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■ PROMOTED D og Inn stepped up prepara tions for their first season in the Harry Dewhurst Memorial League top flight with two wins over Second Division opposi tion.. The Whalley side
played their first pre-sea son friendly against a new-look Commercial Old Boys. A Jamie Enefer goal
on the half-hour was scant reward for their dominance, but Dog were rewarded for their patience with six second half goals. Debutant Liam Hill
netted four of them, with Ollie Holgate and last season’s top scorer Liam Porter on the scoresheet. Dog returned to
Haslingden on Sunday, this time to take on Sta tion. A little over 10 min
i
utes had been played when Porter scored the only goal of the match, his deft close-range head er rounding off a flowing move involving Enefer, Hill and Ollie and Dan Holgate. Having failed to take
any of several chances to put the game beyond their hosts’ reach. Dog then had to withstand concerted pressure from Station. However, with centre-
half pairing Ben Dewhurst and Rick Grafton outstanding once again, new g oal keeper “ Bushy” in fine form and Italian maestro Riccardo Marchi provid ing a wonderful second half cameo, they held out. ■ CONTINUED progress was made by the Dog Sports Bar in their 4-4 draw against Horse Shoe at the week end. The friendly saw refer
eeing mistakes made by the two respective man agers in the absence of an experienced official, as a hand-of-god niomeni for the Shoe assisted in a well-earned tie. An inspired captain's
performance was seen from Mark Punchard, proving his worth and leading by example with an exemplary work-rate. On target were Dan
Blackburn, Paul Park- ington, Paul Parrington and Mark Arthur, from the spot. : ' ' With the Dog growing
in confidence and team work .from training ses sions and friendlies, the forthcoming season should be an enjoyable experience. Last Tuesday's step
class at Hicks Gym with the inexhaustible Ali helped with the lads’ fit ness, although some of the team reported diffi culty'in walking for the next few days! With the season due to
start on September 3rd, one more friendly is to be arranged before then.
78 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, August 24th, 2006
wvinv.clitheroetoday.co.uk ■ Clitheroe claim comprehensive win Relentless Blues
Clitheroe F C .................. 3 Charley........................... 0 QUITE how Clitheroe are going to keep this kind of performance up all season is going to be interesting. The Blues were relentless
all night in their pursuit of goals, as wave after wave of attempts on the Chorley box bombarded this season's first visitors to Shawbridge - and sent out warning signs for all those to follow. Goals from Owen
Roberts, Anthony Daniels and Craig Sargeson capped a sterling borne perform ance that even saw the lat ter afford to miss a penalty without detriment to the result. Just like Saturday, little
time was wasted in finding the back of the net as Roberts stunned the Chor ley defence when he launched his 25-yard free kick through the wall high into the net on six minutes. Chorley were put under
constant pressure from then on, as the touch and pace of striker Paul Lamb, coupled with the understanding of Roberts and Sargeson down the left, unlocked several chances on goal. This was summed up in
the contusion between play er-manager Shaun Teale and goalkeeper Mark Threlfall 10 minutes in, almost leading to another. And then pressure on the
keeper by Ben Stanford, forcing a mis-kick by Threlfall, allowed Lamb to blast a 25-yard effort over
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the crossbar. Clitheroe were obviously
playing vdth confidence and enjoying it as they doubled their lead at the start of the second halt with what appeared very little effort. Sargeson laid the ball
back to Roberts, and a short pass inside to Daniels saw the midfielder look up and slot the ball inside the near post from the edge of the area. The trickery of Lamb
then brought a penalty for the Blues as he weaved into the box only to be tripped by Teale. Unfortunately, Sargeson
was unable to capitalise as his 49th minute spot kick to the right of Threlfall was ably dealt with. The chances kept on
coming. Clitheroe right- back Jamie Nay went close when he got his head on the end of a Michael Oates cross, and Lamb nearly con tributed to the score sheet, but his header into the ground bounced wide of the mark. Sargeson got his chance
to make amends for his penalty miss on 73 minutes after a great ball from the centre of midfield by Jason Jones saw the wing-man
beat the off-side trap and slot the ball under the Chor ley keeper. By this point Clitheroe
were producing some great one touch football. The move of the match
came from a deep left-wing by-line cross finding substi tute Ian Johnson on the right side of the box whose volleyed pass over Teale put Lamb through on goal where he forced a great one- on-one save from Threlfall. After
the game
Clitheroe's performance must have given Chorley manager Teale something to think about in the dress ing room as he handed in his resignation. Clitheroe meanwhile, had
been without New Zealan der Kris Matthews as the centre back has dislocated his shoulder. But once again the versa
tile Simon Garner stepped into the breach and more than acquitted himself alongside Gregg Anderson, giving Accrington Stanley keeper Martin Fearon very little to do. Acting manager Chris
Stammers has lined up a replacement defender on a month’s loan in Shaun Gray, a first-year professional with Conference side More- cambe, whose academy the Clitheroe coach trains as his day job. So six goals in two games
and two comprehensive vic tories home and away, only time will tell how tar Clitheroe go this season!
