Sports 21 October 2013

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21 October 2013 INDEX Football 2–11 Results, tables 2 Rugby 12–15 Local results 16 Racing 17–19 Motorsport 20 Golf 20

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2 FOOTBALL MONDAY OCTOBER 21 2013 WESTERN DAILY PRESS WDP-E01-S3

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Zetters: 3 = Score Draws, 2= No Score Draw or Void 1= Home or Away

Arsenal .................... (1) 4 Norwich ...................(0) 1Wilshere 18 Howson 70Ozil 58, 88 Att 60,009Ramsey 83chelsea .................... (1) 4 cardiff ......................(1) 1Hazard 33, 82 Mutch 10Eto’o 66 Att 41,475Oscar 78everton .................... (1) 2 hull ..........................(1) 1Mirallas 8 Sagbo 30Pienaar 57 Att 38,828Man Utd ................... (1) 1 Southamptn ............(0) 1van Persie 26 Lallana 89Att 75,220Newcastle ................ (1) 2 liverpool .................(1) 2Cabaye 23 Gerrard 42 (pen)Dummett 57 Sturridge 72Att 51,703Stoke ........................ (0) 0 West brom ..............(0) 0Att 25,904Swansea .................. (0) 4 Sunderland .............(0) 0Bardsley 57 (og)de Guzman 58Bony 64 (pen)Fletcher 80 (og)Att 20,245West ham ................ (0) 1 Man city ..................(1) 3Vaz Te 58 Aguero 16, 51Att 34,507 Silva 80

Yesterday Aston Villa ............... (0) 0 Spurs .......................(1) 2 Townsend 31 Soldado 69Att 35,391

hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsArsenal ..............8 3 0 1 9 5 3 1 0 9 4 19Chelsea .............8 4 0 0 10 2 1 2 1 4 3 17Liverpool ............8 3 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 8 5 17Man City ............8 4 0 0 13 2 1 1 2 7 7 16Spurs .................8 2 1 1 4 4 3 0 1 4 1 16Southamptn .......8 2 2 0 5 1 2 1 1 3 2 15Everton ..............8 3 1 0 6 3 1 2 1 6 7 15Man Utd .............8 1 2 1 4 3 2 0 2 7 7 11Hull ....................8 2 2 0 3 1 1 0 3 4 8 11Newcastle ..........8 1 2 1 5 5 2 0 2 6 9 11Swansea ............8 1 1 2 8 8 2 0 2 4 3 10West Brom .........8 1 1 2 4 4 1 3 0 3 2 10Aston Villa..........8 1 0 3 4 7 2 1 1 5 3 10West Ham ..........8 1 0 3 5 7 1 2 1 3 1 8Stoke .................8 1 2 1 2 2 1 0 3 2 5 8Cardiff ................8 1 1 2 4 5 1 1 2 4 8 8Fulham...............7 1 1 2 4 6 1 0 2 1 3 7Norwich..............8 1 1 2 4 6 1 0 3 2 7 7Crystal Pal .........7 1 0 2 3 4 0 0 4 2 9 3Sunderland ........8 0 0 4 3 9 0 1 3 2 11 1

hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsBurnley ............12 4 2 0 12 3 5 0 1 10 4 29QPR .................11 5 1 0 8 1 3 2 0 6 3 27Leicester ..........12 5 1 0 11 5 3 1 2 8 7 26Nottm For ........12 4 2 0 11 5 2 3 1 9 7 23Blackpool .........12 4 2 0 6 2 2 3 1 8 7 23Reading ...........12 4 2 0 12 5 2 2 2 7 6 22Watford ............12 3 2 1 13 7 3 1 2 11 7 21Derby ...............12 1 2 3 9 13 4 1 1 15 7 18Leeds ...............12 3 1 2 10 6 2 1 3 4 7 17Bournemth .......12 4 0 2 11 8 1 2 3 8 17 17Blackburn.........12 3 1 2 10 5 1 2 3 7 9 15Ipswich.............12 4 0 2 11 5 0 3 3 7 11 15Wigan ..............10 3 2 0 10 6 1 0 4 4 5 14Huddersfld ......12 2 3 1 10 6 1 2 3 4 6 14Brighton ...........12 2 2 2 9 8 1 3 2 2 4 14Middlesbro’ ......12 1 4 1 11 9 1 2 3 8 12 12Doncaster ........11 2 1 3 6 8 1 2 2 5 8 12Millwall .............12 2 1 3 8 10 1 2 3 6 15 12Charlton ...........11 1 2 2 3 4 1 2 3 6 10 10Birmingham .....12 2 1 3 10 6 1 0 5 3 13 10Bolton ..............12 0 4 2 5 7 1 2 3 5 12 9Barnsley...........12 2 2 2 9 15 0 0 6 5 14 8Sheff Wed ........11 0 3 2 5 7 0 4 2 6 10 7Yeovil ...............12 0 1 5 1 8 1 2 3 5 10 6

brentford ................. (0) 3 colchester ...............(0) 1Trotta 76 Okuonghae 49Saville 80 Att 5,705Harris 87crawley town.......... (0) 1 bradford ..................(0) 0Sinclair 54 Att 3,836crewe ....................... (0) 1 bristol city ..............(0) 0Moore 90 (pen) Att 4,781Gillingham ............... (0) 1 Preston ....................(0) 2Kedwell 76 Keane 47 Brownhill 53Mk Dons .................. (1) 3 rotherham ..............(0) 2Williams 45 (pen) Frecklington 73Reeves 66 Flanagan 75 (og)Bamford 88 Att 11,564Oldham .................... (1) 1 carlisle ....................(0) 0Rooney 26 (pen) Att 4,478Peterboro................. (0) 1 Shrewsbury .............(0) 0Mendez-Laing 64 Att 6,956Sheff Utd ................. (1) 2 Port Vale ..................(1) 1Collins 12 Yates 45Doyle 75 Att 18,545tranmere ................. (0) 0 leyton Orient ..........(1) 4Att 4,313 Lisbie 22, 61 Cox 78 Batt 85Walsall ..................... (1) 2 Stevenage ...............(0) 1Sawyers 11 Zoko 72Westcarr 56 Att 3,720Wolves ..................... (0) 1 coventry ..................(0) 1Griffiths 68 Phillips 86Att 22,939 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsL Orient ............12 5 1 0 16 5 5 1 0 15 3 32Peterboro ........12 5 0 1 8 4 5 1 0 16 4 31Wolves .............11 4 1 1 12 5 4 1 0 9 2 26Preston ............12 3 2 1 9 6 3 2 1 10 7 22Bradford ...........12 4 1 1 14 4 2 2 2 7 6 21Swindon ...........12 5 1 0 14 4 1 1 4 8 9 20MK Dons ..........12 4 2 0 14 7 1 2 3 7 9 19Crawley Town ..11 4 1 1 10 7 1 3 1 8 7 19Walsall .............12 2 2 2 7 9 3 2 1 7 3 19Rotherham .......12 2 2 2 8 10 3 2 1 10 8 19Brentford ..........12 3 1 2 7 5 2 2 2 9 11 18Port Vale ..........12 2 2 2 8 9 2 0 4 6 9 14Shrewsbury......12 2 3 1 7 4 0 3 3 5 10 12Colchester .......12 1 3 2 5 8 1 3 2 6 9 12Carlisle.............11 2 0 3 4 11 1 3 2 6 9 12Crewe ..............12 2 2 2 8 12 1 1 4 3 13 12Coventry ..........12 4 1 1 16 13 2 2 2 11 8 11Oldham ............11 2 2 2 6 5 1 0 4 8 11 11Gillingham........12 1 2 3 6 8 1 1 4 8 13 9Sheff Utd..........12 2 2 2 6 6 0 0 6 4 14 8Stevenage .......12 1 1 4 7 11 1 1 4 3 10 8Tranmere .........12 0 2 4 6 17 2 0 4 4 8 8Notts Co ..........11 2 0 3 8 6 0 1 5 5 15 7Bristol City .......11 0 3 2 5 9 0 3 3 10 13 6*Coventry deducted 10 points for entering administration

Accrington Stanley . (0) 0 Oxford Utd ..............(0) 0Att 1,476bristol rovers ......... (0) 0 Wycombe ................(0) 1Att 5,783 Kretzschmar 82cheltenham ............. (0) 1 rochdale .................(0) 2T Brown 63 Henderson 82, 90Att 2,887chesterfield ............. (0) 0 burton Albion .........(2) 2Att 6,901 McGurk 10, 14hartlepool ................ (0) 1 Plymouth .................(0) 0James 55 Att 3,929Morecambe.............. (1) 1 AFc Wimbledon .....(0) 1Ellison 8 Smith 52Newport county ...... (2) 3 York..........................(0) 0Zebroski 23 Att 3,475Minshull 45Crow 89Northampton ........... (1) 2 Dag & red ...............(2) 2Norris 28 Hines 40Morris 62 Murphy 42Att 4,046Portsmouth ............. (1) 1 bury .........................(0) 0N’Gala 4 Att 15,434Scunthorpe .............. (0) 0 exeter ......................(1) 4Att 3,250 Sercombe 34, 50 Davies 49 Parkin 90torquay .................... (0) 0 Mansfield .................(0) 0Att 2,473 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsChesterfield .....12 4 0 2 7 4 3 2 1 11 7 23Rochdale .........12 5 1 0 13 4 2 1 3 5 8 23Exeter ..............12 4 0 2 9 8 3 2 1 9 5 23Oxford Utd .......12 2 2 2 7 7 4 2 0 14 5 22Fleetwood T .....12 3 1 2 13 9 4 0 2 7 5 22Morecambe......12 3 3 0 12 8 3 1 2 8 7 22Wycombe .........12 3 1 2 8 7 3 1 2 10 7 20Mansfield .........12 2 3 1 10 7 3 2 1 5 4 20Southend .........12 3 1 2 7 5 3 1 2 7 5 20Newport C .......12 4 1 1 13 6 1 3 2 5 8 19Wimbledon.......12 4 1 1 10 6 1 2 3 4 7 18Burton Albion ...12 1 2 3 6 9 4 1 1 11 8 18Scunthorpe ......11 3 2 1 7 6 1 3 1 6 6 17Dag & Red .......12 3 2 1 9 5 1 3 2 8 12 17Portsmouth ......12 3 0 3 8 7 1 4 1 11 12 16Hartlepool ........12 2 0 4 5 8 2 3 1 9 6 15Cheltenham .....12 1 3 2 9 11 2 0 4 6 13 12York .................11 2 1 2 6 6 1 1 4 7 11 11Plymouth..........12 2 2 2 3 6 1 0 5 5 9 11Bristol Rvrs ......12 2 2 2 7 8 0 2 4 3 8 10Torquay ............12 1 3 2 6 9 1 1 4 7 12 10Bury .................12 2 2 2 8 6 0 1 5 5 10 9Northamptn ......12 1 3 2 8 8 1 0 5 2 9 9Accrington S ....12 0 2 4 4 8 0 2 4 3 11 4

hAlF tiMe 1 1 3 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 2

1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49

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Trafford 6, Wakefield FC 1 — Whitby 0, Chorley 1 — Fric-kley 1, Brigg Town 2 — Cammell Laird 0, Curzon Ashton 1 — AFC Fylde 1, Kendal Town 1 — Ramsbottom Utd 7, Worksop 2 — Witton Albion 2, FC United of Manchester 2 — Ashton Utd 0, Sheffield 3 — Mossley 3, Lancaster City 2 — Northwich 2, Radcliffe Borough 0 — Blyth Spartans 6, Skelmersdale Utd 0 — Droylsden 0, Nantwich Town 3 — Stocksbridge P S 3, Scarborough Athletic 4 — Marine 1, Burscough 1 — Buxton 1, Darlington 1883 1 — Ket-tering 0, St Ives Town 1 — Evesham 0, Leek Town 2 — Coalville Town 3, Stafford Rangers 2 — Halesowen 1, St Neots Town 3 — Redditch A, Chasetown A — Gresley 2, Ilkeston 1 — Kings Lynn Town 1, Cambridge City 2 — Belper Town 2, Mickleover Sports 3 — Barwell 0, Rushall Olympic 4 — Stourbridge 3, Banbury 2 — Grantham 2, Soham Town Rangers 2 — Daventry Town 2, Corby 1 — Stamford 1, Kidsgrove Ath 2 — Eastbourne Town 0, East Thurrock 0 — Witham Town 0, St Albans 3 — Whitstable Town 2, Potters Bar Town 2 — Lewes 1, Leatherhead 2 — Arlesey 3, Waltham Abbey 0 — Cheshunt 3, Three Bridges 4 — Thamesmead Town 1, Met Police 2 — AFC Sudbury 5, Crawley Down Gatwick 0 — Wingate & Finch-ley 2, Hitchin 2 — Hastings Utd 4, Horsham 2 — Hamp-ton & Rich’d 1, Bedford Town 1 — Folkestone Invicta 2, Kingstonian 0 — Leiston 0, Wealdstone 3 — North Greenford Utd 2, Aylesbury 1 — Dunstable 3, Peace-haven & Telscombe 2 — Cray Wanderers 1, Hendon 4 — Chatham Town 2, AFC Hayes 0 — Wroxham 4, Margate 9 — Biggleswade Town 0, Chesham 1 — Grays Athletic 1, Herne Bay 1 — Guernsey 1, Billericay 2 — Bury Town 2, Dereham Town 0 — Heybridge 1, Canvey Island 2 — Burnham Ramblers 0, Carshalton Ath 1 — Hythe Town 3, Tilbury 1 — Hemel Hempstead 3, AFC Hornchurch 2 — Maldon & Tiptree 1, Maidstone Utd 3 — Dulwich 2, Harrow Borough 1 — Bognor Regis Town 2, Thurrock 1 — Enfield Town 2, Lowestoft Town 1 — Aylesbury Utd 0,

basingstoke ........................1 boreham Wood................. 0chelmsford ..........................3 eastbourne borough ....... 0Dover ...................................0 havant and W ................... 0eastleigh..............................1 Staines town .................... 0ebbsfleet United .................2 Gosport borough ............. 1hayes & Yeading ................2 bishop’s Stortford ........... 3Maidenhead Utd ..................1 Dorchester ........................ 3Sutton Utd ...........................1 bromley ............................. 0tonbridge Angels ...............1 Farnboro ........................... 3Weston-S-Mare ...................5 concord rangers ............. 0Whitehawk ...........................2 bath city ........................... 2

hOMe AWAY P W D l F A W D l F A PtEastleigh ..............12 5 2 0 8 2 3 0 2 8 6 26Bromley ............... 11 5 0 0 17 4 2 1 3 7 7 22Sutton Utd ........... 11 5 1 1 16 6 1 2 1 6 2 21Bishop’s Stortford 10 3 0 1 8 3 3 2 1 13 12 20Weston-S-Mare ... 11 3 1 2 9 7 3 1 1 7 4 20Ebbsfleet United ..12 2 4 1 7 6 2 2 1 13 6 18Hayes & Yeading . 11 1 0 3 6 6 5 0 2 10 6 18Eastbourne Boro . 11 3 2 0 12 5 2 0 4 3 11 17Dover ................... 11 2 1 3 4 5 3 0 2 4 2 16Havant and W......12 3 0 3 10 11 1 4 1 6 5 16Basingstoke ......... 11 4 1 1 9 5 1 0 4 5 10 16Staines Town ....... 11 5 0 0 10 4 0 1 5 5 14 16Farnboro ................9 3 0 1 6 2 1 1 3 11 14 13Chelmsford ..........10 3 1 2 10 8 1 0 3 3 8 13Concord Rangers 11 2 1 2 8 6 1 3 2 5 11 13Maidenhead Utd ..10 1 1 3 7 12 2 2 1 7 5 12Whitehawk ........... 11 1 3 2 5 8 2 0 3 8 12 12Bath City ..............10 1 2 2 6 7 1 2 2 5 7 10Tonbridge Angels .10 1 2 2 5 8 1 1 3 6 12 9Boreham Wood.... 11 1 2 2 6 9 1 1 4 3 9 9Dorchester ...........10 1 0 4 6 15 1 1 3 4 5 7Gosport Borough .10 1 1 2 3 4 0 1 5 4 13 5

FA carlsberg trophy First round QualifyingRamsgate 1 — Slough 1, Merthyr Town 2 — Weymouth 1, Bridgwater Town 0 — AFC Totton 1, Clevedon Town 2 — Tiverton 3, Truro City 2 — Chippenham 3, Chertsey Town 0 — Egham Town 3, Cirencester 2 — Shortwood Utd 0, Mangotsfield 2 — Hungerford Town 4, Bashley 2 — Swindon Supermarine 2, Bideford 3 — Frome Town 1, Poole Town 1 — Marlow 4, North Leigh 1 — Burnham 2, Paulton 1

Wimborne town ..................5 Didcot town ...................... 2Yate ......................................1 Godalming town .............. 3

hOMe AWAY P W D l F A W D l F A PtNorth Leigh .......... 11 5 0 0 21 3 4 0 2 10 6 27Supermarine ........12 5 0 0 14 4 2 3 2 11 11 24Paulton ................ 11 4 1 1 20 9 3 1 1 16 9 23Merthyr Town .......10 4 1 0 14 6 3 0 2 12 11 22Bridgwater Town ....8 2 2 0 9 3 4 0 0 11 3 20Tiverton ................ 11 4 0 2 12 9 2 2 1 12 11 20Wimborne Town ...12 4 2 0 26 9 1 2 3 5 7 19Cirencester ............8 3 0 1 8 7 3 0 1 8 5 18Taunton ................12 2 3 2 11 10 1 1 3 9 12 13Godalming Town .. 11 2 1 2 6 9 2 0 4 7 15 13Cinderford ............ 11 2 0 4 8 10 1 3 1 8 8 12Stratford Town .....10 1 1 2 4 9 2 2 2 17 15 12Thatcham Town ...10 1 2 2 3 7 2 1 2 8 8 12Bishops Cleeve ... 11 2 0 3 11 11 2 0 4 11 16 12Mangotsfield ..........9 2 1 2 9 8 1 1 2 5 8 11Yate .......................9 2 0 3 9 11 1 2 1 7 8 11Shortwood Utd .......8 1 2 1 11 11 1 1 2 7 5 9Evesham................9 1 3 1 12 11 0 1 3 3 12 7Fleet Town ........... 11 1 2 2 5 7 0 2 4 5 16 7Guildford City ....... 11 2 1 3 11 16 0 0 5 5 24 7Clevedon Town ......8 1 1 2 4 6 0 1 3 2 8 5Didcot Town ...........9 1 1 2 5 8 0 1 4 5 15 5

calor lge South & West

barnsley .................. (3) 3 Middlesbrough .......(0) 2McCourt 26 Adomah 82, 84O’Grady 41, 43 (pen) Att 11,438blackburn ................ (0) 0 charlton ..................(1) 1Att 13,915 Church 7blackpool ................ (1) 1 Wigan.......................(0) 0Ince 24 (pen) Att 15,721bolton ...................... (1) 1 Sheff Wed ................(1) 1Beckford 16 Baptiste 26 (og)Att 17,177ipswich .................... (0) 0 burnley ....................(0) 1Att 16,062 Arfield 80leicester .................. (2) 2 huddersfld ..............(0) 1Vardy 11 Konchesky 67 (og)Gerrard 38 (og) Att 22,297Millwall ..................... (0) 2 QPr .........................(1) 2McDonald 51, Easter 90 Kranjcar 26Att 13,727 Austin 69Nottm For ................ (1) 1 bournemouth ..........(0) 1Lansbury 39, Att 28,070 Pugh 90reading ................... (2) 4 Doncaster ................(1) 1Guthrie 11 Robinson 31Le Fondre 39 Att 17,697McCleary 80, Pogrebnyak 90Watford .................... (1) 2 Derby .......................(2) 3Forestieri 12 Ward 8, 45McGugan 68 Sammon 88Att 16,180Yeovil ....................... (0) 0 brighton ..................(0) 0Att 6,873

Yesterday leeds ....................... (3) 4 birmingham ............(0) 0McCormack 18Austin 33Smith 45, 74Att 21,301

Aldershot .............................2 Alfreton town ................... 3braintree town....................3 chester Fc ........................ 0cambridge Utd ....................2 Salisbury ........................... 0Dartford ...............................4 hyde .................................. 3Fc halifax ............................3 Welling .............................. 0Grimsby ...............................3 Forest Green ..................... 1hereford...............................0 barnet ................................ 1kidderminster .....................4 lincoln city ...................... 1Nuneaton .............................1 Gateshead ......................... 4tamworth .............................3 luton ................................. 4Wrexham .............................2 Woking .............................. 0

hOMe AWAY P W D l F A W D l F A PtCambridge ...........16 8 0 0 18 2 3 5 0 7 4 38Kiddermnstr .........16 6 1 1 18 7 4 1 3 10 10 32Luton....................16 5 3 0 17 7 3 3 2 13 9 30Braintree Town.....16 4 1 3 12 9 4 3 1 12 6 28Grimsby ...............16 5 1 2 17 9 3 2 3 6 7 27Salisbury ..............16 6 1 1 13 5 2 2 4 7 12 27Nuneaton .............16 4 3 2 15 13 3 2 2 8 10 26Barnet ..................16 3 3 1 13 8 3 4 2 12 10 25Welling .................16 4 3 1 13 7 3 1 4 13 15 25Gateshead ...........16 4 1 3 14 12 4 0 4 11 9 25FC Halifax ............16 7 2 0 20 7 0 2 5 8 18 25Alfreton Town .......16 6 1 1 18 10 2 0 6 8 17 25Lincoln City ..........16 5 1 2 9 3 1 3 4 8 13 22Wrexham .............16 4 2 2 12 9 1 2 5 9 14 19Macclesfld............16 3 2 3 10 10 2 2 4 9 11 19Forest Green .......16 4 1 2 17 7 1 2 6 12 22 18Southport .............16 4 2 1 10 7 1 1 7 6 15 18Dartford................16 4 1 3 12 10 1 2 5 6 17 18Hereford...............16 3 3 2 7 7 1 2 5 8 11 17Tamworth .............16 2 2 4 10 13 2 2 4 6 12 16Woking .................16 1 4 3 7 12 2 1 5 9 13 14Chester FC ..........16 1 4 3 3 7 2 0 6 8 17 13Aldershot .............16 4 2 3 16 14 2 2 3 4 4 12Hyde ....................16 0 1 7 3 14 0 1 7 9 28 2*Aldershot deducted 10 points for entering administration

WESTERN DAILY PRESS MONDAY OCTOBER 21 2013 FOOTBALL 3WDP-E01-S3

YEOVIL TN 0BRIGHTON 0

BY CHRIS SWEET

Glovers sink to the foot of the tablefollowing stalemate with Brighton

Yeovil slipped to the bottom ofthe Sky Bet Championshipafter a lacklustre goalless drawagainst Brighton.

While Barnsley cantered tovictory at Middlesbrough,Gary Johnson’s men huffedand puffed against disappoint-ing opposition at Huish Park.

Neither side posed a genuinethreat in the final third as bothgoalkee per’s dominated theirpenalty areas.

The Glovers lacked bothwidth and genuine ideas goingforward as again they failed topose a danger in front of goalwhen it mattered.

Town manager Johnsonsaid: “No manager is everhappy with a point becausethere are three up for grabs.

“To be honest, we’ve played ateam that were one game awayfrom the Premier League lastyear and we’ve had to workvery hard to get the ball backbecause they play a particularstyle that’s very hard to shutdown across the field.

“When we didn’t give it backto them I thought we lookeddangerous. You want to win athome when you can, but, to befair, a draw at home isn’t a badresult and our league is a mini-league of eight teams thatd o e s n’t include Brighton.

“When we play these sorts ofteams they become our cupfinals and we’ve got to nick a

Yeovil Town’s Sam Hoskins attempts to get beyond Brighton & Hove Albion opponent Rohan Ince during Saturday’s Championship clash in Somerset PICTURES: GARY DAY/PINNACLE

Johnson standsby his selectionpolicy for gameBY CHRIS SWEET

Yeovil manager Gary Johnsondefended his keenly-debatedteam selection to face Brightonas both Paddy Madden andSam Foley failed to make thesquad for the goalless draw.

The Glovers slipped to thefoot of the Championship astheir wait for a first home winand league goal from open playat Huish Park extended.

Last season’s League Onetop-scorer Madden failed tomake the bench, along withFoley, who has made just twoappearances this campaignafter his key role in 2012-13.

Sam Hoskins and JamesHayter were preferred inattack, with fans bombardingMadden with messages onTw i t t e r and singing Foley’sname on the terraces.

Johnson said: “If he(Madden) was up for it and upto it, of course you would playhim. The crowd were singingabout Sam Foley and we lovehim, but he’s another one thatd o e s n’t warrant a place just yetfor reasons that stay with themana g ement.”

Explaining his strikerchoices, Johnson added: “Yo uwo u l d ’ve liked them to have

YeovilTownmanagerGaryJohnson

few points when we can. Wed i d n’t come for a draw, ofcourse, I never do that, but wehad a few chances at the end, sodid they, but neither team cre-ated open chances.

“That was because bothteams worked very hard out ofpossession and that’s becausewe had to.”

Johnson made four changesto the side defeated by Middles-brough before the interna-tional break, Sam Hoskinspartnering James Hayter inattack and Kevin Dawsonstarting on the right wing.

Wigan loanee Fraser Fyvie

started in midfield, but lastedjust 23 minutes before beingtaken to hospital following ashoulder injury sustained in astern challenge from formerGlover Rohan Ince.

Brighton threatened first ina dour first half, Will Buckleygetting beyond Jamie McAl-lister only for Ashley Barnesto blaze over.

On seven minutes, Joe Ed-wards missed a header, allow-ing Craig Conway to chip intothe box for Buckley. His headerwas brilliantly caught by thediving Wayne Hennessey.

Fyvie almost made a telling

impact on 14 minutes when hecurled a 20-yard free-kick goal-wards that Tomasz Kuszczakbeat away.

The former ManchesterUnited keeper showed hisquality again on 38 minutes.Substitute Luke Ayling – anunpopular omission amongstfans from the starting XI –clipped forward for Hoskins,who waited for the ball to dropbefore being denied by thePo l e.

But despite Kuszczak beingthe busier goalkeeper, it wasthe visitors who looked themore dangerous in an opening

period where they almostcamped in the Yeovil half.

Three minutes after the re-start, Hoskins broke into thebox, but wasted the chance bystriking straight at Kuszczak.

On 54 minutes, Ed Upsontried his luck from distance,but was again kept out by theclassy stopper.

Byron Webster’s out-stretched boot only diverted aBrighton centre into the pathof replacement Leroy Lita on63 minutes, McAllister throw-ing his body behind the sub-sequent shot.

After 82 minutes, theGlovers fell asleep at the backas Shane Duffy was brushedoff the ball by Lita, who thenfed Will Buckley.

The striker surged forwardonly to scuff the outside of thepost when he should havescored before Dawson thenwent close, cutting in anddrilling at Kuszczak.

