Walshie's Week

Mike Firby was a deserved recipient in the recent Cumbria Sports Awards so it was appropriate to have a word...

It’s not really one game this week, more a collection of matches in the 1960s between Deer Orchard and Coalesce.

Anthony Murray has been handed the job of guiding Workington Town on their return to League One after a disappointing...

I’ve covered Workington Reds for the local paper since 1967 but how I was given the job had rather unpleasant...

The big news in Cumbrian sport is return of the Workington Comets who will be racing in speedway’s National Development...

Undoubtedly the greatest thrill I have had in my role as commentator for BBC Radio Cumbria was when I was...

Kendal motorbike racer Bradley Perie will make his debut in British Superbikes in 2023.

England’s splendid win in the World T20 Cup was crowned by two players with Cumbrian connections being there to secure...

Tennis is a sport that doesn’t receive a lot of publicity across the county so I thought it was time...

Fell-running is a natural sport for our county, yet it’s one that I haven’t seen much of over the years.

As a footnote to recent articles I must acknowledge responses I have had before leading into a game from the...

It was FA Cup first round proper day, December 9, 1967 and Reds - struggling in Division Four – had...

Women’s football is going from strength to strength, pushed firmly into the spotlight by England’s success in the Euros.

Well actually it’s a speedway meeting this time – the first one I’d seen, apart from on TV, when the...

Badminton used to appear regularly in the pages of the local papers but seems to have almost disappeared.

It was November 25, 1964 and I was off work, although recovering from a bout of flu. I felt fit...

"Cry For Home” Greenock Morton 1995 by Stuart Roy Clarke I had the pleasure of meeting Stuart Roy Clarke recently,...

I’d started covering Workington Town soon after I joined the Cumberland Star in September 1963.

My guest this week to answer 10 questions about himself and his sport is Trevor Taylor from Carlisle. Trevor followed...