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PLAIN DAFT! Critics pan plan to build homes on flood-risk land By Tony Earnshaw Local Democracy Reporter A HOUSING estate planned for meadowland near Mirfield will lead to increased flooding in the area, claim residents. Locals living in Hopton Bottom, close to the River Calder, say an ancient water meadow bordering narrow Granny Lane has acted as a natural floodplain for more than a millennium. But they fear building on the land will only exacerbate periodic flooding, which they say is becoming more frequent. Wakefield-based Miller Homes intends to build 67 houses on the
field, west of Grade II-listed Sheep Ings Farm, which has been allocated for housing as part of Kirklees Council’s Local Plan. Residents have now formed Granny Lane Area Action Group (GLAAG) to protest against construction work and to raise their concerns with planning and highways chiefs. They expect to speak at a planning meeting in Huddersfield Town Hall next month. They are being supported by campaign group Save Mirfield, which fought and won a battle to stop pastureland at Balderstone Hall Fields being turned into a housing estate. A GLAAG spokeswoman said: “We have three primary concerns: flooding, narrow roads and traffic.
Residents say the plan increases the risk of flooding at Hopton Bottom, Mirfield “The name ‘Ings’ is a Norse word meaning water meadow. This has been a floodplain for thousands of years.
“It soaks up a certain amount but in very bad weather it just floods. The land can’t cope.” She said the area floods from two
points: from the River Calder, just 100 yards away, and the flow down from the hills that can overwhelm underground culverts. “River flooding is occurring more and more frequently on Granny Lane and further down at Steanard Lane. People have had to evacuate their homes. They can’t get flood insurance,” she said. “Millions of pounds has been spent on flood defences in Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd but all that will do is force the water further downstream. That makes a bigger problem here.” Residents also worry about the narrowness of Granny Lane – and the speed of some drivers who may be unfamiliar with the road and its proximity to the river. They say the proposed entrance to the development area is unsuitable and that large-scale construction vehicles will struggle to get in and out, putting nearby properties at risk.
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Homes plan is slammed Deaths BATTLE BRENDA On September 9, peacefully at home surrounded by her family, of Dewsbury, aged 73, mum of Greg, Tony, Dawn and Philip. Funeral service will be held at Huddersfield Crematorium on Tuesday September 24 at 10.30am.
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DALTRY JAMES ARTHUR On September 12, at Eden Court Care Home, Birkenshaw, aged 96, husband of the late Mary. Funeral service will be held at Wakefield Crematorium on Wednesday September 25 at 11.40am.
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Archie Campbell On 18th August 2019, tragically whilst in France, aged 20 years, Archie, deeply loved son of Stephen and Beverley, loving and much loved brother of Cameron, Finley and Ruby, beloved grandson of Anne & Ian, Pat & Bill, also a dearly loved nephew and cousin. Everyone will be welcome to the service of thanksgiving and farewell which will be held at St Mary’s Parish Church, Mirfield on Thursday 3rd October 2019 at 12.30pm, this will be followed by a private family committal. Everyone will be welcome including those not able to attend the service for refreshments at Dewsbury Moor ARLF Club. Parking is available on the pitch. Those attending the service please note Club Shirts and smart attire will be acceptable. No flowers by request, donations in memory of Archie may be given to George Brooke Ltd. Funeral Directors or given by the Just Giving Page.
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GORDON (NEE O’DONNELL) MAUREEN On September 10, peacefully at Pinderfields Hospital, of Wakefield, formerly of Dewsbury, aged 84, wife of the late Robert (Bob). Funeral service will be held at Wakefield
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HURST (NEE ROCHELLE) VONDA On September 16, peacefully at home in Gomersal, aged 80, wife of Alan. Funeral service will be held at Huddersfield Crematorium on Wednesday October 2 at 11.15am.
NEWSOME (NEE RAISTRICK) MAUD On September 13, at Birch Park Care Home, Cleckheaton, aged 87, wife of Arnie. Funeral service will be held at Huddersfield Crematorium on Tuesday October 1 at 11.15am.
MITCHELL GEORGE On September 11, peacefully at Manor Croft Nursing Home, of Liversedge, aged 84, husband of Pam. Funeral service will be held at Norristhorpe United Reformed Church on Thursday September 26 at 10.30am.
PARKER TIMOTHY On September 14, in hospital, of Ravensthorpe, formerly of Mirfield, aged 52, son of the late Leslie and Shirley. Funeral service will be held at Huddersfield Crematorium on Wednesday October 2 at 10.30am.
RAGAN TERRY On September 1, peacefully in hospital, aged 79, husband of Marlene.
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SPINKS JOAN On September 8, peacefully at Fieldhead Park Nursing Home, Mirfield, formerly of Heckmondwike and Liversedge, aged 86, daughter of the late John and Annie. Funeral service will be held at Huddersfield Crematorium on Friday October 4 at 2pm.
STOKES ALICE On September 16, peacefully at Fieldhead Court, Thornhill, of Hyrstlands, aged 95, wife of the late James Arthur. Funeral service will be held at Wakefield Crematorium on Tuesday October 1 at 1pm.
WALES HERBERT ‘BERT’ On September 11, peacefully at home, aged 84. Funeral service will be held at Cottingley Hall Crematorium, Leeds, on Thursday September 26 at 3pm.
WIDDOP (NEE WOOD) JOYCE On September 10, with quiet dignity at her home, aged 84, wife of the late Eric. Funeral service will be held at Wakefield Crematorium on Tuesday September 24 at 1.40pm.
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A MAN from Birstall accused of murdering a 21-year-old woman refused to leave his cell for a court hearing. Paul Crowther was due at Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday morning following the death of university student Bethany Fields. Miss Fields, from Bramley in Leeds, died after being found seriously injured on Fitzwilliam Street, Huddersfield, last Thursday. At an inquest into her death at Bradford Coroner’s Court on Wednesday, Det Insp Marc Bowes, of the Homicide and Major Enquiry team, confirmed that she had suffered numerous stab wounds during the fatal attack. Assistant coroner Oliver Longstaff adjourned the inquest and agreed that her body could be released so funeral arrangements could be made. Crowther, of Elm Way, is charged with murder and possession of a bladed article but has not entered any pleas. A plea and trial preparation was listed for October 31, while a full trial was provisionally scheduled for March 2 next year. No application was made for bail and Crowther must remain in custody until the next hearing.
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POLICE have released an efit image of a suspect following a bogus tradesman burglary in Batley. The incident, on Thursday September 12 (2pm), occurred at a house on West Park Road and involved a male posing as a workman. He approached the house, where an elderly lady answered the door, and asked for the water in the property to be shut off. Once inside, he stole money from the occupant. The suspect, who fled on foot, is described as a 5ft 8ins white male, aged between 30 and 40, he wore a fluorescent tabard and spoke with a local accent. Anyone who recognises the person in the e-fit image, or has any information is asked to contact the police via 101 quoting crime number 13190468144.
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police and Kirklees’ response to this,” he said. “I rang Kirklees and asked why A MIRFIELD councillor has said he’s ‘disappointed’ with the they hadn’t gone and taken action and they told me there is a diffiauthorities after travellers left a culty in getting evidence. mess – including human faeces – “In 2007, there was a problem in on a well-used sports field. Members of the travelling com- Cleckheaton with somebody foulmunity set up camp on Green Side ing the streets. “Kirklees put in covert CCTV Estate recreation ground, off Old Bank Road in Mirfield, on cameras and that led to a prosecution – so you can prosecute people September 4. for public order offences if you’ve It is alleged they forced entry by got the will to do it. breaking the padlock on a gate “It’s a question of equality and protecting the council land, but when police attended the scene the police should be treating people without fear or favour – we residents have suggested officers allowed more travellers to access need firm action,” he added. Coun Bolt, who is Mayor of the site. Mirfield, also called for a quick There have also been reports that travellers damaged the turf clean-up effort and said: “I hope Kirklees use a specialist firm of by driving around on quad bikes, used the surrounding bushes as contractors because they have to clean the ground. toilets and in some cases were “This is an area that families abusive to people living in the suruse, people take their dog for a rounding area. walk and others play sport, so it Coun Martyn Bolt (Con, Mirfield), has voiced his frustra- needs to be thoroughly cleaned to tions at the lack of action taken by ensure there are no health risks.” Coun Bolt said he’d been in conthe authorities. “I’m very disappointed with the stant contact with residents while travellers were on the recreation ground. “The disruption to people’s lives cannot A SCHOOL has urged parents to ensure their children be underestimated,” don’t walk home alone after a pupil at Norristhorpe he said. Junior and Infant School was approached by a “Travellers were stranger on Tuesday afternoon. The girl ran to safety at a relative’s house after the incident at the junction of being abusive to them Liversedge Hall Lane and Norristhorpe Lane. Police and in some cases were informed. The suspect is described as white, people felt intimidatwith short grey-white hair. He was wearing a red fleece ed – we shouldn’t and spoke with an English accent. have to tolerate it.”
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Sean Guy, left, and David Horrobin with the ‘Tommy’ figures in Mirfield
‘Overwhelming response’ to ‘mindless damage’ of statue A METAL soldier statue damaged by vandals has been repaired and reinstalled at Mirfield Memorial Park – thanks to a local tradesman. The community rallied round after it was revealed that on Saturday teenagers had damaged one of a pair of ‘Tommy’ remembrance figures which stand at the entrance to the memorial park, and thrown it onto Huddersfield Road. A number of local people came forward via social media and offered to repair the statue free of charge, but it was Simon Oldroyd, of Mirfield, who completed the work. Mirfield town councillor Sean Guy said: “The response from the community has been overwhelming. “The public outcry at the mindless damage was matched by many offers from individuals and local companies to repair
Crematorium re-opens... for one service only a day By Steve Martyn DEWSBURY Moor Crematorium will re-open on September 30 – but only for one cremation a day. Grieving families and hardpressed funeral directors in North Kirklees have faced months of disruption and distress as refurbishments at the troubled facility have taken far longer than expected. Work was originally due to be finished around the end of May. But after missing that deadline, Kirklees Council announced in June that problems replacing incinerators meant that it was likely to be “late July” before funerals could be held there again. That target date was not met. The crematorium will finally be open for services from the end of September, but only for one cremation per day as part of a “continued commissioning process”.
The Council say that from Monday, October 14, bookings will increase to four a day whilst further testing and commissioning is undertaken and completion of works on site can take place. The £3m scheme to refurbish Dewsbury and Huddersfield crematoriums includes the replacement of outdated cremator equipment and upgrading the chapels, to offer improved services for bereaved families. It has meant that families from North Kirklees have had to go as far as Elland, Huddersfield, Leeds and Bradford in order to say a timely farewell to their loved ones. Coun Rob Walker, Kirklees cabinet member for culture and environment, said: “It’s absolutely crucial that services like these are delivered to the very best standard. “People deserve thoughtful
and dignified services and that’s what this investment is all about. The works took longer than anticipated but with projects on this scale this can often be the case. “If we didn’t make these improvements the equipment would be at risk of failing, which would have caused significant disruption and distress to affected families already going through a difficult time. “I’d like to thank local funeral directors and families for their co-operation and understanding during recent months whilst the crematorium has been temporarily closed. “I’m delighted that Dewsbury Moor Crematorium will soon be open and fullyfunctional again. “These vital improvement works will offer bereaved families the very best facilities for their loved ones.”
or pay for Tommy to be fixed. Simon Oldroyd removed the figure, and repaired and re-installed it within 24 hours. “Mirfield Town Council and the Royal British Legion are grateful to Simon for his time and expertise – and the strength of feeling in the community just reinforces the commitment that Mirfield has to remembering the sacrifices of our armed forces.” The two soldier figures will be moved to the cenotaph in Ings Grove Park when a new entrance to Mirfield Memorial Park is completed in time for Armistice Day.
NORTH KIRKLEES: A Birstall man who rammed his Ford Transit into a police car during a chase has been jailed. Craig Lister, 36, of Victoria Court, was over the drink-drive limit when he intentionally caused nearly £8,000-worth of damage to a BMW X5 response vehicle. Leeds Crown Court heard the defendant sped off at 50mph when police tried to pull him over on Bradford Road, Batley on June 23. Lister drove on the wrong side of a ‘keep left’ sign and through two sets of red lights, before attempting three times to reverse into the pursuing police vehicle. He then reversed into three parked cars and fled on foot. Lister admitted dangerous driving, driving while over the prescribed limit and damaging property. He was sentenced to 15 months in custody and disqualified from driving for twoand-a-half years. His van, worth £6,000, was also confiscated.
‘Most wanted’ arrest KIRKLEES: The district's ‘most-wanted’ man has been caught in Dewsbury. The 28-year-old was arrested by officers overnight on Tuesday on suspicion of kidnapping. The arrest was part of Operation Jemlock, which was set up by West Yorkshire Police to combat violent crime. A further six arrests were also made in Kirklees and Bradford. A police spokesman said: “A 28-year-old male was arrested in Dewsbury for an alleged offence committed on September 14.”
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News In Brief Drunk’s sex assault on carer in street LIVERSEDGE: A drunk man who went on a bender after breaking up from his long-term partner sexually assaulted a care home worker on the street. Gary Pickett, 39, of Healds Avenue, grabbed the victim’s bottom on February 16, when she was walking an elderly man back from shopping with a colleague. When the female co-worker confronted Pickett, he pushed her into the road. The 39-year-old was reported to police for a second time later in the same day, for acting aggressively at Healds Hall Hotel. Police attended and he twice attempted to bite the hand of a female officer. Pickett admitted sexual assault, using threatening behaviour, assault by beating and resisting a constable in the execution of her duty. He was sentenced to a community order with 10 rehabilitation days and will have to pay an £85 victim surcharge.
