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OPENING batsmen D. Hagen and J. Adams proved unmoveable as they hit a record breaking first-wicket stand of 259 for St Anne's.
BOWLERS Kabir Khan and Kevin Howarth served up a 64-run Northern League victory for Kendal.
FORGET the embarrassing 9-1 scoreline, the Kendal Town v Carlisle United match was all about blending the new and old Town players into a team and within that parameter there were some useful signs.
KENDAL Town's nine-goal hammering by Carlisle United in the first pre-season friendly will have been tempered by the financial boost from the best gate likely to be seen at Parkside, as the Blues' travelling faithful of around 1,500 packed into the ground.
CONDITIONS were ideal for a fast time in the annual Hawkshead 10k and Carl Heaven, of Annan AC, duly obliged with a course record of 32min 50 sec.
The Enray Inter-national, in Holland is rated as one of the best in Europe, and the British Cadet team, including Kendal Judo Club's Michael Horley and Beth Hoggarth, were up against some 1700 of the best players from 17 different nations.
ONLY nine of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club 17-foot class fleet braved a day of heavy squalls sweeping across the lake.
SUPERB running by the three Lake District women who took part in the Three Peaks Yacht Race boosted the '5girlsinaboat' team to a magnificent third place overall.
ARNSIDE teenager Rob Shepherd destroyed Sedgwick's batting with a remarkable haul of seven wickets for eight runs.
Four golfer hit twos at Casterton Golf Club's Captain's Day. They were P. Rimmer, J. Marshall, R. Brown and G. Marshall.
SEDBERGH Karate Club's Adam Littlewood took bronze in the kata (demonstration) section of the Aiwakai Junior Samurai Karate Championships, at Ripley, Derbyshire.
KENDAL are still unbeaten in the Under-16 League Northern section.
CUP commitments by Northern Premier League clubs have forced the cancellation of a special inter-league match scheduled for Sunday.
SWIMMING: Kendal ASC's third Championship Gala produced some exciting swims and two club records were broken.
APPLEBY'S Dougi Hall/Steve Egglestone were running in second in the fourth round of the British Rally Car Championship before gearbox gemlins hit their Eddie Stobart Motorsport Focus WRC.
SKIPPER Dave Fallows apologised for his side's embarrassing performance as they were skittled out of the Lancashire Cup by Liverpool Competition side Leigh.
FOOTBALL kicks off at Parkside Road on Saturday with a prestige pre-season friendly between Kendal Town and Carlisle.
A wildcard ride in the World Superbike Championships gave James Ellison a ride beyond his wildest dreams.
AFTER a morning of flat calm and drizzle on Saturday, a south-westerly wind filled in before the 18 yachts in the Royal Windermere Yacht Club's 17-foot fleet started.
IT'S a huge weekend for Cumbrian rugby as the 1997 winners try to avoid relegation from the Tetley's County Championship for the first time in their history.
THE NIGHTMARE was relived for Conistons footballers on Saturday when for the second year running they saw Wetheriggs United deny them the First Division championship of the Talbot Insurance Westmorland League.
Kendal Town 0, Manchester United Reserves 1.
THE SEEMINGLY jinxed cup fortunes of Kendal County finally took an upturn at last when they secured the Westmorland FA Senior Cup at Parkside on Saturday.
A GUTSY defensive display extended Kendal Town's unbeaten run to six games in the UniBond League First Division.
PREMIERSHIP heavyweights Manchester United handed Kendal Town a massive coup when agreeing to bring a side to play Town's part-time UniBond League professionals in a Bank Holiday spectacular on Monday, May 3.
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