The Sports Weekend with Nick Westby on December 22, 2023.
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00:00 Ho ho ho and a Merry Christmas from the Yorkshire Post Sports Desk. What has Santa got coming down the chimney for you this weekend?
00:07 Hopefully it's a copy of the Yorkshire Post Sports Weekend Supplement because it's got 8 pages of action packed, fun features and previews to the weekend's sporting action.
00:17 We're looking at our Sports Performer of the Year, 10 candidates to get your vote for Yorkshire's Hero of 2023.
00:24 We've also got our Sports Quiz of 2023 as well, 100 questions. Look out for the 20 on local football from Leon Wabshaw.
00:33 If you can get 10 of those you get an extra mince pie with your Christmas dinner.
00:37 Elsewhere we're building up to the final weekend before Christmas of the football season, big games for Leeds United and Sheffield Wednesday in particular.
00:45 Cricket wise we're looking at the Yorkshire County Cricket Club takeover and England's ODI series out in the West Indies that ended in defeat.
00:54 Plus our Saturday interview is with John Dodds, the groundsman at Scarborough Cricket Club who repeatedly produces one of the best outgrounds in English cricket.
01:03 We've also got news from the world of racing ahead of Big Boxing Day meet at Wetherby and Kempton.
01:09 Plus news from basketball, ice hockey and across the world of sport.
01:14 Have a fantastic sporting weekend and most importantly a superb Christmas Day.