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Pock School jump into third
Pocklington School’s team came third in a national show jumping competition.
Field success for pupils
Three Pocklington students represented the school in the East Riding Athletics trials, held last week.
Woodhouse stay on top
Woodhouse Grange 243-7 (Hadfield 55, Young 54)
Alne 146-6 (Young 2-33)
Woodhouse Grange, visitors to a Lord’s final on four occasions, made the first positive step in the 2012 Yorkshire Tea National Village Cup on Sunday when they defeated Alne by 97 runs.
Solid batting by Pocklington
Malton and Old Malton 76-6 (Downey 3-9)
Pocklington 190-6 (Inns 56)
Pocklington travelled to Malton and Old Malton on Saturday to take the better of a draw (25 points) against their hosts.
Football
Scorpions secure trophy
Stamford Bridge Scorpions, sponsored by Direct Tile Importers, secured a perfect end to the season by winning the York RI five-a-side tournament. It was no less than the Scorpions deserved after an excellent second half to the season.
Pock awards night
Pocklington Town FC held their annual dinner and presentation evening at the KP Club last Friday, 18 May for all the club’s senior sides.
National Sport
Murray passes early French test
Andy Murray was content with his start to what he hopes will be another long run at the French Open.
Tuilagi free to play for England
England coach Stuart Lancaster will head for South Africa with fresh cause for optimism after Manu Tuilagi's citing charge was dismissed and fly-half Toby Flood proved his fitness.
Bans for Warriors-Saints brawl
Three players sent off in the Wigan-St Helens derby have been handed bans totalling six matches.
Martin out for season
Hull have confirmed that veteran centre Tony Martin will miss the rest of the season with a ruptured Achilles tendon.
Razzano stuns Serena
Serena Williams was dumped out in the first round of the French Open as unseeded home hope Virginie Razzano served up one of the biggest shocks in Roland Garros history.
Cricket
Melbourne finally play some cricket
York Vale League
Melbourne 155-5 (Woodfine 3-36, Bielby 2-37)
Stillingfleet 156-2 (Muirhead 63)
Cricket legends back Pock
The draw for the first Pocklington six-a-side tournament took place at Lord’s on the second day of the first Test against the West Indies. First team skipper Matt Atkinson travelled to Lord’s to meet with two legends of the game, Gladstone Small and Colin Croft, to draw the teams.
Resounding win for Stamford seconds
Stamford Bridge Second XI 197-7
Whitkirk Second XI 66 (Pimlott 5-23, Healy 3-11)
Stamford Bridge second XI travelled away to Leeds to play Whitkirk and came away with a resounding win built around a fine unbeaten 79 from Dr Roddy Vann and a five-wicket haul from captain Ollie Pimlott.
Umpire required
Pocklington Cricket Club’s second team is looking for an umpire to officiate in their games in the York Senior League division six on Saturday afternoons.
U13s show character
Pocklington CC Under-13s defeated Drax in their second match of the season and showed a lot of character in doing so.
Rugby
Under-11s go on tour
Pocklington Under-11s’ rugby tour to Blackpool saw them playing against some local teams at Preston Grasshoppers.
Entertaining end to 2011-12 season
Pocklington.....................................................................58
President’s XV..................................................................0
After a well-contested first half, Pocklington’s strength and stamina overwhelmed the President’s men in the second period as they pulled away to a comprehensive victory.
Pocklington RUFC season review
Pocklington first XV’s second successive league championship title capped an outstanding season for the club.
Minis’ presentation day
Pocklington Under-8s’ final season of tag rugby concluded on Sunday 29 April with the Minis section presentation.
President’s clash brings down the curtain on season
Pocklington first XV bring down the close on another marvellous season when they play their annual President’s XV game at Percy Road on Sunday (kick off 2pm).
Other Sports
Close games for Bubwith
Bubwith tennis club’s mixed first team had a good result this week with a win away to Poppleton, the final score was 56-52. Liz Bramley and Jon Longthorp top scored with 23 games.
Stamina challenge for runners
The second leg of the YDRRL 10K series of races took place in Tadcaster on a cool and, largely, dry evening. The course includes a couple of steep hills which challenged the season stamina of the 233 runners.
Walker keeps on jumping
Fourteen-year-old Chelsea Walker from Shiptonthorpe did really well at the English Schools Combined Championships at Exeter, coming seventh out of the whole of the UK.
Sunshine for Sutton
After a quiet week for Sutton upon Derwent tennis club, with most fixtures cancelled due to the wet weather, the second mixed team played at home on Wednesday night in the sunshine against Appleton Roebuck.
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Weather for Pocklington
Wednesday 30 May 2012
Today
Light showers
Temperature: 13 C to 21 C
Wind Speed: 8 mph
Wind direction: West
Tomorrow
Light showers
Temperature: 11 C to 18 C
Wind Speed: 13 mph
Wind direction: North west