Charity party in Cleck NORTH KIRKLEES: A party is being held in Cleckheaton at the end of the month to raise funds for a local mental health charity. Luke’s Lads is hosting the ‘Houserocks End of Summer Party’ at George’s Bistro on Saturday, September 28 from 2pm. All money raised will to go the charity, set up in memory of Luke Naylor. Based at Timestep Community Dance, Luke’s Lads provides a weekly work-out session followed by a chat for men struggling with their mental health. Everybody is welcome to the free event, and donations are encouraged.
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Stocked up... Batley Food Bank team leader Charlotte Hardy with volunteers Thomas, Abigail and Josephine
Public shows an appetite for food bank donations... By Connor Teale VOLUNTEERS at Batley Food Bank have thanked the community after their biggest-ever week of donations. The charity was left with empty shelves last week after a recent spike in demand – but after an appeal was picked up by the media, donations came flooding in. One man donated over £100-worth of supplies during a collection at Asda in Dewsbury – and many more members of the com-
munity have shown their support. Huddersfield Town FC again contributed to the food bank through their ‘one fan, one can’ scheme at home matches, and churches in Batley and Spen continue to regularly donate supplies. Charlotte Hardy, team leader and trustee at the food bank, said: “This appeal has been a huge help – last week we were struggling to make one pack of supplies, never mind what we need for everyone throughout the
week. This is the single biggest week of donations we’ve had in terms of the volume of food and is testament to the huge amount of local support we receive, so thank you.” Although the charity has received an unprecedented amount of donations, Charlotte reiterated that the food bank relies on the public’s generosity on a weekly basis. “There isn’t any time in the year that we don’t need donations and that’s a shame. I don’t want to be giving food to people who
can’t afford to feed themselves – it’s a position this country should not be in,” she said. Donations can be made at the food bank on Brunswick Street on Monday and Tuesday between 1pm and 3pm, Wednesday between noon and 2pm, Thursday between 6pm and 7.30pm and Friday between 1pm and 3pm. Other collection points include Batley Town Hall, Chickanos in Batley and Morrisons in Heckmondwike.
Missing cat moved in with neighbours! A WOMAN spent six months looking for her missing cat... before finding it four doors down the road. Stacey Pensavelle’s pet Aysha disappeared from her home on Gomersal’s Barrington Parade on March 11. Stacey spent six months searching nearby streets and appealing on social media for information about her pet, but it was an unex-
pected call from a neighbour that alerted her to Aysha’s whereabouts. “I got a call at work from a woman who lives four doors down from me,” Stacey said. “She said she’d recognised the cat from a picture I posted on Facebook and that she’d been looking after her for a while. I thought it was a joke at first.” Remarkably, not only had
Aysha made a new home just around the corner, but she had also been receiving daily visits from Stacy’s second pet cat, Neo! “The hardest part is I can’t take her back, cats find their own home and she’s so settled now,” said Stacey. So she’s agreed “shared custody” of the pet with her neighbour and will visit her on a daily basis.
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A TEENAGE boy was left with a fractured skull and bleeding to his brain after being brutally attacked by a gang. The 14-year-old was punched repeatedly in the face and head during the incident in a Dewsbury street back on April 23, 2017. Mohammed Shafiq, 19, and a 17-year-old defendant who can’t be named, pleaded guilty at Leeds Crown Court last week to inflicting grievous bodily harm. Shafiq had taken exception to the victim talking to a 13-year-old girl on his mobile phone. The court heard that the boy and his friend were approached by the gang of teenagers who ordered him to hand over his phone. They then told his friend to leave and took the victim into an alleyway where they started the attack. Shafiq slapped him across the face and the other defendant tried to hit him with a bottle. He was punched around 12 times in the face until he fell to the floor, when other members of the gang started hitting him in the head. Hospital scans showed the victim had two skull fractures and bleeding to the brain. Shafiq, of The Sidings, Savile Town, has a previous conviction for grievous bodily harm in relation to another attack where the victim suffered multiple jaw fractures. He was sent to a young offender institution for two years and three months, while the 17-year-old was given 10 months’ detention.
Tony conjures dream gardens for residents A GREEN fingered volunteer has been helping staff at a Batley care home to breathe new life into their gardens. Tony Kilburn, a member of the Birstall in Bloom group, used his expertise to revamp the grounds of Lydgate Lodge and bring residents’ designs to life. Pensioners from the care home on Soothill Lane were given the chance to plan their dream garden - with colourful flowerbeds, new seating and a dining area top of the wish list. Tony, who regularly visits his partner Rosalie at the care
home, said: “It’s been an absolute pleasure bringing the residents’ ideas to life.”
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Town set for £1m ‘Revival’ makeover
News In Brief Stabbing: Two men on trial in February DEWSBURY: Two men charged in relation to an alleged stabbing in Dewsbury will appear at Leeds Crown Court in February. Richard Carroll, 30, and Ali Shah, 33, both of Dewsbury, were in court for a preliminary hearing last week facing charges of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and robbery. Shah faces an additional offence of theft. The charges came after an incident outside Dewsbury Sports Centre on Thursday, August 15, when a man in his 20s was stabbed in the back and suffered lacerations to his face. The accused were remanded in custody until the trial on Wednesday, February 12.
By Tony Earnshaw Local Democracy Reporter DEWSBURY town centre is set for a £1m makeover, with shop fronts being targeted for improvement as part of a project aimed at reinvigorating and re-energising the local economy. Kirklees Council is to offer landlords and property owners the opportunity to apply for grants totalling £1.25m to improve buildings within the Dewsbury Town Centre Conservation Area. Northgate, Galleries Corner, Westgate, Corporation Street, Bond Street and parts of Union Street and Foundry Street have been proposed as ‘priority streets’. In what the authority describes as ‘exceptional cases’, grant money may also be available to ‘very good schemes’ elsewhere in Dewsbury outside the conservation area. The plan, known as the Dewsbury Grant Revival Scheme, is due to start in early 2020 after it was approved by the council’s Cabinet. It follows the success of the Dewsbury Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI), a jointlyfunded programme between Kirklees Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund which started in 2013 with funding of £3.7m. It also sits alongside the £3m revamp of Grade II-listed Pioneer House on Northgate, which will be a new campus for Kirklees College. Dewsbury MP Paula Sherriff said she was ‘encouraged’ by schemes designed to tackle the decline of the town and that the council’s funding “presents another opportunity to improve long-neglected buildings”. She welcomed the chance for Dewsbury to receive “long overdue” investment and blamed the state of the town centre on central government cuts that have impacted on council budgets, youth services and policing. Miss Sherriff said: “I have asked the government again and again, what strategy they have for turning around this decline – sadly, ministers have failed to give me a proper answer. “I’m pleased that, finally, there’s some recognition of the need to address the bitter frustration that stems from areas like ours being held back for decades without serious investment.”
Campaign for new skatepark CAMPAIGNERS are hoping an alternative site can be found for a skatepark. Work has started to flatten the facility behind Spen Pool to make way for a new multi-million pound sports centre. Nearby Royds Park has been mooted as a potential location, but plans are yet to be put in place. Coun Kath Pinnock said: “They need to find a replacement. People come from all over to use the skatepark because it’s so good. “They’re encouraging people to take part
in physical activities and then they take away something like this that is popular.” Young skater Jake Butterfield launched a petition earlier this year to try to save the park or persuade Kirklees to provide a new one. A spokesman for the council said: “The leisure complex will be a wonderful asset for the local community... with regards to the skate park, any petition presented to the council and verified will be given due consideration as part of the Council Petitions Scheme."
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Protestors flock to demo over Kashmir AROUND a thousand people gathered in Dewsbury town centre for a demonstration over the crisis in Kashmir. The peaceful protest outside Dewsbury Town Hall on Saturday afternoon was organised by the Friends of Kashmir group. Last month India scrapped a constitutional provision that gave Indian-administered Kashmir special status, revoking special rights to the Muslim-majority state. Phone networks and the internet were cut off as part of a communications blackout – and
tens of thousands of troops have been patrolling the streets. The Dewsbury event invited people to show their solidarity
Bed firm bossfined for fly-tipping waste THE owner of an unregistered bed-making company has been prosecuted by Kirklees Council after waste from the business was fly-tipped. Danut Mustafa, of Alexandra Crescent, Dewsbury, pleaded guilty to losing control of his trade waste contrary to Section 34
of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. The 28-year-old dumped rubbish from the Ossett-based company between March and April on Sands Lane, Dewsbury. He was fined £1,551 in costs, £200 in compensation and a £30 victim surcharge, totalling £1,781.
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NORTH KIRKLEES: The funeral of Batley Bulldogs RL player Archie Bruce will be at St Mary’s Parish Church, Mirfield, on Thursday October 3 (12.30pm), followed by a private family committal. Archie, 20, was found dead in the early hours of Sunday, August 18, shortly after making his first-team debut for the Bulldogs in Toulouse. An announcement on Dewsbury Moor RLFC’s website said those attending the service should note that club shirts and smart attire will be acceptable. Donations in memory of Archie can be made to George Brooke Ltd Funeral Directors or via www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ archie-bruce-1. BATLEY: Churchgoers will gather to re-live a pageant from the 1980s this weekend. Batley Parish Church held the event in 1986 to commemorate its 900-year anniversary. A film of the celebration will be screened at Batley Community Centre, on Upper Commercial Street, tomorrow (Saturday, 7pm).
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LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE Danny Lockwood
A stage-managed ambush of our PM ULLYING comes in all shapes and sizes and I occasionally wonder if the bullies themselves know exactly what it is they’re doing, and at what point they cross the line from being fun or funny, to being simply cruel. I was reminded of a couple of incidents from my schooldays this week, back when I was a runty asthmatic with a mouth and attitude my feeble physique couldn’t back up. On both occasions the bullies – probably thinking it was just funny – goaded another youngster into giving me a whack. When I retaliated, the gang descended on me. My, how they laughed… Sometimes the cost is rather more than a bloody nose and tears. When former Tory councillor Jonathan Scott was the
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subject of and witness to Labour Party bullying and intimidation on voting day in Savile Town, with MP Shahid Malik present, he wrote a letter complaining to both The Press and Dewsbury Reporter. Given the electoral corruption endemic in Savile Town, it wasn’t even news, but predictably when Malik stamped his feet with the national Labour Party’s lawyers throwing their expensive weight around, the Reporter crawled off into a corner sucking its thumb. Mission accomplished for the MP, in part at least. By the time we saw Malik off after a bruising ordeal at the High Court in London, it had cost us the thick end of £100,000 and two years of sleepless nights. I wouldn’t choose to go through that again, but still,
here we are, all these years on with the Reporter still sucking its thumb – and Malik? Who knows? Who cares? Which brings me to Luxembourg. Mighty Luxembourg, most historically notable for Adolf Hitler and his Nazis using it as their latrine from 1939 onwards, just as Kaiser Bill had in 1914. And the Germans (and recently the French) have been wiping
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their backsides on Luxembourg pretty much ever since. Can you picture the flag of Luxembourg? Me neither, but I imagine it would be a pair of white hands held up in the air, on a white background. It gets waved a lot when passing strangers stamp their feet. The national anthem? Ditto, no idea. It probably features much use of the French, German and Luxembourgian translations of ‘We surrender’. There are benefits to being the EU’s doormat though. This fully-fledged member state (despite having a smaller population than Leeds) has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, which implies there is value in being the bullies’ bitch. Indeed, its over-promoted former Prime Minister is the soon-to-retire President of the EU Commission, that lecherous drunk, Jean Claude Juncker. And those puny Luxembourgians were in their element this week, when their EU masters had them publicly humiliate the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. Johnson travelled into the heart of the EU in good faith to explore prospects of reaching a withdrawal agreement before October 31. What he got instead was a stage-managed ambush, with a mob of ex-pat British Remoaners hurling dogs’ abuse at our PM. And when Mr Johnson quite rightly declined to stand and be humiliated, Luxembourg’s non-entity of a
The bandwagon rolls on ’VE been reasonably impressed with Dewsbury’s Conservative Parliamentary candidate Mark Eastwood’s energy and efforts in defending plans to concrete over green belt in the Chidswell area. It almost makes up for his rather cowardly character assassination of independent council candidate Aleks Lukic a while back. It would be naive to expect Eastwood – or any politician – to avoid playing the Muslim card with a general election in the air, but for some reason he hasn’t sent us a press release about his “speech on freedom and human rights” at a proKashmir rally in Dewsbury on Saturday. Labour’s Pakistani-flag waving MPs Paula Sherriff and Tracy Brabin were there too, so I suppose he would have been daft to forego the opportunity to at least cling by a fingernail to that bandwagon. But hold on a minute – freedom and human rights? In Pakistan? Eastwood should see if Ms Brabin
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PM, Xavier Bettel – nope, never heard of him, either – launched into a full-on tirade of insults against the British people. He wasn’t speaking German or wearing a swastika on his sleeve, but he would have been except for the sacrifice of the people he scorned and belittled. He could, because he had the bigger bullies of France, Germany and Brussels at his back, goading him on. And those are our friends? Our allies? You’ll forgive me if I insist that they’re not my
will lend him a frock and one of her collection of hijabs; he can daub a bit of the wife’s lippy on his mush, go parade around Peshawar and post a lovely photo on social media of the view from the top of a high building – right before a mob throws him off. Still, it did give me a chuckle. These politicians are probably completely ignorant of the fact that most Savile Town Muslims, and certainly the most influential citizens, have their roots in Gujarat province – which is Indian, as in the ‘wrong’ side of the Kashmiri dispute and the country at which Saturday’s protest was primarily aimed. It’s tragically funny. If the Kashmiri affront had been on the other (Indian) foot and they’d been the ones protesting in Dewsbury town centre, the Pakistani Kashmiris would have kept quiet – and our stooges would still have danced to whatever tune was being played. How they must laugh behind these political pygmies’ backs. friends, or that I consider them friends of our country and our people. And if it costs me a few quid and a couple of months with an avocado shortage, that’s fine and dandy. Around the world, political leaders are wondering what the heck Britons are worried about. I know what our treasonous MPs should be worried about, and it’s not No Deal. It’s the voice of 17.4 million people (a number that’s growing by the day) who really don’t like bullies.
