070 (Mfd) (1979) VERY RARE early 1900’s Victory V tin (shop display), Fryer & Co, Nelson, collectable/antique £30.

Removal forces sale. Tel 07876163070 (Mirf) (1979)

MISCELLANEOUS New pop up waste for wash basin, still boxed; chrome, slotted type.

Surplus to makeover £5 (cost £12). Tel 01924 462494. (1984) Private collection of silver, all hallmarked, various items including tea sets, tableware, cutlery & much more. All complete sets. Potential buyer(s) welcome to view extensive collection. Items from £10 upwards. Tel 01924 469166. (1982) Timber 2 metre lengths 4x1, 20 pieces, £20. Tel 01924 472043. (1964)

SPORTING Set of 5 wooden show jumps, painted and stored inside; complete with fittings £150 ono. Tel 07761 964556. (1965)

WANTED Two X 2 seater sofas wanted in black & grey, not leather or cord. Must be in good condition.

Cash waiting. Tel 07952526527.

Hand push garden mower with roller. Tel 01274 876814. (1960)

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CRICKET

Hanging Heaton relish Cleck test

By Mike Popplewell

David Stiff in action with the bat for Hanging Heaton Mike Popplewell

MOOR END is the location for the district’s biggest game in the All Rounder Bradford Premier League tomorrow.

Hanging Heaton, First Division winners in 1987, 1989 and 1995, visit Cleckheaton, champions in 2013 and 2014 as, with only four games to play, they press on with their bid to take the inaugural Premier Division title.

It has been 21 long years since the Bennett Lane men took the top flight trophy, but Gary Fellows’s current team could deliver the kind of success the former Yorkshire player had grown accustomed to in his days leading Wrenthorpe in the Central Yorkshire League.

In their last game, at home to struggling East Bierley, it took just 91 balls to collect the 82 runs needed to knock off Bierley’s total of 81, with Fellows collecting 54 of them in a 10wicket win.

The early damage was done by journeyman paceman David Stiff whose first class career has taken in spells with Yorkshire, Kent, Leicestershire and Somerset.

The 31-year-old Dewsbury-born Stiff took 5-19 having teamed up with Mohammed Hafeez to beat Pudsey St Lawrence with the bat recently. The pair did it with the ball this time as Hafeez finished with 4-24.

Cleckheaton v Hanging Heaton is always a key game in the Bradford League calendar. But while it has usually involved two sides battling for honours, tomorrow’s game sees Cleckheaton playing for little more than pride and local bragging rights.

Skipper John Wood was himself a

Hanging Heaton player in his youth, before adding Spen Victoria, Durham and Lancashire to his CV. He is well aware of the fierce rivalry between the two clubs but he has more than that to consider as he tries to lift his side following a defeat at the hands of bottom-club Scholes in their last outing.

Although currently occupying a mid-table position Cleckheaton cannot afford any more non-productive weeks if they are to avoid being dragged into a relegation battle. The bottom-two, Morley and Scholes, are belatedly showing some winning form and closing the gap on those above them.

In their last game Mally Nicholson dug Cleck out of a hole with a top scoring 71 not out. But the relief was only temporary as Scholes over-

hauled the Cleckheaton total of 180-9 with 5.1 overs and five wickets to spare.

Yasir Ali (6-61 and 35) and Rizwan Ahmed (71 not out) were the Scholes match winners.

In the final run-in Hanging Heaton face Morley at home, Bradford and Bingley at home and New Farnley away.

St Lawrence face East Bierley away this week before hosting Cleckheaton. Third-placed Farsley take on fourth-placed New Farnley tomorrow before travelling to Lightcliffe and Woodlands ahead of a home clash with Scholes.

So despite a disappointing season by their own standards, Cleckheaton do appear to have an opportunity to make an impact on this title race.

Ossett clinch Jack Hampshire Cup final on home soil IT WAS all too familiar territory for Ossett as they marked their first season in the Bradford League with an overwhelming victory over Conference side Buttershaw St Pauls in the Jack Hampshire Cup final, a competition that was formerly played in the Central Yorkshire League.

Although it took a while for the sides to settle into their new surroundings Championship A outfit Ossett proved much too strong for Buttershaw.

