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INSPIRATION: Beverley Nicholas (right) with husband Kevin and daughter Alexandra

Bulldogs aiming to break £100k fundraising barrier this weekend By Connor Teale BATLEY BULLDOGS are aiming to smash the £100,000 barrier at their annual ‘Pink Weekend’ – but the three-day fundraiser has added poignancy this year. This weekend is the first time the event will be held following the death of Beverley Nicholas, wife of the Bulldogs’ long-serving chairman Kevin Nicholas. Beverley, who lost her battle with cancer in June, was the inspiration behind the launch of the Pink Weekend concept and was heavily involved in its organisation over the last six years. She passed away on what would have been the couple’s 24th wedding anniversary.

PINK ARMY: Batley players Sam Wood, James Brown, Jack Downs and Jack Broadbent model limited-edition pink camouflage bandanas, which are on sale all weekend at the club for £3. All proceeds go to Pink Weekend funds Every season the club puts on a series of fundraising events to raise money for breast cancer

charities, focused around one match, with players, fans, officials and community members all con-

tributing. Events start today (Fri) and continue on Saturday, then Sunday sees Batley take on Heavy Woollen rivals Dewsbury Rams in a Championship derby that is expected to draw a large crowd to the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium. This year, the Bulldogs are looking to raise at least £29,000, which would take the overall total for the six events past a staggering £100,000. Beverley and Kevin’s daughter Alexandra Nicholas is now head of the ‘Pink Committee’ which organises the event, and she said: “Everyone feels really emotional and determined to make the money. “Mum used to say people are so kind, that was her motto, and people have really backed us

this year.” The 22-year-old software engineer remembers her mother as being ‘ridiculously friendly.’ “She used to know everything about everyone, she was such a gossip, in a friendly way,” she said. The Bulldogs’ players are always heavily involved in the fundraising attempts and noticeably this year prop Michael Ward raised over £4,000 by shaving his head in memory of Beverley. Alexandra says the support shown by the club and its players doesn’t go unnoticed. “With it being a rugby club, obviously we’re dealing predominantly with males,” she said. “Men have a lower chance of

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TINKER ROY On August 1, peacefully in hospital surrounded by family, aged 88, of Ossett. Husband of Audrey. Funeral service will take place at Wakefield Crematorium on Friday August 23, at 2.20pm.

ALLEN LIONEL On July 25, peacefully at home, aged 88. Husband of the late Audrey, dad of Janet and David. Funeral service will take place at Huddersfield Crematorium, on Tuesday August 27 at 10.30am.

ATKINS ANTHONY (TONY) On August 2, at Kirkwood Hospice, aged 79, of Birstall. Husband of Bernadette.

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Bulldogs will be in the Pink From page one contracting breast cancer so I think what the club does is such a selfless act.” Batley Bulldogs have also joined forces with the charity ‘CoppaFeel’, to focus on prevention and early detection of breast cancer. Alexandra said: “This year we’re promoting early diagnosis, CoppaFeel have sent us stickers showing the signs of breast cancer and how to properly check yourself. “They’ll be up in all toilets around the club over the weekend. “There’s little point in raising this money if people don’t know what to look out for.” The weekend’s events begin at 2pm today (Friday), where afternoon tea is being hosted at Mount Pleasant. On Saturday the club is hosting an amateur gala day, where local clubs will be going head to head at various age levels. There will also be fairground rides, food stalls and a gin tent around the club grounds, with live music beginning at 6.30pm, running into the evening. The Bulldogs face Dewsbury Rams on Sunday, with kick off at 3pm. There will be a racing car simulator available on the day, as well as a Freddie Mercury tribute act performing before and after the match. And Alexandra believes the Pink Weekend will continue for years to come, adding: “It will always be received as it is, people really enjoy it, it’s not just a charity event, people really enjoy coming.”

Water’s not a worry LIVERSEDGE: A major water leak at the ongoing gas works at Millbridge has not affected progress. Reports of the leak on Sunday caused concern that there may be an interruption to the works. But Northern Gas has assured residents the project is progressing as planned. Phil Senior, site manager for Northern Gas Networks, said: “We did encounter a leak during the ongoing works in Liversedge on Sunday, and worked with Yorkshire Water to resolve this as quickly as possible. “This has not impacted our timescales for the project; our work to replace the gas mains at Millbridge continues to progress well and remains on track to complete on August 16 as planned.”

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DEWSBURY: Two care workers are set to brave the shave tomorrow (Sat) to raise money for charity. Tina Dibb and Mo Colbeck, who both work at Ashworth Grange Care Home, will be getting their locks chopped at the home’s annual summer fair on Saturday. The plucky pair will be raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support and Dewsbury mental health charity Take Ten. The summer fair starts at 2pm at the home on Ashworth Green, and there’ll be food and drink stalls, a tombola, prosecco bar and bouncy castle. Tina and Mo are due to get their heads shaved at around 4pm.

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Queen sends congrats to Colin and Edna ... A COUPLE from Roberttown are returning to their original honeymoon spot to celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary. Colin and Edna Smith, of Meadow Drive, are travelling back to the Isle of Man 65 years on from their first visit. The couple, both 86, were married on July 31, 1954, at the now demolished Brunswick Methodist Chapel in Morley. But they originally came across each other by complete chance. “We met when we were 16years-old,” said Colin. “I’d arranged to meet a girl at the pictures and Edna turned up to tell me she couldn’t make it. So I said, ‘well seing as you’re here, I’ll take you to the pictures instead!’.” Edna added: “When he took me home, he said ‘would you like to go out again tomorrow?’ So I said yes and he told me we’d have to go to a different pictures because his mum and dad were going to

the other one!” The two have been together ever since, and their relationship was only briefly interrupted when Colin was called up for National Service. “We were courting year after year and then I was called up into the air force, but left 18 months later,” he said. “When we got to 21 we decided we’d get married.” Colin says the secret to a happy and long marriage is all about compromise – and remembering who’s boss. “I do just as I want, if she tells me I can!” he said. “We disagree many a time, but in the end we both agree to the same things, it’s give and take.” The couple, who have a son and a daughter, were delighted to receive a card from the Queen to mark their blue sapphire anniversary. Young love... Colin and Edna Smith

Big time for Batley By Connor Teale A STREET food market will be coming to Batley as part of the rebirth of an empty shopping precinct. The Press revealed in April that Batley Shopping Centre on Alfreds’ Way will reopen as ‘Batley Plaza’, with 24 retail and food units following a complete redesign of the 40-year-old site. It has now been revealed that planning will be submitted for a large urban street food market, adding to plans that were originally approved in February. The currently unoccupied centre, including the adjoining parade of shops along Commercial Street which houses businesses such as Specsavers and Fultons Foods, has been bought by Z&F Properties Ltd, a development firm based near Wetherby. The company bought the site from previous owners Tesco in August last year. ‘Batley Plaza’ was due to open in July, but the new plans have pushed the completion date back until November. Once opened the Plaza will boast a cafe and three different sizes of unit, aimed at new businesses and established firms wanting to expand. Businessman Zahid Iqbal

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said completion of the food market would leave Batley “punching well above its weight”. He said: “Originally our plans were to open just the inside and do stage two as the outside, but we decided then to amalgamate both, so both stages are opening in November. “Hopefully in the next two weeks we’ll be submitting planning for what was to be stage three, which we’re hoping to have open in November as well, which is a very large urban street food market.” Mr Iqbal says Batley’s street market will compare with some of the biggest in Yorkshire. “The street market is something that has really got a lot of interest, this will be an indoor and an

outdoor street food market that will be open seven days a week. It’s going to appeal to people from all over West Yorkshire. Street food is the ‘in’ food at the moment. “You’ve got Doncaster that have just opened their version, you’ve got a street food market at Trinity in Leeds. “The fact that Doncaster spent £3.5 million building their street food market and Leeds had a budget of about £7 million, we’re bringing a street food market which is comparable to them in Batley.” Eighteen of the units inside ‘Batley Plaza’ have already been let to businesses, leaving six still available. The same number are available to let on the outside of the Plaza, with marketing starting just last week.

Hey kids – there’s a beach party in Birstall TRADERS have organised a free summer beach day in the centre of Birstall tomorrow (Saturday). Following on from last year’s highly-successful event, the Chamber of Trade is funding activities which run from 11am until 4pm. Attractions include a giant

sand pit beach, donkey rides, birds of prey, fairground rides, a grass lawn with games and a teddy bears’ picnic, a wide variety of stalls, fairground rides, a seaside peep board and the chance to design a postcard in the library. Seaside-themed food will be on offer in local cafes, and

everyone is invited to come along and enjoy some brilliant family fun. To allow the beach day to be held, road closures will be in place from 9am on Smithies Lane, Chapel Lane and Market Street, and bus stops will be relocated from the Market Place to Low Lane.

News In Brief Arrested for air rifle NORTH KIRKLEES: A Dewsbury man was arrested after police found an air rifle in the van he was driving. Officers had received a report of a man with a firearm leaving a pub on Denholme Road in Oxenhope, near Keighley, on Wednesday night. Several armed response vehicles and a dog unit were then spotted on Huddersfield Road in Ravensthorpe stopping a white transit van at around 9.30pm. West Yorkshire Police confirmed the 45year-old man was arrested for possession of a weapon and an air rifle was recovered from the vehicle.

Street name needed HECKMONDWIKE: People are being asked to come up with names for a new street at the back of Valley Works on Union Street. Names should not duplicate or closely resemble existing street names in the area, nor be named after persons who are living or have lived in the recent past. Preference is often given to names with local links. Suggestions should be emailed to street.naming@kirklees.gov.uk or by post to Building Control, Flint Street Depot, Flint Street, Fartown, Huddersfield, HD1 6LG.

Feeding the needy NORTH KIRKLEES: A charity that helps feed the homeless and needy is hosting another event. Saj Hussain, founder of Purpose of Life (PoL), is putting on a free three-course hot dinner at Batley’s PKWA Centre tomorrow (Saturday, 6pm). As well as the meal, there are free taxis to and from the event plus free haircuts, henna and nail painting. Everybody is welcome and for more information email saj@pol.org.uk.

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News In Brief ‘Forgotten’ heroes will be remembered BATLEY: Volunteers from the town’s history group have been helping local historian Martin James identify the names of men and women who have been omitted from the area’s war memorials. They have found 18 names so far from World War One and hope to add them to Batley War Memorial in the Market Place on Remembrance Sunday this year. Those identified are: Pvt John Richard Baker, Pvt Charles Christopher Bray, Pvt Ernest Burnley, Pvt Harry Burnley, Sapper John Thomas Connelly, Cpl Ernest Day, Sgt Louis Joseph Fox, Pvt James Goldthorpe, Pvt Edward Holmes, Pvt Herbert Holmes, Ann Leonard, Pvt Arthur Redgwick, Pvt Lewis Llewellyn Sheppard, Lance Cpl Joseph Smith, Pvt William Thachrah, Pvt Percy Thewlis, Pvt Gordon Stanley Whittaker, and Gunner Harold Wyles. Batley History Group want to trace any relatives of those identified and they can be contacted via bhgcommittee01@hotmail.com by September 25.

Armed cops pounce BATLEY: Armed police surrounded three men in a car after receiving reports of a gun being seen on a street in Carlinghow. Officers were called to Enfield Drive at 9.22pm on Monday and found three men in a vehicle, who were detained and searched. No weapon was found. Enquiries are ongoing and anyone with further information is asked to contact the 101 or Crimestoppers in confidence on 0800 555 111.

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BUDDING photographers are being invited to a special event in Crow Nest Park later this month. Dewsbury Photographic Group are hosting a weekend of photography on August 17 and August 18, when there will be an exhibition of members’ work for the public to browse. There will also be the opportunity for one-onone tuition with members of the group, who will be offering tips on how to capture the perfect picture. A model has been booked for the Saturday, who will pose for anyone who wishes to photograph her in the walled garden of the park or by the lake. For those with a competitive streak, the group is offering the chance for four of the best photos taken over the weekend to be displayed at their next exhibition, at Dewsbury Town Hall, in September. More information is available on The Friends of Crow Nest Park and the Dewsbury Photographic Group Facebook pages. The group meets on a Monday evening in the council chamber of Dewsbury Town Hall and all new and prospective members are welcome to attend.

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protected or having their needs met”. It revealed that the Kirklees Safeguarding Children Board raised the alarm about social work standards in August 2015, prompting then-chief executive Adrian Lythgo to launch an independent review. A review of 226 cases found 10 per cent were of concern, with urgent action required to help some children. Since 2014 senior figures in the Children’s Services team have been replaced. Children’s Services staff on Kirklees Council worked closely with West Yorkshire Police on its investigation into allegations of historic grooming and child sexual abuse in Huddersfield. That investigation led to the conviction and jailing of 20 men at Leeds Crown Court last year. Police have since made over 90 arrests mostly in the Dewsbury and Batley area in relation to cases of historic child sex abuse.

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Clothes-shop raid Volunteers pause for a well-earned coffee break, during work creating the new Jo Cox Wood they start planting trees, hedges and wildflowers to create the woodland in November.

Council held to account KIRKLEES Council has had to fork out thousands of pounds to deal with complaints from residents. Details of serious complaints about the authority were published by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, which helps residents unhappy with the outcome of a council’s investigations. An online report showed that 89 complaints were referred to the ombudsman during 2018/19, 13 of which were upheld.

News In Brief Heroes on the spot GOMERSAL: Firefighters were on hand to help an elderly man who had fallen into the road last weekend. The man, believed to be in his 80s, fell from the pavement on his mobility scooter, suffering a nasty cut to his forehead, at around 3.30pm on Saturday on Spen Lane in Gomersal. Cleckheaton firefighters were passing when they came across the gentleman and an off-duty paramedic was also passing by and assisted before the gent was taken to hospital by ambulance. His daughter, Diane Cooper, who was with her father when the accident happened, thanked emergency crews for their help and said “they deserve a medal”.

