I jT - 78 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, November 30th, 2008


Blues suffer 10-goal rout


Kettering T ow n .........10 Clitheroe FC .............1 IF you were optimistic you’d say 10-man Clitheroe seized upon and scored from Kettering Town’s only mistake of the game. If you were realistic


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you’d say the Blues didn’t stand a chance, they were ripped apart by an athlet­ ic, full-time side, hungry to rectify recent Conference North defeats and justify their professional salaries. But if you were manag­


er Chris Stammers, you resigned after the game and denounced the efforts of your side, having expected your part-time players to show more fight against a far superior out­ fit.


The fact that Kettering


pay out more to two of their players than Clitheroe’s entire team budget, sums it up really. But the magnitude of


this “embarrassing” defeat, and the void between the two sides on


the pitch, was too much for the passionate Blues boss to stomach. Having been involved


with a Burscough side that beat league club Gilling­ ham in the FA Cup last season. Stammers had real belief in his Shawbridge side to threaten another professional team in the non-league’s FA Trophy - and he couldn't hide his disappointment! It just proved a case of


the haves and have nots. Millionaire chairman Imraan Kadek’s money was clear to see in a young side who were narrowly knocked out of the FA Cup by Oldham Athletic. However, the fact that


the Poppies took their preparations so seriously for this game was praise for Clitheroe. Kettering weren’t about


to underestimate their vis­ itors, and clearly overcom­ pensated. Under-pressure manager Morrell Maison had them in for extra training in


midweek, having had the Blues watched at Helper last WMk, and their fitness, speed, touch and aware­ ness made Clitheroe virtu­ al spectators. Kettering simply didn’t


make mistakes on the ball, every pass found its man, and it was imperative that Stammers’ men kept the professionals at bay for as long as possible. But poor Jeff Under­


wood at right back, proved the first chink in the armor and the onslaught began. The first two goals came


inside 15 minutes, the first from a left-wing cross as Underwood was caught out of position and was netted at the back post by 21-year-old Craig West- carr, formerly of Notting­ ham Forest. The second proved the


first of five for striker Rene Howe. Underwood got back to deny the striker’s direct attempt on goal, forcing the ball out of touch, but direct from Westcarr’s corner, Howe


glanced the ball home at the near post. ' Underwood made way


for Jamie Nay, and goal three was a bullet header from the striker thanks to another Westcarr comer. Goal four came from a


39th-minute Serge Makofo left-wing cross. Howe took it down in the sbc-yard box and crafted space to slot inside Paul Horridge’s near post, leaving the keeper and Clitheroe shell­ shocked by half-time. God knows what the


Blues team talk, was like but Howe made it 5-0 on the hour and goal six by


Rimington return to top after fine victory


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Stacksteads S t Joseph’s ...........0 R im in g to n ................ ...................2 RIMINGTON inflicted Stack- steads’ first home defeat of the sea­ son and returned to the top of the league in doing so. Without the injured Jon Penman,


manager Terry Braithwaite shuffled his pack again, in a formation with O’Neill and Coulter paired together in a bid to unsettle the hosts with their pace and trickery. It worked a treat as time and


again they were fouled, resulting in many free kicks in the last third of the pitch, but without the presence of their centre forward, they came to nothing. The visitors took the lead on 10


minutes when Mankowski won a cmnching tackle, and the ball fell to


Paul Keighley, who took it into the area before squaring to O'Neill, who made no mistake from six yards. Rimington had a fine spell after


the goal, with debutant McClean prompting from midfield,'and Law- son getting plenty of possession as he came forward from the back. All they lacked was a clear-cut


chance to go further ahead. In the second half, with the ■wind


at their backs, Rimington again played some excellent football, and a move down the left found O'Neill, who skipped past his marker before crossing to the back post. The home keeper should have


caught the ball, but only parried it to the predatory Mankowski, who coolly finished from a narrow angle. Walmsley then had a volley which


just fizzed past a post as the .visitors looked to kill the game off. Stacksteads didn't lie down


though, and started to push men forward in a bid to get back into it. Kershaw had to be at his best


when a free kick was curling into the bottom corner, but he flung himself down to tip the ball around the post. Another effort skimmed the


upright, but Rimington's defence held firm to take the three points. Braithwaite was full of praise for


all 14 players, he said: "Stacksteads don't lose many games. We played very well in difficult conditions and with a formation which was new to many of the lads." This Saturday, Rimington are at home to Langho, kick-off 2 p.m.