There was a distinct advantage for Ossett to be playing at Queens Terrace. It has not only been a familiar venue for the Jack Hampshire finals over the years, but it is also their home ground.

Batting first, skipper Charlie Orme saw his Ossett side post a really challenging total for their Bradford opponents to chase.

Man-of-the-match Khalid Usman hit a top scoring 64 from 39 balls to lift the total to a daunting 230-7 in 40 overs.

Usman then produced a 6-10 spell with the ball, which left Buttershaw all out for just 93.

Ossett’s cup win followed a fine performance to beat Keighley by five wickets the previous day.

The win moved Ossett up to third behind Batley and Yeadon, but despite their recent form the title looks beyond them as they go into tomorrow’s game at Baildon a massive 51 points adrift of the leaders with only five games left to play.

Batley, at home to Liversedge tomorrow, will have one eye on

NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Albion beaten by the Brewers Evo-Stik First Division North

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at the i2i Stadium OSSETT ALBION are still awaiting their first win of the new Evo-Stik First Division North season following a 3-0 defeat away at Tadcaster Albion.

Richard Tracey’s Ossett side were behind after just 15 minutes following a Thomas Corner strike.

And things quickly got worse for the visitors when James Beadle doubled his side’s lead on 27 minutes.

The Unicorns remained two goals behind at the interval but their efforts to get back into the game during the second period were in vein.

Corner’s second goal of the game, in the 51st minute, sealed the win for Tadcaster.

The defeat leaves Ossett languishing in 18th after two games as Tracey’s men prepare for a double header with Bamber Bridge.

The two sides lock horns in the FA Cup preliminary round tomorrow (Aug 20, 3pm), before taking to the field in First Division North (Aug 27, 3pm).

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Five-star sedge go fifth NCEL Premier LIVERSEDGE FC

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at Clayborn LIVERSEDGE thrashed Armthorpe Welfare 5-0 to go fifth in the Northern Counties East League Premier.

Jonathan Rimmington’s men went ahead on 12 minutes through Joe Walton before Vaughan Redford doubled his side’s advantage 10

minutes later.

Armthorpe were never really in the game and did little to cause the home side

any concern leading up to half-time.

Sedge quickly capitalised on their opponents’ lack of urgency and all but sealed the win courtesy of Stephen Wales’s strike three minutes before the break.

In the second period two quick-fire goals in the 64th and 65th minutes, from Tom Jackson and Rhys Davies, ensured Sedge could enjoy the rest of the game.

The Clayborn side’s next outing is away at Staveley Miners Welfare (Saturday August 20, 3pm).

Reds bag three points in six-goal thriller Evo-Stik First Div North OSSETT TOWN 4 BRIGHOUSE TOWN at Queens Terrace

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OSSETT TOWN clinched their first win of the new Evo-Stik First Division North campaign with a thrilling 4-2 victory at home to Brighouse Town.

Alex Peterson fired the Reds in front on 25 minutes before Tyrone

Gay doubled the host’s lead three minutes later. Grant Black’s men continued their dominance in the first half and had a second Peterson goal to show for it, which came in the 36th minute.

With a 3-0 advantage at the break the home side were cruising and things soon got even better for the Reds when Devonte Morton’s strike on the hour put them 4-0 ahead.

Perhaps a touch of Ossett complacency coupled with Brighouse’s resurgence in the closing stages

what is happening at secondplaced Yeadon who take on inconsistent Birstall knowing they are only 21 points off top spot with a game in hand.

Elsewhere the outcome of the Championship B title race has looked a foregone conclusion all season as Townville’s surge continues unabated.

In their last outing they bowled out third-placed Methley for just 78 on their way to an eight-wicket win. The runaway leaders are now 43 points ahead of Wrenthorpe, who go to Gomersal tomorrow, while Townville entertain second-bottom Hartshead Moor.

With so much for the management committee to consider in respect of next season’s division constitutions, including promotion and relegation issues, a possible split into four tiers instead of three and clubs leaving or joining the league, it is difficult to make any meaningful comments beyond potential title winners.

But, in the event of Championship A and B merging the top halves of the table to form a first division and the bottom halves doing the same to form a second (as has been suggested), things are looking pretty glum for our district’s clubs.

