Sleights FC is back in action tonight for first time in four years. Picture: submitted
Sleights FC makes return to local football four years after disbanding
by Andrew Snaith
Sleights Football Club will return to competitive football with a local derby tonight after a four-year hiatus. Fishburn Park Academy provide the opposition at the Sleights sportsfield with kick-off at 6.30pm. Sleights has a mix of 16 and 17 year-olds who have come through the junior setup, alongside seasoned players such as former Doncaster Rovers… →
Not out just yet: Why Sleights Cricket Club is enjoying new lease of life
by Andrew Snaith
Sleights Cricket Club is experiencing a new injection of life since a return to action in 2023. They briefly left their Lowdale Lane home, for four years, but are now back in rude health with a walking cricket team for all ages and junior coaching for primary school youngsters through the ECB’s Dynamos and All… →
Aislaby Show returns after 40 year hiatus as local village show season gets underway
by Emma Ryan
A day off from the farm, a family day out, villages and communities coming together in the countryside – not to mention an award winning lemon curd or the best baked pie being shown with pride. The first agricultural and country shows to take place in Yorkshire date back to the late 1700s. Some 250… →
National Park having to build more houses because of second homes and holiday lets
by Emma Ryan
“For every house we are building, we are losing three to second homes and holiday lets.” This, along with “an explosion in Airbnbs” has become a priority problem for the North York Moors National Park (NYMNP), which says it is, “for the first time”, looking at expanding its villages with developments of housing on the… →
A fond farewell to longest serving member of staff at Sleights C of E after 26 years
by Emma Ryan
Sleights C of E School will say goodbye to its longest serving member of staff when school breaks up for the summer holidays tomorrow. Deb McGill has been a teaching assistant at Sleights C of E for 26 years and in that time has seen generations of families attend the school, including her own five… →
Charity fundraising day in memory of a pal “always there for others”
by Emma Ryan
A Sleights family are holding a fundraising fun day and barbecue in memory of a man who died from cancer aged just 35. Nick Gale would have turned 36 on Sunday but he passed away in January two weeks after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer. On Saturday, a get together for family, friends and anyone… →
Radford’s retain coveted Battle of the Butchers title for third year running
by Emma Ryan
Radford’s Butchers in Sleights has carved its place in competition history after winning the coveted Battle of the Butchers title for the third year in a row. Andrew Radford and Pete Everington were a cut above the rest of the competition – eight other teams from around the country – creating a mouthwatering display of… →
Sleights FC will kick off new season with a senior side for first time in four years
by Emma Ryan
After a four year hiatus, Sleights FC has re-formed its adult team with a focus on bringing on young players. Following an application process it has been confirmed that Sleights FC will go into The Beckett Division 2 with pre-season training set to get underway next month. The adult team disbanded four years ago but… →
Cooking up a collaboration between Sleights cubs and Radford’s butchers
by Emma Ryan
A Sleights cubs group has been given cash boost by local butcher Andrew Radford after they visited his shop as part of a project about healthy eating and food. Andrew, of Radford’s Butchers on Coach Road, donated £500 to Sleights Seekers Cubs pack as well cooking up a feast of sausages for the young ones… →
Sleights primary proud of accolade for history provision
by Emma Ryan
Sleights C of E Primary has become the only school in North Yorkshire to have been recognised for excellence in history provision. The school, on Ingham Close, has been awarded the Historical Association Quality Mark, an award which recognises the excellence of history provision in a school. The Quality Mark assesses and values the history… →
Read: Sleights primary proud of accolade for history provisionAmy Cockrem from Whitby who has been nominated for the Charity Champion category in the Local Hero Awards for her work during last year’s moors fires. Wednesday 22 April. Picture: Ceri Oakes
Moors fire fund-raising champion Amy up for national award
by Emma Ryan
A funding campaign expecting to raise a few hundred pounds to cover fuel costs of farmers bravely fighting wildfires on the North York Moors last summer ended up topping £77,000 – and now the woman behind it has been nominated for a national award. Amy Cockrem of Sleights is up for the Charity Champion category… →
Sleights FC is back in action tonight for first time in four years. Picture: submitted
Sleights FC makes return to local football four years after disbanding
by Andrew Snaith
Sleights Football Club will return to competitive football with a local derby tonight after a four-year hiatus. Fishburn Park Academy provide the opposition at the Sleights sportsfield with kick-off at 6.30pm. Sleights has a mix of 16 and 17 year-olds who have come through the junior setup, alongside seasoned players such as former Doncaster Rovers… →
