Tour of Britain 2015
Photos from Stage 6 of the Tour of Britain 2015, passing through Derbyshire.
Jonathan Dodds
Multimedia journalist and content editor for Johnston Press in Derbyshire. Titles include Buxton Advertiser, Matlock Mercury, Belper News and associated websites.
Derbyshire captain Madsen targets immediate top tier return
Derbyshire captain Wayne Madsen believes his team is no one-hit wonder, and that they have what it takes to challenge for a place in Division One of the LV= County Championship this term.
A swift return to the top flight of English cricket is the ultimate aim for Madsen’s men, following on from the disappointment of relegation in 2013 after just one season, and with three wins to their name.
A feast of golf in 1,000 courses
A rich golfing pedigree has been the driving force behind a High Peak man’s passion for the sport.
So much so that earlier this year, John Armitt, from Buxton, celebrated playing his 1,000th different golf course.
John began playing golf as a junior and his first golf subscription in 1945 cost five shilling. That was at Buxton and High Peak Golf Club, where he is a life member.
And during a long and varied golfing career spanning a remarkable eight decades, the 77-year-old has gone on to play
Paralympic star's golden success Storey
Sporting superstar Sarah Storey has paid a golden tribute to her supporters who have helped the Disley cyclist take her place in Paralympic history.
Sarah stormed to gold in four events at this summer’s Paralympic Games in London to overtake former wheelchair racer Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson as Britain’s most decorated female Paralympian.
The 34-year-old swimmer-turned-cyclist entered the record books after victory in the road race, adding to her golds in the road time trial, and in the velo
Paralympian with the world at his wheels
Paralympic cycling hero Anthony Kappes is considering the future now that he has the world at his wheels.
The Chapel-en-le-Frith-born sportsman told the Advertiser that his next decision is the exciting prospect of being among the first Paralympic track cyclists ever to take part in a Commonwealth Games - and what to do about Rio in four years’ time.
In a wide-ranging interview, Kappes talks about the “emotional rollercoaster” of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London and the thrill of winning go
Longnor pays tribute to races stalwart Roy - VIDEO & PICTURES
“THIS one’s for Roy” was the poignant tribute from organisers of Longnor Wakes Races as they dedicated last Thursday’s successful event to their former chairman Roy Mellor.
Spectators and competitors basked in glorious sunshine as the age-old spectacle of traditional harness racing returned to the beautiful setting of Longnor Moor, its home for over 100 years.
Chapel-born cyclist storms to third Paralympic career gold
Chapel-en-le-Frith-born cyclist Anthony Kappes struck gold for the third time in his Paralympic career by successfully defending his tandem sprint title.
Kappes and his sighted pilot Craig Maclean beat ParalympicGB team-mates Neil Fachie and Disley’s Barney Storey in a thrilling climax to the men’s individual B sprint - for riders with a visual impairment - at the London velodome on Sunday.
Former Chapel High School pupil Kappes, who is registered partially blind after being struck down
Whaley Bridge gymnast “on top of the world” after Olympic experience
Proud Whaley Bridge gymnast Jennifer Pinches is “on top of the world” after achieving her life’s goal of representing Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympics.
Pinches, making her debut on sport’s biggest stage, was a member of the Team GB squad which finished sixth in Tuesday’s final of the artistic gymnastics team competition - their best post-war performance at the Games.
The 18-year-old put in a truly gutsy performance at London’s North Greenwich Arena, recovering from a fall on the beam
McIntosh: cup win is just reward after tough season
Buxton Football Club ended their rollercoaster season in style by defeating Derby County to lift the Derbyshire Senior Cup for the second time in four years.
A fabulous second-half strike by Mark Reed was all that separated the sides at a sodden B2net Stadium, with the Rams twice rattling the woodwork and having a goal chalked off for offside.
Wednesday night’s Derbyshire Cup decider was the Bucks’ third final appearance in four seasons, and saw the Silverlands side gain revenge for last season.
England calls at the double
A mother and daughter from Buxton have scored a darts double for their country.
BDO ladies darts star Lorraine Farlam, of Dale Road, helped her fellow compatriots to victory in the recent Six Nations tournament in Blackpool.
Hot on the heels of this triumph, and following in her mother’s footsteps, Farlam’s daughter Josie Paterson has now also received her first call-up to the England Girls squad.
Mother-of-two Farlam, a semi-finalist at this year’s Lakeside World Professional Darts Champions
New Bucks boss is ready for the challenge
Buxton FC's new manager Martin McIntosh wants to return a winning mentality to the club and secure its future in the Evo-Stik Premier Division.
