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move through in FA Cup Clitheroe ease into three-goal lead butSeaham Red Star fightback falls short
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Despite an extensive injury list, Clitheroe proved too good
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for Northern League Seanahm Red Star as they earned a trip to Harrogate Railway a week on Saturday in the FA Cup first qualifying round. With the injury list length
ening by the week, the team virtually picked itself. Steve
® Mercer and Roberto Bon- aminio both played despite carrying injuries sustained in last Monday’s win at Lan caster. The Blues controlled the
■ *' game from the start with Li am Hutchinson, Danny Mor ton and Sefton Gonzales all having early chances. On 17 minutes, Danny Brady hitapowerfulshotfrom
• 25 yards which went inches over the bar. ■ Mike Aspin hit a decent
shot over 10 minutes later, and on 35 minutes, a David Lynch free kickjust went wide. . The opening goal came on 38 minutes from a quick throw
C 'in . Aspin sent an inch-perfect
pass in to the box for Gonzales. to turn and fire home. Three minutes before the
a break,Wilkins almost made it ™ twowhenhehitacurlingshot just wide from Lynch’s pass. Hutchinson was unlucky
not to score two minutes af ter the restart when his curl ing shot from outside the box came back off the cross bar.
ClitheroeareledoutbyskipperSteveMerceratShawbridgeonSaturday Picture: Peter Ryan He was in the action again . long ball and dribbled past two minutes from time when they entertain New Mills at
three minutes later when his Newbrook to walk the ball in- keeper Newbrook was shown Shawbridge, kick-off 7-45 p.m. header from Wilkins’ cross toth e j i e t . ^ m i m e
holdera!any tuudiain keeper Shaun Newbrook. Just before the hour, the penaltywithin a minute.
diatelyastheywereawardeda kerleyfromhavingaclearshot club, you can gain admission atgoal.
Blues made it 2-0 when an Sonny Andrews convert- Clitheroe:Green,Mercer, Aspin, excellent through ball found ed the kick and two minutes Freeland, Brady,Lynch,Burns
Richard Burns scored his TheBluesmanagedtokeep Attendance 176
Wilkins, who took the ball into later David Palmerwas clean (Bonamino 90), Wilkins, Gonzales, And they Clitheroe travel the box and placed the ball to through and chipped over Morton, Hutchinson (Dunkerley the keeper’s left to score. Matt Green to make it 3-2.
he picked up Aspin’s precise blow for the visitors came tion tomorrow night when ANDY HAMMOND
. Junior rugby is on the up at Littlemoor!
Junior rugby at Clitheroe RUFCisontheup. •
Blacksticks Blue junior chal- Training is due to start lenge competition.
45 a.m. each Sunday. at Littlemoor this Sunday, - Last season, the club had 7th September. Registration
iit^-Over the past-season the
aninfluxofnewplayers.some starts at 10am whilst training ' numberofplayersandcoach- ofwhomhadneverplayedthe will run between 10-30 and l i es has increased significant- game before. 0 ly, to the point where this year
It’s likely that in the build Some o f the older age
the club envisages running up to the next Rugby World groups will train midweek five sides from Under'6 to Un- Cup in this country in just once the season starts, der 14 inclusive.
over 12 months’ time, that the For more details, contact
4^ This is also the first time number of youngster ery'oy- Bob Wilkinson (bobjwilkin- that the club has been able ing the game will continue to
son@clitheroerugby.com or • to enter two teams into the increase.
07962099935). l ^ f c o m p i i t e r e ^ S a l e s f e R e j ^ i ^ ^
for £5 on production of your season ticket book or card at the turnstile.
to Harrogate Railway on Mon-
83). Subs not used; Garner, Palffy. day night, again kick-off 7-45 p.m., in a curtain-raiser for
first competitive goal for the Seahamatbayfortheremain- . The Blues are back in Evo- the sides’ FA Cup clash five Blues on 70 minutes, when der of the game, and the final Stik First Division North ac- days later,
Rimington get off to the perfect
start Two home wins wasa per fect start to the new sea son for Rimington in Terry Braithwaite’s last season in charge,as theylookto regain the East Lancashire League title.