Everton loanee Duffy almostearned an unlikely openerwith three minutes remainingwhen he climbed highest at afree-kick only to see the stop-per’s acrobatics keep the ballout once more.Yeovil: Hennessey, Edwards, Webster, Duffy,McAllister, Dawson, Upson, Fyvie (Ayling 22),Davis (Grant 61), Hoskins, Hayter (Williams 68).Not Used: Seaborne, Moore, Fontaine, Dunn.Booked: Dawson, Hoskins, Hayter, McAllister.Brighton: Kuszczak, Saltor, Greer, Upson,Ward, Crofts, Andrews, Ince (Lopez 46),Buckley, Barnes (Lita 59), Conway (Forster-Caskey 83). Not Used: El-Abd, Ankergren,March, Calderon.Booked: Ince, Ward, Saltor.Attendance: 6,873.Referee: Gary Sutton (Lincolnshire).

On-loan Fraser Fyvie’s debut lasted less than half-an-hour as he succumbed to a shoulder injury at Huish Park

scored one each, and then theywo u l d ’ve done enough.

“T hey’re certainly ahead ofthe ones we didn’t select at themoment and we will have tosee how this week goes, butonly I know what goes onbehind closed doors and I’vepicked the team I believed thatwould give me and the club 100per cent. If I didn’t believe thatI wouldn’t select them.”

Wigan loanee Fraser Fyvielasted less than half-an-hour ofhis Glovers debut, eventuallytaken to hospital for treatmenton a shoulder injury sustainedin a crunching tackle.

Johnson said: “I think he’sdone a little bone in hisshoulder, I don’t know what it’scalled. The physio seems tothink that it’s nothing too bad,but some bruising. We willhave to get it x-rayed.

“We were gutted with thatbecause we know he’s a playerand we know he can make usbetter as a squad. He showedthat, but like all loans we losehim in the first game.”

Brighton assistant headcoach Nathan Jones admittedthe Seagulls lacked a “killeredg e” in the final third.

He said: “We were a littledisappointed as we felt we didenough to win the game. Wehad enough possession andenough chances.

“I think anyone who haswatched us for the last twomonths has seen we createenough chances, but we’ve gotplayers like Craig Mackail-Smith and Will Hoskins outinjured. We’re missing thatgoalscorer to win us games.”


O’Driscoll:Late defeat sodisappointingBY ANDY STOCKHAUSEN

Bristol City head coach SeanO’Driscoll admitted defeat washard to take after watching hisside lose to a last-gasp penaltyat Gresty Road.

Although O’Driscoll did notdispute referee Geoff Eltring-ham’s decision to award the90th-minute penalty whenScott Wagstaff tripped ByronMoore, he felt his players de-served better.

He admitted: “It is reallyfrustrating for everybody. Wehave defended steadfastly andare on track to get a deserveddraw and a first clean sheet –and then that happens.

“Scott is distraught afterconceding the penalty and allof the lads are feeling down. It’sdisappointing. We are gettingused to being disappointed.

“There was nothing in thegame; they didn’t deserve towin it and we didn’t deserve tolose it. A draw would have beena fair result and we thoughtwe ’d done enough to get it.

“One minute more and we’dhave been high-fiving one an-other for getting a really good

BristolCityheadcoachSeanO’DriscollCity now in urgent need of a victory

as late penalty sends them bottom

For the first time in what isnow becoming an increasinglydifficult season for BristolCity, the importance of theresult will far outweigh that ofthe performance when theRobins host Brentford atAshton Gate tomorrow night.

With nearly a quarter of theLeague One campaign gone,City find themselves in thesame position they have oc-cupied at this stage in each ofthe last four years – bottom ofthe table and facing up to theprospect of weeks and monthsspent battling relegation.

Not only that; SeanO’Driscoll’s team is stillwithout a league win in 11attempts this term and is yet tokeep a clean sheet followingdefeat to Crewe Alexandra atGresty Road.

Again, though, City cancount themselves unfortunateto have dropped points in cir-cumstances that rendered thefinal outcome a bitter pill tosw a l l ow.

Just as they did at Port Vale afortnight earlier, when pluck-ing a draw from the jaws ofvictory, the Robins wereundone by an individual errorof judgment at the death.

If the consequences of Aden

F lint’s ill-advised back-pass atVale Park were profound, theimpact of Scott Wagstaff ’s du-bious challenge on ByronMoore in the second minute ofadded time was nothing shortof shattering.

Having defended resolutelyto thwart enterprising oppon-ents who eventually ran out ofideas, City appeared the sidemost likely to snatch a latewinner. But that impressionwas turned on its head whenthe unfortunate Wagstaffthrust out a leg and Moorewent to ground a little tooeasily to convince refereeGeoff Eltringham of the ne-cessity of awarding a penalty.

Moore dusted himself downto beat Elliot Parish from thespot and consign the Robins tothe basement, a position thatwas confirmed when it becameapparent Sheffield United hadseen off Port Vale to win 2-1 atBramall Lane.

City owner Steve Lansdownand his directors held an im-promptu post-match confer-ence on the steps of thegrandstand, no doubt ponder-ing their next move.

Of course, they will considerthe position of head coachO’Driscoll, who has nowpresided over a wretched se-quence of 20 league matcheswithout a victory. As bad asthat record is, City are by nomeans confronted by the par-lous situation that prompted

Crewe Alexandra’s Byron Moore beats Bristol City goalkeeper Elliot Parish from the penalty spot deep into stoppage-time PICTURES: DOUGIE ALLWARD/JMP

CREWE ALEX 1BRISTOL CITY 0BY ANDYSTOCKHAUSEN

the sacking of O’Driscoll’s pre-decessors, Keith Millen andDerek McInnes.

The Robins are not beingcomprehensively out-playedand neither are there signsthat the players have ceased torespond to the manager.

In fact, all the available evid-ence supports the assertionthat the players are steadfastlybehind O’Driscoll, while res-

ults and performances thisseason suggest this team is notfar short of turning draws intowins and losses into draws.

It is evident the head coachcould do with the kind of ex-perienced help that requiresfunding in the transfer marketand City’s directors ought to beconsidering whether to easetheir policy of financialprudence in the short-term inorder to avert the possibility ofa second successive demotion.

Managers under pressureinvariably speak in terms offine lines. O’Driscoll is no fooland he readily acknowledgesthe urgent need for a result,

Crewe’sformerBristolCitykeeperStevePhillipscelebrates

but there is no disputing thefact his side deserved to takesomething from this contestbetween two evenly-matcheds i d e s.

Had Jay Emmanuel-Thomasnot squandered the gift-wrapped opportunity presen-ted him by Alex centre-backAdam Dugdale, the outcomemight well have been different,but the former Arsenal man,with only goalkeeper StevePhillips to beat from 15 yards,inexplicably dragged his shotw i d e.

Parish was called upon tomake one exceptional save,flinging himself high to hisright to divert Moore’s fero-cious drive onto the post. Oth-erwise, Crewe were restrictedto shots from long range.

For all their resilience andhard work out of possession,City nevertheless lacked theguile to translate promisingsituations into clear-cut goal-scoring opportunities andstrikers Sam Baldock and Em-manuel-Thomas chose thesame time to have an off day.

It took the introduction oftarget man Ryan Taylor on thehour to change things and thecombative Yorkshireman gavehis team-mates the option ofmixing up play and going longas the game stretched.

That said, they ought to haveheld out for a point and Wag-staff will no doubt have ex-perienced a sleepless night on

Saturday. These are the finelines that can cost managerstheir job and O’Driscoll musthope his players can transformnear-misses into points whenBrentford pitch up in Bristoltomor row.

But the head coach’s taskhas already been made moredifficult by the yellow cardshown to Aden Flint in the firsthalf. His fractionally-late chal-lenge on man-of-the-match An-thony Grant triggers a one-match ban, leaving O’Driscollwith the unenviable task offorging a new centre-back part-nership between youngstersDerrick Williams and LewisDunk in the space of just 48h o u r s.

It seems that is the way ofthings when you are at thewrong end of the league andstruggling for a result and it isincumbent upon these youngRobins to make their own luckagainst a Brentford team thatlost in the play-off final as re-cently as May.Crewe: Phillips, Tootle, Ellis, Dugdale, Mellor,Grant, Molyneux (Clayton 72), Osman, Turton,Moore, Aneke (Ray 90). Not Used: Leitch-Smith, Guthrie, Nolan, Oliver, Garratt.Booked: Turton, Moore.Goals: Moore 90 pen.City: Parish, Moloney, Williams, Flint, Shorey,Wagstaff, Pack, Reid, Bryan, Emmanuel-Thomas(Taylor 60), Baldock (McLaughlin 84). NotUsed: Fielding, Wynter, Cunningham,Harewood, Dunk.Booked: Flint, Moloney.Attendance: 4,781.Referee: Geoff Eltringham (Tyne & Wear).

point on the road. A nil-nildraw would have beensomething we could have builton, but it’s not to be.”

Although Wagstaff protestedhis innocence, there was con-tact between him and Mooreand referee Eltringham wasperfectly placed to see.

O’Driscoll admitted: “I’dhave been disappointed if itwas one of my players goingdown and it was not given.

“ It’s a soft one. He’s in thepenalty area and he’s got thetrip. He’s made the most of it,but technically it’s a penalty.”

Defeat in Cheshire leavesCity at the foot of the table andputs additional pressure onO’Driscoll and his playersahead of tomorrow’s homegame against Brentford.

“We ’re already focussing onthe next game and the playershave to pick themselves up,”said O’Driscoll.

“T hey’ve been doing it allseason and now they will haveto do it again. We’re chasingresults now and that makesthings more difficult.

“The players have to be men-tally strong and make surethey are prepared and ready togo again on Tuesday night.”

Nearly 700 City fans trav-elled to Gresty Road and theyapplauded their team off at theend despite the disappoint-ment of conceding a late goal.

O’Driscoll said: “I’d like tothank them. They are gettingfrustrated and they are dis-appointed by what hashappened, but they have giventhe players good support. Thelads went over at the end andthe supporters showed theirappreciation. It is really ap-preciated by all of us.”


SWINDON TN 2NOTTS COUNTY 0

BY NEILGOULDING

Swindon Town striker Nile Ranger, second left, scores the first goal during the League One match against Notts County in League One on Friday PICTURE: ROB NOYES

Cooper urges Swindon to kill teamsoff despite securing another victory

Bath stage impressive second-half recovery to earn a point at Whitehawk

Swindon boss Mark Cooperfeels his side need to be moreclinical if they are to maintaintheir early-season promotionpush.

The Robins were dominantat the County Ground onFriday night as they saw offstruggling Notts Countythanks to first-half strikesfrom Nile Ranger and DanyN‘Guessan.

The hosts registered theirthird straight League One winin convincing style and tem-porarily eased themselves intofifth place in the table, but itseems Cooper still was nottotally convinced after he had

CAMBRIDGE UNITED 2SALISBURY CITY 0

Salisbury dropped two placesin the Skrill Premier after asecond-half double from KwesiAppiah gave unbeaten leadersCambridge their 11th leaguewin of the season.

The table-toppers had a dif-ficult first half, though, asSalisbury made a positivestart, but they could not makea breakthrough.

Dan Fitchett tested goal-keeper Chris Maxwell early onand former Cambridge manBrian Dutton guided a headerjust past a post.

Elliott Frear posed a threaton the left wing with his dan-gerous crosses – keeping Max-well alert – but chances werefew and far between.

The hosts started to liven upwith the arrival of Appiah fiveminutes before the break.

The front man made a no-ticeable difference, slotting hisside in front in the 49th minute

Appiah doubleis enough tobeat Salisbury

Josh Low inspired the comeback

FormerYeovilloaneeKwesiAppiahscoredtwice

as he cleaned up on Will Puddyand James Clarke’s lapse inc o m m u n i c at i o n .

Seven minutes later, theCrystal Palace loanee baggedhis brace after finishingNathan Arnold’s lay-off from aswift counter-attacking move.

Clovis Kamdjo went close forSalisbury midway through thesecond half, but failing tounlock Cambridge’s robust de-fence left them succumbing toa 2-0 defeat.

“We always knew it wasgoing to be a difficult game asCambridge are absolutelyflying at the moment,” saidSalisbury manager MikeyHar ris.

“The first half was pleasingfor me. We kept possessionwell, created a couple ofchances and, on another day, ifwe had gone a goal up it couldhave been a very differents t o r y.

“I felt that we were the betterteam in the first half – bu tunfortunately it wasn’t to be.

“We ’re of course disappoin-ted with the goals we conceded.We ’ll take our medicine andlook to bounce back.”

WHITEHAWK 2BATH CITY 2

Bath gained a well-earnedpoint at Whitehawk aftercoming back from a two-goalfirst-half deficit in the SkrillConference South.

City found it difficult todefend in the first half, playingup the Brighton club’s notice-ably slope, and went behind onthree minutes.

Tommy Fraser had far toomuch time to choose his op-

tions in the centre of the pitch,eventually electing to strokethe ball out to the unmarkedMichael Boateng on the right.Boeteng’s cross into the boxfound Jake Robinson, who vol-leyed home from 15 yards.

Former Team Bath playerSami El-Abd crossed from theleft for Robinson to put aheader wide on 20 minutes, butCity gradually came back intothe contest.

Two corners in quick suc-cession saw Josh Low’s goal-

bound strike hit team-mate JoeBurnell and Dave Pratt got inon the action with a shot on theturn that ricocheted off twod e f e n d e r s.

But just as an equaliserlooked on the cards, the Hawksscored again.

There appeared to be littledanger as Sam Gargan cut infrom the right, but his shotwent through the legs of AndyGallinagh, leaving JasonMellor unsighted.

Eight minutes after the

break, though, Low gallopeddown the left and found NoahKeats. His effort from the edgeof the 18-yard box then flickedoff Low and, with both playersclaiming the goal, it was thelatter who obtained the officialve rd i c t .

As the game opened up, thehome side were far from done.Fraser was only inches awayfrom sliding in on a Gargancross before Danny Mills sawhis shot blocked by Gallinagh.

City drew level in the 65th

minute after Sekani Simpson’srun into the area was endedwhen he was clipped frombehind by Robinson. RefereeDavid Woolford pointed to thespot and Chris Allen fired hispenalty into the net.

City survived one furtherscare when El-Abd had aheader tipped over the bar byMellor, but that apart it was thevisitors who finished thestronger of the two sides anddeservedly travelled backhome with a point.

watched Danny Haynes miss alate penalty for the Magpies.

He said: “Two-nil can be ahorrible scoreline. It was riskyand it can become very in-teresting if they score.

“We had so much possessionand so many chances to kill thegame, but we just wentthrough a nervous spell.

“We played well overall andwe were controlled, but it isfrustrating for me that wed i d n’t finish Notts County off.

“If they had have scoredtheir penalty it would havebeen game on, so we have tomake sure we don’t make mis-takes like that going forward.

“In situations like that we doneed to score again. With thatscoreline it’s only natural thatthings can become tense.

“All the lads were good onthe night, though. I don’t pick

out individuals. It’s aboutkeeping all our young playersfocused on the job.”

The Robins – whose onlyhome defeat so far this seasonwas at the hands of Chelsea –were always going to be strongfavourites against a Countyside who were third-from-bottom and had not won ontheir travels.

The form guide was borneout after just 11 minutes whenthe hosts roared into the lead.

Spurs loanee Alex Pritchardwhipped in a teasing low crosswhich former Newcastle hit-man Ranger met and lashedhis shot high into the roof ofthe net to register his fourthgoal of the season.

Just before the half-hourmark the lead was doubled andthe Magpies were looking likepotential lambs to the

slaughter. This timeN‘Guessan guided home a pen-alty kick after Nathan Byrnehad been clumsily fouled byMustapha Dumbuya.

It was N‘G u e s s a n’s fifth goalthis term and he now leads theRo b i n s ’ scoring chart.

Former Charlton manHaynes thought he had pulleda goal back just before the in-terval, only for a linesman’sflag to curtail his joy.

Shortly after the restart, theRobins were quickly back intotheir stride and County weresaved from slipping furtherbehind by the woodwork.

P r i t ch a rd ’s free-kick wasbeaten away by goalkeeperBartosz Bialkowski, withN‘Guessan pouncing on the re-bound as he fired a low driveagainst the post.

H ay n e s ’ miserable night got

worse as he missed from thepenalty spot after Yaser Kasimhas felled Callum McGregor.

There were few furtherthreats from the visitors, sothe Robins marched on to an-other precious maximumpoints haul and look in goodnick as they head towardstheir next fixture, at homeagainst Walsall tomorrow.Swindon: Foderingham, N Thompson(Barthram 46), Hall, Ward, McEveley, Byrne,Luongo, Kasim, Pritchard (Mason 77),N’Guessan (El-Gabbas 70), Ranger. Not Used: LThompson, Belford, Branco, Ajose.Booked: McEveley, Kasim.Goals: Ranger 11, N’Guessan 28 pen.Notts County: Bialkowski, Dumbuya, Liddle,Leacock (Smith 46), Sheehan, Labadie (Haber46), Fotheringham, Boucaud, McGregor,Haynes, Coombes (Bell 61). Not Used: Arquin,Campbell-Ryce, Thompson, Spiess.Booked: Boucaud, Labadie, Coombes.Attendance: 8,188.Referee: Darren Deadman (Cambridgeshire).


BRISTOL ROVERS 0WYCOMBE 1

BY RICHARDLATHAM

Odd Down gothrough withsix of the bestFA VASE

Odd Down thrashed BishopSutton 6-0 as they stormed to abig away victory in the firstround proper of the FA Vase.

The visitors were helped ontheir way by two BishopSutton own goals, while BenWhite, Michael Baker, KyeSimpson and Troy Simpsonwere all on the mark.

Hallen won 3-1 at CadburyHeath as Ricky Charlton andGrant Williams hit second-halfgoals after Matt Huxley hadcancelled-out Tom Collett’sopener for the visitors.

Brislington edged their all-Bristol clash 1-0 at home toLongwell Green with FrankGingell scoring the only goal ofthe game on the hour mark.

Brimscombe, of the HellenicPremier, knocked out Toolsta-tion First Division side Ashton& Backwell as an Adam Pricedouble put them on the way toa 3-1 home win.

Ricky Briggs halved the de-ficit before half-time, but BenD e a k i n’s third goal for the Li-lywhites on the hour ensuredthe hosts would progress.

Shepton Mallet triumphed2-0 at Bovey Tracey with goalsfrom Dave Stone and Joe

Bristol Rovers forward David Clarkson heads to the dressing room after being dismissed PICTURE: NEIL BROOKMAN

David Clarkson is too much ofan experienced professionalnot to accept responsibility forthe sending-off that gave hisRovers team-mates a massivetask for over an hour againsthigh-riding Wycombe.

While John Ward was rightto insist than any deliberateattempt to injure an opponentwould have been totally out ofcharacter for the seasonedScottish striker, refereeDarren Sheldrake had equaljustification in issuing a redcard after consulting one of hisa s s i s t a n t s.

Clarkson no doubt felt anudge in the back fromWycombe midfielder JoshScowen as they went to contesta bouncing ball in midfield.

But the Rovers man’s back-ward swing with an out-stretched left arm as he spunaround, which caught his op-ponent across the top of hishead, did not look an entirelynatural movement.

It was certainly not a punchor an elbowing offence. Butplayers know the potentialpenalty for a raised arm and ifClarkson was unlucky, it wasin the fact that an assistantreferee intervened after thewell-placed Sheldrake saw noof fence.

Rovers could not afford suchan indiscretion against aWycombe side going in theright direction under an im-pressive talker in managerGareth Ainsworth.

The home side might havetaken an early lead whenSeanan Clucas ran onto a RyanBrunt cross from the left andsaw his header pushed arounda post by visiting goalkeeperMatt Ingram.

But it proved to be Rovers’only accurate goal attempt.After Clarkson’s dismissalWycombe dominated posses-sion without being able tocreate many openings them-

Clarkson redcard so costlyfor Rovers

selves against some tigerishdefending and committed mid-field play.

Ward initially acted posit-ively to going a man down byswitching Ellis Harrison fromthe flank to partner RyanBr unt.

But the second half beganwith Brunt as a lone forager upfront and the toll that took onthe legs of a player short of fullmatch fitness saw him re-placed by new loan recruitAlex Henshall shortly after theh o u r- m a rk .

Harrison moved to themiddle again, but it was not hisday and he later gave way tosubstitute Mitch Harding, whofound it equally difficult tomake an impact in the final tenm i nu t e s.

For all their commendablespirit, Rovers could make noimpression on a Wycombeback-line in which centre-backKortney Hause excelled.

What Ward’s men did do, totheir credit, was restrict theopposition to mainly long dis-tance goal attempts, most ofwhich flew high and wide ofSteve Mildenhall’s goal.

The Rovers goalkeeper didhave to make a smart reactionsave from Jon-Paul Pittman,one of three substitutes whofinally offered Wycombe morep e n e t r at i o n .

It was a warning the hostsfailed to heed. On 82 minutes,Pittman found space for afierce low drive and, althoughMildenhall dived full length toparry with his right-hand, hecould only divert the ballstraight into the path of an-other replacement, Max Kret-zschmar, who drilled therebound into an empty netfrom eight yards.

So Rovers were unable tobuild on the momentum oftheir previous performance atMansfield and, with just fivegoal attempts in the game, onlyClucas’ header being on target,they could have few com-plaints about it.

Home supporters, who gotsolidly behind their team inresponse to the effort being

There is not a vicious bone in David’s body, insists boss Ward

Bristol Rovers manager John Ward

John Ward is standing firmlybehind David Clarkson overthe sending-off that played akey role in Bristol Rovers’ 1-0home defeat by Wycombe.

The experienced striker wasred carded by referee DarrenSheldrake on the advice of anassistant after catching oppon-ent Josh Scowen in the facewith a flailing arm on 26m i nu t e s.

That left Clarkson’s Roversteam-mates to play more thantwo-thirds of the match withten men and a late goal fromWanderers substitute MaxKretzschmar left the Piratesjust a single point above the

League Two relegation trap-d o o r.

Ward defended Clarksonafter the game and saw noreason to change his viewhaving watched the incidentagain on film.

“I am not going to make afuss about it because the rule-makers will no doubt sayD av i d ’s arm movement wasunnatural and we have littlechoice but to accept that,” saidthe manager.

“But I saw no evidence of apunch or an elbow.

“There is not a vicious bonein David’s body, or any anger inhim, and I don’t believe he

deliberately set out to hurt anopponent.

“A three-game ban and miss-ing the remainder of Sat-u rd ay ’s match is punishmentenough in my opinion.

“I am not the sort of managerwho hands out club fineswithout a good deal of thought.I will talk to my coaching staffand to David about whathappened and then move on.

“He and I have an excellentworking relationship and thatwo n’t change.”

Clarkson will be banned fortomor row’s visit to AccringtonStanley, Saturday’s home gameagainst Chesterfield and the

testing trip to Oxford a weekl at e r.

With Matt Harrold stillstruggling to overcome a groinproblem, Eliot Richardsbothered by a hamstring strainand Ryan Brunt not fullymatch fit, Ward admits he mayhave to change tactics againstbottom club Accrington.

“I may have to adjustt h i n g s, ” he said. “First I willtake a look at how Accringtonplay. It will probably be windyand wet in Lancashire, whichmay also be a factor. Matt Har-rold won’t make the game Id o n’t think, but hopefully hewill be ready by Saturday.”

shown, were left to view aLeague Two table all too sim-ilar to the first half of lastseason.

Matt Harrold is again beingsorely missed and his return tofitness will be key to hopes ofavoiding another relegationb at t l e.

One positive was the debutperformance of on-loan centre-back Will Packwood, whosedisplay belied his years and

the fact that he is looking tobounce back from a career-threatening broken leg.

The Birmingham playerlooked a born leader, unafraidto issue instructions to moresenior colleagues, and wonmost of his battles in the airand on the ground.

Ward will be hoping for moreof the same in three testingLeague games before the startof this season's FA Cup trail.

Rovers: Mildenhall, Smith, Packwood, Parkes,Lockyer, Clarke, Clucas (Santos 85), O’Toole,Harrison (Harding 80), Clarkson, Brunt(Henshall 63). Not Used: Norburn, Gough,Keary, Southway.Sent Off: Clarkson (26).Wycombe: Ingram, Arnold, Hause, Stewart,Dunne, Lewis, Scowen, Cowan-Hall (Pittman76), Knott, Bloomfield (Kretzschmar 68),Kuffour (McClure 63). Not Used: McCoy,Spring, Horlock, Doherty.Booked: Bloomfield.Goals: Kretzschmar 82.Attendance: 5,783.Referee: Darren Sheldrake (Surrey).

MattHuxley’sgoal forCadburyHeathwas notenough

Morgan, but Warminstercrashed out 9-1 at HellenicPremier outfit Binfield.

Bristol Manor Farm werebeaten 4-0 at Buckland withSimon Revell scoring twice,while Danny Gaze and LiamMcAuley were also on targetfor the hosts.

Almondsbury UWE wentdown 4-2 at home to Barn-staple, who led by two goals atthe break thanks to WillTucker and Thomas Marsh.

Simon McIlroy pulled a goalback, but Marsh and Tuckereach scored again before JoshSlater grabbed a second for thehome team late on.

Bradford slipped to a 3-2home defeat against AFCPortchester, Sam Stone scor-ing twice as the visitors camefrom behind to take victory.

James Musselwhite hadearlier given Portchester thelead, but Dan King’s doublelooked to have put the hosts incharge until Stone intervened.

Winterbourne were beaten3-2 at Tavistock despite KarimRendall putting the visitorsinto the lead and Jack Rhys-Jones scoring late on. TheDevon side progressed by scor-ing three goals in betweenthrough Dan Pethick, JohnnyWyatt and Dan Follett.

Toolstation Premier leadersGillingham crashed out 2-0 atPlymouth Parkway, whosegoals came from GavinCoulton and Steve Colwell,while Willand lost 2-1 atSaltash, who replied to DeanStamp’s opener with goalsfrom Sam Hughes and RossSaint.


CHELTENHAM 1ROCHDALE 2

BY JON PALMER

A late collapse saw 80 minutesof good work from Cheltenhamquickly ruined by Rochdale.

Robins boss Mark Yates wasleft to rue his decision to stickrather than twist as a triplesubstitution from Rochdalemanager Keith Hill helpedthem overturn the deficit andsnatch a win in the secondminute of stoppage-time.

In contrast, Yates left all 11players who started the matchon for the duration, but theywere left chasing shadows.

It was a bitterly disappoint-ing end to the match for Chel-tenham and the home crowdwere left wondering why therewas no response from thebench when Rochdale began tod o m i n at e.

It is difficult not to feel somesympathy for Yates, who sethis team up in exactly the same

Boss Yates defends decision to keep substitutes on the bench

Larkhall climbto the summitTOOLSTATION LEAGUE

Larkhall moved to the top ofthe Premier Division with anexcellent 3-0 victory at fellowhigh-flyers Bitton.

