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THEY WON’T BEAT US Town centre businesses battle on against wave of burglaries and vandalism T
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RADERS in Batley and Dewsbury say they will not be defeated by a spate of town centre burglaries and vandalism. Shop owners were left counting the cost following five separate break-ins or attempted breakins over the weekend in Dewsbury, while a large number of small businesses in the heart of Batley have been robbed or vandalised in recent weeks. Police have promised to step up patrols in both towns, and Dewsbury MP Paula Sherriff has also got involved in a bid to improve security. Lavender Hill Florists, on Crackenedge Lane opposite Dewsbury Market, was targeted some time between Friday night and Saturday morning – as was the neighbouring chiropodists Instep Clinic. There was also a break-in at the Old Turk pub – just yards from from Dewsbury Police Station – in which bottles of spirits were taken. Sarah Glover, who has owned the flower shop for 25 years, said it’ll cost over £1,000 to replace the front window and the till – all for just a couple of pounds in loose change. She said: “It’s not good because things are hard
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On April 21, in hospital, of Mirfield, aged 91, wife of the late Bryce. At her request a private funeral service has taken place.
CONNOR SHEILA MAY On May 10, at Hopton Cottage Care Home, formerly of Liversedge, aged 94, wife of the late Leonard. Funeral service will take place at Church of Christ the King, Battyeford, on Friday May 31 at 11am.
COOPER KEITH TOM On May 6, suddenly but peacefully at home, Earlsheaton, aged 79, husband of Gwen. Funeral service will take place at Wakefield Crematorium on Tuesday May 28 at 1pm.
COWAN (NEE BRADLEY) ELIZABETH On May 19, whilst in the safe care of Eden Court Care Home, Birkenshaw, aged 88, wife of Derek. Funeral service will take place at Park Wood Crematorium, Elland, on Wednesday June 5 at 11.15am.
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ELKIN BERTRAM NORMAN On May 11, at Batley Hall Nursing Home, of Birstall, formerly of Morley, aged 83, husband of the late Maureen. Funeral service will take place at Cottingley Hall Crematorium, Leeds, on Thursday May 30 at 12.20pm.
KERFOOT ROBERT On May 15, after a short illness peacefully at home in Woodkirk, aged 75, husband of Margaret. Funeral service will take place at St Mary’s Church, Woodkirk, on Thursday May 30 at 2pm.
REDGWICK JEAN On May 10, peacefully at Pinderfields Hospital, of Dewsbury Moor, aged 78, wife of the late Alan. Funeral service will take place at Huddersfield Crematorium on Tuesday June 4 at 10.30am.
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On May 13, peacefully at Holme House Care Home, Gomersal, aged 88, husband of the late Pauline. Funeral service will take place at Cottingley Hall Crematorium, Leeds, on Monday June 3 at 2.20pm.
On May 15, at Batley Hall Nursing Home, of Earlsheaton, aged 87, wife of the late Tony. Funeral service will take place at Wakefield Crematorium on Monday June 10 at 1.40pm.
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his two chosen charities to support throughout the year. “I have had a wonderful time this last year as deputy mayor,” he said. “It has been a privilege to meet so many people doing great work in the borough and contributing to the community and the area in general. “I am looking forward to getting to know many more community groups, organisations and businesses in the area during my term of office. To be mayor is a great honour and privilege and I am looking forward to undertaking this very special role.” Coun Patrick has been a ward councillor since 2002, having also served as a parish councillor from 1995. He said: “I enjoy working as a local councillor and always try my best to strive for positive results within the local community. It is an honour to be selected to represent the borough as deputy mayor, and both my wife Judith and I are looking forward to undertaking this important civic role.”
KIRKLEES COUNCIL is planning to improve the way it charges developers for their contribution to local infrastructure. The council wants to introduce the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) to ensure that additional The Press abides by the principles of the Independent Press Standards Organisation and at all times attempts to report fairly and accurately and correct mistakes or errors as soon as possible. In the first instance, contact the editor, otherwise we will be happy to give details of the Independent Press Standards Organisation. If you notice a factual inaccuracy, please email news@thepressnews.co.uk. You can also write to The Press, 31 Branch Road, Batley, WF17 5SB We adhere to the Editors’ Code of Practice as enforced by IPSO, who are contactable for advice at: IPSO, Gate House, 1 Farringdon Street, London, EC4M 7LG Website: www.ipso.co.uk Email: advice@ipso.co.uk Telephone: 0300 123 2220
charges are paid by property developers to contribute towards key infrastructure such as road schemes and investment in local schools. The levy is a charge that local authorities can set on new developments to raise funds needed to support new homes and businesses. Kirklees now wants residents and developers to have their say. Coun Peter McBride, cabinet member for economy, said: “This will bring a number of benefits for Kirklees and will help us support our ambitious vision for growth within the district up to 2031, as set out in the Local Plan. “The CIL is a fairer, faster and more transparent system for funding the new infrastructure we need to support the growth we want in Kirklees. “This way of charging gives us better transparency for local people, because they will be able to directly see how new developments are contributing to their community.” The consultation exercise launched this week and will run until 5pm on June 17. Have your say at www.kirklees.gov.uk/ consultplanningpolicy.
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Pervert jailed for 13 years By Staff Reporters A MAN from Heckmondwike has been jailed for more than 13 years for committing multiple sexual offences against two young children. Michael Freeland, aged 68, pleaded guilty at a court hearing in April to eight counts of sexual activity with a child under 15. The offences relate to two vic-
incredible courage coming forward to the police and reporting these serious offences they suffered by him. We would always encourage all victims of sexual offending whether recent or non-recent to come forward and speak to the police. We remain committed to finding justice for all victims and all reports will be handled sensitively and investigated thoroughly.”
tims and took place between 2017 and 2018. On Monday, Freeland was sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison and has been made subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. PC Claire McMahon, of Kirklees Safeguarding Unit, said: “We welcome the sentencing of this depraved individual who abused children and preyed on the vulnerable. His victims showed
News In Brief Death of RL coach Maurice Bamford
Michael Freeland – brought to justice
Put your old gladrags on and get down to Batley! THOUSANDS of people are expected to pour into Batley this weekend for the town’s popular Vintage Day. Each year the event attracts people from across the region to the Market Place and Memorial Gardens, where they enjoy music and entertainment from the 1920s through to the 60s. There was no Vintage Day event last year, but it’s back bigger and better than ever tomorrow (Saturday). Singers Paul Harper, local lass Natasha Harper and, new for this year, Razor Holler and Satin Dollz will be entertaining the crowds from the main stage, while vintage lovers can check out the AdVintageous market – which has everything from homeware to records and food. If you take a stroll past Batley Library there’ll be a host of vintage vehicles on display, including sports cars, commercial vehicles, family cars and much more. You can even pop into the library to try your hand at some vintage skills such as making dolly peg dolls and creating spin art pictures.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Former Dewsbury coach Maurice Bamford has died aged 83. Bamford (pictured) was one of the most well-known figures in the game for many years, coaching two of its biggest clubs in Leeds and Wigan as well as the Great Britain side. He helped coach amateur sides like Dewsbury Celtic and Mirfield amongst many others. His stellar professional coaching career started as an assistant at Dewsbury in 1972. Bamford later became head coach at Dewsbury and Leeds (two spells). After retiring from coaching Bamford began a new career as an author and rugby league reporter – often writing for The Press. His daughter Jane confirmed he died in hospital on Wednesday night, having been ill for some time.
Vandals hit church BATLEY: A local man is raising funds to fix a stained glass window at Batley Parish Church. Graeme Rayner has set up a Gofundme page in an attempt to raise £1,000 after vandals smashed a 100-year-old window at the church last weekend, along with several other windows. Worshippers arriving at the church last Sunday also discovered damage to the boiler. A tap had been deliberately left on, which caused water damage to one of the rooms. Donations can be made via www.gofundme.com/1n4bom4xeo. Photo: Mike Clark Then at around 2.15pm visitors will be treated to a flyover by a Dakota airplane, thanks to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. Mrs M’s Naafi tent is also
back again where revellers can enjoy an endless supply of tea, cake and the sounds of the 40s and 50s. Tomorrow’s event runs from 10am until 5pm and is free.
Extra cash for historic sex cases BATLEY & SPEN MP Tracy Brabin has helped secure an additional £1.2million in special grant funding for West Yorkshire Police to assist investigations into historic child sexual exploitation cases. Ms Brabin has been working closely with police and crime commissioner Mark BurnsWilliamson to secure the extra Home Office funding. The move comes after Ms Brabin asked Home Secretary Sajid Javid for a “cast-iron gurantee” that West Yorkshire Police would be given the resources it needs to protect the many CSE victims and deliver justice for survivors. In January this year 55 men in Batley, Dewsbury and Bradford were arrested as part of a large operation which centred on allegations made by seven women of sexual abuse committed against them as children, predominantly in the Batley and Dewsbury area between 2002 and 2009. Ms Brabin said: “It is incredibly important that our over-stretched police force has the resources it needs to seek justice for the brave survivors who have come forward and to pro-
Paula’s diary date DEWSBURY MP Paula Sherriff is hosting her first Health and Wellbeing Fair next month. It will be held at the Howlands Centre in Dewsbury on Friday June 21 (11am-2pm) and there’ll be a large number of groups – including local charities, health organisations, and local leisure and sport clubs – talking about the types of services on offer in the local area. Miss Sherriff said: “I’m asking you all to pop Friday June 21 in your diaries, and if you work with, or know of, an organisation you believe would fit in at the fair, please do get in touch at paula@paulasherriff.org.uk.”
tect those at risk of exploitation. “We have a responsibility to the survivors to do all we can to ensure they are given the justice they deserve so I am pleased the Home Office has listened to our case and awarded the funding to support these vital investigations.” The £1.2million in special grant funding has been awarded to assist with exceptional costs in the 2019-20 financial year for dealing with historic CSE cases.
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News In Brief Death crash driver avoids jail sentence DEWSBURY: A man from Dewsbury who caused the death of two women by driving on the wrong side of the road has escaped an immediate prison sentence. Samuel Balaam, 28, was driving a white Ford Transit van when it collided with a black Ford Fiesta in Selby on August 30 last year. The two women in the Fiesta, 69-year-old Halina Malinowska and Wilma Ryan, 63, both died as a result of the injuries they sustained in the collision. York Crown Court heard that Balaam was not under the influence of drink or drugs. He pleaded guilty to two charges of causing death by careless driving. Balaam was sentenced to 20 weeks in custody, suspended for 12 months and also disqualified from driving for 12 months. He must also complete 200 hours of unpaid work and abide by a curfew between 8pm and 6am, plus pay costs of £200.
Hunt for masked man Mum says suspect tried to abduct her six-year-old son By Staff Reporters POLICE are continuing to investigate reports that a masked man tried to kidnap a young boy while his mother walked him to school in Dewsbury. The mum was walking her sixyear-old son and his younger brother to Eastborough Junior, Infant and Nursery School at around 8.45am on Friday morning. A man allegedly approached
them at the bottom of Crackenedge Lane, near to its junction with Battye Street. The man, who was wearing a balaclava or face covering, reportedly took hold of the boy’s hand and tried to drag him away before the mum challenged him and he ran off. She managed to get the children to school and alerted teachers, who sent out warnings to other parents. A spokesman for West
Yorkshire Police said: “It was reported to police that a male approached the child, was challenged by the parent and then ran off. “A man officers want to speak to in connection with the incident was described by reporting persons as wearing all black clothing and a black bandana on his face. He was of slim build and quite tall.” Chief inspector Alan Travis, of Kirklees District, said: “We are
Curious goings-on at Crow Nest Park festival... AROUND 2,000 people descended on Dewsbury’s Crow Nest Park for the inaugural Curiosity Festival on Sunday. Organised by the Dewsbury Park Mansion Community Hub (DPMCH) with the help of the Friends of Crow Nest Park group, the festival marked 126 years since the park opened. It aimed to bring the people of Dewsbury together to explore the town’s culture, heritage and values, while also commemorating the Coombs Pit Disaster in 1893 – which almost stopped the park from opening when 139 men and boys lost their lives just two weeks before. On a glorious day, attendees were entertained by lifesize model dinosaurs, circus skills classes, hula-hooping, bubble blowing and much more. Chairwoman of the community hub, Jax Lovelock, said: “It was an amazing day, better than we could have hoped. “Everyone who helped to make it happen deserves a huge pat on the back. The weather held out, we reckon around 2,000 people came over the course of the day and it brought so many different people together from all over Dewsbury and surrounding areas. “There was such a sense of joy and togetherness. This is absolutely what we need to be doing in our local towns and villages. Dewsbury can be fully proud of itself!”