As it stands Liversedge and Birstall are in the bottom half of Championship A, while Spen Victoria, Hopton Mills and Hartshead Moor are similarly placed in Championship B with Gomersal hovering precariously above that line.

resulted in a mini comeback for the away side.

Tom Haigh’s 66th minute effort and Luke Parkin’s 89th minute strike made the final score more respectable, but it wasn’t enough to cause Ossett any real concern.

The win puts Ossett 13th in the table on three points having played two games.

The Reds now turn their attention to the FA Cup this weekend (Sat Aug 20, 3pm) where they host Goole in the preliminary round.

Amateur rugby league prepares for HW Cup finals THIS year’s Heavy Woollen District ARL finals are upon us with a host of junior rugby league teams hoping to clinch some silverware.

The Under-16s Douglas Hird Cup is the first final to be contested between Shaw Cross Sharks and Dewsbury Celtic on Tuesday August 23 (6pm), at Dewsbury Rams’ Tetley’s Stadium.

Later that night (8pm), at the same venue, the final of the Under-18s Ernest Wilby Cup will be decided between Birstall Victoria and Dewsbury Celtic.

On August 25 the open age finals will take place with Shaw Cross set to challenge Thornhill Trojans in the final of the Jim Brown Cup (8pm), after Batley Boys and Ossett Trinity Tigers have battled it out for the John Kane Cup (6pm). Both finals will take place at the Tetley’s Stadium.

On August 29th at the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium Batley Boys take on Shaw Cross in the Under-12s Gary Talbot Cup (10.30am), Shaw Cross challenge Dewsbury Celtic for the Under-13s James Flannigan Cup (11.45am), Dewsbury Moor lock horns with Birstall Victoria in the Under-14s Reporter Cup (1pm) and to finish off the day Batley Boys battle it out with Dewsbury Moor in the Under-15s Malcolm Waring Cup final.

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Sharks targeting late play-off push National Conference League Div One

SHAW CROSS SHARKS HUNSLET WARRIORS

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at Leeds Road SHAW CROSS SHARKS remain in the bottom four in National Conference League Division One following a narrow 22-16 win over Hunslet Warriors.

The win wasn’t plane sailing for the Sharks, however. The Leeds Road outfit were forced to hold on to beat Hunslet Warriors after former St Helens and Bradford man Lee Gilmour was sent-off.

The loose forward saw red on the half-hour for contact to the head as his side led 16-0 before a second-half Warriors fightback.

The Sharks opened the scoring with just two minutes gone through a Will Gledhill try and consolidated that lead on 15 minutes.

Tom Rogers went in for Ryan Chalkley to add the conversion.

Chalkley also added the conversion to Gilmour’s try two minutes later.

Gilmour was then dismissed before a Jack

DIVISION ONE P That Heath Crusaders 19 Skirlaugh 19 Myton Warriors 19 Featherstone Lions 18 Underbank Rangers 19 Milford Marlins 19 Normanton Knights 19 Oulton Raiders 20 Hunslet Warriors 19 East Leeds 19 Shaw Cross Sharks 19 Ince Rose Bridge 19 Millom 19 Elland 19 DIVISION TWO Hunslet C Parkside Askam

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P W D L F A DIFF PTS 18 16 0 2 731 238 493 32 17 11 1 5 480 302 178 23

Gledhill try and Chalkley goal gave them the hosts a 22-0 lead.

The Warriors hit back with three tries in a 10-minute spell from Luke Gale, Gary McClelland and Ricky Flint plus two Jordan Gale goals, which gave the Sharks something to think about late on.

Poor Moor disappoint at Waterhead National Conference League Div Three

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DIVISION THREE Crosfields Woolston Rovers Drighlington Rylands Sharks Eastmoor Dragons Oldham St Annes Dewsbury Moor Waterhead Warriors Gateshead Storm

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Nevertheless Shaw Cross close in on the sides above them in Division One and hope to improve on 11th position in the coming weeks.

Next up for Shaw Cross are Underbank Rangers at Leeds Road tomorrow (Saturday Aug 20, 2.30pm).

Promotion-chasers Thornhill Celtic put in relegation-worthy in touch with league leaders performance away at St Judes NCL Division Two

THORNHILL TROJANS 36 B’FORD DUDLEY HILL 16 at Overthorpe Park THORNHILL Trojans haven’t given up hope of back-to-back promotions in the National Conference League following a solid 36-16 triumph over Bradford Dudley Hill in Division Two. Ben Kendall took the man of the match award for the Trojans, leading from the front and helping himself to a second-half try.

