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LATEST RESULTS AND TABLES


-PAGE 45 Coach hails a ‘fantastic’ effort


5, CLITHERO E - were'crowned 4 -s'Lancashire Premier;L'eague '_


hockey champions on Saturday-.:, and they did it in style!


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.j '.VThe locals: travelled to Lan- Lcaster knowing a point was r enough-to pip Garstang to the ; title, , and Clitheroe were deter- . ■


|.iinin'ed ;to inish th e ; season f l jm b e a t e n : ' ' ',5' ; / , / . ’ - ' ; , The-f game c started •; w i th : ' >1 Clithef6e on top from th'e first ■ whistle, playing a series of ifas^'c*


.^.goalkeeper^'for,Bedford r to deflect into the'goal with o n ly


■ WHAT A RESULT!: Clithcroe Hockey'CIub first f : team skipper Ally O’Donnell celebrates/f ’*;T


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’ .'affect their game, and settled - ■ :; straight-into the match, with'- - the ball going from end to end


j:- 50 seconds gone on the clock. ■ : i f e But Lancaster didn’t let this


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. ’ for the next 15 minutes as both teams created chances.


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fi floyraig passes that found Litton ;'son the left,\who brilhantly fired.' t the bafi; across the front of the I'l


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K - Clitheroe continues their cre­ ative p ^ i i ig and moving, and a . fast ball found Bedford, who. ■used her skill to'.weave inside a number^ of players and play a ; one-two with O’Donnell before sinashing-home her second of the day. ' '


.ii' In the second half, Bedford :'; completed a well-deserved hat trick with another fantastic fin- .:


tines from:Litton ’and O’Don-''


: nell made the score 6^0,-followed ' by a fantastic-deflection f r om ; O’Dqnhell in the final two min-,


. ward to playing their first team: ’ hockey; in the North League ‘4. next season. . •


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ish, followed by a ’ thunderous strike from the skipper O’Don- « nell,- who.picked up a pass from^:: Haezyeki. r Lancaster continued to fight, . but player-of-the-match Petty,, Hollingworth,' Hough a n d : Whitwell were in no .mood to ; ■ give anything away. , Clitheroe’s constant pressure :, resulted in a series of penalty ■ comers, and. well-executed rou- ,


i u t^ for her to complete her hat- ■ trick and a 7-0 thrashing. - Clitheroe can now look for- /


;v>Head coach Jez Palmer, cele-5;-: brated with the team.at the:., final whistle,:and said:’“The.j' .whole club has been fantastic.'.- this year, not only is the;first " team leading the way, the ladies’ ^ second team have played 15 and S' won 15 in the Second Division and need one point next week to -. : be crowed ch^pions as w e l l . • “And the ladies’, third team .


are’in.third place with three,: games to go, which is a fantastic achievement.” : . . :


- The club has even more rea­ Like father, like son


YOU’D have to search long and hard to find a fa the r and son pairing who had scored for them same team during th e same season. Well, that’s unless you know about Clitheroe


the FA Cup preliminary roimd replay against Staveley M'W in a 3-1 win at the beginning of September.


■ Meanwhile, his 17-year-old son Louis has -v ,


made an immediate impact at the Ribble Val­ ley club, scoring the opener against Salford City on Saturday and scoring two in the 3-0 win away at AFC Fylde on Tuesday evening.’ Mayers senior, who has playSl for Horwich


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RMI, Bamber Bridge, Chorley, Southport, Morecambe, Lancaster City Stalybridge Celtic, Barrow, Kendle Town, Fleetwood Town, Mossley, Chamock Richard, ’Squires Gate and the Blues throughout his c^eer, said;


.“I t’s not often you get a father and son scoring for the same team in the same season. I t ’s nice' to have done that. But I ’d love to be able to - play alongside him. “People have said that Louis reminds them-


. of me when I was in the amateur leagues at aboutl8or 19.


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. “He’s got an eye for goal and he’s willing to . work out. He’s doing well and I just hope it ■ .continues.


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: j“There’s still a long way in the season yet so • there’s still a lot of games to be played. The squad will be changing and players will be


assistant player/manager, Kenny Mayera and son Louis who have both been on the score- sheet for the Blues this campaign. The versatile 39-year-old grabbed a brace in


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coming in and out but we will see if the oppor­ tunity comes along. But first and foremost we : want to continue to seepur young side doing well and climbing up that table.” The teenager is already following in his


father’s footsteps after signing for Clitheroe from one of Kenny’s former clubs Charnock Richard, before spending time on loan with Vodkat North West Coimties Premier Di-vision side Squires Gate - where Kenny has also played this season. - Kenny'added: “We’ve already played together once this season for Squires Gate but :■ it would be special if we get the chance to do it for Ciitheroe. - . “I’d love th a t opportunity to come round


before the time comes when I have to hang up my boots. I hope it does happen but we will just have to wait and ^ . . “It’s really pleasing^ I said earlier in the sea­ son when we had him with us that he’d benefit.


- from pla3dng regularly rather than sitting on ■ the bench for Clitheroe. ■ - “I t’s done] hmi a world.bf good being witK


Kquires; Gate in^ North w e s t Counties]', league; He has progressed pretty -well at the '' club andwas the leading scorer for them -with' 14 goals a id riovv he’s started'well for us. • The Shawbridge'side now sit in seventh in


the 'Uhibohd First Division North table just: seven points from the play-off spots'following.-


. three successive wins. They tra-yel to Prescot Cables on Saturday where they will look to extend that good form’.-'.;


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sons to celebrate,- sa the ladies first team play Preston in the


"semi-finals of thb La.ncashire Caley Cup this Saturday, fol­ lowed by the ladies’ second team playing Preston in the semi­ finals of the Lancashire Lish- noian Plate, also this Saturday.


. ; Straight after the semi-finals, Clitheroe will travel down to London to play East Grinstead lin,the quarter-finals of the National All-England 'Vase on


.the Simday. ■ •. The club is always looking for ■new players, senior or junior, and is constantly on the lookout for any kind of sponsor^p. ■. Anyone interested in joining or sponsoring the club should contact Steve(07825771762) or Hannah (07855337708) or -visit the club website at: www.clitheroeladieshockey club.co.uk :■ '


Rimmy march on


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RIMING’TON produced by far their best display of the season to ease past Mill Hill. On the mark were


McLean (3), Lloyd (3) and Green. ;


; Terry Braithwaite said: “You don’t -win the trophies we have by pla3nng one way, we like to play attractive, passing football when we can. However, we also know how to adapt to conditions and the opposition. ' “The lads were inagnifi- cent.


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“This keeps us finnly bn track to retain the title.”


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