I 86 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, February 23rd, 2006


James enjoy debut goal


By Adrian Capslick


' Clilheroe . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Shepshed Dynamo. . . .1 A DEBUT strike from James Featherstone restored the balance for Clitheroe on Saturday and secured a well-earned point against visitors


' Shepshed Dynamo. Four changes to the


starting line-up, with two more on the bench, made. all the difference as the Blues cast the previous week’s 5-0 away defeat to the back of their minds. The game at Shepshed


: saw the locals cobble a team together to avoid a nine- point penalty and a £2,000 fine, but striker Feather-, stone, Wayne Maddock, Andy Fowler and substi­ tutes Alan Coar and Daniel Mailing injected strength and support to make this game a two-way contest.- And in front of the sea­


son’s second-highest home attendance, that included Accrington Stanley chair­ man Eric Whalley and Birmingham City’s David Dunn, it was back to nor­ mality for the Blues - well almost. There was nothing nor­


mal about Shepshed’s ninth minute opener. Left back Paul Gamble


more than lived up to his name when his speculative cross into the box, 30 yards out from the left touch line, curled over a station­ ary. Peter Collinge and in- off the back post. Clitheroe’s first half


attempts were limited both in number and by the


'linesman, as two particu­ la r off-side decisions against :captain Paul Stansfield and Fowler left the crowd puzzled. But Clitheroe’s defence


saw a big improvement as Ryan P a r r ’s sharpness returned alongside the solid Maddock. Neil Reynolds was also in the right place at the


Clitheroe Ladies........... 5 Longridge......................1 CLITHEROE secured pro-,


. motion to the First Division of the Central Lancashire Hockey Association after another display of fantastic hockey. The locals must now


maintain their form to ensure they -win the league. They can stiU break three records that have stood for many years. Clitheroe need to score


more than 91 goals to break the record for most goals scored in a season, and cur­


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Bradman named


Whalley’s new pro!


WHALLEY Cricket Club have signed Sri Lankan Bradman Ediriweera as their new professional for the forthcoming season. Bradman, 30, has repre­


sented Sri Lanka at Under 19 and A team level, scor­ ing over 4,000 runs in first class cricket in his home country. Since 1999, he has suc­


cessfully completed seven seasons with various UK clubs, scoring almost 6,500 runs and capturing almost 200 wickets with his medi­ um fast swing and off spin bowling. During those years, he


James Fcathcrslone equalises for (he Blues at Shawbridge on Saturday. (AlS020G/.'5a)


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right time, tracking back to carry out his fair share of defensive duties, the most -vital coming 15 min­ utes into the second half when Shepshed’s Chris Spooner broke through on goal and would have been one-on-one but for the midfielder’s intervention. And Collinge played his


part when called upon to . deny Andy Bourne’s shot from the edge of the box. Clitheroe didn’t have


many attempts on .goal in the second half either, but they were clinical with the one they did have. Good build up play


down the right wing saw the ball break out from the box for left-back Owen


rently stand at 67 with five games left to play. They can also break the


Roberts to float the ball back into the area for Featherstone to bullet a header over the Shepshed keeper. Further good tackles


were seen from Parr as Featherstone dropped back to centre half, replac­ ing Maddock, and Coar took his place. Shepshed went close to


netting again towards the end, when Bourne was put through on goal. He put his effort through the legs of Collinge only to see the ball run wide of the post. And Coar had a deflect­


ed shot at the other end, but a draw, witnessed by an attendance of 324 peo­ ple, was a fair result.


record of least goals conced­ ed in a season, which cur­ rently stands at 11, if they only concede one more goal, and finally, if the locals win four out of their five remain­ ing games and draw the other, they will have accu­ mulated the most points in aseason.


' Rachel ■ Walmsley, Clitheroe’s star striker, equalled the record of 37 goals scored in a season dur­ ing this game and will surely -


break this record in style by the end of the season. ■ , Clitheroe started well and


continued to play repre­ sentative cricket in Sri Lanka, and in 2003 scored 136 for the Tamil Union, playing with Tillakaratne Dilshan, Muttiah Muralitharan and Malin- ga Bandara, all current 'Test match players. He joins Whalley with


glowing references from all his past clubs, particularly Chesterfield of the Der­ byshire Premier League, who describe him as “a truly fantastic natural tal­ ent”, dedicated to his club and one who insists on invol-ving himself in coach­ ing from first team to jun­ iors and eager to get involved in coaching local schools. Whalley captain Martin


Davies feels th a t it is important to build on the progress of 2005, and the capture of Bradman is a key appointment: “Brad­ man has scored runs and taken wickets wherever he has been, but it is his insis­ tence on involving himself in coaching at all levels that suits our ethos. “The youngsters in par­


ticular will benefit hugely from his enthusiasm and expertise, as, I hope, will the more senior players.” .


