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Ten man Clitheroe lose out in action packed Emirates FA Cup tie The magic of the FA Cup eluded


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, Clitheroeastheyweredumped out of the competition in the First Qualifying Round by Ma­ rine.


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Instead, mayhem and mystery ensued as Stockport official Anthony Moore brandished 12 yellow cards, disallowed what shouldhavebeenaBluesequalis-


® erandallowedacontentiouslate strike hum the hosts to stand. The visitors started the tie


well and Kenny Mayers went close with a back post header after left back James Walker


'Av- delivered the ball in to the box. Defender Gregg Anderson also threatenedwithaheader,plant- : ing it marginally wide of Matt Cooper’s upright. However, against the run of


• play, the Mariners took the lead on thehalfhour mark when Carl Peers drilled an effort in to the bottom corner after Lewis Co­ dling’s attempt wasblockedfiom Jamie Menagh’s squared pass. Butthencamethecontrover-


sy. Michael Hampson wheeled away in celebration as he beat CooperiromHendry'sassist,but thejubilationwasmutedandthe leveller chalked off as the assist­ ant’s flag was raised, question- ably, for offside.


Dazzling display fi Maroons


Clitheroe RUFC..................57


Burnley 2nds......................5 In glorious sunshine at Lit- tlemoor, the crowd were treated to a show of 15-man rugby that produced no less than nine tries in a dizzying dazzling display of all court


running rugby. Local rivals Burnley came


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ActionfromSaturday’sFACuptieatMarine After the interval, Mayers


failed to convert Hampson’s cross from the right when blaz­ ing the ball over the bar.' Hendry was next to threaten


for the Blues having been found by Hampson, but the on loan Blackburn Rovers youngster fired high and wide. Callum Jakovlevs was then called in to action again when


•parrying substitute Chad ■ Whyte’s attempt to safety after -theformerStHelensstrikercol-


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lected Menagh’s raking pass. The hosts had a golden op­


portunity to double the lead when Codling was tripped by Walker inside the penalty area, but Jakovlevs plunged to his left to keep the Whites’ striker’sspot kick out. . Jakovlevs afternoon was


growing busier as time wore on and he did well to turn Peers’s stinging drive over the bar. Mayers went close to an equaliser when thumping the


ball against the post after Hamp­ son forced a save from Cooper. Jack Lynch and Scott Bakkor


forced late chances before skip­ per David Lynch was dismissed for two bookable offences. • And Clitheroe’s misery was


compounded when sub Karl Clair headed home from an off- sidepositionfromPeers' deflect­ ed shot in stoppage time. The Blues entertain Ossett


Town on Saturday (kick off 3 p.m.).


over the hill looking to claim a scalp, and although they huffed and puffed with some effect at times, they were no match for Clitheroe’s pace and power, especially in the back line and the back row. The back line showed on


the one change, with Chris Stewart returning at out­ side centre. Up front there were recalls for Ross Cham­ berlain at prop and Rick Slinger at openside flanker. Nat Dickenson made a first startforthefirstXVafter im­ pressingintraining. The defence held an early


onslaught at bay, and almost against the run of play, Clit­ heroe broke out of their own half. Good handling set Chris Stewart in for the first of his five tries. In the following 30 min­


utes, Clitheroe ran riot. Stewart nabbed anoth­


George leads the qualifiers


Junior member George Night­ ingale led the qualifiers com­ peting for the Tradesman’s TrophyatClitheroeGolfClub


£ onSaturdaywithafineround W of76-o8-68. Swamy Narayana (79-10-


69) was second after.a card play-off with Paul Nightingale on 78-09-69. The winner of the Medal


. competition for non-qualifi-


§ ers was Kevan Abrahams (93- 23-70) after a card play-off with Ralph Postlethwaite on


' 73-03-70. Divisional winners were


Nathan Dunn 72-01-71 (Di­ vision One); John Peel 87- 15-72 (Division Two) and David Short 95-20-75 (Divi-


....sion Three).


^ . The Men’s Autumn Invita­ tion competition on Sunday


was won by Steve Bayes and guest T. Totham. Peter Dunn and D. Rogers were runners- up.


