, x:-.
70 Clithetoe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, March 23rd,2006 ■off liy Adrian C’apslick
O s se tt A lb io n . . . . . . .2 C l i th e r o e ........................... i
■ play-off place this season surely ended for Clitheroe • at relegation battlers
IIP m l . » r . tvi ; '
Ossett Albion on Satur day. Ten games are left of
. the season and the Blues
- have a void of nine points ,, between them and sixth place, and, more to the point, 13 points between
them and Warrington Town seven places below in the drop zone - so mid table obscurity now looks
, the most likely outcome. Ossett are in that rele
gation mix, and three points against their Kib ble Valley opposition helped their cause no end, as their well-marshalled
- back: four f ru s tra ted ' Clitheroe with their off side trap, and their for wards reaped two goals thanks to defensive laps es.
hv>
; Clitheroe had attempts on goal in the first half : and enjoyed a good deal ; of possession, but the , home side took the lead right on half-time when a free header in the middle ’ of the box was nodded.; down for. striker Danny ’ Toronczak to slip past the on-coming Peter (iollinge.- The Clitheroe keeper '
5’
later made a good double save to deny Ossett after the. break, when Joe
. Gaughan broke away and was.unfortunate not to find the back of the net.
' And then Gregg Ander- ‘ HOPE of any chance of a
www.clitheroetoday.co.uk
Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) ^j*0 Dwyer looks to climb extinguished
- Coar and James Feather- : stone missing, the West Yorkshire side had the visiting forward line in
..their,pocket, and when a burst of speed, or deft ball though materialised, it just didn’t fall for Mark Smitheringale’s side. ■ -
: :.Ossett went 2-0 up on ■ 62 minutes when the ball was pumped through the middle of the box. It. was -intercepted by Anderson,
- b u t a lack of control ; meant the centre back
. spilled the ball into the path of, Gary Duffy, set-
■, ting him up for a curling drive past an unsighted Collinge. Paul Stansfield netted
almost straight from the re-start when a cross from
. Craig Sargeson found - Owen Roberts, ricocheted between players before the Clitheroe captain bundled the ball home. And he very nearly
staged a late salvage mis sion by exposing the way ward Ossett keeper. Stansfield charged
ON TARGET: Paul Stansficld
son very nearly gifted a penalty, only to have the incident waved away, when he shielded his face from the ball with both hands. Ossett weren’t a partic
ularly good footballing . side, but they had one half-decent routine that the locals couldn’t over- : come. .
The Blues continually
found themselves caught off-side in the second half. The Ossett back four pushed as far forward as possible, as often as they, could, with keeper Mick Clark making a bold stance on the edge of the D throughout. Such was Clitheroe’s lack of pace, with Alan
- down a Sargeson ball over the top, beat Clark stood : on the edge of the area and looked clear on goal, only a combination of his speed and the uneven sur-
. face saw the ball escape his control underfoot,
: much to the relief of the Ossett keeper, who scram- bled to recoup the ball into his grasp. Clitheroe will be hoping for better luck when they
. travel; to Rossendale United for this Saturday’s big derby game at Dark Lane.
Memorial doubles draw
THE Derek Lord Memorial Mixed Doubles Competition takes place at
; Whalley Bowling Club on Saturday, - April 8th. -; All competitors are asked to report
at the stated time, scratch time mil. be 15 minutes, no practice is allowed. DRAW
Preliminary round: 9-15 a.m. - A. " «L.-
Cornall and J. Haworth v D. and J. Navin; B. and L. Tomlinson v B. Riley and Partner; J. Leaver and P. Hodkinson v A; Dewhurst and S.
. Edmonson; E. Berry and M. Smith v B. and L. Ashworth; G. Stevenson
.\ :i and D. Bickerstaffe v J. Pimrick and . -D. Kendal; C. and P. Hutchinson v L. and J. Hanmer.
• ;;y. First :
a.m. - H. and
■ D. Forshaw v J. Chatwin and M. D. Howard and Partner v L
■ and T Huskinson; A. and P. Roscoe v O’ Donnell and E. Pye; K. and P.
