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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
