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It’s four on to one ... difficult odds in anysituation but Blackpool Stanley U17srugby players battle on regardless ...■■ SEE HOWTHEY GOT ON : PAGETHREE

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School of the week: Carr Head

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KIRKHAM GrammarSchool Under-14s havebeen crowned Blackpooland Fylde League Netballchampions.

Captain Kate Meah in-spired a side whose hardtraining since Septemberpaid off in style.

It has been an inspira-tion to the girls with herstandard of play and lead-ership in the games.

KGS won all five match-es in the six-team league,defeating Carr Hill 18-6,Arnold 15-8, Lytham 16-15,King Edward & QueenMary School 14-6 and StBede’s 29-2.

The other members ofthe victorious squad areAnnabel Mole, HannahPike, Hannah Travis,Georgina Cameron, JennyMalings, Carolyn Evansand Jodie Hope

EIGHT young sports leaders from BainesHigh helped ensure the smooth running of amulti-skills inclusion event for schools inthe Fylde and Wyre Partnership at ThorntonSports Centr e.

Some 48 children from Breck, CartersCharity, Great Arley, Hambleton, SacredHeart, Singleton and St Wulstan’s and St Ed-mund’s had a great time trying their hand at10 activities.

These included parachute games, skittles,Kurling, Floor Lacrosse, football, multi-skills,seated hockey, target games and cheerlead-ing.

Carr running well

NEXT WEEK: Kirkham Pear Tree School

Leaders help outthe multi marvels

Kate leadsKirkhamgirls totitle glory

CARR Head Primary ath-letes have made their markon the county circuit.

After an excellent displayin the 12-school local compe-tition organised by the Wyreand Fylde Partnership, thePoulton school qualified –they were the top Wyreschool – to represent theirarea in the county competi-tion in Chorley.

PE co-ordinator ClaudineArmspach said: “Theyshowed excellent team spiritand the attitude was reallypositive.

“It is great to see the chil-dren cheering each other on.It’s the perfect way to intro-duce the children to athleticsand to the importance ofteamwork.”

Football matches againstother schools from the Poul-ton area are under way to pre-pare for a major tournament.

Athletics and football arecoached at two of CarrHead’s many sporting clubs.

Others are devoted to crosscountry, gymnasitics, judo,karate, multi-skills netballand rugby.

LEFT: Carr Head athleticsteam (back from left): DanielTodd, Harry Whetton, ShaunHunt, Emma Hickson, JoeBooth, Mert Asiliskender.Middle: Amber Swinnerton,Scarlet Thompson, JasonBennett, Ciaran Johnson,Tay-lor Cornall, Oliver Tomkin-sonm James Robison, SamRobinson, Katie Black, Jen-nifer Francis.Front: Amy Talbot, JospehineEngstrom, Emma Spencer,Megan Taylor, Brittany Nor-manBELOW:The football team(back from left): Sam Smith,Max Ibbotson, Mert Asilisk-ender, Harry Clueit.Front: Harry Whetton, DanielTodd, Shaun Hunt, EmmaHickson and JonathanBeardsmore

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Rugby, Hockey

MARTIAL arts lovers fromGreat Eccleston got their kicksout of some good old-fashionedjogging ... and did so in a verygood cause.

Young members of the BaekHo Great Eccleston Taekwondoclub raised more than £400 forthe Brian House Children’s Hos-pice in Blackpool by contestingthe Garstang Fun Run.

Several club members haverelatives who benefited from the

work of the hospice and theywere delighted to hand over thecheque.

Second Dan instructor AngieAshcroft said: “It was great tohelp in such a fun way. Thecrowd cheered us all on andthere was a great atmosphere.”

Classes at Baek Ho are avail-able to children aged five andupwards. For more details con-tact Angie on 07845 938027.

Fleetwood U17 17 Stoke 20FLEETWOOD lost this Colts Cup tie tothe division B leaders despite battlingback from 12-0 down.

They were level by half-time thanks totries by No.8 Adam Dawson and fly-halfJoel Reynolds, with a goal by Tom Evans.

Evans sent flanker Danny Maherthrough from a tap penalty but Stokeclinched victory with a try and a penalty.

The Spanish referee let his cards do thetalking as he showed seven, includingone red.

Fleetwood Squad: Birks, Cameron, Cleary, Cowie,Dawson, J Evans, T Evans, Hird, Foden, Kemp, Mac-donald-Hall, Maher, Morgan, Phillips, Preston, Railton,Reynolds, Riley, Speed, Teale, Turner, Webster.

Fleetwood U16 10 Liverpool 17CHRIS Jones opened the scoring forFleetwood but Liverpool hit back to lead12-5 at half-time.

Liverpool sealed victory with a thirdtry but Fleetwood’s efforts were reward-ed with a Stuart Joyce try.Fleetwood U11 21 Sandbach 17THE visitors capitalised on Fleetwood’smistakes to take a 12-0 half-time lead ontheir first ever visit to the Fylde.

Tries by man of the match JamesPalmer Dodd, Danny Todd and JoshPearce turned the match around andFleetwood held out despite a furtherSandbach try.

Conversions by John Chadwich (2) andPearce made the difference

Fleetwood squad: Ethan O`Hara, Charlie Wilcock,Harry Swatton, John Chadwick, James Torkington,James Palmer Dodd, John Bate, Danny Todd, JoshuaPearce, Oliver Banister, Henry Walsh, Joe Kirten, HenryStelfox and David Wright.

Blackpool Stanley U17 8Burtonwood Bridge 36STANLEY made astrong start and wererewarded after fiveminutes when DaveParfitt finished a goodpassing move in thecorner.

Burtonwood went onthe attack but Stanleydefended stronglyuntil the half-hourmark, and then threetries left Bridge 18-4 upat half-time.

Stanley regroupedand played some finerugby, but they couldnot make their posses-sion count and two

more tries stretchedthe Burtonwood leadto 30-4, the second an80-metre breakaway.

From the restartJohn Robinson scoredStanley’s second try,fielding a loose ball tostroll over beforeBridge completed thescoring.

Thatto Heath 34Blackpool Scorps U14 4TWELVE-MAN Scorpi-ons battled bravely intheir final league gameof the season in St He-lens.

They never let theirheads drop and were

rewarded with a try bythe Jordan Curtis.

