Sport
Have a ball at croquet club
Darley Dale Croquet Club is holding a social day this Sunday between 2pm and 5pm in Whitworth Park.
Tough tests for the Gladiators
At least three Football League clubs will be visiting the Reynolds Stadium to provide Matlock Town with testing and attractive opposition in the lead-up to the 2012-2013 Evo-Stik NPL Premier Division season, which starts on Saturday, August 18.
Ashford fight hard in losing cause
Sheffield Civil Service 1st XI 125–8 (25pts) beat Ashford in the Water 1st XI 124 all out (7pts) by 2 wickets
Good day for club’s lady riders
MATLOCK Cycling Club members Emma Martin and Marianne Heffron entered the Stilettos on Wheels women-only MTB event at Birchall in Dronfield on Saturday.
New squad for swimmers
A LARGE number of swimmers from Matlock & District Swimming Club raced on Saturday in an A-grade home meet that was also attended by visiting teams from Derby Phoenix and Ilkeston.
Football
Colts out in force to celebrate season
Over 700 people recently attended the Wirksworth Colts presentation evening, held jointly in the Wirksworth Leisure Centre and Anthony Gell School, and watched players from 22 squads receive their trophies.
United lift the shield to end first season on high
HURST Farm United rounded off their first-ever season in fine style by beating Wirksworth Albion 5-1 to lift the Matlock and District Football League’s Invitation Shield.
Wasps to hold a fundraising night
BASLOW may have beaten them 3-1 in the final of last week’s Roden Cup, but for Winster Wasps this has been a season of real progress on the pitch.
Rugby
Good season ends with cup final loss
SUNDAY’S 30-14 Derbyshire Cup final defeat in the mud at Ilkeston provided a rather downbeat end to Matlock’s season but first team coach Alan Johnson was still able to reflect positively on the campaign.
Minis take it to the max
THE tenth annual Matlock Rugby Club Mini Festival continues to draw competitors from far and wide and will be held this year at the club’s Cromford Meadows home on Sunday, April 29.
A clean sweep for school rugby teams
History has been made at Lady Manners School in Bakewell with all six rugby teams – under 12s, under 13s, under 14s, under 15s, under 16s and 1st XV – winning their respective Derbyshire County Championship titles.
Cricket
First defeat for Ashford
Ashford-in-the-water suffered their first defeat of the season after electing to bat first on a drying wicket at home to Grindleford.
Darley bounce back in emphatic style
Darley Dale 1sts entertained top-of-the-table Riddings 1sts at Station Road on Saturday in a Derbyshire County League Division 4N game sponsored by Longcliffe Quarries.
Losper wickets in vain as Cromford miss out
CROMFORD Meadows 1sts lost by 123 runs on Saturday at Nutbrook in Division 6N of the Derbyshire County League.
Skipper Pell hails side’s ‘perfect performance’
MATLOCK CC 1sts recorded their first Derbyshire County League Division One victory of the season on Saturday with a display described by captain Steve Pell as ‘just about the perfect performance’.
Expect the unexpected
the weather might not have been conducive to cricket recently but the competition in the Yorkshire and Derbyshire Cricket League is expected to be as hot as ever this season.
National Sport
Doha and Baku out of running for 2020
The cities of Doha and Baku have been cut from the list of candidates to stage the 2020 Olympic Games.
Westfield appeals spot-fix conviction
The first county cricketer in England to be prosecuted for spot-fixing launches a challenge against his conviction.
Pietersen fined over Knight comments
England batsman Kevin Pietersen has been fined for comments made on Twitter about Sky television commentator Nick Knight.
Parker trains despite injury
England midfielder Scott Parker took part in the opening training session of the Roy Hodgson era in Manchester on Wednesday.
Shanghai confident over Drogba move
Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua are confident of securing a move for Didier Drogba, who on Tuesday confirmed he was leaving Chelsea.
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Weather for Matlock
Thursday 24 May 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 11 C to 24 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: North east
Tomorrow
Sunny
Temperature: 11 C to 22 C
Wind Speed: 18 mph
Wind direction: East