Tyler Sibbick gave Larkhalla half-time lead and Scott Lyedoubled the advantage beforeSibbick struck his second.

Street consolidated theirthird position with a 1-0 winover Ilfracombe with SteveMurray scoring the winninggoal in the 89th minute.

There was also a late goal atSherborne as Melksham’sGary Higdon struck sevenminutes from time to give thevisitors a 1-0 triumph.

Hengrove came from behindto earn a 1-1 draw at home toRadstock, Shane Cummins’penalty cancelling-out JordanTow n s l e y ’s opener.

Bridport and Slimbridgealso finished 1-1 with JamieMartin putting the visitorsahead on the half-hour andMatt Condliffe equalising 15minutes from time.

In the First Division, second-placed Wellington were beaten2-1 at Calne with all three goalscoming late on.

James Lye make the break-through on 80 minutes andTom Slater doubled the advant-age two minutes later beforeAlexis Piper replied fiveminutes from time.

Cribbs swapped places withWellington courtesy of their1-1 draw at home to Chard,Simon Bone putting the hostsin front on the hour beforeLeigh Bailey equalised.

Wincanton thrashed Devizes5-0, while Welton beat Keyn-sham 3-0. Roman Glass StGeorge triumphed 4-0 overCheddar, while Mark Robinsonscored twice in the last threeminutes to earn ChippenhamPark a 2-1 win at Westbury, whotook a 20th-minute leadthrough Nathan Hallett.

The basement battlebetween Oldland and Portis-head finished 1-1 with MikeHardiman cancelling-out NickS t e a d m a n’s opener for thehosts, while Corsham drew 0-0with Wells.

Cheltenham Town goalscorer Troy Brown, centre, is congratulated on his goal by team-mates, left to right, Byron Harrison, Jamie Cureton, Russ Penn and Keith Lowe PICTURE: ROBERT DAVIS

Rochdale trump Cheltenham aftermanagers’ game of stick or twist

Successful Rochdale boss Keith Hill

Mark Yates insists Cheltenhamare not far away from turningthings around, despite goingdown to their sixth defeat of theseason at home to Rochdale onS at u rd ay.

The Robins led through TroyB row n’s header going into thelast ten minutes at the AbbeyBusiness Stadium, but two lategoals from Ian Henderson leftthem empty-handed.

Yates was left perplexed as tohow his team allowed theiradvantage to slip away withtwo more calamitous goals, but

he saw plenty of encouragingsigns from the performance.

“How we’ve conceded twogoals I don’t know and thetiming of them was cruel,”Yates said. “There was not toomuch wrong with the perform-ance, but we switched off twiceand lost the game.

“We knew Rochdale were adecent side and we nullifiedthem and kept them quiet untilthe last ten minutes.

“It’s tough for us to take, butit shouldn’t have happened.”

After falling behind, Roch-

dale boss Keith Hill made threesubstitutions while Yatesopted to stick with the same XIthat started the game for thefull 90 minutes.

“I thought about changes upfront, but Jamie Cureton is atalisman for us and a threat upthere, while Byron Harrisonwas putting in a workmanlikeperformance and causingthem problems,” Yates said.

“When it went to 1-1, I prob-ably would have changedJamie if anyone, but you arethen taking off potentially

your leading scorer when youstill want to try to win thegame. You are damned if youdo and damned if you don’ts o m e t i m e s. ”

Yates admitted the mannerof the defeat was hard to take,but he has called for anotherbig effort at home to sixth-placed Morecambe.

“It hurts me and the playersthat we’ve lost and to do so inthat manner is even worse,” hesaid. “The only way to sort thisout is to be better and strongeragainst Morecambe.”

was as he had at Dagenham &Redbridge in the 2-1 success aweek earlier.

The narrow midfield four,with Matt Richards in front ofthe back four and JermaineMcGlashan advanced, hasfunctioned to a certain extent,but the team is still lackingfluidity and very little was cre-ated for Jamie Cureton andByron Harrison to feed off.

It did, however, stifle Roch-dale’s passing game and thefirst half was uneventful, withneither goalkeeper called intoserious action.

Cheltenham were made towork extremely hard by Roch-dale, who had won six of theirprevious seven games tocharge towards the top of theLeague Two table. They fin-ished the half on top, but ScottBrown remained a spectator.

The heavens opened duringthe half-time break, with thesecond half starting under tor-rential rain. Cheltenham tookthe lead after 63 minutes and it

was no surprise it came from aRichards set piece.

His deliveries asked ques-tions of the Rochdale defencethroughout, but the rest of thecrossing was a major disap-pointment as Cureton’s first 90minute appearance largelypassed him by.

After Ian Henderson trippedCraig Braham-Barrett andearned himself a yellow card,R i ch a rd s ’ free-kick wascleared as far as Cureton.

He lofted a clever ball to-wards the far post, whereMcGlashan touched it back forTroy Brown to force in.

It was the powerful de-fender’s first goal since hissummer move from Aldershotand Yates’ 200th match incharge of Cheltenham lookedset to end with a much-neededthree points.

But eight minutes later, Hillmade drastic changes, addingthree sets of fresh legs andCheltenham looked weary.

One of the substitutes,

George Donnelly, set up Hen-derson for the first with a deepcross to the far post which washeaded almost straight at ScottBrown, but it went throughhim and trickled into the net inthe 81st minute.

Henderson had already goneclose with a header and shot,with Cheltenham struggling tocontain the left winger.

Cheltenham switched to a 4-3-3 formation, with Harrisonand McGlashan either side ofCureton and less than aminute later skipper RussPenn wasted a glorious chanceto restore Cheltenham’s lead.

The ball sat up kindly forhim on the edge of the box, buthe lashed over the bar andRochdale soon had Chelten-ham pinned back in their de-fensive third.

The winner was a perfectlymeasured chip from Hender-son over Scott Brown, but theway the ball found its way tohim was desperately poor fromCheltenham’s point of view,

with panic and confusion.Right-back Sido Jombati, whohad looked somewhere nearback at his best in the last twomatches, was culpable formuch of the late woe, but lackof communication all-roundwas also to blame.

The end result was perhapsthe most agonising setbackCheltenham have suffered thisseason and another failure athome to Morecambe tomorrowis certain to further stoke theire of the Whaddon Road faith-ful, who have come to expectmuch better.Cheltenham: S Brown, Jombati, T Brown,Lowe, Braham-Barrett, Richards, Taylor, Penn,McGlashan, Cureton, Harrison. Not Used:Elliott, Deering, Gornell, Roberts, Kotwica,Vincent, Noble.Booked: Penn, McGlashan, Braham-Barrett.Goals: T Brown 63.Rochdale: Lillis, Rafferty, Lancashire,O’Connell, Rose, Dicker, Vincenti (Tutte 71),Lund, Allen (Hery 70), Henderson, Cummins(Donnelly 71). Not Used: Bennett, Eastham,Thomson, Bunney.Booked: Dicker, Vincenti, Henderson.Goals: Henderson 82, 90.Referee: Gavin Ward (Surrey).

SWINDON SUPERMARINE 2BIDEFORD 3

Kayden Jackson’s penaltydouble saw Supermarine fightback from two goals downagainst Bideford only to even-tually lose in the FA Trophyfirst qualifying round.

The Devon side, from oneleague above their hosts in theCalor Southern League, racedinto a two-goal lead inside tenminutes through Kevin Squireand Craig Duff.

Supermarine halved the de-ficit on 21 minutes when IanSampson was penalised for ahandball and Jackson beatSteve Oliver from the spot.

Nine minutes later, Oliverwas adjudged to have broughtJackson down inside the areaand the front man again con-verted from 12 yards.

However, Bideford won thetie 20 minutes from time whenDuff let fly with a fine shotfrom outside the box.

Jackson braceis not enough


Yate Town’s Jake Jackson, white kit, goes for goal during the Calor Southern League defeat to Godalming on Saturday PICTURE: JON KENT

Hockaday behind his playersdespite awful run continuing

Tigers hit backto earn a point

Cirencester goout at EghamEGHAM TOWN 3CIRENCESTER TOWN 2

A week after going out of theFA Cup, Cirencester wereknocked out of the FA Trophyin the first qualifying round.

There was hardly time forsupporters to take their placesbefore the first goal for Eghamin the second minute.

A quick break down theright saw Patrick Craig send ina low cross, which caught theCirencester defence cold andJamie Houghton planted aheader past Glyn Garner.

Cirencester went two downon 24 minutes after Chris Hol-land passed back to Garnerwithout pace and it waspounced on by the speedyLouis Chandler-Joseph, whofired the ball into the net.

Four minutes later,Cirencester pulled a goal backafter Lee Smith jinked his wayinto the penalty area and firedinto the far corner.

Egham regained their two-goal advantage five minuteslater after more hesitation inthe Cirencester defence.

Ryan O’Toole had plenty oftime to run along the front ofthe box before unleashing aright-foot shot which smashedinto the net.

However, a tremendous runfrom Smith on the left endedwith him spotting home goal-keeper Gary Ross off his lineand lobbing the ball over himto make it 3-2.

A goalless second half sawthe Centurions dumped out.

EddieOshodiwas sentoff whenForestGreenled 1-0

STOCKPORT COUNTY 2GLOUCESTER CITY 2

A second-half comebackearned Gloucester City a pointagainst Stockport County atEdgeley Park.

Scott Wilson’s introductionas a substitute changed theoutlook of the game with WillMorford and Darren Edwardsnotching two goals in eightminutes to bring City backfrom two goals down.

The Hatters had taken anearly lead through RhysTurner and they doubled itafter the striker played the ballinto Tom Webb, who turned itpast his own goalkeeper.

The game burst into lifeafter a sublime through ballfrom Robert Lofthouse foundTurner, who slotted the ballhome for the lead.

Stockport, who were playingin the Championship littlemore than a decade ago, cameclose twice in quick successionwith Kristian Dennis firingacross goal before Lofthousecurled wide.

After the break, Citysuffered a sucker punch withall-time appearance holderWebb knocking home an owngoal after a wonderful runfrom the impressive Turner.

The Tigers hit back imme-diately, though, a stinging shotfrom the right proving too hotto handle for goalkeeper IanOrmson and Morford tappedinto the empty net.

The introduction of Wilsonproved a masterstroke as theforward shot down the righthand side and delivered a ballon a plate for Edwards, whocaressed the ball past Ormsonfor an unlikely equaliser.

Despite lots of Stockportpressure, the Tigers held on fora deserved point.

Concord allowWeston lift off

GRIMSBY TOWN 3FOREST GREEN ROVERS 1

Eddie Oshodi became the fifthForest Green player to be sentoff this season as ten-manRovers slipped even furtherdown the Skrill Premier table.

Dave Hockaday has nowseen his side lose seven of theirpast eight outings, leavingthem in 16th spot, although theearly signs at Blundell Parkwere promising as a new-look4-4-2 formation helped producea strong start.

So much so that for thefourth consecutive game,Rovers hit the net with theopening goal, but just minuteslater Oshodi’s lunge on CraigDisley saw the England C mangiven his marching orders –and the home side levelled justbefore the break.

At no point did the formerFootball League side look likethey were going to run awaywith it, but a mistimed chal-lenge midway through thesecond half allowed Grimsbyto go ahead from the spot andthey sealed their win with acontroversial goal late on.

Hockaday said that his play-

ers deserved credit for theirperfor mance.

“Grimsby just had nothing,they did not know what to doand I’m so proud of the play-e r s, ” said the Rovers boss.

“Those back home should beso proud of those people thatwore shirts today because theywere a credit to Forest Green

Rovers. It’s us against theworld at the moment and that’show it feels.

“I’m proud of my boys,they’ve put in a shift, we askedthem to put in even more effortand they have.

“They are working hard and,with that effort, we will def-initely turn things around andthere is no doubt in mymind.”

Jamie Turley was a surprise

inclusion in the Rovers backline, as was fellow defenderDale Bennett who began thematch among the substitutes,and he played key role inForest Green’s openingch a n c e.

Al Bangura’s brilliantly ex-ecuted reverse pass foundTurley on the right-hand sideand he lofted a cross towardsthe back post which sawDanny Wright’s header turnedaway for a corner by Grimsbygoalkeeper James McKeown.

Forest Green deservedlywent ahead midway throughthe half as Wright’s low effortwas partially stopped by McK-eown and, after Andy Manganhad bravely slammed a followup against the post, the ball fellto Yan Klukowski whostretched to scramble in theo p e n e r.

All their hard work wasundone shortly after, though,as Oshodi was judged to haveendangered former BristolRovers man Disley when chal-lenging for the ball, and ref-eree Ben Toner was quick tobrandish a red card.

The impetus was quicklywith the hosts as Rovers were

forced to rejig their formation,and Ross Hannah bagged hisfirst of the afternoon when hefinished off Aswad Thomas’low cross.

Chris Stokes thought he hadrestored his side’s lead justafter the break as he touchedon Marcus Kelly’s free-kick,but the linesman raised hisflag for offside, and Hannahput the hosts in front from thepenalty spot after ScottNeilson had been trippedinside the area.

Both Kelly and James Nor-wood tried their luck from dis-tance, but Grimsby piled onthe pressure late on.

Sam Russell made a superbstop with his feet to deny AndyCook, but he could not preventGrimsby from sealing the winwith a controversial goal-linemelee, which saw AlexRodman credited with thehosts third.

The scoreline could havebeen even crueller for Rovershad Russell not pulled off anoutstanding reaction saveafter Liam Hearn had blastedan effort towards goal in thedying moments of stoppage-t i m e.

WESTON-SUPER-MARE 5CONCORD RANGERS 0

Weston put last week’s FA Cupdefeat behind them as theytook their biggest Skrill Southwin of the season so far.

The visitors created thebetter of the early chanceswith Sam Higgins twice for-cing corners from home stop-per Luke Purnell, while LeonGordon also drew a good savefrom the goalkeeper.

For Weston, Chas Hemmingswent close with a header andNaby Diallo forced a good savefrom goalkeeper Jamie Butler.

The deadlock was broken aminute before the intervalwhen Diallo headed in DayleGr ubb’s cross from the left.

Grubb got on the scoresheeton 51 minutes with a superblow strike from 30 yards.

Concord pressed forwardsand the gaps were fully ex-ploited by Weston, who scoredthree times in 15 minutes.

Substitute Jake Harris, whotook over from Hemmings,twice went close, once hittingthe bar and then having aneffort cleared off the line.

However, fellow substituteAlec Fiddes scored from closerange after Ashley Kingtoncrossed the ball.

Weston struck again on 89minutes when Martin Slo-combe left Butler standingwith a 35-yard effort.

Kane Ingram wrapped thescoring up in the last minutefrom the penalty spot.� Weston visit Staines in theleague tomorrow (7.45pm).

Ty t h e r i n g t o nstay at the topHELLENIC LEAGUE

Tytherington retained theirone-point lead at the top ofDivision One West followingtheir 2-0 win at bottom sideLetcombe with goals from JoeWhite and Justin Bishop.

Second-placed ShortwoodReserves were also victorious –Joe Rymell, Sean Lawson andEd Parsloe scoring in a 3-0triumph away to Fairford.

Purton complete the leadingtrio a further point back afterScott Campbell’s double gavethem a 2-0 home victory overNorth Leigh United.

Lee Toomey, Jack Payne andDavid Kinuthia scored thegoals as New College Swindonwon 3-1 at Hook Norton, whileMalmesbury versus Lydneywas abandoned amid a torren-tial downpour with the awayside 2-0 up after 72 minutes.

In the Premier Division, theweather also resulted in theabandonment of CheltenhamSaracens’ home match withWootton Bassett.

Saracens, whose long-serving boss Gerry Oldhamresigned on Friday, came frombehind to level at 1-1, but thereferee took the players offafter 55 minutes.

Elsewhere, Highworth wentdown 4-0 at Flackwell Heath.

Home defeat ends a disappointing week for YateYATE TOWN 1GODALMING TOWN 3

Yat e ’s miserable week endedwith a limp home defeat toGodalming in Division OneSouth & West of the CalorSouthern League.

Rob Cousins’ side were keento bounce back from their mid-

week hammering atGloucester in the FA Cup, butwent down to a visiting sidethat leapfrogged them in theleague table.

Godalming took the leadwhen Jake Cox conceded a pen-alty, which was slotted homeby Sam De St Croix.

Yate soon equalised when

Lewis Haldane fired a superbshot into the bottom corner ofthe net.

Yate finished the halfstrongly and came close whenMike Bryant fired just over thecrossbar, while JordanRodgers brushed the post withanother effort.

The home side continued to

press in the early stages of thesecond half and Cox wasdenied by a fine save.

However, a deflected effortfrom Jack Mazzone gaveGodalming the lead in the 69thminute and the same playersealed the three points for theside from Surrey with a neatfinish in the closing minutes.


Shortwood United midfielder Tim Haddock, right, runs at the Mangotsfield United defence during Saturday’s FA Trophy tie PICTURE: SIMON PIZZEY

Foyle expects better from hisside as Bees sting the Bulls

Chippenhamcruise through

FROME TOWN 1POOLE TOWN 1

Frome had to dig deep in thelast half-hour of their FATrophy first qualifying roundtie against Poole to earn are play.

After a robust first-half thatPoole shaded, Frome took thelead in the second minute ofstoppage-time, as, in the midstof a cloudburst, Poole pushedeveryone forward for a corner,only for Rhys Baggridge tobreak clear, interchangepasses with Ben Wood andsupply a low cross to WillAgbo, who slotted the ballhome from ten yards.

The second half saw Poolecamped in the Frome half and,in the 58th minute, Baggridgewas shown a red card for a last-man challenge that resulted ina penalty that Darren Chittysaved from Steve Devlin.

Despite Frome’s massedranks in defence, Poole equal-ised in the 79th minute asDevlin succeeded with hissecond penalty of the match.

Only heroics from the Fromedefence and incredible savesfrom Chitty prevented Poolefrom going on to take the win.� Frome visit Poole for thereplay tomorrow (7.45pm).

Yetton dumpsBridgwater outWEYMOUTH 1BRIDGWATER TOWN 0

Bridgwater suffered a secondknockout defeat in eight dayswhen they went down by theodd goal to Weymouth in thefirst qualifying round of the FAT rophy.

Facing higher-level opposi-tion for the second successiveweekend, Bridgwater found ithard going, but thought theyhad scored an equaliser late onwhen Joe Bushin blasted theball home – only for the goal tobe disallowed for a foul on thegoalkee per.

Following a quiet first half,Bridgwater began to playbetter in the second period, butwere stopped in their tracks byStuart Yetton, who scored theonly goal of the tie in the 61stm i nu t e.� Bridgwater play at home toTruro in the first round of theRed Insure Cup tomorrownight (7.45pm).

Chitty keepsPoole at bay

MartinFoyleadmittedHerefordwere notgoodenough

CHIPPENHAM TOWN 3CHERTSEY TOWN 0

Chippenham moved into thenext round of the FA Trophy asthey saw off the threat of lowerleague Chertsey in the firstqualifying round.

The Surrey side must havefancied their chances againstChippenham’s makeshift de-fence, but central defendersAlan Griffin, normally at theother end of the pitch, andyoung Shane Blackmore heldfirm throughout.

The Bluebirds fashionedover 25 chances in the match,but it took them until the 34thminute to open the scoring –and even then it was courtesyof visiting skipper Ryan Blake,who deflected a Joe McClennancross past his own goalkeeper.

Until then, Griffin had comeclosest to scoring when heheaded powerfully at GaryAulsberry. At the other end,player-manager Dave John-ston drew a superb save fromBen John.

After early second half pres-sure from Chertsey, Chippen-ham went on to dominate.

The second goal came justpast the hour mark when Mc-Clennan and Lee Phillips com-bined for Tom Knighton to taphome from close range.

Aulsberry saved his side ashe just got his fingertips to aPhillips header, before tippingover Knighton’s deflected shot.Griffin then saw an effortruled out for offside.

Substitute James Guthriedrew a smart save from theChertsey custodian before thevisiting goalkeeper recoveredas he dropped another Guthrieeffort on the line.

After both sides hit thewoodwork, Phillips got Chip-penham’s third in stoppage-time with a header.

Clevedon causea Trophy upset

HEREFORD UNITED 0BARNET 1

A flying header from AhmedAbdulla sent Hereford to theirseventh Skrill Premier defeatof the season against their oldFootball League rivals.

Abdulla raced in to meet across from Keanu Marsh-Brown before flying throughthe air to head the ball pastgoalkeeper Rhys Evans andinto the roof of the net.

H e re fo rd ’s latest setbackleaves the Bulls just two placesclear of the relegation placesahead of Saturday’s FA Cupfourth qualifying roundagainst AFC Hornchurch.

Following the defeat, bossMartin Foyle admitted theBulls’ performance was farbelow his expectations andthat of the supporters.

“I thought we were doingokay, but then all of a suddenwe were caught by a suckerp u n ch , ” said Foyle, who willnow be considering changesfor the FA Cup tie.

“People might say it was agood header, but it was poor

defending by us – so all thehard work and energy, closingthem down and putting themunder pressure just went out ofthe window.

“At times our play was poorand I have got no excuses – itjust was not good enough.

“We looked scared and I un-

derstand the supporters’ fr us-tration, but there is no-onemore frustrated than me.”

Foyle made one change withMichael Rankine replacingChris Sharp in the attack.

Barnet swept forward fromthe kick-off with Marsh-Brownforcing Hereford goalkeeperEvans to clear.

Evans also cut out a centrefrom Abdulla before turning a

shot from Marsh-Brown awayfor a corner.

In a counter-attack, RobPurdie released the ball toKevin Krans, but the BristolCity striker’s cross was easilydealt with by Barnet goal-keeper Graham Stack.

A shot from Rankine alsowent wide as the Bulls startedto force the play.

Chris Bush kept the pres-sure on with a free-kick to thefar post, which was clearedaway by defender AnthonyA ch e a m p o n g .

Barnet missed a clear open-ing to take the lead twominutes later when LuismaVilla shot wide of the targetwith only Evans to beat.

Hereford replied again withskipper Luke Graham headinga corner from Purdie wide.

United then forced threecorners in the space of aminute, but the Barnet rear-guard held firm with goal-keeper Stack punching clearthe third flag-kick from Purdieon the half hour.

A flick-on from Ross Dyerfound Krans, but the young

striker screwed the ball wide ofthe target before the Bees tookthe lead in the 36th minute.

Marsh-Brown whipped theball over to Abdulla, who flewthrough the air to head home.

Marsh-Brown went close toputting Barnet further in frontwith a powerful drive just overthe crossbar.

Straight after the break, ashot from Villa flashed wide asBarnet took up the running.

A free-kick from Marsh-Brown was also cleared awayby Rankine before goalkeeperStack saved a shot from Dyer ina Hereford counter-attack.

Foyle made his first substi-tution with Jonathan Brownreplacing Krans, while a shotfrom Dan Walker went wide.

Barnet defender DannyStephens came to the Bees’rescue when he blocked a shotfrom Eric Odhimbo beforeFoyle brought on Chris Sharpin place of Purdie with four-teen minutes remaining.

However, Barnet never re-leased their grip to hold on tothe three points with theirthird away win of the season.

AFC TOTTON 1CLEVEDON TOWN 2

Ollie Barnes and Ross McNabscored the goals as Clevedonupset AFC Totton in the firstqualifying round of the FAT rophy.

In a clash of second-from-bottom of the Calor SouthernLeague Premier Divisionagainst second-from-bottom ofDivision One South & West itwas the lower ranked teamthat came out on top.

Barnes gave the visitors a28th-minute lead when hisfree-kick flew into the net offthe underside of the crossbar.

McNab double Clevedon’sadvantage two minutes intothe second half when finishingoff a move involving Barnesand Reeko Best.

Nathan Hurst pulled a goalback in injury-time.� Clevedon visit Tiverton inthe Red Insure Cup first roundtomorrow (7.45pm).

Egan double puts Mangotsfield into the drawSHORTWOOD UNITED 0MANGOTSFIELD UNITED 2

A goal in each half from man ofthe match Josh Egan gaveMangotsfield a deserved placein today’s FA Trophy secondqualifying round draw.

Shortwood midfielder TimHaddock had the first chance,shooting across the face ofgoal, before Matt Sysum

looped a header wide at theother end and Kyle Tooze sawhis effort turned over the barby goalkeeper Tom King.

Mangotsfield’s Ben Huntthen forced King into a goodsave low to his right.

The home side respondedthrough James Baldwin,whose header was blocked onthe line by Tom Parinello,while Jake Parrott’s shot was

tipped over the crossbar byKevin Sawyer.

Mangotsfield took the leadshortly before half-time whenTooze sent the ball low into thedanger zone and Egan did therest from eight yards out.

Shortwood ought to have lev-elled early in the second half,but Adam Mann blazed wide.

However, Mangotsfield hit acrucial second goal ten

minutes from time when Kingmade a hash of a clearanceunder pressure and Eganlobbed the ball into the un-guarded net from 30 yards.

Alton Axton tried to respondfor the hosts, but Sawyer savedhis free-kick.� Mangotsfield visit Bishop’sCleeve in the GloucestershireSenior Challenge Cup quarter-final tomorrow (7.45pm).

Paulton unableto earn a replayBURNHAM 2PAULTON ROVERS 1

Paulton went out of the FATrophy at the first qualifyinground stage despite a decentperformance at Burnham.

The hosts, from one divisionabove Rovers, went in frontafter 13 minutes when RyanBlack centred from the rightand Marc Charles-Smith wason hand to convert.

Bur nham’s Lee Togwellmissed an absolute sittermidway through the secondhalf, but the same playerdoubled the lead 15 minutesfrom time when set up byC h a rl e s - S m i t h .

Josh Klein-Davies pulled agoal back almost immediatelyand Paulton might have takenthe tie to a replay had MikePerrott not had a goal ruled outlate on.� Paulton host Yate in the firstround of the Red Insure Cuptomorrow (7.45pm).

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Lallana leavesit late to saveSouthampton

Wenger hails ‘teamgoal’ as one of thebest he has ever seen

It is still early days for in-form Townsend, insists Spurs boss AVB

Tottenham and England winger Andros Townsend attempts to outwit the Aston Villa defence in yesterday’s encounter

ARSENAL 4NORWICH CITY 1

Arsenal boss Arsene Wengerhailed “one of the best goals”he has ever witnessed as Eng-land midfielder Jack Wilsherehelped fire his side two pointsclear at the top of the PremierLeague after a 4-1 win overN o r w i ch .

The Gunners capitalised onLiver pool’s draw at Newcastlewith what proved to be a hard-earned victory against a de-termined Norwich side, whocould consider themselves un-fortunate not to takesomething from the match.

In the end, though, it wasArsenal’s class which told,with Wilshere opening thescoring with a sublime finishto a slick passing move whichcut the visitors open on 18m i nu t e s.

After soaking up plenty ofpressure, German play-makerMesut Ozil headed in a secondjust before the hour, but JonnyHowson reduced the deficit.