By Zoe Shackleton MEMBERS of the Spen Valley Civic Society are urging volunteers to help them complete the next stages of their community woodland project. They have secured thousands of pounds in funding for the Jo Cox Community Wood, which is being created on disused land off Quaker Lane in Liversedge. The site, behind Liversedge Football Club and adjacent to the Spen Valley Greenway, will include new fences, paths and gates, picnic tables, benches, a mini open-air classroom, plus more trees and plants once it’s finished next year. Erica Amende, secretary of the civic society, says the team are on schedule to finish the initial scrub-clearing work and installation of paths and fences, before

The most serious case involved the council having to pay out £2,050 in compensation after failing to help an autistic boy. Other examples include £100 paid to a taxi driver who complained that the council’s systems had affected his livelihood, and £1,500 awarded to a man after he was denied means to provide respite care for his wife. In some cases, monetary agreements haven’t been revealed for confidentiality reasons.

And they are hosting a community event tomorrow (Saturday) with volunteers invited to help unload 20 tonnes of crushed stone for the newly-laid wheelchairaccessible path. Ms Amende said: “It has been busy and our members tend to be older, so it’s been quite hard work for some of us to manage the heavy physical labour. “We wouldn’t have managed without the brilliant volunteers who have already come forward to help with endless amounts of shovelling and digging. “It’s testament to volunteers and people’s willingness to do this for the community. We’re really pleased because that’s exactly what Jo Cox would have wanted.”

Ms Amende says there has been plenty of positive feedback and Mrs Cox’s family have visited the site, where they’ll be planting a tree in her name. She said: “It’s going to be an evolving project, we’ve got a lease of 25 years so it’s a longterm investment. “We want it to be a benefit for everyone in the Spen Valley. People will have to be patient because it won’t immediately look like a wood!” Any volunteers wanting to help tomorrow should meet at the site, next to Liversedge Football Club, any time from 9am onwards. It can be accessed via Quaker Lane, off Hightown Road, or from the Spen Valley Greenway near to the metal sheep sculpture.

MIRFIELD: A clothing shop was robbed of £500-worth of cash and stock in an earlymorning raid. Ushiwear Clothing, on Calder Road, was burgled in the early hours of Tuesday July 30. The suspects made off with cash from the till and three piles of t-shirts, as well as causing damage to the premises. They escaped in a car towards Hopton Lane, and anyone with any information is asked to call 101.

Every little helps... CLECKHEATON: Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice received £4,000 courtesy of Tesco Cleckheaton. The charity came out on top in the recent Bags of Help scheme which funds local projects via community grants. Runners-up were North Kirklees Disabled & Elderly Social Club, who won £2,000 to help fund trips out, and £1,000 was handed to Birstall Primary Academy to buy new outdoor learning equipment.

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LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE Danny Lockwood

Pedalling the myths of Shariatown HAPPENED upon the strangest of sights last week while driving from Batley into Dewsbury town centre. All along Bradford Road, the traffic was crawling (as usual) but this time for a totally unexpected reason. There must have been dozens of women, riding bicycles along the busy road. Well, I say women, because you can’t be too sure. I assume so, because they were all wearing head-to-toe black, complete with face veil as they pedalled like billy-o along the main road, weaving a bit left and right admittedly. Those floor-length burkhas really aren’t ideal for sitting astride a Chopper. I’m not sure many had done their Cycling Proficiency Test.

Bruce Bird – a well-meaning idea, but there’s a heck of a cultural conversion job to be done And then, lo and behold, I got through the ring road and into Dewsbury to be met by another unreal sight. Instead of souped-up, boy-

racer motors, with their tinted windows and booming rap music cruising around town, there were instead hundreds of young men pedalling bikes round and around Westgate, Northgate, Longcauseway, Crackenedge Lane and Corporation Street. And instead of the young drivers throwing malevolent stares at anyone unwise enough to look disapprovingly at them, these happy chappies were smiling healthily, waving greetings to all and sundry, exalting in their environmentally friendly new hobby... ... And then I woke up, startled. It was just a daydream, most probably induced by reading the story on page one of The Press last Friday. I’ve met the very well-

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meaning Bruce Bird of the Dewsbury Partnership. We sat down for a drink a couple of summers back and chatted about this and that – the town’s (many) pressing issues of the day. If you read last week’s edition, Bruce was punting the idea of a network of commuter walking/cycling paths linking the proposed new 4,000-home Shariatown – sorry, Dewsbury Riverside – to the town centre, to help alleviate the already miseryinducing, lung-choking traffic congestion of the district’s east-west corridor. I know I poke a bit of cynical mischief with my terminology for the new town – which is essentially what it is – but who do people think is going to live there? Do Bruce and the planners believe aspiring young middle-class white families – your typical bike-riding classes – will be clamouring over des res new-builds literally squeezed between Ravensthorpe and Thornhill Lees? They are already majorityMuslim communities where most of the pubs/chapels have become mosques, madressahs or Muslim community halls. White flight from those neighbourhoods has been a constant for a generation. Is that really going to change? I doubt there’ll be plans for a new CofE or Methodist church in Dewsbury Riverside – my old Catholic church St Anne’s is distant history – but you can bet your bottom rupee there will be a few mosques for the expected 16,000 new residents, because that’s the minimum we’re talking about here. ND before anyone starts banging their “that’s being racist, Lockwood” drum, can I just say: No it’s not. It’s called being realistic. If Dewsbury Riverside is anything besides being a Kirklees planning cop-out, it’s a much-needed overspill for Savile Town, Scout Hill, Ravensthorpe and Thornhill Lees. And if any local estate agents want to chime in here, feel free. Who are the only people buying properties in those areas, pray tell? Following on from that, it is nothing more nor less than a cultural observation to

Oh no, surely not Coco O, we’re looking at an early November general election, prophesy the ‘experts’. My guess is that these ‘experts’ did their apprenticeships as weather forecasters for the Met Office. Lord knows what’s next for bouncing Boris if Tory traitors join the Lib Dems and ‘CoCo’ clowns – Corbyn’s Communistas – in essentially declaring Parliamentary civil war. If he loses a no confidence vote, convention dictates Boris has to go to the people. His current line is that he would – but not until after October 31st, when we’ve left, which would leave the Brexit Party neutered. By the day, counter-plotters come up with a new dastardly plan to halt it. It’s a circus, not half. This week BoJo’s gang were bemoaning the EU’s blunt refusal to negotiate any kind of deal, but this should be no surprise because the Brussels bluff has finally been called. Theresa May’s abject Withdrawal Bill has been repeatedly rejected and now the EU have no more cards to play – they’re reliant on their UK Remain allies to keep us hostage. As things stand it’s Brussels, Macron and Merkel who insist on using No Deal as their last gasp bogeyman against Boris, Michael Gove and the new Leave-dominated Cabinet. By declaring the talks dead they are empowering Parliament’s Remain rump to become their 5th column of saboteurs; the enemy under

point out that the last time you saw a woman in traditional Muslim dress pedalling a bike, she probably had an Alsatian dog on a lead, too – because our Muslim brethren are as keen on domestic dogs as they are on a large whisky nightcap (and I say that, but must point out that my old mucker Terry Zaman has a rabid guard dog protecting his Dewsbury Moor house. I thought it was going to take my hand off the last time I delivered Terry a right-ofreply note). The fact is that my poor Labrador Arthur looks fairly bemused when he wags his tail up Branch Road in Batley, only for young Muslim mums to gather in their kids and scurry across

our roof. But what happens if Boris’s plans fail, an election is called early – I’ve heard October 17 – and he won’t do a deal with Farage’s Brexit Party? We actually could have an unthinkable CoCo government. And if you think Brexit uncertainty has (however modestly) hit sterling and economic output, wait until those imbeciles get the keys to the place. Last one out, lights, turn off etc. And the CoCo clowns cheering loudest? They would be the worst hit because they always are. PS: I wouldn’t expect MP Paula Sherriff to comment, but the Dewsbury tittle-tattle is that arch-Labour loony Paul Moore – Shahid Malik’s former ‘muscle’ (I have to laugh, sorry) – is plotting her deselection. Paula’s too moderate apparently, unlike her fashionista sister Tracy Brabin in Batley, who Momentum are reportedly perfectly happy with. I can’t say I buy the conspiracy, but hey – don’t shoot the messenger! the road to ‘safety’. I don’t know why. It just is. And it’s no big deal in itself because each to their own. Bruce Bird and his equally well-meaning colleagues fear that without their commuter corridors, Shariatown will become an isolated, separatist entity. Dearie me – of course it will! Because the whole transport conundrum apart, that’s the entire idea. And it will be a new town with a distinctive cultural and community identity – just not mine, or Bruce’s and certainly not cycling guru Coun Martyn Bolt’s. No one’s saying it’s wrong – apart from the non-existent traffic infrastructure – but why do people blindly pretend it’s something it isn’t?

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Action taken to prevent rogue traders in parts of Batley A NUMBER of streets in Batley are set to become Cold Calling Control Zones after an elderly resident fell victim to a rogue trader. The zone, implemented by West Yorkshire Trading Standards Service and Kirklees Council, was launched on August 6 on Wayne Close, off Batley Field Hill. Funded by the Batley East Members Local Project Fund, it is hoped the launch will help to prevent incidents of doorstep crime after an elderly resident overpaid for a roofing job – officials were alerted and stepped in to prevent further payments. David Lodge, head of West

Yorkshire Trading Standards, said: “The implementation of these ‘Cold Calling Control Zones’ means people won’t be hassled on their own doorstep to buy goods and services they just don’t want. “A number of criminals do pose as doorstep sales people and bogus utility company officials and these zones help to reduce the opportunity for them to undertake this type of activity.”

DEWSBURY: A car was badly damaged during a suspected arson attack on Friday morning. The 4x4 vehicle was set alight while it was parked outside Hope Street Mosque in Dewsbury. A spokeswoman for West Yorkshire Police said: “We were called at 6.06am on Friday morning to reports of a car on fire at Hope Street in Dewsbury. Officers attended and are investigating the criminal damage as arson.” Anyone with any information can use the online options at www.west yorkshirepolice.uk/contact-us quoting log 301 of August 2 or call 101.

Pictured (from left): Coun Mahmood Akhtar, resident Habiba Rajah, David Lodge of Trading Standards and Coun Habiban Zaman

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Child rapist attacked By Staff Reporters A PAEDOPHILE from Chickenley who blindfolded and raped a fouryear-old girl has been attacked by his cellmate. Jonathan Byram was locked up whilst waiting to be sentenced for his horrific crime when he was brutally beaten. A mug shot of the 50-year-old taken shortly after the assault shows a large amount of bruising and scarring as well as a swollen eye and significant damage to the eyeball itself. Byram, of Hazel Close, was jailed for 11 years at Leeds Crown Court last week after pleading guilty to rape at an earlier hear-

ing. His lawyer, Katherine Robinson, said: “He is struggling in prison. He has been assaulted by his cellmate. Others might think that is what he rightly deserves and he accepts that.” Byram’s sentencing was interrupted when security staff had to be called after a man sitting in the public gallery shouted: “You better give him life or else I will kill him.” Rupert Doswell, prosecuting, told the court how Byram preyed on his victim. Police were contacted when she told a relative about what had happened. The girl described a tie that Byram used to blindfold her dur-

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ing the assault and a matching one was found in his home. Ms Robinson added: “The best mitigation that this defendant has is his plea. He has a genuine appreciation of the harm that he has caused.” Judge Neil Clark sentenced Byram to 10 years followed by an extended licence period of one year. He must also sign the sex offender register for life. Mr Clark said: “The true effect of this type of behaviour is the psychological impact. You can offer no explanation for what happened. There must have been some sexual motivation for what happened.”

MID YORKS: The trust which runs Dewsbury Hospital has welcomed three new international nurses to the critical care team. Rhod Duran, Krystyn Muncada and Ephraim Arciaga have successfully completed their NMC objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) which means they can now move to their substantive roles as registered nurses. Tracey Spacey, unit manager for the critical care unit, said: “We’re thrilled that Rhod, Krystyn and Ephraim have chosen to come and work for our trust and are delighted to be welcoming them to the critical care team.”