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A GREAT DAY OUT: The sun shone on all of the performers and revellers at Crow Nest Park’s Curiousity Festival last Sunday. Pictured clockwise from above are busker Ben Blue, the BCM Stars Majorette troupe from Chickenley, a young guest meeting quite possibly his first velociraptor, youngsters taking part in a study of the Coombs pit disaster in 1893, the year the park opened, and Mayor Gwen Lowe and her consort with the stiltwalkers Prometheus Moko Jumbie. PHOTOS: JANNAT IQBAL
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investigating the circumstances of this report and would like to speak to anyone who was present on Crackenedge Lane at the time of the alleged incident who can help us determine the circumstances of what occurred there. “Enquiries into the incident remain ongoing with an increased police presence in the area. “Any witnesses are asked to call police on 101 quoting log 404 of Friday May 17.”
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Brabin blast over 11,000 kids ‘in poverty’ BATLEY & SPEN MP Tracy Brabin has hit out at the government after new research revealed over 11,000 children in her constituency are living in poverty. The data, published by the End Child Poverty coalition, reveals that across Kirklees there are 38,000 children living in poverty – a number which is set to rise by 2020 according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Ms Brabin said: “These shameful figures are certainly shocking but sadly do not come as a surprise for
those families in my constituency who struggle every day to make ends meet. Child poverty can have a devastating and long-lasting impact on the lives of those affected, from restricting a child’s chances of doing well at school and finding well-paid work to decreasing the possibility of a healthy and happy life. “We need to invest in our children, but instead the government have systematically shrunk our social security system to a point where it will be £36billion per year worse off by 2021.
“And it’s those with the least that are bearing the brunt of it, as we see at Batley Food Bank week in, week out. “The talent and potential of a whole generation is at risk of going to waste if we do not act fast.” According to The Children’s Society, poverty is defined as a family of two adults and two children having less than £58 a day to live on (£406 per week) after housing costs. An average British family has around £96 per week.
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Spate of burglaries Traders rally round after town centre break-ins Continued from page one enough as they are, the town’s really struggling. It’s just another setback. “I’ve been here 25 years this year, I don’t want to give in. I don’t want mindless vandalism and people like that to push us away. “We need to do something about it, but I don’t know what – apart from a greater police presence and more security in the town.” Police arrested a 55-yearold man in connection with the incidents in Dewsbury, and a 26-year-old man was also arrested in relation to the break-ins in Batley. Chief inspector Ben Ryder, of Kirklees Police, said: “District officers are investigating this break-in and have been conducting a number of proactive and forensic enquiries in the area. “As our enquiries continue I want to assure businesses we are conducting an extensive investigation into this series of offences which we believe are linked.” Miss Sherriff said: “I’m concerned to hear that there have been a number of break-ins at Dewsbury town centre shops over the weekend. I understand that the police have made an arrest and their enquiries are ongoing. “I’ll be following developments on this and have con-
‘INEVITABLE’: Sheila Foxcroft tacted the council with regard to the effectiveness of CCTV currently operating in the town centre. Whilst this can only be one aspect of tackling crime against our local businesses, alongside other police measures I’m asking whether anything can be done to improve current CCTV capabilities.” Italian restaurant Dolce Vita in Thornhill and the Nelson Inn pub in Thornhill Lees were also broken into on the same evening. Newsagent Central News in the Market Place was targeted last month by raiders who stole thousands of pounds’ worth of cigarettes, phone cards and cash. And neighbouring shop assistants
rallied round to raise over £500 to help shopkeeper Sabir Patel replace some of his stock. Among those burgled or vandalised in recent weeks in Batley are Howies Fish and Chip shop on Branch Road, the neighbouring Gareth’s Gentlemen’s Hairdressing, The Tanning Studio on Commercial Street, and clothing store Shamaz on Upper Commercial Street. Batley Parish Church also had its 100-year-old stained glass window smashed last Sunday. Sheila Foxcroft, who owns Howies, said she wasn’t surprised to find her window smashed and shop ransacked when she came to open up on the morning of Monday May 13. She’ll have to fork out around £600 to fix the window and replace the CCTV system, while the thief got away with just £2 from the charity box. Sheila said: “It was inevitable. It’s disheartening, but we kind of expected it. We even have a notice on the door which says no valuables left in the shop.” Sheila is having bars fitted on the rear window where the thief broke in, in a bid to improve security on the shop her family has run since 1953. But she admitted: “Police
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can only do what they can do. I think they’re as annoyed as we are.” Sophie Tai, whose tanning studio was also targeted just 15 minutes after Sheila’s business was broken into, asked: “Why is no-one patrolling the area?” Shamim Iqbal’s Asian clothing store was raided over the Easter weekend and she couldn’t open up for three days following the burglary. The suspect stole two charity buckets, which “probably had £100 to £200 in them”. Speaking about the crime wave in Batley town centre, Superintendent Steve Dodds of Kirklees District Police, said: “West Yorkshire Police are investigating a number of commercial burglaries in Batley. Each of the offences were committed in a similar manner and we have also noted a smaller number which have been committed more recently. “Our enquiries have been ongoing, including forensic and CCTV enquiries, and we are pursuing a number of active lines of enquiry. “We understand the concerns in the community around the recent burglaries, and I would like to reassure you our officers are working relentlessly to find those responsible. “Officers from our proactive team are routinely
deployed into areas experiencing a number of offences, and we have recently committed more officers to the neighbourhood policing team in Batley. “Due to the number of incidents, there are additional patrols ongoing in the area to deter and detect crime, as well as to offer reassurance to the community. “If you do spot anything suspicious in the area, please contact police. We will act upon intelligence and information and follow up all available lines of enquiry.”
News In Brief House is hit AGAIN MIRFIELD: A heavy goods vehicle misjudged a road junction and hit a house in the process on Tuesday afternoon. It’s the second time in eight months that a HGV driver has attempted to turn onto Hopton Lane from North Gate Road in Upper Hopton but crashed straight into the house opposite. This time, the European driver failed to negotiate the tight bend and hit the side of the property before reversing and trying again, striking the house for a second time. Kirklees Council previously installed a sign to warn drivers that ‘turning right may lead to collision with this property’.
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LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE Danny Lockwood
Being young’s not what it used to be WORRY for today’s young people, and not because plastic bags will strangle every fish in the sea, or Chinese power stations will choke everything on the planet to death. So many of them are lumping themselves with upwards of £50,000 of student debt only to find themselves sat on a sofa aged 22, picking their noses, shouting at the lousy ending to Game of Thrones, without a single clue where their lives go next. A degree in history and philosophy? Oh, of course ... world shortage of them. Media studies and journalism has never been a more popular degree, at a time when newspapers and magazines are like health and safety officers on the Titanic, turfing everyone overboard. You won’t be surprised that I blame Tony Blair. While his sidekick Gordon Brown was giving away the nation’s gold
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Economic vandal Gordon Brown reserves and robbing our pension funds blind, Blair was busy turning universities into a racketeering industry and brainwashing a generation of young people that they had to go. £9,000+ a year for about six hours contact per week with a bored-stiff lecturer who couldn’t hold down a proper
job in the real world? And about four or five months a year on ‘study leave’ while your parents are conned into paying 12 months of a student rental? It’s daylight robbery and I wouldn’t mind but most lectures are online anyway, so the students don’t even have to drag their sorry backside out of the putrid bed they only crawled into at 4am, after Tuesday’s pound-a-pint night. (Open University – do it from home while working. That’s my answer). But like the Pied Piper, millions of kids with no intellectual ambition beyond getting to the next level on their Xbox game, followed Blair’s lure and wasted three or four valuable years of their lives and landed themselves with an unpayable debt. Not all, obviously, probably not even most, but still too many. So here we are, the end of May and it’s GCSE, A-Level
and Uni dissertation time, and I feel for all of them – even the brainboxes who thrive on the pressure and challenge (they need recalibrating a wee bit to the pound-a-pint side). I was one of the lucky ones. Ever since Mrs Merry sent me up from St Paulinus Infants to read a story I’d written to the junior school classes, there was only one way I wanted to make a living. And so having bombed my O-Levels I found myself in the newspaper game – lugging bundles of them round a John Menzies warehouse. Trust exam time to roll around just when the teen hormones started exploding like Bonfire Night fireworks, and you’d found a pub you could get served in (the Savile Hotel, Old Anchor and Navvy in Mirfield). Disaster, although at least it was the kick in the pants I needed to finish my education after what would now be termed a ‘gap year’ and the rest, as they say, is history. However, after 41 years in the business, it seems I must now put my hand up and admit to having been a complete fraud all along. I’ve just done a grammar test in a Sunday newspaper, based on the ones current 10 and 11year-old schoolchildren face. I got 8 out of 10 – not bad, but not great for a veteran editor – but I confess I correctly guessed half of them because I wouldn’t know a fronted adverbial, subordinating conjunction or a modal verb from a Massey Ferguson tractor. On one hand I’m impressed that attention to the three Rs is so rigorous, but on the other hand, it begs the question why media graduates with £50k of debt can’t construct a decent CV. Or maybe it’s just me who doesn’t ‘get’ their subordinating conjunctions…
The real battle for Brexit HE bottle of exotically flavoured gin and a few days of loving attention, impromptu cuddles and pecks on the cheek didn’t work the wonders anticipated, I’m afraid. Although she was a wavering Remainer in 2016 who was showing Brexiteer inclinations for yesterday’s EU vote (no-one except me admits how they voted in our house) Mrs L was distinctly unimpressed with the idea of Nigel Farage’s upstart party taking on the Westminster establishment in a general election. She was positively freezing cold towards the gentle hint that hubby might throw his hat in the ring. I’d have thought the idea of me spending half the week in London and the rest in North Kirklees would have her doing cartwheels down the garden, because she’s always wanted an ornamental duck pond (can you still put those on your MP’s expenses?) but no. My fresh cuppa nearly iced over at the look she threw me. Quite apart from the plainly-writ facial expression, a clear accusation that I’d just be finding more trouble than I already do (and is that even possible?) she declared – quite reasonably – her doubts that a single issue group like The Brexit Party could possibly make an expanded case for their suitability to govern the nation. Here’s why I take issue with that: is there a party that doesn’t claim to put the NHS, education, national security, care for the elderly and the socially disadvantaged at the heart of their policies? Sure, the Tories insist on actually paying for it, while those two imbeciles Corbyn and Cable would just spend five years running the national debt into
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AVE you ever been poor? Really poor? Back-to-back terrace, outside lavvy and beans on toast for tea poor, with hand-me-down clothes and new shoes only at Whitsuntide, or bought on a Provident cheque for the start of a school year? I dare say many of my generation and older have. We’ve survived, haven’t we? Prospered even. I’ll bet the incentive to have a bit of that middle class comfort got you out of bed on many a morning you’d rather not have. According to a story at the bottom of page four today, where Tracy Brabin MP is throwing her working class teddy out of her cot, 11,000 local kids live in what is officially termed ‘poverty’. I looked up what The Children’s Society define as poverty these days, and it’s a household of two adults and two children who have only £58 a day to live on. Housing costs (rent/mortgage) are excluded. So that’s £406 a week for food, energy, getting to school/work, clothing and other sundry necessities.
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the stratosphere before they were cast into the political wilderness. But at heart, apart from the nationalist tendencies of the Scots Nats and Welsh, the security concerns of the Northern Irish, and the tree-hugging of the Greens, most social policies, the ones that affect most people in the UK, are broadly aligned. I could sit down with Nigel Farage and half a dozen similarly informed people and knock out a socially responsible, nay attractive, election manifesto in a couple of hours. How do you think Corbyn and his communist cabal form their policies to put before the autumn conference every year, or Treason May and her dwindling circle of advisers? The only difference between them and the Brexit Party or UKIP, is that they have been repeatedly proven to have lied through their back teeth with every general election manifesto that most of us can remember. It’s fairytale fodder to fool the masses in the electoral moment and that’s precisely why this Westminster swamp needs draining. So, sorry darling, but the application is going in anyway. (Remind me to send flowers and try a new flavour of gin.)
Have you seen what a £100 shop can get you from Aldi? Beans on toast my elbow. And they do proper fashion clothes for buttons at ‘Primarni’ – can’t keep my penniless Uni student daughter out of the place. Do these people crank the central heating (luxury!) on full in December and open all the windows, because that’s the only way you can get the gas/leccy up to £100 a week, unless you live in the Town Hall. But then again, the sweethearts have a right to their smartphones don’t they? Netflix and Sky on their flatscreen 4k tellies. Fags and beers on the way to and from the food bank (and I wouldn’t be surprised if some get a taxi there, being frankly too overweight to waddle there). The only poverty involved in this story is of intelligence, proportionality and common sense. Yes we have needy and disadvantaged people because every society does, even with the best will in the world. But these artificial ‘poverty’ works of hyperbole demean the real issue.