Thornhill led 10-6 at the break with a brace of tries from Danny Ratcliffe and one goal from Sam Ratcliffe.

Hill replied with a Danny

Samuels try and Simon Sewell goal.

Samuels, Neil Wall and Elliott Cousins were all sin-binned for dissent with Anthony Huby going for a professional foul.

Samuels added an early second-half try with one from Liam Naven plus a Sewell conversion, but the Trojans capitalised on Hill’s lack of numbers - George Stott, George Woodcock, with two, and Sam Ratcliffe went in while the kicker added two more goals.

Seventh-placed Thornhill are now just two points behind second-placed Askam in what is proving to be an unpredictable campaign in Division Two. The Trojans travel to Wigan St Judes tomorrow (Sat Aug 20, 2.30pm).

NCL Division Two

WIGAN ST JUDES

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at Parsons Meadow DEWSBURY CELTIC were annihilated 62-0 by eighth-placed Wigan St Judes in National Conference League Division Two. Considering just one place separated the two sides, this was a convincing win for Judes - led by man-of-thematch Barry Rothwell.

The writing was on the wall for Celtic as Judes ran in five tries in the opening 20 minutes.

Connor Parkinson crossed

for the first with just two minutes gone and added another on 16 minutes with one from Nathan Jones inbetween.

Gareth Thomas and Darrion Ball added the others and with Jones’s second and four Scott Robinson goals it was game over at the break at 32-0.

Judes added five tries in the second half from Rob Collier, Barry Gregson, Rothwell, Joey Brady and Leon Harber.

The thumping loss leaves Celtic in ninth just one point above Salford City Roosters.

The green and whites will hope to extend that margin with a win over league-leaders Hunslet Club Parkside (Saturday Aug 20, 2.30pm).

ATHLETICS

Mirfield unlucky Golden-girl Groves against leaders sprints to victory

TWELVE-year-old sprinter Natalie Groves won two medals at the Under-13s Northern Athletics Championships last weekend.

Groves, who is trained by Stuart Hall at Spenborough Athletics Club and is ranked as the country’s best 200m sprinter in her age group, started her day in the 100m heats and qualified for the final with ease.

In the medal race she continued her recent good form to beat the reigning 60m indoor champion and clinch gold with a time of 13.09 seconds.

But the talented sprinter’s day wasn’t over.

Groves entered her strongest discipline, the 200m, and once again dominated with an easy win in the heats.

In the final Groves sealed her second gold medal of the day with a solid time of 26.88s, but was unable to beat her personal best of 26.14s due to a head wind.

Natalie Groves (left) with her winners’ medals

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SIDDAL

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at Reactiv Park MIRFIELD battled hard but missed out on clinching their second straight win following an 18-10 defeat against Yorkshire Men’s League Premier title-chasers Siddal.

The visiting Stags made a superb start to proceedings and the game remained scoreless for close to 20 minutes, before the Halifax hosts broke the deadlock.

However, after hitting back late in the first half, the Stags players entered the break with the scoreboard

WATERHEAD WARRIORS

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DEWSBURY MOOR MAROONS

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at Peach Road IN a battle at the wrong end of the National Conference League Division Three table it was Waterhead Warriors who took the spoils against Dewsbury Moor in running out 30-14 winners.

It took 19 minutes for the deadlock to be broken and it went the way of the hosts with a Nathan Jewitt try and Jack Pemberton goal.

Moor hit back with tries from James Delaney and Brad Samme plus two Brad Foster goals before a Peter Davies try and Pemberton goal levelled matters at the break at 12-12.

Davies then grabbed his second try four minutes after the restart before Waterhead added further pressure.

Two tries in three minutes from Ciaron Dean helped the home side into a 30-12 lead.

Moor had the final word when Jordan Foster went in on 67 minutes.

Following the exit of Castleford Panthers from Division Three, Moor’s defeat to Waterhead leaves them sitting third-bottom as their hopes of a play-off spot fade quickly in 2016.

The Maroons’ next outing is at home to Crosfields on Saturday September 3 (2.30pm). level at 6-6.

