Matlock Mercury (Matlock, England) back issues from July 2006:
Team title for Matlock.
Jul 05, 2006 ... MATLOCK Cycling Club enjoyed a team victory in one of the first of this season's 24 hour time trials. Competing in the Saab Salomon Mountain Mayhem at Eastnor Castle in the Malverns, the venue for top class MTB events over many years, in perfect weather conditions, Matlock took ...
'Mat'll' do nicely.
Jul 05, 2006 ... A WRESTLING club will be getting to grips with [pounds sterling]5,000 of new equpiment after local Rotarians stepped in the ring to help their fundraising efforts. Middleton and Wirksworth Olympic Wrestling Club had already brought in [pounds sterling]3,000 to purchase 100 new ...
Josh proves too quick for Italians.
Jul 05, 2006 ... MATLOCK'S Josh Moody has enjoyed an incredible couple of weeks. After going under two minutes for the 800m for the first time, a feat achieved at a meet in Manchester, he then travelled to Italy with fellow Matlock AC runner Lee Jones to represent England in the Marco ...
Darley rise to top.
Jul 05, 2006 ... Darley Dale first XI 230-5 beat Morton Colliery 218 all out by 12 runs Darley Dale finally moved into top spot in County League Three North by virtue of this hard earned and narrow victory at Morton. With usual stalwarts Watts, Fennah, Cotterill and Briggs ...
Bakewell staking their promotion claim.
Jul 05, 2006 ... Bakewell 242-7 beat Grindleford 124 all out Bakewell travelled to Grindleford on Saturday for a morning start looking to make further progress towards the top of the second division. Roy Peach won an important toss and Bakewell batted first in glorious weather with a ...
Matlock defeat.
Jul 05, 2006 ... Matlock first XI 165-9 lost to Tutbury first XI 166-1 by nine wickets With England kicking off at 4pm, the DCCL had given clubs permission to move forward the start of games for last Saturday, so Matlock travelled to Tutbury for a 10am start. Those who are familiar ...
Confidence boost.
Jul 05, 2006 ... Wirksworth first XI 237-6 (11pts) drew with Pilsley first XI 252-4 (16pts) THIS WAS A richly entertaining game diverting attention away from any concurrent football matches happening elsewhere. Wirksworth welcomed league newcomers Pilsley for the first ever ...
United forced to pull out of league.
Jul 05, 2006 ... MATLOCK'S second biggest football club has been forced to withdraw from its league. Matlock United has pulled out of the Central Midlands League after failing to attract new managers for the first and reserve teams for the 2006/07 season. It has also emerged that ...
Rich kids first on menu for Town.
Jul 05, 2006 ... A visit to the home of Harry Ramsden's fish and chips empire awaits Matlock Town on the opening day of the new UniBond League Premier Division season on August 19 when the Gladiators travel to Guiseley. It is the fifth successive year that Matlock will hit the road on the first ...
Dales schools lead drive to get girls playing cricket.
Jul 05, 2006 ... Matlock and Wirksworth Cricket Clubs have joined forces with Highfields and Anthony Gell schools to promote cricket for girls in school years seven and eight. Around 50 girls from Highfields took part in a full day of cricket at Matlock's Causeway Lane ground last week. ...
Depleted side have too much.
Jul 05, 2006 ... Lullington Ladies CC 120-5 lost to Wirksworth Ladies CC 121-2 by eight wickets With Wirksworth only able to field nine players, it was obvious that this game was going to be a lot of hard work for the team. After winning the toss Wirksworth opted to field first and ...
Bowls results and scorers.
Jul 05, 2006 ... Matlock and District Bowls League Division 1: Bradwell A 66 Ashwood Park A 36: C Hall/P Dawson 21 M Holland/T Holland 4; D Booth/D Hollis 21 T Welling/L Welling 5; B Biggin/D Biggin 21 T R Holland/J Gilman 6; A Shaw/J Shaw 3 D Naden/A Lacey 21. Buxton Park ...
Matlock shine under Majorcan sun.