■ - Thompson v R and D. Norris; 11-15- r '■ a.m.—P. Singleton and Partner v Mr
':5 .' and'Mrs Gillibrand; C.-Wailes and ' Partner V B. ,Tomlinson and J. :■
Davies; R. and E. Haworth v D. and M. Waterhouse; M. Cornall and K.. Harrison v F. Rostron and J. Moore; Noon - M. Gavaghan and N. Dickin son V M. Fryer and Partner; D. and C. Anderton v F and A Corban; G. Taylor and Partner v F. and F. Roberts; G. and M. Atkinson v J. Comthwaite and E. Exiey; G. and S. Wood V B. Yerkess and Partner. • THE St Andrew’s Classic 32
Invitational has been arranged from Saturday, May 20th at the Burnley venue, starting at 10 a.m. A top class field has been assem
bled including last year’s winner. Tommy Johnstone, and runner-up, Gary Ellis. Also in the field will be 2005 Water-
Added to these are 28 other top
players to provide what is always an excellent day’s bowling. . • Entries are now being accepted for the Dransfield Ltd £500 Mixed
Doubles Competition at Greenhill Bowling Club. The event will be played on Satur
day evenings, starting at 6-30 p.m., and is limited to 32 entries at £10 per pair.
The first and second rounds will be
played oh May 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th, with the final eight to be played from a 5::30 p.m. start on June 3rd.^ ' Entries are also being taken for the
£500 Open Doubles, also to be played at Greenhill, with all entries priced £ 10. . The first and second rounds will be, played on Saturday’s in June and July
loo winner John Bailey and 2005 ■ Champion of Champions Paul ’Wil son.
‘ 1st, with the final eight to be played from a 5-30 p.m. start on July kh. ' All entries and fees must be given ’
to Barry Holmes, Greenhill Bowling Club, 163 Manchester Road, Burn ley, B B l l 4H R' (421595 or 421642/07889 570280) or email
barry.holmes3@ntlworld.com. .■ ■ Failing that, ring Alan Marsden (830625).
. Madeira Island Open. His appearance in the Tour have been
' Tour earnings of 2006. But having missed the cut in last week
end’s TCL Classic in Hainan Island, he currently lies 208th in the official rankings.
; And th a t means he needs to climb around 100 plac^ to make sure of his place on the Tour for next season. . The Maderia Island Open is an event
that holds fond memories for Dwyer. - He finished seventh in the 2002 event. -
■, And a similar finish in the this week’s event would see a 21,000 Euros pay day and a possible leap of around 65 places up the Older of Merit. In very cold, wintry conditions Mytton
Fold members turned out for the annual four-man team and yellow ball competi- tion. - In the main event, the team of David.
Halsall, Peter Main, Keith Gill and Chris Chadyvick were the first to tee off and their combined score of 80 points was enough to .
far-flung venues, Dubai, Bahrain, Aus tralia, Malaysia, Indonesia and China. Having made the cut in two of those events, he has pocketed his first European
limited in the early stages of the campaign as many events have been co-sanctioned with the Asia Tour. _ That has seen events in, among other
CLITHEROE golfer Paul Dwyer will be hoping to step up his European Tour earn ings when he tees i t up today in the
: Berry, Jan Van Boekel and David Clegg who amassed 79 points.
see off all challengers. Second place went to Bob Scott, John
.
. play each hole with the yellow ball until it is lost or goes out of bounds. Congratulations to Paul Greenwood,
John Backhouse, Ray Standring and Mark Green who were one of only three teams to bring the yellow ball home and who had the highest points total of 30 points. In second place were Dave Colley, Paul
Barrett, Graham Edmundson and Tony Wilson who reached 27 points. On Sunday, the Ladies finally got to play their Drive-in for new Lady Captain, Jean
• the Lady members turned out in force to support her. The winner was Sarah Ham mond with 36 points followed by Pauline White withSO points." Lady members at Clitheroe Golf Club
Davies - the event having to be postponed from the previous week due to the snow. Jean enjoyed much better conditions and
. (76) by a shot from Sheila feley with Chi^ Stokes a further shot off the pace. Division ’Two was a much tighter affair
with Carol Cherry (70) winning after a card play-off with Sue Johnson. Gill Wightman (74) was third. .
