Recently added articles from Pocklington Post (Pocklington, England):
Richard's date with the Queen.
Jul 01, 2008 ... POCKLINGTON'S town clerk will be having tea and cake with the Queen next month, in recognition of his work during last year's floods. Richard Wood, pictured, has been invited to the Queen's Garden Party at Buckingham Palace. He was nominated for the privileged ...
Rainbows need a new leader.
Jul 03, 2008 ... POCKLINGTON Rainbows need a new leader. The group joined in the national celebrations to mark the organisation's 21st birthday but the future of the group looks bleak. Pocklington has three Brownie units, two Guide units and a Ranger group plus the Rainbows. Rainbows ...
'Come clean about sex abuse'.
Jul 04, 2008 ... A SOLICITORS' firm leading an investigation into an alleged abuse scandal that could be the worst ever seen in Britain, has accused those who ran the former boys' home in Market Weighton of blocking the case. There are more than 160 claims by former residents of St William's ...
Man's shop swap plan wins support.
Jul 07, 2008 ... PROPOSALS to turn a Fangfoss shop and office into housing and a workshop have been backed by East Riding councillors against planning officers' recommendations. The amended scheme at the Rocking Horse Shop on Main Street was approved by the authority's planning committee. ...
Time to sing praises of church facelift.
Jul 07, 2008 ... A MUSIC concert will take place this weekend to mark more than 12 years' restoration of a village church. Ellerton Priory Church will host Music Divine on Sunday - its first ever summer musical extravaganza. Ellerton Church Preservation Trust has spent the years ...
Cash boost spells more work at hall.
Jul 07, 2008 ... VILLAGERS backing the restoration of Shiptonthorpe old hall are celebrating after securing funding of almost [pounds sterling]10,000. The grant was awarded by the National Lottery initiative designed to help local groups, Awards for All. It will be used to make the ...
Fire tragedy: final farewell to pals.
Jul 07, 2008 ... MOURNERS attended the funerals of two boys this week who died in a garage fire. Friends and family were in attendance at All Saints' Church in Holme-on-Spalding Moor to say a farewell to pals Daniel Allan and Ryan Steels. The 14-year-olds died following an ...
Driver's [pounds sterling]1m pay-out bid.
Jul 07, 2008 ... A lorry driver is suing one of the country's biggest building companies for almost [pounds sterling]1 million after fracturing his ankle on one of its sites at Market Weighton. David Hargreaves, 44, has demanded the sum from Barratt Developments after the accident on June 27, ...
Pock autograss drivers on the money at Hunmanby 'dash for cash' meeting.
Jul 07, 2008 ... POCKLINGTON and district's abundance of young race-winning drivers continued their winning ways at the two-day 'dash for cash' meeting hosted by Scarborough Autograss Club at Hunmanby. Robert Drake celebrated his 15th birthday in style by winning his junior final with a mature ...
Runners at Rainton and Humber Bridge half marathon.
Jul 07, 2008 ... ONCE again Pocklington Runners were out and about last Sunday with runners at both the Rainton 10Km and the Humber Bridge Half Marathon, both sets of runners returning home with some excellent times. At the Rainton 10Km Road Race near Thirsk, the only Runner was Steve Fletcher ...
Barmby Moor Angling Club.
Jul 07, 2008 ... Match three of the Barmby Moor Angling Club 2008 match series was contested at Raker Lakes in Wheldrake. Luke Dane capitalized after drawing a favoured corner peg by offering floating bread at 17 metres, taking carp to 6lb finishing the day with 46lb 4oz. Steve ...
Pock lads help Cranswick U11s to Brid tournament victory.
Jul 07, 2008 ... FOUR young soccer players from Pocklington - and one from Bugthorpe village - were celebrating after helping Hutton Cranswick Tigers Under 11s to a sparkling victory in a recent Bridlington tournament. A big crowd were well entertained by the Tigers who looked a class above the ...
Woodhouse prevail in 'clash of the titans'.
Jul 07, 2008 ... THE clash of the National Village Cup 'titans' which saw Woodhouse Grange, 2007 National Village champions, pitted against the previous winners Houghton Main, went the way of the current holders as Woodhouse held onto their hopes of repeat cup glory when they won by 32 runs in a match ...
Seconds gain a welcome win.
Jul 07, 2008 ... POCKLINGTON 2nds got a welcome win when they defeated fellow strugglers New Earswick by 111 runs, picking up 30 welcome points in a Division 5a game. J Uttley top scored for Pock with 61 and A ...
Homing Society results.
Jul 07, 2008 ... NINE members of Pocklington Homing Society sent 85 birds to Reed. Result: 1 Mr & Mrs R Brumby 1428.26; 2 M Etherington 1417.44; 3 D Carlton & Sons 1416.36; 4 Mr & Mrs R ...
Park's purple patch has turned to grey.
Jul 07, 2008 ... LONDESBOROUGH Park's recent purple patch has rather faded to grey over the last fortnight as a trip to Selby produced a low-scoring game and little reward. On a pitch renowned for variable bounce, skipper Charlie Rook invited the hosts to pit their wits against the Division's ...
What a difference another twenty runs would have made to Pock.
Jul 07, 2008 ... On Saturday Pocklington 1st team were at home to fellow division one strugglers Crayke. Both teams were hoping to take something away from the game that was kindly sponsored by B J Fennell Insurance Brokers. The afternoon started promisingly for the home team when, ...
POCKLINGTON EVENING CRICKET LEAGUE.
Jul 07, 2008 ... POCKLINGTON AND DISTRICT EVENING CRICKET LEAGUE 2008 Results - 23 June Ellerton 79-3 (G Nesbitt 28, D Chaplin 23no) v Bishop Wilton 77 (K Smith 27, I Underwood 3-10) Fridaythorpe 86 v Barmby Moor 133-1 North Dalton v Pocklington - 2pts to North ...
Bridge are showing real Premier Division quality.
Jul 07, 2008 ... Stamford Bridge 1st XI have turned pre-season predictions on their heads so far but were looking at the current string of matches as ones that would be tough: with Dunnington last week and Woodhouse and Thirsk to face in the coming weeks they took on another top side in Clifton Alliance on ...
Disastrous day for Woodhouse Woodhouse.
Jul 07, 2008 ... Saturday saw a disastrous League programme as all three Woodhouse teams suffered defeats. The first XI were inserted on a wet and under prepared wicket at Acomb and lost their unbeaten record as Dave Sykes ran through them with 8-23. After collapsing to 5-5 and 6-7 a minor ...