Jul 05, 2006 ... Bahia Rugby 15 Matlock RFC 35 Three years since the last overseas tour Matlock Rugby Club again spread its wings and thirty-three willing souls from seventeen to sixty seven embarked on another campaign to the surprisingly active rugby island of Majorca. ...
Fury over nursery closure.
Jul 05, 2006 ... FURIOUS clients of a Cromford nursery are up in arms and out of pocket following its abrupt closure over the weekend. On Monday morning parents turned up at the Cromford Bridge Hall Nursery on Lea Road to find a note on the door saying it had gone into liquidation and had shut ...
Town set to become a beacon of the arts.
Jul 05, 2006 ... WIRKSWORTH has taken another towards becoming a beacon of the arts for the East Midlands as residents came together to hear the latest ideas for promoting the town's wide range of creative endeavours. A meeting was held on Wednesday and saw over 100 people from Wirksworth and ...
Supermarket staff facing loss of jobs.
Jul 05, 2006 ... SUPERMARKET workers have been left angry and concerned over restructuring plans that could see them made redundant or forced to take lower paid jobs. Employees at the Somerfield supermarket in Matlock have learnt that under new plans for the store's future, all heads of ...
Chemical emergency.
Jul 05, 2006 ... FIREFIGHTERS donned protective clothing to tackle a potentially dangerous chemical spill last week in Darley Dale. Faced with two casualties and a leaked chemical from a railway tanker, decisive action was required. But fear not - the scenario was just a training ...
The rock and the holy place.
Jul 05, 2006 ... SAFETY inspections have been carried out in Matlock Bath after a 19th Century chapel had a close call with a bouncing boulder. A large piece of limestone has appeared just feet from the door of the Chapel of St John the Baptist in St John's Road after tumbling down from ...
Bakewell's bumper weekend.
Jul 05, 2006 ... A RACING car drifting down the River Wye and a tank trundling down Matlock Street - it can only be Bakewell Carnival week. This year's festivities included a treasure hunt, pub quiz, pet show and plenty of fun races including a duck race, Jack Russell race, wheelbarrow race and ...
Masterplan for Matlock - Firs Parade.
Jul 05, 2006 ... IT'S hard to see past Cawdor Quarry when work has yet to begin on the much-delayed site. But Derbyshire Dales District Council is doing just that with the Matlock Masterplan, which will provide the template for much of the building that takes place across the town in coming ...
Driver was over limit.
Jul 05, 2006 ... FIVE people were hurt when a drink-driver caused a head-on crash in Matlock Bath, Chesterfield magistrates heard. Ford Escort driver Robert Burns was in collision with an oncoming Vauxhall van in North Parade at 11.30am on June 21. "Numerous injuries were caused to ...
Market's 700 year history.
Jul 05, 2006 ... WIRKSWORTH is gearing up for a weekend of pageantry and entertainment to celebrate 700 years of the town's royal market charter. Jeremy Taylor, of the Wirksworth 700 team, said: "There will be an awful lot of things going on, it will be a very busy weekend. Everyone is ...
Basketball smashed into passing vehicle.
Jul 05, 2006 ... A DRIVER was showered with broken glass when a Matlock man smashed his van window with a basketball, a court heard. The incident happened on May 30 after builder Stuart Fisher, who was renovating properties on Hurst Farm Estate, visited the local Costcutters shop. ...
Winster wakes day's a scorcher.
Jul 05, 2006 ... WINSTER put on a great show for this year's Wakes Day. The carnival, which dates back more than a hundred years, took over the centre of the village again on Saturday. Winster's morris dancers were joined by the Bampton dancers from Oxfordshire for a procession down ...
Power of petals at Wessington.
Jul 05, 2006 ... WESSINGTON folk showed their artistic side for the village's 2006 well dressings last weekend. Using the theme of the National Gallery's Take One Picture project, which the village school is undertaking, groups of well dressers each studied a painting and intrepreted it in their ...
Driver crushed by his 15 tonne lorry.
Jul 12, 2006 ... A MAN who was crushed by his own lorry in a horrific accident at the weekend was said to be in a serious but stable condition yesterday. The driver is being treated for serious leg injuries at Chesterfield Royal Hospital's intensive care unit following the accident on Saturday ...