Promotion - now for the records!


were 1-0 up ahead in a mat­ ter of minutes when Walms­ ley scored. . The lead was quickly


doubled a few minutes later when Clitheroe scored again from a short comer. Longridge dug deep, and


after some fantastic saves from their keeper, they pulled a goal back, but Clitheroe stuck at the job in hand and went further ahead just before half-time. / In the second half the ;


locals set up camp in the Longridge half, and eventu­ ally the visitors succumbed to Clitheroe’s pressure when Judith Hunter scored from another short comer. ■ And with 10 minutes of


the game left, Walmsley got her second, and Clitheroe’s fifth, and in doing so notched up her 37th goal of theseason. Clitheroe would like to


thank all their supporters, local businesses who have provided sponsorship, and their coach Steve Palmer, for all their generous support;


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Worstliorne ..................1 Hurst G re en ........... : . .2


EAST Lancashire League leaders Hurst Green won their penultimate game to maintain their 10-point advantage. The Hurst Green side


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RIBBLESDALE High School Technology College met with unprecedented success at a recent Hynd- burn and Ribble Valley Schools’ tournament. . The sport in question


was badminton, and the Clitheroe school excelled in every section at the Under 16s event held at St Christopher’s High School in Accrington. Over 100 competitors


took part, and Ribblesdale came away with three -vic­ tories and three runners- up from five different cate­ gories - having witnessed two all-Ribblesdale finals. Ben Allen beat his team­


mate Ross MacEwen in the boys’ singles final, and


RIBBLESDALE High School Technology College pupils


who cleaned up at (he recent Ribble Valley and Hyndburn badminton competition. Pictured arc Jennifer Holgate,


Molly Gladwin, Katy Bailey, Becky Calvert, Hannah Pyni, Holly Bond, Chris Cornthwaitc, Nick Frost, Tom Fowler, Roy Dent and Ben Allen. (AIG020G/1)


he then teamed up with Jenny Holgate to beat MacEwen again, this time with Holly Bond, in the mixed doubles final. MacEwen did meet tvith


some success though, as he won the boys’ doubles final alongside Phil Darnell to finish the tournament on his knees. Becky Calvert and


Holly Bond won the girls’ doubles and Hannan Pym finished runner-up in the girls’singles.


The Ribblesdale squad


consisted of eight boys and eight girls, and everyone negotiated the opening rounds to see the school dominate the latter stages. Teacher Neil Ashworth


praised their efforts: “They are a credit to the school as this was a marathon competition that lasted six hours. To my knowledge, this level of success is unprecedented, as I certainly haven’t seen anything like it before.”


Locals are off the pace


Clilheroe RUFC .........6 Ashlon-under-Lyne .17 AFTER a three-week break, Clitheroe were turgid and off the pace throughout. They allowed Ashton in


for two fairly soft tries, while failing to look threatening in attack. Ashton fielded a team of


hea-vyweights and it would have seemed prudent to attack the wider channels and move the more cum­ bersome pack around. But far too often the


ball was cut back in towards the brick wall defence that was the visi­ tors’middle five. The forwards were


almost as much to blame. Although they were win­ ning set piece scrum balls, while being secure enough at line out time, there was little forward momentum created, especially in the first half, when slow or static balls were the norm. Only in the second peri­


od did they finally begin to use their rucking game to both break down, and get behind, the first line of defence. The score of 17-3 down


at half-time told the tale. Both tries were soft ones of their own making. The second one was


again rank poor first up tackling.


The fact th a t Ashton


didn’t scored in the second half is even more frustrat­ ing, as with the two-try cushion, it was always


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going to be catch up rugby for the Littlemdor men. Had the scores been


closer as Ashton tired in the final quarter, the story could have been so differ­ ent


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The pick of the Clitheroe line up were the two youngest plaiyers. Centre Chris Wadding-


ton gamely battled on despite a black eye, against experienced oppo­ site numbers. And Richard Slinger, fol­


lowing in a long line of classy Clitheroe open side flankers, is beginning to look the part. On Saturday Clitheroe


welcome old friends Cam- forth in a friendly at Lit- tlemoor, kick-off ^30 p.m. Clitheroe Cavaliers . .18 Bolton . . . . . . . . ___ _ .5


THE Cavaliers prevailed -with a gritty performance, despite being reduced to 12 men at one point. With the game scoreless,


a line out on Bolton’s 22 resulted in two players engaging in an altercation. The referee decided he


was having no more of this, and red-carded a player from each side. It was a case of mistak­


en identity, and an inno­ cent Alan Nuttall was sent from the field. - A quick ball and slick


passing sent the ball out wide, which brought all the defenders to one side of the park.


