Dujardin replaced at Olympics by Becky from Barnsley and Jagerbomb

BARNSLEY will have a competitor at the Paris Olympics after Becky Moody replaced the banned Charlotte Dujardin on the dressage team. Dujardin, who was chasing the record of the most Olympic golds by a British woman, will not be competing in Paris after a years-old video emerged of her whipping a horse – sparking worldwide outrage. So reserve Moody, from Gunthwaite, has been moved up into the team and will make her Olympic debut on...

Friday night Barnsley derby at Rec to kick off new non-league season

THE LOCAL football season in Barnsley begins on Friday night with a derby between Athersley Rec and Worsbrough Bridge. The Northern Counties East League Division One game is due to take place at Sheerien Park from 7.45pm. Both clubs finished in lower mid-table last season and are hoping for more this time. Worsbrough manager Lee Morris said: “We start with a big Barnsley derby which is always a good start. “You always want to start...

Dearne and Dodworth re-start title challenges

BARNSLEY’S rugby league teams return to action after a two-week break tomorrow, hoping to strengthen their title challenges. Dodworth MW are due to host Wyke in Division Three. They have won nine of their ten games so far and are second, off the lead on points difference. They are ten points clear of the teams below them and a win this weekend would guarantee a place in the top two. The top four are set...

Siddall takes 7 for 5 as Cawthorne Emerald bowlers run riot

JAMES Siddall took five for seven as Cawthorne Emerald under 11s beat Sprotbrough. Finn Campbell claimed three for six and there were two wickets for Fred Woodward and Ralph Cartwright. Worsbrough Bridge under 11s beat Penistone Lions. H Foster top-scored for Penistone and J Brown for Worsbrough, for whom F Kemp took two wickets. Darfield under 11s defeated Rockingham. L Wroe top-scored for Darfield then J Buckle took two wickets. Rockingham’s B Cummins took three...

Victories for Stainborough and Notton

STAINBOROUGH beat visitors Horbury Bridge by 50 runs in Division One. Josh Abson made 55 in Stainborough’s 213, after they were 36 for four, then Daniel Baker took five wickets and Lewis Shepherd three. Thurnscoe Institute were skittled for 98 chasing 156 at home to Kippax. Bradley Newton and Michael Harvey took three wickets each. Darton were skittled for 114 in a two-wicket home loss to Old Sharlston in the Championship. Will Turner took five...

Mills takes Darfield top ahead of another crucial game

LEADERS Darfield won a crucial game in their Division One promotion push, thanks to a hundred by Jabari Mills, and now face another on Saturday. Mills hit 121 off 113 balls with 12 fours and five sixes in the win at third-placed Conisbrough. It was the Trinidadian’s first century for the club and put him top of the division’s run charts. Darfield – who had started the day second – are now six points clear...

Swaine slip from 1st to 6th while Callum hits 130 twice

HOYLANDSWAINE suffered two defeats over the weekend and slipped from first to sixth in the very congested Huddersfield Premiership table. They are now six points off top as just seven separate the top seven with nine games left to play. Swaine lost at Golcar on Saturday. Abdul Ameer and Adeel Baig took four wickets each. Swaine, chasing 295, lost their top five for ten runs combined then Arron Lilley hit 51 and Jack Seddon 50,...

Another narrow Wath win

WATH pulled further clear of relegation trouble with another narrow victory. A week after beating Ackworth by three runs, they defeated Aston Hall by five. Rob Barlow top-scored with 52 in Wath’s 198 then took three wickets as did Michael Bates. Aston Hall were 165 for four but lost five wickets in the last six overs and two in the final one. Wath are now two places and 17 points clear of the bottom two. ...

New book details colourful history of rugby in Barnsley

DOUGLAS Bader appearing for the second team, players bathing in wine vats and international appearances having to be hidden from the club hierarchy. These are some of the stories told in a new book about the history of rugby in Barnsley. Stuart Sheard, a former player, has written ‘One Hundred and Fifty Years of Rugby in Barnsley’ – about both rugby union and rugby league in the town. Stuart said: “Barnsley originally was a...

