Friday 6th October 2017Shildon & District Town Crier Issue 838 Page 1

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Must have Full Driving Licence with category D included. We are looking for a self-motivated person with good time management skills to transport our students between our two campuses in Shildon and Newton Aycliffe during the school day. There will also be additional work involving school trips and visits. If you feel you have the skills and the required driving licence to carry out this role full training will be given to the successful candidate. For an informal chat about the role please contact Susan Hope, Director of School Business Services on 01325 300378 and for an application pack please contact Chloe Taylor on the above number or via email chloe.taylor@greenfieldschool.net Only applications submitted on the school’s application forms and completed in full by the specified date will be considered.

Greenfield Community College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applications irrespective of sex, race, marital status or disability. The school is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and require all staff to share this commitment. All posts are subject to a satisfactory DBS clearance.

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The sight and smell of de-liciously decorated freshly baked cakes adorning the counter of K’s Diner was enough to stop even the hardiest of dieters last

Cakes raise cash at K’s Diner’s world’s biggest coffee morning

week as the local café joined the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.After a call for help on the

day, staff from The Crier rushed to the café to assist in judging the best cake competition.The coffee morning was organised by staff from the diner, with the assistance of the Busy Bees fundrais-ing group, and included a money draw, a ‘guess the height of the tallest cake’ competition, won by Fiona Smith with a guess of 94cm, a raffle, tombola and the best cake competi-tion.“No pun intended but it’s been chocca all day,” said one member of staff when asked how the event was going.With the raffle and money draw completed, it was down to the vital task of tasting the cakes, with our judge ensuring time was taken to taste them all, in between sips of coffee.“With all the cakes proving to be thoroughly deli-cious, it was only proper to have a second reminder, followed by a final taste to be certain of the winner,” said our intrepid adjudica-tor.

Fiona Smith, Emma Robinson, regular customer Christine, Heather Dunn and Les Dunn with the entries in the Best Cake competition at their Macmillan Coffee Morning.

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Households in Shildon are to have their rubbish and recycling collection day changed as part of moves to streamline the service.Durham County Council is writing to around 55,000 properties in the Sedge-field, Teesdale and Wear Valley areas to advise of a change to their rubbish and recycling day from the week beginning Monday 9th October.Some properties will ex-perience a change in their collection day while others will see the weeks in which their recycling and rubbish bins are emptied reversed. Some properties will see changes to both day and week. Collection times may also vary due to route changes so bins must be left out by 7am on the relevant days.

People who get help to put their bin out through the assisted collection scheme will still receive this service on their new day. Garden waste collection days are unaffected. Households who accumu-late extra waste while the changes are being rolled out should put it in a bag and leave it next to their rubbish bin for collection on their new day. Waste left next to rubbish bins after 20th October will not be collected. Surplus recyclable materi-als should be put in clear bags only and left next to recycling bins on new col-lection days. Black bags are assumed to contain waste and therefore not picked up in recycling collections.For more information visit www.durham.gov.uk.

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Letters Have your say...Dear Editor,The committee of Shildon Horticultural Show would like to thank the following for their generous sponsorship that enables the show to go ahead.

Shildon Town Council, our main sponsor, without whose help there would be no show; our Mayor, Shirley Quinn; Henry Nicholson; Shildon Football Club; Alan Walker; Shildon Garden Guild, Co-op Funeralcare; John Richardson; Old Shildon Pigeon Club; Alan Reed Car Repairs; Garreth Richardson; David Snowball and finally Tracey Laybourne, for her work throughout the year.

Once again a big thank you to all.Shildon Horticultural Show Committee.

Dear Editor,We would like to thank everyone who helped raise £362.47 at the Macmillan Coffee Morning, held at Shildon Methodist Church on 28th September.

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Mayor of Shildon, Shirley Quinn (centre) was on-hand to present the winners with their prizes.

