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REVOE PrimarySchool are presentedwith their Spar StarSchool Award (forthe best performingBlackpool school atthe Spar LancashireYouth Games). Fromleft, Jonathan Holt,Gillian Singleton (PEteacher), James Ven-tham (LancashireSport), GillianCalvert (Spar retailsales advisor) andRebecca Canning■■ FULL STORY: PageThree

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School of the week: Pear Tree

WE want AllStars to feature as muchjunior and school sports action aspossible each week – and we needyour help to cover all the storieswhich deserve a place in our unbeat-able weekly supplement.

We want to hear from as manyschools, teams and individuals aspossible, so we can share yourachievements and match reports withour readers all over the Fylde andworldwide on our website – AllStarshas its own special section atwww.blackpoolgazette.co.uk

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YOUNG STARS THE race is on to find Blackpool’s out-standing young sportsmen and women.

Nominations are now welcome forthis year’s prestigious Quayle Awards.

The Blackpool Council awards havebeen presented since 1945, founded byAlderman John Robert Quayle.

The awards are divided into two agecategories: 14-21 and nine-13, and nom-inations from all sports are equallywelcome.

In the older age group, the QuayleTrophy will be presented to the out-standing individual who has achievedregional or national success. Two ad-ditional merit awards will also be pre-sented.

The exceptional person in theyounger age group will receive theQuayle Shield, with two runners-upalso honoured.

Besides achievement, the awardsalso recognise commitment, sports-manship and support of sport withinthe community.

Blackpool Mayor, Coun Mary Smith,will present the awards at the TownHall in June.

Nomination forms, available by call-ing Blackpool Council on (01253)478008, must be submitted by the endof the month.

HOSTS Blackpool SixthForm College badmintonteam were unbeaten asthey won the Red Rosemixed doubles, beatingRunshaw College, Ley-land, in a tense final.

The line-up was SianMeakin, Beki Holditch,Michael Cross, BroganFraser, Ryan Fuce and Stu-

art Marshfield. And one ofthe school’s outstandingsportswomen Danielle Bam-ber (right) has made hermark on the national stage.

Lancashire U18s hockeycaptain has won throughnational trials to gain se-lection for the British Col-leges women’s team.

SPRING is in the air,and pupils at KirkhamPear Tree School hasadded some spring andbounce to its PE ses-sions.

The pupils are enjoyingregular sessions of re-bound therapy on theschool trampoline.

Pear Tree School Kirkhamis for pupils aged three to 19with severe learning difficul-ties, some with associatedphysical and sensory impair-ments.

The school has purchased itsown trampoline, enabling itsthree trained rebound thera-pists to run the weekly sessionson site.

Rebound provides an out-standing opportunity for all-round exercise, involvingmovement and balance, andhas become part of the cur-riculum at Kirkham Pear Tree.

AwardPE co-ordinator Paula

McKee said: “Pupils love the re-bound sessions and after only afew we have seen a remarkabledifference in their abilities.The sessions also enhance anddevelop communicationskills.”

There is an award schemeassociated with the reboundsessions, enabling all pupils toshow achievement and pro-gression.

The pupils advance througha series of colour-coded grades,receiving a certificate for each.

The school’s motto of“achieving the best we can ineverything we do” certainly ap-plies to the Rebound sessionsat Kirkham Pear Tree, whichhas received both theSports-mark and Activemark acco-lades for sport in school.

Jumping for joyHELPING HANDS: For Graceand (below) Jack with PamTaylor (left) and Paula McKee

ON THE BOUNCE: Beth has fun with Pam Taylor (right)

It’s a perfect mix at the college Hunt is on forreal sports

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Gymnastics, Rugby

THERE are Pantherson the loose in Black-pool schools.

But there’s no need tolock the classroomdoors ... these arefriendly big cats fromthe Blackpool PanthersRL club.

Pupils from Bishpamand Collegiate Schoolsand Devonshire Prima-ry have been invited to

the first ChampionshipOne home game of theseason against HunsletsHawks on Sunday.

Pupils at the two highschools have enjoyedthree weeks of coachingwith visitors from thePanthers, led by devel-opment officer Nick Set-tle.

And 20 pupils fromDevonshire Primary

will to take part in askills session before thebig match at the club’sWoodlands home inAnsdell this weekend.

Each pupil who takespart will be given freeentry to the match withan accompanying adult.

All other Devonshirepupils can obtain dis-count vouchers for thegame from school.

LAST year’s success by Blackpool andFylde primary schools in the SPAR Lan-cashire Youth Games has continued.

Ansdell Primary School have been crownedLancashire gymastics champions in Hyndburn.

And Revoe Community Primary School have beenpresented with the Blackpool SPAR Star School of theYear Award for its active participation last year.

The Lancashire Games is the county’s biggest youthsports event of the year and Ansdell won through tothe finals by winning the Fylde tournament. Water-loo Primary represented Blackpool and ShakespearePrimary were Wyre’s representatives.

Ansdell won the overall title at Hyndburn and hadthe the two outstanding performers in the indivdualevent in Hannah Riley and Florence Meaney.

The rest of the winning team, who finished ahead ofPreston’s St Mary’s and St Andrew’s Primary andHaslingden Primary from Rossendale, were Lucy Bain-bridge, Amber Dunn, Thomas Bailey-Shields andDaniel Cooper.

The guest of honour in Hyndburn was Great BritainOlympian and Commonwealth Games gold medalwinner Craig Heap from Burnley.

Blackpool’s representatives Waterloo may not haveenjoyed the success of Ansdell but they enjoyed a greatday, meeting Craig and the other special guests.

■ Revoe were presented with a shield and £700 worthof sports equipment from Surridge Sport for theirachievements last year.

