A New Innings for THGCC Women
This summer, Thorpe Hesley and High Green Cricket Club celebrated a very special milestone when, on Thursday 16th July, a women’s team represented the club for the first time. The ladies welcomed Thorncliffe & Wentworth Cricket Club for an exciting softball match, played in great spirit and cheered on by...
Tackle like a girl at Barnsley Ladies RUFC
Twenty years ago, girls’ rugby in Barnsley was still finding its feet. The pathway was short, the opportunities limited and the try line felt a long way off. That was until a teenage girl urged her dad to even the playing field. Liz Lumb’s father Steve was then president of...
United for women’s health: free sessions by RUCT
Looking for ways to get active, feel stronger and meet other women? Rotherham United Community Trust has a range of free women-only exercise sessions taking place every week across Rotherham. Choose from a range of fun and accessible activities from dance and Zumba to boxercise, strength training and more. Whether...
Forgotten School Football Trophies Return After Decades in Storage
Two historic Don and Dearne school football trophies have been brought back to life this season after being rediscovered in a cupboard at Brampton Ellis C of E Primary, ending absences from competition that stretched back more than half a century. The Winstanley Cup trophy had not been competed for...
From Sheffield to the States: The passing game that conquered the world
This summer, as football fans gather in pubs and living rooms across South Yorkshire to watch the World Cup, the spectacle unfolding in American stadiums will showcase the very best of the modern game: speed, skill, precision. But beneath the competition lies a deeper narrative. One that begins in Sheffield,...
A flipping fantastic tribute to Sheffield’s unique FA Cup story
In modern football, tossing a coin is used on plenty of occasions to decide who has initial possession or use of the home dressing room. But back in 1873, a shiny penny coin made history when the result of an FA Cup match was left to lady luck. A toss...
Montagu Cup Final Returns this Easter
Easter Monday marks the return of the Montagu Cup final as two Rotherham teams battle it out to claim the historic trophy. Swinton’s The Gate Inn FC will take on Wickersley CC FC at Mexborough’s Fireparts Stadium on Monday 6th April. The Montagu Cup is the oldest football final still...
Sheffield’s Motorsport Star Gears Up for GB3 Debut
Sheffield teen Rowan Campbell-Pilling is gearing up to make his debut in the GB3 Championship at Silverstone this April. This comes after two successful years in British Formula 4 where the 19-year-old collected over 30 trophies and awards and made his way into the top ten standings. Rowan also made...
Sonny Greaves: From Barnsley boy to World Champion
Barnsley kickboxer Sonny Greaves has added his name to South Yorkshire’s growing list of world champions. The 21-year-old claimed the ISKA 65kg world title in Wolverhampton, defeating Spanish champion Nico Melgar by unanimous decision on a War Fight Series show. For Sonny, the belt marked the reward for 14 years...
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...
