Ossett News

A PHYSIOTHERAPIST who developed a scheme to help people on incapacity benefit put fitness first has won a top award. View the full article

Ossett Trinity RLFC - 2008/2009 Season Fixtures for the Yorkshire ARL League (Unison First Division). Fixtures may be subject to change and exclude any cup competitions matches. 06/09/08 - Knottingley Rockware Stolzle v Ossett Trinity 13/09/08 - Ossett Trinity v Birstall Victoria 27/09/08 - Ossett Trinity v Normanton Knights 11/10/08 - Kettlethorpe v Ossett Trinity 18/10/08 - Hunslet Warriors A v Ossett Trinity 25/10/08 - Ossett Trinity v Dewsbury Moor 01/11/08 - Ossett Trinity v Cutsyke 15/11/08 - Crofton Cougars v Ossett Trinity 22/11/08 - Allerton Bywater v Ossett Trinity 29/11/08 - Ossett Trinity v Knottingley Rockware Stolzle 13/12/08 - Birstall Victoria v Ossett Trinity 03/01/09 - Normanton Knights v Ossett Trinity 17/01/09 - Ossett Trinity v Kettlethorpe 24/01/09 - Ossett Trinity v Hunslet Warriors A 31/01/09 - Dewsbury Moor v Ossett Trinity 21/02/09 - Cutsyke v Ossett Trinity 28/02/09 - Ossett Trinity v Crofton Cougars 07/03/09 - Ossett Trinity v Allerton Bywater

THE 'quacky' races will come to Ossett next month when 2,000 ducks set sail to help fund an eco-friendly church heating system. View the full article

PEOPLE with spinal injuries will benefit from state-of-the-art equipment at a new hospital unit thanks to an Ossett charity. View the full article

GARDENING enthusiasts are invited to a humorous presentation with BBC Radio Leeds horticulturist Joe Maiden. View the full article

BRASS band players of all ages are needed to join a Gawthorpe music group which is continuing to build itself back up since the death of its co-founder. View the full article

ACTION has been taken to disperse a foul smell lingering over Ossett, following an investigation into three companies. View the full article

A LANDMARK community project has rejuvenated a South Ossett churchyard which had been badly overgrown for years. View the full article

Published Date: 17 July 2008 By Lee Sobot The Big Interview http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/the-...in-a.4295343.jp OSSETT'S Brenda Kerr is charging her way up the football coaching ladder – and aims to show the men just how it's done! Brenda was just a watching parent 18 months ago, stood on the sidelines and offering support to her daughters Leonie, eight, and Jodel, 10. Eighteen months on and Brenda now coaches her two girls and their budding young female team-mates for Ossett Albion under-9s and under-11s. It's been a quick rise for Brenda, previously coach of Dewsbury Rangers under-10s. Immediately after passing her Level One coaching badge, she stepped up to Level Two which she celebrated obtaining last month. Now Brenda has a taste for it and is aiming as high as possible, admitting coaching the newly- named Leeds Carnegie Ladies or even England is the ultimate dream. Brenda, who works at Chickenley School, Dewsbury, will now charge into her Level Three coaching course in October, a badge held by just 64 women nationwide. Women's football continues to grow but a Level Three course will be mixed sex and Brenda says people are kidding themselves thinking women's football is now totally accepted. Brenda is preparing for the inevitable banter but is determined to show budding male coaches exactly who's boss! "You still get the men saying 'what, women?'," said Brenda. "That's why whenever I do a football course I say it's run by a female coach and I think it's better personally for girls to have a female coach. "That's just a personal opinion as blokes look at you and say 'what do you do – football?'. "I've looked at the next Level Three class and it starts in October so I think I'm going to be brave and go for that. "They've not said where it is yet and it will be a mixed sex one as well I should think – Level Two was all- female but I don't think it will be at Level Three.

A DEDICATED school governor who helped staff and children at Ossett's Towngate J&I school for more than 25 years has retired. View the full article

A MUCH-NEEDED clear-up of an overgrown graveyard will take place. View the full article

THE people of Ossett have named the town's new state-of-the-art surgery. View the full article

Fixtures for Ossett Albion FC can be viewed by clicking the link below http://www.unibondleague.com/fixtures/first_north_grid.pdf

Ossett Albion Ladies have been drawn at home to Dearne & District Ladies in the first round of the Women's FA Cup. The winners of the match will play Sheffield United LFC or Huddersfield Town LFC in the second round. http://www.thefa.com/Womens/TheFAWomensCup/Fixtures/

SUN 07 SEP Collingham Tadcaster Ladies FC v Ossett Albion SUN 14 SEP Ossett Albion v Harrogate Railway Ladies FC SUN 21 SEP Keighley Ladies v Ossett Albion SUN 28 SEP Ossett Albion v Manvers Ladies SUN 05 OCT Ossett Albion v Wickersley Ladies SUN 12 OCT Rotherham United Women v Ossett Albion SUN 19 OCT Ossett Albion v Wetherby Athletic Ladies SUN 26 OCT AFC Preston v Ossett Albion SUN 02 NOV Ossett Albion v Beverley Town Ladies FC SUN 09 NOV Bilton Athletic v Ossett Albion SUN 16 NOV Ossett Albion v Castleford White Rose Ladies FC SUN 23 NOV Castleford White Rose Ladies FC v Ossett Albion SUN 30 NOV Ossett Albion v Collingham Tadcaster Ladies FC SUN 07 DEC Harrogate Railway Ladies FC v Ossett Albion SUN 14 DEC Ossett Albion v Keighley Ladies SUN 21 DEC Manvers Ladies v Ossett Albion SUN 04 JAN Wickersley Ladies v Ossett Albion SUN 11 JAN Ossett Albion v Rotherham United Women SUN 18 JAN Wetherby Athletic Ladies v Ossett Albion SUN 25 JAN Ossett Albion v AFC Preston SUN 01 FEB Beverley Town Ladies FC v Ossett Albion SUN 08 FEB Ossett Albion v Bilton Athletic Source: http://full-time.thefa.com/gen/Index.do?division=8277081

PEOPLE are encouraged to give blood at two donor sessions in Ossett. View the full article

AN Ossett wheelchair-user wants help to raise money for the charities close to his heart. View the full article

FORMER pupils helped students take a trip back in time at the celebration of a school centenary. View the full article

A BACK-TO-BASICS approach means Ossett Brewery has bucked a downward trend which has seen several of the town's pubs close. View the full article

PLANS to demolish a former Ossett hotel and turn it into an old people's home have been refused, leaving the building's future uncertain. View the full article

LADIES flocked to an Ossett TV studio for a saucy night of fun – in which their husbands turned into black tie waiters for the evening. View the full article

IT'S gala time in Ossett tomorrow – and a popular flower show will take centre stage once again. View the full article

A EUROPEAN tour awaits a Gawthorpe lad after his band teamed up with a producer for the Kaiser Chiefs. View the full article

Ossett Albion JFC would like to invite all girls aged 7 to 11 to their Summer Training. Training takes place at Southdale Playing Fields (Lime Street, off Station Road) It is held every Tuesday at 6pm until 7pm Why not come along and sample all the fun and excitement that football offers. Training is held under the supervision and guidance of our own FA Level 2 Qualified Female Coach For further information please contact Brenda - Email: brenda@ossett.com | Mobile: 07766 993780 No previous playing experience is necessary

GANGS of yobs are intimidating customers and driving trade away from a town centre restaurant, its owner has claimed. View the full article