The Grasmere Road school gained the highest num-ber of points for participation in events at the Black-pool borough qualifying events last year.

HeatsThe local competitions included Year 5/6 cricket,

gymnastics, tag rugby, high-five netball and indoorathletics. Their £700 award was used towards netballand cricket kit.

Last year’s head sports girl and head sports boyShannon Greatrex and Jonathan Holt returned toRevoe for the award ceremony last Friday.

More than 2,000 school pupils from 120 schools andcolleges will contest this year’s SPAR LancashireYouth Gamess.

Qualifying heats for other events in the 2009 Gamesare taking place at venues across the borough in thenext three months.

The Lancashire Disability Youth Games will be heldat Blackpool’s Stanley Park on June 30, with an esti-mated 800 people expected to attend.

■ ANSDELL Primary also enjoyed outstanding suc-cess in the North West floor and vault championships.

They triumphed in the mixed category and will rep-resent the region in the national finals in Stoke in May.

The winning team was: Cara Townsend, Iona Flegg,Kelsey Horridge, Luke O’Sullivan, Ben Riley and SamDoyle.Ansdell also finished second in the boys’ eventand third in the girls’

EXPECT service with a smile fromKirkham teenager Olivia Bence after herdouble tennis triumph.

The Kirkham Grammar School girl wonboth the 14-and-under and 16-and-under sin-gles in the Next Generation Junior Open atthe David Lloyd sports centre in Chorley.

She dominated both tournaments, notdropping a single set.

She is pictured being presented with the14-and-under trophy by tournament refereeAllan Bortherton. Fleetwood U17 17 Ormskirk 37

FLEETWOOD always faced anuphill struggle in this Lan-cashire Cup quarter-finalagainst visitors who had al-ready beaten them heavilytwice this season.

An Ormskirk try in the open-ing five minutes was ominousbut Fleetwood rallied as KyleBedford and Keiron Teale ledthe pack effort and the excellentDanny Maher crashed over.

However, Ormskirk addedfour tries to lead 25-5 at half-time, despite fine defendingfrom Kris Phillips and TomCleary.

Matty Webster made somebone-crunching tackles andstand-off Steve Preston wentclose with a fine break beforeBedford smashed over.

More strong drives were re-warded with a Jack Foden tryand the dangerous Tom Speedadded the goal.

Ormskirk were rattled andhad a player sin-binned, thoughthey did manage to score twomore tries.

Fleetwood can take greatheart from this spirited per-formance ahead of Sunday’sderby with Preston Grasshop-pers (12.30pm)Fleetwood squad: Bedford, Birks,Cameron, Cleary, Cowie, Evans J, Foden,Hird, Kemp, MacDonald-Hall, Maher, Mor-gan, Phillips, Preston, Railton, Speed,Teale, Webster

Bolton 0 Fleetwood U11 30Blackburn 0 Fleetwood U11 24FLEETWOOD nilled both oppo-nents in the Barclays Mini-fes-tival as the forwards were ex-cellent.

Some of the offloads were ajoy to watch and the supportplay was top-drawer at times.

Fleetwood held their oppo-nents up on the try line on sev-eral occasions to keep themscoreless.

Player of the week over thetwo games was David Wright.

Fleetwood squad: Ethan O’Hara,Charlie Wilcock, Harry Swattom, JohnChadwick, James Torkington, JamesPalmer Dodd, Jordan Dawes. John Bate,Danny Todd, Joshua Pearce, Oliver Ban-ister, Henry Walsh, Jack Lathom, JoeKirten, Henry Stelfox, David Wright.

Windermere 5 Fleetwood U11 19WINDERMERE played well intheir first competitive game,refusing to buckle after Fleet-wood opened the scoring withJoshua Pearce’s converted try.

John Chadwick added a sec-ond only for the Cumbrians tohit back with a try. CharlieWilcock’s try, again convertedby Pearce, sealed the win.

Kirby Lonsdale 0 Fleetw’d U11 21FLEETWOOD enjoyed a finewin over one of their bogeyteams. Oliver Banister openedthe scoring from a chargedownand John Chadwick converted.

The hosts applied pressurebut Fleetwood remained 7-0 upat half-time.

The instruction to pass theball out to the backs more washeeded and Danny Todd racedaway for a great try.

Joshua Pearce converted andscored the final try, followed byChadwick’s second goal.

Fleetwoodgo downfightingin the Cup

AllSpars! Schools doFyldeproud

In league with PanthersOlivia at double

WATERLOO: Blackpool’s representatives in the LancashireYouth Games

REVOE PRIMARY SCHOOL (From left): Jonathan Holt, Gillian Singleton (PE teacher),James Ventham (Lancashire Sport), Gillian Calvert (Spar Retail Sales Advisor) andRebecca Canning

ANSDELL PRIMARY SCHOOL’S CHAMPION GYMNASTICS TEAM (Back from left): CaraTownsend, Luke O'Sullivan, Iona Flegg. Middle: Ben Riley, Kelsey Horridge, FlorenceMeaney, Amber Dunn, Hannah Riley, Sam Doyle. Front:Thomas Bailey-Sheilds, LucyBainbridge and Daniel Cooper.

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Blackpool FC Girls Under-10s 2Bolton Community 0BLACKPOOL took a while to adjust to their newformation but started to dominate as they gotinto their stride.

Alisha Yarwood broke the deadlock with a finesolo goal from inside her own half and doubledthe lead just before half-time.

Blackpool could not convert their chancesafter the break but emerged comfortable win-ners, with Erin Croft the player of the match.

Thornton 1YMCA Under-11 7YMCA missed some early chances before Ffion

Sagar gave them an eighth-minute lead whichwas soon doubled by Laurel North.

Thornton made it 2-1 at half-time but the two-goal margin was restored within a minute of therestart as North added a superb second.