Mirfield picked up from where they left off after halftime but a pair of quick-fire Siddal tries halted their progress.

The Stags forced a tense finish in Calderdale but Siddal had done enough to clinch maximum points from the affair.

Dominic Booth bagged the game’s first points as the home side finally broke the Mirfield backline.

The second-rower found a gap in the Stags’ defence to sprint through and touch down between the sticks.

Chris Brooke added the extra two to give the hosts an initial six-point lead.

The Stags began to grab a foothold in the game, piling pressure on the Siddal try line in the minutes which followed.

And Lewis Hardy took full advantage, powering across the whitewash to the left of the posts, making for a straightforward conversion courtesy of Keiron Moss.

Siddal half-back Brooke responded on 46 minutes, crossing for a self-converted try beneath the uprights.

Daniel King then took the hosts into a commanding position, crossing for a second score in quick succession, Brooke again adding the extras to make it 18-6.

But the Stags refused to lie down and tried everything to peg back their opponents.

After having four tries disallowed for alleged forward passes, Tom Coates crossed for an unconverted effort in the corner.

The Hillrich Park outfit host Doncaster Toll Bar tomorrow (Sat Aug 20, 2.30pm) as the Stags look to climb off the foot of the Premier standings.

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SUPER 8s - THE QUALIFIERS

Bulldogs suffer away day woe in the capital Super 8s Qualifiers

LONDON BRONCOS

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BATLEY BULLDOGS

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at Ealing Trailfinders BATLEY BULLDOGS suffered a heavy 76-16 defeat at the hands of promotion-hopefuls London Broncos in their second Qualifiers outing.

The game was pretty much decided in the opening 10 minutes as the Broncos ran in three tries.

First to cross was Jamie Soward, who shaped to kick on the last tackle, but instead cut inside, side-stepped past Dave Scott and touched down.

In the eighth minute, again on the last tackle, the Broncos eschewed the kick and Daniel Harrison crashed through two tacklers to touch down.

Before Batley had touched the ball, Iliess Macani was at the shoulder of Aki Pewhairangi as he made a break.

When the pass came to him, the winger scooted over in the corner.

Sadly, Pewhairangi’s next involvement was his last as he injured his knee trying to score a try in the 13th minute and was stretchered off.

The game quietened down for a few

minutes after the injury, though Batley did waste a good chance to score after getting two penalties in the London half.

Then the Broncos were awarded two penalties in quick succession and Andy Ackers went over from close range.

When the Bulldogs lost the ball in the 27th minute, they were punished instantly. The ball was moved across the line and 80 metres down the field before Macani scored in the corner.

The last score of the half came on another last-tackle play. James Cunningham wrong-footed his two markers and burrowed between them to touch down.

After the interval the Broncos continued their dominance. A Soward bomb was caught by Alex Walker. He passed the ball out of the tackle to Matt Garside who scored close to the posts.

From the re-start, Harrison made a powerful break and passed to Macani who completed his hat-trick.

Batley then enjoyed their best spell of the match, scoring two tries in three minutes, both close range efforts from props.

In the 48th minute James Brown crashed over, then it was the turn of

Alex Rowe, who got his reward for a strong performance.

Dominic Brambani added the extras so, with 29 minutes to go, the margin was ‘only’ 32 points.

Normal service was resumed when Rhys Williams scored after 54 minutes, following a powerful Mark Ioane break, which was continued by Ben Hellewell. Three minutes later, after knocking-on, Tom Lillycrop spoke out of turn to the referee and was sinbinned.

On the hour mark, Williams was hemmed in by the touchline and faced four tacklers in the 10 metres between him and the try-line. It made no difference because he danced through them, stumbled and was still able to touch down.

Shortly afterwards Jack Bussey backed up a break by Jamie Thackray and he finished off between the posts.

Batley replied with a try from Chris Ulugia, straight from a scrum. But the Broncos added another three tries in the last eight minutes.

Wayne Reittie lost the ball in a good attacking position and following a London counter-attack Cunningham was able go through two tacklers to ground the ball.

Williams completed his hat-trick

after a break by Bussey was continued

by Hellewell. But the biggest cheer of the afternoon was reserved for Ioane who backed up a good run by Walker.