Anglers enjoy two-day event at Shildon fishery

An all male fishing festival of 20 anglers, from school leavers to retired men, enjoyed the first major competition at Eden Grange Fishery at Shildon recently.A series of course fishing challenges were set on two of the site’s lakes, with 15 cash prizes to be won.Joanne and Stuart Hackett bought the plot in 2013 as a family home and, after

developing the site and restocking the waters, reopened it last year. Open matches are held every Sunday but this was their first two-day festival, which was a great success and was enjoyed by all who took part.The winners were; 1st Tony Dowson 95lb.14; 2nd Davy Hammell 74lb.09; 3rd John Mcgarrell 64lb.12; 4th Ian Shuttleworth

57lb.08; 5th Graham Dodd 53lb.04.Joanne and Stuart com-mented, “We would like to thank Karl Hallam who helped organise the event, Mick’s Tackle for the sponsor and also the Mayor of Shildon Shirley Quinn for coming to do the presentation.“We are arranging another two day festival very soon!”

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“The cakes were clearly lovingly made by expert bakers, so it was a difficult task to single one out as the winner.”Eventually, Emma Rob-inson’s beautifully light chocolate sponge cake, adorned with chocolate fingers, white chocolate buttons, smarties, mal-tesers and milk chocolate minstrels was selected as the winner.“They were all delicious and all worthy of being winners, but I’m a sucker for chocolate sponge,” our judge revealed afterwards.The cakes were then sliced and made available for sale as the Macmillan fundrais-ing continued. “We would like to give an

extra special thanks to the Busy Bees for all their help from all the ladies in the cafe and from [café owner] Les,” said Emma.The other prize winners on the day included, in the money draw: No.19 on Card 1; No.34 on Card 2; No.42 on Card 3 and No.8 on Card 4.In the raffle, the winning tickets were: 171-175 (Hamper); 366-370 (Bottle of Rosé); 201-205 (Bottle of red wine) and 226-230 (Bottle of Rosé).Any prizes not yet claimed can be collected from K’s Diner.By the end of the day, the cherry on the cake arrived with the announcement that staff and customers had raised a magnificent £428.60.

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Cakes raise cash for Macmillan

Emma, with the winning cake outside a K’s Diner adorned with balloons in the colours of Macmillan Cancer Support.

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Volunteers gather round last year’s donated cans.

Autumn marks start of the 1,000 can challenge

With the Autumn upon us Shildon Alive (A Saint John’s Church Project) has once more begun the October 1,000 can chal-lenge. St. John’s CofE (Aided) Primary School, Timothy Hackworth Primary School, Thorn-hill Primary School, and Byerley Road Pre-School have all pledged their support for the initiative. Last year Shildon Alive distributed over 7,000 meals to local residents

with almost 10% of the community accessing the foodbank at some time.“It is criminal,” com-mented Revd. David “that in one of the wealthiest countries in the world people have to use food-banks.” With the roll out of Universal Credit, which includes a six week wait for payment, Revd. David believes things are just going to get tougher. “If we are not there for each

other” he stated, “no one else will be either”. The 1,000 can challenge will enable Shildon Alive to continue to share food with those who have nothing. Alongside the schools, the Hub at 19 Church Street and the Council Offices are collection points. “Please do consider dropping a tin in” said Project Manager, Paula Nelson, “winter is coming, and everybody needs somebody.”

A Coffee Morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support will be taking place at Middridge Village Hall on Saturday 7th October, between 10am and 2pm. There will be hot and cold drinks, homemade

cakes, raffle and book and gift stalls.“This is the third year we have organised it and it has previously been a great success,” said a spokesperson. “We hope you will come along and join us.”

Middridge coffee morning

Shildon Community Bus has recently received a grant from the County Durham Community Foundation to ensure the continued provision of cost effective transport. The service is currently available to groups located within 10 miles of Shildon. There are two 16 seater buses, one of which is disability equipped, and there are no limits on the distance travelled or desti-nations.To access the service, groups only need to contact the Community Bus office on 01388 773666 between

9.30 and 12 noon, Monday to Friday, and complete a simple registration form. There is a small registration fee to cover administrative costs. A spokesperson for the service said, “We are a totally voluntary organisa-tion and we provide drivers for our buses at no charge. The only cost is a very com-petitive mileage charge. All our drivers are trained and tested to the D.V.L.A. MIDAS standard and are retested as specified. “So if you and your group are interested please feel free to call.”

