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Ulverston orienteers lose British Schools title despite strong showing
ULVERSTON Victoria High School surrendered their British Schools Orienteering Champions title last weekend as Lancaster Girls Grammar School ended a decade of domination by the south Cumbrians. Ulverston had navigated their way to the title
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Rugby - Nuns silence Black and Ambers
KENDAL RUFC went down 23-16 at Nuneaton in their National League 2 North game, picking up a losing bonus-point against the third-from-bottom side. "It was a disappointing result for us and we should have done better against them," said Kendal
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New five year strategy for South Lakeland District Council
SOUTH Lakeland District Council hopes to develop a closer relationship with communities as part of a new five-year strategy. In light of budget cuts, SLDC will look at how it can reduce costs and work in new ways enabling communities and organisations
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Voorts View - Positively tropical Nuns hold out hope
KENDAL coach Ian Voortman gives his view of the week's events at Mint Bridge. THIS spell of bad weather has been pretty testing for all involved at our club. On the playing front,it has been a struggle to maintain the intensity at training with
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Rugby - Skipper Gore out for eight weeks after knee op
KENDAL will be without their skipper Gareth Gore for at least eight weeks. Welshman Gore goes into hospital on Friday for a minor knee operation. The lock-forward is a key lineout jumper for the Black and Ambers, but there was good news for the Kendal
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Badminton - Branthwaite bounce into title picture
BIG wins for Branthwaite against bottom of the table Strickland (18-0) and Arnside (12-6) put them back into the Westmorland Badminton League title race. However, they had to settle for a share of the spoils when they played Kendal in a depleted programme
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Badminton - Mixed fortunes in fading finish
CUMBRIA 1 sought to avenge a heavy defeat at the hands of Nottingham 2 in the Inter-County Championships at Carlisle. It start well for the hosts with Rae Lamour and Jackie Sewell ensuring it was 2-2 after the singles . Although Cumbria won only once
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Cyclocross - Riders defy snow at Brockhole
AFTER a week of plummeting temperatures and heavy snowfall the decision to run or cancel the WHEELBASE North of England CycloCross Championships was a close call, but guarantees from the Lake District National Park that Brockhole would be open
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Table Tennis - Ibis signal warning of title intent
FOUR of the top five teams in Division 1 of the Kendal and District League locked horns this week. One side hoping to regain the Division 1 championship after many years of domination are Ibis, who met fourth-placed Natland A. Natland stormed out
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Angling - Expert to pass on rare skills
A FLY dresser of international repute will be at the Lakeland Fly Dressers' Guild's Fly Tying Classes in the New Year. Paul Little will be taking the advanced class instructing on salmon and sea trout flies at the Lakeland Fly Dressers' Guild's
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Motor Sport - Top karting team sign up Josh
FORMULA 1 star Lewis Hamilton famously started his racing career in karting and 11-year-old Josh Smith has shown enough star potential for one of the top Kart Racing Teams in the UK to sign him up. Josh joins 2010 British champions Fusion Motorsport
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Cross Country - Juniors keep up pace on Liverpool beat
FROSTY conditions resulted in fast times when Kendal AAC's Mid-Lancs cross country runners competed on the same bill as the UKA Cross Challenge,and the European selection races in Liverpool's Sefton Park. The U11s was the largest field the
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Ashy's Angle - Cold snap makes loan deals difficult
WE didn’t lose any ground with the Worksop game being called off last Saturday as the rest of the league programme was wiped out. There was no chance of the game going ahead really and even games in the Premier League and Championship fell to the weather
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Orienteering - Boys books ticket to World Championships
A SUPERB display from the Ulverston Victoria High School boys team at the British Schools’ Orienteering Championships has earned them a call up to the World School Championships. The championships will be held in Primiero near Trentino, Italy
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Car damaged in Milnthorpe
DAMAGE of £350 has been caused to a parked car in Milnthorpe. The driver’s side door was damaged and the front windscreen of a grey Renault Clio was smashed while it was parked on the B6385 between Milnthorpe and Crooklands. Police believe the damage
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Kendal Town to face Ambleside United on Tuesday
Kendal Town will play Ambleside United in a friendly on Tuesday evening at the Lakeland Radio Stadium. After a lengthy stretch without a game, due to the snow and Arctic temperatures, Kendal Town will face the West Lancashire League outfit in both sides
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Radio campaign offers help to victims of domestic abuse
A RADIO campaign is urging victims of domestic abuse in Lancashire to seek help this Christmas. The shocking advert depicts a young child speaking about how he likes to give his mother flowers at Christmas but that the only way he can do this is to put
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Running - Langdale Pudding Runs cancelled and other sport off
THE Great Langdale 10k Christmas Pudding Runs on Saturday and Sunday have both been cancelled due to the inclement weather and the state of the course, says organiser Rod Berry. A website statement from the organisers reads: "After a very difficult
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The show goes on for Kendal Midday Concert Club
KENDAL Midday Concert Club has announced a successor for ‘star player’ Elizabeth Howe, who retires as artists’ secretary in March. Distinguished engineer and lecturer John Hiley, who plays violin in Lakeland Sinfonia Orchestra, steps in, much to the
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Tool thefts in North Yorkshire
NORTH Yorkshire Police are appealing for information about two thefts which they believe may be linked. Between 5.30pm on Thursday (December 9) and 7:45am on Friday (December 10) a Citroen Relay van parked in a lay-by on Reebys Lane, Bentham had its
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Young scribes can still enter Anne Pierson Award
BUDDING young scribes still have time to pen a short piece of descriptive prose, a poem or a monlogue and enter the 2011 Anne Pierson Award for young writers. The theme for this year is Home, and as well as the £400 first prize, £200 for each of the
