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SUCCESS -PAGE 55 Thursday, May 11th, 2006


Promotion hangs in balance


AT th e time of going to press, Dog Inn were wait­ ing to learn whether they face a Memorial League Second Division play-off against Globe Bullough - or if they are automatical­ ly promoted. The Budweiser Boys


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recorded an impressive win over Black Bull a t QEII on Thursday, with Ollie Hol- gate and Jamie Enefer on the scoresheet. However, on Sunday


they failed to secure the point they needed to guar­ antee promotion as they lost 4-2 to Woodlands a t Wilson’s. A Liam Porter tap-in had given the Whal- ley side the dream start, and they would have led 2- 0 at half-time b u t for the referee’s decision to disallow what looked a legitimate goal from Holgata Woodlands equalised


early in the second half and then took the lead against the run of play, only for Enefer to equalise from the spot with five minutes left on the clock. Woodlands then netted a


third and, despite what looked a blatant off-side, compounded Dog’s agony with a fourth goal. Dog manager Simon


Kerins was devastated: “We had the game and automatic promotion in our grasp, and somehow it has slipped away. “We had so many


chances to put the match beyond reach, b u t some­ how the ball just would not go into the net. “The decision to disallow


Ollie’s goal was a disgrace, and let our opponents back into the match. “Had we led 2-0 a t half­


time, we would have been able to close out the game with minimal difficulty. “At 2-2 we seemed to


have secured th e crucial point with Jam ie’s fine penalty, only for us to lose our heads and concede two goals to 10 men in the dying moments.’’


TU Sports, suffered a 5t3 defeat at .Daubhill, Bolton on Sunday, Playcr-of-thcr match was Lindsay Asiin, : with a 45-54 average, while there were also, wins for Liz Mcbonald'(26.62) and’ Linda Waring (37,57), ' i ■;.


■ with your sports team of Edward Lee, Chris Boden, Phil Simpson and Adrian Capstick


Keeper is the spot-kick hero


Grassington.....................1 Waddington.....................1 (AET, Waddington won on penalties)


KEEPER Wasme Leach was the hero as Waddington won the Craven League Cup at Gargrave in dramatic cir­ cumstances. After 90 minutes and extra


DESPITE defeat, the CRGS team are pictured celebrating at the Riverside Stadium, (s) Brave fightback!


Archbishop Beck Sports College A in tr e e ............... 3 CRGS Under I 3 s .............2 PROUD Clitheroe Royal Grammar School coach Sarah Maycock hailed her side after their brave fightback fell just short at Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium on Friday. Facing reigning champions


^Archbishop Beck in the Coca- 'Cola Northern Schools’ Girls’ Cup Final, the locals went 3-0 down, before giving the Ain­ tree school a real scare with goals from Khawlar Anwar and Helen Conlon. But despite their disap­


pointment at missing out on a place in the national semi­ final at Everton’s Goodison Park, Maycock said: “It was an excellent all round per­ formance by the girls. “lirst half the team were a bit slow to get started, but in


the second the girls started to play like themselves and got into the game better. “I t’s been absolutely mas­


attacking football. Olivia Philbin dribbled


sive for the girls to get into the top eight school teams in the country, the best achievement we could hope for these young footballers. “I t ’s the first time these


Clitheroe enjoyed some


through midfield to create space for a shooting opportu­ nity, but fired over from just outside the area. CRGS were determined to


girls have entered a tourna­ ment like this, so to have got this far is amazing” Beck quickly got into then-


stride and dominated the opening exchanges, taking an early lead when they were, awarded a penalty for hand­ ball just inside the box. Everton’s Jessica Hindley


stepped up to strike the ball low to the right of the goal, just evading the grasp of the diving Nadia Wheeler. ■ Chances continued to fall to Beck as they played fluid


Rimington’s cup repeat


Barnoldswick Tn Res . . .1 Rimington ...................... 3 RIMINGTON won the Craven Cup for the third time in five years on Friday night with a solid perform­ ance at Bamoldswick Town. In front of a crowd of