Lib Dems’ policy is a new low point HE most amiable, mild mannered and long-suffering person I’ve met in local politics has to be Dewsbury Liberal Democrat diehard and solicitor Bernard Disken. Bernard and I go back nearly 50 years and I can’t remember a cross word passing his lips (though I’ll stop short of calling him a Saint Bernard). A few exasperated words, undoubtedly, because that’s the price of being a doughty carrier of the Dim Libs’ cross. But now a new burden has been foisted on the shoulders of Bernard and his well-meaning, socially conscious compatriots – the label of fascists. Welcome aboard the ‘extremist’ train, folks. Yup. The ‘Democrat’ in Liberal Democrat now equates very fairly to that of the German Democratic Republic – the East Germany of the infamous Stasi, nominally Communist but in every demeanour dictatorial fascists. The antiDemocrats. Like the Lib Dems. I wouldn’t allow their latest party leader Jo Swinson to cross the road without a grown-up to supervise and after her over-excited party conference performance this week you can see
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why. She must have consumed a six pack of full-fat Coca-Cola and bags full of hype-inducing sweeties before announcing to the world that, ‘sod a People’s Vote, we’re going to overturn Brexit entirely!’ Wow. Where’s the ‘democracy’ in that? Because I doubt it sits comfortably with conviction Liberal Democrats – intelligent, reasonable people like Bernard Disken. Sugar-rush Swinson, swallowing whole the BS of her party’s ‘B******* to Brexit’ minor successes in the European elections, is actually gambling all-in on winning the arch-Remoaners’ support at the next election. It’s cynical and her brazen attempt to whip up her own army of Brownshirts is dangerous – a new low point in this now exposed plot to crush the will of 17.4m patriots. To this day they remain the only legitimate voice in this sorry mess. Still, I expect that anti-democracy fascist Swinson will go the way of those other quasi fascists Corbyn, McDonnell and friends, eventually. Those 17.4 million (and counting!) British people are not going away any time soon.
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Cafe’s star role in ‘Tango’ Staff will feature in hit BBC TV series
staff were informed on the day that they would be cast as extras. “I did a bit on the coffee machine, handing over some tea etc and my colleague was on the till,” he said.
“I was filming with Anne Reid. She kept having to tell me to calm down because I was really nervous – the first time we shot a scene I started before the director said action!” Mohamed, who grew up in Batley, says the exposure for both his business and the town is huge. “I think it’s great for the town having such a famous cast in Batley. All the ‘big fish’ were here and the interest it’s generated is amazing,” he added. It is possible the BBC hit show could return to the cafe for more filming later in the year, or even just for a quick snack. “Members of the crew didn’t realise that this was a working cafe. They said they’d be coming back with their families,” said Mohamed. “They’ve also suggested they may have a bit more filming to do going forward and we’ve said we’d be happy to welcome them back.” Viewers can expect the fifth season of Last Tango In Halifax to hit screens next year.
Market Garden, in which Allied airborne forces dropped into Holland
on September 17, 1944, in a bid to secure a bridgehead across the lower Rhine river. Mayor Mumtaz Hussain and other dignitaries laid a wreath to honour those who fought and died in the battle. Dewsbury’s branch of the RBL meets on the first Tuesday of every month at the Conservative Club in Earlsheaton. Meetings start at 7.30pm and new members are welcome.
By Connor Teale STAFF from a coffee house in Batley are to feature in an episode of the BBC’s ‘Last Tango In Halifax’. Production crews from the BAFTA award-winning show were spotted at two locations in Batley last week, including Brew Coffeehouse on Wellington Street. Stars including Anne Reid and Sir Derek Jacobi shot scenes in the cafe, and other cast members filmed at Redbrick Mill on Bradford Road. Mohamed Bala, who opened the cafe with his brother Zak and wife Aziza six months ago, said the TV crew came across the venue by chance. “It was a bit of luck,” he said. “They were going to be filming at Redbrick Mill anyway but they
Cafe owners Mohamed and Aziza Bala with Last Tango in Halifax stars Anne Reid and Rachel Leskovac in a break from filming at Brew Coffeehouse were looking for a cafe nearby. “The locations manager, who is originally from Batley, stumbled across us and the shop fitted in with what they wanted.” Mohamed and a member of his
In memory of Arnhem MEMBERS of Dewsbury’s Royal British Legion branch joined with the Mayor of Kirklees to remember the 75th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Arnhem. A wreath-laying ceremony was held at the war memorial on
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News In Brief Husband smashed up his wife’s car NORTH KIRKLEES: An abusive man has been banned from seeing his wife after being hit with a restraining order. Mohammed Basharat used a plank of wood to smash up his wife’s car outside their home in Heckmondwike, two days after he was reported for assaulting her. Basharat was escorted to another residence by police on August 30 after the victim reported him for being abusive – but he returned less than an hour later to damage the vehicle. The 30-year-old, of Hawthorn Avenue, Batley, was ordered to pay his wife £1,000 compensation. Deputy District Judge Wajid Khalil also banned Basharat from contacting the victim for two years.
Club open day BATLEY: The town’s camera club will host an open day exhibition on Saturday, September 28 (2pm-5.30pm) at Batley Community Centre on Upper Commercial Street. There will be a studio light set-up for anyone who wishes to bring their camera and have a go, along with an exhibition of prints and a display of members’ equipment. For details, visit www.batleycameraclub.co.uk.
Sports activities BATLEY: Batley Sporting Charitable Trust has organised an afternoon of activities at the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium on Wednesday, September 25 (3.30pm-6pm), allowing people to learn more about clubs and classes in the area. Sports to try on the day include touch rugby, cricket, cheerleading and mini tennis. There will also be an over-55s gym session and ‘chair dance’ for older people.
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Selective memories of politicians Letter of the Week: Harry Teale, Mirfield Yet again the councillors and the MP for Dewsbury show their utter contempt for the majority of Dewsbury citizens. The councillors and MP claim that Dewsbury has declined due to a lack of investment by the UK government (taxpayers). Surprising then that our taxes continue to increase faster than inflation! Amazing how councillors’ and MPs’ pay and perks continue to rise along with investment in selected areas which we are not allowed to name! Since they have selective memories, here are some facts (I won’t over strain their intellect and will concentrate on this century so far.) Which single political party has been in sole control of the UK government for most of this
New rule is out of turn From: Gerald Christian, Roberttown I fail to see what possible benefit there is in not being able to turn left from Child Lane, Roberttown, into Huddersfield Road at the Fountain lights. In order to get to the shopping complex on Huddersfield Road from Roberttown you need to make two right turns, one at the bottom of Lumb Lane and one from Huddersfield Road into the complex. The right turn at Lumb Lane lights is particularly difficult due to the volume of traffic coming out of Norristhorpe Lane. This is especially bad at peak
century? Answer – the same party which has had control of Dewsbury and Kirklees! If their own party will not invest, why should any other? When the current Government offer the chance of investment, the local politicians claim it is an election bribe! I understood the local MP’s party – after demanding an election for months – refused to vote for the offer of a General Election, so how can it be an election bribe when there is no election? Was not the ‘Magic Money Tree’ offered by their party in the 2017 election an election bribe? My apologies to Aleks Lukic for including him in the ‘Dewsbury councillors’ since he was not elected until May 2019.
times when Huddersfield Road is at a crawl. If a vehicle at Lumb Lane wants to turn right it may not be able to because of stationary traffic on Huddersfield Road. This becomes frustrating for any vehicles behind that may want to turn left or go straight ahead as these are blocked by the ones trying to turn right. It maybe quicker in the end to drive to the junction at the White Gate pub and turn left back towards the Fountain.
Great to see bones back
Duxbury Hall, at the bottom of Roberttown Lane near Huddersfield Road. The two pieces of bone were once placed at either side of the driveway to Duxbury Hall. Why they came to Roberttown is a mystery, but the hall dates back to the 17th century. One tale is that they were brought back by a sea captain, who knows? But it’s just great to see them back after building work by Marshalls.
Hope for the future!
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From: David A Wood, via email
Never mind the whale bones of Whitby… The whale bones of Roberttown are now back at
It is with delight that I yet again correspond regarding Batley Parish C of E, J I and N School.
DECLINE? Dewsbury town centre
Last week was the first full week in reception class for our four-year-old grandson. On the last day a school assembly closed the week. Along with mum we were delighted to be able to attend, and what a treat the assembly was. Quietness as the children walked into the hall, politeness when welcoming we guests, the singing of the school song. It was like a time from yesteryear when all was well with the world and each and everyone got on. Even more was yet to come as each teacher reported on the first week in class and awards were made for several differing reasons to pupils in each year. The pride on the faces of the bairns receiving them was evident, but each and every pupil was praised by the teacher as they commented on how well
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the week had gone and how hard the class had worked. That every child, our grandson included, received an award for their first week in reception class just made our, and his, day. Well done all at Batley Parish, perhaps there is hope for the future for polite wellmannered, well-educated youngsters sorting out the world we presently seem to despair of.
Never a bad word to say From: Jean Hodge, Dewsbury I’m so sad to hear the news about the death of Garry Wilkinson, affectionately known as ‘Mr Toffee Smith’. Garry was a lovely man who loved a game of golf with his wife Anne and a chat about cricket with his friends in the market, where he stood for many years selling sweets. He never had a bad word to say about anyone and always greeted you with a smile. Another of Dewsbury’s bestloved characters gone, but not forgotten. God bless you Garry, may you rest in peace.
Let’s have an apology please From: Len Gardner, Batley In my younger days if a vicar or priest said you were causing a nuisance, you stopped doing it because they were the voice of authority. I thought today that the voice of authority in some religions was the imam, and so I
would hope that the eight or 10 Asian lads who last Saturday afternoon had bought ice cream cones and thought it ‘fun’ to throw them over the railings on Commercial Street, on to parked cars in Tesco’s parking area, might just be taken to task. This ‘merry’ gang then rode their bikes at speed along the pavement through any people out shopping in order to prolong this ‘fun’ game. It would be absolutely marvellous if the ‘gang’ mentioned got together and published in this paper an apology for the stupid actions of that afternoon. We also had two ‘learners’ on motorbikes weaving all over the road and exceeding the speed limit in town – unfortunately not a police presence in sight. Come on you people, let’s make Batley a good, safe, multi-national place to live!
They shouldn’t throw stones... From: Carl R Dransfield, Heckmondwike I have been amazed by all the ‘has-beens’ and so called ‘experts’ who have suddenly crawled out of the woodwork to try and stop Brexit. These words come to mind: “People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.” John Major (Con) got us into all sorts of financial trouble whilst trying to run the United Kingdom and have an affair with Edwina Currie at the same time. Tony Blair (Lab), now estimated to be worth £60 million with all his properties etc, took
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From page 8 us into the Iraq war, which killed millions. Blair did this on misinformation and he politically disturbed most of the Middle East. Now he goes on about ‘democracy’, yet his ‘sofa government’ style was dictatorial. Alastair Campbell an unelected character known for bullying tactics. He was there to do all Blair’s dirty work. Michael Heseltine (Con), I doubt he will ever forget being beaten for the premiership by a woman, Margaret Thatcher. Gordon Brown (Lab), an extremely unpopular Prime Minister who sold our gold reserves at rock bottom prices, and even announced his intentions before! Oh, and also raided our pensions. Jacquie Smith (Lab), oh so proud and assured on her TV views. Considered one of the worst Home Secretaries ever! John Bercow (Speaker, anti-Brexit), supposed to be totally impartial, has now put ‘People v Parliament’. We, the citizens, will win. It’s my opinion that most of our population can’t wait for election night, when they will all start losing their seats.
harder when the odds are against them. If things carry on the same, the roads will be almost gridlocked in these areas. The factions of society that are causing this serious over-population will suffer just the same as everyone else. A team of top university economists have stated that England and Wales have the infrastructure to support a population of 35 million. The present is 62 million! Is it any wonder the NHS is overloaded, traffic is getting heavier by the day – school places, housing etc.
Entrance exam led to traffic chaos From: Ben Marshall, Liversedge What a brilliant idea it was to have Heckmondwike Grammar School’s entrance exam on a Monday morning. A litany of selfish parents from miles away with no idea of the Highway Code, or indeed any thought for the thousands of people using this major artery through Heckmondwike. What happened to it being on a Saturday?