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Two icons, two different approaches Thanks to Sally Wainwright the nation has been following the intrepid exploits of Anne Lister (17911840), who owned Shibden Hall in Halifax. Yet the memory of a different brave and intrepid pioneer feminist and author, Mary Taylor (1817-1893), born just five miles away and 28 years later, is simultaneously being erased by Kirklees Council. Shibden has seen a multi-million pound renovation, and a huge increase in visitors, but Mary’s family’s home of Red House, Gomersal, together with its outbuildings, has been closed as a museum since December 2016. It now lies stripped of its furnishings and exhibits, with the council who own it having failed to agree to pass it on as a community asset, and seemingly are now determined to sell to the highest bidder. Ironically, Kirklees Museums have recently been promoting two exhibitions which Mary would have seen both as a vindication of her own lifelong attempts to understand the complex lives of women of all classes, and to gain equality. ‘Our Fight for the Voting Right!’ explores ‘the stories of the suffragettes and suffragists, from the mill cottages of Batley to the grand houses of Honley’, and ‘A Woman’s

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Letter of the Week: Dr Stephen Caunce, exUniversity of Central Lancashire and University of Leeds Work is Never Done’, shows photographs of ‘the working lives of women from across West Yorkshire during the 19th and 20th centuries, from rag sorters to bomb makers’, focussing on ‘the limitations placed on women’s work’. It seems contradictory. Born into a successful textile family, Mary’s thoroughly independent spirit always resented the increasing restrictions on women’s independence. A local boarding school led her to attend another in Brussels, where the family had strong trading links. She travelled round Europe, and then taught German boys, but decided to follow a brother to New Zealand where she felt she could live more independently, since European

the shop, because it leaked. There was some confusion in the shop, with one assistant saying they should have called the manufacturer and it was not the shop’s problem. However, we have not left the EU yet and the law is clear – a shop should replace faulty goods or those not suitable for the purpose they were pur-

settlement had barely begun. The shop she opened with her cousin Ellen became a success, but she wanted to return to England. There she built a new house in Gomersal, and wrote a novel, Miss Miles, about local women’s lives and problems, as well as many articles for feminist magazines. Her central argument was that women must do paid work if they were to achieve real equality with men. Every year she also took groups of young women on mountaineering tours to Switzerland. She never married, and whereas Anne Lister wanted only to achieve personal fulfilment, Mary aimed to improve all women’s lives. We know a lot about her thoughts

chased for. It did. The Prime Minster wants to have at least 10 freeports after Brexit. The only socially useful freeport is the sort where goods bound for somewhere else are stored in transit. They’re tax- and toll-free for the producer, because no-one wants to pay tax twice, and they’ll pay any charges at their

because from a young age she exchanged regular letters with her best friend, Charlotte Bronte. They met at school, which was far enough from Haworth for Charlotte to visit Red House regularly instead. We know that she was fascinated by a commercial family who despised inherited privilege of all kinds. When her publisher asked for a new novel exploring the problems of industrialising northern England, she built her story ‘Shirley’ around a

final destination. All the other forms of freeport, either for ship or plane, are tax havens. They can also take mobile and untraceable goods of inherently uncertain value that can be very useful indeed for money laundering. Society picks up the bill for the wealthy users of these freeports, in supporting low

LATEST PLANNING APPLICATIONS K Hans, change of use from retail/office to preparation and packaging of food and installation of air vent to rear outbuilding, 52 Wellington Street, Batley. National Coal Mining Museum for England, reserved matters application on previous application 2017/93593 for erection of stable (within a Conservation Area), Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton. M Worsley, change of use of outbuilding to one residential dwelling and erection of extensions, Healey Lane, Briestfield. Mohammed Bashir, two-storey side and rear extensions and porch to front, demolition of existing garage and erection of threecar garage to the rear of 38 Huddersfield Road, Mirfield. M Simpson, agricultural building and store extension, Copley Croft, Lower Lane, East Bierley. Hamm-Damm Foundation, certificate of lawfulness for proposed

erection of four buildings and use of land for growing organic vegetables/herbs, rear of 17 Manor Way, Staincliffe. E Ling, single-storey side extension with terrace over and dormer to rear, 201 Carlinghow Lane, Batley. Catherine Harris, work to TPO 24/90, 1 Savile Court, Mirfield. Charlotte Lancaster, work to TPO 20/75, 22B Parker Lane, Mirfield. Z Ditta, raising of roof height to form second floor, 66 South Street, Savile Town. Mr A Hussain, dormer windows to front and rear, 9 Mavis Avenue, Scout Hill. St John’s CE Infant School, change of use from caretaker’s house to classroom, Boothroyd Lane, Dewsbury. Mr & Mrs Neal, detached garage and raised rear decking, 11 Mazebrook Avenue, Drub, Cleckheaton.

Y Dhad, first floor extension, 90 The Combs, Thornhill. Mr Curtis, two-storey side extension and single-storey rear extension, 2 Lynwood Close, Birkenshaw. Arshad Karim, work to tree TPO 34/96, 40 Ashcroft Close, Staincliffe. Mr Bailey, work to tree TPO 22/95, 7 Cheviot Way, Upper Hopton. T Hussain, two-storey side and single-storey front extensions, 2 Firthcliffe View, Littletown. F Patel, single-storey side and rear extension, 6 Manor Road, Soothill. S Embley, single-storey rear extension, 13 Hey Beck Lane, Woodkirk. Y Umarji, two-storey rear and single-storey front and side extensions, 26 Old Mill View, Thornhill Lees. A Bhatti, side and rear extensions, 147 Carlinghow Lane,

Batley. R Wilson, one detached dwelling and demolition of existing stable block, 913 Halifax Road, Hartshead Moor. D Marshall, single-storey side and rear extension and demolition of existing conservatory, 48 Park Avenue, Liversedge. N Ward, demolition of existing outbuildings and erection of building to create dwelling forming annex accommodation associated with Sunnyside, Bottoms Lane, Birkenshaw. S Valli, first floor and two-storey rear extensions, Mohaddis E Azam Education Centre and Masjid E Madani, 225C Ravenshouse Road, Dewsbury Moor. I & A Khan, the proposal is for erection of single-storey rear extension. The extension projects 5m beyone the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 4m, the height of the eaves of the

extension is 3m, 20A Arncliffe Road, Healey, Batley. Mr Hussain, discharge condition 5 (parking management) on previous application 2018/93868 for erection of two-storey extension and formation of additional parking spaces, Mirfield Health Centre, Doctor Lane, Mirfield. GP Gill Ltd, dead or dangerous tree TPO Sp2/70, 35 Knowles Lane, Gomersal. M Yousaf, the proposal is for single-storey rear extension. The extension projects 4m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 3.6m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 3.6m, 32 North Road, Ravensthorpe. Cornerstone, prior notification for upgrade of existing base station, telecommunications apparatus and associated works, Wellands Stables, Wellands Lane, Scholes, Cleckheaton.

Taylor family barely disguised as the Yorkes, with Mary there as ‘Rose’. A very recognisable Red House is called ‘Briarmains’. Yorkshire Luddism, which has been much misunderstood and was mostly concentrated within modern Kirklees, was its pivot. ‘The Professor’ and especially ‘Villette’ both also draw heavily on her links with the Taylors, for Charlotte’s own stay in Brussels had largely been organised by them. So why does Kirklees insist that it must close, and that community groups cannot buy and run it? No credible reason has emerged, but in response to my protest, the then leader of the council wrote to me that “despite my personal predilection to history, I have no hesitation in putting the living before the dead. “When the choice is between maintaining the status quo in our Museums Service, or cutting even further our services to older people, I know what decision I will take.” Calderdale Council, the present owners of Shibden Hall, clearly take a different view, for they have also poured millions into their magnificent Piece Hall where people like the Taylors once sold their cloth. They see this as regeneration which will pay off.

pay, having less tax revenue flow into the economy, seeing the wealth divide increase and suffering the type of ‘fly-bynight’ regulatory abuse that government should exist to stop and not encourage. Buyer beware. If you need anything with moving parts or uses electricity, get it now and test it out before October 31.

Put people before profit From: Name and Address Supplied With reference to recent letters in The Press regarding the decline of bus services in Mirfield, I would like to add a few thoughts. At a recent library meeting, members of the public expressed concern that bus services in certain areas of Mirfield have declined, or on some days, become non existent. This, despite Arriva and the government assuring us that bus services are improving! Many older and disabled people who rely on buses now have to rely on taxis to get into Mirfield to join in the many activities the library has to offer, as well as visit the doctors, shops or to socialise. On average, disabled people

take 10 times as many trips by bus as they do by rail. One in 12 people in the UK have some sort of disability. Surely therefore, it is essential that bus services meet the needs of everyone wishing to use them? Since February this year the highly-populated Sunnybank Road area has been hit particularly hard. They now have only one bus an hour (261) and this bus doesn’t run during the evening or on a Sunday. In the news we regularly hear that people are going to be using public transport more in the future due to climate change and for the good of the environment. Maybe Arriva could lead the way and make West Yorkshire the first area to put people and the environment before huge profits?

Climate change is politicised From: Alec Suchi, Bradford It was claimed that recent temperatures, especially Thursday July 25, were the highest ever recorded in the UK. However temperatures have only been recorded by thermometers for the previous 250

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years. Even considered over the previous thousand years, temperatures were much higher in the Medieval Warm Period (9501250) than today. This period was then followed by the Little Ice Age (1250-1850), and temperatures only started rising again when it drew to an end. This particular warming is an example of natural climate change, which began before the Industrial Revolution, when carbon dioxide levels were lower than today. However, purveyors of doom claim that our actions are responsible for climate change, and deliberately conflate this with the pollution we are creating. Climate science has been politicised to suit a political agenda, engendering a sense of panic and fears of an impending ecological catastrophe. This state of continued anxiety enables the imposition of draconian measures as a means of con-

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From: David A Wood, via email What a fabulous afternoon my family and I had when we visited the family fun day hosted by Mount Cricket Club on Halifax Road in Staincliffe last Sunday. There was junior cricket taking place, stalls offering all sorts of goodies along with stands from various organisations and all round good company. It was free to attend, so a very big thank you to all concerned in putting on the day. To cap it all the samosas were to die for, so what was meant for our tea was eaten before we got back to the car. And it gets better – a very good friend of our eldest son, thanks again Ash, kindly treated us to them. Days don’t get much better than that – well done Mount Cricket Club.

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By Steve Martyn A VETERAN Labour campaigner and prolific letter-writer has passed away. John Appleyard, of Liversedge, died from cancer aged 68. He was an active Labour Party campaigner, local historian and very well-known letter writer to local newspapers. John was born and brought up in Kirkstall and worked for Leeds City Council as a finance officer until he took early retirement, after which he moved to Liversedge. A life-long socialist, he was a Labour Party agent for elections in Leeds, edited the Leeds Weekly Citizen publication and worked closely with MPs including Denis Healey in East Leeds and Mike Wood, Jo Cox and Tracy Brabin in the Batley & Spen constituency. An active trade unionist, he was a member of Unison and was awarded a commemorative miner’s lamp in recognition of his actions during the 1984 strike as a member of a miners’ support group in Leeds. After moving to Liversedge, John devoted his retirement to supporting local community and voluntary organisations. He was an active member of the Spen Valley Civic Society and the Friends of Red House Museum

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group in Gomersal. He also served as chairman of Firthcliffe Tenants and Residents Association and was on West Yorkshire Police’s North Kirklees Hate Crime Committee. John was a keen reader and supported his local libraries, Cleckheaton and Heckmondwike, which he visited most days. John had a special interest in local Luddite, Chartist and Bronte history and as a young man his passion for music included being lead guitarist in a local band. On hearing of his passing, council leader Shabir Pandor (Lab, Batley West) wrote on Twitter: “I am deeply saddened to hear the passing away of John Appleyard. John cared about our area and everyone living here and was a strong voice. “My condolences to all his family and friends, He will be missed.” In honour of John’s contribution to the organisation, Spen Valley Civic Society is planning to plant a tree in its new project, the Jo Cox Community Wood, between Cleckheaton and Heckmondwike. It appears that John had no known close family members, and Kirklees officials say that his funeral is likely to take place in the week commencing August 19 at Huddersfield Crematorium.

NORTH KIRKLEES: The Royal Voluntary Service has a host of activities planned in the district next week. On Monday (August 12) there is the weekly movement and games session at Batley Community Centre from 10.30am-12noon, with the Sociables group starting at the same time at Bleak House. Then on Tuesday a pilates class is happening at the community centre from 1.30pm to 2.30pm. Wednesday sees a walking rugby session at the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium (11am-12noon), followed by the weekly lunch club back at the community centre on Thursday (11.30am1pm). Pre-booking is required. On Friday there is another movement and games session, from 10.30am-12noon at Birstall Community Centre.

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NORTH KIRKLEES: A Heckmondwike woman spat at a police officer and kicked another as she was arrested after being made to leave a club in Batley. Faye Craven was angry at being removed from the Irish Democratic League Club at around 8.20pm on May 31. The 27-year-old had been involved in an incident with another individual inside the popular town centre club. When she was put into a police vehicle she became abusive to the officers. Craven, of Kilpin Court, was sentenced to a community order with 20 rehabilitation activity days aimed at addressing her behaviour. She was also ordered to pay the officers £100 compensation each.

A MAINTENANCE project on the River Calder that is expected to cost over £100,000 has been approved by Mirfield Town Council. Work will be carried out over several years to remove trees and low branches that become entangled with rubbish and plastic during periods of high water flow. The plan also includes the removal of Japanese knotweed and other ‘noxious’ plants that are spreading onto sites along the riverbank in Mirfield. Work will take a ‘little and often’ approach and aims to

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HORBURY: An Italian restaurant was broken into in the early hours of Saturday morning. Three suspects smashed a front window at Capri, on Bridge Road, at around 1.50am to gain entry. The restaurant’s Facebook page posted CCTV pictures of culprits and appealed for information. It hasn’t been revealed whether anything was taken during the break-in. West Yorkshire Police confirmed enquiries were ongoing and anyone with information can contact them via 101.

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improve river flow as well as alleviate flooding. Coun Martyn Bolt, who is leading the project, said: “We started off looking at the rubbish aspect of it and the fact that it was an eyesore for the community. “We’ve also looked at all other aspects, including working to set up volunteers to keep the river banks clean.” The project could take between three to five years, with the eventual cost amounting to around £100,000 – but Coun Bolt says the bill won’t land solely on the doorstep of Mirfield tax-payers. “Myself and Conservative colleagues have proposed that we

A BATLEY priest is braving the shave to raise funds for a mental health charity. Seven years on from the last time he had his locks chopped for charity, Rev Dr Martin Naylor is doing it all again – this time in aid of national foundation PeerTalk. Rev Naylor, who has been a priest in Batley for five years, runs a PeerTalk support group at Batley Parish Church every week which helps people suffering with mental health problems.

can underwrite the project,” he said. “It’s a big price tag but we would underwrite it on the understanding that we’re setting up an environment committee on the town council to deliver this and other aspects. “We would look at bringing in funding from the likes of The Canal and Rivers Trust, environment agencies and landowners where the weeds are. Mirfield Town Council shouldn’t pay the whole cost but it acts as a guarantor to allow planning and preparation for this.” With planning now underway, businesses have already come

Rev Martin Naylor now (far left) and after his last head shave seven years ago “The important thing is it all points to mental health awareness about the PeerTalk charity and the great work they’re doing in Batley and nationally as well,” said Rev Naylor. “The money raised will go to the Batley support group, and at the same time raising awareness is something I’m very passionate about.” Rev Naylor will have his head shaved on Sunday August 25. The venue is yet to be confirmed. People can donate by visiting www.just giving.com/fundraising/revmartin-naylor.

forward to offer their support. Coun Bolt added: “The council’s priority is to start with the removal of trees – the other aspects depend on landowners’ support. “Groups along the so-called ‘Mirfield promenade’, including Mirfield Rotary Club and Battyeford Marina, have told us they are supportive of the plan. “So we’ll be looking to bring them on board in identifying volunteers, helping identify land owners, grant funding etc. “The town council is very much acting as a catalyst and a leader on this, but it’s fully a community project.”

