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By Staff Reporters ARMED police arrested nine men in a series of operations in Dewsbury following a spate of violence across the town. Officers were seen at addresses in Pilgrim Drive, Dewsbury Moor, and Park House Drive, Thornhill Lees, on Monday; Huddersfield Road in Ravensthorpe and Frank Lane in Thornhill on Tuesday; and Headfield Road in Savile Town on Wednesday. Police were first called to Park House Drive in the early hours of Monday morning after a group of men were seen smashing the windows of a car with weapons and shouting at people inside a house. Hours later more officers arrived at Pilgrim Drive, where a vehicle had apparently been rammed into the side of a house. Then at around 11pm police returned to the scene after a car was set on fire outside the
same property. West Yorkshire Police confirmed that the incidents were linked and that three men originally arrested in relation to offences at Park House Drive have been released, one on bail and the other two under investigation. Two other men were arrested from a car on Wednesday on Headfield Road as part of the same enquiry, while a further two were arrested for unconnected drug offences in Ravensthorpe on Tuesday morning. In both instances armed officers were seen surrounding a car, with support from a force helicopter overhead. A police statement did not mention other incidents believed to have taken place – on Tuesday, armed police were seen at a property on Caledonian Road in Savile Town and emergency crews were called to another vehicle fire on Brewery Lane in Thornhill Lees. Then at 7pm on Wednesday a raid was carried out at a garage premises on Dewsbury
STREETS OF FEAR... from left, police activity in Caledonian Road, Pilgrim Drive and Headfield Road. Inset, above, police marksmen in Huddersfield Road, Ravensthorpe
Road, Ossett, which is believed may be connected to the other arrests. A number of men were seen being led away. A police spokesman said: “Police are continuing to investigate linked offences in Park House Drive and Pilgrim Drive, Dewsbury, on Monday. “Two men have been arrested in connection with the arson offence on Pilgrim Drive. The men, aged 26 and 32, are currently in custody. “A 26-year-old man arrested in connection with the incident on Park House Drive has been released on bail while enquiries continue. The other two have been released under investigation. “Officers have been conducting enquiries at a number of addresses in the wider Dewsbury area over recent days in connection with this investigation. “This includes the stop of a vehicle on Huddersfield Road, Ravensthorpe, on Tuesday morning, during which two
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Deaths BARRETT PATRICK JOSEPH On June 27, peacefully in hospital after a long illness, of Birstall, aged 74, husband of the late Frances. Requiem Mass will be celebrated at St Patrick’s RC Church, Birstall, on Thursday July 18 at 10am.
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On June 14, peacefully at Fieldhead Park Nursing Home, Mirfield, aged 60, mum of Laura. Funeral service will take place at Dewsbury Minster on Thursday July 11 at 12.30pm.
CALVERT JEFFREY REUBEN On June 30, in hospital, of Dewsbury, formerly of Horbury, aged 82, husband of the late Joan. Funeral service will take place at Wakefield Crematorium on Monday July 15 at 11am.
BIRCH MURIEL On June 14, of Ossett, aged 93, wife of the late John.
DRIVER (NEE SARGINSON) MABEL On June 27, peacefully in Dewsbury and District Hospital, of Birstall, aged 95, wife of the late Ernest. Funeral service will take place at Cottingley Hall Crematorium, Leeds, on Monday July 15 at 1.40pm.
GLEW (NEE HOWGATE) CATHERINE On June 24, peacefully in hospital, aged 80, wife of George Arthur. Funeral service will take place at Cottingley Hall Crematorium on Friday July 12 at 11am.
HINCHCLIFFE KEITH On June 17, at Linson Court Nursing Home, Batley, after a short illness, of Heckmondwike, aged 80, brother of Colin and the late Brian and Alan. Funeral service will take place at St James’s Church, Heckmondwike, on Monday July 8 at 1.30pm.
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Kathleen Mary On 27th June 2019, in hospital, of Dewsbury, aged 59 years, Kathleen, loving mum of Adele, Emma, Shanice, Joseph and the late Leanne and loved by her grandchildren Thomas, Olivia, Alisha, Justin, Joshua, Miah, Jayden, Faith and Sasha, beloved sister of Christopher and best friend of Sue & Lenny. Funeral service will be held at Our Lady & St Paulinus RC Church on Thursday 18th July 2019 at 1.15pm, followed by interment at Dewsbury Cemetery. Friends and family please accept this intimation and meet at the church. Flowers will be received at George Brooke Ltd., Chapel of Rest, before 12noon, or if preferred donations in memory of Kath may be placed in the collection box provided for the benefit of Kirkwood Hospice.
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NEWTON (NEE HOLLAND) JOAN On June 25, at her home in Thornhill, formerly of Thornhill Lees, aged 87, wife of the late Clifford. Funeral service will take place at Thornhill Methodist Church on Monday July 15 at 12.30pm.
SANDS (NEE CRABBE) DORIS DOREEN On June 22, at Eden Court, Birkenshaw, of Ossett, aged 94, wife of the late Colin Frederick. Funeral service will take place at Park Wood Crematorium, Elland, on Thursday July 11 at 2.15pm.
TAYLOR JAMES ROBERT On June 28, suddenly at home, Thornhill Lees, aged 49, son of Robert (Bob) and the late Mary. Requiem Mass will be celebrated at Our Lady & St Paulinus RC Church, Dewsbury, on Tuesday July 16 at 12.30pm.
WOOD (NEE SHORTLAND) BARBARA LESLEY On June 22. Funeral service will take place at All Saints Church, Roberttown, on Thursday July 11 at 2.30pm.
WRIGHT GARY On June 17, peacefully in hospital, aged 63, husband of Lynda. Funeral service will take place at Wakefield Crematorium on Thursday July 4 at 11.40am.
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KENNEDY ANNE JACKMAN On June 29, in hospital, aged 64, wife of Colin. Funeral service will take place at Wakefield Crematorium on Thursday July 18 at 11am.
MANTON MICHAEL On June 26, peacefully at his home in Dewsbury, aged 72, husband of Pat. Funeral service will take place at Wakefield Crematorium today (Friday) at 1.40pm.
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elderly couple died earlier this year. The incident happened at around 8.45am last Thursday, at the notorious Halifax Road junction with Walton Lane, between a Ford Fiesta and a Lexus. Emergency services attended and the male driver of the Fiesta was taken by ambulance to Bradford Royal Infirmary, while the Lexus driver was taken to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. Just 70 metres down the road is the intersection with Scholes Lane, where elderly couple Eric and Marion Walsh were killed in a crash in February. Residents say the accident blackspot needs to be better signposted because drivers don’t know who should give way to who. Dani Oakes, who lives next to the junction, said: “Something definitely needs to be done. There are multiple incidents regularly at the junctions but only the major ones get highlighted.”
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Residents fight plan for 1,500 new homes
RESIDENTS gathered at an emergency meeting this week in a bid to stop thousands of homes being built on a green belt site. As part of Kirklees’ recentlyadopted Local Plan, around 1,500 houses could be built on farmland in the Chidswell area of Dewsbury.
But local residents from Dewsbury, Batley, Gawthorpe and West Ardsley met on Wednesday night to put forward ideas to try and halt Church of England landowners selling the site to developers. Chidswell Action Group leader
Mark Eastwood said: “A lot of anger has been generated by the church’s plans to decimate what little bit of farmland and countryside we have left in the area just for profit, especially after several pronouncements made by the Archbishop of Canterbury and his
predecessors about the dangers of capitalism and the effect it has on our society.” More information about future events and the campaign against the development can be found on the Chidswell Action Group Facebook page.
Crematorium re-opening is delayed due to ‘new issues’ By Steve Martyn GRIEVING families and hard-pressed funeral directors in North Kirklees face yet more weeks – possibly months – of disruption and distress after the re-opening of Dewsbury Moor Crematorium was pushed back even further. The refurbishments at the troubled facility were originally due to be finished around the end of May. In June, Kirklees Council announced that problems replacing incinerators meant that it was likely to be “late July” before funerals could be held there again. But on Monday morning – July 1 – the online booking system used by funeral directors showed that the crematorium was not open for business before the end of August. A Kirklees spokesman said they were unable to give an exact completion date but in a statement said: “The contractor has discovered additional structural issues whilst on site which must be addressed. “This has delayed progress and means that cremations cannot be offered at Dewsbury Crematorium for the time being.” In the meantime, families are having to go as far as Elland, Huddersfield, Leeds and Bradford in order to say a timely farewell to their loved ones. The extra distance and travel times are putting extra costs and pressure on both local people and funeral directors. Judith Brooke, of Dewsbury-based firm George Brooke Ltd, said: “Yet again I feel hugely disappointed, shocked and let down. This project has become farcical. “The public of Dewsbury, Batley, Mirfield and the surrounding districts are not receiving the
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DEWSBURY councillor Darren O’Donovan is the new leader of the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority. Coun O’Donovan (Lab, Dewsbury West) succeeds Judith Hughes, who did not stand for re-election. The Fire and Rescue authority is an independent body made up of 22 people who are
appointed annually by West Yorkshire’s five district councils. Coun Tracey Austin, who is Wakefield’s deputy mayor, was appointed vice chairwoman. The appointment of Coun O’Donovan keeps the authority under Labour control for the seventh year running. Coun O’Donovan is also a trustee of Fletcher Almshouses Trust in Dewsbury and has been appointed to the Environment Agency, sitting on the Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee as a submember.
information they are entitled to regarding an essential public service. “The families in this area have a great emotional and sentimental attachment to the crematorium itself and of course the gardens in which it stands. “A Kirklees representative took pleasure in telling me just how much money the council are spending on this ‘upgrade and refurbishment’. My reply is that this money is money from the local people, therefore the community have a right to be informed of how it is being spent and have a right to a progress report. “I feel that I am continually having to fight for information.” The £3million 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. Works at Huddersfield Crematorium will not begin until Dewsbury’s are complete. Coun Rob Walker, cabinet member for culture and environment, said: “This is a significant and important investment. It’s crucial that services like these are delivered to the very best standard. “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. “Unfortunately, the contractor working on the improvements at Dewsbury Crematorium discovered unforeseeable issues and this has affected progress. This is disappointing and frustrating but not unusual in a project of this
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News In Brief Sherriff backs calls to reform pension credit NORTH KIRKLEES: Dewsbury MP Paula Sherriff is backing a campaign calling for a reform of pension credit for older people. The Labour MP is also urging the government to ensure that more money reaches the poorest pensioner households. Miss Sherriff’s plea comes as older people’s charity Independent Age estimates that 2,248 pensioner households are missing out on over £5million-worth of pension credit in her constituency of Dewsbury, Mirfield, Denby Dale and Kirkburton. She said: “It is an absolute disgrace that, in Dewsbury alone, every year a massive £5,444,000 of pension credit is not reaching the older people who are entitled to it. “This would average around £49 a week for those eligible – and could help make the weekly shop more affordable, pay essential bills or go towards paying for social activities that reduce loneliness and improve mental and physical health. “This Tory government must act to ensure that everyone who is entitled to pension credit receives it, and they must act now.”
Pride in the park BATLEY: A pride celebration is taking place in Wilton Park tomorrow (Saturday). The second annual ‘Pride in the Park’, which celebrates Batley’s diversity and LGBTQ+ community, will feature live music, various stalls and activities between 11am and 5pm. Entry is free and any money raised on the day will go towards buying a defibrillator for the park.
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IRSTY KELLY is a 30-something mum of three from West Lothian, the district in Scotland between the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. She’s an ordinary mum and housewife during the day but once the kids are home from school she switches on her second phone – “mummy’s bad phone” as her six-year-old calls it. He knows that mummy catches the bad men who say nasty things to children and the police take them away. When he told a police officer on a school visit about mummy’s bad phone, the PC laughed and told him, “your mummy does a very good job!” The phone uses fingerprint recognition software. Her children can’t see some of the horrific messages, photos and videos she is sent. Kirsty was one of the Parents Aligned team who confronted Mohammed Damaniya at Dewsbury market in February. Three times since initiating contact with a decoy he thought was a “pure” 14-year-old girl in Blackpool, he had arranged to book a hotel so that he could take her virginity. But three times Damaniya, from Thornhill Lees, got cold feet. So the girl – a woman who poses as a decoy from Parents Aligned – Kirsty, and another man and woman, decided to visit him at his Taste of India food van on the market. At Leeds Crown Court last week he was given a 22-week suspended prison sentence. It
GUILTY... market trader Mohammed Damaniya
Following the conviction of Dewsbury market trader Mohammed Damaniya for trying to groom an under-age girl for sex, Danny Lockwood spoke to one of the women who tracked him down.
