Win for twin Trevor
Trevor Barnes won the April medal by two shots on a relatively calm day at Todmorden GC on Saturday.Trevor, the younger of the Barnes twins, scored a nett 66, reducing his handicap. Darren Wilson...
View ArticleLast-hole agony for Gibson in cup
The two day Carlton Cup launched the major competition season at Hebden Bridge GC last weekend.Seventy hopefuls started on Saturday and George Bamford (nett 65) set the pace from Darren Clitheroe (66),...
View ArticleJess fourth at British trials
Todmorden’s Jess Leyden started her quest to earn a trip to the Rio Olympics next year with a bold showing in last Saturday’s GB Rowing Team Senior and U23 Trials.The 20-year-old Hollingworth Lake RC...
View ArticleAlasdair and James take titles
Seven Calder Valley runners had top 10 finishes at the British Long Distance Orienteering Championships in the Forest of Dean.Calder High student Alasdair Pedley easily won the M16 title with Walsden’s...
View ArticleSix able to join the debate
Community website Hebweb has called an election hustings in Hebden Bridge as, it says, no-one else has done so in the town.HebWeb’s Chris Ratcliffe says: “It’s not something we thought we would be...
View ArticlePanel debates range of questions in front of 160
All seven Parliamentary candidates bidding for people’s votes for the Calder Valley seat in the General Election on May 7 debated at a hustings in Todmorden.Last Thursday they came to the Todmorden...
View ArticleFlooding and food banks on agenda
Maria Eagle, the Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, heard first-hand the devastating effects that flooding has had on our local economy when she visited Hebden...
View ArticleRod’s pride at his time in Tod
Sometimes, it really is the end of an era.When one of the founders of Todmorden Lions Club, Rod Wainwright, leaves for his new home in Andover, Hampshire, near to his daughter, he will leave a real...
View ArticleTutors show what they can do at new refurbished art space show
Northlight Art Studios will launch their new ground floor gallery and art education space with an inspiring show of tutors’ art work on Friday, May 1, from 6.30pm.The new multi-purpose arts space has...
View ArticleCelebrations mark Calder’s 10th year
The end of April sees the 10th anniversary of the Calder Gallery’s opening at Market Street, Hebden Bridge, and there are celebrations going on for the weekend of April 25 and 26.Owners Sue Allinson...
View Article‘Spend on services, not on weapons’
Calderdale Green Party held a People’s Ballot at its information stall at Todmorden Market on April 11 to find out if people want taxes to be spent on public services rather than weapons and war -...
View ArticleBarkisland take derby spoils
Barkisland comfortably took the honours in their first Huddersfield League derby match of the season against Elland yesterday.Alex Scholefield dismissed four of Elland’s top five and the Hullen Edge...
View ArticleVictory will give Stump the title
The Haslem Sheppard Halifax AFL title will be decided at West Vale tonight when Stump Cross face Warley Rangers in the final Premier Division game of the season.Victory will make Stump champions on...
View ArticleCelebrations latest chapter in ongoing story of Stoodley Pike
The early origins of Stoodley Pike were explored by Nick Wilding, historian and film-maker, utilising historical research, documentary interviews and film footage in his illustrated talk and video...
View ArticleTopics festival will showcase in May
In 2012, Pennine Community Power raised the £58,000 it needed to erect a community owned 10kW wind turbine in Blackshaw Head, stating as their number one objective to “build a sustainable community,...
View ArticleCounty Championship: Gale steers Yorkshire to safety
Success and sorrow followed hard on each others heels for Andrew Gale on the third day of Yorkshire’s LV= County Championship match against Warwickshire at Headingley.The Yorkshire captain, in...
View ArticleMovement help sow the seeds of success
The fantastic work of Incredible Edible in encouraging people to plant and pick their own fruit and vegetables will extend across Calderdale. Building on the international success of the movement in...
View ArticleMan accused of touching girl said she ‘had ants in knickers’
A 63-year-old man has gone on trial accused of a series of sex offences against five female complainants.Gordon Tidswell, who now lives in Bridlington, is alleged to have raped two girls and to have...
View ArticleProperty of the week: Your bed of roses...
Superb original features coupled with stunning views and space to work with - it comes with five acres of grazing land and a vegetable patch, for example - mean Nettlebed Farm could actually be your...
View ArticleCaptain Gale takes umpire’s error ‘on the chin’
YORKSHIRE captain Andrew Gale found himself at the centre of a fresh controversy when an umpiring blunder denied him his first hundred of the season.Gale, who has only just returned from a four-match...
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