Barnsley man celebrating Wimbledon victory as coach

A BARNSLEY man is celebrating Wimbledon glory this week. Calvin Betton, from New Lodge, is the coach of Henry Patten who won the men’s doubles title in front of a full Centre Court on Saturday. Patten, from Essex, took the title with Finnish player Harri Heliövaara – winning 11-9 in the third set tie-break against an Australian duo. Bretton, 45, said: “It’s a career highlight for me and, because I am not married and haven’t...

Rowland has ‘small chance’ of Formula E title going into final races in London

WHILE his fellow former Penistone Grammar School pupil John Stones just missed out on the Euros title last weekend, motorsport star Oliver Rowland believes he still has an outside chance of taking silverware on Sunday. The 30-year-old from Penistone is currently fifth in the Formula E standings ahead of the double-header in London this weekend which are the final races of the season. He is 36 points off top and 24 behind third so, with...

Rowland completes ‘great’ season with victory in home race

OLIVER Rowland finished the Formula E season with victory in the final race in London, putting him fourth in the overall standings. The Penistone man, who is 31 next month, has enjoyed his best ever season as an individual. He finished on the podium six times and won two races. His team Nissan came third in their championship. Rowland had picked up just a point from the previous four races, having been ill for the...

Aziz stars as Cawthorne defeat Elsecar

Cawthorne ended a five-game losing run with a derby victory at Elsecar who remain last in the Yorkshire Premier South. Michael Jepps (65) and Danish Aziz (73) led Cawthorne to 239 then Aziz took five wickets as Elsecar were all out for 167. Cawthorne moved up two places and are 19 points clear of the relegation zone. Elsecar are 16 points adrift of safety. Barnsley Woolley Miners’ run of three straight league wins ended in...

Vanessa has Olympic dream after English schools silver

A TEENAGER from Barnsley took silver at the English Schools Championships in Birmingham over the weekend. Vanessa Ndambakuwa, who attends Holy Trinity School and runs for Barnsley AC, was representing South Yorkshire in the under 17 200m. The 15-year-old from Grimethorpe ran a personal best of 24.57 – just 0.03 seconds behind the winner. She will now compete for England under 17s this weekend in Wales – her first international event. “I am really, really...

Barnsley Woolley get 3rd straight win but ‘won’t settle for staying up’

BARNSLEY Woolley Miners are delighted with three league wins in a row but say: ‘we won’t settle for staying up.’ After bowling Shiregreen out for 98, the Shaw Laners are now ninth – 15 points clear of the bottom two with ten games left. They had been bottom after nine matches, having hoped to compete for the title this season. Captain Liam Johnson said: “We’re delighted to win three in three. “When we knew we...

Green Moor 17 points clear at top after skittling hosts for 60 in victory

GREEN Moor skittled title rivals Brookhouse for 60 in a seven-wicket Division Seven win. There were three wickets each for Harry Airstone, Joe White and Jake Sharp. Leaders Green Moor are now 17 points clear of second-placed Brookhouse. Darfield won by 55 runs at Elsecar 2nd XI in Division One. Jabari Mills hit 75 off 61 balls with six fours and five sixes in Darfield’s 205 then Saman Khursheed took six wickets and Joe Stickland...

Karate coach John given 8th dan belt on birthday

KARATE coach John Tumman this week joined his father by being awarded an ‘eighth dan’ black belt by the English Karate Federation on his 60th birthday. John, who has been involved in the sport for more than half a century and runs Shaw Lane-based Barnsley Karate Centre, was presented the award by his dad Jed, 87, who is also an eighth dan. The highest belt you can be awarded in karate is tenth dan. Tumman...

Hoylandswaine back on top after international action for pair

HOYLANDSWAINE have gone back to the top of the Huddersfield Premiership while some of their players have been involved in international cricket. Ben Kohler-Cadmore has been playing for Germany in qualifiers for the 2026 Twenty20 World Cup while Pakistan international Kamran Ghulam has been playing for his country’s A team in Australia. Ghulam is Swaine’s overseas player this season. He has played just six times and only been dismissed once, scoring 244 runs. Kohler-Cadmor

Wins for Rycroft, Dodworth and Dearne

RYCROFT Hammers rugby league team won 30-10 home to Guiseley Rangers in Yorkshire Division Six. It was a third win of the season and left them sixth out of eight with six points from nine games. Dodworth MW won 18-10 at Upton in Division Three. They remain second, behind leaders Bramley Buffaloes on points difference, having won nine and lost one of their ten games. They have four games left including a potential title-decider at...