Wingers ConnorWalker and debutantRhys Richardson wereoutstanding, while oth-ers who impressed in-cluded Frankie Camp-bell, George HigginsJames Revell, BenBrown, Oliver Winter,Joe Roberts, ClintonNeal and Kieran Dan-son.

Coach AndrewRoberts is alreadyplanning for next sea-son and interestedplayers are welcome tocontract him on(01772) 350715.

KIRKHAM Grammar JuniorSchool have been crowned Lan-cashire Under-11 hockey cham-pions for the third successiveyear.

They didn’t concede a single goalin the tournament in Liverpool,winning nine of their ten matches.

The winning team of Olivia Ander-ton, Millie Foley, Amelia Dalzell, Rebec-ca Chatwin, Sequoia Des-Etags, SelineTurner, Ele Greenhalgh and NicoleThompson will now represent the coun-ty in next month’s North Finals.

The were held to a goalless draw byArnold B but enjoyed victories overArnold A, Formby HC, Liverpool HC,Merchant Taylor’s A and B, Rossall, St

Mary’s Hall, Sunnymede and their ownB team.■ ARNOLD School Under-13s did thedouble in the Wyre and Fylde hockeytournament at Stanley Park.

Arnold A won through their groupwith victories over St Bede’s, King Ed-ward and Queen Mary and CardinalAllen, before clinching the title with 2-1wins against Hodgson and Baines.

Captain Rebecca Aspin and RebeccaPearson both played vital roles.

In the B competition, Arnold beatFleetwood, Kirkham Grammar andKEQMS, with Hannah Armfield, cap-tain Abigail Taylor and Claire Thistleth-waite all in top form.

They then defeated Baines in thesemi-finals 6-2 and Lytham HS 6-1 in thefinal.

Blackpool U14 32 Fleetwood U14 3CENTRE Scott Clark scored three ofBlackpool’s six tries as they bookedtheir place in the Lancashire Vasefinal.

These were man of the match Clark’sfirst tries for the club on his full debut.

His opener was followed by triesfrom skipper Anthony O’Brien andno.8 Crawford Barber to make it 17-3 athalf-time.

Debutant flanker Andrei Rhodesscored the other try, while Chris Davieskicked a goal and there were impres-sive displays by Grzegorz Pawelczaz,Bradley Lynden and Christian Ainsley.The final will be another derby againstFylde.

MONTGOMERY secured a placein the semi-finals of the Lan-cashire Schools Under-12 basket-ball championships with a 26-21win at Park School of Colne.

Jack Fletcher scored allMonty’s 10 points in the firstquarter but Park hit back to make12-12 at half-time.

Fraser Thorpe and Jordie Ash-ton came to the fore with eightpoints each but man of the matchFletcher led the way with 14.

Montgomery will be at home toDarwen Vale in the semis.

■■ Blackpool Lights won boththeir matches at Sunday’s CentralVenue tournament in Burnley.

They scored 21 points in a su-perb opening quarter againstRossendale which laid the plat-form for a 38-34 win.

Rossendale hit back set up atense final quarter, in which manof the match Lewis Jones scoredsome crucial baskets.

There were nine different scor-ers in the 37-30 win over Shaw asmen of the match Cameron Thor-pe (eight points) and Will Shaw(seven) led the way.

ARNOLD Under-15s won through to thefinal of rugby union’s Lancashire Cupwith a 41-0 win over Cowley HS of St He-lens.

With Sam Crowther in sparkling form,David Mitchell sent James Aird in for theonly try of the first half.

Despite playing against the wind, manof the match Crowther’s penalty gaveArnold a 10-0 half-time lead and JacobReid made a fine last-ditch tackle.

It was one-way traffic after the breakas Alex Casey darted over and outstand-ing captain Jacob Nickson scored twice.

Joe Shaw scored after fine work byTom Jepson and Aird completed the scor-ing with his second.

Jack Sprigg, James Haythornthwaiteand Will Fairhead were also outstandingfor Arnold, who will face Manchester GSor Audenshaw School in the final atBlackburn RU on March 29.■■ Sevens Special: Back page

BLACKPOOL Sixth Form College foot-ballers produced a five-star show to benamed to be crowned regional champs in thelatest of a series of sporting successes forthe college

The team of Matthew Wood, Brent Crosbie,Jordan Douthwaite, Jake Turner, Ant Frostand Liam Smith won the British Colleges Re-gional North West Five-a-side tournament atManchester College.

They went through the tournament un-beaten, defeating Aquinas College from Stock-port in the final on penalties.

They will now go on a represent the North-West in next month’s national finals at Lough-borough.

Stanley can’t Bridge gap

Sam eases Arnoldinto Lancs final

Brave Fleetwoodgo down fighting

Great Scott ishat-trick star

GOTCHA: Blackpool Stanley can’t break Burtonwood’s grip

Kirkham power totitle treble

Fun run for their money

College passes test JacksetsMontyon victory trail

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FOOTBALLTo help us make our Youth League coverage ascomprehensive a possible, please send your matchreports to press officer Paul Dossett atskoolsdoss@bfcfan.plus.com by 5pm each Monday

DOMINO’S PIZZA BLACKPOOL & DISTRICT YOUTH LEAGUE

MATCH OF THE WEEK: Staining Under-15 v Fleetwood T.

UNDER-11 DOMINO: Foxhall v Poulton Youth;Thornton Cleveleys v Lytham Juniors; KirkhamJuniors A v Fleetwood Town;YMCA v Wyre Ju-niors; HOGAN PLATE: Layton Juniors v StAnnes; Blackpool Rangers A v BJFF; KirkhamJuniors B v FC Rangers; South Shore Youth vAFC Blackpool; Spirit of Youth v Warton Ty-phoons.UNDER-12 DOMINO: Lytham Juniors v Fleet-wood Town; BJFF v Poulton; YMCA v Foxhall;PIZZA: Kirkham Juniors v FC Rangers;WartonTyphoons v Fleetwood Gym; HOGAN PLATE:Blackpool Rangers v AFC Blackpool; BJFF B vSpirit of Youth; St Annes v Staining; ThorntonCleveleys vWyre Juniors..UNDER-13 DOMINO: Foxhall vThornton Cleve-leys; Sprit of Youth v Fleetwood Town; PIZZA:Clifton Rangers v South Shore Youth; HOGAN