Erin Menzies netted twice before recent sign-ing Niamh Hendry and Hannah Wright com-pleted the signing.

Fleetwood Town Under-11 2Blue Star 3FLEETWOOD entertained the cup finalists andhad to defend strongly early on before breakingout for Lucy Johnson to force a fine save.

Blue Star responded by hitting a post and it re-mained goalless at half-time, after FrancescaHearty had gone close for Fleetwood.

The visitors took the lead soon after therestart, but Demi Leigh Devereaux equalised di-rect from a corner and then gave Town the leadfrom a 20-yard lob. Fleetwood couldn’t hang onand Blue Star scored twice in the last 15 minutes.

Captain Anna Reynolds and Kelsey Harg-reaves were outstanding.

Fleetwood squad: Gabi Aston (GK), Kelsey Hargreaves, Demi-Leigh Devereaux, Anna Reynolds, Yasmin McLaren, Lucy John-son, Francesca Hearty, Madeline Lauder, Charlotte Brooks, JadeTerry, Kirby Blyth.

Blackpool FC Girls Under-12 4 Preston NE 2BLACKPOOL won through to the LancashireCup final after Preston went ahead midwaythrough the first half.

Resolute defending by Jess Schora and Mar-riella Hemmingway denied the visitors a secondbut then Blackpool upped the pace, with debu-tant Billy Davenport making an impact.

Levi Felton’s effort grazed the post before JessDougherty equalised five minutes before half-time. And then Alix Reid slammed the ball intothe roof of the net with the final kick of the half.

Katie Brannigan and Gabbi George threateneddown the flanks and Reid scored her secondwhen her shot bounced down off the bar and in

off the keeper. George was not so lucky – her shothitting both posts and bouncing out – beforeDougherty scored her second.

Preston pulled one back but a string of finesaves by Erin Hall ensured that was as close asthey got.

BJFFWrens Under-13 3 Rossendale 2THE Wrens beat Rossendale for the second weekrunning following their cup semi-final success ...but only just as the visitors hit back from 3-0down at half-time.

Zoe Stout and Hayley Connell went close be-fore Caris Gradwell ran the length of the pitch toscore.

Saffron Quilligan took on the defence and dou-bled the lead, while Emily Judge also went close.

Georgia Bird and Elly Alderson were strongat the back and Rachel Dudley scored the third

Under 11 Hogan PlateLayton Juniors ....2 St Annes ...........5Griffiths, Rodaway Tagger 2, Pipe

TramontanoBretherton

Blackpool Rngrs ..8 BJFF ................3Donnelly 3, Powell 2 Cassar, Grogan, MorrisBarkhuizen, FletcherPinderKirkham Juniors B1 FC Rangers........6Royle Dempster 5, DennisonSouth Shore......13 AFC Blackpool....0Barrett 5, Hindley 3Hitchie 3, ParkerGallagherSpirit of Youth ....4 Warton Typhoons .3Edwards 2, Steadman Thorpe 2, GrahamStowells

Under 11 DominoFoxhall ............1 Poulton Youth.....0RatcliffThornton Cleve ..1 Lytham Juniors....4Roe Sanderson 3, TomesKirkham Juniors A1 Fleetwood Town ..1Gargett GreenhalghYMCA ..............2 Wyre Juniors ......0Clayton 2

P W D L PYMCA . . . . . . . . . . . .21 18 0 3 54Kirkham Juniors . . . .19 16 3 0 51Fleetwood Town . . . .19 12 4 3 40Lytham Juniors . . . .19 13 1 5 40Foxhall . . . . . . . . . . .19 9 2 8 29South Shore Youth . .19 5 3 11 18FC Rangers . . . . . . . .19 5 2 12 17Clifton Rangers . . . .18 5 1 12 16Thornton Cleveleys .18 5 0 13 15Poulton Youth . . . . .16 3 2 11 11Wyre Juniors . . . . . .21 3 2 16 11

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Blackpool R (Blues) .20 20 0 0 60Blackpool R (Whites)22 19 1 2 58Warton Typhoons . . .17 10 1 6 31St Annes . . . . . . . . . .18 9 2 7 29Layton Juniors . . . . .22 13 1 8 28Spirit of Youth . . . . .19 5 3 11 18Fleetwood Gym . . . .20 6 0 14 18BJFF . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 5 0 15 15AFC Blackpool . . . . .19 2 2 15 8JFC Kirkham . . . . . . .17 2 2 13 8

Under 12 Hogan PlateBlackpool Rngrs ..3 AFC Blackpool....3Rimmer, Bench, Og Roberts, PlattAAFFCC wwoonn 66--55 oonn ppeennss SchreiberBJFF Blues ........0 Spirit of Youth.....6

Mathews 2, BirchWilloughbyRichardson, Delaney

St Annes ..........4 Staining............1Bradley, Grime, Hodge DohertyTongue

Thornton Cleve ..2 Wyre Juniors ......1Hadgraft, Firman Wilkinson

Under 12 DominoLytham Juniors....2 Fleetwood Town ..1Bailey, Worthington RobinsonBJFF ..............0 Poulton Youth ....1

BrooksYMCA ..............6 Foxhall .............2Moore 2, Townsend Garner 2Kennedy, GarnerWillder

P W D L PSouth Shore Youth . .17 14 3 0 45YMCA . . . . . . . . . . . .17 11 4 2 37Spirit of Youth . . . . .20 9 3 8 30Foxhall . . . . . . . . . . .19 9 2 8 29Poulton Youth . . . . .17 6 5 6 23BJFF (Whites) . . . . .19 6 5 8 23Fleetwood Town . . . .15 7 1 7 22St Annes . . . . . . . . . .19 5 2 12 17Lytham Juniors . . . .17 4 2 11 14Thornton Cleveleys .16 2 3 11 9

