September 2009

Lasting tribute to a true hero

Scunthorpe Telegraph Tuesday 29th September 2009

SCUNTHORPE soldier Cpl Bryan Budd has been honoured with a painting showing him in action on the day he died.

Military artist Stuart Brown was commissioned by the soldier's former comrades in 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment, as a permanent tribute to Cpl Budd.

The former Thomas Sumpter pupil was the first serviceman to receive the Cross posthumously since the Falklands War after being killed at the age of 29 by a stray NATO bullet during a fire fight in Afghanistan in 2006.

Cpl Budd's step father, Trevor Girdham, said: "I think it's a fantastic thing to do, it is unusual but nothing the lads in Three Para do surprises me," he said.

"It will be a real lasting tribute and it shows how highly they thought of him – not everyone has a painting commissioned in their honour."

Mr Brown, the artist who created the powerful image, specialises in military paintings.

Speaking about inspiration for the painting, he said: "Having interviewed some of the 3 Para soldiers that were present during the fire-fight that day, the most powerful image that came to mind was of Cpl Budd rushing forward, alone, to attack the enemy position in order that his injured colleagues could withdraw."

Auld signs seem to be promising

Scunthorpe Telegraph Thursday 24th September 2009

AULD South Yorkshire have taken over as the new pace-setters in division one of the Fallen Hero Scunthorpe Sunday League.

The Keadby team swept into top spot after a 6-3 success at former champions Broughton Town, who got off to a poor start to their league campaign.

Crowle team White Hart, promoted as champions of division two last season, were knocked off top spot as they suffered their first defeat of this campaign, 5-2 at Winteringham.

It was a good result for the home side, who have now taken four points from their opening two games.

Queen Bess hit the biggest score of the day when they thrashed Keadby 14-0.

 
Brigg Servicemen collected their first points of the season with a 2-0 home win against a Bottesford side who have now lost all three of their opening games.

Priory Cobras have gone two points clear at the top of the second division with a 2-1 victory at home to a Rileys team launching their league campaign with a defeat.

Second-placed Bridge Roofing lost ground when they dropped their first points of the season in a 2-2 draw at home to Howden's Lodge who were pleased to get their first point on the board.

Janneys Allstars opened their account in style with a 7-1 away success at Hibaldstow who have now lost all three of their opening games.

There was a similar good start for Ferry Road Club, who were 6-3 winners at home to Queens Park Rovers.

And Baysgarth Old Boys also set off with an encouraging victory in a 3-0 scoreline at Broughton Reserves.

Gunness have taken over at the top of division three, leap-frogging over Lincoln Castle, who they beat 4-2 away.

Howden's Lodge Reserves are also level on six points at the top after inflicting a first defeat of the campaign on Crowle Keys, 3-2.

Fender Talbot bounced back after their opening day defeat to win 4-0 at Barnetby.

In division four, second-placed Chaplins dropped their first point in four games when they were held 1-1 by Pepperells Reserves.

AFC Mallard recorded a crushing 12-0 triumph at home to Duffs Dynamoes, while Valley View stayed third in the table after beating bottom-placed Queensway 4-1.

Bottesford Reserves have opened up a three-point lead at the top of division five after a 3-1 victory at Priory Cobras Reserves.

MFM Academicals lost ground when they were beaten 2-0 at home by Jolly Miller, who have now won both their opening games.

Appleby Wanderers are still looking for their first points after a 3-1 defeat at home to Bevers Joinery.

Real Ale Crown collected their second win from four games to climb to a mid-table position after easing to a 6-0 home success against Kirton.

Goxhill and Blyborough are sharing the pace at the top of division six, each with maximum points from three games.

Goxhill had their work cut out to secure a 2-1 home win against lowly District Rangers.

And Blyborough too had to work hard for a 3-2 home victory against DNC Electrical.

Third-placed Barnetby Reserves enjoyed an easier 4-0 success at struggling Coach Wanderers who are anchored without a point at the foot of the table after conceding 14 goals in their opening three games.

Beer La Caruna have now made it six points out of six after humbling Black Beauty 5-2.

Messingham launched their league campaign with a 3-1 home win against Goxhill Tigers.

Second Byte stay three points clear at the top of division seven after a 3-1 home win against Atletismo.

Desert Rat stay second after a 2-0 victory at Class Six in an eventful match which saw them pick up five yellow cards. Yaddlethorpe jumped into third place in the table with a 5-3 success at Robert Holme Hall, who suffered their first defeat in four matches.

New Holland Villa are the only team in this section still boasting a 100 per cent record.

They made it nine points out of nine with a sweeping 7-0 triumph at home to bottom-placed Inter Milager who have now conceded 36 goals in their opening five fixtures.

Messingham Juniors and Wicked Bar Wanderers each collected their first point of the season in a 3-3 draw.
 

Athletes' joy after Great North Run

Scunthorpe Telegraph Monday 21st September 2009

ATHLETES from across the region are celebrating after completing yesterday's Great North Run.

They were among a field of 54,000 runners taking on the 13.1-mile course around Newcastle and Gateshead, raising millions of pounds for charity between them.