Kids’ holiday asthma alert A BACK-to-school asthma awareness campaign has been launched, aiming to encourage parents to ensure their children keep using their medication throughout the summer holidays – and all year round. September sees a spike in children going to A&E departments for asthma-related conditions, possibly linked to some children experiencing fewer symptoms through the summer holidays, meaning they take their medication less regularly. Tips for managing asthma in children include making sure they always use their preventer inhalers – usually brown, orange, red or purple, which need to be taken every day. They should have a reliever (blue) inhaler to leave at school or nursery. Parents should also ensure their child has enough medicine in their inhaler to last through any holidays. More information and advice about asthma can be found at www.nhs.uk or www.asthma.org.uk/advice.

JOURNALISM OPPORTUNITIES The Press has the possibility of full/part-time opportunities to join its news-gathering operation in the autumn. This could suit A-level or university graduates with either an interest in journalism or a suitable qualification. Current journalism/media under-graduate students could be accommodated on a part-time, ad hoc basis. Similarly, we could provide regular part-time or occasional shifts to qualified, experienced reporters or sub-editors. Salary depends on experience and the position would be based at our office in Batley. In the first instance please send a cover letter and cv to the editor

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Jacob gets Rescued river raver was ‘lucky to be alive’ cyber wings EMERGENCY services that rescued a young man who got in difficulties trying to cross the River Calder said he’s “lucky to be alive”. The man tried to get across the river near Healey Road in Ossett, in the early hours of Sunday morning after leaving a rave in some nearby woods. The river was swollen due to heavy rain, and he was swept away by the fast-flowing current. Emergency service crews includ-

ing six fire appliances, several police vehicles, an ambulance, a Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) and a police helicopter were alerted just before 3am. Dewsbury Fire Station’s watch commander Richard Hames said: “He was coming back from some kind of rave in the woods, or a gathering with drinking. It was quite surreal seeing that many young people walking towards you out of the woods at that time. Most of them were around 16 to 25.”

Mr Hames said the man managed to grasp onto a banking after being carried down river. It took crews over an hour to find and rescue him. He was treated by paramedics at the scene. Mr Hames added: “The warning here is don’t take risks near water, especially when drink or drugs are involved and especially with there being so much rain recently. It’s often stronger than you think and can be freezing cold. This guy is lucky to be alive.”

Steer clear of works By Zoe Shackleton A MEMBER of Mirfield Air Cadets is the first from the squadron to complete a new cyber training syllabus. Following the recent introduction of the cyber specialist qualification, Corporal Jacob Stockwell was one of just 12 cadets invited to attend the course at Royal Air Force Cosford. Jacob, pictured above, learned about the dangers of cyber security and how to be safe online. He said: “The week spent at RAF Cosford was an amazing opportunity to not only meet people from all over the country and within cadets, but to closely understand the real-life cyber space.”

DRIVERS have been advised to allow extra time for their journeys when work to repair ageing gas pipes in Savile Town starts on August 19. The £70,000 project by Northern Gas Networks (NGN) will affect the Mill Street West junction when work starts on replacing 200 metres of old metallic gas mains with new durable plastic pipes. A partial road closure will be in place until September 22, meaning traffic will not be able to enter Mill Street West from Savile Road or by crossing from Mill Street East. Motorists will be able to exit the road running next to Asda as normal. A full signed diversion will be in place, but motorists and commuters are advised to leave extra time for travel. Chris Nevison, of NGN business

News In Brief On yer bikes, folks DEWSBURY: A number of free cycling sessions for adults are taking place at Crow Nest Park in August and September. West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s CityConnect team has organised the events as part of a programme to encourage more people to travel by bike or on foot. There’ll be beginners’ sessions, classes for novices, one-to-one lessons and a group for people wanting to build confidence on the roads. Sessions start on Tuesday (August 13, 5pm-7pm) and will take place weekly until September 10. For more information or to book a place, visit www.cyclecityconnect. co.uk/get-cycling/cycle-training.

A cricket cracker BATLEY: Staff at Fox’s Biscuits will take part in their own cricket world cup this month. Imran Rafiq, a worker at the company for 19 years, is organising the Friendship World Cup, featuring three teams – England, Pakistan and India. Rafiq is encouraging everyone at the factory to take part in the event, which will be held on August 25.

operations, said: “After safety, minimising the impact of road works on our customers is our top priority and we have worked closely with Kirklees Council to plan these works. “We understand how town centre works have a major impact on road users and because of this we have utilised the school summer holidays to carry out the work in order to minimise impact on traf-

fic.” He added: “We’d like to thank all our customers for their patience whilst we carry out this essential project and apologise for any inconvenience the works may cause as we look to complete them as safely and quickly as possible.” For more information about the project, NGN’s Customer Care Team can be contacted on 0800 040 7766 or by emailing customer care@northerngas.co.uk.

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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.

NORTH KIRKLEES: Spen Valley Historical Society’s next meeting is on Wednesday September 11 when Eric Houlder will give a talk titled ‘Infrared Colour Aerial Photography in Archaeology and War’. Meetings are held in the Catholic Church Parish Hall on Dewsbury Road, Cleckheaton, starting at 7.30pm, with refreshments served from 7.15pm. The cost is £2 per meeting for members, £4 for guests and membership is £10 per year. For more information email scooper@thecoopersonline.org.uk.

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End of ‘Wish You Were Here’ BATLEY: Bagshaw Museum will host the last-ever performance of ‘Wish You Were Here’ on Sunday September 8. ‘Wish You Were Here’ takes a dip into the history of swimwear, covering 200 years of seaside fashion. As well as entertaining stories and vintage costumes, the presentation takes a look at the bracing bathing of 18th Century, knitted cozzies and kissme-quick hats. Inspired by Bagshaw Museum’s seaside gallery, it has been a popular part of ‘History Wardrobe’s’ regular programme for several years. But, due to the company making way for new presentations, this will be the last performance. Admission is £12.50 per person and places can be booked at Bagshaw Museum or by calling 01924 324765.

Ten days, one summer – part five OLLOWING on from England’s emphatic Test match defeat against Australia this week, despite the optimism that we went into the game with, it is perhaps fitting that cricket will be a continuing element of our review of this period of history. As it is this year, 1934 saw the Australians touring England and while we are desperately seeking to win back the historic Ashes in the next few weeks, the boot was firmly on the other foot 85 years ago. The infamous ‘Bodyline’ tour had seen England win the series in Australia in 1932/33, and though the current series stood at one game all and one drawn, England were favourites to retain the trophy – but Australia came to Headingley on July 20 1934 with other ideas! In the circumstances, the Headingley Test was crucial. An England win would deliver a series victory as Australia could then only draw the series at best – leaving England still in possession of the historic urn. And so the stage was set! A short paragraph on the front page of The Yorkshire Observer on this day, reporting the death in hospital of a 56-year-old man found on a

railway line in Harrogate with severe head injuries, was obviously tragic but also fascinating historically as the man in question, a Mr Fawcett Blades, was said to be a ‘lamplighter’. I suspect it might be difficult to find anyone under pensionable age who would have the first idea of what a lamplighter was. I have a vague recollection of seeing one in our street in London in the late 1940s and was amazed to see gas lamps still working in a Bradford street when I arrived in Yorkshire in 1970. Such was the prominence of this job that Robert Louis Stevenson, of ‘Kidnapped’ and ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ fame, wrote the essay ‘A Plea

for Gas Lamps’ in 1881 and followed that with a poem entitled ‘The Lamplighter’. Dewsbury news was also a bit grim, with a verdict of death by drowning at the inquest on 77year-old retired mill engineer B e n j a m i n Oldroyd, of Carlton Road, whose body had been found in the Calder Hebble Canal at Thornhill Lees. More tragic news from Dewsbury highlighted the importance of seeking medical attention for an ill child. An inquest on 22-month-old Peter Bates, the son of Walter and Laura Bates of Pepper Royd Yard, Battye Street, was adjourned for seven days. A Dr Sutherland had said the child should have been seen by a doctor in the previous two weeks after two of the couple’s other children had been taken to hospital with diptheria in that time. At a national level there was, hidden away on page seven, a news headline relating to a Government proposal that was highly contentious at the time but would ultimately

prove to have been a judgement call of incalculable proportions. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin announced in Parliament that a fiveyear programme of Royal Air Force development would include 41 new squadrons being built and the overall expenditure was expected to run to £20million. At a time of great poverty and hardship in the land, people reluctant to seek medical help due to no free health provision and high unemployment, the decision to spend so much on this project was not popular. However, fast-forward five years and we found ourselves at war with Germany and the following year the RAF, by virtue of their success, were, arguably, instrumental in saving the country from being overrun in the Battle of Britain. On a lighter note, it was good to see the Yorkshire Observer advertising the London Midland and the London and North East Railway’s ‘comfortable nightly service’ from Harwich to Zeebrugge for summer holidays in Belgium. After the devastation of Belgium in the Great War it was good to see the country functioning at some level of normality but, as has already been mentioned, that normality was to be short-lived as Europe was soon to be embroiled in another worldwide armed conflict.

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The annual show, on Sunday August 18, sees the return of popular events such as the Rabbit Show and welly wanging to Mirfield Showground, off Huddersfield Road. But some of the must-see events of the day will take place in the main ring - Kirkbourne gun dogs, trained by Darren Kirk will be performing and the ‘Les Amis Donno’ group will be showcasing their ‘Western Extravaganza’. Fifty competitors from across the UK will also take part in Mirfield Show’s first Strongest Man competition. They will demonstrate a beer keg toss and dead lift, quad bike pressing and car rolling. The highlight of the contest will be a record-breaking attempt at 4pm in the main arena. The non-profit event, organised and run by the Mirfield Agricultural Show Society, typically attracts over 10,000 people each year. With a theme of ‘Transport’ this year, there will be plenty of events on throughout the day, including go-cart racing.

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Six years of low prices and great service THE OWNER of a Mirfield shop is celebrating six years at the helm of the store. Home & Body, run by Charlotte Medlock, offers discounted prices on everything from toiletries to cleaning products. Big name brands such as Molton Brown, Loreal and Dove are all available in store. The shop can be found on Mirfield high street, opposite the library.

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Who’s doing what, when and where... MAIN RING 8.30 Horse & Pony show 11.15 Pass wide and slow demonstration 11.50 ATC - 868 (Mirfield) Squadron marching band 12.00 Welcome speech 12.10 Cactus Djake’s Western Extravaganza 12.50 Children’s fancy dress competition 13.00 Sutton School of Performing Arts 13.20 Kirkbourne gun dogs 13.50 Cactus Djake’s Western Extravaganza 14.30 Katie Philpott dancers 14.50 Kirkbourne gun dogs 15.20 Go-cart race 15.50 ATC marching band 16.00 Strongman record breaker challenge BAND TENT 11.30, 13.00 & 14.30 Grange Moor Brass Band COMPETITIONS Marquee 7.30 Domestic & children’s exhibits open 7.30 Flower & vegetable exhibit entries open 9.45 Exhibit judging begins 14.00 Presentations for domestic, flower & veg, creative writing, scarecrows, fancy dress. PRESIDENT’S LAWN 14.00 Baby show

CHILDREN’S RING 10.30 Show-ground treasure hunt 11.30 Welly wanging 12.00 Traditional family fun races 13.00 Flat cap throwing 13.30 Hula-hoop competition 14.00 Banana eating contest 14.30 Parent race

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What a way to celebrate! CARLINGHOW Theatre Company are celebrating their 95th anniversary – and what better way to mark it than to perform 9 to 5! The company, who are based at the Redbrick Mill Art Academy, began planning the production when they first heard that the original film was being released as a musical. Show director and company president Amanda Marsden said: “We all knew of the iconic 1980 film

which starred Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, so the opportunity to perform this highenergy musical version was too good to pass up. “It is a lot of fun and a real feel-good show as well as being very current – the topic of equality in the workplace is still an issue nearly 40 years after the film was made!” The new production opened in the West End at the beginning of the year and has been a smash hit

with both audiences and critics, with praise for the musical numbers which were written specially for the stage show by Dolly Parton. Carlinghow Theatre Company’s latest production is about three work colleagues, Doralee, Violet and Judy, who are pushed to boiling point by their sexist, egotistical boss. By teaming up and taking care of business, will they reform their workplace?

9 to 5 will be performed at Batley Town Hall from September 18-21 at 7.15pm each night. Tickets priced £13 and £11 (concessions) can be ordered directly from Carlinghow (with no booking fee) by phoning 07912 484699. Tickets can also be booked online at www.kirklees.gov.uk/townhalls, but please be aware that Kirklees charge a 10 per cent booking fee on all tickets.

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Town Hall set to host some special guests at fun day THE GRUFFALO is coming to Dewsbury Town Hall as part of a big family fun day next month. The event, dedicated to Julie Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s much-loved character, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary, takes place on Saturday September 7. There will be lots of free things to do, including screenings of the animated film and a chance to meet the Gruffalo himself at intervals throughout the day. For older children there will be a free outdoor games area, and the opportunity to try a climb-

ing wall. A Town Hall Mouse Hunt will also be taking place, with a small prize on offer for finding all of the mice hidden around the venue. Adults will also be well catered for, with plenty of food on offer, as well as a specially commissioned play taking place in the Old Courtroom, a string quartet and tours of the town hall. Guests are welcome to stay for the final of the Big Wedding Treasure Hunt, where 20 couples will compete in a quiz to win a £2,000 wedding at one of Kirklees’ town halls.