PLATE: Wyre Juniors A v BJFF; BlackpoolRangers v St Annes; Fleetwood Gym vWyre Ju-niors B; Kirkham v AFC Blackpool.UNDER-14: Blackpool Rangers v YMCA; Fleet-woodTown v Kirkham Juniors; Foxhall v LythamJuniors; South ShoreYouth v St Annes;Thorn-ton Cleveleys v AFC Blackpool; Warton Ty-phoons v Staining; Wyre Juniors v Spirit ofYouth.UNDER-15: AFC Blackpool vWartonTyphoons;PoultonYouth v Foxhall; Kirkham Juniors vWyreJuniors; South ShoreYouth v BJFF; St Annes vClifton Rangers; Staining v FleetwoodTown.UNDER-16: Blackpool Rangers v Kirkham; Fox-hall v FC Rangers; Poulton Youth v ThorntonCleveleys; Spriti of Youth v Warton Typhoons;Wyre JuniorsT v Lytham Juniors;Wyre JuniorsP v South ShoreYouth.

SUNDAY’S FIXTURES

Under 11 DominoClifton Rangers ..0 Foxhall .............5

Wilson 2, ErringtonRatcliffe, Kowolsky

Fleetwood Town ..3 South Shore .......2Greenhalgh 2, Bamber Mulhall, BarettThornton Cleve ..3 Poulton Youth ....1Sherry 2, Roe WhettonLytham Juniors....1 Kirkham Jun A.....1Whorlton-Jones JonesWyre Juniors ......3 FC Rangers........5Cox 2, McManus Dennison 3, Keebie

Dempster

P W D L PYMCA . . . . . . . . . . . .20 17 0 3 51Kirkham Juniors . . . .18 16 2 0 50Fleetwood Town . . . .18 12 3 3 39Lytham Juniors . . . .18 12 1 5 37Foxhall . . . . . . . . . . .18 8 2 8 26South Shore Youth . .19 5 3 11 18FC Rangers . . . . . . . .19 5 2 12 17Clifton Rangers . . . .18 5 1 12 16Thornton Cleveleys .17 5 0 12 15Poulton Youth . . . . .15 3 2 10 11Wyre Juniors . . . . . .20 3 2 15 11

Under 11 PizzaBlackpool R Bl....5 Warton Typh ......1Donnelly 2, Barkhuizen ThorpeWebster, OgFleetwood Gym ..1 Spirit of Youth.....8Johnson Edwards 4, Gee 2

Stowells, RiddlesdenKirkham Juniors B1 St Annes ...........8Kay Pipe 3, Bretherton

Kay, Tagger, FowlerTramontano

Layton Juniors ....6 BJFF ................2Rodaway 3, Smith 3 Aspinall, Moore

AFC Blackpool....1 Blackpool R Wh...4Palfree Cooper, Gradwell

Christie, Burrows

P W D L PBlackpool 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 DominoFleetwood Town ..2 St Annes ...........3Robinson, Roe Chan, Duffy, HoltSpirit of Youth ....3 Thornton Cleve ...1Richardson, Willoughby HadgraftBirchYMCA ..............2 Lytham Juniors....1C Bishop 2 HardmanPoulton Youth ....0 BJFF ................0Foxhall ............1 South Shore .......9Wolfenden Williams 5, Darville 2

Kay, Walsh

P W D L PSouth Shore Youth . .17 14 3 0 45YMCA . . . . . . . . . . . .16 10 4 2 34Spirit of Youth . . . . .20 9 3 8 30Foxhall . . . . . . . . . . .18 9 2 7 29BJFF (Whites) . . . . .18 6 5 7 23Fleetwood Town . . . .14 7 1 6 22Poulton Youth . . . . .16 5 5 6 20St Annes . . . . . . . . . .19 5 2 12 17Lytham Juniors . . . .16 3 2 11 11Thornton Cleveleys .16 2 3 11 9

Under 12 PizzaBlackpool Rngrs ..6 BJFF B .............0Bench 2, Rimmer, StewartMcGowan, Cholmondeley

Fleetwood Gym ..5 Staining............1Nuttall 2, McLardle 2 Dela CruzDohertyKirkham Juniors ..1 Warton Typhoons .2Cottam Pickervance 2Wyre Juniors ......6 Clifton Rangers ...0Ward, Haslam, MorleyFairhurst, SingletonBrooke-NaylorFC Rangers........2 AFC Blackpool....1Kerr, Fitton Capstick

P W D L PKirkham Juniors . . . .18 15 1 2 46Warton Typhoons . . .18 13 3 2 42Blackpool 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 . . . . . . . .17 6 1 10 19Clifton Rangers . . . .18 4 1 13 13Staining Juniors . . .18 2 0 16 6Fleetwood Gym . . . .19 1 1 17 4

Under 13 DominoFoxhall ............8 Wyre Juniors ......2Willerby 3, Ormerwood 2 Shepherd, OgDiamond, DarnellWarrenThornton Cleve ..11 Fleetwood Town ..2Rowley 7, Khambay 3 Keogh, WilkinsonBenonSt Annes ..........3 PoultonYouth .....1Clarkson 2, Bolus DouthwaiteSpirit of Youth ....3 Kirkham Juniors ..0Dixon, CheethamCrowe

P W D L PFoxhall . . . . . . . . . . .12 11 1 0 34Thornton Cleveleys .15 10 2 3 32Poulton Youth . . . . .15 9 5 1 32Fleetwood Town . . . .16 10 1 5 31St Annes . . . . . . . . . .18 8 2 8 26BJFF . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 6 5 6 23Spirit of Youth . . . . .16 5 2 9 17Kirkham Juniors . . . .19 2 1 16 7Wyre Juniors A . . . . .14 0 1 13 1

Under 13 PizzaSouth Shore ......4 Wyre Juniors B....2Harrison 2, Caton Hammond, TurnerThompsonClifton Rngrs......9 AFC Blackpool....4Adams 4, Heaney 2 Thomas 3, KennyBrown, MoreauSmithBlackpool Rngrs 18 Fleetwood Gym ...0Whitehouse 7, Staff 5Spinks 2, DanielsWhite, HoddinnottHorton

