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Jackson fires » a hat-trick as * leadersease to derby win


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Another class win for Russ in the Lakes


ChoHey captain AndyTeague heads home the opening goal after four minutes against CBtheroe Andy Teague lifts aloft the Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy as his teammates celebrate Pics: Greig Bertram


Magpies will 3-0 at Macron BLUES LOSE FINAL


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It was the same old story for Clitheroe. Another cup final, anotherheartbreakingdefeaL


In two decades the Blues have featured on centre stage five times, only to lose on four of those occasions. A3-0 reverse toBriggTown in


the club’s famous FA Vase tie at Wembleytriggeredthesequence


. though a 2-1 victory over Kids- grove Athletic in the Floodlight Trophy finalfollowedunderthe guidance ofSteve Parry. Former boss Lee Sculpher


oversaw the 2-1 loss to Mossley in the League Cup final at Bury’s Gigg Lane while Simon Garner has nowplayed and managed in a couple of Lancashire FA Chal­


lenge Trophy defeats. Garner lambasted the dis­


play of his players in the latest outing, a 3-0 loss to his former club Chorley at the Macron Sta­ dium. But his criticism spoke vol­


umes of the midfielder’s bur­ geoning ambition and the belief he has in his talented squad. TheMagpies.siplaces above


their opponents in the football pyramid, and pushing for the play-offspots in the Conference North, were obvious favourites to claim the silverware. However, Gamer believes his


sideplayedintoChoriey’shands. “It’sdisappo in ting because as


a team I know wq’re better than that,” he said. “Chorley played to their strengths and you can understand how they’ve gone through the leagues and why they are where they are.


“Fair play to them because


they’ve deserved to win the game. “But they haven’t killed the


game. We’ve killed it ourselves reallywiththreesloppy goals. “It’s a big uphill challenge.


We’re playing against a club two leagues above us anyway so they have that bit of superiority. We let ourselves down.” Headded:“It’sshambolicde-


fending. I’m really disappointed with the three goals. We needed every man to step up to the plate and we didn’t “The occasion got to some of


the lads and others maybe gave the opposition a bit too much respect. They made us pay and they deserved the result." The Blues, who overcame


Lancaster City, Nelson, Bamber Bridge and Atherton Collieries to earn the tie against Garry Flit-


croft’s men, had their challenge heightened within five minutes. Chorley skipper Andrew


Teague towered above his mark to guide James Dean's cross in to the corner following an Adam Mathers set-piece. . LouisMayersclearedthebar with a free-kick from 20 yards


out after being upended by Jake Cottrell, but on the quarter-of- an-hour mark Clitheroe’s high


andopendefensivelinewaspun- ished. Dean slipped between Danny


MortonandDannyBradytorace on to Mather's incisive pass and was eventually impeded by Zach Hibbert.


With Seydou Bamba cover­


ing, referee Simeon Lucas point­ ed to the spot and brandished a yellow card for the Blues goal­ keeper.


Dean picked himself up and swept the ball to his left hand


side, sending Hibbertthe wrong way.


Chris Almond forced a low


save from Hibbert as Chorley looked to compound their op­ ponents’ misery while the Clit­ heroe stopper raced off his line


to foil Dean who had once again


. breached the backline.' Chorley got in behind again


soon after when Jarvis broke down the left and his delivery behind Clitheroe’s rearguard ms inexplicably skied by Hine, though his blushes were spared bythelinesman’sflag. After Chris Almond tested


Hibbert withavolleyfromMark Ross’s knock down, the Blues


crafted an excellent chance to reduce the deficit. . Skipper David Lynch, lead­


ing by example, battled for pos­ session deepinsidetheareaand


Chorley 3 (Teague 4, Dean pen 16, Almond 39), Clitheroe 0 Attendance: 1,611


picked out Cory Bent who had the goal at his mercy. However, the winger miscu-


ed and defender Matt Flynn was able to recover in time to block subsequent efforts from Lynch. Flitcroft’s men, assisted by


formerBlackbum Rovers striker Matt Jansen, then capitalised as they extended their advantage. With Bent still scratching his


head, Almond raced on to a loft­ ed pass and coolly lifted the ball over Hibbert to make it 3-0. Garner demanded a re­


sponse, with cries of “get on the game", and it almost arrived when Gonzalez thumped the foot of the upright from James Walker’s assist just before the break. ' The Blues improved signifi­


cantly after the interval, their ef­ forts deserving of praise, but as Garner stated in the aftermath the game was gone by that point. Theunderdogspressed.were


energetic and worked hard for each other, and should’ve found the net when Gonzalez was re­ leased from Danny Morton’s penetrative pass but the striker struck the legs of Aaron Grundy. Garner drilled a set-piece


just wide and Mayers fired over on the turn as Clitheroe sought a route back in to the tie. And Lynch attempted to bend an ef­ fort in to the top corner from the angle ofthe box, though Grundy plucked the ball out of the air. But the night belonged to


Chorley and it is they who’ll be transporting the trophy back to Victory Park.


