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PONTEFRACT LEAGUE: Two tons for Notton clubs
SELWYN Barnsley hit 106 off 108 balls in Notton’s win over Garforth in Division Four.
Notton made 237 – with Barnsley firing 16 fours and three sixes – then dismissed Garforth for 188 with Joe Ashley taking four for 23.
Ryhill and Havercroft defended 153 in a 39-run win at Old Sharlston in Division Three.
Nicholas Hague took three wickets.
West Bretton were out for 167 chasing 306 at Oulton in the Premier Division.
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Cawthorne beat Barnsley again
CAWTHORNE recorded a fifth straight win over Barnsley Woolley Miners in league games.
Cawthorne have won two of their three games this season and Barnsley one.
Stevie Walters top-scored with 71 in Barnsley’s 228.
Rizwan Sadiq took three wickets for Cawthorne who were then 22 for three and 127 for six.
Harry Allinson scored 74 off 59 balls then captain Archie Greaves came in at number eight and hit seven sixes in his 63 off...
Jake English and British champion
BARNSLEY Karate Centre student Jake Li has won two national titles in the last fortnight.
He took under 13 gold at the EKF English Championships in Sheffield then the WKF British Championships in Edinburgh.
Jake competes in kata which is the non-contact version of the sport.
Other Barnsley clubs competing at the English Championships were PB Karate, Birdwell and Vision Kicks which is one of just a few para-only karate clubs in England.
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Patel debut as Swaine win opener
FORMER England player Samit Patel made his debut for Hoylandswaine in their opening day win at home to Skelmanthorpe in the Huddersfield Premiership.
He took two wickets but was not needed to bat as Swaine chased 119 for a nine-wicket win. Umer Yaqoob took four wickets then Ben Kohler-Cadmore carried his bat with 68 not out off 37 balls including six sixes.
Graihagh wins two under 17 races at Isle of Man running festival
GRAIHAGH Turner won two races in the under 17 category at the Isle of Man running festival.
The Great Britain youth international, who runs for Penistone Footpath Runners, won her age group on Saturday in the Pell Hill Race and on Sunday in the Douglas 5k.
Penistone’s Flynn Rogers took part in the Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering which took place in locations across South Yorkshire.
On the first day he competed in the...
Main in final after late drama
RYAN Wingrove scored twice in injury-time as Wombwell Main won 2-1 in their County League Cup semi-final against Hepworth United on Wednesday evening at Athersley Rec.
They will now play the final at Doncaster Rovers’ stadium against Handsworth.
Main had won 3-2 at Dodworth on Saturday in both clubs’ final game of the Premier Division season.
Tom Cotson scored the winner after a brace by Wingrove.
Wombwell finished fourth, four points clear of fifth-placed Dodworth. ...
Barnsley Woolley start with win
Barnsley Woolley CC started their Yorkshire Premier League South season with a win at Shiregreen.
The hosts were 80 for no wicket but were bowled out for 159 with Mansoor Shinwari
taking six wickets and Sean Whitehead four.
South African debutant Whitehead then hit 66 not out off 47 balls, sharing a stand of 86 with another debutant Jash Giyanani who added 49 off 37.
They won by seven wickets with more than 22 overs...
‘I love this sport’ says Barnsley teenager after Paris-Roubaix
Cyclist Imogen Wolff completed another of the classic ‘monument’ road races this week as she took on the Paris-Roubaix in France.
The 19-year-old from Silkstone, who is in her first season of professional racing, finished 24th over the 150k course.
Her Visma Lease-a-Bike team-mate Pauline Ferrand-Prevot won the race which is mainly over cobblestones and nicknamed ‘the hell of the north.’
Imogen, who had attended the event as a fan 13 years earlier, wrote...
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Rowland given time penalty but still leads by 15 points
OLIVER Rowland saw his lead at the top of the Formula E Championship cut by two points to 15 after picking up just one in the latest race in Miami.
After qualifying in 16th, following a delay due to a technical issue, the 31-year-old from Penistone finished fourth in the race.
But he dropped down to tenth due to a ten-second penalty for not completing his ‘attack mode’ due to a red flag which delayed...
Town runners take prizes as road league and Trunce re-start
SOME popular local series got underway for 2025 with Barnsley club runners enjoying success.
The first of the four five-mile South Yorkshire Road League races took place in Elsecar.
A revised route due to roadworks meant it measured slightly longer than five miles. The route climbed up to and through Wentworth before returning down to Elsecar.
Barnsley AC’s Naomi Drakeford finished as first woman in a time of 31-07. There were second places in age...