Arsenal, though, made surethere would be no late dramawhen Aaron Ramsey, who hadstarted on the bench, fired pastJohn Ruddy from close rangeafter jinking into the box.

Ozil stroked in a late fourthto ensure a somewhat flatter-ing scoreline, but it was moreevidence this Arsenal side lookset for a long-overdue sus-tained championship chal-lenge in 2014.

Wenger was left in awe of theway his team had gone ahead,with Santi Cazorla, Wilshereand Olivier Giroud all involvedin a beautiful quick-fire ex-change of passes around theedge of the Norwich area

before the England manstroked the ball home.

“All the goals were great, butthe first was exceptional andi m p rov i s e d , ” said Wenger. “Itwas certainly one of the best(Arsenal) goals, one I enjoyedbecause it was a team goal.

“It had combinations andspeed which you would alwayslike your team to play (with).This one was a mixture of tech-nical quality, speedy thinking,quick reaction and as wellbeing calm in front of goal.

“It had nearly everythingyou want to have, it was a greatgoal.”

Wenger paid tribute to theefforts of Norwich, who havenow lost five from their firsteight matches.

“We won 4-1 and their keeperhad a good game, but Norwichplayed well, so it is strange,” hesaid.

“They made it difficult for usand we struggled to keep ourgame going. I would come out

of the match thinking Norwichwere a good team.”

Ramsey started on thebench, but was brought on inthe first half after MathieuFlamini suffered double visionfollowing a clash of heads withAlex Tettey, and will now beassessed ahead of the Cham-pions League game againstBorussia Dortmund.

“We play seven games in 23days, and that means we willneed everybody,” said Wenger.

“It gives me an opportunityas well to give the players alittle breather before they willget injured.”

Wenger moved to play downexpectations, but feels his sidecan build on their start.

“We have quality, but how farwe will go is down to howconsistent we can be, howmuch effort we can put intoevery single game and howmuch are we able not to getinto a comfort level, which it isabout at this level,” he said.

Arsenal star Jack Wilshere runs at the Norwich defence PICTURE: ADAM DAVY/PA

Tottenham Hotspur’s Roberto Soldado, right, celebrates scoring his side’s second goal team-mate Paulinho in yesterday’s Premier League clash with Aston Villa at Villa Park PICTURES: NICK POTTS/PA

Southampton, black, scramble in their late equaliser at Old Trafford

PREMIER LEAGUE REVIEW

A late goal from Adam Lallanagave high-flying Southamptona 1-1 draw against ManchesterUnited at Old Trafford.

Robin van Persie gave DavidM oye s ’ side the lead with hisfirst goal in four games beforeboth he and Wayne Rooney sawefforts hit the crossbar.

But the hosts could not killoff the game and were made topay as Lallana was on hand toturn Dejan Lovren’s shot pastDavid De Gea.

Liverpool were held to a 2-2draw by ten-man Newcastle inthe day’s early kick-off at StJa m e s ’ Pa rk .

Yohan Cabaye fired the Mag-pies ahead with a fantasticlong-range effort before StevenGerrard notched up his 100thPremier League goal from thepenalty spot to level the gamebefore half-time.

Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa was

Hazard taking full advantageof the Cameroon interna-tional’s ingenuity.

Eto’o then grabbed his firstgoal for Chelsea after 66minutes as he beat two de-fenders before firing a shotpast Marshall.

Oscar and Hazard thenadded some gloss to thes c o re l i n e.

Gus Poyet’s first game asSunderland manager ended ina heavy defeat as they slippedto a 4-0 loss at Swansea, theBlack Cats remaininganchored to the foot of thet abl e.

A Phil Bardsley own goalwas followed rapidly by a fant-astic strike from Jonathan DeGuzman. The third Swanseagoal came courtesy of a Wil-fried Bony penalty, with StevenF letcher’s own goal making itfour with ten minutes left.

Everton had substituteSteven Pienaar to thank for all

ASTON VILLA 0TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2

BY ANDY HAMPSON

Tottenham manager AndreVillas-Boas claimed it was tooearly to start comparingAndros Townsend to GarethBale despite another superbperformance from the winger.

Townsend, the recent hero ofEngland’s World Cup qualific-ation, shone again with an in-spirational goalscoringperformance in the win forSpurs at Aston Villa.

The 22-year-old, rewardedwith a new contract this week,opened the scoring – albeitwith a cross-cum-shot – in the31st minute and tormentedVilla thereafter in a rampantd i s p l ay.

Spurs sold Bale to RealMadrid in a world-record £86million deal in August, and

despite them spending morethan £100 million on new play-ers, former trainee Townsendhas looked equally likely to fillthe void.

Villas-Boas said: “It is earlybeginnings for Andros withhis life at the club.

“G a re t h ’s influence grew tobe immense in the last season.It is early days for Andros.

“But I think it was a greatperformance. Alongside theteam, it grew in the secondhalf, and he really improvedhis performance.

“He gives us so many at-tacking options because he isable to take the team forwardwith his driving ability andlink-up play, crossing andassisting.

“It was another great per-formance, like we saw for hiscountry. It was great to see.”

Tow n s e n d ’s performancesin this month’s World Cup

qualifiers against Montenegroand Poland have seen his pro-file soar.

Villas-Boas said: “He has tocope with the amount of at-tention he gets, but he is verygrounded and down to earth.

“I don’t suppose he will haveany problems. Before he wentto England his confidence washigh. What he has been doingfor Spurs he did for Englandand now he is continuing forhis club.”

Townsend spent the secondhalf of last season on loan atQPR, one of nine such tem-porary moves in his career.

Villas-Boas said: “I think theloan really worked for him. Hecame with the right frame ofmind to grab the opportunity.

“I think he has shown all hisdrive and motivation to stay atSpurs this season and we areglad to have him.”

Spurs completed victory

with a second goal fromRoberto Soldado in the 69thm i nu t e.

The result lifted the London-ers to fifth in the PremierLeague and was the perfectresponse after a shock 3-0 lossto West Ham last time out.

Villas-Boas said: “It was dif-ficult in the first minutes to gethold of the ball because Villakept putting long balls behindus. When we managed to getmore control, from the 20thminute onwards, we managedto score and the goal gave usthe confidence to play ourg ame.

“In the second half thatreally showed, in a better way.We started playing muchbetter, lots of attacking op-tions. I think 2-0 is what wed e s e r ve d . ”

Villa boss Paul Lambert feltthe result was harsh on histeam. The hosts had the better

chances before Townsendstruck and had been threat-ening an equaliser when Spursbroke to claim their second.

Lambert said: “I didn’t thinkthere was much in that. Thelast couple of times Spurs havecome here they have left prettyconvincing winners. Todaywas a different game.

“There wasn’t much in it inthe first half and then we lost agoal. I think it is a cross andeveryone has missed it and itwent in.

“In the second half I thoughtwe were in the ascendancy. Ithought we looked like theteam that was going to get itb a ck .

“Sometimes you can comeaway from a game thinkingyou haven’t given it a go, but Ic a n’t fault the lads for the waythey went about it.”

Vi l l a ’s threatened second-half revival was prompted by

the introduction of ChristianBenteke from the bench on theh o u r.

The Belgian had missed theprevious two games throughinjury and he had two goodchances before Soldado killedthe Villa challenge.

Lambert claimed he hadnever considered starting withB e n t e ke.

He said: “Christian has onlytrained four days in a month. Itis unfair on him to ask him togo straight in.

“He has trained with us acouple of days and a couplewith Belgium. That wasn’tenough to throw him into agame of that magnitude. It wasnever an option.”� The Football Associationhas launched an investigationafter an assistant referee wasstruck by a firework during theg ame.

Police also confirmed two

men were arrested after DavidBryan, who was running theline in front of Spurs fans, washit by a flare or smoke bombthrown from the visiting sup-porters section at Villa Park.

The incident occurred amidthe celebrations after AndrosTownsend had opened thescoring for Spurs.

The restart was delayed asthe smoking missile was re-moved, but Bryan was un-harmed and able to continue.

An FA spokesman said: “T heFA will investigate this matter,which is unacceptable.

“We will await the matchof ficials’ report and will bespeaking to the clubs. Suchincidents highlight thedangers of pyrotechnics beingused in a football stadium.”

Police officers and stewardsmoved in to remove supportersfrom the away fans section inthe Doug Ellis Stand.

sent off for pulling back LuisSuarez for the penalty and itwas young defender Paul Dum-mett, who was introduced tosure up the Newcastle backline, who volleyed home aCabaye free-kick 11 minutes into the second half and put thehosts back in front.

Daniel Sturridge again drewLiverpool level in the 72ndminute with a close-rangediving header, but BrendanRodgers had to settle for apoint as Newcastle held firm.

Samuel Eto’o opened hisChelsea account as Jose Mour-inho’s side came from behindto beat Cardiff at StamfordBridge to win 4-1.

Jordan Mutch had givenCardiff a shock lead on his firstPremier League start for theBluebirds after poor defendingfrom the home side.

David Luiz decided againstcollecting a pass from Ramiresas he looked to leave it forgoalkeeper Petr Cech, butMutch nipped in and was left tocoolly put the visitors ahead.

The equaliser came whenCardiff goalkeeper David Mar-shall looked to bounce the balland Samuel Eto’o nicked itaway from him, with Eden

three points at home to Hull asthey won 2-1.

Kevin Mirallas struck earlyon to give the hosts the lead atGoodison Park.

Yannick Sagbo levelled forthe visitors as he swept homeSone Aluko’s cross.

Stoke continued to strugglein front of goal as they drew 0-0at home to West Brom withStephane Sessegnon close to adramatic late winner for thev i s i t o r s.

Manchester City movedback in to the top four as SergioAguero starred in their 3-1 winat West Ham in Saturday’s latekick-of f.

The 25-year-old Argentinainternational slotted the vis-itors in front after 16 minutes,with gaping holes in the Ham-mers back four making thefinish easier.

He then headed in DavidS i l va ’s free-kick six minutesafter half-time before RicardoVaz Te pulled one back with awell-taken strike.

That gave Sam Allardyce’sside a glimmer of hope untilSilva scored a third tenminutes from time to giveManuel Pellegrini his firstleague win away from home.

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Lallana leavesit late to saveSouthampton

Wenger hails ‘teamgoal’ as one of thebest he has ever seen

It is still early days for in-form Townsend, insists Spurs boss AVB

Tottenham and England winger Andros Townsend attempts to outwit the Aston Villa defence in yesterday’s encounter

ARSENAL 4NORWICH CITY 1

Arsenal boss Arsene Wengerhailed “one of the best goals”he has ever witnessed as Eng-land midfielder Jack Wilsherehelped fire his side two pointsclear at the top of the PremierLeague after a 4-1 win overN o r w i ch .

The Gunners capitalised onLiver pool’s draw at Newcastlewith what proved to be a hard-earned victory against a de-termined Norwich side, whocould consider themselves un-fortunate not to takesomething from the match.

In the end, though, it wasArsenal’s class which told,with Wilshere opening thescoring with a sublime finishto a slick passing move whichcut the visitors open on 18m i nu t e s.

After soaking up plenty ofpressure, German play-makerMesut Ozil headed in a secondjust before the hour, but JonnyHowson reduced the deficit.

Arsenal, though, made surethere would be no late dramawhen Aaron Ramsey, who hadstarted on the bench, fired pastJohn Ruddy from close rangeafter jinking into the box.

Ozil stroked in a late fourthto ensure a somewhat flatter-ing scoreline, but it was moreevidence this Arsenal side lookset for a long-overdue sus-tained championship chal-lenge in 2014.

Wenger was left in awe of theway his team had gone ahead,with Santi Cazorla, Wilshereand Olivier Giroud all involvedin a beautiful quick-fire ex-change of passes around theedge of the Norwich area

before the England manstroked the ball home.

“All the goals were great, butthe first was exceptional andi m p rov i s e d , ” said Wenger. “Itwas certainly one of the best(Arsenal) goals, one I enjoyedbecause it was a team goal.

“It had combinations andspeed which you would alwayslike your team to play (with).This one was a mixture of tech-nical quality, speedy thinking,quick reaction and as wellbeing calm in front of goal.

“It had nearly everythingyou want to have, it was a greatgoal.”

Wenger paid tribute to theefforts of Norwich, who havenow lost five from their firsteight matches.

“We won 4-1 and their keeperhad a good game, but Norwichplayed well, so it is strange,” hesaid.

“They made it difficult for usand we struggled to keep ourgame going. I would come out

of the match thinking Norwichwere a good team.”

Ramsey started on thebench, but was brought on inthe first half after MathieuFlamini suffered double visionfollowing a clash of heads withAlex Tettey, and will now beassessed ahead of the Cham-pions League game againstBorussia Dortmund.

“We play seven games in 23days, and that means we willneed everybody,” said Wenger.

“It gives me an opportunityas well to give the players alittle breather before they willget injured.”

Wenger moved to play downexpectations, but feels his sidecan build on their start.

“We have quality, but how farwe will go is down to howconsistent we can be, howmuch effort we can put intoevery single game and howmuch are we able not to getinto a comfort level, which it isabout at this level,” he said.

Arsenal star Jack Wilshere runs at the Norwich defence PICTURE: ADAM DAVY/PA

Tottenham Hotspur’s Roberto Soldado, right, celebrates scoring his side’s second goal team-mate Paulinho in yesterday’s Premier League clash with Aston Villa at Villa Park PICTURES: NICK POTTS/PA

Southampton, black, scramble in their late equaliser at Old Trafford

PREMIER LEAGUE REVIEW

A late goal from Adam Lallanagave high-flying Southamptona 1-1 draw against ManchesterUnited at Old Trafford.

Robin van Persie gave DavidM oye s ’ side the lead with hisfirst goal in four games beforeboth he and Wayne Rooney sawefforts hit the crossbar.

But the hosts could not killoff the game and were made topay as Lallana was on hand toturn Dejan Lovren’s shot pastDavid De Gea.

Liverpool were held to a 2-2draw by ten-man Newcastle inthe day’s early kick-off at StJa m e s ’ Pa rk .

Yohan Cabaye fired the Mag-pies ahead with a fantasticlong-range effort before StevenGerrard notched up his 100thPremier League goal from thepenalty spot to level the gamebefore half-time.

Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa was

Hazard taking full advantageof the Cameroon interna-tional’s ingenuity.

Eto’o then grabbed his firstgoal for Chelsea after 66minutes as he beat two de-fenders before firing a shotpast Marshall.

Oscar and Hazard thenadded some gloss to thes c o re l i n e.

Gus Poyet’s first game asSunderland manager ended ina heavy defeat as they slippedto a 4-0 loss at Swansea, theBlack Cats remaininganchored to the foot of thet abl e.

A Phil Bardsley own goalwas followed rapidly by a fant-astic strike from Jonathan DeGuzman. The third Swanseagoal came courtesy of a Wil-fried Bony penalty, with StevenF letcher’s own goal making itfour with ten minutes left.

Everton had substituteSteven Pienaar to thank for all

ASTON VILLA 0TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2

BY ANDY HAMPSON

Tottenham manager AndreVillas-Boas claimed it was tooearly to start comparingAndros Townsend to GarethBale despite another superbperformance from the winger.

Townsend, the recent hero ofEngland’s World Cup qualific-ation, shone again with an in-spirational goalscoringperformance in the win forSpurs at Aston Villa.

The 22-year-old, rewardedwith a new contract this week,opened the scoring – albeitwith a cross-cum-shot – in the31st minute and tormentedVilla thereafter in a rampantd i s p l ay.

Spurs sold Bale to RealMadrid in a world-record £86million deal in August, and

despite them spending morethan £100 million on new play-ers, former trainee Townsendhas looked equally likely to fillthe void.

Villas-Boas said: “It is earlybeginnings for Andros withhis life at the club.

“G a re t h ’s influence grew tobe immense in the last season.It is early days for Andros.

“But I think it was a greatperformance. Alongside theteam, it grew in the secondhalf, and he really improvedhis performance.

“He gives us so many at-tacking options because he isable to take the team forwardwith his driving ability andlink-up play, crossing andassisting.

“It was another great per-formance, like we saw for hiscountry. It was great to see.”

Tow n s e n d ’s performancesin this month’s World Cup

qualifiers against Montenegroand Poland have seen his pro-file soar.

Villas-Boas said: “He has tocope with the amount of at-tention he gets, but he is verygrounded and down to earth.

“I don’t suppose he will haveany problems. Before he wentto England his confidence washigh. What he has been doingfor Spurs he did for Englandand now he is continuing forhis club.”

Townsend spent the secondhalf of last season on loan atQPR, one of nine such tem-porary moves in his career.

Villas-Boas said: “I think theloan really worked for him. Hecame with the right frame ofmind to grab the opportunity.

“I think he has shown all hisdrive and motivation to stay atSpurs this season and we areglad to have him.”

Spurs completed victory

with a second goal fromRoberto Soldado in the 69thm i nu t e.

The result lifted the London-ers to fifth in the PremierLeague and was the perfectresponse after a shock 3-0 lossto West Ham last time out.

Villas-Boas said: “It was dif-ficult in the first minutes to gethold of the ball because Villakept putting long balls behindus. When we managed to getmore control, from the 20thminute onwards, we managedto score and the goal gave usthe confidence to play ourg ame.

“In the second half thatreally showed, in a better way.We started playing muchbetter, lots of attacking op-tions. I think 2-0 is what wed e s e r ve d . ”

Villa boss Paul Lambert feltthe result was harsh on histeam. The hosts had the better

chances before Townsendstruck and had been threat-ening an equaliser when Spursbroke to claim their second.

Lambert said: “I didn’t thinkthere was much in that. Thelast couple of times Spurs havecome here they have left prettyconvincing winners. Todaywas a different game.

“There wasn’t much in it inthe first half and then we lost agoal. I think it is a cross andeveryone has missed it and itwent in.

“In the second half I thoughtwe were in the ascendancy. Ithought we looked like theteam that was going to get itb a ck .

“Sometimes you can comeaway from a game thinkingyou haven’t given it a go, but Ic a n’t fault the lads for the waythey went about it.”

Vi l l a ’s threatened second-half revival was prompted by

the introduction of ChristianBenteke from the bench on theh o u r.

The Belgian had missed theprevious two games throughinjury and he had two goodchances before Soldado killedthe Villa challenge.

Lambert claimed he hadnever considered starting withB e n t e ke.

He said: “Christian has onlytrained four days in a month. Itis unfair on him to ask him togo straight in.

“He has trained with us acouple of days and a couplewith Belgium. That wasn’tenough to throw him into agame of that magnitude. It wasnever an option.”� The Football Associationhas launched an investigationafter an assistant referee wasstruck by a firework during theg ame.

Police also confirmed two

men were arrested after DavidBryan, who was running theline in front of Spurs fans, washit by a flare or smoke bombthrown from the visiting sup-porters section at Villa Park.

The incident occurred amidthe celebrations after AndrosTownsend had opened thescoring for Spurs.

The restart was delayed asthe smoking missile was re-moved, but Bryan was un-harmed and able to continue.

An FA spokesman said: “T heFA will investigate this matter,which is unacceptable.

“We will await the matchof ficials’ report and will bespeaking to the clubs. Suchincidents highlight thedangers of pyrotechnics beingused in a football stadium.”

Police officers and stewardsmoved in to remove supportersfrom the away fans section inthe Doug Ellis Stand.

sent off for pulling back LuisSuarez for the penalty and itwas young defender Paul Dum-mett, who was introduced tosure up the Newcastle backline, who volleyed home aCabaye free-kick 11 minutes into the second half and put thehosts back in front.

Daniel Sturridge again drewLiverpool level in the 72ndminute with a close-rangediving header, but BrendanRodgers had to settle for apoint as Newcastle held firm.

Samuel Eto’o opened hisChelsea account as Jose Mour-inho’s side came from behindto beat Cardiff at StamfordBridge to win 4-1.

Jordan Mutch had givenCardiff a shock lead on his firstPremier League start for theBluebirds after poor defendingfrom the home side.

David Luiz decided againstcollecting a pass from Ramiresas he looked to leave it forgoalkeeper Petr Cech, butMutch nipped in and was left tocoolly put the visitors ahead.

The equaliser came whenCardiff goalkeeper David Mar-shall looked to bounce the balland Samuel Eto’o nicked itaway from him, with Eden

three points at home to Hull asthey won 2-1.

Kevin Mirallas struck earlyon to give the hosts the lead atGoodison Park.

Yannick Sagbo levelled forthe visitors as he swept homeSone Aluko’s cross.

Stoke continued to strugglein front of goal as they drew 0-0at home to West Brom withStephane Sessegnon close to adramatic late winner for thev i s i t o r s.

Manchester City movedback in to the top four as SergioAguero starred in their 3-1 winat West Ham in Saturday’s latekick-of f.

The 25-year-old Argentinainternational slotted the vis-itors in front after 16 minutes,with gaping holes in the Ham-mers back four making thefinish easier.

He then headed in DavidS i l va ’s free-kick six minutesafter half-time before RicardoVaz Te pulled one back with awell-taken strike.

That gave Sam Allardyce’sside a glimmer of hope untilSilva scored a third tenminutes from time to giveManuel Pellegrini his firstleague win away from home.

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MUNSTER 26GLOUCESTER 10

BY RYANMURPHY

Gloucestersee gap growin late stages

Munster opened their winaccount in this season’sHeineken Cup as JohneMur phy’s 67th-minute try putpaid to Gloucester’s chances atThomond Park.

Rob Penney’s men didenough to rebound from lastwe e k ’s disappointing defeataway to Edinburgh with a 26-10triumph although, in a verytight Pool Six, they failed toengineer a bonus-point push inL i m e r i ck .

Charlie Sharples andDamien Varley swapped triesin a first half that canteredalong at a brisk pace, with IanKe at l e y ’s hat-trick of penaltiesseparating the sides at 16-10.

The scoreline remained thesame until Munster mustered10 quickfire points enteringthe final quarter-hour, as Keat-ley added another penalty andthen set up and converted aMurphy try.

Peter O’Mahony played ac ap t a i n’s role for the Irishprovince right from the off,carrying strongly initially andthen helping to set up a close-range penalty which Keatleystruck over.

Heineken Cup debutantJonny Bentley misjudged hisfirst kick at the posts as much-changed Gloucester sought animmediate response, theirback line needing an early ad-justment as full-back MartynThomas was forced off.

Keatley doubled Munster’slead in the 10th minute and thepenalties continued to come,Casey Laulala a prominentfigure as the hosts’ possessionstatistics soared to 82 percent.

A third successful kick fol-lowed from Keatley in the 13thminute, but Gloucester gotinto scoring range thanks to aninviting kick through fromDan Robson and hard chasefrom Sharples, and the wingerdotted down in the very nextp l ay.

The visitors’ pack pressed

from the close-in lineoutbefore Robson ducked to theright from a ruck and timedhis pass perfectly for Sharplesto score at the corner.

Bentley landed a classy con-version from out wide, withquality breakdown work fromBen Morgan and Akapusi Qeraallowing the Cherry andWhites to utilise their pace inthe backs.

The sides maintained a hightempo with Thomas’ re place-ment Rob Cook flooring KeithEarls with a meaty challenge,while Laulala and David Kil-coyne made a number of car-ries for persistent Munster.

That directness from Mun-ster paid off in the 34th minutewhen they shunned a kickablepenalty and Varley, having setup a lineout maul, was drivenover for a try which TMO EricGauzins confirmed.

The conversion from wideout on the left was swung overby Keatley, but a late ruck of-fence allowed Bentley toreduce the arrears to 16-10 forh a l f - t i m e.

On the resumption, it wasman of the match O’M a h o nyand Laulala who provided theinspiration again for Munsteras they made yards into theGloucester 22.

Livewire scrum-half Robsonled the Gloucester resistance,diving to disrupt O’Mahony atthe base of a Munster scrum infront of the posts.

The province pressed outwide through Murphy, whosekick through led to an obstruc-tion call against Mike Tindall.However, Keatley was way-ward for the only time from thekicking tee.

There was little between thesides heading into the finalquarter, the tension beinglifted by Earls’ side-ste ppingrun which saw him link withMurphy before desperate de-fending forced the ball freefrom Conor Murray’s grasp.

Keatley eventually broke thesecond half ’s deadlock with a66th-minute penalty followingan advancing scrum, and theresult was put beyond doubtbarely a minute later.

Winger Murphy gobbled up

Perpignan run in four tries after the break to go top of the pool

Cinderford getlittle rewardBLAYDON 24 CINDERFORD 14

C i n d e r fo rd ’s long journey tothe North-East to play fellowstrugglers Blaydon ended indisappointment as they failedto make the most of a plentifulsupply of possession and over-all territorial advantage in theNational One match.

The home side however wereclinical in taking theirchances, with an inspired per-formance from centre TomBanks proving decisive.

Blaydon made Cinderfordpay when Banks broke awayup field, and second-row KeithLaughlin was driven over for atry which Andy Baggett con-ver ted.

A missed tackle on the half-way line then enabled Banks tomake a clear run through toscore an unconverted try, andfive minutes later Blaydonwere 17-0 ahead when No 8Jason Smithson scored from alineout catch and drive.

Cinderford finally openedtheir account when wingerNev Codlin was put in for a tryby Danny Pointon, with MikeWilcox converting.

Blaydon secured their tryscoring bonus point just twominutes after the re-startwhen Banks won the race totouchdown for his second tryin the corner.

The remainder of the matchwas played almost exclusivelyin the Blaydon half but a com-bination of some resolutehome defence and poor exe-cution of several promising op-portunities meant thatCinderford were only able toscore once more, when propWill Davies forced his way overnear the posts, with Wilcoxadding the extras.

Head coach Alan Solomonsadmits his Edinburgh sidepaid the price for an erroneoussecond-half performance asPerpignan stormed back towin 31-14 in yesterday’sHeineken Cup clash.

The Scottish side led at half-time thanks to a spirited per-formance and a try for TimVisser, but they were put to thesword by Perpignan after theinterval at Stade Aime Giral.

The Catalan giants ran infour tries through WandileMjekevu (two), Joffrey Micheland Justin Purll to secure a

bonus-point win which seesthe Blood and Golds leapfrogMunster to top Pool Six, whileEdinburgh drop to third.

And Solomons admitted hisside lost their way in thesecond half.

“After a good, controlledstart, second-half errors in oursystem changed the course ofthe game and from then on wewere obviously on the backfo o t , ” he said.

“What we’ll take away fromthis game is a very good 40minutes. However, at this level,you are at punished for mis-

takes and that’s whathappened after the break.

“We need to continue to cutdown our individual andsystem errors but also to keepyour composure after an erroris made, and when a sidescores against us.”

Edinburgh face Gloucesterin the December double-head-ers while Perpignan take ontwo-time former championsM u n s t e r.

James Hook contributed 11points for the home side andpulled the strings expertly inthe victory, and the Welshman

was thrilled with the victorywhich puts his team in a com-manding position in Pool Six.

He said: “Nothing muchhappened in the first half butwe had a bit of a chat at half-time and came back out firing.We had been playing into Ed-i n bu r g h ’s hands in the firsthalf. They were defendingclose so we just needed to getthe ball out wide to our striker unners.