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Mum bugged off at Tesco By Zoe Shackleton A MOTHER says she’ll never shop at Tesco again after finding an insect in a packet of grapes she bought. Charlotte Thompson was shocked when she was feeding the fresh fruit to her two-year-old son to discover what has since been identified as a type of weevil clinging on to one of the stalks. The 22-year-old, from Birstall, bought the grapes as part of her weekly shop at the Batley Tesco Extra store on Bradford Road. The packaging stated the fruit was sourced from Chile, and after consulting an insect specialist Charlotte discovered there are two species of the bug found in the UK. And after sending pictures
Fancy seeing you here – the offending weevil
she’d taken of the creepy-crawly to Tesco’s customer service department, she was disappointed that they only offered to
refund her the £2 she’d paid for the grapes. “It’s my weekly shop, I spent about £90 at the time,” Charlotte said. “I don’t think I’m going to go there again because there’s no customer satisfaction. There was no goodwill gesture or anything. “I don’t want to buy fresh food from there any more because they’re obviously not cleaning it properly. It was really big, you couldn’t miss it. “I didn’t get any reassurance that it wouldn’t happen again, just a sorry and a £2 refund.” And Charlotte said it could have been a lot worse had she not noticed the bug and acted quickly to remove it.
Mosque’s delight at Big Iftar attendance A MOSQUE in Staincliffe opened its doors to the community for a ‘Big Iftar’ on Saturday. The Spen Valley Ahmadiyya Muslim Community welcomed over 60 people to celebrate Ramadan. Guests included Rev Simon Cash of Dewsbury Minster, Father Gordon Newton of Christ Church, and a number of local community and charity workers. President Arif Ahmad, said: “It definitely surpassed my expectations to have over 60 people attend, including 31 non-Muslims. “The idea was to get everyone together, sit down, share a meal and just to get to know one another.”
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She said: “My son just picks the grapes out, he could have easily eaten the insect. If it had any diseases or anything, it could have been a lot worse.” A spokesman for Tesco said: “We are disappointed to hear of this incident and apologise to Charlotte who bought her bunch of grapes from our Batley store. “We regularly test our fresh produce for quality and our grapes are checked through industry leading standards to prevent issues like this from happening. “We encourage our growers worldwide to move to more natural production methods and greatly reduce the application of pesticides, however this can occasionally lead to the very odd insect being found.”
HECKMONDWIKE: A recently-closed pub is set to be converted into a convenience store. The Junction Inn, on Halifax Road, was sold for £190,000 to father and son team Aman and Joga Barhgota. Previous owner Lee Pattison decided to sell the freehold of the site in order to focus on growing his residential property portfolio. Aman and Joga already have a similar store in Dewsbury.
A meaty topic... PROBUS: The next meeting of the Batley and Dewsbury Probus Club is on Tuesday (May 28) at Batley Community Centre – formerly the Older People’s Centre – on Upper Commercial Street. Frank Wright will give a talk called The Village Butcher and everyone is welcome from 10am. For more information ring 01924 471337.
Domestic row ended with man threatening to kill partner A MAN who grabbed his partner by the throat and threatened to kill her said he did so because she armed herself with a knife. Kirklees Magistrates’ Court heard how Steven Evans was rowing with the woman in the kitchen of their Earlsheaton home on May 6. The 34-year-old said to his partner: “If we’re not going to stay together I’m going to kill us both”, before encouraging her to hit him and laughing in her face.
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Evans then followed her into the living room and grabbed her around the throat with both hands then slammed her to the floor. The victim said that he squeezed so hard her nose started to bleed and she couldn’t breathe. Prosecutor Sharon Thompson told magistrates that Evans then took his hands off her and apologised. She said that he was following her round the room, punching himself in the face and trying to stran-
gle himself. Evans, of Laithes Croft, was arrested after the woman made a recording of him confessing to what he’d done. He admitted assault, but claimed she armed herself with a knife and made threats towards him. Judge Natalie Wortley adjourned the case for a Newton Hearing to take place on July 17 – which will be used to establish the true facts of what took place without a jury present.
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Watch this space I would like to thank all the good people of Dewsbury East who stuck with me on election day. Sadly, there weren’t enough to ensure I kept my seat, but that doesn’t mean I will no longer be working for the town. I have invested too much of my life working
Letter of the Week: Eric Firth, Dewsbury for Dewsbury to walk away now, and there is much I still have to offer.
Bins plan is a stupid idea From: Daniel Goodwin, via email I have grave concerns for the state of public health in Kirklees since the confiscation of around 1,300 bins. The waste which used to be deposited in these bins will not cease to be created and I suspect will end up fly-tipped in beauty spots, quiet roads, snickets and back alleys around the area for us all to enjoy during the summer, along with the smell, the flies, the vermin and the pollution to gardens, farmland and waterways. The councillors responsible for this policy are naive if they think it is a solution, rather it is just a stunt to take the spotlight off their own appalling recycling record and save the cost of collecting around a 1,000 cubic meters of waste per month. The council will no doubt spin it and use this as an excuse to issue fines to add to their millions in reserves, while hiding behind the lie of austerity, further cutting
I have been asked by a number of groups to start working with them, and I
services and raising council tax for collecting said flytipped waste. Meanwhile the tax-paying constituents who abide by the recycling rules will have to put up with the fly-tipping, theft of their dustbins, neighbours depositing waste in their bin and so on. Well, when we are all up to our armpits in each other’s s***t then we will know who to thank! Well done everybody, and let’s all send our pictures of the resulting mess in to celebrate this fantabulous idea.
Why did we hold elections? From: Peter Moreland, Heckmondwike Three years ago we voted to leave or stay in Europe. The majority voted leave, therefore as far as the Europeans were concerned, honour your committments and pay the ‘divorce’ bill. So why have the government not just exited instead of wasting time trying to do deals which we were not consulted on? Three years on we are hav-
am considering this. I would also like to thank the many well-
ing to partake in pointless elections costing millions of pounds – the result of which is unimportant. Anyone running their own business in this way would be on the dole by now, as many of those in Westminster will be at the next general election from all parties.
Eureka was wrong word From: Steve Oliver, Heckmondwike Harry Teale said ‘Eureka’ that Europe is waking up and realising that, after 60 years, we are sinking into a dictatorship. Eureka is the wrong word to use because it is a cry of joy, or satisfaction, which is certainly not the case. I think ‘gadzooks’ would have been more appropriate as it expresses annoyance. Harry then wrote that, of the 399 voting areas, 270 voted Leave against 190 for Remain. I don’t need a calculator to subtract 270 from 399 which leaves 129 (not 190).
LATEST PLANNING APPLICATIONS G James, single-storey rear extension, 14 St Michael’s Mount, Thornhill. L Grogan, two-storey side extension and formation of dropped kerb, 56 Enfield Drive, Carlinghow. F Patel, extension to rear and conversion of garage to living accommodation, 4 Wormalds View, Thornhill Lees. WHP Wilkinson Helsby, prior notification for upgrade of electronic communications apparatus, Firths Garage, 158 Leeds Road, Heckmondwike. Mr Sowden, single-storey front extension, 31 West End Drive, Moorbottom. Star Pubs and Bars, pergola, timber posts and fencing and installation of
planters, new paving, pathway and lighting, Travellers Rest, 252 Hopton Lane, Upper Hopton. WHP Wilkinson Helsby, prior notification for upgrade of electronic communications apparatus, erection of 20m phase 7 monopole, cabinet at base and associated works, Staincliffe Road, Dewsbury. N Saleem, single and twostorey extensions and front and side dormer windows, 4 Moorside End, Dewsbury Moor. N Yaqoob, first floor extension to convert existing bungalow to two storey dwelling with dormer windows and balconies, 26A Jeremy Lane, Heckmondwike.
G Ali, dormer window to front and rear and associated alterations, 18 Thorncliffe Road, Staincliffe. Mr Brooke, single-storey extensions to side and rear and first floor extension above garage, 31 Vicarage Meadows, Mirfield. Moonfleet Ltd, 10 dwellings and associated works, land off Heathfield Lane, Birkenshaw. B Ali, single-storey link extension to rear, 107 Headfield Road, Savile Town. H Mayet, single-storey front and rear extensions, 91 Upper Batley Lane, Batley. D Mouser, one detached dwelling, 203 Raikes Lane, Birstall.
M Payne, discharge conditions 3, 5-10 on previous permission 2018/94219 for demolition of existing dwelliing and erection of detached dwelling, The Populars, 5 Pinfold Lane, Mirfield. MBNL (EE & H3G), replacement 30.0m telecommunications mast supporting six antenna apertures, four dishes, together with the installation of seven ground-based equipment cabinets, one meter cabinet within an existing fenced compound and ancillary development, West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service Headquarters, Oakroyd Hall, Bradford Road, Birkenshaw.
wishers who have inundated me with messages of goodwill by phone, text, email and letters. I thank them all. Much will be happening in Dewsbury over the next few years, and I intend to be part of it. I will never walk away from our town. Watch this space.
Short-term and hair-brained From: Name and Address Supplied In the glorious days of the City Challenge, when the cobblestones were removed from Batley Market Place, we were told that the setts laid in their place were ‘beautiful York stone’. My husband, a builder, picked up a loose fragment and crumbled it in his hand and said “This has never seen York stone!” We were told the original cobbles were causing people to fall, yet I had walked on these cobbles from the age of four. I am now 85 and fear for my safety when I walk down the Market Place. I have brought this subject up at many meetings over the years, but the council never listen. They will only take notice when someone sues them. Why are we consistently told over the years that such short-term hair-brained schemes will improve our lives for the better, when actually we end up with longterm problems that create greater expense in the long run for the beleagured unsuspecting council tax-payer.
Chance for a reformation From: Harry Teale, Mirfield What a tragedy that the English Democrats Party should chose to expend valuable resources on the futile European elections rather than field candidates in the local council elections of May 2. The English people would probably have used their tactical votes for the English Democrats Party rather than the Lib-Dem or Green Party. Here in Kirklees we might have been spared a second year of single party dictatorship! Perhaps in the May 2020 local elections the English Democrats will offer us the
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chance to begin the reformation of the political arena in the United Kingdom!
Well done to all involved From: Tim Wood, The Old Colonial, Mirfield A couple of Saturdays ago we organised and hosted a quiz and supper night to raise money for Mirfield in Bloom. A tidy sum was raised and the evening was enjoyed by all, although the numbers attending could have been a little higher to show appreciation and support for all the hard hours of voluntary work done by the ‘in Bloom’ team. Secondly, another thank you for the RNLI fundraiser (Supper of Sausages) organised in conjunction with the Mirfield RNLI Support Committee, another great night. A very big well done to both organisations.
Who knows the answer? From: David Honeybell, Heckmondwike Once upon a time a group of 100 walkers, aged 18 and over, set off on a lovely sunny day to explore the countryside, when they came across a disused railway tunnel. All of the group entered the tunnel and stayed together until they came to a fork in the track and they couldn’t agree the way to go. Up jumped David Camelon, who suggested all of the hundred people should have a referendum, and whoever gained the most votes would decide which of the two tunnels they would all go down. So Mr Camelon, who was the walking group secretary, gave all members a voting paper, which they filled in. Nigel Farager, the walking group treasurer, told Mr. Camelon he would count the votes. For going along tunnel A, 49 votes, for tunnel B, 51
votes. Mr Farager was happy because he had voted for tunnel B. They all set off to walk down tunnel B, but some of the members of the group who had voted for tunnel A, didn’t like the way tunnel B seemed to be heading, so they demanded that they return and go back and try tunnel A. Mr Camelon resigned his post as group secretary, leaving the mess for someone else to clear up. There was much arguing from both sides, with the tunnel B voters claiming if the referendum result was not carried out, democracy was dead. Meanwhile, tunnel A supporters insisted that going down tunnel B would turn out to be a complete disaster, and called for a second referendum. Mr Farager was aghast at such an idea. With more evidence seeming to back the tunnel A way out, what will the outcome of a second referendum be? Will the tunnel B supporters change their mind with all the evidence pointing to tunnel A? That is of course if there is a second referendum...
