48 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, February 28lh, 2008 FANTASY LEAGUE UPDATE


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0 O N L IN E 24 hdure a 7 days a Clitheroe


win again CLITHEROE A con­


tinued their fine form with a great win over First Division Hawks A in the Mid-Lancs Bad­ minton League Cun ningham Cup. Being a division


lower, the locals received a helping hand in the handicapped tourna­ ment, but still had to pull out the stops. The all mixed format


played to Clitheroe’s strengths. Pete Woods and Mary Brass won four games, and Gra­ ham Morris and Chris­ tine Smitton took two, with Paul Cronshaw and Louise Burrill help­ ing the team through to a 194-180 victory and a place in the semi-finals. The B team were also


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successful as they enter­ tained Hawks D in the Wrennall Cup. Tony Bush and Liz


Maskell, Chris Tomlin­ son and Gaynor Sut­ cliffe, and Dave Mackenzie and Rebecca Lee proved too strong as they stormed their way to victory.


THE CLITHEROE superleague darts team lost 6-4 at Little Hul- ton. There were wins from G. Crabtree, who edged hopme 3-2 with an average of 57.43, H. Pilkington (3-2, 59.25), J. Dewhurst (3-0,56.36) and man-of-the-macth Graham Robinson (3-0, 81.31). The ladies’ team were


also defeated, 5-3 at home to Blackburn. Winners were Lilian Tomlinson (2-1, 34.53), Lindsay Astin (2-0, 35.36) and player-of- tbe-match Audrey Southwell (2-1,41.31). The Ribble Valley


Ladies’ Darts Associa­ tion held a charity night where Black: Bull’s Anne-Marie Bellanca won the darts and Ros Dewhurst came out on top in the dominoes. In all, £200 was


raised, with half going to Rosemere Cancer Foundation a t Preston Hospital, and half to the Ronald McDonald BabyUnit.: Black Bull’s Eileen


Jungbluth was the darts runner-up, and Catholic Club’s Maureen Waddington was second in the dominoes.


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League leaders next up for the Blues


By Adrian Capstick


CLITHEROE have a big say in who wll be this seasons UniBond Football League First Division champions. And player-manager Neil


Reynolds is out to make it as diffi­ cult as possible for the top teams. The Blues are without a game


on Saturday, but there won’t be any free rides when Tommy Law­ son’s lea^e leaders Skelmersdale United visit Shawbridge on Tues­ day night (kick-off 7-45 p.m.). Clitheroe’s best hopes may only


lie now with a mid-table finish, but seven of the 12 games they face between now and the end of the season are against the top five sides - and they have still to face the former Shawbridge manager’s side home and away. Reynolds said: “I t ’s the first


time this season we’ve not had a game. We’ll be training 11 to 12 on Saturday, and then Pete and I will probably go and catch a UniBond game. “Then it’s on to Tuesday and


Skelmersdale. The 3-2 defeat back in December was one we should have won 2-0. After that there was no stopping them as their season really took off. “We’ve done alright against the


top teams in the league, we’ve held our own and over the next few games we’ll play a part in who will \vin the title.” Sam Heap is back in training


with the team, as is goalkeeper Paul Horridge, and Craig Sarge- son should be back from his hon­ eymoon in Thailand. Reynolds wasn’t too happy


about Saturday’s “missed oppor­ tu n i ty ”, drawing 2-2 with Rossendale United, but welcomed another game unbeaten. He added: “I ’m happy with the


point and the fact we remain unbeaten in two, but bitterly dis­ appointed by the goals we conced­ ed. The fact they were reduced to 10 men after 20 minutes and we didn’t capitalise, I can’t compre­ hend. “It’s basic elementary mistakes


costing us all the time. I know they’re only human beings and semi-professional footballers, but it’s not good enough. “We’ve addressed the problems


going forward from middle to front and we’re looking good now. The lads at the back have got to do their bit and play as a unit. “I asked them to give them­


selves a chance on Saturday, and within minutes we’d conceded and had another mountain to climb. “Five mistakes led to that sec­


ond goal, they’ve just got to do better.” Rossendale United..................2 Clilheroe ................................ 2


GOALS from Scott Redhead and Ryan Fisher saw Clitheroe twice come from behind to share the points against 10-man Rossendale United at Dark Lane on Saturday. The Blues had a player advan­


tage for over 70 minutes, and cre­ ated a raft of chances to haul themselves back on level terms, but were unable to take the upper hand. Having gone behind two min­


utes into the game when former Burnley striker Phil Eastwood smashed home from the edge of the area, Clitheroe had the ball in the back of the net 10 minutes later. The goal didn't stand, as Danny


Toronczak made the keeper drop the ball, and a free kick was given, but Clitheroe would enjoy further wind-assisted free kicks into the box.