GricketForce in full effect
bration of hit BBC pro grammes Ground Force and Changing Rooms, NatWest CricketForce encourages supporters, friends and families to give something back to their local community cricket club by volunteering to undertake renovations to the Station Road club house and grounds. ' Developed to be part of
the ECB’s NatWest Volun teer programme, Cricket- Force is currently in its fifth year, and participa tion has grown by over 6,000% from humble ori gins in 2002 when just one
WHALLEY Cricket Club will again be taking part in this year’s NatWest Crick- etForce next month. In an unashamed cele
club took part. This year over 650 are
registered to participate, which represents one in 10 of all cricket clubs across the UK, with Whalley to hold their renovations on April 8th and 9th. The event is a social
gathering for all villagers associated with the club to meet new members, buckle down and improve their club and then socialise afterwards. Whalley Cricket Club
will be asking its club members and volunteers to help with decorating the new gents toilet, preparing the clubhouse for the first match of the season on April 15th and tidying the ground and outfield. Volunteering plays a cm - :
Clitheroe are crowned Ribble Valley champs
CLITHEROE Cricket Club Cobras Under 13s A side
have won the Ribble Valley Clubs’ Indoor League. Following a round-robin competition earlier in the year, the Cobras reached the semi-final against Whalley.
. , Asked to bowl first, Clitheroe were in superb form as all the bowlers performed brilliantly, not conceding any
wides or no-balls, which is quite an achievement in indoor cricket. The keeping of Jason Walsh was exemplary, and they restricted Whalley to just six runs.
:
V In reply, the Cobras played a sensible and mature innings, not giving any. wickets away, and ran but win ners by 28 runs.
Immediately after, the Cobras took on Read in the final, with Read asked to bat.
/ ■
. Clitheroe performed even better this time; putting a good side under pressure from the off.
. Thanks to tight bowling from all concerned and great
keeping by Walsh, they restricted Read to just seven • runs, with not one no-ball or wide was bowled yet again; . The Clitheroe innings followed the same pattern as the
by 15 runs. The team was James Banks, Chris Bowness, Jack
Dewhurst, Tim Le-Breton, Liam Nuttall and Walsh. ♦ *
semi-final, with the Chatburn Road side showing great concentration and a determination to win. Again no wickets were lost and they ran but winners
'
cial part in sustaining ama teur cricket and can have a significant impact on the long-term future of a club. ; ^ ' Whalley hope to follow -
I
the success of last year’s Q j/ event, which led to an 83% i
j :
increase in bar takings fol-1 ; lowing the renovation on ^ r the clubhouse bar, saw W | more juniors and seniors ^ playing in teams than ever W | before, and brought new | sponsorship and business interest to an all-time high a : For further information |
on the weekend’s events g please contact either chair man David Westwood (01254 822234/07740 172179) or Anna'Gorton - (07801 794514/e-mail: :
wcc_annagorton@yahoo.c s o. uk).
^ ;
Wanderers I hold meeting
RIBBLESDALE Wander ers pre-season meeting for parents and youngsters will be held at the club house, off Brownlow. Street, tomorrow night a t 7-30 p.
m.
six teams into the Peter Benson Plywood Ltd Rib blesdale Youth League at Under 9s, Under 11s (two : teams). Under 13s Under ^ ; 15s and Under 18s. ,:
Ribblesdale have entered o '
. Details of the team’s A .Wednesday evening coach- / ing sessions (6-15 p.m. to 7-■. 15 p.m.) at Church Mead ow, including basic skills, games, kwik cricket and individual/group coaching will be discussed.
^
Coaching will be given at I all levels and youngsters
, from five to 16 years of age | are welcome.
.
contact Michael Britcliffe ^ H . (424328). . Ribblesdale . . . Wanderers are a ClubMark affiliated club.