“We did that following thebreak with Wandile and Wat-isoni Votu really coming intothe game.

“They were outstanding inthe second half and the twoquick tries really helped usand really swung the mo-mentum. Edinburgh’s headsdropped a bit after that butthey kept battling and got a tryat the end.

“It’s still early days but totake a losing bonus-point onthe road and a bonus-point winat home is great. At half-timewe certainly would have takenthat. We have to face Munsterfirst in December and that willbe huge – they are giants ofEuropean rugby.”

an expertly placed cross-fieldkick from Keatley on the leftand evaded Sharples’ grasp onthe way to the try-line. Keat-ley’s textbook conversion sud-denly left Gloucester 16 pointsadrift.

Gloucester remained com-petitive, though, Tindall,Sharples and Jonny May alltesting the home defencebefore Earls was denied aninjury-time try by an earlierinfring ement.Munster: Jones, Earls, Laulala, Downey, J.Murphy, Keatley, Murray, Kilcoyne, Varley,Botha, D. O’Callaghan, O’Connell, D. Ryan,Ronan, P. O’Mahony, Hurley. Replacements:Hurley for Jones (57), Coughlan for Kilcoyne(66), Sherry for Varley (72), Archer for Botha(74), Cronin for D. O’Callaghan (66), Stander

for D. Ryan (69), Hanrahan for Hurley (66). NotUsed: Sheridan.Scorers: Tries – Varley, J. Murphy. Cons –Keatley 2. Pens – Keatley 4.Gloucester: M. Thomas, Sharples, Tindall,Mills, May, Bentley, Robson, Murphy, Dawidiuk,Harden, Lokotui, James, Cox, Qera, B. Morgan.Replacements: Cook for M. Thomas (6), Burnsfor Bentley (48), Knoyle for Robson (66), Y.Thomas for Murphy (75), Hudson for Lokotui(48), Evans for Cox (41). Not Used: George,Gibbons.Scorers: Tries – Sharples. Cons – Bentley.Pens – Bentley.Referee: Jerome Garces (France).

Gloucester full-back Martyn Thomas under pressure during the match at Thomond Park PICTURE: NIALL CARSON/PA

All Golds landstar man JamesRUGBY LEAGUE

Wales international JordanJames has turned his back onbig money deals and agreed atwo-year deal with Universityof Gloucestershire All Golds inthe Kingstone Press Champi-onship One league.

James, 33, played as an am-ateur for Gloucestershire War-riors while serving with RoyalMarine 42 Commando, beforegoing on to play with some ofthe biggest names in RugbyLea gue.

His career saw him play forCrusaders, South Wales Scor-pions, Swinton, SheffieldEagles as well as Super Leagueclubs Wigan Warriors, Castle-ford Tigers, Widnes Vikingsand Salford City Reds.

“Jordan is an outstandingprofessional as well as a greatbloke. In my experience youjust can’t separate the twowhen wanting a team man,”said former Great Britaincoach Brian Noble, whocoached James at Salford.

“The All Golds have securedone of the best and his lead-ership prowess will prove in-valuable to the future successof the team.”

James is part of the Walessquad preparing for theiropening Rugby League WorldCup match on Saturdayagainst Italy.

HEINEKEN CUP POOL SIXP W D L F A B Pts

Perpignan ............ .... 2 1 0 1 53 41 2 6Munster ............... .... 2 1 0 1 49 39 1 5Edinburgh ............ .... 2 1 0 1 43 54 0 4Gloucester ........... .... 2 1 0 1 37 48 0 4

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Cheltenhamfall just shortMARLOW 29 CHELTENHAM 21

Cheltenham travelled to River-woods the Thames hoping tokick-start their season afterdefeats at the hands of Groveand Maidenhead.

Marlow started the brightestand after a fine right fieldmove took a third minute leadwith a try from George Jafariconverted by Joylon Kelleher.Marlow had Mark Grindrod(killing the ball) and SamButler (dissent) sent to thesin-bin, but Cheltenham failedto score.

Back at full strength,Marlow extended their leadwith a Kelleher penalty afterCheltenham flanker Ben Con-stantine was shown a yellowcard for obstruction.

Kelleher grabbed a trywhich he converted for a halfscore line of 17-0.

In the 52rd minute Marlowgained a man advantage whenCheltenham’s Rob Whitehousewas shown a yellow card. Onthe hour mark Cheltenham fi-nally opened their accountwith Oli Young darting overfor a fine try converted byRyan Hill.

Both sides lost key playerswith first Marlow losing JackRider, son of former BBCGrandstand anchor man SteveRider then within a minuteCheltenham lost their centreMark Whitney with a legi n j u r y.

Cheltenham were first tosettle after the restart. Aftergood play from their pack Con-stantine grabbed a try conver-ted by Hill to set up agrandstand finish at 17-14.Marlow had other ideas andwing Matt Saunders found theCheltenham defence wantingas he skipped over for a un-converted try. From the restartMarlow gained turnover balland Pete Lewis trotted over fora try converted by Kelleher toseal the Marlow victory.

Cheltenham did have the lastword with Whitehouse scoringa unconverted try. Chelten-ham’s season continues nextweek with a home gameagainst Newbury Blues.

Last-gasp Coxseals victorySOUTH WEST ONE WEST

James Cox scored a dramatictry in the last few seconds asNorth Petherton gained a 25-23home win over neighboursBridgwater & Albion before anear 1,000 crowd.

Bridgwater had led all theway and at one stage by 23-5.

Victory enabled Petherton tostay second, three pointsbehind Cleve who maintainedtheir 100 per cent record with a44-7 triumph at home to Bide-ford, scoring seven tries.

Surprise result of the daywas Thornbury's 21-18 successat Chard, the winning trycoming six minutes into injurytime, while bottom side ConeyHill put up a spirited fightbefore losing 27-15 to Cam-bor ne.� Burnham on Sea main-tained their 100 per cent recordat the top of Western CountiesWest with a 29-12 away winover injury-hit Wellington.

BATH 26NG DRAGONS 10

BY HARRYABBOTT

Amlin Challenge Cup Pool TwoP W D L F A B Pts

Bath .................... .... 2 2 0 0 41 16 0 8Newprt G D’gons . .... 2 1 0 1 60 34 1 5Bordeaux-Begles .. .... 2 1 0 1 38 35 1 5Mogliano Rugby... .... 2 0 0 2 28 82 0 0

Battling Bath haul themselves intopole position to reach quarter-finals

Bath back-row forward Carl Fearns battles his way through during the Amlin Challenge Cup match against Newport Gwent Dragons at the Recreation Ground PICTURE: CLARE GREEN

Bath produced a dominantsecond half display to take con-trol of Amlin Cup Pool 2 with ahard-fought win over NewportGwent Dragons.

The hosts were the betterside in a scrappy and error-strewn encounter at The Recbut had to wait until thesecond 40 minutes to reallytake control. With the scorestied at the break, Bath cameout with renewed vigour andadded 16 unanswered points toclaim victory.

Bath coach Toby Booth said:“We had a two-week focus ofgoing away to France, which isalways tough and getting agood solid result there, andbacking it up this week. Theadded bonus is that we coulddo it with rotating the teamand giving some other peopleoppor tunities.

“It’s good to see that from adepth point of view we can stillsustain the same output. Weare very pleased with the driveand the scrum and we knew asthe weather came in it wasgoing to be more a forward-orientated and game manage-ment afternoon, and I thoughtwe were good for that.

“Dragons have scored a lot ofpoints in the RaboDirectLeague and to keep them to tenpoints is a big achievement.When you are tested against

good side it’s your fundament-als that matter. The set-pieceand defence are what keep youin the contest and it’s what youbuild any performance on.”

B at h ’s Richard Lane andNewpor t’s Toby Faletau tradedtries in a first half playedlargely in a downpour beforethe boot of fly-half Tom Heath-cote, who kicked 16 points,moved Bath into the ascend-ancy. They eventually wrappedup the win with Mat Gilbert’slate touchdown.

The home side had a chanceto break the deadlock in the

opening minute but Heathcotemiscued his penalty and theball sailed harmlessly widefrom 25 metres.

Bath did not have to waitlong for the first points,though, and Heathcote quicklymade amends with a scintil-lating break, which led to a tryfor winger Lane.

The Scotland internationalten dropped his shoulder onhalfway to skip past severalwould-be Dragons tacklers.Flanker Alafoti Fa’o s i l ivaoffered good support and, afterseveral phases, full-back NickAbendanon sent the ball wideto Lane and the Academyspeedster dotted down in thecorner. Heathcote added theextras from out wide.

Newport hit back immedi-ately when the Bath defence

were caught napping. Thehosts had a lineout deep inDragons territory but theWelshmen turned the ball overand raced up field.

British & Irish Lion Faletaufound himself as the unlikelyman on the wing and the back-rower had the Bath half at hismercy as he darted 40 metres totouch down. Fly-half JasonTovey restored parity with thec o nve r s i o n .

A sloppy period of play thenensued as Bath saw plenty ofterritory but were not carefulenough in possession. Severalgood phases failed to producepoints as either passes wentastray or the ball was knockedon.

The hosts were finally ableto make further inroads on thescoreboard when Heathcotesplit the posts with a routinepenalty. The fly-half ’s attemptsto add another quickfire threepoints went begging, however,as a long-range drop goalskewed horribly wide.

More Bath errors followedand an excellent Tovey penaltyfrom the right-hand touchlineensured Dragons were level athalf-time. Things could havebeen worse for Bath, though,had another Tovey kick fromhalfway not drifted wide justbefore the break.

Bath came out with renewedvigour after the restart, al-though the game continued tobe scrappy. The hosts seemedmore content to take their timewith proceedings, however,and a couple of Heathcote pen-

alties saw them edge into a six-point lead midway through theh a l f.

The turning point camewhen Dragons were reduced to14 men with quarter-of-an-hour to play. Fa’osiliva burstthrough from a lineout but wasstopped illegally by LewisEvans, and the Dragons back-rower was sent to the sin-bin.

Heathcote split the postswith the penalty before Bathwrapped up the win soon af-terwards with their second tryof the afternoon.

A penalty on halfway wassent to the corner by Heathcoteand when the hosts won thelineout they drove over thewhitewash, with replacementflanker Gilbert claiming thetouchdown. Heathcote addedthe extras.

Bath saw out the remainingeight minutes without incid-ent to put themselves in poleposition to reach the quarter-f i n a l s.Bath: Abendanon (capt.) (Joseph 73), Lane,Banahan, Henson, Biggs, Heathcote, Roberts(Stringer 41), Perenise (James 54), Batty(Guinazu 65-70, 77), Wilson (Orlandi 41),Spencer, Caldwell (Hooper 56), Skuse,Fa’osiliva, Fearns (Gilbert 70). Replacement notused: Ford.Scorers: Tries – Lane, Gilbert. Cons –Heathcote 2. Pens – Heathcote 4.Newport Gwent Dragons: D Evans(Robling 66), Harries, Hughes, Wardle, Amos,Tovey (Burton 66), Rees, O Evans (Price 56),Gustafson (Dee 56), Way (Chaparro 48),Screech, Sidoli (capt.) (Coombs 48), Talei(Groves 57), L Evans, Faletau. Replacement notused: J Evans.Scorers: Try – Faletau. Con – Tovey. Pen –Tovey.Referee: Giuseppe Vivarini.Attendance: 11,862.

Tom Heathcote, who kicked 16 points, driving his way through

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Clifton climbup to thirdCLIFTON 22 LAUNCESTON 20

Clifton climbed up to thirdplace in SSE National LeagueTwo South, after a battling to awin over Launceston at CribbsC a u s ew ay.

Back-three AndrewGolledge, Will Pomphrey andSam Smith posed a threat tothe Cornishmen every timethey were brought into theg ame.

Clifton took the lead afterfour minutes. A flowing moveinvolving lock Ben Purcell,who was outstanding, was fin-ished off by Bill Meakes, whodived over for a try, convertedby Giles Foley. The visitors re-sponded when lock crashedover in the corner, and full-back Kieron Lewitt adding theextras to level the contest.

The Cornish All Blacks ex-tended their lead when fly-halfJake Murphy landed a dropgoal. But Clifton re-gained thelead when Golledge glided infor a try converted by Foley.Tom Preece added a third try,which went unconverted,before the visitors again hitback with Lewitt scoring a trywhich he also converted.

But Clifton had the final sayof the half, when Foley slotteda penalty to give Clifton a 22-17lead.

The second-half saw a tor-rential downpour and bothsides were reduced to a kickand chase game. Launcestonadded a penalty via Lewitt, butc o u l d n’t penetrate the tena-cious Clifton defence, and heldon to claim their fifth victoryof the season.

SHELFORD 19 DINGS 20

Dings Crusaders moved out ofthe relegation places in SSENational League Two Southafter a close match.

Dings opened the scoring inthe second minute with a tryfor hooker Dave Wheeler, aftera fine lineout catch fromflanker Matt Lane. Full-backMark Woodrow added the con-ve r s i o n .

On 20 minutes, a good breakby centre Sam Cox swept Dingsinto the Shelford 22, and withwing Ollie Reyland held upshort of the line Dings won apenalty, slotted by Woodrowfor a 10-0 lead.

The second quarter sawDings concede a raft of pen-alties resulting in a yellowcard for lock Jake Holcombeand six points to the home sidewith two penalties from stand-off Elliot Bale.

Dings stretched their lead to17-6 with a try for wing OllieReyland, after a turn over byscrum half Steve Plummer anda good run from Woodrow, whoadded the conversion.

More penalties and a secondyellow for Dings prop MikeFlook saw the home side takefull advantage, with two Balepenalties and a converted tryfor centre Greg White. It gavethe home side the lead for thefirst time at 19-17.

Dings got back in front witha Woodrow penalty. Bale andWoodrow hit the post with lastditch penalty attempts.

ABERAVON 20BRISTOL 24

BY STEVECOTTON

Dings hold onto take points

Until the bizarre hole episode –and, indeed this whole bizarreepisode – is concluded, Bristolwill remain in limbo as towhether their endeavours inPort Talbot have been rewar-ded.

The visitors racked up fourtries in their British & IrishCup pool game at Aberavon –but must wait to find outwhether they will be given thebonus-point win, or simplymade to return to the TalbotAthletic Ground to replay thef i x t u re.

Bristol led 24-20 after 67-and-a-half minutes, when homelock Sam Williams came closeto disappearing down a deephole – understood to have beencaused by a collapsed drain –near the halfway line.

Referee Ross Campbellstopped the game, before thepitch was taken over by clubofficials, groundstaff, men influorescent jackets, a gentle-man holding a pitchfork, andthe peculiar sight – on a rugbyfield, at least – of a wheelie-bincontaining soil being wheeledout.

When Campbell decided hecould not guarantee the play-ers’ safety – the hole had beenfilled in, but was still causingconcern, while the players hadbeen inactive for 13 minutes –it provided more questionsthan answers.

Will the result stand? Or willBristol be made to return toSouth Wales to replay them at ch ?

On the face of it, 24-20 is notmuch of a lead, particularly asAberavon had cut Bristol’s ad-vantage from 24-13 and wereclearly buoyed by AiseaNato g a’s try, which arrivedshortly before the hole situ-ation began to unravel.

However, while the B&I Cupdoes not apply a 60-minute cut-off, after which point a resultstands in the event of an aban-donment, that is the blueprintfor many competitions – plus itis Aberavon’s responsibility, is

Bristol still inlimbo thanksto that hole

it not, to prepare a pitch thatdoes not put the players’ safetyat risk.

Bristol lock Mariano Sam-bucetti joked that, had dimin-utive scrum-half Ruki Tipunabeen playing, he may have dis-appeared down the hole andnever been seen again. And,while light-hearted, Sam-bu c e t t i ’s comment highlightedthe fact that the pitch had beenextremely dangerous hadsomeone – and Aberavon lockWilliams was fortunate –planted their foot at the wronga n g l e.

But, what of the rugby? Bris-tol were slow starters, going10-0 down inside 12 minutes,before recovering to play ar-guably the better rugby of thetwo sides once they stoppedfeeding the dangerous Natogafree ball.

The Fiji full-back – who isturning out for Aberavon as hefinds his route to the Ospreysside blocked – was afforded fartoo much time and space in theopening exchanges, beforeBristol became wise to this andcut off his supply.

Aberavon opened the scor-ing in the eighth minute when,from a line-out, AndrewCollins fed Jamie Murphy toscore in the corner, with SamDavies converting. The classyWales Under-20 fly-half thencapitalised when AuguySlowik saw yellow for a de-liberate knock-on.

But Bristol grew in stature –and earned their first pointson 21 minutes when WelshmanRoss Johnston, back from sus-pension, was driven over froma line-out.

Callum Braley raced unop-posed down the blindside fromanother line-out to give Bristolthe lead, but Davies kickedAberavon in front at the breakwith a penalty shortly beforeh a l f - t i m e.

Bristol coach Matt Sherratt,in charge of the team – alongwith fellow coach Matt Fer-guson – for the day, said: “T hemessage before the game wasto try to put them under pres-sure and almost starve them ofhope in the game. But we prob-ably did the opposite. Somediscipline lapses and poor ex-ecution of our basic skills gave

them, and their good players, afoothold into the game.”

Much of the second half – orwhat existed of it – belonged toBristol. They were given afillip when home centre WillPrice saw yellow for upendingSambucetti, and ramped upthe pressure with two crackingsolo tries in the space of eightm i nu t e s.

First teenager Slowik tookCharlie Amesbury’s pass andraced in from 40 metres, des-pite being pursued by Natoga,

before Fautua Otto – f ro mS l ow i k ’s pass – produced a sim-ilar finish, also holding off hisfellow Pacific islander.

Natoga – a cut above themajority of his Aberavon team-mates – gave Bristol cause forconcern when he went overfrom close range, with Daviesconverting to cut the visitors’lead to four points.

But just as Bristol readiedthemselves to go again, drainstopped play when the deephole became visible.

“Up to that moment, it wasprobably the same story as theLeeds game the week before –we showed a little bit of gritand determination to get backin the game,” said Sherratt.“We knew they were going tohave a lot of spirit. They

we re n’t ever going to roll overand let us run away with theg ame.”

Now they must wait for thedecision on whether their five-point victory will stand.Aberavon: A Natoga; A Evans, A Collins, WPrice, J Murphy; S Davies, C Morgans (D Davies66); N Smith (R Jenkins 52), I Davies (S Otten52), C John (N Thomas 41), R Hughes (CEverett 64), S Williams, J Jones, C Davies (NBrown 64), B Thomas. Rep not used: A Jones.Scorers: Tries – Murphy, Natoga. Cons – SDavies (2) . Pens – S Davies (2).Sin-binned: Price (43, dangerous tackle).Bristol: A Slowik; C Amesbury, F Otto (J Tovey64), N Carpenter, S Speight; A Jarvis, C Braley;B Douglas, R Johnston (R Lawrence 64), GCortes (M Lilley 48), M Sambucetti (G Townson48), B Glynn, I Grieve (capt), R Pennycook, MEadie (J Joyce 64). Reps not used: T Roberts, JGrindal.Scorers: Tries – Johnston, Braley, Slowik,Otto. Cons – Jarvis (2).Sin-binned: Slowik (11, deliberate knock-on).Referee: R Campbell. Att: 2,000.

It would be harsh to take the points from us, says HarrisonBristol hope to discover thisweek whether or not theirbonus-point win at Aberavonwill stand – after the matchwas abandoned in the 68thminute due to a hole beingdiscovered in the pitch.

In bizarre scenes at theTalbot Athletic Ground, withBristol leading their hosts 24-20 in the British & Irish Cup,the match was abandonedshortly after Aberavon lockSam Williams almost lost hisfooting and fell into the deep

hole. Referee Ross Campbellpaused the game – and theAberavon ground-staff used anumber of wheelie-bins’ wor thof soil to try to fill in the hole.

But, after a 13-minute break,Campbell – who could notguarantee the players’ s a f e t y,despite the repairs that hadbeen made – eventually aban-doned the match.

With no 60-minute cut-offrule in place in the B&I Cup, acommittee must now meet todecide whether Bristol’s 24-20

victory stands – or if they mustreturn to Port Talbot to replaythe fixture.

Bristol team manager JohnHarrison said: “We ’ve done thework, we’ve got the bonuspoint, and it would be a bitharsh to take that away fromus on an abandonment rulingwhen we were in the ascend-ancy and the game was there.

“Both sides were playinghard and playing good rugby,but that decision is there – the[60-minute] regulations exist

in other competitions and I’msure the RFU will look at thatand make a decision.

“As for the actual making ofthe decision, it could be laterthis week before something isdone, as to whether we have toreplay. It has to be the referee’sdecision – he bases it on safety– and we agree with his de-cision.

“In the current B&I Cup reg-ulations, there’s not a 60-minute cut-off for the result –whereas, in some competi-

tions, the result stands onceyo u ’re at 60 minutes if there isan abandonment.

“That is not the case in thecurrent regulations in the B&ICup – maybe it will besomething that will be lookedat in the future. But, right now,it will be the decision of thec o m m i t t e e. ”

Bristol coach Matt Sherrattsaid: “It was quite a farcicalend to the game – but, obvi-ously, it was something com-pletely out of our control.”

Callum Braley gave Bristol the lead during the abandoned match with Aberavon PICTURE: MICHAEL LLOYD

British & Irish Cup Pool 5P W D L F A B Pts

Bristol .................. .... 2 2 0 0 45 37 1 9Leeds Carnegie .... .... 2 1 0 1 103 29 2 6Aberavon ............. .... 2 1 0 1 51 41 1 5Gala .................... .... 2 0 0 2 25 117 0 0

(Abandoned after 68 minutes – unsafe pitch).

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Old Pats No 8 John Barker looks for support as he his held up during the match against weston-super-Mare PICTURE: PAUL NICHOLLS

Spry turns match in favour of Pats with late score

Haile helps Hartpury hit topwith try against former club

Old Reds keepup the chaseNEWTON ABBOT 17OLD REDCLIFFIANS 25

Seventeen unanswered pointsin the final quarter saw OldRedcliffians take maximumpoints from this game at Rack-erhayes to keep the Brisling-ton-based club in second place,in National Three South West,five points behind Lydney.

Two yellow cards in the firsthalf, second row Ashley Daviesbeing sent for ten minutes inthe sin-bin followed 15 minuteslater by flanker Jed Hooper,d i d n’t help the Old Reds causeas they trailed 10-5 at theb re a k .

Flanker Max Woodward hadseized on an error by AllWhites to open the visitors’account with a try after fiveminutes but the home sidereplied five minutes through atry from No 8 Brett Stroud.

The All Whites took advant-age of Davies’ absence to driveover the line and flanker JasonKeenan was credited with thetouchdown. Fly-half JackSteer reduced the Old Reds’arrears with a penalty early inthe second half when Hooperwas in the bin.

Kennan crossed for hissecond try ten minutes afterthe restart but after that thescoring was all down to OldReds. Wing Henry Bird scoredtwo tries, the first converted bySteer, either side of a touch-down from full-back CraigO we n .

HARTPURY COLLEGE 43TAUNTON TITANS 14

Hartpury went top of SSE Na-tional Two south after an em-phatic victory over Taunton inappalling conditions inGloucestershire. The collegewere in control of proceedingsfrom the off as they turnedaround 24-6 ahead at half time,with Reuben Haile, WillTanner and Andy Chesters allon the scoresheet.

An absolute monsoon fol-lowed in the second half, butHartpury defied the unpreced-ented weather to score threefurther tries and reach thelea gue’s summit for the firsttime in six weeks.

Haile, a former Tauntonplayer, opened the scoring forthe hosts on six minutes asHartpury spun the ball outfrom a driving maul, thewinger bursting through in

midfield for a score improvedby Billy Burns.

Burns and Gary Kingdomexchanged penalties to main-tain the hosts’ seven-point ad-vantage, before Craig Jackson

gathered the former’s neatchip and released flankerChesters for another seven-p o i n t e r.

Kingdom slotted a secondpenalty from in front of theposts to keep Taunton in con-tention, but a converted tryfrom Tanner, another ex-

Titans player, off a catch-and-drive extended Hartpury’slead.

The visitors were efficient inthe set-piece and showed ex-cellent ball retention, forcingthe hosts to defend resolutelyfor several minutes at a time,but a lack of cutting edgebehind the scrum preventedany significant damage. Theheavens opened shortly afterthe restart and the rain soonreached freakish levels, withreferee Andrew Rawson ex-tremely close to abandoningproceedings having consultedboth benches and his assist-a n t s.

But the match continuedand, after Taunton’s Dan Leesaw yellow, scrum-half BenVellacott sealed the bonuspoint for Hartpury as hedarted over from a scruminside the opposition 22, Burnson-target with the extras

again. The home pack werebeginning to stamp their au-thority on the game as theTaunton scrum skidded back-wards on the turf, but bothsides, unsurprisingly,struggled to make the ballstick as the game became in-creasingly disjointed.

There was, however, a flurryof three tries in six minutesafter the outstanding Burnsfirst set up Steph Reynoldswith another perfectlyweighted kick and added hisfifth conversion in the mosttesting of conditions.

The visitors were defiantand pulled a score backthrough Ed King’s close-rangeeffort, but Hartpury had thelast laugh despite Terry Fan-olua’s late sin-binning asSimon Linsell slid over in thecorner for another try follow-ing some impressive handlingin midfield.

Cents miss outon bonus pointOLD CENTRALIANS 7REDINGENSIANS RAMS 16

Old Centralians were onceagain cruelly denied the con-solation of a losing bonus pointagainst top-four side Redin-gensians in SSE NationalThree South West.

Cents took an early lead. Fly-half Joel James intercepted aloose pass and made 25 metresbefore handing on to No 8 RichPinkney, who offloaded to full-back Lewis May for the try.Scrum-half Connor Gwilliamconver ted.

Rams centre Steve Bryant infor a try after an interception,with scrum-half James Brooksconverting to even the scores.

A penalty by Brooks gave thevisitors a 10-7 edge at half-t i m e.

After the thunderstorm ar-roved both teams engaged inan artillery duel, punctuatedby forward drives. Cents’ de-fence was outstanding againstthe Rams’ pack power.

As the final quarter began itseemed that Cents would get atleast a losing point and theytwice gained attacking plat-forms deep in Reds’ 22 butfound the defence as strong astheir own.

Re d s ’ half-backs broke thestranglehold and their backrow advanced play up into the22 where Cents’ disciplinefaltered, stifling possession il-legally, and twice in fiveminutes Brooks punishedthem to give Reds a 16-7 lead.

With that losing point nowout of reach Cents made a finaldesperate effort.

Gwilliam went close with along-distance penalty but timeran out.

Although Cents have yet torecord a win they have run topteams close to suggest they cansurvive at this level.

Lyons treblesinks MouthCHIPPENHAM 24AVONMOUTH OLD BOYS 20

Chippenham’s run of fiveleague defeats came to an endat the Allington Fields with ahat-trick of tries from No 8Bobby Lyons including one inthe final ten minutes to sealthe bonus point victory.