London coach Andrew Henderson said: “I am delighted with the result and really pleased for the players after the effort last week. Apart from 10 minutes, when they scored two tries, it was an almost perfect performance.

“For the majority of the game we were dominant and played some fantastic rugby league football. And we had do it in adversity as we lost Pewhairangi (knee), Alex Foster (groin) and Nick Slyney (back), none of whom could return. We were down to one interchange.

“James Cunningham was great in a number of positions and I want to mention Lewis Bienek who really held his own on his debut.”

Batley coach John Kear said: “I am embarrassed and I think the players are too.

"The people I feel really sorry for are the fans who spent a great deal of time and money to come down and watch that. It was so desperately poor.

“We cannot sweep that under the carpet and we will have a long talk about it again on Tuesday – we did so straight after the game.”

MATCH STATS: LONDON BRONCOS 24. Alex Walker 2. Rhys Williams 1. Ben Hellewell 21. Alex Foster 5. Iliess Macani 26. Api Pewhairangi 33. Jamie Soward 8. Nick Slyney 9. James Cunningham 16. Mark Ioane 11. Daniel Harrison 12. Matt Garside 15. Jack Bussey SUBS: 10. Eddie Battye 14. Andy Ackers 18. Jamie Thackray 34. Lewis Bienek

8 9 8 7 8 7 9 7 8 9 8 8 7 7 8 7 7

BATLEY BULLDOGS 22. Dave Scott 2. Wayne Reittie 32. Sam Smeaton 3. Chris Ulugia 26. Alex Brown 6. Cain Southernwood 7. Dominic Brambani 8. Keegan Hirst 20. Alistair Leak 10. Alex Rowe 11. Brad Day 19. Alex Bretherton 15. Adam Gledhill SUBS: 14. James Davey 17. Joe Chandler 18. Tom Lillycrop 21. James Brown

5 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 4 7

LONDON BRONCOS Tries: Soward (4), Harrison (8), Macani (10, 27, 45), Ackers (24), Cunningham (33, 72), Garside (43), Williams (54, 60, 74), Bussey (63), Ioane (77). Goals: Soward 10/14.

BATLEY BULLDOGS Tries: J. Brown (48), Rowe (51), Ulugia (68). Goals: Brambani 2/3 Referee: C. Kendall / MOTM: Mark Ioane/ Half-time: 32-0 / Penalties: 6-5 / Sin Bin: Lillycrop (57, dissent) / Sent Off: None / Weather: Warm and breezy / Attendance: 674 / Match rating: 3/5

SUPER 8s - CHAMPIONSHIP SHIELD MATCH STATS: WORKINGTON TOWN 1. Jack Murphy 3. Declan Hulme 25. Matthew Gee 4. Jason Mossop 24. Theerapol Ritson 6. Carl Forber 28. Jarrod Sammut 21.Oliver Gordon 14. Callum Phillips 10. Marc Shackley 11. Brett Phillips 18. Tom Walker 13. Liam McAvoy SUBS: 7. Jamie Doran 8. Kris Coward 19. Ryan Verlinden 20. Stevie Scholey

7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6

DEWSBURY RAMS 1. Josh Guzdek 2. Dale Morton 6. Paul Sykes 15. Jason Crookes 38. Etu Uasiele 17. Dom Speakman 22. Andy Kain 8. Matt Groat 9. Tom Hemingway 45. Mitch Stringer 12. Scott Hale 32. Kyle Trout 13. Aaron Brown SUBS: 25. Joel Farrell 16. Toby Adamson 11. Rob Spicer 18. Tony Tonks

8 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 6 6 7

WORKINGTON TOWN Tries: Gee (6, 69), C. Phillips (56), Walker (65), Mossop (68).

Goals: Sammut (7/8).

DEWSBURY RAMS Tries: Morton (37, 48), Guzdek (40), Sykes (42).

Goals: Sykes 4/5.

Referee: T. Grant / Half-time: 8-10 / Penalties: 17-10 / Sin Bins: Brett Phillips, Tony Tonks, Matt Groat, Paul Sykes / Sent off: Joel Farrell / Weather: Dry / MOTM: Marc Shackley / Attendance: 527 / Match Rating: 4/5.

