- f 54 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, October 26th, 2006 www.ciitheroetoday.co.uk Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burniey 422331 (Ciassified) d on to ease past Town in FA Trophy


Warrington Town.................0 Clilheroe............................


Wm .7 T'.


AN own goal barely five min­ utes into this encounter sent Clitheroe through to the next round of the FA Trophy, where they face another away day. On Monday they were


drawn against Halesowen Town, who they will meet on Saturday, November 4th. Opportunities on goal were


Jeff Underwood


scarce for the Blues at War­ rington on Saturday, as once


they had taken an early lead, Clitheroe were intent on defending it. Craig Sargeson's dangerous


ball in behind the home back four was put through the back of his own net by defender John Halpin under intense pressure from striker James Dean. But apart from a few shots


over the bar, that was Clitheroe's lot on goal as all attention turned to new keep­


Green impress in fine Lancashire Cup win


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Taylor, and the sides con­ tinued to be well-matched.


but was marred by a sick­ ening blow for full back Danny Taylor midway through the first half, who was carried off with a nasty leg injury, although it was hoped it was not a break. Ian Barton replaced


was ultimately a flattering one for the locals, manager Andy Holden was delight­ ed with the result and per­ formance, and the attitude of his players. The game started evenly,


Hurst Green.................3 Elton Vale.....................0 HURST Green claimed an impressive scalp on Satur­ day as they progressed to the fourth round of the Lancashire Amateur Cup at the expense of the Bury side. Although the scoreline


far between, although Mark Young went through on goal, but was unable to get enough pur­ chase on his shot and the keeper saved easily. However, after the


Chances were few and


Green weathered a spell of Vale pressure, they struck ' right on haif-time as Andy Whaites delivered a superb cross for Young to head home unchallenged from six yards. The second half devel­


20 minutes from time when Steve Young pulled off a magnificent reflex


oped into an excellent tus­ sle between two fine sides, and the Green were severely tested at the back, although Phil Walk­ er, Tom Bamber, Colin Piper and Nick Wilkinson held firm. The turning point c-ame


save to preserve the lead, and the locals took full advantage as Ian Simpson made it 2-0 with a clinical finish after good work down the left from Simon Tipton. Elton Vale began to lose


into Saturday’s top-of- the-table clash at derby rivals Rimington in good spirits (kick-off 2-15 p.m.). In the next round of the


cup, the Green will now play Poulton Town at home, with the scheduled date November 11th.


Unlucky Chipping lose thriller


Chipping ...............................................I Loslock St Gerard's ...........................5


CHIPPING were unlucky to lose by the odd goal in nine in a thoroughly enter­ taining encounter. An excellent performance by the vil­


assured finish from the ever impressive Oily Hayhurst, and after a string of saves from the Lostock keeper, Jonny Fletcher headed home from a comer to make it 2-2 at the break.


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Dog I n n ...................... .2 Dog and O t te r ............5 NEWLY-promoted Dog Inn were made to pay for their shortcomings in a disastrous first half against Dog and Otter at Bullough Park. The first 15 minutes


were fairly even, but fun­ damental lapses saw Dog concede three times dur­


ping as they found themselves 2-0 down within the first 10 minutes, after a superb lob from distance and a thumping near. post finish. Chipping pulled a goal back through an


lagers saw them create numerous chances, but some excellent saves from the visiting goalkeeper were key as Lostock took the points. The game began disastrously for Chip­


Chipping went in front within 10 sec­


level of performance with them into Sat­ urday when they look to get back to win­ ning ways at home to Walmer Bridge (kick-off 2-30 p.m.). The man-of-the-match award was shared by Hayhurst and Dean Austin.


