Ilkley Cycling Club scored a memorable team win in the 2011 Otley Two Stage Hill Climb race on Saturday. The hill climb season usually means wind, rain and cold, but, despite being October, it felt like summer. Stage One saw the riders
Ben Rhydding Ladies 7 Harrogate Ladies 0 Ben Rhydding turned up the heat as they scorched to an emphatic North Premier League win in the sunshine on Saturday. Once they got into their stride they stretched their opponents
lkley coach Rhys Morgan is set to have to make more changes to his back division for Saturday’s home clash with Yorkshire Division One leaders Driffield. Injuries and unavailabilities mean that he will have to make tough choices and he admits
The 19th Ilkley Triathlon organised by Leeds and Bradford Triathlon Club again proved to be a big hit. The early conditions were cool and damp and brightened up in the afternoon. Among the early starters were Team Awesome, made up of members of the
Timperley 3 Ben Rhydding Men’s 1sts 4 Ben Rhydding won an ugly and at times vicious match which saw their opponents have three players sent off. The result means that Ben Rhydding are joint top of the North Premier League. They
Heath 16 Ilkley 13 It was a case of so near, yet so far for Ilkley on Saturday, as they left West Vale with only a solitary bonus point from a nip-and-tuck encounter. Under a cloudless sky and in temperatures more accustomed to cricket
Rothwell FC 3 Ilkley Town 1 Unbeaten league leaders Rothwell FC were given a mighty scare by an Ilkley Town side that was without eight regulars. It was to their credit that they played with determination and tenacity as they helped banish the memory
125 years ago – 1886 The annual prizes, given by the gentlemen and tradesmen of Guiseley and district, were competed for on the Burley Company’s range, on Saturday last. The day was a favourable one for shooting. The first prize was won by Sergt
Forward-thinking charity organisations which create a lasting difference to communities in the district are invited to apply for grants of up to £50,000 from the Gannett Foundation. Funds are awarded twice a year to registered charities from
Olympics chiefs have been urged to give more media passes to local and regional newspapers for the 2012 London Games. It follows a campaign launched by editors of Newsquest titles including the Ilkley Gazette and Wharfedale and Aireborough Observer,
Kelda Water services will no doubt be bracing itself for reaction to its latest plan to replace obsolete turbines at Chelker Reservoir. By the end of this week the firm is expected to have submitted its third planning application. This time it is for
A milkman with a lotta bottle has been named among the top five in the country, thanks to recommendations from his loyal customers. Andrew Thorpe, 39, was among the finalists who went to the head offices of dairy industry body Dairy UK in London last
Budding movie-makers are celebrating after their work was chosen for screening at one of the country’s biggest film festivals. And it was another success for media studies students at Ilkley Grammar School, which had more successful entries into the
Dozens of brides-to-be and their familes are set to attend a major wedding fair on Sunday. More than 25 exhibitors have signed up for the Ilkley Gazette and Wharfedale and Aireborough Observer wedding fair which is being held at Denton Hall, Denton,
A man described as “the world’s greatest living explorer’ got one of the country’s biggest literature festivals off to a fine start The description of Sir Ranulph Fiennes came from the Guinness Book of World Records and he was in West Yorkshire to talk
A free preview of a new musical due to premiere in Ilkley next year is coming to Ilkley Playhouse tonight. The Wharfeside Theatre will be the venue for a performance of excerpts from the musical Maurice And His Educated Rodents, an adaptation of Terry
Artwork by children at a Burley-in-Wharfedale School was recently exhibited alongside work by a notable amateur artist. Children at the independent Ghyll Royd School have been learning from Bob Prosser, the grandfather of one of the pupils, Mr Prosser
A water company has reduced the height of proposed wind turbines by five metres in its latest bid to replace obsolete turbines at the scenic Chelker Reservoir. Kelda Water Services, a Yorkshire Water sister firm, is expected to submit its third planning
