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Posted at 10:46am Saturday 13th September 2008
Baseball - Cartmel Valley hosts top event
CARTMEL Valley Baseball Club has been chosen to host the 2008 National Youth Baseball Finals this Saturday and Sunday at their field at Cartmel Priory School.
Posted at 10:37am Saturday 13th September 2008
Motor Sport -Ellison takes on the World
KENDAL'S James Ellison has vowed to use his World Superbike outing as a launch pad to success when he returns to domestic action at Croft.
Posted at 10:25am Saturday 13th September 2008
Rugby - Six-try flying start for Kendal
KENDAL started a new life in the National League where they left off last season with an impressive 34-13 home win over Darlington Mowden Park, but tougher opponents undoubtedly lie ahead, writes Richard Daniels.
Posted at 10:29am Saturday 13th September 2008
Cricket - Pre-war feat recalled
CHRIS Miller's ten-wicket feat for Netherfield CC brought back memories of another local cricketer who took all ten - Kendal Cricket Club's Frank Graham back in the 1930s.
Posted at 9:53am Saturday 13th September 2008
Triathlon - To Helvellyn and back....
HUNDREDS watched and more than 600 athletes took part in the gruelling Helvellyn Triathlon last weekend.
Posted at 9:44am Saturday 13th September 2008
Orienteering - Junior teams do battle at Leeds
LOCAL honour was at stakes when teams from Lakeland OC and Barrow and District Orienteering Club had a ding-dong battle in the Peter Palmer Junior Relays on Sunday.
Posted at 9:48am Saturday 13th September 2008
North Lancs Football - Sub to rescue for Kirkby
MATTHEW Longdon came off the bench to salvage a point for Kirkby Lonsdale in the dying minutes of a sizzling 3-3 derby with Ingleton in the North Lancs Football League.
Posted at 9:39am Saturday 13th September 2008
Fell Running - Masters bronze for Roberts
KENDAL AC runner Craig Roberts (pictured right) finished among the medals in this year's World Masters Mountain Running Championship staged in the Czech Republic.
Posted at 9:30am Saturday 13th September 2008
Football - Town firing well for FA Cup test
SEPTEMBER has all the early signs of being a great month for Kendal Town, writes Arran Jolly. Back-to-back wins have seen Lee Ashcroft's men shooting up the Unibond Premier Division table to seventh place.
Posted at 9:26am Saturday 13th September 2008
Race - Mountain Trail is off
THE Lake District Mountain Trial due to be held on Sunday has been cancelled, despite a valiant bid by the organisers to save it.
Posted at 9:51am Tuesday 9th September 2008
Superbikes - Ellison does himself a World of good
KENDAL’S James Ellison has vowed to use his World Superbike outing as a launch pad to success when he returns to domestic action at Croft.
Posted at 3:56pm Monday 8th September 2008
Cricket - Washout means last-day decider
A COMPLETE washout of fixtures in the 3-D Sports Northenr Cricket League on Saturday has left both Netherfield and Kendal in with a chance of snatching the title in a last-day finish to the season this coming Saturday.
Posted at 11:05am Monday 8th September 2008
Running- Warm-up with a Great run at Burton
RUNNERS looking for a warm-up race for the Great North Run can get the muscles working in the Burton-in-Kendal 10k on Sunday, September 14.
Posted at 12:13pm Saturday 6th September 2008
Bowls - Nicholson wins Manx Festival pot
SOUTH Lakes bowler Ian Nicholson has had another big win pay day by landing the Isle of Man's September Festival men's open.
Posted at 10:34am Saturday 6th September 2008
Rugby - Good news for Kendal's start
KENDAL RUFC's opening match of the National League campaign at home against Darlington Mowden Park (3pm) was set to go ahead today (Saturday) as the weather relented a bit.
Posted at 10:13am Friday 5th September 2008
Masters cycling triumph tinged with sadness for Anne
ANNE Plant raced to an emotional triumph in the World Masters Road Race Championship in Austria and she dedicated her success to her late father-in-law, who died while she was abroad competing. Anne, aged 52, from Ulverston, is no stranger to these World Championships, having won seven titles in all at various age categories.
Posted at 9:37am Friday 5th September 2008
Strong field for Lakes Classic
JONATHAN Graham, who clocked up his first PGA North Region Order of Merit victory in The Rock at Matfen Hall last week, heads a formidable field of 58 professionals in the Hydro Hotel Lakes Classic Pro-am at Windermere this weekend (Sepember 6-7).
Posted at 2:18pm Wednesday 3rd September 2008
Superbikes - Team pull plug and leave Ellison stranded
KENDAL Superbike rider Dean Ellison has been left without a ride in this year's championship after his team withdrew.
Posted at 9:36am Tuesday 2nd September 2008
Football - Champions held to draw
LUNESDALE United held defending champions Ambleside United to a 3-3 draw at Maurice Park in the Talbot Insurance Westmorland League.
Posted at 9:29am Tuesday 2nd September 2008
Athletics - Skipper lands triple gold
THE NEWLY-promoted Kendal AC athletes came back from the Mid Lancs Track and Field League's final medal meeting of the season at Blackpool's Stanley Park with plenty of individual awards.
Posted at 10:07am Sunday 31st August 2008
Cricket - Ten-wicket Miller's wizard spin day
NETHERFIELD off-spinner Chris Miller completed the rarest of bowling feats when he captured all ten wickets to fall against Carnforth in the 3-D Sports Northern League on Saturday.
Posted at 1:22pm Friday 29th August 2008
Great Langdale marathon changes direction
THERE is a change to this year's Great Langdale Marathon and Half-Marathon.
Posted at 12:03pm Friday 29th August 2008
Ellison's injury keeps him out of Superbikes
KENDAL'S James Ellison sat out round nine of the Bennetts British Superbike season on Monday after losing his battle to be fit.
Posted at 10:58am Wednesday 27th August 2008
Rugby - Warm-up win at Aspatria
KENDAL RUFC ran out 24-5 winners at Aspatria on Tuesday evening, having brought forward their second pre-season friendly, which had been originally scheduled for tomorrow night.
Posted at 9:52am Wednesday 27th August 2008
Cycling - Ben in televised Irish tour
NETHER Kellet cyclist Ben Greenwood has a high-profile assignment this week when he rides in the Tour of Ireland.
Posted at 9:46am Wednesday 27th August 2008
Football - Kendal part of 'Boots for Africa'
THE UniBond League, of which Kendal Town is a member, has become the first football league sponsor of Sheffield FC’s inspiring ‘Boots for Africa’ charity appeal.
Posted at 9:28am Tuesday 26th August 2008
Cricket - Kendal go top as rain spoils derby
THE DERBY match between Netherfield and Kendal was washed out at Parkside Road on Monday, but there was a silver lining for the two local title contenders as leaders Blackpool suffered a 25-run defeat at Fleetwood.
Posted at 5:03pm Monday 25th August 2008
Football - Hobson rocks Whitby with treble
YOUNG striker Craig Hobson grabbed a hat-trick to send Kendal Town to a 3-2 Bank Holiday Monday victory at Whitby Town in the Unibond League.
Posted at 10:40am Monday 25th August 2008
Running - Kendal men battle out 10k
IT WAS a Kendal Athletic Club 1-2 at the sharp end of the Ulverston Summer 10k.
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