Dog made to pay for shortcomings


ing the next 10. A fourth goal'close to


half-time added to the Whalley side's disappoint­ ment. However, Simon Kerins'


men responded positively after the break and were good value for their two goals, courtesy of Liam Porter and Tom Holgate. Inspired by their


revival. Dog incre'ased their pressure and could have netted further goals, but a suspiciously off-side Dog and Otter goal secured the points and gave the Great Harwood side victory by a some­ what flattering margin. ■ Dog are away to Great


Harwood Rovers at Wil­ son's on Sunday.


trick towards the end with a thumping header, but Chipping could not find an equaliser. Chipping will be looking to take this


keeper prevented Chipping from extend­ ing' their advantage, and the visitors’ sprightly attack capitalised to score three goals without reply to take a commanding lead. Hayhurst completed a deserved hat-


onds of the restart as Steve Proctor latched onto a loose pass to send Hay­ hurst racing through to coolly slide home. Some superb stops from the Lostock


their composure with the game slipping away, and were reduced to 10 men, before the Green sealed the win when the impres­ sive Graham McEwan fed Danny Walker, who pro­ duced a sublime chip over the keeper. Hurst Green now go


er Raymond Francis at the opposite end. The former Uxbridge and


Yeadon stopper proved in inspired form, joining the side in light of Alan Fitzpatrick's injuries and Peter Collinge's decision to seek first team foot­ ball at UniBond Premier side Leek Town. His cool style belied his


quick reactions as he was down to deny Town's Dave Tickle's effort from a right wing cross


with a one-handed save to keep Clitheroe ahead. And in the second half, he


stopped another good effort from Warrington's Gareth Evans, who had got through a impressive back line of Jamie Nay, Kris Matthews, Jeff Underwood and Simon Gamer. Underwood then pulled off a


great last ditch tackle in his own 18 yard box to deny War­ rington another clear opportu­ nity, as much more fight was


Whalley ace’s US success


WHALLEY'S Jon Brooks netted a brace for his Amer­ ican University side Cardinal Stritch last week. Ranked 35th in the US, the Milwaukee college beat


Calumet College of St Joseph's 2-0 thanks to his late efforts. Stritch are currently second in their conference


league, and this win marks the third season in a row that the side has reached a double-digit win total. Captained by another Ribble Valley student, Clitheroe's Chris Tinker, the Wolves have won 10 and lost two of their 14 games overall, with five wins and one defeat in seven in the conference. And defender David Price, also of Clitheroe, com­


pletes the local threesome studying across the Atlantic. The same side then walked away from Robert Mor­


ris College on Saturday night with a 3-2 victory to put the side second in the conference. Captain Tinker put the side ahead with the first


goal, but Morris came back and the game went to extra time at 2-2 only for Stritch to net a winner. Stritch finished the Chicagoland Conference seeded


third, and will host the sixth seed on Saturday in the quarter finals of the CCAC tournament.


Lions close gap


Clilheroe L io n s ......... 4 Intake.......................... .2 THE Lions closed the gap at the top of the Craven League First Division to just two points with their seventh consecutive win on Saturday. Clitheroe started poorly,


getting out-fought in sever­ al areas of the pitch, and were consequently a goal down after ^ minutes. Intake also hit the post,


which seemed to wake the Lions up immediately. They then started to


stroke the ball about, par­ ticularly in midfield through captain James Clegg and man-of-the- match Steve Gaughan, but struggled to beat the huge Intake keeper, who pulled off a number of saves to keep them ahead at half­ time. But after the' break, Paul Clegg, in a more


ahead with his second goal, and as the Lions turned the screw, and Zak Holgate added a brace to seal the points. His first came after


Pinard was denied by a clearance on the line, before rifling a thumping drive from outside the box. In between times,


Mashiter pulled off a ter­ rific save from a bullet shot, but Intake pulled the game back to 4-2 in the last minute after a contro­ versial penalty decision, with the keeper unlucky not to keep it out. The Lions will hope to


take this form into the Northern Plant Hire Cup against Long Lee Juniors on Saturday.