P W D L PLytham Juniors . . . .13 11 1 1 34Clifton Rangers . . . .12 11 1 0 34Blackpool Rangers . .14 9 0 5 27South Shore Youth . .12 5 0 7 15AFC Blackpool . . . . .14 5 0 9 15Wyre Juniors B . . . . .11 2 0 9 6Fleetwood Gym . . . .12 0 0 12 0

Under 14Kirkham Juniors ..2 Blackpool Rngrs ..5Tomlinson, Rooney Jackson 2, Gibson

Lynch, CallandFleetwood Town ..0 Lytham Juniors....6

Frodsham 3, White 3Spirit of Youth ....2 Thornton Cleve ...2Larkin, Mullholland Fraser, AddisonSt Annes ..........2 Poulton Youth ....3Little, Hartley Barlow, Fielding

StephensonStaining............2 Wyre Juniors ......2Ashford, Smith Hammond, TurnerYMCA ............15 Warton Typhoons .0Riley 4, Allen 4, Whitehead 2Stemp 2, Hunter, MontgomeryDeeley

P W D L PYMCA . . . . . . . . . . . .17 17 0 0 51Lytham Juniors . . . .16 16 0 0 48Poulton Youth . . . . .19 15 1 3 46Foxhall . . . . . . . . . . .18 13 0 5 39South Shore Youth . .21 12 2 7 38Thornton Cleveleys .16 9 2 5 29St Annes . . . . . . . . . .20 9 2 9 29Spirit of Youth . . . . .20 9 1 10 28Blackpool Rangers . .19 8 1 10 25Fleetwood Town . . . .17 5 3 9 18Wyre Juniors . . . . . .17 5 0 12 15Warton Typhoons . . .22 5 0 17 15Staining Juniors . . .15 3 1 11 10AFC Blackpool . . . . .18 3 1 14 10Kirkham Juniors . . . .19 1 0 18 3

Under 15BJFF ..............6 St Annes ...........1Kay 2, Sanderson 2 BlackwellClayton, EvansClifton Rngrs ......0 Staining............1Fleetwood Town ..1 Blackpool Rngrs..1McAlpine PhillipsFoxhall ............5 Kirkham Juniors ..0Matthews 2, Crolla, HigginsRamseyPoulton Youth ....2 Thornton Cleve ...1Haines 2 EdmondsonWarton Typhoons 2 South Shore .......2Rowbotham, Carlisle Turner 2Wyre Juniors ......1 AFC Blackpool....1Hayward Wilson

P W D L PBJFF . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 12 1 1 37Warton Typhoons . . .18 11 3 4 36AFC Blackpool . . . . .16 11 2 3 35Foxhall . . . . . . . . . . .15 10 3 2 33Blackpool Rangers . .20 9 3 8 30Kirkham Juniors . . . .15 8 3 4 27South Shore Youth . .12 5 5 2 20Fleetwood Town . . . .17 5 5 7 20Staining Juniors . . .16 6 2 8 20Thornton Cleveleys .18 6 1 11 19Poulton Youth . . . . .17 6 0 11 18St Annes . . . . . . . . . .18 3 4 11 13Wyre Juniors . . . . . .11 1 3 7 6Clifton Rangers . . . .15 0 1 14 1

Under 16FC Rangers ......11 Wyre Juniors P....2Ireland 3, Bennett 2 Bradshaw, AttwaterSellars 2, HowarthNunnen, BeaumontSpinksLytham Juniors....0 Poulton Youth ....1

DeromeWarton Typhoons 0 Blackpool Rngrs 12

Benson 3, WrightPhillips, SingletonDarbyshire, CornallFox, Howie, NeveSummers

YMCA ..............0 Spirit of Youth.....5Duggan, TanserTrinder, BinksClark

P W D L PSpirit of Youth . . . . .14 13 1 0 40Lytham Juniors . . . .15 12 1 2 37Thornton Cleveleys .15 12 0 3 36FC Rangers . . . . . . . .15 11 0 4 33Poulton Youth . . . . .17 10 2 5 32Foxhall . . . . . . . . . . .16 8 3 5 27Fleetwood Town . . . .13 7 2 4 23Kirkham Juniors . . . .14 7 2 5 23Blackpool Rangers . .15 6 1 8 19YMCA . . . . . . . . . . . .20 5 1 14 16South Shore Youth . .18 3 4 11 13Wyre Juniors (Th) . .14 2 3 9 9Wyre Juniors (Pr) . . .15 3 0 12 9Warton Typhoons . . .17 0 0 17 0

UNDER-11Lytham 1 Kirkham 1LYTHAM denied Kirkham the win theywanted to clinch the title.

The home side made the early runningwith the wind and took the lead inside 10 min-utes thanks to Ellis Whorlton-Jones’ finedrive from the edge of the box.

Matty O’Reilly, Andrew Sanderson andJames Fletcher all pressed for a second but itremained 1-0 at half-time.

Kirkham then had most of the play andequalised midway through the second halfthrough Jones.

George Carter and Alex Thomas impressedon the wings for Lytham and Charlie Rowl-ings made a superb last-minute save.

Clifton 0 Foxhall 5JORDAN Ratcliff gave Foxhall a first-minutelead and Kieran Wilson scored from a cornerto make it 2-0 at half-time.

Foxhall came out hungry for more and SamKowalski also scored from a corner beforeJoshua Errington rolled in the fourth.

Wilson’s second completed the scoring asthe whole Hoops squad played well.

Blackpool Rangers Blues 5WartonTyphoons 1A STRONG first-half display against thewind ensured the Blues maintained their un-beaten record.

Christy Donnelly scored twice to make it 2-0 at the break, and then strikes by JamesBarkhuizen, Ben Webster and an own goalsealed a convincing victory. Warton deservedtheir consolation goal from Thorpe.

Frank Sharratt was outstanding at theheart of Rangers’ defence.

Layton 6 BJFF 2LAYTON controlled the first half with thewind as an Alex Smith hat-trick and JamayneRodaway’s goal made it 4-0 at half-time.

BJ pressed in a tighter second half but Lay-ton remained solid as Lewis Borrino andNathan Kirk shared the man of the matchawards.

Jamayne Rodaway completed his hat-trickand BJFF hit back with goals by Aspinall andMoore.

UNDER-12YMCA 2 Lytham 1LYTHAM took the lead when Harry Green-wood’s blistering shot from the edge of thebox was blocked and Matt Hardman nettedthe rebound.