Robin really rocked.
Jul 12, 2006 ... SHERWOOD Forest resounded to the sound of music when the legend of Robin Hood was given a musical makeover by pupils at a Matlock school. Children at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chesterfield Road, performed an all-singing all-dancing version of the tale of robbing the ...
Biker died after low speed collision.
Jul 12, 2006 ... A biker was killed by a freak off-road accident in the Peak after losing control of his motorcycle at barely more than walking pace, an inquest heard. The collision happened on January 15 when information technology programmer Peter Winfield, 41, from Hucknall, was among a party ...
Residents plead for end to their flooding misery.
Jul 12, 2006 ... DARLEY Dale homeowners on Dale Road North say their gardens are flooded with sewage everytime there is heavy rain. And they warn there could be a serious road accident before too long, as the road drains cannot cope. The latest flooding occurred on July 2 (pictured ...
Painted ladies are set free.
Jul 12, 2006 ... A METAMORPHOSIS has been taking place at Middleton Community Primary School. For the past five years, children have been rearing butterflies almost from birth to the day that they emerge from the chrysalis to take to the wing. Pupils as young as four have been ...
Towns show flower power.
Jul 12, 2006 ... MONTHS of green-fingered hard work reached a climax as judges from the East Midlands in Bloom competition visited Bakewell and Matlock this week. In Matlock, town councillor Martin Burfoot and other members of the Matlock in Bloom committee took the judges to see a number of ...
Masterplan for Matlock - Riverside.
Jul 12, 2006 ... THE currently underdeveloped stretch between Bakewell Road and the River Derwent could feature shops, offices, a hotel and become the centre of Matlock's nightlife under the Masterplan for Matlock. Planners have come up with several ideas of how this area may be enhanced in a ...
Matlock - almost a great place to live.
Jul 12, 2006 ... MATLOCK is "almost a great place" and could become one through the town centre masterplan, according to a senior planning officer. Derbyshire Dales District Council's head of planning Dave Brooks was talking at a public meeting to discuss the first stage of the regeneration ...
Village bids farewell to its French friends.
Jul 12, 2006 ... A FRENCH family who have spent a year living in Rowsley are preparing to say "au revoir" to British shores - for now. The four-strong Langlois family are to return home later this month, saying they have made friends for life. The family had taken part in a one-year ...
Pageant will re-tell 700 years of history.
Jul 12, 2006 ... THE history of Wirksworth provides the focal point of the Wirksworth 700 festivities on Saturday, as local people present seven centuries of the town's rich and varied past. The pageant, comprising dance, drama and song, will take the audience through 700 years of town history ...
Quarry fight on third front.
Jul 12, 2006 ... CAMPAIGNERS in a tiny Dales village are battling quarrying firms on three separate fronts after new proposals were lodged with planners. Stancliffe Stone has applied to extend Dale View Quarry near Stanton-in-Peak as part of a 'trade-off' for two dormant quarries. ...
IT centre's can do philosophy.
Jul 12, 2006 ... IMAGINE trying to get to grips with working the internet, text files and emails without being able to see any of them. That is exactly the challenge facing one student at Cromford's Karten CTEC but thanks to the centre's dedicated team he is gaining vital IT qualifications. ...
Crash can't steal Matt's Thunder at Darley Moor.
Jul 12, 2006 ... Motorcycle racing can spring surprises at almost any time and that was certainly the case for Holloway racer Matt Whitehead during the latest round of the Darley Moor Championship. Leading the Sound of Thunder class by a comfortable margin, Whitehead was looking ahead to a ...
Club happy with juniors' progress.
Jul 12, 2006 ... Matlock Water Polo Club news Last Sunday saw Matlock finish second in a four team tournament at the Victoria Baths, Nottingham. A 10-1 win against Hucknall and a 4-2 victory over Leicester raised hopes of a whitewash and resultant tournament win. Bingham, ...
Ellen at B&Q helm for classic.
