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MONTH’S WAIT FOR A FUNERAL Torment of grieving families as Dewsbury Crematorium shuts down until June 3
“The woman I’ve loved for more than 40 years has just been neglected. I used to go into the chapel of rest and give her a kiss but she’s had to be closed off and I can’t see her”
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doing the exact opposite. They’re causing people problems, worry and grief extra to what you’re already feeling. “There’s still that trauma, that frustration, and I shouldn’t be feeling that – not at my wife’s funeral.” Helen Brooke, of George Brooke Ltd funeral directors in Dewsbury, admitted: “It’s really hard work at the minute. “This work should have been done 16 or 17 years ago, but Kirklees ignored warning after warning. “Until people are bereaved you don’t realise what’s happening. We’re giving people guidance of wherever they live and where is nearest. “My concern is the effect mentally and physically on the bereaved families and I don’t think Kirklees have thought
KIRKLEES COUNCIL has apologised for the disruption caused by the temporary closure of Dewsbury Moor Crematorium – as some families face a month-long wait to say goodbye to loved ones. Relatives are having to choose between crematoriums at Huddersfield, Elland, Leeds and Wakefield as alternatives to Dewsbury, where two of its cremators are being refurbished. The Dewsbury facility was holding just three funeral services a day since work started in December, but on Monday the crematorium closed completely for two months.
Families face up to a month’s wait for a funeral – and one Dewsbury man told The Press that he could not have an open casket service for his wife, because her body had started to deteriorate. David Wigmore’s wife Nancy passed away on Wednesday, March 13, but in part due to the crematorium closure her funeral wasn’t held until yesterday (Thursday) in Huddersfield – almost a month after her death. He said: “It’s sending me crazy, it’s very hard to explain. The woman I love, the woman I’ve loved for more than 40 years has just been neglected. “She’s had to be closed off and I can’t see her. I used to go into the chapel of rest and give her a kiss, then all of a sudden I’m having to close the casket.
- DAVID WIGMORE, whose wife Nancy died on March 13
Shutdown ... Dewsbury Moor Crematorium is closed until June It’s just playing on my mind all the time. “You can’t get these images out of your head, Nancy being blue. It shouldn’t have got this far, having to close her off.” Kirklees said the £3m project to upgrade Dewsbury and Huddersfield crematoriums had been planned for some time. Work at Dewsbury is due to finish later this month – but the crematorium will not reopen until June 3 – and then starts at Huddersfield in May. Mr Wigmore accused Kirklees of a “lack of planning” which has led to such a long wait for his wife’s funeral.
“They knew these cremators were failing, they knew this was coming up and they’d be closing two cremators down and doing three funerals a day,” he said. “They just haven’t planned for it or accommodated for it happening. “For my wife’s funeral, there must be 20 people in Dewsbury that can’t get to Huddersfield to attend. “Why can’t there be evening or weekend services? It’s not just affecting me, it’s affecting hundreds of people out there going through the same. “Kirklees just aren’t providing any service at all, they are
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this through.” The council has insisted it is doing all it can to help bereaved families. A spokesman said: “We’re carrying out a series of phased improvements over the next 18 months at Dewsbury and Huddersfield crematoriums. “This £3m project of works is seeing us invest in replacing cremators and upgrade the chapels, making them fit for purpose. A lot of the equipment is currently outdated and if we chose not to replace it we would be leaving ourselves open to a potential full closure and total suspension of crematoriums in the future. This is something we could not allow to happen. “Unfortunately, this means some disruptions to services. Continued on Page 2
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Families facing long wait for a funeral Continued from Page 1
Deaths BARR (NEE WRIGLEY) GWENDOLINE ‘GWEN’ On March 31, suddenly at Pinderfields Hospital, of Birstall, aged 80, mum of Christine, Andrew,
Richard and the late Julie. Funeral service will take place at Park Wood Crematorium, Elland, on Friday May 3 at 1.30pm.
CHURCH SUSAN On April 5, of Cleckheaton, aged 72, wife of the late Michael. Funeral service will take place at Park Wood Crematorium on Monday April 29 at 10.30am.
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On April 5, suddenly in hospital, formerly of Upper Batley, aged 87, wife of the late Kenneth. Funeral service will take place at St Thomas’s Church, Batley, on Wednesday April 17 at 2pm.
On April 5, at home in Batley, aged 75, wife of John. Requiem Mass will be celebrated at St Mary’s RC Church, Batley, on Friday April 26 at 12noon. The family would ask that bright colours be worn to the services.
On April 1, in hospital, of Gomersal, aged 83, husband of Josie. Funeral service will take place at Cottingley Crematorium, Leeds, on Thursday April 25 at 11am.
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On April 7, peacefully in hospital, of Cleckheaton, life member of Cleckheaton Central Methodist Church, aged 77, dad of Karen, Helen and Sarah. Funeral service will take place at Cleckheaton Central Methodist Church on Monday April 15 at 1.30pm.
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PEEL (NEE MALLIN) (FORMERLY WATSON) MARGARET On April 2, peacefully at Kirkwood Hospice, of Cleckheaton, aged 84, wife of Jim. Funeral service will take place at St John’s Church, Cleckheaton, on Monday April 29 at 12.30pm.
On April 2, in hospital, aged 81, husband of the late Rosemarie. Funeral service will take place at Huddersfield Crematorium on Friday April 26 at 12.30pm.
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On March 31, at Manorcroft Nursing Home, Dewsbury, retired M&D Yarns, Dewsbury Market, aged 75, wife of the late David. Funeral service will take place at Wakefield Crematorium on Wednesday April 17 at 1pm. In Mary’s memory, please do not wear black.
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On April 1, suddenly at his home in Thornhill, aged 37, son of Jeanette and Billy, fiancee of Lucy.
STAINBURN RAYMOND On March 23, in hospital, of Chickenley, aged 76, husband of Pat. Funeral service will take place at Wakefield Crematorium on Thursday April 18 at 3pm.
Dewsbury mosques’ huge clean-up effort NEARLY 1,000 volunteers from mosques in Dewsbury helped clean the town during a litter pick last weekend. The Dewsbury Mosques Alliance welcomed children and volunteers from 25 different mosques to join in the Great
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Zaman disqualified as company director By Staff Reporters
Foundation charity and Mibz Developments, appear to have been taken over by his wife Noreen and their sons Yusuf and Eesaa. CONTROVERSIAL Dewsbury businessman Eesaa runs a recently incorporated compaand would-be political fixer Tahir ‘Terry’ ny Yahya Hajj Travel, based at the Courts Zaman has been struck off as a director for banqueting centre in Grove Street, Dewsbury. six years, after nearly £600,000 went miss- Terry Zaman had previously resigned as a ing from one of his companies. director of the Courts parent Zaman, of Heckmondwike company, Kingsbury Road, Dewsbury Moor, has been Banqueting Ltd. in and out of trouble with both Zaman was also behind the authorities and courts for the the redevelopment of past 15 years, and played a major Yorkshire House in South part in the expenses disgracing Street and is believed to be a of his close friend, ex-MP Shahid sleeping partner in Malik. Dewsbury’s Hunters Estate Zaman was registered with Agents. Hunters were Companies House as running or involved in the third party owning more than 20 businesses marketing of another under three different names – Zaman-backed plan to build Tahir Zaman, Tahir Mahmood luxury houses on part of the Zaman and Taheer Mahmood listed Hyrstlands estate off Zaman, involved in everything Track Road. That appears to from bed and furniture manufachave ground to a halt after a turing, building development previous Press investigation and letting, plus clothing and raised questions about planfootwear retail – the Yey Group ning permission. Ltd, over which he was struck Over the years Zaman has off. never been far from newspaDISQUALIFIED: Other Zaman companies have per headlines. Tahir ‘Terry’ Zaman variously gone into administraIn 2005 he was fined for tion or been liquidated over the letting a house unfit for years. human habitation and thrown off Kirklees In striking Zaman off from March 15, The Council’s landlord list. Insolvency Service said £168,490 was withWhen he was describing himself as managdrawn from Yey Group’s accounts from ing director of his brother-in-law Mohammed August 3, 2015 onwards, with no invoices or Rafiq’s Ravensthorpe bed company, Kozee records. Sleep, he outraged locals with plans to introUnaccounted payments totalling £230,000 duce round-the-clock shifts. were made to Zaman between November 2016 Rafiq was later jailed for human trafficking and February 2017, and a further £190,000 to offences and Kozee Sleep went bust. Before it connected individuals or companies. did, much of Rafiq’s property portfolio The company was left with a VAT bill of appears to have been transferred to Zaman. £300,000 when it was wound up. Zaman’s plans to build a madrassah next to Some of the companies he was still involved his Heckmondwike Road house were thrown with, like Express Beds, his Zaman out, as were plans to triple the size of an old
Teenager injured by armed attackers A TEENAGER was struck over the head during a fight in Batley on Monday afternoon. The 17-year-old boy was walking with friends along Bradford Road at around 3pm when a group of Asian males left the Top Break snooker hall on Eyre Street carrying weapons. A fight broke out and the victim fell to
Police at the scene of the attack the ground after being hit round the head. He suffered a cut to his head and was taken to hospital as a precaution. Pictures taken after the incident showed what looked to be
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blood splattered on the pavement. Bradford Road was cordoned off from its junction with Eyre Street to Bar Street until the early evening. Police say enquiries are ongoing, including
forensic examination and searching nearby CCTV systems. Anyone with information is asked to contact police via 101, quoting crime reference number 13190181723.
Petrol station could lose drinks licence A PETROL station shop in Heckmondwike could have its 24-hour alcohol licence revoked after a member of staff was caught selling booze to children. A West Yorkshire Police purchase test operation discovered the employee at Beechley Filling Station on Wakefield Road selling a bottle of WKD to three teenagers aged between 13 and 15 on February 19.
A week later, officers bought a pack of illegal cigarettes from the same store. Police have now called for a review of the licence and the matter will go before Kirklees Council’s licensing panel next week. PC Katie Jagger said in documents submitted to the panel that the business is “not fit to benefit from a premises licence”. She explained that the three
young police cadets were asked for ID by the member of staff but when they said they didn’t have any he still sold them the alcohol. The premises licence holder was also invited to a meeting to discuss employment methods, attacks on staff members and anti-social behaviour issues, but didn’t attend. The licensing panel could revoke, suspend or modify the licence next week.
people’s social club in Westborough that he bought and turned into a mosque. He was fined £18,000 for fire safety breaches at his Joseph International bed firm which subsequently collapsed, owing over £1million. UK Border Agency officers have twice arrested suspected illegal immigrants at his companies. As home and office landlord to former Dewsbury MP Malik, Zaman dropped his friend in it when telling reporters he paid only a nominal rent – Malik was claiming significant sums and Zaman soon retracted his account, saying all their transactions were in cash. Despite being a significant figure in local Labour Party circles, he later surfaced promoting Dewsbury solicitor Imtiaz Ameen as Conservative candidate for Batley and Spen MP. After The Press last exposed Zaman’s business activities in 2016, he commissioned a special edition of an independent newspaper published in Bradford, featuring a front page attack on Press publisher Danny Lockwood. The newspaper was sent to newsagents across the district, Kirklees councillors, residents of the York village Mr Lockwood lives in, plus directors of puzzled rugby league clubs across the country – Lockwood also owns the League Weekly publication. Among other things, articles accused The Press of exploiting young people with learning difficulties to deliver the newspaper. Kirklees officials confirmed that the young people were both paid and supervised, and applauded the company for its efforts. Mr Zaman did not respond to requests to comment.
News In Brief
Man arrested after attack outside pub DEWSBURY: A man suffered serious facial injuries after he was attacked outside a pub at Dewsbury Railway Station on Sunday night. Police were called to the West Riding at 8.17pm. A 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of wounding and a 46-year-old man was taken to hospital for treatment and later discharged. Anyone who has any information is asked to contact Kirklees CID via 101, referencing crime number 13190179941.
New president CLECKHEATON: Spenborough Chamber of Trade has appointed a new president. Ray Norris, owner of Joshua Adams Menswear has taken over from Mark Hepworth of Openshaws Jewellers. Mr Norris said: “It is a pleasure to be appointed and take over a very successful position within such a community-led chamber. “I would like to thank Mark for his successful years as a president, in particular his efforts in transforming the Cleckheaton Christmas lights switch-on from a small local event to one that sees a huge footfall for the town. What an amazing achievement.”
Road Trip drops in CLECKHEATON: BBC TV’s Antiques Road Trip show has been filming at Terrier Antiques in the town. Owner Pete Robbins wrote on Facebook: “Both the expert (Charles Hanson) and the crew all said how impressed they were with the town and that it had a good buzz to it. “They stayed in town for lunch and were very complimentary about everywhere they went.”
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OBITUARY: KEITH TATE News In Brief Mayor’s Feast of a fundraiser for charities BATLEY: A special black-tie dinner will raise funds for Mayor of Kirklees Gwen Lowe’s chosen charities. The ‘Mayor’s Friday Feast’ is taking place on Friday, May 3 (7pm) at St Mary’s Parochial Hall in Batley and will be Coun Lowe’s final fundraiser before her term of office ends. There’ll be entertainment from Il Due Voci and a gourmet supper provided by Dewsbury’s The Catering Shed. To donate prizes for the raffle and auction that will take place on the night, email Wendy Storey on wendy_storey@hotmail.com or call her on 07538 670736. She will arrange to pick up donations before May 3. Tickets (£20) can be bought by emailing Kimberley Thirkill at heckyjfc@hotmail.co.uk, or call 07742 251464 (after 5pm). All money raised will go to Kirkwood Hospice and the RSPCA.
‘Bloom’ needs helpers CLECKHEATON: Spenborough Chamber of Trade is looking for volunteers to help keep ‘Cleckheaton in Bloom’ going this year. A team of volunteers will be out planting new flowers throughout the town this Sunday (April 14). Anyone wanting to help can contact Joshua Adams Menswear on 01274 270230 and speak to Ray Norris, president of Spenborough Chamber of Commerce and Trade.
Club’s star speaker PROBUS: The next Batley and Dewsbury Probus Club meeting will be on Tuesday (April 16) at Batley Older People’s Centre (10am). Milner Ford will give an illustrated talk about astronomy. For further details ring 01924 471337.
