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Simon Garner doesn't recall being involved in a game that culminated as dramatically as Clitheroe's victory overOssett Town. With five minutes of the fixture


© remaining at Shawbridge at the weekend, the Blues trailed to first half strikes from Steven Jeff and Josh Whiteley. But the hosts secured a sen­ sational comeback courtesy


1V of goals from Zac Dale, Joseph Mullen and Ross Dent to halt a five-match losing streak. “It was a great win, particu-


larlywiththemannerofit,”said Garner. “I would’ve been disap-


• pointedifwehadn’thavewonit though because we deserved it. “It was a bizarre last five


minutes but the lads kept going and showed a lot of character to get the three points. “The only difference was


that we added goals to the per- formance at the end. For half- an-hour in the second half we were dominant and played the game in their half. ■ “We missed a few chances,'


A we hit the bar and their keeper ® made a few good saves. Getting that first goal was key. “I really don’t think I’ve


been in a game that’s ended like that before. There was the one that went against us earlier in the season when we drew 3-3 • against New Mills after being


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Clitheroespin bowler Alex Hartley is ready to continue her return from the interna­ tional wilderness after being selected for England Women Academy's tour of Dubai.


The 21-year-old was part of the England set-up six years ago but has only come back into the fold in the last year. That return saw her form


part of the side that took on South Africa in the summer, and she is now preparing for another outing after head coach Lisa Keightley named her as one of 14 players to take on Australia in four 50-over matches and two Twenty20s in Dubai in a preamble to this summer’s Women’s Ashes. Hartley insists she can’t


All eyes on the ball: action from Saturday’s 3-2 win ovcer Ossett Town


3-0 up.” After ending a sequence of


five successive losses, Garner, who had replaced the iryured Seydou Bamba in the 69th minute, added: “It wasn’t down to me coming on, though it was good for me that it worked out that way,” Garner said.


“We committed more bod­


ies forward, pushed hard and deserved to win in the end. We didn’t want to continue the run that we’d been on. “From my perspective it was obviously great but I can’t imag-


- inewhatitwaslikefortheoppo- sition manager.


“It must’ve been devastating


because you’re not expecting that when you’re winning 2-0 with four minutes remaining. It was really exciting from our point of view. “They pulled off a great re­


sult. We changed system but I can’t take all thecredit. I was get-


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ting to the end of my tether with the run that we’d been on. “I didn’t want it to stretch to


six defeats. I’m really pleased that I got a reaction and we turned it around.” TheBlueshoststrugglingPa-


diham at Shawbridge on Bank HolidayMonday,kick-off3p.m.


wait to get back into action after a solid season at county level: “I was in the squad when 1 was 15 but got dropped and now this is my first year back involved. It went really quick­ ly when I was young. I didn’t really know what was going on, and by the time I realised, I was out of the programme. But it was a good thing because I wasn’t ready. “I had a pretty good county


season last season but being selected on the academy was a complete shock. Ijust couldn’t believe it. “1 feel so much stronger


Green Reserves dig deep on coast


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For the second consecutive week, Green’s reserves re­ turned from a difficult away match with a share of the


.spoils. This clash saw the Green dig deep to survive a late on-


© slaughtwhichhadthespecta- torsontheedgeoftheirseats. A swirling wind made passing difficult, but the vil­ la g e r s coped with early pres-


^ ’"'sure to get a footing in the game and they started to play


some decent football. All was going well until,


on 28 minutes, a swirling ball wasn’t dealt with and Chad- derton slotted the home side ahead. Mallett and Scott had


shown some early signs of- promise, and two minutes later the Green levelled when Darnell got the better of his man and played asuperb pass to Scott at the back post, who fired home. There was another scare for the home side when


youngster Mallett hitthepost with a great drive. The Fylde Coast outfit


fought back and forced three consecutive corners, but Joyce and his defenders saw the half out. The second half began


with the home side on the front foot, but, after soaking up five minutes of pressure, Darnell had a chance but his shot on the turn just cleared the bar. The home side were now forcing the issue and it was all


hands to the pump. Williams replaced Mallett, and new signing Gilmour replaced the injured Bolton. Cookson . and Holt were working hard to contain the Rovers mid- field playmaker, and while they weren’t seeing much of the ball, a superb defensive display from Cook and skip­ per Young saw the Green ride wave after wave of pressure. With 10 minutes, to go the


home side threw caution to the wind and forced a series ofcorners.


Young made a superb last-


ditch tackle and Cook ap­ peared from nowhere to head clearwhenagoalseemedcer-


tain. A deflected shot seemed destined to hit the back of the


net but Joyce superblyturned it over the bar. The Green did have some forays down the left, with Gilmour linking well. It was from one of these left-sided attacks deep into injury time that the villag­ ers almost snatched it at the


death,whenHoltjustfailed to connect with the goal gaping.