Lytham man of the match Connor Jordanworked hard up front but was keeper ChesterDuff, who made one outstanding save and itremained 1-0 at half-time.

Jordan Willder was a threat down the leftin the second half for YMCA, who equalisedwhen Conah Bishop pounced on a loose ballin the box.

They took the lead moments later whenBishop got on the end of Willder’s free-kick tothe far post.

Zak Royle went close to an equaliser andJordan’s strike was cleared off the line.

Matt McGreehin and new boy Ryan Wor-

thington also went close for Lytham, whileCameron Stubbs and Russell Townsend werenotable for YMCA.

FleetwoodTown 2 St Annes 3BOTH teams battled hard in a ferocious windand Fleetwood took the lead with a long-range strike by Oliver Roe.

St Annes’ efforts were awarded when HariChan headed home a corner.

The visitors pushed on and Reece Duffyscored with a superb diving header beforesetting up the third for Scott Holt.

In the second half, a second Fleetwood goalby Josh Robinson set up an exciting finalebut man of the match Ryan Pearson mar-shalled the St Annes defence.

Foxhall 1 South Shore 9JACK Williams celebrated his 50th goal ofthe season and progressed to 54 with fivegoals for title-chasing Shore.

Foxhall started well and deservedly tookthe lead through Wolfenden.

They almost doubled their lead only for acombination of post and keeper Lee Squiresto keep the ball out.

But once Williams equalised, Shore beganto find their form and the 50-goal man gavethem a half-time lead after fine work by SamAppleton.

Substitute Connor Walsh made it 3-1 with along-range gem before Ryan Darvill scoredtwice, his second a superb strike from out-side the box.

Williams scored three more, his fifth froma fine ball through ball by Josh Kay, who com-pleted the scoring from a tight angle.

Poulton 0 BJFF A 0WITH a pitch more suitable for mud-wrestling and a wind better suited for kite-flying, this was never going to be a classic.

Poulton defended well against the elementsin the first half and then found the BJFFkeeper in top form in the second.

One goalmouth scramble almost produceda winner for the visitors, though man of thematch Reece Crossley was solid for Poulton.

FC Rangers 2 AFC Blackpool 1RANGERS recorded a third successive winbut this was a fine match which could havegone either way.

AFC had the early chances as ThomasYoung, Taylor Clews and Luke Schrieber allwent close, but Rangers took the lead whenDean Kerr was put through by Nathan Reidand fired into the roof of the net.

AFC equalised just before half-time with apenalty by their man of the match Luke Cap-stick.

Both sides had chances to win it in the sec-ond half but it was substitute Eddie Fittonwho did so with a curling shot into the topright corner.

Fleetwood Gym 5 Staining 1BOTH sides battled the biting wind and Gymled 4-0 at half-time.

Staining’s second half improvement wasrewarded with a Francis Dela Cruz goal.

Nuttall and McLardle both scored twice forGym, with Doherty also on target.

SHOREHAVE THEEDGE:Under-13actionfrom theCommonEdge clashbetweenSouth Shoreand WyreJuniors B(in stripes)MatchdetailsbelowPicture: ROBLOCK

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GIRLS’ MATCHES

SECOND-PLACED St Annes threw the under-10 titlerace wide open by taking all six points off leadersSouth Shore.

Jordan Kilgallon got the only goal of the A gameand St Annes B followed that with a 2-1 win thanks togoals by Lewis Ellison and Max Griffin.

Fleetwood Town and Thornton Cleveleys sharedthe points. Arthur Spencer (2), Matthew Duff andStephen Caldwell gave Thornton A a 4-1 win, withLuke Hind replying. Fleetwood edged an exciting Bgame 3-2 thanks to Jordan Burns (2) and JosephPratt overtaking two goals by Natasha Fenton.

Michael Rose, Matthew Sheridan and AshleyWealthall gave Foxhall A a 3-0 win over BJFF, whoalso lost the B game 2-1 to a double strike by JackLavery. BJ’s reply was an own goal.

Kirkham did well to earn a 1-1 draw in the A gameat home to Clifton Rangers as Thomas Ward an-swered Ryan Walsh’s goal. Rangers won the B game3-0 through Jack Carroll, Oliver Hall and MichaelKeough.

Division B leaders Lytham Junior Maroons se-cured promotion by beating Fleetwood Gym in both

games. Joshua Connolley, Declan Fisher and JoeGregory were the A scorers, and Liam Walsh (2) andMatthew Graffin the B marksmen.

FC Rangers played out a goalless A game with Lay-ton Juniors but won the B game 5-0 as Edward Ayresbagged four goals. Ryan Wallace got the other.

AFC Blackpool beat Warton Typhoons 3-0 and 2-0,with Liam Colmer, Ben Fairclough and Lewis Mid-dleton scoring in the first game and Morgan Shandand Daniel Turner in the second.

Staining A beat Wyre Juniors 4-3 in an A cracker.Sam Harrison (2), Steve Hodgkinson and StephenKennedy were Staining’s scorers, and Adam Barnes(2) and Mark Entwistle replied. Wyre B won com-fortably 4-0 through Callum Cruikshank (2), RyanGardner and Connor Richardson.

In the Plate competition, Poulton Youth reachedthe semi-final with a hard-fought 3-2 aggregate winover Lytham Junior Blues.

Adam Murphy’s brace gave Blues the A game 2-1,with Kieran Chell replying, but Poulton B overcamethe deficit to win 2-0 through Daniel Carson andAdam Hartley.

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YMCA Under-14 3Rossi Rangers 0YMCA won through to the NorthValley League Cup final afteropening up a 2-0 half-time leadthrough excellent long-rangestrikes by Samantha Ball.

Becky Sullivan made an out-standing save but YMCA alwayshad the edge and Stephanie Vick-ers sealed the win 10 minutesfrom time.

Blackpool Under-12 3Manchester United 2BLACKPOOL forced the Unitedkeeper into some early saves on aheavy pitch and took the leadwhen Mariella Hemmingway’s 20-yard shot crashed off the cross-bar and Gabby George netted therebound.

The battling Sam Myerscoughwas forced off injured but AlixReid and Katie Brannigan domi-nated the midfield.

Blackpool doubled their leadstraight from the kick-off in thesecond half, when Levi Feltonsmashed a shot into the corner.