Avonmouth, who were ontop in the final minutes of thematch as they went in search ofthe winning score, had to settlefor a losing bonus point for athird week after having twoplayers sent to the sin-bin.

The Wiltshire side built up a19-0 lead in the openingquarter after a brace fromLyons and one from full-backJon Squire. Scrum-half AndyWilliamson added two of threeconversion attempts.

Mouth scored just beforehalf time through a drivinglineout with a try from flankerPhil Dickinson.

The visitors continued thepressure after the restart witha try from centre Liam Poole.

Skipper Matt Belbin addedthe conversion and a penalty toreduced the arrears to 19-15before Lyons completed hishat-trick only for Mouth No 8Harry Hone to cross the white-wash from close range.

Wicks on formin Lydney winLYDNEY 38AMERSHAM & CHILTERN 10

Lydney continued their chargeat the top of the National ThreeSouth West table thanks inpart to 23 points from full-backTony Wicks in a match thatwas blighted by monsoon likerainstorns at Regentsholme.

The Seversiders had totalcommand of the opening 20minutes starting with a tryfrom centre Chris Holder.Wicks added the conversionand the extras to his own twotries before kicking a penaltyfor a 24-0 lead.

Amersham & Chiltern ral-lied to reduced the arrearsbefore half time thanks to a trythrough right wing RhysKeith. Full-back Jack Kenyonadded the conversion and apenalty but it left the visitorstrailing 24-10 at the break.

Ten minutes after the restartscrum half Sam Arnott crossedfor Lyney’s bonus point try,converted by Wicks. The score-board remained untroubleduntil the the game was ap-proaching the final tenm i nu t e s.

The aptly named Yorkshirereferee Jack Makepeace had tostep in to end a mass brawlwhich resulted in Lydney’sloosehead prop Paul Pricegoing the sin-bin and the vis-itors’ tighthead GarretDoman-Cann being sent off.

Lydney stretched their leadthrough a second try fromArnott which Wicks duly con-verted. It wasn’t Amersham’sday as they knocked-on underthe Lydney posts with aminute to go.

Scrum-halfBenVellacottsealed thebonuspoint

OLD PATESIANS 24WESTON-SUPER-MARE 21

Two converted tries early inthe second half saw OldPatesians end their run ofthree National Three SouthWest defeats before the heav-ens opened at Everest Road,making the game almost un-p l ayabl e.

A minute’s silence was ob-served in memory of SomersetRFU President and South WestReferees Assessor David Smithwho died following a car ac-cident last Saturday just off theM5 in Worcestershire.

“We have been building-up

to this win in recent weekswhile struggling with a lot ofinjuries to key players. Al-though the conditions weren’tgreat, we stuck to the task verys u c c e s s f u l ly, ” said Old Patsplayer/coach Craig Jones.

“We spoke at half time aboutwinning the game line andmake our first up tackles a bitbetter and play in the rightareas for us to be able to putour attacking plans in to play.We did just that early in thesecond half which built thec o n f i d e n c e. ”

Weston-super-Mare, playingdown the slope in the first half,started strongly with a try for

hooker Craig Withers whichcame from a catch and driveover the line. Centre Sam Smeeadded a second with fly-halfJames Mackay convertingboth.

Just before the half hour ref-eree Mike Harris awarded OldPats a free kick, having alreadywarned Weston for jumpingearly at the line-out, and stand-in scrum-half James Ahernesent No 8 John Barker away fora try. Centre James Butleradded the conversion and apenalty but it was Weston whowent in to the break with a 21-10 half time lead after full-backHarvey Skelton put flanker

Paul Morrissey away for a tryconverted by Mackay.

Shortly after the restartButler made a break down theleft before off-loading to centreBen Parker through for OldPat s ’ second try, Butler con-ver ted.

With the referee havingalready issued a warning, OldPats had flanker CraigBallinger sent to the sin-bin.

But Old Pats took the lead forthe first time in the game witha try from full-back Ben Sprywhich Butler converted.

On the hour Mackay and OldPats hooker Rob White weresent to the sin-bin.

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RUGBY UNION

Heineken Cup Pool One: Leinster 19 Castres7, Northampton 27 Ospreys 16. Pool Two:Cardiff Blues 19 Toulon 15, Glasgow 20 ExeterChiefs 16. Pool Three: Saracens 16 Toulouse17, Zebre 6 Connacht 33. Pool Four: Scarlets26 Racing Metro Paris 26, Clermont Auvergne 23Harlequins 16. Pool Five: Leicester 34 BenettonTreviso 3, Montpellier 8 Ulster 25. Pool Six:Munster 26 Gloucester 10, Perpignan 31Edinburgh 14.

POOL TWO STANDINGSP W D L F A B Pts

Exeter ................... .... 2 1 0 1 60 49 2 6Toulon ................. .... 2 1 0 1 66 47 2 6Glasgow ............... .... 2 1 0 1 48 67 1 5Cardiff Blues......... .... 2 1 0 1 48 59 1 5

Amlin Challenge Cup Pool One: Biarritz 26Oyonnax 6, Worcester 15 Sale 29. Pool Two:Bath 26 Newport Gwent Dragons 10, Mogliano20 Bordeaux-Begles 32. Pool Three: Brive 23Newcastle 16, Bucharest 37 Calvisano 15. PoolFour: Grenoble 40 Viadana 7. Pool Five:Cavalieri Prato 16 Stade Francais 17, Lusitanos 6London Irish 67.

British and Irish Cup Pool One: Ealing 15Cross Keys 24, Moseley 22 Leinster 24. PoolTwo: London Scottish 55 Edinburgh 19,Pontypridd 29 London Welsh 22. Pool Three:Bedford 29 Llanelli 17, Connacht 27 Rotherham25. Pool Four: Nottingham 16 Munster 17,Stirling County 12 Plymouth Albion 38. PoolFive: Aberavon 20 Bristol 24, Leeds 86 Gala 8.Pool Six: Ulster 24 Jersey 19, Ayr 10 CornishPirates 53.

SSE National League One: Blackheath 8Rosslyn Park 21, Blaydon 24 Cinderford 14,Doncaster 32 Loughborough Students 3, Fylde 38Tynedale 3, Henley 18 Richmond 10, OldAlbanians 29 Hull Ionians 13, Wharfedale 38Coventry 26, Worthing 19 Esher 25.

P W D L F A B PtsDoncaster ............. .... 7 7 0 0 257 104 7 35Esher .................... .... 7 6 0 1 206 146 5 29Rosslyn Park ......... .... 7 6 1 0 183 94 2 28Loughborough ...... .... 7 5 0 2 201 167 6 26Coventry ............... .... 7 5 0 2 209 140 5 25Fylde .................... .... 7 4 0 3 224 196 7 23Wharfedale ........... .... 7 4 0 3 203 220 3 19Henley .................. .... 7 3 2 2 194 159 3 19Blackheath ........... .... 7 3 0 4 186 215 4 16Blaydon ................ .... 7 3 0 4 148 170 3 15Richmond ............. .... 7 2 0 5 193 185 6 14Old Albanians ....... .... 7 2 0 5 162 183 6 14Worthing .............. .... 7 1 0 6 197 253 8 12Tynedale ............... .... 7 2 0 5 149 248 1 9Cinderford ............ .... 7 1 1 5 123 204 3 9Hull Ionians .......... .... 7 0 0 7 101 252 1 1

SSE National League Two South: Ampthill21 Chinnor 11, Bishop’s Stortford 22 Southend15, Canterbury 36 Bournemouth 6, Clifton 22Cornish All Blacks 20, Hartpury College 43Taunton 14, London Irish Wild Geese 10Cambridge 43, Redruth 26 Exmouth 14, Shelford19 Dings Crusaders 20.

P W D L F A B PtsHartpury College ... .... 7 5 0 2 238 142 6 26Cambridge ............ .... 7 5 0 2 215 130 6 26Clifton .................. .... 7 5 0 2 174 165 3 23Bournemouth ........ .... 7 4 1 2 213 209 4 22Ampthill ............... .... 7 4 1 2 211 142 2 20Southend .............. .... 7 4 0 3 150 198 4 20Canterbury ........... .... 7 3 0 4 204 170 8 20Chinnor ................ .... 7 4 0 3 163 152 2 18Redruth ................ .... 7 3 0 4 172 171 6 18Taunton ............... .... 7 3 0 4 192 209 4 16Dings Crusaders.... .... 7 3 0 4 165 192 3 15Shelford ................ .... 7 2 1 4 159 141 5 15Bishop’s Stortford.. .... 7 2 1 4 174 223 5 15Cornish AB ........... .... 7 3 0 4 151 196 2 14Exmouth ............... .... 7 2 0 5 131 197 4 12London Irish WG... .... 7 2 0 5 143 218 4 12

National League Three South West:Bracknell 23 Worcester Wanderers 14, Brixham31 Barnstaple 26, Chippenham 24 AvonmouthOld Boys 20, Lydney 38 Amersham & Chiltern 10,Newton Abbot 17 Old Redcliffians 25, OldCentralians 7 Redingensians 16, Old Patesians 24Weston-super-Mare 21.

Tribute South West One West: Chard 18Thornbury 21, Cleve 44 Bideford 5, Clevedon 13Cullompton 12, Coney Hill 15 Camborne 27,North Petherton 25 Bridgwater & Albion 23,Sidmouth 5 Hornets 36, St Austell 38Wadebridge Camels 15.

Tribute Western Counties West:Okehampton 12 Ivybridge 48, Paignton Saxons13 Devonport Services 29, Penryn 41 Bude 18, StIves 13 Kingsbridge 28, Tavistock 14 Truro 34,Teignmouth 29 Torquay Athletic 7, Wellington 12Burnham-on-Sea 29.

Tribute Cornwall/Devon: Honiton 25 ExeterSaracens 19, Newquay Hornets 20 Hayle 17, OldPlymothian & Mannamedian 18 Falmouth 18,Pirates Amateurs 20 Crediton 21, Saltash 14Tiverton 40, Veor 10 Withycombe 62.

Tribute Somerset Premier: Nailsea &Backwell 37 Keynsham 6, Old Redcliffians 5Yatton 10, St Bernadette’s Old Boys 25 BristolBarbarians 7, Stothert & Pitt 30 Wiveliscombe 15,Taunton 0 Winscombe 38, Tor 19 MineheadBarbarians 12, Weston-super-Mare 16 Gordano16.National League Two South: Ampthill 21Chinnor 11, Bishop’s Stortford 22 Southend 15,Canterbury 36 Bournemouth 6, London IrishWG 10 Cambridge 43, Redruth 26 Exmouth14, Shelford 19 Dings Crus 20.National League 3 South West: Bracknell23 Worcester Warr 14, Brixham 31 Barnstaple26, Chippenham 24 Avonmouth OB 20, Lydney38 Amersham & Ch 10, Newton Abbot 17 OldReds 25, Old Centralians 7 Redingensians 16,Old Patesians 24 Weston-s-Mare 21.Tribute South West One West: Chard 18Thornbury 21, Cleve 44 Bideford 5, Clevedon13 Cullompton 12, Coney Hill 15 Camborne27, North Petherton 25 Bridgwater & Alb 23,Sidmouth 5 Hornets 36, St Austell 38Wadebridge Camels 15.Western Counties North: Avon 22 OldBristolians 17, Chew Valley 3 Barton Hill 11,

Cirencester 10 North Bristol 11, Drybrook 38Chosen Hill 7, Keynsham 17 Matson 11,Midsomer Norton 7 Bsl Harlequins 3, OldfieldOB 15 Berry Hill 11.Gloucester Two: Cotham Park v GloucesterAB - pp.Somerset One: Bridgwater & Alb II 20Wellington II 5, Hornets II 56 Chard II 7,Imperial 10 Castle Cary 12, Old Reds III 10Midsomer Norton II 20, Old Sulians 23Crewkerne 17, Wells II 3 Clevedon II 36, YattonII 15 North Petherton II 8.Somerset Two North: Bsl Harlequins II 15Chew Valley II 17.Somerset Three North: Avon II 28 WalcottIII 14.

FOOTBALL

Scottish Premiership: Aberdeen 1 DundeeUtd 0, Hibernian 1 Celtic 1, Inverness CT 1Partick 2, Kilmarnock 2 Ross County 0, Moth-erwell 2 Hearts 1, St Mirren 4 St Johnstone 3.

Scottish Championship: Cowdenbeath 5Morton 1, Dundee 2 Queen of the South 1,Falkirk 1 Dumbarton 2, Hamilton 1 Raith Rovers1, Livingston 3 Alloa 2.

Scottish League One: Airdrie 0 Forfar 2, Ayr2 Arbroath 0, Brechin 3 Rangers 4, Dunfermline1 East Fife 2, Stranraer 1 Stenhousemuir 0.

Scottish League Two: Albion Rovers 0 Elgin0, Berwick 0 Clyde 1, East Stirling 1 Queen’s Park1, Stirling Albion 3 Montrose 1.

Skrill North: Altrincham 1 Brackley 0, BostonUtd 3 Harrogate Town 3, Colwyn Bay 2 BradfordPark Avenue 2, Guiseley 1 Histon 1, Leamington1 Stalybridge 0, Oxford City 0 Worcester 0,Solihull 3 Gainsborough 2, Stockport County 2Gloucester City 2, Telford 2 North Ferriby 0,Vauxhall Motors 1 Barrow 1, Workington 2Hednesford 2.FA Trophy First Round Qualifying:Abingdon Utd 0 Fareham Tn 3, AFC Totton 1Clevedon Tn 2, Arlesey Tn 3 Waltham Abbey 0,Aylesbury Utd 0 Ramsgate 1, Biggleswade Tn 0Chesham Utd 1, Binfield 9 Warminster Tn 1,Burnham 2 Paulton Rov 1, Chatcham Tn 2 AFCHayes 0, Chippenham Tn 3 Chertsey Tn 0,Daventry Tn 2 Corby Tn 1, Dunstable Tn 3Peacehaven & Telscombe 2, Egham Tn 3Cirencester Tn 2, Evesham Utd 0 Leek Town 2,Frome Tn 1 Poole Tn 1, Halesowen Tn 1 StNeots Tn 3, Hampton & Richmond Borough 1Bedford Tn 1, Hamworthy Utd 1 Oxford CityNomads 2, Hemel Hempstead Tn 3 AFCHornchurch 2, Highmoor Ibis 2 Folland Spts 4,Hungerford Tn 4 Bashley 2, Kettering Tn 0 StIves Tn 1, Kidlington 5 Lymington Tn 1, King’sLynn Tn 1 Cambridge City 2, Marlow 4 NorthLeigh 1, North Greenford Utd 2 Aylesbury 1,Reading Tn 2 Milton Utd 0, Redditch Utd vChasetown aban, Shortwood Utd 0Mangotsfield Utd 2, Slough Tn 1 Merthyr Tn 2,Stourbridge 3 Banbury Utd 2, SwindonSupermarine 2 Bideford 3, Tiverton Tn 3 TruroCity 2, Wantage Tn 7 Abingdon Tn 0,Weymouth 1 Bridgwater Tn 0, Whitstable Tn 2Potters Bar Tn 2, Wingate & Finchley 2 HitchinTn 2, Witham Tn 0 St Albans City 3.FA Carlsberg Vase first round: Almonds -bury UWE 2 Barnstaple Town 4, Binfield 9Warminster 1, Bishop Sutton 0 Odd Down 6,Bovey Tracey 0 Shepton Mallet 2, Bradford Town2 Porchester 3, Brimscombe & Thrupp 3 Ashton& Backwell 1, Brislington 1 Longwell Green 0,Buckland Athletic 4 Bristol Manor Farm 0,Cadbury Heath 1 Hallen 3, Plymouth Parkway 2Gillingham Town 0, Saltash Utd 2 Willand Rovers1, Tavistock 3 Winterbourne 2.

Toolstation Western League PremierDivision: Bitton 0 Larkhall 3, Bridport 1Slimbridge 1, Hengrove 1 Radstock 1, Sherborne0 Melksham 1, Street 1 Ilfracombe 0.

Toolstation Western League FirstDivision: Calne 2 Wellington 1, Corsham 0Wells 0, Cribbs 1 Chard 1, Oldland Abbotonians1 Portishead 1, Roman Glass St George 4Cheddar 0, Welton Rovers 3 Keynsham 0,Westbury 1 Chippenham Park 2, Wincanton 5Devizes 0.Uhlsport Hellenic, Div I West: Fairford Tn0 Shortwood Utd 3, Hook Norton 1 NewCollege Swindon 3, Letcombe 0 TytheringtonRocks 2, Malmesbury Vic v Lydney Tn aban,Purton 2 North Leigh Utd 0.David Wilson Homes GloucestershireCounty: Berkeley Tn 0 Ellwood 4, BishopsCleeve Res 4 Frampton Utd 2, Bsl Telephones 1Bristol Academy 3, Chipping Sodbury Tn 2 GalaWilton 1, Kings Stanley 1 Thornbury Tn 1,Kingswood 5 Hanham Ath 2, Patchway Tn 2Henbury 2, Rockleaze Rgrs 3 Yate Tn Res 2,Southmead CS Ath 1 Longlevens 2.Somerset County, Premier/Div I Cup:Banwell 2 Larkhall Ath Res 3, Castle Cary 3 StGeorge(EIG) 2, Clevedon Utd 1 Middlezoy Rov4, Congresbury 5 Keynsham Tn Res 3, FromeColl 3 Nailsea Tn 1, Langford Rov 2000 2Berrow 1, Fry Club 4 Weston St Johns 2,Ilminster Tn 3 Yatton Ath 0, Watchet Tn 5Bishops Lydeard 4, Westfield 2 Odd Down Res1, Wrington Redhill 0 Broad Plain House 3,Shepton Mallet Res 3 Minehead 2, StockwoodGreen 4 Street Res 0.Div II Cup: Ashton & Backwell Utd Res 5Long Ashton 4, Chew Magna 4 Cheddar Res 1,Churchill Club 70 0 Staplegrove 7, Cleeve WestTn 3 Bishop Sutton Res 3 Bishop Sutton won5-3 on pens), Cutters Friday Res 3 Wells CityRes 4, Imperial 2 Tunley Ath 3, Nailsea Tn Res0 Chilcompton Spts 6, North Curry 2 Fry ClubRes 1, Peasedown Ath 4 Hengrove Ath Res 0,Portishead Tn Res 5 Combe St Nicholas 1,Radstock Tn Res 4 Stockwood Green Res 1,Timsbury Ath 3 Farrington Gurney 2, UphillCastle 3 Winscombe 4 aet, Weston St JohnsRes 1 Nailsea Utd Res 5, Worle 2 Kewstoke

Lions 3.Div I: Burnham Utd 4 Brislington Res2, Saltford 2 Dundry Ath 2.Weston-S-Mare & District, Div I: BerrowRes 2 Hutton 6, Nailsea Utd A 0 TickenhamUtd 4, Portishead Tn A 3 Churchill Club 70 Res2, Winscombe Res 1 Cleeve West Tn Res 4,Yatton Ath Res 2 Clevedon Utd Res 7. Div II:Congresbury Res 4 Draycott 5, Nailsea Utd B 3Clevedon Dons 3, St George (EIG) Res 3Locking Park 2. Div III: Axbridge Tn 4Shipham 3, Portishead Tn B 5 Banwell Res 5,Wedmore 1 AFC Nailsea 2. Div IV: King AlfredSC 1 St George (EIG)A 0, Pill Utd 0 WringtonRedhill Res 5. Div V: Dolphin Ath 4 South ParkRgrs 4, Portishead CT 6 Congresbury A 1,Selkirk Utd 0 Priory Rgrs 3, Shipham Res 2Portishead Tn Colts 3. Div VI: Banwell A 3Burnham Utd B 2, Berrow A 3 Axbridge Tn Res2, Clevedon Utd B 2 Wedmore Res 4.Mid-Somerset Football Leaguesponsored by Trophies of Radstock –Prem Div: Coleford Athletic 6 Belrose 2;Meadow Rangers 4 Mells & Vobster United 0;Pensford 3 Interhound 3; Wells City ‘A’ 1Westfield Reserves 4; Welton Arsenal 1 FromeTown Sports 8. Div One: Temple Cloud 3Westfield ‘A’ 4. Div Two: Frome Tn Sports Res4 v Timsbury Ath Res 1; High Littleton 5Meadow Rangers Res 1; Westhill Sports 7Farrington Gurney Res 3. Div Three:Chilcompton Sports ‘A’ 2 Tor Leisure 4;Chilcompton Utd 6 Temple Cloud Res 3; PurnellSports ‘A’ 2 Westhill Sports Res 3.Yeovil & District Prem Div Cup 1st Rd –Group A: Milborne Port 1 AFC Huish 3. GroupB: Normalair 2 Brhoden 3; Pen Mill 6 Somerton3. Div One: Bradford Abbas 6 Normalair 3;Milborne 2 FC Barton 3; Stoke sub Hamdon 3Castle Cary 1; Templecombe 1 Butleigh 2. DivTwo: AFC Huish 2 Montacute 4; Bruton 2 AFCWessex 0. Div Three: AFC Camel 1 Odcombe0; Charlton 4 Martock 2; Ilchester 3 Ashcott 2;Pen Mill 2 Stoke sub Hamdon 8; Victoria Sp 7Milborne 1.Taunton & District – Div One: Highbridge0 Bridgwater Sp 2; Middlezoy Rov 1 Porlock 2;North Petherton 1 Alcombe Rov 2; SampfordBlues 3 Locomotioves 4; Staplegrove 1Hamilton Hawks 0. Div Two: Hamiton Ath 2Nether Stowey 2. Div Three: GalmingtonDragons 2 Bridgwater Sp 2; Redgate 1 WyvernRgs Guns 3. Div Four: Nether Stowey 0 NorthPetherton 1; Rhode Lane 2 Woolavington 5;Tone Youth 5 Sampford Blues 0; Williton 1Dulverton 1. Div Five: Bridgwater Wolves 4Morganians 0; Creech Cougars 1 Ash Rangers3; Hamilton Foxes 1 Galmington Dragons 3;Middlezoy 6 Bridgwater Grasshoppers 1;Staplegrove Colts 2 East Bower 2;Wiveliscombe 21 Norton Fitzwarren Res 0.Wiltshire League – Corsham PrintSenior Cup: Trowbridge 3 Chipenham Yth 2.Prem Div: Marlborough 2 Devizes 2; Shrewton7 Purton 1; SKS Blyskawica 2 Vale Pewsey 1;Southbrook 6 Wroughton 0. FountainTrophies Junior Cup: Sarum Youth Seniors2 Blunsdon 0. Div One: Intel 1 MalmesburyVic 1; Melksham 3 Marlborough 1; Wroughton4 W Bassett Dev 3.Trowbridge League, sponsored byTrowbridge Windows & Conservatories– Div One: Calne Eagles 0, Westbury Res 7;Castle Combe 1, North Bradley 4; The Lamb 2,Freshford 4; Trowbridge Wanderers 3, BradfordUnited 3; Warminster Res 0, Steeple Ashton 0.Div Two: Bradford United Res 1, Worton &Cheverell 9; Bratton 1, Trowbridge Town Res10; Heytesbury 0, Lacock 2; The Fleece 1,Trowbridge Wanderers Res 3; Westwood 9,Westbury Town 1. Div Three: Holt v Zeals pp;Marshfield 2, Polenez 0; The Stiffs 1, The LambRes 4; United v Drummer Boy pp; White Horse9, Trowbridge Rangers 1.Taunton Youth League – Under 12, DivOne: Galmington Dragons B 1 WembdonSaints 5, Minehead Town 0 VPR 2, WatchetTown 0 Tone Youth Wasps 3. Div Two:Bishops Lydeard 10 Rhode Lane Wanderers 1,Ruishton 0 Wellington Town 2, Spaxton 3North Petherton 12, Taunton North 6 NetherStowey 3, Wembdon Dragons 2 BridgwaterWolves 1. Under 11, Div A: BridgwaterWolves Predators 0 Galmington Dragons 3,Staplegrove 3 Bishops Lydeard 1, Tone YouthHornets 0 Wembdon Saints 3. Div B: VPR 4Rhode Lane Wanderers 4, Galmington DragonsHawks 0 Minehead Town 3, Ruishton 5Staplegrove 2, Wembdon Dragons 3 ToneYouth Wasps 1.Bristol Premier, Premier Div: AEK Boco 5Bitton Res 0, DRG Frenchay 2 Shaftesbury Crus0, Highridge Utd 2 Lebeq 1, Longwell GreenRes 3 Totterdown Utd 2, Mendip Utd 4 Wick 1,Nicholas Wdrs 3 Hallen Res 2, Old Sodbury 1Cribbs Life Res 3. Div I: Brislington Cktrs 4Eden Grove 4, Greyfriars Ath 2 Olveston Utd 4,Oldland Abbots Res 2 Lawrence Rov 5, RomanGlass St George Res 2 Sea Mills 3, SeymourUtd 2 Frampton Ath 1.Bristol & District, Senior Div: CrosscourtUtd 3 AEK Boco Res 2, De Veys 1 WarmleySaints 1, Iron Acton 1 Portville Warriors 4,Longwell Green Spts A 1 Pucklechurch Spts 0Shire Res 3 Nicholas Wdrs Res 2, Wick Res 4Hallen A 2. Div I: Lebeq Res 3 Hambrook 3,Seymour Utd Res 2 Bradley Stoke Tn 2,Soundwell Vic v Miners pp, St Pancras 3Chipping Sodbury Tn Res 0, Stanton Drew 0Mendip Utd Res 3, Talbot Knowle Utd 7Rangeworthy 4, Totterdown Utd Res 0Winterbourne Utd A 6. Div II: Bendix 1Nicholas Wdrs A 1, Chipping Sodbury Tn A 1Cribbs A 2, Frampton Ath Res 2 Greyfriars AthRes 1, Hartcliffe 0 Real Thornbury 11, IronActon Res 4 Frys Club A 4, Lloydy CoalpitHeath 2 DRG Frenchay Res 1. Div III: Hallen Bv Patchway NE pp, Hambrook Res 4 Made forEver Res 2, Henbury A v Stapleton pp, Horfield