One of those taking part was Jo Farrar, 40, of Willowmead Close, Scunthorpe, who raised more than £1,000 for Leukaemia Care.

She said: "It went okay and it was not bad for the first attempt.

"The atmosphere was brilliant, absolutely superb and I finished in two hours and 54 minutes.

"I was aiming for three hours so I am quite pleased with that."

Sarah Cook, 36, of Winteringham, ran the race for the When you Wish Upon A Star and Diabetes UK charities.

She said: "It was fantastic. It was a bit warm, but I did it in two hours and 20 minutes. I have raised between £500 and £700 for the two charities. It was really good until 11 miles and then it was hard from there.

"It was just as I expected it to be, but the crowds were fantastic.

"I did say at 11 miles that I never wanted to put a pair of trainers on again, but I will come back next year, if I can get a place."

Cup progress for big guns

Scunthorpe Telegraph Thursday 17th September 2009

JANNEY'S Allstars put on a five-star show to ease their way through the opening round of the Challenge Cup.

In front of a crowd of over 100, division seven newcomers Class Six were hassled and harried from the off by the all-conquering visitors, but it was the home side who took the lead through Pep Macdonald.

Six keeper Danny Wood then saved from the spot, but the rebound was rolled home to level things up before Janney's went ahead before the break.

An own goal followed after the interval as the Allstars went on to score two more and seal a 5-1 win.

Division three side Crowle Keys did however fall to lower league rivals, with fourth division CMB dumping them out on penalties.

After normal time ended in a 1-1 draw, penalties were required, with CMB triumphing 4-3.

Stuck at the foot of division seven, Intermilager enjoyed their day in the cup but failed to overhaul fifth tier side, Jolly Miller, in a 4-3 loss.

In league action, White Hart opened an early two-point lead at the top of division one after winning 4-3 at Keadby Rangers.

This result coincided with second placed Auld South Yorkshire failing to beat HTE Burton, mustering a 1-1 draw.

In the other game, Winteringham and Queen Bess both earned their first point of the season in a 2-2 draw.

In blustery conditions, Bess took the lead, a long ball over the top finding Paul Grimes who strode forward before slotting under the keeper.

Winteringham responded quickly and equalised through Lee Moulds' low strike before Bess once again hit the front.

Grimes took advantage of a mix-up in the Winteringham defence to score, leaving the home side behind at the break.

But they responded as Nathan Kerins whipped a ball in from the left for Barlow to head home a second half leveller.

In division two, Priory Cobras went top with a 3-0 win over Howden's Lodge while now-second Broughton Town Reserves lost 4-3 to Queens Park Rovers.

DSV are still searching for their first win of the season after a 3-2 reverse at Trinity in the third tier.

In division four, Ferry Road Reserves racked up their fourth win of the season after a 4-1 win at Duffs Dynamoes.

EJ Galaxy continued their perfect start to their division five campaign, beating MFM Academicals 4-2, while Bottesford Town Reserves joined them at the top after a 6-0 win at home to Real Ale Crown.

Division six leaders Goxhill Tigers had their roar silenced in a 0-0 draw with Barnetby Reserves.

Beer La Caruna won 5-0 at Mayfair while Blyborough triumphed by the same score against Coach Wanderers.

Five teams in division seven remain without a point, with Messingham one of them after a 3-2 loss to Desert Rat.

RESULTS

CHALLENGE CUP FIRST ROUND: Class Six 1 Janney's Allstars 5, Crowle Keys 1 CMB 1 (CMB win 4-3 on pens), Intermilager 3 Jolly Miller 4.

DIVISION ONE: Auld South Yorkshire 1 HTE Burton 1, Keadby 3 White Hart 4, Winteringham 2 Queen Bess 2.

DIVISION TWO: Bridge Roofing 3 Hibaldstow Wanderers 1, Broughton Town Reserves 3 Queens Park Rovers 4, Priory Cobras 3 Howden's Lodge 0.

DIVISION THREE: Trinity 3 DSV 2, Howden's Lodge Reserves 1 Beacon 5, Lincoln Castle 6 Queens 2.

DIVISION FOUR: Ashby Star 4 Valley View 0, Duffs Dynamoes 1 Ferry Road 4, AFC Mallard 2 Queensway 1.

DIVISION FIVE: Bevers Joinery 1 Priory Cobras Reserves 2, MFM Academicals 2 EJ Galaxy 4, Bottesford Town Reserves 6 Real Ale Crown 0.

DIVISION SIX: Blyborough 5 Coach W 0, Mayfair 0 Beer La Caruna 5, Goxhill Tigers 0 Barnetby Reserves 0.

DIVISION SEVEN: New Holland Villa 2 AFC Epworth 1, Yaddlethorpe 2 Second Byte Raob 5, Desert Rat 3 Messingham 2.
 

Rare sight on Humber as historic vessels set sail again
Yorkshire Post Thursday 10th September 2009
By Alexandra Wood

A FORGOTTEN era of sail will come to life this weekend when one of the largest concentrations of historic working vessels in years gathers on the Humber.