First up were Barrowford and the newly promoted side gave a good account of themselves, before eventu ally going down 3-0. Din sd ale scored a
cracker in the third minute to set the villagers on their way. Rimington had enough
chances to seal the game in the first 20 minutes, but went in 1-0 up at half-time. In the second half,
Lloyd thundered home a header from a corner to make it 2-0 before Drake calmly slotted home to wards the end for 3-0. On S a tu rd a y , Os-
waldtwistle were the visi tors, and Rimington again went ahead when Collinge
■ found Fagan who calmly beat his man before slot ting home. The visitors levelled
when the centre forward flicked one on for Burton, stand-in keeper Lawson given no chance. But the villagers went
straight onto the attack and Oli McLean restored their lead before Bagot clipped in at the near post
just before half-time. Gary Jackson notched
twice after the break to give his side an unassaila ble lead and leave them top. This week sees a trip to
Stacksteads.
Mixed start for Dog Inn
Dog Inn have endured a mixed start to their Harry Dewhurst Memorial League campaign.
The Whalleysidewon their first game of the season against Arden 22-0 af Wil son’s last Thursday. However, Dog twice
surrendered a two-goal lead as they lost 4-3 to Heys Inn on Sunday at King George’s.
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CUTHER0EADVERT1SER&TIMES I SPORT RIBBLESDALE CRICKET LEAGUE ROUND-UP
Win double puts Read whalleysuffer back in hunt for fourth
derby setback
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Read skipper Kyle O'Connor was happy to see everything fall in to place at the perfect time of the season.
After flirting with the top
four, the club soared in to LCB Knockout Cup contention af ter taking maximum points against Barnoldswick and Great Harwood. x Read faced the prospect of
finishing outside the county cup qualification spots for the first time since 2007 - but a couple of wins have aided their cause: “It’s exactly what I’ve been asking of the lads,” O’Connor said. “I wanted them to put everything in so we could climb in to the top four and they didn’t put a foot wrong. Our bowling, batting and fielding was brilliant. Eve
rything just came together when we needed it to.” Richard Sharpies claimed
figures of 5-6 as Barnolds wick crashed to 90 all out at - Whalley Road. O’Connor (33 not out) then combined with Joey Marshall, who hit an un beaten 44, as they eased to a 10-wicket win. And 24 hours later Mar
shall hammered go of Read’s 205 total in victory over Har
wood on home soil. Omar Hus- sainclaimed three wickets. “Richard bowled really
well on Saturday and Omar did the business on Sunday,* said O’Connor. “Against Great Harwood our pro (Brandon Scullard) was as quick as I’ve seen him all season. I think he enjoys bowling against them, “Joey Marshall was a man
on a mission on Sunday as well. He’d hit an unbeaten 44 against Barnoldswick as well
the day before and I was 38 not out ”
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Whalley skipper Richard Lamb was disapponted to lose ground in the race for fourth place.
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Clitheroe captain Paul Gaskell spoke of his pridefor the club's seniorsquadaftertheyfelljust short of the LCB Knockout Cup final.
L iv erpool Combination League leaders Ormskirk were the victors in the first semi-final and will now play Norden - who triumphed over Walsden in the other tie - at St Anne’s Cricket Club on Sun day, September 14th. “On Sunday we were up
against a very good side in Ormskirk and they blew us away early doors,” Gaskell said. “We bowled really well as a unit but they still went
on to score 190. We failed to survive the opening 10 overs in the reply and we had no body who went on to score 50/60 runs which is what we needed." He added: “You’d expect
a tough challenge in the last four of the LCB Knockout Cup. For one or two players in
opened.their eyes a little bit. They were a good side and we wish them all the best in the final. We’re disappointed to not be there ourselves but it was a great day out for the club. We certainly weren’t disgraced and I was proud of the lads.” Defeat against Settle in the
Ribblesdale Cricket League saw the champions’ crown wobble ever-so-slightly, but the advantage remains with the holders after Great Har wood slipped against Read. Clitheroe are now 12 points ahead of nearest rivals Set tle with a game in hand and 15 points ahead of Great Har wood who they face at the Cliffe on Saturday. Gaskell, who will also lead
his side out against Whalley on home soil on Sunday, said: “We’re disappointed with the results. We were poor against Settle on Saturday and dropped catches cost us in the end. Their pro (Imran
Khalid) eventually got them home. “The league has closed up
now. There’s potentially three teams that can win it. Great Harwood’s defeat to Read lift ed spirits slightly but we’ve got to focus on thejob in hand. Going to Great Harwood will be tough but ifwe were to win we’d pretty much be there in terms of the title. “We’d just have to pick up
a few points in our remaining games to seal it. It’ll be a fan tastic game because they’ve got to beat us to stay in the hunt. We’re looking forward to it. These are the games you want to be involved in.”
