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Hurst Green op 611 Champions do doub le up with four wins
NEW Hurst Green manager Andrew Holden has seen his side get off to a perfect start to the season. The former Accrington Stanley
and Clitheroe keeper has presided over four wins from four games. The locals opened with a fine 4-1
win at Worsthorne, after being 1-0 down with 20 minutes to play. Green recovered with substitute
Mark Young firing home a brilliant free kick to level matters, before a brace from Danny Walker and an own goal sealed victory.
Green then pulled off a superb 5-1
win over champions Rimington last Wednesday.
Young opened the scoring before
Colin Piper doubled the advantage. Tom O’Neill pulled one back for
Rimington with a superb free kick, but after the break. Walker, Simon Tipton and former Clitheroe striker Alan Coar saw Green to victory. On Saturday, great credit goes to
groundsman Barry Bolton for get ting the game on, as Green beat Witton Park 4-1.
Young again found the net, before
the Blackburn side levelled. After the break, the locals ran
away with the points with goals from Nick Wilkinson and Coar (2). Then on Tuesday, despite being
without four regulars, Hurst Green won 4-3 at Langho. Green went 2-0 up through Coar
and a 25-yarder from Young, only for Langho to level at the break. But headers from Tom Bamber
and Coar ensured a last-minute Langho penalty was a consolation.
Waddington unbeaten
WADDINGTON have enjoyed an unbeaten start to the Craven League Pre mier Division season. • The side won the league curtain raiser, clinching the John Hindle Trophy with a 2-1 win over champions Oxenhope, courtesy of goals from Stephen Holden and Pete Fletcher. Keeper Wayne Leach
saved a penalty to ensure the locals started the cam paign with some silver ware. The league season got underway with a 2-2 draw with derby rivals WPG Clitheroe. Both teams had a lively
start, creating good chances, only to be foiled by the keepers. The deadlock was bro ken midway through the
first half when Wadding ton were awarded a penal ty, which Rob Lloyd con verted. And 10 minutes later,
Waddington doubled their lead when Sam Dean scored from close range. Three minutes before
the break, the home side crucially pulled a goal back when the visiting defenders failed to clear their lines and allowed an unmarked WFC player to fire past Leach. In the second half, both
sides continued to create chances,
although
Waddington looked jaded at times in their second game in 24 hours. With only four minutes
left to play, WFC levelled when a home player peeled away from his marker and
got a shot in which Leach could only parry, and the rebound was slotted home to make the final score 2r2. Overall, it was a fair
result in a closely-fought derby.
On Saturday, Wadding
ton earned a 4-1 win at Gargrave, with Lloyd net ting a hat-trick, to add to a further strike from Dean. This was a comfortable
victory for the villagers, whose keeper Leach was rarely troubled throughout the game.
Waddington took the
lead in the first minute when a cross from Fletcher was headed home bv Lloyd. The visitors should have
scored a further three goals, with the Gargrave defence having to sustain
long periods of intense pressure.
However, the home side
equalised in the 20th minute with a breakaway goal.
Dean restored the lead
on the half hour, netting from close range, to give
'Waddington an-interval lead. A minute into the sec
ond half, Lloyd’s dipping shot beat the keeper to make it 3-1, and with 15 minutes remaining, he bagged his hat-trick goal. Waddington played
Bradley last night their third league game, an'd are at league champions Oxen hope on Saturday in a repeat of their John Hindle Trophy clash.
L io n s e n jo y a so l id s ta r t
at Grindleton. The Lions took the lead through
CLITHEROE Lions opened their Craven League First Division cam- pai^ with a win and a draw. First up, the locals shared six goals
striker Pinnard, who unleashed an audacious 30-yard volley into the top corner, and they soon doubled their advantage when Zach hit a first-time shot from the edge of the box into the roof of the net. The home side came back into the
match, and man-of-the-match Mashiter saved a point blank header at full length, and his quick throw out to Gaughan saw him set up Avci, who turned past two defenders and slipped in Pinnard for the third Grindleton came out battling hard
for the second half, and impressive midfielder Barrow scored with a
fierce left-foot shot. The hosts had their tails up and
levelled the garne within minutes with two penalties, one which sur prised everybody, with both teams playing on and nobody appealing. With 30 minutes still to play, there
were further chances at each end to snatch victory, but last-ditch defend ing and good goalkeeping ensured that a thrilling game of two halves
resulted in a well-deserved point to each team. The Lions recorded their first vic
tory on Saturday with a 4-1 \vin over Embsay.