Under 12 PizzaKirkham Juniors ..5 FC Rangers........1Stainton 2, Cartwright CampbellCottam, Smith

Warton Typhoons14 Fleetwood Gym ...1Parker 4, Woods 3 WoodbridgeCarroll 2, Pownall 2Hunter, McMurtyPettigrew

P W D L PKirkham Juniors . . . .19 16 1 2 49Warton Typhoons . . .19 14 3 2 45Blackpool Rangers . .18 11 2 5 35Wyre Juniors . . . . . .17 11 2 4 35BJFF (Blues) . . . . . .14 9 2 3 29AFC Blackpool . . . . .19 9 1 9 28FC Rangers . . . . . . . .18 6 1 11 19Clifton Rangers . . . .18 4 1 13 13Staining Juniors . . .18 2 0 16 6Fleetwood Gym . . . .20 1 1 18 4

Under 13 Hogan PlateWyre Juniors A....2 BJFF ...............4Shepherd, Whittam Peterson 3, JacksonBlackpool Rngrs ..2 St Annes ...........4Staff, Daniels Bolus 2, Clarkson

ChapmanFleetwood Gym ..3 Wyre Juniors B....3Marshall, Allen, Wood Barnes 2, CardwellKirkham Juniors ..0 AFC Blackpool....1

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Under 13 DominoFoxhall ............5 Thornton Cleve ...2Og, Diamond, Smith Khambay, RowleyWilloughby, DarnellSpirit of Youth ....1 Fleetwood Town ..3Dixon Wilkinson, Charnley

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P W D L PFoxhall . . . . . . . . . . .13 12 1 0 37Fleetwood Town . . . .17 11 1 5 34Thornton Cleveleys .16 10 2 4 32Poulton Youth . . . . .15 9 5 1 32St Annes . . . . . . . . . .18 8 2 8 26BJFF . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 7 5 6 26Spirit of Youth . . . . .18 5 2 11 17Kirkham Juniors . . . .19 2 1 16 7Wyre Juniors A . . . . .14 0 1 13 1

Under 13 PizzaClifton Rangers ..3 South Shore .......0Heaney, Murrell, Smith

P W D L PClifton Rangers . . . .13 12 1 0 37Lytham Juniors . . . .13 11 1 1 34Blackpool Rangers . .14 9 0 5 27AFC Blackpool . . . . .14 5 0 9 15South Shore Youth . .13 5 0 8 15Wyre Juniors B . . . . .11 2 0 9 6Fleetwood Gym . . . .12 0 0 12 0

Under 14Blackpool Rngrs..2 YMCA...............5Lynch, Heppenstall Riley 4, AyrtonFleetwood Town 10 Kirkham Juniors ..0Pirie 4, Wright 2, WoodhouseHarding, Swarbrick, JacksonFoxhall ............1 Lytham Juniors....3Hume Frodsham, White

LambSouth Shore ......2 St Annes ...........0Knight 2Thornton Cleve ..5 AFC Blackpool....2Schofield 2, Fraser Pye 2Sherry, SmithWarton Typhoons 3 Staining ...........4Bennett 2, Pate Smith 2, Coulton

LukeWyre Juniors ......2 Spirit of Youth.....1Neve, Hammond O’Reilly

P W D L PYMCA . . . . . . . . . . . .18 18 0 0 54Lytham Juniors . . . .17 17 0 0 51Poulton Youth . . . . .19 15 1 3 46South Shore Youth . .22 13 2 7 41Foxhall . . . . . . . . . . .19 13 0 6 39Thornton Cleveleys .17 10 2 5 32St Annes . . . . . . . . . .21 9 2 10 29Spirit of Youth . . . . .21 9 1 11 28Blackpool Rangers . .20 8 1 11 25Fleetwood Town . . . .18 6 3 9 21Wyre Juniors . . . . . .19 6 1 12 19Warton Typhoons . . .23 5 0 18 15Staining Juniors . . .17 4 2 11 14AFC Blackpool . . . . .19 3 1 15 10Kirkham Juniors . . . .20 1 0 19 3

Under 15AFC Blackpool....1 Warton Typhoons .0JordanPoulton Youth ....0 Foxhall .............5

Higgins 2, WoodMatthews, Duckworth

Kirkham Juniors ..4 Wyre Juniors ......1Gornall 2, Barber WhiteheadShawSouth Shore ......1 BJFF ................0HargreavesSt Annes ..........3 Clifton Rngrs ......1Willder, Norris, Abbey HorrocksStaining............1 Fleetwood Town ..2Wynn Brambles, Kellett

P W D L PAFC Blackpool . . . . .17 12 2 3 38BJFF . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 12 1 2 37Foxhall . . . . . . . . . . .16 11 3 2 36Warton Typhoons . . .19 11 3 5 36Kirkham Juniors . . . .16 9 3 4 30Blackpool Rangers . .20 9 3 8 30South Shore Youth . .13 6 5 2 23Fleetwood Town . . . .18 6 5 7 23Staining Juniors . . .17 6 2 9 20Thornton Cleveleys .18 6 1 11 19Poulton Youth . . . . .18 6 0 12 18St Annes . . . . . . . . . .19 4 4 11 16Wyre Juniors . . . . . .12 1 3 8 6Clifton Rangers . . . .16 0 1 15 1

Under 16Blackpool Rngrs ..3 Kirkham Juniors ..3Tembey, Phillips, Neve Betts, Thompson

WhiteheadFoxhall ............2 FC Rangers........1Gwilliam, Mehan BradleyPoulton Youth ....1 Thornton Cleve ...1Darlington LloydSpirit of Youuth ..8 Warton Typhoons .0Fifer 2, Tanser 2, BinksClark, McGoughTrinderWyre Juniors T ....0 Lytham Juniors....7