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Creator of champions... and the saviour of troubled kids By Danny Lockwood THE BOXING community across Dewsbury, Batley and Spen was in mourning this week after the sudden passing of a man who not only created champions, but turned troubled boys into upstanding men. Keith Tate brought boxing to the district in 1975, when local businessman Bob Edgar enticed him into starting the St Paulinus Amateur Boxing Club in the basement of the Catholic church in Westtown. A gym above the old police garages by the town hall would be called home, as would portakabins on Vulcan Road and the former Dewsbury Moor WMC, before finally the club became the Cleckheaton Boxing Academy. A talented boxer himself, Keith won multiple national amateur flyweight titles, including defeating future world lightweight champion Ken Buchanan, and he fought for England before turning professional first as a bantamweight then featherweight. A promising career ended aged just 21, when after a heavy knockout the British Boxing Board of Control revoked his medical licence. It was a decision that prematurely closed the door on one young boxer, but opened them for hundreds more. Wherever the boxing club called home, Keith Tate’s word was law – as indeed it was at home, where children John, Mark, Julie and Keith Jr grew up alongside hundreds of often troubled children that Keith and his devoted wife Sally fostered over 32 years. “Keith would take many of our foster kids along to the gym, not for them to box, but to show them a world of hard work and discipline,” said Sally. She’d never been a boxing fan but got fed up of sitting at home – so went along and got the bug too. Mark, who boxed before taking up coaching alongside his dad, remembers being woken up by voices singing “we are the cham-
Family man ... Keith Jr, Keith Snr and Sally, and from left, Briony, 10, Oliver, 3, and Joseph, 13 pions”. A young Dean Cortese had just won a national boys club title, their first. “Dad’s one ambition as a coach was to have a boxer win every national title available,” Mark added. “That came true in 2005 at the Excel centre in London, when Gary Sykes won the senior ABA title.” Dewsbury Moor’s Sykes would go on to become British super featherweight champion as a professional. Keith Tate boxers won 21 national titles, provided 17 national representatives and three world champions in James Hare, Mark Hobson and Steve Conway. But every bit as important to Keith were the nervous or shy youngsters, by no means natural
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athletes. “Dad saw the best in everyone who walked through the door,” said Mark. “He believed there was potential in everyone if they were willing to work hard and learn. “He could see things other coaches couldn’t. I remember one lad, I thought ‘you can’t put him in a ring’. But he did and that boy had just one solitary fight and he won it. And that meant as much to my dad as any national title.” Keith Tate’s gyms always lived by two rules – number one, that Keith is always right, and number two, that in the rare case of Keith being wrong, number one applies. As funny and inspiring, as boxing-smart and passionate as he was, Keith Tate was also argu-
mentative and headstrong and it led to fall-outs with some of his proteges. He never followed them into the professional ranks, because it would have barred him from working with the youngsters that so fulfilled him. Gary Sykes’s pro trainer, Julian McGowan, said: “Keith and I went our separate ways after many years together and sadly were no longer on speaking terms. “But the truth is, many of the fine coaches across many gyms in this area – Zahir Akbar, myself, Mally MacIver, Jack Sunderland, Steve Auty, Chris Ineson, Richard Atkinson – are all by-products of Keith Tate’s gym and his philosophy on boxing; his empire continues to grow, and his legacy will never die. Simply put – Keith Tate was a boxing man through and through, and in our own way, we will all miss him.” Although he and Sally closed the club three years ago with Keith aged 71, he had continued to do bits of bag work with boxers. He was diagnosed with dementia last year but loved his time with his 10 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. His son Keith Jr, said: “Dad was a hero to many young people, but he was everything to us, a dad, husband and granddad and a hero in every way.” Mark added: “I think that in years to come, youngsters who never met or knew my dad will be taught by their own dads and coaches, ‘this is how Keith Tate taught me’. That will be his legacy.” Keith was diagnosed with stomach cancer in December, and had been well in himself – playing with the grandchildren as usual – until taking a sudden turn last week. He passed away peacefully in hospital. His funeral will be at Park Wood Crematorium in Elland on Tuesday, April 23 (9am) and afterwards at the Q Gardens venue in Odsal, Bradford. Friends can contact the family on the email address keithtatelifecelebration@outlook.com.
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A NEW Costa Coffee outlet looks set to be built in Heckmondwike, despite a planning application being refused four times by Kirklees officials last year. The company wants to build a new shop at the entrance to Northgate Retail Park but concerns were raised about how much extra traffic it would create, the proximity to nearby homes and the size of the premises. The coffee giant even submitted revised plans which reduced the size of the building but they were also knocked back.
WEST Yorkshire Fire Service’s search and rescue dog Jessie could soon be fully qualified. Cleckheaton-based Jessie took part in an exercise in Wakefield with other search dogs from across the country and said her handler, firefighter John Hutchinson: “Training days like this with partners from other fire services across the country are really important. “It allows the dogs to learn from each other – and for the handlers to share best practice too. “Jessie has her grading coming up and I’m hoping she can pass first time.”
Now planning inspector Geoff Underwood has overruled councillors and given the proposal the green light. He said there would be no significant impact on the three houses closest to the site and that people using Costa would have limited impact on residents. Mr Underwood also said that improvements will have to be made to make it easier to drive into the retail park, which includes a McDonald’s restaurant and a Lidl supermarket. The building will be on a small plot near the entrance to the retail park.
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Teen in car chase locked up A TEENAGER who led police on a drink-drive pursuit through Batley and Dewsbury has been locked up and banned from driving. Faizaan Bashir was driving a stolen Toyota Yaris on Bradford Road in Batley when officers caught up with him at 8.50pm on September 4, 2017. The now 19-year-old led them on a 10-minute pursuit, during which he drove past Dewsbury police station at 60mph and went the wrong way down a one-way street, mounting a kerb in the process. The pursuit ended when Bashir crashed into bollards on Sackville Street in Ravensthorpe before running off. A police helicopter pursued him and he was arrested at 11pm. Bashir told police: “I’ll save you time – I’m drunk. I’m f***ing out of my head.” He was found with 55 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, well over the legal limit of 35mcg. Judge Tom Bayliss QC sentenced Bashir, of Kingfisher Crescent, Dewsbury, to six months in a young offenders’ institution and disqualified him from driving for two years and two months.
Travellers dump piles of rubbish at country park By Zoe Shackleton KIRKLEES Council has been forced to clear up the mess left by a group of travellers at Oakwell Hall in Birstall. Officials were in the process of obtaining an eviction order to force the group to leave the lower car park site but they moved of their own accord on Saturday evening. A group of around eight caravans had gained access to the land nearly two weeks ago. Coun Lisa Holmes (Con, Liversedge and Gomersal) even tried to block the entrance so that the travellers couldn’t get into Oakwell by parking her car across it – but she was
moved by police. Coun Holmes said the travellers left because a woman, whose farm near to the hall had been broken into, warned them police were patrolling the area. “Her farm was done over on Saturday night,” said Coun Holmes. “She was cross about it. She wasn’t 100 per cent sure if it was the travellers, but she went down and said they should be careful, to watch their stuff and watch their diesel because her farm was broken into and police were putting on extra patrols. “Almost immediately three cars started packing up and then the rest of them not long after that. You can draw whatever
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conclusions you want but it is a coincidence if it’s not connected. Maybe they implicated themselves there.” Following the group’s departure the area has been left in a mess, with piles of rubbish littering the car park. Coun Mark Thompson (Con, Birstall and Birkenshaw) said: “There were about 20 or so black bin bags piled up with some of them broken open when I was there on Monday morning. “There were mattresses and burned out material, as well as excrement. “I’ve spoken to the council and they are sending someone to clear it up as soon as possible.” When The Press visited
the site on Tuesday the rubbish was still there, along with a strong smell of human waste. Kirklees’ website stated that they were making “necessary arrangements to clear the site”. Karl Battersby, strategic director for economy and infrastructure at Kirklees Council, said: “The encampment on Oakwell Hall Park has now gone. “We began legal proceedings to evict the people occupying the site but they moved on before the eviction date. “Unfortunately rubbish has been left behind at the site but a clean-up of the area has been arranged. “It’s very disappointing that people can show such disregard for our communities. Littering and fly-tipping is selfish and lazy.” The height barrier through which the travelling group gained access has now been locked, according to Coun Holmes. A travellers’ site earmarked as part of Kirklees’ Local Plan next to the nearby Junction 27 retail park has been condemned by nearby residents and businesses.
A NEW bakery store is opening in the Princess of Wales Shopping Centre in Dewsbury next week. The Poundbakery store will be located in the former Grainger Games premises and Kirklees Mayor Gwen Lowe is officially opening the shop at 10.30am on Tuesday (April 16). The store has already created three jobs but is also taking
CVs from anyone interested in applying. Everyone is welcome to the opening day, when staff will be giving away goodies and bakery mascot Mr Tasty will be making an appearance. The Dewsbury store is the 108th opened by Poundbakery, which has shops across the North West, North Wales, Yorkshire and the Midlands.
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A shocking code of silence READ a shocking piece of investigative journalism in The Sunday Times last week.
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Not shocking as in rubbish, but shocking as in barely believable. What I couldn’t subsequently believe, is how it wasn’t front page news in every other newspaper or leading every TV news bulletin. In Mafia circles, there is something called ‘omerta’ – a code of silence. Crime, corruption and fraud on an industrial scale, operating seamlessly beneath and alongside ‘normal’ life in everyday society. We’re familiar with it from our TV screens, from American and Sicilian dramas. The Godfather and Goodfellas. The Sopranos. But here? In England? Surely not. Most reasonable people might think revelations that
organised criminal gangs had stolen and defrauded £8 billon – that’s £8,000,000,000 – from British taxpayers over a 20-year period, might attract a few headlines, no? Especially if it transpired that the British tax authorities – HMRC, aka the Inland Revenue – had known about it and kept quiet about it. But nope. Not a word. Omerta. How has this large-scale criminal activity carried on so brazenly under our noses, without ever coming to light? According to The Sunday Times, like this: On a phenomenal scale, a network of companies and businesses create fake identities and fake employees to milk monumental fortunes out of the benefits system; they branch off into obtaining fake mortgages and credit card loans which are never repaid because once the money has been extracted
the ‘people’ disappear. They never existed, except on laptops and PCs and in the cunning operations of people who have infiltrated local government, local politics and beyond. Business sidelines have been organised car crash insurance scams, slick VAT fraud on an international scale, the counterfeit goods industry … it goes on and on and has done for more than two decades, with the authorities knowing all about it.
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Indeed worse than that, the corrupted British courts – yes, our lorded judges themselves, those paragons of moral and legal righteousness – have systematically colluded with the state, and thus in effect with the criminal gangs, to keep this out of the public eye. Why would that be, you ask? Why indeed – and who are these modern-day Mafioso? Well, therein lies the predictable answer to all of your questions, because it isn’t so much about what’s been done, as who is doing it. They are neither American nor Sicilian, as you have probably already guessed. Nor Poles, nor Irish, nor eastern European. Suffice to say that money specifically linked to this fraud was traced to Osama bin Laden’s Pakistani compound where he was killed. Evidence of the crimes was found on laptops in al Qaeda hideouts in Afghanistan’s mountains. Shehzad Tanweer, who with Dewsbury’s Mohammed Siddique Khan slaughtered innocents in London on Jul 7, 2005, had been linked to the criminal gangs two years prior. HMRC estimates at least £80 million from the crimes was funnelled directly into funding terrorism. Hate preacher Abu Hamza was witnessed by undercover HMRC officers persuading young men to work in the crime syndicates before he
rose to fame as a senior al Qaeda recruiter. One syndicate member was Afra Syab Ilyas, very handily an accountant with Burnley Borough Council, until he heard Hamza preaching and went off on jihad, where he was promptly blown up. Why this silent complicity, you must ask? Why? Well, HMRC has sat on this all these years under the weak excuse that they were protecting private tax records. Really? Yes really. They declined to inform police or MI5 supposedly based on bureaucratic process. Except we know it wasn’t. Meanwhile, and where individual fraud cases were brought – and these types of scams will ring bells for local readers – where the organised gangsters were involved, judges imposed reporting restrictions. Even when the masterminds had escaped back to Pakistan or Dubai where they funnelled their money (and as an aside, anyone know any local ‘businessmen’ who spend a lot of time in Dubai?) judges kept their identities secret. It’s a national scandal, one even condemned by the admirable Rochdale sex-gang prosecutor Nazir Afzal. But we know why. Just as now when the courts are processing dozens, hundreds, of rape gangs through the courts, the blatant deceit of ‘reporting restrictions’ is
used to hide the industrial scale abuse, because it is specific to one community. The collusion of our entire establishment – politicians, police, CPS, judges, HMRC – unites to place the disgraced, discredited and laughably idiotic ideal of ‘community cohesion’ beyond British justice. As with the rape gangs and our complicit local authorities, police and social services, so it seems with the criminal gangs too. Omerta. PS: I do hope you’ll notice that I haven’t mentioned the ‘word’ that shall not be named! PPS: How coincidental that this story should break in the week we can reveal that the ‘interesting’ Terry Zaman has been struck off as a director for six years. Given how Zaman has played fast and loose with his multifarious network of companies and associates over the years, with many of his commercial activities being carried out through proxies – like Hunters estate agents, and development properties in Dewsbury town centre – you do wonder why this has taken so long. Worse still, with Zaman merely replacing himself as company director by his wife or sons, you have to wonder if it will make the slightest difference. And I can’t help but wonder what friends our Terry has in high places…
Standing room only for Keith I WAS a young reporter, very much wet behind the ears, and an infant Keith Tate Jr was rolling in his baby walker around the St Paulinus Amateur Boxing Club gym above the old police garages, when I first met his dad. In all the millions of words that have gone to print since, that feature piece was one of the few I still recall with fondness and pride. I didn’t see a lot of Keith and Sally Tate (pictured right) over the years, but when I did it was with the familiarity of feeling part of their extended family. They had that welcoming, comforting gift. Sally still had, when I popped up to the family home in Cleckheaton this week. When Gary Sykes completed Keith’s mission in 2005 at the Excel Centre in London’s east end, winning a senior National ABA title, I was there, seated a few rows back. Keith rolled with every punch, threw every jab, bobbed and weaved in perfect synchronicity. He needn’t have worried – but always did – because Gary’s victory that night was the most one-sided on the evening’s card.
I can’t speak to the hundreds of fighters Keith produced, but technically Gary Sykes was a perfect fit for the Keith Tate mould, a boxer’s boxer. It’s rather a cliché, boxing being an escape route from the mean streets for young men – and these days women – but no less true for all of that. As his son Mark said this week, Keith saw the best in all, never gave up on a person or a battle, was convinced and lived by the doctrine that hard work, self-belief and discipline can win any prize. He had the precious gift of being able to pass that philosophy on. There were no shortcuts in Keith’s gym, nor in his life. Every foster child, often from fractured, loveless backgrounds, lived by his and Sally’s same rules. Tough love at times, I’d guess. Many a tear amongst the laughter. There will be lots of both at Keith’s funeral. Standing room only, I imagine. It’s another well worn cliché that ‘they don’t make ‘em like that any more’. In Keith Tate’s case, they most certainly don’t – and modern life, modern society, is immeasurably poorer for it. Farewell, old friend.