Plenty of cash but not Odds are stacked for poor Kirklees against our youngsters much From: A frustrated Brexiter From: Ron Moorhouse, Mirfield
This autumn there are 4,800 school or university leavers in North Kirklees alone, all embarking on their working lives, if they can find a job. Politicians keep talking about equality and opportunity but never about 20 or 30 people applying for one mediocre job. Everyone deserves a chance in life, but it’s
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Book launch event at Batley centre A BATLEY writer is hoping to inspire older people to go back to university and study something they’re passionate about. Dr Samantha Broadhead wants her new book, titled Perspectives on Access to Higher Education, to give potential mature students in the district different ideas on how to fulfil their dreams of returning to learning. A launch event is taking place at Batley Community Centre tomorrow (Sat, 5.30pm7.30pm), when everyone is invited to celebrate the book’s publication. Over the past six years Dr Broadhead has been researching mature students who go back to university to study art and design – as well as juggling her role as head of research at Leeds Arts University. Alongside co-authors Anthony Hudson and Rosemarie Davies, she wanted to help ‘transform people’s lives’ with her second published book. She said: “Older people should have the opportunity to study the subjects they are passionate about, including art and design, even if they did not do so well at school. “Education should be for personal development and love of the subject as well as providing a flexible and creative workforce in the future.” Dr Broadhead lives in Batley and studied at the town’s art school before going on to complete a foundation course and a visual arts degree at the Univeristy of Lancaster.
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‘I want my own sitcom’ says Mushy
News In Brief Insight into town’s heritage and culture CLECKHEATON: Some of the town’s prominent buildings are opening their doors this weekend as part of the Heritage Open Days project. The national event celebrates the country’s heritage and culture and offers an insight into places not always open to the public. St John’s Church will be open today (Friday) from 10am-3pm and tomorrow from 9am to 5pm. Whitechapel Church will also open tomorrow (10am-4pm) and Sunday (2pm4pm). Cleckheaton Library is hosting a special talk on Saturday (10.30am-12.30pm) by Georgina Hutchison, author of ‘Under the Canopy of Heaven’. A display about the Luddites in Spen Valley will be complemented by a talk by historian Alan Brooke. On Sunday, there will be a Spen Valley Civic Society guided walk along the Spen Luddite Trail (meet Cartwright Street, 1pm).
Royal scandals BATLEY: Pat Osborne will give a talk called ‘Scandals of Princess Margaret’ at the Batley History Group meeting at the town hall on Monday (September 23, 7.30pm). It’s £2 for members and £4 for non-members. Annual membership is £10.
School reunion BATLEY: Past pupils and teachers at Warwick Road school are invited to the annual reunion at St Mary’s Social Club, Melton Street, on Friday, October 11 (7.30pm). Organiser Betty Maudsley said: “We have a great response each year and we’re always happy to see new faces.”
Paula Sherriff, centre, is calling on constituents to wear pink
MP’s ‘wear pink’ plea to aid cancer charity DEWSBURY MP Paula Sherriff is calling on her constituents to ‘wear it pink’ to raise funds for Breast Cancer Now. The charity is hosting its annual fundraiser, in which people wear something pink for a day, on Friday, October 18. The project has raised over £33m since its launch in 2002 and now Miss Sherriff is urging members of
the public to join her in signing up for a free fundraising pack. She said: “Every year in the UK around 55,000 women and around 350 men are given the devastating news that they have breast cancer. “That’s why I’m encouraging my constituents to take part in Breast Cancer Now’s Wear It Pink Day. “The money raised by this wonderful event has such a huge
impact, allowing Breast Cancer Now to fund vital research and support for those living with a diagnosis. I hope everybody will wear it pink this October and support this very important cause.” Anyone can take part, from holding a cake sale to hosting a pink fancy dress day at school or a workplace. To sign up visit www.wearitpink.org/mp.
TV’s ‘Educating Yorkshire’ star Musharaf Asghar could soon be featuring in his own on-screen sitcom. The now 23-year-old has already seen his story turned into a rap-infused play, ‘Mushy: Lyrically Speaking’ – and now he has ideas to tell his tale on screen. Musharaf, nicknamed Mushy, was just 16 when he appeared on the Channel 4 programme which focussed on students and staff at Thornhill Community Academy. Viewers followed his journey to overcome a severe stammer throughout the series, up to the point where he was able to present a speech to his year group in the final episode. Now he is in the second year of a broadcast journalism degree at the University of Huddersfield and spends his spare time being a motivational speaker. The play has been a sell-out so far and Mushy says he has already pitched sitcom ideas to production companies. He said: “In the play there are highs and lows – it’s quite emotional but there are also hilarious moments. “I think turning it into a sitcom is ideal. I have done the pitch but the production companies are waiting to see how the play works out. “It has been a sell-out so far.”
Councillors split on social media risks By Tony Earnshaw Local Democracy Reporter COUNCILLORS in Kirklees are split over the risks presented by being active on social media. Some believe their personal and professional online accounts should be considered separate. Others say shouldering the responsibility of public office means accepting that everything falls under scrutiny. The debate stemmed from the publication of a report by the Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL), relating to standards of conduct of public office holders, including councillors. Among the CSPL recommendations were an annual review of standards and that councillors “should be presumed to be acting in an official capacity in their public conduct, including social media”. Kirklees Council resolved to hold a bi-annual review. At a meeting of its sixmonthly Standards Committee, councillors discussed how far the authority should go in presuming elected members’ online posts are considered to be official and not just
Coun Lisa Holmes and Coun Martyn Bolt had different views personal. There were differing opinions on timescales, particularly when considering historical online posts that might predate someone becoming a councillor. Coun Martyn Bolt (Con, Mirfield) said members’ posts “should be deemed official”, whether they were made in a personal capacity or not. He said: “You could have a situation where a person operates two social media accounts: Councillor XYZ and Mr XYZ. “Mr XYZ might express comments that are reprehensible and against the Code of Conduct. They are the same person, the same thought process and the same behaviour. Whilst we are taking on public office we are accountable.” But Coun Lisa Holmes (Con,
Liversedge and Gomersal) argued for separation. “If it was written before you were a councillor, it’s nothing to do with us (now). That would be my view. “The historic bit is what concerns me. People have fallen foul of that and I personally think that is really unfair. “From the point of standing for election, absolutely. And you should be taken to task if you do something wrong. “But going back historically, things pop up. What on earth could you do about that? You have no way of protecting yourself.” The committee heard that if someone’s social media account was examined and there was a historical matter that caused concern but nothing current, that that would be taken into account based on the nature of the comment.
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News In Brief Fish shop owner’s £75,000 VAT fraud A BUSINESSMAN has appeared in Leeds Crown Court for sentencing after cheating taxpayers out of over £75,000. Justin Davis, 35, of Manor Park Road, Cleckheaton, failed to hand over VAT collected from customers over seven years at two fish shops in Dewsbury and a chicken shop in Cleckheaton. The court also heard that Davis falsified documents to over-inflate his expenses and fraudulently reclaim VAT. Davis committed the offences at Thornhill Fisheries, Frydays and Hennie Penny’s Chicken. He is no longer associated with any of the businesses. His crimes came to light in 2017 when Davis admitted to tax inspectors he had carried out the offences due to financial difficulties. He pleaded guilty to two offences of VAT fraud, totalling £75,045. He was given a 22-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and ordered to carry out 250 hours of unpaid work.
Foreign language day DEWSBURY: A charity which promotes the study of foreign languages is hosting an open afternoon next month. The Norman Barnett Languages Trust, established for young people living within a five-mile radius of Dewsbury Town Hall, is hosting the event for students, teachers and parents/carers to find out more about the trust. It’s a drop-in event on Wednesday, October 9, between 3.30pm and 5pm at Cloggs Coffee Shop on Tithe Barn Street.
Thief stole fake tan DEWSBURY: A convicted shoplifter stole four bottles of fake tan as a gift for his sister. Simon Chambers, of Cardwell Terrace, was stopped by staff from Wilkinson’s in Crackenedge Lane, who found he was carrying four bottles of Ambre Solaire worth £26. The 33-year-old appeared at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court via video link from prison, and pleaded guilty to theft from a shop. Lesley Cowling, mitigating, told the court Chambers had recently received a 20-week custodial sentence for shoplifting. He was sentenced to 12 weeks in custody, but the sentence will run concurrently, meaning his release date will not change. Chambers was also ordered to pay a £122 victim surcharge.
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Richard rides sockets rocket after clinching Dragons deal By David Bentley A DEWSBURY entrepreneur has seen sales of his products rocket after securing a deal in TV’s Dragons’ Den. Richard Brook appeared on the popular BBC business show on Sunday with his Safety Shield invention and left the Den beaming – with Dragon veterans Theo Paphitis and ‘queen of DIY’ Deborah Meaden on board. Richard, 47, was seeking £100,000 investment from the Dragons for a 30 per cent share in his company, Sockitz. He showed the business titans one of his patented ideas, a plastic casing which protects electrical sockets and makes them safe while they’re being worked around. The Safety Shield product is used in home improvements, rewiring and renovations and slots over a socket to protect it from damage during painting, plastering or tiling.
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For major projects, it means that power supply is safely maintained during remaining building work, reducing return visits from electricians and saving firms time and money. The former amateur rugby league player came up with the idea in 2009 and he now sells 240,000 units a year from his home on Crown Flatt Way, with a turnover of £50,000. Those impressive figures were achieved in Richard’s spare time, while he worked as an electrical estimator for large contractors. But he’s now gone full time with Sockitz and hopes his exposure in the Den will boost sales further, with orders flooding in from eBay, Amazon and his own website in the hours after broadcast. “The hardest thing was getting the first sentence out, after that it all flowed and it was a great experience,” he said. “Sunday was the first time that I saw it – we watched it in bed!”
While all the Dragons praised his invention, several were frightened off by the £100k price tag. Clearly quite nervous, Richard, whose hand shook at one point as he handled a screwdriver, managed to secure a deal with Paphitis and Meaden, who offered the £100,000 but wanted 25 per cent each, dropping to 20 per cent when their investment was repaid. Paphitis described the product as “ingenious” and said it was “amazing you have put it together in your spare time”. The deal was for his entire Sockitz business, which owns patents on a total of five electrical safety products. Kirklees Council uses his Safety Shield, as do Leeds City Council and many other large organisations. Richard recorded the show in Manchester in May and had to keep quiet about his success until the weekend.
Almost two hours of stressful negotiation in the Den was boiled down to 13 minutes of TV. One key fact not mentioned was that Sockitz is manufactured in Halifax and packed by inmates at New Hall women’s prison in Flockton. “I’m proud it’s made in Yorkshire and it will stay that way,” said Richard. “I’m not moving production to China just to make a bit more money. “I am not totally driven by profit, it’s more about helping people and everything I’ve made has gone back into the firm. I’m not a salesman and that’s why I needed the Dragons’ help.” Father-of-two Richard played loose forward for Batley Boys and Dewsbury Celtic and represented the HW District and Yorkshire in a long amateur career. “This has been 10 years of work – it’s been a real learning curve with patents, trademarks and tax returns, but it’s a fulltime business now,” he said.
Soap actress Malandra star of fashion show fundraiser
Drink-driver: ‘I found my mum dead’
A CHARITY fashion show featuring former Emmerdale star Malandra Burrows raised over £450 for Kirkwood Hospice. The Wardrobe Designer Dress Agency, inside Batley Lighting Centre on Bradford Road, hosted the event. Organised by store owner Diane Edmond, the event included models showcasing designer wear for an appreciative audience. Local businesses including Soul Spa and The Powder Room in Birstall, as well as Hilltop Foot Clinic, provided vouchers for a raffle. But the big talking point was the guest appearance of the former soap star. “Malandra is a friend of someone who works in the
A drink driver told magistrates he’d struggled with alcohol addiction since discovering his mother’s dead body last year. Grzegorz Nowinski, 34, of Garden View, Liversedge, was over three-and-a-half times the legal limit on August 25 when he was stopped by police for speeding on Ings Road in Dewsbury. He was sentenced to a community order with six months of alcohol treatment and 10 rehabilitation days. He was also fined £300, ordered to pay £85 court costs and a £90 victim surcharge.
lighting shop, so we managed to get her to come along,” Diane said. “She arrived with her partner Paul Stewart, who’s
a vocalist and provided entertainment for the evening.” The event raised a total of £455.
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So much going on around your district THE Royal Voluntary Service has a number of events planned in the district next week. First up on Monday (September 23) there is the weekly movement and games at Batley Community Centre from 10.30am12pm. At the same time there is the sociables group at Bleak House in Wilton Estate. On Tuesday a pilates class is taking place at the community centre from 1.30pm until 2.10pm. In Heckmondwike people can meet for ‘Hecky chat’ at Morrisons Supermarket Cafe from 12.30pm-2pm. Wednesday sees the return of midweek meet and eat at Batley Community Centre where people can bring lunch and enjoy activities from 12.30pm-2pm. There’s also a walking rugby class at the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium at 11am until 12pm. Batley chat will take place at the cafe in Tesco Extra (1.30pm-2.30pm). Bookings for Thursday’s lunch club (11.30am-1pm) at the community centre must be given by Tuesday. On Friday there are several events happening, including a trip to York for the ‘Happy Trippers’. Meet at Batley Community Centre at 10.30am, pre-booking is essential. Another movement and games class is taking place at Birstall Community Centre from 10.30am-12pm, while at Batley Community Centre (1.15pm-2.30pm) there is a ‘Cool 2 B Schooled’ session. It’s a chance to meet with schoolchildren and share activities, pre-booking is required. That’s followed by a tea party on Sunday (2pm-4pm).
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.