Favourites beaten
Kidsgrove Athletic . . . .1 Clitheroe ....................... 3 M A N A G E R L E S S Clitheroe got oft to a dream start against UniBond First Division title favourites Kidsgrove Athletic. A goal apiece from strik
ers Ben Stanford and Paul Lamb, plus a third slotted home by Simon Gamer, saw the Blues to a comfortable victory. Clitheroe had the full mn
over Kidsgrove, who were by no means a poor side. Investors at the Stoke-
on-Trent club had obvious ly spent a great deal in the close season, judging by their players, 12 of whom are on paid contracts, and the improvements made to the grcui.d. But the locals put all the
hype surrounding their opponents to one side and commendably didn't allow the previous day's dismi^l to get in the way of putting on an impressive opening performance. To a man they were excellent. Acting boss Chris Stam
mers commanded the team with passion from the side lines. Unfortunately, he had to
do so from the stand behind the home dug-out as he was serving a touchline ban for
an incident at his former club Burscough. But his new position
proved very insightful to the travelling support as they watched game plans come to fmition and a range of emotions displayed by the coach. It didn't take long for
Clitheroe to put that strate gy into action as they broke the deadlock on eight min utes. Lamb’s throughball
carved through the Kids grove back four and sent Stanford through on goal to coolly net Clitheroe's first. Lamb bagged the second
himself 12 minutes later when his deft touch and control brought a 30-yard Craig Sargeson throughball down, and his halt volley from the edge of the area beat the Kidsgrove keeper all ends up. And Clitheroe's third of
the afternoon in the second half showed that he is far from greedy in front of goal, as after making the initial move through, he laid the ball back for Garner to thread home. However, the six foot plus
striker's best move of the game didn't find the back of the net. After receiving a pass on
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TAVO Kelly Smith goals introduced Blackburn Rovers Ladies to life in the FA Women's Premier League National Division at Shawbridge on Sunday. The England interna
tional's impressive strikes were the highlights of Arse nal's 3-0 victory over new comers Rovers. Blackburn gave the visi
tors a good game in the first half, and only Smith's stun ning 30-yard drive separat ed the teams at the interval.
However, the Gunners
showed why they won the double last year as Smith struck once again from out side the area. The scoreline could have
been more but for Rovers goalkeeper Kay Hawke, who pulled off several acro batic saves. But the shot stopper
couldn't stop Scotland striker Julie Fleeting from wrapping up the game 12 minutes from time when Leanne Sanderson chested
down a Rachel Yankey cross for Fleeting to stroke home from 10 yards. Blackburn's best oppor
tunity came in the first half courtesy of captain Aman da Barr when a breakaway effort saw her one-on-one effort denied by Arsenal keeper Emma Bryne. A crowd of 241 were on
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be played at Shawbridge is against Birmingham Ladies on Sunday, September 3rd.