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Speakers’ Corner In this feature, we give a platform for local people to have their say. This week’s Speakers’ Corner is written by REV MARK UMPLEBY, associate priest in the United Benefice of Batley (Church of England) Twitter: @markumpl
School cash discussion L-R: Parent governor Lauren Greenwood, PFA member Emma MacDonald, Headteacher Andy Blakeley, MP Paula Sherriff, and chairman of governors Chris Bull
By Steve Martyn DEWSURY MP Paula Sherriff has secured a ministerial meeting to discuss financial difficulties facing local schools. The Labour MP met with the headteacher of Hopton Primary School, Andy Blakeley, who is currently exploring options on how to cut costs after receiving his latest budget. He explained last month that “the allocation of money to the school falls short of the costs for the coming year” – despite making over £150,000 of cuts in recent years. In their meeting Mr Blakeley told Miss Sherriff that the children’s education has been diminished through lack of funding. He expressed his concern that the school’s focus has had to switch to managing limited funds rather than making education fun and academically positive. Mr Blakeley has even explored the idea of closing school on a Friday afternoon to help save money. Miss Sherriff has now secured a
meeting with the Minister of State for School Standards, MP Nick Gibb, in a bid to get better funding for schools. Mr Blakeley will join Miss Sherriff in expressing his concerns to the minister directly. Miss Sherriff said: “It is disgraceful that the ability of our local primary schools to offer the best education for our children is being damaged through a lack of funding. “Our schools are working incredibly hard, but it’s becoming near impossible for them to make ends meet. “When schools are considering a four-and-a-half day week, you know that they have gone beyond making the obvious savings and are now being pushed to breaking point. “I’m pleased to have secured a meeting for our headteachers to take their concerns to the schools’ minister directly. “I hope he will listen and act – our schools need better support to provide our children the education they deserve.” The meeting is scheduled for Friday June 12.
A vicar and an imam from Batley walk into Lambeth Palace... HAVE now lived and worked in Batley for nearly five years as a vicar in four fantastic churches. It’s not always easy as you come to work in a new place to meet new people and to make new friends. I think in our communities today we can often be isolated in our own homes or jobs or schools. In my time here in Batley it’s been a huge privilege to meet some amazing people who give so much of their time to help our communities to come together and to learn, work, play and pray together. I am concerned that over the last few years there have been a small number of people and horrific events that have tried to cause division. I have seen though a real resilience from people, organisations and groups to do all that we can to enable our communities to come together and to recognise our differences but remembering that we “have far more in common than that which divides us”. One such person has been my good friend and local imam Irfan Soni. I got to know Irfan pretty much as soon as I arrived in Batley as I went to visit his mosque. I received a very warm welcome and our friendship has grown. We do have differences between us ... he likes a football team in red and I support Leeds United; his favourite
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food is fish and chips and mine is pizza; he’s a Muslim and I’m a Christian ... but we also have so much in common too which we’ve discovered over the last few years. Last month Irfan and I were invited to visit Lambeth Palace – the home of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Christian Muslim Forum were hosting an event bringing Christian and Muslim leaders who are working well together from across the country to talk, share and learn together. Lord Bourne, Minister for Faith, attended the event and gave words of encouragement to our work. The Archbishop of Canterbury popped in to give a huge welcome to all visiting. Moulana Irfan said of the visit: “Having seen other people explain the work they do, it encouraged us that we are all spreading love and unity across the UK.” We were both asked to share some of the work that we have been involved with together here in Batley and beyond. I’ve valued so much our friendship and working together (and I know Irfan does too) as we’ve supported one another in our community as faith leaders and friends, particularly since the murder of our MP Jo Cox. Our friendship is genuine and
Rev Mark Umpleby and imam Irfan Soni together in London supportive – it’s been seen by so many in our community, whether in schools together, in churches and mosques together, working on events organised by More In Common and the Great Get Together, or on social media, as an example of how two Batley people of different faiths (and as faith leaders) can live well together with a true and genuine friendship. An upcoming event Irfan and I are looking forward to being involved in together is the Batley Iftar, taking place on Saturday May 11 in the Memorial Gardens in Batley. So, when we hear stories from friends or in the media that people of difference cannot live well together, my experience is different. It’s been my life’s experience, whether that be living in South
Africa for two years, whether working for seven years in a school in East Leeds, or now living and working here in Batley. It’s not just my experience, I hear time and again from people I meet how people of different backgrounds or faiths have supported and helped someone and are good friends. It was only recently that I spoke with a bereaved family who insisted that I mentioned in the eulogy a thank you to their good Muslim neighbours who had supported the family so well in their tragic loss. I know this is not the experience of everybody, but I would say let’s all reach out beyond our fears and concerns ... let’s all see that we can all live well together ... you may also end up with some new amazing friends.
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Why should young families lose out? Your ‘Letter of the Week’ submitted by Carol Wagstaff (Forum March 29) was trying to put a balanced view for the Kirklees proposal to remove the children’s play equipment from our local parks. However, I feel it’s a misguided opinion as the ‘knackered’ (her word) old play equipment, she mentions, should have been replaced over a period of time. Even several per year, within that year’s budget, would have made more cost-effective sense rather than removing all these important and necessary facilities in one go. Carol says: “It makes more sense to focus on bigger, more popular playgrounds” probably in Huddersfield, no doubt, but this is a mirror image of our local hospital experience. We’ve seen the removal of vital and necessary local healthcare to focus on the larger Pinderfields hospital which
Have another look, Arriva From: Sandra Pickles, via email Arriva’s recent decision to withdraw the 253 service has caused a lot of anger and upset, as reported in your article last week headed ‘Bus firm won’t budge on calls for 253 u-turn’.
Letter of the Week: John Sheen, Dewsbury necessitates patient and family travelling many miles for a service that should have been preserved at local level. Why should families with children have to travel to distant parks when they’ve paid their council taxes and, indeed, their councillors, to act responsibly, only to see their local parks without a small representation of joy and fun to entertain their children? It’s just another excuse by the Kirklees council to spend vast sums of money in Huddersfield. How will the £100 million for Huddersfield road schemes and a ‘cul-
Dwayne Wells, from Arriva, seems to be maintaining his view that there were extensive consultations, although I’ve yet to meet anyone who was consulted. He says that people said that they would be happy to change in a bus station or hub. Sadly Heckmondwike Hub is not satisfactory and can’t cope. Too many buses for too few stands. It is not a bus station, doesn’t have adequate lighting, securi-
tural quarter’ help the children of Dewsbury and surrounding areas to enjoy wonderful family moments together in their local park when a bureaucratic Labour council, some 10 miles away, don’t appear to give a damn? Dewsbury and Batley are, supposedly, represented by 15 Labour councillors yet, this attack on children’s play equipment, within our parks, has seen little, if any, opposition. I await the next election with great interest and hope the good people of Dewsbury and surrounding areas do too.
ty, toilets or a café when waiting for the once-an-hour bus which is running late. There is nobody there (customer services) to advise what to do if a bus doesn’t turn up or anybody is in difficulties. Before the changes, our councillor, Martyn Bolt, handed in a petition containing 802 names for ‘Save the 253’ at the meeting of the transport committeee in Huddersfield on February 6, 2019. Other sheets had been hand-
LATEST PLANNING APPLICATIONS C Westley, erection of floodlights, Algernon Firth Park, Union Street, Heckmondwike. Clancy Consulting, installation of replacement exterior cladding and replacement ventilation system, Dewsbury Moor Crematorium, Heckmondwike Road, Dewsbury Moor. B Heron, detached dwelling, land adjacent to 95 Leeds Road, Littletown. N Loutchanski, work to tree TPO Sp2/70, 2 Dunstan Grove, Cleckheaton. R Benson, change of use of land to extend domestic garden, 8 Millers Court, Norristhorpe. C Elcock, work to tree TPO 03/78, 7 The Beeches, Birkenshaw. Z Mahmood, side extension and dormer windows to front and rear, 2 Norgarth Close, Soothill. P Barber, single-storey rear extension, 76 Ravensthorpe Road, Thornhill Lees. A Wazarat, ground floor rear and side extensions with balconies above, and alterations to roof to form first floor, Holmefield, Cliffe
Lane, Gomersal. M Idris, installation of new door to existing shop unit (within a Conservation Area), 2 Bradford Road, Dewsbury. A Mulla, change of use from former doctor’s surgery to dwelling, 37 Warren Street, Savile Town. A Whitworth, two-storey side and single-storey rear extensions, 10 Flash Lane, Mirfield. S Ismail, ground floor front and rear and second floor extensions, 74 Thornhill Street, Savile Town. Hamid Dhorat, demolition of existing dwelling and erection of one detached dwelling, 126 Boothroyd Lane, Dewsbury. K Howley, dormer window to side, 2 Woodburn Avenue, Earlsheaton. A Hussain, demolition of existing storage unit and erection of replacement storage unit (Class B8), land at William Street, Ravensthorpe. R Hussain, single-storey rear extension, 21 Clarkson Avenue, Heckmondwike. K Lockwood, raising of
roof to create first floor living accommodation and associated works, 2 Hill Park, Upper Hopton. Property Enquiries, nonmaterial amendment to previous permission 2012/91218 for reserved matters application for erection of detached dwelling, 8 Crowlees Road, Mirfield. Mrs A Jagger, work to tree TPO 66/91, 30 Old Bank Road, Mirfield. Stonewater Housing Association, discharge condition 6 (Phase II) on previous permission 2017/93347 for outline application for erection of 32 dwellings, land off Fieldhead Lane, Birstall. Mrs Hanson, three dwellings, land adjacent Somerville, 105a Leeds Road, Mirfield. P Denning, work to trees TPO Sp2/70 in CA, Pollard Hall, Oxford Road, Gomersal. Mr & Mrs Colabella, twostorey and first floor side extensions and associated works, 33 Henley Avenue, Thornhill. A Aziz, alterations to infill existing balcony to extend bedroom, 77 Moorlands
Road, Dewsbury. Ginger Whale, change of use from A1 (retail) to A1 (retail) and A3 (restaurant/cafe/drinking establishment) (within a Conservation Area), 344 Oxford Road, Gomersal. McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd, variation of condition 3 (widening and improvement of access) on previous permission 2018/ 93160 for widening of access onto the site and alterations to car park circulation, reconfiguration of parking bays and drive thru lane, and associated works. Installation of island for signage and two new Customer Order Display (COD) with overhead canopies and installation of goalpost height restrictor and new drive thru signage, 2 Northgate Centre, Northgate, Heckmondwike. N Bashir, the proposal is for erection of singlestorey rear extension. The extension projects 6m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 3.9m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 2.85m, 37 Abbey Road, Healey.
ed in at Dewsbury Bus Station office before the meeting, although we don’t know what happened to those. Almost 1,000 names in a matter of less than a week. People miss the 253, so why can’t Arriva reconsider? Arriva’s website recently said the following: “Did you know that for some, loneliness can play a major part in a person’s life? 75 per cent of GPs say they are seeing between one and five people a day who suffer with loneliness. “Loneliness can affect anyone at any age too. We’ve put together a heap of activities to get you or someone you know get out and about...” Wonderful sentiments, but how are lonely people to get to these activities when Arriva keeps cutting services? People are also suspicious of Arriva’s motives for withdrawing buses. Many are suggesting it is costing passengers more to travel on two buses rather than the one previously, increasing Arriva’s profits. Is it costing councils more to provide the subsidy for senior passes because of this? Come on Arriva, have another look at this.
Can’t believe the hypocrisy From: Barbara Schiff, Mirfield I believe Arriva is talking with community groups and charities about combating loneliness. Considering the bus services it has recently axed, this is a bit rich. My husband and I are pensioners and my husband is registered blind. We used to use the 253 bus service to go from Mirfield to Cleckheaton to a spoken word group and a folk club. Now this is no longer possible without changing buses and we wouldn’t want to hang around in Dewsbury at night waiting for an hourly service.
The partial replacement, the 261, doesn’t run at night. The 253 is the latest casualty, along with the 221 which could get us to Batley, where I used to attend a writing group at the library. Not so long ago the 278 which took us to Halifax and the Square Chapel Theatre was also axed and the 262’s route was altered after already being changed from an hourly to a half hourly service. In distant days past we could also get a bus to Ossett and Wakefield. I can’t believe the hypocrisy of Arriva.
I can’t afford to vote for him From: Peter Moreland, Heckmondwike Aafaq Butt, the Labour Party candidate for Heckmondwike in the local elections, left me a leaflet on Saturday. His promises include free bus travel for the under 25s, more police on the beat, a ban on cash machine charges and stopping bank and post office closures! Gosh! I thought Kirklees Council dealt with libraries, schools, roads, social services and refuse collections. I can’t afford to vote for him, my rates will go sky high!
Best days ever with my pals From: Jean Archer, Dewsbury What a nice letter from Tim Wood of Mirfield. It brought back wonderful memories of Thornhill Lees and the pubs that were in the village going back years. Me and my mate Annette used to go in the ‘Percy’ (Perseverance) on a Friday night. With Gwen at the piano as the night went on, and after a few port and lemons we’d all
end up singing, especially Gwen’s favourite song ‘The Sunshine Of Your Smile’. Best days ever, they won’t come back. There’s not many of us left, only Annette and I are still living in Thornhill Lees.
Other parties are needed From: Harry Teale Mirfield Not content with betraying the 118,755 voters who democratically decided that living under the dictatorship of the E.U, the local politicians have set out to alienate potential future voters by omitting the incorporation of the skate park in the new leisure centre at Cleckheaton. Why was this allowed? The Labour Party of today bears no resemblance to the true Labour movement of the 1940s/1950s era which worked to improve the pay and conditions of UK employees! The other political parties are not much better, and so we have a major dilemma on our hands. With 43 candidates declared for North Kirklees, the choice is not very promising and so all we can hope for is a major shift from the current dictatorial situation. We must set about reforming the political arena in Kirklees by electing sufficient numbers of councillors from other parties to remove the current dictatorship and so start to remedy the atrocities imposed on us over recent years!
Begone, the lot of you... From: Ian Fitton, Roberttown I am very angry with the article from Paula Sheriff and Tracy Brabin in last week’s Press. Their attempts to excuse the betrayal of their constituents views were shameful. These MPs voted in favour of
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From page 8 holding a referendum and abiding by the result. They also voted for triggering Article 50 and therefore leaving the EU on March 29, 2019. As for not being able to vote for the catastrophic outcome of a ‘No Deal’ exit to the country’s manufacturing industry, job losses and rising food prices, where do they get this information from? For every member of the CBI who predicts this there is another who welcomes No Deal. Why would prices of food rise, they are held artificially high due to price fixing within the EU and tariffs applied by them for imports from outside the EU. If we were outside the EU we could negotiate our own deals, with everyone setting our own tariffs. Can you see France, Denmark and Ireland wanting to lose their food exports to the UK? In fact, some experts predict food prices will actually fall. So please be honest and admit your voting has nothing to do with the best interest of your constituents and the country, but just like your other colleague Yvette Cooper it is merely manoeuvrings to obtain political position for both yourselves and your party. Shame on you all for putting yourself and your party before your constituents and the good of the country. At the next General Election, which I imagine will not be far off, hopefully your constituents will remember your shameful behaviour and express it through the ballot box and give you the send off you all deserve. Begone, the whole incompetent, shallow, integrity-lacking gang.
