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ELCOME to your new local pub! Heathfield Farm in Birkenshaw is now open and is already gaining rave reviews from customers looking for a new dining and drinking experience. The Farmhouse Inns venue has something for all the family, with an extensive menu packed with delicious pub classics as well as a traditional carvery which boasts a fantastic choice of fresh seasonal vegetables, signature potatoes and succulent roasted meat joints. After a six-month build period Heathfield Farm fully opened on Monday September 19, and a team of more than 90 staff have been assembled to make your visit as enjoyable as possible. General managers Kevin and Melanie Wilson live on site with their family at the stunning new premises on Heathfield Lane, just off Whitehall Road. The couple moved up to Birkenshaw five months ago and have four children – 23-year-old Jamie is assistant manager at Heathfield Farm while Joe, 15, Macey, 13, and 10-year-old Morgan are all settled in local schools. Playing an active part in the community is important to the Heathfield Farm team. Several schools have been approached and

local children have the chance to take part in a ‘design your own cake’ competition, with the winner’s design actually being baked and sold at the pub. Kevin says they will donate cash to local school funds for every slice sold and added: “We’re really keen to work with the local community and get involved. This is a lovely area with great community spirit and we’re really accessible for people from across the district.” Situated on land close to the M62 in Birkenshaw, Heathfield Farm fully opened on Monday September 19, and customers have been quick to praise the quality of the food and drink and the great service they receive from staff members. Local cask ales are sold on a rotating basis, and the welcoming bar area features a huge range of beers, wines and spirits – and even a special Heathfield Blonde ale created by Partners Brewery in Dewsbury. The family dining area includes a kids’ playzone that’s filled with a variety of child-friendly learning

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VILE Combined 50 years’ jail for quartet who sexually exploited teenage girls By Staff Reporters FOUR men from Batley and Dewsbury have been jailed for a combined 50 years after they sexually exploited young girls. All four were convicted at Leeds Crown Court of trafficking a 13-year-old, with three of them found guilty of raping her. Two of the defendants were sentenced for further offences involving another 15-year-old girl. The four were prosecuted following an investigation by Wakefield District Child Sexual Exploitation team into offending in the Wakefield and Kirklees districts. The 13-year-old first came into contact with Mohammed Chothia and Ismail Haji in August, 2014, in Thornes Park, Wakefield, along with a 15-year-old girl. Haji, who worked as a taxi driver, drove them to Xscape in Castleford, where they

went bowling. Over the following weeks, the two girls were also introduced to Imran Haji and Ibrahim Kola and were taken to a flat in Dewsbury, where both were subjected to serious sexual assaults. The younger girl was raped for the first time by Ismali Haji after she had become drunk on vodka at Chothia’s flat in Machells Mill in Dewsbury town centre. The ordeal was filmed by Chothia on a mobile phone. She said that she was then given a mobile phone for Chothia to contact her on. David Gordon, prosecuting, told the court that the men lied about their age, used flattery and plied the girls with alcohol. The 15-year-old said that on another occasion at Chothia’s flat, they had played ‘spin the bottle’ and a game called ‘five minutes in paradise’, in which the girls went into the bedroom with one of the men for five minutes of sexual contact. She said she was raped

that weekend by Ismali Haji after he had asked her to go into a bedroom with him, so he could talk to her in a quiet place. But he pushed her onto the bed and raped her. Police officers were made aware of the incidents when the 13-year-old told a school welfare officer she had been sexually assaulted by men at an address in Dewsbury. West Yorkshire Police welcomed the convictions and said officers will relentlessly target those who try to abuse and exploit children and the vulnerable. Chief Superintendent Mabs Hussain, District Commander for Wakefield, said: “Tackling child sexual exploitation and safeguarding the vulnerable is the top priority for Wakefield Police, just as it is for the rest of the force, and I am very pleased to see these men behind bars. “It is no exaggeration to say these men behaved in a

ISMALI HAJI, 39, a taxi driver, of Rotary Close, Dewsbury was found guilty of sexual activity with a child, grooming and trafficking offences. He was jailed for 19 years.

MOHAMMED CHOTHIA, 39, a factory worker, of Hyrstlands Road, Batley, was jailed for 13 years for grooming, taking an indecent photo of a child and trafficking offences.

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“They were devious and manipulative in order to achieve their vile objectives. They will now have a collective 50 years in prison to reflect upon the consequences of their wickedness...” – DET INSP LIS WALKER, WAKEFIELD DISTRICT SAFEGUARDING UNIT

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IBRAHIM KOLA, 36, a factory worker, of School Crescent, Dewsbury, was sentenced to 10 years for rape and trafficking offences.

IMRAN HAJI, 36, a shop assistant, of Manor Way, Batley, was given eight years for rape and trafficking offences.

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Deaths GARNETT SUSAN On 18 September, aged 57. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Tuesday 4 October at 1.15pm.

HELLIWELL JOHN (JACK) On 23 September, of Hanging Heaton, aged 85. Husband of Cynthia. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Thursday 6 October at 12.30pm.

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GREGORY ROY On 26 September, of Dewsbury, aged 67. Husband of Betty. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Friday 7 October at 1.15pm.

HAWKINS ANGELA ELAINE (NEE ENGLAND) On 21 September, aged 59, of Mirfield. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Tuesday 4 October at 10.30am.

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POLLARD REGGIE On 20 September, aged 82, of Mirfield. Husband of Elaine. Service took place at Dewsbury Crematorium, Thursday 29 September.

RICHARDSON NELLIE On 25 September, aged 93, formerly from Batley. Wife of the late Ron. Service at Efford Crematorium, Plymouth, Wednesday 5 October at 3.30pm.

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RIGG HEATHER MARIE (NEE PARKINSON) On 21 September, aged 47, of Gomersal. Wife of Nick. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Friday 7 October at 11.15am.

SPARLING JOHN On 22 September, aged 79, of Hightown. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Thursday 6 October at 11.15am.

TOWNEND MARGARET JACQUELINE On 24 September, aged 72, of Mirfield. Wife of Michael.

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TYLER GEORGE On 25 September, aged 93, of Mirfield. Husband of the late Audrey. Service at Dewsbury Crematorium, Friday 7 October at 2pm.

WILLIS JANET (NEE SEWELL) On 19 September, aged 52, of Cleckheaton. Wife of Mark. Service at St Luke’s Church, Moorbottom, on Monday 3 October at 12noon, followed by committal at Park Wood Crematorium, Elland.

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A four-year efficiency plan will now go to the Home Office which, if approved, will pave the way for new recruitment and the delivery of a balanced budget by 2020/21. As well as the opening of the new £5million station in Batley Carr which saw Dewsbury and Batley services merge, there were also closures in Marsden and the opening of a £2.5 million station at Rastrick following the merger of Brighouse and Elland stations. The moves allowed the authority to make long-term staff savings. There are currently 1,030 full-time firefighters which will drop by 255 as older staff retire. This will take the number below 900, which was the minimum required strength agreed under a five-year plan in 2009. Savings and underspend had left the authority with “significant revenue balances” in the region of £18million. It has said that it is planning on spending around £10 million to support the revenue budget and fund full-time recruitment.

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Man who ranted in MP’s office wins prison reprieve By Staff Reporters A MAN who was cleared of threatening to kill staff at an MP’s office has been given a warning over his future conduct. Jaseem Saeed, 39, entered the office of Dewsbury MP Paula Sherriff demanding they help him get a passport on March 9 of this year. When he discovered the Labour MP was not at her office he became aggressive.

Leeds Crown Court cleared Saeed of making threats to kill in July but he had already admitted affray due to his behaviour at the office. Mr Justice Goss sentenced him earlier this week to a 12-month community order which includes 120 hours of unpaid work. Saeed was sentenced via videolink from the Royal Courts of Justice to HMP Leeds, where he had been remanded. He was warned that sim-

ilar behaviour would almost certainly lead to a prison sentence. Saeed, a Kurdish Iraqi, who was living on Nelson Street, Dewsbury, had arrived in Britain in 2004 seeking asylum and was granted indefinite leave to remain. However, he decided he wished to visit his homeland but was unable to do so as he did not have a passport. He visited the Dewsbury MP’s office in an attempt to get help from Mrs Sherriff but when he did not see

her, he became aggressive towards staff members. Saeed said that he did not have any firearms on him and denied saying he would shoot 29 people at a college and then himself if he did not get his passport. He said that he had been talking about shooting people at a college in Mosul, where ISIS recruiters were trained. The incident happened just three months before Batley & Spen MP Jo Cox was killed. After the trial, the judge told the jury that MPs were

“entitled to be protected as far as the law can protect them.” A psychiatric report indicated Saeed did not suffer from any serious mental issues. The judge told him: “You are an angry person who has little understanding of the effect of your behaviour on others. “Your problem lies in poor temper control. That is something you should be aware of and something you should learn to deal with.”

Complaints worry for hospitals Trust THE Trust running Dewsbury Hospital was the second most complained about in the country last year. M i d - Yo r k s h i r e Hospitals NHS Trust received around 1,500 complaints in 2015-16, of which almost two thirds were either upheld or partially upheld. Dewsbury MP Paula Sherriff, a member of the health select committee, said: “Patient safety

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A COMMUNITY group celebrated the last of the summer sunshine to raise funds for the Batley-based charity One Nation. The family fun day at Batley Carr Community Green raised cash for the charity which funds humanitarian projects in the UK and overseas. Just a year ago, there was a threat that Kirklees Council would sell off the green to a private developer. But thanks to the efforts of the late Jo Cox and local residents, the council agreed to drop the green from their sites’ disposal list. Rabia Patel, one of the organisers of the latest event, said: “These events give us an opportunity to meet up, exchange our latest news, share something to eat and drink and at the same time raise money for a worthy cause.” A total of £169.45 was raised.

should never be compromised.” The main areas of complaint were around patient care, communication and the behaviour of staff. David Melia, director of nursing and quality at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “It is disappointing to see the number of our complaints increasing but we do take them all very seriously.”

News in Brief Nursing staff changes NORTH KIRKLEES: Mid-Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has reduced its reliance on agency staff. A new workforce model, adopted on one of the elderly care wards, led to a decrease in the number of registered nurses and an increase in the number of health care assistants, saving the trust £800 a week. The Trust is now planning on using the same model on more elderly care wards. Dawn Parkes, deputy director of nursing at Mid Yorkshire, said: “We were facing problems with recruitment, retention and morale on our elderly care wards and this had led to a reliance on bank and agency nurses. “By changing the way we provide nursing care on the ward we have been able to address these issues and realise some tremendous improvements.”

Ambulance crash DEWSBURY: A driver had to be cut free from his car after he collided with an ambulance on an emergency call. Police were called to the A644 Huddersfield Road at Scout Hill just after 9am on Sunday morning. The ambulance collided with a silver Toyota Yaris which was performing a u-turn. The car driver complained of back pain and firefighters cut the roof from the car.

School expansion plan BIRKENSHAW: BBG Academy has submitted plans to Kirklees Council to construct a twostorey extension. Existing changing rooms would be demolished, with the new extension accommodating 12 classrooms, changing facilities and more dining space. The planning application states: “The school is in need of a series of additional, appropriately-sized classrooms, enhanced dining facilities and new sports changing facilities. It seems practical therefore to arrange these facilities over two stories, located adjacent to both the gym and exisiting dining space.”

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Veronica Horsfall (PPG Communications Manager), Councillor Fazila Fadia and Batley Library’s Customer Service Manager Zanam Shaffi THE Memory Lane Cafe project, aimed at helping those with dementia or memory loss, has launched at Batley Library. The Cafe will be open on the second Tuesday of every month, with each session featuring a number of

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LABOUR Party members were in tears during a tribute to Jo Cox. Rachel Reeves gave a moving speech at the party’s conference in Liverpool which visibly moved a number of those in the audience. The Leeds West MP, who was a long-time friend of Mrs Cox, promised that her good work would continue despite her passing. She said: “Jo appealed to our better instincts, our sense that – as she said in her maiden speech – we have far more in common than that which divides us. “Jo died doing the job she loved, in the place she loved, representing the people she loved.” Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and deputy leader Tom Watson were among those who listened to the tributes.

THE FAMILY of murdered Jo Cox met with the US President at the White House. Barack Obama met Brendan Cox and his two young children in Washington last week. Brendan Cox posted on his Twitter account: “The kids & I met @POTUS today. He was excellent with the kids, we talked about Jo, fighting extremism and the kids gave him their best drawings.” Mr Cox attended a summit on refugees in New York last week before meeting the President in the Oval

The party has recently announced a mentoring scheme designed to help women into leadership roles. The scheme, set up in memory of Mrs Cox, will train up over 600 women over the next five years. Mr Corbyn also paid his own tribute to Mrs Cox during a speech at the party’s National Women’s Conference. He called her a “brave woman who stood up for everybody within our society”. “There’s one person who isn’t here today,” he said, in reference to Mrs Cox. “She would be if it weren’t for an act of hatred and violence that robbed two children of their mother and the Labour Party of a valued and cherished friend.”