- For further information
Ik rl
© SPORTM ASSOCIATION WITH P3 COIVIPUTERS: CElEBRflTiiye 10 YEARS fff SFRlfl^F n- I'MlHlIliJiUI '
contested at five-club competition.' • Division One was won by Kris Baldwin
The yellow ball competition was a fun evrat where team members take turns to
§
■ST Augustine’s RC.High School will be
theRibblo.Valley’s sole representatives in ‘ the North West regional round of the PlayStation Schools’ Cup tomorrow.
The event, which is'supporled by Everton’s former Blackburn striker James
/Beattie; will see over 200 football
teams.throughout the UK compete in the five-'- ; a-side football competition; battling for the chance to represent Great Britain ih - the European final held at Disneyland, Paris.
‘ . § , ' - '
■five-a;side,tournamehts are'also'taking place in Coventry^ Edinburgh; Loiidon;/ s Newcastle.:and' Southainpt'ori; with .the^
The Billmgton school will^be competing m Liverpool, but regional Under 15 teams frbm'each regional'
round then qualifying for the UK final on April 5th. The winner of which qualifies for a place at this year’s European PlayStation
Schpbls},Gup,-which will feature teains from
the.UK, Germany, France; N6rtherh - Ireland, Republic of Ireland and Spain.
,
i/ic-The evehtwill be staged on the same day as the 2006 UEFA Champions Lea^e .' • Final,
on.MayL7.th, which is alsb taking place in Pans at the Stade de France. :.* ' "And, adding a further incentive, all the school teams that qualify for the Euro pean tournament will be taken to the final as guests of PlayStation.
. . Lastyear Blackpool’s Colligate High School raised the bar by beating their Ger-^ man counterparts 7-1 in the European Final held m Istanbul, Turkey.
to go on towatchLiverpoollift the? European Cup fora
fifth.time.intheir Champions League victory over AC Milan;/ Pumas left to rue luck
Whalley Juniors Pumas Under 16s .. .1 Rossendale Uld .......................... .. .2 WHALLEY were unlucky to lose this first match of an end-of-season tournament. In an extremely close encounter,
:3 The locals fought back well with lone striker Jamie .Baron, causing the Rossendale defence severe difficulties, and they scored a deserved equaliser, when good work by. Richard Tyrrell released
Rossendale drew first blood after 15 min utes with an excellent strike that gave Whalley keeper Sam Townend no chance whatsoever. • ■
Baron to fire home after 20 minutes.. / The Pumas continued to work hard, but
gradually the better chances came to Rossendale, and the locals were caught out by a slick move midway through the sec ond half.
equalise, the best falling to the industrious Ahsen Iqbal, but time ran out.
'Whalley had excellent chances to : '
This was a valiant team effort by .Whal-;
ley against a side who soundly defeated them tmee during the normal league sea son.
punished Clitheroe'
Rangers U13s . . . . . . . .2 Wilpshire Wanderers: .6 : ONCE again Wolves were punished for a poor first half, as they trailed 5-1 at half-time. The only bright spot
was Bradshaw’s accom plished finish a t the far post after some neat play. However, a far better
performance was served up in the second half, with an outstanding goal from' man-of-the-match Tom Brown. Having started the move
inside his own half, he ran almost the full length of the pitch to finish off a superb cross form Brad shaw.
SABDEN Football.
'Club,Ls'-looking ' tO' expand.-
; V "The club also require ■ ) a new'manager.-;-', . ’ ? All enquiries to Tim l;.Bdyd:MartinJ(01282 ?>,773838)’ on Chris Dun-1 derdale (01282'773574);’
• Second DiyisionJ’^and'is' ;seeking'new.'players ^fromwithiri.'thewillage',: ;'and,beyond'with-the :;aim to field ,twd;teams each lyeek.'
■ runs one, team'in/the' East Lahcashire.Lea^e;
The side currently jxLV;.'
Wolves David’s treble earns victory
. Wolves'
‘ Readstone United U12s ■Blue- . h : . . . . _______3 Brier field Celtic...........0 A DAVID Lingard hat- trick earned United the points. Ryan ' Barber was
named man-of-the-match. Readstone United U13s 8 Akzo Orange................ 0 READSTONE recorded a convincing win over Akzo. A brace from Sam Lang
ford followed by goals from Sam Schofield, Ryan Molyneux, Billy Craw- shaw, Keiran Lee, Elliot Bywater and Luke Austin completed the rout.. The man-of-the-match
award went to Luke Kim berley.