A revealing comment showed disdain From: Alec Suchi, Bradford It is significant that the Channel Four presenter Jon Snow made such a revealing comment when he sneeringly stated that he had never seen so many white people, in reference to the crowds who had gathered at Westminster to express their support for the UK to leave the European Union. A large proportion of the white working class had voted to leave the EU and Snow was obviously showing his disdain that what he and the Establishment perceive as the uneducated, xenophobic and racist element in society being
responsible for inflicting such harm for the future good and prosperity of our country. Previously the former director general of the BBC Greg Dyke had commented that the BBC as an organisation was ‘hideously white’, and this would have been regarded as acceptable as Dyke would have been lauded for ostensibly promoting a more fairer society, when in reality he was merely virtue signalling. One can only imagine the self-righteous fury which would have emerged had Snow expressed concern that he had never seen so many black people clustered in one location. Snow and Dyke represent the hypocritical and hollow values of a self-serving elite, peddling the values of the so-called Liberal-left which is disdainful of British patriotic and traditional values based on our culture, traditions and national identity. People of that type have held sway for too long and need to be removed from all positions of influence.
Thanks for attending, and for daft answers! From: Tim Wood, Mirfield May I express my thanks and gratitude for all who turned out to our fundraising quiz and supper night last Saturday. To Tracy and Tania of the Mirfield Rifle Volunteers for organising the raffle and prizes, to Mr B Fretwell for his donation of Easter eggs as prizes, to the hard-working staff, cadets, friends and parents of 868 Squadron ATC, and to those who bought tickets and supported the event. On the night £500 was raised for new equip-
ment for 868 Squadron Band. We should have had a page for the daftest answer to a question! Q: What was God’s first commandment? A: ‘Let there be light’. Dumbest answer: ‘Don’t touch those chuffing apples’! Say no more ... until next time.
Dismayed over who I’ve got to vote for From: M Senior, Dewsbury Looking at the list of candidates to vote for in the forthcoming local elections, I could not be more dismayed as a Conservative voter. Being from Earlsheaton originally before moving to the far side of town two and a half miles away, I noticed last time for the council elections Sean Guy was standing to be a councillor in Dewsbury West, and this year is replaced by Farmida Ishaq. Mr Guy is now standing for election in Dewsbury East. I have to ask for myself the question, why is the former mayor of Mirfield and a serving town councillor for Mirfield putting himself forward for election?
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As I understand things, Mr Guy has a perfectly well-paid job, if elected would he give up his career to become a full-time Kirklees councillor and fight for our long-forgotten causes? I think not. The Dewsbury East seat is quite winnable, with ‘Our Eric’ and ‘Our Paul’ standing by watching our town crumble, whilst Shabir Pandor and other chums spend our cash on other areas. What we need is someone with a knowledge of the area who’s going to mix it up for Labour and fly the flag for us forgotten Tories. What we need is a proper lionheart, not a paper tiger. Come the general election I bet the Conservatives wish they had worked harder to keep our votes, or are they just banking on the image of Jeremy Corbyn, Diane Abbott and Yvette Cooper leading the country being too much for us to bear?
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News In Brief £4,000 grant HORBURY: The Village Partnership has received a £4,000 grant from Wakefield Council to help promote Horbury to shoppers. Businesses have also raised £1,000 to put towards the ‘Choose Horbury – live, visit and enjoy’ campaign. Coun Darren Byford (Lab, Horbury and South Ossett) said: “We are trying to raise the profile of Horbury and make the town centre somewhere people want to go – to make it more of a destination.” The campaign will be advertised on buses and posters and banners are displayed around the village.
Cat rescue RAVENSTHORPE: Firefighters rescued a cat which got stuck under the wheel arch of a car. A specialist crew from Cleckheaton was called to Duke Street just before 9am on Wednesday morning. The cat was freed by the technical rescue unit and reunited with its owner.
Moorside crash CLECKHEATON: A woman was taken to hospital following a crash on Moorside on Monday morning. The crash between the Vauxhall Corsa and another vehicle happened at around 7.40am. A 20-year-old woman driving the Corsa and a 23-year-old man, who managed to climb out of the passenger window of the second vehicle, were taken to hospital.
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Tribute to volunteers who delivered a year of success VOLUNTEERS and service users celebrated a year of achievement at an event in Batley. The Royal Voluntary Service (RVS) is helping to deliver a dozen volunteer-led community groups in Batley & Spen and recruited almost 300 volunteers across Kirklees, thanks to funding from the Jo Cox Foundation. Many of them attended a celebration event at Batley Older People’s Centre on Upper Commercial Street, where their work was recog-
nised. Almost 500 people have used the RVS’s befriending service or taken part in activity groups in the last year, and 231 people were signposted to other services. The project attended 26 other community events in the last year and created over a dozen informal partnerships with other local groups. Andrew Shaw, community development worker for RVS Kirklees, said: “We have been incredibly proud that
our service has been transformative for the local community in Kirklees, particularly in Batley & Spen, and are grateful to the Jo Cox Foundation for the funding that has enabled us to do this. “Over the next year we
will be looking to develop more activity groups and transition our befriending service to volunteer-led. “If anyone can spare a couple of hours a month to help us achieve this and reduce loneliness and isolation affecting older people, then
simply get in touch on 01924 446100. We would also like to thank our amazing volunteers – a special mention to those who recently received their long service awards (five- and 10-year awards) for their gift of time to their local communities.”
Dental shake-up under fire By Tony Earnshaw Local Democracy Reporter HEALTH chiefs have been accused of failing to adequately inform the public over a shake-up of routine dental services. The criticism comes just days after the roll-out of a new system geared towards tackling the rising demand for access to emergency NHS dental services. It follows on from the creation of access pilot schemes in Bradford and North Kirklees in which participating dental practices were required to keep free an agreed number of one-hour slots in which to see new patients. Between early January, 2017 and March 31, 2017, 25 practices (eight in North Kirklees) took part with 4,260 appointments made available for new patients. But some appointments went unfilled, with activity in North Kirklees at 66.95 per cent during the
first month of the pilot. A report by the Dental Commissioning Team described the situation as “very frustrating for all involved”. Huddersfield-based healthcare provider Local Care Direct stopped running the urgent dental care service – accessed via the NHS 111 number – on April 1. The contract is now with Birmingham-based Night Dental Ltd. The change means patients in Wakefield travelling to Huddersfield or Leeds for emergency treatment. Announcing the new call handling service at County Hall in Wakefield, Emma Wilson, NHS England’s head of co-commissioning for West Yorkshire, said the first week of the new system had gone “surprisingly well” but that challenges remained. She said 50 per cent of calls were managed by clinicians. She added that NHS England was also “building capacity” in primary care dentistry so that patients can have
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Coun Elizabeth Rhodes (Lab, Wakefield North), who said she was “totally disappointed and angry” that the urgent care system had been introduced “with no consideration of consultation”. She said it had been poorly advertised and that the people it targeted could be unaware that it existed. “These changes have occurred three weeks before Wakefield was going to be told its patients could go to Leeds or Huddersfield at a time when Leeds has already lost two of its outlets. “It’s not good enough. “I have to wonder what else is going on in terms of centralisation and trying to avoid the issue of dealing with districts.” The chairman of the West Yorkshire Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Coun Helen Hayden (Lab, Temple Newsam), rejected previous assurances that the refocus of access to dentistry “was not a reconfiguration”. “To me, this is a service reconfiguration,” she said.
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News In Brief Couple bailed on blackmail charge LIVERSEDGE: A man and woman have appeared at Leeds Crown Court accused of blackmailing a man for money. Scott Ormsby, 28, and Georgina Wilby, 29, both of Upper Barker Street, denied the charge, which relates to an allegation that they made an unwarranted demand for £1,000 from a man between April 10 and 21 last year. They were released on bail until their trial on September 10 this year.
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NURSERY STEPS INTO NEW ERA A CHILDREN’S nursery in Mirfield has changed its name. The former Little Acorns nursery on Towngate was re-branded as Stepping Stones at a launch event on Friday. Deputy Mayor of Kirklees Mumtaz Hussain joined the celebrations, while a crew from West Yorkshire Fire Service turned up in a fire engine for the children to explore. Dozens of people took part in activities on the day, including pebble painting, face painting and party games. The firm has another nursery in Gomersal, and more information can be found at www.steppingstonesgroup.com.
Pit disaster concert DEWSBURY: Grimethorpe Colliery Band will be performing in Dewsbury Town Hall at a memorial concert in July. St John’s Masonic Lodge have organised the concert in memory of the 139 men and boys who lost their lives in the Thornhill Coombs pit disaster in 1893. There’ll also be a performance from Skelmanthorpe Male Voice Choir. Tickets (£20) for the show on Saturday, July 13 (7.30pm), are available from Dewsbury Town Hall (01924 324501) or online at www.kirkleestownhalls.co.uk.
Litter pick weekend MIRFIELD: The Mirfield in Bloom committee has organised a litter pick in the town this weekend (Saturday and Sunday). Everyone can take part and do it in their own time, work alone or in a group, and choose where they want to clean up. Contact Ruth Edwards on 07840 395096 or email raedwards@virginmedia.com.
Sofa catches fire STAINCLIFFE: A man was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in a sofa at a house in Manor Way on Tuesday.
School is ‘moving forward’ A PRIMARY school in Heckmondwike is ‘moving forward’ after being placed in special measures last year. Ofsted officials visited The John Curwen Co-operative Primary Academy last month for a second monitoring inspection since it was rated inadequate in January last year. In a letter to headteacher Steven Stafford, chief inspector Michael Wardle said: “Leaders and managers are taking effective action towards the removal of special measures. “Having considered all the evidence I strongly recommend that the school does not seek to appoint newly qualified teachers.” He went on to say: “Senior leaders have wasted no time since the first monitoring visit (October 2018) in improving the quality of education at the school. “Acting leaders at that time moved quickly to develop systems to check the progress that pupils make and the standards they reach. “The arrival of the new headteacher has further strengthened the effectiveness of leadership and management. “Not only are all leadership posts now filled, there is a real sense of moving forward and there is a buzz around school. Members of staff are up for the challenge of turning their school around.” The school on Leeds Old Road caters for 347 pupils aged from three to 11.
‘Defibs’ plan after heart attack scare By Steve Martyn DEFIBRILLATORS could soon be installed at town halls after Kirklees Council submitted a planning application. The life-saving equipment is set to be placed outside Cleckheaton and Batley Town Halls so that anyone calling 999 can access them in an emergency. A defibrillator is a device that gives a high-energy electric shock to the heart of someone who is in cardiac arrest. The move was prompted by an incident last October when a performer at a Cleckheaton Town Hall show had a heart attack. A nurse from the audience stepped in to perform CPR until the ambulance arrived – but had she not been there, the outcome might not have been as positive. It highlighted to the council the importance of defibrilla-
Hustings event ‘went really well’ CONSERVATIVE election candidate Paul Young said a hustings event at Batley’s Irish Democratic League Club last week was a success. The event at the ‘Nash’ last Thursday gave Kirklees election candidates from both
tors and at the time Coun Kath Pinnock (Lib Dem, Cleckheaton) vowed to get the vital piece of equipment installed at town halls across the district. Kirklees officials are also looking to move the defibrillator located inside the Dewsbury Customer Service Centre to the outside of the building, so that it can be used when the centre is closed. The council sought advice from the ambulance service before making the decision to install the devices. They were advised that defibrillators should be located no closer than 600m apart, be registered with the ambulance service so that they can direct people to them in an emergency, and have security measures in place to reduce the risk of vandalism. The defibrillators are secured in locked cases that can be opened with a code pro-
vided by the call handler when 999 is dialled. The call handler will also give advice on how to use it. A spokesman said: “Kirklees Town Halls host a range of events from nationally acclaimed musical shows to lunch time concerts and council meetings to educational courses. With so many people coming through the doors it makes sense to have life-saving equipment close by so that first aiders or members of the public can use them whilst waiting for emergency services to arrive.” When dealing with a cardiac incident, the presence of a defibrillator can increase the chances of survival as it requires no previous training and can in some cases restart a person’s heart before trained medical personnel arrive. The planning applications are open for comments until April 19.
Batley wards the chance to tell residents about their plans if they were to be elected. Mr Young (Batley West) joined Heavy Woollen Independents candidate Paul Halloran (also Batley West) and fellow Conservative Kieron Gavaghan (Batley East) to answer questions from residents. Labour, Green and Liberal Democrat candidates did not attend.
Mr Young said: “It went really well. There was only a tiny bit of heckling from the crowd! We just wanted to concentrate on the positive things of our campaigns. It’s the first time we’ve done anything like that. I think everyone warmed to us in the end.” A similar event is taking place on Wednesday (April 17, 7.30pm) at the Al-Hikmah Centre on Track Road, Batley.
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Club’s long walk By Zoe Shackleton A GROUP of volunteers from Hanging Heaton Cricket Club completed a 12-mile walk to raise funds for a community defibrillator. The 30 walkers journeyed from the world-famous Headingley Stadium in Leeds back to the Hanging Heaton club on Saturday – with the odd pub stop on the way. While an official total hasn’t been calculated, it’s thought the group raised over £4,000.
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Hanging Heaton CC and Hanging Heaton Rounders members on the Headingley pitch at the start of their walk
Half of that will go towards getting the life-saving machine fitted at the club on Bennett Lane, with the rest being used to refurbish the changing rooms. Club chairman John Carruthers, who took part in the walk, said: “It was the brainchild of James Byrne, James Richardson and Charlotte Byrne, who are long-standing members of the club. “The original idea was that the funding would go towards a defibrillator for general use.
“We’ve got various sections, of which one is a bowling section where the age range is quite high – and we thought it appropriate to have a defibrillator. “Because our junior section has developed dramatically we’ve got numerous young girls and other age groups so we’re revamping the changing room facilities which is well overdue. “We’ve now got a rounders team (Hanging Heaton Rounders) running out of the club this year and they jumped on board
with the walk. “We set off from Headingley at around 10am and we got back to the club at around four o’clock – and that included the essential refreshment breaks! “It was really well put together and well supported by the cricket section, the social section and the rounders. It was a really good event.” The club is still taking donations, and you can donate online via www.gofundme.com/headingley-to-hanging-heaton.
Free Easter hunt organised by Spen chamber CLECKHEATON town centre is hosting an Easter Bunny Hunt tomorrow (Sat). Sponsored by Spenborough Chamber of Commerce & Trade, the family-friendly event will run between 10am and 2pm when those taking part will hunt
around the town, spot the bunnies and discover a hidden phrase to win an Easter treat. Ray Norris, the newlyappointed president of the chamber, said: “The Cleckheaton Easter Bunny Hunt is the perfect opportunity to get your family involved in a
fun and local event. “We manage to run the free event thanks to the members and volunteers of the chamber, as well as all the incredible independent shops, cafes and businesses who get involved. “It was a great success last year, and this
year it is even bigger and better, which is a testament to the ‘small town, big heart’ sense of community we uphold.” There are 33 bunnies to discover within town centre shops and cafes. Simply head to Tesco Cleckheaton and pick up an entry form, find the
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DEWSBURY’S West Riding Licensed Refreshment Rooms has been named as Pub of the Year by the Heavy Woollen CAMRA branch. The pub, situated in what was a disused part of the Grade II listed Dewsbury Railway Station, is currently celebrating its 25th birthday after it was founded by Mike Field in 1994. The characterful venue is packed with memorabilia from the railway and brewing industries and has become a key spot on the Trans-Pennine Rail Ale Trail. The West Riding also won the Heavy Woollen CAMRA Pub of the Year award in 2017 and now has a range of 10 handpumps offering a wide range of choice and styles, including a real cider. Heavy Woollen CAMRA branch chairman Andy Kassube said: “This award is not just for the quality of the real ale that is always superbly kept here but about the warm welcome you receive from the team and from the locals who have supported this pub over such a long period.” To celebrate the West Riding’s 25th birthday Mike Field’s stepdaughter Sarah Barnes, a director of Beerhouses, who manage the pub, and Clare Cleverly, one of the Beerhouses team, are aiming to raise £10,000 for local charities. The West Riding will now go forward to the Yorkshire regional heats for possible selection for the CAMRA Pub of the Year awards.