We should not be fixated From: Alec Suchi, Bradford It would seem that together with diversity and multiculturalism global warming, or now more conveniently climate change, has become the new state religion. Purveyors of doom have asserted a questionable correlation between rising temperature levels and increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Viewed within a timespan of 250 years from the start of the Industrial period, there appears to be some correlation between the two events. However, it must be made clear that Earth has in the past enjoyed much warmer periods, for example during the Roman era or the Medieval Warm period, when CO2 levels were much lower
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Helping hand for youngsters By Zoe Shackleton A COUPLE are dipping into their own pockets to fund free activity days for youngsters. David and Kizzy Flint helped set up the new Batley West Young People’s Activity Forum in a bid to get young people aged between five and 18 in the local area more active. For the past two weekends, dozens of kids have taken part in activities from rugby to boxing to tennis and rounders at Batley’s Wilton Park – all for free. The new community partnership has teamed up with the likes of Batley Bulldogs, Wilton Park Tennis Club, Ready, Steady, Active and many others who provide various sessions throughout the day. But now the official funding pot has run out, David and Kizzy are having to fund tomorrow’s (Saturday) activities themselves. The couple want to continue the events for as long as possible to give children the opportunity to try something they might not have done before. But to do that the group needs help from sponsors for funding. David said: “It is very clear that these activities have injected some real life back
DEWSBURY: The British Heart Foundation shop in Dewsbury is appealing for donations of bric-a-brac, summer accessories, shoes, handbags, jewellery, CDs and DVDs, and unwanted toys. Customers can drop off before 10am and after 4pm at the store on Foundry Street, or there’s a collection service Monday to Friday (call 01924 485882). The store is also on the hunt for more volunteers, ring the same number for more information.
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Young boxers with Dave, Kizzy and the mayor of Kirklees Gwen Lowe in Wilton Park last weekend into the park and it is clear that the children, teenagers and families are very grateful for this provision from the extensive feedback that we have received.” Last weekend, Wilton Park welcomed Kirklees Mayor Gwen Lowe to give her support to the sessions. Tomorrow’s activities include karate, ten-
nis, football, rugby, as well as arts and crafts. Registration is open from 1pm at the park on Bradford Road, with activities starting from 1.30pm until 3pm. Then every child taking part can claim a free meal afterwards at the Lakeside Cafe. Anybody who wants to sponsor any of the events should email davidnkizzy@gmail.com.
From page 8 than today. These warm periods could not have been caused by human activity in pre-industrialised societies and when the population was merely a fraction of what it is today. The warmer periods must have arisen from natural processes and is indicative of natural climate change. Carbon dioxide levels are today at 406 ppm, having increased from 280 ppm in pre-industrial times. However in the Cambrian peri-
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od CO2 levels had been 8,000 ppm, that is 20 times the concentration today, and no harm had arisen as a result. It is understood that a minimum of 150 ppm of CO2 is needed to sustain plant life and in the past levels had fallen to a dangerously low level of 182 ppm. However, studies have shown that a greater concentration of
CO2 in the atmosphere encourages plant growth, raises crop yields and increases soil moisture. As a result we should be welcoming increasing CO2 levels and also rising temperatures which extend our growing seasons and the crops which may be grown. We are currently in an inter-
glacial period between the last ice age which ended 10,000 years ago and a future one which rising temperatures may be keeping at bay. Civilisations flourish in periods of warmth, whilst in cold periods survival becomes the primary consideration. Rather than being fixated with climate change, our efforts would be better directed towards reducing toxic atmospheric emissions such as nitrous oxides and sulphur dioxide, avoiding polluting our rivers and seas and better conserving our natural resources.
BIRSTALL: A car boot sale is being held at the Cabin Cafe on Bank Holiday Monday. The cafe’s large car park, on Gelderd Road opposite Screwfix, will be open from 7am, with the sale lasting until 2pm. Refreshments are available from the cafe, and sellers pay £10 to set up. To book a space call Andrew Haigh on 01924 676586, or just turn up on the day.
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By Heck! Sixth formers say farewell in traditional colourful fashion... STUDENTS at Heckmondwike Grammar marked the last day of their school year in traditional manner – by coming in fancy dress. Last Friday was the final day for year 13 students at Heckmondwike Grammar School Sixth Form before they begin study leave for their A levels. The final assembly involved much hilarity as well as tears, as everyone fondly reminisced about their time at Heckmondwike. A school spokesman said: “We are very proud of this year group and the way that they have represented our school community. Many hold offers to top universities and some very high-calibre apprenticeships and we wish them the very best of luck.”
News In Brief BATLEY: Batley’s Royal British Legion (RBL) branch will now be hosting their monthly meetings at the Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) club instead of the Irish Nash. The club on Cambridge Street in Batley town centre has recently been refurbished and new management have taken over. The RBL will meet every third Wednesday of the month at 11am. The next meeting is on June 19 and all are welcome. Members of both the RBL and RAFA will be on hand with information at Batley Vintage Day tomorrow (Saturday), otherwise ring 01924 474370 or email office.rafamandy@yahoo.com for more. DEWSBURY: The Dewsbury and District Stoma Support Group is holding its monthly meeting next Thursday (May 30, 7pm) in the Oak Room at Dewsbury Hospital’s Oakwell Centre. The group supports people and their partners or carers who have undergone, or are about to go through, colorectal surgery and is inviting anyone affected to come along to the meeting. A representative from medical device company Convatec will be demonstrating their latest range of products at the meeting. For more information ring 07884 003945 or email dews.ssg@gmx.com. NORTH KIRKLEES: Dozens of volunteers helped to clean up the district last week. Staff at McDonald’s in Birstall and Heckmondwike were joined by 27 volunteers who cleared 100 bags of rubbish from various sites in the area.
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Bin wars turn nasty ‘Advisor’ inspecting recycling had sticker put on her forehead By Tony Earnshaw Local Democracy Reporter A BIN crackdown coming to the district next week is proving highly unpopular with residents. Binmen working in South Kirklees claim they have already received verbal abuse and threats over the local authority’s latest bid to improve recycling rates. In one incident a female advisor was allegedly confronted by an angry resident who removed a yellow warning sticker from a bin and stuck it on her forehead. And a bin wagon was blockaded by angry residents who demanded refuse workers empty green bins that had been left behind on a previous collection. Kirklees Council said it was aware of the incidents and urged members of the public not to abuse its staff. The council has spent £80,000 on advisors to check residents’ green bins for non-recyclable waste that could contaminate entire wagons full of rubbish. The advisors will start work in North Kirklees from Monday (May 27) until July 26. Anyone caught putting the wrong type of rubbish in their green bin will receive a yellow warning sticker. If they do it again their bin will be confiscated and they will face
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a six-month wait until they can apply to have it returned. Since April 1 the council has seized more than 1,300 green bins, which are being stored at a depot in Huddersfield. “There is a load of aggravation,” said Paul Holmes, Kirklees Unison branch secretary, who represents many of the bin workers. “We’ve had verbal abuse, swearing, threats of violence. “One of the advisors has been assaulted already. Someone stuck a yellow sticker on her head. The police were involved. And we had a wagon blockaded two weeks ago. “They stopped the bin wagon from leaving and made them put the green rubbish into the grey wagon because it was contami-
nated. Surely it defeats the object.” Mr Holmes says 12 advisors are currently partnering with bin crews on their rounds. He said 30 per cent were bin workers that had been seconded to the temporary role but that the other 70 per cent were agency workers. And he criticised Kirklees Council for rolling out the scheme without properly informing the public. “We have taken lots of abuse. The public blames whoever is there with a council logo on. The run-up wasn’t big enough. There’s not enough resources going into the policy. It needs far more publicity. “The council needs a process to engage the public because they’re
just seeing that they’re being punished. “Kirklees have not prepared for it and the frontline staff are taking the aggro. We only get the aggression. It’s a confrontational situation that workers don’t want to be in. It will only get worse in two months’ time when the advisors disappear. “Then it will be the bin workers doing the stickers and they’ll have to try and defuse it. Are staff nervous? Absolutely.” The council began its campaign in April in a bid to lift its recycling rate above 27 per cent, which is well below the national average of 45 per cent. It says the crackdown has already had a positive effect, with an additional 45-85 tonnes of waste a week now being recycled. Coun Naheed Mather, the council’s cabinet member for communities and environment, said: “We can confirm that these two incidents have been reported to us and all employees involved have been given our full support. “This is completely disgraceful and unacceptable. We will not tolerate our employees being treated in this way. “Our hard-working bin operatives and advisors are just trying to do their job and I urge residents to please allow them to do so without abuse.”
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MENTAL health support group Take Ten celebrated its first birthday in style last week. Dozens of people who have been helped by the group since it launched last year came together at Dewsbury’s Crow Nest Park on Friday for a ‘Mad Hatter’s Tea Party’. Frances Stoner, who helped organise the party, said: “The event was a huge success, everyone had worked together with focus and drive to make it a blast. Stevie (Oliver, group founder) and the rest of the Take Ten team are the most selfless people I have ever met – and for Stevie to make herself an open book to help others is absolutely inspirational.”
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New name for Reg plate is altered... badly popular centre A MAN’S car was stolen by a thief who tried to change the registration plate with a marker pen in a bid to disguise the vehicle’s whereabouts. Tom Lane’s new Golf was stolen from his Horbury home some time between last Saturday night and Sunday morning – just a few weeks after he bought it. The 32-year-old posted an appeal on Facebook to try and locate the car. He said a man got in touch with him who had heard the thief “on his estate bragging about stealing the keys to someone’s car”. Tom said: “I have no idea how anyone got hold of my spare keys. Me and a friend went down there to look around. We turned a corner and I thought I recognised my car, so I pressed my key and sure enough the headlights flashed. It was amazing.” Tom said the thief made a shoddy attempt to change the letters and numbers on the registration plate by using a marker pen to make the U into an O and the 6 into an 8. The suspect had also eaten a bag of sweets that had been left in the car. West Yorkshire Police confirmed a man had been arrested following the theft but released without charge. A spokesman said: “Enquiries have been ongoing into the offence in which a VW Golf was taken from an address in Park Street, Horbury, between 10pm on May 18 and 11.20am on May 19. Officers arrested a man in connection with the offence but he has now been released with no further action taken.” Anyone with any information can contact the Wakefield City and North West NPT on 101, quoting crime number 13190254296.
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A FAMILIAR building in Batley has a new name. Batley Old People’s Centre, on Upper Commercial Street, is now known as Batley Community Centre after a special ceremony last week. In one of her final acts as mayor of Kirklees, Coun Gwen Lowe (Lab, Batley West), cut the ribbon and officially renamed the building. The name change was made to better reflect the many different groups who now regularly use the space and to encourage the whole community to feel welcome there. The centre was originally opened in 1963 and cost £11,000 to build, with much of it paid for by small donations from local residents. Councillors from both Batley wards plus representatives from scores of community groups and voluntary organisations attended the ceremony. Mary Bateman, a voluntary trustee of the centre since it was opened 56 years ago, was also honoured for her service. Coun Lowe said: “This is a special, important day in the history of Batley and a new and exciting chapter is opening for this centre.”
Hightown’s high target PUPILS, staff and parents at a Liversedge school walked an incredible 1,000 miles to raise money for a children’s hospice. On Tuesday children from every year group at Hightown Junior, Infant & Nursery School took part in an 24-hour ‘Around The World’ challenge that saw them walk a combined 2,610,000 steps – with one staff member walking for the entire day. Organisers believe they will have raised a four-figure sum for the Huddersfield-based Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice, which gives vital support to children with life-shortening conditions and their families. Pastoral manager Scot Minto managed to somehow keep going for 24 hours from 9am Tuesday to 9am on Wednesday, with various groups of children and staff joining him to walk around Liversedge and Cleckheaton for the sponsored event. Mr Minto racked up an impressive 64 miles and 137,000 steps on his own – and still managed to come into work the next day. Years One to Six all walked for an hour each, while nursery and reception children took part in shorter challenges closer to the
WE DID IT! Staff and pupils at Hightown JIN school celebrate at the end of the walk
school on Hightown Road. Headteacher Russell Ingleby dug in to walk through the early hours of Wednesday morning with Mr Minto – one member of staff managed a 14-hour walking stint and some parents also did eight-hour shifts to help the
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Right: Scot Minto with some members of the Hightown fundraising team
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Heckmondwike Rotarians inspect the history information board at Roberttown Jubilee Park Left to right: Edwin Crowther, David Asquith, Stephen Derek, Chris Wooller and Orlando Gubbini A CEREMONY was held in Roberttown to celebrate the revamp of a community space in the village. Roberttown Residents Association worked alongside Spen Valley Civic Society in the Jubilee Garden on Church Road to create a new paved area and seating, put in new plants, fix the notice board, install a mini-library and com-
mission an information board telling the history of Roberttown. Village residents contributed information and recollections, leading to a fascinating array of facts and stories covering a thousand years of history. At an earlier ceremony a roll of honour commemorating Roberttown’s war dead was consecrated, and a wreath of poppies placed next to it.
The project was funded thanks to the generosity of many individuals, including members of Heckmondwike Rotary Club, who attended to see the unveiling of the information board they had paid for. Despite poor weather there was an excellent turnout and some became the first borrowers of a book from the free library.
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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.