Miller 4, CudworthGunn, Cummings

Wyre Juniors P....2 South Shore .......3Aldcroft, G Robinson Koncielski, Williams

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P W D L PSpirit of Youth . . . . .15 14 1 0 43Lytham Juniors . . . .16 13 1 2 40Thornton Cleveleys .16 12 1 3 37FC Rangers . . . . . . . .16 11 0 5 33Poulton Youth . . . . .18 10 3 5 33Foxhall . . . . . . . . . . .17 9 3 5 30Kirkham Juniors . . . .15 7 3 5 24Fleetwood Town . . . .13 7 2 4 23Blackpool Rangers . .16 6 2 8 20YMCA . . . . . . . . . . . .20 5 1 14 16South Shore Youth . .19 4 4 11 16Wyre Juniors (Th) . .15 2 3 10 9Wyre Juniors (Pr) . . .16 3 0 13 9Warton Typhoons . . .18 0 0 18 0

SEASIDERS centre of excel-lence goalkeeping coach KyleValentine is offering a freetraining day for budding keep-ers during the Easter holidays.

Kyle, a former pro keeper withBristol Rovers, is a full qualifiedcoach who aims to run the eventfor up to 50 young keepers agedseven to 16.

He explained: “I aim to offerthe local keepers an insight intoprofessional goalkeeping, withtraining in a fun and safe envi-ronment. It is a specialised posi-tion which requires specialisedtraining.”

Venue and times are yet to befinalised, and goalkeepers areinitially asked to register theirinterest with Kyle by calling himon 07955 651551.

Calling all keepers

Reid all about it! Alix double helps Blackpool

AFC revivalUNDER-11YMCA 2 Wyre Juniors 0BOTTOM club Wyre put up a spirited andgutsy display against high-fliers YMCA.

The hosts squandered a host of chancesbefore Josh Clayton gave them an intervallead.

YMCA remained on top and the pointswere sealed when Clayton notched his sec-ond. Sam Warburton was excellent forYMCA.

Thornton 1 Lytham 4LYTHAM quickly took the lead throughAndrew Sanderson but Thornton werelevel by half-time with a Roe strike.

Lytham took control after the restart asSanderson restored their lead with a greatstrike, then won a penalty which he scoredhimself to complete his hat-trick.

Jack Tomes coolly grabbed the fourthlate on and then saw his last-minute shotshave the post.

Jack Wood, Cameron Ray and EthanWarren impressed in the Lytham defenceand James Fletcher was superb in mid-field.

Foxhall 1 Poulton 0FOXHALL edged this very close game withan early goal, when a good cross fromJames Dowling was met with a tidy finishby Jordan Ratcliff.

Layton Juniors 2 St Annes 5FIRST-HALF goals from Trafford Brether-ton and Dan Tagger put St Annes in con-trol of this Hogan Plate tie.

Two quick Layton goals by Josh Grif-fiths and the Jamayne Rodoway made it 2-2 at half-time but St Annes hit back withthree of their own.

Top scorer Chris Pipe and Isaac Fluss-Tramontano, with two fantastic strikesfrom outside the box, were the scorers.

Luke Gill was St Annes’ man of thematch, with Nathan Price and George Kayalso outstanding, as was Layton keeperHenry Turner.

UNDER-12Blackpool Rangers 3 AFC Blackpool 3AFC won this Hogan Plate thriller onpenalties after a great fightback. Theywere 3-0 down at half-time to strikes byRimmer, Bench and an own goal, but thenhit back in style as goals from Leon Platt,Callan Roberts and Luke Schrieber forcedextra-time.

Extra-time produced chances at bothends but no more goals and AFC won theshootout 6-5. Nathan Sayers was the man ofthe match.

St Annes 4 Staining 1THIS Hogan Plate first-round tie turnedout to be a tense affair and Staining de-servedly took the lead from a corner onfive minutes, when Jay Austin’s fine crossdropped for Finn Docherty to score acracker.

St Annes hit back as Tom Bradley andHari Chan linked up well down the left,

and Jordan Tongue slid in for the equalis-er.

The ever-dangerous Bradley slotted thesecond following good work from Chanand it remained 2-1 at half-time.

St Annes could not take their chancesuntil the tireless Lewis Hodge netted thethird and a great finish from Jake Grimesettled the tie.

William Neilson, Anthony Severyn andman of the match Axel Cartmel all hadgood games playing out of position.

Jamie Boylen was solid in a fine Stain-ing effort.

BJFF Blues 0 Spirit ofYouth 6SPIRIT’S five-man midfield proved cre-ative and strong as Jac Birch and JackRichardson both went close before ShaneDelaney lobbed the keeper for the opener,his first for the club.

The excellent Richardson scored nextand Callum Willoughby headed home aDane White corner to make it 3-0 at half-time.

Reece Lancashire’s good work led to twogoals for Adam Matthews before Birch’s25-yard wonderstrike completed the scor-ing. Will Abbotts and Curtis Burke weredenied by the keeper in a fine team display.

Kirkham 5 FC Rangers 1KIRKHAM started brightly and DeclanCartwright gave them an early lead beforeJack Stainton made it 2-0 at half-time.

FC Rangers pulled one back when Gom-mersall’s fine through ball was convertedin style by Ben Campbell.

Stainton’s second and further goals fromthe head of Charlie Cottam and ElliotSmith’s shot from 18 yards completed afine performance by the leaders, whoseman of the match was Bradley Wilson.

This great team performance keepsKirkham at the top of the league. Man ofthe match Bradley Wilson. Campbell wasoutstanding for Rangers.