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Easter fun for kids at park’s museum BATLEY: Bagshaw Museum in Wilton Park is celebrating Easter with fun crafts and an egg hunt. On Tuesday (April 16), youngsters can get creative making Fabergé-style eggs, bunny collages and printing cards. There will be drop-in sessions from 11am1pm and 2pm-4pm; no booking required. The cost is £2 per child and all ages are welcome. On Easter Sunday (April 21), there is a Fabergé-inspired egg hunt. Youngsters have to find eggs hidden around the museum to earn a certificate and a small chocolate prize. For more information call 01924 324765.
Church celebrations BROWNHILL: St Saviour’s Church is holding a number of services to celebrate Easter. Starting from Monday (April 15) there’s a Lent study group at 7.30pm, a meditation class at 7pm on Tuesday, Holy Communion from 9.30am and meditation again from 7.30pm on Wednesday, and on Thursday there’s a Lord’s Supper service at 7pm. On Good Friday there’ll be an Act of Witness service in Birstall Market Place (10am) and at Junction 27 Retail Park (11am) before Stations of the Cross at 2pm and the Service of Nails at 7.30pm – both at the church. On Saturday there is a family vigil followed by a bring-and-share pizza event. Then on Easter Sunday Holy Communion starts at 8am before family Holy Communion and Baptism at 10am, followed by an Easter egg hunt.
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Writers’ book launch A LONGSTANDING local writers’ group has launched a new book. Batley-based Gujarati Writers’ Forum introduced ‘Our Heritage’ at an event at the Pakistan & Kashmir Welfare
Pandor at the launch. Ms Brabin said: “It was an honour to be asked to speak at the launch of this fascinating and insightful new volume. “As well as providing a valuable historical record, ‘Our Heritage’ offers a wonderful insight into the struggles, joys and triumphs of those first Gujarati migrants to make Batley their home.”
Campaigners celebrate as dumping plans thrown out By Zoe Shackleton CAMPAIGNERS are breathing sighs of relief after plans to dump thousands of lorry loads full of rubble in an unused railway cutting in Heckmondwike were vetoed. The ‘Oppose the Heckmondwike Dump’ campaign group have long been objecting to proposals to dump 138,000 tonnes of debris in the old railway cutting near Walkley Terrace, to facilitate the construction of new homes. Developers launched an appeal after Kirklees Council rejected the proposals early last year. But this week planning inspector Caroline Mulloy
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loads of rubble were expected every hour on the narrow Walkley Terrace, causing air and noise pollution. Campaigner Howard Gee said: “It just goes to show what can be achieved
when local people unite to fight such a ridiculous proposal. Kirklees planning officers had turned it down, as had the planning committee. “Our opposition was supported by our MP Tracy Brabin and our Heckmondwike councillors Viv Kendrick and David Sheard. “Now the National Planning Inspector has agreed with hundreds of local residents that 36 more HGV trips a day through our already congested little town would not only add to the traffic jams but cause road safety issues at the site entrance, near the junction of Walkley Lane and Walkley Terrace. “She determined that the
proposal would increase air pollution, create unacceptable levels of dust and noise for nearby households, as well as presenting a serious flood risk and harming the ecology of this tranquil natural green corridor. “We are grateful to all who fought against this dump and the Planning Inspector who could see just how inappropriate it was. Let’s hope the land owner finally realises this too.” Homes could still be built on the site after another housing scheme for 74 homes, which wouldn’t need as much of the land being infilled, was approved by councillors in January.
Supermarket turns pink COLLEAGUES at Tesco Cleckheaton helped turn the store pink on Saturday to promote Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life. A group of 25 staff is taking part in the Huddersfield race on June 30. The store was selling pin badges and trolley tokens at the pink event, with some of the staff team joining in an aerobics session. Store manager Clare Findlay said: “One in two people will get cancer in
their lifetime and, sadly, most people will know someone who has been affected. “Our aim at Tesco is to
make 2019 the biggest and best yet for Race for Life. Together we can help Cancer Research UK to save even more lives.”
Shoppers have been helping the store by donating clothes which can be sold at Cancer Research UK charity shops.
COUNCIL ELECTIONS THE CANDIDATES IN NORTH KIRKLEES THE four main political parties in Kirklees are each fielding a full slate of candidates as more than 100 election hopefuls go head-tohead for 23 seats across the borough. But Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens must also contend with candidates from UKIP in a third of district wards. There will also be a showing from Independents (4), Democrats and Veterans Party (2), Batley Borough Independents – Heavy Woollen District (1), and Dewsbury Borough Independents – Heavy Woollen District (1).
Voters go to the polls on May 2. Here’s a guide to who is standing in North Kirklees. BATLEY EAST Keiron Gavaghan: Conservative James Hansford: Green Party Clare Kane: Liberal Democrats Habiban Zaman: Labour *Seat currently held by Labour’s Habiban Zaman. BATLEY WEST Paul Halloran: Batley Borough Independents – Heavy Woollen District Yusra Hussain: Labour Christopher Kane: Liberal Democrats Martin Pelan: Green Party Paul Young: Conservative *Seat currently held by Labour’s Marielle O’Neill, who is stepping down. BIRSTALL AND BIRKENSHAW Charlotte Goodwin: Conservative Christopher Green: Green Party Catherine Pinder: Labour Louise Walsh: Liberal Democrats
*Seat formerly held by Robert Light, a former Conservative group leader, who stepped down last year. CLECKHEATON Khalid Patel: Labour Andrew Pinnock: Liberal Democrats Madeline Poutney: Conservative Linda Simmons: Green Party *Seat currently held by the Liberal Democrats’ Andrew Pinnock. DEWSBURY EAST Eric Firth: Labour Sean Guy: Conservative Dennis Hullock: Liberal Democrats Aleks Lukic: Dewsbury Borough Independents – Heavy Woollen District Gideon Barry: Green Party *Seat currently held by Labour’s Eric Firth. DEWSBURY SOUTH Marnie Cope: Green Party Nosheen Dad: Labour Bernard Disken: Liberal Democrats Charlie Reid: Conservative *Seat currently held by Labour’s Nosheen Dad. DEWSBURY WEST Jon Bloom: Liberal Democrats
Simon Cope: Green Party Farmida Ishaq: Conservative Darren O’Donovan: Labour *Seat currently held by Labour’s Darren O’Donovan. HECKMONDWIKE Aafaq Butt: Labour Alan Freeman: Green Party Helen Gavaghan: Conservative Alan Girvan: Independent Josie Pugsley: Liberal Democrat *Seat currently held by Labour’s David Sheard, a former leader of Kirklees Council, who is stepping down. LIVERSEDGE AND GOMERSAL Lisa Holmes: Conservative Jude McKaig: Labour David Snee: Liberal Democrats Nicholas Whittingham: Green Party *Seat currently held by the Conservatives’ Lisa Holmes. MIRFIELD Stephen Bird: Liberal Democrats Keiron Dunn: Labour Kath Taylor: Conservatives Catherine Whittingham: Green Party *Seat currently held by the Conservatives’ Kath Taylor.
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Throughout 2019 local historian Mike Popplewell will be searching through his newspaper collection from the 1920s and 30s for some of the biggest headlines from home and abroad – while also taking a look at stories making the news in our own district. Readers are welcome to provide feedback if any of these features are remembered personally, or you can recall being told them by an earlier generation.
Eight decades of graft S I CONTINUE to look at the events of 1932 at home and abroad, last week’s mention of Wormald and Walker in Tim Wood’s letter to our ‘Forum’ page prompted another look at the Thornhill Lees blanket manufacturing company that closed its doors in 1986.
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My work as a dementia care professional in the Dewsbury area a decade ago frequently brought me into contact with people who fondly remembered working at W&W, highlighting their importance to the district in terms of employment, but 1932 was a particularly notable year for the company itself. That year they decided to commission a documentary film about the company and its manufacturing processes. The film, from the Yorkshire Archives, is available on the internet and shows a fascinating insight into the work and the lives of the workers during this difficult time in our district’s, and country’s, history. One of the individual worker’s stories in the film was of a 90year-old William Robinson, who was the company’s longest serving employee. In fact research shows that there was one William Robinson born in 1842, living at ‘The Top of Heckmondwike’, who showed up in the 1851 census as an eightyear-old bobbin weaver.
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Could this have been the same person? If so, an 82-year working life seems impossible to comprehend today, but in a time of no NHS, no welfare state and ‘dole’ issued only on satisfactory completion of a demeaning and deeply invasive personal inquisition, this was the norm. It was work or the workhouse. Although the workhouse system was abolished by Parliament in April 1930, the Dewsbury Union Workhouse becoming Staincliffe Hospital, many of the old workhouses continued under the name of Public Assistance institutions run by local or county councils. However, William Robinson aside, what was going on in the world in 1932? It is time to once again delve
into my collection of Yorkshire Observer newspapers and on Friday November 4 the front page headline was ‘Scheme To Deal With Able-Bodied Unemployed’. The hunger marches in October had kept these issues alive in the government’s minds, but they were insistent that the ‘means test’ should stay. Speaking as a member of Ramsay Macdonald’s coalition government Stanley Baldwin addressed a meeting in London the previous night in which he stated “We have some fearful problems before us and around us. We have unemployment, India, our own agriculture, disarmament, war debts and reparations, and we have what at the moment is arousing a good deal of interest and possibly excite-
ment – the means test”. And Theresa May thinks she has problems! The typhoid death toll in Denby Dale had reached seven, with 65 still in hospital, while at Malton it was six dead and 125 in hospital, in Berlin there was a ‘Hitlerite proclamation supporting the traffic strike’, and there were celebrations for the anniversary of Mussolini’s ‘Fascist March’ on Rome that brought him to power. How ominous were those last two news items? On our own political front, parliamentarians were lampooned in a carton depiction of the great unemployment debate – for unemployment, read Brexit! Finally, in the autumn/winter of 1932/33 cricket was rarely off the front page as England continued their tour of Australia, but at the start of November the infamous ‘Bodyline’ plan of England skipper Douglas Jardine was still under wraps. However, the time was fast approaching when it would be unleashed on the unsuspecting Aussies and political storms both on and off the cricket field, and in the England camp itself, were burst into life. That story is to be continued.
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Trust’s trio take up roles THE HOSPITAL trust which runs Dewsbury and District Hospital has welcomed three new international nurses this week. Jonathan Taclay, Triszha Nabangue and Raymart Cailipan have successfully completed their NMC Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) – meaning they can now move to their substantive roles as registered nurses in theatres and critical care. David Melia, director of nursing and quality at the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “Congratulations to our new colleagues on passing their OSCE exams. Over the last eight weeks they have undertaken a huge amount of studying and training – on a range of topics – to ensure they can competently apply their professional nursing skills and knowledge in the UK. “We’re delighted Jonathan, Triszha and Raymart have chosen to come and work for our Trust, their skills and experience will be a valuable contribution to the teams.” The Trust will welcome its second group of international colleagues next month.
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SATURDAY APRIL 13 EMLEY AND MORE Starts at 10.30am at Church Street car park, Emley, near cross (HD8 9RE, SE244130) 7 miles – moderate Contact: David Parkinson 01274 879794 david.parky@tiscali.co.uk
It’s energetic and uplifting Kinky Boots The Grand Theatre, Leeds Until Saturday April 20 www.leedsgrandtheatre.com Review by Phoebe Tissiman KINKY BOOTS the musical (based on the book by Harvey Fierstein) tells the story of Charlie Price, who inherits his father’s Northampton shoe factory. When the factory struggles to survive Charlie strikes up an unlikely and unexpected relationship with drag-queen Lola and the duo create a niche, yet dazzling, line of ‘kinky’ footwear to keep the business afloat. Cyndi Lauper provides an impressive score matched by fierce choreography (Jerry Mitchell) and even fiercer drag queens. The musical embodies acceptance and the idea that we should all be free to be who we want to be regardless of whether we are male, female or ‘yet to make up our mind’. Undeniably the star of the show is Kayi Ushe (Lola), who delivers an exceptional performance exhibiting strength and resilience yet also beauty and poise. Backed up by her fabulous angels, the girls steal the show with their sassy high kicks and hair flicks. Credit is also due to Joel Harper-Jackson (Charlie) who delivers a stellar and passionate performance as his storyline echoes that of Lola’s. The show is an absolute must-see. It is energetic, uplifting and at times moving, especially so in the challenges faced in today’s society. The cast received a well-deserved standing ovation on opening night, so make sure you get your tickets. Kinky Boots is absolutely not to be missed – it will most certainly ‘Raise You Up’. THE AWARD-WINNING Mikron Theatre Company returns to the Leggers Inn in Dewsbury on Tuesday April 23. Their latest theatrical offering is All Hands On Deck, one of two plays touring for the 2019 season. Set in World War Two, the show navigates a love story between the Royal Navy and their loyal ‘Jenny Wrens’. The show drops anchor at the Leggers Inn, on Savile Town Wharf, Mill Street East, at 7.30pm on Tuesday April 23. A cash collection will be taken. For details call 01924 502846 or email manager.leggers@gmail.com. YOU can dance the night away at Millbridge WMC, with music from Eddie Martell and the Ronnie Bottomley Quartet on the third Tuesday of every month. You can listen and dance to songs from the swing era and the Great American Songbook. The music at Millbridge club, on Bennett Street in Liversedge, starts at 8.15pm on Tuesday, April 16, and admission is £3.50. Call 01924 402696 for more details THE DEWSBURY and District Rambling Club have two walks coming up this week. On Sunday (April 14) meet Phil Allan at the Wellington Road car park (9am) for a walk in Studley Royal Park. Then on Wednesday (April 17) there’s a walk in Little Ribston, meet Christine and David Richards (10.30am) on Wetherby Road near Little Ribston Estate gates. THERE’S free live music and dancing every Sunday afternoon at Batley Central Club, with the well-known Reg Hargreaves Trio playing at the venue from 1.15pm to around 3.30pm. A variety of guest singers perform each week. The bar is open and the club on Bradford Road in Batley, wants to encourage as many people as possible to come down and enjoy the afternoon’s entertainment.