Groups invited to use community bus

Fans of Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly are in for a treat - all in aid of the new MRI scanner appeal for Dar-lington Memorial and Bishop Auckland Hospitals. Local tribute acts will be performing songs from these two legends of rock and roll at Elm Road Social Club, Shildon, on Saturday 21st October, starting at 7pm. Tickets are only £6 and can

be obtained by ringing the Charity Appeal team on 01325 743781 or by emailing cddft.charity@nhs.net.Appeal manager, Pat Chambers, said, “This promises to be a fantastic night and we’re so grateful to people across County Durham and Darlington who are organising events such as this, which not only promises a fun night of

Elvis tribute night in support of MRI scanner appeal

singing and dancing to great songs but will also raise money for our appeal. “We’re hoping to see a few pairs of blue suede shoes!”Dr Elizabeth Loney, Chair of the MRI Scanner Appeal, at County Durham and Darling-ton NHS Foundation Trust, explains, “We’re doing increasing numbers of MRI scans which are particu-larly good at looking at soft tissue, including the liver and brain. Modern scanners give excellent quality images and are really helpful in diagnosing and treating cancers, cardiac and other serious health conditions.”To find out how you can support the appeal, contact the Trust’s charity team on 07770455651 or email: cddft.charity@nhs.net.

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The new season of Mid-dridge History Society starts on Thursday 12th October at 7.30pm in Mid-dridge Village Hall, with a talk by Marion Morrison on Durham Colliery Healthcare in the nineteenth century.

Surprising as it may seem, some colliery owners did employ doctors at the time.Everyone is most welcome.Entry is £3 for non members, which includes refreshments.

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Fantastic 60’s band The Fabs will be performing at the Mayor’s Charity Night at Shildon Civic Hall on Thursday 19th October.Tickets are £10 each, which includes a two course meal. Tickets available from the

Civic Hall and also from the Town Council Offices.Proceeds are in aid of the Town Mayor’s causes; Shildon Royal British Legion, The Sanctuary and funding towards a celebra-tion event for the older people of Shildon.

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1st Shildon Scout Group is going from strength to strength.

1st Shildon Scouts achieve top level awards

1st Shildon Scouts attended a challenge hike and Elders Shield weekend at Castleside in Septem-ber. A spokesperson said, “Out of ten hiking groups it was with great joy that we came joint 2nd with another group from the Northumberland area. “Top awards were also

gained at the event. Well done to Sarah and Millie on achieving their first class badge after a gruelling 48 hour hike in the North Yorkshire moors, and also Spencer who achieved his second class badge. A very proud scout master for these fabulous achieve-ments! “1st Shildon Scout Group

is going from strength to strength and we are very proud of all of our members and their achievements. We always welcome new members from the ages of 5 years and up.”The group meets on a Tuesday night at Shildon Methodist Church Hall from 6.30-8pm.

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Shildon AFC Support-ers Club lottery, drawn on Sunday 1st October, failed to produce a winner, meaning that the jackpot now stands at £1,000 - the highest it has ever been. Last Sunday’s numbers were 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 and 9. The £25 consolation prize was won by J Layfield. This week, to claim the jackpot players must choose the winning com-

bination of 6 numbers from just 8.Tickets for the lottery can be bought from various outlets in the town as well as on Sunday evenings prior to the draw which takes place during the Supporters’ Club Quiz Night, beginning at 8pm.Tickets can also be bought online via PayPal by emailing numbers and payment to supporter-sclub@shildonafc.com.

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A Messy Church session will be taking place on Sunday 8th October, from 3.30pm to 5pm at St. Mark’s Church in

Eldon. “Please join us for fun including crafts, story and food,” encouraged a spokesperson.

Messy churchThis week in History

The Beatles’ first single, “Love Me Do” backed with “P.S. I Love You”, is released in the United Kingdom.

5 October 1962

German immigrant families found Germantown in the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first major immigration of German people to America.

6 October 1683

Because of the imple-mentation of the Grego-rian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

7 October 1582

Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.

8 October 1982

The Kingdom of Castile conquers the city of Jerez, which had been under Muslim occupation since 711.

9 October 1264

Armenia and Turkey sign protocols in Zurich, Switzerland to open their borders.

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St John’s looking good in gold.