Lytham 2 FleetwoodTown 1LYTHAM won this nailbiting game, inwhich Matt Hardman was a threat up thewings.

Home keeper Cori Ward was put to thetest twice before Ryan Robinson set upman of the match Kenzi Bailey, whose per-fect strike gave Lytham a half-time lead.

Fleetwood fought back and equalised inthe dying moments through Robinsonafter Ellis’ shot had hit the post.

As time ran out, Harry Greenwood hadan effort saved and a corner was clearedoff the line before Matt McGreehin putRyan Worthington in the clear for a victo-ry.

YMCA 6 Foxhall 2THE visitors gave a very spirited per-formance with only 10 men and took anearly lead.

But YMCA bounced back as the impres-

*See Blackpool Rangers U12sv AFC Blackpool report below

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ST ANNES missed the chance to go jointtop of the under-10 league when man-aging only a share of the points atClifton Rangers.

Leaders South Shore didn’t have agame but St Annes couldn’t capitaliseas they came out second best in the Agame, where Rangers romped to a 5-1win with goals from Daniel Holt (2),George Byrne, Ryan Walsh and JordanStimpson. Jack Carroll’s goal wasn’tenough for Rangers B, who lost 3-1.

With several games in hand on the toptwo, third-placed Poulton Youth are wellin contention for the title. Goals by Kier-an Chell, Aidan Heath and James Robin-son gave their A team a 3-0 win overThornton Cleveleys but the B game wasmuch closer. Cameron Peters got bothin the 2-1 outcome, with Jack Davies re-plying.

Lytham Junior Blues, who are justabove the relegation places, won the Agame with BJFF 1-0 thanks to JamesTravis’ goal. The B game was goalless.

Division B leaders Lytham JuniorsMaroons maintained their 100 per centrecord. At Spirit Of Youth, they won theA game 7-1 through Carnan Dawson (3),Declan Fisher, Jack Burgoyne, MatthewGraffin and Connor Slade. Owen Atkin-son got the reply. Joe Gregory, MatthewShacklock and Liam Walsh all scoredtwo apiece in the 6-0 B win.

BaggedRyan White bagged seven goals from

YMCA B in a 10-0 win over Warton Ty-phoons. Other scorers were Eddie Nis-bet (2) and Ryan Hadley. Laurence Joyn-er (2) and Joel Raines earned YM’s Ateam a 3-0 win.

Following a goalless draw in the Agame, FC Rangers beat BlackpoolRangers 2-0 in the B game through ScottGreen and Michael Flynn.

A double strike by Jack Taylor helpedbattling Layton Juniors to a 2-1 A winover AFC Blackpool, for whom MaxInnes scored. Blackpool won the B game6-0 though Ben Fairclough (3), LewisMiddleton (2) and Liam Colmer.

Wyre Juniors beat Fleetwood Gym 2-0(Callum Cruickshank, Bradley Wain-wright) and 4-0 (Mark Entwistle 2,Thomas Lindsay, James Ormson).

Poulton Town moved off the bottomof the table after sharing the points withStaining, who won the A game 5-1through Sam Harrison (2), StevenHodgkinson (2) and Jai Roberts withWilliam Donegani replying. Oliver Heyand Jose Vitoriano gave Poulton B a 2-0win.

Under 10

Division One AClifton Rngrs A....5 St Annes A .........1Holt 2, ByrneWalsh, StimpsonClifton Rngrs ......1 St Annes B .........3CarrollLytham Juniors A 0 BJFF A .............1

TravisLytham Juniors B 0 BJFF B .............0PoultonYouth A ..3 Thornton Cleve A .0Chell, Heath, RobisonPoulton Youth B ..2 Thornton Cleve B .1Peters 2 Davies

P W D L PSouth Shore Youth . .36 22 3 11 69St Annes . . . . . . . . .34 20 6 8 66Poulton Youth . . . . .28 20 5 3 65Fleetwood Town . . . .34 17 4 13 55Thornton . . . . . . . . . .36 15 5 17 50Foxhall . . . . . . . . . . .32 15 4 13 49Clifton Rangers . . . .32 15 3 14 48Lytham Juniors Bl . .32 10 3 19 33Kirkham Juniors . . . .34 8 3 23 27BJFF . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 5 2 27 17

Division One BFC Rangers A ....0 Blackpool Rngrs A0FC Rangers B ....2 Blackpool Rngrs B0Green, FlynnWyre Juniors A....2 Fleetwood Gym A .0Cruickshank, WainwrightWyre Juniors B....4 Fleetwood Gym B .0Entwistle 2, Lindsay, OrmsonSpirit of Youth A ..1 Lytham Maroons A7Atkinson Dawson 3, Burgoyne

Graffin, Slade, FisherSpirit of Youth B ..0 Lytham Maroons B6

Gregory 2, Shacklock 2Walsh 2

Layton Juniors A..2 AFC Blackpool A .1Taylor 2 InnesLayton Juniors B..0 AFC Blackpool B .6

Fairclough 3Middleton 2, Colmer

Warton Typh A ....0 YMCA A ............3Joyner 2, Raines

Warton Typh B ....0 YMCA B ..........10White 7, Nisbet 2Hadley

Poulton Town A ..1 Staining A..........5Donegani Harrison 2, Roberts

Hodgkinson 2Poulton Town B ..2 Staining B..........0Hey Vitoriano

P W D L PLytham Juniors Mar .36 36 0 0 108YMCA . . . . . . . . . . . .34 27 3 4 84FC Rangers . . . . . . .34 21 6 7 69AFC Blackpool . . . . .38 18 5 15 59Wyre Juniors . . . . . .34 16 4 14 52Blackpool Rangers . .36 15 7 14 52Layton Juniors . . . . .34 14 4 16 43Staining . . . . . . . . . .36 11 4 21 37Fleetwood Gym . . . .36 10 5 21 35Spirit of Youth . . . . .38 8 10 20 34Poulton Town . . . . . .34 4 5 25 17Warton Typhoons . . .34 4 3 27 15