Jul 12, 2006 ... Sailing news ELLEN MacArthur will be at the helm of her 75ft trimaran B&Q once again today (July 13) as the Whatstandwell yachtswoman begins the Cowes-St Malo race. The event is the only race of the season for the boat in ...
Phil geared up for nationals and Europeans.
Jul 12, 2006 ... Cycling news ...Mountain biking MATLOCK cross country rider Phil Spencer has turned his attention closer to home after re-evaluating his season. Spencer is giving this year's World Championships in New Zealand a miss and taking a break from World Cup action until ...
Sweet victory for ladies.
Jul 12, 2006 ... Darley Dale Tennis Club news DARLEY DALE Tennis Club's ladies' team enjoyed a resounding 9-0 win over Duffield IV, made all the sweeter because their opponents, had won 6-3 in May. Losing a set 9-7 in that match left Carol Clark and Debra Hurst mentally scarred for ...
Thorn Tree regulars tee it up for Stan.
Jul 12, 2006 ... The late Stan Brewster's wife Sandra and daughter Katie were on hand at the Thorn Tree Inn to present the Stan Brewster Memorial Pairs Trophy last week, played out at Matlock Golf Club. It was particularly poignant as it was a year ago to the week when Stan was amongst the ...
Chris battles the heat while Josh is edged out.
Jul 12, 2006 ... Athletics round-up MATLOCK Athletics Club's Christine Howard was happy with her result from the European Mountain Running Championships, having battled through scorching temperatures. The Dales police officer was 27th across the line from a field of 63 finishers from ...
Highfields hosts sports day for county's special needs students.
Jul 12, 2006 ... MATLOCK's Highfields School hosted a day of athletics for children from across Derbyshire who have special educational needs. The event was part of a series of sports days held at different schools in the county and at the Lea Green Centre. With the help of their ...
Yasmin smashes record as Manners girls make school history.
Jul 12, 2006 ... LADY Manners pupil Yasmin Spencer smashed a 20-year-old national shot putt record as her junior girls athletics team achieved the Bakewell school's best ever result in national competition. From an original entry of 800 schools, the LMS girls earned their place among the top ...
Matt keeps England place.
Jul 12, 2006 ... Fishing news MATT Johnson is preparing for his first competitive England appearance later this month buoyed by the knowledge that he has made the national team for 2007 as well. The 16-year-old from Matlock will fish for England's Youth Fly-fishing team at Rutland ...
Wirksworth put the brakes on Leicester to keep run going.
Jul 12, 2006 ... Wirksworth Ladies 204-3 beat Leicester Ladies 162-4 by 42 runs Wirksworth Ladies' eighth match of the season saw them take on Leicester at home. Again with only ten players available to play, the match was set to be hard work. Having opted to bat first, ...
Easy for Bakewell.
Jul 12, 2006 ... Bakewell 28-0 beat Sheffield Centralians second XI 27 all out by 10 wickets Bakewell travelled to Sheffield Centralians on Saturday with a depleted line up but returned with a hugely emphatic victory which reflects well on the club as a whole. Centralians batted ...
Spirited Darley.
Jul 12, 2006 ... Darley Dale Second XI 128 all out lost to Swanwick Hall 129-6 by 4 wickets. The stifling heat of recent weeks was replaced on Saturday by temperatures that both sides are more accustomed to performing in: could the change in weather bring about a change in Darley's results ...
Ashford frustrated at the death.
Jul 12, 2006 ... Ashford in the Water 297-8 beat Sheffield Centralians first XI 238-8 The fixture at Mill Lane on Saturday saw two teams who have recently struggled to find any kind of consistent league form provide an afternoon of dazzling stroke play with over 500 runs being scored. ...
Unstoppable Dale.
Jul 12, 2006 ... Cricket Round-up UNBEATEN Darley Dale first XI had another good weekend in both league and cup. They started with a resounding 75-run win over Swanwick Hall on Saturday, tightening their grip on the lead of Division Three North. Then on Sunday they booked ...
Plenty for firsts to ponder.
