Category Archives: Yorkshire Sport and Pastimes
Waiting For Lizzie Armistead Biography
The younger the start the earlier the biography (or autobiography penned by a ghost) In the world of female cycling the wheels are moving faster than ever before. Otley’s own Lizzie Armistead has come up to the wheel of Victoria … Continue reading
Morris Dancing Teams in Yorkshire
What are the following or what do they have in common? Lizzie Dripping, Yorkshire Chandelier, Gift Rapper, Slubbin Billy’s, T’Gradely Lasses, Rhubarb Tarts, Goatland Ploughstots, Betty Lupton’s Ladle Laikers , Flag Crackers of Craven, Kitchen Taps, Inclognito, Lord Conyers Morris … Continue reading
Brian Clough at Leeds United F.C
Take a great club and a great, if temperamental manager, and you have one of the most explosive 44 days in British Football. After leading unfancied Derby County to the top of the English division One, Brian Clough was brought … Continue reading
Witter the Hitter- World Champ Designate
Will Yorkshire man Junior Witter nicknamed ‘The Hitter’ regain his WBC World Championship title first won in 2006 but relinquished two years later? Promoter Mick Hennessy is confident Junior Witter will win back the world lightwelterweight title when he takes … Continue reading
Peregrine Falcons at Malham
If you want an opportunity to see the peregrine falcons along with a variety of other characteristic upland birds then Malham Cove is the place to visit. These Falcons are one of the most impressive birds of prey and they … Continue reading
Horse Racing in Yorkshire
There is a Yorkshire racecourse to suit all tastes for a day visit or evening out! Some key links are listed below to find dates and times of key events. Where there’s muck there’s brass but it might be horse … Continue reading
Horse Stables around Middleham
Horse racing and stabling may go back to the monks of Jervaux Abbey who were reputed to be the first horse breeders in Wensleydale. Did King Richard III exercise on ‘Low Moor’? Or is it down to the Middleham racecourse … Continue reading
Yorkshires Climbing Walls
It is enough to drive you up the wall – literally. There are new walls going up all over the country and no more so than in Yorkshire. Gone is the popular image of a beardy bloke with bobble … Continue reading
Stocksbridge Steeltown and Hillclimb Venue
Stocksbridge is a sporting community 12 miles north of Sheffield that last weekend hosted the British National Cycling Hill Climb Championship. The ride up Pea Royd Lane tested all the entrants who were too shattered at the top to take … Continue reading
York Cycle Show
10,000 cyclists descended on York for the 2011 cycle show. It will be held at York racecourse the Knavesmire June 25-26th from 9.00 in the morning until 5.00pm. On the Saturday there will be organised rides from 25 Km to … Continue reading