Royal birthdays and daring canal rescues
EIGHT cars were taken off the road during a multi-agency operation in Ravensthorpe last Friday. Officers from the Dewsbury and Mirfield Neighbourhood Policing Team joined forces with partners from Kirklees Council taxi licensing, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) to stop and check cars on Ravensthorpe Road for roadworthiness. Officials from VOSA also examined vehicles to check if they were using red diesel – which is only intended for agricultural and industrial use. Officers and partners seized six cars which were uninsured and handed out two fixed penalty notices – one for having no MOT and another didn’t have road legal registration plates. Taxi licensing colleagues checked 33 cars and immediately suspended the licences of two vehicles. The DVSA checked 24 vehicles in total, suspending two from being driven any further due to one having unroadworthy tyres and the other having illegally tinted windows. Sergeant Kierston Knott, of the Dewsbury and Mirfield NPT, said: “It was a productive day for us which resulted in some vehicles not fit to be driven being immediately taken off the roads.”
OOKING through my Bradford-based Yorkshire Observer newspapers for 1934 there were very few dramatic stories coming out of Dewsbury, but on April 21 there was one that was of passing interest to the whole nation – it was Princess Elizabeth’s eighth birthday.
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As the eldest granddaughter of the King (George V) and daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York there was no great fanfare for Elizabeth’s celebration – after all, there was no hint of the dramas ahead. Little did anyone know what destiny lay before the child who, with her little sister Princess Margaret Rose, were delighting a British public who, unknown to them, were never likely to see heir apparent Edward embrace parenthood. The death of the King, the avantgarde lifestyle of Edward, his eventual abdication, the subsequent coronation of Elizabeth’s father Bertie (George Vl) and her elevation to heir apparent, were all at least two years away. Although the dramatic stories from Dewsbury were few and far between in the YO there was actually an event reported on this particular day that really was a matter of life and death. Three boy scouts from an East Ardsley troop were camping near Healey Lock, on the Thornhill/Ossett border, when they heard a splash from the canal. When they went to investigate they saw an 11-year-old girl in the water and struggling. There was a problem – none of the three were actually confident enough swimmers to automatically jump in and rescue her. But, time was running out as the girl was in danger of being drawn through the sluices in the lock gates. With some extremely quick thinking the resourceful 12-year old patrol leader George Firth ran along the lock gates and laid down on the board at the top. Then, with 11-year-old scout Alec Sowden holding his legs, he reached down and grabbed the girl. Meanwhile fellow patrol leader Jimmy Richardson (12) helped Firth lift the girl out of the water and between them the three boys effectively saved her from drowning. The report states that the girl ‘was no worse for her unfortunate experience’ while the action of the boys was to have official recognition by the Boy Scout movement. When looking through these old newspapers there are constant reminders of the similarities of the stories then compared with those now – as well as those stories that could not be more different. The two main football stories that day high-
light those issues perfectly. On the sports pages there was a preview of the FA Cup final at Wembley that day, where Manchester City were taking on Portsmouth, having just signed Bradford City utility player Sam Barkas - one of five footballing brothers from South Shields. Sam returned to Bradford after the war and was living in Shipley when I met him and spent many hours talking over his footballing career with him. He’d signed too late to play in that cup final, but he did go on to captain the side to the Football League Championship before the war and the Second Division title after it. Although Manchester City were a big name even back then, the players of that time were not the millionaires of today. In fact the other big story was a court case to decide, for insurance purposes, whether football was or was not ‘manual labour’ under the terms of the National Health Insurance Act. In his summing up, Mr Justice Roche said that if professional footballers were manual workers or labourers they would have to pay unemployment insurance contributions and were entitled to receive unemployment insurance benefits whatever their income. However, if they were something other than that they were not obliged to pay insurance and nor were they entitled to claim it if they earned more than £250 a year. Just under £5 a week sounds
ridiculous in today’s footballing environment, but even top footballers were not earning much more than that during the summer in the 1950s and there was a maximum wage in place until Jimmy Hill led the players’ union in a challenge to those regulations nearly 60 years ago. Back in Dewsbury that week, like it is now, the subject of mental health in the community was an issue and, while there are continued calls for a more understanding approach today, the YO report shows just how far we have actually come in the last 80 years. Appearing before the Dewsbury West Riding Bench was 17-year-old George Albert Parker, ‘a caravan dweller’, of Forge Lane, Norristhorpe, who had been under medical observation at Armley on a charge of ‘causing grievous bodily harm’ – after hitting a 10-year-old boy on the head with a poker. It was decided to send him to Staincliffe Institution “pending transfer to a mental deficiency home”. We don’t know much more about George. He was the son of Willie Parker and Maud Graham and he was born in November 1916, just three years after his parents married, and he seems to have died in Dewsbury at the start of 1990. Just where he spent those 73 years of life is not known but, given that start as a vulnerable teenager, surely it’s not too much to hope that they were spent in a comfortable and understanding environment.
Mirfield pre-school rated as ‘good’ A PRE-SCHOOL in Mirfield has been recognised as ‘good’ by education bosses, just eight months after being rated as ‘requires improvement’. Church House Pre-School was deemed either ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ in all inspection areas by Ofsted, who visited
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the Church Lane nursery earlier this month. The report was published this week and states: “The management team, staff and committee have worked extremely hard to address the actions set at the last inspection. “They are passionate and
dedicated to achieving even higher standards. The management team accurately evaluates the quality of the pre-school and acts on the views of parents and children.” Inspector Angela Sugden went on to say the “children’s behaviour is excellent” and
“parents are highly complimentary about the preschool.” The only improvement she outlined was to “provide highly challenging activities for the older and most able children to extend their learning even further and support outstanding achievement.”
DIFFERENT TIMES: A cartoon from 1934 references the low pay of professional footballers and other jobs
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Special trail at Oakwell Hall BIRSTALL: An adventure trail is taking place at Oakwell Hall during half-term. It starts tomorrow (Saturday) and finishes on Wednesday (May 29). Each day kids can take part from 10am to 5pm and a trail pack costs £1.50. Email oakwell.hall@kirklees.gov.uk or call 01924 324761 for more information.
Museum hosts craft sessions BATLEY: Bagshaw Museum is hosting half-term craft sessions on Tuesday (May 28). The sessions, from 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm, involve making games, bug hotels and sun catchers. It's just £2 for each class and no booking is required. Call 01924 326164 for more details.
Art fair comes to town hall CLECKHEATON: The Yorkshire Art and Crafts Fair is coming to Cleckheaton Town Hall next month. There will be a collection of original paintings on sale as well as photographs, toys, jewellery and much more. Award-winning photographer Graham Binns is also hosting a free presentation on the day, Saturday June 8, at 1pm. There will be a tombola and raffle with all proceeds going to Marie Curie cancer care. Refreshments will be served at the café. Entry is free, but you can give a £1 charitable donation on the door. For more information call 07946 548046 or email info@yorkshireart fair.com.
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Flying into half-term OUNGSTERS will be invited to become a member of airplane crew at an exciting outdoor performance during May half term.
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The Flying Machine is suitable for youngsters aged three and above and will be shown outside community venues across Dewsbury and Batley next week. Creative Scene presents the show, by Handmade Theatre, at five venues with all performances outdoors, unless the weather dictates otherwise. Children are invited on a journey through the skies exploring new worlds and characters, engaging with sensory props, stories and songs from across the globe. Nancy Barratt, director of Creative Scene, which uses Arts Council funding to bring arts and culture to north Kirklees, said: “This interactive performance invites the audience to become the crew, flapping the wings, working the controls and steering the captain’s wheel. “This is a great introduction to live performance for youngsters and you don’t have to trek to nearby cities to see professional theatre, when it is right here on your doorstep. Come along and do something different.” Led by the musical captain and first mate, there is the chance to explore fascinating new destinations both real and imaginary. Performed through an exciting mix of drama and song, this show brings to your imagination and sense of adventure to life, in a multi-sensory experience.
Performances are each day at 2pm from May 28 until June 1 at Thornhill Sports and Community Centre; Northorpe Hall in Mirfield; Batley Bulldogs RLFC; Healey Community Centre and Birstall Community Centre.
The audience can bring a picnic and join the crew from 1pm and there will be activities to keep everyone entertained before the show starts. Suzy Gunn, creative producer of Handmade Theatre, added: “We
promise it will be a fun-filled adventure come rain or shine: if the weather is fine this show will be outside or inside if it’s poor – lots of fun either way at every venue.” More details at www. creativescene.org.uk.
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Ramblers’ corner FORTHCOMING walks with the North Kirklees Group of the Ramblers – non-members are always welcome. Please call the walk leader for more details.
MONDAY JUNE 3 UNCIVIL WAR Starts at 1pm at Oakwell Hall top car park WF17 9LG (SE217271) No dogs please. Contact: Kathleen 01924 471473 kathleenoshea5@aol.com
More boat trips MIRFIELD’S Safe Anchor Trust are holding another open weekend over the May Bank Holiday weekend. Free boat trips will run on Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 10am to 4pm each day, starting and finishing at Shepley Bridge Marina. The trips, lasting around 50 minutes, travel along the Calder & Hebble Navigation through Mirfield and onto the River Calder before turning for the return journey. Trips operate on a first-come first-served basis but as there is a boat departing every 1520 minutes there is usually never too long to wait. There is a legal maximum of 12 passengers per boat, so avoiding the early-afternoon rush may be a good idea. Safe Anchor Trust have two boats that are suitable for wheelchair users or those with mobility issues. In addition to boat trips, a large model railway will be running and the cafe open serving hot and cold refreshments. The trust is a charity operated entirely by volunteers – no charge is made for the boat trips but all donations are very gratefully received. For more information visit www.safeanchor.org.uk.
So many activities THE Royal Voluntary Service has a number of activities planned in the district next week. First up this Sunday (May 26) is the social sunday with Songsational (2pm-4pm) at Batley Community Centre – formerly Batley Older People’s Centre – on Upper Commercial Street. Then on Tuesday there’s the chat and natter group from 10am-11am at Morrisons in Heckmondwike. On Thursday there’s the weekly movement and games group at Cleckheaton Library (10.30am-12noon), while at Batley Community Centre from 11.30am is the lunch club. Prebooking is required. Friday sees another movement and games group at Birstall Community Centre at 10.30am before a petanque class in Heckmondwike’s Firth Park from 1.30pm.
YMCA ladies talk SPEN VALLEY Historical Society’s next meeting is on Wednesday June 12 when Sue McGeever will give a talk titled ‘Hats and Huts – ladies of the YMCA’. 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.
Regular quartet YOU can dance the night away at Millbridge WMC, with music from Eddie Martell and the Ronnie Bottomley Quartet on the third Tuesday of every month. You can listen and dance to songs from the swing era and the Great American Songbook. The music at Millbridge club, on Bennett Street in Liversedge, starts at 8.15pm, and admission is £3.50. Call 01924 402696 for more details.
Popular trio perform THERE’S free live music and dancing every Sunday afternoon at Batley Central Club, with the well-known Reg Hargreaves Trio playing at the venue from 1.15pm to around 3.30pm. A variety of guest singers perform each week. The bar is open and the club on Bradford Road in Batley wants to encourage as many people as possible to come down and enjoy the afternoon’s entertainment.
WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 UNDERNEATH THE ARCHES Starts at 7pm at War Memorial Gardens, Bailiff Bridge HD6 4DX ( SE147253) 4 miles – moderate Contact: Norma 01274 685343 or 07951 413012 nleppingwell@outlook.com
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Exhibition showcases the best of group’s shots this year
DEWSBURY Photographic Group is celebrating its success as the 2018-19 year comes to a close. The year concludes with an exhibition of members’ work in Dewsbury Town Hall – available to view from now until mid-June. The weekly group meetings this year have included talks from a wide variety of amateur and professional photographers, challenge evenings against other local societies, regular judging nights and much more, while members help each other to improve the quality of their photographs throughout the year. The group held its annual dinner and awards evening at the end of April, where there were 18 winners in various categories. Secretary Jim Bowman is retiring at the end of the year having held the position for the last seven years, as is president Melissa Harvey who has been there two years. The year 2019-20 will start on September 9. The group meets every Monday evening in the council chamber of Dewsbury Town Hall from 7.15pm-9.30pm. New and prospective members are all welcome. For more information visit www.dewsbury photo.smugmug.com.