■ A NEW indoor 5-a-side junior football league at Bowland High School's new sports hall requires teams for a winter league. ^ The Friday evening competition is aimed at junior


school children in years five and six. Teams from local clubs or schools are all welcome,


but must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Matches will be held at 5-30, 6 and 6-30 p.m. All


interested teams are asked to call Tom Bamber at Ribble Valley Borough Council (01200 414484).


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advanced position, levelled matters, before pulling off a superb goal line clearance to keep the Lions in it. He then put the locals


seen from the home side after the break. But the Blues held on and defended well. Paul Lamb had a shot over


the bar and Jason Jones forced a low save, but the majority of the play came from Warring­ ton, who were unlucky not to pull level in the last minute when Tickle's close range shot cannoned off the post.


Grindleton through


Grindleton...................5 Car leton ......... ............2 GRINDLETON came from behind to reach the second round of the North­ ern Plant Hire Trophy. Against the run of play


well-deserved lead when some neat play down the flanks allowed Mai-sden to slot home. And with their tails up, it was soon 3-1 when cap-


when Hibbert struck from the spot following a clum­ sy challenge, but Chatbum gifted the visitors two goals in quick succession after poor mistakes However, Hibbert netted


from a Lawson pass to send the teams in level at the break. In the second half, Chat­ burn keeper, man-of-the-


get the ball down and play football with the high winds and bumpy pitch, until the breakthrough came on 15 minutes for the locals. Liam Carter chested


the ball down for a poised Oli McClean on the edge of the box, who made no mistake with a piledriver. Both sides continued to


to'beat Danny Anderson on a couple of occasions thanks to some fantastic goalkeeping, until the 35th minute when they


battle on, and both teams created chances. Rolls-Royce had failed


Rolls-Royce Reserves 1 Rimington Reserves .3 RIMINGTON Reserves secured their place in the next round of the Norman Pratt Trophy with a bat­ tling performance. Both sides struggled to


Chatburn......................5 Barrowford U td ...........4 CHATBURN ended Bar- rowford’s unbeaten record in a nine-goal tussle. The loc^ took the lead


when striker Scott Fielding neatly side-footed home into an open goal. The locals soon took a


the Yorkshire visitors took the lead when Rick Barrow headed into his own goal from just outside the box. But Grindleton levelled


tain Darren Barrow beat the keeper with ease. Martin Cowey then


struck from the edge of the box-with a fierce strike. But the best was yet to


come, as early in the sec­ ond half, full back Jamie Clarkson scored a con­ tender for goal of the sea­ son with a sweet right foot strike from 30 yards, leav­ ing the keeper no chance. The visitors pulled one


back \vith a looping effort, and it could have been worse when Cowey conced­ ed a penalty midway through the second half, but Jackson stopped the spot kick.


Hot Hibbert’s hat-trick


match Paul Craig, pro­ duced several outstanding saves to demoralise the vis­ itors, and the locals went ahead as Hibbert hit his hat-trick goal after a stun­ ning move. Lawson then added a 30-


yard chip minutes later, before Barrowford gave themselves hope with a two more. . It wasn't enough though


as substitute Braithwaite slotted a cooly-taken fifth to pick up a worthy three points.


Rimington’s cup progress


levelled thanks to a defen­ sive mistake on the edge of the box. Manager Liam Carter


gave the players some seri­ ous hair dryer treatment at half-time, and if he'd had anything within throwing distance, it would have been thrown! The performance could


only get better in the sec­ ond half, and Rimington took the lead once more when Jack Dearden neat­ ly drilled the ball into the bottom comer. The villagers continued


to b attle and forced a third goal, thanks to Iain Czapowski tapping home his ^ o n d of the season. Rimington will welcome


back top scorer Matt Gar­ ner for Saturday's tough away t ie at last year's reserve champions Hurst Green.