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FOCUS ON THE BATLEY & SPEN BY-ELECTION

‘I will be a loud, proud and strong voice for people of Batley & Spen’ – Labour candidate Tracy Brabin By James Morris TV STAR Tracy Brabin has been selected as the Labour candidate for the Batley and Spen by-election. Ms Brabin was selected at a packed hustings event at Upper Batley High School last week, beating Jane Thomas, and will now stand against nine other fringe party and independent candidates on October 20. The former Coronation Street star said that she was humbled to be selected as the Labour candidate but admitted it is a bittersweet victory. “No-one can replace Jo,” she said. “But I promise that if you put your faith in me at this by-election, I will be a loud, proud and strong Yorkshire voice speaking up for everyone in Batley and Spen.” Ms Brabin, whose 30-year acting career has also included roles in Emmerdale and EastEnders, is asking constituents to back her, regardless of their political ties. She said: “I am the only candidate who can unite voters. I want to reach out to all voters, no matter who they may have voted for in the past and ask them to unify. “People think that this election is a shoo-in but it really isn’t. We need to show people that we believe in hope and not division.” Mrs Cox and Ms Brabin were close friends and the pair campaigned together in the run-up to the 2015 election. The former actress, whose home

address is currently registered as in the Chipping Barnet constituency, grew up in a council flat in Birstall and admitted she was delighted to have the chance to represent her home town. She said: “It is the only place I would stand, as I grew up here. “It is massive for me as it’s my home town and I still have a lot of family here. “I want to talk to as many people as possible, get out into the community and engage with as many voters as possible. “One of the major issues I want to address is the downgrade of Dewsbury Hospital. “This really needs to be slowed down as if Huddersfield A&E closes we will soon be without an A&E in Kirklees. We really need to get all the facts and information about these changes.”

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ENGLISH Democrat candidate Therese Hirst says that health in the area is her main priority. She said: “The Batley & Spen constituency has a range of health challenges I am committed to overcome, including higher than average infant deaths and low birth-weight babies. “Heart disease, diabetes and stroke amongst older adults, including higher death rates from cancer, all of these continue to present challenges in Batley, Birstall and Birkenshaw.”

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Parties ‘are wrong’ Tory stirs up a not to contest seat storm on Twitter BATLEY man Garry Kitchin has put himself forward as an independent candidate. Following the death of Jo Cox, the major political parties announced they would not field candidates out of respect for the motherof-two. But Mr Kitchin believes that was not the correct thing to do. He said: “I believe that Jo stood for a great democratic tradition. “Basic democratic principles mean that in

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A CONSERVATIVE councillor has sparked controversy after claiming his party should be contesting the by-election. In a series of remarks on Twitter, Simon Cooke, leader of the Conservatives on Bradford Council, said: “My party should be contesting the by-election. “Absolutely no justification for giving Labour a free pass. “And don’t give me all that ‘shared values’ nonsense either. “If you’re a centre-left charity lobbyist I probably don’t share your values. “But then ‘values’ never fed the starving, housed the homeless or cured the sick.” Fellow Tories distanced themselves from his comments, which were widely condemned by mainstream parties.

A NUMBER of fringe parties and independents have declared their intention to stand, giving voters 10 candidates from which to choose. They are: Corbyn Anti - By-election protest. Tracy Brabin - Labour Party. Jack Buckby - Liberty GB. Richard Charles Edmonds - National Front. David Furness - British National Party. Therese Hirst - English Democrats. Waqas Ali Khan - Independent. Garry Mervyn Kitchin - Independent, left. Ankit Love - One Love Party. Henry Edmund Burke Mayhew - Independent.

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A tenner an hour? It gets my vote... AY-HAAY! Vote Labour! Lordy, I have seen the light! All of these years as a ‘small’ businessman labouring (pardon the pun) under the duplicitous Blairites and conniving Cameroons when all I ever really needed was a loony left socialist like John McDonnell!

Are you familiar with McDonnell, Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow chancellor? He may well be the political Marx/Trotsky to Jezza’s Lenin, but right now he’s my hero. I kid you not. If we get a Labour government – true, it’s a bit of a big ‘if’ – but if we do, then Old McDonnell is going to make sure every little piggy, sheep and chuck-chuck on the farm gets a minimum wage of £10 an hour. And with the hours I put in during a week, that’s an

Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell – a cunning plan approximate doubling of my current wage! Where have these guys been all my business life? Beg pardon? What’s that you say? They’ve had their idiotic heads up their communist wotsits all of my business life? Ah yes, I see. In reality – a

place far from the dreamworld these clowns inhabit – there’s not a cat in hell’s chance of me getting my tenner an hour. You see, being the boss, I’m the last man paid. I sometimes get the proverbial scrattings from the cat’s litter tray. Other times it’s champagne. Mostly it’s a bit in the middle, but you never can tell. One thing is for sure however – in a small business, which is what underpins this country’s economy, not every job is a tenner-an-hour job. Oh sure, everyone deserves their tenner an hour, I’m not arguing that. But then again we all deserve to live a healthy and contented life for at least our three-score-and-ten. We all deserve to find true love; we all deserve a new iPhone, poor kids deserve a new bike and Playstation …

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blah de blah de blah. Except life isn’t quite like that, sadly. So yes Mr McDonnell, I can give everyone a tenner-an-hour minimum wage if your new Marxist government insists. Get this though – the very next week I’ll have to make half of them redundant. I’ll have to trim the business right back to basics, just to survive. Now, I know that you and Comrade Corbyn think that anyone who isn’t in a trade union is a thieving capitalist pig, but even financial morons like you chaps must realise that if a million people are suddenly thrown on the dole, then the benefits bill will go through the roof, the economy will go into recession and tax revenues will shrink. We’ve already heard their solution to that, which is when it gets really scary. Labour plans to borrow £100 BILLION, apparently because interest rates are so low (in which case let’s all fill our boots, why don’t we?) There speak Corbyn and McDonnell the true socialists – economic illiterates who’ll be long gone by the time our kids and grandkids have to pay for their madcap profligacy. But hey, they and their trades union mafia dons will have made their point, which is actually what this is about – bringing down a successful, democratic, capitalist system. They’ll do it out of spite for their own pathetic shortcomings and out of solidarity with a communist ideal that was discredited decades ago. And we thought the Americans had it bad with Donald and Hillary.

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HOT FAVOURITE to be new Batley & Spen MP Tracy Brabin has made an ‘interesting’ start to her political career. Cosying up to Jeremy Corbyn at the Labour Party Conference? I wonder what Jo Cox would have made of that. We put a question to Ms Brabin’s team about where she stands on Corbyn’s leadership – answer was there none, which speaks volumes. In the immediate aftermath of Jo Cox’s brutal murder I applauded the decision of the mainstream parties not to contest the seat. But time passes, circumstances change and today’s political landscape is vastly different. I understand why the Tories, Lib Dems and UKIP couldn’t go back on their pledge, but I suspect both democracy – and possibly Batley & Spen – might suffer the consequences.

Silly Sam the fraudster man HERE are a number of reasons why Sam Allardyce has ended up being the shortestlived England football manager. It will be of little consolation that he departs as possibly the only manager in sporting history to get the sack with a 100% record. Here are a few of the reasons the likeable if rogueish Sam is out on his ear. Firstly, he is unbelievably stupid – and no, I’m not even describing the long-ball, third division A face only a mother could ‘tactics’ he favours. love ... at a price I mean as in being as thick as he looks. That’s a mush that belongs to one of the lesser Dingles on Emmerdale, if ever I saw one. Numbskull. Sam presumably never received one of those emails saying he’s won £150m in the Ugandan lottery. Pssst. Sam. If it looks, sounds and seems too good to be true, then it is. Only an idiot would fall for it. And presumably his mother never told Sam not to talk to strangers either. Because if blokes you’ve never heard of suddenly come promising riches, keep your hand on your wallet and your buttocks to the wall, Sammy boy. Then there’s greed. Plain, unadulterated, snout in the trough greed. As if Sam Allardyce hasn’t already been generously remunerated for a career whose successes can be described as ‘modest’ at best – and then he lands £3 million a year to coach England! That’s your lottery ticket right there, pal. But it wasn’t enough. He wanted more. And now he’s got sod all. And finally there’s corrupt. Bent. What he did might not constitute being criminal, but whether or not football clubs have too much money for their own good, it’s theirs – not managers who know a clever scam or two. And the one reason for Sam’s downfall that absolutely doesn’t stick, is the one that he blamed – that he was the ‘victim’ of a newspaper sting. Really? A stupid, privileged, greedy man tries to defraud the system and we’re supposed to feel sorry for him? That’s like a burglar blaming the police for finding his fingerprints. As with the scandal of the MPs’ expenses, I congratulate the Telegraph for a great piece of investigative journalism. I doubt that they picked Sam Allardyce as a target for their investigations by accident. No smoke without fire and all that – and I am stone-cold certain there are plenty of other likely culprits spread around the higher reaches of the sport, too. And not just football, either. I sincerely hope the Telegraph have some other ‘targets’ in the bag, because if the police and the organisations involved are effectively complicit in the deceit, than thank heaven we still have newspapers willing to do something about it. Apart from anything else, it might be the best thing to happen to the England football team in quite a while.

‘Legend’ TD is in care REMEMBER going into The Scarborough in Westtown – aka Luppy’s – when Terry Dewhirst was the landlord, and asking for a half of bitter. TD promptly poured a pint. “I only asked for a half,” I protested, but not strenuously enough to upset him. It didn’t take much to upset him. “You’ll have a bloody pint,” stuttered Terry. When you say they don’t make ‘em like that any more, I think it’s fair to say in TD’s case that they never made ‘em like that before, either. A one off. Anyway, his good pal Tony Jones has asked me to alert Terry’s old pub, rugby and bet-

ting pals that he’s currently resident in the Asquith Hall care home in Todmorden. If you’re in the locality I’m sure he’d appreciate a visit. KIDS KNOW how to live it up these days. A friend’s daughter (18) and her pal flew into Dublin last Friday teatime, went on the razzle until the clubs shut, had a nap back at the airport and were home for breakfast – and their £20 flights worked out only slightly more than a taxi from their usual night out. It makes a knees-up down Batley’s Golden Mile and a mucky kebab look a bit ordinary.

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News in Brief ‘Wild play’ plan DEWSBURY: Plans to transform Dewsbury Country Park into a “wild play zone” have been submitted. Kirklees Council officials say the former landfill site between Dewsbury Moor and Ravensthorpe is an ideal location. Natural materials including logs, willow and decking will be used to create play equipment.

Final decision on the fate of two museums

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DEWSBURY: Altaf Dhorat, 43, of High Street, was jailed for four weeks after admitting at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court to stealing clothes from the Matalan store in Dewsbury. He also admitted possessing cannabis.

THE FATE of two museums in North Kirklees will be decided on Monday. Cabinet members will be asked to agree a new vision for culture in the district, centred on three museums. If the proposals are given the goahead, it is likely that Dewsbury Museum and Red House in Gomersal will be closed by the end of October. The cost-cutting plan proposes retaining Oakwell Hall and Country Park, Bagshaw Museum and a new Huddersfield Museum and Art Gallery. Cabinet Member for Creative Kirklees, Coun Graham Turner, said that the proposals had been drawn up following a period of engagement with service users and the public. He said: “Obviously the majority of people wanted to keep all the museums. “During the budget consultation in January, 55 per cent of people wanted the collections where they are, but 45 per cent felt we should display exhibitions in community and business venues. “We have responded to this in the vision by proposing a mix of sitebased activities and other opportunities. “It is clear that many residents love and value the buildings we

Knife in his pants HECKMONDWIKE: A man who was caught with a kitchen knife hidden in his trousers had five previous convictions for similar offences, Kirklees Magistrates’ Court was told. Blake Johnson, 26, of Church Street, pleaded guilty to possessing a bladed article. The court heard that police who went to an address in Heckmondwike late last Sunday discovered a seven-and-a-half inch blade in the front of his jogging bottoms. The case was sent to Leeds Crown Court for sentencing on October 17.

Intimidation case BIRSTALL: A man appeared at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court accused of initimidating a witness. Lance Cooke, 27, of Rawfolds Avenue, allegedly went to the home of the witness and asked her to retract a statement. Cooke will next appear at court on October 13.

have but if we do not close any of the sites it will be impossible to achieve the savings we need to make. “With a constantly diminishing budget, we have to change the cultural offer but I believe the proposed changes will ensure that we can deliver a service for the residents of Kirklees that tells our story, in a different and more up to date way.” The proposals have been met with criticism from support groups. Jenifer Devlin, from the Friends of Crow Nest Park group, said: “Closing Dewsbury Museum will clearly increase inequality and deny schools and families access to a local museum. “When the plans are completed, there will be no museum between Huddersfield and Batley. “North Kirklees will be served only by difficult-to-access Bagshaw Museum and Oakwell Hall. “It is a shocking state of affairs that a town the size of Dewsbury will be without a museum. “There are ongoing attempts to regenerate Dewsbury, so I would like to know how Coun Turner reconciles his statement with his determination to close Dewsbury’s museum.” If Cabinet members agree to the proposals, expressions of interest will be invited from local groups to take on those museums not included in the final portfolio.

