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By GhrisBoden - chns.boden@jpress.co.uk


^ Fo!low@bodenknights - Elland Road was asea of o r - '


. 0 - ; ange and black on Friday night as Rimington won the West


, Riding County FA Challenge Cup with two goals from Rob-


. ertLIoyd. - N - " ' ■ ■ ‘ , Infrontofanofficialattendance


: ; o f 615 ; 513 of which were from ; Rimington - the villagers beat' side Bay Athletic:


0, V to claim the trophy for the first ■ time, f


■ ' - ' ■


the home of Leeds United ■ '


I ® - / . The five-time East Lanca-" ,, r •: shire League champions and: V i • eight-time Craven Cup holders • i : added another accolade, and ,


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v v.Braithwaite, a boyhood . .Leeds supporter, said: “It was


The cherry on the cake after all


. our success 7 no-one has won - the East Lancashire League as many times, and we’ve won eight Craven Cups, including seven ofthe last 11.


: - ;:“lt was a fantastic experi-


V . ence, and our following was - / superb - we outnumbered Bay Athletic five to one. >


- ^ - “Everyone seemed to have


an orange and black rosette or a scarf. Maybe we should start marketing them! 1 ■ , “But the noise was amaz-v-


0 ing, everyone was there to have; agoodtime. ,


- 7,


' :. v“PeopIe talk about support;; ; ers being the extra man; and; they were certainly that; V


j


, i f 5 manager Terry Braithwaite ad- ■ ' : -v: mitted it was the club’s finest • ‘7;r, houroftheir42-yearhistory."-


1; “We might never play there ; again, and we made the most - ■ 'ofitr ‘


t , . . - •- ' rv-' ’ Manager since 1999; the7'


v-former Clitheroe full back 7 :; couldn’t have hppn prouder tn ■ , lead his players out at theja-i


.-.mous old ground:.“It was a bit > surreal to go into the dressing v


r rooms where all the players 1 . i used to love watching all occu- 7 pied. ^


, “We'got there and had a ?


., walk about; taking pictures of the ground while it was empty.- S “But during the game we


: couldn’t shout intructions at's


;V the players as they couldn’t 7 ■, hear us because o f the noise ■ ; ■ ,T imagine it with 37,000 invi


].there!” . • ' ' v " v - 7


s/^j.Lastweekhehailedthespir-'i •y it of the side in getting to the fi-v-; nal - beating three sides from •.


. the West Riding County Ama- ' teur Premier Division - four ' now with Bay Athetic." ’


- 7 Hesaid: “We’relikeafamily,si' night


■ we’vebeentogetherforsolong.” • And he was thrilled for the


entire I as a team, from the committee,


.. myself and Jon Penman, my as­ sistant, to the players.


-- . : “lt is all a team effort, and


this is as good as it gets, it was an incredible night.” ' ' • .'.But Braithwaite won’t be:


steppingdownatthetop:“lwas- asked if I would be carrying on,’: it’s been i4 years,butrvego ho' real desire to stop doing it. - v tir


;: . “What else would I do, go < shopping with the missus?' . v ; ; “It’s a hectic time at the mo-'


-ment, with more gamesTand L still play cricket and coach the f youngstersatRibblesdaleWah-1


. derers, so sport takes up my en- v: tire weekends." ' "


' I’But it’s what I love and my


familysuppoiTmeinthat. S'*' i ^They’ve been brilliant; as:


have all the committee at the vclub, Jon, who’s been a big help


; to me - everyone is in it togeth­ er.” -


^


r:..y -Braithwaite isn’t resting on ■ his laurels, however, as Rimingr


: ton go in search of a monumen-' taltreble. I ■ The villagers need one win;


from their last three games for: T sixth-successive East Lanca-i: .hire League title. "


: . iTonight they face a trip to


'eniscowles'and Pleasing- on, before travelling to Os-:


valdtwistle on Saturday. They!: ; end their leaguie campaign at '


.7 home to Langho on Monday. ' ■ 7: :;>;;The following night,vsees - their Craven Cup semi-final' against Grmdleton y For more details of Friday


y night’s West Riding County FA ' ' Challenge Trophy win, tiirn to 'page79. ' '' '


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V Europe’s hottest golfing prospects failed to shoot


: vdown Clitheroe’s Sophie 'Lamb as she.landed the


- >■ prestigious FairhavenTro- ■ '.phy in another spectacular


.. .' starttotheseason. - . The 15-year-old shrugged off


y . competition from a selec­ tion oftheglobe’s Goliaths


.'intheUnderiStournament which saw entrants contest


.. for, honours over 72 holes •; strokeplay.


' The talented teenager shot . V . 78 and 77 in her opening


■. rounds and continued to improve as she fired a par 75inthepenultimateround. With nine holes remaining V Sophie was trailing the lead-


r ersbutexplodedintoaction .: -notchingbirdiesatholesii, . i4,i5,i6andi7-toseaIaphe- • nomenal one shot victory.


; Prior to her latest success, ;• Sophie, who is now playing off scratch, enjoyed top 10 finishes in both the Scot­ tish Girls Championships


V s -where she was chosen to . represent England-and the ; importantHampshireRose tournament.


V.; Sophie also culminated the .. Scottish Women’s Cham­ pionships as the highest


—.ranked Lancashire repre- ■ .- sentative,recordinga-i7fin- ■ ;/ishoverS4holesaroundthe > ■ vTroon links in Ayrshire."


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