Coun Rob Walker, cabinet member for culture, said: “This fun event is all about showcasing the wide variety of activities and events taking place in council-run venues across Kirklees. “The fun day is a taster of what’s happening all year round, in our museums, libraries, parks, town halls and public buildings.” Free slots to meet the Gruffalo can be booked on arrival and wristbands for the Town Hall Mouse Trail are available to buy in advance from http://bit.ly/thegruffalofunday19.

See if you can spot it at Dewsbury Bus Museum’s Annual Spectacular at The Mill Outlet & Garden Centre in Batley on Sunday. You’ll be able to see a variety of British-manufactured buses from the likes of Leyland, Bristol, AEC and Guy Wulfrunian and spot the diverse liveries from operators through the decades, the local ones being West Riding, West Yorkshire and Yorkshire Woollen, all followed by the National Bus Company. The event will be based at The Mill Outlet, with buses running every 20 minutes on various local routes, all free of charge. There will be feeder services to the event in the morning and returning afterwards to Leeds, the White Rose Centre, Shaw Cross, Pontefract, Castleford, Normanton, Wakefield, Keighley and Bradford. All bus services are free. Details of these will appear on www.dewsburybusmuseum.co.uk. There will be several mystery tours around the district and the bus museum at Ravensthorpe will be open all day. Visitors can hitch a ride to the museum itself to view more buses at various stages of

restoration. Programme booklets (which allow free admission to the museum) are £3 and include all timetables, route details and vehicle allocations. Stalls selling transport-related memorabilia, books, models and DVDs will be on hand at The Mill, which will be open from 10.30am until 5pm and there will be special discounts on top of the usual outlet prices. PEOPLE keen on learning how to dance are invited to a rock & roll jive class, held every Thursday at

Heckmondwike’s Brighton Street WMC (8pm-9pm). It costs £5 and is ideal for those who want to keep fit and have fun. The class is followed by a social dance (£3) from 9pm11pm. SINGER Jamie Forth will be singing classic Rat Pack and swing numbers at Hanging Heaton Cricket Club from 7.30pm tomorrow (Sat). Jamie performs the tunes of Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Matt Monro and Michael Bublé and entry is free – all welcome.

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Bid to save Red House By Zoe Shackleton NEARLY 2,000 people have signed a petition to re-open Red House Museum. The Grade II*-listed building in Gomersal (right) was closed back in December 2016 because of cuts to cultural services budgets. It was fully emptied of its exhibits by the following April and has been ‘left to rot’ ever since, according to campaigners trying to save it. Kirklees Council has turned down three community asset transfer requests over the years from volunteer groups who wanted to run the 17th-century property, claiming they were unsuitable. It is shortly due to be put up for sale on the open market. But now a group of supporters are

again campaigning for it to be given back to the community and reopened as a museum. They hope to raise money through cultural grants, public fundraising and literary societies to get the attraction back up and running. Campaigner Caroline Goodwill, who lives in Cleckheaton, has launched a petition to reinstate a ‘Community Bid to Buy’ clause. It needs 3,000 signatures to trigger a council debate. Ms Goodwill said: “We want it back in the community – there is so much heritage. It has links with Charlotte Bronte, with the Luddites, with the Wesleyan Methodists – they all visited Red House. “Charlotte loved to go there and it was sort of the other side of the coin for her. If Red House was anywhere

else it would be valued, but here it has been left to rot. “There is so much that can be done with the Red House.” It was revealed last year that Kirklees had spent almost £30,000 on repairs, servicing and maintenance since Red House closed. The council also employ a guardian scheme which keeps the property safe while it’s empty. A spokesman for Kirklees said: “The closure of Red House Museum

is part of our plans to improve and transform Kirklees Council’s Museums and Galleries offer to modern-day audiences. We also could not afford to keep this building open as it was operating at a significant loss. “We always look to work with our communities to deliver the best solution. That’s why we initially asked local groups interested in taking over the building in a community asset transfer to come forward,

but none of the three bids we received were suitable. “We’re in the process of putting the site on the open market. We will work to ensure that this historic site goes to someone who can deliver a suitable and sustainable long-term future for it.” The petition can be viewed at www.change.org/p/the-leader-ofkirklees-council-save-red-houseyorks-inspiration-for-shirley-bycharlotte-bronte.

Web TALK with Andrew Firth Welcome to the latest edition of Web Talk, helping Kirklees website owners to prosper online.

Next-generation security OES your business take online payments? Changes are underway to upgrade the additional layer of card payment security known as 3D Secure, to 3D Secure 2.

What is 3D Secure? 3D Secure is the additional layer of security that pops up when making an online payment. Once you have confirmed a transaction a small window opens that connects to your bank, allowing you to enter characters from a pre-defined password. The current system is known as 3D Secure 1, but this is in the process of being changed to 3D Secure 2 to provide users with enhanced security, and a better user experience, all thanks to smart phones. 3D Secure 2 has been developed with the smart phone in mind. This is because of the huge rise in mobile commerce (making online purchases with our phones). It also means that in-built biometric security such as fingerprint scanning can be used to authorise a transaction

– this makes transactions faster and more reliable because users don’t have to remember or reset passwords. The general opinion is that 3D Secure 2 will be a huge help to businesses in the e-commerce arena, because they will experience less cart abandonment (users putting goods in their shopping baskets but not completing the transaction) by up to 70 per cent, which is huge. It will also significantly reduce fraud and chargebacks because the security is authenticated through the user’s mobile phone, rather than a password. Overall, 3D Secure 2 is a very positive move for both users and merchants, and the projected reduction in fraud and improvements in user experience will be significant. Implementing 3D Secure 2 The banks have already implemented 3D Secure 2 into their processes, with most having this in place for spring 2019. The general guidelines for businesses is that 3D Secure 2 should be in place by the end of September

2019, although the general feeling is that 3DS1 and 3DS2 will run simultaneously into 2020 before 3DS1 is disbanded. For most businesses who are using external or integrated payment gateways, the gateway will be doing the hard work for you and you should notice no difference, but please look out for updates from your merchant account provider. For some of the newer gateways such as Stripe and GoCardless, there may be some development work to do to change to 3D Secure 2, and this is something that you should discuss with your website developer. • To read more on this and other subjects, please visit the blog at www.ascensor. co.uk/blog. For more information contact andrew@ascensor.co.uk. Twitter: @andrewjfirth Connect on LinkedIn: andrewjfirth Ascensor are a Digital Agency providing website design, ecommerce and search engine optimisation.

A household name in Cleck Advertising Feature THE OWNER of a thriving home interiors business in Cleckheaton has pinned her success on the fact customers trust her vast knowledge of the industry. Karen Smithson, the founder of Inches Interiors and Home Furnishings on Market Street, has over 30 years’ experience to help her clients achieve their perfect results. Inches has been a recognised fixture in the town centre for more than three decades and is packed with everything you need to make a house into a home. Its much-admired window

display always attracts comment, and once you step inside there’s an array of curtains, blinds, wallpapers and more to tickle your fancy. Inches is a distributor of high-end ‘Silent Gliss’ curtain rails, which can be motorised and are perfect for fitting into awkward window shapes. They also boast a brandnew collection of blinds that people can pop in and see any time Monday to Saturday (9.30am-5pm). There is a workroom on site, enabling Inches’ skilled machinists to produce individual designs for curtains, blinds and cushions to your

exact specifications. The team offer a complete service, from initial measuring and advising to the final installation. Inches stocks a huge variety of soft furnishings from curtain fabrics and readymade curtains to pelmets, voiles, blinds and bedding as well as wallpaper, haberdashery, soft furnishings and home accessories. As well as maintaining a good, old-fashioned face-toface customer service, Inches maintains an active online presence via Facebook and their website www.inches curtains.co.uk. So there’s no excuse not to get in touch!

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into cash £££s 1) Ring Angela on 01924 470296 (9.30am-4.30pm). Have your advert ready and you can pay by debit card (30p surcharge). 2) Call into the office at 31 Branch Road, Batley WF17 5SB and pay by cash, cheque or debit card (30p surcharge). 3) Post your advert and include your name and a contact number, along with cheque for payment. ADVERTS must be no longer than 50 words. (We cannot accept the following items: Motor vehicles, caravans, livestock. All listings will stay in Marketplace for a maximum of two months. If you wish to amend your listing, or cancel when sold, contact or call 01924 470296. NEW LEC industrial fridge and freezer (both worth £1,600 when new). 1.6m high x 60cm W x 60cm D. £75 each or £125 for both. Buyer to collect. Tel 07503 927237. (2459) Timber-effect porcelain floor tiles, grey/brown in colour. Tile size 12.5cm x 60cm each. Up to 50 sq metres for sale, £16 per metre. Can be viewed as laid in sellers kitchen. Buyer to collect. Tel 07503 927237. (2459) Old engineering bricks, 5 sq metres available. Ideal for gardening or path project. £40. Buyer to collect. Tel 07503 927237. (2459) Set of Dunlop golf clubs with bag, trolley and numerous balls. £20, buyer to collect. Tel 07503 927237. (2459) Garden chipper, used only twice. Excellent condition, £25. Buyer to collect. Tel 07503 927237. (2459) Retro coffee machine with milk frother, only used twice, £25. Tel 01924 495640. (2460) Lawnmower, adjustable speed and cut depth, heavy duty. Hardly used. Cost £400, sell £70. Tel 07922 019632. (2461) Qualcast Concord 32 lawnmower with adjustable cut depth. £30. Tel 07922 019632. (2461) Beige leather three-seater settee. Excellent condition, £95. Tel 01274 852314. (2462) Curtains, very heavy, in beige/gold colour lined brocade. 6ft D x 10ft 10ins W. Immaculate condition. Cost £345 (receipt available), accept £50. Tel 07949 282066. (2463) Various electric guitars, £100 each ono. Tel 01924 402931. (2464) Stag chest of drawers, two small drawers side by side and three larger drawers underneath. 35”H x 32”W x 16”D. £20 ono. Tel 01274 876814. (2465) BEDROOM Double bed with mattress. Good condition, £30. Tel 01924 404238. (2419) COLLECTIBLE Free pot doll, one leg broken but repairable, pretty face (1945 circa). Tel 07581 573968. (2427) CLOTHING Five men’s pure cotton checked shirts, size large. Very good condition and makes, £12. Tel 07581 573968. (2427) Pro-Sports all in one leather biking suit. Black and red, size M, £60. Buyer to collect. Tel: 07531 532479 (Batley) (2424).

Red ladies’ Flossy shoes size 6.5/40eu. Brand-new, £5. Tel 07581 573968. (2422) DIY Clarkson drill stand, £5. Tel 01924 430088. (2454) Seaward PAC 500 Portable Appliance checker, £40. Tel 07980 361869. (2439) 124 old (Victorian) tiles, green glaze. From a mill, various shapes, non flat. £40 ono, buyer to collect. Tel 01274 561881 (Bingley). (2425) Four cylinder door locks with keys (3 x 90mm and 1 x 100mm), £5. Tel 07581 573968. (2422)

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Cost per item

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£1 £2 £3 £4 £5 £7 £9 £11

ELECTRICAL Kenwood Food Mixer plus tools, £30. Tel 01924 430088. (2454)

as new, £120. Tel 07842 710223. (2435)

Clock, suitable for Alzheimer use, £6. Tel: 01924 455921. (2431)

Bookcase, two shelves, one drawer, £20. Tel: 01924 455921. (2431)

Small electric vacuum, with extra filter and full instructions. Suit bungalow or flat, £25. Tel 01924 724680 (Ossett). (2426)

Display cabinet, two glass doors and lower cupboard storage, £20. Tel: 01924 455921. (2431)

Kitchen breakfast bar (tile top) with two stools, £20. Tel: 01924 455921. (2431)

Over mantle mirror arch, window style, £10. Tel: 01924 455921. (2431)

Large white linen tablecloth 106” x 72”. Brand new, £5. Tel 07581 573968. (2427)

Two square coffee tables, £8 each. Matching nest of tables, £15. Tel: 01924 455921. (2431)

MOTORING Nissan Juke full tyre, good condition, £65. Tel 01924 510956. (2456)

Black leather two-seater settee and matching armchair. As new £85 Tel 01924 404238. (2419)

Medium/large ‘Mont Blanc’ top box and roof rack (adjustable). Bargain at £25. Tel 01274 561881 (Bingley). (2425)

Blyss Carolina wall hung electric fire. Curved black glass front. Brand new and boxed, £25 ono. Tel 07740 270660. (2429) ENTERTAINMENT/HOBBIES Blackjack shoe, solid ash with 400 casino playing chips, plus gaming board, £20 ono. Tel 01274 876814. (2437) FURNITURE Round teak dining table, 48” diameter with four chairs, £30. Buyer to collect. Tel 01924 455215. (2457) Wall unit with glass display section. In good condition, £30, buyer to collect. Tel: 01924 455215. (2457)

Hostess trolley, as new (28” L x 18” W) £50 Tel 01924 404238. (2420) Nest of tables, wood with tiled tops £15 Tel 01924 404238. (2420) GARDEN Various garden tools, £10 ono. Tel 01924 430088. (2454)

Oak dining table and four chairs (3ft square extending to 6ft long), £50. Buyer to collect. Tel 01274 873094. (2450)

Landmann Grill Chef Gas BBQ, £30. Tel 01924 423533/ 07786 652791. (2452)

Oval dropleaf dining table in solid wood, £150 ono, Tel 07746 787804. (2449)

Hardwood garden chair, folding and reclining, good quality, £15. Tel: 01274 876814. (2446)

Four dining chairs to match oval table, £100. Tel 07746 787804. (2449) Two swivel chairs suitable for office or computer – never been used. £60 for both. Tel: 07707 196241. (2448) Two True Designs office chairs, black leather task chair, gas lift & tilt, unassembled in box, £50 each. Tel 01924 469537. (2447) Ikea small single extendable bed with mattress. Ornate metal fram, used for grandchildren, in sound condition. £20. Tel 07925 127198. (2434) Wood chest with locks, castors and handles. 3’ long x 2’ deep x 18” wide. Suitable for storage or toys. Good condition, £15 ono. Tel 01274 876814. (2437) Bed settee. Oatmeal colour,

Mountfield lawnmower, little use. Very good condition £80 ono. Tel 01924 472330. (2417) HOUSEHOLD Heavy pine fire surround with cream marble inset and goldcoloured electric fire (cost over £1,000). Dismantled, ready for collection, £299 ono. Tel 07806 984349. (2458) Good quality carpet (cost £500), wool mix, light beige colour (11ft 6ins x 18ft 6ins), £60. Tel 01924 470866. (2451) Three winter warm oil-filled radiators 1600 watt £25 each Tel: 07821 003177. (2448) Silvercrest floor cleaner £10 Tel 01924 496267. (2443) Wall-mounted swivel TV bracket £10. Tel 07581 573968. (2422)

KITCHEN/DINING Instant Pot programmable electric pressure cooker £20 Tel 01924 496267. (2443) Kitchen table and two chairs £40 Tel 01924 496267. (2443)

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FOOTBALL

Injury-time winner sees Ossett beaten in friendly Friendly

OSSETT UNITED 2 FC UNITED OF MANCHESTER 3 A LAST-MINUTE winner saw Ossett United defeated in their penultimate pre-season friendly at home to FC United of Manchester. Against opponents preparing for a league campaign a division above them, Ossett put in a strong performance and goals from Jack Vann and Tom Greaves looked to have them set for a draw before a late Charlie Ennis winner. Ossett started brightly and took the lead inside eight minutes as Vann was left unmarked at the back post to head in a Luke Porritt corner. After Ennis had missed a chance for FC United, they levelled the scores through a clinical finish into the far corner by Craig Carney. The visitors were enjoying the better of possession but there were few other chances in the first half, with Jordan Coduri shooting over for Ossett. Tom Powell put FC United into the lead eight minutes into the second half, with the defence leaving him free to flick in a cross from the left wing.