The home side made an excellent
start and bombarded the visitors goal, but the game was then halted for ten minutes when Lions keeper Mashiter needed treatment after a nasty studs up challenge left him
with horrendous bruising to his foot. The goalkeeper refused to come off
and played through the pain barrier making some vital saves late on in the match. In the second half, the Lions net
ted twice in the opening five minutes. The first was a tap in from Zach
after sterling work from fellow striker Pinnard, and the second a well-timed volley from the very impressive Phil Moody.
A defence splitting ball from mid-
field maestro Gaughan released Pin nard to coolly nut-meg the keeper for the third, and although there was a late scare for the Lions as Embsay netted late on, Avci then put the game beyond doubt with a screamer that crashed into the roof of the net via the crossbar.
Debutants cruise to easy victory
THE Dog Sports Bar's first match in the Harry Dewhurst Memorial League proved to be an easy three points for the debutants. The match organised
for last Sunday morning was to be the first time the dogs were let off the
lead by their manager Brian Hodgson. They had been snap
ping at the heels of all their friendly opponents and were desperate to get a healthy start in the league - and this proved to be the case when the opposition failed to show.
ssoc Bolstered by their new
kit arriving just on time, sponsored by Martin Kenyon of the Dog Sports Bar, the lads looked and felt the part, with a few difficult selection deci sions spared by the lack of opposition. A hastily organised
knock about game, thanks to Dominic at the Horse Shoe, showed the progres sion that the Dog are dis playing with each game. A result of 6-2 perhaps flat tered the Dog with a 30 minute turn around from bed to the match for the Shoe.
EAST Lancashire League champions Rimington secured two wins over Set tle in the space of four days, commencing with a cornprehensjve 5-0 win at their Yorkshire opponents. The visitors took the
lead in the second minute when Haslam chipped to the far post, where Lawson headed home from close range. Rimington dominated
most of the first half, but couldn't find the net again with'the final pass not of the quality that Penman and Coulter would nor mally expect.
shuffle early in the second half as Keighley limped off with a calf inju^, but with Lawson moving to left back, the more-than-capa- ble Sayle came on, and
Rimington had to re Leaeue
with almost his first nass sent Penman through to coolly slot home.
p Rimington raised their
game further in the last 15 minutes and Lawson was on hand to make it 3-0, before the pacy Haslam raced clear twice for a dou ble strike. On Saturday, Rimington
then beat Settle 4-2, on a pitch that was perfect despite the deluge of rain. The visitors took the
lead in the fifth minute when Lawson's attempted headed clearance flew into the top corner. The home side attacked
down both flanks, but it was a routine ball over the top of the defence which brought the equaliser, as the keeper fumbled and Penman was alert to fire home.
Rimington le Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) Riminffton took the lea d
following a flowing move, and Rick 'Whalley curled home a beauty from the edge of the box. O'Neill out-foxed the full
back and whipped in a great cross from the left, which Coulter powerfully headed home to make it 3- 1.
Settle got back into the
game just before half-time when Nelson mis-judged a long ball and headed it into the path of the centre forward, who lobbed it over Kershaw. Rimington created
many openings in the sec ond half, but just had the one goal from substitute Bush to show for their dominance, rounding the keeper and slotting home.
Dog’s impressive display
DOG INN began life in the Harry Dewhurst Memorial League First Divi sion with an impressive 4-2 win over Stan ley Street Clarets at Wilson's. In their new royal blue Athertons strip,
the Whalley side were good value for Liam Porter's lOth-minute goal.
They doubled their advantage seven
minutes later, when debutant midfielder Darren Fothergill spectacularly chipped
the keeper from inside his own half. Stanley pulled one back early in the sec
ond half, but further goals from Liam Hill - another debutant - and Porter gave Dog a 4-1 advantage. A scrappy Stanley second increased the tension, but Dog held out to go top of the embryonic First Division table. Dog take on Commercial at King George's on Sunday.
N ew strip for Juniors
WHALLEY Juniors Under 14s have received a new sponsored strip from Glovers Project Services Limited. Club chairman and
manager Dave Astley said: "We are extremely grateful to Glovers Project Ser vices. Clubs like Whalley Juniors would struggle to continue without sponsor ship of this nature. “As a club we are always
A FULL entry for the annual open mixed green- somes at Clitheroe GC battled through a wet and windy day on Sunday. Peter and Gillian Lowe
took the first prize with an impressive nett 69. Clitheroe’s George Stod
dard and Pat Murray were just one off the top with a nett 70, with Rossendale’s B. and L. Davies third on the card. Chris Thompson and
Sarah Walton’s 76 was the best gross.