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The town appreciates you, Gary! Branch FM is Dewsbury’s little gem From: Madina Wakenge, a third-year broadcast journalism student from the Democratic Republic of Congo studying at Nottingham Trent University Dear Sir, I always give praise where it is due. The incredible work done by local radio station Branch FM is certainly commendable and worth recognition. I would even go as far as saying that it is Dewsbury’s little gem. My two weeks at the Christian community radio station was challenging but very enjoyable, I found myself right at the centre of the action, creating material that would be broadcasted across West Yorkshire and beyond. During my time at Branch FM, it dawned on me that I was enjoying the fruits of a democratic and free media, and this is not the case in many countries around the world, sadly this includes my home country; the Democratic Republic of Congo. A country in central Africa that has seen most of its independent media outlets silenced or shut down by the government without good reason. This comes at such a critical time in the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a nation that has never experienced a peaceful transfer of power but is subjected to unthinkable human rights abuses, months before the presidential election. It is important that we appreciate and cherish the liberties we have such easy access to. We are very blessed to live in a country that gives us a number of platforms to choose from in order to get our voices heard and spark conversation. Community radio at its best holds the power to forge an unbreakable relationship and bond with the local community and surrounding areas. This is true of Branch FM, who on many occasions partner up with local schools, colleges, and universities to give a helping hand with providing work experience for students within the Yorkshire region. Branch FM also take on individuals with special needs who have been turned away by organisations. The time has for us come to celebrate this incredible station going above and beyond what is expected of them. I am very happy to have been part of an outstanding radio station that is making a world of a difference to people from all walks of life. It is organisations like this that should be at the forefront of our community.

Dear Sir, I’d like to take this opportunity to recognise the career of Gary Sykes. I know his decision to retire from the sport he loves was not taken easily, but he can be confident that he was not only a great boxer but also a stand out ambassador for Dewsbury and in particular Dewsbury Moor. I got to know Gary well over his career and his dedication, resilience

Decision is a disgrace From: Jenifer Devlin, Dewsbury Dear Sir, On Monday Kirklees Cabinet will consider the future of museums and galleries in Kirklees. They are being recommended to close Dewsbury Museum. The stated aim of Kirklees Council policy is to reduce inequalities, the leader of the council has made much of this on his blog. Yet Dewsbury Museum lies in one of the most deprived wards in Kirklees. Closing the museum will clearly increase inequality and deny access to a local museum to schools and families. When the plans are completed, there will be no museum between Huddersfield and Batley. It is a shocking state of affairs that a town the size of Dewsbury will be without a museum. As we know, there are ongoing attempts to regenerate Dewsbury, so I would like to know how Coun Graham Turner reconciles his determination to close Dewsbury’s museum with his statement this week that: “The future resilience of towns and cities relies on mixed uses of retail, residential and culture and leisure opportunities. The so-called “public engagement” mirrored our experience of the run-up to the major changes to our hospital in that there has been no effective consultation, merely some meetings at which attendees were told what was going to happen and an online survey which shamelessly engineered responses and did not allow free comment. Despite this, there were 920 responses, plus letters, emails and other comments, which showed that most people wanted to keep all of the museums. What we face now is an empty building with all the consequences for increased vandalism in the park that will bring. Why aren’t we talking about a new plan for the museum, with enhanced opportunities for income generation through licensing for weddings, with a ground floor restaurant like there used to be, creating income directly to support the museum? A museum that could contribute significantly to the “quality cultural offer” that Coun Turner says is important to a “resilient economy”.

Letter of the Week: Coun Darren O’Donovan and his ability to remain down to earth are to be admired. Due to his roots he was able to connect to people young and old and always had time to give back to the community.

Gary was a very humble champion to us all and I wish him and his young family well for the future. Gary – Dewsbury appreciates you, your career and what you have done for the town.

A museum that could work hand-in-hand with the Green Flag park in which it sits to create an impressive leisure and educational feature in Dewsbury. I am sure I am not alone in thinking it is a disgrace that the council is seeking to close our museum, in the face of survey showing it is not what people want, and without even considering with local people and local groups, alternative ways of keeping it open.

London and we were more or less told to take it or leave it. Over the past few weeks we have been subjected to the musings of unnamed ‘Labour Party sources’ quoted in daily newspapers hostile to Labour, that Tracy Brabin was favourite to take over from the late Jo Cox as MP for Batley and Spen. This was carried out very underhanded and there was a feeling that the memory of Jo Cox was being exploited for political gain. Mike Wood, our MP for 18 years prior to Jo, seems to have been written out of Labour history, so may I thank him for all his hard work and also Jo Cox, whose photograph I have framed alongside a letter she sent me two days before her horrific murder. I also will be campaigning alongside Tracy Brabin in the forthcoming election for a Labour victory, but the shenanigans of the past few weeks have left a bitter taste in my mouth. When will these people grow up?

Denied choice From: Harvey Alexander, Leeds Dear Sir, The Conservative Party, Liberal Party and UKIP have decided to not contest the Batley and Spen by-election, out of respect for Jo Cox. By doing so, they are disrespecting our democracy and the right of its citizens to vote for the party of their choice. I deplore the murder of Jo Cox and have great sympathy for her family but this election is about governing our country, it should not be used as an expression of grief. The supporters of the above parties are unlikely to vote for the Labour candidate. I urge them to go to the polling stations and to put a cross, corner to corner, across their ballot papers, to express their dissatisfaction with these parties, who are denying the public their democratic right to vote for them.

A bitter taste From: John Appleyard, Liversedge Dear Sir, Congratulations to Jeremy Corbyn’s second huge mandate to continue his leadership of the Labour Party. He has been the victim of so much abuse in the media and by a clique of Labour MPs who should now do the decent thing and stop complaining and start campaigning for a Labour Government. I welcome Jeremy’s intentions to give back more power to Labour Party members who do so much foot slogging to get MPs elected but don’t get much appreciation for their efforts. My local Labour Party had no say whatsoever in the short listing of candidates for the forthcoming by-election in Batley and Spen, it was determined in

Proper chance From: David Honeybell, Heckmondwike Dear Sir, In a national daily paper, Neil Kinnock is reported to have said “Labour won’t win again in my lifetime if Jeremy Corbyn is reelected”. Well, he should know all about losing general elections. He was Labour Party leader in both the 1987 and 1992 elections, when the Conservative Party easily won. In fact, he has the unenviable

Gary Sykes with young fans in Ravensthorpe record of being the longest-serving party leader of the opposition in British political history. When he became an MP in June 1970, his father said “Remember Neil, MP stands for Member of Parliament, but it also stands for Man of Principal”. He must have forgotten his father’s words when he started the Labour Party on its lurch to the right. In the strike of 1984/5, the miners got support from Labour Party branches, other trades union members and councils. Kinnock forgot where his roots were and instead of giving wholehearted support to the miners, he instead criticised their leader, Arthur Scargill, who was proved to be right about the hit list of pit closures. And though the NUM was called “the enemy within” by Thatcher, the 30 years rule was to show that the real traitors were Thatcher and the Tory government. Kinnock should look at his own record before he attempts to finish the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, before he has been given a proper chance.

Billions still heading east From: D Johnson, Mirfield Dear Sir, What an excellent question Mr Spreadbury asked in last week’s Forum – why are the eastern European EU countries so keen on maintaining the free movement of workers to the UK when we leave the EU? The answer must be that they

are benefiting hugely in some way to justify losing so many of their own workforce. Trawling through the internet, the figures on how many eastern European migrants are officially here and working is hard to establish, however it is between two and four million, gulp! A large number of these will be squirrelling away what they can and sending it back home, can’t blame them for that, but with just a few taps on my calculator it becomes clear that many billions of pounds are heading east every year. Also any EU nationals who have a child born in the UK can continue to claim child benefit and child tax credits from the UK when they return to their country of origin. Yep, unbelievable. Ah, but, I hear some of you say what about the taxes they pay? Okay what about it, 40 hours on the minimum wage, less the annual tax allowance of £11,000 comes to diddly squat. It might just about cover the extra burden on the NHS. The construction teams we hear so much about will earn considerably more than the minimum wage and I feel confident that they will be honest about their earnings (cash and otherwise) when they diligently fill in their UK tax returns upon returning home. Having said all that I have no objection to controlled immigration. Let’s face it, until we can get the lazy tattooed Jeremy Kyle-watching lardy backsides into work and teach them to speak English and be as pleasant as their EU counterparts then we really do need them.

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Area), Flats 1-6 (inc), 85 Daisy Hill, Dewsbury. Kirklees Forestry Department, work to TPO(s) 06/11, All Saints Church, Bullace Trees Lane, Roberttown. Tahir Zaman, outline application for erection of two dwellings, land adjacent to Hyrstcote, Track Road, Batley. P Piercy, certificate of lawfulness for proposed erection of single-storey rear extension, 70 Leeds Road, Birstall. Robert Stead, work to TPO(s) 26/78, 43 Longlands Road, Dewsbury. G Butler, work to TPO(s) 43/94, 1 Hanover Gardens, Dewsbury. Jeremy Childs, work to TPO(s) 16/94, 41 Healds Road, Dewsbury. Mr R Khan, the proposal is for erection of single-storey rear extension. The extension projects 4.5m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 4m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 2.8m, 19 Myrtle Road, Ravensthorpe.

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Paula Sherriff, MP for Dewsbury and Mirfield

‘Politically speaking’ These claims are no joke HE GOVERNMENT is keen to cut the benefits bill, but employing a company that insists the dead are cohabiting with tax credits claimants in order to deprive working people of money they rely on to feed their kids, is, to say the least, an unreasonable solution. It might sound laughable, but to many local people that have contacted me in recent weeks about their tax credits claims which have been referred to Concentrix, the company contracted to do investigations on behalf of Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs, this is no joke. Concentrix appears to have cut tax credits from hundreds of people because they believe someone else who previously lived at their address is still living there. The problem is that most commonly, the person has never even met the alleged resident, and in at least one case reported nationally, the alleged resident is in fact deceased. I’ve personally received a great many complaints from local people who have been wrongly accused of living with a partner or who have not received a letter requesting evidence of their circumstances and have had their tax credits stopped as a result. Although I’ve been supporting

those people, tax credits are not paid until the lengthy appeals process is completed, leaving people out of pocket for weeks or months. The problem is widespread. My Labour colleague Louise Haigh MP was told in response to her parliamentary questions that there were nearly 6,000 mistaken reductions to claims in the 10 months from October to August. Sadly, the relentless pursuit of parents who are trying their best to work hard and raise a family is not the only example of companies employed by the government that again and again have put private profit before the legitimate needs of ordinary working people.

Atos and their ‘fitness for work’ assessments are another high profile example of the poor performance and the devastating impact of a private company operating in the public sector. Another I have witnessed firsthand as a former employee of the NHS, is the impact of the privatisation of frontline NHS services, which proved to be damaging for patients, staff and the taxpayer alike. The government say they are seeking value for money – what frequently transpires is a costly shambles for the taxpayer, an immense amount of stress and hardship for patients, vulnerable disabled people and families, often pushing them into poverty and resulting in services that appear to be accountable to no-one including the UK government. Please be assured that I will not be letting the government off the hook on this issue. If any local people are experiencing difficulties with Concentrix, or there’s any other matter I may be of assistance with, please let me have the details and I will be happy to help. You can contact my constituency office on 01924 565450 or email paula@paulasherriff.org.uk.

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‘We only have room for five children next year’

A CARER could be sent to prison after stealing from an MS sufferer she was looking after. Shazia Akhtar, 31, of Ouzelwell Crescent, Dewsbury, pocketed cash from Paula Richardson’s purse over a number of weeks, Kirklees Magistrates’ Court was told. She was caught in the act after Ms Richardson’s sister installed CCTV at her home in Dewsbury. Akhtar pleaded guilty to theft when she appeared at court in custody after failing to show up to previous hearings. The court heard that Akhtar, who was employed by Dewsbury-based care firm Elite Staffing, claimed she was providing change for Ms Richardson but admitted taking the cash. She also admitted driving while disqualified and without insurance on Bradford Road in Cleckheaton on July 4 after she was banned from driving in December. District Judge Michael Fanning ordered a report from probation services but warned Akhtar she could be sent to jail.

By Staff Reporters KIRKLEES Council has been asked to re-home children seeking asylum in the near future. Cabinet members will be asked to agree to accept the children, fleeing civil war in Syria and events in the Middle East and North Africa as an unprecedented number of migrants arrive in Europe. The proposal will ask for cabinet approval to join the government-led scheme to take five children here initially, and also take part in the Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Programme, in which around 20 people from four or five families would come to Kirklees. The Home Office is asking local authorities to resettle

0.07 per cent of their children and young people’s population. This would be up to 69 children for Kirklees. But due to a lack of space it is likely the number rehomed in the district will fall well below this. Coun Graham Turner, who is working with Migration Yorkshire at a regional level, said: “We are expected to take a maximum 0.07 per cent of our child population – which is 69 – but we are recommending we only take five this financial year as we simply don’t have the places available. “We need the public to come forward and offer to be involved. “We will need an increase in foster carers and supported lodgings providers to enable the council to do more.”

Coun Turner added: “Councillors were unanimous in our support for the Syrian Resettlement Programme and we have families here now living safely in our communities. “While this scheme from government is voluntary, I am sure we would want to help. “We have a long tradition of welcoming people who need our support and I was delighted by the response from our communities when we accepted refugees last year. “We are proposing a number that we feel we can support and will work with our partners and the voluntary community sector to make sure that is the case if cabinet colleagues agree.” Cabinet meets to discuss the proposal on Monday.

