Pontefract

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Pontefract

(ˈpɒntɪˌfrækt)
n
(Placename) an industrial town in N England, in Wakefield unitary authority, West Yorkshire: castle (1069), in which Richard II was imprisoned and murdered (1400). Pop: 28 250 (2001)
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'Does Pontefract still flourish, sir, upon the soil of England?'
RUGBY UNION YMCA U15s 29 PONTEFRACT U15s 14 HUDDERSFIELD YMCA and Pontefract both went into Sunday's game with injuries and illness severely affecting their squads and as a result the game had to be played as 14-aside.
They have earned one win this season, against Yorkshire's Pontefract, and have three matches left.
PLAYER-COACH Chris Hyndman feels that Billingham can play a lot better than in Saturday's 29-17 win over Pontefract.
1 0 P o n t e f r a c t , n a p ) , Fantastic Pick (5.10 Pontefract, nb), Zabeel Palace (3.50 Plumpton), Orchard King (4.20 Plumpton).
Meanwhile, chop the Pontefract cakes into small pieces (scissors make the job easy).
FOCUS Group is an interesting runner at Pontefract tomorrow where he is set to have his first run for Malton trainer Jimmy Quinn.
Races for stayers are a popular spectacle at Pontefract, befitting a racecourse which has possibly the longest continuous track in the world on the Flat.
She ate up to two 200 gramme bags of traditional liquorice pastilles, known as Pontefract Cakes, every day before she was rushed into hospital.
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