Then, a move at close quarters gave the backs-


the opportunity to spin w the ball to the opposite ^ side.


^ Mark Curphy ran 30


metres whilst crashing through the Bolton defence to score under the posts, thus creating a 7-0


■ half-time score. - The second half started


with Bolton pushing for­ ward, and Clitheroe’s only tactic to halt the onslaught was deemed illegal.


; Tap penalties were then :


taken time after time, and ' only the hard tackling of Chris Hunwick stopped halted Bolton’s progress. A rather senseless act of


retaliation in front of the referee resulted in Antho-


: ny Kinglake being given the red card. ' . Clitheroe then got their


act together and a slick ^ ; move out gave Johnathan Shorrock a try in the cor- ^ ner.


- Bill Thatcher narrowly ^ -


missed the conversion, however, he later got the ^ r. opportunity to make up i- for this with two kicks ^ ‘ from penalties. He slotted both easily


through the uprights to add another six points to ; the score.


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a line out resulted James MacAlonan arguing w wth the referee and being.!» : given a yellow card.


: Clitheroe, now with 12 ?


men, had to hang-on to the ^ :: lead, although Bolton managed a score in the last ^ - seconds of the game.


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(T050206/8) Junior Soccer Round-Up


Wolves Under 1 0 s ...........1 Barnoldswick Barons Red 0 WOLVES beat table-top­ ping Barons thanks to a strike from Elliot Kay. Weather conditions didn't


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help much as the boys had to battle with the mud, but determined man marking by Chris Bentley eliminated many of the chances that the opposition had on goal. The only goal of the game'


came in the second half when a sweeping movement gave Kay the ball, he then passed three players, rounded the keeper and slipped the ball into the back of the net. Both teams grew tired in


the heavy conditions and, when called upon, all seven Wolves players took a defen­ sive role to protect the points. Man-of-the-Match went


to goalkeeper Sam Gould- Woolley who was unrecog­ nisable, covered in mud at the end of the game. Wolves Under 10s Red . .0 Gl Harwood Rovers . . . .0 ALTHOUGH this game ended without a goal, it was , a classic demonstration of junior football at it’s best from both sides. Neither team could find


the back of the net, but both showed fluent passing foot­ ball with shots saved by both keepers.- Josh Dean captained the


Wolves and was deservedly named man-of-the-match. Credit mu-st go to all team


members for a superbly played game. U'olves Under 13s . . . . . .3 Barnoldswick Town . . . .0 THREE second half goals from the Wolves brought victory


against


-Barnoldswick Town. Several shots hit the


woodwork before a Clarkson strike was parried with Cap- stick on hand to open the scoring. . .


lock the Wolves grew in stature and began to stamp their authority on the spirit­ ed visitors and to cap fine displays, Hutchins and Har­ rison added to the scorclino to complete a satisfying [tor- formancc.


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,! Joshua Charlton was named man-of-tho-match.


- • - Having broken the dead­


Accrington Stanleys . . .1 Wolves Under 10 Red . . .2 ANOTHER positive all


- round team performance saw Wolves put a dent in Stanley’s title chase by tak- ■ ing the points at Witton Park. Stanley scored first but


Wolves came back when Josh Dean thundered home his first goal of the season from the penalty spot. The second half was con­


trolled by Wolves who missed countless chances until Daniel Mort connect­ ed with a cross and slotted home the winner. Stanley applied constant


pressure but the Wolves defence were more than a- match for it. Striker Ben Fairer was awarded man-of- the-match for his tireless effort. Ighlen Leigh


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Wolves Under 1 0 s ..........6 WOLVES recorded their third consecutive victory after a hard fought match. I t was a true team per­


formance with four players finding the back of the net. Elliot Kay opened the


scoring only for Ighten Leigh to equalise and the teams entered half-time all square. But the second half was


full of determination as man-of-the-match Zak Robinson netted twice, Calum Smalley and Jack Dewhurst got one each and an unlucky defensive mis­ take by Ighten Leigh led to an own goal. Wolves Rangers Under 13s ! Blackburn Tn Juniors . . .1 HAVING lost 16-2 against Blackburn Town in their previous fixture, Wolves showed that they are no push overs now. Despite going a goal down


in the early stages they bounced back with goals from the busy Bateman and captain Montague. Then on the stroke of


half-time Town got an equaliser.