Utd 2 Hillfields OB 4, Olveston Utd Res 8Roman Glass St George A 0, Pucklechurch SptsRes 3 Bristol Barcelona Res 1, South BristolCentral 2 Yate Ath 1. Div IV: Bradley Stoke TnRes 3 Westerleigh Spts 3, Fishponds Ath 3Shaftesbury Crusade Res 5, Greyfriars Ath A 3Bendix Res 2, Lawrence Rov Res 4 Old SodburyRes 3, Talbot Knowle Utd Res 1 Highridge UtdRes 4, Wick A 1 Sea Mills Park Res 2. Div V:Cesson 3 Iron Acton A 0, Highridge Utd A 1Stanton Drew Res 7, Mendip Utd A 1 StapleHill Orient 5, Patchway NE Res 2 OldlandAbbots A 1, Rangeworthy Res 4 BrislingtonCktrs Res 0. Div VI: Bradley Stoke Tn A 5Greyfriars Ath B 2, Brimsham Green Res 1Stoke Lane 6, Hanham Ath Colts 4 SeymourUtd A 1, Saltford Res v Cribbs B aban,Stapleton Res 12 Yate Ath Res 0.Bristol Suburban, Alf Bosley Cup RoundI: Ashton Backwell Colts 3 Downend Foresters8, Old Georgians 3 St Aldhelms 1, Ridings High4 Southmead CS Utd 0, Stoke Gifford Utd 2Avonmouth 6.Norman Goulding Cup, Round I: AEKBoco Colts 2 Rockleaze Rgrs A 4, AFCMangotsfield Res 1 Frys Club OB 0, AFCWhitchurch 4 Almondsbury UWE A 2, BroadPlain House Res 1 Stoke Gifford Utd Res 2.Len Bartlett Cup, Round I: Bsl Spartak 3Stoke Gifford Utd A 3 (Spartak won 4-2 onpens).Bristol Premier Div I: Easton Cowboys Sub1 Tytherington Rocks Res 1, Lawrence Weston3 Severn Beach 3, Little Stoke 2 Ashton Utd 1,Mangotsfield Spts 1 Fishponds OB 3. PremierDiv II: AFC Mangotsfield 6 Wessex Wdrs 0,Almondsbury UWE Res 2 Rockleaze Rgrs Res 1,Brislington A 1 Bristol Ath 2, CAB Olympic SC 1Glenside 5 OB 2, Totterdown POB 5 CadburyHeath Res 2. Div I: Avonmouth Res 3 Oldbury4, Stoke Rgrs 4 Filton Ath 2, Tyndalls Park Rgrs5 Parson Street PB 2. Div II: Hanham Ath Sub3 St Annes Tn 4, Keynsham Tn A 0 RidingsHigh Res 3, Old Cothamians 6 Ashton Utd Res2, Wanderers 3 Lawrence Weston Res 5. DivIII: Corinthian Spts v Old Cothamians Resaban, Downend Foresters Res 7 CouplandInsulation 1, Fishponds OB Res 4 Severn BeachRes 1, Sartan Utd 0 Bristol Bilbao 4, BrandonSports 3 Filton Ath Res 3, Glenside 5 OB Res 4North Bristol Catalans 5. Div IV: OldGeorgians Res 0 Severnside 6, Park Knowle vCadbury Heath A pp, Winford PH 8 Oldbury FCRes 0. Div V: AFC Mangotsfield A 2 KellawayRgrs Res 3, Avonmouth A 2 Lawrence WestonA 6, Fishponds OB A 0 Lockleaze Comm 8,Parson St OB Res 1 Real St George 11, WessexWdrs Res 2 North Bristol Utd 8. Div VI:Brandon Spts Res 2 TC Sports 1, Cosmos 2Long Ashton A 4, Winford PH Res 2 ParkKnowle Res 4.Bristol & Avon: Bradley Stoke Tn B 2 IronActon B 2, Broad Walk Comm Res 3 LS Utd 3,Dodington 2 Bristol Sports 3, Sea Mills Park A3 Broad Plain A 4, Wessex Wdrs A 2 De VeysRes 10, Westerleigh Spts Res 4 WhitchurchPhoenix 4.Bristol Downs, Div I: Cotswool 2 SportingGreyhound 5, DAC Beachcroft 2 Clifton St Vinc3, Jamaica Bell 0 Ashley 2, Jersey Rgrs 0 AFCBohemia 6, Lawes Jrs 1 Torpedo 2, Portland OB1 Sneyd Park 1, Retainers 3 Saints OB 1. DivII: Corinthians 2 Tebby 4, Easton Cowboys 1Clifton St Vinc Res 2, Hare On The Hill 2 CliftonRockets 8, Lion 1 Ashley Res 2, Old Cliftonians0 Torpedo Res 2, Saints OB Res 0 St Andrews1, Sneyd Park Res 5 Sporting Greyhound Res 1.Div III: Easton Cowboys Res 2 Torpedo A 1,Evergreen 2 Cotham OB 1, Green Park Rgrs 1Clifton St Vinc A 0, Helios 0 Bengal Tigers 3,Luccombe Garage 0 Wellington Wdrs 1, OldElizabethans 3 Sneyd Park A 4, Portland OBRes 3 Retainers Res 3. Div IV: Cosmos UK 0Warmley Utd 4, DDAS 3 Conham Rgrs 8, JerseyRgrs Res 3 Clifton St Vinc B 3, Lion FC Res 6Clifton Rockets Res 6, NCSF Utd 5 West TownUtd 2, Retainers A 1 Torpedo B 3, Sneyd ParkB 0 Tebby Res 0.S.K. Fruits Limited, ChippenhamSunday League – Prem Div: AFCMelksham 0, The Castle 3; Biddestone Social v,Steeple Ashton Rangers pp; FC Colerne 2,Bradford Renegades 14; Westbury Rangers vBug & Spider void; Div One: Bromham(Sunday) 0, Corsham Wildcats 10; Kings Arms4, Chippenham West End 2; North Star A v2,Goatacre 5; Somerford 5, White Horse (Sunday)A 0; Staverton 3, Prestige Bodyworks 3; DivTwo: AFC Avellinos 2, Talbot 4; Fortune Inn 2,Southwick 1; GRFC 0, FC Buscots 10; MillerSports A 2, Sutton Benger 1. Div Three: FCNorth Wiltshire 2, Christian Malford 2;Melksham Cosmos 2, Crossblades 1; Old Road3, Worton & Cheverell (Sun) 3; Sportzcoach 10,Pig & Whistle United 2; Trowbridge Town S C6, Wren 4. Div Four: Bremhill View 4, TheMallard 0; Cavalier 0, Corsham Centre Youth20; Melksham Forest 1, Bath Road 1; WhiteHorse (Sunday) B 1, Oakhill 7.Keyline Taunton Sunday League – DivOne: Ash Rangers 1 Hamilton 1, NorthernLions 5 Princess Royal 3, Old Inn 6 Black Rileys1, Staplegrove Sports 6 Tone Youth 0,Wellington Warriors 0 Bathpool 3. Div Two:DB United 6 Churchinford 1, Hamilton Reserves2 Cotford Saints 5, PCUK 2 North Curry 5,Watchet Blue Waves 3 Carhampton Rovers 4.Div Three: Pink Panthers 2 WellingtonWarriors Reserves 3, Spaxton Rangers 3Pegasus 5, Trinity Rngers 0 White Eagle FC 3,White Hart Albion 3 Mariners 7, WillitonRockets 0 Blue Park Rangers 6.Taunton Sunday Youth League - Under14, Div Two: North Petherton 2 Rhode LaneWanderers 5, Staplegrove 3 Nether Stowey 2,Wellington Town 16 Tone Youth Wasps 0.Under 13, Div One: Bishops Lydeard 4Twyford Spartans 2, Galmington Dragons 12

Spaxton 1, Wembdon 6 Wellington Town 2.Div Two: Falcons 3 Avishayes Combe 2,Minehead Town 9 Wiveliscombe 2, MoorsYouth 16 Hamilton 2, Taunton North 1 VPR 4.

Friday’s late results: Sky Bet LeagueOne: Swindon 2 Notts County 0. League Two:Southend 2 Fleetwood 0.

CRICKET

THIRD ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALMohali: India 303-9 (M S Dhoni 13no, V Kohli68, M G Johnson 4-46), Australia 304-6 (A CVoges 76no, J P Faulkner 64no). Australiabeat India by 4 wickets.

WOMEN’S TRIANGULAR ONE-DAYTOURNAMENT

Bridgetown: West Indies 140-6, England129-8 (S L Quintyne 5-16). West Indies beatEngland by 11 runs.

BASKETBALL

BBL Championship: Newcastle Eagles 98Glasgow Rocks 70, Leicester Riders 107 SurreyUnited 38, Surrey United 63 Plymouth Raiders97, Birmingham Knights 59 Worcester Wolves100.

BBL Cup: Worcester Wolves 88 ManchesterGiants 66, Birmingham Panthers 72 PlymouthRaiders 103, Durham Wildcats 78 CheshirePhoenix 75.

GOLF

European Tour and Australian TourPerth International, Perth, Australia,Leading final scores (Gbr or Irl unless stated,par 72): 278 Jin Jeong (S Kor) 68 72 69 69, RFisher 72 67 71 68 (Jin Jeong won at firstplay-off hole). 280 B Ninyette (Aus) 72 69 6772, D Willett 72 71 68 69, D Papadatos (Aus) 6971 72 68. 281 B Rumford (Aus) 71 73 65 72.282 J B Hansen (Den) 70 73 66 73, J Sjoholm(Swe) 71 73 67 71, R Finch 72 69 69 72. 283Peter Hedblom (Swe) 68 69 75 71, FredrikAndersson Hed (Swe) 69 73 68 73284 Dustin Johnson (USA) 69 74 75 66, JoshYounger (Aus) 70 70 73 71, Soren Hansen(Den) 71 69 72 72, Espen Kofstad (Nor) 71 7372 68, Ryan Haller (Aus) 72 70 74 68, JamesNitties (Aus) 68 73 69 74285 Daniel Popovic (Aus) 72 74 69 70, PeterLawrie 73 70 72 70, Oliver Fisher 72 72 69 72,David McKenzie (Aus) 75 68 71 71, GarethPaddison (Nzl) 74 69 71 71, Fabrizio Zanotti(Par) 75 68 72 70, Bo Van Pelt (USA) 70 71 7173, Justin Walters (Rsa) 76 69 73 67, MichaelHoey 73 69 69 74, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 72 7071 72286 Jason Scrivener (Aus) 75 67 68 76, CraigLee 73 71 72 70, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 73 7271 70, Nick Cullen (Aus) 69 73 71 73, NickO’Hern (Aus) 69 73 72 72, Alexandre Kaleka(Fra) 74 69 72 71Korean Tour Korea Open, Cheonan,South Korea, Leading final scores (S Korunless stated, par 71): 280 Sung-Hoon Kang 6870 73 69. 281 R McIlroy (N Irl) 70 69 75 67,Sang-Hee Lee 72 69 72 68, Chang-Woo Lee 7371 68 69, Joong-Kyung Mo 72 69 68 72,Hyung-Tae 404 Kim 72 66 66 77. 282Jeong-Woo Ham 69 74 72 67, Hyun-Woo Ryu 6972 70 71.

HOCKEY

NOW Pensions EHL Men’s PremierDivision: Sheffield Hallam 2 Beeston 5, Beeston3 Canterbury 2, Reading 11 Hampstead andWestminster 1, Cannock 2 Sheffield Hallam 2,Loughborough Students 0 Surbiton 5, Wimbledon3 East Grinstead 5.

NOW Pensions EHL Men’s ConferenceWest: University of Exeter 3 Indian Gymkhana 4,Team Bath Buccaneers 7 Fareham 5, Havant 5University of Birmingham 0, Cheltenham 4 Isca 2,Cardiff & Met 4 Guildford 2.

Investec EHL Women’s Premier Division:Reading 6 Sutton Coldfield 0, Bowdon Hightown2 Clifton 2, Surbiton 3 University of Birmingham1, Leicester 2 Canterbury 2, Olton & WestWarwicks 0 Beeston 5.

Investec EHL Women’s Conference West:Isca University 6 Barnes 1, Bristol Firebrands 2Swansea City 0, Buckingham 0 Slough 1, Trojans1 Exe 0, Oxford Hawks 4 Gloucester City 2.

ICE HOCKEY

Elite League: Fife Flyers 1 Sheffield Steelers 4,Hull Stingrays 4 Dundee Stars 5 (SO), EdinburghCapitals 3 Fife Flyers 4, Sheffield Steelers 2Belfast Giants 1.

Elite League/Challenge Cup Group A:Braehead Clan 3 Edinburgh Capitals 2 (SO).

Challenge Cup Group A: Dundee Stars 2Braehead Clan 1.

Challenge Cup Group B: Coventry Blaze 3Cardiff Devils 5, Cardiff Devils 4 Coventry Blaze0.

Continental Cup second round Group B:Nottingham Panthers 7 Den Haag 3, NottinghamPanthers 3 Riga Juniors 1.

SPEEDWAY

Elite League Riders’ Championship (atSwindon): 1 R Schlein (King’s Lynn), 2 N-KIversen (King’s Lynn), 3 C Cook (Belle Vue), 4 HAndersen (Swindon).

National League: Stoke v Kent – off,re-arranged for next Sunday.

National League Knock-Out Cupsemi-final replay second leg: Mildenhall vIsle of Wight – off, re-arranged for Wednesday.

East Midlands Bowl first leg: LeicesterSelect 59 (K Kasprzak 15) Coventry Select 35(N-K Iversen 12).

Brandonapolis (at Coventry): 1 N-K Iversen(King’s Lynn), 2 C Harris (Birmingham), 3 BPedersen (Eastbourne), 4 H Andersen (Swindon).

TENNIS

ATP Stockholm Open, Stockholm,Sweden, Quarter-finals: (7) G Dimitrov (Bul)bt K De Schepper (Fra) 6-4 6-2, (6) B Paire (Fra)bt (2) M Raonic (Can) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3.Semi-finals: (1) D Ferrer (Spa) bt (5) E Gulbis(Lat) 3-6 6-4 6-1, (7) G Dimitrov (Bul) bt (6) BPaire (Fra) 4-6 6-2 6-2. Final: (7) G Dimitrov(Bul) bt (1) D Ferrer (Spa) 2-6 6-3 6-4.

ATP Austrian Open, Vienna, Austria,Quarter-finals: (1) J-W Tsonga (Fra) bt DThiem (Aut) 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7-3). Semi-finals: (2)T Haas (Ger) bt (8) L Rosol (Cze) 3-6 6-4 7-6(7-0), R Haase (Ned) bt (1) J-W Tsonga (Fra) 7-57-6 (7-4). Final: (2) T Haas (Ger) bt R Haase(Ned) 6-3 4-6 6-4.

ATP Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia,Quarter-finals: (1) R Gasquet (Fra) bt TGabashvili (Rus) 6-3 6-2. Semi-finals: MKukushkin (Kaz) bt (2) A Seppi (Ita) 6-1 1-6 6-4,(1) R Gasquet (Fra) bt I Karlovic (Cro) 6-4 7-5.Final: (1) R Gasquet (Fra) bt M Kukushkin (Kaz)4-6 6-4 6-4.

WTA Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia,Semi-finals: (7) S Stosur (Aus) bt (8) SKuznetsova (Rus) 6-2 6-4, (5) S Halep (Rom) bt APavlyuchenkova (Rus) 6-2 6-1. Final: (5) S Halep(Rom) bt (7) S Stosur (Aus) 7-6 (7-1) 6-2.

WTA Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg,Quarter-finals: (1) C Wozniacki (Den) bt (8) BJovanovski (Ser) 6-3 3-6 6-3, (3) S Lisicki (Ger) btK Knapp (Ita) 7-5 4-6 6-0. Semi-finals: A Beck(Ger) bt S Voegele (Swi) 7-5 1-0 ret, (1) CWozniacki (Den) bt (3) S Lisicki (Ger) 6-4 6-4.Final: (1) C Wozniacki (Den) bt A Beck (Ger) 6-26-2.

AEGON GB Pro-Series Men’s Event,Loughborough, Final: L Grigelis (Lit) bt DRice (Gbr) 6-4 3-6 6-3.

TODAY

FOOTBALL

(7.45pm unless stated)

Barclays Premier League: Crystal Palace vFulham (8pm).

Calor Southern League Premier Division:St Albans v Hemel Hempstead.

CRICKET

SECOND TEST MATCH (Day 1 of 5)

Dhaka: Bangladesh v New Zealand (4.30am).

SPORT ON TELEVISION

FOOTBALL: Barclays Premier League, CrystalPalace v Fulham – Sky Sports 1, 7pm.

1979Greta Weitz of Norway became the first womanto run a marathon in under two hours and 30minutes when she clocked 2:27.33 in the NewYork City Marathon.

Cricket’s Geoffrey Boycott, former Yorkshire andEngland batsman and now media pundit,1940. Rugby union’s David Campese, playedmore than 70 Tests for Australia, scoring morethan 50 tries, 1962. Golf’s Phillip Price, Welshformer Ryder Cup player, 1966.

1 Mauricio Pochettino was in charge of whichPrimera Division side from 2009 until 2012?2 Boxer Guillermo Rigondeaux is a worldchampion in which division?3 When did Tiger Woods win the last of his 14major titles?4 Stand-off Rangi Chase will play for whichSuper League side next season?5 Who won the 2005 Australian Open men’stennis?

Answers: 1 Espanyol, 2Super-bantamweight,32008 US Open, 4Salford Red Devils, 5MaratSafin.

WESTERN DAILY PRESS MONDAY OCTOBER 21 2013 HORSE RACING 17WDP-E01-S3

Pontefract – (five-year record) TopTrainers (with runners): R Fahey 35-216(16.2%), M Johnston 30-212 (14.2%), K Ryan17-102 (16.7%), P Midgley 13-125 (10.4%), MHammond 13-135 (9.6%), T D Barron 12-64(18.8%), T Easterby 12-170 (7.1%), S BinSuroor 10-39 (25.6%), G Swinbank 9-80(11.2%), M Channon 9-87 (10.3%), TDascombe 8-41 (19.5%), N Tinkler 8-48(16.7%). Top Jockeys (with mounts): SDe Sousa 37-165 (22.4%), P Hanagan 31-220(14.1%), J Fanning 13-101 (12.9%), R Winston13-138 (9.4%), T Eaves 12-146 (8.2%), THamilton 9-98 (9.2%), D Swift 8-60 (13.3%), DAllan 8-100 (8%), D Tudhope 7-76 (9.2%), PMcDonald 7-101 (6.9%), D Fentiman 6-85(7.1%), M O’Connell 5-47 (10.6%).Favourites: 181-598 (30.3%).Longest traveller: Wayward Glance (4.40)206 miles.Windsor – (five-year record) TopTrainers (with runners): R Hannon 94-535(17.6%), Sir M Stoute 25-105 (23.8%), ABalding 25-124 (20.2%), P Evans 24-213(11.3%), H Morrison 13-122 (10.7%), D Ivory10-130 (7.7%), W Kittow 9-62 (14.5%), WMuir 9-92 (9.8%), G L Moore 8-103 (7.8%), MChannon 8-166 (4.8%), P Cole 7-91 (7.7%), BMillman 7-91 (7.7%). Top Jockeys (withmounts): R Hughes 93-406 (22.9%), JCrowley 33-247 (13.4%), J Fortune 31-193(16.1%), A Kirby 20-164 (12.2%), James Doyle18-135 (13.3%), M Dwyer 15-145 (10.3%),Cathy Gannon 14-128 (10.9%), S Drowne 14-144 (9.7%), T Queally 13-153 (8.5%), K Fallon12-99 (12.1%), D Probert 11-111 (9.9%), LKeniry 11-182 (6%). Favourites: 277-889(31.2%).Windsor stalls: 1m 2f abt 7yds & 1m 3f abt135yds – Centre; Remainder – Inside.Longest traveller: Ebony Express (5.30) 251miles.Plumpton – (five-year record) TopTrainers (with runners): G L Moore 29-165 (17.6%), A King 23-61 (37.7%), N Gifford12-62 (19.4%), T Vaughan 12-68 (17.6%), EWilliams 11-50 (22%), C Longsdon 10-49(20.4%), C Gordon 9-87 (10.3%), C Tizzard 8-49 (16.3%), Jim Best 8-56 (14.3%), Miss ZDavison 8-75 (10.7%), Miss A N-Smith 8-95(8.4%), O Sherwood 6-23 (26.1%). TopJockeys (with mounts): R Johnson 18-98(18.4%), N Fehily 16-53 (30.2%), J Moore 15-138 (10.9%), A P McCoy 14-53 (26.4%), PMoloney 14-53 (26.4%), T Scudamore 14-56(25%), A Coleman 12-67 (17.9%), M Goldstein12-112 (10.7%), T J O’Brien 10-43 (23.3%),Joshua Moore 10-49 (20.4%), L Aspell 10-107(9.3%), L Treadwell 9-49 (18.4%). Favourites:168-473 (35.5%).Plumpton going: Good (Good to soft inplaces) (GoingStick: Hurdle 7.0, Chase 7.4).Longest traveller: Petrocelli (3.20), Macbeth(2.20); Koultas King (4.20) 179 miles.Visored for the first time – Plumpton:3.20 Shadarpour; 3.20 Just When.Pontefract: 4.10 Rancho Montoya.Blinkered for the first time –Pontefract: 2.10 Firecruise. Windsor: 2.00Astral Rose; 3.30 Authoritarian; 4.30 AldwickBay. 3.00 Dalaki. Plumpton: 3.20 MidnightThomas.Cheek pieces – Plumpton: 2.20 HeadingTo First(*), 2.50 Osmosia, 3.20 Ashcott Boy(*),Hubood(*) Nemo Spirit(*), Rachael’s Ruby, 4.20Akbabend, 4.50 Moorlands Jack 5.20 AlAmaan, Be Marvellous(*), Bold Tara,Isthereadifference Presenting Dr T(*).Pontefract: 2.10 Madame Mirasol(*), 2.40Bearskin, 3.10 Bronze Beau, 4.10 Aalim(*)Penderyn, 4.40 Adili(*), Jawaab, Mr CrystalWayward Glance, 5.40 Ardmay, Eric The Grey.Windsor: 2.30 Kings ’n Dreams(*), 3.00 LeftDefender(*), 3.30 Empiricist, Kindia Know NoFear, 4.00 Admirable Art, Pat’s Legacy, StarDate 4.30 Vital Evidence(*), 5.30 Cuckoo Rock.(*) = horses wearing cheek pieces for the firsttime.Tongue straps – Plumpton: 2.20 Macbeth,2.50 Osmosia, Badb Catha, What’s For Tea,3.20 Nemo Spirit, Royal Trooper, MidnightThomas, 4.20 Akbabend, Koultas King, 4.50Next Sensation, Quadriller, Time Book, 5.20Just Cloudy, Be Marvellous. Pontefract: 3.10Son Du Silence, Bronze Beau, Wild Sauce, 4.40Rockawango, 5.10 Arc Light. Windsor: 2.30Ortac Rock, Camache Queen, 3.30 PrimeExhibit, 4.00 Hamble, 5.00 Invigilator.TV – At The Races: Plumpton, Windsor.Racing UK: Ponterfract.

RACING STATISTICS

Philip Hobbs-trained Balthazar King on the way to winning the Showcase Trophy at Cheltenham on Saturday PICTURE: MIKAL LUDLOW

Hobbs hails Balthazar King afterhis third Showcase Trophy in a rowBY TOM PEACOCKAND SIMON MILHAM

Balthazar King preserved hisoutstanding record at Chelten-ham with a third consecutivevictory in the ShowcaseT rophy.

Sent off the 7-2 favourite fol-lowing his cross country vic-tory at Craon last month, thenine-year-old galloped his 15rivals into the ground to claimthe £23,750 first prize and takehis winning tally at Chelten-ham to five – earning his ninthchase victory in the process.

The Glenfarclas Cross Coun-try Chase at the Open meetingis next on the agenda forBalthazar King following hisseven-length defeat of TourDes Champs under RichardJo h n s o n .

Minehead handler Hobbssaid: “To win this race threeyears in a row is phenomenal.He’s just a very good horse.

“Hopefully he will eitherhave a race named after him orthey will give the owners thetrophy to keep.

“He’s a marvellous horse toh ave. ”

Paul Nicholls has had a re-markably quiet start to thenew season but the Ditcheattrainer is only just starting totake the wraps off his powerfulstring and Sametegal (7-4 joint-favourite) made a winningreturn, getting a neck verdictover Bayan after a titanicfinish to the Masterson Hold-ings Hurdle.

It sparked a double for the

former champion trainer.Sametegal, third in the JCB

Triumph Hurdle in March andrunner-up in the ScottishChampion Hurdle, will nowlikely head to France.

Nicholls said: “There is avery valuable race at Auteuilon November 10 which hecould go for.

“He’s typical of one of minein that he will improve for therun. There is no use havingthem at their peak at this timeof year, we like to tune them upfor the big races later on.

“We could look at races likethe Greatwood Hurdle or, be-cause he likes galloping tracks,even the Fighting Fifth at New-castle could come under con-s i d e r at i o n . ”

N i ch o l l s ’ double was a littlemore fortuitous, as BalderSucces handed the Royal

Gloucestershire HussarsN ov i c e s ’ Chase on a plate toDark Lover (7-4 favourite) andJa c o b.

Jonjo O’Neill notched his70th winner of the seasonwhen Johns Spirit (5-1) was fartoo good for his 15 rivals in theEquus-Fine Dining At TheFestival Handicap SteepleC h a s e.

While the Cheltenham Fest-ival is still five months away,Tom Scudamore was leftdreaming of a live prospect forthe Albert Bartlett Novices’Hurdle after Kings Palace (5-1)romped away with the JoolsHolland Here on 9th NovemberN ov i c e s ’ H u rd l e.

There was a thrilling finishto the Go Racing With McPh-ersonracing.co.uk HandicapHurdle with Thomas Crapper(12-1) just getting the better of

Silver Eagle (3-1 favourite) andPrincely Player (12-1). Cham-pion jockey Tony McCoy had towait until the finale to scorebut the winner looked wellworth the wait.

The Rebecca Curtis-trainedCarningli (7-1) looked a smarthorse in the making aftertaking the Have Your Christ-mas Parties Here StandardOpen National Hunt Flat Raceby three and a half lengthsfrom Chase The Wind.� Trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies labelled The New One“exce ptional” after the young-ster laid down an early markerfor next year’s ChampionHurdle with a truly stunningseasonal return at Kemptonye s t e rd ay.

Jockey Sam Twiston-Davieswas then able to look behindhim and pat his horse down theneck as his mount cruised to a10-length success over Rock OnRu by.

N a u n t o n’s Nigel Twiston-Davies said: “He showed anamazing set of gears cominginto the straight.

“We ’ll look at the BulaHurdle (International Hurdle)at Cheltenham and then pos-sibly come back here for theChristmas Hurdle.

“T here’s definitely more tocome – he’ll improve on that.He does seem exceptional.”� Farhh signed off his shortbut ultimately successfulcareer by playing a starringrole in a thrilling renewal ofthe Qipco Champion Stakes atAscot on Saturday.

The son of Pivotal raced justtwice in the first two years ofhis racing life, winning oneach occasion, and few wouldhave expected such a meteoricrise as he made his seasonalreappearance last year in theThirsk Hunt Cup.

After a demolition of his op-ponents, Farhh went on to beplaced in the Prince of Wales’sStakes and the Coral-Eclipsebefore finding only the bril-liant Frankel too long in theSussex Stakes and theJuddmonte International.