Rams lose their cool in Cumbria Championship Shield

WORKINGTON TOWN

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DEWSBURY RAMS

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at the Zebra Claims Stadium WORKINGTON humbled Dewsbury Rams for the second time this season by beating Glenn Morrison’s indisciplined men 34-24 at the Zebra Claims Stadium.

Three tries in a crucial sevenminute period when Dewsbury were reduced to 11 men, proved decisive for the Championship Shield strugglers.

It ended with two precious points for Town, and with Swinton losing to Oldham, the great escape from relegation is still on.

Dewsbury have only themselves to blame for not avenging a narrow defeat at Workington last month.

They were seriously fired-up from the start, and were consequently over-zealous, which effectively cost them the game after establishing a 22-8 lead.

Workington got off to a great start on four minutes when a long, floated pass from Carl Forber found Matty Gee in space, and he went in for a simple touchdown.

Dewsbury should have done better when they worked a good position under the Town sticks but Mitch Stringer dropped a pass.

When Town responded with a good attack in the Dewsbury 10metre zone the Rams were penalised for a foul tackle on Carl Forber. Jarrod Sammut kicked a simple penalty.

More sloppy work by the Rams cost them points when a pass went astray in the town 10 metre zone and Declan Hulme ran the ball clear for the home side.

Town did get over in the corner with a spectacular dive from Theerapol Ritson but the flag was up for a foot in touch.

Dewsbury were reduced to 12 men on 24 minutes when Tony Tonks was sent to the sin bin for a foul tackle and two minutes later the Rams went further behind.

Forber was fouled again and Sammut converted a short-range penalty.

Even so, the Rams were next on the scoreboard. They moved the ball on the last tackle and a kick from Paul Sykes came back off Sammut to spark a scramble which finally saw the ball back in Dewsbury’s possession.

A floated pass from Jason Crookes put Dale Morton in with a simple touchdown, which Sykes converted.

Tonks arrived back in time to see his side take the lead.

A dropped ball in the Workington 30-metre zone was picked up by

the lively Joel Farrell and he was tackled a yard short.

The ball was switched to the left and eventually full-back Josh Guzdek stepped through and stretched out an arm to touchdown on 36 minutes. Sykes missed a fairly straightforward conversion.

In the 39th minute the game exploded.

Farrell, who had been bright and creative for the Rams, put his knee into the face of Brett Phillips at a play-the-ball and the Town forward retaliated with a punch.

Farrell was sent-off and Brett Phillips received a yellow card.

A minute into the second-half Dewsbury increased their lead when Guzdek found Sykes in space and he finished-off easily.

Sykes added the extras.

Dewsbury increased their lead on 47 minutes with a try which had its origins in their own 10 metre zone.

Crookes avoided two tackles, cut in-field and had support from Aaron Brown.

Brown made good yards before sending Morton away to hold off Jason Mossop and score. Sykes converted for a 22-8 lead.

Trailing by 14 points, Town were looking to fight back with the return of Phillips and a 13-12 advantage in playing numbers.

Workington were duly lifted on

54 minutes when Sammut kicked for the line and in the scramble that followed Callum Phillips got the touchdown. Sammut converted.

But Brett Phillips immediately left the field for what appeared to be a hamstring injury and when Dewsbury built a good position they won a penalty on 58 minutes which Sykes converted.

Dewsbury were in trouble on 63 minutes, though. Matt Groat was sent to the sin-bin for obstruction and the Rams were down to 11 men.

But Town got their reward shortly afterwards when Callum Phillips put Tom Walker over under the posts. Sammut's conversion pulled the hosts back in contention.

On 67 minutes they were level as Dewsbury’s depleted ranks were cut open and Mossop raced through for the touchdown.

Sammut’s conversion edged Town in front.

It got better on 70 minutes when Gee powered through to score and Sammut curled in the conversion.

Dewsbury were back to 12 men when Sammut landed a 30-metre penalty to ease Town towards the finish line.

Rams’ agony was compounded in the last minute when Sykes was yellow-carded, for an apparent remark to a touch judge.

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‘Simply not good enough’ Angry Kear blasts Batley’s recent performances

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BATLEY BULLDOGS coach John Kear has urged his players to ‘up their game’ as they prepare for their first home game of the Super 8s Qualifiers against Huddersfield Giants on Sunday (3pm).