My life hunting child-groomers, by mum-of-three Kirsty was his first offence and for Kirsty it was one more online predator brought into the daylight. It’s two years since she, along with her late friend ‘CJ’ – who worked with victims of sexual exploitation – set up Parents Aligned. “I have young kids and I want a safer world for them,” she said this week. She dedicated the conviction of the paedophile they nicknamed “MoDam” to CJ, her friend who passed away from cancer before he came to court. Kirsty has been involved in about 20 stings, including one in Scotland just last week, when the suspect tried to run away. When they stood in front of his car he ran over a pedestrian’s foot and almost hit another woman. As Kirsty explained, tracking down paedophiles can be dangerous at times – she spoke of a ‘hunter’ in England having a finger bitten off. She describes how their decoys set up online profiles but never – never – initiate contact with men. “Quite often the decoys will say they are 18 but when the groomers start contacting them, they always make clear their ‘real age’.”
Typically, says Kirsty, these will be anything from nine to 15. “You would be surprised at the number of men who reach out to the really young girls,” she added. Not all their helpers become decoys. Some simply can’t deal with what is said or messaged. In the Damaniya case, he was easy to find – he’d sent the decoy a photo of his Dewsbury market business. However, when the Parents Aligned group arrived and saw the profile of both the market traders and their customers, they called for reinforcements. “In the past a crowd has descended on us and become aggressive. The last thing we want is trouble,” she said. While they did a ‘cafe tour’ of the market area and waited for Damaniya to start packing up, allies from a similar group, Justice Reborn, travelled from Manchester to lend support. “They came immediately, they were amazing,” said Kirsty. She described Damaniya as “dead behind the eyes” when he was confronted. He would
alternately deny complicity, then admit it was his phone, his messages. He broke off twice to serve customers. While the confrontation was being filmed, a member of the group was already calling the police. In court, they watched and listened as Damaniya said he was actually the justiceseeker. He claimed he didn’t agree with vigilantism and was trying to set up a sting to expose them, in order to strengthen his claim with the immigration authorities to remain in the UK. Apparently, he’s here illegally. Damaniya wasn’t believed, but still only got a suspended jail sentence, which Kirsty described as “pitiful” but not surprising for a first offence. “What I do believe is that these people should be remanded to prison while awaiting trial,” she said. “So many times we’ve seen online groomers caught, bailed, and they are back online, looking for new prey immediately. Some have been ‘stung’ a fourth or fifth time before the justice system does its job,” she said. Kirsty said it is rare that at least one of the police officers involved in the arrests they set up don’t privately tell Officers also spoke with local them “well done” and business owners displaying A“keep up the good boards and goods outside, checkwork”. ing appropriate licences were in “Lots of people sent place. me your (The Press) Coun Rob Walker, cabinet memnewspaper report, ber for culture and environment, because you didn’t said: “This was a brilliant opportucall us vigilantes like nity for the council to communicate other newspapers with local businesses, from private always seem to do. So hire and Hackney Carriage drivers, thank you. to cafe and hotel owners, explain“We’re not vigiing the importance of having the lantes. We’re concorrect licences in place. cerned parents and “We’re really pleased with the often victims of sexuwork carried out and the positive al abuse, trying to response we’ve received from the make the world safer business owners.” place for children.”
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College takes over Pioneer By Steve Martyn KIRKLEES College has taken over possession of Dewsbury’s historic Pioneer House as restoration efforts reach the final stages. The last of the major structural work came to an end in June and the prominent town centre landmark has now been handed over to the college to make the building “fit for purpose”. Pioneer House will become part of Kirklees College’s town centre ‘Learning Quarter’ and is due to open to students in September next year. Originally built for the Dewsbury Pioneers Industrial Society in 1878, over the years Pioneer House was home to a wide variety of tenants, including a theatre, cinema, library, French polishers, butchers, cobblers and an Italian restaurant. In the early 2000s it fell into disrepair and the local authority
began legal proceedings in 2009 to compulsorily purchase it from notorious developer Stayton in order to protect it from further decay, resulting in a public inquiry in November, 2010. Kirklees won Government permission to take it from Stayton in March, 2011. After eight years, several delays and millions of pounds of public money, the building is finally close to being completed. Coun Peter McBride, Kirklees cabinet member for regeneration, said: “Pioneer House is such a landmark building, the council took the view that we wanted to protect it from further decline and bring it back to life, and initially undertook a phase one programme of work to make it wind- and water-tight. “A lot of further essential works were then undertaken in phase two, including the installation of a new metal frame
throughout, new floors across building three as well as major flooring repairs to buildings one and two. “The basement has been tanked out, and now has a fully operational sump system to fully maintain a dry basement. “Various elements of the historical features of the building have been saved and restored, such as the original Victorian ‘Minton Hollins’ tiling, original shopfronts to buildings two and three – including Edwardian signage – stained glass panels and balustrading to name but a few. “Through partnership and the financial support of Kirklees Council, Kirklees College, National Lottery Heritage Fund and Leeds Enterprise Partnership, we’re really pleased to be able to hand possession of the building over to the college, where we’re sure it will be in good hands.”
News In Brief Two taken to hospital after head-on smash DEWSBURY/OSSETT: Two people were taken to hospital after a head-on collision on Owl Lane on Saturday. The crash, involving a Peugeot 206 and another vehicle, happened at 8.19am near the Newly Weds Foods factory. A 28-year-old man was later discharged from hospital, while a 66-year-old woman who was driving the Peugeot is in a stable condition. The road, where a number of similar incidents have occurred over the past few years, was closed for several hours.
Jo Cox bike trek KIRKLEES: Dozens of cyclists will pedal from Liversedge to London later this month in the fourth annual Jo Cox Way bike ride. Kim Leadbeater, the sister of the late Batley & Spen MP, will lead the team from Princess Mary Athletics Stadium on Wednesday, July 24. They will complete the five-day, 258-mile ride at the Houses of Parliament on Sunday, July 28. All money raised will go to the Jo Cox Foundation.
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OLDER people tried a ‘wet felting’ craft activity for the first time at a free class last week. Local felting expert Alida Sunderland led the session at Batley Community Centre as part of the Royal Voluntary Service’s First Time For Everything programme, which gives elderly people the opportunity to try something new for free. Dewsbury resident Marlene Lees attended the event and said: “Learning is
RESIDENTS are being invited to suggest names for a housing development in Mirfield. The development, part of the Mirfield 25 project on green fields off Leeds Road, will feature 160 homes. Coun Rob Walker, Kirklees Council cabinet member for culture and environment said: “New roads are being constructed... and we’re asking the public to suggest names for them.
DEWSBURY: The annual canal festival is back at the Savile Town Marina and the Leggers Inn from 10am on Saturday and Sunday, July 27 and 28, at the site on Mill Street East. There will be various food stalls, a bouncy castle, donkey rides, live music, an owl display and boat trips along the canal.
fun. To actually feel comfortable in a group and to achieve a new skill is great.” Dozens of people have attended the free classes, which take place every month and have ranged from playing petanque to tshirt decorating. The next session is walking football on Monday, July 22 (1.30pm-3.30pm) at the Kick Off sports centre on Mill Street East in Savile Town.
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“We do ask that names do not duplicate or closely resemble existing street names in the area, nor are streets generally named after persons who are living or who have lived in the recent past. Preference is often given to names with local connotations.” Suggestions should be sent to Building Control, Flint Street, Fartown, Huddersfield, HD1 6LG, or call 01484 221550, before Wednesday, July 17.
Church cash windfall DEWSBURY: St Mary the Virgin Church, on Dewsbury Road in Woodkirk, has been given a £2,500 cash boost from the latest round of grants from the region’s Freemasons and will be used to refurbish the parish hall.
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LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE Danny Lockwood
The reality of life on our streets HAD something of a friendly disagreement with The Press editor David Bentley on Tuesday, over mobile phone footage showing armed police in Ravensthorpe, one of whom had his sub-machine gun trained on someone/something.
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The police action, as you will have read elsewhere in today’s paper, was amidst a series of violent clashes across our once-peaceful and community-friendly district. My, how times have changed. I was born about 200 yards from where those armed officers pounced. Today, some of those streets are no-go areas for the local Plod (such as you ever see them anywhere). They have been since before the dreadful occasion a full 16 years ago when police apathy ended with a mob of Iraqi Kurd migrants
Armed police on the streets of Ravensthorpe
ambushing Lee Massey and his pals with almost fatal consequences. Such as the police go into those neighbourhoods these days, it’s in body armour and mob-handed. In my childhood, where the police were concerned those
streets were no-need-to-go areas. No-one had a car to firebomb and any improbable burglars who got into our back-to-back terraces on Sackville Street would not only have left empty-handed, but might have been moved to leave a ten-bob note behind out of sympathy. Any ‘guns’ being pointed back then were probably sticks or branches pointed at each other by five-year-olds romping in the old laundry field, going “pow, kapow”. Happy days. On the video footage, one resident can be plainly seen and heard abusing the police, calling them mother******s and encouraging them to shove their guns where the sun doesn’t shine, in not so many words. The police weren’t interested in him, sadly, but two men in a car they had stopped and who were arrested on
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drug offences. Back to the editorial disagreement. I wanted to put the entire clip on our Facebook page, warts and all, but David wanted to mute the bad language out. I’m the gaffer, but he’s the editor, so the edited version went up (I posted the unexpurgated version on my own social media account). Whether or not that abusive Ravensthorpe resident was subsequently arrested, I know not. I doubt it, both from the viewpoint of those policemen having more serious matters on their hands, to the senior officer probably not wanting to stoke up community tensions by hauling the jerk off in the manner he so richly deserved. We’ve come to a sorry state when that’s the humdrum reality of life on Dewsbury and Batley’s streets, but reality it indubitably is. Just as troubling however is the silent acquiescence of virtually everyone in public life, from the councillors whose streets this mayhem is happening on, to our two MPs and senior police officers cowering safely behind their distant Huddersfield desks. No-one got killed on this occasion – at least not that we know, because these drug/turf war gangsters don’t tend to call 999 – but I suspect it will take an innocent victim to be caught in their crossfire before we finally see crocodile tears from the only people empowered to do something about it. Cat got your tongues, folks?
All very immature and a bit unsightly ELL, the Brexit Party delegation of MEPs made a right set of fools of themselves with their back-turning protest against the EU anthem being played at the opening of its new Parliament. It was childish and unnecessary and whatever they/I think of the EU as an institution, it deserves basic respect on a formal occasion. The Brexit Party stunt backfired after a fashion, with hysterical Remoaners falling over each other in a rush to compare them to National Socialist (Nazi) deputies turning their back in the German Reichstag in 1926. Conversely, such wild hate-mongering also highlights the wild-eyed desperation of the snowflakes. It’s all very immature and unsightly, don’t you think? The Brexit Party antics rather deflected from two notable appointments in Brussels. Juncker the drunkard has been replaced as president of the all-powerful EU Commission by a failed German defence minister whose greatest political achievement was carrying Angela Merkel’s handbag. Under Ursula von der Leyen’s ministry, German soldiers taking part in NATO exercises had to use broom handles instead of guns. Really.
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They all had creches for their children though. Even in her homeland, von der Leyen is a laughing stock – but she is a committed EU federalist, so Brussels clearly isn’t listening to the increasingly sceptical voters. More importantly for the already fragile union, some genius (French president Emmanuel Macron actually) managed to shoehorn Christine Lagarde in as chief of the European Central Bank. ‘So what?’ you say, she was head of the International Monetary Fund, so must be well qualified. Actually no. As French Finance minister (2007-2011) Lagarde almost bankrupt France and during the financial crisis was the IMF’s iron fist when Greece was being ground into the dirt. She’s a lawyer, not a financier, and with German banks in dire straits, the EU suddenly staring down the barrel of a new trade war with Donald Trump, and Italy (among others) being in political and economic revolt, the Eurozone looks in greater peril than ever. Lagarde’s form suggests she’d try to fix a cracked vase by hitting it with a bigger hammer – so happy days! I think I’ll treat myself to a nice glass of wine (a Chilean or New Zealand sauvignon, none of that French muck).