United pulled one back, despitefine defending by Jess Schora, butFelton’s second restored the two-goal cushion.

A second United goal set up athrilling final seven minutes but afantastic save by Erin Hall, stop-ping a shot destined for the bot-

tom corner, secured Blackpool’sthird win over United this season.

Blackpool Under-10 1 Preston 1THE season’s first league derbybetween these sides was veryeven, with Alisha Yarwood twicegoing close for Blackpool beforePNE took the lead from a free-kickon 15 minutes.

Karis Harrison fired narrowlywide but it remained 1-0 at half-time.

Chyna Appleton went closewith a long-range shot butYarwood eventually equalised.

Fleetwood Town Under-11 1Pendle Forest 5FLEETWOOD lost this LeagueCup semi-final in boggy condi-tions.

They competed well in the firsthalf as both sides createdchances, Anna Reynolds andLucy Johnson going close forFleetwood.

Pendle Forest took the lead de-spite some fine saves from GabiAston.

The outstanding Demi-LeighDevereaux was dangerous downthe left and Reynolds was unfor-tunate not to equalise on thestroke of half-time when her long-range shot struck the outside ofthe post.

Pendle pulled clear in the sec-ond half, despite strong tacklingby Yasmin McLaren and KelseyHargreaves, and the tireless mid-

field play of Francesca Hearty.Reynolds scored a late consola-tion and Town manager PaulHearty was proud of his players.He said: “They gave their allagainst one of the top teams. Welldone girls.”Town squad: Gabi Aston, Kelsey Harg-reaves, Demi-Leigh Devereaux, AnnaReynolds, Yasmin McLaren, Lucy John-son (c), Francesca Hearty, Madeline Laud-er, Charlotte Brooks, Jade Terry.

Blue Star 3YMCA Under-11 1YMCA missed out on a place inthe North Valley League Cup finalbut never gave up.

Blue Star scored first but failedto take their other first-halfchances and YMCA were level atthe interval through Erin Men-zies, who linked up well withOlivia Hooper.

The strong wind and slope wereagainst YMCA in the second halfand these took their toll, thoughLaurel North was outstanding forYMCA.

Blackpool Under-16 5 Bolton 4BLACKPOOL recovered from twodown after 10 minutes to pull levelwith great strikes by Becky Pre-ston and Emma Perrett, whosesecond made it 3-2 at half-time.

Bolton soon equalised and tookthe lead midway through the sec-ond half. Preston equalised withanother fine strike and complet-ed her hat-trick with 30 secondsremaining, powering the winnerinto the roof of the net.

Under-10Division One A

Thornton Cleve A 4 Fleetwood Town A1Spencer 2, Duff HindCaldwellThornton Cleve B 2 Fleetwood Town B3Fenton 2 Burns 2, PrattFoxhall A ..........3 BJFF A .............0Rose, Sheridan, WealthallFoxhall B ..........2 BJFF B .............1Lavery 2 OgKirkham JFC A ....1 Clifton Rngrs A....1Ward WalshKirkham JFC B ....0 Clifton Rngrs B....3

Carroll, HallKeough

South Shore A ....0 St Annes A .........1Kilgallon

South Shore B ....1 St Annes B .........2Ellison, Griffin

P W D L PSouth Shore Youth . .36 22 3 11 69St Annes . . . . . . . . .32 19 6 7 63Poulton Youth . . . . .26 18 5 3 59Fleetwood Town . . . .34 17 4 13 55Thornton . . . . . . . . .34 15 5 15 50Foxhall . . . . . . . . . . .32 15 4 13 49Clifton Rangers . . . .30 14 3 13 45Lytham Juniors Bl . .30 10 2 18 32Kirkham Juniors . . . .34 8 3 23 27BJFF . . . . . . . . . . . .32 4 1 27 13

Division One BLytham Juniors A 3 Fleetwood Gym A .0Connolley, Fisher, GregoryLytham JuniorsB ..3 Fleetwood Gym B .0Walsh 2, Graffin

Layton Juniors A..0 FC Rangers A .....0Layton Juniors B..0 FC Rangers B .....5

Ayres 4, WallaceAFC Blackpool....3 Warton Typhoons .0Colmer, Fairclough, MiddletonAFC Blackpool B 2 Warton Typhoons .0Shand, TurnerStaining A..........4 Wyre Juniors ......3Hodgkinson, Kennedy Barnes 2, EntwistleHarrison 2Staining B..........0 Wyre Juniors B....4

Cruikshank 2, GardnerRichardson

P W D L PLytham Juniors Mar .34 34 0 0 102YMCA . . . . . . . . . . . .32 25 3 4 78FC Rangers . . . . . . .32 20 5 7 65AFC Blackpool . . . . .36 17 5 14 56Blackpool Rangers . .34 15 6 13 51Wyre Juniors . . . . . .32 14 4 14 46Layton Juniors . . . . .32 13 4 15 40Fleetwood Gym . . . .34 10 4 19 35Sprit of Youth . . . . . .36 8 10 18 34Staining . . . . . . . . . .34 10 4 20 34WartonTyphoons . . .32 4 3 25 15Poulton Town . . . . . .32 3 5 24 14

Plate Competition Quarter-FinalPoultonYouth A ..1 Lytham Juniors Bl 2Chell Murphy 2PoultonYouth B ..2 Lytham Juniors Bl B0Carson, Hartley

Under-9Division One A

Clifton Rangers A 1 St Annes A .........2Clifton Rangers B 4 St Annes B .........0

Fleetwood Town A4 Thornton Cleve A .0Fleetwood Town B5 Thornton Cleve B .2

P W D L PFoxhall . . . . . . . . . . .34 29 3 2 90BJFF . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 27 3 4 84Fleetwood Town . . . .36 27 2 7 83Clifton Rangers . . . .34 14 4 16 46PoultonYouth . . . . . .36 12 5 19 41Lytham Juniors . . . .32 12 1 19 37South Shore Youth . .32 9 3 20 30Thornton . . . . . . . . .32 9 2 21 29Kirkham Juniors . . . .30 7 4 19 25St Annes . . . . . . . . . .36 7 3 26 24