Batley suffered a 60-point thrashing at the hands of London Broncos last time out, leading critics to claim the Bulldogs players feel their season is already over, following qualification for the lucrative Qualifiers.

To atone for the defeat the Bulldogs players have since offered to fund their fans travel to next month’s game with Leigh.

“I think it’s fair to say the players have taken their foot of the gas after finishing third in the Championship,” admitted Kear.

“To be fair it was a huge achievement and they put a lot of effort in to make it happen, but I also know they’re not happy to lose by embarrassing margins, which was sadly the case against London.

“I want to see a response from the players starting this weekend. I’m not happy seeing my players perform like they did in London, nothing went right in that game and it’s simply not good enough.

“I told the players straight after the Swinton game, when we secured a top four finish, that we must not think our season was over.

“I told the squad we still had plenty to play for and they were on board, but in the last two games they’ve proved they clearly didn’t listen.”

A drop in intensity and lapses in concentration have been the order of the day in Batley’s first two Qualifiers matches and Kear has issued a warning to his players ahead of Huddersfield’s visit to Mount Pleasant.

He said: “The players either adapt quickly to their new surroundings in the Qualifiers, or face more embarrassing defeats.

“If we’re not careful the reputation we’ve earned this year of being a team hard to beat will mean nothing.

“Defensively we’ve been weak of

Morrison confident of swift response DEWSBURY RAMS boss Glenn Morrison is remaining positive despite his 11-man side suffering a set back away at Workington last time out.

The Rams have winnable games against Oldham and Whitehaven in the coming weeks and Morrison knows victory in those outings will make his side favourites for a top four finish in the Championship Shield.

“It’s good that we still have everything in our own hands,” said Morrison.

“We would have liked a win against Workington but its always going to be a tough ask when you find yourself down to 11 players.

“We’ve been preparing well for Halifax on Sunday (Aug 21, 3pm), but if we’re to get anything out of the game we need to keep all our players on the pitch.

“The good thing is we can take plenty of positives from the match against Workington.

“We looked comfortable before Andy (Farrell) was sent off and Matt (Groat) sin binned, but that’s what happens sometimes.”

Elsewhere Rams supporters have been given the chance to have a say on next season’s home and away kits.

The Amber Ribbon supporters group will be used as a platform for discussion and it is hoped the most popular designs can be arrived at.

Fans are asked to submit their opinions before Friday August 26 by emailing Amber Ribbon chairman Charlie Coates at coates2680@gmail.com, or via the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/theamberribbon.

Sykes back in the ring for last time?

Dewsbury boxer Gary Sykes

late, we’ve been averaging roughly a try every seven minutes.

“So we obviously need to do a lot of work in that department and then hopefully we’ll start causing teams some problems.”

The Bulldogs have no fresh injury concerns ahead of their clash with the Giants, which will see the Mount Pleasant side play in an all pink kit for the third year running in aid of breast cancer awareness.

Kear received a boost this week with the news that Pat Walker and Shaun Ainscough will both be fit to feature against Huddersfield.

John Kear has been unimpressed with Batley’s ‘embarrassing’ performances

The Qualifiers P W D L Pts Leeds Rhinos Leigh Centurions London Broncos Hull KR Huddersfield Giants Salford Red Devils Batley Bulldogs Featherstone

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2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2

4 4 2 2 2 2 0 0

DEWSBURY boxer Gary Sykes has been handed a showdown fight with Birkenhead boxer Sean Dodd for the WBC International title on October 15.

The bout will be Sykes’s 34th of his professional career and the 32-yearold admits defeat could signal the end of his career.

Sykes, who trains at Dicky’s Gym in Batley, has won 28 fights in his 33bout career to date, having lost just five times.

But his most recent defeat came at the hands of Luke Campbell in March this year.

In contrast 32-year-old Dodd has won 11, lost two and drawn one in his

four-year professional career.

But despite being less experienced than his challenger the merseysider will go into the bout as favourite at Liverpool’s Echo Arena.

Dodd overcame Italy’s Pasquale Di Silvio at Goodison Park in May and the hugely popular merseysider will have the backing of the crowd against Sykes.

The bout will be on the undercard of Tony Bellew’s WBC World title fight against BJ Flores.

Sykes hopes he can attract a strong following to take with him to Liverpool.

His allocation of tickets will go on sale at Dicky’s gym next week.