David Pickup won the


Seniors’ Stableford on Tues­ day with 40 points, followed by Conor McLaughlin on 38 points after a card play-off with Kenny Ward. Winner of the Midweek


Medal on Wednesday was Chris Silverwood (80-10-70) from Kevan Abrahams (95- 24-71). Andrew Blockeel was


third (78-05-73)- In the Junior Section, Lou­


is Phelps won the latest Medal round with his 87-15-72 from George Nightingale (82-08-74). The Ladies’ Four Person


Team Invitation was won by Caroline Cherry and Cher­ yl Burke with guests Leah


Watson and Andrea Robinson with 88 points. Kath Townley and Tracy Bentley, playing with Julie Stapleton and Bar­ bara Thornton,were runners- up on 87 points after a card play-off with Jane Hoyle and Elaine Marsden, and Joyce Aikman and Sue Spencer. Caroline Ch er ry won


• Thursday’s Connie Hindle Sta­ bleford with 40 points, from Lauraine Wall on 37 points. The Ladies’ Nine Hole QualifyingStablefordwaswon


by Sue Gibson with 19 points. Division One of Wednes­


day’s Two Division Handicap was won by Michelle Fielding


with 36 points. Division Two winner was Judith Bishop on 38 points. Seniors’ Captain Richard. Crossley led his team to vic­


tory in the annual Clitheroe Seniors v Ladies’ team match by 4Vi matches to 1%. It was a Stableford com­


petition at Whalley on Satur­ day, and Danny Liles posted 39 points to win by one shot from


Stephen Crossley. Third place in Division One went to John Jobes with 36 points. Division Two winner was Graham Hill with38points,PaulIrwinwas second with 37, and third was John Harvey, also with 37. The seniors competed for


the Captain’s Walking Stick, won by Captain Roger Lee with 40 points after a card play-offfrom John Rostron. Roy Ellis and James Ken-


nerley won the Greensomes knockout, and Nick Jefferson won the Hitchin Final with a great nett 67.


er two and inside centre Garth Spencer and Slinger grabbed one apiece. Fly half Dave Kenyon was on target and slotted all his conver­ sions to place Clitheroe in the box seat at the interval - 35-0 up. The second half brought


a horrible feeling of deja vu for the visitors, as tormentor in chief Chris Stewart was again at it, bagging a brace


• to complete his try scoring feats for the day. Burnley mounted a brief


rearguard action, and after a series of close quarter driv-


- ing, claimed their own try. But Clitheroe were hav­


ing ho truck with a fightback and quickly re established their dominance in almost all facets of play. Joe Weld-Blundell was


next to profit from a tiring defence - showing a great eye for the gap and a nifty set of heels, for a debut try. To round things off, Rick


Slinger supported on the shoulder and took the scor­ ing pass.


Fleetwood 3rds................39 Clitheroe 2nds.................. 64


Following last week’s gutsy and well deserved victory over Blackpool, Clitheroe’s second XV travelled to the far flung reaches of West Lancashire to face Fleet- wood with a spring in their step. Captain Dave Watson


informed the referee on arrival at Fleetwood that Clitheroe could only field one front row, which meant uncontested scrummages throughout the game. On the plus side Clithe­


roe were able to blood three debutants - Will Spenceley- Jones, Joe Hopkins, and Pe­ ter Shorthouse. Within the first 15 min­


utes, Alex Woodward exhib­ ited his fleet feet and dotted down in the corner twice. James Dickinson added on the extras to give Clitheroe the perfect start. Fleetwood replied with


three tries of their own, but the locals responded to the challenge that had been thrown down. The forwards started to tackle Fleetwood’s , big runners behind the gain


line and disrupt their clean ball. It wasfrom oneof these disruptions that Spensley- Jones marked his debut with a try, fly hacking through on


. dropped ball and winning the race to the touchdown.


This was followed by a


great backs move finished off by Graham Hanson. . The second half began as


the first with Clitheroe pro­ ducing the go forward ball which gave the backs, name­ ly James Dickinson and Woodward, the opportuni­ ty to cross the whitewash - Woodward completing his first hat trick for the club. Again Fleetwood re­


fused to lie down, and their big number 8eightand side­ stepping 10 crossed the try line for them to keep the game interesting. Clitheroe were really hit­


ting their straps now, and they added further tries from Hanson, Dickinson, Mitch Jones and Joe Hop-- kins on his debut. Dickin­ son proved reliable with the boot again and ended with seven successful kicks from 10 attempts.


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Champions end on a high with derby victory


Whalley are put to the sword by Clitheroe SPORT CRICKET, TENNIS, FOOTBALL, CYCLING FOOTBALL ROUND-UP Green unluckyto lose


Hurst Green Youth...............1 Southport............................. 2


Hurst Green lost out to Southport in the first round of The Syndicate Trust Youth Cup at The Smithy Row. The Green went b e ­


hind after 25 minutes when Southport’s centre forward Townley, was given too much space on.the edge of the box and he calmly stroked the ball into the far corner. Undeterred, the locals ral­


lied and within 10 minutes scored a deserved equaliser following terrific work be­ tween Aspery and Musker, the latter guiding a bullet header beyond the despair­ ing dive of the keeper. However, against the run of play, after 65 minutes,


Pupils enter into Tour sirit!