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Russ Thompson believes he can lookforward to running a competitive pace on the re- maining rounds of this year's Hyundai GenPower BTRDA Production cup, after taking an impressive class win at the Malcolm Wilson Rally, his second oftheseason.


The 27-year-old Clitheroe ace prevailed in a day-long battle with Tom Naughton in which the pair traded times throughout, with Thomp­ son’s runs through Grizedale North and South proving de­


cisive in overhauling Naugh- ton’s nine-second advantage from the morning’s loop. Arriving at the first ofthe


two stages in the legendary Lake District forest trailing by nine seconds, a commit­ ted and precise run 10 sec­ onds faster through North than their rival, gave Thomp­ son and co-driver Andy Mur­ phy a one-second lead. An even more impressive


performance through South saw Naughton blitzed by 16 seconds over the 11 and a half mile test, giving Thompson a healthy 17-second advan­


tage heading into the final two stages. While Naughton put in


a determined charge, their relatively short length al­ lowed Thompson to limit the ground regained and take 20 points for a win by 10 seconds. Thompson declared it a job well done, and cause for


' optimism for the rest of the season. He said: “We were think­ ing that this would be a tough


■ event for us after last year where a few things didn’t workout.


“We also knew we would


face a tough battle with Tom after chatting to him after the Wyedean, so were really pleased to take the class win and to be well in the top 10. “We’re now just really


happy with how we have the car set up, it is stable, reliable and we are finding more and more speed in ourselves, be­ cause we are have the confi­ dence in what the car isgoing to do that’s letting us push things a bit more.” Thompson is next in ac­


tion on the Somerset Stages Rally on Saturday, April 18 th.


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Rimington........................8 Rimington strengthened their lead at the top of the East Lancashire League with a comprehensive derby win over Read. The visitors created a


stream of chances before fi­ nally breaking the deadlock on 29 minutes, as McCarthy played a great pass through for Jackson to calmly switch the ball onto his left foot be­ fore placing it into the bot- tom corner. That proved the only goal


of the first half, but an ava­ lanche followed. . Rimington doubled their


lead when McLean’s long throw found Drake, who fin­ ished well. On the hour, Dinsdale’s


long pass was knocked down for McLean, who lashed in a fierce drive.


On 75 minutes, Fagan’s


free-kick was flicked in by McLean to make it 4-0, and it was 5-0 a minute later, as Kershaw’s punt downfield was controlled by Conti, and hebeatthekeepertoscorea • well-earned goal. With 10 to go, Hickling’s *


corner was headed in,by Jackson, and he completed . his hat-trick when he was excellently picked out by Collinge, before cutting in from the left to fire in.


. Two minutes from time,


Jackson’s low cross was di­ verted in by a defender. , Terry Braithwaitesaid: “It is always nice to bolsteryour ^ goal difference, in addition ® toplaying well, and I thought we were clinical in the sec­ ond half.” Saturday sees a Craven


Cup semi-final against Set­ tle at Skipton, kick-off 2 p.m.


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Packed schedule ahead for Clitheroe climber Connor


Clitheroe’s Connor Byrne has been selected to rep­ resent Great Britain atthe World Youth Championships in Italy, the European Youth Cupin Austriaand the Euro-' pean Youth Championships in Ratho, Edinburgh in Lead Climbing.


He will also be in action at the European Universities’ Sports


Association Championships in Poland, representing the University of Sheffield. Connor has also been se­


lected for two senior World Cup events in Chamonix and


Kraqj. At the end of last year he


won the British Lead Climb­ ing Championship title for the fourth-successiveyear, and al­ so retained his Youth Open ti­ tle at the BLCC.


Green Youth stun high-flying Bolton in deserved win


Bolton Boys & Girls Club .1


Hurst Green Youth.............2 On a lively 3G pitch, Hurst Green Youth upset the form book with a fabulous victory against second-placed Bol­ ton Lads & Girls Club. The Green started bright­


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ly and deservedly took the lead after 20 minutes with a memorable 30-yard strike from Max Hutchinson. To the delight ofthe large.


away support,theGreenadd- ed a second goal 10 minutes later as Harri Yerkess cut the ball back for Tom Jacques to turn and strike a fierce shot past the keeper. Bolton grabbed a late


consolation goal three mini, utes into injury time, but the Green were deserved winners. Man of the match was


SamWaddington.


Dog Inn suffer


heavy loss


D o glnnm anagerSim onKer - 9 in sdes c r ibed his side’s8-1


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capitulation against Great Ha rw o o dRo ve rsa tW ilson’s 5


as theirmos tdisap point ing performance o f th e season. TheWhalleysidehadled through an early s t r ik e from debutant Ma rco Bellanca, © b u tam ix tu re o fp o o rco n - centration and basic e r ro rs saw Harwood lead run out ' 8-1 winners. D o gfa ceBee sK neesa tWil- son's on Sunday.


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