But a stunning second . , ' ■ s •


half performance by Wolves meant they led for a second time when Bradshaw scored from the tightest of angles, although another equaliser followed shortly after that.


However the outstanding


G. Holden sent Wolves into the lead for a third time, when he volleyed home from 12 yards. Unfortunately a deserved


win was snatched away ivith three minutes remaining, when Sam Holden spilled the ball only to see the ball thumped into the unguard­ ed net. Man-of-the-match was


awarded to Sam Holden who made some outstanding saves. ■ Readstone Utd Under 8s 8 Brier field Celtic Black . .1 A HAT-TRICK apiece for Toby Burrows and Sam Peters gave Readstone Under 8s an outstanding victory over Brierfjeld Celtic Black. Furhter goals were seen


from Bradley Graham and Jake Cox. Sam Peters won the man-of-the-match acco­ lade. Readstone Under 15 GirlsO Barrowford Celtic . . . . . .J READSTONE United Under 15 Girls continued their recent improvement in form with an emphatic vic­ tory over Barrowford Celtic. Player-of-the-match Jade


Bolton netted a brace and two goals apiece were also seen from Ella MacDer- midd and Sarah Chapman. Langho Under 10s .........0 Iluncoat United Red . . .4 ANY hopes Langho had of progressing to mid-table this season were dashed by conceding three soft goals to top-of-the-table Huncoat at the Rydings. This detracted from what


was a fairly competitive match, with early chances for both sides But once the second goal


had gone in it proved diffi­ cult for the weakened Lang­ ho side as Huncoat had that little bit of extra quality. It was pleasing however,


to see that Langho never gave up and battled to the last in a tough game. With just two games left,


also against top three sides, Langho now look unlikely to improve their league posi­ tion, but can look to the sec­ ond round of the cup this weekend with optimism.


showed two changes-from the last match with Tom Bamber returning at left back and Ian Barton earn­ ing a place in midfield against a Worsthorne side who had won their previ­ ous six matches. Hurst Green dominated


possession for much of the first half, having a number of corners and free kicks in dangerous areas without making the home keeper work too hard. Their most likely threat


came from Mark Young, the lively Simon Tipton on the left and the outstand­ ing Andy Waites in central


midfield. Worsthorne relied on the'


break, using the pace of their excellent front three. It was from such play that they took the lead when a ball over the top of the Green defence allowed cen­ tre forward Bolt to run on and score with a clinical finish. Although finding them­


selves a goal down at the interval, manager Neale Brown felt there was no need to panic and urged his players to produce even greater effort. The second half saw


Worsthorne have more of the play with Hurst Green’s back four of Young, Piper, Walker and Bamber all performing well to keep them at bay. Keeper Stephen Young


twice saved superbly to keep his side from going


further behind. The turning point of the


game came with 20 min­ utes to go when a last- ditch goalline tackle by Phil Walker stopped a cer­ tain Worsthorne goal which would have put the game beyond Hurst Green. ■Vin Wilkinson then


replaced the hard-working Tony Coupe as skipper Phil Walker was pushed into midfield as Hurst Green searched for an equalizer. Within five minutes the


visitors drew level when a terrible defensive error allowed Danny Walker to race through on goal and finish cooly with his left foot.


However, Hurst Green


where not finished and leading scorer Young com­ pleted a brilliant come­


back by last season’s champions when he fired home from an almost impossible angle to send his manager into a frenzied . celebration. Hurst Green had to


endure a frantic last 10 minutes but held out for a very important three points. Worsthorne did not


deserve to lose the game, but Hurst Green showed a tremendous attitude and an obvious belief that they do not want to lose their title. The village side have


only one fixture remaining, at home to Colne United on Saturday, March 4th. Although all their main


rivals have games in hand, Hurst Green will be hop­ ing points in the bag may prove more valuable!