Unlike the sleek 21st century yachts about to leave port as part of the Clipper Round The World Race, the boats, heavy goods vehicles of their day, normally plied home waters.

Once ten-a-penny, these days they are a rare sight.

But on Saturday the clock will roll back to the early 20th century as four historic sloops and keels, along with smaller craft from days gone by, sail together towards the Humber Bridge and back to Alexandra Dock, in Hull, as a curtain-raiser to the yacht race on Sunday.

"It's a very exciting prospect to get four of the most important pieces of the region's maritime heritage out on the Humber to sail together for the first time for longer than anyone can remember," said Amy Howson skipper Alan Gardiner, of the Humber Keel and Sloop Preservation Society.

"These ships are a valuable piece of our history and it will be a splendid sight to see them sailing together with the backdrop of the Humber Bridge.

"Although the weekend is about the Clippers, and rightly so, this will be a big day for us to show off these workhorses of the Humber that built our region's industry."

The Amy Howson will be joined on Saturday by the sloop Phyllis, owned by Kath Jones, from Thealby, which is based at Barton upon Humber in the winter and sails out of South Ferriby in the summer.

The Society's keel Comrade, built at New Holland in 1923, will be part of the group along with the recently restored to sail keel Southcliffe, of Chris Sherburn of Rawcliffe Bridge. The vessel launched at Dunston's of Thorne in 1924 is normally berthed at the Waterways heritage centre in Goole.

With any luck they'll be joined by a fifth vessel, the sloop Spider T, which is making its way home from the Netherlands.

The keels with their square sheets were mainly used on canals and river estuaries and are reminiscent of Viking longboats while the fore
and aft rigged sloops worked along estuaries and the
coast.

Before containerisation, the sloops and keels did the work HGVs now do, coming into ports like Hull to unload larger boats and taking cargos of coal, grain, bricks and chemicals along the Humber, Trent, Ouse and Ancholme and down as far as Sheffield on the internal waterways network.

From the 1930s the sails of the sloops and the square sheets of the keels gradually disappeared as a sight on local waterways after the Government offered grants to refit the boats with diesel engines. It was the end of a whole way of life for generations of people who'd lived and worked on the vessels.

Some boats were found by enthusiasts laid up rotting in scrapyards and the Society formed in 1970 with the aim of turning the clock back
and restoring working examples.

Comrade was acquired in 1974 and the Amy Howson, built at Scarr's Shipyard, Beverley, in 1914, in 1976.

It is hoped they will be joined on Saturday by other sailing craft from the past including Humber yawls, which were the early craft of the yachting club called the Humber Yawl Club, which has bases at Brough and Winteringham.

They were developed in the 1880s by the club to cope with the fast-running Humber estuary, which has the second-biggest tides in the world after the Bay of Fundy, in Canada, and perilous sandbanks.

The Phyllis will also be involved on Clipper Race Day assisting with the organisation of the yachting event.

On the Sunday a Clipper Fleet Parade of Sail taking in
salutes is scheduled for 1pm with a race around cans in the Humber from 2pm to 2.30pm.

The Clipper yachts are expected to race down the river at 2.30pm with a further race around cans off Cleethorpes around 3.30pm, with vessels leaving the Humber at around 4pm.

Restored sloop has a long and colourful history

From rescuing other ships in the Blitz to searching for the Loch Ness monster, the oldest sloop on the Humber, Phyllis, has had a long and colourful career.

Found rotting in Inverness, the 102-year-old vessel was brought back to the Humber, where she's been restored over the past eight years.

It's a marathon challenge which owner Kath Jones describes as a cross between Time Team and Scrapheap Challenge.

"An awful lot of stuff we have to make – you can't find it any more," she said.

She accepts some people think the vessel looks like a "brick in the water". "They are not racy, glamorous like a yacht – but in a way I think they are."

On the worst nights of the air raids on Hull during the Second World War, Phyllis was on watch in King George Dock, pulling out burning lighters.

After a career carrying everything from wheat to oranges she ended up in Scotland in the 1980s, as part of a Canadian expedition looking for Nessie. "Phyllis found three of the most reliable soundings that there was something about down there," said Miss Jones.

Mum’s run to help Wish charity

Scunthorpe Telegraph Wednesday 9th September 2009

A CARING mum of two is getting her running shoes on in the hope of raising hundreds of pounds for the children's charity When You Wish Upon A Star.

Sarah Cook, 36, of Winteringham, will take part in the Great North Run this month to support the charity that grants the wishes of sick and terminally ill children.

The Scunthorpe Telegraph launched the Make A Wish Come True campaign on September 1 to raise £60,000 to save the charity's annual trips to Lapland.

The trips give sick children the chance to meet Father Christmas.

Sarah said the charity was very close to her heart, adding: "My niece, Hannah, was fortunate to go on the charity's trip to Lapland two years ago.

 
"Hannah was diagnosed with diabetes and is insulin dependant, so the trip was a really nice treat for her after everything she had been through."

Sarah, who is a PE teacher at Sir John Nelthorpe Secondary School, has been in training for the 13-mile run.

She said: "I have never done anything like this before, but I am really looking forward to it."