Sam Pickersgill News Today

The former student of a teacher from Newton-on-Trent who passed away from cancer is taking on a skydiving challenge to raise money for St Barnabas hospice.

AN excellent win away at Richmond Town Reserves kept Hawes in the Scotts4Storage Wensleydale League title hunt on Saturday.

LEYBURN have had a season to forget in the league but a slice of luck means they could still lift silverware.

THE rain helped to dent Richmond Mavericks title hopes on Saturday. The downpours meant Spennithorne and Harmbys Scott Ryan was available for selection as his cricket game was cancelled. Ryan helped himself to two goals in each half to inflict further pain on Mavs, who were playing their fourth game in ten days, having recently lost in the Medals Shield final and been knocked out of the North Riding Cup. Lee Thompson opened the scoring for Spenni, while player manager Baz Harker, who ma...

RICHMOND MAVERICKS are through to the semi-final of the North Riding Saturday Challenge Cup after beating Tockwith on penalties. It capped a busy week for Mavs whose game against Richmond Town Reserves last Wednesday was abandoned after their player Ryan Howe dislocated his elbow. The game against Tockwith finished 3-3 after normal time. Sam Pickersgill put the Richmond team ahead from the spot before the visitors pulled one back from a free kick. Pickersgill got his second before the vis...

TWO Wensleydale Creamery League title contenders bounced back on Saturday after both losing the previous week.