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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.

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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.

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Ellison fights his way to podium but electrical fault scuppers chances in race two

12:30pm Tuesday 7th May 2013

KENDAL bike star James Ellison celebrated a hard-fought podium in the opening MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship race at Oulton Park in Cheshire.

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Ellison looking to put bad luck behind him as Oulton Park beckons over Bank Holiday

1:00pm Friday 3rd May 2013

KENDAL’S James Ellison and his Milwaukee Yamaha team head to Oulton Park this Bank Holiday weekend with high hopes for the third round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at the Cheshire circuit.

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Ellison podium keeps Kendal biker fourth in British Championships despite early qualifying blow

6:00pm Friday 19th April 2013

JAMES Ellison notched up a podium finish in his second race despite weather conditions conspiring against him at the beginning of the second weekend of the British Superbike Championships at Thruxton, Hampshire.

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Winning start for Ellison on opening weekend of British Superbiking Championship

9:00am Thursday 11th April 2013

KENDAL bike ace James Ellison enjoyed jubilation and frustration on the opening weekend of the 2013 British Superbiking Championship season at Brands Hatch.

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Ellison resumes 'unfinished business' in return to British Superbike Championships this weekend

9:00am Saturday 6th April 2013

KENDAL bike ace James Ellison roars back into action this weekend as the British Superbike Championships get underway at Brands Hatch in Kent.

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Bentham's Wright narrowly avoids disaster but Bird must wait another year for Malcolm Wilson Rally glory

9:00am Friday 8th March 2013

CUMBRIAN rally driver Paul Bird must wait another year before adding a record-equalling fourth Malcolm Wilson Rally victory to his tally after finishing runner-up for the second consecutive year following another epic battle in the Lake District forests this weekend.

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Motorbiking welcomes Grange-over-Sands sporting star

8:39am Wednesday 26th December 2012

THUNDERSPORT motorbike racing has seen a national rising star this year in South Lakeland supremo Tom McHale.

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Bird misses out on Grizedale glory in forest rally

10:55am Tuesday 4th December 2012

THOUSANDS of spectators braved the icy conditions to watch the spectacular Grizedale Stages, Coppermines Rally at the weekend.

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