Wharfedale Observer: Sports news in Wharfedale and all around West Yorkshire

Ilkley tournament nets new sponsor

11:33am Thursday 23rd May 2013

Ilkley Lawn Tennis and Squash Club have found a new sponsor for their premier grass-court tennis tournament.

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New Brownlee triathlon is landmark event

11:02am Thursday 23rd May 2013

Bramhope’s world-beating triathlete brothers Alistair and Jonny Brownlee have paired up with the National Trust to host their first ever triathlon this September in their at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal.

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Ilkley's Adams pipped in bid to retain his Jack Bloor Fell Race title

9:43am Thursday 23rd May 2013

The 2012 winner Tom Adams had to settle for second place in last week’s Jack Bloor Fell Race on Ilkley Moor.

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Lions roar to first cup triumph

11:26am Thursday 23rd May 2013

Burley Lions 30 Wetherby Bulldogs 14

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Westville House retain their title

10:24am Thursday 23rd May 2013

Over 90 children from the primary schools in and around the Ilkley area were thrilled to compete in the second annual Jubilee primary schools gala on Tuesday evening.

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Jack Bloor Fell Race full results

9:48am Thursday 23rd May 2013

Comprehensive list of all the finishers and their times.

• Jack Bloor Fell Race report

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Ben Rhydding secure title treble

10:44am Thursday 23rd May 2013

When Olympic swimmer Keri-Anne Payne and Rebecca Adlington left Ben Rhydding Primary School last October, they left the pupils buzzing with aspirational values.

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Lampkin overcomes illness to win title

10:05am Thursday 16th May 2013

Dougie Lampkin has revealed how he has had to battle serious health problems after winning a record seventh Scottish Six Days Trial victory.

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Lampkin wins seventh six-day trial

10:46pm Sunday 12th May 2013

Dougie Lampkin (Gas Gas) continues to rewrite the history books as he rode to an emphatic and record extending seventh win at the Scottish Six Days Trial (SSDT) earlier today.

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Golden return is emotional for Jonathan Brownlee

4:00pm Sunday 12th May 2013

Jonathan Brownlee’s return from injury ended with a gold medal at the Yokohama meeting of the ITU World Triathlon Series, while there was further British success in the women’s race with Jodie Simpson taking third.

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Lampkin leads Scottish Six-day Trial

9:49am Friday 10th May 2013

Dougie Lampkin heads the leaderboard in the Scottish Six Days Trial at Fort William on seven penalties, three ahead of Sam Connor. Alxz Wigg and local ace Gary MacDonald share third place on 14 penalties..

Brownlee starts world series challenge

9:43am Thursday 9th May 2013

Bramhope’s Jonny Brownlee makes a belated entry into this season’s ITU World Series on Saturday.

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Younger Brownlee is raring to go

7:00pm Thursday 9th May 2013

Jonny Brownlee makes a belated start to the defence of his triathlon world title in Yokohama on Saturday.

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Rawdon's Tordoff continues to impress

10:22am Thursday 9th May 2013

Sam Tordoff is in fifth place in the drivers’ championship after three rounds of the British Touring Car Championship.

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Airienteers trio win relay gold

9:34am Thursday 9th May 2013

Three of Airienteers’ most promising youngsters have struck gold at the British Long Distance Championships.

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Crowe seeking Ilkley repeat

5:00pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

Ross Crowe has fond memories of Ilkley where he defends his mi.pins PGA in England & Wales (North) Assistants’ Championship on Friday.

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Montgomerie has no regrets

4:40pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

Ilkley Golf Club life member Colin Montgomerie reflected on his major championship near-misses as he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in Florida.

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Ilkley's White is on the right track

10:41am Thursday 2nd May 2013

Donington Park also proved to be a happy hunting ground for car racing newcomer Josh White who bagged his best finish of the season so far, sixth position in round four, to climb into equal eighth place in the Ginetta Junior Championship.

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Tordoff on a high after latest round of British Touring Car Championship

7:10pm Tuesday 30th April 2013

Rawdon’s Sam Tordoff picked up another three points finishes in the second meeting of the 2013 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) at Donington Park.

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Golden boy Bateson tipped for Games glory

11:36am Thursday 25th April 2013

Otley teenager Jack Bateson is being tipped for Commonwealth Games glory after winning Amateur Boxing Association of England Limited (ABAE) gold for the second year in a row.

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Otley's Matt shines in London Marathon

10:35am Thursday 25th April 2013

Otley AC runner Matt John smashed his personal record to take an impressive 16th place in the Virgin London Marathon with a time of 2:28:01.

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Bramhope's Brownlee trounces his rivals to win in San Diego

10:31am Thursday 25th April 2013

Bramhope’s Alistair Brownlee hadn’t raced an ITU event since the London 2012 Olympic Games, but the gold medallist showed nothing had changed when he led from start to finish in his 13th ITU World Triathlon Series win in San Diego on Saturday.

Battling Otley Town pipped by Saints

11:12am Thursday 25th April 2013

Otley Town 1 Beeston St Anthony’s 2

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Warren and Woodman win rally

10:24am Thursday 25th April 2013

The Ilkley Jubilee Historic Rally and Run took place on Sunday sponsored by KT Green of Bramhope.

