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Cricket - First-match defeat for Netherfield

9:30am Sunday 26th April 2009

NETHERFIELD CC suffered an 71-run defeat at Preston in their opening Furness BS Northern League match on Saturday.

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Football – Kendal Town reach play-offs in final-day thriller

7:04pm Saturday 25th April 2009

IN A hugely dramatic conclusion to their season, Kendal Town have secured a place in this season’s Unibond Premier League play-offs with a last-minute 3-2 win over Buxton.

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Rugby - Kendal find Students are fast learners

7:25pm Saturday 25th April 2009

LOUGHBOROUGH Students were too much of a handful for Kendal at Mint Bridge on Saturday, the pacy free-running young visitors inflicting a 29-20 defeat.

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Ashy's Angle

8:30am Friday 24th April 2009

Tomorrow’s match is a game of football Town simply have to win says Kendal boss Lee Ashcroft.

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Keswick crowned Senior Cup winners

8:30am Friday 24th April 2009

KESWICK FC have won the Senior Cup for the first time in the club’s history following a thrilling 3-2 win over Penrith Rangers after extra time.

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North Lancs - Cartmel dent Ingleton's title hopes

9:10am Friday 24th April 2009

A WEAKEND Cartmel side put a huge dent in Ingleton’s title ambitions with a 2-1 home win in the Premier Division.

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North Lancs round up

11:00am Friday 24th April 2009

In Division One promotion chasing Bentham dropped two vital points as Cartmel Reserves held them to a goalless draw in a game that Bentham should have won.

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Bowls - Levens whitewash in smart start

10:00am Friday 24th April 2009

KA HALE A and Levens A have both set of this season in Division One of the Kendal and District League at a gallop.

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£145k grant award for Netherfield Cricket Club

2:30pm Thursday 23rd April 2009

Local sports enthusiasts in Kendal are bowled over today as they celebrate a £145,395 grant awarded by the Football Foundation, the UK’s largest sports charity.

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Football - Tense evening for Town fans

3:00pm Tuesday 21st April 2009

PLAYERS and fans of Kendal Town face an anxious evening watching the results roll in as three of Town’s promotion rivals head into league action tonight looking to leapfrog Kendal.

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Hawkshead trail race increases population ten-fold

2:44pm Tuesday 21st April 2009

IRISH international mountain runner John Heneghan (Pudsey & Bramley) won the 15k Puma Hawkshead Trail Race as 1,200 competitors and their families brought a ten-fold increase to the resident population of the small Lakeland village on Saturday.

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Cricket - County Cup goes to Netherfield

12:51pm Monday 20th April 2009

NETHERFIELD skipper Chris Parry hit a half-century and Stuart Nixon took a man of the match winning 4-14 as the Parkside Road team recorded a 63-run victory over Barrow in the 2008 Cumbria Cup final on Sunday.

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Rallying - Deflating Pirelli for Hall

12:38pm Monday 20th April 2009

STOBART Motorsport driver Kris Hall did not get the result he was hoping for after sliding off the road on Stage 4 of thethe second round of the MSA British Rally Championship.

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Football - Sedbergh Reserves in cup final

3:17pm Monday 20th April 2009

SEDBERGH FC Reserves are through to the final of the Yorkshire Craven Junior Cup after beating Skipton LMS Reserves 2-0.

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Cricket - New Wisden debates Twenty20

2:37pm Monday 20th April 2009

AFTER a year of frenetic Twenty20 infatuation – especially with the hugely popular, high-profile Indian Premier League – the Editor of the 2009 Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack debates the flaws and the strengths of the shortest game.

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Late heartbreak!

7:36am Monday 20th April 2009

A weekend of mixed feelings would sum up my mood, after watching Town put in a great performance down at BPA.

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Cricket - Kendal sub-pro Waite takes eight wickets

9:56am Sunday 19th April 2009

KENDAL Cricket Club had to turn to a substitute professional in Richard Waite as they got off to a winning start as the Furness Building Society Northern Premier League with a 12-point, two-wicket win at Barrow on Saturday.

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Rugby - "Bounce effect" kicks in for Kendal

9:20am Sunday 19th April 2009

KENDAL RUFC suffered the "bounce effect" after hammering the league leaders with a 22-19 defeat on Saturday at Darlington Mowden Park, for whom victory was a big step towards ensuring National 3 North safety.

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Football - Osman strike nullified in extra time

5:04pm Saturday 18th April 2009

ANOTHER breath-taking finish saw Kendal Town take a vital point in a 2-2 draw at Bradford Park Avenue in the Unibond Premier Division on Saturday. But other results will make it an uphill task to make the play-offs

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Racing - Chief Dan set for Ayr war-dance

9:58am Saturday 18th April 2009

CHIEF Dan George could put the Lake District village of Cartmel in the spotlight with a big-race win in the Scottish Grand Natonal at Ayr this afternoon (Saturday).

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Hayton's View: We ran leaders to a standstill

9:41am Friday 17th April 2009

KENDAL’S Director of Rugby Chris Hayton gives his weekly view:.

Hall aims for Pirelli podium

9:43am Friday 17th April 2009

RALLYING: Kris Hall is aiming for his second ‘Kick Energy’ Fiesta SportTrophy UK victory of the season this weekend.

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Fantasy fare from Kendal

9:36am Friday 17th April 2009

To borrow the words of the TV advert Carlsberg don’t do rugby matches but if they did... Kendal’s rampant display against National 3 North leaders Nuneaton certainly fitted the bill of a fantasy that was lived.

Netherfield prepare to face Barrow in Cup final

9:27am Friday 17th April 2009

NETHERFIELD CC face Barrow this Sunday in the delayed 2008 final of the Thwaites Cumbria Cup, played for the Meageen Trophy (1.30pm start).

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Ashey's Angle: Squad's belief is strong

9:18am Friday 17th April 2009

WE’VE got a “Cup Final” ahead of us at Bradford Park Avenue on Saturday, says Kendal Town boss Lee Ashcroft.

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Ellison promises more to come

9:13am Friday 17th April 2009

KENDAL’S James Ellison believes there’s plenty of room for improvement after a workmanlike rather than spectacular start to his 2009 British Superbike campaign, insisting he’s yet to get out of first gear.

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Powerful promise of more to come

9:10am Friday 17th April 2009

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Eyes are on the Chief at Scottish Grand National

9:04am Friday 17th April 2009

BULLISH ABOUT THE CHIEF: While bumper crowds turned out for the Vale of Lune’s Whittington Races on Easter Saturday (pictured left), the Cartmel stable of Jimmy Moffatt was all set for a crack at the Scottish Grand National with stable star Chief Dan George who became the new ante-post favourite after sustained support. The trainer said: "It is nice to be going into a big race with a horse with a chance. It is a big week for the stable.

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