Chipping start in style
the left of midfield, his first touch pulled the ball back past the back tracking defender to effortlessly tee up a curled effort on goal that flashed past the tar post. Kris Matthews also
impressed in the centre of defence as he dealt with everything that entered the Clitheroe area. And in the event of 19-
year-old goalkeeper Peter Collinge signing to Bury on a month-to-month pro con tract last Wednesday, high ly-rated Accrington Stanley stopper Martin Fearon did an exceptional job between the sticks at such short notice. He couldn't do much
about Matt Rhead's 57th minute strike, who had until then been closed out of the game by Clitheroe's Tony Daniels, but he has yet to train with the side. Stammers said after the
game that six goals would n't have flattered his side, and he was right as substi tute Michael Oates had a couple of good chances to get on the scoresheet too, but he added that it was one game of many Clitheroe face this season and that they can't afford to be com placent.
Southport Amateum . .1 Chipping ..........................2 A GUTSY display saw Chipping kick-off the Pre ston and District Football League Second Division East season in style. After a successful sum mer campaign where Chip ping won the Catforth and District League Second Division and finished run ners-up in the Billington Cup, the villagers were looking to make a strong start despite missing a number of key players through holidays and injury. The first half was an even
affair with very few efforts on goal. The best chance for Chip
ping fell to debutant Oliver Johnson, who stole in from a free kick and was desper ately unlucky to see his looping effort rebound to safety off the cross. Southport had also rat
tled the crossbar before they took the lead with a speculative effort. The home midfielder
picked up the ball 30 yards out and, seeing keeper James Farrell off his line, lifted a chip over his head to drop in off the underside of the crossbar. Following a half-time
team talk from manager Dom Hester, Chipping began the second half well and were soon level. An attempted clearance
landed to the feet of Danny Austin, who smashed a curl ing left fopt volley from 20 yards past the goalkeeper and in off the upright. Chipping were on top
and made this dominance pay as they quickly took the lead. A ball from the right should have been cleared
easily, but was missed by the centre half. This gave Ahsan Ghoni
chance to stab the ball home from close range. The home side had a gilt-
edged chance to equalise following a spill from keep er Farrell, but the onrush- ing Southport player bal looned the ball high over the bar. There is no game for the
villagers at the weekend, so the next fixture is on Satur day, September 2nd, when they travel to Walmer Bridge. Prior to the season. Chip
ping won a charity friendly with New Longton Rovers 4-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw. Each club, through
match day sponsors Rick- son’s Solicitors and Moore and Smalley Accountants, put up £100, with the vic tors giving the money to a charity of their choice. A screamer from Chris
Leighton and a header from Ghoni gave Chipping a share of the spoils, which meant the money was shared, with the home side making a donation to the Chipping Recreation and Development Committee. The match was decided
on penalties and Chipping ran out 4-3 winners with successful spot kicks from Joe Baines, Mick Garth, Steve Proctor and Oliver Hayhurst. Colne United Reserves .3 Rimington Reserves . . .5 A HAT-TRICK from debu tant Garner ensured Rim ington got their season off to a terrific start. Last year Colne ran out
easy winners in this fixture, but Rimington were deter
mined not to be beaten this time.
On a wet and windy day
the result could have gone either way, however Rim ington got a breakthrough after 15 minutes. Dearden played a
throughball for Garner to dummy, and Brunskill dis patched a debut goal. Colne deservedly levelled
the game with a well-fin ished goal. They then continued
their dominance and got a second as Rimington failed to clear the ball from defence. However, the locals bat
tled hard and they got a deserved equaliser as Threlfall converted from the penalty spot after the ball was handled in the box. But within minutes, and
with Rimington dominant, Colne regained the lead through a similar goal to their second, against the run of play. At half-time, stand-in
manager Blackledge ensured the team that the hard work was done, and that they should now take the game to the opposition, and Rimington did indeed take the game to their opponents. Colne were hanging on
tor 20 minutes after the break until Garner was played through to finish coolly past the keeper. And within a minute.
Garner finished again from a Threlfall flick on. Colne tried to get back
into the game, but Garner claimed a debut hat-trick, tapping in after the keeper saved his first attempt with five minutes to go. Man-of-the-match was
Rimington goalkeeper Anderson, who is already an obvious contender for the player of the year trophy.