Under 9

Division One AThornton Cleve A 0 South Shore A .....1Thornton Cleve B 4 South Shore B .....0Kirkham JFC A ....1 BJFF A .............2Kirkham JFC B ....1 BJFF B .............7Lytham Juniors A 2 Foxhall A...........5Lytham Juniors B 0 Foxhall B...........3

P W D L PFoxhall . . . . . . . . . . .36 31 3 2 96BJFF . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 29 3 4 90Fleetwood Town . . . .36 27 2 7 83Clifton Rangers . . . .34 14 4 16 46Poulton Town . . . . . .36 12 5 19 41Lytham Juniors . . . .34 12 1 21 37South Shore Youth .34 10 3 21 33Thornton . . . . . . . . .34 10 2 22 32Kirkham Juniors . . . .32 7 4 21 25St Annes . . . . . . . . . .36 7 3 26 24

Division One BSpirit of Youth A ..6 Fleetwood Gym A .0Spirit of Youth B ..8 Fleetwood Gym B .0Blackpool Rngrs A0 Staining A..........0Blackpool Rngrs B7 Staining B..........0AFC Blackpool A 0 Wyre Juniors A....4AFC Blackpool B 1 Wyre Juniors B....4

P W D L PYMCA . . . . . . . . . . . .34 31 3 0 96Spirit of Youth . . . . .34 30 1 3 91Wyre Juniors . . . . . .36 23 1 12 70Blackpool Rangers . .34 15 3 16 48AFC Blackpool . . . . .34 13 4 17 43Staining . . . . . . . . . .32 12 4 16 40FC Rangers . . . . . . .34 11 1 22 34Layton Juniors . . . . .36 10 2 24 32Warton Typhoons . . .34 8 3 23 27Fleetwood Gym . . . .32 5 2 25 17

after exchanging passes with ImogenBennett.

However, Rossendale scored earlyin the second half and netted theirsecond straight after a Wrens penal-ty miss.

United were awarded a spot-kick oftheir own but Ashleigh Gorrie pulledoff a fine save to seal the win.Stephanie Sutton and Kiera Spiveyalso played well.

AGSA 1 FleetwoodTown Under-14 9TOWN made a welcome return towinning ways in sunny Accringtonas Rebecca Harper scored four.

Harper beat the final defender toopen the scoring as Lauren Fail beganto dominate the midfield.

Rebecca Lowe and Cath Robinsonwere also in dazzling form, whileSteph Massie was a colossus at theback.

Lowe launched the move which ledto the second goal as Meg Brown setup the outstanding Em McCarthy.

AGSA pulled one back from a cor-ner but Megan Brown slotted thethird wide of the keeper. Harpersealed her hat-trick by half-time witha beautiful curled shot into the topcorner followed by a fine strike fromFail’s pass.

After the break, McCarthy foundthe top corner from the edge of thebox and Harper completed her tallybefore substitutes Sarah Fay and EmHanson rounded off the scoring.

Fleetwood team: Lottie Walsh, Chloe Holme,Steph Massie (captain), Jess Smith, Victoria Lowe,Lauren Fail, Rebecca Lowe, Cath Robinson , EmMcCarthy, Megan Brown, Rebecca Harper; subs:Sasha Gray, Sarah Fay, Em Hanson

Lammack 3YMCA Under-14 3UNBEATEN YMCA dropped theirfirst points of the season after an ex-cellent finish from Sasha Wozniakmidway through the first half gavethem the lead.

Lammack equalised before aSamantha Ball free-kick made it 2-1 athalf-time and she soon added her sec-ond.

But Lammack scored twice in thefinal 10 minutes, including a last-minute equaliser, though Olivia Turn-bull was outstanding throughout.

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is spot onsive Jordan Willder set up OliverMoore for the equaliser.

Moore’s second, following finepassing by James Rowley and AidenAtchison, made it 2-1 at the break.

Foxhall equalised but RussellTownsend was rewarded for his hard-working display when he raced on toRowley’s through ball to score.

Atchison and Sullivan Bishop weredenied on numerous occasions beforeConah Bishop’s corner was headedhome by Bradley Garner.

The impressive Willder scored afine solo goal and Carl Kennedy’sheader completed the scoring, withJohnny Airey rock-solid.

BJFF 0 PoultonYouth 1AFTER the previous week’s goallessencounter, this rematch was almostas tight. Poulton were forced intochanges and Sam Bennett made hisdebut up front, but it was RobertBrooks who scored the only goal inthe first half.

BJFF applied pressure after thebreak but man of the match AndrewSheffield made some top saves. At theother end, an excellent double savedenied Brooks a second.

UNDER-13Blackpool Rangers 2 St Annes 4ST ANNES started strongly andpinned Rangers back for a good 20minutes only to concede a breakawaygoal.

Mitch Bolus soon equalised and itremained 1-1 at half-time.

St Annes again came out fightingand soon Adam Chapman gave themthe lead before Daniel Clarkson addedthe third.

Rangers hit back with a second –their scorers were Staff and Daniels –but Bolus sealed victory with his sec-ond goal. Man of the match was JoeWelch.

Foxhall 5Thornton 2THE league leaders gave a fine 100 percent display after an own goal putthem in front.

Thornton equalised before BradleyDiamond made it 2-1 to Foxhall athalf-time.

The visitors again drew level beforethe home side pulled away with goalsfrom Kurt Willoughby, Joe Darnelland Josh Smith. The Thornton scor-ers were Khambay and Rowley.

