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Posted at 12:16pm Friday 5th June 2009
Football - Town fans form supporters club
FANS of Kendal Town have formed an independent supporters club this week and are already planning a family day to raise the club’s profile.
Posted at 12:18pm Friday 5th June 2009
Cricket - Westmorland round up
Kirkby Lonsdale 97 Shireshead & Forton 98/4 Shireshead achieved a much-needed win at home against Kirkby Lonsdale on Saturday. David Jack (1-17) removed Jim Kettlewell (2) early on, but despite good bowling from Tom Battarbee (0-15) Kirkby Lonsdale’s Steve Williams (29) and Phil Pease (27) steadily moved the score up to 61 by the 22nd over without further loss of wickets.
Posted at 1:42pm Saturday 30th May 2009
Riding - Endurance tests are catching on
A National Endurance Riding Event at Tebay attracted 110 riders.
Posted at 1:32pm Saturday 30th May 2009
Cycling - Bold show from Hamel in National Ten
OXENHOLME'S Lynn Hamel (Team NCA) finished second in the National Women's Ten Miles Time Trial Championship near London on Sunday.
Posted at 1:35pm Saturday 30th May 2009
Sailing - Kiffs double in FF racing
SUNSHINE and favourable winds over the Bank Holiday were enjoyed by a good turnout from the Flying 15 fleet from RWYC. At stake was the Rear Commodore’s prize, raced over two days, and the Crossley Cup, which was sailed for on Monday.
Posted at 1:37pm Saturday 30th May 2009
Swimming - Victoria in outstanding form
SCHOOLGIRL Victoria Hevey was outstanding for Troutbeck Bridge SC at the Cumbria Age Group competitions.
Posted at 1:34pm Saturday 30th May 2009
Fell Running - Big field for Hutton Roof race
RUNNERS of all abilities from across the country took part in the 24th annual Hutton Roof Fell Race over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Posted at 1:39pm Saturday 30th May 2009
Orienteering - Juniors fare well against seniors at Muncaster
LAKELAND OC juniors Carrie Beadle and Max O’Hara performed well against senior competitors on fully technical courses at West Cumberland OC’s Regional Event at Muncaster.
Posted at 1:40pm Saturday 30th May 2009
Rallying - Strong Jim Clark challenge ends in ditch
AFTER a fantastic start, Stobart Motorsport driver Kris Hall’s challenge in the 39th Jim Clark Rally ended in disappointment when he slid off the road on day two of the Scottish Borders-based event.
Posted at 11:07am Saturday 30th May 2009
Running - Bendrigg race coming up
BENDRIGG Lodge are staging their annual 10k road race on Saturday, June 6 to coincide with the charity's summer fete.
Posted at 6:00pm Monday 25th May 2009
Cricket - Walmsley's derby dash seals easy win
A QUICKFIRE unbeaten half-century from Craig Walmsley helped Netherfield put Kendal to the sword in an eight-wicket victory in the Furness BS Northern League derby match at Parkside Road on Monday.
Posted at 10:40am Monday 25th May 2009
Superbikes - Ellison third in Superbikes qualifying
KENDAL'S James Ellison ran third best for the Airwaves Yamaha team in qualifying ahead of Bank Holiday Monday's ViSK British Superbike Championship meeting at Donington.
Posted at 10:05am Monday 25th May 2009
Racing - American touch fancied at Cartmel
IT'S a sunny outlook for Cartmel's Bank Holiday Monday meeting and a Venetia Williams' runner is always to be respected so look to American Art in the 3.00pm race to put us in the picture.
Posted at 10:00am Sunday 24th May 2009
Cricket - Parry leads Netherfield run harvest
NETRHERFIELD finished on top in a winning draw at Darwen in the Furness Building Society Northern League on Saturday with porofessional Glen Batticciotto make good contributions.
