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1 CLITHEROEADVEKnSER&TIMES SPORT MATCH REACTION FROM SHAWBRIDGE as Keogh strikes for Mossley Glitheroe beaten at Shawbridge in the league for first time since August
Mossley................................... .1 Clitheroe lost at home in the league for the first time since
■—«* JVugust, thanks to a second n a i f winner from Mossley- striker Andy Keogh. Simon Garner made one
enforced change, with skip- perDavid Lynch servingaone- match suspension - Ross Dent coming in as his replacement.
© It was Dent who had the Blues’ only chance in the early stages, when his shot from 25 yards went over the bar. ■ Mossley had their the best chance of the first half on 23
^ minutes, when Blues keeper Andrew Dawber was forced to’make a fine save from Luke McGonagle’s curling free kick. The ball rebounded to Sam Robinson, and Dawber again
• had to make a smart save. . TheBlueshadaverystrong
* claimforapenaltyon3omins,' when Richard Burns was pushed over in the box, but the referee waved play on. The Blues looked more
■ likely to open the scoring to- v X
^ wards the later stages of the - r firsthalf. Jason Hart had a good ef
fort on the turn on 32 min- . utes, and a couple of minutes _ later, good build up between
® Danny Morton and Danny Wilkins saw the latter’s low cross cleared away by a Moss-. ley defender, as the sides went in goal-less. '
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The only goal o f the game . came on 50 minutes, when
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Keogh was left unmarked to head home. Mossley almost scored,
a second goal on 71 minutes when Fish broke clear and slid the ball past Dawber, only for Roberto Bonaminio to clear the ball off the line.', The Blues’ best effort in
came from substitute Alex Ralph, who hit an excellent dipping shot from 25 yards which went inches over the top. - Mossley’s strong defence
held out for the remainder of the game to claim the points. It was a disappointing af-
a disappointing second half t'ernoon for the Blues, who
now have a break until their, next game at Bamber Bridge in the Lancashire Challenge Tro phy on Tuesday night - with Saturday’s league clash with Warrington Town postponed due to Town’s continued in volvement in the FA Cup. Clitherbe: Andrew Dawber, Danny Morton, Janies Walker, Roberto
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Bonaminio, Laquan Esdaille, Si mon Gamer, Danny Wilkins, Ross Dent(SeydouBamba82),Sefton Gonzales, Jason Hart (Carl Mercer 61), Richard Bums (Alex Ralph 61).
Subs notused, Ryan Cattermole, AlexPalffy.
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Small table snooker singles is hotting up
The race to become 2014 SovereignSnookerServ- ices'Clitheroe small table singles champion has stepped upafter reaching thelast16stage.
And the draw has thrown up some cracking ties, with the Clitheroe Roy al British Legion’s young starlet Liam Sutcliffe - the youngest player left in the competition - facing Clit heroe Social Club’s Roger Hope, who recently made the competition s high est break to date with a 72 clearance in a group game. Sutcliffe’s clubmate
Mark Hitchen has been paired with the Social s Dave Moore. Social’s star player Eric
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Barnes faces the Legion veteran Gary James, and Social’s Robbie Grant fac es the Legion's Steve Ollie Almond in what should be a good game between two very capable players. Legion star man Dean
Walmsley faces the So cial’s Simon Briggs, while one of the pre- tournament favourites, Legion’s Mark Riley, is up against last year’s runner up - Social’s Gary Simkin in a repeat of last year’s semi-final. . Low Moors Gav Mc-
Quade has been drawn at home against Legion’s Steve Winckley, and the last tie sees the young Low Moor man Chris Hayton paired at home with an other pre-tournament fa vourite in the Legion’s star man Ste Almond.
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SPORTLOCALFOOTBALLROUND-UP Coar at the treble as courageous cup Ramsbottom United......... ..3
Hurst Green........ Wyre Villa...........
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A five-star performance saw HurstGreenbeatsecondplace Wyre Villa at Smithy Row to go top of the West Lancashire League First Division. : The game was only three
minutes old when leading scorer Alan Coar out jumped the keeper and centre half to head Hurst Green into the lead/ Wyre fought back and had
the lion’s share of the posses sion without unduly worrying Bee in the Green goal. The home side almost dou
bled their lead when Walker pulled the ball back to the waiting Coar, but for once the striker fluffed his lines. This almost proved costly
when the Wyre centre forward burst through, butBeemadea great block with his legs, and shortly after a long range ef fort went narrowly wide for
the visitors as the first half ended with Hurst Green de fending stoutly. The second half explod
ed into life within a minute as Coar timed his run to beat the off-side trap, outpacing the visiting defenders to slot home his second. Five minutes later it was
three as Brierley made a great break down the right and su perbly picked out Stead, who rifled home from 15 yards. The visitors continued to
play good football, but Green began to turn the screw and Coar again broke tree again to complete his hat-trick, be fore being replaced by Danny Mort after taking a knock on • his calf. Substitute Mort made an
immediate impact with his -
, dartingruns,andhewasinstru- mentalinthefifthgoalashewas felled insidethearea.andStead dispatched the penalty, via the goalkeeper.
Action from Saturday's 5-0 win over Wyre Villa (s)
Raiders pay their respects to Hughes
The Ivy............. ...................1
Rimington................................2 The top two went head-to- head at the weekend, as Rim ington recorded a double over the defending champions. The match of the day had
everything, including a red card and a missed penalty. The hosts could have tak
en the lead in the fifth minute, with a header blocked from a free-kick. It took a quarter of an hour
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catch the judges’ eye at first-ever competition
^ h ln V a l la v Acrobatic Academv apparatus such as hoops and top five places, proving that S S 9 Die valle y A c ro D a t ic A c a a em y b a l ls > to d a z z ie th e judges.