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and Golds scrape to draw on road unbeaten streak


B ro u g h to n ......................................... 12 Clitheroe RUFC................................ 12 OUT of sorts Clitheroe managed to sal­ vage a draw from this poor and listless performance against bottom of the table Salford side Broughton. The only bright spot, on what was a


Trinidad and Tobagan Andre Boucard was almost walked through the Blues’ defence, such was the smoothness of Kettering’s one touch football. A fluid passing move­


ment, again from the left wing, saw Andy Hall’s shot saved by Horridge, but Howe was on hand with the rebound for number seven. And Clitheroe’s misery


was compounded when Owen Roberts brought down striker Jean-Paul Mama in the box, gifting a penalty and receiving his marching orders as last


man. The forward netted from


the spot, and the Kettering crowd were baying for dou­ ble figures. Mama then made it


nine, before James Dean added some cheer two min­ utes from time with the Blues’ only chance of the game. A defensive mistake allowed the kick-boxer in, and he took his chance brilliantly, smashing home from just inside the area. Until then the closest


Clitheroe got were two shots over the bar by Roberts and Anthony


Daniels, the latter proving the biggest battler on the field for a non-stop 90 min­ utes. Hall made it a perfect 10


in injury time with an indi- ■vidual goal that summed up Kettering’s ability, throwing several step overs at Clitheroe’s centre-backs before jinking inside and ultimately forcing Stam­ mers' shock decision. Clitheroe: Horridge,


Underwood (Nay), Roberts, Daniels, Anderson, Bain, Jones (Johnson), Avery (Fulton), Dean, Sargeson, Garner. Not used: Dempsey, Fearon.


Lions extend run


Clitheroe Lions ..........3 I n ta k e ............................0 CLITHEROE Lions extended their great run of form on Saturday with victory over Intake to progress to the quarter- finals of the Northern Plant Hire Cup. The side has lost just


once in 13 games and they produced one of their best performances of the season. It wasn’t long into the


game when they thought they had broken the deadlock when a seeming­ ly lost cause was chased down by left winger John Mashiter, who hooked the ball back to the edge of the area for Jimmy Clegg to power home. After originally giving the goal, the referee


bizarrely changed his mind after pressure from the Intake players, stat­ ing the ball was out of play. This only stimulated


the Lions to greater things and started to play some neat interchanging football, mainly frpm the back pairing of Paul Clegg and Rob Hamilton, who drove through the pitch on many occasions. And Cengjz Avci and


James Clegg won the midfield battle, as their dominance was evident throughout the match. It was the lively


Mashiter who produced a moment of magic to set up the first goal with a delightful curling cross which had pace, whip and bend to fox all in the area.


Jack and Connor on target as Whalley win yet again Denzyl earns a point


Readstone Uld Under 10s


Blackburn V l d ...........0 Whalleg Juniors Under


1 4 s ................................. 2 WHALLEY'S eighth con­ secutive league win was achieved with a scrappy performance against a determined United side. While Whalley domi­


nated a poor first half, they were unable to turn their superiority into goals, as chances were reg­ ularly missed. However, with five minutes of the half remaining. Jack Ryden put Whalley into the lead following a corner.


The second half saw


more of the same, a lot of Whalley pressure, but more missed chances made it a frustrating afternoon. Whalley sealed victory


■with a late Connor Ripley goal.


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Ig h ten Leigh .......................................1 READSTONE United enjoyed a very competitive draw against Ighten Leigh at the weekend. Denzyl Yates scored in the first half


before Ighten equalised midway through the second half. Luke Gent was named man-of-the-


match.


Readstone United Under 1 5 s ..........1 Fulledge Colts


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UNITED’S Burnley League side’s game with Fulledge Colts end all-square cour­ tesy of a goal from Luke Taylor. Jordan Smith was named man-of-the-


match, but all the Readstone players deserve praise for their efforts, having


played the majority of the game with 10 men.


apart from Zak Holgate who scored with a looping header. The second came soon


after as Holgate set up captain Clegg with a love­ ly cross, and he made no mistake to double the lead. The Lions were rarely


in trouble during the sec­ ond half as keeper Michael Mashiter was kept relatively quiet, with fullbacks Pickup and Bank cutting out all crosses from the home side. In the second half, the


Lions put the game beyond doubt as a bar­ rage of Callaghan corners put Intake under immense pressure, with Avci despatching the ball into the net with aplomb.