Rimington maintain late title tilt


Pad ih am........................ 0 Rimington


............. 2


RIMINGTON made heavy work of this win but in the end came away with another three points. The locals began bright­


ly with O’Neill and Coul­ ter looking sharp, and after 10 minutes O’Neill deftly chipped the keeper to put them one up. Inexplicably the visitors


took their foot off the pedal and players began shooting from long range instead of looking for a final pass which could have led to an easier opportunity. Rimington did score


again when Mankowski rose to head home a cross, but the referee ruled it out for off-side. Coulter was cleverly put


through by Penman but the striker’s shot was straight at the keeper. In the second half, Padi­


ham, as teams do at only 1-0 down, seemed to believe th a t they had a


chance of getting some­ thing out of the game and Lawson may consider him­ self fortunate to only receive a yellow card for his trip on a forward just outside the area. The resultant free kick


seemed destined for the top corner but Kershaw dived to his left to tip the ball over. As Padiham pushed for­


ward it left more space, and Rimington began to exploit this. O’Neill caused problems


each time he ran a t the defence and was abruptly thwarted on several occa­ sions, resulting in a rash of yellow cards. Then Mankowski fed


Penman, who held the ball up before slipping i t to Coulter, who had made an excellent run from the right, and the striker fin­ ished sublimely past the advancing keeper. Kershaw was called


upon to tip over a fierce drive, but Padiham never


Bogey team


Chipping . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Royal Garrison . . . . . . 4


CHIPPING and Royal Garrison met for the fourth time this season in the shield competition, but once again, it was Garri­ son who came out on top. Chipping began bright­


ly and their midfield bat­ tled well on a typically dif­ ficult surface. However, after soaking


up the early pre^iir'e, the visitors drew first blood through their young for­ ward who picked up a slide rule pass and bent a pin­ point shot into the corner. The villagers reacted


positively, continuing to play some good football, and were rewarded quickly \vith a deserved equaliser.


Full back Pete Marsden


set off on a marauding run down the right and beat a number of Garrison play­ ers before bursting into the penalty area and neatly finishing for his first goal in a Chipping shirt. , Boosted by this goal.


Chipping continued to press and were unlucky not to take the lead. Mark Fordham came


close twice as first he was denied by a block and then an excellent save by the visiting keeper. Danny Austin also went -


close as he bravely chal­ lenged the keepers. However, against the


run of play. Garrison took the lead again. Matt Draper was harsh-


ly adjudged to have fouled the Garrison striker on the edge of the box, and the striker fired his free-kick through the. defensive wall and past the unsighted Rich Ireland. The second half began


well for Chipping and they were soon on level terms once more. Some slack defending by


the Garrison left back saw man-of-the-match Joe Melling dispossess him and race towards the penalty area. As the keeper came out


to challenge, Melling unselfishly squared the ball to the unmarked Tom Bridge who neatly fired home. , , ^ ^ It took a couple of excel-


looked likely to score. This week sees a home


game against Kelbrook, another must-win game if Rimington are to keep their distant title hopes alive. Rimington Reserves . .6 Ingleton Reserves . . . .2 RIMINGTON main­ tained their treble hopes as they reached the final of the Craven Cup. The locals started well


and early possession paid off when Dinsdale went on a run and crossed inch-per­ fect for Carter to bundle the ball home. Ingleton threatened at


times and managed to draw level after Black- ledge failed to track the midfield runner. However, Rimington


went in at half-time 2-1 ahead thanks to Carter coming in from the left and driving a shot home. Rimington knew what


was at stake and upped the pace in the second half. The breakthrough came 10 minutes into the half


when Threlfall pounced on a deflected shot from Carter. Ingleton hit back


instantly, Rimington replied again within a minute of the kick-off when Leach squeezed a right-foot volley int. From there on in Rim­


ington controlled the gam,e but were thankful to the superb heroics of keeper Anderson, who ^ maintained the lead with three fantastic saves. Further strikes came for


the locals through an own goal after some intricate work by Leach, and Threlfall added his second after Leach once again did all the hard work on the left. Every Rimington player


was up for this match and notably gave the perform­ ance of the season. A rare man-of-the-


match award went to man­ ager Carter, who hopes * Rimington can take this ^ good form into their league crunch game against Hurst Green on Saturday.


again


lent saves from Ireland to deny Garrison a third as he parried one shot and man­ aged to block another with his feet, but the visitors finished the game strongly. Once more it was the


speedy frontman who restored the lead for Garri- son, and as Chipping pressed for a third equalis­ er, Garrison killed the game off wth a fourth. Chipping will be looking


to use their forthcoming fixture at Blessed Sacra­ ment on Saturday (kick­ off 2-30 p.m. at Moor Park) to continue their . . . preparation for their biggest match of the sea­ son, away to Eccleston in the-Guildhall Cup Quar­ ter-Final on March 4th.


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