A Mirror dinghy sailing on Ullswater. A Mirror class event will be the first big competition of the season on 7th, 8th and 9th April.

MEMBERS of Ullswater Yacht Club will be getting into the spirit of their sport at the start of the new sailing season this weekend.

Pupils from Stainton who took part in the annual Eden Valley Sports Partnership swimming gala at Penrith Leisure Centre.

ALMOST 100 competitors took part in the rescheduled Eden Valley Sports Partnership swimming gala at Penrith Leisure Centre pool.

MAKING THEIR MARK: Members of the Kirkby Stephen under-14 team who competed at the English hockey championships were, back row (left to right) Jenny Coates, Courtney Wharton, Heather Bland, Abigail Birkbeck, Imogene Whetton, Laura Stephenson, Emma Addison. Front: Rebecca Ewbank, Georgia Chapman (captain), Sasha Bell, Natalie Kipling, Heidi Maughan.

PENRITH and District Ladies’ Darts League, cup semi-final results:

FORMER Greystoke head lad Malcolm Jefferson was said to be “on cloud nine” on the last day of the Cheltenham Festival after landing his second winner of the week with Attaglance in the Conditional Jockey’s Handicap Hurdle.

THE Ullswater Darts League Whitbread knockout competition final was won on Sunday by Clickham, who recorded a 13-3 win over the White Lion.

CHARITIES across the North West which are feeling the effects of public funding cuts, including a children’s disability initiative in Eden, have been given a lottery lifeline.

COUNCILLORS agreed to go against their planning policy to allow the construction of six new homes near Penrith.

AN application for the erection of a single wind turbine on land near Ainstable was refused by Eden planners.

DO you have a local hero in your community? Perhaps they go that extra mile to make a realdifference helping others, or organise community or sporting activities? Why not recognise their hard work and nominate them for an Eden Local Heroes Award.