Revolving door of promises E OUGHT to have a change of Prime Minister every six months, I reckon. Boris Johnson is trying to woo public sector health workers with pay rises and the better-off with tax cuts while putting 20,000 more police on the streets, while Jeremy Hunt will pour billions into the military, farming and fisheries – and both will have us out of the EU inside four months. What’s not to love about that? (Except of course that you’ve got more chance of writing a drunken wishlist to Santa and having it all turn up the next morning.) This is like a travelling circus, with Johnson and Hunt taking turns entertaining Tory gents and their blue-rinsed better halves, both audi-
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tioning for the lead role in a West End show. Just wait until one of them actually wins this political edition of Britain’s Got (no) Talent, and takes their London bow at the Commons despatch box. Then they’ll find out what a hostile audience is. I say ‘one of them’ but of course it will be Boris, because Hunt’s just a rather more urbane version of Theresa May – an arch-Remainer willing to sacrifice his political principles in the name of the ultimate reward: power. If he gets the top job, then I really will bare my backside on the town hall steps. And if anyone gets us out of the EU by October 31, I might just streak round the town centre.
PS: I’m sorry the England ‘Lionesses’ lost their World Cup semi-final to the USA and all that, but really, people are getting worked up over a celebrating Yank miming sipping a cup of tea? It puts some of the abuse in the men’s game into perspective. I didn’t watch any of their games for the same reason I didn’t watch under 11s unless my kids were playing. Sorry, but it is not elite sport. If you enjoyed it, I’m happy for you. But I can’t wait for the outcry when the first ‘Caster Semanya’ of women’s football breaks through, which can only be a matter of time. Heck, if a time machine could have cast me forward 40 years I might have given rugby league the brush-off and stayed with football, ‘re-designating’ as Danielle perhaps. Those USA women really wouldn’t have known what was hitting them when a 6ft 1in, 14stone centre half came pounding into their box...
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Friday July 5, 2019
Poetic flavour of Batley in Parliament
By Zoe Shackleton A GROUP of local poets travelled to London to recite their verses in Parliament. Batley Poets performed at an event in Westminster on Monday, watched by other poets, MPs and members of the public. The trip, organised with the help of Batley & Spen MP Tracy Brabin,
was only possible thanks to former rugby player Ikram Butt, whose Bradford-based Regal Food Products business funded the whole thing. Multi-award winning poet and Radio 4 presenter Daljit Nagra also joined the group on stage for a recital. Mohamed Saloo, who was part of the trip, said: “It was after a
poetry session late last year when Tracy and I came up with this idea to share the brilliant poetry of Batley Poets with a much wider audience. Poets in Parliament just sounded like it was meant to be. “It was a brilliant event which, as a teenager, I could only ever dream of. The Batley Poets were brilliant and we were all in awe of both the poetry of Daljit and his
wonderful encouragement. The poets are all of differing political thoughts, diverse in race and in faith, but we have the ability to appreciate one another, listen to each other’s poetry and laugh together. This is a blueprint we wanted to share and I am so pleased we did. “In the heart of the capital we took a flavour of Batley.”
Care home open day
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A CARE home in Earlsheaton welcomed the community to an open day last week. Dewsbury MP Paula Sherriff visited York House Care Home with the deputy Mayor of Kirklees Neil Patrick. They were treated to the first public performance by the care home choir, made up of residents and staff. Children from Eastborough Junior,
A SCHOOL in Batley is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Carlinghow’s Dale House Independent School and Nursery opened in September, 1999 in the former St John’s Church Sunday School building. It employed three members of staff, a teacher, a nursery nurse and a cook, and only had three
Infant and Nursery School and Nik Nik’s Bizzy Bees childcare also attended. Miss Sherriff said: “I absolutely loved it, from the singing to the gingerbread man decorating. It was really lovely to see the fantastic interaction with the residents and staff and I was very impressed indeed with everything I saw at York House.”
Kirklees deputy Mayor and Mayoress Neil and Judith Patrick with resident Pat Walters
pupils. Now, after extensions in 2001 and 2006, the school has over 20 staff members and caters for 80 pupils aged from two to 11. The school marked two decades of success today (Friday) with an afternoon tea for staff, parents, pupils and ex-pupils and members of the congregation from St John’s Church.
News In Brief Variety of activities on offer from RVS BATLEY: The Royal Voluntary Service has a variety of activities planned next week. On Sunday (July 7, noon-4pm) the Sociables group is hosting a fundraising event at Batley Community Centre before the weekly meeting on Monday at Bleak House in Ealand Road (10.30am-noon). At the same time there’s the movement and games class at Batley Community Centre. Other events at the centre are a pilates class on Tuesday (1.30pm), speaker’s corner on Wednesday (12.30pm-2pm) and lunch club on Thursday (11.30am-1pm). Pre-booking is required for the lunch club, and attendees are advised to take a packed lunch to speaker’s corner. On Friday, the movement and games group returns to Birstall Community Centre (10.30am-noon).
Park body found OSSETT: The body of a man was found in a park in Ossett in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Police were called to Green Park at 6.23am following a report of a sudden death. A message was sent to the parents of the nearby Ossett Academy school saying “there was no direct risk to students”. Officers confirmed that enquiries were ongoing and the death is not being treated as suspicious.
Charity’s free dinner NORTH KIRKLEES: A charity aiming to bring the community together by feeding the homeless and needy is hosting another event. Saj Hussain, the founder of Purpose of Life, is putting on a free three-course hot dinner at Batley’s PKWA Centre on Saturday, August 10, from 6pm until 9pm. Saj and his volunteers will be offering free taxis to and from the event, plus free haircuts, henna and nail painting. For more information email saj@pol.org.uk.
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Give the people a chance to buy Red House Letter of the Week: ‘Concerned of Cleckheaton’ The £250m agreed for a ‘cultural centre’ in Huddersfield town centre is an insult to the rest of Kirklees and North Kirklees in particular. ‘Silk purses’ etc come to mind. Yes, it is a good idea to improve HD1 but £250m from a cash-strapped local authority seems beyond belief, whilst the heritage in the rest of Kirklees rots and falls into disrepair. What about Red House, former museum, Grade II Star Listed – in the top eight per cent of all listed buildings nationally – just left to rot or sold off with no thought for its heritage? Three asset transfer bids were turned down, one failed by only a single point and no discussion
was allowed. Then the Community Bid to Buy was so bungled – sent to the disbanded ‘Friends of Red House’ (nothing happened), and the opportunity was lost. What a mess of incompetence and heritage destruction. Red House has massive Bronte links. The home of the Taylor family, it provided the basis for ‘Shirley’ – one of Charlotte Bronte’s early novels – much admired in the early 20th century. With Bronte and Luddite connections and links to the Wesley family it is a treasure trove of heritage. Surely Charlotte Bronte and her sister Emily must be in the top five of classic English writers? Other nations cannot under-
Fisher’s will be Bigots trying to ‘Good’ again destroy liberty From: J Halford, Dewsbury It is a great shame that Ofsted reports do not tell the whole story about a school. My three sons attended St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, with the youngest leaving last year. They were taught by a great number of outstanding teachers, many of whom are still at the school. These teachers inspired and challenged my sons to get great results. But if an Ofsted inspector does not happen to drop in on these teachers’ lessons it is as if they don’t exist as far as the final report is concerned. Many local schools have had bad Ofsted reports over the years but are now rated ‘Good’. This will surely be the case with St John Fisher.
From: ‘Heckmondwike Hector’ What an absolute disgrace, Mr Brian Leach sacked from his post as a greeter at Dewsbury Asda stores for reposting a video of Billy Connolly’s ‘Religion is over’ routine. In my mind, the store’s name now stands for All Secularists Dismissed Automatically. I only hope that the Secular Society keeps its promise to support him. I certainly do. For generations we have accepted religious satire and banter as the norm. Now, in our so-called enlightened age, the shackles of religiosity return to threaten the very foundations of our freedom of expression.
stand why we do not value this amazing heritage site. We call on the leader of the council to give the people a chance to undertake the Community Bid to Buy (at a reasonable price) which was so badly bungled in 2018. Red House is now up for sale for offers over £1m and due to have houses built on the grounds, if the planners have their way. Surely this international site should be given another chance – let the public show their support – let us have the opportunity for a Community Bid to Buy, denied through apparent incompetence. See the petition on change.org, Save Red House, Yorkshire.
Looking back, one of the leading comedians who exercised such freedoms was Dave Allen, who spared nothing for the priests and cardinals of the Catholic Church. They loved Dave Allen in Ireland. His kind of humour remains an indulgence for many. Me included. I personally have no desire to ridicule people’s belief in God or for that matter, a desire to challenge their own particular faith. As for the ritualistic rigmarole that revolves around it, that’s a different matter and if it’s enough to get my store card cancelled (if I had one) then so be it. I have no ecclesiastical favourites. On one occasion, I answered a knock at the door and was asked if I wanted a Watch Tower; I said, “No thanks, I’ll stick with the bedroom window.” I have not been unknown to ask the local butcher if his pork sausages are Kosher. For
me, banter like this makes the day go round. My favourite will always be the 1980s BBC satirical show Not The Nine O’Clock News, with Rowan Atkinson and co. Besides being a star of stage and TV, Atkinson was a fervent campaigner against parliamentary moves to criminalise religiously-based comedy. In one particular sketch, Muslim worshippers were shown in a mosque bowing to the ground. A voiceover announces: “And the search for the Ayatollah Khomeini’s contact lens goes on.” It was a masterpiece. There was also hilarity when the Pope visited the USA. A soap company over there produced a brand of Pope-ona-Rope soap. The Vatican threw a wobbler at the connotations regarding its anatomical usage. The banter goes on. Ask me
LATEST PLANNING APPLICATIONS N Christodoulou, outline application for erection of two semidetached houses and formation of shared private drive and turning area, adjacent to 43 Mortimer Street, Healey. Ratcliffe Mill Properties, variation of condition 2 (plans and specifications) on previous permission 2017/90443 for erection of 3 units for B1 (light industrial) and B8 use, erection of two-storey office building and alterations to existing building, Forge Lane, Thornhill Lees. H Nawaz, front extension, front dormer, alterations to roof and single-storey rear extension, 3 Ravens Grove, Scout Hill. B Green, two-storey side extension, 48 Castle Mount, Thornhill. Z Patel, non-material amendment to previous permission 2018/90153 for erection of single-storey front and first floor rear extension, 11 Howard Place, Batley. Z Afzal, attached garage, 2 The Reynards, Mirfield. Mr & Mrs S Orme, demolition of existing dwelling and erection of
one dwelling with detached garage, 46 Brownhill Road, Birstall. N Storey, front dormer windows, single-storey rear extension and raised decking and detached garage 30 Goose Hill, Heckmondwike. Harper Ink Tattoo Studio, change of use from gift shop to tattoo studio, 3 Town Hall Street, Mirfield. A Bennett, variation of condition 8 (opening hours) on previous permission 2018/92393 for demolition of existing shop and ancillary buildings and erection of shop, ancillary storage, staff room, toilet facilities, ice cream parlour and cafe extension, and formation of additional parking spaces, Croft Farm, Clough Lane, Hightown. D Thorne, single-storey side and rear extension, 27 Kilpin Hill Lane, Dewsbury. S Khan, two-storey side and rear extensions, 26 Clarkson Street, Ravensthorpe. E Hosier, alterations to flat roof to form hipped roof and external alterations, 117 Upper Batley Lane, Batley.