Still at Clitheroe, Denis
Greenup, Paul (lonnolly and Chris Vines claimed the prizes in the midweek niedal. Greenup’s flawless 69
nett 67 gave him a one- shot advantage over Con nolly, who took second from Vines on the same nett 68. Ted Speak led the sen
iors home in the stableford competition with 39 points, with Orville Hud son second, four points behind.
The away day exchange
with Sandiways GC proved a highly-successful event. Steve Dean came good
at two crucial holes to ensure he and playing partner Alan Gillespie took first prize with 42 points froih M. Fitton and John Pawson, who pro duced a better back nine to push Alex Taylor and Granville Pilling into third.
The club’s juniors took the Panter Plate when
they narrowly beat the council in their annual challenge match, and then scored a comprehensive victory over the seniors. . To rub salt in the sen
iors’ wound, young James Paton had a hole in one at the par three eighth. The Junior Club Cham
pionship produced a tight finish, James Fitton claim ing the Anne James Tro phy with a 69 nett, two clear of Robert Sumner and Sarah Hale, with Sarah third on the card. Andrew Heesom contin
ued his impressive season with a gross 73 to take the Ken Holding Trophy, and Harry Lambert proved best of the Under 12s. Jack Rothwell claimed
the only two of the day, and Scott Redfearn and
Fitton shared the nearest the pin. In the Inter-Town
League, Clitheroe A were denied the title by Accrington, but the B team won their league with an emphatic victory
the victors, and led by example, ably supported by Geoff Sutcliffe and John Whowell. Jack Rothwell was the
star in the weekend’s com petitions, as his 43 in the stableford put Stefano
Coppola into second on cards. Jack then had to settle
for runners-up in the medal to James Taylor. In the ladies’ section.
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over Blackburn on the final day. Simon Hale captained
Sue Cartledge won the sil ver division of the LGU Medal with a 90-17-73, beating Sheila Cornwell (85-12-73) into second on the card. Helen Maginn (79-5-
74) was third. In the bronze division,
Eileen Lambert (93-22- 71) was a two-shot winner from Barbara Hudson (99-26-73), with Sue Johnson (101-28-73) third after cards. At Whalley GC, Jean
Dearden won the LGU competition with 37 points, while lady captain Betty Rostron won the Veterans’ event, over 13 holes, with 28 points. The ladies also contest
ed the open singles recent ly, kindly sponsored by The Dress Shop, Whalley, with Ann Robathon of Accrington winning the silver division with 39 points from Jan Armis- tead of Kirkby Lonsdale, with 38, and Sophie Brooks with 37. Iris Sherry of Whalley
won the bronze division with 33 points from Mar garet Birtwell of Accring ton, who scored 32 and took second on the card from Jean Dearden. John and Betty Ros
tron and Mike and Agnes Seary teamed up to win the Texes Scramble on Bank Holiday Monday with a 60.2, while Whalley , also hosted an Under 16 . girls’ Roses county match, with Yorkshire coming out on top 5.5-1.5.
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looking for further spon sors, and would welcome any support from local businesses.” Team captain David Astley is shown receiving
the new strip from David Baldwin, a director of Glovers Project Services, watched by the team prior to their first match of the new season, (s) Whalley Juniors Under 14s ................................1 Langho ........................5 A tough first game of the season saw Whalley lose to their local rivals in a typi cal derby encounter. The first half was domi
nated by Langho, who took full advantage of a strong wind. They moved the ball
well and forced Whalley to defend, and it was no sur-
prise when they took the lead and increased it, lead ing 4-0 by half-time. The second half was a
different game, however, as 'Whalley fought back, and for periods looked the bet ter side. And when Chris
Matthews pulled a goal back midway through the half, things looked on the up for Whalley. However, a bad injury to
Sam Jennings meant a reshuffle, and the game remained as it was. Conor Ripley was refer ee’s man-of-the-match.
Wolves up and running
Clitheroe Wolves V i l l i Barnoldswick Town .0 THE Wolves started the new Warburtons League campaign in dramatic fashion with an excellent display of attacking foot ball.
