Ossett News

It's not often we get photographs of our keeper's heroics, so Edd Hall this one's for you. View the full article

When I received the letter informing me that I had been called for 2 weeks of Jury Service, I was looking forward to doing my civic duty. After completing my first week, I have to say it is rather boring. The waiting around and then leaving the courtroom while the legal team discuss issues, make your days very long and in fact tiring. Ah well only one more week to go! This week’s blog is shorter than normal due in part to Jury Service. On Tuesday afternoon, I went for a drive around South Ossett. I came across this whopping pothole on Junction Lane. As some wit said on my Facebook page, it was so big looked like an archaeological dig! I reported the issue first thing on Wednesday morning and by Friday afternoon, it was repaired. I accept it is not the prettiest of repairs, but it has done the job. If you know of a pothole or damaged road surface, somewhere within Horbury & South Ossett, please either let me know via Facebook, email or report it directly to 0345 8 506 506. All you need to report is the street name and the nearest house number to the problem. Many people experience financial difficulties for many different reasons and may not realise that the Council may be able to help them. The rising cost of living, which the Chancellor has not really recognised with help to our residents, is a massive concern to many people across Horbury & South Ossett. You may be able to get help and advice to make changes, so you have more money coming in and less going out. To find out how you could save money or get help with money, housing, jobs, benefit support or energy, then please visit www.wakefield.gov.uk/more-money-in-my-pocket or call 01924 305 887 Not a week goes by without some changes to our vital local bus service. In my opinion ARRIVA have a lot to answer for! The latest changes announced by ARRIVA affect many Saturday services across the whole of the Wakefield district and come into play from 25th April 2022. These changes are referred to as temporary. Let’s see how quickly they reinstate these essential services. Services that travel in and around Horbury & Ossett affected are the 120, 120A, 122, 126, 127 many other services are changing - visit www.arrivabus.co.uk/latest-news/temporary-service-changes-in-yorkshire On Thursday evening the Horbury Jubilee group met and confirmed our plans for our Picnic in the Park event on Sunday 5th June. Please keep up to date with our plans via my Facebook page, Friends of Horbury’s Parks and You know you live in Horbury – all these pages will be up-dated as our plans develop. On the subject of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, today Deb Nicholl my colleague and Labour’s candidate in this May’s local elections, planted the first 3 of our 6 Flowering Cherry Trees across Horbury & South Ossett. Newly planted trees are now at the junction of Junction Lane and South Parade in the grounds of the WDH bungalows, Memorial Park and in Carr Lodge Park. The next 3 will be located with Illingworth Park in South Ossett, Reid Park in Horbury Bridge and the grounds of the Methodist Church on Horbury High Street. Signs will be installed closer to the Jubilee weekend. The trees have been paid for by a donation from UNITE the Union and from Deb and Darren. The recently planted COVID tree in Carr Lodge Park has had several daffodil bulbs planted around its base. These flowers look magnificent and compliment the tree wonderfully. Thank you to the kind soul who planted the bulbs, cracking job! On Wednesday afternoon a resident informed me of a tree issue on Golden Square. One of the large mature trees had a broken branch several metres above the grassed area. These trees belong to Wakefield District Housing, and I have notified them of the issue. This will be resolved in due course. If you live in Horbury Junction you may be interested in attending a meeting on Wednesday 30th March. Starting at 7pm at The Calder Vale Hotel, the meeting is being led by the Horbury Civic Society and the subject is to discuss issues and ideas to improve Horbury Junction and to help shape the Civic Society’s Action Plan for the whole of Horbury. Please keep safe and take care. If you need assistance or would like me to be involved in a new local project, please feel free to drop me a line. I will see what I can do to help. Darren View the full article

First team down 17-14 at half time at WPL View the full article

Here’s your team for todays Pitching-In Northern Premier League East Division tie v Shildon AFC. View the full article

Listen to this episode from The Big Sports PodCASSt on Spotify. After a bit of a break we are back with the stronger together podcast. Joined by Debbie Hardaker, and special guest Peter Ahlan from Sweden. Listen in for for the views and news and a bit of banter inbetween.View the full article

Deb & Darren out this morning planting the first three of six Flowering Cherry Trees as part of our Celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The locations - Junction Lane in South Ossett, Memorial and Carr Lodge Parks in Horbury. A further 3 will be planted in Illingworth Park, South Ossett, Reid Park in Horbury Bridge. and the grounds of the Methodist Church in Horbury High Street. Thank you to Andy for his ability to dig holes😉 The trees have been purchased by a joint venture of UNITE the Union, Darren & Deb. View the full article

On Non-League Day we thought we would share one final “what non-league means to you”, one supporter, Marty Oldroyd, summed it up perfectly! https://www.ossettutd.com/news/article/what-nonleague-football-means-to-you-part-three/ View the full article

New scarves in stock today. £10 View the full article

Wishing a happy birthday to one of Superstar volunteers, Mr Simon Hudson Have a great day mate and hopefully we’ll grab all 3 points for you ⚽️🎉🎁 View the full article

Happy Non-League Day folks!, here’s your Match-day Programme https://express.adobe.com/page/KQ0lslk7o5Squ/ 🆚 Shildon AFC 📈 Pitching In Northern Premier League East 🏟 The World Famous Ingfield 📆 Saturday 26th March 2022 ⏰ 3pm 📻 https://mixlr.com/ossett-united-radio 🥘🏦 https://www.ossettutd.com/news/article/ossett-united-food-bank-collection/ #NonLeagueDay #MenWeAreWithYou #StrongerTogether View the full article

