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Posted at 9:12am Friday 7th January 2005
Player attacked
POLICE are investigating a serious assault on a 24-year-old Kendal Rugby Union player who was attacked at the rear of the former Booths store on Highgate in the early hours of Christmas Day morning.
Posted at 8:56am Friday 10th December 2004
Park Authority pleas for acceptance of new limit
LAKE users on Windermere are being urged to accept the new speed limit and enjoy their activities next year within the new by-law regulations.
Posted at 8:53am Friday 10th December 2004
Grasmere Sports date settled
GRASMERE Sports officials have settled on August Bank Holiday Sunday as the new date in the Lakeland show calendar.
Posted at 8:52am Friday 10th December 2004
Fees for Lakes boat owners to increase
Boat owners will have to pay more to use Windermere when a speed ban comes into force in March.
Posted at 8:41am Friday 10th December 2004
Succession of wins puts trainers in front
A SUCCESSION of wins has catapulted a Furness couple into the ranks of the top Arab racing trainers in the country after just their first season on the track.
Posted at 8:33am Thursday 25th November 2004
Rally means routes closed to walkers
SEVERAL rights of way in the Lake District National Park will be closed next month when a major rally takes place in Grizedale Forest. More than 100 cars will compete in the Grizedale Stages Rally 2005 on Saturday, December 4, using forest tracks on the western side of Grizedale Forest and on Forestry Commission land at Broughton Moor. As a result, all forest footpaths, bridleways and unsurfaced roads between Coniston Water and the Hawkshead to Satterthwaite Road and two others at Broughton Moor will be closed during the event. The Forestry Commission will also be closing most permitted paths in the affected forests. More details on the rally route and car parks can be found on www.grizedalestages.co.uk
Posted at 8:25am Friday 15th October 2004
Playing field closer to reality
SPORTING youngsters in a South Lakeland village look set to benefit from a new recreation area after the district council's planning committee approved plans for a new playing field.
Posted at 9:11am Tuesday 12th October 2004
Judo Club gets new space
Kendal's Judo Club has been given approval to erect a new building on land that is being redeveloped for sports use.
Posted at 9:10am Friday 8th October 2004
19th hole raided...
BURGLARS stole 50 putters, 60 drivers and fairway woods and 18 nine-irons from Kendal Golf Club, on High Tenterfell, yesterday (Thursday).
Posted at 8:57am Friday 27th August 2004
Kendal's own Athen's marathon winner
Paula Radcliffe's shattering demise in the sweltering heat of the Athens Olympic Marathon on Sunday stunned the British public, but came as no surprise to Westmorland Gazette assistant editor Richard Belk, who overcame similar conditions to triumph on the same course 25 years ago.
Posted at 8:19am Friday 6th August 2004
Trio conquer 60 peaks for charity
WHILE most people were relaxing in the weekend sunshine, Windermere man Terry Colley completed his challenge of running up 60 of the highest peaks in the Lake District to raise money for Windermere Manor's Action for Blind People Hotel.
Posted at 9:55am Thursday 5th August 2004
Walk across Bay for charity
WALKERS will be crossing the sands of Morecambe Bay for a picnic on Chapel Island on Sunday (August 8) to raise cash for Ulverston's Dickensian Festival.
Posted at 9:29am Thursday 29th July 2004
Sport this week
KENDAL Town FC have rearranged their pre-season friendly with Conference side Morecambe for next Thursday, August 5, (7.45 kick-off). A large crowd is expected.
Posted at 11:40am Friday 23rd July 2004
Tim Henman visits Ulverston
THE "Tiger" Tim Henman served up some tennis tips to children from across South Lakeland this week as part of an effort to encourage sport in schools.
Posted at 8:36am Friday 23rd July 2004
Football boost
FOOTBALL clubs around South Lakeland and Furness are set to benefit from more than 20 new coaches. Seventeen men and four women took advantage of a course run by Cartmel Community Education Centre to try for their level one Football Association coaching award.
Posted at 8:34am Friday 23rd July 2004
Warning to skateboarders
SKATEBOARDERS who risk life and limb to whizz down busy roads have been warned that police can take action.
Posted at 8:22am Thursday 8th April 2004
Local man takes on Marathon des Sables challenge
While people are relaxing on Easter weekend, one man will be in a different continent, running mile after mile over snake-strewn desert sands.
Posted at 8:15am Friday 2nd April 2004
Landmark honour for sportsman
WHEN pairs of strapping men in embroidered knickers grasp each other in a crowded field this summer, their actions will celebrate the vital input of one man in helping keep Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling and a rural sports day alive.
Posted at 8:10am Thursday 2nd January 2003
Fell Running: New name on Wansfell winners list
THE WANSFELL Race at Ambleside, which has become a standing dish for race-hungry fell runners on Boxing Day, attracted a 70-strong field and provided Gary Wilkinson with a chance to land the spoils for the first time.
Posted at 8:24am Wednesday 12th March 2003
Sports College bid goes ahead
Kirkby Stephen Grammar School is in for the bidding to become a Sports College after raising the £40,000 in sponsorship needed to enter the race on Friday.
Posted at 8:55am Wednesday 26th March 2003
Rangers demonstrate lakes laser speed gun
National park rangers have been demonstrating their latest piece of high-tech kit, which should help boat owners on Windermere stay on the right side of the law.
Posted at 9:22am Wednesday 26th March 2003
Fell challenge
BREATHTAKING views and aching legs await long distance walkers who take part in this year's Barbondale Round Challenge.
Posted at 12:03pm Wednesday 26th March 2003
Town boosts TT bid
APPLEBY sidecar racing champion Andrew Laidlaw has received a welcome boost as he prepares for this year's TT Races.
Posted at 9:17am Wednesday 18th December 2002
Footie fans face hire fees hike
AN upgrade of the Jubilee Playing Fields will mean footballers who use the four Kendal pitches will have to pay more fees per game.
Posted at 9:41am Tuesday 15th April 2003
United goal spree against nine!
HAVING gained an important away point in the Westmorland League with a 0-0 draw at Sedbergh midweek, Lunesdale faced a seemingly stiff task away to Kendal County.
Posted at 11:23am Thursday 9th January 2003
Saturday sports line up
KENDAL Rugby Union Club are hosts to Sedgley Park in National League 2 at Mint Bridge tomorrow (Saturday), 2.30pm kick-off as they bid to lift themselves away from the lower reaches of the table.
Posted at 11:09am Thursday 17th April 2003
Mountain Festival offers 'The Rock' challenge
A THRILLING new climbing challenge will be part of the Cumbrian Mountain Festival this Easter.
Posted at 3:54pm Wednesday 15th January 2003
£1m cash boost for cycling
LOCAL authorities, charities and cycling organisations have been invited to submit bids for their share of a further £1 million which has been earmarked to support a variety of cycling projects.
Posted at 8:29am Wednesday 23rd April 2003
Climb Kilimanjaro for charity
NATIONAL leukaemia charity The Anthony Nolan Trust is searching for people to take part in a bid to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, an extinct volcano in Tanzania, next year.
Posted at 3:46pm Thursday 23rd January 2003
Hound Trailing: Coniston Tops trials well attended
SUNDAY'S trials at Coniston Tops were well supported and in the six-strong puppy trail Stan Heywood and Reg Smith's Another Go emerged victorious, writes Lynn Pawley.
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