LUCKY GOAL: Tom Greaves

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However, the scores were levelled out of the blue thanks to a big error from goalkeeper Paddy Wharton. He tried to pass across goal but Greaves, FC United’s record goalscorer, was in his way and the ball ricocheted straight off the striker and in. Both sides had chances to score again with Chris Doyle denied by the home keeper and Ossett substitute Damian Reeves failing to beat Wharton, and the match looked to be heading for a draw. Ossett couldn’t hold out though as Luke Griffiths found Ennis to strike the winner from the edge of the box in the first minute of injury time. Andy Welsh’s side have one more fixture left in their pre-season schedule, with South Shields visiting Ingfield tomorrow (Saturday, kick-off 3pm).

Sedge begin FA Cup adventure LIVERSEDGE will begin their FA Cup campaign this weekend when they play Abbey Hey at Clayborn in the extra preliminary round. They are among 368 teams in action in the first stage of this season’s knockout competition, with 736 clubs entering the cup in total. Manchester-based Abbey Hey, who play a tier below Sedge in the North West Counties Division One South, provide the opposition tomorrow (Saturday, kick-off 3pm). The FA Cup offers sizeable rewards for clubs, with the winners in the opening round handed £2,250 while the losing side nets £750. Liversedge’s best run in the competition came in the 2004-05 season, when they reached the last stage before the first round proper and lost in a replay. Manager Jonathan Rimmington says that his team will be targeting

LONG ROAD: The FA Cup

the competition for success – but so will everybody else. “The club made a lot of money when they got to the final qualifying round,” he said. “It helps if you can win two or three rounds in that and get 10 or 12 grand, it’s massive. “We will be earmarking those

games to win them, but the teams we’re playing will be as well.” Last season Sedge beat Padiham at home before losing at Frickley Athletic in the preliminary round. The winners of Saturday’s tie at Clayborn will host Droylsden in the preliminary round on August 24.

Points shared on opening day NCEL Premier Division

MALTBY MAIN LIVERSEDGE FC

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LIVERSEDGE were held to a draw in an action-packed opening game of the season which featured four goals and two red cards. Oliver Fearon gave them the lead at half-time and Joe Kenny extended their advantage just after the restart, but Fearon then turned from hero to zero as he was shown the red card. That allowed the home side, despite going on to have a player sent off themselves, to make a comeback and claim a point. Highly-rated striker Fearon arrived at Liversedge over the summer from AFC Mansfield and lined up in a strong attack with last season’s top scorer, Joe Walton. He showed his qualities to get off the mark for the new season after just 18 minutes, with that the only goal of

the first half. Sedge lined up with no fewer than nine new signings in their starting line-up and another of their summer additions, the returning Joe Kenny from Carlton Athletic, doubled their lead within two minutes of the restart. But things soon started to go wrong, with Fearon ordered from the field for a late tackle just a couple of minutes after that second goal. Maltby Main were quick to respond as their captain Joe Austin reduced the deficit to 2-1 six minutes later. The red card then came out for the second time just past the hour mark as the teams were evened up again with the dismissal of Jonathan Hill for the home side. Maltby stayed on the front foot though and equalised five minutes later, with Gavin King finding the back of the net. Neither side could find a winner in the final quarter of the match as the points were shared.

MOTORSPORT RACING PREVIEW WITH MIKE SMITH Struggle for Strafford in wet weather Double coup for Shergar Cup HE DUBAI Duty Free Shergar Cup may not be everybody’s cup of tea, but the quality of racing looks decidedly good this weekend at Ascot. Each team has three riders who will have either two or three horses in each race (this balances itself out over the day) with fields limited to 10 runners, and points are awarded to the jockeys on their finishing position. A win is 15 points, second is 10, third is seven, fourth is five and fifth is three. Each jockey will have five rides and just in case there are any injuries there is always a substitute jockey available! Quite simply, the team with the highest total after the sixth and final race lifts the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup. Organisers feel they have pulled off quite a coup by securing the services of Danny Tudhope and Nanako Fujita for this year’s event. It will be a first appearance at the meeting for both 33year-old Tudhope, who currently sits second in the Flat jockeys’ championship, and Japanese star Fujita, winner of this year’s Women Jockeys’ World Cup at Bro Park in Sweden. Riding at the Berkshire track may be a new experience for Fujita, but Tudhope will be looking to replicate some of the magic that saw him secure four winners at this year’s Royal meeting, which included

MAKING A SPLASH: Ryan Stafford (1) grapples with the wet track at Donington RYAN STRAFFORD saw his lead in the Thundersport GP1 superbikes championship almost halved in a disappointing weekend at Donington Park. The Mirfield racer – and his bike – had recovered from a crash at the previous meeting at Mallory Park, but one second-placed finish and three third-placed finishes in the weekend’s four races saw his lead over the chasing Kieran Smith cut from 78 points to 42. The wet conditions wreaked havoc with Strafford’s machine and he did well to finish all four races on the podium when many other riders failed to finish races. “Sometimes it just isn’t your weekend,” he said. “The team worked really hard to give me a bike I could ride but we just kept going around in circles. “We must go home, think about what is causing the wet issue and return (on the) bank holiday weekend in August ready to race in Anglesey. “Winners never quit, and quitters never

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win. We will back on the top step of the podium very soon.” Testing had gone well at Donington in the hot weather, but rain was forecast for the whole weekend and the heavens duly opened ahead of Saturday’s races. Strafford’s bike struggled for grip on the surface in both races, with the front end having difficulties in the first race and the rear proving a problem in the second after a settings change to try and solve the problem. Despite the issues, Strafford did still manage to come home in third place in both races. Strafford’s team looked to solve the issues overnight and he got off to a promising start as he led the first five laps of Sunday’s first race, but the grip issue returned in the second half of the race and he came close to crashing on a couple of occasions as he limped home in second. The problem remained in the final race of the weekend, with Strafford losing more points on the championship ladder with another third-placed finish.

Group One glory aboard Lord Glitters in the Queen Anne Stakes. With competition stalwart Hayley Turner, who lifted the Silver Saddle prize for the leading rider when helping the Girls team win the competition last year, joining forces with Fujita and Australian rider Jamie Kah, it would come as no surprise should they triumph again. In the opener DANZENO has won twice and finished third in the Wokingham and remains on a decent mark. SPEEDO BOY has flopped on two of his three starts this year, but they were on bottomless ground in the Chester Cup and when the bit slipped through his mouth in the Northumberland Plate, and this course and distance win-

ner can get back to winning ways in the 1.40. The next race looks set up for BIG KITTEN to claim his first win on turf and the longer trip should suit while Ed Walker’s GEORGE WILLIAM is Carrigill’s 11/2 nap in the Shergar Cup Mile at 2.50. Marcus Tregonning’s progressive POWER OF DARKNESS might just put him in the shade. The consistent ROWLAND WARD has yet to finish out of the first four in six starts and looks sure to go well again in the 3.25, while VICTORY DAY narrowly failed to justify favouritism at York in June and deserves another chance. William Haggas only just failed to nail Recon Mission and more is expected. Haggas has a tremendous record at Redcar and punters should take note if COUNTRY turns up for the Straight Mile Series Qualifier which, strangely enough, is run over 1m 2f. He opened his account here over 7f at the second attempt last season and lived up to short-odds favouritism over this longer trip at Ripon last month, and his opening mark of 88 looks appealing. CARRIGILL’S NAP: (money back as a free bet if finishes outside top 4): GEORGE WILLIAM, Saturday, Ascot, 2.50. AUGUR’S BEST BET: COUNTRY, Saturday, Redcar, 4.05.

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Friday August 9, 2019

RUGBY LEAGUE

Blow to Sharks’ hopes Future stars at Batley Girls NCL Division Two

EAST LEEDS SHAW CROSS

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SHAW CROSS suffered a big blow to their survival chances as they were defeated in a high-scoring game at East Leeds last weekend. They had given their hopes of staying in Division Two a boost the previous week with victory of the same opponents. However, East Leeds proved a different challenge on their own turf as they had the game practically wrapped up by half-time. The Sharks got off to the worst possible start as Nathan Conroy’s long pass and Jack Norfolk’s offload saw Tom Bull over. Conroy then skipped through for East Leeds’ second try, David Nurse got the next and Norfolk and Bull combined again to make it 24-0 with just a quarter of the game played. Shaw Cross fought their way back into the contest and it was their two latest

Moor win derby DEWSBURY MOOR ‘A’ moved into second place in the Yorkshire Men’s League NCL Alliance division with an 18-10 win over local rivals Dewsbury Celtic last Saturday. Alex Hirst, Scott Sheard and Thomas Berry got the tries, all

arrivals from France that combined, as Pierre Patachon’s short ball sent Florian Fourcade crashing over with Brad Baines converting. However, the home side had the win all-but secure by half-time thanks to three more tries, with Bull getting his hat-trick try and Shaun Ward charging over before Bull got his fourth from a Conroy break downfield in the final seconds. The Sharks did at least go on to win on the scoreboard in a fiery second half. They got the first try after the interval through Callum Barker’s run on the back of three consecutive penalties. Just as they were getting into their stride, Fourcade was sent to the sin bin and Conroy went over soon afterwards. That began a spell of three tries in six minutes, with Tom Howson crossing for the next before Norfolk took a Conroy kick to score. East Leeds wouldn’t score again though, with the Sharks crossing three more times to make the scoreline a

little more respectable. The first came just after an Owen Lumb try was controversially ruled out for a forward pass. East Leeds knocked-on at the resulting scrum and Barker caught everyone out to score his second. There were a number of cards dished out in the closing stages, including a red for the returning Dan Cass for a headbutt along with yellows for the hosts’ Shaun Ward, Anthony Ward and Conroy for their part in clashes between the two sets of players. Dec Brereton scored two impressive tries in the final four minutes as Shaw Cross, who were sent back to second-bottom in the table, put some more consolation points on the board. Clock Face Miners’ defeat means that the Sharks are still three points from safety, but with only four matches left of the season. They host Crosfields tomorrow (Saturday), having lost the reverse fixture in Warrington 22-12 earlier in the season.

converted by Jordan McNally, over a Celtic side in seventh place in the 10-team league. Last Friday night, Ossett Trinity Tigers kept pace with leaders Wyke in the YML Division Two with a 24-12 win at Stanningley. Ash Berry scored a double while there were further tries from Patrick Farrelly and

Callum Machin and four James Winstanley goals. In Division Three, Birstall Victoria remain in seventh place after a narrow 14-10 loss at St Joesphs, with Thomas Pickles and Kristian Green getting the tries in defeat. Batley Boys DMR are sixth in Division Four after a 21-16 defeat at Clayton.

BATLEY Girls’ Under-12s side are making a name for themselves in their first year as a team. The squad formed at the start of the season and have enjoyed a memorable first campaign together. Despite being involved in a non-competitive league, the girls have an impressive record of 15 wins from 20 games, with just five losses. The team’s coach, Christian Moorhouse, says his side are coping well in a league full of big names. “The girls are doing really well. We’re in the top division and playing clubs like Hull KR’s junior team, and Oulton who have been formed for years,” he said. The club holds a long-term vision which Christian hopes can help to develop some of the future stars of the Women’s Super League. He said: “We’re setting up a pathway so when the girls get to the age of 16, they’ll have the necessary skill sets and will know how to properly recover from games, so hopefully they’ll be able to make that jump.” After the team’s success in its first year, Batley Girls club are appealing for new recruits to join them for the next campaign. Training is every Wednesday from 6.30pm to 7.30pm, and takes place on Taylor Street in Batley. For more details, Christian can be contacted on 07845750519.

ALL SMILES: Batley Girls’ Under-12s

Beevers and Roche in England squad CAITLIN BEEVERS and Georgia Roche have been named in the England squads for the World Cup Nines and a trip to Papua New Guinea. Both the Dewsbury-based Leeds star Beevers and

Birstall’s Roche, who plays for Castleford, are included in the 24-player squad for two planned Test matches against the PNG Orchids in November. The pair, who are both Dewsbury Moor products and

made try-scoring England debuts against France last October, are also included in the 16-player squad for the first nines World Cup, which will take place in Sydney on October 18-19.