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Record-breakers prepare for new season in style!
AFTER last season's record breaking campaign, Clitheroe Ladies Hockey Club are preparing for the new season in fine style. As soon as the girls won
promotion from the Lan cashire Central Second, the club coach recruited a per sonal fitness coach, set up extra training sessions and entered the girls in a sum mer league. The team entered a 10-
week seven-a-side league at Leyland Motors in Chorley - and they stormed it. Consisting of teams in
the same division and high er than the locals, their first game saw Clitheroe brush Fulwood aside with a 5-0 win, and their second brought 6-2 victory over Garstang who play in a league above. ■Week three was a game
that the girls had been waiting for, against Leyland Foxes seconds. The game started slowly,
with Clitheroe taking only a 1-0 lead in at half-time. The second half saw
them get their act together though, and some nice attacking play led to an easy 5-1 victory. Week four saw Clitheroe come back from 3-0 down at half-time against a good Southport team to win 6-3. The week after, Clitheroe
were up against a young Springfields side. Clitheroe had a new addi
tion to the team, with record-breaking striker Rachel Walmsley back in the fold. This was the first time
she had played summer league and it didn't take her long to settle down as Clitheroe won 9-0. Their next game was
their biggest test by far when they met fellow unbeaten side Preston - holders of the title tor the last three years.
Preston quickly took a 2-
0 lead before Clitheroe scored a great goal before the break. The second half was also
end to end, but Clitheroe netted twice to go 3-2 up, only for Preston to hit back. With only five minutes
remaining, Clitheroe showed why all the clubs across the Lancashire League are talking about them, as they jumped on a defensive error and took the lead for a second time. Preston were shocked
and fell apart at the back to allow Clitheroe in twice more seal to seal a 6-3 result. A 9-0 victory over Black
burn, who also play in a league above the locals, fol lowed, and because Leyland Foxes couldn't raise a team, Clitheroe were awarded a 4- 0 victory. Another 4-0 victory over
Chorley set up the side's final game against Brook- fields. This game not only
proved to be Clitheroe's biggest victory, but the largest margin of success the summer league has ever seen as they ran out 15-0 winners. In all, 70 goals were
scored by the local ladies as they finished the tourna ment unbeaten. Clitheroe have tourna
ments and pre-season friendlies every week now until the start of the season, which commences on Satur day, September 23rd. Anyone interested in
joining the club, as either a junior or senior player, or sponsoring the side, can contact Hannah on 07855 337708.
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‘As-you-were’ in title race as weather wins
By Adrian Capstick
RIBBLESDALE Wanderers’ vic tory at Read was the only Veka Ribblesdale League fixture to reach a conclusion on Saturday. Ribblesdale put in a command
ing batting display thanks to Mar tin Peel (50) and professional Joe Scuderi (44) despite the wet condi tions, to take the points. Clitheroe's game at Settle got
underway at Chatburn Road, and saw the locals commendably post 159-9 in the first innings. But Settle had reached just 15-1
when rain brought an end to pro ceedings, causing the fixture to be abandoned. Whalley's game against Eden-
field was totally lost to the weath er without a single ball bowled. That means it is pretty much
as-you-were in the race for the title. With five games to go, and a
maximum of 35 points to play for, Clitheroe lead by 20 points from
Settle with Padiham just one point further off the pace. Back at Read, the home pitch
was fit to play, but the soggy out field didn't, at first, appear con ducive of big scores with the bat as Read didn't get the nm of the ball. As a result, leading batsman
Will Driver was limited to just 29 runs when the Whalley Road side were put in to bat by the visitors. The opener was bowled by Rib-
blesdale's Barry Spencer (2-62), who would also later bowl out the home side's top run maker in Chris Holt for 44. The intervening overs brought
little reward for Read as profes sional Dodda Ganesh was caught behind by Martin Peel off David Howard for just one, Kyle O'Con nor went exactly the same way for a duck, and Matt Doughty (13) was caught by Kerr for Howard’s third wicket before Warren East- ham (23) followed him, again caught by Peel to complete Howard's take of 4-78, Holt's 44 boosted the final tally