A Burman & A Singh, partial change of use to D1 (non-residential institution), erection of twostorey side and single-storey front extensions, alterations to roof to form second floor and alterations, 478 Huddersfield Road, Ravensthorpe. Mr Essa, change of use from vacant retail unit to A3 cafe (within a Conservation Area), 6-8 Longcauseway, Dewsbury. F Ali, the proposal is for erection of single-storey rear extension. The extension projects 6m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 3.6m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 2.5m, 25 Camroyd Street, Dewsbury. A Khadbai, change of use from dwelling (C3) to dental surgery (D1) with external alterations, 671 Huddersfield Road, Ravensthorpe. Riva Homes, discharge conditions 7 (flood risk assessment), 9 (habitat), 11 (lighting) on previous permission 2018/93461 for variation condition 2 (plans) on previous permission 2017/90661 for erection of
14 dwellings, Westfield Assessment Centre, 13 Westfields Road, Mirfield. Executors of M Raib, first floor rear extension and raising the roof to form second floor, 8 Carlton Terrace, Savile Town. Z A & A Hussain, the proposal is for erection of single-storey rear extension. The extension projects 5.4m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 3.5m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 2.4m, 93 Broomer Street, Ravensthorpe. T Thompson, two-storey side and rear extensions and single-storey rear extension, 24 Moor End Lane, Dewsbury Moor. Mr S Dennis, work to trees TPO 47/80, 61 Oxford Road, Gomersal. L Stead, non-material amendment to previous permission 2019/90404 for erection of single-storey extension, 64 Bottoms Lane, Birkenshaw. S Redfern, discharge condition 3 (materials) on previous permission 2018/93188 for demolition of attached garage and erection of
extensions, 10 Fernhurst Way, Mirfield. N Laher, outline application for erection of 2 dwellings, rear of 20 Halifax Road, Staincliffe. J Lin, the proposal is for erection of single-storey rear extension. The extension projects 5.3m beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse. The maximum height of the extension is 3m, the height of the eaves of the extension is 3m, 9 Tailor Close, Scholes, Cleckheaton. Swift Property, discharge conditions 5 (internal roads) and 9 (land contamination) on previous permission 2015/90435 for erection of 14 dwellings with integral garages, former Parkham Foods Site, 395 Halifax Road, Liversedge. Mr R Eglan, work to trees TPO 09/81, 2 Water Royd Lane, Mirfield. Owens Developments Ltd, discharge conditions 7-10 (land contamination) on previous permission 2017/91495 for erection of two blocks of three terraced dwellings and one pair of semi-detached dwellings, Phoenix Roofing, Whewell Street, Birstall.
Red House ... ‘a treasure trove of heritage’ about Mecca and I will tell you all about Wakefield Tiffany’s in the 1970s, or the ice skating rink in Bradford. Different things have different meanings to different people. That’s the way it is and some of the pious and the pontificators need to grow a thicker skin, rather than screaming for blood at every perceived slight. As for Asda and their selfpromoting-so-correct fawning to the obnoxious prevailing political wind; they can take a run and jump. Good luck Mr Leach in your claim for unfair dismissal, for we must always oppose the bigots who are trying to destroy our liberty. That said, I might have to exercise a degree of caution myself if I pop into the store for an occasional carton of milk. The last thing I want is a blazing headline on the front page of The Press, announcing ‘HECTOR HANDED ASDA FATWAH’.
Risks of folic acid overdoses From Trevor Whitehead, Mirfield The government at www.gov.uk has launched a public consultation, ending on September 9, 2019, on its proposal to add folic acid to flour. Fortification is expected to significantly cut the number of neural tube defects in the newborn, such as spina bifida. Government admits failing to persuade enough potential mothers to take the recommended 400 microgram daily supplement, or voluntarily fortified food. Online references claim overdosing of food in the USA, with unmetabolized
folic acid found in the bloodstream in many cases. The British Medical Association’s New Guide to Medicines and Drugs and the NICE website agree that 500mcg/daily, and over, needs a prescription. The safe maximum dose for fortification is to be set at double that; 1mg (milligram) per day, “reflecting a lifetime’s exposure that would avoid folic acid masking the diagnosis of pernicious anaemia”. Other concerns are dismissed. Documentation with the consultation says that the public must be protected from overdosing on the synthetic folate and that the dose of folic acid presently voluntarily added to my favourite breakfast cereal could be reduced accordingly. How does 500 micrograms compare with the amount of folic acid to be expected in my daily, three large slices (more in working years) of home-baked bread, containing 60grams of flour each, taking into account that 29 per cent of women are estimated – in the documentation – to consume less than 10grams of flour from bread daily? It will not be known until after we have voted. Bread is a staple food for many; this type of mass medication, with a “prescription amount” of folic acid, may fail in its expected public upper-safety-limit if the total amount of the various treated foods consumed by individual “patients” is not also controlled.
Editor’s note: Several letters have been held over until next week due to a lack of space.
ThePress
Friday July 5, 2019
‘Be our guests’ call to miners from pit disaster concert team
Clockwise, from top left: Combs Colliery, Thornhill, where the disaster occurred in 1893; concert organisers, Keith Shaw, left, and Peter McVeigh; Mrs Harriet Wood, who lost her husband and two sons in the disaster, pictured with her other children, including Harry, second right, who had to go down the same pit when he was 12 because the family needed the money.
By Margaret Watson A MEMORIAL concert in memory of 139 men and boys killed in the Thornhill mining disaster in 1893 is being held in Dewsbury Town Hall next Saturday (July 13). The organisers are inviting exminers from across Yorkshire to be their guests at the musical event. Entertainment is being provided by the world-famous Grimethorpe Colliery Band and Skelmanthorpe Male Voice Choir.
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It is being presented by St John’s Masonic Lodge, Dewsbury, which is calling all former miners and their families to contact them. Keith Shaw, one of the organisers, said they wanted a big representation from the mining industry to be present on the night. “There may be no more working pits left in Britain but this doesn’t mean we should forget those who once worked in them,” he said. “Dewsbury wants to show its appreciation for those who risked their lives on a daily basis work-
ing underground. “This anniversary gives us the opportunity to remember all the coal miners in the district who have also given their lives. “We may not know all their names but they will be remembered on the night, along with the 139 whose names we do know. “It will be our last farewell to the great mining industry which once existed in this country. Now it is sadly forgotten. “We have chosen Grimethorpe Colliery Band, not only because it
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is the best brass band in the world, but because it still retains the name ‘colliery’ in its title, which is important to us.” The Thornhill Combs Colliery disaster occurred on July 4, 1893, and was one of the worst mining disasters the country had ever known. The great loss of life following a huge explosion in the pit shocked the nation and left 65 women without husbands and 220 children without fathers. One woman, Elizabeth Firth, lost her husband and three sons. Of those who were killed on that terrible day, 52 were young boys who had started at the pit when they were only 11 years old. Some who died were only 12. Most were buried on the same day next to each other in long rows in one area of Thornhill churchyard. The funerals started at early light, with the melancholy procession of burials continuing until late at night. There are few gravestones or any memorials bearing their names. Any ex-miners wishing to receive complimentary tickets should contact Lorraine Gledhill on 01274 852200, Eric Firth on 07870 219290 or Keith Shaw on 01924 401928. Others wishing to attend can book tickets by ringing 01484 225755, online at www.kirkleestownhalls.co.uk, or from the reception desk in Dewsbury Town Hall.
KIRKLEES: A woman who survived the Srebrenica massacre in 1995 will speak at a special event commemorating its anniversary next week. Fadila Efendic lost her husband, only son and 22 relatives in the genocide, when more than 8,000 Bosnian men and boys were killed by Serbian forces between July 11 and 16. Fadila will speak alongside the Mayor of Kirklees, Mumtaz Hussain, and Council leader Shabir Pandor at Huddersfield University’s Holocaust Exhibition and Learning Centre on Thursday (July 11, 6.30pm). To buy tickets visit www.eventbrite.com/e/ kirklees-sbrebrenica-memorial-day -commemoration-2019-tickets-6342471803.
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School jobs at risk amid funding cuts
News In Brief Nursery praise LIVERSEDGE: Little Rainbows nursery, on Halifax Road, has been praised by Ofsted. In its first inspection, education officials rated it ‘Good’ in all areas. They said “the manager leads and manages the nursery well”, while “children behave very well” and “the quality of teaching is consistently good”. To improve even further, the nursery should “encourage older children to engage in more activities that promote their literacy skills”.
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Our winner BIRSTALL: The winner of The Press’ recent Bella Italia competition was Mrs Marie Rodgers, of Mirfield. She correctly answered that in Carl Warner’s Da Vinci portrait, the nose was made from a chicken wing.
Fun day BATLEY: A group which helps to combat loneliness for over50s is hosting a family fun day on Sunday (July 7, noon-4pm). ‘Sociables’ consists of a weekly coffee morning and social activities at Bleak House Community Centre on Ealand Road. There’ll be stalls, a tuck shop, bake sale and more at the fun day at Batley Community Centre. Money raised will go towards organising more trips and buying more resources for the Sociables’ weekly get-togethers.
Town’s tributes to armed forces MIRFIELD hosted a series of events to mark Armed Forces Day last weekend. Mirfield Town Council and Mirfield Royal British Legion have an Armistice and Remembrance Committee which has installed a new civic flagpole outside Mirfield Library, overseen by retired councillor and veteran Alan Burton. The Armed Forces Day flag was raised by RBL branch chairman David Horrobin, together with president Barry Fretwell and standard bearer Sean Guy, town mayor Martyn Bolt and deputy Vivien LeesHamilton. On Saturday, in the presence
of Deputy Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, Colonel Patrick Cairns, a service of remembrance was conducted by Rev Ian Grange and wreaths were laid at the war memorial at the Old Colonial pub. Guest of honour was 101-yearold Dunkirk veteran Bernard Richardson – who drove himself to the event and played golf the following day! In addition to remembering the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the 37th anniversary of the Falklands War was recognised with an emotive speech by veteran David Pinder whilst serving RAF Corporal Richard Conley, having just completed a
six-month tour of duty in the South Atlantic, interred a rock from the Mount Pleasant military complex airfield on East Falkland. There were also musical performances from the band of 868 Squadron Mirfield Air Cadets and a buffet lunch provided by the Town Council. On Sunday morning, 868 Squadron held their summer presentation day in the presence of Lord Lieutenant Ed Anderson, Coun Bolt and RBL president Barry Fretwell. Cadets were recognised with qualifications and promotions as well as BTECs and Duke of Edinburgh awards.
A BATLEY school is being forced to make cuts to its teaching staff because of funding cuts. Batley Parish C of E Junior, Infant and Nursery School sent a letter to parents and carers last month stating that they would have to “complete a full-scale restructure of school staffing” in a bid to save money. It is likely that a number of teaching assistants and supervisors will lose their jobs, while other members of staff face having their hours reduced. Since 2015, schools in Batley and Spen have endured a real-terms funding shortfall of over £5m and MP Tracy Brabin has now written to Education Secretary Damian Hinds calling for an urgent meeting in Westminster with the school’s headteacher, Phil Sunter. She said: “Batley Parish has been forced into making impossible choices to make ends
meet after years of realterms cuts to its budget. “Now this is going to have a direct impact on teachers, support staff, children and their families. “And this is not limited to Batley Parish. Almost every school I visit tells me that cuts are having a dramatic impact. “I have raised this with the government on many occasions since I’ve been an MP, but they continue to bury their heads in the sand. “That’s why I’m calling on the Education Secretary to meet with the school’s headteacher so he can hear first-hand exactly how dire the situation has now become. “Our brilliant schools, teachers and staff who work incredibly hard for our children must have the resources and support needed to do their jobs. “The government needs to face facts and address this funding crisis before any more damage is done.”
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Mental health campaigner in drive to ‘talk about suicide’ By Zoe Shackleton “LET’S talk about suicide” – that’s the message from Stevie Oliver as she launches a new awareness campaign. Stevie, who founded mental health support group Take Ten last year, was joined by fellow members atop Scammonden Bridge at the weekend in a bid to get people discussing issues around suicide and let others know they’re not alone. The 42-year-old had an idea about launching the campaign just last week after recently suffering another episode where she contemplated taking her own life. Take Ten members chose to visit the wellknown structure which crosses high above the M62 between Huddersfield and Manchester after hearing that police receive between one and four calls a day concerning people who may be thinking of ending their lives at the bridge. The group wore t-shirts bearing inspirational slogans, handed out leaflets and spoke to passers-by. Stevie, who lives in Dewsbury, said: “Everybody on that bridge was affected by suicide in some way, shape or form.
Campaigners at Scammonden Bridge... “every one of them was affected by suicide” according to Stevie Oliver, who is pictured below with daughter Allanna Four were suicide survivors. “Everybody was beeping their horns on the motorway, because we were raising such awareness. It was euphoric. “The point of (the campaign) is that if a group of people can go and stand there for five hours and divert one person, that’s
amazing. Suicide affects everyone – the people who are clearing up the bodies, people who are helping the families, coroners, police, every single person. “If we make it as present as possible, people can see there is a reason we need to talk about suicide.” Stevie is hoping the new campaign, which she’s running in conjunction with Take Ten, will help them raise more funds so they can support as many people as possible. Eventually the group plans to walk from Dewsbury to Parliament to highlight their campaign. “Our aim is to take it to Parliament and say, ‘we are this serious about how much we need to raise awareness that we will walk to you because we can’t afford train fares’. “This is what I started Take Ten for, to raise awareness of mental health and suicide because I’d just attempted to take my own life. “If I can put all this hurt, pain and anguish into helping others reach out, then that’s what I’ll do. I have to, it’s my purpose.” For more information about the campaign, visit Take Ten’s Facebook page or email stevietaketen @hotmail.com.