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Rob extends Ilkley's winning run

7:39am Thursday 18th April 2013

Ilkley’s Rob Ormrod maintained his club’s excellent early season winning run by taking the Westmorland Tankard Road Race on the gruell- ing Cumbrian Old Hutton Circuit near Kendal last Sunday.

Wharfedale duo in top Euro cycle race

7:00am Thursday 11th April 2013

by Alan Birkinshaw Sports Editor Two of Wharfedale’s talented young professional riders have earned selection for one of Europe’s top races this weekend.

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Ilkley's Church continues fine form

6:00am Thursday 11th April 2013

One of the most prestigious early season cycling events in the North of England, the Circuit of the Dales, took place last weekend.

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Sam shines on touring cars debut

8:26am Thursday 4th April 2013

Super Sam Tordoff made a great debut in the Dunlop MSA Youring Car Championships by securing his maiden podium finish at Brands Hatch at the weekend.

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Adams gallops to Guiseley race win

8:48am Thursday 4th April 2013

Tom Adams continued his excellent run of form to win Sunday’s Guiseley Gallop.

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Ilkley's Hallworth goes it alone to win

8:36am Thursday 4th April 2013

Ben Hallworth’s winning streak continued in Devon at the weekend.

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Guiseley Gallop full results

8:54am Thursday 4th April 2013

All the finisher in Easter Sunday's Guiseley Gallop

• Ilkley's Adams gallops to victory

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Snow problems at all for Harriers duo

11:22am Thursday 28th March 2013

Ilkley Harriers runners Georgia Malir and Henry Heavisides competed in top cross country events in markedly different temperatures on Saturday.

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Golden double for Otley's Marler

11:09am Thursday 28th March 2013

Otley’s Caroline Marler won two gold medals and helped set a world recordfor Great Britain in the European Indoor Masters Championships, in San Sebastian, Spain.

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Otley boxer Bateson in semis

10:58am Thursday 28th March 2013

Otley boxer Jack Bateson has taken another big step towards winning a coveted BAE elite senior champion- ships.

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Ilkley's Hallworth extends winning run

10:41am Thursday 28th March 2013

Ilkley rider Ben Hallworth recorded his third-successive win in Cleveland on Saturday.

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Plain sailing for Menston brothers

10:28am Thursday 21st March 2013

Matthew and Ben Lulham-Robinson, who train and race together at Yorkshire Dales, Otley and Yeadon sailing clubs, will take part in the RYA Youth National Championships at Easter, invol- ving 350 of the country’s best young dinghy racers and wind- surfers.

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Double delight for Ilkley's Hallworth

8:35am Thursday 21st March 2013

Ben Hallworth produced two fantastic winning rides as Ilkley Cycling Club enjoyed a host of successes.

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Lizzie's new role as ambassador

7:30am Thursday 14th March 2013

Otley cycling star Lizzie Armitstead has been given a key role to promote women’s cycling.

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Church lands top award

7:49am Thursday 14th March 2013

Ilkley Cycling Club chairman Katherine Church, above, has landed a top award for her tireless work.

Burley's Thwaites is earning praise

8:27am Thursday 7th March 2013

Burley-in-Wharfedale rider Scott Thwaites has been impressing with his new team.

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Golden boy Brownlee makes winning return

7:33pm Saturday 2nd March 2013

Alistair Brownlee won his first race since the Olympics by breaking the course record at the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon.

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Brownlee all revved up for Abu Dhabi race

9:55pm Thursday 28th February 2013

Bingley Harriers’ gold-medal winning Olympic triathlete Alistair Brownlee got the ‘inside track’ on Yas Marina Circuit ahead of his Arabian Gulf debut on Saturday at the fourth US$230,000 Abu Dhabi International Triathlon.

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Moor success for Adams and Clayton

10:58am Thursday 28th February 2013

Tom Adams was victorious for the second year in a row at the 24th Ilkley Moor fell race.

• Full Ilkley Moor Fell Race results

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Otley's John coasts to victory

10:46am Thursday 28th February 2013

Otley AC’s Matt John romped home in first place in Blackpool's Great North West Half Marathon record- ing both a personal best and the 12th fastest time in the country this year at that distance.

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Harrier Georgia shines in Nationals

10:04am Thursday 28th February 2013

Ilkley Harriers’ rising star Georgia Malir produced another fine performance in the National Cross Country Championships at Herrington Park in Sunderland.

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Olympians and cycle pros test Tour de France route through Wharfedale

10:52am Thursday 21st February 2013

Olympic medallists Alistair and Jonny Brownlee were among hundreds of cyclists who took on part of the testing 2014 Tour de France route on Sunday.

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Brownlees to present cup at RL final

9:57am Thursday 21st February 2013

Bramhope triathlon stars Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, will be the guests of honour at tomorrow night’s 2013 World Club Challenge, Leeds Rhinos v Melbourne Storm.

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Skoda deal for Otley cycle races

9:31pm Thursday 7th February 2013

The Otley cycle races are set for a brighter future after the announce- ment of a major sponsorship deal.

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Ilkley prop's sporting conversion

11:32pm Wednesday 6th February 2013

Move over Vegas, because later this month, Ilkley will be hosting its very own heavyweight title fight, featuring a very local contender.

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Sam Tordoff gets dream drive in British Touring Car Championship

7:20pm Friday 1st February 2013

Rawdon's Sam Tordoff is set to become a motor sport star after stepping up to the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship for 2013.

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