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pretty dark day for the town team, was the excellent debut from young wingman Robert Park, who showed bravery in defence and a good turn of speed in a,ttack - a good prospect indeed. Clitheroe could well have sneaked the


win if the goal kicking had been on tar­ get, but when it came down to it they wouldn't have deserved it. The Littlemoor men could point to


injuries hampering their progress, and in some areas this has not helped, but there is no excuse for some of the basic errors and lax play they are showing at present. Things looked quite good at first, as,


after soaking up some early pressure, their first foray into enemy territory forced a penalty 10 metres out. But instead of the easy three-pointer,


the ball was popped up to rumbustious prop and captain Ben Graves to power over to open the scoring. Broughton soon hit back with a try of


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their own to level up the scores at the interval, and in spite of not playing well.


Clitheroe were still confident of turning on the style. This confidence seemed misplaced, as


the set piece work of the pack was, at best, patchy. In the back line there is still a lack of


fluency, not surprising with all the enforced changes recently, but more dis­ turbingly is how some team members were far too easily distracted into off the ball skirmishes, which fell right into the hands of the home side. Clitheroe players are better than this,


and at times they did their team mates no favours and made themselves look foolish. However, Clitheroe did take the lead


again when centre Nathan Peel finished off a rare midfield line break. Jim Moody added the extras, and Clitheroe thought they could hang on to the end. Broughton were having none of it,


though, and from a close range ruck they forced a mistake, to pounce on the ball to claim the score. The home fly half added the conver­


sion to tie the game, which was about as much as Clitheroe deserved. This Saturday Clitheroe welcome old


friends and rivals Carnforth to Little­ moor, kick-off 2-15 p.m.


Anniversary race


FRIENDLY rivalry will be the spirit of the day when 150 runners aged from 17 to 68 take part in a 30th anniversary cross­ country race at Stony- hurst College on Saturday. Students from local and


regional schools will join current pupils and old boys of the college for the invitational race, which will be filmed from a heli­ copter so that spectators can follow all the action on a giant 10-metre screen in front of the school. A Royal Artillery gun


crew from the 103rd Regi­ ment


(Lancashire


Artillery Volunteers) RA will fire a 105mm gun to herald the start of the race at 1-30 p.m.


The five-mile course


starts on The Avenue and winds round the golf course, over the fell and back through the infa­ mous ‘mud alley’ leading into Hurst Green, finish­ ing in front of the Stony- hurst towers. Among the runners will


be a large contingent of the Devaney family from Dublin, and father and son Dominic and Anthony Wright from Cheshire, who are both old boys. Ronan Treacy, who was


Head Boy of Stonyhurst in 1977 when the Invita­ tional Cross-Country race was first held, will present the prizes at 3-15 p.m'. Mark Leslie, Stony­ hurst Development Direc-


Thailand practice pays off for Dan at Whalley


THE third of professional Jamie Himt's Winter Series competitions was held at Whalley Golf Club last Sat­ urday. Due to restricted daylight hours, the competition was limited to 13 holes, and fresh from two weeks’ golf prac­ tice in Thailand, Dan Rodgers (61-17-44) took first place with a card play-off over Bill Banks (55-11-44). The ever^onsistent Nick Bradley took third place


(60-14-46) and Roger Altham grabbed the prize for the longest drive on the 13th hole. Bradley's third place on Saturday lifted him to second


place in the Winter Order of Merit, which is stUl headed by Trevor Thomber, with John Hyde in third place.


tor, said: “The cross-coun­ try race has become a popular annual tradition and we are delighted that so many people are sup­ porting this special anniversary event.” For some old boys it ■will


be the first time they have been back to Stonyhurst, and a chance to meet up with old school pals. Each will receive a com­


memorative medallion, specially struck to mark the occasion. The celebration event


will conclude with a black tie dinner in the evening, and a DVD of the day will also be available as a sou­ venir..


Win for darts team


CLITHEROE Ladies Superleague darts team travelled to Daubhill in Bolton and won the match 5-3. The winners were Linda


Waring, with a 2-0 success (average 34.95), Lilian 'Tomlinson, who won 2-1 (32.63), Carol Joy (2-0, 19.77) and Audrey South- well (2-0, 43.56), who was the player-of-the-match.