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via text message. Slimmeddown, cheaper-to-produce timetables will still be made available to people who want them. WYCA says its new bus information strategy reflects the increasing preference of the county’s passengers for using online bus service information. During the last 12 months, almost two million people have used its website more than 5.85 million times and downloaded 3.2 million bus timetables. More than 500,000 people used the website’s Journey Planner to coordinate almost 1.3 million journeys. Coun Kim Groves, chairwoman of the WYCA
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POLICE are appealing for anyone who may have been a victim of burglary, arson or theft in Ravensthorpe on one night last month to come forward. A 19-year-old man has been charged with offences including attempted burglary and officers are keen to speak to anyone who may have been affected in the Huddersfield Road area, overnight between Monday, June 17 and Tuesday, June 18. Officers are investigating an attempted burglary on Quarry Place, Mirfield at around 12.30am on the Tuesday morning and an arson offence on Huddersfield Road, Mirfield, shortly afterwards. A photo of a mountain bike, above,
Transport Committee, said: “We recognise that although research by Transport Focus tells us that just eight per cent of passengers in West Yorkshire still use printed timetables, it is important that we continue to make printed information available, while at the same time ensuring we are achieving cost effectiveness for council taxpayers.” She added: “We know printed timetables are popular with certain people, including collectors who contact us asking for all the new ones each time they are updated. “You can even find out-ofdate versions for sale on eBay. “But as a public body facing on-going budget pressures, we need to ensure we deliver the right product in the right formats, including pared-down printed versions.” Campaigners have claimed the move towards digital could impact negatively on the elderly and “other affected members of society”. There will be a drop-in event at Dewsbury Bus has also been released to try and trace Station from 10am to its rightful owners, as it is believed to 2pm on August 9 and have been stolen. 14, when questionThe owner of the bike, any witnesses to either offence or anyone who was the naires will be also victim of an arson offence, a burglary or available. theft-related crime in the Ashmere To take part online, Grove/Leeds Road/Huddersfield Road go to www.yourarea of Ravensthorpe is asked to call v o i c e . w e styorkspolice on 101, quoting crime reference ca.gov.uk/bus-infor131903071013. mation-strategy.
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News In Brief Memories club DEWSBURY: The next Dewsbury Memories club meeting is on Wednesday, July 10. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month to talk about all things rugby league and everything in between. Volunteer-led, the memories group helps people suffering with dementia and aims to tackle loneliness. Everyone is invited from 10am at Thrive at Connect on Bond Street in Dewsbury.
Shop appeal DEWSBURY: The British Heart Foundation shop in Dewsbury is appealing for donations of bric-a-brac, summer accessories, shoes, handbags, jewellery, CDs and DVDs, and unwanted toys. Customers can drop off before 10am and after 4pm at the store on Foundry Street, or there’s a collection service Monday to Friday (call 01924 485882). The store is also seeking volunteers – ring the same number for more information.
Meeting date MIRFIELD: The committee which runs Mirfield Community Centre is holding its annual general meeting at the centre on Water Royd Lane on Monday, July 15 (7pm). The group is looking for volunteers to help out and anyone interested is welcome to attend.
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Throughout 2019 local historian Mike Popplewell will be searching through his newspaper collection from the 1920s and 30s for some of the biggest headlines from home and abroad – while also taking a look at stories making the news in our own district. Readers are welcome to provide feedback if any of these features are remembered personally, or you can recall being told them by an earlier generation.
When children could leave school at the age of 10... ROUND 5,000 children and young adults will leave education in North Kirklees this month. For some in the 21-plus age bracket, it is the culmination of their degree studies at university, while A-level students at Heckmondwike Grammar or in the district’s sixth form colleges will just be taking their next step in life. For those 16-year-olds in high schools leaving with or without GCSE qualifications, there will no doubt be some enthusiasm for the chance to get out into the working world. This will no doubt be particularly true for those with practical, rather than academic abilities. But let’s pause for a moment and retrace the steps of our parents and grandparents, and look at the history of the school leaving age. Compulsory education in England was not introduced until Forster’s Elementary Education Act of 1870, but even though education was a
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Cleckheaton Secondary School (later Whitcliffe Mount) was established in 1908 government provision up to 13, a child could legally leave school at 10 years old. This level of flexibility was apparent when my uncle, who became a top-level amateur footballer in the south, was asked to stay on at school after his 13th birthday so he could complete the season with the school team!
However, by the time of the recession in the 1930s and ever-rising unemployment levels, exacerbated by the increasing number of teens entering the workforce as a result of the post-WW1 baby boom, there were noises in parliament about raising the school leaving age. There was divided opinion about this and the government decided against the increase, until a proper education infrastructure could be put in place that guaranteed a financially worthwhile outcome – namely, a bettereducated population capable of boosting the economy to a point where it justified the expense of that education. But Percy Jackson, head of the West Riding Education Authority – which included the Heavy Woollen District – was adamant in 1934 that his
authority would go it alone, regardless of the government’s decision. However, it was another five years before an agreement to make that change was reached – and because of the outbreak of war, it was delayed a further five years before it was formalised in the Education Act of 1944. Even then it was 1947 before the Act was implemented. This was the system under which I began my education in September, 1949 and started work at 15 in 1959. But looking at this age group today, it seems incomprehensible that they should be expected to join the nation’s workforce. One person planning to take temporary leave from the workforce in 1934 was 21year-old university graduate Donald Hardwick, of Tolson Street, Chickenley. The Yorkshire Observer revealed
he was planning to cycle to Peking (now Beijing)! Donald had previously cycled through Europe. In the summer of 1933 he had pedalled to Barcelona and lived on less than a shilling (5p) a day. His plan was to set off for China with £20 in his pocket, cycle to Goole, cross the North Sea to Amsterdam by boat, and then head toward Russia. Anticipating possible problems entering Russia during Joseph Stalin’s post-revolutionary purge, he had a backup plan to travel by way of India. His only luggage would be a change of shirt and a sleeping bag! The Yorkshire Observer reported that his intention was to set off on his journey on Monday, July 16, 1934. Did he? Did he achieve his goal? Who knows? Do you?
Heckmondwike Grammar School was founded in 1898
Special needs scheme seeks carers KIRKLEES Council is looking for carers to help with its Shared Lives scheme. The programme has been running for 32 years and cares for adults with special needs, including dementia, learning disabilities and mental health issues. Support can be anything from occasional short breaks or emergency care, through to full-time care. A spokesman said: “Shared Lives assists vulnerable adults with a care option that is
based within an approved carer’s home and promotes and offers independence and social inclusion.” Carers will receive ongoing support and training from social workers as well as a payment for each individual for whom they care. Deputy Mayor Nigel Fitzpatrick said: “Shared Lives currently supports 69 people across Kirklees, but with a population of over 400,000 there are so many other individuals who would
benefit from this type of care. “If you have a spare room to offer and would like to play a key part in making a positive difference to someone’s life, then we really do want to hear from you.” Interested candidates should email shared.lives@kirklees. gov.uk, or visit a drop-in session – there’s one tomorrow (Saturday, 12.30pm-4pm) at Ravensthorpe’s Greenwood Centre, and another at Heckmondwike Library on Tuesday, August 6 (10am-1pm).
Store staff join Race COLLEAGUES from Tesco Cleckheaton completed the Race for Life at Huddersfield’s Greenhead Park to raise money for Cancer Research UK. A group of 40 staff took on the 5km course on Sunday, while the store held a bag pack and family barbecue which pushed the total raised
up to £3,000. The store has supported the Race For Life for the past 18 years.
Store manager Clare Findlay said: “This year was the first year that our male colleagues have been allowed to
join and we had four taking up the challenge and I am extremely proud of all those who took part.”
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Elena steps out in prestigious ballet A YOUNG dancer from Liversedge will take to the stage in one of London’s prestigious theatres later this month. Teenager Elena Scott is joining over 100 dancers from Central School of Ballet at Bloomsbury Theatre for their annual summer performance on Thursday, July 18 and Friday, July 19. The 17-year-old was one of just 34 successful applicants out of over 300 to secure a coveted place on the professional dance and performance programme at the world-renowned London college. She studied at Spen Valley High School and danced at the Emma Coombs Dance Academy before moving to the capital last September. Elena said: “I love being surrounded by like-minded, determined people who are driven to reach a similar goal – to be a pro-
Hospital trust annual meeting THE NHS trust which runs Dewsbury Hospital is holding its annual general meeting on Tuesday, July 30. Members of the public will get the chance to speak with Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust staff before officials give presentations on the achievements and challenges, and the annual report and accounts from the past year. Then there’ll be a question-and-answer session.
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The meeting opens at 5.30pm at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield, with the formal meeting starting at 6pm. Any questions for the trust’s board members should be emailed to communications@midyorks. nhs.uk. PROBUS: The next meeting of the Batley & Dewsbury Probus Club is on Tuesday, July 9 at Batley Community Centre (10am). For more information ring 01924 471337.
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LECKHEATON Folk Festival returns to celebrate its 32nd year this weekend with a host of musical delights to entertain the masses. As always, the streets are expected to be filled with ‘folkies’ from up and down the country for music from both local and nationallyrenowned folk acts, complemented with generous helpings of fun and entertainment for all the family. And this year boasts a wonderful line-up from tonight (Fri) through until Sunday. Some of the top acts include headliners The London Philharmonic Skiffle Orchestra, The Mather Robinson Band, female folk supergroup Daphne’s Flight and Sunday sees the Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings take to the stage in an all-star Town Hall concert. The Friday night concert will be dedicated to the memory of Jan Pickles, a founder and stalwart of the festival who sadly passed away in August 2018. There will also be a chance to watch the ever-popular Dance Trophy, where sides come from all over the country and gather to
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dance outside The Wickham pub at 3.45pm on Saturday. The traditional folk festival parade will take place on the Saturday, starting from Cleckheaton Fire Station at 11am and there will also be a host of street entertainment throughout the day. Both days will boast a street market with 25 stalls on Albion Street, as well as the monthly farmers market on the Saturday morning in the Bradford Road car park. There will also be the usual sessions, workshops and sing-a-rounds over the weekend, with events taking place at The Commercial, as well as sing-a-rounds at The Wickham on Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday afternoon. The finale is the Family Fun day on Sunday offering free activities and a Punch and Judy show on the Savoy site in the town centre. As well as lots of free events taking place across the town, weekend passes for all the concerts are available from www.cleckheatonfolk festival.org, and individual concert tickets are also on sale. See you there, folks!
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Parade is centre stage DAZZLING carnival parade, inspired by Cleckheaton’s confectionary industry, will take centre stage at this year’s Cleckheaton Folk Festival, led by local school pupils and young dancers.
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Now in its 32nd year, the folk festival is the biggest date on the town’s cultural calendar, and is set to attract thousands of visitors this weekend. The parade will take over the streets of Cleckheaton town centre tomorrow (Sat) from 10.30am. It’s being produced with Creative Scene and presented by Callaloo Carnival Arts, working with students from Howard Park Community School in Cleckheaton. Marina Poppa, creative director of Callaloo Carnival Arts, said: “The parade is inspired by Cleckheatonborn artist Edward Wadsworth’s dazzle camouflage work and also by some of the main historic manufacturers in Cleckheaton, such as Fentiman’s fizzy drinks and the Lion confectionary company.” She said youngsters from the school were also taking part in a project called ‘Cleckheaton Rocks’, where they will extend the craze of painting and hiding rocks around the town, to be found later and shared online. “Through the parade we will share the stories of Cleckheaton folk who
group of folk artists, learning the secrets to a successful career in folk music and offering invaluable feedback on their performances. The emerging artists will also perform at the festival’s opening night following their masterclass. David Minich, festival director, said: “We are delighted to have teamed up with Creative Scene to support emerging artists which is a first for us. “We’re very proud to be able to support young artists from the region and have no doubt they will be topping our bill in the near future. “We have some great artists this year thanks to Arts Council Testing a ‘Shire Horse’ at Sutton School of funding and an action-packed fesPerforming Arts ahead of the parade tival with lots of fringe performers. have built creative businesses,” “There is something for everyone. Marina added. We have visitors from abroad who “We will support people to design, come to see one of the best folk festimake and animate fabulously colourvals in the UK. ful costumes and props, which will be “We can’t wait to see you there!” seen on the day. Nancy Barrett, director of Creative “We hope lots of people come to see Scene, which brings arts and culture the parade and enjoy the atmosphere to North Kirklees, said: “We are delighted to once again support of Cleckheaton Folk Festival.” Cleckheaton Folk Festival and help Creative Scene and Cleckheaton Folk Festival are also offering a folk introduce a generation to folk music. “We can’t wait to see the parade as masterclass to emerging musicians in created by Callaloo and Cleckheaton’s the area. young people and listen to the graduPaul Sartin, of award-winning band Bellowhead, will be working with a ates of Paul Sartin’s masterclass.”