Town in awe as church ‘Goes for Gold’Saint John’s Church really looked the part at the weekend as the lights were switched on and the gleaming gold of the bulbs bounced off the stone of the church. Comments were soon flying around in the town and on social media as people drove up to take a look.“Wow beautiful so proud to be a part of amazing community that supports great things!” Wrote Holly Anderson, while other comments varied from “It gives me goose bumps” to “Wow that looks so beauti-ful, Shildon now has its own light show.” The lights were installed as part of the ‘Go for Gold’ campaign to raise aware-ness of children’s cancer.In 2017 local athlete Kieran Maxwell’s funeral was held at Saint John’s with hundreds of people coming to pay their respects to a brave young man. Meanwhile the coffee morning on the Saturday was a great success with members of the community popping in to pledge support and make donations. So

far around £360 has been raised, all of which will go towards research into child cancers through the Kieran Maxwell Legacy Fund. Revd David commented” “Around 5,000 children every year are diagnosed

with incurable cancers, that is 5,000 too many. Every penny makes a dif-ference to the research and we will be raising more as the year goes on. Thank you to all who have donated so far.”

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Shildon model railway club exhibition

The Museum presents a festival of first class railwayana. Shildon Model Railway Club’s 31st Autumn Exhi-bition will take place at Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th October.This event is one of the largest model railway ex-hibitions in the North of England, and has attracted twenty-five model railway displays from all over the country. The gauges of layouts on

display will include N, OO, O and more, and layouts will feature various subject matters and eras.The event will also include a range of trade stands offering all you need to enjoy your modelling hobby at home.Visiting layouts on display at the event will include “Alwinton”, from the A19 Modellers Club from South Shields – this layout was recently featured

in “Railway Modeller” magazine.Another layout to look out for is “Tees Steel” from Mid-dlesbrough Model Railway Club. This layout has been chosen to be exhibited in Holland at the forthcoming Utrecht Exhibition.What’s more, the museum will be offering steam hauled passenger train rides throughout the day – a small charge applies for train rides.

At 7.30pn on Thursday 12th, Friday 13th and Saturday 14th October, and 2pm on Sunday 15th October, the CATS Youth Theatre Group will be performing their adapta-tion of the ABBA Musical Mamma Mia at Shildon’s Civic Hall. The two-hour long show will feature many of the Swedish group’s hits, such as Money Money Money, Dancing Queen, Thank You For The Music, Take A Chance On Me, I Have A Dream and S.O.S., along with seven more famous ABBA songs. A spokesperson said, “The cast of young people have worked really very hard over the last five and a half months on this show.

There have been a few hiccups along the way, but they soon got sorted out. “The group would like to thank many people outside of the CATS group who have advised, helped and taken hours out of their time to help promote this production, along with some of the Mams too. Thank you all. “We would like to think that you and your family and friends will come along please and support the show, whilst having an enjoyable evening out as well.” Tickets are priced at £5.50 for adults and £3.50 for children. Pre-booking is advisable to ensure securing a seat. Call 01388 774838 or 07747 826324.

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The two-hour long show will feature many of the Swed-ish group’s hits.

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Families in Shildon are being invited to celebrate the work of local superhe-roes, at a free family fun day which is back for its third year.Following the success of previous events, visitors this year can get involved in demonstrations and activities from familiar faces such as the County Durham & Darlington Fire and Rescue Service, RNLI, the Police (including the Interceptors), other emer-gency services and local community organisations.Ron Hogg, Police, Crime and Victims’ Commissioner (PCVC) for County Durham and Darlington, who is hosting the event, has also announced new activities

can be enjoyed this year including ‘Prison Me No Way!’, which provides an experience of what it would be like to be locked in a cell. This year’s event will also be autism-friendly until 12pm.Ron said: “I’m delighted to announce this year’s free family event is taking place again, on the last Saturday in October. It really has grown year-on-year, with more families having the opportunity to come along and enjoy themselves, whilst learning about com-munity safety.“There are numerous com-petitions children can get involved in, including a treasure hunt, and the Hal-loween or Superhero fancy

dress competition is always very popular. “This really is a showcase of activities and demon-strations by volunteers and the emergency services, who are our real-life local superheroes.”John Trowell, Watch Manager from Bishop Auckland Community Fire Station will be involved on the day. He said: “This is a fantastic event, it’s free to attend and I encourage people of all ages to come along and have a really good day out.”The fun day will take place on Saturday 28th October, between 10am and 3pm at Locomotion, the National Railway Museum at Shildon.