SPIRITED: Pictured, from left, are John Mousley, George Ritchie, Steve Lord, Blair Forest, Arawan Johnson and Peter Caley. Roger Spensley and Kevin Stewart also made an appearance for the Round Tablers. (s)


Ice surprise for spirited locals!


A HASTILY-put together team of Round Table members from the region managed to avoid the wood­ en spoon in an ice hockey competi­ tion in Norway. The Tablers from Clitheroe,


Rossendale, Preston and Thornton Cleveley were in Hammar, Norway to participate in the International Nordic Table Meeting, when they were asked to put together a team for an ice hockey competition. Nominated captain Steve Lord


said: “I knew we were going to watch some ice hockey as part of the programme, but never expected


to be out on the ice myself. “None of the team had played


previously, and even just skating was a challenge.” Other teams in the competition


came from Sweden, Denmark, Fin­ land, Norway, Estonia, and Latvia - all countries with a strong tradi­ tion of ice hockey. The competition was held in the


ice hockey stadium that was used in the 1994 Winter Olympics, striking an extra note of fear into the hearts of the British Tablers. Steve added: “We knew we were going to have a few problems when


we found out one of the Swedes had been a professional player. “They absolutely thrashed us, but at least we managed to hang on against the Danish team, giving us crucial points.” In the end, points difference


enabled the British team to narrow­ ly push Iceland into last place, much to the surprise of the Brits. And the surprises continued when


they were awarded a trophy for being the team that played with the most spirit.


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Clitheroe Ladies HC . .4 L e g la n d ..............,......... 1 A MUCH-awaited game against old enemies Ley- land Foxes saw Clitheroe take their unbeaten run to 17 months. The girls were expecting


a very physical, bad tem­ pered game against a team who have lots of his­ tory ■with the local hockey club. The game had not even


started and Leyland jumped at the chance of complaining about the building work that was underway at the side of the pitch - the noisy macMnery was enough for the ■visitors to contact the league president and ask that the game not be staged due to noise. This was quickly sorted


as a very helpful foreman from the builders shut down all the machinery, and sat down with his team of men and enjoyed the day’s hockey. The game was physical and lived up to its billing.


but it took just a minute for Bronte Box Morton to pick up the ball and slot it past a rooted Leyland keeper to give Clitheroe the perfect start. Scrappy possession fol­


lowed as the tryst switched from team to team, and despite playing well below their usual selves, Clitheroe remained on top. On eight minutes. Box


Morton netted again when she beat two defend­ ers to finish with an excel­ lent piece of skill. And Leyland’s inability


to make any sort of impact on the Clitheroe defence only helped in the next goal. The locals were awarded


their first penalty corner of the day, and an excel­ lent routine was enough for Pauline Moorby to slip the ball across to Heidi Worthington, who made no mistake by smashing an unstoppable shot onto the top of the back board. Six minutes later


Bronte Box Morton com­ pleted her well-deserved hat-trick to put Clitheroe 4-0 up at half-time. Some solid defending


was seen from the ■visitors in the second half, and Clitheroe were unable to add to their lead. But midway through


the half, an unusual period of scrappy play from the home back four was enough for Leyland to sneak in and score a con­ solation strike. Clitheroe's next game is


away at Lancaster Uni­ versity. Player-of-the-match


was Rachel Box. Blackpool 5 th s .............2 Clitheroe Ladies 2nds .2 CLITHEROE seconds earned a fine draw at Stanley Park against unbeaten Blackpool. On a difficult, wet


pitch, Clitheroe made a good start, putting pres­ sure on the Blackpool defence, and they were eventually rewarded with an excellent goal from


f E3TIPPINiE Listless Maroon Clitheroe build on


Helen Hutchinson. Blackpool equalised


with a frustrating goal from Clitheroe's point of view, as the ball just bounced over the visiting keeper’s fdot. But again the locals


went in search of the lead, and through some excel­ lent work in midfield. Dawn Treanor scored a second with a great goal from the centre of the D. The away team were


keen to try and hold onto this lead as half-time neared, but Blackpool’s right midfield and wing players gave Clitheroe's defence a troublesome time, and salvaged their unbeaten record with a second equaliser. Clitheroe were under


hea'vy attack for the whole of the second half, as key central defender Mary Dewhurst had to leave the field injured, but they held on for a draw. Players-of-the-match


were Treanor and Andrea Guthrie.


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