CLECKHEATON Folk Festival takes place in almost a dozen venues around the town, with on-street activities throughout the weekend. For the full programme of events, please visit: www.cleckheatonfolkfestival.org.
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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.
WEDNESDAY JULY 10 GOING TO JAIL Starts at 11am at Flatt Top pub, Albion Road, Thornhill WF12 0HD (WF12 0HD, SE251180) 7 miles – moderate Contact: Jim 01924 469700 janderegan@hotmail.co.uk
Choral Society hosts summer concert MIRFIELD Choral Society is hosting a summer concert next week. The ‘Nautical but Nice’ show starts at 7.15pm on Saturday, July 13 at St Andrew’s Methodist Church. Tickets priced at £10 adults and £5 under18s and students can be booked by ringing 01924 494708. There’s a complimentary cream tea with every ticket and everyone is welcome. The group will also be holding a fundraising event at Dewsbury’s Longcauseway Church on Saturday July 6, from 10am to 1pm.
Darkness at the heart of a slick and professional show PAL JOEY – DEWSBURY ARTS GROUP Review by M Parkinson Photo: MD Ashwell
Historical talk SPEN VALLEY Historical Society’s next meeting is on Wednesday, July 10, when John Spencer will give a talk titled ‘Following the Drum’. 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.
Newmillerdam walk DEWSBURY and District Rambling Club have a walk planned tomorrow (Saturday) at Newmillerdam Country Park in Wakefield. Meet David Townend at Link Road for 9.30am.
Bands join forces MUSICA Mirfield Swing Band and Greenhead College Big Band are joining forces for an end-of-term ‘Hootenanny’ next weekend. The concert is being held at Millbridge Club in Liversedge on Saturday, July 13, and starts at 7pm. A mix of lively music will make for a fun evening at the Bennett Street venue. Tickets are priced at £5 and the show is raising money for local youth music schools.
SATURDAY JULY 13 OAKWELL AND EAST BIERLEY Starts at 10.30am at park gates (near the bowling green), Bradford Road, Birkenshaw BD11 2DR 6.5 miles – moderate Contact: Norma 01274 685343 or 07951 413012
Joanne Jarvis and Hugh Raine in Dewsbury Arts Group’s production of Pal Joey
ON a sultry summer evening, when you want to relax and let pleasant tunes wash over you, there is no better place than the David and Judith Wood Theatre – and Dewsbury Arts Group’s production of Pal Joey. It features a relationship triangle between showman Joey, an amoral charmer (a convincing Hugh Raine), a worldly, rich woman, Mrs Simpson, trapped in a loveless marriage (played with sensitivity by Jacky Fletcher), and Miss English, an unworldly but moral shop girl (the sublime Joanne Jarvis). Set in 1930’s Chicago, an era suffused with greed and corruption, it seems almost everyone is out for themselves, without a care as to who they step on. Joey worms his way in to Mrs Simpson’s affections to get her to set him up in his own club. The club is the hook on which to hang a series of very likeable review numbers. The show girls, in particular, danced their way through several well-choreographed numbers in bright and engaging costumes. The production is slick and the transitions from scene to scene seamless and professional. Pleasant tunes and vibrant dance routines there may be, but as you walk down the street humming “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered”, you may also reflect on the fact that Pal Joey has a dark heart. Go see it. The show runs until tomorrow (July 6). Go to www.dewsburyartsgroup.info for bookings, or call 01924 505861.
Livefields dreaming big for the future A NEW music festival is rocking into Birstall this month – and organisers eventually want to make it the biggest local gig after Leeds Festival. Livefields is the brainchild of Dave Scriven and Mick Appleyard – the owners of Cleckheaton’s popular music venue Live Room. It’s being held at Oakwell Hall in Birstall on Saturday July 13 and costs £20 a ticket. Dave explained he wanted to put on an affordable festival which is accessible and local too. He said: “We wanted to bring something more local, because there’s nothing here, and something quite a lot cheaper (than other festivals). “It’s not dissimilar to what we do at Live Room, just on a much bigger scale. “And the thing with festivals is people come from all over, we’ve got people coming from Manchester, Coventry, Birmingham, London, Devon.” Similar to acts that perform at Live Room, the festival will be headlined by tribute bands includ-
Richard Harrison, left, the founder of Smile Radio, which will be livestreaming the festival, and organiser Dave Scriven ing The Clone Roses, The Antarctic Monkeys and Definitely Mightbe to name a few. And the whole event will be streamed live on Dewsbury-based Smile Radio – an online radio station which dedicates itself to promoting unsigned bands and artists.
Nearly 2,000 tickets have already been sold and Dave, who has run the live music venue on Northgate for three-and-a-half years, is hoping there’ll be over 3,000 people there on the day. He said: “There was always a plan to do outside events and festi-
vals. It’s taken two years to plan, dealing with the council you’ve got to do a lot of planning and risk assessments. “It’s part of a five-year plan with the festival. We wanted that field (at Oakwell Hall) because you can get up to 30,000 people in there and
that’s where we want to be in five years. We’ll double next year then double again and then be up and around where we want to be, and then you can book all sorts of people. “As it is, it’s too small for the bigger names but as audiences grow then it will be. “With festivals you don’t have to do much else, as long as it looks right and sounds right and you’ve got enough beer then you’ll be alright – and we’ve got a lot of beer!” Richard Harrison, the founder of Smile Radio, said: “The whole premise of our station is to promote unsigned music. We’ve got thousands and thousands of tracks now from all over the world, not just local artists. “We’re going to be streaming the whole festival live on the radio, and we’ve got a 20-minute slot too.” The festival is for over-14s and tickets (£20) can be bought from www.livefields.co.uk, www.skiddle. com, www.ticketmaster.com, or from behind the bar at Live Room in Cleckheaton.
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MONDAY Staincliffe Cricket Club Halifax Road 5.30pm 7.30pm Tel Faye 07852 714364
Dewsbury Town Hall 5.30pm Tel Lyn 07792 032170 We are looking for a ‘NEW CONSULTANT’ for this group Contact Diane on 07961 631257
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Scout Headquarters Hunsworth, Cleckheaton 5.30pm 7.30pm Tel Paul 07848 958798
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Spen audiences are in for a treat By Mike Popplewell SPENBOROUGH Amateur Youth Society are hoping to enhance their growing reputation for excellence when they present Legally Blonde – The Musical, at Cleckheaton Town Hall on Friday (7.30), Saturday (7.30) and Sunday (2.15) next weekend, July 12-14. Having successfully produced musical theatre classics like Les Miserables and Phantom Of The Opera in the past two years this highly talented group of youngsters, with many at, or set to join, prestigious drama schools, are hoping to wow audiences once again. The group, the youth sec-
tion of the Cleckheaton and Spenborough Amateur Operatic and Drama Society, like most amateur organisations, rely heavily on the goodwill and support of friends and patrons but they received a huge boost when their rehearsals were interrupted recently by represen-
tatives from the Cleckheaton branch of Tesco to present them with a cheque for £1,000. They had been successfully voted as the local charity most deserving of a cash award and the Tesco slogan ‘Every Little Helps’ could not be more appropriate! The show itself is a musical based on the film, based on a book, of the same name and, as a fan of the film dare I say the audiences at the town hall look set for a treat if the show is even half as good. Tickets can be obtained via www.kirklees.gov.uk/town halls, the society’s website www.spenaods.com or from Helen Backhouse on 07717 949568.
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Brice leads way By Mike Popplewell Cricket Correspondent sport@thepressnews.co.uk
IT IS DIFFICULT to remember the Bradford Premier Division looking such a one-horse race at the halfway stage of the season, but Oakenshaw side Woodlands go into their game at home to New Farnley tomorrow holding a massive 41-point lead over second-placed Pudsey St Lawrence. In their last outing Kiwi allrounder Brad Schmulian, 38 and 4-29, helped his side to a sevenwicket win over Farsley, with Chris Brice weighing in with 330 in 15 overs. Birstall boy Brice leads the way as the highest wicket-taker this season, with 32, and his performance against Farsley took him within nine wickets of the 800-wicket landmark in Bradford League cricket. St Lawrence are the reigning champions and, since it was formed in 2016, they have won two Premier Division titles, but they face a huge task if they are to peg back unbeaten Woodlands – a task that is even more daunting for Hanging Heaton after a two-run defeat at home to Cleckheaton. In a desperately hard-fought encounter it looked all over bar the shouting for Hanging Heaton when Callum Bethel fell for 20 with 19 balls remaining, the last pair at the crease,
and 28 runs still required. But last man Tom Chippendale quickly enlivened proceedings with 19 runs, including two sixes and a four, from his first eight balls. With seven balls remaining and only three now needed the ball was back in Hanging Heaton’s court – or should that be caught! Cleckheaton’s Nick Walker, having taken 485 in 12.4 overs, held his nerve and found the edge of Chippendale’s bat and Cleck skipper Mally Nicholson took the catch to clinch victory for his side. Callum Geldart, 61, had earlier given his side hope of catching Cleckheaton’s 247-9, but it was to prove Walker’s day as he followed an unbeaten 72 off 55 balls with that five-wicket haul in a nerve-jangling finale. That win moved Cleckheaton into the top half of the table and 27 points clear of the relegation places, but still 67 behind the leaders, and John Wood’s 17 runs took him within just eight of the 8,000 landmark – a figure he will be keen to reach tomorrow at Townville. Hanging Heaton skipper Gary Fellows, who is fast approaching 11,000 league runs, is sure to be looking to get his side back on track when they take on Farsley at Bennett Lane tomorrow. But at this stage it is looking like a battle to finish in the runners-up spot behind Woodlands unless, the leaders suffer a dramatic loss of form.
RACING PREVIEW WITH MIKE SMITH
So just how able is Enable? D UAL Arc winner ENABLE returns to action in the Coral Eclipse but amid doubts about the trip and her fitness. The Eclipse is the mid-summer, middle-distance highlight of the flat calendar in Britain and the showpiece fixture at Sandown tomorrow (Saturday). The five-year-old daughter of Nathaniel is the most famous mare in Europe and has been off the track for 245 days after just holding off Sea of Class at Longchamp to collect her second Prix De L’Arc De Triomphe. Since winning the 2017 Oaks by five lengths in a spectacular Epsom downpour, she has won six further Group Ones without tasting defeat. Given that she is a notoriously unshowy workhorse, it will probably be difficult for Frankie Dettori and the rest of the John Gosden team to assess just where she is in terms of fitness. Considering the Arc remains ENABLE’S main target, and that she looked vulnerable in her last two wins last season, it would probably not be a disaster if she did not win this race which comes over a shorter than ideal trip. This may not be the time to take Carrigill’s 5/6 about ENABLE given the concerns but it would clearly be exciting for the sport to see her pass this test and rack up an eighth success at the highest level. REGAL REALITY is the one who appeals from a betting point of view and the son of Intello can extend his trainer’s terrific record in this race, even if he has a bit to find on ratings with one or two of these.