Readstone United U12s Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Iluncoai United . . . . .3 READSTONE returned to winning ways against Huncoat. Daniel Martin scored
twice, with Jake Hardman and man-of-the-match Raees Bleasdale also on
. target. Readstone United Under9s
.............-..I
Brierfield Celtic— ...4 READSTONE slipped to defeat after leaving their shooting boots at home. • Their, goal was scored
by Adam Keys, and the raan-of-the-match was Denzel Yates.
AKZO
-Langho Juniors .... . LANGHO competed well
' the game. The locals forced three
comers in the first half and ; had plenty of possession,: but were unable to create :
Langho denied by late goals at Akzo .0
3
. with title-chasing Akzo until a late goal changed,
/ Settle Riininglon
.......... . . .3 ......... .... .3
RIMINGTON will have to go again if they are to reach the last four of the Craven Cup.
: Although disappointed not to win
at the first attempt, manager Terry Braithwaite will be relieved to have a second bite of the cherry. In a game which swung from end
to end. Settle scored as early as the third minute when a move down the left and some poor marking by the visitors led to a low cross which was forced home from inside the box. At least this woke Rimington up,
and they began to get the ball up to Penman and Coulter, but it was long ball stuff, and only when they got the ball down on the floor did they looked dangerous.
■ ■ From one excellent move midway through the half they won a free- kick on the right, O’Neill swung the ball in to the box, and the headed clearance found Terry Nelson who fired an unstoppable left-foot shot
• into the bottom corner. ? : Rimington were now in the ascen dancy, but had Kershaw to thank for keeping the scores level when he saved at the feet of Worthington. The visitors went ahead, thanks
! to a glorious piece of skill by Pen man, who chested the ball, swiv elled and volleyed past the startled ,
, (dsiTiaaBl^) rss.‘JS{>’’(almua '.(QnieihsvbAi eSSSS^ .(feholib'd)
eoietH'l.T fClitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)
>!u.oa.y(3boJsoi£)fUi/3.v3VAv.
www.clitheroetoday.co.uk
0
t'
OOC.bie2'rtc>'isM,vBh.’.iuirr,esrnn'ii isediavnAeoiofWiiO OY’ Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 71;
’s relief
Settle keeper from 18 yards. In the dying seconds of the half,
Worthington beat two tackles on the bye-line before clipping the ball over Kershaw to level at 2-2. Settle had their keeper to thank
for keeping them in the game in the second half as he kept out the goal- bound efforts from most Rimington players, whereas Kershaw was almost a spectator at the other end. ■ Into extra time, and the home
side scored quickly again from a corner when Rimington had several chances to clear their lines, but failed. With just 10 minutes left. Pen
man received the ball, turned past his marker and coolly placed his shot in the far corner. So the teams must do it all again,
a fact which will be of great con cern to Braithwaite’s side as the fix ture backlog increases, with the team still competing on three fronts for silverware; beginning at Rock this Saturday in the President’s Cup. Kelbrook Reserves ............... . .2 Riming ton Reserves . . . . . . .
.4
RIMINGTON can go into their league cup quarter-final on Satur day with confidence after extending their unbeaten run to a seasonal- best nine games. Rimington’s direct play caused
, Kelbrook endless problems, and the inspirational Threlfall was unlucky to see an early .shot go agonisingly wide. However, he didnL need to be
asked for a second time when he found the top corner from the edge of the box after a neat turn shortly after. Moments later McClean some
how managed to miss an open goal from five yards.,, but midway through the half, Leach broke well and squared the ball for Threlfall to delicately guide into the net, off the outside of his boot. The match was practically wrapped up with a third after the
: break. ' , A Dinsdale corner missed every body, and with the help of the wind, flew into the top corner of the goal. McClean ensured three points
with a fourth having ploughed for ward to net with a fierce strike. A suspiciously off-side Kelbrook
goal gave the home side a consola tion, and they added a second as Rimington failed to keep a clean sheet once again, after a solid per-
. formance for 80 minutes. Dinsdale, having scored his 12th
goal in 11 games, claimed his first man-of-the-match award.