Man on speeding charge says, ‘I wasn’t the driver’ DEWSBURY: A man charged with a speeding offence has said that his friend was driving the car at the time. Tariq Mahmood, 40, of

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News In Brief Bike trekkers return

Nine children’s centres at risk

MIRFIELD: Six workers from a Mirfield company have completed an epic bike ride across Europe. Alan Bodell, Dave McDanielson, David Page, Daniel Hickling, Tim Nellis and Eyta Paxton all work at the John Cotton bedding firm on Huddersfield Road. The group has cycled 761 miles from Poland to Mirfield, raising £9,888, which brings the total raised by the firm in its centenary year up to £120,000. Charities to benefit from the firm’s efforts include Kirkwood Hospice, the Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice, Yorkshire Air Ambulance Service and the Yorkshire Cancer Centre.

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Assault charge CLECKHEATON: A woman denied a charge of assault when she appeared in court. Amanda Beech, 44, of Turnsteads Mount, is accused of assaulting Toni Lawler at an address in the town on May 9. She allegedly struck Ms Lawler in the face and pushed her during a dispute. The case will be heard at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court on November 7.

KIRKLEES Council has revealed the children’s centres under threat from funding cuts. The nine centres in North Kirklees at risk are: Batley East, Gomersal & Littletown, Howard Park School, Flatts & Eastborough, Mirfield, Pentlands School, Heckmondwike, Dewsbury Moor and Thornhill Lees. The council needs to save around £10m and is considering cutting

around a third of its centres. Of the 32 centres across Kirklees, 19 are at risk, with the council looking to close around 11 of those and either sell off the buildings or transfer them to other council uses. Redundancies are likely at those centres that are closed. The centres – known officially as Early Help Centres – provide help and support for expectant mothers and mums with babies, toddlers, children and teenagers, as well as

young adults with complex disabilities. Under the proposals, four central early help ‘hubs’ would be created but locations have not been decided. They would provide information on early help services. There would also be four designated children’s centres where people will be able to access services. Another 13 exisiting centres will remain, taking the total number of locations to 21. Council officials say the plan is designed to help

children and young people at an early stage before their problems deepen and require more interventions. Coun Viv Kendrick, cabinet member for adults, health and activity, said: “Some of the at-risk centres will be kept and used to deliver services. “The location of some other sites have not been decided and we may introduce mobile services which can pop up in various places to address demand. “We may also consider

using community venues that are already well-used. “If a building is deemed unsuitable to continue to provide an early years service, we will then consider if it can be used for an alternative use. “If it can’t and is a drain on council resources, it would make sense to me to sell it.” A consultation period will be open until November 22 for members of the public to have their say, with the results presented to the cabinet on January 17.

Coffee and a shave CLECKHEATON: As part of Macmillan Cancer Support’s world’s biggest coffee morning, St John’s Church will be staging an event at the community hall today (Friday, 10am-noon). Church warden Margaret Couch will have her head shaved as part of the ‘Brave the Shave’ campaign. ■ The Friends of Mirfield Library will also take part in the world’s biggest coffee morning tomorrow (Saturday, 10.30am-noon) at the library.

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A WOMAN was criticised for failing to turn up to the unpaid work she had been ordered to carry out after she caused the death of an elderly widower. Jack Richardson, 88, was killed when he was hit by a car on Flanshaw Road, Wakefield, while walking to the grave of his late wife. Kelly Lucas, of Broadowler Lane, Ossett, was handed a “merciful” sentence in April after she admitted causing death by careless driving. She was made the subject of

an 18-month community order and was told to carry out 250 hours of unpaid work. Lucas appeared at Leeds Crown Court after she failed to turn up to her unpaid work. The court was told she repeatedly made up excuses why she could not attend. Judge Rodney Jameson QC told Lucas: “One might think, having received a merciful sentence, that you would have dealt with it expediently. You have shown utter contempt for the court order and utter contempt for the probation serv-

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Former pupil is school’s new head

Navigation Tavern Headteacher Roxanne Taylor with pupils at St Paulinus School in Dewsbury WHEN Roxanne Taylor left St Paulinus Catholic Primary School aged 11 in 1995, she never imagined that one day she would become headteacher there. But now she has taken over from Roxanna Drake, who retired in the summer after 20 years as head at the Dewsbury school. Miss Taylor, who comes from Thornhill, returned to St Paulinus as deputy head in 2013. She described her first day in the role as “a surreal experience”.

“I walked around the classrooms remembering that they were my old classrooms. It was like going back in time. Some of the staff from my time as a pupil were still here too.” Miss Taylor also attended St John Fisher Catholic High School in Dewsbury before obtaining her teaching degree at Trinity and All Saints University in Leeds. She said that being appointed head of her old school was like a dream come true. “I feel such loyalty towards

St Paulinus and great pride in the school too,” she said. “In Mrs Drake I had a wonderful role model and now I’m excited to be taking the school forward with our great team of staff.” Miss Taylor’s former teachers spotted her potential for school management when they made her a prefect, aged 10, charged with keeping order on the school buses. “Some of the incentives I used then to encourage good behaviour I still use today!” she said.

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what is now one of the best grounds in the district, on the smart playing fields alongside Leesside School in White Lee. Their own changing facilities, two fully enclosed rugby fields (plus a third!) and not just seven junior sides, but a Tots programme for four-tosix year olds too, marks the club now known as Birstall Victoria as a seriously successful sports and community organisation. It’s a far cry from those humble beginnings, but one which everyone associated with ‘the Vic’ will take great pride in when the celebrations at the ‘Black and Red Ball’ – the club’s colours – at the Village Hotel on the night of Saturday October 29 brings together many old friends and familiar faces. They will join the 2016 side that recently became champions of the Yorkshire Men’s League Division Four, having made the brave decision to move to summer rugby a few years ago. The title was a fitting end to the coaching rein of Brendan Sheridan, who has been one of the Vic ‘greats’ as both a player and coach, but has now stepped down. HE club has moved with the times in more ways than one, from being a grass roots Yorkshire League side that climbed its way through the divisions and rapidly produced top class professionals like John Lyons who signed for Wakefield Trinity, and Dickie Jasiewicz, who was snapped up by Bradford Northern. Within just a few years the Vic could compete with the ‘bigger’ names on the local scene like Dewsbury Celtic, Thornhill, Shaw Cross, Dewsbury Moor and their derby rivals Batley Boys. They were the first winners of the post-season Darryl Woollin 11-a-side tournament staged back then on Savile Town playing fields. Alex Roper was the first

coach, while long-serving club stalwart Andy Walsh was the secretary and looked after virtually everything offfield for many years. Batley Bulldogs chairman Kevin Nicholas and Mount Pleasant groundsman Jimmy Morley played in that original team, along with another Vic diehard Mick Lyons, brother of Wakefield (and later Leeds and Halifax) bound John. Their younger brother Paddy would captain the Heavy Woollen team that lifted the national inter-league title before signing professionally with Hunslet. The success of the side, and the emergence of many talented players who went professional like Shaun Madden, Peter Clayton, Gary Evans, Darren Speight and Simon Ledgard was down in no small part to the Vic being blessed by some top-quality coaches, many from the exprofessional ranks. Graham Bell and Dave Busfield took the reins, exDewsbury player Steve Halloran was in charge while his brother Chris played and coached. Two former St John Fisher teachers Martin Crick and Bernard ‘Benny’ Kane gave great service, while John Senior, Neil Kellett,

John Carroll, Mick Sheard, Mark Scott, John Stainburn, Craig Stevens, Dave Tomlinson, Iain McCabe and Matt Gowland have all been in charge. Players like Nigel Blakeley, Ian Ellis, Grant Anderson, Mark Gamson and many, many others have been part of the Vic ‘backbone’ There have been many highlights, like Martin Crick’s team making the quarter final of the Yorkshire Cup before coming up against all-conquering Mysons from Hull, Neil Kellett’s side which won the Yorkshire Senior Division, and the club qualified for the 1st round of the Challenge Cup. More recently in 2010 they won the Heavy Woollen’s Jim Brown Cup for the first time, the elite local knockout competition. Off the field, like many original pub teams, the club’s fortunes have ebbed and flowed. When the Victoria Hotel went through a rapid succession of landlords the lads accepted the invitation of Leeds RL great David Ward to make the Squash Club in Birstall their base, where they remained for many years. More recently, they were even hosted at Birstall Cricket Club and the juniors at Common Road WMC in Staincliffe, before another stalwart, Clarke Rothwell, suggested that his Priestley’s Café and Bar in the heart of the village become home. But the single biggest development in Birstall Victoria’s development probably came with the visionary decision 10 years ago to invest in the future – by starting a junior section. Paul Frain, Leon Crick and Steve Ewen recruited and New, Slightly produced the first Marked & under 8s team which Refurbished has this year with 12 months emerged all the way warranty through to Richard Hunter’s under 17s, with one player, centre Jacob Fozzard, an ever-present. It has taken a

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NOW AND THEN: Division 4 champs in 2016, and winners of the 1980 Darryl Woollin Trophy while to establish the conveyor belt however, hence a few gaps in the age groups. But from the under 7s run by Dave Shields, 8s (Nolan Grinhaff), 9s (Phil Hartley), 10s (Dave Sheldrake), 11s (Craig Burnham and Mick Harrison) and 14s (Ben Copley) there’s both an investment in local youngsters and the club’s future. Another man who’s been a solid clubman on and off the field, Tony Aubrey, now has charge of the Tots. It was an excellent decision – the then-under 12s won the first junior national cup five years ago, and a girls’ team that the club started also won national glory, before moving on to play under the auspices of the Batley Bulldogs. And in 2011, Birstall Victoria was given the honour of providing the mascots for the EnglandAustralia Four Nations game

at Elland Road in Leeds. Club secretary Mark Lockwood, a ‘one club’ servant who started playing with the Vic in the mid-80s alongside his brother Jez, paid tribute to the many people who have contributed to the club’s success. “It’s a great family club,” said Mark, “but it’s only ever as good as the people who make it happen and we have had some tremendous people involved, who have stuck with us through thick and thin. “We have had stalwart committee members down the years like Eric Senior, Mick Lyons, Stuart Bennett, Clarke Rothwell, Tony Aubrey and his wife Elsie, while Sarah Watson does great work with the juniors. And of course Clarke is a great host to us at Priestley’s and gives so much to the club.

“These days we get great leadership from chairman Garry Beevers and his wife Bev who does so much to keep the club running. There’s a heck of a lot more involved now than when we were just a pub team in Carlinghow!” Just last week the club played its annual Andy Dyson Memorial match against Drighlington, to commemorate the popular 17year-old who played for both clubs and tragically died in a car accident in 2008. Andy’s memory will be kept alive by his old teammates at the 40th anniversary celebration coming up in four weeks, an evening which will involve a threecourse meal and live band, plus plenty of opportunities to reminisce. Tickets for the evening can be bought at Watson’s estate agents in Birstall, priced £25.

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DARK punk band System Of Hate play a gig at The Old Turk pub in Dewsbury tonight (Fri). The Barnsleybased group have just signed a distribution deal with Plastic Head to distribute their debut album 'Unhallowed Ground' worldwide. The night of punk rock starts at 8.30pm and there will be support acts.

Arts’ comedy will slay you DEWSBURY Arts Group’s 2016/17 season opens tomorrow (Sat) with The Ladykillers. The varied programme includes seasonal music hall, an evening of plays and youth theatre productions. The main house programme offers a selection of comedy and drama, from The Ladykillers to a new play called The Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge by Steve Goddard. The group will also perform The Vertical Hour by David Hare, JB Priestley classic Time And The Conways and old favourite The Odd Couple by Neil Simon. The final production of the season will be Assassins, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The season opens on Saturday October 1 with The Ladykillers by Graham Linehan, based on the much-loved Ealing Comedy.

Posing as amateur musicians, criminal mastermind Professor Marcus, together with ‘his gang’, rent rooms in the house of dear sweet-natured Mrs Wilberforce, and plot to involve her, unwittingly, in their brilliantly conceived heist job. There are performances on October 1 and then from October 3-8, at the Artspace, on Lower Peel Street, Dewsbury from 7.30pm each night. For bookings go to www.dewsburyarts group.info or call TicketSource on 03336 663366. Season ticket holders at Dewsbury Arts Group benefit from great savings, with two tickets for each of the six main house productions and exclusive access to other member events. Email dewsburyartsgroup@ntlworld.com or call 01924 505861 for details.

Vanishing professor BAGSHAW MUSEUM in Batley will be celebrating the ‘Museums at Night’ initiative by taking visitors into the world of steam punk. The museum in Wilton Park will be the setting for a play called ‘The Mystery of the Vanishing Professor’, which has a steam punk theme. Steam punk is a form of science fiction which draws on alternative versions of Victorian history and the American Wild West. It imitates how those cultures might have envisaged the future and features retrofuturistic inventions inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery. The play, which is set in the year 1886, starts outside the museum. It will then move inside

and around the building, giving spectators an exciting tour of the grounds. The play ends with the chance to enjoy tea and cake in the Long Gallery, where all will be revealed. As a guest you will have the chance to try and work out what has happened to the professor and who is responsible. You can even get immersed in the atmosphere by dressing in steam punk attire, and there’ll be an opportunity for

photos with the cast at the end of the performance. Tickets for the event, which starts at 6pm on Saturday October 29, are £8 (with tea and cake included) and are available from Bagshaw Museum. Advanced booking is essential and the event is not suitable for under 12s. For more information contact heritage manager Linda Levick on 01924 324765 or email linda.levick@kirklees. gov.uk.