Ex-Worksop Town boss McIntosh has been chosen as the man to turn around the fortunes of the struggling Bucks, who are currently five points adrift of safety in the Premier Division with 14 league games remaining - and who haven’t won at home in the league for over four months.
The Scotsman was appointed on Saturday and succeeds Scott Maxfield.
Maxfield ‘surprised and disappointed’ at Buxton FC’s decision to search for new manager
PLAYER-MANAGER Scott Maxfield said he was “surprised and disappointed” by Buxton Football Club’s decision to look for a new boss.
Maxfield, and his assistant Chris Dolby, took charge at the Silverlands following the departure of John Reed and Clive Freeman in mid-November, but have been unable to turn around the club’s fortunes.
With 14 league games remaining, and the Bucks currently in 20th place in the table, five points adrift of safety, the board this week decided to make a last-ditch bid
Wicket-keeper Chris handed big break
Wicketkeeper Chris Durham has taken a step closer to realising his ambition of playing first-class cricket after moving up the rankings in the wake of Derbyshire County Cricket Club captain Luke Sutton’s shock retirement.
With Tom Poynton set to become first-choice wicketkeeper at the County Ground following Sutton’s departure last week on health and personal grounds, rising star Durham, 19, from Chapel-en-le-Frith, is expected to get the nod to take-over the gloves for the second XI.
Buxton FC’s young guns to take on the big guns
It'll be a baptism of fire for Buxton FC’s young guns on Tuesday evening (July 26) when the club’s newly re-formed under-19 side takes to the Silverlands pitch for the first time in a prestige friendly against last season’s FA Youth Cup finalists Sheffield United.
Aside from two outings in a pre-season tournament in Rossington, this will be the first chance for local football fans to catch a glimpse of the squad of 20 players - hailing from across the High Peak and Derbyshire - which will play
Lorraine's darts of gold
Darts ace Lorraine Farlam has described her victory in the singles of the prestigious British Darts Organisation (BDO) Gold Cup as one of the biggest wins of her career.
England international Farlam swept aside the current world number one Deta Hedman in the semi-finals on her way to being crowned the 2011 ladies champion at the Lakeside Country Club, the home of world darts, earlier this month.
The 35-year-old beauty therapist successfully qualified to represent Cheshire at the competition in
Busy times for Great Britain star
A Hope teenager is preparing to jet off to Canada to represent Great Britain at the first-ever women’s under-25 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship.
Madeleine Thompson, of Castleton Road, will be part of the national squad heading to North America in July to compete in the inaugural competition, just weeks after helping GB Women claim their first-ever BT Paralympic World Cup gold in Manchester.
And the busy 16-year-old Lady Manners School pupil, who has been juggling training and competit
Dickie Bird recalls when SNOW stopped play in Buxton
IT IS etched into cricket folklore. Derbyshire versus Lancashire, 1975. An unbelievable game which saw play halted by snow — in June!
Few remember the three-day match at The Park, between Derbyshire and Lancashire, for being one of the biggest defeats in County Championship history, instead for the unseasonal and unexpected influx of the dreaded white stuff.
And it’s one experience that certainly sticks in the mind of retired English international cricket umpire Harold Dennis Bird, MBE
First league championship seals historic treble for Hitmen
Buxton Hitmen secured the National League Championship for the first time in their 16-year history on Sunday to complete a clean sweep of trophies.
Despite being written off by many sporting pundits, the Hitmen defeated the Newport Hornets 56-35 at Hi-Edge to lift their first league title, to go with the National League Knockout Cup and the National Trophy.
And afterwards, club chairman Jayne Moss said: “It is a phenomenal achievement, something that I think happens perhaps once in a lifetime.
Hockey veteran strikes gold
Buxton Hockey Club veteran Peter Danson has helped England Over-70s team to gold at the Grand Masters World Cup in South Africa.
England brought home the gold medal after winning all six of their matches during the nine-day tournament in Cape Town, seeing off the challenge of arch rivals Australia, Germany and an Alliance team.
The national team finished the competition with a goal difference of 25, having conceded only twice.
A cool customer
Ice hockey netminder Declan Ryan is dreaming of one day playing among the country's elite.
The 17-year-old, from Whaley Bridge, has just returned from representing Great Britain at the IIHF World U18 Championships in Poland earlier this month.
Declan's performances between the pipes helped the team to fifth place in the round robin stage - their best ever finish at this level - and secured their Division One status for 2010.
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