In 1923, Alec Taylor won the last of his six Eclipses as a trainer and this weekend Sir Michael Stoute can break that record having sent out his sixth winner, Ulysses, in 2017. REGAL REALITY was an impressive course and course-and-distance winner in the Brigadier Gerard Stakes in May and is a four-year-old – the age at which Stoute horses tend to be at their most potent. Three-time Melbourne Cup winner Kerrin McEvoy has delayed his return home to Australia to take the ride after partnering Houtzen in the King’s Stand Stakes at the Royal Ascot meeting. The Queensland mare slipped at the start of the race and finished out of the placings, but its hard to believe Stoute’s 7/1 shot with Carrigill’s won’t be involved in the finish. The rest of the Sandown card tomorrow (Saturday) holds some appeal especially in the preceding Distaff. Charlie Appleby is fast becoming one of the best
trainers of young horses transitioning from 2 to 3 and sends out BEYOND REASON. This daughter of Australia won three times last year at Group 2 and 3 level and was not disgraced in the Moyglare and Fillies’ Mile and drops back to Listed company here. In the closing handicap over 1m2f Ed Walker’s well handicapped DREAMWALKER can live up to his name and defy a 4lb rise to stroll home again as he did at Goodwood last time out. FIRST ELEVEN produced a career-best performance at York last time out and his name should be on your team sheet this weekend. The half-brother to Kingman out of Frankel likes a bit of time between races and the 52 days between the Knavesmire and tomorrow’s (Saturday) Old Newton cup at Haydock (3.15) could be ideal. The boys at Carrigill’s hold a different view and have napped ALMUFFRIAH. Also on show at York last time out was ENBIHAAR who just got collared in a 1m6f group. She’s back to a more suitable trip in the Lancashire Oaks and should go close. The final race on Haydock’s card is a competitive 7f handicap and BEAT LE BON is worth a look. Trainer Richard Hannon believes there’s a big race in him and he also holds an entry for next month’s Golden Mile. CARRIGILL’S NAP: (money back as a free bet if finishes outside top 4): ALMUFFRIAH Haydock, Saturday, 3.15. AUGUR’S BEST BET: FIRST ELEVEN Haydock, Saturday, 3.15.
Batley and East Bierley are in with a chance of going up the season and left him needing just one more ONLY 13 points separate the top four in Championship One ahead of tomorrow’s from their game at home to Pudsey Congs tomorrow to reach 700 Bradford League wickgames in the Bradford Premier League with Batley, in third place, and fourth-placed East ets. Scholes now go to second-bottom Wakefield Bierley in with a realistic chance of a return St Michaels desperately needing a win if they to the top flight. are to have any hope of closing the current 25Batley were a surprise package when they won promotion two years ago after a success- point gap between them and a third-bottom Ossett side who have a ful first season in the league tough task at home to and they have done well to Baildon. get themselves in their curIn Championship Two rent position after their 2017 Birstall and Spen Victoria relegation. are handily placed in third It is vitally important to and fourth positions, maintain that progress with respectively, but they lag a win in tomorrow’s game at behind leaders Yeadon by second-placed Morley. some distance, despite havEast Bierley have had a ing a game in hand. long and successful career in Tomorrow’s must-win the top flight over the years games see Birstall entertain and though last season’s releHopton Mills at Leeds Road gation left their future lookand Spen Victoria travel to ing bleak, they have shaken bottom club Adwalton. off an uncertain start to the Spen Vic’s Sam Gatenby current campaign to look (116) and Michael Flathers genuine candidates to regain (87) put on 164 for the first a Premier Division place at wicket to help them to a the first attempt. two-wicket victory in their Standing in Bierley’s way Tim Bresnan – 3-30 in eight overs last game at Buttershaw St at Oxford Road tomorrow is a for Hartshead Moor Paul’s and though Adwalton Gomersal side badly lacking also chalked up a win, the in consistency. Gomersal, in fourth-bottom spot, are cur- odds favour Spen in this clash. rently 19 points clear of the second bottom relegation spot, but that is still a little too • THERE are some intriguing ties in Sunday’s Jack Hampshire Cup quarter-finals, with close for comfort. Birstall carrying the district’s banner when In their last outing Gomersal were undone by a fine 101 from Batley’s Faisal Javed and they entertain Conference side Great Preston at Leeds Road. had no real answer to the bowling of Unbeaten Great Preston are currently joint Muhammed Shahnawaz and Tariq Hussain as top of the Conference with Sandal, and they slipped to a 146-run defeat. Umar Farooq, 5-58, and overseas player Birstall would do well not to take them lightOmpal Boken (53), were the outstanding per- ly – and the same should be said of formers for East Bierley as they toppled Buttershaw St Paul’s when they welcome early-season leaders Keighley in their last Sandal to St Paul’s Road. Birstall do have a distinct advantage of game. having the impressive Josh Haynes in their Scholes are still anchored to the foot of the line-up for the Birstall man already has 140 table after a 10-wicket derby defeat at the runs as the leading run-scorer in this season’s hands of Hartshead Moor after Yorkshire and competition. England star Tim Bresnan, with 3-30 in eight In the remaining ties the top Championship overs, and former Yorkshire and Scotland paceman Iain Wardlaw, 4-28, dismissed them Two sides Yeadon and Carlton come face to face while holders Bowling Old Lane go to for just 99. Wardlaw’s latest return took him to 25 for Hunslet Nelson. REIGNING champions Hanging Heaton were beaten in the semi-finals of the Bradford League Twenty20 Cup at Moorend on Sunday. The ECB Club T20 champions, who were bidding to win the league’s T20 competition for the third year in a row, lost to Undercliffe by three wickets on finals day at Cleckheaton CC’s home ground. Undercliffe then defeated Morley by eight wickets in the final to lift the JW Lees Brewery T20 Cup.
RUGBY
Pals play in Darran’s memory A CHARITY rugby union match is being held in memory of a father who died last year. Darran Huntington lived in Scholes and grew up in Mirfield and was just 31 when he passed away in September 2018, leaving behind a wife and two children. He was a keen cross-code rugby player, playing for Dewsbury Moor and Batley Boys ARLFC, and Huddersfield RUFC and Leodensian RUFC. This Sunday (July 7) there’ll be a charity game between Ossett RUFC and Mirfield Old Boys, kicking off at 11.30am at Ossett’s ground on Queens Terrace. The Old Boys side will include some of Darran’s closest friends and people he’s played with over the years at various clubs. The match will be followed by a family fun day from 2pm, featuring an auction and raffle, with all money raised going towards the Rugby League Benevolent Fund, which helps players who have sustained life-changing injuries. Raffle items include a replica Liversedge
RLFC shirt (pictured below) commemorating 120 years since they were founder members of the Northern Union, a signed New Zealand 2018 Test series shirt, four tickets to the Challenge Cup Final and four tickets to the Super League Grand Final.
BOXING Yates set for pro debut on Sunday BATLEY boxer Jordan Yates makes his professional debut in Bradford on Sunday. Super featherweight Yates takes on Hull journeyman Luke Fash in his first bout at the Bradford Hotel. Based at Dicky’s gym in Batley, Yates is turning pro after winning three Yorkshire titles and reaching the national semi-finals on three occasions as an amateur. Tickets for Sunday’s show, which features a strong card, are £35 or £60 ringside. Doors open at 3.30pm and boxing starts at 4.15pm.
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Bulldogs show resolve as Wolfpack start to pull away Betfred Championship
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at the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium THE BULLDOGS battled hard but couldn’t match the class of runaway Betfred Championship leaders Toronto Wolfpack. After Batley’s midweek cup victory against York it was always going to be a tough ask facing a side who have now won 18 from 19 matches and appear destined for Super League next season, but Matt Diskin’s men competed well for most of the clash. Matty Russell scored his 20th try of the season as the Wolfpack made it 13 wins in a row at the Mount. His two first-half tries, plus scores from Ricky Leutele and Gareth O’Brien, who ended the game with five goals, meant the visitors led 24-6 at halftime. Louis Jouffret scored a converted try in response. Batley were dogged in the second period and Niall Walker scored 10 minutes in, but Leutele’s second, plus a brace for Andy Ackers and a Blake Wallace goal saw Toronto home. Heavyweight boxer David Allen gave a teamtalk in the Bulldogs’ dressing room before the game and it was also a memorable day for on-loan centre Jack Broadbent, as the former Batley Boys junior made his home debut at a
MATCH STATS YORK CITY KNIGHTS: Matty Marsh 9 Will Oakes 8 Liam Salter 8 Cam Scott 7 Perry Whiteley 8 Liam Harris 8 Connor Robinson 7 Jack Teanby 8 Harry Carter 6 Graeme Horne 7 Brad Hey 7 Sam Scott 8 Tim Spears 8 Subs: Kris Brining 8 Ronan Dixon 6 Marcus Stock 7 Jack Blagbrough 7 Tries: Brining (38), C Scott (39), Harris (45), Marsh (80). Goals: Robinson 3, Harris 1. DEWSBURY RAMS: Joe Martin 8 Rob Worrincy 8 Owen Trout 7 Adam Ryder 8 Andrew Gabriel 7 Paul Sykes 8 Liam Finn 7 Daniel Igbinedion 6 Robbie Ward 5 Tom Garratt 7 Daniel Waite-Pullan 7 Michael Knowles 7 Kyle Trout 8 Subs: Danny King 7 Nyle Flynn 7 Frazer Morris 7 Martyn Reilly 7 Tries: Finn (4), Worrincy (12, 64), O. Trout (26). Goals: Sykes 1, Finn 1. Drop Goals: Sykes (73). Referee: M. Rossleigh Half-time: 14-14 Penalties: 8-5 Sin Bin: Spears (14, tripping), S Scott (21, dangerous tackle) Sent off: Dixon (50, dangerous tackle) Man of the match: Matty Marsh (York) Weather: Warm, dry Attendance: 1,338
ground where he used to be a ballboy. Toronto, wearing a special red kit to commemorate Canada Day, made a blistering start to lead 12-0 inside 10 minutes. The signs were ominous for Batley in the opening stages as Leutele ripped around the field early on; first feeding Russell, who finished acrobatically on four minutes, before scoring himself five minutes later. O’Brien’s two goals put Brian McDermott’s men further in the ascendancy. However Batley had chances to hit back before Russell grabbed his second against the run of play following a fine Bodene Thompson break.
O’Brien goaled for an 18-0 lead, before the Bulldogs got their reward minutes later; the lively Jouffret backing up some fine work by Alistair Leak to go over. He converted his own try to make it 18-6. Though O’Brien converted his own try as half-time approached to make it 24-6. Batley got off to a nightmare start in the second period as Ackers stormed over from 25 metres out on 42 minutes with O’Brien adding the extras. Batley’s Walker pounced on 50 minutes, out-jumping Russell to gather a pinpoint Danny Yates kick. Despite playing down the slope and enjoying long periods of territory,
Batley didn’t score again as the Wolfpack stepped up in defence. Toronto were uncharacteristically wasteful in possession throughout the second half, but scored on the hour through Ackers’s second try. Wallace took over kicking duties and made it an unassailable 36-10 advantage going into the final quarter. The unstoppable Leutele wrapped things up on 75 minutes – a stroll in at the corner – as the Wolfpack ended the month in style. Toronto are now 10 points clear at the top of the Betfred Championship. Meanwhile, Batley are potentially in a relegation scrap, sitting just three points clear of the drop zone.
Double success for junior Sharks SHAW CROSS SHARKS celebrated double success as both the Under-15 and Under16 sides tasted Heavy Woollen Cup victory. The U15s beat Dewsbury Moor 32-12 to claim the Malcolm Waring Cup in the first of a double-header at Batley Bulldogs. That was followed up by the U16s, who saw off Dewsbury Celtic 46-6 to win the Douglas Hird Cup.
The Under-15s had to come from behind at half-time to get the win over Moor, with Cameron Calcutta scoring for the Sharks while Jack Oldroyd and Lachlan Holmes tries put their opponents 12-4 ahead. A superb second half saw them earn the trophy though as Josh Rhodes and Toby Rhodes scored tries while man-of-the-match Spencer Peel got two late scores, and
Oliver Robson added four conversions. The Under-16s also had to come from behind, but a brilliant Sharks performance was led by man of the match Arian Woods who scored a hat-trick of tries as well as hitting seven conversions. Kia Denvers gave Celtic an early lead before Oliver Thompson scored to level. Taylor Pell, Callam Sykes, Wesley Bruines and Harrison
Green notched further tries in the victory. Two other Shaw Cross sides made the Heavy Woollen finals, with Dewsbury Celtic coming out on top both times in well-contested matches. The Under-18s were beaten 17-6 in the Ernest Wilby Cup final last Wednesday night at Dewsbury Moor, while the Under-12s lost out 20-10 in the Gary Talbot Cup final.
MATCH STATS BATLEY: Dave Scott Niall Walker Sam Wood Jack Broadbent Keenen Tomlinson Louis Jouffret Daniel Yates Adam Gledhill Alistair Leak Tyler Dickinson Jack Downs Paul Brearley Dane Manning Subs: Alex Bretherton James Brown Reiss Butterworth Joe Taira Tries: Jouffret (29), Walker (50). Goals: Jouffret 1/2.