Above: Leeds Wheel by Robert Eva, Entry Level Open Image winner. Right: Maldivian sunset, Entry Level Print winner by Colin McGregor
Remembering Doris with ‘Calamity’ show DEWSBURY Collegians will be aiming to revive happy memories of the late Doris Day with their production of Calamity Jane next month. Last week sadly saw the passing of the world-famous actress and singer, who starred in the film Calamity Jane and made so many of the songs into unforget-
table classics. The show features numbers such as I Can Do Without You, The Black Hills Of Dakota, Just Blew In From The Windy City, A Woman’s Touch and the ever popular Secret Love. The character Calamity Jane is based on a real person, Martha Jane Cannary, an American fron-
Great performances Review by L Stainthorpe DEWSBURY Arts Group Youth Theatre Showcase once again provided an excellent evening’s entertainment. The First and Second Year Group presented ‘Daft’, written by David Foxton and directed by Alex Lindley and Ben Telford. Based on tragic real life events, the play transported us back to Bradford in the 1850s where life was hard and people struggled to survive. The young actors worked well together in this ensemble piece, providing a powerful opening scene which quickly drew in the audience and held their attention throughout. All the cast showed great commitment and enthusiasm as they confidently delivered their lines and used the stage well. This was an excellent start to the evening and very thought-provoking on the subject of food safety and
hygiene, which remains an issue today. The Third Year and Advanced Group presented ‘Showdown at Coyote Flatts’, written by David Foxton and directed by Mark Bailey and Lacey Telford. Again set in the 1850s, this classic western tale in the best B-movie tradition did not disappoint and provided a good contrast to the first play. There were some strong characterisations and much energy, particularly in the saloon scene, which really brought the play to life, and later in the showdown where the gunfight was brilliantly choreographed and performed. Daniel Lee gave a very accomplished performance as the quack, Doc Smothers, with great timing and delivery as he guided the audience smoothly through the story. This well-executed, entertaining piece left the audience wanting more.
tierswoman, scout and Indian fighter. She was better known for her friendship with Wild Bill Hickok and for taking part in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. She died in 1903 and is buried in the city of Deadwood. The show goes on at Dewsbury Town Hall from Wednesday June
12 to Saturday June 15. Performances start at 7.15pm and tickets are priced at £13 for the balcony, stalls £12 (£10 concessions). Call the Collegians’ ticket line on 01924 492742, the Town Halls Box Office on 01484 225755 or email townhall.tickets@ kirklees. gov.uk.
The young cast of ‘Daft’
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Two-man tent, 2 x sleeping bags and 2 inflatable beds. Never used, £25 the lot Tel 01924 479647. (2395) Caravan lean-to porch awning. Excellent condition plus new carpet, £140 ono. Tel: 0113 3238837/ 07929 121433 (Rothwell area). (2393) Motorhome awning. Kampa Air Motor Rally Pro390. Used twice, £450. Tel 07754 890433. (2367 Aqua roll water carrier for fresh water, £25. Tel 07754 890433 (2367)
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TAKE NOTICE that I, DIMITRIOS LALOUSIS, have applied to Kirklees Council under Licensing Act 2003, for the variation of a premises licence in respect of premises known as LITTLE GREEK II, 377 BRADFORD ROAD, BATLEY, WF17 5PH for GREEK RESTAURANT, SALE OF ALCOHOL MON, WED, THU 5PM-10.30PM, FRI, SAT, SUN 5PM-11PM Interested parties and responsible authorities may make representations regarding the application where they believe that the proposed activities would undermine any of the four licensing objectives. Any representations must be submitted in writing to the Licensing Office, Flint Street Depot, Flint Street, Fartown, Huddersfield, HD1 6LG or by email at licensing@kirklees.gov.uk by 07.06.19. Persons wishing to inspect the Licensing Register may do so at the above address during normal office hours or online at www.kirklees.gov.uk/licensing It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with an application and on summary conviction would be liable to a fine not exceeding £5,000.
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CRICKET
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By Mike Popplewell Cricket correspondent sport@thepressnews.co.uk
WITH THE fine mid-week weather set to turn murky at the weekend, there is the possibility of more disruption to a Bradford Premier League season that is already littered with abandoned and rain-affected games. In the circumstances, it is not surprising to find clubs in all divisions of the League still struggling for consistency a month into the season. Only Oakenshaw side Woodlands and reigning champions Pudsey St Lawrence go into tomorrow’s Premier Division games unbeaten. Woodlands were frustrated by a 49-run lastwicket stand at Townville. Left-arm spinner Chris Brice had reduced the home side to 110 for nine with a 5-20 return. But New Zealander Brad Schmulian followed a 2-45 bowling performance with a top-scoring 41 to see his side secure a sevenwicket win and go top with a three-point lead over St Lawrence. Having been knocked off the top spot, Wrenthorpe now visit Woodlands tomorrow with every intention of reversing the situation. Hanging Heaton will entertain Townville at Bennett Lane looking to improve on their record of just one win from four games. Having begun the season with high hopes of making another title challenge, it has been particularly frustrating for Hanging Heaton skipper Gary Fellows, with one League defeat, one game abandoned, a Heavy Woollen Cup exit and, last week, a tied game at bottom club Methley. After bowling out the home side for 172 at Little Church Lane, a half-century from Nick Connolly (54) set Hanging Heaton on a poten-
NOT ENOUGH: Nick Connelly hit a half-century for Hanging Heaton but their game finished tied tially winning path and they needed only 32 off 20 overs when their sixth wicket fell. But, with the scores level, young Callum Bethel, unbeaten on 25, could only look on agonisingly from the non-strikers end as Tom Chippendale was stumped going for the winning run. Cleckheaton’s hopes of upsetting champions Pudsey St Lawrence on their own turf were effectively ended with the loss of their last four wickets for 16 runs to close on 149. That left St Lawrence with a less-than-challenging victory target and they duly achieved it with five wickets and 26 overs to spare. Next up for Mally Nicholson’s Cleckheaton side is a visit to Moorend from third-placed Bradford and Bingley tomorrow. They will need some big improvements, and quickly, if they are to avoid being drawn into a Premier Division basement battle this season.
A BOXING coach from Dewsbury is travelling to an international training camp with the Great Britain team. Mally Maciver, head coach of Bradford College Boxing Club, set off for Kazakhstan yesterday (Thursday) with the GB Boxing Squad. Maciver is a performance coach with the national squad, and has been chosen as one of a quartet of coaches to take a squad of 18 fighters to the Central Asian country for the 10-day trip. Kazakhstan is renowned for producing great boxers, winning at least one boxing gold medal in every Olympics since 1996, and Maciver is excited to see the Kazakh system up close. He said: “The trip will be a chance for our fighters to get in some intense training ahead of the European Games which take place in Minsk in Belarus at the end of June as the countdown to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics continues. “The GB boxers will be sparring with the Kazakh boxers which will be a great learning experience for them. Kazakhstan is one of the best countries in the world as far as boxing is concerned so it will be great to get a look at how they run their programmes.” Maciver combines his national coaching duties with running the Bradford College Boxing Club which is open to students on any course at the College. Bradford’s Olympic hope-
EXCITED: Coach Mally Maciver (right), with medal-winning Harris Akbar ful Harris Akbar is among Maciver’s products from the college club, and would likely have made the trip to Kazakhstan with the GB squad if he was not recover-
ing from hand surgery following his silver medal-winning performance in the Under-22 European Boxing Championships in Russia in March.
O’Regan targets third pro win CORY O’REGAN is targeting a third professional win this weekend when he faces journeyman Fonz Alexander at the Elland Road Banqueting Suite. The Heckmondwike fighter is 2-0 so far in his pro career, recording wins
over Adam Bannister and Naheem Chaudhry. Alexander will provide a tough test for the 23-year-old super-lightweight in Leeds, having only been stopped four times in 100 professional bouts.
Batley dreaming of top-flight return RACING PREVIEW WITH MIKE SMITH JUST FIVE games into the season, the Bradford League’s Championship One is already looking onesided geographically, with four of the Dewsbury and district clubs occupying a place in the bottom five. Batley are the one club in the area who are bucking the trend in these early weeks, and with a current topthree place they could be daring to dream of a second crack at Premier Division cricket. The Mount Pleasant side won a Premier Division spot at the first attempt, following the amalgamation with the Central Yorkshire League in 2016, but lasted just one season when they finished second-bottom. Last season offered some mid-table consolidation while last week’s 24-run win at Scholes sees them unbeaten, just one point behind second-placed Baildon and 10 behind leaders Keighley. The bowling attack has been the backbone of this Batley side for some time and last week was no different. While Sami Ullah’s 81 helped Batley post a defendable score, it was the bowling of Muhammed
Shahnawaz (3-43) and Mohammed Yaqoob (5-34) that won it for them by dismissing the home side for 122. With a top score of 26 from 23 balls from skipper Craig Wood, Scholes were lacking the firepower to halt a slide that has taken them from the Premier Division to bottom spot in Championship One. A marked improvement, and a change in fortune, is needed if they are to get anything from tomorrow’s trip to East Bierley. Meanwhile, Batley are at home to Pudsey Congs, the team relegated with them in 2017. Congs will be doubtless smarting from their first defeat of the season at Baildon after being bowled out for just 112 in their last game. Gomersal, currently third-bottom, face a daunting task at home to fourth-placed Morley while Hartshead Moor, fresh from an Adam Greenwood (63 not out) inspired win at East Bierley, go to a Bankfoot side beaten by Ossett in their last game. Despite that win, which owed much to the bowling of Dan Busfield (4-36), Ossett won’t relish the long trip west to leaders Keighley tomorrow.
Big task for Liversedge after breaking duck LIVERSEDGE face an enormous task tomorrow if they are to get anything from their Championship Two game at home to a Yeadon side which already looks a near-certainty for a quick return to Championship One after last season’s relegation. Although they have played a game more, their 19-point lead over secondplaced Carlton, and 29-point advantage over Jer Lane in third, marks them out as a team to watch. On the other hand, it took a double weekend of games in this division last week to help Liversedge break their duck and secure a 33-run win at Hunslet Nelson, which owed much to former Brighouse all-rounder Sohail Hussain. After an eight-wicket defeat at Altofts it was again looking ominous in Sunday’s game at Hunslet Nelson, with Liversedge’s score at 34 for five.
But, at this point, Hussain was joined by veteran campaigner Alan Sumner and the pair put on a crucial 68 for the sixth wicket before they fell for 55 and 33 respectively, the only two in double figures, on the way to 123 all out. It was a difficult total to defend but Hussain came to the fore once again, this time with the ball, taking 3-24 in support of Graeme Winn (5-19) as Hunslet collapsed to 90 all out. Birstall also enjoyed some success when they chalked up their first two victories, defeating East Ardsley by five wickets and then Buttershaw St Pauls by 73 runs at home. It was tough going chasing 202 for victory at East Ardsley but New Zealand-born Eric Austin dug in, in typical fashion, to carry his bat for 87 and see his side through to the win. The Leeds Road side will be hoping
to complete a hat-trick of wins when they entertain Northowram Fields tomorrow, while Spen Victoria will be looking to carry on where they left off against Hopton Mills last week. It wasn’t a good start to the weekend for Spen, who crashed to a 217run defeat at Carlton after being skittled for just 64, but they made up for it the following day when Bilal Ejaz hit 88 in his side’s 311 for nine and then saw the visitors crash to a 240-run defeat. On last weekend’s showing, Spen can scarcely know what to expect with the visit from Hunslet Nelson tomorrow. By contrast, Hopton Mills will surely fear the worst ahead of their home clash with Bowling Old Lane – coming off the back of that result at Spen and the defeat at the hands of Northowram the previous day.
Plenty of puzzles for punters REALLY busy weekend sees a bunch of big-field competitive handicaps that will set plenty of puzzles. York is arguably the best track in Europe and COPPER KNIGHT overcame 20 runners to land an impressive win by a length there last week. The Easterby’s are formidable foes on the Knavesmire and he goes again tomorrow (Saturday) for Tim, and a 4lb rise only reflects how much he loves York having won three cavalry charges there from seven starts. That said, there is also a case to be made for the veteran DUKE OF FIRENZE, who broke his losing streak at Thirsk last Saturday after being dropped 25lb by the handicapper in the last 12 months. He only went up 3lb for that win which puts him on a mark of 85, which must give him each way chance on a course where he has won two big field handicaps, both of which were in May. Richard Fahey’s year is cranking up and he has a tremendous record in Haydock’s Silver Bowl having won the race three times since 2006, and IRREVERENT can add to his tally. KACHY looks better than ever this year and goes in the Temple Stakes at 4pm, but this is a very warm affair with BATTAASH making his seasonal debut and MABS CROSS giving weight to the field. KACHY may be less effective on a straight track but after having a wind operation last September he has won three 6f contests on the all-weather and could spring a surprise. SIGNORA CABELLA was a top juvenile sprinter and she can leave
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her reappearance run behind her to win the Listed Cecil Frail Stakes. TOO DARN HOT could show punters what might have been in a fascinating showdown with Qipco 2,000 Guineas winner MAGNA GRECIA at the Curragh tomorrow (Saturday). Europe’s champion two-year-old was the long-time favourite for the Classic, only to miss the race due to a spring setback. But he is now quoted at no bigger than 6/4 for the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas after a surprise change of plan that could set him on collision course with the colt who took advantage of his absence from the Newmarket field three
weeks ago. John Gosden had initially nominated the St James’ Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot as the next target for TOO DARN HOT, after the colt lost his unbeaten record in last week’s Dante Stakes at York. But the trainer left him in the Irish 2,000 Guineas on Tuesday and is now considering taking on Ballydoyle’s MAGNA GRECIA, a two-and-a-halflength winner at Newmarket whose Curragh odds eased out from 4/5 to a best-priced 11/10 on the news. Stamina wasn’t his undoing at York. Gosden said: “He’s come out of the Dante in great shape and is a horse that likes to be doing things”, adding of TOO DARN HOT, whose four wins last year culminated in victory in the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket: “A final decision will be made later in the week.” SKARDU ran a strong third in the 2,000 Guineas from the wrong side of the draw but the way he quickened to land the Craven caught the eye and he’s the universal third favourite at a best-priced 7-1 with Carrigill’s. His trainer William Haggas was impressed by his workout on Tuesday morning and said: “Skardu is in good form but he’ll need to be as it looks a tough race. James Doyle will take the ride again but we’d rather it not rain over there.”