Rossendale went closest to net­


ting again when they struck the foot of James Mann's near post from a free kick ,but the Clitheroe keeper had it covered. That all happened inside 18


minutes, as a second yellow card for Tom Clarkson saw Rossendale reduced to 10 men, and gave


Clitheroe the chance to fire back. Six minutes later, and Gary


Stopforth’s ball into the box was nodded past January's goalkeeper of the month Lee Bracey by Red­ head, to see the sides go into the break level. However, five minutes into the


second half, Rossendale took the lead again when Mario Daniel was given far too much time and space by Clitheroe's centre backs, with Paul Osborne failing to contain the forward, who rounded Mann to slot home. Clitheroe didn't give up lightly,


as first a 60-yard ball from Osborne put Carl Lomax through on goal, then a shot from Jonathan Smith ricocheted onto the bar and broke for Lomax, who was deemed off-side. Osborne had a powerful header


cleared off the line following a Stopforth corner, and Gary Jack- son came on for Toronczak and had two good attempts on goal, only to be denied by the sharp reactions of one-time Bury keeper Bracey. A ball up to Lomax resulted in


Clitheroe's second equaliser, with the striker riding a tackle to fire a shot off, only for it to bounce out to Fisher, who smashed home from the edge of the area nine minutes from time.'


Whalley search for new professional


WHALLEY Cricket Club have suffered a major blow just eight weeks before the start of the new season. Indian Jagadeesh


Arunkumar, who was lined up as professional, will not be joining the Station Road side after the Indian Premier League, which starts a day before the Rib- blesdale League, claimed his services instead. An offer from the new


cash-rich competition has proven an opportunity he couldn’t pass up, and leaves Whalley searching for a replacement late in the day. Whalley vice-chairman


Stephen Brown said: "We feel we had unearthed a real gem in Jak, and were really looking forward to him knocking up plenty of runs and helping move the club forward another level. “So it was a blow to


m Jagadeesh Arunkumar


learn late on Sunday that Rahul Dravid had approached him with an offer he could not refuse. “He will be involved


wth Bangalore for the new mega-money event, where his team-mates will include Nathan Bracken, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Jaques Kallis, Zaheer Kahn and Dale Steyn, as


^ PREPARATIONS are underway at Sabden


Cricket Club for the 2008 season. Indoor nets com­ mence on Tuesday, lietwccn 8 and 9 p.m. The venne is Ribbicsdalc High School Technology College in Clilheroe. All players old and new arc invited to attend. The annual meeting will be held on Thursday at 8 p.m. at the White Hart in Sabr den. Current and new mem­ bers are welcome to attend.


well as Dravid and Anil Kumble.” “I am sure he would


much rather be at Station Road with the likes of David “Onion” O’Neill and the lads," joked Brown. "Although everyone


connected with the club is understandably disap­ pointed, you can’t blame


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him when you hear of the silly money he will be get­ ting, and its odds-on he won’t feature in too many games in the round-robin event. “Who in their right


mind wouldn't accept a chance to play with the world’s finest at any given sport? “It's annoying when you


have a contract signed way back in October, which we had, and it comes to this. “Maybe we should ask


the IPL to pay for a replacement.” Brown added: “The


wheels are already in motion to get someone signed up, but time is against us, and all the bet­ ter players have been snapped up. “But, rest assured, we


will be out to get a pro every bit as promising as the man we had.


“Fair play to Jak, he


rang me personally and explained the situation and offered to help in any way he can in finding a replacement.” The Indian Premier


League is a Twenty/20 competition being held in India in April and May. All the world’s leading


players were signed up at an auction last week, when $37 million was spent on 75 players for the event, which doesn’t include a select band of "icon" play­ ers, who had higher values but were not in the auc­ tion.


Australian Andrew


Symonds went for $1.35 million, a lot more than his country captain Ricky Ponting, who went for just $400,000, and a far cry from the average league professionals’ salaries.


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Dog’s great display


Great Harwood . Dog I n n ................... 4 DOG Inn produced an impressive display to ease past Great Har­ wood Rovers at Memo­ rial Park. After a cagey start


the Whalley side took the lead when Liam Porter punished a poor clearance on the half hour. Dog then made a blis­


tering start to the sec­ ond half, with Ollie McLean rounding off a flowing move, before Porter netting his sec ond following a corner. And with Tom


Bartlett putting in a man-of-the-match per­ formance, and Craig Barnes rolling back the years, Dog never looked like conceding from open play. Sure enough, Har


wood's goal came from the penalty spot, before another flowing move was rounded off by Jamie Enefer. Dog manager Simon


Kerins was delighted: "That was an excellent team performance and easily our best defensive display of the season, although there is still plenty of room for improvement." Dog take on Stanhill


WMC at Wilson's on Sunday. B The Dog Sports


Bar V Globe Bullough match did not take place a t Roefield because the home team did not turn up to hon­ our the fixture. The Harry Dewhurst


Memorial League com­ mittee must now decide what action to take against the club, which will determine whether Dog Sports Bar contin­ ue in the league a n d ,« l that reason, they h a ^ ^ not been allocated a fix­ ture for Sunday. O More football on


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