CRICKET

Cleck eye runners-up spot Batley showing top-flight credentials IT WOULD be very difficult to see anyone overtaking long-time leaders Woodlands to secure the Bradford League Premier Division title, but in-form Cleckheaton are in the running for the runners-up spot after an impressive win over Bradford and Bingley. If Mally Nicholson’s men can avoid slipping up at home to relegation-threatened Undercliffe tomorrow (Saturday), they could certainly demonstrate the importance of their victory over the second-placed side. Bingley are currently 34 points ahead of fourth-placed Cleckheaton but they have played a game more. Recent results have shown that any team is capable of winning in this division against any opposition, but with only six games to go it looks like consistency will be key in the final run-in. Although relegation-threatened Wrenthorpe last week inflicted only a second defeat of the season on Woodlands in the biggest shock of the season so far, the Oakenshaw side shouldn’t slip up again at home to second-bottom Lightcliffe. However, the leading clubs should clearly be aware of the fighting qualities being shown by those in the relegation zone. Undercliffe are one of those sides in trouble but, if Cleckheaton can repeat the superb performance that saw off a Bingley side experiencing

their best season for years, they should take the bulk of the points from this encounter. Yorkshire’s hard-hitting Tom Kohler-Cadmore set up the win over Bingley, blasting 79 runs off just 44 balls, while Nick Lindley (73) and skipper Nicholson (44) ensured victory was achieved with 10 balls to spare against a side who had set a challenging target of 262. While Woodlands should further their title claims with a win over Lightcliffe, they do have the added distraction this week of a Priestley Cup final against New Farnley on Sunday at Undercliffe. Talking of distractions, it is hard to believe that Hanging Heaton’s continued involvement in the national T20 competition has not affected their league form in some way. Yet another defeat, this time at the hands of Townville, saw Hanging Heaton tumble to seventh place. If the clubs below them win their game-in-hand, Gary Fellows could find his side just 13 points off the relegation places. Although the home game against Wrenthorpe tomorrow should give them the opportunity to get a longawaited win, their opponents’ victory over Woodlands last week showed that they should not be taken for granted.

By Mike Popplewell Cricket correspondent sport@thepressnews.co.uk

WHEN Batley won promotion to the Bradford League Premier Division three years ago, there were some who argued it was by default. Certainly, the formation of Championships A and B, following the amalgamation with the Central Yorkshire League, did leave the two supposedly equal divisions having a disproportionate look in terms of strength and, as Championship A title winners, there were many who suggested they had been given an easier ride. The subsequent failure to hold on to a place in the top flight suggested that this may have been the case but the way they have surged to the top of Championship One this season has doubtless been on merit. Faced with competition from the likes of established clubs like Bankfoot, Morley, Baildon and Pudsey Congs, they have proved every bit as strong as any other side in the division. Last week’s emphatic 75-run win over Congs has doubtless put them in good heart for tomorrow’s (Saturday’s) visit of fourth-placed Baildon to Mount Pleasant. Defending a modest total of 152

against the former Premier Division giants from Pudsey, there looked to be a tough task ahead, but the vastly experienced Muhammed Shahnawaz made light of the problem with a fine 5-32 return in 15 overs to help bowl out the visitors for just 77. Batley’s success has overshadowed their local rivals with bottom club Scholes facing a trip to Bankfoot tomorrow while Pudsey Congs, in fifth place, Hartshead Moor, Gomersal, Ossett, East Bierley and Keighley are separated by just 14 points ahead of some crucial contests this week. Hartshead Moor go to Keighley, Gomersal and Ossett meet at Oxford Road, while East Bierley are at home to Congs. The table could well have a very different look about it come Saturday night. Though still 24 points adrift of leaders Carlton, the current form of Birstall sees them in second place and holding off the challenge of third-placed Yeadon thanks to a vital four-wicket win over the Wharfedale side in a low-scoring game at the White Swan Ground last week. Next up for Birstall is a visit from East Ardsley to Leeds Road while Yeadon go to Buttershaw St Pauls and Carlton look set for another points haul at relegation-threatened Adwalton.

Second-bottom Liversedge are facing the drop into the Conference with Adwalton unless they can pick up some points soon. They are currently 24 points adrift of the third-bottom spot, with Hunslet Nelson next up at Roberttown Lane, while Spen Victoria and Hopton Mills clash at Hopton tomorrow with both sides looking a safe bet for a mid-table finish. In the Conference, Crossbank Methodists and Heckmondwike and Carlinghow occupy the bottom two places and, with at least 40 points to make up on third-bottom Windhill, even wins at home to Sandal and at Great Preston respectively look unlikely to change their situation to any great degree. SHEPLEY claimed a four-wicket win over Townville to secure the Solly Sports Heavy Woollen Cup in a thrilling final. In a tie between two clubs outside the traditional boundaries of the everexpanding competition, man of the match Greg Wood led Shepley to victory. They were chasing a Duckworth Lewis Stern target of 233 after rain had made it a 46-over contest, and Wood arrived at the wicket with his side struggling at 55-3 and made 72 as Shepley reached the total with seven balls to spare.

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Friday August 9, 2019

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BATLEY BOYS will face Thornhill Trojans for the Jim Brown Heavy Woollen Cup after beating Dewsbury Celtic in Wednesday night’s semi-final. The sides scored three tries each but the Boys’ extra penalty goals and determination in defence got them the win, in the second of three games in the space of a week. “We were backing up from Saturday which was a really tough game at Leigh East,” said Batley coach Terry Bairstow. “We were missing our general on the field, Adam Bingham, who hurt his wrist on Saturday. We’re a bit rusty but in the end we worked hard so we got the result.” The Boys had the first real spell of pressure and, after being awarded a penalty in front of the Celtic line, Josh Knowles’s short pass found Josh Richter running a good line to burst through on the right wing and hand his side a fifthminute lead. A piece of individual play got Celtic back into the game as halfback George Senior’s dummy fooled the defence and he went through down the left to squeeze into the corner to level the scores at 4-4. The Green and Whites knockedon straight from the restart and although they weren’t punished on that occasion, they would be soon after as an improvised kick from Gavin Davis came back off the post and Luke Sheridan was in the right place to take the ball and touch down before adding the simple conversion himself. Richter was denied a second in

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WHO GOT IT? Matt Sheridan and Nathan Willians pounce for Batley’s final try the corner with Batley looking the more likely to score again, but Celtic brought themselves back into it four minutes before half-time. Again it came from individual play as Danny Thomas sprinted round the defender to go over and narrow the difference to two. But just seconds before the halftime whistle, the Boys were awarded a penalty right in front of the post which Sheridan duly knocked over for a 12-8 half-time scoreline. They made a strong start to the second half as well, having two spells of sustained pressure which they couldn’t convert into further points. Instead it was Celtic who got the next try, taking advantage of backto-back penalties to turn defence into attack with Dom Senior passing to Nathan Waring to slip over and level the scores up. Parity lasted for only three minutes as the visitors gave away a penalty in front of the posts on the

last tackle, allowing Sheridan’s boot to edge the Boys back ahead. If they were going to make the cup final they would have to earn it though, and they certainly did that as they withstood around seven minutes of defensive pressure, not including stoppages for injuries to both Reece Borbely as he looked to score under the posts, and Richter for the Boys. Having kept Celtic out so well for so long, they showed them how it was done when they got the chance to come back down the field with four minutes left to play. A grubber kick was knocked on by the defender and one of Matt Sheridan and Nathan Willians – there was some dispute afterwards as to who got the vital touch – got the ball down. What wasn’t in doubt was that it was a richly deserved win for a side who should provide a stern challenge for NCL Premier Division outfit Thornhill in the final at the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium on August 22.

Time running out for struggling Trojans NCL Premier Division

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THORNHILL TROJANS’ survival hopes are looking slimmer by the week after a fifth consecutive loss at West Hull. The absence of a number of firstteam regulars made the gulf between the second-from-bottom Trojans and their title-chasing hosts even bigger as they were put to the sword in East Yorkshire. They will need to close that gap to have a chance tomorrow (Saturday) when they host the only side above West Hull in the table, leaders Wath Brow Hornets, who beat them 72-0 in Cumbria earlier in the season. It was the pace and exceptional support play that really made the difference last weekend, and that helped Wests build up a 20-0 interval lead. A misplaced kick on the last play from Thornhill set up their first try of the game, as the home side broke upfield at speed before a quick playthe-ball and swift handling resulted in Jamie Leigh going over. Their next score came from a scrum as good handling from West Hull had the Trojans backpedalling and Jack Lazenby finished the attack with a try, which Ryan Wilson converted.

NCL Division One

DEWSBURY MOOR MYTON WARRIORS

Jim Brown Heavy Woollen Cup

BATLEY BOYS DEWSBURY CELTIC

Maroons closer to fate

The third West Hull try came as a result of more good handling as the ball was worked along the attacking line, with Ryan Langton finishing it off out wide. Thornhill’s best spell in the first half came on the half hour mark but Joe Buggle couldn’t hold the ball with the line at his mercy after good play by Jake Wilson and Zach Johnson. Just before half-time, West Hull stretched their lead further through Sam Cator, who went round a defender to score a try converted by Scott Spaven. Straight after the interval, Lazenby broke up field to score a 60metre long-range try, again converted by Spaven, to leave the Trojans with little hope of making a comeback. Tempers boiled over following that try with Declan Tomlinson having a difference of opinion with a couple of West Hull players. Once order had been restored, the referee sent Tomlinson and Wilson to the sin bin along with the hosts’ Josh Wood and Oscar Ellerington. Play continued and Lazenby once again used his pace to devastating effect to tear Thornhill apart and score his hat-trick try. West Hull continued to test the Trojans and with their next attack they kept play alive before a switch inside saw Matty Plummer go over for a try which Wilson converted.

Thornhill’s best spell of the second half came when Casey Johnson took play forward. Declan Tomlinson lofted a pass out to winger Liam Ward who came within a whisker of scoring. However, it was West Hull who finished things off with one final try as Spaven cut inside to score a try under the posts. The biggest concern for Thornhill will be their failure to score a single point in their last two matches, after an 8-0 loss to Hunslet Club Parkside two weeks earlier. Starting with the Wath Brow match, they have five games remaining to make up a three-point difference to Leigh Miners Rangers in the final safe spot or face relegation back to Division One after one season in the top flight.

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DEWSBURY MOOR’S relegation back to Division Two has not been confirmed just yet, but it appears a formality after a disappointing loss at home to mid-table Myton Warriors. The Maroons had been the better side in the opening quarter of the game and raced into a 12-0 lead, but after drawing level going into halftime Myton pulled away in the second period. A fourth consecutive loss means that Moor are eight points behind Oulton Raiders with four games left to play. They need to win all of their fixtures to have any chance of survival, but host second-placed Featherstone Lions tomorrow (Saturday). It looked like they were set for a rare win last weekend after a superb opening 20 minutes in which they scored two tries. Archie Bruce reached double figures for the season with the first try after 10 minutes, before Aiden Ineson added another and the boot

FAST START: Moor’s Aiden Ineson scored of Max Vernon made it 12-0. That’s as good as it would get though, as Myton replied through tries from Liam Ward and Lee James, both converted by Ash James, to level the scores going into the interval. The Warriors continued that form into the second half to secure victory, with James adding his second of the game and Adam Piggott, Dave Brook and Matty Thomas all crossing as well for the dominant visitors. Moor, whose cause was not helped by the sin-binning of Bradley Adams in the 65th minute for dissent, remain rooted to the bottom of the table.

Automatic promotion spot still on for battling Celtic NCL Division Three

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DEWSBURY CELTIC moved to within two points of the automatic promotion places with a hard-fought win over Drighlington. Phil Shotton gave the visitors the lead after 12 minutes, with their man of the match Kieron Roche converting his effort. However, Celtic replied through Reece Borbely before Nathan Waring added another and George Senior landed the conversion to put them 10-6 in front at the break. They suffered the worst possible start to the second half as Roche

went over for a converted try within a minute of the restart. Celtic’s man of the match, Billy Yarrow, was on hand to regain the lead in the 54th minute with his 11th try of the campaign, converted by Senior. And that advantage was extended further nine minutes later when Senior went over himself to make it 22-12. Drig, who are chasing the final play-off spot in the division, were far from done and a Ryan Wilks try pulled the difference back to one score with 13 minutes still to play. Celtic held on for the win though, and they now have a weekend without action as their scheduled opponents, Salford City Roosters, have pulled out of the league.

West and Bingham rescue draw NCL Division Three

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BATLEY BOYS moved into the automatic promotion places – but missed the chance to go top of the division – as they had to settle for a share of the spoils at Leigh East. The Boys headed to Leigh on a six-match winning run, but needed a late try from Owen West and a touchline conversion from Adam Bingham to take a point from the contest. It was a low-scoring first half, with a third-minute penalty from East’s Adam Holland providing the only points that were scored until a minute shy of the break. With Batley’s Josh Scrutton in the sin bin for a late challenge on Holland, the home side took advantage of their extra man as Nathan Gaskell crossed for a try converted

by Holland for an 8-0 half-time lead. West, on his return from injury for the Boys, scored his first of the game to halve the deficit facing the promotion-chasers. Leigh’s Will Ludlow was then shown the yellow card for a tip tackle, allowing Batley to take the lead through Aaron James’s 10th try of the season and Matthew Sheridan’s goal. Holland levelled the scores up with a penalty before an Andrew Ball try put them 16-10 ahead with just a couple of minutes left. It looked like Batley were set for just a fifth loss of the season but they fought to the end and got the rewards as West went over for the second time and Bingham struck the conversion to see the Boys claim a point. They continue their push for promotion tomorrow (Saturday) when they welcome in-form Heworth to the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium as part of the Pink Weekend.