Salesbury hoping to claim promotion
Salesbury stayed in the hunt for promotion to Section A after beating Edenfield on a faster run rate on Saturday.
Cherry Tree need just two points from their final Section B fixture at home to Edenfield on Saturday to guarantee pro motion, and will go up as win
ners if Earby slip-up against Brinscall. But the Red Caps are five
points behind Earby, and 11 adrift of Cherry Tree going into their last game on Satur- dayat'Euxton. Earby, meanwhile, are at
home to Brinscall. Salesbury’s final oppo
nents Euxton are now out of the promotion chase, 14 points shy of the locals after their weekend game with Ear by was abandoned. OnSaturday.Edenfieldhad
first knock at Gincroft Lane, scoring 178-9, of which Paul Gallagher made 52. In reply, Salesbury had
moved onto 122-2, with'Aneeq Hassan hitting 80, and Sales bury were ahead of the re quired run rate when play was rained off. Hassan tops the club’s bat-
tingfortheyearwith704runs, at an average 0f39.11.
Games this weekend start at 1 p.m.
The Station Road side were beaten by 17 runs by derby rivals Ribblesdale Wander ers, and with Read’s pair of wins, the sides are nowlevel in the table with threegames left - starting with Saturday’s meeting at Whalley. Lamb said: “We didn’t
bowl well enough early on. They got off to a flying start, but although conditions suited the bowlers, there was too much loose stuff. “Thatultimatelydecided
the game. “We managed to pull it
back well to restrict them to 128, but that was still 30
" ' i / o'* , Simon Gorton, right, took 4-47 for Whalley or 40 above par. We made a
reasonable start in reply, but lost afew quick wickets. “Acoupleofpartnerships (
put us back in control, but we couldn’t see it through.” Lee Kearsley (26) and
Mark Fallon (25) top-scored for Whalley, while Dave, Howard (6-33) and Simon"* Gorton (4-47) took the wick ets.
Whalley followup Satur
day’s home game with Read with a trip to Clitheroe on Sunday, and Lamb added: “1 • went to watch Read on Sun- dya and they played well - they have some good young players coming through, so it will be difficult. “And Clitheroe will be a
test of how far we have come this season.”
Wanderers out to avoid the drop
Ramsbottom Cup winners Ribblesdale Wanderers' slim hopes of avoiding relegation to Section B are still alive aftera17-run derby winat hometo Whalley. With only two games to
play, Barnoldswick - cham- pionsjust two seasons ago - were consigned to the drop on Saturday. But Wanderers can still
escape as they have three games remaining, includ ing a game in hand on third- bottom Oswaldtwistle, who hold a 25-point advantage over the Church Meadow side.
On Saturday, Wanderers
were dismissed for 128, as Dave Howard claimed 6-33. But that proved suf
ficient, as Whalley were bowled out for 111 in reply. Wanderers were 46-2 off
13 overs, Howard with both wickets, but they slipped to 97-5 off the next 14 overs as Simon Gorton got in on the- g t ‘ act with two wickets. _ Gorton added a third at
102, before Howard ripped up the tail to finish with a she- * fer, while Gorton claimed . 1 4 -47- In reply, Wanderers had
Whalley at 43-3, removing Mark Fallon, professional 0 Mota and chairman Rich- n ard Palmer. And although the visitors *
moved to 101-6 off 33, they could only add another i a 3 t-uns for the loss of their last four wickets, as Wanderers held on to win.
Wanderers host Bax-
enden at Church Meadow on Saturday and are at Vic tory Park to take on already relegated Barnoldswick on Sunday.
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