to 158-7, coming off 43 balls and featuring four boundaries and two sbees. He was joined by Andrew Turn
er, who finished the innings unbeaten on 35 off 30 balls with two fours and two sixes. Peter Howarth (2 not out) finished the innings alongside him. In reply, Ribblesdale's Peel (50)
and professional Scuderi (44) suc ceeded where Read had failed with the bat as the pair took it to the home bowlers. Opener Alistair Marsh had been
removed for 10 by an O'Connor catch off a Frank Barden delivery, but the second wicket proved much more troublesome as the for mer Nelson paid man struck the boundary five times, and went over the ropes once. Peel went one better with five
fours and two sixes before he was trapped leg before by Holt for his half century. Scuderi was caught by Driver off the bowling of Andrew Turner for 44. However, there was plenty more
to come as Howard saw out the game with 38 not out, despite the best efforts of Driver, dismissing both Stephen Kerr (21) and Ryan Gladwin (0) in the same over. The Read youngster finished
with 2-15 when he had Gladwin caught second ball by Ganesh. However, it wasn't enough to
stem the tide as Howard and cap tain Martin Briggs (0) saw Wan derers to victory. Looking ahead. Read are on the
road for both of this weekend's double header fixtures. Settle are their opponents on Saturday fol lowed by a much shorter trip to Padiham for Sunday's local derby. Wanderers are at home to Great
Harwood on Sunday, and title favourites Clitheroe on Sunday. Clitheroe's Saturday game is away at Whalley and the Station Road side's Sunday game is away to Set tle.
Wickets will be pitched at 1-30 p.m. for all games.
Chatburn washout, Rimington’s crown, Cobras win
OAKWORTH were the visitors at Chatburn on Saturday, and although groundsman Paul Whit taker worked miracles to get the game on, the result was a draw due to the weather. Chatburn were surpris
ingly asked to bat in the wet conditions. David Price went early but open ing partner Dave Lakin played a truly gritty innings of 33. He allowed the middle order to play around him and at 28-3 Oakworth seemed keen to stay on the pitch as the rain fell. However a quick-fire 29
from Richard Shovelton and an exquisite knock of 56 by youngster John Reynolds, aided Chat- burn's score towards
respectability. Russell Braithwaite
chipped in with 15 and Chatburn's innings fin ished on 174-8. Tea was taken and the
weather turned sour once again. The umpires and Oakworth weren't keen to re-start so the game was abandoned. Chatbum are still top of
the division as no other games even started. Spe cial mention goes to Paul Whittaker for all his efforts. ■ AFTER a few hiccups on the way, Rimington finally laid their hands on the Clitheroe and District Midweek Cricket League trophy. 'The villagers won in
style by beating league newcomers Sabden, who
were bowled out cheaply for a 10-wicket victory. The Pendle Hill outfit
were all out for 67, before Rimington eased home without loss. Elsewhere, Low Moor
defeated Chipping A by 64 runs after Matt Coulter and Marc Holmes had both smashed undefeated 30s. The Clitheroe side post
ed 114-5, but Chipping couldn't get close as they were all out for 51. The remaining games
were abandoned due to rain. ■ CLITHEROE Cobras Under 15s beat Read with two overs to spare. The Whalley Road side
batted first and faced some fine tight bowling from Hollingsworth and Bow-
ness, the latter stepping up from the Under 13s, to return four overs for nine runs. Scott added to the
attack and quickly removed Elliott Art- ingstoll (6). Read accelerated the
run rate, but McKenna finally bagged the impor tant wicket of Tom Marsh who had scored 26 runs for the Whalley Road outfit. But the home side con
tinued to score freely through Jones (24 not out) and Howells (16 not out), and finished on 81 off their 16 overs. In reply, the Cobras got
of f to a slow start with Holgate and Banks pinned down by some very accu rate bowling by Howells and Lowes, who went for
just four off four overs. Fortunately, the extras
kept the scoreboard tick ing over. Robinson replaced Hol
gate and hit two solid drives for four, and Banks, another Under 13s player, followed that with some attractive shots before being bowled for six, before Scott came joined Robin son and the pair demol ished the Read attack. Robinson struck three
sixes off consecutive balls straight back past the bowler before retiring on 26.