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now, I’m looking forward to the newseason and I can’t wait to get out to Dubai. “I’d love to get on and play,


get a few wickets and get my name out there. I’m still one of the new ones so it would be good tojump into the deep end and show th&t I’m good enough to play for England. “It would be a big step to


get into the Ashes squad but as long as I get my name out there, who knows." • Follow the England


Women’s Academy tour against the Australian Wom­ en’s Shooting Stars at www. ecb.co.uk - England take on Australia on home soil in the Women’s Ashes this summer, for more information and tick­ et details, visit www.ecb.co.uk


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Villagers not at the races against Rishton Rishton United............... ........3


Rimington.............................0 Rimingtonwereunceremoni- ously dumped out of the East Lancashire League President’s Cup by Second Division Rish­ ton, and thoroughly deserved to be beaten. From as early as the warm­


up, the First Division leaders were not at the races, and, fac­ ing a Rishton team who were determined to put up a good showing, the signs didn’t look good. Playing into the strong


wind, the villagers didn’t string many passes of any note together, while the home side used the conditions well, the two strikers causing all sorts of problems.' On eight minutes, Kershaw


had to punch away a cross, and the ball was fired back past him, McCarthy doing well to block the effort on the line. This should have alerted


Rimington, but just two min­ utes later a long ball into the channel was reached by a for­ ward, who cut in from the bye­ line before firing into the roof


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Rimington boss Terry Braithwaite warned his side af- tertheircupexit. The long-serving manager said: ‘ We were not like us at all, there was no desire, no spirit, no quality, and some of my players looked like they hadn't broken sweatattheend. “The players need to take a long, hard look at themselves, and askif they wantthisenough.be- cause any more performances likethisandmylastseasonis likely to end up trophy-less.”


of the net. On 16 minutes Rishton


could have doubled the lead, a free header from a corner clearing the bar.' Their advantage was dou­


bled just before the half hout, as two very poor challenges left the striker with the task of rounding Kershaw to stroke the ball home. It summed up Rimington’s


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Alex ready to continue England return!


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Rimuigton are dumped out of President’s Cup


abject half when they had their first real attempt on goal in the 40th minute, McLean trying his luck from 30 yards but failing to hit the target. Fagan had to withdraw


with a back injury to be re­ placed by Gawthorpe. The visitors’ hopes of sal­


vaging the game in the sec­ ond half quickly disappeared on 52 minutes as Dinsdale was caught in possession on the edge of his own area, and the ensuing shot flew into the bottom corner giving Kershaw no chance.


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Sing,- McLean chipped a great free kick into Dinsdale, and his header was blocked. In the melee, Drake appeared to have prodded the ball over the line, but the ref was unsighted and play continued. In a last bid to get into the game, Drake and Jackson were replaced by Blackburn and Bagot, and they breathed some life into the team, but when Bagot did brilliantly to turn his man on the edge of the area, he fired his shot over.


Lancashire titles for Stonyhurst College!


Stonyhurst’s first XV rugby squad have won the Lancashire Under 18 Cup Final for the second year running j defeating Lancashire Grammar School 12-10 in a closely-fought match. The same players went on to win the Stonyhurst Sevens Tournament- a nationally- renowned competition attended by 600 players from all over the country. Stonyhurst won J tr > the Final 22-14 against King’s Macclesfield. Meanwhile, the Stonyhurst Under 14 netball andhockeyteam.madeupof the same girls, have won a tournament in each sport this term! The girls won the Lancashire Schools’ hockey tournament, before adding the netball cup at the Stonyhurst Invitation Hockey andNetballTournament, at which 27 teams from all over the county took part.


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Left, Victor Keunen and Alex Cruz lift the Stonyhurst Sevens Cup (s), and, below, Stonyhurst’s Lanca­ shire hockey champions (s).


MORE SPORT FROM AROUND THE RIBBLE VALLEY... Tigers seal bowling title!


There will be a new name on the champion’s trophy this year in the Dorothy Southworth Indoor Bowling League at Roe-


field. Newcomers the Tigers sealed the title with two maximum wins in the final week of fixtures, winning the league from champions Waddington Red by 10 clear points. Third place was taken by the All Blacks, who finished a fur­ ther seven points adrift of Waddington. Needing only two points from their final two games,the Ti­ gers clinched the title in style, beating Hurst Green con­ vincingly by 66 shots to 17, only to repeat the punishment on Waddington Blue by 58 shots to 26 and become champions. Tigers have played consistently well allseasonand fielded a settled side, recording 22 wins from their 24 matches. Victorious captain Alan Mercer paid tribute to his squad who had all played their part in what was a team victory. He also passed on his thanks onbehalfofallthe players from all the teams to the management and staff of Roefield Leisure for the excellent facilities which are provided week-in week- out. Other results saw Read post a 5'1 points victory over West Bradford, Longridge recording a maximum 6-0 points victo­ ry over French Connection, while Sabden beat All Blacks 4*2, and Clitheroe Blue beat Clitheroe White bythesamescore.


Pendle Primary earn place in county finals


Pupils from Pendle Primary School have sealed their place at this year’s SPAR Lancashire School Games County Finals at tag rugby. The team competed against 17 schools from the Ribble Valley and will progress to the county final in Blackpool, wherethey will battle it out to be crowned Lancashire champions. Pendle beat St Michael and St John’s RC Primary School to the top spot by two tries, while St Joseph's RC Primary School defeated Brookside Primary School to snatch third place at the event, which was held at Clitheroe rugby club. Jane Johnson, Ribble Valley school games organiser, said:


skill and sportsmanship on show from school pupils from across the Ribble VaUey. “A huge thanks to Clitheroe Rugby Club, Hughie and all those that helped host and referee the event, and to Peter Fletcher from the Ribble Valley Sports Department for his help on the


day. “A final thank you to our referees Phil Mills from Sale Sharks, Sean Riley from Colne and Nelson Rugby Club and Lewis from the RFU -your support was invaluable on the


day.” The county final will take place at Stanley Park on June 30th.


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