Division One BSpirit of Youth A ..1 Blackpool Rngrs A0Spirit of Youth B ..2 Blackpool Rngrs B1Fleetwood Gym A 4 Layton Juniors A..1Fleetwood Gym B 0 Layton Juniors B..5FC Rangers A ....1 YMCA A ............5FC Rangers B ....1 YMCA B ............2Warton TyphoonA 0 Wyre Juniors A....4Warton Typhoon B 0 Wyre Juniors B....1

P W D L PYMCA . . . . . . . . . . . .34 31 3 0 96Spirit of Youth . . . . .32 28 1 3 85Wyre Juniors . . . . . .34 21 1 12 64Blackpool Rangers . .32 14 2 16 44AFC Blackpool . . . . .32 13 4 15 43Staining . . . . . . . . . .30 12 3 15 39FC Rangers . . . . . . .34 11 1 22 34Layton Juniors . . . . .36 10 2 24 32Warton Typhoons . . .34 8 3 23 27Fleetwood Gym . . . .30 5 2 23 17

Wyre Juniors 6 Clifton Rangers 0THE strong wind could not prevent Wyrerecording a convincing win.

Facing the elements in the first half, Wyrekeeper Billy Jenkinson dealt with a couple oflong-range efforts and the deadlock was bro-ken on 17 minutes when Harley Singletonfired across goal and Alex Ward turned theball in.

In the second half, Nathan Haslam pow-ered a header home from a free-kick by SamMorley, whose next one two minutes laterflew straight in.

Skilful lobs by Joseph Fairhurst and Sin-gleton followed in quick succession to makeit five, and Matthew Brooke-Naylor pouncedon a Fairhurst through ball to complete thescoring.

UNDER-13St Annes 3 Poulton 1ST ANNES made the most of the strong windin the first half and Danny Clarkson openedthe scoring after 10 minutes.

Poulton responded well but a thunderousshot by Mitch Bolus gave St Annes a two-goalcushion at the break.

A Douthwaite goal gave Poulton hope butSt Annes refused to sit on their lead, andClarkson’s second completed a fine team per-formance and a long-awaited win over thevisitors. Harry Spracklen was the man of thematch.

Foxhall 8Wyre 2KURT Willoughby’s hat-trick helped Foxhallclimb to the top.

Ryan Ormerwood scored twice, with goalsby Danny Warren, Joe Darnell and BradleyDiamond completing the scoring. Wyrereplied through Shephard and an own goal.

UNDER-14St Annes 2 Poulton 3ST ANNES started brightly and Scott Littlesoon opened the scoring.

Poulton’s top scorer Adam Stephensonequalised only for Matthew Hartley to re-store the home side’s lead by half-time with a30-yard lob.

St Annes defended heroically after thebreak as Poulton got on top.

Captain Sam Fielding eventually equalisedwith a trademark 25-yard shot.

Stephenson had a goal disallowed and hit apost before Andy Barlow sealed the win withPoulton’s 100th league goal of the season.

Michael Brown, Gavin Annetts, CameronGuffogg and St Annes man of the match Lit-tle were all outstanding in defeat, whileFielding and the hard-working Reece Fletch-er shared the Poulton honour.

FleetwoodTown 0 Lytham 6LYTHAM defied the blustery conditions withsome excellent passing as man of the matchMitch White and Nathan Frodsham bothscored hat-tricks.

Ben Proctor gave a great debut, while DanWitham and Leroy McGregor impressed.

YMCA 15WartonTyphoons 0YMCA were in commanding form against abelow-strength Warton and led 6-0 at thebreak.

The two Ryans, Riley and Allan, bothscored four, while Zenda Stemp weighed inwith two fine goals and Liam Whiteheadscored twice from long range.

Robbie Hunter, Sam Montgomery and PaulDeeley completed the scoring, with AlexCameron and Oliver Drury both went close.

Spirit ofYouth 2Thornton Cleveleys 2THORNTON had the wind in their favourand scored the only goal of the first half.

After the break, Larkin continued his scor-ing run with the equaliser only for the visi-tors to regain the lead.

Mulholland secured a share of the spoilswith a great effort into the top corner. Thorn-ton’s scorers were Fraser and Addison.

with a great top corner effort managed tolevel the match for the home team in verydifficult playing conditions.

Staining 2Wyre 2WYRE took the lead with Tom Hammond’sfine strike from outside the box in windy con-ditions.

Staining matched that with Ashford’s 25-yard free-kick.

The home side took the lead in the secondhalf through Smith but Oliver Turner’s free-kick restored parity within a minute.

UNDER-15Wyre Juniors 1 AFC Blackpool 1AFTER an uneventful first half, AFC im-proved as Sam Mason and Daryl Loy hit barand post respectively before Ryan Wilsonopened the scoring. Hayward equalised forWyre with a late free-kick.

UNDER-16Lytham 0 Poulton 1POULTON dominated the first half-hourwithout making clear-cut chances.

Lytham had more of the possession in thesecond half only for Derome to score the win-ner 10 minutes from time.

Dan Wilson was the Lytham man of thematch but Poulton defended solidly.

YMCA 0 Spirit ofYouth 5YMCA battled bravely against the leagueleaders, with Sam Slack, Joe Kennedy, EvanTaylor, Adam Levin and Jonathan Houstondefending well.

The pressure eventually told and Spiritwere three up by half-time.

Daniel Jones never stopped working thethe YMCA midfield and Jack Chamberlainmade two excellent saves, though Spiritscored twice more late on.

Poulton’s ton

BOUNDARY PATROL: Layton Juniors Under-10s on the ball against FCRangers at Boundary Park Match details right Picture: BILL JOHNSON

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Sevens Rugby

Hurst’s a hero at ArnoldTOM Hurst was named player ofthe tournament as he helpedKirkham Grammar School to tri-umph in Arnold School’s fourthannual Under-15 Sevens.

Kirkham and the hosts both wonthree matches out of four in group Aas ten teams battled it out.

KGS qualified for the semi-finals asrunners-up after beating StonyhurstCollege (48-7), Bury Grammar (31-19)and Arnold (35-5), suffering their onlydefeat against group winners StMary’s, Crosby 12-5.

But Arnold missed out on the mainsemi-finals on points difference de-spite a 48-5 win over Stonyhurst. KingEdward & Queen Mary School quali-fied from the other group.

