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Report: MyTriClubWheelbase Spring Classic Cycle Sportive

Report: MyTriClubWheelbase Spring Classic Cycle Sportive

3:50pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

500 riders took part in the biggest field for the Kendal Sportive when challenging routes were made worse by the cold and wet conditions.

Yorkshire shine in Inter-Counties fell race at Settle

Wegene Tafese leads the pack in the senior men's Inter-Counties fell race. Photo by Dave Woodhead of woodentops.org.uk

2:29pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

YORKSHIRE and Great Britain international runner Emma Clayton took the prestigious winner’s medal at the UK Inter-Counties Fell Running Championships in Settle.

Only Westmorland League tie sees four wicket win for Ingleton

11:58am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

THE efforts of ground staff and players enabled Westgate to host the only game in the Westmorland League on Saturday.

Fans enthralled by Westmorland 20/20 match

Sedgwick's Adam Hornby in action

11:50am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

THIS 20/20 match between Sedgwick and Ambleside provided thrilling viewing for spectators on a fair and warm evening.

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.

Runner Rob full of Hope in Fairfield success

10:00am Sunday 19th May 2013

FORMER English and British Fell Running champion Rob Hope emerged victorious in the Fairfield Horseshoe fell race on Saturday, pipping Borrowdale’s Morgan Donnelly to the win by just eight seconds.

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.

Beau tri's hard to win his University challenge

3:10pm Thursday 16th May 2013

YEALAND Redmayne triathlete Beau Smith took gold at the British Universities Championships having made his senior international debut a week previously.

Netherfield back in the groove in Kendal and District Bowling League

10:00am Thursday 16th May 2013

NETHERFIELD teams both bucked up their play to improve results in Division One this week after four weeks of mixed form.

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.

Colossal Cumbria just one game away from Twickenham final

5:30pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

CUMBRIA’S county rugby team are just one match away from playing at Twickenham after three Kendal players and one Kirkby Lonsdale man helped the side beat Leicestershire 38-17.

Windermere SC, Unisun Athletic and Lunesdale United Reserves claim cup glory in Westmorland competitions

1:30pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

AMBLESIDE United Reserves and Lunesdale United shared a victory each as the Bluefin Insurance Westmorland Football League reaches its conclusion.

All change at local clubs as Close takes the reigns at Milnthorpe while Chambers leaves Kendal County

9:47am Wednesday 15th May 2013

NEW Milnthorpe Corinthians manager Richard Close is looking forward to taking over the reigns at the club following his switch from Ambleside United.

Reid back after six-year hiatus to win Fred Whitton Challenge in terrible conditions

5:16pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

BURNESIDE bike ace Stuart Reid won his first Fred Whitton Challenge in six years despite horrendous conditions battering cyclists on Sunday.

Willis emerges triumphant in Barbon Hillclimb

9:29am Tuesday 14th May 2013

REIGNING Avon Tyres MSA British Hillclimb Championship winner Trevor Willis won his first race of the 2013 season at Barbon Manor near Kirkby Lonsdale.

Silver for Wilson and bronze for Munro-Bennett in regional swimming championships

5:00pm Monday 13th May 2013

A NUMBER of local swimmers made the journey to Manchester to compete over two days in the North West Region’s Youth Championships.

Kendal Town hand out the gongs in awards night

12:30pm Monday 13th May 2013

KENDAL Town’s presentation evening took place at Netherfield Cricket Club straight after the side’s 4-1 win at home to Matlock Town.

Danny Mitchley signs contract to give Kendal Town summer boost

9:00am Monday 13th May 2013

STAR striker Danny Mitchley has agreed to stay at Kendal Town for their Evo-Stik First Division North campaign next season in a move that significantly boosts the Black and Whites’ chances of an immediate return to the Evo-Stik Premier League.

Kendal Judo Club members use their Swedes to reign supreme

5:00pm Sunday 12th May 2013

DESPITE a nervous start from some members of the Kendal Judo Club squad who crossed the North Sea to Halmstadt in Sweden, the weekend competition proved to be very successful with every member coming back with a trophy.

Successful weekend for Windermere karate club at Prestatyn championships

1:00pm Sunday 12th May 2013

TWELVE trophies and six medals were won by Windermere Shotokan Karate Club when they competed in the 28th Kyu Grade Championships at Prestatyn.

Ulverston Otters in swimming county action

9:00am Sunday 12th May 2013

ULVERSTON’S swimmers gathered at Kendal’s Lakes Leisure Centre in another round of the Counties Championships.

Natland's Hayhurst wins in Carlisle wrestling competition

5:30pm Saturday 11th May 2013

THE new wrestling season got under way at the Hethersgill Vintage Rally at Carlisle Airport with Natland’s James Hayhurst emerging triumphant.

Taylor and Priestley wow the crowds in exhibition match at Lakes Leisure, Kendal

1:20pm Saturday 11th May 2013

DARTS legends Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor and Dennis ‘The Menace’ Priestley took to the oche to the delight of 450 fans at Lakes Leisure, Kendal last night (Friday).

Parry back for Netherfield as Kendal look for first win of season

10:00am Saturday 11th May 2013

CHRIS Parry returns to the fold for Netherfield as they look to build on their good early season league form with a victory in what captain Marc Brown thinks is the fixture of the weekend against Leyland.

Jones among the golds in British Orienteering Championships

5:00pm Friday 10th May 2013

LAKELAND orienteers took podium places at the prestigious British Orienteering Championships in the Surrey Hills as Sarah Jones won the gold medal in the W18 class.

Windermere second-best as Hawcoat Park round off 100 per cent rugby season

1:00pm Friday 10th May 2013

ALL-CONQUERING Hawcoat Park inflicted defeat on Windermere in the final game of a Raging Bull Cumbria One campaign which Park have already won.

Kendal Wasps sting Garstang in ladies rugby friendly

9:00am Friday 10th May 2013

KENDAL Ladies carried on their winning ways as they continued to fit in as many friendlies as possible so they can join the league next season.

Relegation candidates Sedbergh and Penrith to face off but it's too late for Kendal Celtic as Wetheriggs celebrate title

4:30pm Thursday 9th May 2013

WETHERIGGS United were crowned Bluefin Insurance Westmorland Football title winners after Keswick lost to Appleby on Saturday.





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