Dawn’s big dance THE DEWSBURY and District League of Friendship hosts ‘Dawn’s Big Dance Night’ at the Victoria Function Rooms on Stocks Lane, Batley, tonight (Fri). For the second year running Dawn’s event will be an evening of dance and music ranging from Motown, to rock and roll, with everything in between. Starting at 8pm, entry is £5 on the night and all proceeds will go to Howlands, a local charity for local people. For details call 01924 463693.

Bird show THE YORKSHIRE Foreign Bird Society are holding their Open Show at Liversedge Parish Centre on Sunday. The show will be open to the public from 12noon to 2.30pm and there will be lots of birds to see, ranging from tiny finches to large parrots. Admission is free on the day, with food and drink available.

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Readers put names to team faces AFTER this image was shared in The Press last week, a former Batley Carr Rangers player has put names to faces. The photo shows the 1946 Batley Carr Rangers rugby league team – and 89-year-old Ron Ellis, from Hanging Heaton, who joined the team in 1948, played alongside several of the players. Another reader added more names to the line-up, which so far reads: back, from left, Cyril Lockwood, Len Thompson, John Rhodes, Ken Westbury, unknown, unknown, Eddie Redfern,

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Lees. If you know any of the men in the photo, call The Press on 01924 470296 or email news@thepressnews. co.uk.

Mayor hands over £62,000 to charities LAST year’s Mayor of Kirklees handed over £62,000 to charity during his time in the role. Coun Paul Kane chose Diabetes UK as his main charity and almost £14,700 was raised for the group. Among other groups to benefit were Dewsbury Diabetes Support and Huddersfield Hospital Support, who each received £7,500.

Ann Montini and Tony Christie RECENTLY filmed a very special audience with the great Tony Christie at Westminster Live Studios in London. In even better news the chart-topper and muchloved musician Tony will bring his Golden Anniversary Tour to Wakefield’s Theatre Royal. Not to be missed, this one night of brilliant music and showmanship is on Sunday October 9. For more details on check out www.tonychristie.com.

THE BBC have announced an exclusive show centred around Michael Buble. ‘Buble At The BBC’ will see the musician preview material from his new album Nobody But Me and perform classic hits over a 60-minute special BBC One broadcast. Claudia Winkleman will host the one-off event to be filmed at BBC studios in Manchester, interviewing Michael throughout. COULD Will Young be the most laid-back contestant on this year’s Strictly? He tells me: “The one person I want to impress most is Len Goodman, for me he is the best and knows so much, so ideally I hope he gives me the best marks and I do well in his eyes...” BBC ONE has announced a third series of Still Open All Hours starring David Jason, but without Lynda Baron as Nurse Gladys Emmanuel. The actress will not be returning to the role which she first played in 1976. In a statement, she said: “It just isn’t possible to fit it in with my schedule.” Bosses have yet to decide if they will re-cast the role in the hit comedy. CORONATION STREET has announced the arrival of two

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more Barlows – Ken’s son Daniel and grandson Adam. Played by Rob Mallard and Sam Robertson, Adam and Daniel will make their first appearances in November. STRICTLY COME DANCING is going for Saturday/Sunday night fever for its first night of results. Bee Gees legend Barry Gibb will be bringing his trademark vocals to the show’s first results show on October 2. Barry told a friend: “I love the show and was delighted to be asked to perform.” BOTH The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent will remain on screen until at least 2019 after ITV announced a new three-year deal for both shows. However, because the broadcaster has also bought the rival talent show of The Voice from the BBC, it’s understood that the budgets on offer for both shows are dramatically lower. BBC presenter Katie Derham tells me why she is perfect for the presenting role on the Proms. “I did loads of performing as a child,” says Katie, 46, who grew up in Cheshire. “I was in an orchestra all the way through university and when I was first working in central London as a BBC Radio 4 presenter, but then work got in the way, and you move on, don’t you?” FORMER EastEnders actor Dean Gaffney is hopeful of returning to the soap fulltime. “I think people have missed Robbie and the whole clan have been back for some time now, so yes I would love to get back there,” he said. “I think I will always be known as Robbie

from EastEnders, but it’s not a bad thing, really.” CORRIE star Alison King says she hasn’t picked up much work since she left the role of Carla on the Street in May. She reveals: “I’ve got no new acting projects in the pipeline, I had hoped a few offers may have come my way, but nothing as yet, however I am hopeful and at least I am being very honest about it.” IN MORE Great British Bake Off news, it appears that the BBC will continue to profit from the show until at least 2028, after it emerged that its international arm holds the remake rights for the next 12 years. A source tells me that Channel Four, which bought the show for £75million, had no idea about this particular clause. Great management there, then... ITV is looking into which of its biggest TV brands can be turned into live visitor experiences and tours following the launch of Emmerdale and Coronation Street attractions. A source tells me: “They note that for instance A Touch of Frost is still popular after all these years, so that could easily be turned into a thrilling experience, for sure.” GARY BARLOW’S ‘Let It Shine’ is a new musical talent show led by the singer and aims to launch the careers of five young singers and dancers hoping to get their big break on the stage. Five men will be chosen as winners and will secure lead roles in the upcoming musical The Band, which features the hits of Take That. It’s expected on air early next year...

Fun day cash boost for humanitarian work THE proceeds from a community fun day will go to a humanitarian charity. Savile Town Community Centre hosted the Eid Bazaar event in aid of the Hope Welfare Trust. Dewsbury MP Paula Sherriff attended along-

side Dewsbury South councillors, Masood Ahmed, Gulfam Asif and Nosheen Dad. Hope Welfare Trust has been running for just over a year and provides humanitarian relief in the UK and abroad.

Ex-pupils plan eighth school reunion A REUNION for former pupils of the old Gregory Street School in Soothill, Batley will be the eighth organised by four former pupils. John and David Walker, Diane Jervis (nee Bailey) and Wendy Storey (nee Hall) all attended the school in the late 1940s and 50s. The school closed in 1981, when pupils moved to

Lydgate Road School. Former pupils have travelled from America, Australia and Canada for previous reunions. Wendy said: “Soothill was a village when we grew up there and we have so many shared memories of our school days and our parents and grandparents as we all knew each other. A lot of our parents and grandparents

attended the school. “There was no housing estate, only fields and allotments leading to Howley and streams to play in. “It was a wonderful place to grow up and Gregory Street school was the school we all attended and loved.” All former pupils are invited to the reunion, at Soothill Working Men’s Club on Monday, October 24 (7.30pm).

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Mother of the bride wedding outfit, mauve dress and jacket, Jacques Vert, size 16, also matching bag and shoes, size 7 £95. Tel 01924 496751. (1969) FURNITURE Large dark brown riser/recliner, 12 months old, hardly used, excellent condition £295 cash ono. Tel 07592 913425 after 6pm. (Heckmondwike area). Buyer collects please. (2006) High-backed bamboo chair £25 ono. Buyer collects. Tel 01484 720989/ 07806 984349 (2001) Expensive Italian leather and tapestry four-piece suite, similar to Aztec design, colour raspberry. Has reversible feather and down cushions, all washable, fire resistant. Chaise longue has double pull-out bed (very heavy), inc two armchairs and matching glass topped coffee table, £250. Buyer collects. Tel 01484 720989/ 07806 984349 (2001) Large Norwood Interiors double wardrobe in white; one side has hanging rail for long items, other side has bank of shelves; middle has glass doors and hanging rail for short items with 3 large drawers beneath. In good condition £150 ono. Buyer collects. Tel 01484 720989/ 07806 984349 (2001) Left-hand leather corner suite complete with pouffe (opens for storage). Attractive suite, immaculate condition, no scratches. Colour cream & brown, size left 240cm, right 220cm £475. Buyer collects. Tel 07753 603598 (2002) Nest of oak tables £25. Tel 01924 470866. (2003) Conservatory furniture; two seater sofa, two chairs, matching coffee table and lamp table. Plain, beige cushions, wicker base. Excellent condition, never been used £190. Tel 07758 649347. (1993) Berkley Manor two seater settee (4ft 6” wide), and high leg matching mechanical, reclining armchair in a floral design. Both in good condition £85 cash, buyer to remove. Tel 01924 423363 (Soothill). (1994)

GARDEN Rockery stone for sale, various sizes, over 40 individual stones. Buyer collects £35 ono. Tel 07999 889986. (2005) Approximately two tons of Yorkshire stone, including stone steps and a few stone ridge tiles, £200 ono. Buyer collects. Tel 01484 720989/ 07806 984349 (2001) White plastic furniture garden set, one round table + 4 chairs £20 ono. Buyer collects. Tel 01484 720989/ 07806 984349 (2001) Garden shed 8’ x 6’ apex roof £280 + 2 six foot picnic benches £100 the pair. Tel 01924 278949. Can deliver locally. (1996) 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) HEATING Delonghi oil heater, good condition £15. Tel 01274 870164 (Gomersal) (1971) HOUSEHOLD Roller blind, nearly new; white, blue & grey abstract pattern 91” W x 46” drop. Cost £250, will accept £95. Tel 01924 498461. (1998) Internal flush door, wood effect veneer, 78” x 30”, hinge & handle cut out £2.00. Tel 01924 462494. (1997) 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 07876 163070 (Mfd) (1979)

Large CD/cassette player; surround sound, remote control £20. Tel 01274 870164 (Gomersal). (1971)

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Very rare early 1900s Victory V tin (shop display), Fryer & Co, Nelson, collectable/ antique £30. Removal forces sale. Tel 07876 163070 (Mirf) (1979)

Gents medium size duffle coat, cost over £200, bargain at £30. Tel 01924 518904. (2007)

Oval dining table, dark wood, stainless steel legs, seats 4-6 people 6’ long x 3’6” wide, very good condition, £90. Buyer must collect. (Cleck) 01274 862356 (1985)

Small coffee table, solid marble with brass legs £10. Removal forces sale. Tel 07876 163070 (1979)

Three pairs of curtains, fully lined, pinch pleating, plus tie backs, as new. Two pairs, in

Cost per item

Single electric bed with head

Period lamp standard, polished mahogany, with floral shade £15. Removal forces

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) MISCELLANEOUS Timber 2m lengths 4” x 1”, 20 lengths, £20. Tel 01924 472043. (2009) Grey concrete roof tiles (Rosemary), 16” x 13”, 40 used tiles plus quantity of part tiles, collection only £10 ono. Tel 01924 462494. (1976) 2 x vintage metal railway trunks 1920s, 2 x solid wood crates excellent for storage £60. 01924 501406 (1986) Private collection of silver, all hallmarked, various items including tea sets, tableware, cutlery & more. All complete sets. Potential buyer(s) welcome to view extensive collection. Items from £10 upwards. Tel 01924 469166. (1982) MOTORING Brand-new car and caravan clamps, £12 ono. Tel 01924 505213. (1991) MUSICAL Yamaha Clavinova digital piano CPL 230. Many features, 3 pedals, plus manual and DVD song book. Hardly used, in very good condition. Still have original receipt £1,150 new from Woods, accept £350, buyer to collect. Tel 01924 650250. (1990) PET GOODS Dog kennel 3ft x 2ft floor. Weatherproofed, lined, all wood, unused £60. Tel 01924 472043. (2009) Medium dog cage with mat and tray. Good condition, cost £45, will sell for £20. Ring for more details, tel 01924 503021. Buyer to collect. (1992) SPORTING Giant Trance Mountain bike, medium frame, 27 gears, full suspension. Rockshox front, Fox rear Shimano SLX, cateye computer, 26” Superstar XC wheels, Avid hydraulic brakes, aluminium frame. Very good condition £350. Tel 07999 889986. (2005) Pro fitness rowing machine with user manual, as new, £35. Buyer collects 01274 861904. (2000) Waterline fishing tackle box, five draws, bait box, tackle box, padded seat. Good condition, cost £120, will sell for £50. Ring for more details, tel 01924 503021. Buyer to collect. (1992) Electric walking machine, also rowing machine; brand new, never used, cost £250, will accept £100 for both. Buyer collects. Tel 07519 725771. (1987)

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Friday September 30, 2016

NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL

WOMEN’S FOOTBALL

Albion Ladies target first win of tough new season

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NCEL Premier

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at Clayborn LIVERSEDGE have extended their winning run in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division to six games following an 11-0 annihilation of Barton Town Old Boys on Tuesday night. Liversedge, desperate to pick themselves up quickly following a disappointing 3-0 defeat against Newcastle Benfield last Saturday (Sep 24), went ahead through Joe Walton in the third minute. Rhys Davies then struck in the eighth minute to double his side’s lead. Harrison Blakey and Vaughan Redford both found the back of the net inside 20 minutes as Liversedge enjoyed their commanding 4-0 lead. Walton (two), Davies, Blakey and Redford all scored again before half-time to fire Jonathan Rimmington’s side into a remarkable 9-0 lead. With the game already over as a contest Liversedge took their foot off the gas in the second half. But despite a drop in intensity the hosts netted twice more through Walton, who rounded off a four-goal haul, and Davies who completed his hat-trick to take the team’s total into double figures. The victory puts Liversedge top of the Premier Division after 10 games and the Clayborn side

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hope to still be there following an away clash with second-bottom Parkgate tomorrow (Sat Oct 1, 3pm).

Albion find win OSSETT ALBION remain third from bottom in the Evo-Stik First Division North despite overcoming Mossley 3-1 away from home on Tuesday night. Gibril Bojang fired the Unicorns in front after 10 minutes before Thomas Pratt levelled the scores 10 minutes later. Talent Ndlovu made sure the visitors had the lead at half-time, however, finding the back of the opposition net shortly after the half hour mark. In the second period the game remained in the balance until the closing stages when Richard Tracey’s Albion scored a third courtesy of Abdou Bojang seven minutes from time. Albion hope to climb further up the table when they play host to Kendall Town tomorrow (Sat Oct 1, 3pm).