Physio Ian set for fourth Olympics as part of Team GB medical staff in Paris

A BARNSLEY man will be part of the medical staff supporting Team GB at the Paris Olympics which start later this month. Dr Ian Horsley works both for the UK Sports Institute, based in Sheffield, as ‘athlete health lead’, and also as clinical director of Back in Action Rehabilitation in Wakefield. The 58-year-old, who was brought up in Royston and now lives in Silkstone Common, previously worked with the England rugby union team during the...

Wombwell Town’s ground getting makeover

WOMBWELL Town Football Club’s ground is receiving a council-funded makeover. The ongoing works include redecoration and damp-proofing of the clubhouse, electrical works, improvements to the toilets and installation of a new decking area. It is part of the council’s principal towns and local centres programme, which aims to enhance community facilities around the borough. Town play in the Northern Counties East League, having been promoted from the County Senior League last

70 take on Barnsley RC’s 80-mile race around borough

BARNSLEY Road Club staged the Yorkshire Black Diamond Sportive as part of their centenary year. Seventy riders travelled to Barnsley, some from as far afield as London, then set off from Woolley cricket ground. The route closely followed the Barnsley Boundary Footpath by road. It covered more than 80 miles with more than 6000 feet of climbing – about the same as climbing Scafel Pike twice. “I’d like to send a huge thank you to...

Wath out of drop zone

WATH moved out of the SYL Championship relegation zone with a three-run win at home to second-placed Ackworth. Wath defended 124 with Shawn Hopkins taking three for 20 off 12 overs. The visitors were 79 for two then slipped to 88 for seven but got to within six of the target before losing the final three wickets for three runs. Houghton Main’s 236 was not enough in a four-wicket loss at Whiston. Zaki Anjam made...

Third straight win for Barnsley

Barnsley Woolley Miners made it three league wins in a row after bowling Shiregreen out for 98. Oliver Jackson took five for 20 then Barnsley recovered from 33 for five to win with no further loss thanks to Ali Jahangir’s 44 not out. The Shaw Laners are now ninth, 15 points clear of the bottom two. Danish Aziz scored his first hundred for Cawthorne but they lost by a wicket at home to Cleethorpes. ...

Barnsley hunt 3rd straight win and face Cawthorne in quarter-final

BARNSLEY Woolley Miners will look for a third straight league win on Saturday before a cup quarter-final against neighbours Cawthorne on Sunday. The Shaw Laners recorded a second successive win and moved out of the relegation zone, replaced by beaten hosts Treeton. They now take on another bottom half side in Shiregreen before hosting Cawthorne in the quarter-finals of the K3 Dental Cup. Captain Liam Johnson said: “We identified this run of three games as...

Richard qualifies for World Championships

RICHARD Price, of Barnsley AC, qualified for the World Standard Distance Triathlon Championships. He was competing in the Woodhorn Museum Standard Triathlon at Queen Elizabeth II Country Park, which was the qualifying event. He automatically qualified by finishing second in his over50 men’s age group. He completed the 1.5k swim in 22-37, the 46k bike ride in 1-15-10 and 9.6k run in 40-33 for an overall time of 2-20-10.

Dodworth put 64 past All Blacks but Dearne suffer first defeat of season

DODWORTH MW rugby league side won 64-4 at home to New Earswick All Blacks to stay in their promotion hunt. Dodworth have won eight and lost one of their nine Yorkshire Division Three games this season, and are second behind Bramley Buffaloes on points difference. They are now due to visit Upton on Saturday. Dearne Valley Bulldogs suffered their first defeat of the season as they went down 36-6 at Lindley St Joseph’s in Yorkshire...

Reds fan Ben official Team GB artist in Paris

WHILE there are not thought to be any Barnsley people in Team GB for this summer’s Olympics, Reds fan and artist Ben Mosley will be based with them throughout the summer. He will be the official team artist – painting live every day at Team GB House, their hospitality and entertainment venue at Pavillon d’Armenonville from July 26 to August 11. He will produce a series of paintings that will be exhibited before being sold...