Clifton Rangers 3 South Shore 0CLIFTON swept to the top of theleague with goals from Dave Morrell,Sam Heany and Jamie Smith, despitethe heroics of Shore’s deputy keeperJack Harrison, who capped his out-standing performance with a penal-ty save.

With Franz de la Cruz, Liam Boden

and Brandon O’Rourke strong at theback, Shore restricted their hosts to asingle first-half goal and HarryCaton went closest to a goal for thevisitors.

UNDER-14Foxhall 1 Lytham 3LYTHAM were bright despite theearly kick-off as goals by NathanFrodsham, Sam Lamb and MitchWhite sealed the victory.

Despite falling behind in the firstfive minutes and then conceding asecond, Foxhall’s Jacko Hulme pulledone back after an excellent run andcross by Liam Crossley.

Sam Webster, Ben Proctor andkeeper Adam Fahy also impressed forSt Annes, whose third sealed the win.

Keeper George Nicholls was out-standing for Foxhall, who defendedwell and went close to a second goalthrough Robbie Hulme and JackWood.

Wyre 2 Spirit ofYouth 1NEITHER team was able to break thedeadlock until midway through thesecond half, with Wyre scoring twicethrough Neve and Hammond.

Spirit mounted a late charge andO’Reilly pulled one back.

South Shore 2 St Annes 0A PENALTY save by St Annes man ofthe match Callum Binks kept it goal-less at half-time only for Shore toclinch victory with two Knight goals.

St Annes gave 100 per cent, withJoshua Lacey and Mathew Hartleylinking up well down the right.

Blackpool Rangers 2YMCA 5YMCA secured a hard-earned victo-ry against a well-organised Rangersside.

Despite twice taking the lead in thefirst half through Sean Ayrton and awell-taken Ryan Riley volley, the visi-tors conceded two headed goals byLynch and Heppenstall to changeends all square.

YMCA had the better of the secondhalf, with three more Riley goals tak-ing his tally to four.

Ryan Allan hit the bar and AlexCameron pulled off two fine second-half saves.

UNDER-15AFC Blackpool 1 WartonT 0AFC scored the only goal after barelya minute as Daryl Loy’s long ball wasmet by Brad Jordan, who expertlylobbed the keeper.

It was enough to return AFC to thetop as Jonny Broadstock proved un-beatable in goal.

Connor Eastwood went close to asecond for AFC and Jordan hit thewoodwork in a fine match.

St Annes 3 Clifton Rangers 1ST ANNES were outstanding in thefirst half, with Ryan Rogers tirelessup front, and he squared the ball forKieran Norris to open the scoring on25 minutes.

Man of the match wing-back JamieAbbey doubled the lead by half-time,hammering a 25-yard free-kick intothe roof of the net.

Kurtis Willder made it three with afirst-time shot from outside the boxand Clifton pulled one back throughHorrocks with five minutes to go.

Stuart Moffatt and Conor Rogerswere solid in defence, while RobbieHawes also impressed for St Annes.

UNDER-16Wyre Juniors (Thornton) 0 Lytham 7LYTHAM started brightly and JoshMiller put them ahead after 10 min-utes. Miller soon added a second andBobby Gunn made it 3-0 on the halfhour.

Man of the match Miller took histally to four before Ben Cudworthscored the sixth on the stroke of half-time. Joel Cummings scored the onlysecond-half goal with five minutes re-maining.

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Rugby Sevens, Hockey

KIRKHAM Grammar School wonthe Lancashire Hockey tournament,for second XIs at Stanley Park.

They recovered from a slow start,losing to Queen Mary school 3-0, be-fore Lizzie Whittle’s goal sealed a 1-0victory over local rivals Arnold.

Captain Whittle opened the scoringin the rematch against Queen Mary, inwhich KGS reversed the earlier score-line. Alex Fell scored a fine goal be-fore Whittle sealed victory with herthird of the tournament.

A goalless draw in their settledmatch with Arnold sealed the title,leaving KGS top of the round-robinwith seven points.

The victorious squad was: LizzieWhittle, Charlotte Airey, Louise Walk-er, Max Galley, Lucy Anson, SarahHatch, Catherine Moss, AntoniaPrice, Hannah Fountain, Grace O'Fla-herty, Kerry Emmett, CharlotteCorkhill, Alex Fell, Lucy Knowles,Katie Fisher, Francesca Hughes andJenny Miller.

KIRKHAM Grammar Schoolretained the Fylde NationalSevens title at the Woodlandson Sunday.

They were in sparkling form inthe group games, averaging 40points per game as KieranMarmion, Daniel Bibby andTommy Banks were all in top form.KGS beat Silcoates (43-7), Rodyr (45-14), Solihull (45-22) and St David’s(55-7).

The last 16 game with ManchesterGrammar School was close until justafter half-time, with Jonathan Edwardsand Sean Condon applying the pressureas KGS eased to a 31-12 victory.

The quarter-final against LlanwitMajor was won comfortably 41-7, withJames Moncrieff, Wasim Riley andTom Sanders playing well.

They dominated the semi-finalagainst Warwick School, with Edwardsand Condon creating havoc, allowingKieran Marmion, Tommy Banks andDaniel Bibby to run in the tries.

Player of the tournament Marmioncontinued this form into the finalagainst Robert Clack School from Lon-don, with Tommy Banks defendingwell.

The 40-5 victory sealed KGS’s thirdtrophy of the sevens season, followingsuccess in the Birkenhead School andNorth of England events.

The KGS second team lost to the Sil-coates School senior side in the platecompetition following a victory overRossall and group defeats by Arnold,Oaklands and Manchester GS.

Top value seconds!CHAMPS:Kieran Marmion,player of thetournament,breaks forthe line and(right) thewinners withtheir trophy