-F 48 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, March 29th, 2007


D CLITHEROE Men’s Superlcaguc Darts team earned a !i-5 draw at Padihani. Wins came from Rick Jones, who came through 3-2


with an average of ,36.88, Harry Pilkington (3-0,36.65), Mick Lyne (3-0,53.01), Mick Duxbury (3-2,61.23) and man-of-lhe-malch Jimmy Hargreaves (3-1,66.16). The ladies enjoyed a 6-2 win over Todmorden, with


victories for Lilian Tomlinson (2-0,28.09), Sally Slater (2-1.36.79), Linda Waring (2-0,39.57), Audrev South- well (2-0, 11.71), Lindsay Astin (2-1, -10.50) and play- er-of-the-match Carol Joy (2-1, -M.31).


www.clitheroetoday.co.uk Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) SPORT Blues sign duo!


NEIL Reynolds and Pete Smith have bolstered Clitheroe with two new attacking wingmen before Saturday's transfer deadline. The Blues management


have been short of out and out flank players of late, but Alastair Brown and Triston Hendricks-Hamilton, who join from Witton Albion and Kidsgrove Athletic respec­ tively, should bring added strength and depth for Sat­ urday's trip to Harrogate Railway. Hendricks-Hamllton has


been at Witton Albion too, having signed from Crewe Alexandra last August, before the pair both went out on loan to Alsager Town in December. Meanwhile Central mid­


fielder Jason Jones has left to join his home town club of Darwen in the Second Divi­ sion of the North West Counties League. After Saturday's trip the


Blues then travel to face financially


troubled


Rossendale United who look to have an uncertain future. The Rossendale Valley


side are currently 15th in the table, five places higher than Clitheroe, and ended a night­ mare run of defeats with a 3-


tered as more than a back pass.


The fixture didn't get off to


the best of starts either, as after the visitors had choked back the stench of chicken effluent spread on the ajoining fields to the ground, Colwyn's former Burnley reserve team player Alex Kevan netted the 10th minute opener from a cor­ ner. The ball into the back post


Joel Byrom


0 win a t home to Gresley Rovers on Tuesday. Coltvyn Bay ........................ 2 Clitheroe FC........................ 1 CLITHEROE couldn't make the advantage count at 10- man Colwyn Bay on Tuesday. Despite the home keeper


being given his marching orders at half-time for verbal and physical abuse of the ref­ eree, the Blues failed to test his replacement and were ulti­ mately undone by set-piece goals in either half. Joel Byrom struck a 45th-


minute equaliser from an opportunist free kick to see the two sides go in level at the break, but Clitheroe were dis­ tinctly lacking in the final third in the second half. In fact they failed to test the


stand-in keeper at all, but for a weak header by Kris Matthews that barely regis­


wasn't picked up, and the winger was on hand to rise high and nod home a free header. In fairness to the Blues,


their first half performance was exemplary, typical of the kind of football they've been producing, and on balance of possession, the home side were fortunate to be a goal ahead. But when the injured Simon


Garner made way for John Osbourne after just 15 min­ utes, Clitheroe's options were reduced perhaps earlier than they had liked. The equaliser came in the


final moments of the halt when co-manager Neil Reynolds was felled on the edge of the area. Byrom used his initiative


and took the free kick quickly, before the keeper had alligned his wail. Colwyn's Matt Perry got a


hand to it but was less than pleased, as a minute later, after the whistle had gone, he threw


his water bottle at the referee as the two teams left the pitch. Further remonstration with


the officials at half-time sig­ nalled his off-the-field dis­ missal, and the game appeared there for the Blues' taking. Unfortunately it wasn't to


be, as failure to deliver a decent cross and a lack of fire power cost the side dear. As when a second Colwyn


corner, this time to the near post, saw substitute Darren Wright gifted acres of space to turn with his back to goal and rifle home, Clitheroe were left to rue a long journey to Wales tha t almost proved worth­ while.


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W a rrin g to n T n . . . . . . 4 0 n 8 21 11 Wakefield ............ . . . 3 8 10 7


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C h o r l e v ................ . . . 3 9 7 21 37 B rid lin g to n T n . . . . . .3 7 2 11 23 IS I


Clitheroe...............................3 Belper Town ........................ 2 CLITHEROE finished March unbeaten at home thanks to Ryan Fisher's second-half win­ ner.