This is defo big sir and one of our little Dragon's 😂😂 View the full article

In the build-up to today’s Non-League Day, Prostate Cancer UK is calling on Ossett United fans to check their risk of the most common cancer in men. Find out your risk and share the charity’s 30 second online risk checker here: https://prostatecanceruk.org/risk-checker View the full article

The monthly draw took place yesterday evening, the winning number was No4. Congratulations Lee Broadbent who wins £50. The bonus not claimed so April draw will be for £250 View the full article

Game Day 1stXV travel to Bramhope to take on West Park Leeds RUFC in a Yorkshire 3 clash. Whilst the 2ndXV travel to North Yorkshire to take on opponents from Yorkshire 4 Knaresborough RUFC. Two really hard games today as such any travelling support would be really appreciated. Good luck and go well. 🏉 🏉 Ossett RUFC More than just a Rugby Club #oneclub #ossettrufc #queensterrace #ossett #ossettrugby #horbury #wakefield #yorkshire #england #rugby #rugbyunion #ru #rl #mensrugby #ladiesrugby #allinclusive #rugbyleague #comejoinus #instagram #rookierugby #black #white #red ⚫️⚪️🔴 View the full article

Tomorrow is of course Non-League Day, but don’t forget we are also holding the second of our Food bank collections at the ground. Thank-you all as always for your support. https://www.ossettutd.com/news/article/ossett-united-food-bank-collection/ Following conversations with two of our supporters, Gary Widdop and Paul Stephenson, Ossett United have agreed as in the oast to organise collections for the South Ossett Church food bank. This initiative will take place on two Saturdays in March, the second of which will coincide with National Non-...View the full article

UPDATED. To now include home league game v West Park Leeds RUFC Ossett RUFC remaining fixtures in the 2021 / 2022 season. 🏉 🏉 Ossett RUFC More than just a Rugby Club #oneclub #ossettrufc #queensterrace #ossett #ossettrugby #horbury #wakefield #yorkshire #england #rugby #rugbyunion #ru #rl #mensrugby #ladiesrugby #allinclusive #rugbyleague #comejoinus #instagram #rookierugby #black #white #red ⚫️⚪️🔴 View the full article

Anger as West Yorkshire buses slashed just weeks after last round of timetable cuts Yorkshire LiveView the full article

More changes to buses, this time across the whole of West Yorkshire. Follow the link to see how this impact on services in Horbury, Ossett and Wakefield. Arriva state that these are temporary changes - let’s hope that this is what actually happens! descriptionView the full article

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The second team squad to travel to Yorkshire 4 team Knaresborough RUFC tomorrow is out. There is potential for an earlier kick off of 2-30pm so can all players please meet at the club at 12-30pm latest or if going direct meet at Knaresborough at 13-45 🏉 🏉 Ossett RUFC More than just a Rugby Club #oneclub #ossettrufc #queensterrace #ossett #ossettrugby #horbury #wakefield #yorkshire #england #rugby #rugbyunion #ru #rl #mensrugby #ladiesrugby #allinclusive #rugbyleague #comejoinus #instagram #rookierugby #black #white #red ⚫️⚪️🔴 View the full article

Here’s the 1stXV selected for tomorrows game at West Park Leeds RUFC All travelling support would be massively appreciated Go well boys 🏉 🏉 Ossett RUFC More than just a Rugby Club #oneclub #ossettrufc #queensterrace #ossett #ossettrugby #horbury #wakefield #yorkshire #england #rugby #rugbyunion #ru #rl #mensrugby #ladiesrugby #allinclusive #rugbyleague #comejoinus #instagram #rookierugby #black #white #red ⚫️⚪️🔴 View the full article

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The management have been busy working hard prior to today’s 5pm deadline, and as such we are pleased to announce not 1, not 2, not 3 but 4 new signings! Please welcome to Ossett United:- MARK EDUR. Mark is a left-back who joins us from Belper Town. He has previously played in the first and second tiers of Estonian football and the second tier in Bulgaria. CURTIS MORRISON. Curtis is a right-winger who joins us from Cleethorpes Town. He has previously played for Gainsborough Trinity, Guiseley and Chesterfield amongst others. KIERAN BLADES. Kieran is a centre-back who has joined us from Nuneaton Borough, he has previously played for Belper Town, South Normanton Athletic and Quorn. CRAIG NELTHORPE. Craig also joins us from Belper Town, he can play left-back or left-wing and has also played for Ossett Town, Matlock Town, Harrogate Town and Doncaster Rovers amongst others. We would like to thank all involved with these transfers for their professionalism in helping these moves through. View the full article

This Saturday our second XV now travel to North Yorkshire to take on Yorkshire 4 side Knaresborough RUFC. Squad to be announced tomorrow 🏉 🏉 Ossett RUFC More than just a Rugby Club #oneclub #ossettrufc #queensterrace #ossett #ossettrugby #horbury #wakefield #yorkshire #england #rugby #rugbyunion #ru #rl #mensrugby #ladiesrugby #allinclusive #rugbyleague #comejoinus #instagram #rookierugby #black #white #red ⚫️⚪️🔴 View the full article

Five non-league matches Leeds United fans could attend on Saturday Leeds LiveView the full article