- f o 1 % SUCCESS: Clithcroc Dolphins, (s) Dolphins’ big medal haul


CLITHEROE Dolphins returned from the North Lancashire Open in Blackpool wth a bagful of medals recently. The 30-strong squad won 41 in all, with


83 personal best times also recorded. Outgoing coach Dave Kenny and


Sellars, Megan Phillip, George Stott, Luke Tasker and Elizabeth Lovatt, with an array of silver and bronze medals claimed by James Rodgers, Sam Jones, Sean Kenny, Bethany Jones, Scott Single- ton, Hayleigh Jones, Andrew Tomlinson,


again with a brilliant penalty stroke, before Griffiths completed her treble shortly after with another excellent finish to see the visitors 5-0 ahead at half-time. The second half saw Griffiths scored her


thington


Walmsley rounded the game off. Player-of-the-match was Heidi Wor­


Excellent victory


CLITHEROE Men's Darts Super League team had an excellent win over Longridge on Sunday. Winners were M.


Duxbury (53.43), J. Harg­ reaves (63.16), P. Taylor (68.32), G. Crabtree (49.77, G. Robinson (67.29), A. Porter (57.80) and R. Jones (58.13). Sadly the ladies were


defeated 5-3 against high­ flyers Todmorden. The winning ladies were


C. Joy (33.24), A. South- well (34.55) and Lillian Tomlinson (44.86) '.vho was the lady of the match.


fourth and fifth to make it 7-0, and the goal rush continued with an eighth from Walmsley to complete her hat-trick as Clitheroe dominated. Box made it nine, before Griffiths and


two minutes later by a second, and then another from Rachel 'Walmsley - all in the first 12 minutes. Six minutes later Walmsley netted


Rachel Walmsley did the damage, topped off by a single strike by Bronte Box. Griffiths was first off the mark, followed


locals, who not only retained their 100% record, but took their unbeaten run to 1'7 months. Six goals for Anna Griffiths and five for


Brookfields Ladies ..............................0 Clitheroe Ladies HOCKEY CLUB . .12 CLITHEROE successfully saw off Brookfields in the first round of the Lan­ cashire Cup. This proved a routine game for the


replacement Peter Jones both attended and witnessed several impressive perform­ ances from their young charges. The club’s gold medallists were Philip


the new skins event. This highly-entertaining racing format


Anna Carey, Victoria Rodgers, Bryn Phillip, Kara Singleton and Rebekah Rodgers. Their success was also demonstrated in


tests a swimmer's ability in all four strokes over repeated races, where the slowest swimmer is removed until only two remain. Of the four skins events staged, the Dol­


phins won two, with Luke Tasker victori­ ous in the junior boys, and Megan Phillip winning an all-Dolphins' final against Hayleigh Jones for the senior girls.


Clitheroe win again to extend run This week Clitheroe travel to second in


the league Longridge for a top of the table battle, while Clitheroe seconds entertain Morecambe Ladies, starting at noon. Clitheroe seconds also won through to


the next round of the Lancashire Cup with a 3-1 victory over Nelson thirds. The locals had a massive task in hand


as Nelson play their hockey a league above, but goals from Anna Griffiths, Dawn Trannor and Jacquie Ashley saw them pull off an upset Nelson were shocked at going a goal


behind to Griffiths, but pulled the scores level on the stroke of half-time. However, after the break Clitheroe took


command, as Trannor smashed the ball past the helpless Nelson keeper to restore the lead. Time was running out for Nelson, who


were denied by an excellent save from Katherine McMillan to keep the locals out in front. A last-ditch effort was intercepted by


the locals, for only for Ashley to round the Nelson defence and put the result beyond any doubt. Player-of-the-match was Mary


Dewhurst.


Pendle Fo res t..............2 Roefield Leisure Under 1 2 s .................................2 (Roefield won 4-3 on pens)


ROEFIELD keeper Elliot Shepherd saved two penal­ ties to see the locals through to the next round of the cup. The home side made


their possession count with a good goal in the first half. But Simon Colley lev­


elled from the spot to take the game to extra time. Against the run of play.


