Friday, 19 March 2010

Other sports round-up

F1 flop fails to live up to pre-season hype

I don't think the start to an F1 season has been so over hyped with promises of enlivened spectator entertainment because of new rule changes, new teams like Lotus, a supposed fight for supremacy between Button and Hamilton and the return my least favourite driver, German, Michael Schumacher.

Last updated 19 March 2010
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Phil Taylor looking ominous

Darts ace Peter Manley reviews week 6 of the Premier League in association with www.180bets.com

Last updated 19 March 2010
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Carlisle athlete Tom Farrell gets GB team call-up

Carlisle runner Tom Farrell has won a Great Britain Under-20 call-up for this month’s World Cross-Country Championships in Poland.

Last updated 18 March 2010
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Which Barney will turn up?

Darts ace Peter Manley previews week six of the Premier League in association with www.180bets.com

Last updated 18 March 2010
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Carlisle team awaits Super Cup second-round draw

A team from Carlisle and District Coarse Angling Club won their way through to the second round of the UK’s biggest club angling competition, the Angling Times Super Cup, at Copthorne Lakes, near Preston, on Sunday.

Last updated 12 March 2010
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Hundreds of volunteers helped make Malcolm Wilson rally a success

At last weekend’s Malcolm Wilson Rally, I estimate over 200 volunteers were running the one-day rally.

Last updated 12 March 2010
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Barney played like a world-beater

Carlisle-based darts ace Peter Manley reviews week five of the Premier League in association with www.180bets.com

Last updated 12 March 2010
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It's a tough old game - there are no mugs around now

Darts ace Peter Manley previews week 5 of the Premier League in association with www.180bets.com

Last updated 10 March 2010
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Carlisle angler qualifies for British Pike Championship

Carlisle's Dave Stanley clinched Sunday’s Fox Tackle and Angling Times-sponsored 2010 British Pike Championship qualifying match at Longtown West Pond, with an 8lb 10oz pike taken on the first cast from his roadside peg.

Last updated 6 March 2010
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Cumbria players take on Welsh international star

Cumbria entertain Gwynedd this weekend at The Hilltop and they are facing an uphill battle to stave off another relegation.

Last updated 6 March 2010
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Malcolm Wilson Rally will attract visitors to Cockermouth

Cockermouth will hold its first major event since the floods tomorrow as the 35th Malcolm Wilson Rally comes to town.

Last updated 5 March 2010
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Brilliant to see Ronnie Baxter doing so well

Peter Manley reviews week four of the Premier League in association with www.180bets.com

Last updated 5 March 2010
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Cumbria trio miss out on triples final glory

After a disappointing start when almost every Cumbria representative went down at the first hurdle there was at last some good news when Cindy Edmondson, Janice Gower and Karen Edmondson came through their first round triples game against Clevedon 26-10.

Last updated 4 March 2010
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Cumbrian bowler lands national award

It was a highly emotional experience for Carlisle ace Danny May at the Walker Stadium in Leicester when he received the coveted Bowls International Young Bowler-of-the-Year award at the annual dinner of Bowls England.

Last updated 4 March 2010
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My form is improving and I'm showing glimpses of my best

Peter Manley previews week four of the Premier League in association with www.180bets.com

Last updated 4 March 2010
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Carlisle mother and daughter again miss out on title

Carlisle mother-and daughter duo Cindy and Karen Edmondson, who lost in the women’s national indoor triples final with Cumbria IBC club-mate Mary Ferguson in 2004, had to settle for the runners-up spot again on Tuesday.

Last updated 4 March 2010
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Mikko Hirvonen hopes to keep Ford flying high in Mexico rally

Ford driver Mikko Hirvonen is expecting a slippery ride as he aims to keep himself and the Cumbrian Blue Oval team flying high in the World Rally Championship at this week’s Rally Mexico.

Last updated 4 March 2010
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