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TORONTO WOLFPACK: Gareth O’Brien 7 Liam Kay 6 Greg Worthington 6 Ricky Leutele 9 Matty Russell 8 Blake Wallace 7 Josh McCrone 6 Tom Olbison 7 Andy Ackers 8 Anthony Mullally 8 Andrew Dixon 7 Bodene Thompson 8 Jon Wilkin 7 Subs: Joe Mellor 6 Ashton Sims 6 Gadwin Springer 4 Hakim Miloudi 5 Tries: Russell (4, 25), Leutele (9, 75), O’Brien (35), Ackers (42, 60). Goals: O’Brien 5/5, Wallace 1/1, Miloudi 0/1. Referee: C. Worsley Half-time: 6-24 Penalties: 11-10 Sin Bin: None Sent Off: None Man of the match: Ricky Leutele (Toronto) Weather: Cloudy, warm Match Rating: 3/5
Rams throw away lead Fiercely-contested tie to lose late on at York sees Trojans into final Betfred Championship
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at Bootham Crescent DEWSBURY were moments away from a morale-boosting win at York before being pipped by their 12-man hosts in a dramatic game at Bootham Crescent. The Rams were 14-0 up early on but the Knights, who also had two men sinbinned, clawed their way back into the game and stole the points with an 80thminute try. The York players gave Ben Cockayne a guard of honour after he announced his retirement from the game earlier in the week, but the Rams were in no mood to stand on ceremony. After dominating the early exchanges, Liam Finn darted over from dummyhalf. Paul Sykes created a second try for the Rams with a chip to the right hand corner. Rob Worrincy was quickest to react and ground the ball. The Rams were breaking through the Knights line with ease and when Daniel Waite-Pullan burst through, York skipper Tim Spears tripped him and was sent to the sin bin. Soon after the Knights found themselves down to 11 men when Sam Scott was binned for lifting a Dewsbury man into a dangerous position. The Rams took full advantage as Sykes’s killer pass put Owen Trout through a huge hole and the Rams had their 14-0 lead. The only blemish in the opening halfhour was an injury to Robbie Ward.
But, with Spears re-entering the fray, and the introduction of Ronan Dixon and Kriss Brining, momentum shifted. York scored two quick-fire tries – firstly Brining went himself from dummy-half before a lovely move saw the ball moved out left to Connor Robinson who put Cam Scott over in the corner. In the final seconds before the hooter, Liam Harris made an excellent break and won a penalty that Robinson goaled to make it 14-14 at the break. York started the second half strongly and hit the front for the first time when Will Oakes collected a kick before rounding the chasing defence and sprinting away down the wing. Harris was in support and scored. York’s joy was short-lived however. A high, clumsy-looking tackle from Dixon on Andrew Gabriel left the Rams winger down for some time and Dixon was sent off, leaving the Knights down to 12 men for the last half hour. The game became very niggly with numerous pauses while players received treatment for a series of hefty tackles. Then Sykes again created a try – his cut-out pass found Worrincy who produced an excellent one-handed diving finish in the corner. Finn added the extras from the touchline to level the scores. With just seven minutes remaining, Sykes knocked over a drop-goal to put the Rams back in front. But with only seconds left, Matty Marsh won it for the home side after Harris elected to put a grubber in-goal instead of attempting a drop goal of his own. The full-back was the quickest to react and earn his side the hardest of hardfought victories.
Jim Brown Heavy Woollen Cup
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at Overthorpe Park HOLDERS Thornhill Trojans dug deep to secure a place in their seventh successive Jim Brown Heavy Woollen Cup Final. This game proved to be a welcome relief for the Trojans who are fighting against relegation in the NCL Premier Division. With a number of players suspended and cuptied, the Trojans gave another start to youngster Lewis Farren and called Anthony Broadhead back from retirement. There were also debuts for Anthony Slater and Ross Roebuck. Star of the show for Thornhill was Danny Ratcliffe, playing at stand-off and picking up the man of the match award. He was involved in most of Thornhill’s attacking moves and was the difference between the two teams. Thornhill’s Jack Gledhill scored the first points of the game when he charged over for a try as Jake Wilson kicked a brilliant touchline conversion. Will Gledhill went over for the second try but the goal was missed. Thornhill continued to hold the upper hand as Zach Johnson drove towards the posts before sending out a pass to the supporting Scott Green who raced over for a try which Wilson converted. As half-time approached tempers boiled over with an altercation between Tom Gledhill and Anthony Boardman with players rushing in, with some trying to restore some order and others joining the fight. The referee sin-binned Tom Gledhill and Boardman and issued red cards to Jack Gledhill and Jermaine Davies for their part in the dispute. A penalty goal from Wilson in the run-up to half-time saw the Trojans lead 18-0 at the inter-
val. There was a definite shift in the balance of play as the second half got underway as Moor scored a try in the corner which Aiden Ineson converted. Thomas Harrington then took the ball to power over for a try and Ineson again converted. With the gap now at six points Thornhill had the final say when a high kick on the last tackle was judged perfectly by Will Gledhill. He collected the ball for an unconverted try before Thornhill debutant Roebuck dived over for an unconverted try in the corner.
Boys lie third National Conference Division Three
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at Heritage Way BATLEY BOYS moved above rivals Dewsbury Celtic with a superb win at home to Hensingham. The Boys are up to third after a match played in fierce heat. Adam Bingham intercepted from 50 metres for the hosts’ opening try which he converted. Josh Whitehead then went in for the first of a hat-trick of tries with one from Callum Morgan for Hensingham as the Boys led 12-4. Batley replied as Josh Knowles nipped through from acting half as Bingham converted but the visitors again hit back. Chris Smith went in for a try as Callum Sirkett converted to reduce the half-time arrears to eight points at 18-10. Batley dominated the second half with two more Whitehead tries plus one each for Gav Davis and Matt Sheridan. Bingham and Luke Sheridan added conversions before the latter’s high kick saw Jordan Brown leap and collect to score the try of the game.
Greenwood: Rams can avoid relegation
You get what you pay for, says Diskin
By Zoe Shackleton
BATLEY head coach Matt Diskin was pleased with his side’s efforts against Championship leaders Toronto – despite losing 40-10. The Bulldogs were playing their third game in seven days when the Wolfpack arrived at the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium on Sunday afternoon. And it showed in the scoreline, having edged a tough battle at York just four days earlier in the 1895 Cup quarter-final. But Diskin reckons if his charges show the same attitude for this Sunday’s crucial clash at Swinton (kick-off, 3pm) – who sit on equal points with Batley in the league table – then they’ll have enough to win the battle. The Bulldogs boss said: “I don’t think the scoreline (against Toronto) is a true reflection of the effort our lads put in. “There was a couple of soft tries conceded and the scoreline flattered them a little bit. “Our effort was there, but you get what you pay for. When you are spending £180,000 compared to £1.8million it is a big difference. “With that £1.8m you can pay for quality that’s very clinical when they need to be. We knew we needed lady luck on our side and it didn’t quite shine that way. “What I did want was a good performance attitude from our players and they had that. They worked really hard for each other. “They didn’t make the smartest decision at times, but the effort and attitude was there and, if we’ve got that we can work on things going forward.” Diskin says the majority of players came through the tough Toronto battle unscathed and should have a full squad to choose from when they travel to Swinton. “Jack Downs dislocated his shoulder but it popped straight back in,” he explained. “Other than that we are pretty clean I think.” Batley’s ever-present back-rower Dane Manning is set for his 100th game in Bulldogs colours at the weekend, having made his debut in his first spell with club back in 2011. And the Bulldogs’ AB Sundecks 1895 Cup semi-final away to Sheffield Eagles has been confirmed for Sunday July 28, kick-off 2pm. The fixture will be shown live on the OurLeague app.
DEWSBURY boss Lee Greenwood says he is confident his side have enough in the tank to avoid relegation – regardless of whether they win or lose this weekend. The Rams’ 24-21 defeat at York last week was their fourth in a row in all competitions, leaving them just above Sunday’s opponents Barrow in the Championship table on points difference but with a game in hand. If the Raiders win when they visit the Tetley’s Stadium (kickoff, 3pm) they will leapfrog their hosts in the league, leaving Dewsbury filling the final relegation spot above Rochdale Hornets. But Greenwood has played down the significance of the clash, saying they’ll have enough chances in the coming weeks to escape the drop – if they can find some consistency. “Nothing’s going to get sorted on Sunday either way,” said Greenwood. “Whichever team loses isn’t going to be relegated and whichever team wins isn’t going to be safe. “It obviously will be a blow to whichever one doesn’t come away with a win, but it’s not to say that that’s it for them either. “It is a pivotal game as in we’re right next to each other in the table and it delivers a blow to the other one, but I’m confident that if the team turns up like they can do every single week – even if the worst happened on Sunday I’m confident that there’s enough in there if we turn up with the right mindset that we can beat other teams along the way and get ourselves away from trouble.” The Rams chief admitted that his side are “doing it tough” at the minute – the York loss being their third game in the space of eight days for the part-time team. And he said that defeat summed up Dewsbury’s season, losing several tight games when they’ve been in a winning position. “We’ve been through a few games this season where we’ve played quite well over the course of the game and put ourselves in a position to win, but for whatever reason in the last five or 10 minutes we’ve lost it,” Greenwood said. “They do hurt when it’s like that, and where we are in the HECKMONDWIKE’S Firth Park will once again reverberate to the sound of boules on gravel as international teams gather for the second ‘Tog 24 La British Open’. Last year’s event attracted 34 teams from all over Europe to Firth Park to compete, and organisers say 52 teams of three are registered for next
LUSCIOUS LOCKS: Batley prop Michael Ward is cutting his hair for charity
Ward to cut locks for Pink Weekend BATLEY BULLDOGS’ long-haired prop Michael Ward is shaving his locks for charity. Ward has been growing his mane for the past three years, but has decided to get it chopped in memory of Beverley Nicholas, the wife of club chairman Kevin who passed away earlier this year. The 28-year-old joined the Bulldogs 18 months ago and said he wanted to do something special to remember Beverley, who he said “made an immediate impression on me
and my family”. Beverley was the driving force behind Batley’s fundraising initiative the Pink Weekend, which she founded in 2014 – and Ward wants to carry on her legacy by donating as much as he can. So far he has raised over £1,500 – well above his original target of £1,000. Over the last five years, supporters have raised a huge £71,000 for cancer charities via the Pink Weekend thanks to events like the walk to Wembley for
league table we could have done with a few more of those going in our favour. “We did perform well (against York) and had a good intensity about what we were doing, but it’s about making sure we unlock that every single week and then we’ll pick up enough victories to get ourselves away from the bottom of the table and then we can look ahead.”
the Challenge Cup final, and selling one-off pink players kits. Ward will also be donating his locks to the Little Princess Trust – a charity which provides real-hair wigs to children and young people suffering with cancer. He said: “Although I had only known (Beverley) a relatively short time, she made an immediate impression on me and my family. “It is blindingly obvious that she was an incredible woman. “She left a giant hole
Dewsbury face fellow parttimers Sheffield, Halifax, and Rochdale in the coming weeks – teams that Greenwood believes, once he gets players back from injuries, the Rams can beat. But he said they’ll be “struggling at the weekend”. He added: “We picked up a couple of injuries from the team we had out on Sunday and we’re not 100 per cent if anybody can
in the hearts of her family and the club. “I believe the most fitting way for me to remember this remarkable woman is to contribute to the Pink Weekend. “I wanted to do something significant to raise as much money as possible and, as I have been growing my hair for almost three years, I have decided to do a sponsored head shave with all donations going to one of the charities that Beverley supported, Against Breast Cancer.”
return after that. “We’ve got Andy Gabriel suspended this week, Robbie Ward went off in the first five or 10 minutes and he won’t be right this week. “So we’ll check on a few people that missed at the weekend, but none of those are definites. “We are doing it a bit tough and when you’re losing everything hurts a bit more.”
European flavour to second Hecky event weekend from all parts of the UK – including the England junior team as well as teams from Belgium and France. Petanque – a version of the popular French game of boules – has been played in
Heckmondwike for the last six years, with the town’s club now numbering more than 80 members. Heckmondwike has become something of a centre for the game in Yorkshire, and Firth
Park now boasts the largest playing area in the north of England, with 24 purpose-built terrains. Starting on Saturday July 13 hundreds of players and supporters will gather for the sec-
ond-annual competition which boasts a total prize fund of over £3,000. Play will commence on Saturday afternoon and will consist of qualifiers for Sunday’s main draw. Saturday
evening will feature social play, as well as a precision shooting event. Heckmondwike Petanque Club are keen for the public to come along and watch for free, and refreshments will be on sale for the duration of the tournament. For details visit https:// labritishopenpetanque.uk.