Trouble flares on final day of our look back
N THE concluding part of this series, highlighting 10 consecutive days of news in the summer of 1934, the consequences of the story hitting the headlines of the Yorkshire Observer on July 26 were unimaginable. Austria’s so-called ‘pocket chancellor’, the 4’ 11” Dr Englebert Dollfuss, was murdered in Vienna during a Nazi revolt, and though there were arrests and 40 rebels were said to have been executed, the fact there had been a revolt was, in itself, ominous. Dollfuss had seen many changes in his native Austria during his lifetime. He was actually born into the AustriaHungarian Empire in 1892, served in the first Austrian Republic up to 1933 and was then a key figure as Chancellor until his death in 1934. His government was closely aligned to Italy’s Mussolini-led fascist dictatorship, but with Adolf Hitler’s ambitions to unite his Austrian homeland with Germany, under Nazi rule, a giant political shadow hung over the country. The murder of Dollfuss was the first step toward the eventual annexation to Germany in 1938 and set the stage for the scenes described in Maria Von Trapp’s book, shown so graphically – though watered down, in the classic musical film The Sound Of Music. Back in England cricket was still dominating the sports pages, ahead of the forthcoming final Test at the Oval, with news of Don Bradman’s planned week-long stay in a West London nursing home, for ‘observation’, following a thigh injury at Headingley. Another of the Australian touring party in the news was MIRFIELD ‘Chuck’ Fleetwood WF14 0DQ Smith, who picked up Like our Facebook Page to keep updated with special offers: seven wickets in the www.facebook.com/haighsfarmshop match with Durham. Fleetwood Smith FEVER TREE BARGAIN was unique as a crick24 X 200ML eter – but less so as a PREMIUM MIXERS famous sportsman! VARIOUS TYPES With his film star AMAZON PRICE: £28 looks, the 27-year-old HAIGHS PRICE ONLY: £12.99 was already following an all too familiar path as a wayward celebrity with his drinking and womanising. TASTES NICER FROM A GLASS BOTTLE! However, his cricketing skills were unique. He was born naturally right-handed but he taught himself to bowl as a left-handed ASDA PRICE: £2.29 wrist spinner, Australia’s first in this category, and went on to establish a world record never likely to
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be broken when, in the 1938 Oval Test, he bowled 87 overs with England 903-7 and finished with figures of 1-298. It was his last game for Australia and after the war his success with the women declined and his alcoholism increased – to the point of being homeless on the streets of Melbourne and eating from dustbins at Flinders Street station. Closer to home, late July meant school sports days everywhere as the academic year drew to a close and the YO carried a full list of results from the Heckmondwike Grammar School event. And in the ‘News from Around the Ridings’ was a short piece concerning the death of Ethel Marion Oates of Mirfield. Ethel had founded Mirfield High School for Girls, just off Doctor Lane in Mirfield, along with her sister Jessie and had been the headmistress but on July 25 she was found dead in bed at the age of 62. There is no mention of this school online, and even Kirklees Libraries could not find anything at hand to enlighten us further. In the circumstances there was an inevitable coroners inquest, and it was reports of this that gave us the full picture and highlighted a oncepopular but fast-declining religious movement. Ethel and Jessie were in fact Christian Scientists. The Christian Science Movement, like so many, was established in the USA by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879. Unable to find much assistance from conventional medicine Eddy, a deeply religious woman, came to the conclusion that only prayer could effect healing – and a future worldwide organisation was born. Ethel and Jessie, who lived at Ings Grove Cottage, became Christian Science adherents in around 1899, within two years of the first Christian Science church in England, and at Ethel’s inquest, reported in the Yorkshire Evening Post on July 26, she was said to have not received any medical attention for 35 years. It was said by one theologian that Christian Science was neither christian or scientific and the failure to acknowledge the great medical advances in the 20th century, like sulfonamides, penicillin, DNA, insulin or vitamins, lends a certain credence to at least half that statement. However, despite living with a goitre (a thy-
roid gland enlarged to the point of restricting breathing) for some years and suffering from heart disease, which were ultimately responsible for her death, Ethel had point blank refused to seek medical help. The post mortem also revealed severe anaemia and chronic nephritis. The coroner stated that treatment could not be forced on her against her wishes, as she was of sound mind, and as a consequence returned a verdict of death by natural causes.
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Taking care of business CARLINGHOW Theatre Company are celebrating their 95th anniversary – and what better way to mark it than to perform 9 to 5! The company, who are based at the Redbrick Mill Art Academy, began planning the production when they first heard that the original film was being released as a musical. Show director and company president Amanda Marsden said: “We all knew of the iconic 1980 film which starred Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, so the opportunity to perform this high-ener-
gy musical version was too good to pass up.” Carlinghow Theatre Company’s latest production is about three work colleagues, Doralee, Violet and Judy, who are pushed to boiling point by their sexist, egotistical boss. Performances of 9 to 5 began at Batley Town Hall on Wednesday night, with shows tonight (Fri) and Saturday at 7.15pm. Tickets priced £13 and £11 (concessions) can be ordered directly from Carlinghow (with no booking fee) by phoning 07912 484699.
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Former PC guilty of misconduct By Staff Reporters A FORMER police officer and Mirfield business owner has admitted misconduct in a public office after starting a sexual relationship with a woman he met when she was a victim of crime. Ben Robinson, 39, who worked as a police constable in Kirklees, pleaded guilty to the charge on the first day of his trial at Preston Crown Court on September 6. He was sentenced to nine months imprisonment, suspended for two years, and was ordered to pay £1,200 in costs and carry out 150 hours of unpaid work. Robinson, who now owns the Babyccinos cafe in Mirfield town centre, was investigating a domestic violence incident, in the aftermath of which he engaged in consensual sexual acts with the victim. Another officer became aware of the relationship and reported it to the force. An evidential file was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service in early February 2016. Robinson resigned from West Yorkshire Police after 14 years as an officer following his arrest on October 17, 2017. Det Supt Richard Crinnion, of WYP’s professional standards directorate, said: “We expect the highest standards of professional behaviour from our officers and staff in line with the code of ethics. “Robinson has admitted misconduct in a public office which means he wilfully neglected to perform his duty to such a degree as to amount to an abuse of the public’s trust without reasonable excuse or justification.” In a recent public post on Facebook, Robinson said: “I am not going to try and justify what I did but if I am to be slated and accused, it should at least be for the right reasons. “A number of years ago I assisted in the investigation of an assault on a woman in her 30s by her then boyfriend. It was a one-off matter and the investigation was concluded early the following year. “Some time after that, a very brief sexual relationship occurred between myself and the female. This was entirely consensual and she was in no way vulnerable or ‘preyed upon’. This was made very clear by the prosecutor and the judge.”
Unique Keith’s got rugby in his blood.. ROM the streets of Dewsbury Moor to the bright lights of Hollywood, former rugby league star Keith Mason has been on a real journey to get where he is today.
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Press journalist ZOE SHACKLETON caught up with the now actor and entrepreneur to discuss his next project – something which has never been accomplished by a rugby player before. Keith, now 37, started out as an amateur with Dewsbury Moor before signing his first professional deal with Wakefield Trinity in 2000. He became the youngest English player to play in Australia at the age of 19 when he signed with Melbourne Storm in 2002, but he was soon lured back by St Helens, where he won a Challenge Cup and League Leaders Shield, before moving on to Castleford Tigers and then Huddersfield Giants. Sitting in the living room at his family home in Halifax, Keith revealed how he has been in talks with streaming giants Netflix to make his recent graphic novels into an anime series. One of those books, Rugby Blood, is based loosely on Keith’s story, and sees the main character doubling up as a rugby league player and someone that saves the world fighting bad guys. It includes the likes of Super League stars Jake Connor and Jermaine McGillvary, and his next venture, which is already in production, will go one better in drafting the “best of the best” from Australian rugby league – including Nathan Cleary, Tyson Frizell and Jack Wighton. And Keith eventually wants the on-screen version of the new novel ‘Shot Clock’ to feature the voices of the real-life players, and himself as the lead.
TRAILBLAZER: Keith Mason with a copy of his graphic novel He said: “I retired six years ago, I met Mickey Rourke in 2009 and that’s how I got into the entertainment business – by Mickey giving me the opportunity to be in a film. He gave me a vision for my future after rugby and I threw myself into it. “After a few years of working really hard and landing more film roles, I learnt to screen write. Rugby Blood actually came from a film script that I did with a Norwegian writer called Ben
Von Cronos. “I came up with the idea of a rugby star who saves the world. Me being an ex-Super League player, I thought it was quite unique and nothing has been done like this before.” Since he retired at the age of 31 in 2013 Keith has gone on to star in the film Skin Traffik alongside his friend Rourke and feature in popular TV series Peaky Blinders. It is a far cry from his child-
hood days growing up on Pilgrim Crescent, when he was often in and out of trouble with the police. “It came to a point where a friend of mine went to jail,” he explained. “I came out of Crown Court and I just thought, I really need to change my life. I could see where it was going. As a young 14-year-old kid I cut all my friends off, I started running every single day. “For you to get to where you want to get to, you have to work your arse off. Even to this day, the reason why I’m doing what I’m doing is because I’m up every morning at 5am, I’m getting after it and working hard. “The fruits of my labour are paying off, people are seeing that I’m not just a rugby league player, I have got other talents.” One of those other talents is scriptwriting. Keith sent his initial Rugby Blood to executives at Pinewood Studios, but said “it takes a hell of a lot of time” to make a film, so he enlisted the help of artist Paul Roper and got on with producing the script as a graphic novel. Fast forward two years, the comic has been published and Keith is busy with the production of Shot Clock which is based in New York and will feature some major Aussie RL stars. He said: “If we do a Netflix series ... that would be the biggest deal that rugby league has ever done. “My idea is to market players both as comic book heroes and real-life players.” The series has already been endorsed by Super League and fans are really buying into it. Keith still comes back to Dewsbury Moor to visit his mother every week, but with his career just taking off, who knows where he’ll end up...
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Little steps towards a healthy future STEPPING STONES nursery in Mirfield held a sports day earlier this month to help develop children’s self confidence. Toddlers, pre-school pupils, staff and parents from the nursery all took part in the events. The day was held as a way of highlighting the importance of physical activity to the children who took part in sack races, mini-bike races, hula hooping and more. Nursery manager Kelly Lockwood claimed bragging rights in the staff running race, while parents from each class also battled for top spot.
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on Wednesday 25 September, 5.00 - 8.00 pm Everyone is warmly invited to meet with the staff and students of our Academy and to visit our subject areas. Education at our Academy is based on Christian principles and applications are welcomed from families seeking a Christian formation and education for their children. Admissions talks will be at 5.00 pm 6.00 pm 7.00 pm. We look forward to welcoming you and your child to our community.
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A family and a community
Advertising Feature HORNHILL Community Academy isn’t your ‘usual’ type of school. We truly exist as ‘A School, A Family, A Community’, and we work together to ensure that every child who steps into the building is treated with respect, is given every opportunity to excel academically, and is given opportunities to build themselves as an individual to thrive as part of an ever-evolving world. Whatever your child’s background or circumstances, TCA will ensure that they are given the tools to help them achieve the very best that they are capable of. Whether that be an apprenticeship, college, sixth form or employment, we will work together with you to guide students to make sure that the envelope full of GCSE results at the end of the five years is not only full of outstanding results, but is also being opened by an outstanding person. How will we do that for your child? We can make some guarantees, but we also need your commitment, too. We can promise we will deliver excellent
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See what makes us unique Advertising Feature ATLEY Grammar School is a “calm place to be and a happy place to learn” – Ofsted 2018.
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This ethos really has to be experienced first-hand to understand what makes us unique. We have chosen to retain many of the values of our 400year history aiming to nurture students and pupils in a caring educational environment, enabling them to grow into confident, respectful, independent and successful learners. In so doing, equipping them with the depth of character and enthusiasm necessary to aspire, thrive and prosper in future academic and wider social endeavours.
Visitors regularly comment upon the calm and purposeful learning environment, the warm welcome by both staff and students and the caring school community. Once again, this year, students at Batley Grammar School achieved some excellent exam results. At Key Stage Two results were well above the national and at GCSE 65 per cents of students achieved at least five GCSE at grade 4 to 9, including English and Maths. We were proud of the progress all our students made and anticipate yet another positive progress 8 grade for the school. These results reflect the high quality of teaching and learning evident in lessons and the good routines that aid learning, as noted in our recent inspection: “Pupils are
committed to learning, they are respectful in classrooms and they try their best.” We are equally delighted with the achievements of students across a wide range of extracurricular and co-curric-
ular activities. We continue to encourage our students to make the most of all the opportunities on offer here at Batley Grammar School. This might typically
include being a member of the Combined Cadet Force (CCF), undertaking the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, becoming a Sports Leader, or enthusiastically participating in the vast array of extra-cur-
ricular activities alongside the volunteering, enterprise and fund raising projects on offer; no mean feat alongside studying for external exams at all stages. Visitors to our website will be able to see the many news items that cover these events and the opportunities on offer to our students. Please accept this invitation to join us on Saturday September 21 from 9am to 12.30pm to meet the staff and tour the school with our outstanding ambassadors – the students themselves, to experience the unique atmosphere and character of our learning community first hand. They will be delighted to show you around and tell you what they think of our amazing school, a place where pupils can indeed ‘Believe, Grow and Succeed’.