CARRIGILL’S NAP (money back as a free bet if finishes outside top 4): SKARDU, Saturday, Curragh, 3.35. AUGUR’S BEST BET: DUKE OF FIRENZE (e/w), Saturday, York, 3.45.
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Trinity Tigers into the John Kane semis as Boys’ half-century league charge goes on
Celtic storm to the summit NCL Division Three
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DEWSBURY CELTIC climbed to the top of the Division Three table after a convincing triumph over Gateshead. A fourth win in a row didn’t always look certain after a competitive first half hour, with the score still at 4-0 after Pat Foulstone’s third-minute try. However, Celtic sprinted ahead towards the end of the first half, starting with Ethan Ferry’s score. Jermaine Akaidere extended the scoreline three minutes later and Joe Edwards and Harry Copley then added further tries, with two Foulstone goals, to make it 24-0 at the interval. They contented strongly into the second half, with Copley and Akaidere both scoring again to secure individual braces after the break. Matt Ginnelly and Billy Yarrow scored further tries to add to the Celtic rout, the last of which was improved by the boot of George Senior, while Alex Ruff provided Gateshead’s only response. The top two in the division, Woolston Rovers and Hunslet Warriors, shared the points in their clash to allow Celtic
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KEY MAN: Pat Foulstone contributed 12 points to overtake the pair. However, both catch up on their games in hand this weekend, meaning that Celtic might not be top of the tree for long.
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BATLEY BOYS returned to winning ways in style as they racked up a half-century against Waterhead Warriors. They were beaten by local rivals Dewsbury Celtic the previous weekend, but remain well in the hunt for promotion – just two points off the top two – after an ill-tempered defeat of Waterhead. Josh Scrutton led the way with a hat-trick of tries as the home side led 24-14 at the break, even though they had Matt Sheridan binned for use of the elbow. Just before the break the Warriors lost Jake O’Grady to the bin for a professional foul. Their firsthalf points came from tries from Kegan Brennan, who added three goals, and Danny Murphy. Dave Taylor and Martin Sarsfield added the other Warriors tries with two more Brennan goals. However, it was the Boys who controlled the second half, helped by the dismissal of Waterhead’s Matt Holland for use of the knees on the hour. Batley’s Adam Bingham weighed in with a try and nine goals as Luke Sheridan added a brace of tries, with one each for Josh O’Sullivan and Jack Bestwick. Batley’s Jay Price was also shown the yellow card for retaliation.
More late pain for winless Maroons NCL Division One
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DEWSBURY MOOR came agonisingly close to finally picking up a first win of the season. They have now lost nine out of nine since promotion to Division One, but for the second week running they led late in the match before seeing the points slip from their grasp. A late try saw Skirlaugh defeat them
the previous weekend, and this time a 26-18 lead was surrendered in the final quarter of the match against another side battling against the drop, Oulton Raiders. The Maroons took a four-minute lead with a Brad Adams try, before Oulton responded through scores from Josh Murray and Will Milner which were both converted by Murray. Moor were able to reduce the arrears going into the half-time break, with Archie Bruce’s try and Aiden Ineson’s conversion making it 12-10. They looked in prime position to earn
their first win after a perfect start to the second half, with James Ashton and George Croisdale both registering tries and Ineson adding further points as the home side had Andy Tillet sent to the sin bin. A Dom Flanagan score saw Oulton close the gap before player-coach Danny Maun went over for a Moor try. However, yet again they couldn’t hold on as the Raiders added two tries to go on and win the game. Tillet made up for his error by going over, as did James Cruickshank while Murray landed one conversion and a penalty.
OSSETT TRINITY TIGERS are through to the semi-finals of the John Kane Cup after a 34-0 home win over Dewsbury Moor ‘A’. The Tigers now go to Dewsbury Celtic – who received a bye along with Batley Boys – in the last four of the Heavy Woollen competition on June 12, while defending champions Thornhill Trojans are away at Birstall Victoria in the other preliminary round fixture tonight (Friday, kick-off 7pm). Ossett also made it five league wins from five this season with an impressive 24-4 win at third-placed Keighley Albion last weekend. Both themselves and Wyke have a perfect record in Yorkshire Men’s League Division Two so far, with their latest win coming thanks to an impressive second-half performance. They went into the break just two points ahead, with Aaron Williams’s try and Elliot Schofield’s conversion after 10 minutes putting them in front before Aleksander Pala responded with a score for Keighley just before the break. The Tigers turned the screw in the second half, with Anthony Forsyth extending the lead to 10-6 before further tries from Adam Newby, Ash Berry and man of the match Jake Townsend. Elsewhere in the Yorkshire Men’s League, Birstall Victoria picked up a second
Division Three win on the bounce with a 40-10 win at Birkenshaw Bluedogs. Matty Williamson and Josh Taylor scored two tries apiece, with Kieron Moss, William Breheney and Matthew Goodwill also notching scores and Williamson adding six goals. In Division Four, Batley Boys DMR had won their opening two games but suffered their first defeat of the season as Hunslet Warriors triumphed 32-18.
Llewellyn and Tomlinson lead Trojans to win THORNHILL TROJANS ‘A’ picked up a third win in five matches in their NCL Alliance Group One division with a 2420 win at Milford. Brad Llewellyn, who was recently selected for the England Community Lions Development Squad, was in fine form as he ripped the opposition apart in the first half and scored two tries. In the second half it was Declan Tomlinson who reigned supreme, and his powerful running earned a brace of tries with Declan Kaye converting all four efforts to see the Trojans edge it.
FOOTBALL United land Harrison while five others commit OSSETT UNITED have begun to put together their squad for next season, with five players extending contracts and Elliot Harrison signing for the club. Former FC Halifax Town youngster Harrison joins from Mossley, where the 22year-old midfielder scored against United in an FA Cup tie last season. Five current players have also signed on for the 2019-20 campaign including their players’ player and fans’ player of the year, centreback James Knowles. Midfielder Corey Gregory has signed on for another season, as well as striker Tom Greaves who joined the
NEW FACE: Elliot Harrison (left) with manager Andy Welsh club last November. Ossett have also tied down two of their hottest young
prospects, with forward Marko Basic and defender Myles Foley earning deals.
Ossett moved into new North/West division OSSETT UNITED will play in a different division next season after the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League (NPL) confirmed a change to their boundaries. There are two northern divisions in ‘step four’ – the eighth tier of the English football pyramid – and last season this was split into the East and West Divisions. However, the boundary line between the leagues has been changed with ‘North/West’ and ‘South/East’ divisions in operation for
the 2019-20 season. Ossett played last season in the East Division but will now take part in the North/West division. The NPL say that teams in the East Division faced travelling far greater distances over the season than their West Division counterparts, and the change has been made to “address the balance to make the competition fair”. The new season will begin on August 17.
New deals for Welsh and Quinn MANAGER Andy Welsh and assistant Paul Quinn have agreed one-year contract extensions with Ossett United. The duo enjoyed a successful first season with the club, leading them into the EvoStik East Division play-offs as well as earning a first trophy with their West Riding County Cup success. Welsh was previously the manager of Ossett Albion before the merger of the town’s two clubs, and is a former Premier League player with Sunderland. Quinn joined as assistant boss ahead of United’s inaugural campaign, having previously managed Brighouse Town and Shaw Lane. “I couldn’t have imagined the season we have just had,”said Welsh. “For me and Quinny, it’s a no-brainer. We want to continue with the club and keep moving forward. “This project in its first season has gone beyond anyone’s wildest imaginations. “In the second season, we have got to make sure we bring in the right players.
“With the financial side of things, we might need to be a bit more clever with our recruitment. “But that is one thing that myself and Quinny thrive on, sourcing players who want to play for the badge, and that’s what we are on with at the minute.” United’s chief executive, Phil Smith, admitted that the club will have to work with a
lower budget next season. “There has been a review of the business and we won’t be as lavish as last year,” he revealed. “Last year, we over-budgeted in certain areas but we are planning on being more sustainable next season. “It is a bit of challenge for the guys, but I feel they can mount a bid for the play-offs again.”
Big friendlies lined up SHEFFIELD UNITED and Huddersfield Town will both visit Ossett United’s Ingfield Stadium for friendlies in pre-season. Last year over a thousand people attended Ossett’s pre-season clash with a Leeds United XI, and there will be two more high-profile fix-
tures to look forward to this summer. Sheffield United, newly promoted to the Premier League, will send a team on July 13, before a Huddersfield Town XI comes to Ingfield on July 23 ahead of the new campaign.
Sedge and Ossett in final LIVERSEDGE and Ossett United will go head-to-head this weekend in the West Riding Under-23 Development League Cup final. The game will take place at the West Riding FA’s headquarters at Fleet
Lane tomorrow (Saturday, kick-off 3pm), and entry is free. Ossett’s under-23s defeated defeated Harrogate Town in their semi-final, while Liversedge beat Garforth Town to reach the final.
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Bulldogs grind out seaside success Betfred Championship
MATCH STATS BATLEY BULLDOGS: Dave Scott 7 Keenen Tomlinson 6 Sam Smeaton 7 Sam Wood 6 Johnny Campbell 7 Louis Jouffret 7 Dom Brambani 6 Adam Gledhill 6 Alistair Leak 7 Toby Everett 7 Paul Brearley 7 Dane Manning 7 James Brown 6 Subs: Lewis Bienek 6 Reiss Butterworth 6 Joe Taira 6 Michael Ward 6 Tries: Tomlinson (6), Campbell (12), Brearley (63), Leak (75), Scott (78) Goals: Jouffret 5/6. DEWSBURY RAMS: Luke Hooley Rob Worrincy Dale Morton Adam Ryder Andy Gabriel Simon Brown Liam Finn Samy Kibula Liam Mackay Ben Kilner Lucas Walshaw Michael Knowles Callum Field Subs: Sam Day Dan Igbinedion Tom Garratt Jordan Andrade Tries: Gabriel (20), Knowles (79), Day (80). Goals: Finn 1/3. Referee: M Rossleigh Half-time: 10-4 Penalties: 4-4 Man of the match: Dave Scott (Batley) Attendance: 7,158
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Stephen Ibbetson at Bloomfield Road IT WAS far from pretty, but Batley Bulldogs did enough to beat old rivals Dewsbury Rams in the Heavy Woollen derby. Besides a mad final five minutes in which half of the eight tries were scored, it was a match with surprisingly little intensity as neither side found their rhythm. Batley were the more clinical when it mattered though, and coach Matt Diskin was pleased as his side earned bragging rights for the second time this season. “At times we did play some halfdecent rugby but it was a really slowtempo, low-energy game which wasn’t great, but most importantly we got the two points,” he said. “The rucks were very slow so both teams looked low on energy. When we had our chances we took them well so we’re happy with that.” Dewsbury have still won only three league games this year, but their boss Lee Greenwood was able to take some positives from the Summer Bash defeat. “We’ve been disappointed with our last couple of performances and definitely the one against these (Batley) at home, so we just asked not to get bullied and have a proper go at them, and I thought we did,” he said. The Bulldogs opened the scoring after six minutes when Keenen Tomlinson scored his first try of the season from a tight angle after Alistair Leak’s pass. A Samy Kibula knock-on then put Dewsbury on the back foot again, and Johnny Campbell ran at the line at pace and stretched to dot the ball on the line
COUGAR RETURN: Harvey Hallas
IN-FORM: Batley’s Johnny Campbell has scored four tries in his last three games for his fourth try in three games. Louis Jouffret added the kick to make it 10-0. The Rams suffered another setback as Callum Field had to be helped off the pitch after his leg was twisted in a tackle, but they got back in the game soon after when the ball was moved left and Adam Ryder set up Andy Gabriel to spectacularly finish. Those four points would prove to be the last of the first half as Batley went into the interval six points ahead. After withstanding some early pressure at the start of the second half, the Bulldogs got the next points when Michael Ward was caught high and Jouffret slotted the resulting penalty between the posts. Sam Wood looked to be over a few minutes later, but the Huddersfield loanee was ruled to have knocked-on Dom Brambani’s kick as he tried to ground. Dewsbury did have a spell attacking the Batley line around the hour mark,
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but Dave Scott brought Ryder’s break to a halt before a crunching tackle from Sam Smeaton denied the same man soon after. The next try would be massive and it was the Bulldogs who got it, with Reiss Butterworth laying the ball for Paul Brearley to stretch into the corner. After 75 grinding minutes, the final five provided a try-fest. The Bulldogs got the first two, with hooker Leak spinning out of a tackle to dot the ball down before Brearley broke down the right and found the supporting Scott to run in and make it 30-4. That scoreline would have been a little harsh on Dewsbury and they rallied to make it more respectable, with Michael Knowles going over on the left after Kibula’s offload. In the final seconds, Sam Day then sent a chip over Scott, chased onto it and touched down, with Liam Finn adding the conversion.