Emergency services were called to a fire involving three vehicles in Mid-dridge in the early hours of Friday 29th October.Durham Police were called to Northside where a BMW, Ford Transit van and a Hyundai car - which were parked side by side -were all alight.Crews from County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service tackled the blaze.A spokesperson for Durham Constabulary told the Crier, “We attended

reports of three vehicles on fire at an address in Middridge, Newton Aycliffe, at about 5.30am on Friday (September 29th).“We are treating this as a suspicious incident and a joint investigation is being carried out with the fire service.“We are currently ap-pealing to anyone who may have witnessed this incident or may have in-formation to contact 101 quoting reference number 38 of September 29th.”

Three cars set alight in Middridge

A nearby resident captured this image of the blaze at its most ferocious.

Calling all superheroes!Citizens Advice County Durham will be holding a drop-in advice service at Shildon Town Council’s

Offices on Wedesday, 4th October from 10am - 1pm.No appointment is neces-sary.

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Spectrum Roller Skating Club have once again enjoyed success at a national competi-tion, returning home from the Bolton Opens with 14 medals.

Bolton medals bonanza for Spectrum roller skaters

Spectrum Roller Skating Club travelled to their third national competition this year last weekend, this time to the Bolton Opens held at Smithills School.The team of nine compet-ing skaters didn’t disap-point, returning home with a collection of 14 medals, including two individual and one team first.Coach Tracy Stevens said: “It’s not just the success of the medals but what has impressed me the most is their performances. “The skaters have shown great determination this year and as a result have made huge improvements.“Their fantastic attitude shines and their confidence

has grown so much in such a short time. People from all over the country congratu-lated our skaters for their fantastic development but also their conduct and the whole club’s team spirit. “I am ecstatic and would like to invite everyone along to our roller disco celebration, with the theme of Glow Skate on Friday 6th October at Sun-nydale Leisure Centre from 7.30-8.30pm. “Please bring your skates along as skate hire is limited.”The result for each skater were: Nicola Stevens - Free 4th, Freedance 5th, Dance 3rd, Duo 6th; Joseph Kearney - Free 8th, Freed-

ance 11th, Dance 3rd, Duo 7th; Leah Jeans - Free 2nd, Freedance 3rd, Dance 2nd, Duo 7th; Jazzmyn Loring - Free 5th, Freedance 2nd, Dance 10th, Duo 4th; Aysha Toms - Free 14th, Freed-ance 12th, Dance 11th, Duo 5th; Harrison Austin - Free routine 1st, Freedance 3rd, Dance 3rd, Duo 4th; Lucy Richardson - Free routine 1st, Freedance 8th, Dance 3rd, Duo 6th; Niamh Dawson - Free routine 6th, Freedance 5th, Dance 4th, Duo 5th and Andrea Vasey - Dance 10th. Spectrum Firework Quartet were 5th out of 10, Spectrum Rainbows were 5th out of 8 and Spectrum Unicorns won, coming 1st out of 8.

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Shildon player-manager, Daniel Moore (No.10) and double-scorer, Adam Burnicle rush to the fans to celebrate the goal which gave Shildon the lead at Banbury. Photo: Tom Clegg.

Shildon 90 minutes from First Round Proper of the FA Cup

A second giantkilling act by Shildon AFC has brought the Northern League side to the verge of the First Round Proper of the FA Cup for the second time in three seasons.Shildon - now the lowest ranked side left in the competition - saw off Banbury United in front of a 700 crowd at the home of their opponents last Saturday, coming from behind to record a stunning 3-2 win against the Evo-Stik Southern League Premier Division club.Like Altrincham before them, Oxfordshire-based Banbury are two divi-sions above Shildon in the football pyramid, but Shildon never looked out of place sharing the same field of play.Indeed, they matched their opponents throughout the first half and almost took the lead through Adam Burnicle, his shot being fin-gertipped against the post by Puritans keeper, Jack Harding.But it was the home side who took the lead on the half hour when Tom Winters - a danger man throughout the game - curled home a left foot strike from the edge of the box after a sweeping move down the right.