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Witness stories of everyday heroes Elizabeth Robin and Rachel Benson star in All Hands On Deck Photo: Peter Boyd
ARTS ORGANISATION Creative Scene is launching a season of shows in North Kirklees pubs and social clubs about the world we live in. The first later this month is a performance by award-winning theatre maker Daniel Bye of Tiny Heroes – a theatre gig with music and songs. People are also being encouraged to nominate their own local hero. The show will be performed in pubs in Mirfield and Cleckheaton thanks to Creative Scene, which brings arts and culture to the district with Arts Council funding. Director Nancy Barrett said: “‘We The People’ is the title for a new season of shows about the world we live in – and the people that fight to change it. “From everyday heroes, to Luddite leaders, drag kings to modern-day saints, we will be asking questions about what makes a hero these days, how do you speak truth to power, and what happens when you express your true self.” Tiny Heroes tells real stories of everyday activation, agitation and standing up to be the change you want to see. Songs in the show were written by Boff Whalley, from Leeds band Chumbawamba, famous for their hit song Tub Thumping.
It is a story about heroes – not just the famous heroes but those ordinary, everyday people who do extraordinary things, but rarely win medals or recognition. Daniel Bye, writer and performer of Tiny Heroes, who will star alongside Victoria Brazier, said: “When people think about heroism, they tend to think of people pulling people out of burning buildings, or maybe a war story.”
Audiences can join in and nominate their own local hero organisers are inviting people to visit www.facebook.com/ CreativeScene.uk and to let them know who they think is a hero and why. The most inspirational story will win two free tickets for the show. Nancy added: “We are interested in smaller acts of heroism, the things that people do every day –
people volunteering in a hospice, or running a marathon for charity. “We will be asking – what is a hero, anyway?” Tiny Heroes will be performed at The Navigation Tavern in Mirfield on Wednesday April 24 and Cleckheaton’s Mill Valley Brewery Tap, on Thursday April 25 (both venues 7.30pm). All tickets are £6. To book, visit www.creativescene.org.uk.
Songsational at town hall THE SONGSATIONAL group are returning to Batley Town Hall on Saturday April 27 to perform their annual fundraising show. This is the ninth year that they have put together an evening of entertainment to raise money for the Mayor of Kirklees’ officials charities, which this year are Kirkwood Hospice and the RSPCA. Show director Melanie Stephen said: “We have had great fun rehearsing our 2019 show, it is such a varied programme full of song, dance and comedy, with music from Broadway, film, rock and pop, there really is something for everyone! “It promises to be a whole Saturday evening of fabulousness for only £8.” The show starts at 7.30pm and tickets can
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enjoy in the Championship By Mike Popplewell Cricket correspondent sport@thepressnews.co.uk
ALTHOUGH Hanging Heaton and Cleckheaton are the district’s ‘big guns’ in the All Rounder Cricket Bradford Premier League this season, joining neighbouring Woodlands in the Premier Division, it is Championship One that is likely to be of most interest to our league cricket enthusiasts in the coming months. There are 12 teams in this division for the 2019 season with no fewer than eight in, or adjoining, the district. Simple maths will tell you that each of these clubs will have 14 ‘derby’ games out of their 22 fixtures. This is all good news financially, with the possibility of increased away support for each of those home games and the inclusion of the relegated, well-supported, East Bierley club, in the second tier for the first time in over 40 years, is sure to give clubs some extra revenue. East Bierley were relegated from the Premier Division along with Scholes, while Gomersal, Batley, Ossett and Hartshead Moor are the remaining Kirklees contingent in Championship One along with Morley, a few hundred yards across the border from Bruntcliffe, and Bankfoot whose ground sits at the other end of Cleckheaton Road from Chain Bar. Promoted Adwalton, another side bordering the district, Birstall, Hopton Mills, Liversedge and Spen Victoria, provide the interest in Championship Two with last year’s bottom two, Liversedge and Spen Victoria, desperately hoping to avoid a repeat of last year’s dismal outcome.
Spen Vic escaped relegation due to a moratorium on relegation for existing Bradford League clubs when the merger with the Central Yorkshire League went ahead. The league rules clearly state that the management board are ultimately responsible for deciding promotion and relegation issues, but avoiding the relegation places is the only way to guarantee not finding yourself at risk. Although there are 14 teams in Championship Two, as opposed to an odd number last year, they will still only play 22 games so not everyone will play each other home and away as a full programme would be impossible to fit in without extra playing days. However, at least there will be no teams faced with blank days this time. Unfortunately this is not the case in the Conference where Heckmondwike and Carlinghow CC are the district’s representatives along with Crossbank Methodists. The transfer centre remains active with Hartshead Moor’s late signings including last week’s acquisition of Tom ‘Tosh’ Baker from Spen Victoria. Still only 37, Baker has extensive experience in league cricket with Spen Victoria, Gomersal, Wrenthorpe and Buttershaw St Pauls as well as a spell in the Aire Wharfe League with Pool Mills. In addition, he worked on the development staff with Northamptonshire CCC, represented the Northamptonshire Cricket board and played one first-class game for Northants in 2005. As a hard-hitting batsman and pacy bowler, Baker is sure to prove an asset for a Hartshead Moor side looking to avoid a second season of being far too close to the relegation zone for comfort in Championship One.
RACING PREVIEW WITH MIKE SMITH Eyes turn to Scottish Grand National LL ROADS lead to Scotland this weekend and the Scottish Grand National at Ayr which looks to be a typically competitive contest. The four-mile contest tomorrow (Saturday), with a first prize of £122,000, is one of the biggest betting races of the year and the highlight of the Scottish calendar. There is always at least one horse coming here from the Grand National meeting at Aintree and VINTAGE CLOUDS heads the market at 8/1 with Carrigill’s. He fell at the first last Saturday and jockey Danny Cook caught hold of him by the second fence so he will be fresh enough to run a big race at Ayr but will have to defy a poor record for National alsorans. In total 43 have run in both races this century and only two have won and two others placed, and if Sue Smith’s grey does triumph, he will emulate the 2017 winner Vicente who also departed at the very same Liverpool obstacle. Punters will be looking to Alan King’s DINGO DOLLAR to earn them a few bucks, but he looks to have been in the grip of the handicapper since a career best effort in this same race last year and was no match for the 10-year-old CHIDSWELL at Doncaster recently. But the Scottish-born trainer is bullish about his chances and believes the good ground will help him land his second Scottish National following his success with Godsmejudge in 2013. In his Racing Post column King said: “I’ve had this race – which has always been close to my heart – in mind for him all season after he finished a gallant third in the Ladbrokes Trophy at Newbury in
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December in conditions that would have been as testing as he really handles.” A recent gamble for this prize, CROSSHUE BOY, was a winner at the Scottish Grand National meeting last year when triumphant over second favourite DINGO DOLLAR. A sighter in the Becher did not go to plan early this season and two subsequent hurdles starts have protected a mark of 142 over fences. He is interesting on last year’s form, and additionally so after recent market support for Irish trainer Sean Doyle. A couple of lightly weighted rivals also look to have claims. TAKINGRISKS is Nicky Richards’s second string and, if he can overcome the quick conditions, looks overpriced at 33-1. He is a winner at this track over hurdles and fences and looks to be crying out for a real stamina test. Another stamina-laden improver is GERONIMO who has been getting better with every one of his four runs over fences. Sandy Thomson’s geld-
ing is 2lb out of the handicap but looked to have more up his sleeve when finishing strongly to land a 3m3f handicap here last time out. The aforementioned CHIDSWELL is fairly lightly-raced and has run his best races on his two most recent starts, last time out achieving a ninelength victory in the Grimthorpe Chase. He stayed the 3m2f trip at Doncaster well and while this 4m distance demands more again it looks worth a shot with a horse in form and one who could be peaking at the right time and will race from the foot of the weights. On the flat, John Gosden’s exciting colt TOO DARNED HOT will be just that on his return in the Greenham at Newbury so MAGIC J could be the each-way play if the field holds up. Ed Vaughan’s son of Scat Daddy cost $950,000 and reports from the stable suggest he could turn out to be top class. DEFOE should enjoy a bit of give in the ground as he goes for back-toback wins in the Group 3 Dubai Duty Free Surprise Stakes while MILDENBERGER can make a winning reappearance in the John Porter Stakes. Second in the Dante last May, the Mark Johnston-trained colt is a serious prospect over this trip of 1m 4f. Finally, ante-post backers should get on BROOM for the Derby based on what I’m hearing from insiders at the O’Brien yard.
CARRIGILL’S NAP (money back as a free bet if finishes outside top 4): BEWARE THE BEAR, Saturday, Ayr, 3.35. AUGUR’S BEST BET: CROSSHUE BOY (e/w), Saturday, Ayr, 3.35.
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Brilliant display secures first trophy for Ossett West Riding County Cup
OSSETT UNITED GUISELEY
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Stephen Ibbetson at Ingfield Stadium OSSETT UNITED claimed the West Riding County Cup with a brilliant victory over Guiseley in the final at Ingfield on Tuesday night. Their National League North opponents put out a strong side, but were still no match for a team two divisions lower but in tremendous form. A superb performance was capped by goals from Tom Greaves and Aidan Chippendale, and even though Will Thornton scored with a minute left on the clock to set up a nervous finale, Ossett hung on for a richly-deserved triumph. The win brings them their first piece of silverware in their first season, and with the majority of a bumper crowd of 1,118 enjoying the party, these are bright times indeed. United displayed their intent right from the off, registering the
first shot inside 30 seconds as a Greaves effort from wide was saved by goalkeeper Jon Worsnop, and the intensity of the hosts left Guiseley unable to settle into any rhythm. The first big chance came when Chippendale’s ball from the right came first to Adam Priestley, whose effort was stopped by the keeper from close range with the rebound falling to Jack Vann. His effort was blocked by a defender with allegations made of a handball, but nothing was given. James Burke, the only new face in the starting line-up from the weekend’s win over Tadcaster, had a penalty claim of his own after a soft nudge from Thornton but it was swiftly waved away by the referee. Moments later Worsnop was forced into action as Priestley’s delivery was knocked down by Chippendale and Vann had the chance to strike, but the keeper dived down to his left to keep out the low shot. Ossett were stepping things up and three minutes after that save, Worshop had no chance of prevent-
ON THE FRONT FOOT: Adam Priestley leads a United attack ing the opening goal as Greaves thumped a stunning half-volley into the bottom corner. The visitors still offered little after going behind and could have gone into the break two goals down after a mistake at the back allowed Priestley to gallop forward, cut inside on his right and fizz a low shot just beyond the far post. The half-time break seemed to do
‘Ugly’ win earns three crucial points Evo-Stik East Division
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TWO SET-PIECE goals were enough for Ossett United to secure a crucial win against Tadcaster Albion that manager Andy Welsh admitted “wasn’t pretty”. Ossett now hold a six-point cushion over Albion in the play-off chase and Welsh was relieved to see his side get the job done. “It was a difficult game which we knew it was going to be,” he said. “Tadcaster have got a lot of quality in their side, and at times it wasn’t pretty. At this stage of the season it’s about picking three
points up.” Defender James Knowles added: “It’s probably not the prettiest one for the fans but sometimes you’ve got to win ugly.” Tom Corner had the ball in the net inside three minutes, but the assistant had the flag up to deny United the perfect start. Albion went very close to the opening goal when Will Annan smashed the crossbar from distance. Moments later, their goalkeeper Michael Ingham produced a brilliant double save, first keeping out Tom Greaves from point-blank range before somehow stopping Aidan Chippendale’s effort as well. United showed signs of improvement after the break and the turn-
ing point of the match came on the hour mark. Corner’s cross was flicked on by Monkhouse and Pete Davidson was ruled to have handled the ball, with Greaves thumping the ball in from the spot. The goal sparked the home side into life, with Ingham twice making fine stops to keep out a curling effort from Monkhouse and a low drive from Priestley. The pressure was relentless though and the goalkeeper was soon beaten again as Chris Chantler tapped in a rebound after Priestley’s free kick was kept out. Tadcaster weren’t going to give up without a fight and Jason Mycoe glanced in a Chris Howarth cross to halve the deficit with 11 minutes remaining, but United held on.
Ladies denied the double in debut season NE Women’s League Cup
DURHAM CESTRIA 4 OSSETT UNITED LADIES 0 OSSETT UNITED LADIES were unable to finish their first season with the double as they were well beaten in their cup final against Durham Cestria. Having sealed the league title before Christmas, all
eyes had been on the North East Women’s League Cup final and the team headed to Wilberfoss with optimism. However, two goals in the first 11 minutes put them up against it as Erin Nelson scored after eight minutes and Jessica Clark added a second shortly afterwards. Chelsea Schofield came close to reducing the arrears but couldn’t hit the target following a goalkeeping error,
and they were punished as Nelson added her second on the half-hour mark. United had the opportunity to open their account when they were awarded a penalty four minutes into the second half, but Danielle Sidebottom was denied from the spot by the goalkeeper. Jess Holder added a fourth goal in the 67th minute, and a fine debut season for Ossett finished in disappointment.
‘Unbelievable’: reaction to United’s special night OSSETT UNITED chief executive Phil Smith proclaimed an “unbelievable night” after Ossett United claimed their first piece of silverware with a 2-1 win over Guiseley in the West Riding County Cup final. In the first year following the merger of Ossett Albion and Ossett Town, the club secured their first trophy in front of a crowd of 1,118 at their Ingfield home. Their National League North opponents put out a strong side and yet United were comfortably the better side to claim the cup, and Smith was euphoric after the game. “Just to see a thousand people turn up at the ground to watch a game is something worth celebrating, but the fact that we came away with what I thought was a convincing win makes it all the sweeter,” he said. “Going into the game, I never predict the score but I actually thought we were going to be up against it, seeing the team that got out of the car park and realising that Guiseley had put a very strong side out. “But from the word go we were at 100 per cent intensity, we were all over it and the work rate of the team, not just today but for the whole season, has been unbelievable.” On the support, he added: “We’ve always said that if people come through the door, we’ll put on entertaining events. The fans have repaid us by walking through the doors and we’ve met them halfway by winning a trophy on a great night of football.” Manager Andy Welsh was thrilled to see his side outperform higher-league opposition to claim the trophy. “I’m delighted for the lads because they’ve worked hard in the tournament and I thought we were by far the better side tonight. We played the better football, limiting their chances,” he said.
Mirfield claim the Challenge Cup MIRFIELD TOWN secured the Heavy Woollen Challenge Cup with a 1-0 win over Walkers Hounds on Wednesday night. They had only three days to prepare for the final after a 3-0 triumph in their semi-final against Wellington Westgate on Sunday. Walkers had defeated Linthwaite to make the final two weeks previously, but came up second best in the showpiece at Dimple Wells, Ossett. In the Sunday League Premier Division, Linthwaite climbed to second place after they hammered AFC Chickenley 9-3 last weekend. The win sees them move level on points with both Hounds and Mirfield Town.