Even the appalling con
ditions were not enough to prevent them finding the net at regular intervals. There were many good
performances in the team, with Dewhurst and Harri son driving forward from midfield, and Haworth showing some neat touches in attack. All three players con
tributed two goals each, with the opposition defence unable to cope with the variety of attack
o
ing moves. Clarkson hit four goals
ranging from tap-ins to fierce shots from acute angles. The defence was rarely
troubled, and this even allowed the captain Ainsworth to score with a left-foot shot from the edge of the area. Wolves Rangers.........3 Baxenden Villa.........2 WITH several players missing due to holidays. Wolves still managed to produce a display good enough to win their open ing fixture of the season. Robinson was the first
to miss from close range, but it was only a matter of time before the Rangers' dominance was rewarded.
Crook's superb corner
was headed home by Mon tague, who outjumped all to send the ball into the roof of the net. 'Villa hit back shortly
after, when Wilson tried to clear his lines and scooped the ball over the stranded Holden. But man-of-the-match
Bradshaw then scored direct from a corner to restore their lead. The second half was
very tight before debutant Middleton slid a pin-point cross for Bradshaw to score his second. However, a late goal by
Villa set up a tense finish, but the 'Wolves defence held firm to record their first win of the season.
Readstone start Fine win season in style
Readstone Uld ......... 5 Brierfield Celtic . . . .2 READSTONE United Under 13s Yellow started their season in style with an excellent 5-2 victory over Brierfield Celtic. The goal scorers were
Lloyd Standen, with four, and an own goal. Dean Molyneux was
named man-of-the- match.
The team then played
last season's league champions Junior Clarets, and scored first through Standen, only to concede two goals before half-time and lose the game 6-1. United created several
goal-scoring opportuni ties in the second half, and should have made the score a lot closer.
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Bradman reaches big milestone for Whalley as Kearsley hits a ton
WHALLEY professional Bradman Ediriweera passed the magical 1,000- run mark and Lee Kearsley smashed a superb century as the locals enjoyed a 34-run win over Great Harw’ood on Sunday. Martin Davies fell in the first over
with four to his name, which meant an early innings for Kearsley, hoping to follow on from his splendid Imock last week at Settle. He soon set about the bowling, and
he and Ediriweera built a command ing partnership in rapid time. Kearsley was first to his 50, while
professional Ediriweera headed towards his 1,000 for the season at the other end. Kearsley took the bowling apart
and the partnership had put on 145 before the pro was caught out look ing to move the score along, having struck 57 off 58 balls, including four boundaries and two sixes, to take his tally for the league campaign to 1.030. Alex Whelan joined Kearsley for
the final few overs, and they added an unbroken 29 as Whelan allowed Kearsley strike for the final ball, and he duly recorded a memorable ton, his first in senior cricket, with his unbeaten 102 coming off just 88 deliveries, with 10 fours and five fine sixes, with strokes to all parts of the ground, as Whalley closed on 178-2. Russ Whalley blasted Harwood to
a rapid reply, despite being dropped early doors after Nicky Byrne had Mohsin Ahmed caught by "Whelan. But he fell to the same bowler with
Kearsley taking the catch, for 24, with two sixes. Harwood paid man Gyan Pandey
and visiting skipper Allan Armer made solid contributions of 39 and 43 respectively, but a tight spell from Simon Gorton, probably his best of the season, saw Harwood having to chase runs, and wickets fell steadily. The crowd had, by now, built
impressively, and they cheered 'Whal ley and Harwood off the field at the end of an entertaining game, which
ended with Whalley taking five points as Hanvood ended on 144-9. Kearsley played a quality innings,
and gladly there was a decent crowd to witness the first ton by a Whalley amateur for a long time. Whalley end the season on Satur
day with a visit to Cherry "Tree, where they will hope to send Ediri weera back to Sri Lanka with anoth er victory, knowing they have improved over the season and can look to build upon this run in their next campaign. Meanwhile Clitheroe, Ribblesdale
Wanderers and Read saw all of their games hit by the weather, with Whalley’s Saturday match also a vic tim. On Saturday, having tied up the
league title last week, Clitheroe fin ish what has been a memorable sea son away at Great Harwood, Rib blesdale are at home to Baxenden and Read travel to Edenfield. All games see wickets pitched at 1-30 p.m.