Wath win, Barnsley and Dearne lose
Barnsley RUFC completed their season with a 61-6 loss at Wheatley Hills.
The Shaw Laners finished tenth in Yorkshire Division Three with 29 points from 22 games.
Wath-upon-Dearne won 29-24 at home to Old Rishworthian in their final Yorkshire Division One game of the season.
Wath finished sixth out of 12 in their first season after promotion, with ten wins and 12 defeats.
Yorkshire Division Four champions Dearne Valley lost 34-26 at Maltby...
Liberty treble in 8-0 Wath win
WATH Stars won 8-0 at Barnsley reserves in Division Two of the Sheffield and Hallamshire League.
Liberty Shaw scored a hat-trick and Brooke Tully added two with Ella Kelly, Amber Elliott, Maisie Brennan and Faye Broadhead also netting.
That took them top of the league, three points clear of YP Women.
Wath have played three more games than YP but they still have to face each other.
Dearne and District drew 1-1 away ...
Silkstone face nervous wait after losing final game
SILKSTONE United lost their final game of the County Senior Premier Division season and now face a nervous wait to discover if they will slip into the relegation zone.
After losing 2-1 at home to second-placed Hemsworth MW, Silkstone, who were promoted last season, are two places and two points clear of the bottom three.
But the two sides directly below them – Jubilee Sports and AFC Dronfield – each have two games to play...
Penistone set for cup semi at Knaresborough
PENISTONE Church are due to visit Knaresborough Town in the semi-final of the League Cup on Tuesday evening.
Both sides are in mid-table going into the final week of the league season.
Church won 1-0 at home to lowly Ecclesfield United on Saturday.
Tom Brennan got the goal.
They are ninth the table with two league matches remaining.
Coach John Whitehead said: “During the first half it was difficult to watch, we looked laboured. We...
Town still in title hunt after 4-0 derby win
Wombwell Town are still in the hunt for the NCEL Division One title after a 4-0 Barnsley derby win over Worsbrough Bridge.
Oliver Fearon bagged a brace with Cian Guest and Eddie Agnew also on target for Town who scored twice early in each half.
Karl Rose’s side are third, a point behind second-placed Wakefield and eight behind leaders Horbury Town with two games in hand. Wombwell have five games to play. There is one...
Rec safe after comeback win from 3-1 down on 84 minutes
ATHERSLEY Rec came from 3-1 down on 84 minutes to win in midweek which secured their safety in NCEL Division One.
Rec had taken a point from their previous ten games since December but won 3-1 at Shelley on Friday then 4-3 at Glasshoughton on Tuesday.
In midweek, they trailed 3-1 – with Jimmy Pursell scoring their goal – but James Byford, Nathan Perks and Aston Dunstan netted in a remarkable late turnaround.
That left...
Maya has sights set firmly on Olympic success
A HIGH achieving youngster with Olympic ambitions is doing all she can to balance school work and athletics training as she aims to ‘be the best’ at all she does.
At only 15 years old, Maya Schofield has earned countless accolades, taking the under-15 800m title at the English Athletics Championships in Birmingham and helping England win a team gold medal at the Schools Cross Country Internationals.
Yet for her this is only the start,...
Battling win for Barnsley Schoolboys
Barnsley Schoolboys under 13s won a thriller to progress to the national semi-finals by overcoming Stockport 4-3.
They only had ten players for much of the game.
Barnsley’s manager Jimmy Whitehead said: “I am so, so proud of each and every player.
"To play with ten men for so long and come out on top is unreal.”
Harry Smith scored a brace with Theo Ghazvini and Seb Zaszlos bagging a goal...
Good night for Barnsley boxers at the Metrodome
BOTH the Barnsley fighters in action on Saturday night’s show at the Metrodome were victorious.
Light-welterweight Jamyleigh Pettinger made history as she opened up the show.
The teenager from Brampton is the town’s first ever female professional and she got off to a winning start against Bojana Libiszewska.
Pettinger claimed a 39-38 victory in the view of referee Michael Alexander.
There were some close rounds but Pettinger’s dominant start proved pivotal.
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Barnsley’s Henry Cooper wins Yorkshire title
BARNSLEY’S very own Henry Cooper is now the Yorkshire champion in... you’ve guessed it, boxing.
The Barnsley Boxing Academy fighter, 17, won the Yorkshire elite crown on a show in Greasbrough last Wednesday.
Cooper, who’s from Worsbrough, saw off Eastburn’s Callum McLeod to get his hands on the belt.
Trainer Stephen Hartford said: “The lad he beat had twice as many bouts as Henry so it was a fantastic win.
“Boxing is booming in Barnsley...