Forest went back in front, before James Duerden struck a great goal to equalise. And man-of-the-match


Shepherd’s heroics won the day. Readslone Uld Under 13s Yellow........................... 5 Pennington...................3 READSTONE progressed to the LFA Cup fourth round with an excellent victory. Goals came courtesy of


Lloyd Standen (2) Connor Stuttard, Ryan Gent and Nathan Holland. Scott Martin was man-


of-the-match. Readslone Utd Under 15sl Belvedere......................... 1 THIS top-of-the-table encounter saw both teams remain unbeaten. Man-of-the-match R3'an Brereton was on target.


'r%- f-mi ' i l Clilheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) www.clitheroetoday.co.uk Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, October 26th, 2006 55 Signs of recovery


Clithcroe RUFC.........44 Broughton................14


was the chant from the touchlines, with Clitheroe guilty as charged, trying to play too much fancy dan rugby before the solid foundations laid by the forwards had done their job. All the locals managed


Bobby 'Wilkinson, loose forward Richard Slinger, centre Nathan Peel and full back Jim Moody completed the scoring to leave skipper Ben Graves ruing his team’s early lax and slipshod play - or the scoreline could and indeed should have been much higher. Pendle.........................10 Clilheroe Buccaneers Under 14s .................... 0 THE Buccaneers were asked to continue their improvement from the previous two games, and that is exactly what they did at Pendle. The game was taken


straight to Pendle through the dominant forwards, who week on week are showing grit and determination against more established packs.


wing man James Podyvyn was well deserved for his clever running and work rate. One apiece for lock


began to put Broughton on the back foot, and from there it was easy pickings for the attack line to make inroads. A hat-trick of tries for


bruisers, Mark Young and Ollie McEntyre, led the way. Some strong charges


Smith snapping at their heels, the pack began to get their nose to the grindstone and put in, as they say in Australia, the hard yakka. The bulky back row


to see the error of their ways. ■With scrum half Dan


to achieve was an embar­ rassing sideways crab­ bing movement that had little to no penetration. Eventually they began


eyes of the club presi­ dent, a raft of expert for­ mer players and the chairman of selectors, Clitheroe spectacularly failed to ignite, in spite of their evident superior­ ity at scrum time. "Too much, too soon"


any game is impressive and cause for celebra­ tion, but as usual the Littlemoor outfit only played in fits and starts, and indeed, nearly failed to start at all in the first half hour. Under the ever-critical


AT last there were some signs of recovery for the town team, but as ever, the half-term report might would say "could do better". An eight-try romp in


ments by Pendle resulted in a Clitheroe penalty, quickly taken by Sam 'Thornber, but, unfortu­ nately, the referee wasn’t quite with the pace of the game and the try was dis­ allowed, and penalty had to be retaken. ■ But by this stage Pen­ dle had regrouped, and the Buccaneers advantage was lost. Mention must be made


were down to 14 men for a period, but seeing that his team mates were begin­ ning to struggle without him, he mustered up enough courage to put himself back on the field of play. This typifies the type of


to burly prop Arran Pratt, who had to leave the field with an ankle injury. This meant the boys


a game this week, but a training session will take place at 10-30 a.m. at Lit­ tlemoor on Sunday. Pendle M in is ............. 45 Clitheroe Buccaneers Minis ..........................30 IN only their second com­ petitive game of rugby the young Buccaneers acquit­ ted themselves well against a bigger Pendle side. Pendle started strongly,


ning from the Clitheroe m a n -o f - th e -m a t c h William Harrison saw the Buccaneers draw level.


running in two quick tries before the Clitheroe boys had woken up. However, strong run­


team spirit being generat­ ed within this squad. The Buccs are without


utes to go, Clitheroe regained the ascendancy and put Pendle on the rack against their try line. Persistent infringe­


was made by Clitheroe full back Tom Backhouse, who managed to nail his opposite number in fine fashion. And with only five min-


fantastic spectacle for the visiting (ilitheroe sup­ porters, who were getting behind their boys. The tackle of the match


strength was in their mauling ability, and dur­ ing this period they drove the Buccaneers back 10 metres to score their sec­ ond, and final try. The second half was a


dle's tails were up, and they managed to assert some pressure on the Clitheroe line. The Pendle forwards'


the Clitheroe armour, and the Pendle lad was sup­ ported well by his col­ leagues for try one. After this score, Pen-


back line managed to thwart Clitheroe's first attack, and in a move against the pattern of play, managed to get the ball to their full back who was running at pace. This created a gap in