Deighton WMC missed out on the chance to top the table, losing 4-3 against Clifton Rangers. They lie a point behind the top three having played a game more. Championship winners Mount Pleasant kept up their good form after a brace from Mo Adam, plus strikes from Ismail Loonat and Mo Omar, saw them win 4-1 against Clifton Rangers Athletic. Birstall Cricket Club confirmed the runners-up spot as a Johnny Beverley hat-trick helped them to an emphatic 8-1 win at St Ignatius. Wire Works hit the day’s highest score, beating bottom side Clifton Rangers Reserves 10-1 with Jordan McCafferty-Smith firing in a treble.
“If I’m being critical I’m disappointed in the (Guiseley) goal, but in a cup final teams are always going to get chances and that was their only chance of the game. “For us as a football club we want to be challenging teams in higher divisions. We want to get to those higher divisions. One of the things that we’ve shown tonight is that we can play against teams higher up and comfortably control games.” Assistant manager Paul Quinn added: “Coming up against higher league opposition it was always going to be a tough ask for us, but I thought we applied ourselves so well over the course of the night. “We could have come into the game quite nervous but we looked very composed and I’m so proud of the lads and for the manager, it’s absolutely brilliant. “I just felt it was our night tonight, it looked from the off like we were at it and we showed that composure throughout.” However, there won’t be much time for celebration. United return to league action this weekend, with four fixtures remaining as they look to confirm a play-off spot. They sit six points clear of sixth-placed Tadcaster Albion after last week’s crucial home win over the North Yorkshire side, but every game remains a big one in the run-in. Welsh admits that he has to be “a bit horrible” in bringing them back to training quickly with the visit of Marske United, one of the sides still harbouring hopes of catching Ossett to make the top five, tomorrow (Saturday, kick-off 3pm). “The way that myself and Paul Quinn have set the lads up and the characters that we’ve brought in, we want to be as professional as we can about everything that we do. That’s one down, we want to go gunning for another now. “What I’ll urge the crowd is, can you come back on Saturday? We’ve got another huge game on Saturday and we want to make sure that we continue on the promotion front.”
Farrar makes it seventh heaven NCEL Premier Division
HEAVY WOOLLEN FOOTBALL
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the trailing side some good and they came out with a little more intent, with crosses from Halls twice giving Kaine Felix the chance to strike at goal in the first five minutes, but both efforts missed the target. However, it was just after another chance went begging that United hit them on the counter for their second goal. A long ball put Chippendale round the defence and
in on goal in a flash, and he rounded the goalkeeper and tapped the ball into the empty net in front of a jubilant United stand. The two-goal cushion gave them more freedom and they continued to dominate proceedings, with Priestley offered plenty of field to show his pace as Guiseley threw men forward. His first break down the left saw him work his way into the box to square the ball to Shiraz Khan, but the substitute could only manage a tame effort at Worsnop. The Gibraltar international was then allowed to advance again soon after, this time putting his laces into an effort from 25 yards which Worsnop had to stretch to keep out, and he later put another chance over from wide on the right. Everything had gone to plan for Ossett in the first 89 minutes but it was not over just yet. A Curtis Morrison cross was bundled in by Thornton, and suddenly they were holding on through five minutes of added time. Hold on they did though, and the trophy was deservedly theirs.
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BARTON TOWN were the latest victims of Liversedge’s superb run of form as the Clayborners made it seven in a row on home turf on Tuesday night. For the sixth time in succession a single goal ended
up being the difference, with a fifth clean sheet in six league games proving crucial. There were few chances in a hard-fought first half, but Liversedge began to pile on the pressure as the second half developed. They finally found a way through with 13 minutes left on the clock, when Danny Farrar bundled in a rebound
after Barton goalkeeper Sam Riches had made the initial save. Liversedge remain in 13th place in the table with four league matches left to play, starting with a trip to Eccleshill United tomorrow (Saturday, kick-off 3pm). They then return to Clayborn three days later for a tie with Hall Road Rangers (Tuesday, kick-off 7.45pm).
Sedge secure double over rivals NCEL Premier Division
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LIVERSEDGE continued their fine run of form as they completed the double over local rivals Thackley last weekend. Mason O’Malley’s late strike earned a 1-0 win in the home tie seven days
previously, and it was another close game this time around as Sedge did enough without reaching their best. Brandon Kane opened the scoring with a superb volley in the 19th minute, as the visitors enjoyed the best of the early stages. That continued through to their scrappy second goal, when Joe Walton’s tapped the ball in from close range.
However, just moments after the restart Thackley pulled one back. A free kick delivery was headed under goalkeeper Ed Wilzynski and into the bottom corner by Dan Broadbent to halve the deficit going into the break. Thackley had a bright spell in the second half after making some influential substitutions, but it wasn’t enough to produce an equaliser as Liversedge held on.
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Maun still confident despite latest defeat NCL Division One
DEWSBURY MOOR 18 WIGAN ST PATRICKS 27 By Stephen Ibbetson DEWSBURY MOOR’S tough start to the league season continued with a fourth consecutive loss, but coach Danny Maun believes his side are “not far off” turning things around. An injury-hit side have struggled so far following promotion to Division One, and remain the only side in the NCL without a point after defeat to Wigan St Patricks. “We’re playing 60-minute games at the moment and we’re not giving ourselves a chance against more experienced opposition. We could have won that game but we need to be smarter for the 80,” said Maun. “It’s a few lapses in concentration that have cost us. I just need us to stay at it because we’re not far off and I’m sure we’ll get there.” Although they were boosted by the returns of Jamie Samme and Luke Adamson, they still lined up with two promising 17-year-old talents in George Hirst and Jackson Walker. Moor started strongly and had repeat sets to attack the opposition line, but it was Wigan who got the first try thanks to an improvised kick and score from Danny Ryding. Joe Higham added the first of his four goals. The home side had to
POINTLESS: Moor’s defeat to Pats is their fourth from four this year demonstrate some strong defence to keep it at 6-0 before hitting back. A smart kick from Aiden Ineson allowed Sam Thornton to touch down, with Ineson’s kick going over with the help of the far post. The even scoreline was reflecting the contest, but the next try went to the visitors. After Pats were awarded a penalty, Jamie Bristow was found running a great line to sneak through. There was still time for a Moor response three minutes before the break though with Ineson flinging a pass over to Thornton, who smartly batted it back inside to his centre Hirst to sprint clear. Ineson added the extras for a 12-12 half-time score. Wigan started the second half well with big prop Bristow causing problems. He thought he had scored on the last tackle but was ruled to have been held up, but there was no doubt three
minutes later when he was slipped through a gap for his second try. When the next score came Moor could only have themselves to blame, kicking forward after the ball had been lost by Pats and forgetting that the free play rule is no longer in place. That allowed them to come back forward and Higham put full-back Arrowsmith in at the corner. Higham kept up his perfect record from the tee and when they were awarded a penalty 15m out he chose to go for goal to establish a three-score lead, before Dan McGoldrick added a drop goal for good measure to make it 27-12. Moor were the side putting on all the pressure in the final 10 minutes, but only with two left did they find a consolation with Samme charging over after George Croisdale won the ball back. They go to Featherstone Lions tomorrow (Saturday, kick-off 2.30pm).
Trojans hit bottom after thumping NCL Premier Division
EGREMONT RANGERS 52 THORNHILL TROJANS 10 THORNHILL TROJANS were dealt a harsh lesson on life in the Premier Division as they slumped to the foot of the table with a third defeat of the season. On the day of the Grand National, the Trojans were simply not at the races as they conceded 10 tries on a forgettable trip to Cumbria. In was after only three minutes that Egremont scored their first of the game; John-Paul Brocklebank nipping over from acting half-back to score a try. Matthew Brewsher landed the first of his six goals before a similar score by Matthew Henson made it 10-0. The next Egremont try was a real
embarrassment for the Trojans as a wayward pass sent the ball to ground and Fraser McNee picked up the ball and sped away to score from long-range. Egremont then exposed their weakness out wide. Leon Crellin broke away with pace and headed for the corner, scoring despite the pile of Thornhill bodies on the line. There was still time for one more before half-time, as Henson picked up the ball from acting-half, sold a dummy and opted to go himself. The half-time break allowed Thornhill to regroup and they came out improved, with some good handling seeing Liam Morley over for their first points. They continued to try to claw their way back, and this time it was Casey Johnson who finished the move by going over as George Woodcock converted.
Egremont soon regained their stride though, capitalising on a knock on from the restart as Matthew Hutchins sped over before a missed tackle in the middle of the field let Tom Horner break clear. A dummy from acting-half once again caught Thornhill out on their own line as Henson went over for his hat-trick. Jake Wilson was sent to the sin bin for speaking out of turn to the referee after that try. By now Thornhill were a wellbeaten side and Hutchins outpaced three defenders to race away down the wing and complete a longrange score, and in the final moment of the game Crellin sold a dummy and went through a gap to score in the corner. Thornhill are back on home turf this weekend, taking on Lock Lane tomorrow (Saturday, kick-off 2.30pm).
Barlow frustration as errors cost Sharks NCL Division Two
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SHAW CROSS SHARKS 18 SHAW CROSS SHARKS coach Mark Barlow admitted that his side “threw away” the game following defeat to Bradford Dudley Hill last Friday night. They led by 10 points early in the second half but 22 unanswered points turned the game around as injuries piled up and the performance became more error-ridden. “We were dominant in large periods of that game, we defended pretty well, we attacked pretty well,” said Barlow. “It was just a couple of outrageous decisions that we made in attack which gave them the momentum to go and score a couple of tries, and away from home you can’t really do that.” Dudley Hill’s Callum Wilkins had an early try ruled out for a forward pass, and moments later they had Damon Birik sent to the bin for going into the
tackle with the arm. Despite that, the hosts registered the first points as winger Jamie Brentley went over on the right for an unconverted try. Daniel Lee was then sent to the bin for a high shot on Sam Ottewell, and with Bradford back down to 12 the Sharks scored two quick-fire tries. Dec Brereton twisted inside his man for the first before impressively finishing again by shrugging off an attempted tackle to go in after rampaging runs from both Callum Barker and Nathan Wright. Squires added the extras both times for a 12-4 lead. Shaw Cross knocked on from the restart to put themselves under pressure though and Wilkins and Martin Southwell combined to send Brentley over for his second. They also finished a man down after the late binning of Andrew Tillotson for holding on too long in the tackle. Despite that, they extended their lead when Brereton made a superb break and managed a perfectly-timed offload into the hands of Ottewell to score. Barker took over kicking duties
to make it 18-8. Tillotson returned to the field with Shaw Cross under heavy pressure, with both Ryan Dickinson and Neil Wall held up over the line before Brentley was denied his hat-trick as a foot strayed into touch. When they did go over moments later, it came in controversial fashion. A Sharks man ran the ball in and, despite appearing to be called held, had the ball stripped from him by Aiden Batey who ran in amid confusion. Elliott Cousins added the extras. Dudley Hill’s momentum continued and Alex Dickinson was presented with a gap big enough to go through, and the conversion put the home team in front before Wall sprinted in down the left to make it 24-18. Aiden Chandler was twice held up as the Sharks searched for a reply, but Andrew Walker went over to seal the match in the final minutes. The Sharks will look to get back to winning ways tomorrow (Saturday, kick-off 2.30pm) when they travel to Barrow Island.
RUGBY UNION
Cleckheaton relegation fight goes down to the wire North One East
PERCY PARK 50 CLECKHEATON RUFC 36 CLECKHEATON’S relegation battle will go to the final day after a high-scoring defeat at Percy Park in their penultimate game of the season. Their loss in the North East, combined with Bridlington’s 28-17 win over Bradford and Bingley, has set up a nervous finish to the year. Cleck sit four points ahead of Bridlington, who occupy the final relegation spot, ahead of the last round of fixtures this weekend. Cleck face Malton and Norton – who are safe but sit only four points above the Moorenders themselves – at home tomorrow (Saturday, kick-off 3pm), while Bridlington host Pocklington at the same time, requiring a win. At Percy Park, Cleckheaton made two changes from the previous week. Brad Marsden was unavailable and Ollie Depledge hadn’t recovered from injury, so Tom Austin
started at flanker with player-coach Mike Swetman at outside centre. Cleckheaton got the scoreboard moving on three minutes when, after good ball retention by the pack, scrumhalf Jack Bickerdike popped a great inside pass to captain Matt Piper to power over from 10 metres. Dale Breakwell added the goal to make it 7-0. The lead was short lived as Park responded with two quick tries. Lock Austin Philipps barged his way over the line for the first before captain Jon Dubois added a second under the posts after the Cleck defence had been stretched out wide, making it 14-7. On 15 minutes, Breakwell spotted an unmarked Danny Booth wide on the right and kicked to his wing, and despite losing his footing he recovered and crashed over in the corner, to reduce the difference to two. Cleck regained the lead on 23 minutes when Breakwell kicked a 30-metre penalty after an offside call, but Park returned in kind as Smith kicked a penalty goal to make it 17-15.
HAT-TRICK: Matt Piper scored three tries ... but it wasn’t enough to prevent defeat Percy Park lock Langlands was sin binned three minutes before the end of the first half, and that gave Cleck the chance to take the lead with the final action of the half. Determined driving by Damian Pearson and Paul Turner gave prop Andy Piper the chance to score his first try of the season, Breakwell added the goal and the referee blew for half-time with
Cleckheaton holding a narrow 17-22 lead. Park showed their intention early in the second period when a long pass from Smith sent left winger Michael Grove racing through, and Smith goaled for his side to lead 24-22. Back came Cleckheaton and good driving down the middle of the field saw Jack Seddon tackled short of the
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line, but he showed good vision to pop a pass for Matt Piper to cross under the posts, with Breakwell’s goal making it 24-29. Again the lead switched hands though, as Cleckheaton were penalised on halfway and Smith took a quick tap and dummied his way through some sloppy defence to score a converted try.
The next try went to the home team as well, as a short ball was thrown to the front of the lineout and Langlands crashed over the line. Smith added a difficult conversion to extend their advantage to 38-29. Danny Booth was sent to the sin-bin on 62 minutes after being caught offside and, in his absence, Park stretched themselves further ahead after Cleckheaton lost the ball in midfield and another long pass put Grove across for his second longrange try of the afternoon. Cleckheaton never gave up battling and Matt Piper completed his hat-trick with a try on 71 minutes after good work by Bickerdike. With three minutes left on the clock, Cleckheaton had a chance to get a losing bonus point but Breakwell was wide with a penalty goal. With time running out, another penalty was awarded but Breakwell again pushed it wide, and to compound their misery Park launched a counter attack from behind the goal line, the ball was moved left and after a long kick downfield, Grove was on hand to complete his treble.
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Batley pull off shock Widnes win Betfred Championship
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Stephen Ibbetson at Fox’s Biscuits Stadium
A DAVE SCOTT penalty three minutes from time gave Batley Bulldogs a superb win over Widnes Vikings. Widnes were looking to climb above their opponents and off the bottom of the table with a win, having lost only once so far in the season but being docked 12 points for entering administration. Instead it was Batley who upset the form book to record only their second success of the year. Widnes kicked off down the slope and enjoyed the best of the opening exchanges, forcing consecutive dropouts but failing to find a way through. Batley responded with a good spell of their own after the early loss of centre Keenen Tomlinson to injury, but couldn’t get over the line in any of their promising attacking sets. The deadlock was finally broken on the half-hour mark. The Bulldogs conceded back-to-back penalties to give Widnes a full set on their line, and after Hep Cahill was held out in front of the posts, the ball was moved left and Lloyd Roby stretched out to reach over. Jack Owens converted to make it 6-0. Batley replied four minutes before the break in controversial fashion. Paul Brearley failed to catch Louis Jouffret’s chip to the left corner, but Michael Ward dotted the loose ball down and despite protests that the ball had gone forward, the try was awarded. Scott added the extras to level the scores. Batley had the advantage of going down the slope in the second half but were under pressure from the start.