Clitheroe push self destruct button
Clitheroe.....................15 Ashton-under-Lyne .20 CLITHEROE’S fine early season form came slither ing to a halt at a rain- lashed Littlemoor. It was a game they
could have, and should have won. Showing just the soli
tary change in personal from the previous week’s victory, Jim Moody mov ing to full back and Ed Hacking a late call up on the wing, things were look ing settled for the town team. Although giving away a
good couple of stone per man in the pack, Clitheroes' scrummaging held up quite well, when they put their mind to it, and the back line had plen ty of ball on the front foot. A good midfield move
had centre Nathan Peel scampering over in the cor ner to open Clitheroe’s account. A Moody penalty short
Langho Juniors........ 4 Accrington Stanley . .1 LANCiHO defied the weekend's monsoon condi tions to open the season with a convincing win. The early stages were
closely fought, however once the first goal went in there was only going to be one winner. An e.\cellent team per
formance was capped by goals from Callum Everett, Sean Holmes, Tom Riley and referree's man-of-the-match, Joel Phelps.
ly followed, and when South African centre Leon 'Vbrster crashed over for a debut try, it seemed like Clitheroe were in control. Ashton, however, had
different ideas, and a peri od of intense pressure fol lowed. After some strong
defending, Clitheroe even tually ran out of numbers and the visitors were over. Their kicker was on
good form, converting well, and followed up with a few penalties for good measure. At half-time Clitheroe
were still confident, and the instructions, to play for territory down the slope, in the by now monsoon-like
conditions, seemed to pay of for the first period of the half. Ashton were now play
ing 10-man rugby, using their bigger pack to good effect, mauling their way upfield. But while Clitheroe kept
them pegged back, the danger was nullified. In fact it was the home
side who had the greater number of chances at this time. Several clean line breaks
were made, but all too often the overlap was ignored, and some gilt- edged try scoring chances went begging. Ashton’s kicker still kept
them in the game, due to Clitheore’s indiscretions, and Clitheroe needed to stay calm and have clear heads to close out the game. Unfortunately, they
pushed the self destruct button, and after a series of mindless penalties, found themselves camped back on their own line. It was almost as no sur
prise when, after a series of rolling mauls were repelled, Ashton’s forwards rumbled the ball over the line, to take the lead for the first time in the match. To rub salt in further,
they kicked a penalty to thwart any hope of a comeback from a dejected Clitheroe team. Tyldesley Colts .........39 Clitheroe Cotts ...........5 DESPITE the scoreline, Clitheroe’s hew Colts side did themselves and the club proud in their first game in the Lancashire and Cheshire Colts League
on Sunday. Clitheroe took to the
field at St George’s Park with undampened enthusi asm, and for the first 20 minutes of the match enjoyed 80% of the posses sion and played mostly in Tyldesley’s half. Showing early that they
meant business, the Colts held their possession well, supported well and demon strated that they had no fear in tackle or ruck. 'When defending, they
worked hard and quickly • and put in a display of tackling of which the club’s senior players would be proud. Simon Cowgill and Joe
Lee showed an appetite for making ground, taking the ball forward and driving
■into their opponents, and were well supported by the forwards who were more than a match for their opposite numbers at the breakdown and in the scrum. Clitheroe man-of-the-
match, hooker James Hig- son, took many balls against the head and dis tinguished himself for both his speed into rucks and the efficiency of his arrival. Not until the last 15
minutes of the first half did Tyldesley score the first of their seven tries pf the match, and at the break Clitheroe were 17 down without a score - a tally which was testimony to Clitheroe’s inexperience rather than any lack of commitment or discipline. In the second half,
Clitheroe continued to show a hunger for posses sion and territory, but.
lacking substitutes against a team which could intro duce fresh legs periodically, ^ began to tire. yldesley were able to
capitalise, -visiting the line four more times. Ten minutes from the
end, Lee moved forward quickly from his own 22 onto a spilled ball, which he gathered well and took forward 50 yards before being overtaken. From the resulting ruck,
Clitheroe won a penalty which Simon Cowgill tapped and took hard into contact over the opposi tion 22, where a further ^ penalty was awarded, and Clitheroe sniffed an oppor tunity. A quick ball to the left
sent Cowgill forward, who, drawing two defenders, created enough space on the outside for brother Danny, playing at 11, to take Simon’s well-timed offload from the tackle at a pace, which saw him di-ving over the line for Clitheroe’s only score of the match. The Colts next match is
at Littlemoor Park on Sunday against Burnley, kick-off noon. ® CLITHEROE Buc
caneers Rugby Club would like to remind all players, existing and prospective, that training for all age groups under the age of 16 will resume on Sunday at 10-30 a.m. The Under 17 Colts,
together with the Under 15/16 team, continue addi- ^ tional training with the senior squad on Thursday evenings at 7-30 p.m.
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