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Young Valley cricketers come of age


The Ribble Valley’s young c r ick e te rs o f primary school age and above came together at Longridge Cricket Club on to cel­ ebrate a successful 2015 season. With 17 Ribble Val­


Sefton Gonzales has signed a contract with Clitheroe until the end of the season


ley cricketers playing for Lancashire, and the Un­ der 15 side winning the Ainsworth Trophy to be­ come county champions, this really has been a year of achievement for the Dis­ trict. County first team crick­


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There's no better feeling than thejoy of s ix for Clitheroe FC boss Simon Garner.


® The Blues extended their pur­ ple patch to six games unbeat­ en this week, finding the net six times in successive outings. Supporters at Shawbridge


have been graced with a feast of goals over the last few days, asGamer’smenbeatDroylsden 6-1 to move to fourth in the Evo-


Stik First Division North, be­ fore they hammered Prescot Cables 6-o in the first round of the Doodson League Cup. And six different scorers


did the damage against the Merseysiders midweek, as Michael Hampson, Louis May­ ers and James Heywood gave the hosts a three-goal cushion at the interval, before Sefton Gonzales, Scott Harries and Jonathan Hession roundedoff the scoring. “I wouldn’t change anything


at the moment,” said Garner, who completed his first go


minutes of the term against theBloodsattheweekend.“We want to keep this run going as longaspossible. “The League Cup isn’t our


biggest priority, but we knew that a win would keep this mo­ mentumgoing. We made some changes and utilised the squad. They all did really well and it’s another great result.” He added: “When you’re


winning, everybody is going to be happy and confidence is. sky high. These types of runs don’t come around too often, but we’re determined to keep


it going for as long as possible


so that we can stabilise our po­ sition. “We’re fourth at the mo­


ment, and that’s agood position to be in. It’s the best team that I’ve had here; they’re a great set oflads. “It’s a good place to be at the


moment, but we can’t rest on our laurels or let standards drop.There’snoroomforcom-


placency or else we’ll get pun- • ished.”


. Theclubalsosawstarstrik- er Gonzales put pen to paper during the week in a deal that


will keep him in the RibbleVal­ ley until the end of the season. The striker has scored five


times since his return from Stockport County. “It’s great that lads like this


want to commit to us,” Garner said. “We’ve added Ben (Wood- head) and Sefton over the last coupleofweeksandthey’retwo massive players for us. “Those additions have


helped us to kick on and provid­ ed us with the opportunity to


maintairiourpositioh.Theyare both in really good form along


with the rest of the squad.”


eter Tom Bailey, recently awardedanewcontractby Lancashire, was on hand to present trophies to mem­ bers of all four District teams for batting, bowling


■ andfieldingperformances and Player of the Year. The Players of the Year


were from Salesbury CC (Adam Wharton at Under 11), Ribblesdale Wander­ ers CC (Josh Stamford at Under 13), Clitheroe CC (Charlie Dewhurst at Un­ der 15) and Ribble Valley Ladies (Hannah Mansell) while Read CC, Longridge CC and Chatburn CC were also well represented.


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