Chris Ward struck form to


lay the groundwork with two first half goals, but due to the pace of Belper's play, the first 45 minutes proved a real tussle between goal-hungry sides. Two goals in as many min­


utes established an entertain­ ing start, and had the game tied at 1-1 within three min­ utes of kick-off. Ward's second minute open­


V.


er came courtesy of a lofted Joel Byrom free kick, which the striker looped to the top corner. And Belpor's equaliser came moments later when the Peak District side's Lee Stevenson prodded home, despite Gregg Anderson's heroics to clear the


Ryan Fisher


line failed after Danny Wood- head and Simon Garner had both been beaten. The central defender was


injured in the process, but sol­ diered on until the second half, while Woodhead, back in goal for his first game since Janu­ ary, had much more to contend with as the game went on.


Belper took the lead less


than a third of the way through the half, again thanks to Stevenson. Woodhead punched a corner


just clear of the Clitheroe area to the Belper player, who rifled his shot back through the area and in-off the Shawbridgeshot stopper. The Belper winger forced a


great save out of the Clitheroe keeper before the half was out, and Byrom struck the top of the bar at the opposite end with another dangerous free kick. But it was the dogged pur­


suit of goal by Will Exton that got Clitheroe back on track, when the striker was blatantly pulled down in the Belper box when through on goal. Visiting centre back Gary


Middleton escaped a red card, despite wrenching at Exton's arm as last man, and Ward


stepped up to smash home the 21st minute spot kick. And Woodhead was called


upon again before the half was up, when he had to be equal to a close range header at his near post by Belper forward James Tavendale. Fisher's second half winner


cooled proceedings in the sec­ ond half when he raced onto a through ball and clinically slotted borne from just inside the area. But if not for the versatile


Paul Osbourne, who had taken to the pitch in central midfield following Jason Jones’ move to Darwen, and later switched to defence when Anderson was injured, Belper could quite easily have netted another. The new Blue put in a well-


timed iast-ditch tackle to deny Tavendale and ensured the run of results at Shawbridge con­ tinue.


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B u x to n .............. ....39 20 8 5 SO E a s tw o o d T n . . . ....!0 23 8 9 77 C am m e ll L a ird . . ....37 22 9 6 75 S to c k sb rid g e PS .,....10 20 10 10 70 B rad fo rd P.’\ .... ....3S 19 7 12 01 C o h s y n B a v ____ ,...10 IS 10 12 61 O s s e ttA lb io n . . . . ....37 17 9 11 00 Wo o d lev S p o r ts . ,,...39 10 11 12 59 G o o l e ................... ...40 17 8 15 59 K ’g ro v e A th l e t i c .. ...38 17 7 14 58 B am b e r B r id g e . . . ...10 17 6 17 57 R o s sen d a le U td . . ...3S 10 6 16 54 .’V lsag e rT n .......... ...39 15 7


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B BLACKBURN Junior Badminton Club is looking to restart after the Easier holiday.s. Places will he limited, so any player.s, girls or


hoys, aged seven to 19 who are interested should contact the club as soon as possible. The only stipulation is that they are not player.s


that already play for their county. For more information, please contact Barbara


Lomas at blackburnjuniorbc@yahoo.co.uk, or ring 1)7900 275363.


Station Road’s big clean-up


ONCE again Whalley Cricket Club is to take part in Nat West CricketForce. In what has become an annual


event at Station Road, the club is asking for assistance from every­ one connected- junior players, friends and family, senior mem­ bers as well as local volunteers to come down this weekend. This year the club needs help


with repairing and painting the sight screens, painting the score- box and boundary fencing, and preparing the clubhouse for the first match of the season on April 15th. In an unashamed celebration of


BBC programmes Ground Force and Changing Rooms, NatWest CricketForce encourages support­ ers, friends and families to give something back to their local community cricket club by volun­ teering to undertake renovations to the clubhouse and grounds over the weekend.


And Whalley Cricket Club


chairman David Westwood wants to give young players at the club the best possible facilities: "With the number of young cricketers at the club increasing every year, it is essential that we strive to pro­ vide the best playing facilities and the safest environment for our juniors. "NatWest CricketForce plays


an important role in this objec­ tive, in providing the framework for us to gather the club's many supporters together to assist with keeping the club as a central part of the local community." The club will be open on Satur­


day and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The bar will be open and refreshments will be provided. Please bring any equipment


that may be useful, like spades, brushes and wheelbarrows. For further information please


contact Malcolm Barker (07815 429525).


Town team pocket first win


CLITHEROE Town Pool Team secured their first win of the new Lancashire Inter League season against Blackburn. The side won 10-8 as Mark Riley and team captain Ian Townson


won both of their games. Single victories from Aidy Dugdale, Eric Barnes, Dave Parkin­


son, Andy Blackburn, Gareth Etherington and James Whitwell completed the triumph.


This was the team's second game of


the season, having lost 11-7 to Wigan in their opener. Their next fixture is at Lancaster next month.


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