Clitheroe captains Paul Gaskell (left, f irst XI) and JohnGreen(secondXI) receive theirtrophiesfrom Derek BirchallandBrianWoodheadfromtheRibblesdaleLeague.


On the final day of the regular Ribblesdale Cricket League Senior Leagueseason, cham­ pions Clitheroe underlined theirsuperioritywithafour- wicket derby victory at home


toWhalley. While Read cemented second spot courtesy of a three-wick­ et win in another rain-affected game with Great Harwood. Whalley were all out for 99


in 28.4 overs as Simon Gorton, batting at number eight, top- scored with 26. Marcus Sharp took3-33 off 11 overs,.Janaka Guneratne


4-20 off 11 and Ali Ross 2-20


off3.4- In reply, Cliheroe got home


in the 24th over, largely thanks to Callum Birtwell-Jones’ 35-ball 36. Daniel Ainsworth took


3-25, and Lee Kearsley 2-19. For Read, Elliot Lowes,


Frank Barden and sub pro Ockert Erasmus took two wickets each, as Harwood closed on 120-7, and Ben Gor­ ton’s unbeaten 22, on the back of skipper Kyle O’Connor’s 22, saw Read past the target in the 31st over. C l i th e ro e enjoyed a


Picture: Keith Driver 39-point final winning mar-


.gin over Read, who have con­ firmed Sri Lankan, Geeth Alwis from Royton CC, as their professional for next year. Ribblesdale Wanderers


and Second Division champi­ ons Great Harwood were in­ volved in a play-off on Sunday with a place in the First Divi­ sion at stake. Steve Kerr claimed 7-31 as


Harwood were bowled out for 143', before Akeel Khan’s unbeaten 55 - his second half century of the weekend - steered Wanderers to a con­ vincing eight-wicket win.


Children from Thorneyhol- me Primary School entered into the spirit of the Tour ofBritainlastweekwhen it passed through Dunsop Bridge. Pupils, parents and staff created a school cycle ride tableau in the form of scarecrow children and their teacher on bikes. They also created a giant King of the Mountains cycling shirt on the football field. '


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the Green conceded in ca­ lamitous fashion following a rare Southport attack. An attempted clearance by a de­ fender sliced viciously over Rogers and ended up in the back of the net. Hurst Green Youth can


take a lot of positives from this performance as they competed superbly against one of the best youth teams in the North West. Their next game is the


LFACup tie at Coppull United on Sunday, September 27th.


Edisford Bridge....................2 Waddington..........................2


Honours ended even after this fiercely contested local derby In a frenzied opening pe­


riod, Charlie Collinge put _


.Edisford ahead with a stun- ® . ning strike from the edge of the box. And Dave Me Grath could


do nothing to stop a low shot giving Edisford a 2-0 lead. Just before half-time


Waddingtonpulledgoalback 0 when Ibo was felled in the box, and Chris Baron cooly dispatched the penalty. Onlyiominutesremained


when GaryBrunskill headed a corner back across the six yard box and Stuart Farquar placed a firm header into the bottom corner to level mat­ ters. • Dog Inn lost 6-0 to Ac­


crington Old Boys. Dog return to Wilson’s on © Sunday to face Arden Hall.


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Thorneyholme Primary School’s school cycle ride tableau (s). i TENNIS


Under 15s are county kings


Clitheroe Under 15s have won through to the Nat West Na­ tional Club Championship after winning the Lancashire County stage at Astley&Tyld- esleyCC.


. • Clitheroe wer.e drawn to


play Westhoughton in the county semi-final. Westhoughton won the


toss and elected to bowl, as Clitheroe ended on 132-5 with Charlie Dewhurst making 49 and Harry Lang 44. The rep ly saw West-;


houghton finish on 77-9. as Clitheroe won by 55 runs. Birtwell-Jones took 3-9 as


Clitheroe marched on to play Leigh in the final. Leigh won the toss and


elected to bowl, and Lang re­ tired on 50, with Dewhurst re­


tiring on 52 as the locals closed


on 129-2. In the return innings,


Leigh were restricted to 90-8, asClitheroewonby39runs,to


advance to the national com­ petition.


Charlie Dewhurst receives the cup from Bobby Denning, Managing Directorof the


Stars and stripes fun at Valley Tennis Centre ©


LTA Senior Performance Tennis coach Liz Thomas, from RibbleVaUey Tennis Centre organised a US Open-themed tournament after her return from Flushing Meadows, New York. The LTAUS Open Junior Competition festival sawi2 players compete in fiin 10-minute matches, dressed in American clothing or colours. Music was played through the event to replicate the US Open, with certificates and prizes for all. Will Jepson won the tournament by one point from Seb Radler.


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If anyone is interested in tennis lessons, contact Liz on 07841826160 or liz_thomas84@ hotmail.com


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