Hallas to Keighley DEWSBURY have allowed Harvey Hallas to return to Keighley Cougars on a week-to-week basis. The prop forward spent a month on loan at the League One club earlier in the campaign, but the deal was not extended over the Easter period as he made three appearances for the Rams. Hallas was initially announced as having joined fellow third-tier side Coventry Bears, but he is now back at the Cougars and played in their loss to Newcastle last weekend. Fellow prop Toby Richardson, who has played four times for Dewsbury this season, has now returned to Coventry for a second loan spell in search of further game time. Two other Rams players are currently enjoying loan spells, with utility back Jacob Thomas at North Wales Crusaders and second-rower Charlie Martin at Hunslet.
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THORNHILL TROJANS 18 THORNHILL TROJANS suffered a sixth defeat on the bounce despite another battling performance at Underbank Rangers. They may be in the relegation zone but they still played with confidence and at times produced some scintillating attacking play. However, three disallowed tries proved to be their undoing and at full-time they once again had nothing to show for their efforts. It was Thornhill who struck first early on. After initially testing the Underbank defence on one side of the field with runs from Nick Mitchell and George Woodcock, the ball was switched and Will Gledhill cleverly slipped a pass out to winger Jack Gledhill to dash over for a try, converted by Joel Gibson. However, Underbank quickly cancelled this try out with a score of their own. From the acting-half position Tom Stringer sold a dummy, a gap opened up in the Thornhill defence and the loose forward nipped over for
a short-range try. Richard Pogson added the conversion to level. Despite conceding this soft try, Thornhill still impressed in the opening exchanges with some enterprising play and it brought their second try. With a sudden burst of pace, Danny Ratcliffe broke the defence and found the supporting Gibson to race over, making it 12-6. Thornhill continued to torment their opponents and Gibson looked to have scored his second try of the game when he was clear through, only for the Thornhill celebrations to be thwarted when the touch judge disallowed the effort. That decision seemed to unsettle them and the Underbank team took advantage, cutting through their defence with a move ended by Richard Pogson, whose conversion then levelled again. A penalty goal from Pogson edged Rangers in front at half-time, although the Trojans went into the break more frustrated when they had another try disallowed. This time Will Gledhill kicked the ball into the ingoal area and Jack Gledhill pounced to ground, but again the touch judge ruled it out.
Underbank could sense Thornhill’s frustrations and capitalised early in the second half. Matt Grumber ploughed over the line to extend the lead, despite protestations that he had lost the ball. The second half evolved into a real arm wrestle as both teams battled. At one point the Trojans looked to have got some reward for their efforts when George Woodcock finished off a fine move, but yet again a touch judge prevented the
referee from awarding the try. They continued to work hard and good drives from Zach Johnson and Jake Wilson took them forward before Danny Ratcliffe kicked into the-in goal area and Gibson pounced. This time the touch judges stayed away, and Gibson was able to convert his effort to narrow the difference to two. But eventually the full-time whistle sounded to bring Thornhill’s efforts to an end, condemning them to another tight defeat.
Wilson ban for Wath Brow trip
OUT: Jake Wilson
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JAKE WILSON will miss the next two matches for Thornhill Trojans. The NCL Disciplinary Committee handed down the punishment to the forward following his red card in the defeat to Lock Lane last month, for a dangerous tackle late in the contest. Wilson was named as the Trojans’ man of the match in their loss at Underbank, but the second-rower will now miss their next two games as they battle against relegation. They have won only one game so far on their return to the Premier Division, and travel to second-placed Wath Brow Hornets tomorrow (Saturday, kick-off 2.30pm). Wilson will also miss the home tie with Leigh Miners Rangers the following weekend.
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SHAW CROSS SHARKS 18 WIGAN ST JUDES 46 SHAW CROSS’S losing run was extended to six matches with a defeat at home to Wigan St Judes. The relegation-haunted side recovered from a very early try to lead, but once again they struggled as the game went on and the visitors racked up points either side of half-time, with Gavin Rodden scoring four tries. The Sharks got off to a nightmare start, with second-row Rodden registering his first try in the opening minute of the match. The ball was moved left across the line, and that freed Connor Parkinson to break down the wing before passing inside to Rodden to finish. Danny Fallon added the first of his seven goals. However, they bounced back well from that early blow and, after a stoppage in play, the ball went left on the last tackle and Callum Barker slipped the pass to Elliott Richardson to drive over. That began a strong period in which Shaw Cross were much the better side, and they took the lead when Sam Ottewell saw his kick fumbled by the defender and he pounced to touch down. A brilliant move should have brought more points when Dec Brereton broke forward and found Ben Spaven who in turn offloaded
to Barker, but his final pass to Luke Somers to finish in the corner was forward. However, their third try came soon after when, from more good field position, Nathan Wright slipped the ball to Michael Wainwright to go over on the former Batley and Dewsbury player’s return to rugby. None of those efforts were converted, so when the ball was lost straight from the restart and Rodden was able to run in for his second try, the conversion brought Wigan level. St Judes then regained the lead when Darryl King went over, before Josh Hill powered his way to the line with a minute left of the first half to take a 24-12 advantage into the break. And any hopes of a Shaw Cross comeback looked very slim when the first try of the second half went the way of the visitors less than two minutes in, with Joey Brady scoring on the right. Rodden then completed his hattrick after a break from King, before notching his fourth when Parkinson sped away down the left. The Sharks scored their fourth and final try of the game when an offload by Brereton sent Barker over, with the half-back improving his own score from the tee. However, despite a promising last 15 minutes, the final say went to Wigan as Dan Munt ran clear down the left despite an apparent forward pass.
‘Cup finals’ ahead in Rams relegation battle By Stephen Ibbetson Sports Reporter sport@thepressnews.co.uk
DEWSBURY RAMS face two “cup finals” in the coming weeks as they fight against relegation, according to coach Lee Greenwood. The Rams boss admitted his side are in a battle to avoid the drop after their defeat to closest rivals Batley at the Summer Bash last weekend. Just three wins and a draw from their opening 13 matches mean that they sit in 10th place in the Championship, four points ahead of danger. Their next two league fixtures are against sides below them in the table, with a trip to Swinton Lions on Sunday (kick-off 3pm) before a home tie with Rochdale Hornets two weeks later. Greenwood believes that the Rams are engaged in a four-way battle as they approach the halfway point of his first season in charge. “Even before (the Batley defeat), they were cup finals against Swinton and Rochdale,” he said. “(It’s) Swinton, Rochdale, Barrow and ourselves probably now, that’s where it’s at. It’s going to be two from those four (going down). “As disappointing as it is with some of these results, that’s how it is. When those teams play each other, it’s a big two points to get, as you saw with SwintonRochdale. “That’s now a massive one for us next week and Swinton will really fancy that after their win.” The Lions produced a stunning second-half comeback to defeat Rochdale 40-30 at the Summer Bash, putting them just a point behind Dewsbury ahead of this weekend’s meeting. The Rams picked up the points with a 38-24 win in the reverse fixture earlier in the season, although they were edged out 2928 on their last visit to Heywood Road last season. After losing to the Bulldogs for the second time this season in Blackpool, Greenwood says it is his aim to bring the Rams up to
RELEGATION FIGHT: Dewsbury boss Lee Greenwood admits that his side are battling against the drop Batley’s level. “The couple of times we’ve played Batley have been a realistic measure of where we are at,” he said following the 30-14 loss. “The overall scoreline – as disappointing as it is, and I’m hurting inside – for me, for where both teams are at, that is a fair reflection. We’re finding our feet. “They’re probably a 12-to-14point better team than we are and it’s my job to close that gap and put us on a par with them at least.” Looking back on the game, he said: “It was always going to be a game of who can get the most attacking sets towards the opponents’ try line, and we made the first couple of mistakes while Batley maybe gave away one penalty in the whole (first) half. “Credit to them, they came up with a game plan of completing (sets), kicking and chasing well and hoping for our mistakes, and we gave them (mistakes). “I don’t think we were out of the game. At 10-4 we had a few chances to get over, and the key one is probably Adam Ryder when it looked for all the world like he was going to score. Fair
play, that’s a right tackle,” he said of Sam Smeaton’s crunching trysaver. “Then it was a turnover and on the very next set they’ve gone and scored theirs, which probably popped our balloons. “That’s a Batley team which is three years in progress. They are
better than us, but I’d like to think that over time we’ll start getting a lot closer than that. “It takes time at clubs like Dewsbury, you’ve got to build properly, your retention and recruitment is massive. We’ve just got to go through that process.”
Field injury blow
OPERATION: Wigan loanee Callum Field
CALLUM FIELD is set for an extended spell on the sidelines with a broken ankle. The Dewsbury forward, on loan from Wigan, had his leg caught awkwardly in a tackle during his side’s defeat to Batley at last weekend’s Summer Bash. Scans revealed the break and Field had an operation on Monday. The 21-year-old second-rower or prop has made 13 appearances in all competitions this season for the Rams. Meanwhile, centre Cameron Leeming is around a month away from a return to action following facial injuries sustained in last month’s Challenge Cup win at Thatto Heath Crusaders. In more positive news, Martyn Reilly is closing in on his comeback with the prop recently featuring for Wakefield’s reserve team.
Batley sign up fan favourites BATLEY BULLDOGS have extended the contracts of two fan favourites, with Dane Manning and James Brown committing for 2020. Thirty-year-old Manning is in his second spell at the club, with the second-rower in his third season since rejoining from Halifax. Loose forward Brown, also 30, signed for the Bulldogs from Swinton in 2015. Both have been heavily involved this season, with Manning making 14 appearances and Brown playing 13 times in all competitions so far. Meanwhile, coach Matt Diskin says that Batley are aiming for a strong second half of the season. With 14 matches ticked off and 13 left to play in the Championship, they are seven points above the relegation zone but eight points off the play-offs. However, Diskin insists his team will still be motivated to achieve in the second half of the campaign, even if there is little to play for. “If you had a league table for the second half of the season, we’re aiming to be in the top five of that,” he said. “We had a bad start to the year and probably ruined any outside chance we had of anything above that, but what we can do is concentrate on this second half of the year. “We got off to a win (over Dewsbury last weekend) and we’ve got another 13 to go, and we’ll keep knocking them off one by one. At the end of that, if we’re in a good position then we’ll be happy. “Those teams above us have had some really good runs of form, but they’re all going to pick up losses. We’re just hoping that the majority of ours have been picked up in the first half of the year and we go on a bit of a run now. “We’re never looking back at who is (below us), we’re always looking up. We’re not a team with that negative mindset, we’re looking above and seeing who we can chase down and what we can do.” The side directly above them in the table are Halifax, who they face at the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium on Sunday (kick-off 3pm). Batley lost by just two points when they went to the Shay earlier in the year, and Diskin says they can aim for the win despite Halifax coming out on top in their last four matches under new head coach Simon Grix. “We were very unfortunate not to get a win earlier in the season against them, so we’ll go into the game with confidence,” said the Bulldogs boss. “I thought they were fantastic against Bradford (last weekend) but there’s nothing we’ve seen there that we fear. I know that if we can deliver on what we practice, we’ll be more than confident.” Halifax have a Challenge Cup quarter-final clash the following weekend, but Diskin doesn’t believe the opposition will be any less focused. “I wouldn’t say it’s any easier this week than at any other time. They could be more dangerous because they’ve got players putting their hands up for positions, saying ‘I want to play in that quarter-final’ because it’s a massive game for them.”
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