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Bulldogs put 50 on Hornets Betfred Championship

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Stephen Ibbetson at Crown Oil Arena BATLEY scored a half-century of points to edge themselves closer to safety while relegating bottom side Rochdale to League One in the process. The Hornets came out fighting and showed no lack of effort despite their inevitable fate, and there was little between the sides in a first half in which the lead changed hands no fewer than six times. However, the Bulldogs made a strong start to the second half and were clinical enough to wrap up the two points with ease in the end, with Wayne Reittie scoring a hat-trick on his 150th appearance for the club. Rochdale have started impressively in their last two outings, against Featherstone and Dewsbury, and did the same again as Kyle Shelford charged over after several minutes of pressure. The Bulldogs began to muscle their way back into the game and got their first points thanks to a big gap opening up in the Hornets defence for Louis Jouffret. The Frenchman also added the conversion to edge them in front. Rochdale regained that lead when, after Dan Abram had gone close with a tricky run, Izaac Farrell sent the ball into the air and Daley Williams scooped it up to score. The pressure was back on the home

MATCH STATS DEWSBURY RAMS: Joe Martin 7 Dale Morton 8 Lucas Walshaw 7 Adam Ryder 7 Andy Gabriel 7 Paul Sykes 7 Liam Finn 7 Martyn Reilly 8 Dom Speakman 8 Frazer Morris 7 Owen Trout 7 Michael Knowles 8 Kyle Trout 7 Subs: Sam Day 7 Jode Sheriffe 7 Nyle Flynn 8 Tom Garratt 8 Tries: Knowles (19), Morton (58), Flynn (66), Speakman (74). Goals: Sykes 4/5. FEATHERSTONE ROVERS: Ash Golding 8 Jack Johnson 7 Conor Carey 7 Alex Sutcliffe 8 Jack Render 8 Dane Chisholm 7 Callum McLelland 8 Scott Wheeldon 7 Cameron King 7 Wellington Albert 8 Brad Day 7 Josh Walters 8 James Lockwood 7 Subs: John Davies 7 Connor Jones 7 Makahesi Makatoa 8 James Harrison 7 Tries: Golding (27), Sutcliffe (35), McLelland (38), Albert (63), Carey (70). Goals: Chisholm 2/6. Drop Goals: Chisholm (78). Referee: B. Pearson Half-time: 8-12 Penalties: 7-8 Man of the match: Wellington Albert (Featherstone) Attendance: 1,229

HAT-TRICK: Wayne Reittie scored a treble on his 150th Bulldogs appearance side following that try though, and Alistair Leak’s short ball from dummyhalf sent Reittie crashing over a mountain of bodies to touch down. Jouffret’s kick gave them a four-point lead but it lasted just three minutes as Rochdale responded again. A clever offload sent Abram sprinting away and he found Lewis Sheridan, who had only come off the bench seconds previously, in support to score a

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try converted by Abram. It would be Batley who went into the break ahead though, with Paul Brearley running a brilliant line to go clean through the defence from a Danny Yates pass. Jouffret’s conversion made the half-time score 14-18. The West Yorkshire outfit came out in the second period with more determination and built up a more solid lead with two tries in the first six minutes.

Jack Broadbent got the first with Rochdale short on defenders on his wing following Yates’s pass. Broadbent was then the provider for the next just two minutes later, sprinting down the left after Lewis Galbraith’s pass and finding Jouffret back inside to score his second. Rochdale gave themselves some hope when Abram’s dink in behind caught out everybody except teammate Farrell, who touched down against the side he played on loan for last season. That hope would only last for two minutes though, as captain Lee Mitchell – who walked out to a guard of honour on the 200th appearance of a career which has taken in both clubs – knocked on, and straight from the scrum Jouffret danced across the field before supplying Broadbent for his second. That began a spell of three tries in eight minutes. After forcing a drop out, Dom Brambani and Jouffret combined to make Reittie the next to bag a brace. Then came the easiest of the lot as a huge gap was left for James Brown to stroll through from Leak’s dummy-half pass. Sam Wood took over kicking duties to add the extras to all three efforts. Rochdale’s commitment never waned and Abram, their most impressive performer, got a deserved try when he skipped around two defenders to go over. However, the final say would go to the victors as Reittie claimed a loose ball for his hat-trick score in the final action of the game.

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at Tetley’s Stadium DEWSBURY were cruelly denied a point after Dane Chisholm kicked over a late drop goal to seal victory for Featherstone. Chisholm had missed four conversions earlier in the afternoon, and Dom Speakman thought he’d secured at least a point for the Rams when he scampered over from close range. But former Bradford half Chisholm was calmness personified when he slotted over a one-pointer with just minutes to spare to cruelly deny Dewsbury any points from the contest. Both sides completed well during the opening exchanges. The Rams went close to opening the scoring in the ninth minute when Owen Trout was held up over the line after charging onto Paul Sykes’s flat ball. Sykes edged Dewsbury in front shortly after when he hammered over a penalty goal from short range, but an unforced error from Kyle Trout on the Rams’ kick-off return handed the visitors a chance to respond. Featherstone remained on the front foot in the minutes that followed and Jack Johnson was held up over the line, before Alex Sutcliffe spilled the ball with the line at his mercy. Instead, the Rams extended their advantage when Michael Knowles barged his way over from short range. Sykes added the goal to make it 8-0.

LATE LEVELLER: Dom Speakman But Featherstone surged back to take the lead before half-time. The visitors got off the mark after forcing an error and then winning a penalty, which laid a platform for Ash Golding to stroll through a gap. Chisholm’s attempted conversion drifted wide, but Rovers were level when Jack Render produced a smart offload inside to send Sutcliffe over. Chisholm pulled his attempt to the left and was off target for a third time after Callum McLelland waltzed past Liam Finn to make it 8-12 to Rovers. There was a brief halt at the start of the second half following an allegation of a bite made by Knowles against Featherstone’s Josh Walters. Chisholm landed his first goal of the

game, a penalty, shortly after to put the visitors six in front. Sam Day was held up after the Rams forced an error from the kick-off, but Dewsbury bombed their opportunity. They weren’t to be denied moments later, however, as Dale Morton leapt to claim Sykes’s cross-field kick to put the Rams back in contention. Sykes was unable to convert, so Featherstone retained a two-point lead. Moments earlier, the Rams’ Sam Day and Rovers’ John Davies were ordered from the field for head tests following a collision in midfield. Wellington Albert restored a cushion for Featherstone minutes later when he drove under three Rams defenders to ground the ball. Chisholm found his form with the boot to convert and make it 12-20 with just over 15 minutes remaining. But back came the Rams. Ferocious defending forced a knock-on out of Albert, before Speakman’s flat ball sent Nyle Flynn over under the sticks. Sykes’s goal took Dewsbury to within two. Albert’s eventful afternoon continued when his superb offload sent Conor Carey over in the corner to edge Featherstone closer to victory, but Chisholm’s missed conversion restricted the visitors’ advantage to six. Martyn Reilly and Sykes were inches away in the closing stages, before Ryder was hauled down by Golding after breaking from 20 metres out. That laid the platform for Speakman to squeeze over, and Sykes to convert, before Chisholm hammered over a drop-goal to earn Rovers revenge for their defeat to the Rams on home soil earlier in the season.

MATCH STATS ROCHDALE HORNETS: Dan Abram 8 Shaun Ainscough 7 Daley Williams 7 Brandon Wood 6 Kevin Brown 5 James Barran 5 Izaac Farrell 7 Callum Marriott 6 Callum Wood 6 Lee Mitchell 6 Zac Baker 6 Kyle Shelford 6 Oscar Thomas 5 Subs: Mike Weldon 6 Lewis Sheridan 6 Ben Kilner 5 Jordan Syme 5 Tries: Shelford (9), Williams (19), Sheridan (29), Farrell (54), Abram (71). Goals: Abram 3/5. BATLEY BULLDOGS: Louis Jouffret 8 Wayne Reittie 8 Sam Smeaton 6 Lewis Galbraith 7 Jack Broadbent 8 Danny Yates 8 Dom Brambani 7 Adam Gledhill 6 Alistair Leak 8 Tyler Dickinson 7 Jack Downs 6 Paul Brearley 8 Dane Manning 6 Subs: Alex Bretherton 6 James Brown 7 Toby Everett 7 Sam Wood 7 Tries: Jouffret (15, 46), Reittie (26, 61, 80), Brearley (32), Broadbent (44, 56), Brown (64). Goals: Jouffret 4/6, Wood 3/3, Brambani 0/1. Referee: M. Mannifield Half-time: 14-18 Penalties: 5-5 Man of the match: Alistair Leak (Batley) Attendance: 638

Trout ‘deserves’ full-time chance Continued from back page another crack at Super League,” said Trout. “I’ve had a few years in the wilderness now so it’s great to be back. “I have the opportunity now and it’s up to me to take it. I want to prove some things to myself as well as everybody else, that I am good enough for this level.” Rams boss Lee Greenwood believes that Trout deserves his chance at Hull KR. “He told me when I got the job that his ambition was to have another crack at being full-time in Super League, and he’s performed well enough to get that chance so fair play to him,” he said. “We’ll miss him these last few games but hopefully it won’t have an effect on where we finish the season. But he’s more than put his shift in this season so he deserves that opportunity now.” Tom Halliday has also departed Dewsbury this week, with the club releasing him to take a contract at League One side Doncaster.

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‘Massive’ clash as Bulldogs aim to seal survival

YET TO WIN: Lee Greenwood (left) has gone head-to-head with Matt Diskin’s Batley side three times as Dewsbury boss and lost all three ahead of Sunday’s derby

Greenwood wants first taste of derby victory By Stephen Ibbetson Sports Reporter sport@thepressnews.co.uk

LEE GREENWOOD is aiming for his first win as Dewsbury boss over fiercest rivals Batley when the two sides meet this weekend. It’s the fourth time that the Heavy Woollen teams have come together this campaign, including the pre-season Boxing Day game. The Bulldogs have won all three of those meetings, taking victory in the annual festive fixture 16-10, triumphing 20-8 with 12 men on Good Friday, and then winning 30-14 at the Summer Bash in June. With just four games remaining of the season, this fixture has added importance: neither side is safe from relegation yet, and the winners will be ahead of their rivals in the league table with the Rams just one point behind the Bulldogs. Heading into the clash at the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium on Sunday (kick-off 3pm), Greenwood admits that he has personal motivation for wanting his side to come out on top. “I’ve not beaten Batley as Dewsbury coach yet. I’ve had three games, including the

Boxing Day game, and we’ve lost each one so I do want to win one,” said the head coach. “It keeps the fans happy and onside but just in terms of the league table, if we win we go back above Batley. “There’s a lot riding on it. The team that wins will definitely be safe then, so it’ll be a big sigh of relief for the winner and it keeps the team that loses under slight pressure and looking over their shoulders. “I’ll be honest, I don’t think either team is going to go down. But it’s not mathematically done yet, and we’d like to pick up a win out of these next few (games).” Recent performances have offered Greenwood plenty of encouragement, with last weekend’s last-gasp 25-24 defeat to Featherstone providing another “solid performance” if not points. He is aiming to finish the season on a high and says another strong display will be needed to compete with their closest rivals. “We can probably say it’s been six solid performances in a row, where we’ve either taken points or should have taken points,” said Greenwood. “We’ll hopefully extend that run of performances now to the end of the season, and obviously

we need to continue it this week to have a chance of beating Batley.” Hookers Sam Day and Dom Speakman both took knocks in

the defeat to Featherstone which aren’t thought to be serious, while Robbie Ward nears his return in that position to boost their options.

Trout reeled in by Hull KR DEWSBURY forward Kyle Trout has secured a move to Super League after signing a short-term deal with Hull Kingston Rovers. The 28-year-old has missed only one league game for the Rams all season but has been given the chance to impress in the top flight with a contract to the end of the campaign. Dewsbury have received a transfer fee for Trout, who lines up mainly at loose-forward but can play across the forward pack. He previously played 25 games for Wakefield in Super League and played for Featherstone before joining the Rams for the first time in 2016. After a year at Sheffield he returned last year and has contributed for the club off the field, including in the setting up of the Rampage Club with local junior sides. “I’m really excited to get

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BATLEY coach Matt Diskin says that this weekend’s Heavy Woollen derby will be “massive for both teams” as they look to secure their Championship status. With four games to go the Bulldogs are six points above the relegation zone while Dewsbury are five from the drop, meaning a win for either could guarantee survival. Batley have won both derby meetings so far this year and have won the last five at the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium, in a run stretching back to 2015. However, Diskin expects an improving Rams outfit to provide a tough test for his team this time around. “This week is massive for both teams. It’s going to be just as big for Dewsbury as well, they know the importance of it,” he said. “We’ve had some fantastic wins over them this year (but) they’re riding a bit of momentum. They’ve had some very good results and they were unlucky (last week against Featherstone, losing 25-24), so they’ll be coming to Mount Pleasant full of confidence. “It always takes time for a new coach to put his marker on a team. I know Lee (Greenwood) has plenty of changes of personnel coming in and out. “He’s a quality young coach and I wish him all the best. He’s slowly getting his mark put on the team – I just don’t wish him too much luck this week!” The Bulldogs picked up their first win in eight matches last weekend with a 50-26 success at bottom-placed side Rochdale, and Diskin says the squad are relieved to have the “monkey off our back” following that poor run of form. “It wasn’t pretty and it wasn’t our best performance of the year but it was a vital one, and one we needed for morale particularly,” he said. It was the first time they had scored more than 30 points in a Championship game all season, and the coach was pleased with that attacking display if not the defensive one. “We scored some really structured, wellexecuted tries, and I thought we did alright in that department. “Defensively we were a little bit off it. They got to edges, they offloaded, and fair play to Rochdale for playing really good rugby. Defensively we’ll need to improve (as) we weren’t at our best but I’m not going to make too much of an effort to find the negatives because we’ve got a win and that’s the most important thing.” Dave Scott was dropped for the first time this season as a warning to out-of-form Bulldogs players, with Louis Jouffret taking his full-back role. “There are some players that have been struggling a bit with form and Dave is one of them,” said Diskin. “Dave’s a real quality player and I’m sure he’ll be working hard to get back in the team.” Johnny Campbell missed the clash through injury, but the Batley boss hopes to have the winger available again before the end of the season.

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