Century-maker Scott carries bat in victory for Darfield

WILL Scott carried his bat with 102 not out in Darfield’s home win over Wickersley in South Yorkshire League Division One. Josh Care added 50 off 34 balls in Darfield’s 228 then Jabari Mills took four wickets and Liam Hague three as Wickersley were restricted to 177. Darfield are second, four points off top spot, with ten games left. Elliot Freeborough scored 115 off 84 balls in Dearne’s win at Brookhouse in Division Nine. Freeborough hit...

Lilley stars in cup win

ARRON Lilley rescued Hoylandswaine with a rapid century as they chased 239 at Almondbury Wesleyans in the Sykes Cup. Lilley - who played for Leicestershire and Lancashire - hit nine sixes and seven fours in his 118 off 83 balls. J Seddon cleared the ropes five times in his 74 off 59 balls, as Swaine recovered from 24 for four. Abdul Ameer had taken three wickets. Hoylandswaine had suffered their first league defeat of the...

Barnsley out of bottom two

Barnsley recorded a second successive win and moved out of the Yorkshire Premier South relegation zone, replaced by beaten hosts Treeton. The Shaw Laners chased 226 with eight wickets and more than 19 overs left. Owen Smith hit 83 off 60 balls with 11 fours and three sixes then Sheryaar Ali made 71 not out off 66. Adam Copley had taken three wickets. Bottom club Elsecar lost at home to Tickhill. Samarpit Joshi made...

Barnsley Tennis Club celebrating four promotions

WITH the Wimbledon championships drawing to a conclusion this weekend, Barnsley Tennis Club are also celebrating a successful season. The town club has nine teams competing in either the Sheffield and District or Wakefield League, with 44 players. The men’s B and D teams, the women’s first team and mixed first team all won promotion. Vice chairman John Gregson said: “Barnsley Tennis Club is simply a wonderful place to be at the moment. “There is...

Bretton win in league but lose cup semi-final

WEST Bretton chased 241 with three wickets and 11 balls left at Knottingley Town in the Pontefract League Premier Division. Jake Chapman made 70 off 55 balls with eight fours and four sixes, after Anthony Scully took three wickets. Bretton then lost by seven wickets at Frickley in the Skidmore Cup semi-final. George Naylor made 56 in Bretton’s 147. Darton were skittled for 85 in a six-wicket loss at home to Fenwick in the Championship. Stainborough...

Houghton sink to bottom

Houghton Main slipped into last place after wins for Wath and Rockingham. Rockingham posted 235 then restricted Doncaster Town 2nd XI to 190. Wath chased 176 for a five-wicket win at Barnsley Woolley 2nd XI. Ben Cherry made 66 for Barnsley and Wath’s Shawn Hopkins took three wickets. Houghton’s 174 was not enough in an eight-wicket loss at home to Hallam. Riaz Khan made 60.

No Barnsley athletes at Olympics after sprinter misses out

BARNSLEY looks set to have no athletes at the Olympic Games this summer after sprinter Joe Ferguson’s dreams of reaching Paris ended this week. The 24-year-old from Darton finished seventh in the 200m final of the British Championships in Manchester, having taken silver the previous two years. His time of 21.1 was almost a second down on his personal best and well short of the qualifying time for Paris, while he needed to finish in...

Dempsey returns from injury with victory at Metrodome

DEMPSEY Wale took the first step towards getting his career back on course last Friday night. The unbeaten Brampton fighter suffered a shoulder injury last year which has kept him out of action for 11 months. He made his ring return at the Metrodome last week and outpointed Mexico’s Ramiro Garcia Lopez 40-36. The 27-year-old now has 11 straight wins as a professional. Dad and trainer Mick Wale said: “It was a steady four-rounder but...

Schoolgirls beat Sheffield to win Yorkshire cup final

BARNSLEY Schoolgirls under 12s won the Yorkshire Federation Cup with a 2-1 victory over Sheffield. They bounced backed from losing the National Final the previous week, despite being 1-0 down at half-time in the second final. Harlow Sylvester-Bedford levelled then Lily Clarke secured the 2-1 win. Manager Jon Bedford said: “The girls have had a fantastic season, finishing as runners-up in the league and the National Final. “We got what we deserved in this final...