The underdogs could have lost heart at the setback, but instead bounced straight back with an equal-iser just three minutes later through Burnicle who, with back to goal, turned and swept the ball, this time out of reach of the keeper, and into the corner of the net.The goal silenced the home crowd and shook off their complacency as they suddenly realised they were in a genuine contest.It was a point that was ruthlessly driven home in the second half as Shildon, having survived an expected opening five minute onslaught, settled into their game and took control of the match. Fifteen minutes into the second half it was a case of ‘cometh the hour, cometh the player-manager’, as Daniel Moore read the play to burst into the box and steer a deft header under the bar to give the visitors the lead.Instead of sitting back, Shildon continued to dominate and their con-fident play was further rewarded ten minutes later when Burnicle controlled Billy Greulich-Smith’s cross and placed his shot beyond Harding to the delight of the travelling support.Understandably, as the

match wore on and victory loomed large, Shildon sat deeper and looked to defend their two goal cushion. But with just eight minutes to play, Banbury pulled a goal back through sub-stitue, Ricky Johnson and it was game on again. With all hands to the pumps for Shildon, some outstanding defending, including several blocks on the line kept the visitors out and players and fans alike celebrated wildly at the final whistle. Shildon have been drawn away from home again in the Fourth Qualify-ing Round and will face Guiseley AFC of the National League - four divi-sions higher than the Rail-waymen - for a place in the First Round Proper.With Guiseley currently in the relegation places, having managed just one win in their 14 league matches so far this season, Shildon will relish the opportunity of claiming another unlikely scalp in what has proved another fairytale FA Cup run for the club.The game is scheduled for Saturday 14th October and is almost certain to be selected for live online streaming by the BBC.

Shildon AFC Over 40s entertained Durham The County on Saturday (30th September) hoping to see a major improvement after a lacklustre performance two weeks before, with Bowtell’s bullet header being the highlight of an otherwise poor perfor-mance and a 3-2 defeat.As the home team turned up in Hackworth Park they were confronted with the away team out training, looking like a well drilled and organised side. Shildon got stripped and started their usual warm up routine of firing foot-balls over the crossbar. The stage was set.Shildon started the game well passing the ball, closing the opposition and dominated for the first ten minutes, causing the away side a host of problems with Bulleyment being the main threat for most of the match.But then, like a cheap Tai-wanese AAA battery, the team stopped working.Passes started going astray, marking dropped off and the players started to get the run around from the away team who dominated for the rest of the half without causing too much of a threat to the Shildon goal.Changes were made at the start of the second half as the need for fresh legs became apparent, and what was more telling, each of the subs made a huge difference to the way the game was decided.Shildon started to press the opposition and looked the more likely to score, putting The County on the back foot.But against the run of play, and with a hint of offside, the opposition scored from a breakaway leaving Shildon 1-0 down.Shildon continued to press

and they did get their breakthrough goal when birthday boy Neil Coats-worth scored, beating the keeper at his near post.The next super sub on the scoresheet was Costello when he bundled over a corner from close range to put Shildon 2-1 up with 10 minutes to play.With two minutes left on the clock the opposition created mayhem in the Shildon box when a free kick was floated in and an opposition header looked likely to level the game before super sub number three, Thompson came to the rescue and headed clear off the line. The goalmouth drama was not over there and from the resultant corner, McMahon flung himself at the ball saving a certain equaliser, earning himself undeservedly the man of the match award.The ball was cleared by Bannister as referee, Billy James blew for full time. Summing up the perfor-mance, Ian Wickins said: “It was a great second half effort by the team who appear to have learned from past experiences where they have gone on to lose in similar circum-stances.“We would also like to thank Elm Road for putting the team up at short notice.”Shildon move into 4th spot in the table on 12 points after six matches, within three points of second place Hedworthfield Red Hackle with a game in hand and nine points behind runaway leaders Hartle-pool Jacksons Arms.Next up for the side is an away trip on 7th October to Newcastle Forest Hall, followed by a home tie on 14th October when Gates-head Redheugh will be the visitors to Hackworth Park.

Rollercoaster ride continues for over 40s

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