Reds off pace OSSETT TOWN suffered a setback in the Evo-Stik First Division North by losing 20 at home to Goole. Jacob Vernon struck first for the visitors inside the first quarter of an hour, but the game proved to be a hard-fought encounter throughout with both teams pushing hard to find the game’s second goal. Fans were made to wait until the 89th minute for that elusive second goal and it came via Curtly Martin-Wyatt, who was on target from the penalty spot one minute from time. The Reds are now 12th ahead of their game with Colwyn Bay (Sat Oct 1, 3pm).

BOWLS

Robinson and Jennings clinch mixed pairs title

By Mike Popplewell

NCEL PREMIER DIVISION LIVERSEDGE Cleethorpes Town Albion Sports Thackley Bottesford Town Handsworth P’more Athersley Recreation Pickering Town Clipstone Hemsworth MW WorksopTown Maltby Main AFC Mansfield Rainworth MW Bridlington Town Staveley MW Garforth Town Retford United Barton Town OB Harrogate Railway Ath Parkgate Armthorpe Welfare

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OSSETT ALBION travel to Cleethorpes on Sunday still looking for their first win in the North East Regional Women’s League but their last game, at home to Doncaster Belles, was not without incident in what turned out to be an eight-goal thriller with a hattrick, a sending off and booking to boot. Skipper Jo Atkinson saw her team pick up a point after turning in another determined display in which Jenna Wraith set up Rebecca Wiggans for each of her hat-trick goals and Claire Berry sent Rachel Barber through for the fourth. After going 2-0 down Albion pulled it back to 2-2 and, despite conceding a third right on half-time they actually led 4-3 before Doncaster, playing with 10 at the end, forced an equaliser themselves. In the West Riding County Women’s League Battyeford Belles are struggling to recreate the success achieved at the lower levels in this their first Premier League season. At Brighouse Athletic last week they lost their second successive league game when

they went down 3-1 and on Sunday they entertain Ossett Town in the League Shield. Town, who have an identical record of one win and two defeats in the league, their second defeat coming in a 4-3 reverse at home to Hemsworth MW last week, also went out of the League Cup in their first game. Dan Robinson’s hopes of building something big at Ossett Town are beginning to flounder as results are not currently matching his coaching and management ambitions. In the Second Division an 80 win for Dewsbury Rangers at Silsden Development keeps them in second place, but at the other end of the table Ossett Town reserves are bottom after a 7-0 defeat at Farsley Celtic Development. On Sunday Town’s reserves are at home to Crossley and Rangers are at Ripon City in the League Shield. Lower Hopton picked up their first win of the season in Division Three when they beat visiting Middleton Park 6-3 to put them in good spirits ahead of a League Shield tie at home to Durkar Devils on Sunday.

HEAVY WOOLLEN SUNDAY LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Overthorpe Sports Club book place in second round THE FIRST round of the Heavy Woollen Challenge Cup saw a couple of high-scoring matches, the biggest of which was Overthorpe Sports Club’s 10-6 win at previously unbeaten Slip Inn Hounds. Four goals from Elliot Brooke, doubles from Jack Allerton and Kristian Angus, one from Jordan Angus and a Steve Jordan penalty completed the away side’s scoring. Sam Ansell hit a hat-trick in reply for Slip Inn. Mirfield Town thrashed Hanging Heaton Cricket Club 10-1 to comfortably book their place in the next round. Lee Bennett and Paul Smith both hit braces in Navigation’s 4-2 win at The Yorkshireman, who replied through Nathan Alexander and an own goal. In the only other tie, Birstall Cricket Club won 4-2 against Birkenshaw thanks to a double from Reece Scholes plus one apiece from Joe Lytle and Troy Bagshaw. Tom Smith and Nathan Clarke replied for Birkenshaw. In the Heavy Woollen Challenge Trophy Roberttown Rovers eased into round two after winning 7-0 against Clifton Rangers A. Nathan McDaid led the way with a hattrick, Adam Williams bagged a brace, with Dean Vernon and Max Vernon also hitting the net. Wire Works also progressed to the next round after beating Ravenswharfe 6-2. Craig Smith and Nolan St Hillaire both hit

doubles for Wire Works with Danny Moulsher and Danny Johnson also netting. Asif Basharat (two) and Bilal Munir scored for Snowdon in their 3-2 win over Deighton WMC. In the Premier Division Matthew Bugg hit five goals as leaders St John Fisher maintained their perfect start to the season in a 12-0 thrashing of Woodman Batley Carr. Steven Wales and Matthew Thompson both hit doubles for Fisher who also had Rob Hiscox, Reece Pollard and Ricky Newman on the scoresheet. Woodkirk Valley are in second spot, albeit six points adrift, after they won 9-1 at Heckmondwike Sports Club thanks to a Christy Woods hat-trick, two from Gareth Huxall, plus goals from Jonny Downey, Jack Darrington, Gavin Huxall and Will Clapham. Kieran Senior hit the consolation for Heckmondwike. Mount Pleasant climbed to sixth place after Faisal Adam and Abdullah Mayat both hit doubles in a 7-1 win over bottom-side AFC Chickenley. Adam Rawat, Adam Ali Ravat and Fayyaz Bobat hit the others, with Michael Chadwick replying for the visitors. Linthwaite continue to set the pace in the Championship after Courtney Allette and Elliot Wilkinson both scored twice in a 4-1 win at Clifton Rangers. Wellington Westgate are second after recording the highest score of the day, winning 15-2 at Town Rangers.

Adam Walsh and Kyle Douglas both hit four goals, with Paul Pyke (hat-trick) Mark McSherry (two), Nicolas McMahon and an own goal completing the scoring. Battyeford recorded their first win of the season with a close 4-3 victory over St John Fisher Reserves thanks to goals from Joe Green, Daniel Paris, Connor Wood and Guy Hollinshead. Old Bank WMC lead the way in Division One after Robert Evans fired a hat-trick and Luke Duncan bagged a brace in a 5-1 win at Saville Arms, who replied through Kieran Corley. Three points behind are second-placed Scholes Athletic, who had a Dean Commins brace and a strike from Mick Edson to thank for a 3-1 win at Birstall St Patricks (Scot Minto). FC Liversedge edged out a 3-2 win at bottom-side St Ignatius thanks to a Lee McKeown double, plus an own goal. St Ignatius replied through Gareth Matthews and Matthew Askin. With Division Two leaders Wire Works in cup action, second-placed Overthorpe Sports Club Reserves moved to within three points of the top with a 6-5 win over Linthwaite Reserves. Tom Hirst led the way with a hat-trick, with Craig Hampshire, Lee Davey and Michael Hutton also finding the net. In the only other game, Westgate 23 won 3-0 against Wike Horse.

SPEN VALLEY FOOTBALL LEAGUE Pictured are finalists Barbara Johnson, Steve Wainwright, Clare Price (Thornhill C&BC), Maureen Jennings and Derek Robinson DEREK ROBINSON and Maureen Jennings won the Thornhill Mixed Pairs competition with a 21-14 victory over Steve Wainwright and Barbara Johnson in an entertaining final. Earlier the winning pair defeated Bob Collomosse and M Beaumont 21-04 and Alan Mountain and Karen Nutting

21-17 before getting the better of Derek’s wife Kath Robinson and Maureen’s husband Alan Jennings by the same score in the semi-final. Meanwhile Wainwright and Johnson accounted for 2015 winners Jason Woodhouse and Heather Jewitt 21-19 and Andy Mitchell and Pauline Ratcliffe 21-20 in a nail-biting semi-final.

Dewsbury West Side extend unbeaten run IN THE Spen Valley Football League Premier Division Dewsbury West Side and Palestino remain undefeated following convincing wins last time out. West Side dominated their clash with Girlington winning 5-1 thanks to a Jamil Sair hat-trick and a double from Javed Patel. Girlington netted through Rehan Butt. Meanwhile Palestino, who have played a game less than their table-topping rivals, thrashed Savile United 4-0 with goals from Zubair Khan (hat-trick) and Luke Chippendale.

A goal each through Mohammed Raaj and Jamel Qadir meant Athletico and Savile Youth shared the spoils in the Division’s only other outing. In the First Division the game of the week was between Savile Town and Norfolk. In a 14-goal thriller Norfolk collected the three points with an 8-6 triumph. Ismail Loonat (hat-trick), Huzaifa Lunat (two), Moosa Raja, Sufyan Hafez and Ismail Sallu were on the scoresheet for Norfolk. In reply Town scored courtesy of Waqar

Bashir (two), Zubair Hussain (two), Noman Hussain and Sajeel Qadir. Elsewhere George Healey are top of the table thanks to a comfortable 4-1 win over third-placed Inter Batley. Mohammed Shoaib, Simy Moore, Cyrus Church and an Ash Parkinson penalty ensured the three points. Afzal Laher got a consolation for Inter. And finally Dewsbury West Side Reserves earned their first win of the season thanks to a 5-3 victory over Howden Clough.

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Friday September 30, 2016

RUGBY UNION

Moorenders lose their cool National League Three North

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at Moorend CLECKHEATON squandered a solid lead against Ilkley to lose 2618 against their National League Three North rivals. The Moorenders went ahead early on through flanker Tom Austin who made the most of a break from prop Paul Turner. The hosts missed the conversion but Cleckheaton were next to score 15 minutes later with a well worked try which saw Josh Hall and Martin Woodhead combine to race a third of the pitch, before James Wilson collected the off-load to complete the long range effort. Once again the conversion attempt was no match for the

cross-wind and the score remained 10-0. Ilkley’s Joe Rowntree got his side on the board with a penalty goal, but Ronan Evans reciprocated for the Moorenders to maintain the 10-point advantage. Ilkley were quiet for the majority of the first half, but with the minutes ticking down to half-time the visitors mounted a rare surge which led to try-scorer Austin being sin binned for the hosts. Rowntree added the subsequent penalty to narrow his side’s deficit to seven points. Shortly after the second half got underway Ilkley made the most of their numerical advantage with a try courtesy of Ben Magee. The full-back ran down the middle of the park for a well taken touchdown and Rowntree levelled the scores with a successful conversion.

Ryan Piercy on the charge against Ilkley Things quickly got worse for Cleckheaton when James Wilson was shown a yellow card for an infringement in the ruck. The prolific Rowntree was once again on

Gerald Christian target with the subsequent penalty. The Moorenders were beginning to lose their heads somewhat as the tables turned in the contest. Immediately after the restart

Jack Seddon received a yellow card for tackling in the air and the hosts found themselves playing with 13 men. As a result Cleckheaton’s fragile defence surrendered to Dion Hendrick, allowing Rowntree to convert. A few minutes later Rowntree added another penalty to take the game beyond Cleckheaton. The hosts rallied to find a way back into the game and a try from Ross Hayden gave them a glimmer of hope in the closing stages, but a controversially ruled out conversion attempt meant the home side couldn’t get within seven points of their opponents and claim the bonus point. The Moorenders are currently eighth following the defeat but hope to climb the League Three North standings with a win away at Rossendale tomorrow (Sat Oct 1, 3pm).

CRICKET

MOTORSPORT

Blain reaches grand total

Bean set to take on former WRC champ

By Mike Popplewell GOMERSAL’S former New Zealand wicket keeper/batsman Tony Blain achieved a remarkable 1,000 runs for Gomersal Seconds in the 2016 All Rounder Bradford League. The 54-year-old has become the 15th player in the history of the Bradford League to reach the milestone, but despite his age Blain still loves to play the game, even if it’s at a lower level. It was a gloomy autumn afternoon in Carlton, a far cry from the Test Match arenas he once graced where, in the last game of 2016, Blain earned his 1,000th Second XI run of the year. “I don’t play to stack up records,” Blain told The Press. “But it is always nice to reach a milestone. “I almost did it last year before holidays and the weather got in the way.” Talking of the weather, there was a slight hiccup when Gomersal skipper Phil Carter declared with Blain on 128 not out the previous week, just 10 short of the 1,000, and with so much rain about there was a slight

Tony Blain in action with the bat for Gomersal Mike Popplewell concern over whether the New Zealander would get another chance to reach the landmark total. “Neither Phil or I had realised I was so close until after the game,” said Blain. “Then I told him, if it rains next week you owe me a pint!” On that final day Blain reached his target on 10 not out and he was given a nice surprise by the Carlton players.

“They obviously all knew because they all stood and applauded when I got to the 1,000. I thought that was a very charitable gesture.” But Blain has no intention of trying to hog the limelight, he added: “In second team cricket it is important to bring on the young guys. “Sometimes I feel that I may be batting too long and the downside of getting a lot of runs is that the younger players don’t get a hit. “I have offered to drop down the order but at the moment they still want me to open and I’m happy to keep doing whatever the club wants me to do.” It is over 30 years since Blain first came to England, playing at Gomersal and Liversedge, but he has not played continuously. “Back in New Zealand I finished playing altogether when I stopped playing first class and I had a 15-year break from the game – I’d had enough. “But, I am certainly enjoying it again now. “I am committed to playing at Gomersal again next season and I think I could go on for another four or five years yet.”