4 sets of teenage brothers play in victory

FOUR sets of brothers appeared for Barnsley Woolley Miners as they won by 107 runs at Monk Bretton in Division Three West of the Barnsley Sunday League. The brothers are Freddie and Harry Egginton, Max and Oliver Heseltine, Hayden and Finlay Parker-Wake and Vinnie and Freddie Chapman. All are aged 18 or under while Hayden is only 13. Oliver Heseltine hit 94 off 63 balls with 19 fours then Freddie Chapman added 56 in Barnsley’s 241....

Rowland title chances hit by illness

OLIVER Rowland’s chances of winning the Formula E title are all but over after illness ruled him out of the latest meeting. The 30-year-old from Penistone experienced dizziness and nausea last week while preparing for the penultimate meeting of the season in Portland, USA. Rowland - who has been competing near the top of the standings all season - was unable to race and dropped down a place to fifth. He is 36 points off...

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Barnsley FC Open Day 1999

DO you recongise anyone in these pictures? OPEN DAY: With the release of the fixtures the excitement ahead of the new season starts to build. We have gone back in time to unearth these images from the club’s open day in 1999. New signings Kevin Austin and former England international Geoff Thomas were there to sign autographs for supporters.

Callum Simpson fight sold out in ‘record breaking’ time

CALLUM Simpson’s British and Commonwealth super middleweight title fight at Oakwell in August sold out in a record-breaking 48 hours. The Barnsley boxer will fight current champion Zak Chelli at the stadium on August 3. Simpson - who is a regular at Oakwell as a fan and has been brought out onto the pitch after winning previous belts - has won all 14 of his professional fights, ten by knockout. Chelli, 26, has had 18...

Winners: Barnsley AC’s Scott Hinchcliffe and Eleanor Baker. Pictures: Seth Rose.

Barugh Green pair win men’s and women’s races at Barnsley 10k

MORE than 1,000 runners took part in the all-new Barnsley 10k on Sunday, with people from Barugh Green winning both the men’s and women’s races. The race, which has been set-up this year in homage to the town’s history as a hub of road running in the UK, went through Barnsley town centre, Wilthorpe and Redbrook, before looping back around at the Claycliffe road area. Barnsley AC’s Eleanor Baker – a 19-year-old with hopes of...

Roses 2nd XI action in Barnsley

BARNSLEY Woolley Miners’ Shaw Lane ground hosted Yorkshire 2nd XI this week. The white rose county were playing Lancashire in two Twenty20 friendlies on Tuesday. South African international Donovan Ferreira, Yorkshire’s overseas player for the Twenty20 Blast, hit 114 off 51 balls in the first game which Yorkshire won, before losing the second match. Teenager Owen Smith, who has come through the youth system at Shaw Lane, opened the batting for Yorkshire and made scores...

Barnsley hope derby victory is turning point in relegation battle

BARNSLEY Woolley Miners hope their local derby at home to Elsecar will be a turning point in their battle against relegation from the ECB Yorkshire Premier South. It was a second league victory of the season for the Shaw Laners who are level on points with new bottom side Elsecar with a better net run-rate. They are the two teams in the relegation zone and seven points off safety with the halfway point of the...

Monk Bretton motorbike racer picking up points

MOTORBIKE racer Matty Whelan has made a fast start to the Pirelli National Superstock Championships having picked up points in each race this season - but he’s under no illusion that he’s punching well above his weight. The 26-year-old construction manager from Dodworth began racing competitively in 2015 and hasn’t looked back. But he admits there was a time he came close to stopping racing due to the financial pressures the sport places on its...

Dempsey secures win number eleven

Brampton boxer Dempsey Wale extended his winning record to eleven as he saw off tough Mexican Ramiro Garcia Lopez on Friday night. Wale had been on the sidelines for 11 months after sustaining a shoulder injury sparring. He described the lay-off as 'hellish' but shook off some rust against Lopez at the Metrodome. Referee John Latham handed Wale the victory with a 40-36 decision. Wale kept shape and composure well over the four rounds and...

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