Junior soccer

Cumbrian schoolgirl on stand-by for England national side

Rio Hardy photo Just like her namesake, Cumbrian schoolgirl Rio Hardy has her sights set on England glory.

Last updated 4 February 2012
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Carlisle youth football falls victim to icy weather

The Carlisle Glass Longhorn Youth Football League have cancelled all matches for the weekend because of frozen pitches.

Last updated 3 February 2012
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Early shock for under-16 league leaders Cockermouth

An eagerly-awaited Penrith league under-16s derby game exploded into life when Joe Sullivan’s close-range header opened the scoring for Cockermouth u-15s after 20 minutes.

Last updated 1 February 2012
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Abbeytown beat the freeze and bag four against Dalston JBR

The frosty weather wiped out the majority of the Carlisle Glass league fixtures but some did survive, including the Abbeytown v Dalston JBR under-9s match which was played at Wigton Infants School.

Last updated 1 February 2012
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Upperby Park claim points in closely-fought clash

Upperby Park 2 Crown Newlaithes 1: Upperby Park under 14s got off to a flying start with a goal in the second minute of the game.

Last updated 25 January 2012
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Wetheriggs ease into cup semi-finals

Castletown 0 Wetheriggs 5: Windy conditions were always going to make football difficult in the under-16 R.M.T. Slating Ltd -Ted Nanson Trophy quarter-final match. The teams had met in the league earlier in the season and drew 1-1.

Last updated 25 January 2012
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Calside beat Yewdale in cross-border 5-a-side football final

Dumfries team Calside are celebrating after easily winning the 24th annual News & Star All Schools Junior Indoor 5-a-side football competition which was held at the Sands Centre in Carlisle.

Last updated 23 January 2012
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50 yard strike among 12 goals in Crown Newlaithes and Dalston thriller

Crown Newlaithes 8 Dalston FC 4: Under-18 sides Crown Newlaithes and Dalston FC equally shared six goals in their previous encounter, at Caldew School, Dalston back in mid-October.

Last updated 18 January 2012
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Castletown Blues come out on top as Penrith push them all the way

Penrith AFC 2 Castletown Blues 4: Considering that it is early January, the weather was extremely kind to the two teams as the Blues travelled to Penrith’s Frenchfield for the first of their three under-12s meetings of 2012.

Last updated 11 January 2012
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Newlaithes see off Carlisle City Blues

Carlisle City Blue 2 Crown Newlaithes 4: Carlisle City Blue and Crown Newlaithes began the New Year with a hard-fought under-14s contest on a good pitch at the Sheepmount.

Last updated 11 January 2012
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Weather wrecks Penrith league's last fixtures of the year

With a depleted fixture list because of the weather and Christmas festivities, only two Penrith Junior Football League games survived the final fixture day of 2011.

Last updated 21 December 2011
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Cockermouth too strong for Castletown Blues

Cockermouth 3 Castletown Blues 0: With the weather looking slightly wintry this week it was always going to be touch and go to whether any games would be played.

Last updated 14 December 2011
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Castletown Colts snatch victory in thriller

Penrith AFC 1 Castletown Colts 2: Penrith U-10’s played host to near neighbours Castletown Colts in what turned out to be another entertaining game despite being played out in wintry sleet and snow showers.

Last updated 7 December 2011
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Edenvale Vultures get revenge on Stanwix Wasps

Edenvale Vultures under 14s 5 Stanwix Wasps u-14s 2: Edenvale Vultures and Stanwix Wasps met for the second successive week and, for the second week running, the home team came out on top.

Last updated 7 December 2011
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Kids converge on Carlisle's Sands Centre for football fun

Almost 100 boys and girls attended ‘The James Rennie Ability Counts Football Festival’.

Last updated 30 November 2011
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Carlisle City stay top after beating Northbank

Carlisle City 4 Northbank 0: League leaders Carlisle City swept under-12s title challengers Northbank aside on a cold and windy day at the Sheepmount.

Last updated 30 November 2011
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Keswick Greens edge home against Penrith

Penrith 1 Keswick Greens 2: Penrith under 10s created the early pressure but their early efforts were thwarted.

Last updated 23 November 2011
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Warwick Wanderers fight back to claim impressive victory

Warwick Wanderers 5 Abbeytown 3: Abbeytown were the better team in the first-half and they were three-one up at the interval but Warwick Wanderers stormed back in the second-half scoring twice in the first fifteen minutes to draw level.

Last updated 23 November 2011
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Crown Newlaithes edge home in nine-goal cup thriller

Crown Newlaithes 5 Northbank 1970 4 (aet): Lewis Thorburn scored the winning goal in the second period of extra-time to take Crown Newlaithes into the third round of the under-16s County Cup.

Last updated 9 November 2011
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Edenvale Kestrels in seventh heaven against City Whites

Edenvale Kestrels 7 Carlisle City Whites 0: Edenvale Kestrels under-9s were a physically stronger team than Carlisle City Whites and consequently had more possession of the ball.

Last updated 2 November 2011
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