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Sale looms for Red House A TOP councillor has defended Kirklees Council’s decision to sell Red House Museum. Coun Graham Turner said the closure of the Grade II* listed building in Gomersal is part of wider plans to improve museum and galleries services in the district. The council announced last week that the museum will go on the open market in 2020, three years after it was forced to shut because of cuts to cultural services budgets. Kirklees controversially turned down three community asset transfer requests over the years from volunteer groups who wanted to run the 17th-century property, claiming they were unsuitable. One local councillor secured a private investor with £500,000 to put into the site, but Kirklees said proposals didn’t meet its requirements. The council has already said it won’t allow new homes to be built on the site, however once
sold the new owners would be eligible to submit a planning application. Coun Turner, cabinet member for corporate services, said: “The closure of Red House Museum is part of our plans to improve and transform Kirklees Council’s Museums and Galleries offer for modernday audiences. “Red House was operating at a substantial loss and required a large annual subsidy to keep it open, but given the significant budget cuts to council funding this subsidy could no longer be justified. “We always look to work with our communities to deliver the best solution. “That’s why we initially asked local groups interested in taking over the building in a community asset transfer to come forward, but none of the three bids we received were suitable. “We also approached national organisations such as the
National Trust and the Bronte Society and many others who specialise in listed building ownership, but unfortunately none of these were interested in taking over the building. “So we’re now in the process of putting the site on the open market and this should happen next year. “We will work to ensure that this historic site goes to someone who can deliver a suitable and sustainable long-term future for it. “There is an option for a planning application to be submitted for a change of use to residential. “This would allow the existing buildings to be lived in but would not mean new homes being developed on the site. “Any new development would require the relevant planning permission. “The site’s historic significance and listed building status would play a part in any such decision.”
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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.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21 A FEW (NOT SO NEW) PATHS Starts at 10.30am at Moorland Road above Drighlington Library (BD11 1JZ, SE223285) 6.5 miles – moderate Contact: Norma 01274 685343 or 07951 413 012 nleppingwell@outlook.com
A night I truly won’t forget Showaddywaddy St George’s Hall, Bradford September 13 Review by Angela Hall FOR a band that originally started in the early 70s, Friday night’s show proved that (in my opinion) Showaddywaddy are still possibly one of the greatest bands Britain has produced. With just two of the original band members in the current line-up (Romeo Challenger and Rod Deas) and fronted by lead vocalist Andy Pelos (not unlike Dave Bertram in style and sound), the two-hour show included quality renditions of their classic hits such as I Wonder Why, Angel Eyes, Three Steps To Heaven and When, plus a few rock & roll greats such as Johnny Be Good, At The Hop and Runaround Sue. By the time they sang their most memorable Under The Moon of Love and Hey Rock n Roll the audience was jiving in the aisles, singing and just having a great time. Dressed in their crepes and drapes, it was an amazing and energetic performance by excellent musicians, proving Showaddywaddy are a band for all age groups. Truly a night I will not forget in a long time.
What memories will you make this year? BATLEY Festival returns next Saturday for another entertaiment bonanza in the heart of the town centre. Taking over the cobbles of the Market Place and Memorial Gardens this year will be Mufti Games, One Kid & Their Dog, Bollywood performers The Firm Band Baja and many more performances and activities to entertain the whole family. There’ll also be workshops for visitors to try their hand at, including Bhangra skills and Polish dancing. The Magnificent Marquee will be up to shelter festival-goers, who can bring picnics or grab a coffee or lunch from one of the array of food trucks rolling in on the day. Performances from Batley Community Choir and Sarah Taylor School of Dance will keep people entertained and the town’s streets will be lined with an artisan market. Kimberley Thirkill, chairman of the festival, said: “It is a huge community effort to put on Batley Festival each year and I want to thank the team of local volunteers, without who none of this would be possible. “I also want to pay tribute to our funders who have shown such faith in this festival as we continue to go from strength to strength. I can’t wait for families to see how we’re going to transform the town centre this year, and to see how many more memories they make as they explore the arts, crafts and performances on offer.” Everyone is welcome from 11am to 5pm, and entrance is free.
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Strangers steam in to Arts Group’s theatre tomorrow DEWSBURY Arts Group is bringing the classic novel Strangers On A Train to life from tomorrow (Sat). Directed by Sue Saville, the play takes you through the interesting story of Charles Bruno and Guy Haines. The pair meet on a train after a seemingly innocent conversation, but what lies ahead for architect Guy is a nightmare of psychological torment that threatens his career, his marriage and his sanity. He has a choice – to kill or be framed for a murder he didn’t commit. Based on the 1950 novel by Patricia Highsmith, it promises to be a thrilling start to the group’s new performance season. The play rolls into their Lower Peel Street theatre in Dewsbury from September 21 to September 28. Tickets are available from www.ticketsource.co.uk/ dewsburyartsgroup.
MONDAY OCTOBER 7 GINNELS, SNICKETS AND ALLEYWAYS OF BIRSTALL Starts at 1pm at Oakwell Hall top car park (WF17 9LG) 5 miles – moderate Contact: Kathleen 01924 471473 kathleenoshea5@aol.com
DEWSBURY Concert Society is on the lookout for new members. The friendly group of singers meets on Wednesday evenings at Longcauseway United Reformed Church from 7.30 pm to 9.30pm to rehearse a varied programme of songs for concerts throughout the year. New members are always welcome for all singing parts, but especially tenors and contralto singers. No audition is required and all are welcome. THE Dewsbury and District Ramblers have two walks planned this coming week. Tomorrow (Saturday) there is a coach trip to Belper, leaving Sunny Bank Road in Mirfield at 8am; Link Road at 8.20am and 8.30am from Batley. Names should be given to Margaret Chamberlain. On Wednesday (September 25) a walk is happening in Ledston, meet Brian Doyle near the White Horse Pub on Main Street at 10.30am. SPEN Valley Historical Society’s next meeting is on Wednesday October 9 when Patricia A Bell will give a talk titled ‘Little Known London (East End continued)’. 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. PEOPLE keen on learning how to dance are invited to a rock & roll jive class, held every Thursday at Heckmondwike’s Brighton Street WMC (8pm-9pm). It costs £5 and is ideal for those who want to keep fit and have fun. The class is followed by a social dance (£3) from 9pm-11pm. Call The Press on 01924 470296
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CRICKET
Spen’s Keith so close to gold...
Batley snatch the title on dramatic final day
VETERAN Spenborough and District AC athlete Keith McGhie missed out on a second European Masters Championship 800m gold medal by an agonising onetenth of a second in a dramatic final in Lido Di Jesolo, Italy, last Friday. McGhie, who took the title the last time he contested it in Turkey back in 2014, was pipped to the top step of the podium by GB teammate Paul Fletcher in the very last strides of the two-lap race. The Bradford-based athlete was no longer on his feet as he went through the photofinish, having seen the legs of long-time race leader PierreJean Marique crumble just metres from the line and being clipped by the flailing hand of the falling Frenchman. McGhie was helped away to the medical room where he was treated for abrasions to his knees, right arm, shoulder and face, still not knowing whether he had won or not. “The last thing I remember was feeling the Frenchman go down to my left as I passed him and catching a glimpse of someone out of the corner of my eye to the right,” claimed a patched-up McGhie afterwards. “I can’t complain as it’s not been an ideal year prepara-
SETTLING FOR SILVER: Keith McGhie (left) on the podium tion-wise. Less than five months ago I was lying in hospital in Halifax wondering whether I would be able to write and talk properly again after having a minor stroke, then three weeks before the Championship I hurt a muscle in the top of my left leg – possibly through trying to train too hard to make up for lost time.” McGhie, a freelance journalist and part-time electrical engineer, added that he would look back with relish on what was a “terrific race where everyone gave everything” after it transpired that, despite coming in sec-
ond, he had recorded one of the five all-time quickest times by an over-60 athlete from the UK at 2:15.32. THE SPEN Greenway 10K race took place last Sunday with Richard Harris, from Wolds Vets club, finishing first with a time of 34 minutes and 11 seconds, while Harrogate’s Sharon Barlow was the quickest female (36.24). The quickest Spenborough AC runner was Edward Revell, who finished in 13th place with 38.09, while Dewsbury Road Runners’ James Morris was 17th in 39.43.
RACING PREVIEW WITH MIKE SMITH
Will Gulliver travel to victory? AVID O’MEARA’S yard dominates the market in the Ayr Gold Cup with one of his hopefuls the subject of major support during the last few days. O’Meara currently has three horses in the top four, but his most backed horse this week has been GULLIVER, who has shortened from 33/1 to 12’s after the Upper Helmsleybased trainer confirmed the five-year-old would be lining up tomorrow (Saturday). In a race packed with previous winners and in-form runners, punters are gambling on GULLIVER getting a clearer run than he did at the Curragh on Sunday to give his trainer a second Ayr success in five years. A strong showing in Ireland, along with the trainer’s comments, have prompted activity from punters with over 30 per cent of the money in the last few days going his way. The five-year-old sparked interest when finishing third to BUFFER ZONE at the Curragh less than a week ago. Out of the picture for much of the race, he showed an impressive turn of foot to finish a couple of lengths behind the winner. BUFFER ZONE is the current 8/1 favourite with Carrigill’s, but a 5lb penalty could make all the difference.
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As a result, the double carpet about GULLIVER has quickly disappeared, with punters continuing to side with O’Meara’s charge. Stablemate SUMMERGHAND is second favourite and readily available at 10s with Carrigill’s, and was last seen finishing second to the recently withdrawn Dakota Gold at Ripon. Another Irish raider is Johnny Murtagh’s URBAN BEAT, who will relish ground anything softer than good. He may be better over 5f but was a solid third in a Listed race at Tipperary last time and is likely to be on the premises. Classic-winning Middleham trainer Karl Burke has won the
Ayr Gold Cup with Daring Destiny and Always Alight and can land one of the consolation contests with SHALLOW HAL. He won the nursery at this meeting 12 months and is fresh after a lay-off during which he was gelded. He’s more likely to get in the Bronze Cup rather than the Silver and a market check is recommended. DAKOTA GOLD’S giltedged summer can turn into a winning autumn in the opening Group 3 at Newbury tomorrow (Saturday). Michael Dods’s gelding proved he was up to this standard at York last time out when making all to clinch his third successive handicap, but Julie Camacho’s JUDICIAL is expected to run a big race on the back of a success at Beverley last month. David Simcock has won three of the last four runnings of the 2.20 including 2017 winner DESERT ENCOUNTER, who goes again this year and is strongly fancied.
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BATLEY began the last day of the Bradford League Championship One season as outsiders for promotion, but ended it as champions after a remarkable sequence of events. Three successive defeats looked to have ended their hopes of playing Premier Division cricket next season, with leaders Morley sitting 10 points clear and secondplaced Bankfoot five points ahead going into the final round of games. While Morley faced Baildon and Bankfoot took on relegation-threatened Wakefield St Michaels, Batley were tasked with a clash against a Gomersal side enjoying a revival. By the halfway stage, there was the first glimmer of hope. Bankfoot had crumbled to just 119 all out and Batley, desperately short of runs in recent weeks, had only one batting point by the 40-over mark but managed to increase that to four, and only one point behind Bankfoot, at the close of their innings. At that point Morley were still 10 ahead and on course for the title after bowling out Baildon for 198. Wakefield St Michaels had already had their relegation, along with Scholes, confirmed by this time, as East Bierley had beaten Keighley in a match lasting just 105 balls after Keighley lost seven men without scoring in a total of just 24.
GOING UP: Batley with the Championship One trophy Despite that knowledge, they still had the heart for a fight and finished as four-wicket winners. Bankfoot had accumulated another three points, leaving Batley needing to take eight wickets just to draw level with the Bradford side. But, in the end, there was no need to panic. Gomersal crumbled to just 91 all out and Batley’s 19 points took them ahead of both Morley and Bankfoot, but with Morley still playing. It must have been frustrating for Morley skipper Matt Baxter as his side completed their overs with one wicket in hand but still four runs short of forcing at least a tie and claiming the title. So, defeat for their promotion rivals and a very, very, welcome return to winning ways, means Premier Division cricket at Mount Pleasant next season. However, Batley are going to have to make a better show of it than last time if they are going to stay there! With Batley as champions and three more of the district’s sides among the next six it has been a good year for the district in this division, while Birstall will be promoted as runners up from Championship Two. The relegation of Scholes from Championship One, their second drop in succession, and Liversedge from Championship Two were disappointments and both Crossbank Methodists and Heckmondwike and Carlinghow will not be happy with the bottom two positions in the Conference.
CARRIGILL’S NAP: (money back as a free bet if finishes outside top 4): URBAN BEAT, Saturday, Ayr, 3.50. AUGUR’S BEST BET: DESERT ENCOUNTER, Saturday, Newbury, 2.20.
CHAMPIONS: Gomersal’s second team won the Bradford League Championship One 2nd XI title, finishing 15 points clear of Bradford and Bingley following a final-day victory over Cleckheaton.