CLECKHEATON’S veteran rally driver Bob Bean will be competing in this weekend’s Trackrod Rally Yorkshire. The experienced farmer will be up against Sweden’s 1984 World Rally Champion Stig Blomqvist in the event that takes place over the North York Moors. Other challenges to Bean, who will be at the wheel of a 1960s Lotus Cortina, are 28-year-old Mintex British Historic Champion Jason Pritchard and Ripon’s Charlie Payne. Spectators are encouraged to watch at two places in Dalby – the Woodyard and Housedale - both accessed and signed from the A169, north of Thornton le Dale. Full commentary, refreshments and toilets are provided with action taking place on the stage from approximately 7.30pm to 9.20pm today (Friday), and 12.05pm to 2.40pm tomorrow. The finish to this year’s race is at Scampston Hall, near Rillington.

RACING WITH TOP TIPSTER MIKE SMITH

Postponed ready for Europe’s richest race HE SWITCH to Chantilly for Sunday’s Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe from the traditional home of Longchamp, which is being refurbished, throws up some interesting questions. Europe’s richest race promises to be one of the highlights of the Flat season, but how different will the race be run at Chantilly? The Arc is a notoriously rough race where horses can get into more trouble than James Bond especially when drawn out wide. A low to middle draw is considered advantageous with stalls 4-10 seen as prime spots, but speed from the gate can be just as important as highlighted by the fact that over the last 10 years the winner of the French Derby over an extended 10 furlongs has come from a draw as low as four and as high as 20. Can anybody beat Postponed? The 2-1 favourite has had a long and hard campaign which began with a Group Two contest in Dubai on March 5 and will prove to be some animal if he stays at his best seven months later, especially after suffer-

ing mid-season illness. He hung right when winning the Juddmonte at York and the official ratings suggest he has little in hand - he could be vulnerable. Have Japan finally found their champion? Ten years ago Japanese hopes were dashed when Deep Impact finished third after being sent off 9-4 favourite and this year his son Makahiki lines up. The Prix Niel winner has been lined up for the Arc but if you fancy him don’t leave it until the day as the thousands of Japanese who make the pilgrimage to France every year will smash him up on the Paris Mutuel. Do we forgive Harzand his latest run? The dual Derby winner was sent off the heavily-backed 2-1 favourite the Irish Champion Stakes, but he was one of the first off the bridle and trailed home eighth. Dermot Weld later explained that he had been struck into but he has been in a race against time to get ready and it may be a step too far for him. I’m still deliberating which way to go and may plump for an each way gamble on

Highland Reel who is freely available at 25s despite being a three time Group 1 winner with impressive figures over the Arc trip of 511241. I will also be supporting the unbeaten Frankel filly Toulifat who will race in the Prix Marcel Boussac (Chantilly 1.45) with a new owner as she will be sold the day before the race and undoubtedly for big money. Back home the Mark Johnston trained Rainbow Rebel will be looking to make it five wins in a row in the Market Cross Jewellers Handicap (Sat Redcar 5pm), and local connections who are part of Owners Group 004 suggest the Acclamation gelding may still have something to give. Squats in Ascot’s 3.40 on Saturday looks a good each way bet and jockey Georgia Cox gets on well with the William Haggas trained 4-year-old gelding, having already been booked to ride him in the Totescoop6 Challenge Cup at the same track. For me The Arc brings back great memories of George Carrigill’s legendary bus

trips of the 80s where two charabancs of colourful characters would head to Newmarket’s Cambridgeshire meeting before crossing the channel to Paris. George’s bus was loaded with thoroughbreds whilst selling platers like me were boxed in bus two under the ‘care’ of George’s charismatic cohort Francis Hamilton, who was definitely more Clark Gable than Reg Varney. Carrigill’s trips were planned with military precision but one year plans went awry when one of a group from the Tommy Wass pub in Leeds (yes you’ve guessed it bus two) failed to make it back to the bus after the Arc meeting. Concern grew when this lad, who had never been out of Beeston before let alone Yorkshire, failed to turn up at our central Paris hotel and after a sleepless night and constant liaison with French police (and probably Interpol), George had Longchamp searched at first light. This exercise proved fruitless and we reluctantly headed for Calais. This was before mobile phones, and I

remember George ringing the pub from a restaurant on Sunday lunchtime in the hope that the landlord would be able to contact loved ones to deliver to bad news. As it turned out our missing man was sat at the bar having a pint. The intrepid traveller had been overserved and worse for wear had commandeered a taxi to take him to Calais. Untypically the French taxi driver persuaded him to go to Charles de Gaulle airport and he caught a flight back to Leeds arriving home some 48 hours before we did. Ah yes, those were the days! AUGUR’S TIP FOR THE WEEKEND: Chantilly 3.05 Saturday Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe: Highland Reel each way AUGUR’S ONE TO WATCH: Crackdeloust. Trainer Brian Ellison rates this as one of his best jumpers as we head into the National Hunt season.

ThePress

Friday September 30, 2016

AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE

YOUTH RUGBY LEAGUE

Trojans prepare for play-off semi-final NCL Division Two

STANNINGLEY

THORNHILL TROJANS

at the Arthur Miller Stadium THORNHILL TROJANS face Blackbrook in the National League Division Two play-offs convincing 54-6 away win over egated Stanningley.

Harry Woollard pictured with the Hudersfield Giants’ senior academy player of the year award

Academy prospect Woollard wins Giants award BIRSTALL rugby league player Harry Woollard has won the Huddersfield Giants’ senior academy player of the year at their recent awards dinner. The 19-year-old former St John Fisher high school student signed for the Giants aged just 16 following a successful junior career with Shaw Cross Sharks, Dewsbury Moor and Drighlington. He was described by Giants academy coach Luke Robinson as a ‘tough operator who leads by example’.

a trip to Conference following a already-rel-

The home side trailed 18-0 at the break having let in tries from Mindaugas Bendikas (two) and one each for Joss Ratcliffe and George Woodcock, who added one goal. Three tries in a 12-minute spell early in the second half took the the visitors into an unassailable 36-0 lead. Scott Lee, George Stott and Danny Ratcliffe all crossed and Jake Wilson landed three goals. Stanningley did break down the Trojans defence on 63 minutes, Sean Cooper making it over and Niall Murphy adding the extras. But the Trojans finished strongly with Danny Ratcliffe, Ben Kendall and a hat-trick

NCLTABLES DIVISION ONE Thatto H Crusaders Myton Warriors Skirlaugh Featherstone Lions Milford Marlins Normanton Knights Underbank Rangers Oulton Raiders Shaw Cross Sharks East Leeds Ince Rose Bridge Hunslet Warriors Millom Elland

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W 21 19 17 15 14 13 13 11 10 9 9 8 4 1

D L 0 3 0 4 0 6 0 8 0 10 0 10 0 11 0 13 0 14 1 14 0 14 1 15 0 20 0 22

F A 872 363 651 360 800 466 817 494 586 447 652 472 682 513 536 637 531 569 587 720 582 613 470 664 404 881 2801251

DIFF PTS 509 42 291 38 334 32 323 30 139 28 180 26 169 26 -101 22 -38 20 -133 19 -31 18 -194 17 -477 8 -971 2

DIVISION TWO P W D L F A DIFF PTS Hunslet Club Parkside 22 20 0 2 897 284 613 40 Askam 22 15 1 6 632 396 236 31 try for Bendikas wrapping things up. The latter also added one goal while Wilson managed two successful kicks. As a result Thornhill finished the regular

Blackbrook Thornhill Trojans Leigh East Bradford Dudley Hill Saddleworth Rangers Wigan St Judes Salford City Roosters Dewsbury Celtic Stanningley Stanley Rangers

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A 281 264 353 372 424 499 502 442 567

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season in fourth, securing a play-off semifinal away at Blackbrook tomorrow (Sat Oct 1) as their Overthorpe Park side’s quest for back-to-back promotions continues.

Celtic’s sorry season Survival still not secure ends with relegation for struggling Sharks NCL Division Two

DEWSBURY CELTIC

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at Crow Nest Park DEWSBURY CELTIC have been relegated from National Conference League Division Three after third-placed Blackbrook ran out comfortable 46-14 winners at Crow Nest Park. In an indisciplined encounter Celtic’s Jamaine Akaidere was sent off, Sam Tattersfield and Dom Byrne were sin binned while Brook’s Chris Wynne, Ste

Marsh and Joe Bate were all binned for punching. Tries from Dave Weldon, Marsh, Danny Fairhurst, Deon Cross and Jake Shaw, plus five Jordan Welsby goals, gave Brook a 30-8 half-time lead. Danny Crabtree added a couple of Celtic tries in the first half while a Sam Tattersfield try and a Paul Foulstone conversion were there only highlights in the second period. Shaw, Craig Lyon and Welsby added second-half tries as dominant Brook lifted themselves to third in the table. Welsby added to his goal tally with two more to give him a final points total of 18 points.

NCL Division One

EAST LEEDS

SHAW CROSS SHARKS12 at East Road SHAW CROSS SHARKS have still not secured National Conference League Division One survival following a 22-12 defeat away at fellow strugglers East Leeds. The home side led 10-0 following a Jordan Normington try on five minutes. Three minutes from the break Ryan Gaunt added another as Nathan Conroy

landed the conversion. But back came Shaw Cross Sharks. Matthew Tubb went in for a try as Danny Flowers added the conversion, the feat being repeated 10 minutes into the second half. Despite having Ben Walkin (professional foul) and Shaun Ward (high tackle) sin-binned, the home side went on to win the game. Mark Greenwood and Normington went in for tries. Sharks hope to respond positively to the setback when they make a trip to secondplaced Myton Warriors tomorrow (Sat Oct 1).

JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE

Celtic’s Under-15s end campaign on a high against Ovenden DEWSBURY CELTIC UNDER-15S hosted Ovenden in their final outing of the Yorkshire Junior League Division Three season, winning 19-16. Celtic had dominated and posted an impressive win in the reverse encounter on the road earlier in the season and were eager to end their season on a high. Ovenden were strong in the first period and posted two tries to take a 10-point lead well into the half but the home side managed to claw back the deficit five minutes before the interval when Ryan Birch grounded a bobbling ball over the Ovenden line. Charlie Heaton converted from wide out. But just before the change of ends Ovenden responded with a breakaway try to extend their lead to 16-6 following a successful conversion. Celtic improved for the start of the second period and after two minutes Cameron Berry found his way over from a metre out. Heaton obliged with the boot to take the scores to 12-16.

Celtic Under-15s taking on Ovenden

Five minutes later and the visitors went close to extending their lead again, but some determined Celtic defence kept them out. Centre Lewis Teale crossed but was unable to ground the ball before being

adjudged by the official to be held up on 49 minutes. Jack Kelly went over three minutes later with a scoot from dummy half. Heaton added the extras once more to give his side an 18-16 lead with less than ten minutes left on the clock.

The home side were immediately put under pressure from the restart following a knock-on in front of their 20. The Celtic defence, however, dug deep with some gritty spirit and determination and Heaton intelligently slotted over a relieving drop goal just two minutes from the whistle. Celtic winger Niall McKinnell was named man of the match. Celtic will return to action in November when they kick off their BARLA Yorkshire Cup campaign. Elsewhere THORNHILL TROJANS UNDER-11S put in a determined performance against North Leeds Leopards. The Overthorpe Park side went into halftime with the lead thanks to three first-half tries. But after the change of ends Thornhill lost momentum and allowed Leeds back into the contest. Frazer Cass claimed the top tackler honours along with the opposition award,

James Lister bagged the 100 per cent prize, Jake Lyons was handed the parents' trophy and the player of the match was Jake Redmond. And finally SHAW CROSS SHARKS UNDER-8S faced Hemsworth and Sharlston last weekend. The Sharks dominated both encounters and demonstrated good defensive capability. Hemsworth’s opposition award was handed to Phoebe Wilson who also received the top trainer prize for her efforts on the day, while Sharlston gave their opposition award to Bailey Woods. Top tackler was claimed by Francis Appleyard who was also awarded with the parents' player award for his great defence. Parents’ player awards also went to Kaiden Mullins and Alfie Law. Great teamwork came from Seb Jeffers, Ben Tranter, Charlie Tilford, Dillan Charlton, Jacob Stevenson, Lennon Smith, Charlee Raby, Eviee Raby and Ellis Peake. Sharks travel to Whinmoor next.

ThePress

Friday September 30, 2016

SUPER 8s – THE QUALIFIERS

Kear and Hirst lose in final game with Batley Super 8s Qualifiers

BATLEY BULLDOGS

SALFORD RED DEVILS

at the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium BATLEY BULLDOGS lost their final game of a remarkable season against Salford Red Devils, who booked their place in the Million Pound Game thanks to a convincing 42-14 victory. Any concerns about this being a potential banana skin for Salford took just 13 minutes to evaporate, with the visitors stamping their authority on the game. Gareth O’Brien was put over by Michael Dobson for the opening try and O’Brien, preferred at full-back to Niall Evalds, then played a part in the second try for Junior Sa’u. O’Brien converted both and suddenly all the talk about having to watch how London were doing in their game seemed faintly ridiculous. Not that Batley were poor, anything but, in fact they gave Salford plenty to think about as they looked to say goodbye to coach John Kear and captain Keegan Hirst with a win.