Pendle’s experienced


Clitheroe speed men of Tom Taberner, Dan Chaloner and Jack Crock­ er took the ball upfield towards the line, with Harrison using his strength to burst through to grab two more tries. However, as the game


replacements Ben Raw- ston, James Scorah and Kieron Meadows helped stem the flow, with Harri­ son running in two more tries before the final whis­ tle.


at Fylde, meet at the clubhouse at 10 a.m. Clilheroe Colls . . . .12 Liverpool Collegiate Colls ......................... 27


On Sunday, the side are


progressed, the fitness and experience of the Pendle team came to the fore, and they ran in five more tries against a tiring Buccaneers team. The injection of


Buccaneers played up the slope but that did not pre­ vent them getting off to a great start. Mazy running from the


two more tries before half­ time, the Clitheroe tack­ ling was much improved from last week’s heavy defeat at Rossendale, with William Lawton and James Carter using good technique to bring down much larger opposition. In the second half, the


with good support play coming from Sam Hill and Alistair Sanson. Although Pendle ran in


contact, and offload to Jacob Shorrock, who made good ground before off-loading to the left, where centre Ed Rigby took the ball down the left wing and touched down in the comer for 12- 12 at half-time. Clitheroe went out


with every intention of taking control of the sec­ ond half. Clitheroe prop James


Pate took the ball from a breakdown well inside the v is ito r s ’ 22 and looked like taking his side into the lead - but, as he crashed over the line, he lost the ball and was denied. Liverpool continued


with their dominant for­ ward game, and Clitheroe found them­ selves sucked into a maul too frequently. As a consequence, the


visitors made ground thanks to their forwards, and finished w'ell when releasing the ball with the line in sight. Three times they


crossed it in the second half, without answer - though Clitheroe, when in possession, continued to look threatening. The Colts next match


CLITHEROE looked set to win their first game of the season after match­ ing Liverpool point for point, only for the visi­ tors to edge away by five tries to three at the end. From the start, the


teams were well matched, but although the Clitheroe pack held its own in the scrum, they found Liverpool’s maul­ ing game a bit more tricky to handle. The first Liverpool try


came from a well-worked ball moved out left and into the hands of their outside centre, who carved a quick and impressive line through a rather static defence. Clitheroe answered in


fairly short order when, from a tapped penalty just outside the visitors’ 22, Kino ran a straight line towards the posts and eluded two defenders to touch down, followed by five points for the con­ version. Around 10 minutes


before half-time, the Liv­ erpool forwards drove a maul over the Clitheroe line well out to the right for their second try. Again, Clitheroe


answered. Another tapped penal­


ty 35 metres out saw Kino take the ball into


is at home to Tyldesley on November 5th, kick­ off 12-30 p.m. Clitheroe Under 12s 10 Pendle .......................22


C L I T H E R O E ' S youngest rugby players took the field for the sec­ ond week running against a much bigger side on Sunday, and again showed great ten a city in defence despite defeat. Peridle scored two


early tries through their forwards, but Clitheroe showed great character to come back before half­ time with a well-taken try from Backhouse. The second half fol­


lowed the same pattern as the first, with Pendle scoring two tries, both scored by their outstand­ ing hooker, who complet­ ed his hat-trick, and was ultimately the difference between the two sides. Higson


scored


Clitheroe's second try after good work from Jonathan Bailey, 'Walton and Devine. Although the tackling


and strong running of Backhouse and Higson was prominent through­ out the game, Robbie Taberner at . hooker deserves great credit for competing valiantly with one of the best players in the county at this age group.


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