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Lewis stars
Bradford Dudley Hill's Lewis Evans, who started at full back but finished on the wing, was in the BARLA Great Britain Lions 13 that defeated Morocco 52-4 in front of 2,000 volatile fans at Cavaillon in the Telefon Charity Appeal Test.
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Double spurs on improving West
West Bowling registered their first double of the season against fellow National Conference League Premier Division relegation candidates Thornhill. Coach Richard Heseltine certainly got his wish for heavy conditions at a rain-lashed Bankfoot Oval, which
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'Abysmal defending' angers Wilder
Halifax Town 0, Exeter City 3 Halifax Town boss Chris Wilder slammed his side's "abysmal" defending and vowed to make changes in January. The Shaymen's proud unbeaten home record was shattered by the power play of striker Jamie Mackie. He had a hand
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Gray day as Greens triumph
Hull Ionians 10, Wharfedale 23 Wharfedale have joined Otley in the draw for the fourth round of the EDF Energy National Trophy after securing a comfortable 23-10 passage at Hull Ionians in near hypothermic conditions at a gale-lashed Brantingham Park
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Otley show plenty of bottle in the rain
Otley 29, Kendal 9 While both sides could take comfort from yesterday's third-round EDF Energy National Trophy tie at a sodden Cross Green, it was events off the field that caught the eye more. It started raining in Otley at about 9am on Saturday
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New-look centre is now open
Shipley MP Philip Davies has unveiled a plaque at Saltaire Medical Practice to mark its refurbishment. He joined Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary Care Trust's director of finance and procurement, Rhys North, to look round the new facilities and
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Leeds march on in derby drubbing
Leeds United 4, Huddersfield Town 0 Huddersfield became the latest victims of Leeds United's surge towards promotion in the first league derby between the West Yorkshire rivals for 20 years. United's 15th league victory of the season and their third
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Nix on the mark at Water-gate
Chesterfield 1, Bradford City 1 Saltergate will never win any popularity contests with City fans. For starters there are too many bad memories from last season. Throw in the decrepit surroundings of a ground that, thankfully, should soon be replaced
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Law wants to stick around for Christmas
Nicky Law has thanked City for making him a better player as he waited to find out if he can stay for Christmas. The Sheffield United midfielder's second month was up after Saturday's 1-1 draw in his home town Chesterfield. He wants to prolong his loan
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Sedge leave it late
Brodsworth MW 1 Liversedge 2 Liversedge needed a penalty and an injury-time winner to come from a goal down to beat Northern Counties East Premier Division's basement club Brodsworth MW. Sedge were the only one of the local semi-pro clubs to beat the
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Dennyfield under water
Thackley's match referee was the day's biggest ditherer as Saturday's non-league programme was decimated by the wet weather. It was obviously not playable at Dennyfield but he delayed the decision until after his assistants reached the ground less than
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Farsley's long journey in vain
Farsley Celtic's Blue Square Premier Division clash with Weymouth was the biggest casualty affecting local sides as the weather decimated the weekend fixtures. The Celts made the journey to Dorset on Friday, only to find the fixture was called off early
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Phillips puts positive spin on postponement
Bradford Park Avenue boss Benny Phillips had mixed feelings over the wasted weekend but came down on the positive side as he feels the rest will do his players good after eight victories on the trot. Seven straight wins have cemented their place in second
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Council gives gift of extra swim lessons
More than 300 school children are to get extra swimming lessons over the Christmas holidays. The swimming sweep-up is being held by the Council's sport and leisure service at pools in Bowling, Keighley, Manningham, Queensbury, Rhodesway, Shipley and
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Cook: My flashbacks of play-off blunder
Matt Cook can't wait to launch into 2008 and start banishing the memory of his play-off nightmare. The Bulls second-rower admits he kept repeating his howler over and over again in his head for weeks after the crazy loss against Wigan. Cook's speculative
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Barney's debut squad
Otley coach Mike Barnett has named his first England women's A squad. The experienced Karen Jones (Richmond), who has 11 full caps, will skipper the side against the United States Eagles at London Irish next Wednesday (7.00). Barnett said: "The squad
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Jingle belles!
North and south collided in colourful fashion as Christmas arrived two weeks early at The Girls' Grammar School, Bradford. More than 100 pupils swapped their uniforms for seasonal Santa outfits to perform a dance more often performed in warmer climes
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Tributes paid to football fan Tony
Former teacher Tony Worrall who was prominent in both CAMRA and the Bradford Schools' Football Association, has died of a heart attack aged 59. He began his Bradford teaching career at Feversham Street School in the 1970s but spent most of his time at
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Kate’s career is on right track
At just 24, Kate Gower has already achieved her childhood ambition - to leave her mark on the world. Engineer Kate has designed and helped to oversee the construction of a bridge which will carry hundreds of thousands of railway commuters - including