Wath chippy owner’s football factory that fed the Wolves
Long before the roar of Molineux echoed with Premier League glory, the golden era of Wolverhampton Wanderers was being shaped on a modest, muddy Miners Welfare pitch almost a hundred miles away in South Yorkshire. On the sidelines was Mark Crook, a retired footballer and chip shop owner from Wath...
Remembering Wombwell’s cricketing legend Roy Kilner
“A Yorkshire wicket has fallen, and one of Yorkshire’s best men is out.” Nearly a century has passed since those words were uttered at the funeral of England cricketer Roy Kilner, whose untimely death in 1928 shook the sporting world. Though time has blurred the details of his remarkable career,...
Brampton Ellis triumph in debut Karen Walker Shield
The legacy of one of England’s most celebrated female footballers now has a permanent home in South Yorkshire’s school calendar. The Karen Walker Shield, named after the former England captain and Dearne Valley native, debuted this year with eight primary schools in the Don and Dearne area battling for the...
Kimberworth Youth Bowling Club: Striking confidence one frame at a time
In a world where kids are constantly encouraged to find their passion, Kimberworth Youth Bowling Club is helping them discover so much more – confidence, community, and even national recognition. This isn’t just a bowling club. It’s a place where young people grow and thrive, on and off the lanes....
Locke Park seeks new wave of bowlers
Barnsley’s Locke Park Bowling Club is hoping to attract a new generation of bowlers to keep the 90-year-old club thriving in the future. While crown green bowling has long had a reputation as a retiree’s pastime, there’s a new energy stirring. Across the country, clubs are seeing a resurgence in...
Boxer Callum’s fight against hunger
On Saturday 7th June, Barnsley boxer Callum Simpson will step into the ring at Oakwell Stadium for the biggest and toughest night of his career. But trying to defeat the unbeaten Italian, Ivan Zucco, for the European Super Middleweight title isn’t his only fight this summer. Callum will also be...
Dearne Valley’s champion archers
Artemis, Legolas and Robin Hood might be legends of the bow and arrow, but there’s nothing mythical about the South Yorkshire family that has drawn five champion field archers. When Albert Kiddy first picked up a bow and arrow in the early 1960s, little did he know that he and...
South Yorkshire’s sporting heroes you’ve probably never heard of
South Yorkshire’s sporting history is filled with influential names like Gordon Banks, Seb Coe, Prince Naseem and Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill. But for all the Goughs, the Roots and the Brights, there are others whose names have withered into obscurity. Some you might not have heard of. Others you might have...
Return of the Rules Derby
The original football derby returns to Sheffield this January, 164 years since it first took place. Sheffield might have the Steel City Derby, contested by the Blades and the Owls. But it also lays claim to the world’s oldest derby: the Rules Derby played by the two oldest clubs, Sheffield...
The Steel City Derby Returns
After five years, the region’s most fiercely contested football derby is back. Forget the Manchester, Merseyside, North London or Second City derbies. It’s the Steel City derby that has South Yorkshire in a chokehold. It’s akin to tribal warfare. Over 130 years of bad blood. Cut you and you bleed...