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around 200, the home side almost scored from the kick off as a good move resulted in the forward breaking into the area, but Kershaw was alert to smother the ball at the attacker’s feet. I t wasn’t long before


Rimington showed their, attacking intent, and Pen­ man latched onto a throughball before calmly lifting it over the advancing keeper in the third minuta Barlick continued to have


the greater possession, but struggled to create any clear cut chances, with Curtis dominant in the centre of defence. The home side were made


to pay as Penman again shrugged off a defender’s challenge to make it 2-0. Barnoldswick looked to


have an excellent chance when the winger reached the bye-line, hut with three men awaiting his driven cross, Kershaw made a timely interception, diving to his right to snuff out the chance. In the second half


Bamoldswick pressed to get back into the game, and urged on by their support­ ers, they finally scored when a cross into the box was


dropped by Kershaw as he was barged by a forward, and the ball was prodded in.. The big Rimington keep­


er made a couple of fine saves before a flowing move led to Rimington’s third, and decisive, goal.


left before slipping the ball to Penman, who dummied it, allowing Mankowski to run on, beat the centre half and slot home. Petunan was named man- of-the-match and manager


O’Neill broke down the


Terry Braithwaite was full of praise for the work ethic and professional approach his team gave, as well as the number of supporters who made the tr ip and got behind the team. (S050506/la)


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battle their way out of defence, but found it difficult to find their rhythm against the powerful Beck midfield, who doubled their lead just before half-time. The teams emerged from a


good possession, and 18 min­ utes into the second half they got within a goal of their Mersejrside opponents when striker Conlon embarked on a mazy break from midfield and outpaced the Beck defenders to face a one-on-one with keeper Stacey Kelley, which she clinically finished. With all to play for in the


much-needed break, only for Beck to stretch their lead, but Clitheroe were far from out of the match and started to play some sharp attacking football. The locals quickly pulled


final 10 minutes, the match became a real end-to-end affair, with pressure around both boxes. Beck had a chance to seal


back a goal through right winger Anwar, who produced a low finish into the bottom left corner from a narrow angle to give her side hope of a comeback.


the tie with only a couple of minutes left, but the effort was blocked by Wheeler. The full-time whistle


sparked celebrations from the Beck side and their band of supporters, but CRGS could hold their heads high after an admirable effort.


time failed to separate the sides, a penalty shootout was required. And after both teams


missed a penalty each from their original five. Tatters^ put his away for the locals in sudden death, before man-of- the-mateh Leach pulled off a stop to deny Grassington and , hand Waddington the cup. Waddington had got off to


an ideal start when, after only four minutes, Lloyd cut inside from the left wing and struck a fierce shot that foimd the back of the Grass­ ington net before the keeper could react. But with Grassington’s


going close to regaining the lead. Throughout the second


half, the pattern of play remained the same, with Waddington having to defend against the long ball. But by now their defence


had got to grips with the game, and writh centre back Hindle in excellent form, this tactic was not proving too difficult to deal with. Waddington had a further


two good chances to score, with a headed effort from Harrison and a shot from Lloyd, but Grassington also had their chances, only to be thwarted time and again by Leach. Going into extra time, it


was difficult to predict who would emerge as the eventu­ al winners. Throughout the 30 min- a i


brand of direct football, and with the Waddington rear­ guard looking nervous and their positional play below par, it was down to some good saves by Leach in the Waddington goal, and some poor finishing, that the locals retained the lead. Grassington equalised in


the 25th minute when indeci­ sive marking allowed a Grass­ ington player to score from close range, and the during the remaining 20 minutes of the half, Waddington regained control of the game, with both Cane and Fletcher


utes Waddington looked the " I fitter of the two teams, and it was they who created the most clear cut chances, the , best of which fell to Clement, whose shot from close range , hammered against the upright, and bounced off the keeper to safety. At the end of extra-time,


and in fading light, the game would be decided by a penal­ ty shootout, and Leach pounced to ensure the cup headed back to the Ribble Valley. The team and officials


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would like to thank all their supporters who made the trip to Gargrave and gave the players tremendous encour­ agement for this victory.


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