The semi-final against MerchantTaylors brought a 35-12 win for KGS tosecure a rematch with St Mary’s, whowere too strong for KEQMS in theother semi .

In the final, KGS avenged their ear-lier defeat by beating St Mary’s 15-5with tries by Adam Whalley and SamHall.

Arnold had to settle for the platecompetition, reaching the final with a22-0 win over Bolton School only to seea 21-0 lead slip against Liverpool Col-lege, who won 24-21.■ KIRKHAM won the BirkenheadSchool Sevens, having been beaten fi-nalists last year, while Arnold won theplate competition.

KGS won their group games againstAdams GS (38-5), Merchant Taylors(40-0), Arnold (61-0) and Caldy Grange(40-5).

Captain Jonathan Edwards, KieranBrookes and James Moncrieff wereoutstanding in the 40-5 quarter-finalwin over St Ambrose School.

Tries by Daniel Bibby and KieranMarmion secured a 31-14 win overStonyhurst to set up a repeat of lastyear’s final against Sedbergh School.

Edwards was again in top form, al-though Sedbergh pulled level aftertrailing 17-5 at half-time. A length-of-the field try by Tommy Banks in thelast minute clinched a 22-17 victory forKGS.

Arnold beat Adam’s Grammar (12-7) and Merchant Taylors (20-19) to win

a place in the plate, in which wins overBirkenhead (28-0) and Cheadle Hulme(10-7) earned them a crack at WirralGS in the final, which they won 31-7.■ KGS then retained the Bowring Tro-phy with victory in the North of Eng-land Sevens at Birkenhead Park.

They won their group with winsover Austin Friar’s (22-5), BromsgroveSchool (24-12), Rydal School (35-5) andSt Edward’s, Liverpool (40-5).

Another long-range Banks try se-cured a 28-22 win over Wilmslow HSin the quarter-finals before Lymmwere beaten 33-5 as Marmion andBibby stood out.

In a repeat of last year’s finalagainst Hymers College, Hull, a 17-17draw meant sudden death and Ed-wards sent fly-half Bibby in for thewinning score.■ ARNOLD Under-16s reached thefinal of the Merchant Taylors Sevensin Crosby, beating Kirkham in thesemis.

In the group stages, Tom Armfield’sArnold side started with a 17-0 winover Stonyhurst, with tries by HarryMcNulty (two) and Ben Blake.

Luke Smith scored the only try ofthe first half against Hymers Collegeonly for the Hull side to score twice inthe final two minutes to win 12-5.

Needing victory over ManchesterGS, Arnold raced into a 17-0 half-time

lead with tries from Ben Blake, LukeSmith and Harry McNulty.

Despite two quick MGS tries,Arnold pulled clear to win 31-12 withtries by the impressive James Walkerand Tom Armfield.

Against favourites BirkenheadSchool, Arnold took the lead throughRobbie Goodier. It was 5-5 by half-timeand some good defence kept it thatway, earning Arnold a semi-finalagainst Kirkham GS.

KGS had enjoyed 24-19 wins overWelsh school Rydal and Wirrall, withBen Jones and Jake Hodgkinsoncatching the eye.

Jones scored against Merchant Tay-lors as a last-minute try secured a 14-12win, then Giggleswick were beaten 17-7 as Ryan Morton scored the crucialtry.

Jonathan Edwards scored the firsttry of the semi for KGS but Arnold hitback to win 26-7, with tries by JamesCave, Harry McNulty, James Walkerand Dewi Morgan.

The rematch against Birkenhead inthe final was a game too far for Arnold,Nathan Bolus scoring the try in the 36-7 defeat.■ KGS Seconds were runners-up in theAustin Friars St Monica’s Sevens inCarlisle.

Despite playing all their matches

against first teams, KGS won theirgroup in the snow and hail by beatingDame Allen’s (12-7), St Bee’s (20-5) andErmystead’s (10-7). They lost to Ull-swater School (17-5).

Hosts Austin Friars were too strongin the final, winning 24-7.Kirkham squad: Sanders, Stover, Luker, Hesketh,Spedding, Morecombe, Roper, Bennett, Hamiltonand Chambers.■ KGS Under-15s reached the semi-fi-nals of the Warwick Sevens, despitelosing their opening match to KingsWorcester 33-7.

They hit back against Old SwinfordHospital 33-14, with Adam Galley andTom Hurst particularly creative.

KGS clinched their spot in the quar-ter-finals with a 21-15 victory overeventual winners St Joseph’s, Ipswich.Tries by Sam Hall and Hurst just be-fore half-time proved crucial.

They next beat King’s Macclesfield21-7 with some fine breaks by NathanWhite and Craig Whalley.

But despite leading 10-7 at half-timein the semi against Barnard Castle,KGS bowed out 38-10.■ KGS Under-13s won the plate com-petition at the Packwood Haugh Sev-ens in Shropshire. Adam Coates andWill Lockhart were their leading scor-ers with seven and six respectively.

Despite defeats by St Olaves and

Ellesmere, they beat Packwood Bar-barians 34-0 to earn a plate quarter-final against Bromsgrove B, whichthey won 31-12.

After beating Moor Park 38-7 in thesemis, they came from behind to de-feat Abberley School with tries by SamNorris (2), Lockhart (2) and Coates.■ BEN Rhodes-Powers and Ben Swiftexcelled for KGS Under-14s as theybeat Bishop Vessey 25-10 in the War-wick Schools Invitational Sevens.However, they bowed out after defeatsby Oundle School and Warwick.■ OTHER Arnold teams took onQueen Elizabeth GS of Blackburn.

The Second XV defeated the QEGSsenior side 20-12, with Oliver Bentley,George Worthington, Henry Turner,Ben Nowell, Freddie Priestley andAshley Harrison all outstanding.

James Kidner’s late penalty sealed a15-14 win for the Under-15B side overQEGS A as Tom Rutherford scoredtwice.

The Under-14s were comprehensive48-12 away winners as Oliver Hopkinsscored a hat-trick, Harrison Kenwor-thy bagged two and Oliver Mills, TomHammond and Shan Patel also scored.

Ned Whittle and Chris Bottomleywere Will Nickson(2), Sean Jagger,Daniel Taziker, Matthew Garrod andSunil Hutchinson.

SEVEN STARS: The Kirkham Grammar School senior side (left) and Arnold’s Under-16s after their recent successes