WINGER Lewis Boyd was man of the match for Kendal in a 31-12 humbling of Preston Grasshoppers in National League 3 North at Mint Bridge on Saturday. Speed merchant Boyd notched up a hat-trick of tries as Kendal gained a bonus-laden five-point
A BAG containing a laptop and medication was snatched from a car at Prizet filling station last night. The incident happened at 4.45pm and the vicitim is keen to trace personal correspondance which was in the bag. Anyone who saw anything suspicious
KENDAL Town failed to make up ground on their promotion rivals today as they lost 1-0 away at Boston. A 39th-minute goal from Gary King ensured the home side secured their first win since early December as a flat Kendal failed to show their
PEOPLE who take advantage of a concessionary travel scheme are being urged to check they’ve been issued the right ticket, or face paying for it with their council tax bill. South Lakeland District Council spent an estimated £1.7million on free bus rides
KENDAL’S Brewery will host the first in a series of National Youth Jazz Collective workshops this weekend. The arts centre has been picked by the NYJC as one of the venues for four sessions which will be run by some of the world’s best jazz musicians
IT’S a warm welcome to Kendal Castle WI this week and another new column for Food & Drink … ‘notes from the allotment’. The idea is not only to reflect the nation’s new-found enthusiasm for ‘grow your own’ and encourage more people to have a go at digging
IT IS still only January but it’s already been a busy old year for Heroes of She, the North West’s official ‘best band’. The winners of the 2008 BT Battle of the Bands contest had cause to celebrate earlier this month when singer Helen Longworth bagged
BREAST cancer victims are trying their hand at an anicent Chinese sport as part of a groundbreaking research project being funded by the NHS. Each weekend women are heading to Windermere to take part in dragon boat racing, to see if the sport can help
Windermere 30. Blackpool 5. WINDERMERE re-commenced their N. Lancs. Division 2 campaign after a six-week lay-off due to holidays and adverse weather conditions with a rearranged home fixture against Blackpool. From the outset,
The 2009 Cumbrian Orienteering Galoppen series started in snow-covered woods surrounding Penrith Beacon. However the wintry conditions failed to deter a good turnout of competitors from South Cumbria. Lakeland OC had two course winners in juniors
TROUTBECK Bridge’s senior swimmers had to put in their best performances as the Cumbria Sprint League brought together the cream of the county’s swimmers. The team did not disappoint as a number of new club records were established. In the 50m freestyle
LAKES School Under-14 boys’ hockey team are celebrating having become North-West and Cumbrian school champions after a 5-0 win over The Wirral GS on Monday evening earned them a place in the north of England finals on February 1. The U14s had earlier
Kendal United 4 Burneside 2 (aet) KENDAL United twice came from behind for a 4-2 Benevolent Trophy win over Burneside. Burneside took the lead twice in the game with goals from Darren Huck and Andrew Wilson, however Kendal United equalised
Appleby 5 Lunesdale United 1 STANDING water on the pitch had disappeared before kick-off and it was Appleby who went ahead when the ball skidded past a Lunesdale defender and Richard Faustino set up John Coward to slip his shot past the
Kirkby Lonsdale 20. Old Brodleians 13. VISITORS Old Brodleians got a dream start when quickly won ball went to stand-off Holbrough, who sliced through and found full back Standeven on his shoulder to cruise over for a try. Surprisingly Scrimshaw
Kendal 13. Birkenhead Park 13. AFTER the frost induced hiatus, Kendal started brightly against a committed and abrasive Park side, obdurate defence from Tomlinson and Quarry keeping the lively visitors at bay. Army man Meli at fly-half made a
HOLME moved into second place in the Milnthorpe Pool League with an 8-1 away win over Fighting Cocks B. With three players missing, Holme still had plenty of steel in their team, with captain A. Littlefair and C. Dobson the pick of their players.
KENDAL County represented the Westmorland FA as the 2008 Invitation Cup winners and ran out narrow 2-1 losers to West Riding in the Northern Counties Senior competition. Visitors West Riding made the brighter start and carved out a couple of decent
Carvetii cruised into the second round of the High Sheriff’s Cup after a convincing 6-3 win over Coniston. Second in the table Carvetii made it a long afternoon for away team Coniston as the United attack went to work with prolific results. Consiton
KENDAL men welcomed NW Men’s League Div 5 North leaders Urmston to the Cinder Ovens on Saturday. Although the Greens carved out a series of goal-scoring chances which on another day might have evened up things, Urmston showed their class and ran out
THE Ambleside-based University of Cumbria Karate club held a successful first grading at Lancaster University on with Karate Union of Great Britain Chief Instructor Sensei Andy Sherry. From left to right are Sally Burns, Lewis Jones, Sensei Andy Sherry
Wetheriggs edged local rivals Penrith Rangers on Penalties after a hard fought game ended 2-2 after extra time. Andy Douglas scored a fine Individual goal to put Rangers in front to start a frantic 10 minute period in the 2nd half.
Ambleside 5. Keswick 2. AMBLESIDE Ladies made amends for their 2-1 away loss to Keswick in the Cumbria League at the start of the season. In a positive start, the home team opened the scoring after ten minutes when Kim Lupton deftly netted in a
Lancaster Nomads 1. Windermere Ladies 2. HAVING played the Nomads the previous weekend in the Central Lancashire League, Windermere knew it was not going to be easy to repeat their 4-1 win and so it turned out to be. Settling quickly, Windermere
A BREAK in the Kendal and District Table Tennis League programme saw the finals of the Divisional Shield event played at the Lakes Leisure centre, Kendal, on Sunday. Progressing through to the Division 1 final from the top half were Natland B, who defeated
WINDERMERE men maintained their pursuit of Didsbury Northern 3rds at the top of NW Division 6 North with a thumping 7-0 victory over Southport on Saturday. Mike Hodgson put his side on the winning path when he pounced on a loose ball after the Southport
HORWICH’S Darren Kay won the third race of the Kendal Winter League season at Whitestones, Staveley-in-Cartmel, despite having difficulty finding the flags to navigate by. Both he and Dark Peak’s Mike Robinson stopped on a couple of occasions to assess
SCORING fives tries against Sedgley was the hallmark of a good strong performance and everybody in the camp was pretty positive when we sat down for the post-match chat this week. Our coaches were pleased that we fronted up and considered it to be
KENDAL aim to learn a lesson from their slick opponents Sedgley Tigers, who knocked them out of the EDF Energy National Trophy last Saturday. Coach Jon Nicholson said that the pace and the accuracy of the Sedgley threequarters was impressive
INGLETON made hard work of beating a Carleton side that was second best for most of the time when the sides met in the Craven Morrison Cup. The Dales team went ahead through Jonathon Boadle and their second from David Whitfield was special, a great
KENDAL will be without skipper Tony Hallam for their trip to Boston today as the centre back has left the club by mutual consent. However, with Alex Taylor and Craig Hobson making goal-scoring returns the side mid-week Kendal are primed to unleash
Despite the long journey, Boston is the perfect setting for Kendal Town to re-ignight their season says boss Lee Ashcroft. "Boston’s going to be a long day for the lads - its absolutely miles away! we’re leaving Kendal at half eight on Saturday
A MAN has been charged with attempted murder after an incident in Ulverston on Thursday morning. 45 year-old Gary Peers-Gardner, of Main Street, Ulverston was arrested after police found a 36 year-old woman with serious injuries, at a home in the Baycliff
TOURISM businesses across South Lakeland are being urged to get their entries in for a prestigious award ceremony. The Cumbria Tourism Awards recognise the hard work and standards of the industry, which employs 36,000 people and brings in more than