Waddington win thriller Clilheroc Lions...........2
, Waddington ................3 THIS Northern Plant Hire Cup quarter-final
• derby threw up a thrilling, : nail-biting spectacle. Waddington went through, but the Lions
■ were more than a match for their Premier League neighbours and could easi ly have won it themselves.
• Waddington took the lead within five minutes with the first of three goals for impressive strik er Lloyd. The ball was chipped
over to the edge of the box, -with Lloyd waiting to smash the ball on the vol ley into the bottom corner of the goal, leaving keeper Mashiter no chance. Centre back Paul Clegg
was imperious at the back though, against a formi dable opponent, and as a ■
.whole the Lions were superb at the back, with captain James Clegg, Richard Pickup and Matt Day brilliantly adapting to Waddington’s 3-5-2 for mation. The Lions started to pass the ball around, and very shortly found themselves level through the industrious Avci, play ing his best football of the season, keeping midfielder • Pagan very quiet. His powerful shot crept
into the goal after th e keeper got a hand to it. Avci was at the centre
of the second for the Lions after a good move, with striker Pinard blasting the ball in from a tight angle. The Lions were very good value for their lead, play ing some brilliant inter changing passes between the midfield of Gaughan and Avci to the hard
working strike force of Pinard and Holden. They continued to dom
inate both possession and chances and went into the half-time break full of confidence th a t they could hold on to their lead. Waddington came back
strongly in the second half, however, as the Lions were playing against a strong breeze and lost some of their momentum as Avci was forced off with a damaged knee. Wingers Conti, and
Callaghan were also pegged back for much of the half, although Callaghan was a constant threat all afternoon.. The Lions looked fairly
comfortable, despite a good chance falling to Kraney, brilliantly saved by Mashiter.
Waddington were
awarded a penalty with 10 minutes to go after a chal lenge from Matt Day, who narrowly missed the ball, converted by Lloyd, who smashed the ball down the centre. Then with only minutes
to go, Waddington were contentiously awarded their second penalty, to the surprise of both teams. Lloyd scored his hat-
trick, and the final whistle followed shortly after. I t was a memorable
game for both teams as Clitheroe proved them selves to be a team worthy of higher league status, and can now concentrate their efforts on the league- cup semi-final this Satur day against Skipton LMS.
Dog slip to surprise defeat
DOG Inn’s promotion hopes suf-- fered a setback as they surprisingly lost 2-1 to Ossy Refugees at Bul- lough Park on Sunday.
:
any clear chances. ' Akzo upped a gear in the
second half, and with 10 minutes to go took the lead courtesy;of /poor, defending. : Langho heads dropped,
; and a further two goals fol lowed to leave a scoreline, that flattered the hosts. /
A Rick Grafton header on five
minutes gave the Budweiser Boys the perfect start, but they failed to
: make their superiority tell and did not add to their tally by the inter-’ val.
. Their opponents, reminiscent of the old Wimbledon, continued to be a threat by way of the long, high ball and equalised controversially
from a corner midway through the second half. Dog stepped up the pace after
this setback, but the fatal blow was delivered on 75 minutes when a wind-assisted Ossy clearance caused chaos in the Dog penalty area, resulting in the winning goal for the Refugees. ■ • " • ' ■ Dog manager Simon Kerins was
disappointed: “We created enough chances to win several games, but sadly we didn’t take them.
: : “As a result, we have fallen victim
to a classic smash and grab, an out come which seriously threatens our promotion hopes. “News of Black Bull’s defeat to
Station has come as a partial relief, but we will need to beat Station next week to reignite our hopes of a top-two finish. < “With th a t in mind, I urge as
many of our wonderful supporters as possible to come to Wilson’s and • cheer us on for what is a crucial match.”
• SPORT IN ASSOCIATION WITH P3 COMPUTERS: CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF SERVICE
• :>
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40