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Ossett held at home as slow start continues Northern Premier N/West Division
OSSETT UNITED RAMSBOTTOM UNITED
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Daniel Johnson at Ingfield AFTER a convincing midweek thrashing of Thornaby in the FA Cup, Ossett United returned to league action with a draw at home to Ramsbottom. Nick Guest gave Ossett an early lead by finishing off a superb team goal assisted by their man of the match Andy Ijiwole, but Teddy Perkins levelled before half-time and neither side could find a winner in the second half. The result means that Andy Welsh’s side have still picked up just one league win so far this season, sitting fourth-bottom in the BetVictor Northern Premier N/West Division. Ramsbottom came into the game in second place after a strong start to the season and they were display-
OPENER: Nick Guest turns away to celebrate as his header goes in ing an attacking threat from the off, earning two quick successive corners early on. However, the hosts were soon the side piling on the pressure, with Andy Monkhouse sending the ball just over the bar from an Elliott Harrison corner. Continued pressure and chances
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for Ossett eventually led to a wonderful move, started from Jack Stockdill who picked up the ball in the middle of the pitch with a delightful dink over the Ramsbottom midfielder. The ball eventually found Ijiwole down the right-hand side and the on-loan Huddersfield man stood the ball up
brilliantly for Guest to head home 13 minutes into the game. The two sides’ positions in the league could have been reversed as it was Ossett building more pressure on the Ramsbottom defence. Rams keeper Tom Stewart slammed the ball and his foot against the defender tracking back, injuring the unlucky teammate and giving away a corner. However, the visitors began to show grit, and from a corner Ramsbottom were level. A packed penalty area meant keeper Brett Souter was unable to get a clean pair of gloves on a whipped in corner which eventually fell to Perkins, and the defender finished like a striker into the far corner to bring the game level. It was a much more even start to the second half and both sides went close, with efforts from Corey Gregory and Anointed Chukwu going close for their respective sides. As the half continued Ossett’s
chances began to accumulate. Former FC United of Manchester striker Tom Greaves, fresh from his six goals in the last two games, couldn’t add to that rich vein of form with a strike from the edge of the area after a beautifully brought down ball from Guest. Ramsbottom seemed to build a brick wall and sit behind it for the final knockings of the game, and their stout defending earned them a solid point in a tightly-fought affair. Ossett will have felt this was two points dropped rather than a point gained, as Welsh’s men made it four games unbeaten in all competitions heading into this weekend’s FA Cup tie. They head to Colne, who defeated them 4-0 in the league last month, tomorrow (Saturday, kick-off 3pm) in the second qualifying round of the competition. Unless a replay is required, they will return to league action on Tuesday night (kick-off 7.45pm) at home to Marske United.
Ladies claim first Unbeaten start over for Sedge Tributes to Michael Balmforth point ahead of NCEL Premier Division LIVERSEDGE FC 2 FA Cup clash KNARESBOROUGH TOWN 4 OSSETT UNITED Ladies picked up the first point of their North East Premier Division campaign with a 1-1 draw at York City Ladies. After losing 2-1 at home to Wallsend in the season opener, following promotion in their first year as a club, Ossett were unlucky to only have a point to show for their efforts after dominating the contest. They had to come back from a goal down through Danielle Sidebottom’s goal but had a host of chances to score more, in a similar story to the opening day. Alayna Millard had two big chances to score for United early on but could convert neither, allowing York to take the lead. The home goalkeeper made a great save to deny Chelsea Schofield oneon-one as they held that advantage to the break. Ossett kept pushing early in the second half and Jenna Wraith was kept out by the keeper before assisting a few minutes later for Sidebottom to finish expertly. They kept on pushing for more, but Millard was denied by a fantastic save and Yasmin Ayub hit the crossbar before Ayub couldn’t beat the keeper with the final opportunity in injury time. Player-coach Emily Senior said: “We’re absolutely gutted if I’m honest. We were the better team for 90 minutes but we’ve said to the girls that that can’t be the story of our season. “We can’t be the better team for 90 minutes and not come away with three points. At the moment that’s the way things are going because we’re not converting chances. “I think it’s a shock to the system for the girls because last year we were one of the most clinical sides in the league whereas this year we’re struggling to convert and it’s costing us games.” Ossett are in FA Cup action on Sunday, looking to follow up their impressive 5-1 win over Rotherham United Ladies in the previous stage when they head to Bridlington Rovers in the first qualifying round.
KNARESBOROUGH inflicted a first league defeat of the season on Liversedge on Tuesday night. Sedge had come back from two early goals with Liam Marsden and Oliver Fearon bringing them back level early in the second half. However, the visitors scored twice in the final 20 minutes – one coming from a yard out and the other from inside their own half – to claim the three points and stop Liversedge from returning to the top of the early table. Knaresborough took the lead after eight minutes. Both Colin Heath and Sedge striker Joe Walton competed for a header from a corner which ended up in the net, with Walton awarded the own goal. Heath was on the scoreboard just five minutes later though, taking advantage of a terrible error from goalkeeper Josh Lill. Brad Walker’s shot was spilled and Heath had a simple tap-in to double their lead. Will Lenehan had a header cleared off the line as they continued to force the issue, before Liversedge started to establish themselves in the game. They got on the board with the
last action of the first half, with Marsden scoring straight from a corner for his first goal since signing from Matlock in the summer. Six minutes into the second half, a cross came in from the right flank and Fearon finished well to bring them level. Daniel Thirkell and Ben Parkes both missed chances for Knaresborough while Liversedge’s best chances were coming from set pieces in a game which could have swung either way as the second half went on. The all-important next goal went the way of the away side though, as Gregg Anderson stabbed in Adam Baker’s corner from close range. Thirkill then made the points safe with eight minutes left on the clock thanks to a stunning strike. He spotted Lill well off his line when preparing to take a free kick and went for the audacious effort which looped over the goalkeeper and into the net. Liversedge’s packed schedule continues with another two matches this week, starting with a chance to reclaim top spot in the division when they travel away to AFC Mansfield tomorrow (Saturday, kick-off 3pm). They then begin their NCEL League Cup campaign with a second-round tie at Barton Town on Tuesday night (kick-off 7.45pm).
Ashton too good in FA Vase beating FA Vase
ASHTON ATHLETIC LIVERSEDGE FC
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LIVERSEDGE were dumped out of the FA Vase with a thrashing at the hands of Ashton Athletic. They scraped through the first round of qualifying with a winner in the last minute of injury-time against Hallam, but things weren’t so close in the second round as Ashton produced a dominant performance. Adam Gilchrist gave them the lead after 28 minutes, finishing well from six yards after clever play from man of the match Marcus Cusani and Josh Nicholson.
Cusani turned scorer for their second just six minutes later, finding space on the edge of the box to fire a rasping shot past Josh Lill, before Dale Korie-Butler’s low finish made it 3-0 at half-time. Liversedge gave themselves hope with a goal within five minutes of the restart. Striker Joe Walton was felled inside the penalty box and Alfie Raw stepped up to convert the spot-kick. Any chance of a fightback was ended with a fourth Ashton goal in the 75th minute, when Korie-Butler’s shot was deflected in by Sedge defender Frank Zalo. The hosts wrapped up the scoring nine minutes from the end when Saul Guffogg hit a spectacular effort from the edge of the box.
LIVERSEDGE Football Club president Bob Gawthorpe has paid tribute to friend and former Clayborn groundsman Michael Balmforth, who passed away on Tuesday September 10 at the age of 70. In a letter to The Press, Mr Gawthorpe writes... In his youth Michael played cricket for Gomersal as a wicket keeper and ran a Sunday football team during the winter. He worked at the Hillards depot on Spen Lane and was introduced to Liversedge FC by Cyril Fevrier – a colleague at work. Michael took over as secretary when Alan Briggs decided to concentrate on coaching and playing. When Tesco bought Hillards and the depot closed he went to work for leisure services and the skills he acquired there he brought to Clayborn as groundsman. Clayborn in those days was different from today’s flat surface. It had a double slope. It sloped lengthwise and sideways. A soil profile showed it was 79 per cent clay, unsuitable for a sports field. It was a swamp in winter and rock-hard in summer. Nevertheless Michael bought his own mowers and spikers to combat the problem. He also bought the petrol and weedkiller. Taking every Friday off dur-
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MEMORIES: Balmforth (bottom right), with Bob Gawthorpe next to him, in the 1980s ing the season, he prepared the ground for Saturday’s fixture. He did this for 32 years. After tea on Friday he produced the programme, checked the three officials and after the game wrote the match reports for the local newspapers. When he finished at Liversedge his volunteering wasn’t over, he looked after Birkenshaw Park Bowling Green for 12 years. Outside the football and bowling fraternity, very few knew Michael. He was a confirmed bachelor who was shy and retiring. He was completely at ease with himself and had an easy manner in his relationships with his close friends. Michael’s contribution to Spen sport is immeasurable. Thousands have played fixtures, finals, representative matches at Clayborn without knowing the work Michael put in. He had no wish to be a celebrity, he just got on with it at his own expense. I hope he knew how well thought-of he was by the people who knew him. A remarkable man.” Michael’s funeral will be held at Huddersfield Crematorium on Friday October 11 at 12.30pm.
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AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE Play-off lottery ahead for Celtic
Trojans end with thrashing NCL Premier Division
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THORNHILL brought the curtain down on a difficult 2019 with a heavy defeat at Rochdale Mayfield. The Trojans already knew that their stay in the Premier Division was over after just one season, having picked up only four wins in the whole campaign. They were therefore only playing for pride in Rochdale in a game dedicated to the memory of Martyn Holland. This fixture had been postponed earlier in the season following the death of the Thornhill player. With the season expected to be over the previous week, the Trojans were without a number of regular players and handed debuts to two 16-year-olds, Rye Ward and Ewan McDonald, who were given their first taste of first-team rugby in the second half. The game did not start well for the Trojans with Rochdale executing some fast-paced rugby league. From a penalty, there was a good passing interchange and Liam Whalley went over for a try from short range which Zac Hartley converted. This score was swiftly followed by another quick try. This time Wayne English sold a dummy and a gap
opened up for him to go over for a try. Hartley again converted to put them 12 points in front after only five minutes. But rather than fold, the Trojans hit back with a try of their own. Mayfield were penalised for holding down, the ball was worked along the line and Tom Gledhill took possession and romped over for a try which Casey Johnson converted. Hopes of a Thornhill fightback soon faded when the Mayfield team once again cut loose. From close range the ball was flung out of a tackle to create space for Lewis Butterworth to score another converted try. Mayfield kept up the pressure and this time the ball was worked one way and then the other until Butterworth took the ball to go over to the side of the posts for his second. The next Rochdale Mayfield try really did stun Thornhill. The ball was somehow offloaded on the floor, Iuean Higgs collected the pass and sprinted away on his own to score a long-range try. The goal was missed but they were now well in control at 28-6. In the run-up to half-time Thornhill did rally briefly and Tom Gledhill made a good break but Declan Tomlinson couldn’t hold the final pass. The second half got underway and the Trojans again pressed the Mayfield line, with Tomlinson get-
ting over this time with a powerful barge. However, from that point on it was all one-way traffic as the Mayfield team began to rack up the points. Declan Sheridan broke from acting-half and sprinted away to score, before a kick through then caught the visitors out and John Foy went over for a try, converted by Cole Connolly. The Thornhill defence then stood back and showed Butterworth too much space as he went between the posts to complete his hat-trick. Tempers boiled over and once order had been restored the referee showed Thornhill’s Zach Johnson a red card. Johnson clearly hadn’t made too many friends in Rochdale and words were exchanged with spectators as he made his way from the playing field. There was then some confusion surrounding Rochdale’s next try, when Andy Taylor went over the line and the Mayfield players began to celebrate the score. It looked as though the referee was going to disallow the score due to a forward pass, but eventually the try was awarded and Connolly converted. The final try of the game came after a random bounce of the ball which allowed Foy to collect the ball and score. English converted to allow Thornhill to begin regrouping for life back in Division One.
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Cleck punished for sloppy start North One East
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CLECKHEATON suffered their first defeat of the season as a second-half fightback fell short against Percy Park. They made the long trip to North Shields buoyed by an opening-day win at home to Scarborough, but found things tougher on the road as their opponents raced into a 24-5 lead with a dominant first half. The home side began well in the sunshine and dominated the territory early on. They got the first try following a penalty, with Ash Smith finding winger Ross Young in space on the right with the help of a lucky bounce to score. Park kept on the front foot but an intercept put Cleck on the attack for the first time in the match and they took advantage as Dale Breakwell’s cross-field kick found James Wilson to score in the corner and level. Another penalty proved costly for Cleckheaton though, as Park kicked for the corner, retained the lineout and attacked. With an advantage in the bag after another offence, captain Seb Reece crossed the line to put them 10-5 in front after a quarter of the match. Breakwell attempted to claw back some of that difference with an audacious drop-goal attempt that didn’t find the target, and they were soon under pressure after a prop was sent to the sin bin for slowing down the ball. Percy took advantage of the extra
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DEWSBURY CELTIC’S faint hopes of automatic promotion were ended by a defeat away at a Leigh East side with nothing to play for. Celtic are now guaranteed to be in the play-offs after a second-half comeback fell short last weekend. East produced a great performance, leading 12-0 at the break as Brad Roden and Jordan Hellam crossed for tries and Kieran Wilkinson landed both conversions. The only try of the second half for East came from Kieran Prescott plus one Wilkinson goal, and they were left hanging on as Celtic threw everything at them. Second-half tries from Nathan Waring and Danny Thomas, along with two Charlie Heaton goals, gave them a chance but it wasn’t enough. The result saw local rivals Batley Boys overtake them in the league table on points difference, despite the Boys not playing due to Salford City Roosters’ withdrawal from the league. Both are guaranteed play-off places but which positions they finish in will depend on results in the final regular round of the season
tomorrow (Saturday). Batley’s points difference, just two better off, puts them in fourth place ahead of a trip to leaders Woolston Rovers, while fifth-placed Celtic host a Waterhead Warriors team still hoping to sneak into the play-offs themselves. A win for either could see them claim third spot should Heworth not win their match at home to Oldham St Annes. Third will play sixth and fourth would face fifth in the play-off semi-finals.