Posted at 4:04pm Saturday 23rd May 2009
Racing - Gersh win fancied at Cartmel
CARTMEL'S evening meet gets under way at 5.50pm and Donald McCain's GERSHWINNER represents an improving chaser who could be up to overcoming top weight in the Burlington Slate Handicap Chase, writes Flared Nostril.
Posted at 11:41am Saturday 23rd May 2009
Rallying - Wilson in top ten in Rally d'Italia
STOBART VK M-Sport Ford drivers Henning Solberg and Cumbrian Matthew Wilson are lying in eighth and ninth place midway through day two of Rally d’Italia Sardenga after a difficult morning on the rough roads to the south-west of Service Park in Olbia.
Posted at 8:40am Saturday 23rd May 2009
Racing - Top jockey at Cartmel
TOP jockey Denis O’Regan, who took the Cheltenham Festival by storm in 2008, breaks new ground tomorrow (Saturday) when he has his first ever rides at Cartmel.
Posted at 8:30am Tuesday 19th May 2009
Rugby - Cumbria head for Leics
CUMBRIA travel to Leicestershire on Saturday in the InterCounty Shield competition, hoping for a win at Vipers RFC to wrap up a season that has contained plenty of positives despite two defeats.
Posted at 5:09pm Monday 18th May 2009
Cricket - Duckworth/Lewis defeat for Cumberland
CUMBERLAND struck out again in the MCCA Trophy at Bedford School when Bedfordshire beat them under the Duckworth/Lewis system in a reduced overs match because of the rain.
Posted at 12:42pm Monday 18th May 2009
Rugby - Cumbria bow knee to Cheshire
CUMBRIA could not stop Cheshire setting themselves up for a 'winner-takes-all' finale in the Northern group of the County Championship Shield in a 34-18 at Aspatria.
Posted at 12:20pm Monday 18th May 2009
Cricket - Netherfield hit Knockout depression
NETHERFIELD had to endure an unsatisfactory end to their rain-hit ECB National Clubs' Knockout match against Preston at Parkside Road on Sunday.
Posted at 2:23pm Saturday 16th May 2009
Motor Sport - Aaron is a rallying whizz-kid
WHILE most 14-year-olds are playing football and computer games, Aaron McClure has been getting behind the wheel of a Formula 1000 specification Nissan Micra rally car.
Posted at 2:13pm Saturday 16th May 2009
Running - Open Day at Brathay Hall
IT'S Open Day at Brathay Hall Trust's HQ on Sunday, the hub of the Brathay Windermere Marathon and the Ten Marathons in Ten Days Challenge.
Posted at 10:52am Saturday 16th May 2009
Hillclimb - Barbon speed merchants make a splash
IT WAS dry for the practice runs at Saturday’s Barbon Hillclimb, but just as the class runs in the afternoon began the heavens opened and forced the action to be suspended to allow the excess rainwater to run off.
Posted at 10:25am Thursday 14th May 2009
Cricket - Test star at Netherfield today
FORMER England Test star Mike Gatting is at Netherfield Cricket Club today (Thursday) to mark the club's successful grant application to the England and Wales Cricket Board, which is the 1,000th to go through.
Posted at 12:56pm Tuesday 12th May 2009
Posted at 5:06pm Saturday 9th May 2009
Football – Town 2, United 7
THERE have been some memorable games at Parkside Road this season but few have topped Kendal Town’s 7-2 defeat to a Manchester United XI for sheer entertainment value.
Posted at 11:36am Saturday 9th May 2009
Sky's the limit for Town
SKY Television will be at the Kendal Town v Manchester United XI friendly today.
Posted at 11:05am Saturday 9th May 2009
Ambleside clinch title
AMBLESIDE United were this week celebrating the first division championship in the Bluefin Insurance Westmorland League for the second consecutive season.
Posted at 11:08am Saturday 9th May 2009
Westmorland League round-up
AMBLESIDE United have an unassailable lead at the top of the Bluefin Westmorland league division 1 with just one game of their season left to go.
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