The Steel City Derby Returns

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...

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The Combat Academy: More than a martial arts school

The Combat Academy: More than a martial arts school

On an industrial estate in Barugh Green, Barnsley there’s a kickboxing community that has produced one of Europe’s most successful fight teams.
But there’s more to it than just what they do on the mats.

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Penistone’s forgotten founding fathers of football

Penistone’s forgotten founding fathers of football

Sheffield lays its claim as the home of football. But the outer lying town of Penistone can be credited with nurturing the beautiful game in its infancy thanks to the plights of three local men. On the field surrounding Penistone Grammar School, the fledgling game of football began to take...

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Talk N Train: Free mental health support in Rotherham

Talk N Train: Free mental health support in Rotherham

By Allana Kennedy Over the past few years mental health and people’s wellbeing has been more openly spoken about. Since a light has been shone onto the matter, more amazing people like the volunteers at Talk N Train here in Rotherham have set up vital services for those struggling in...

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Worksop’s Olympic champion turned career criminal

Worksop’s Olympic champion turned career criminal

It’s the 2024 Olympics in Paris this summer. But did you know that it was in Paris 124 years ago that a 21-year-old Worksop man captained the first team to become Olympic football champions. Henry North Haslam was an amateur footballer who was selected to lead Upton Park FC, the...

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Wath Cricket Club: 125 not out!

Wath Cricket Club: 125 not out!

It’s been a long and glorious innings for Wath Cricket Club as they celebrate their 125th anniversary this season. The club’s history has not been without a few sticky wickets – or water-logged – with flooding from a nearby stream playing havoc on their Moor Road ground. But the hard...

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A warrior in women’s football

A warrior in women’s football

They call her the Chief of the Warriors. And rightly so. Over the last three years, Megan Wylde has fought for a space in football for women like her. She’s become a community powerhouse, changing the landscape of football and fitness in her hometown of Rotherham. Her tribe of fellow...

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Sheffield sixth former makes his British F4 debut

Sheffield sixth former makes his British F4 debut

It’s been an exhilarating journey for Sheffield’s racing superstar Rowan Campbell-Pilling. The Birkdale Sixth Form student made his British Formula 4 debut at the end of April following a successful 12-year karting career. South Yorkshire’s only F4 racer, Rowan signed with Argenti Motorsport in November – a month before he...

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50 years of the Barlow Salmons Shield

50 years of the Barlow Salmons Shield

This year is the 50th anniversary of the Barlow Salmons Shield, a football competition for schools in the Don and Dearne area. It’s named after two footballers from Mexborough, Frank Barlow and Geoff Salmons, who had benefited from the representative team of the Don & Dearne Schools FA and wanted...

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Giants of the Gridiron

Giants of the Gridiron

For kids who dream of being the next Tom Brady, their hopes no longer lie in a move to the States. They can step onto the gridiron right here in South Yorkshire with the Sheffield Giants Academy. Since starting in 2018, the Sheffield Giants Academy, based in Mosbrough, has grown...

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