Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Carlisle Utd fans won the Colchester game for us - Price

Carlisle Utd action photo

Debut hero Jason Price launched his Carlisle United career in style – and then said the stunning comeback win over Colchester was all down to the fans.

Win tickets to the Johnstone's Paint Trophy final at Wembley

Trophy photo The Johnstone’s Paint Trophy is forming a formidable partnership with The Cumberland News to give away five pairs of tickets for the eagerly awaited Johnstone’s Paint Trophy final on Sunday, March 28.

Junior soccer

Plucky Penrith beat Colts in tight trophy thriller

Penrith 2 Castletown Colts 1: After a lean spell with few games played recently because of the wintry weather, both teams were more than happy to fit in an extra game and get some match practice in a cup competition at Frenchfield.

Rugby union

Keswick hammered by rampant St Benedict's

Rugby union action photo St Benedict’s 66 Keswick 13: St Benedict's produced their most impressive performance of the season when they hammered Keswick 66-13 in North Lancs Cumbria at Newlands.

Amateur football

Paul heads Penrith to seventh victory in a row

South Shields 0 Penrith 1: Willie Paul’s first half header was enough to give Penrith a seventh consecutive victory as they beat a poor South Shields side 1-0 at Filtrona Park in Northern League Division One.

Motorsport

Hundreds of volunteers helped make Malcolm Wilson rally a success

Rally photo At last weekend’s Malcolm Wilson Rally, I estimate over 200 volunteers were running the one-day rally.

Angling latest

Carlisle team awaits Super Cup second-round draw

A team from Carlisle and District Coarse Angling Club won their way through to the second round of the UK’s biggest club angling competition, the Angling Times Super Cup, at Copthorne Lakes, near Preston, on Sunday.

Riders look forward to big shows in Cumbria

Cumbrian affiliated riders can look forward to home-based action over the next few weeks with the Solway Masters Senior Show at Blackdyke on Sunday, then Greenlands has a Junior show on March 6 and a senior event the following week.

Wrestling returning to Carlisle Racecourse

After a long lapse, Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling is returning this year to Carlisle Racecourse, twice.

Bowls latest

Cumbria trio miss out on triples final glory

Bowls trio photo After a disappointing start when almost every Cumbria representative went down at the first hurdle there was at last some good news when Cindy Edmondson, Janice Gower and Karen Edmondson came through their first round triples game against Clevedon 26-10.

Golf latest

Cumbrian teen golf ace eyeing north of England squad place

Kieran Waters photo Dedicated teenager Kieran Waters hasn’t packed his golf clubs away in a cupboard this winter – as he wants to keep his game sharp for an important year ahead.

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