Ossett eye double OSSETT TRINITY TIGERS will face Wyke in the Yorkshire Men’s League Division Two play-off final this weekend. The Tigers take on the unbeaten league leaders tomorrow (Saturday, kick-off 11am) at the LD Nutrition Stadium in Featherstone after receiving a bye to the final. Wyke inflicted two of Ossett’s three defeats over the course of the regular season but both have been tight games. The Bradford side won 20-10 at home in June and edged the reverse in Ossett 16-14 last month. Ossett are aiming for a double after winning the John Kane Heavy Woollen Cup last month, beating Thornhill Trojans ‘A’ at the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium in Batley.
Jowett and Delaney to captain Stags MIRFIELD STAGS have announced the club’s captain and vice-captain ahead of their 2019-20 Pennine League campaign. Prop forward Wayne Jowett will serve as captain while half-back Brad Delaney has been named vice-captain, with both having experience in the pro ranks. Jowett featured for Hemel Stags in League One while Delaney has played for Dewsbury, York, Doncaster and Coventry. Stags head coach
LEADERS: Wayne Jowett (left) and Brad Delaney Richard Silverwood said: “Wayne was my captain previously, so I know what I am getting. He is a leader both on and off the field, his work-rate is outstand-
ing and he very rarely loses his head. “Brad is just all class. He is our voice in the team, a very aggressive defender, and our playmaker and goal-kicker.”
Taylor to lead Wales women
SKIPPING AWAY: Cleckheaton’s Jack Marshall beats the Park winger man as Toby Davison touched down in the corner from a scrum, with Smith adding the conversion. And the hosts had a bonus point secure before half-time with a fourth try. The ball was shipped wide to Will Robinson after a dummy and the winger sped through and rounded the last defender for another try, again converted by Smith, which gave them a commanding lead at the break. Cleckheaton had the wind advantage in the second half and made a more positive start, narrowing the deficit after five minutes. Mikey Hayward ran a good line to take an inside pass and cross, with Breakwell adding the conversion. The visitors continued to pile on pressure and should have had another try, but two Cleck players chasing a Breakwell kick tripped
PHOTO: Gerald Christian
each other over to allow Park to gather the ball. They did make amends for that soon after though, with their man of the match Danny Booth crossing and Breakwell converting to make it 24-19 and set-up a tense final 10 minutes. However, the hosts managed to regroup to go on the attack, and a penalty in front of the posts allowed Smith to kick another three points and virtually secure the match. Another Cleckheaton try would at least have earned them two bonus points, but they couldn’t score again in the final minutes and they made the trip home empty-handed. They return to Moorend tomorrow (kick-off 3pm) to welcome Huddersfield YMCA, who have lost both of their games so far this season.
DEWSBURY’S Craig Taylor will lead Wales’ first women’s national side after being appointed as head coach. He will combine his role as Bradford Bulls Women Under-19s coach with the new job with Wales, ahead of the country’s first-ever international fixtures this autumn. An experienced women’s and girls’ rugby league coach, Taylor has coached the Yorkshire county side four times in the past six years in the annual representative matches. In 2015, he was responsible for organising and coaching the first ever girls side to tour Australia, with Batley Bulldogs. This led to him being invited back down under a year later, when he was part of the coaching staff of an NRL-accredited Australian girls team touring New Zealand. Later in 2015, Taylor went to Pakistan to assist with women and girls development rugby league sessions on behalf of the British Asian Rugby Association. The 44-year-old has also been head coach of the RFL girls’ Under-
BIG JOB: Craig Taylor 14s West Yorkshire talent hub for the past two years. Taylor said: “What excites me most about this position is to be involved with the international programme right from the start, helping shape the way forward for the female game in Wales.” The team will make their international debut this autumn with clashes against Great Britain Teachers (October 26 at Pontypridd) and the new England Lions team (November 16 at Leigh Miners Rangers).
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Moor claim two titles in great day of girls’ action
CHAMPIONS: Dewsbury Moor’s Under-12s (top) and Under-16s both claimed Heavy Woollen titles
PHOTOS: Mark Lockwood
DEWSBURY MOOR sides claimed two Heavy Woollen trophies in last Saturday’s finals day at the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium. Moor’s Under-12s and Under-16s won their respective finals while Shaw Cross Sharks won the Under14s final, on a day which saw fantastic rugby played and great skill shown in all the age groups. The first final of the triple-header saw Dewsbury Moor prove a little too strong for Batley Girls, registering a 26-0 win in the Under-12s final. Ruby Bruce earned the player of the match award after a hat-trick of tries and two goals, while Ruby Walker also scored two tries. Shaw Cross were triumphant in the Under-14s final, winning 22-6 against Dewsbury Moor. The Sharks’ number 13 Caitlyn Tsungu took a well-deserved player of the match award after an outstanding performance. She scored one of their four tries with Ellie Crayton, Mayzi Carter and Emily Bickerdyke getting the others, while Shae Fraser added two goals and Cody-Lou Marsh kicked another. Pippa Curley scored the only try of Moor’s good effort with Izzy Bedford converting. In a very competitive Under-16s final, Dewsbury Moor produced a strong second-half showing for a 3212 success. Moor centre Gabrielle Akaidere scored crucial tries either side of
Lingard willing to risk legend status CRAIG LINGARD admits that he has landed his “dream job” as Batley Bulldogs head coach, and is more than willing to take the risk of tarnishing his reputation at the club. Lingard is the club’s alltime record try-scorer, registering 142 tries in 206 appearances across 10 years at Mount Pleasant. He was assistant coach under John Kear and, after his first head coach role with Keighley in League One, is now back at the club where he spent his entire playing career and has a terrace named after him. “It’s a dream job for me. It’s something that I’ve aspired to be as soon as I started coaching really,” he said on taking the top job. “I had three or four seasons under John and went to Keighley, and it was always something in the back of my mind that I wanted to do. Fortunately for me, I’ve got the opportunity now. “There’s always a danger when you go back when you’ve had such history for a club. “There are two ways coaches leave any club; they either leave of their own
RECORD SCORER: Lingard scored 142 tries for Batley as a player accord or they’re asked to leave. “I know there’s a 50 per cent chance I could be asked to leave the club but I’m willing to take that chance and try and give something back to Batley.” Lingard certainly needed little persuading to take on the role, with everything done and dusted within 24 hours following the announcement of Matt Diskin’s departure last Tuesday.
He was contacted that afternoon and met with the board in the evening, with the decision made by Wednesday to give him the job for an initial year. That, Lingard explains, is due to the uncertainty over funding for Championship clubs in 2021 and beyond, with chairman Kevin Nicholas reluctant to commit to deals beyond the end of 2020. Former boss Karl Harrison has also returned to the Bulldogs as a consultant
advisor. Lingard has explained what role Harrison, who won the Northern Rail Cup in his three-year spell in charge, will play in the Batley backroom team. “Karl is identifying players, speaking to players and agents. He’s got a lot of history and a lot of contacts in the game as well so he’s possibly got access to people who I wouldn’t necessarily have come across so far. “Karl is going to use his knowledge to identify players. What he’s said to me is that he’s owed quite a few favours so he’s going to try and get a few of these favours repaid and get some players sent our way! “He’s going to struggle regarding matchdays because he watches his son James play over at Featherstone, so on matchdays he won’t be at the club. “He just wants to help the club in any way that he can because, like myself, he’s got a lot of affection for the club, and when you’ve got people in the game with the standing that Karl has, any assistance that somebody like that can offer you, you take with both hands.”
TALENT: Shaw Cross’ Caitlyn Tsungu won the player of the match award in the Under-14s final half-time and claimed the player of the match award as a result. Millie Padgett also scored twice while Ruby Enright and Tegan Ramsden also touched down, with Enright also kicking four goals. For the Sharks, Millie Dearn scored two tries while Abigail Pinder and Jess Harrap also went over and Courtney Marsh added two goals.
Gabriel aims to improve IMPROVEMENT: Andy Gabriel is looking to continue his development with Dewsbury next season
ANDY GABRIEL says that he has learned a lot from his season at Championship level with Dewsbury. The flying winger made 22 appearances and scored eight tries after forcing his way into Lee Greenwood’s line-up, having signed ahead of the campaign from Keighley Cougars. Gabriel, 25, was rewarded for that form with the Back of the Year award at the Rams’ recent presentation night. Reflecting on the year, he said: “I think my first season has gone okay. It’s shown me more what my strengths and weaknesses are so I know what I mainly need to focus on
in the off-season to come back even more prepared for next season. “It’s been tough. In League One you tend to have some tough games followed by sort of easier games, whereas in the Championship no game comes as a given. Week in, week out they’re tough battles. “I feel like for my size I’ve carried myself well and managed to get attacking wins a lot, quick play-the-balls to help the team out in yardage. “I defensively think as the season has gone on I’ve improved but there’s still a lot of room for improvement and that will be my main focus next year.”
LINGARD: ALL DOGS COMMITTED SO FAR By Stephen Ibbetson Sports Reporter sport@thepressnews.co.uk
NEW Batley Bulldogs head coach Craig Lingard is allowing players to terminate their contracts if they wish to leave the club following his appointment – but has received only positive feedback in his first week in the job. Club legend Lingard was handed a one-year rolling contract after the Bulldogs parted company with Matt Diskin after three years in charge, and admits he faces a race against time to build a squad ready for the 2020 campaign. The re-signing of Keenen Tomlinson and Michael Ward takes them up to 13 of last year’s squad on the books for next season, although Lingard is yet to speak to some of those players to confirm their intentions. Two further players, who are yet to be named, have also signed from elsewhere and Lingard has confirmed that both will be playing at the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium next season as planned. “My priority in this first week is just trying to make contact and touch base with everybody who’s played for Batley this year, whether they’ve already resigned or not been offered a contract yet,” said Lingard. “I’m making sure I speak to everyone out of courtesy, and anybody who’s already agreed to stay on for next year I’ve given the opportunity to have a release from their contract, because they signed their contract in different circumstances under a different coach. “Fortunately for me, nobody has said they want to take that option up, but I just think it was the right thing to do so when we start pre-season there’s nobody
GOOD CAUSE: Michael Ward raised over £4,000 for the Pink Weekend with a sponsored head shave this year
Tomlinson and Ward re-sign KEENEN TOMLINSON and Michael Ward have both committed to Batley Bulldogs for another year. Tomlinson, 22, and Ward, 28, will both play on for a third season at the club after signing oneyear deals. Tomlinson, a Jamaican international, has proven a useful mem-
ber of the squad for his versatility, having featured on the wing, at centre and in the second row. He made 17 appearances in his first year at the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium after joining from Bradford ahead of the 2018 campaign and made a further 18 last term, scoring four tries in each season.
there under false pretences, who didn’t want to be there in the first place. “They’ve been offered the opportunity if they so wished to step away from the club but nobody has as of yet, and the vibes I’m getting from people are pretty positive. “Everyone I’ve spoken to has been very happy to stay at the club. “There are some that I’ve not been able to get in touch with because there are a few on holiday as you would expect. “So far everyone I’ve spoken to has been more than happy to stay
at the club and hopefully try and progress from what they’ve done last season to try and get a higher league position next year.” He admits that the player pool available for recruitment is smaller as the club have been left “four or five weeks behind” in speaking to players. However, he says that the biggest lesson from his two-and-ahalf-year spell at Keighley that he will be applying to the Bulldogs is in recruiting the right type of people. “One thing we did with our recruitment there is get good people in,” he said. “We knew we
Ward is another Bulldog with international recognition having featured in the past for Ireland. The forward has made 23 appearances this season – all from the interchange bench – after playing 27 times in 2018 following his switch from Oldham. Ward, who has scored eight tries for the club, this year raised over £4,000 for the club’s Pink Weekend fundraiser with a sponsored head shave. didn’t have a great deal of money, if any money, to spend so we had to make sure when we spoke to people that we got the right person with the right attitude, who wanted to achieve something and better themselves. “That’s certainly something I’ll be looking at in terms of recruitment and retention this year at Batley, that we’ve got to get really good people on board. “We know that we can’t compete with certain clubs in the league financially so when we’re recruiting there is only a certain pool of players that we can choose from.”
Annakin first through door at Dewsbury DEWSBURY RAMS have made their first new signing for 2020, with Chris Annakin signing from Wakefield on a two-year deal. The Dewsbury-born forward is no stranger to the Rams, having featured on loan in each of the last three seasons, including making 12 appearances for the side last year to help them avoid Championship relegation. Annakin, 28, has spent his whole professional career so far at Wakefield since debuting in 2011, but has struggled to consistently hold down a first-team place. The former Shaw Cross Sharks junior has also had loan spells with Workington Town, Featherstone Rovers and London Broncos in his career. Now the prop, who featured eight times in Super League in 2019 and has 70 top-flight appearances to his name, has made a permanent switch to the Tetley’s Stadium. Head coach Lee Greenwood said: “Chris is a huge signing for us and I’m really pleased he has chosen to join the club permanently. “I think he has seen what I’m trying to do at Dewsbury and it’s great that he wants to be a part of it. “I know he had other options but he has enjoyed it here each time he has been on loan and to commit to us for two years shows how much he likes it.” SEASON ticket prices have been frozen at Dewsbury for the 2020 season. Adults tickets will again start at £185, going up to £200 for a seat in the North Stand, while concessions start at £135. The club introduced a new 16-24 category last season and will continue this next year, with prices starting at £100. Season tickets for under-16s will again be free of charge. However, matchday admission prices have been increased for next season by £1 for adults and concessions. Adults will now have to pay £17 for standing or £20 for a seat, with concessions priced at £14 and £16 respectively and juniors at £2 and £4 respectively.
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