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Shireshead replace Arnside at the top while Baldwin hat-trick gives Milnthorpe first win

10:26am Wednesday 5th June 2013

SHIRESHEAD replaced Arnside at the top of the Readers Westmorland Cricket League when Arnside hung onto a draw against them on Saturday.

Netherfield lose with third to last ball as Morecambe scrape by

10:57am Tuesday 4th June 2013

NETHERFIELD were given a dose of their own medicine when they lost to Morecambe in the last over - the day after they beat Kendal in a Twenty20 match with three balls to spare.

Nine-wicket Cowperthwaite smashes Blackpool to pieces as Kendal record easy win

4:37pm Monday 3rd June 2013

ADAM Cowperthwaite’s new club record helped Kendal thrash Blackpool in a much-needed first league win of the season.

Thieves strike at Eden farm

11:53am Sunday 2nd June 2013

THIEVES have stolen a quad bike and chain saw from an Eden farm.

Netherfield beat Kendal by two runs in thrilling T20 finish

Netherfield celebrate their last-gasp win (picture by Richard Edmondson)

12:18pm Saturday 1st June 2013

A DIVING catch on the boundary from Craig Walmsley with the third to last ball of the game provided a thrilling finish to the Auld Grey Twenty20 derby clash at a packed Shap Road last night (Friday).

Cumbria still smiling despite being edged out of fierce encounter at Twickenham

10:02am Thursday 30th May 2013

CUMBRIA were edged out of a pulsating and hard fought encounter with the lead changing hands several times as defending champions Surrey were pushed to their limits in defence of their title by a determined and skillful Cumbrian side at Twickenham - the home of rugby union.

Kendal start Twenty20 campaign with win but league misery continues in Lancaster defeat

5:00pm Wednesday 29th May 2013

KENDAL picked up their first competitive win of the 2013 season when they beat Barrow in a good all-round performance.

Olympians join forces with Banks Lyon Jewellers to help raise more than £23,000 for charity

Ingleton team The Amateurs (from L-R): Edward Fairhurst, Andrew Hargreaves, Matthew Howson and Roger Pilkington.

3:25pm Wednesday 29th May 2013

TEAMS from Cumbria, north Yorkshire and North Lancashire and two Olympians helped to raise more than £23,000 for charity.

Days of contrast as Cartmel Races opens 2013 horse racing season

1:00pm Wednesday 29th May 2013

CARTMEL Racecourse’s 2013 season began with two very contrasting days weather-wise on Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday.

Poor Netherfield batting gifts victory to Fleetwood

9:00am Wednesday 29th May 2013

NETHERFIELD produced a terrible batting display as Fleetwood saw the Cumbrians off in just three hours on Saturday.

Kendal venue to welcome darts players this Saturday

5:20pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

DARTS players from South Lakeland, North Lancashire and beyond are gearing up for an open tournament this weekend.

Kalum kicking strong to become British champion

9:00am Monday 20th May 2013

SEDBERGH kickboxer Kalum Heywood-Byatt became WKA (World Karate Association) British Champion at the North Solihull Leisure Center with a great victory.

Miller looking for Kendal improvement while Brown wants Netherfield to keep the ball rolling

10:00am Saturday 18th May 2013

KENDAL captain Chris Miller says his side need to improve in all areas of their game if they want to beat Darwen at the weekend.

Defeat but Sedbergh School enjoy Twickers outing

6:20pm Friday 17th May 2013

THEY may have lost the HSBC Rosslyn Park Champions Game but Sedbergh School captain Edward Smith insists they still had a day to remember in front of a boisterous 20,000-plus crowd at Twickenham.

Horley hurls to gold in Irish judo event

11:00am Friday 17th May 2013

IT IS a busy time for Kendal Judo Club competitors as no sooner had they come back from their successful trip to Sweden than members were going across the sea again.

Kendal struggles continue as St Annes ease to success

9:00am Thursday 16th May 2013

KENDAL were easily put to the sword as Matthew Taaffe and Lukman Vahaluwala shared an unbroken partnership of 108 to hand another defeat out to the Shap Road side.

Hygiene issues at Furness General Hospital highlighted in report

6:00pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

PATIENTS and staff at Furness General Hospital have been put at risk of cross-contamination and electrocution.


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