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A Platinum Jubilee garden party at St Andrew's, Dearnley last Saturday (4 June) raised a magnificent £540 for church...
Concordia (Neb.), which remained No. 1 in the final NAIA Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Ratings Index released Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Concordia (Neb.) is seeking to win the team title at this meet for the first time since 2016, and the Bulldogs have a lot of bite in their lineup with 24 individual entries, along with two relays. Two NAIA Indoor champions are looking to add an outdoor title to their resume – Rachel Battershell, a sophomore who has won two-straight indoor 400 titles, and freshman Rosie Puelz, pole vault champion...
Many of these honored athletes and coaches are headed to the 2021 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships next week in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Men’s Track Athlete of the Year GREAT LAKES REGION – Tony Floyd – Madonna (Mich.) Floyd, a senior from Westland, Michigan, is ranked first nationally in the 5000 at 14:24.32 and second nationally in the 10,000 at 30:06.89. He completed the distance sweep at the WHAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, winning the 5000 and 10,000. MIDWEST REGION – Matthew Van Eps – Dordt (Iowa) Van Eps, a senior from Prinsburg, Minnesota, is ranked second n...
St John the Baptist Church in Smallbridge Volunteers are asked to meet at St John the Baptist to help tidy its overgrown grounds on Saturday 15 May as local church folk are concerned that the Smallbridge site is looking sad and unkempt. The Grade-II listed building on Halifax Road was closed by the Church of England 13 years ago and has since stood empty - a sad reminder of its glorious past when it served the Anglicans of Smallbridge for nearly 175 years. Between 1834 and 2008 generations have worshipped there, been baptised, married, sung in the choir and had funerals there. Many who spen...
Rachel Battershell and Sarah Lewis now rank No. 3 (1:02.18) and No. 4 (1:02.77), respectively, in the 400H. Amy Richert and Emily Loy also turned in strong performances in the heptathlon to bolster the Bulldogs. Richert is No. 3 with 4683 points and Loy is No. 5 with 4464. No. 2 Indiana Tech and No. 3 Wayland Baptist (Texas) also held steady. The Warriors’s 4×800 clocked the fifth-fastest time of the year (9:33.98) and Antonishka Deveaux moved up to No. 8 on the Descending Order List with her 24.56 in the 200. No. 4 Southeastern (Fla.). The Broncos had a strong showing from Lauren ...