The Mount Pleasant side threatened the Salford line on a couple of occasions before winger Wayne Reittie went over in the 20th minute for his 100th career try. But the Red Devils side littered with experienced stars proved to have enough fire power to hold their plucky part-time opponents at bay. Dobson was revelling in the space he was getting and put Weller Hauraki through a huge gap for their third converted try for an 18-4 lead. Giant forward Ben Murdoch-Masila was also enjoying punching holes in the Batley defence and set up the next try from Greg Johnson. The punishment kept on coming for the home side and centre Sam Smeaton’s ‘reward’ for a try-saving tackle on Sa’u was an ankle injury that ended his game in the 34th minute. Smeaton could only look on helplessly, too, as Salford promptly kept up the pressure and went over seconds later, again thanks to the Dobson and Hauraki double act. Hauraki’s second touchdown was soon followed by a Josh Griffin try and the 34-4 half-time scoreline made it a case of damage limitation for the home side after the break.

Head coach John Kear and captain Keegan Hirst were given a guard of honour before kick-off They made a good start in the pursuit of that with Pat Walker producing a pinpoint kick for Reittie to dive over for his second. Dominic Brambani again missed his conversion attempt but at least the slope was helping them, and loose forward Luke Blake almost grabbed another try in the 58th minute only to be held up by some determined Salford defence. Keegan Hirst, who had been given a guard of honour along with John Kear by the Batley players before kick-off, was having a big game in his final appearance before his move with

the coach to Wakefield. It took Salford 22 minutes of the second-half to finally get up the hill and score, with Logan Tomkins putting Robert Lui over. Batley threatened next, with prop Alex Rowe held up over the line by Adam Walne and the part-timers continued to press as they finished their Qualifiers campaign with a flourish. They got reward for their efforts when centre Chris Ulugia grounded a Cain Southernwood grubber, with Walker adding the goal to make the scoreline highly respectable. O’Brien had the final say with a converted try but Kear was full of praise for his Championship battlers, saying: “I am really pleased. “At half-time we said we wanted to win the second half and they did that so I am really proud of them. “We wanted to be the best part-time team in this game and over the course of 30 regular season games and three cup games, we have proved that. “I’m certain that Batley should get into the top four again next season, and I certainly hope they do, they will make a better fist of it. “It has been a dream of a season and a fantastic way to go out.”

MATCH STATS: BATLEY BULLDOGS 22. Dave Scott 2. Wayne Reittie 32. Sam Smeaton 3. Chris Ulugia 5. Shaun Ainscough 6. Cain Southernwood 7. Dominic Brambani 8. Keegan Hirst 20. Alistair Leak 10. Alex Rowe 11. Brad Day 19. Alex Bretherton 9. Luke Blake SUBS: 13. Pat Walker 15. Adam Gledhill 18. Tom Lillycrop 24. James Harrison

7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6

SALFORD RED DEVILS 14. Gareth O’Brien 18. Greg Johnson 33. Josh Jones 4. Junior Sa’u 3. Josh Griffin 6. Robert Lui 7. Michael Dobson 35. Luke Burgess 19. Logan Tomkins 10. George Griffin 11. Ben Murdoch-Masila 12. Weller Hauraki 13. Mark Flanagan SUBS: 16. Olsi Krasniqi 15. Adam Walne 34. Sean Kenny 5. Daniel Vidot

8 7 6 7 7 6 8 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 5

BATLEY BULLDOGS Tries: Reittie (20, 46), Ulugia (74). Goals: Walker (1/2).

SALFORD RED DEVILS Tries: O’Brien (11, 78), Sa’u (13), Hauraki (25, 34), Johnson (31), Griffin (38), Lui (62). Goals: O’Brien (5/8). Referee: C. Campbell / Half-time: 4-34 / Penalties: 11-10 / Sin Bin: None / Sent Off: None / Weather: Dry and breezy / Man of the Match: Gareth O’Brien / Attendance: 1,520 / Match Rating: 3/5

SUPER 8s – CHAMPIONSHIP SHIELD MATCH STATS: BRADFORD BULLS 39. Kieren Moss 5. Danny Williams 23. Alex Mellor 4. Kris Welham 29. Ethan Ryan 7. Dane Chisholm 40. Lewis Charnock 10. Adam Sidlow 9. Adam O’Brien 25. Ben Kavanagh 14. Jay Pitts 13. Danny Addy 12. Dale Ferguson SUBS: 11. Tom Olbison 20. Mitch Clark 37. Ross Oakes 46. Liam Kirk

8 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

DEWSBURY RAMS 1. Josh Guzdek 2. Dale Morton 6. Paul Sykes 4. Shane Grady 15. Jason Crookes 17. Dom Speakman 22. Andy Kain 8. Matt Groat 9. Tom Hemingway 16. Toby Adamson 11. Rob Spicer 32. Kyle Trout 14. Luke Adamson SUBS: 13. Aaron Brown 18. Tony Tonks 19. Nathan Conroy 24. Jack Teanby

7 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6

BRADFORD BULLS Tries: Chisholm (3), Mellor (12, 29), Welham (39), Williams (47), Moss (52), Ryan (79). Goals: Charnock 4/7.

DEWSBURY RAMS Tries: Kain (26), Crookes (45), Guzdek (59), T. Adamson (75). Goals: Hemingway 0/1, Grady 3/3. Referee: S Mikalauskas / Halftime: 20-4 / Penalties: 11-11 / Sin Bin: None / Sent Off: None / Weather: Sunny with showers / MOTM: Alex Mellor / Attendance: 2,189 / Match Rating: 3/5

Championship Shield dream ends for Dewsbury after semi-final loss Championship Shield semi-final

BRADFORD BULLS DEWSBURY RAMS

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at the Provident Stadium DEWSBURY RAMS lost in the semifinal of the Championship Shield for the second consecutive year – this time at the hands of Bradford Bulls. After a delayed kick-off due to excessive queuing outside the turnstiles Bulls star Alex Mellor scored a brace and provided a platform for the Bulls to lay to rest the ghost of Dewsbury, who have haunted them on more than one occasion this season. The Rams have enjoyed two lastgasp victories over Bradford this season, dumping the Odsal side out of the Challenge Cup before contributing to Smith’s men failing to make the Qualifiers with a dramatic penalty after the hooter in the Championship. The Bulls had scored 208 points in their previous three home games, hitting the 80-point mark twice including the demolition of this weekend’s opponents Sheffield, while the their rivals ensured their place in the semifinals by winning their last two matches. For the first time this season the hosts fielded the same 17 in consecutive games and the resulting cohesion was quickly evident. Dane Chisholm gave the hosts the lead after less than three minutes fol-

Bradford’s defensive performance frustrated Dewsbury in their semi-final showdown Mike Popplewell lowing an opportunistic long pass from hooker Adam O’Brien. Lewis Charnock added the first of four goals from seven attempts from the touchline. The Rams then gave as good as they got until Mellor tenaciously fended off a challenge from Dom Speakman to run in Bradford’s second try from over 25 metres out. Following a let-off, when Jay Pitts just failed to reach out across the line, the Rams burst up the other end and Andy Kain scored on the run-around with Matt Groat, although Tom

Hemingway amazingly missed the simplest of conversions. Dale Morton was denied a try by a forward pass before Mellor extended his side’s advantage with another forceful charge, this time from much nearer the line. A minute before the break, Ethan Ryan broke clear down the left with Kris Welham up in support on the inside to claim his 10th try in the Qualifiers. Trailing by 16 points and with little to lose, the Rams got off to a dream start in the second half when some

crisp handling on the left resulted in former Bulls winger Jason Crookes touching down in the corner. Shane Grady landed a fine conversion but the Bulls responded immediately as Danny Williams darted onto a Kieren Moss kick to score. Moss then benefited from an incisive Mellor break and, with Charnock converting both tries to extend the lead to 22 points, the hosts seemed safe to look forward to extending their season through to next Sunday. But Guzdek grabbed a scrappy try back for Dewsbury on the hour. Williams thought he had crossed for his second after a tap penalty but, following complaints by several Rams, the officials insisted the Bulls took it again. Toby Adamson claimed further consolation with the Rams’ final try of 2016 with Grady finishing with three goals from as many attempts. Finally, Ryan scooped up a loose ball on halfway and just made it across the line despite a tenacious last-gasp ankle tap by Guzdek. Charnock struck the upright with the final kick of the game. Bulls boss Rohan Smith said: “There were a lot of really strong performers today and the scoreline probably didn’t do them justice.” Dewsbury coach Glenn Morrison commented: “It’s been a long year, a lot of things haven’t gone our way. We fought hard but we are disappointed because we know we can play better.”

Bulldogs stars rewarded with new contracts By Joe Link Sports Reporter joe@thepressnews.co.uk

BATLEY BULLDOGS chairman Kevin Nicholas has revealed that 21 players have re-signed for the club and announced they have spent a lot of the club’s extra revenue on rewarding the 2016 squad with improved contracts. Following on from Batley’s exploits in this year’s Super 8s Qualifiers the Bulldogs have received an unprecedented financial boost – reported to be around £550,000 – and he is determined to make sure the club benefit both on and off the pitch. “Quite often after having a good season a lot of your better players get picked up by other clubs, but I was determined to make sure that didn’t happen this year,” said Nicholas. “I’m very pleased that, along with Matt Diskin, we have managed to tie down 21 players so far in what has proved to be a very strong squad this year. “I felt it was important that we gave Matt the best possible start to his reign has head coach at Batley by giving him a good squad to work with, so I have rewarded the players that have worked so hard for the club over the last 12 months. “It’s great that so many players want to stay with us. I know we’ve lost Keegan Hirst who was a brilliant player for us but I’m very optimistic that we will be replacing him with someone who will excite the fans.” Following the departure of experienced coach John Kear, who delivered plenty of success to Mount Pleasant during his fiveyear tenure, Nicholas is urging fans not to put too much pressure on new boss

Kevin Nicholas (centre, left) with three of Batley’s star signings from last season Matt Diskin. He added: “Matt is taking on his first role as a head coach of a senior team and lacks the experience of Kear so it’s important we don’t expect too much. “Teams this year will not be taking us lightly and will be upping their game, but we’ve held on to key players and will be announcing more contract extensions soon so we’re remaining optimistic that we will be pushing for a top four spot again next season. “We’ll certainly be looking to run a bigger squad to cover for injuries and fatigue. “But we’ll also be improving the ground

where possible to improve the spectator experience. The fans are pivotal to our success as well so we will be calling on them to help as much as we can throughout the year.” Nicholas has vowed to run the club the same way as previous seasons, with moneyraising schemes taking place throughout the year, but for now everyone associated with the club are taking a break and enjoying their achievements over the last 12 months. The Bulldogs return to training at the end of October in preparation for their first preseason friendly against Dewsbury on Boxing Day.

New faces arrive at Dewsbury Karl Pryce will take up a coaching role with the Rams

DEWSBURY RAMS have signed Hamish Barnes, Gareth Potts, Aaron Ollett, Brad Foster and Robbie Ward as head coach Glenn Morrison strengthens his squad in preparation for the 2017 season. Barnes and Ollett arrive at the Tetley’s Stadium from Keighley, while Potts joins the Rams from Halifax, Ward signs from Sunshine Coast Falcons in Australia and Foster makes a switch from Doncaster. The Rams also announced at a fans’ forum on Wednesday night that 15 of the 2016 playing squad have been retained including Aaron Brown, Josh Guzdek, Jason Crookes, Dale Morton, Paul Sykes, Rob Spicer, Jack Teanby and James Glover. However, Morrison will be without Shane Grady and Dalton Grant who have joined Halifax and London Broncos respectively, but Karl Pryce, who has retired from playing the game, will take up a coaching role at the Tetley’s Stadium. Elsewhere Morrison has confirmed the club will be looking to enhance their medical staff with the introduction of a new conditioner. Injuries proved costly on a number of occasions for the Rams last season and the Aussie coach is determined to prevent a repeat of that in 2017. He said: “It’s vital we get a new conditioner, it’s well-known we suffered badly through injuries last season and it’s hard to get any momentum when that is the case.”

SEDGE FAN TARGETING FULL HOUSE FOLLOWING Liversedge FC’s impressive start to the new Northern Counties East League Premier season, devoted fan Jimmy Dean has started a Facebook campaign to ‘Pack out Clayborn’. Dean is aiming to attract over 1,000 fans to Liversedge’s grounf when they entertain Bridlington on Tuesday October 11 (7.45pm). The highest attendance ever achieved at Clayborn was 986 back in the 1940s, but more

recently Sedge were cheered on by 826 people during the 2004 FA Cup when they hosted Coalville. Jonathan Rimmington’s current squad has lost just one game in the league so far this season and last time out Sedge annihilated Barton Town Old Boys 11-0. But when Dean went to watch his local team play in front of just 150 people he felt something had to be done. He said: “I thought it was a bit

Jimmy Dean wants to fill Liversedge’s Clayborn home disappointing that such a small number of people turned out to

watch a local team that are playing so well. “We are flying high at the top of the table and I know if I was a footballer at that level I’d like to be playing in front of a few more people. “I’m being optimistic but I would love to break the club’s previous highest attendance and surpass four figures. “The Facebook group I started has really taken off so there’s every chance we might succeed with that, but realistically

there’s no reason why we can’t reach 500 people. “We’ll be playing Bridlington who are aware of what we’re trying to achieve and they are doing what they can to help too. “This will be massive for Liversedge and will help them reach the next level should they keep up their amazing start to the season.” Tickets cost £5 for adults, £2.50 for under 16s and OAPs while children under 12 go free if accompanied by an adult.

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