Scott, meanwhile, con
tinued in his absence and hit she fours in his 27 before he too retired, leaving McKenna (3) and Geelan (4) to see the Cobras home.
New faces play their part in Littlemoor victory
Clitheroe RUFC ......... 26 iVest Park Warriors . . .22 CLITHEROE came from behind to win a tough open er in the Lancashire Plate at Littlemoor. New club captain Ben
Graves had a big task to inspire a squad that lacked match practice and con tained four new faces. Initially any fears seemed
groundless as Clitheroe started with a bang. The forwards doing the grunt and groan hard yards stuff, and the backs looking dan gerous on attack. The morning's rain made
the ball greasy in the extreme, and there was dropped ball a plenty, which at least gave the pack
■ CLITHEROE RUFC is entering an under 17s team to the Lancs and Cheshire Colts League for the first time. The Colts' season begins at Tyldcsley, on
Sunday, September 3rd. This is a significant development for both
the club and the young players, who will gain valuable experience of regular, competitive league matches as well as cup competition. The Colts have their own regular training
sessions on Thursdays at 7-30 p.m., with coaches and first XV players Nathan Peel and captain Ben Graves, all under the. watchful eye of head coach, Roger Holmes. , And on Sunday, September 20th, former
some much needed scrum mage practice. The skipper nobly moved
over to tight head prop in order to accommodate up and coming Mark Curphy
Sale Sharks captain Pete Anglesea will be visiting Littlemoor to run a training session for the Colls and the Under 15 and 16 sides. The Under 15 and 16s also train Thurs
day evenings at 7-30 p.m. Sunday training begins on September
10th at 10-30 p.m., and the club is deter mined to build a strong, hard-to-beat team. The club is very happy to welcome any
young players who would like to come along, whether experienced or not, to Littlemoor on Thursdays at 7-30 p.m., or contact the team managers Jonathan Shorrock (Under 17 Colts) on 07921 705723, or Dugald Craig (Under 15/lGs) on 07764 775188.
on the loose head. Although he was up
against a giant in the scrums, there were very few backward steps, and last season’s second team player
of the year also showed up well in the loose. The backs had a speedy
look about them, but the conditions made handling difficult, coupled with some
first match rustiness. The addition of new fly
half. South African Hendre Mouton, gave the attack a new dimension, and it was no surprise when Clitheroe burst into a two-try lead courtesy of the centre pair of 'Will Tattersall and Nathan Peel. Just when the sizeable
crowd were thinking of an easy victory. West Park suddenly came alive and started playing some good strong running rugby. This suddenly seemed to
cause Clitheroe the jitters and they started throwing some wild passes around. The net result was two
soft tries for the visitors, shortly followed by a drop
goal, and suddenly things began to turn sour. A raft of substitutions at
the interval seemed to steady the ship for a time, but perhaps lack of self dis cipline, coupled with the desire to run the ball with out laying down the foun dations for forward play, was costing the side vital possession. Especially when West
Park went even further ahead with another easy try. So, with just 15 minutes
to go it appeared to be hopeless case, but Clitheroe knuckled down and went back to basics, which imme diately reaped dividends. Another try for Tatter
sall and one from Ed Hack ing took them ahead and was enough to see the Lit tlemoor side home, much to the relief of all concerned. More game time will see
the best from this Clitheroe team, where there is talent to spare. New faces played their
part, Mark Young added extra bulk and power at number eight, and once Mouton and his other Springbok mates, centre Leon Vorster and scrum half Eduard Burger get used to Lancashire condi tions, the future looks bright at Littlemoor. On Saturday Clitheroe
open their league campaign at Chorley.
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