Jul 12, 2006 ... Wirksworth Cricket Club news Wirksworth first XI 170 all out lost to Clay Cross 1st XI 171-2 by eight wickets. THERE IS NOTHING to be served by expressing disappointment in this performance when the players know well enough how poorly they played. All ...
Win at last for Matlock.
Jul 12, 2006 ... Matlock 192 all out beat Swarkestone 181 all out by 11 runs With the day of reckoning only six weeks away, Matlock showed not only a distinct improvement over the weekend, but picked up their first win over fourth placed Swarkestone. Asked to bat first, Matlock's Matt ...
Cawdor Quarry firm backs Town.
Jul 12, 2006 ... THE FIRM behind the [pounds sterling]100m Cawdor Quarry development has handed Matlock Town a lucrative new kit sponsorship deal. The London-based Rifkind Levy Partnership, which owns the former quarry, is preparing to start work on 428 new homes at the site later this year. ...
England help for St Joseph's netball club.
Jul 12, 2006 ... ENGLAND netball coach Liz Broomhead was at St Joseph's RC Primary School in Matlock last week to give year six pupils a chance to brush up on their skills. The pupils practised and got top tips on catching, passing and dodging ...
Major injury blow to key midfielder.
Jul 19, 2006 ... Matlock Town were dealt a second major injury blow before a ball was kicked with stylish midfielder Ian Clarke likely to miss a huge chunk of the season with cruciate ligament damage. Lightening seems to have struck twice for the Gladiators and their joint management team of ...
Matlock are unlucky not to get opener.
Jul 19, 2006 ... Matlock Town 0-3 Chesterfield Chesterfield retained the Banner Jones Middleton Cup with three goals inside the final 28 minutes to kill off Matlock's plucky challenge. The Gladiators certainly gave it their best shot in the opening two thirds of the match and might ...
Stanton peak early.
Jul 19, 2006 ... Orme Shield Final Matlock C.C. 96 - 8 lost to Stanton in the Peak C.C. 97-1 by 9 wickets Friday night saw a large crowd at Bakewell Recreation ground to watch the Orme Shield final contested between the Longstone League Champions, Stanton and their more illustrious ...
A reversal of fortunes at Ambergate.
Jul 19, 2006 ... Ambergate 1st X1 222-9 (6pts) lost to Wirksworth 1st X1 223-3 (22pts) by 7wkts WIRKSWORTH sailed past Ambergate this time around after losing the opening match against them in a last ball thriller. Mark Woodward won the toss and chose to field. After ...
Intriguing run into season.
Jul 19, 2006 ... Bakwell entertained Sheffield Collegiate following the recent run of six consecutive victories and were up against the second placed opponents. Roy Peach won the toss and chose to bat first and a high scoring game looked likely, given the conditions and fast outfield. ...
Alfreton hold out for draw.
Jul 19, 2006 ... Middleton 270-5 - Alfreton 200-7 Match Drawn Skipper Smith won the toss and decided to bat. This decision was repaid in spades as the home batsmen hit form for the first time this season and amassed 270 for five wickets as the visitors toiled in the heat. ...
Watts and Elliott show their strength and depth.
Jul 19, 2006 ... Darley Dale 1st XI - 246 -6 beat Staveley Welfare 2nd XI - 128 all out by 118 runs Darley continued their successful 2006 campaign with a resounding win over Staveley at a picturesque looking Station Road. Skipper Gareth Johnson won the toss and elected to bat ....
County side in battle of sixes.
Jul 19, 2006 ... Derbyshire 412-7 beat Ashford-in-the-Water 365-9 In giving their support at the grass roots level by helping to raise money for the Ashford in the Water Cricket Club Pavilion Appeal, Derbyshire fielded a full first XI at Mill Lane in their third fundraising fixture. ...
Darley further lead at top of league.
Jul 19, 2006 ... Swanwick Hall CC 1st XI - 128 all out lost to Darley Dale 1st XI - 203 all out Darley furthered their lead at the top of county league 3 North to 26 points with one game in hand after an excellent win away to Swanwick. Skipper Gareth Johnson won the toss ...