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put on their best performance lastweekendin Northampton, competingagainstover170
gymnasts. , ' This was the club’s first- , ■ - . hard work pays off. Anintemationalcoachand • •
ever rhythmic competition, judge commended the club and the girls proved that they on their great choreography, ( r* v
weren’t fazed by the other - technique and high quality clubs, some of which were of work, and the girls are now 1
They performed skilled rou- a national standard. tines, with various rhythmic They finished within the next challenge! ‘it-, v; .itching to get ready for their RibbleValleyAcrobaticAcademy(s). . ,
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for the visitors to produce their first chance, Fagan’s pre- cise free kick finding Dinsdale, with his thundering header deflected off the line for a cor: ner, from which the same pair
combined, this timeDinsdale’s headerstriking apost. McLean went on a surging
run before slipping the ball in to Jackson, who fired in a low cross-shot which was cleared offtheline. Midway through the half
Hutchinson found Bagot with a great ball over the defence, the striker lobbing the keeper only to see the ball clear the bar.
Ten minutes from half
time, the host's should have ,
takenthelead.asabreakdown ’ the middle led to a shot which went wide.
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Rimington made them pay moments later as Hutchinson
crossed to McLean on the far edge of the area - his stunning volley flying past the keeper. -Just before the break, a -
nasty tackle left Cox writhing in agony and being carried off, earning the challenger a yel- low card in the process. Two minutes after the in
terval, Hickling fed McLean down the left, and he cut back onto his right before his low cross was almost touched in byBagot. Minutes later Fagan played
a one-two with Jackson but the keepermadeasmart save from his 20-yard effort. ■ Ivy equalised soon after, as, a corner from the left resulted
in a melee, before a shot flew past the unsighted keeper. But they were down to 10
moments later, Dinsdale slid ing in to win the ball, feeling the full force of the midfield er’s tackle, which earned him a second yellow.
And just after the hour,-
Jackson blocked the keeper’s clearance and stroked the ball into the unguarded net. Minuteslater Bagot wasup-
ended by the keeper, although he made amends by saving Jackson’s penalty. Saturday sees a trip to Mor-
leyintheWestRidingCup.be- foreanotherbigieagueftxture at Burnley Athletic.
Sabden see half-time lead evaporate Rhoden Inn....................... .....4
Sabden.................. ...................3 An under-strength Sabden side were unable to build on an impressive first half display, and ended up falling to a nar row away defeat on a quagmire ofa pitch. A Jason Bates shot drew a good save from the Rhoden
keeper, but Dean Foxall fol lowed up to tuck in the re bound to give the Treacle Miners an early lead. Jacob Buggie then doubled •:
the lead following excellent work from David Fallon, be fore Rhoden pulled one back following a strong run and fin ish from Robinson.
' Rhoden cranked up the
pressure and scored a freak equaliser shortly after half time as a right wing cross found the top left corner, with Diggins possibly unsighted in the low winter sun I Sabden battled manfully,
but two more Rhoden goals all but killed off any hopes the lo
cals hadofclaiminganypoints. A late rally saw Josh Park
er tap home after Paul Astin’s shot was parried, buttimeran out as Sabden searched for an equaliser. Sabden remain in 4th place
in the Harry Dewhurst Memo rial League but have Rhoden breathing down their necks.
Ribble Valley Raiders pay their respects (s).
Ribble Valley Raiders paid their respects to Austral ian batsman Phillip Hughes, whosadly diedlast Thurs- day after being struck by a bouncer during a Sheffield
Shield match. A minute’s silence, the wearing of black armbands and the positioning of bats to spell out the initials of Hughes, were the prelude to the Raiders’ Street 20 Flood lit Cricket competition, held atRoefield Eighteen young crick
eters participated in the fast-paced round robin competition, played using a tapeball in an enclosed out door area Following three hours of firecely-competitivecricket,.
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theSouthAfricateam.skip- ^ peredbydemonpacebowler Assad “The Tower Hill Ty phoon” Mahmood emerged victorious.
£ Ribble V alley R a id
e rs Head Coach Farouk Hussain said: “It was very heartwarming to see the youngsters paying their re- 0 sped to Phil Hughes.
n “They all recognised the
solemnity of the occasion * and their conduct was ex emplary. “They were a credit to
their families and the glo bal cricketing community @ at this time of great sadness. “The youngsters epito
mised the ethos of Ribble Valley Raiders and hope- fully more will follow their ^ example.”
Hurst Green Youth......;.......1 Courageous Hurst Green Youth were knocked out of the LFA Youth Cup by the un defeated Ramsbottom United in Salford. In the proverbial game of
two halves, the Green start- ed slowly and were under constant pressure for most ofthefirsthalf. After 30 minutes, the ball
ended up in the back of the Green net following a scram ble, with the referee allow ing play to continue with Tom Cattermole lying mo
tionless on the ground. ■ For the remainder of the half, fortune favoured the Green as their goal led a charmed life with the wood work being struck on at least two occasions. At half-time manag er Alex Young decided to
change formation and opted to playjust three defenders, and these changes inspired the Green as they started the second half looking much more confident. However, ju s t as the
Green were looking likely to a grab an equaliser, Ramsbot tom broke away and a fine cross from the left was head ed home from 10 yards out. To rub sa lt into the » -
Green’s wound, a third goal duly followed on 65 minutes following a lapse of concen tration in the defence. However, undeterred the
Green lads fought back and reduced the arrears as sub stitute Ollie Shipstonconfi- © dently slotted the ball home following neat work by Tom Jacques. For the last 15 minutes
the Green were dominant, but time ran out on them. w ,
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