MATCH STATS BRADFORD BULLS: Ethan Ryan Dalton Grant Rhys Evans Jake Webster David Foggin-Johnston Jordan Lilley Rowan Milnes Liam Kirk Matty Wildie Steve Crossley Matty Storton Connor Farrell Ellliot Minchella Subs: Callum Bustin Mikey Wood George Flanagan Sam Hallas Tries: Grant (19, 39), Milnes (42), Minchella (65). Goals: Lilley 0/2, Minchella 2/2.
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DEWSBURY RAMS: Luke Hooley 8 Rob Worrincy 6 Owen Trout 6 Adam Ryder 6 Dale Morton 7 Michael Knowles 6 Liam Finn 7 Chris Annakin 6 Sam Day 8 Kyle Trout 7 Lucas Walshaw 7 Samy Kibula 7 Daniel Igbinedion 7 Subs: Robbie Ward 6 Callum Field 6 Jode Sheriffe 6 Tom Garratt 6 Tries: K Trout (12), Hooley (74). Goals: Finn 2/2. Referee: J McMullen Half-time: 8-6 Penalties: 9-10 Sin Bin: Wood (33, tip tackle) Man of the match: Elliot Minchella (Bradford) Attendance: 4,068
After Jordan Johnstone was held up over the line, Widnes were given another two attacking sets and Johnstone finally went over after a well-worked one-two with Cahill. Things didn’t get any better for the Bulldogs when Toby Everett was sent to the bin for 10 minutes for a dangerous tackle, but they defied the man disadvantage to level the scores up when, after being awarded back-to-back penalties, Joe Taira impressively muscled his way through a defender and grounded the ball for his first try for the club. However, parity only lasted four min-
utes as the Vikings went through again, with Roby sneaking through the line for his second of the game after a missed tackle by Sam Smeaton. The home side refused to go away but were unable to take a couple of great chances, with both Tom Lillycrop and Brearley failing to keep hold of the ball with the line in sight. Widnes were struggling to make any ground and the Bulldogs eventually found their way through again. They attacked down the left side and after a smart offload out the back from Brearley, Jouffret sent Johnny Campbell into the corner and Scott
impressively added the conversion. Owens was handed the chance to put his side in front, but his drop goal attempt missed the target. Batley came back downfield and were awarded a penalty as Widnes failed to clear the ruck ahead of the last play, and Scott made no mistake to edge his side in front for the first time in the match. There was more drama in store as Batley conceded a penalty from the restart, giving Owens the opportunity to level from 40 metres out, but again he failed to put it between the sticks and the Dogs held on.
Diskin delighted with ‘tough’ Brearley Continued from back page “There were a couple of tries on our right edge where structurally we’re quite good but they just get on our centre’s outside shoulder which we’ll have a look at. But we worked as a unit, you could see the spirit and that’s why we got the result. “I thought they showed a real unity and went about the game plan, went about everything they did exceptionally well and they deserve everything they got. “I think the adversity we’ve had since the start of the year has conditioned us and made us mentally tougher. “With a man (Toby Everett) sin binned and conceding two tries the game could have quite quickly gone the other way from past experience, but we showed some real character to maintain ourselves in that game, and the boys fully deserved that win, they were outstanding.” They also had to deal with the
loss of centre Keenen Tomlinson in the opening minutes with second rower Paul Brearley playing almost all of the game out of position to cover, and Diskin praised his 6ft 5ins forward. “We lost Keenen quite early which meant Paul Brearley went on in the centres, which isn’t natural for him but I thought he was outstanding,” he said. “He was a really tough person for Widnes to handle with those cross-field kicks and we did get a result from a couple of them.” After criticising the officiating of full-time and part-time teams recently, Diskin gave credit to the referee for awarding the late penalty from which Dave Scott landed the match-winning goal. “He did show some bottle and fair play to the referee, having the strength of character to do that.”
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DEWSBURY RAMS 12 at Provident Stadium A BRACE of tries from exDewsbury man Dalton Grant in his first league appearance of the season helped Bradford out-point the Rams to climb to sixth place in the Championship table. The Bulls were forced to come from behind by a tenacious Rams outfit who have proved tough nuts to crack on more than one occasion this season. Bradford added seven players to the side which scraped past Keighley in the Challenge Cup fourth round seven days previously, including Grant. Early Bulls pressure yielded successive sets but no points as firm Rams defence kept their line intact. Webster twice went within inches and it took a marvellous Luke Hooley tackle to stop Evans speeding towards the line, in what proved to be the Welsh international’s last contribution. At the other end, industrious Dewsbury hooker Sam Day was held up, as was their cap-
WIDNES VIKINGS: Lloyd Roby Ryan Ince Chris Dean Keanan Brand Sam Freeman Jack Owens Joe Lyons Jay Chapelhow Jordan Johnstone Hep Cahill Brad Walker Harrison Hansen MacGraff Leuluai Subs: Owen Farnworth Dom Speakman Liam Walsh Jayden Hatton Tries: Roby (30, 55), Johnstone (45). Goals: Owens 3/4.
tain for the day, Liam Finn, before Kyle Trout twisted out of a tackle to score and break the deadlock. Finn added the first of two conversions to give the side which began the day ninth in the table, three points behind their hosts, the lead. Having twice squandered chances to score on their right, it was third time lucky for the Bulls when fast hands gave Grant the space to cross, although Lilley failed to bisect the posts with the conversion attempt. The Rams were given a potential leg-up when Wood was sin-binned seven minutes before the break for a tip tackle. But, far from struggle, the 12-man Bulls responded strongly with Grant using his strength to bounce off a tackle and score again in the corner to give the home side a twopoint half-time lead. Within two minutes of the restart Rowan Milnes dropped his right shoulder, wrong footing the Rams defence, to run past the full-back and extend the Bulls lead with Elliot Minchella taking over the kicking duties and adding the extras. Wigan loanee Callum Field was held up at one end while
David Foggin-Johnston was denied a spectacular dive into the corner by the touch judge who ruled that a foot had strayed onto the whitewash. George Flanagan’s determined drive was only thwarted by a mass of Dewbury defenders, while opposite number Day lost control trying to avoid similar busy traffic in the shadows of Odsal’s huge hospitality suite. It took a try and goal from Minchella, once more exposing the frailties of the Rams’ righthand side defence, to seal the league points and a second successive win for the Bulls. An incisive break down the left by Dale Morton enabled supporting full-back Hooley to grab a long-range try for the visitors but it proved just a consolation score as the game was already won. After a third success in the Bulls’ last four league matches, victorious coach John Kear enthused: “We were good today – we are just learning how to win different types of games in this division. “Dewsbury are a really good, challenging, arm-wrestle type of team, who try and grind you down. “It was a good team performance which leaves you very happy.”
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Referee: M Griffiths Half-time: 6-6 Penalties: 10-7 Sin Bin: Everett (48, dangerous tackle) Man of the match: Tom Lillycrop (Batley) Attendance: 1,722
‘OUTSTANDING’: Matt Diskin had praise for Paul Brearley (right) after impressing off the bench
Familiar face haunts Rams as Bradford edge tight battle
MATCH STATS BATLEY BULLDOGS: Dave Scott 8 Wayne Reittie 7 Sam Smeaton 8 Keenen Tomlinson 6 Johnny Campbell 7 Louis Jouffret 8 Danny Yates 7 Adam Gledhill 8 Alistair Leak 8 Tom Lillycrop 9 Jack Downs 8 Alex Bretherton 7 Dane Manning 9 Subs: Toby Everett 7 Joe Taira 8 Michael Ward 8 Paul Brearley 8 Tries: Ward (36), Taira (51), Campbell (70). Goals: Scott 4/4.
Comeback seals four in a row NCL Division Three
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DEWSBURY CELTIC made a thrilling second-half comeback to secure their fourth win in a row. The home side trailed 12-0 at the break, with Liam Watling scoring a try on eight minutes and Billy Sturdy adding another three minutes later as George
Elliott landed both conversions. Celtic dominated the second period as man of the match Billy Yarrow went in just two minutes into the half, before Anthony Dunford added another on 52 minutes and Charlie Heaton converted. Yarrow scored his second just after the hour before a Danny Thomas try 10 minutes from time, goaled by Heaton, saw Celtic to the win. They stay third in the table ahead of tomorrow’s home tie with Oldham St Annes (Saturday, kick-off 2.30pm).
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A PENALTY with the final kick of the game from Adam Bingham saw Batley Boys take a point at Salford. A Jon Openshaw penalty gave the home side a lead before a brace of tries from Tom Brook for the Boys. Tom Southern went in for a Roosters try but was then sent off along with Brook for running in and punching. Tries from Paul Morgan and Tom Pratt gave the Roosters a half-time lead of 18-12 after the visitors replied with a Josh Knowles effort. Batley took a 26-18 lead in the second-half with tries from Luke Sheridan and Lucas Tomlinson as Bingham landed two conversions and a penalty.
Tries from Andrew Muscat and Adam Taher, plus an Openshaw goal, gave the home side a two-point lead before Bingham’s late strike ensured that the points were shared. The Boys are unbeaten in four and will want to keep that run going when they host Millom tomorrow (Saturday, kick-off 2.30pm).
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Pressure all on Rams at Thatto
CHAMPIONS: Ossett United secured the first piece of silverware in their short history on Tuesday night, claiming the West Riding County Cup with a 2-1 win over Guiseley in the final at Ingfield REPORT AND REACTION: P25
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Bulldogs eye cup joy By Stephen Ibbetson Sports Reporter sport@thepressnews.co.uk
BATLEY BULLDOGS will be taking nothing for granted when they travel to Doncaster in the fifth round of the Challenge Cup this weekend, according to coach Matt Diskin. They picked up an impressive 20-18 win over full-time side Widnes Vikings last Sunday, following their fourth round win over Lock Lane the previous week. They will aim to make it three in a row when they go to South Yorkshire on Sunday (kick-off 3pm), against a Doncaster side who sit sixth in League One after three wins and two defeats in a mixed start to their campaign. The Bulldogs boss admits that the draw, facing one of only three sides outside the top two divisions left in the competition, gives his side a good opportunity for progression to the last 16, but ge expects a challenge. “It’s a good chance but one that we can’t take for granted,” said Diskin.
“Doncaster are a fantastic team, well coached and they play some really good rugby. It’s going to be a tough task for us and we’ll be taking it very seriously. “We want to be in the next round of the Cup, we want a big tie against one of the big clubs in Super League and that’s where we want to be, we want to enjoy the experience of the Challenge Cup. It’s such a fantastic competition and we should enjoy it. “With any home draw you fancy your chances and Doncaster will be the same. They’ve got some quality personnel in there and it’s going to be a tough task for us.” Batley will have to do without prop Tyler Dickinson for at least the next month. The former Huddersfield forward missed three matches earlier in the season with a thumb injury and has now had an operation repairing a tendon in that thumb. Batley will go into the busy Easter period, including next Friday’s (April 19) Heavy Woollen derby, with confidence after the eye-catching triumph over Widnes, which was only their second of the Championship
A BATLEY BULLDOGS supporters coach will be running to Sunday’s Coral Challenge Cup game away to Doncaster. The coach to the Keepmoat Stadium (pictured) departs from Fox’s Biscuits Stadium at 1.30pm ahead of kick-off at 3pm. Refreshments will be available at Mount Pleasant from 1pm ahead of departure. The cost is £12 adults and £8 juniors and seats can be booked direct from Station Coaches on 01924 477230. season so far. Asked whether it ranked as the best result of his time in charge, Diskin said: “It’s certainly up there. It was desperately needed given our start to the year. “We’ve showed glimpses of our quality but not quite backed it up with results, so that win can
hopefully kick us on and we can start to build a bit of momentum. “I thought we were unlucky not to go in winning at half-time with some of the plays we came up with, but defensively we were outstanding.
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DEWSBURY RAMS boss Lee Greenwood says the pressure is all on his side as they prepare for another amateur test in the fifth round of the Challenge Cup. They travel to St Helens on Sunday (kick-off 3pm) to play Thatto Heath Crusaders, who shocked League One outfit North Wales Crusaders in the last round with a 16-14 win. The game is being screened live on the BBC website in anticipation of another potential upset. The Rams overcame West Hull 32-6 in the last round, but Greenwood admitted that it wasn’t the best of performances from his charges. He knows the amateur game – and the Crusaders – well from his time coaching at Siddal, so is aware of what they will bring to the table. “There are two ways of looking at this – you can get a money spinner or you can try to progress in the hope of getting a far as you can in the competition,” said Greenwood. “In the last round against West Hull they were good and to be honest we were a bit flat so we were never going to thrash them as they played well. But I don’t think the result was ever in doubt as our defence was very solid. “This time will be different as they are the home side and we must keep control of the ball when we have it and limit their chances. “We have to treat them with the same respect we gave West Hull for their rugby league ability. “They certainly have players good enough to make the step up to League One or the Championship so they are a dangerous side. “It’s a game we can’t win, if you know what I mean. If we win we are expected to but if we lose then it will be a big shock so we have to make sure we are in the next round.” NCL Premier Division side Thatto have played all of their previous rounds at home with Crusader Park becoming a real fortress, but their coach Richard Owen knows that defeating Dewsbury will be a tough ask. “It’s not going to be easy as I know Lee from his amateur days and we will have to be at our best if we are going to win this one,” he admitted. “It’s a must we don’t concede penalties and make sure we keep things tight, not giving the likes of Liam Finn and Samy Kibula any space and time. It’s not going to be easy but you can count on one thing – we won’t be leaving anything in the dressing rooms.” The Rams were defeated 20-12 at Bradford Bulls in the Championship last weekend and while there were positives to take from the performance, Greenwood was left frustrated at what could have been. “I think as a team we are quite capable of coming (to Bradford) and getting a result, and we showed that in patches but we didn’t quite do enough,” he said. “I’m certainly not happy with coming and just producing a performance like that. Leaving the result aside, I know we can do a lot better. “I am changing things here at the club, we train properly and we are changing how we want the team to play. It probably has been a culture shock to a large number of people who were either at the club previously or have come from other clubs. We want to train at an intensity that you would play to in a game. “Some guys struggle with that a little, some will get better over time and some may never get used to it. I am a firm believer that you play how you train. “We haven’t been at our best against Bradford and we only lost by eight points, and at a place like Bradford if some other teams would have played like us they may have been beaten by more. We have been sort of competitive without really bringing everything we have got. “When we do play like we know we can we can be such a good team, maybe there is just a small mental block.”