The five-year-old made asmart start to 2013 in theLockinge at Newbury, but wasnot seen again until his Cham-pions Day appearance.

Proving a superb advert totrainer Saeed bin Suroor’s con-siderable training talents,Farhh felled French starCirrus Des Aigles and Derbyhero Ruler Of The World in apulsating climax to the 10-fur-long Group One.

He now heads off to studhaving claimed six wins from10 competitive starts, neverfinishing out of the first threeand connections are surelywondering what might havebeen this summer ha he re-mained fully fit.

Bin Suroor said: “He’s agreat fighter – every year hehas had problems. We’vealways had problems with himand he has to have a differentprogramme of training to allthe other horses in the stable.

“He’ll be retired now andhe’ll go to stud.”

Bath forced to stopracing after floodsB at h ’s race meeting wasabandoned yesterday becauseof localised flooding.

Drainage issues in an areaof the weighing room led tothe Flat fixture being calledoff after four races.

Jockey Shane Kelly saidthere was no alternative. Headded: “The drains wereblocked at the bottom of theweighing room where thevalets work. It wasn’t verypleasant and everyonedecided you couldn’t possiblywork in those conditions.”

The New One, ridden by Sam Twiston- Davies, winning at Kempton

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2.20 BETFAIR MAIDEN HURDLE(Class 5) 2m 4yo plus Winner £2,053

1 /193-9 AULD STHOCK (148) G L Moore 5-11-0 J Moore2 3 BLUE BEAR (145) Mrs D Grissell 4-11-0 S Thomas3 HEADING TO FIRST (F119) (P) P Butler 6-11-0 Michael Byrne(3)4 24-1 LONG LUNCH (23) C Longsdon 4-11-0 N Fehily5 2 MACBETH (90) (T;BF) T Vaughan 4-11-0 R Johnson6 355- NOBLE FRIEND (229) C Gordon 5-11-0 G Tumelty7 5-3345 SLANEY STAR (17) Jim Best 5-11-0 M Batchelor8 2354 SNAPCHAT (15) S Durack 6-11-0 Conor O’Farrell9 4/3440 STATE DEPARTMENT (15) P Hobbs 6-11-0 T J O’Brien10 60 TOP CHIEF (145) M Rimell 5-11-0 N Scholfield11 37- WAH WAH TAYSEE (246) D Bridgwater 6-11-0 T Scudamore12 40P MONEY MONEY MONEY (6) Jim Best 7-10-7 T Whelan(5)13 NORFOLK SKY (F27) Mrs L Mongan 4-10-7 N Adams(10)2012: Regal One 4-11-0, T Phelan 6-1 (D Bridgwater), 13 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 11-8 Long Lunch, 7-4 Macbeth, 10 Auld Sthock, 16 Blue Bear, Snapchat, Noble Friend, 20 State Department, 25 Others.

2.50 FRIENDS OF JOSH GIFFORD HANDICAP CHASE(5) 2m 4f 4yo plus Winner £2,599

1 65222P UPTON MEAD (43) (B;CD) K Tork 6-11-12 R Johnson2 473275 OSMOSIA (12) (P,T;C) C Gordon 8-11-12 M Goldstein3 594-5P WATERGATE (43) R Rowe 7-10-10 L Aspell4 8P41-P DOHENY BAR (21) (CD) P Henderson 10-10-8 T J O’Brien5 99980- BADB CATHA (405) (T) R Curtis 7-10-2 Mr F Tett(7)6 P-5545 SHE’S HUMBLE (43) (V;C) Mrs L Jewell 11-10-1 J Moore7 0-3507 WHAT’S FOR TEA (16) (T,V) P Butler 8-10-0 E Linehan(5)8 6P-PP4 CURRAGH DANCER (16) (V;CD) P Butler 10-10-0 Michael Byrne(3)2012: Truckers Benefit 7-11-7, R Johnson 6-1 (T Vaughan), 10 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 7-4 Upton Mead, 9-4 Osmosia, 4 Doheny Bar, 8 Watergate, 10 She’s Humble, 25 What’s For Tea, Curragh Dancer, 50 Badb Catha.

3.20 RETIREMENT VILLAGES NOVICES’ HANDICAP HDLE (5) 2m 3yo plus Winner £2,053

1 /3738- NEMO SPIRIT (227) (P,T) Jim Best 8-11-12 James O’Neill(7)2 75555- COUP DE GRACE (185) P Phelan 4-11-12 Joshua Moore(3)3 97-5 JUST WHEN (162) (V) P Chamings 4-11-12 N De Boinville(5)4 FP-36P RACHAEL’S RUBY (29) (P) R Teal 6-11-11 C Bolger5 07-223 ROYAL TROOPER (F8) (T,V;BF) Jim Best 7-11-9 M Batchelor6 2-2F72 BENNY THE SWINGER (24) (D) C Gordon 8-11-8 M Goldstein7 07-927 ASHCOTT BOY (87) (P) N Mulholland 5-11-7 N Fehily8 670-04 SHADARPOUR (12) (V) G L Moore 4-11-7 J Moore9 7-40 HUBOOD (F118) (P) Miss Z Davison 5-10-5 D Crosse10 -76001 IVEBEENTHINKING (4) (D) T Symonds 5-10-4(7ex) F de Giles11 94-376 MIDNIGHT THOMAS (34) (H,T) M Keighley 4-10-3 I Popham12 U44 NIGHT OF PASSION (84) J Scott 5-10-3 N Scholfield13 2/98P6 PETROCELLI (62) T Vaughan 6-10-1 J Kiely(7)14 70/22- MEIRIG’S DREAM (185) P Hobbs 7-10-0 J M Davies2012: On The Feather 6-10-10, J Moore 10-1 (Jim Best), 11 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 11-4 Royal Trooper, 6 Ivebeenthinking, 13-2 Benny The Swinger, 7 Meirig’s Dream, 10 Ashcott Boy, Night Of Passion, 12 Coup De Grace, Nemo Spirit, 14 Others.

3.50 NOVICES’ LIMITED HANDICAP CHASE(3) 2m 4f 4yo plus Winner £8,122

1 311P0- LOOSE CHIPS (222) (B) C Longsdon 7-11-5 N Fehily2 12315- UXIZANDRE (199) A King 5-11-3 A P McCoy3 FP6B-1 KINGS LODGE (17) N Henderson 7-10-6 A Tinkler4 110FF- DE BLACKSMITH (188) (C,D) G L Moore 5-10-5 J Moore5 42U-63 BARLOW (160) (BF,D) W Greatrex 6-10-5 G Sheehan(3)2012: No corresponding race.BETTING FORECAST: 7-4 Uxizandre, 11-4 Loose Chips, 7-2 Kings Lodge, 5 Barlow, 10 De Blacksmith. Form UXIZANDRE 16-1 (11-4) Held up towards rear, raced freely, headway

after 7th, not fluent 4 out, hung left and outpaced from after 3 out, jumped left 2 out, weakened last, 5th of 9, 20l behind At Fishers Cross (11-4) at Aintree 3m nov hdl Grade 1 (1) gs in Apr. LOOSE CHIPS 80-1 (11-2) Led to after 3rd, led again after next, headed 4 out, lost place next, soon weakened, tailed off, 23rd of 28, well behind Medinas (11-10) at Cheltenham 2m 5f hcp hdl Grade 3 (1) gs in Mar. KINGS LODGE 5-2 (11-4) Close up, led 6th, headed 9th, led before 4 out, clear before last, eased towards finish, won at Fontwell 2m 6f nov chs (4) gd beating Ski Sunday (11-4) by 6l, 6 ran.

4.20 SIS HANDICAP HURDLE(3) 3m 1f 110yds 4yo plus Winner £6,498

1 204/1- DOCTOR FOXTROT (243) (B) P Hobbs 8-11-12 T J O’Brien2 24331- BALLYCULLA (181) W Greatrex 6-11-9 N Fehily3 10-006 AKBABEND (117) (P,T) C Gordon 7-11-8 L Muspratt(10)4 5-6423 KING BORU (15) Miss E Lavelle 5-11-5 G Sheehan(3)5 13P2-5 ABRUZZI (167) T Symonds 5-11-5 F de Giles6 5078-3 CABIMAS (17) G L Moore 6-11-3 Joshua Moore(3)7 1/45P- WOLF HALL (369) Violet Jordan 6-11-3 Will Kennedy8 222-11 KOULTAS KING (42) (T) T Vaughan 6-11-2 R Johnson9 526213 CANNON FODDER (29) Miss S West 6-10-11 M Goldstein10 3P0-73 GIGONDAS (53) G L Moore 4-10-9 J Moore11 73-529 TWIN BUD (40) Miss A N-Smith 8-10-0 A Wedge(3)2012: No corresponding race.BETTING FORECAST: 11-4 Koultas King, 4 Ballyculla, 5 King Boru, 13-2 Doctor Foxtrot, 8 Cannon Fodder, 10 Cabimas, Gigondas, 14 Abruzzi, 25 Others. Form KOULTAS KING 4-11fav (11-5) Made all, pushed along after 7th,

hanging left from before 3 out, driven clear from last, won at Huntingdon 2m 4f nh nov hdl (4) gd in Sep beating Moon Trip (10-11) by 9l, 3 ran. BALLYCULLA 3-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders, led before 3 out, clear after last, driven out, won at Ffos Las 3m mdn hdl (5) gs in Apr beating Sandanski (10-7) by 4l, 8 ran. KING BORU 6-1 (11-5) Tracked leaders, outpaced 3 out, soon ridden, stayed on to take 3rd flat, no impression with front pair, 3rd of 12, 10l behind Flicka Williams (11-3) at Uttoxeter 3m hcp hdl 0-120 (4) gd. DOCTOR FOXTROT 20-1 (10-12) Held up towards rear, headway before 3 out, led 2 out, kept on well, driven out, won at Doncaster 3m hcp hdl 0-130 (3) gd in Feb beating Mister Dillon (11-7) by 1 1/4l, 16 ran. CANNON FODDER 5-1 (10-0) Chased leading pair, every chance 3 out, went 2nd before next, held when hit last, no extra in 3rd final 100 yards, 3rd of 6, 3l behind Aimigayle (10-5) at Plumpton 3m 1f hcp hdl 0-140 (3) gf in Sep. CABIMAS 7-1 (10-11) Held up mid-division, headway 3 out, went 3rd 2 out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 11, 20l behind Foxcub (10-0) at Fontwell 2m 2f hcp hdl 0-130 (3) gd.

4.50 BETFRED/TOTEPOOL NOVICES’ HANDICAP CHASE (4) 2m 1f 4yo plus Winner £3,899

1 /0FP6- SHOULD I STAY (242) T R George 5-11-12 P Brennan2 91157- ROCKY ELSOM (191) (C,D) D Arbuthnot 6-11-10 D Jacob3 54663- KING MASSINI (219) E Williams 7-11-9 P Moloney4 36F6-3 NEXT SENSATION (41) (T) M Scudamore 6-11-7 T Scudamore5 -51323 QUADRILLER (21) (T;BF,D) P Hobbs 6-11-7 T J O’Brien6 741122 ALDERBROOK LAD (29) (D) N Mulholland 7-11-7 Michael Byrne(3)7 F32F-P UN ANJOU (151) David Dennis 5-11-6 N Fehily8 /452-3 FAIR BRAMBLE (161) O Sherwood 7-11-5 L Aspell9 238/0- DAYMAR BAY (356) Miss E Lavelle 7-11-4 A Coleman10 -4651U MOORLANDS JACK (11) (P;BF) J Scott 8-11-4 N Scholfield11 03-155 TIME BOOK (16) (T) C Tizzard 7-10-0 B J Powell2012: No corresponding race.BETTING FORECAST: 4 Quadriller, 5 Moorlands Jack, 11-2 Alderbrook Lad, 6 Fair Bramble, 7 King Massini, 10 Daymar Bay, Un Anjou, 12 Rocky Elsom, 14 Others.

5.20 GOOD LUCK CLAIRE HANDICAP HURDLE(5) 2m 5f 4yo plus Winner £2,053

1 6/318- SANDY’S DOUBLE (202) (BF) J Snowden 7-11-12 S Twiston-Davies2 431/PP HEAD HUNTED (8) Jim Best 6-11-12 M Batchelor3 5/369- OSCAR BABY (265) Mrs D Grissell 7-11-8 M Goldstein4 F/FP-1 JUST CLOUDY (133) (T) R Walford 9-11-8 D Jacob5 17P3-4 ROMNEY MARSH (149) (CD) R Curtis 12-11-8 H Frost6 04/4P- HOPATINA (247) N Mulholland 7-11-7 Michael Byrne(3)7 06-406 BE MARVELLOUS (9) (P,T) C Tizzard 5-11-7 B J Powell8 6-5P01 ISTHEREADIFFERENCE (59) (P) N Mulholland 6-11-7 N Fehily9 -36449 AL AMAAN (29) (P) J Poulton 8-10-11 L Aspell10 000-97 MAC’S GREY (148) (H) Miss Z Davison 6-10-9 D Crosse11 4-604F BOLD TARA (24) (P) M Keighley 6-10-3 O Garner(7)12 PP4P-P PRESENTING DR T (11) (P) H Chisman 7-10-1 C Deutsch(7)13 75-46P RENAGISHA (42) (V) Jim Best 7-10-1 T Whelan(5)14 76-030 UNSIST (29) N Gifford 5-10-0 L Treadwell2012: No corresponding race.BETTING FORECAST: 3 Just Cloudy, 9-2 Isthereadifference, 7 Sandy’s Double, 8 Bold Tara, Head Hunted, 10 Be Marvellous, 12 Romney Marsh, 14 Unsist, 16 Others.

CAPTAIN WESSEX 2.20 — Macbeth 2.50 — She’s Humble 3.20 — Benny The Swinger 3.50 — Uxizandre 4.20 — Ballyculla 4.50 — Next Sensation 5.20 — Just Cloudy

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HHH VALAIS LATE HH KILBREEDY PRINCE H ROBERTOS RAGAZZA2.18 480m (A5)

1 345 Ruso Victory (rl ro) .................................... Smith 30.50 3-12 214 Atom (rl ro) ...............................................Atkins 29.82 4-13 251 TIN CAN TILLY (md ep) .................... B McBride 29.72 7-24 444 Cefn Merlin (md fw) ................................... Davy 30.03 4-15 343 Vettys Rumble (wd ro) ..............................Porter 29.76 6-16 646 Kensa Bella (sa fw)............................McDowell 29.88 11-4

2.37 480m (A4)1 652 VALAIS LATE (rl fw) .............................. Hughes 29.61 11-22 552 Louliediem Gem (rl ro) ............................. J Little 29.78 7-23 544 Bronze Rumble (ep ro) .............................Porter 29.70 6-14 553 Barrack Chick (md ro) ........................Wallington 29.81 5-15 444 Leaha Carlina (wd fw) ............................... Gillett 29.97 3-16 215 Phads Girl (wd ro).................................Hepden 30.04 9-4

2.57 480m (A8)1 261 Meenala Harry (rl ro)..............................Hepden 30.31 7-22 124 Marvel Lass (sa fw)...................................Atkins 30.40 11-23 511 Mendip Harry (md fw) .................................. Dix 30.27 3-14 641 Soft Spring (sa fw) ....................................Porter 30.28 3-15 342 KILBREEDY PRINCE (wd ep) ................. Gillett 30.18 11-26 332 Touch On Roxy (ep ro) ..............................Porter 30.29 7-2

3.17 480m (A4)1 333 Royal Secret (rl fw) ........................... B McBride 29.82 7-22 333 Wood Bionic (md ep) ................................Porter 29.94 5-13 223 GATILLOS SCOLARI (ep ro) ....... N P Ralph Jnr 29.67 7-24 232 Wagama (ep ro) .......................................Hutton 29.72 4-15 545 Real Boss (wd ro) .....................................Atkins 29.70 7-26 231 Ginger Road (ep ro) ..................................Porter 29.80 7-2

3.38 480m (A6)1 255 Cefn Rio (sa fw) ........................................ Davy 30.44 9-42 425 Kiamba (rl ro) ......................................... Hughes 30.62 7-23 522 Primo Maggie (md fw)........................ B McBride 30.09 6-14 665 Mirandas Lady (md fw) ..........................Hepden 30.35 11-25 4DN3 Fortunate Hawk (wd ro) ............................Evans 30.06 11-46 651 ROBERTOS RAGAZZA (wd ro) .........McDowell 30.00 11-2

3.58 480m (A5)1 322 Cefn Isobel (rl ep) ...................................... Davy 29.74 3-12 324 Connor Caitella (rl ro) .................................. Dix 30.02 9-43 512 Pats Romeo (sa fw) ...............................Hepden 29.77 4-14 143 Manu Echo (wd ep)................................ Hughes 29.82 4-15 223 SIXHOURTOURS (wd ro) ........................Porter 29.62 5-16 432 Bound In Ivy (sa fw) .............................Swadden 29.88 6-1

4.18 480m (A6)1 216 Brookend Hopper (rl ro) .......................... Smith 30.75 5-22 331 THANDIS DIAMOND (ep ro) ........ N P Ralph Jnr 29.61 11-43 663 Dunbolg Mensa (sa fw) .............................. Davy 29.85 6-14 334 Burgess Ali (wd ro)...................................Hutton 29.91 11-25 441 Kingsmill Paul (wd ro) ........................Wallington 29.94 4-16 332 Roll Of Victory (wd ep) ..............................Evans 29.80 9-2

4.37 685m (S2)1 332 Ballymac Drumm (ep rl) ........................... J Little 42.57 9-22 353 WISE JADE (md ep)............................Swadden 42.51 3-13 311 DISTANT MISTY (md ep) .........................Walsh 42.69 7-24 533 Brookend Six (md ro) ................................ Smith 42.61 9-25 612 Silverton Sooty (wd ro) .............................Walsh 42.59 7-26 453 Primo Patch (wd ep) .......................... B McBride 42.92 7-2

4.57 480m (A8)1 352 CHASING PIRATES (rl ep) ......................Walsh 30.39 9-22 224 Brave Junior (rl ro) ............................... Hughes 30.40 5-23 466 Touch On Ruben (md ro) ..........................Porter 30.49 6-14 666 Fearmead Triumph (md ep) ...................... Gillett 30.58 4-15 644 Maigueside Sally (wd ro) ...................Wallington 30.71 7-26 263 Coco Swift (wd ep)....................................Porter 30.47 7-2

5.17 480m (A7)1 655 Swift Getaway (rl ep) ............................... Smith 30.14 11-42 142 Black Wings (md ep)..................... N P Ralph Jnr 30.24 7-23 634 Falkners Joe (rl ep) .................................. J Little 30.23 4-14 356 Calling Sam (md ro) ...........................Wallington 30.31 6-15 156 Scolari Style (md fw) .................................Porter 30.22 11-46 534 MARROW BOY (wd ep) ............................ Davy 30.10 11-2

5.33 480m (A3)1 423 Oi Oi Rhianna (rl ro) ...............................Hepden 29.30 7-22 362 Hands Over Eyes (md ep) .....................Hepden 29.63 9-23 356 Crinkill Jewel (wd ro)................................Hutton 30.06 11-24 342 MR OCTOBER (ep md) ..................... B McBride 29.28 7-25 153 Silverton Blaze (wd fw) .............................Walsh 29.69 4-16 566 Killinat Girl (wd ro) ............................McDowell 29.67 11-4

5.47 480m (A2)1 514 Classy First (sa fw).................................. Smith 29.52 7-22 145 Bright Ells (rl ep) ........................................ Davy 29.36 7-23 162 Wise Louise (md ro).............................Swadden 29.11 4-14 454 Rockmount Delta (sa fw) ......................... Foster 29.31 7-25 152 ROCKVIEW HI (wd ro) .............................Atkins 29.02 9-26 146 Sligo Mick (wd ep) ...................................Hutton 29.78 4-1

6.04 480m (A6)1 313 Primo Ted (rl ep) ................................ B McBride 30.17 4-12 542 Hold It Holly (md ep) ................................Atkins 30.15 11-43 342 Touch On Elle (md ep) ..............................Porter 30.00 11-24 654 Go Jo Jo (sa fw) .....................................Hepden 30.16 6-15 251 REIDYS SCOLARI (wd ep) ....................... Davy 29.99 7-26 122 Selkirk Bash (wd ro)...............................Hepden 30.01 11-4

6.18 480m (A2)1 353 Lisnakill Jenson (rl ro) ............................... Gillett 29.41 5-12 223 Newinn Minor (rl ep) .............................. Hughes 29.82 9-23 454 What No Gravy (md ro) ............................ Foster 29.56 7-24 222 Touch On Rodney (md ro) .......................Porter 29.37 11-45 651 BOOKIES GIRLS (sa fw) ........................Hutton 29.31 9-26 243 Van Cleef (wd ro) ...................................Hepden 29.67 7-2

BagS picKSHALL GREEN FANCIES

11.03 Drummurrer (6-4-5) 11.19 Toryview Express (4-1-6) 11.34 Dangeray Evie (1-2-6) 11.48 Ballymac Sadie (3-6-2) 12.04 Compass Monty (Nap) (6-4-3) 12.18 Westmead Gary (4-6-1) 12.32 Supreme Viper (4-6-1) 12.47 Soon For You (2-6-3) 1.04 Fleeting Wind (2-5-4) 1.19 Dromana Bob (6-1-3) 1.33 Mays Taos (5-2-6) 1.51 Leannes Boy (5-3-2)

SHEFFIELD FANCIES11.11 Smooth Pony (6-1-2) 11.28 Panache A Gogo (4-5-1) 11.42 Tangle Twister (1-2-5) 11.57 Margos Way (Nap) (2-6-1) 12.12 Slaneyside Lizzy (3-6-1) 12.27 Miranda Sandy (2-3-5) 12.42 Anville Dean (6-5-3) 12.58 Nire Orla (6-4-1) 1.12 Ardera Robin (1-2-3) 1.27 Russanda Clash (6-2-1) 1.44 Tianas Whisper (1-4-3) 1.58 Best Silk (6-4-2)

MONMORE FANCIES2.08 Ardera Poppy (Nap) (6-2-3) 2.27 Arty Bearings (5-2-3) 2.47 Dixies Hondo (2-6-5) 3.07 Seathwaite Ia (2-4-5) 3.28 Bashman (3-4-2) 3.48 Balmarino Head (2-6-3) 4.08 Nifty Roy (6-1-5) 4.27 Keldon Mike (4-3-1) 4.47 Questhouse Woods (6-5-3) 5.07 Aislings Hill (3-1-5) 5.22 Rock It Ramon (6-3-2) 5.38 Butts Pick (5-2-1) 5.56 Skyfall Bill (5-6-2) 6.11 Elderberry Wind (6-1-5)

CRAYFORD: 10.38 Fallow Me 7-1 (2-5-1 £43.01 TC £191.38). 10.53 Billis Magic 2-1 (6-3-5 £7.16 TC £15.22). 11.07 Galbertstownlady 10-1 (3-5-6 £40.40 TC £71.26). 11.23 Farran Noel 7-2 (1-5-4 £16.90 TC £77.64). 11.37 Annual Becks 4-1 (4-2-5 £33.62 TC £90.76). 11.51 Salpas Sika 3-1 (1-6-5 £20.15 TC £64.21). 12.08 Catching Sheba 5-1 (6-1-3 £32.85 TC £75.46). 12.24 Dash On Black 2-1f (5-4-6 £11.55 TC £34.40). 12.39 Morrisa 5-2 (1-6-4 £9.38 TC £35.69). 12.57 Unique Rock 6-1 (4-6-1 £28.72 TC £50.26). 1.11 Planet Queen 7-1 (4-6-1 £43.46 TC £143.58). 1.27 Chadwell May 5-2 (6-1-5 £24.52 TC £89.50). 1.44 Hearthill Fairy 7-4f (4-1-3 £12.38 TC £29.98). 1.58 Hot Foot Harry 9-4 (4-3-6 £16.36 TC £69.17). MONMORE: 6.38 Rattling Jacko 2-1f (4-6-2 £17.98 TC £43.62). 6.56 Ardera Mitten 7-2 (6-1-3 £22.44 TC £59.76). 7.11 Mid Tipp Lady 5-2 (1-6-3 £15.16 TC £44.70). 7.26 Slaneyside Joe 9-4f (6-1-4 £9.72 TC £29.32). 7.42 Cathys Express 3-1 (1-3-2 £12.98 TC £50.79). 7.58 Mosslane Pam 5-2f (1-3-4 £19.29 TC £57.71). 8.13 Ardera Precious 3-1 (4-6-1 £21.09 TC £70.06). 8.28 Rock It Demon 9-4 (6-2-1 £8.37 TC £23.02). 8.43 Rockburst Misty 5-1 (1-5-4 £41.24 TC £108.05). 8.58 Sunoak Sapphire 5-2 (3-1-5 £15.33 TC £51.80). 9.14 Daithis Roscoe 5-2 (2-1-5 £5.59 TC £17.43). 9.30 Bleisce Charm 3-1 (2-1-3 £7.01 TC £0.00). 9.45 Dacent Kacy 5-2 (6-3-1 £10.48 TC £0.00). 10.00 Proud Pegs Tyler 11-8f (6-2-3 £3.78 TC £0.00). Placer £1 stake (Races 1-6) £89.70, (Races 9-14) £154.00.NEWCASTLE: 2.24 Lil Queen 8-1 (6-2-1 £63.04 TC £149.75). 2.42 Royal Cracker 6-1 (1-4-2 £60.87 TC £221.71). 2.58 Make Me Live 8-1 (5-2-1 £68.36 TC £172.48). 3.18 Star Ruby 5-2 (5-3-2 £10.60 TC £35.59). 3.37 Blackhouse Boo 9-4f (6-5-3 £12.45 TC £31.06). 3.53 Target Comet 5-2f (4-6-1 £14.39 TC £47.12). 4.14 Fagans Guest 7-2 (5-3-2 £21.04 TC £48.98). 4.28 Knoppogue Pearl 4-1 (3-6-5 £16.47 TC £42.67). 4.47 Smack A Rooner 5-2jt (6-4-3 £26.13 TC £72.24). 5.07 Scolari Bound 3-1 (5-4-3 £19.74 TC £59.73). 5.27 Vegas 9-4f (3-1-2 £23.35 TC £74.70). 5.44 Fortfield Ivy 2-1f (4-5-6 £7.42 TC £22.33). 5.58 Shiloh Crystal 4-1 (1-2-4 £26.10 TC £56.63). 6.16 Fortune Bound 10-1 (1-2-6 £53.13 TC £217.63). ROMFORD: 10.31 Hashtag Lively 7-2 (2-6-1 £25.11 TC £66.22). 10.46 Borna Genie 7-2 (1-4-6 £35.28 TC £131.00). 11.00 Droopys Fionn 5-2f (1-6-2 £13.47 TC £38.64). 11.16 Quarterland Aero 9-2 (4-5-1 £34.41 TC £103.90). 11.31 Borna Manna 3-1 (2-5-4 £13.92 TC £53.52). 11.44 Aero Nizuc 4-1 (1-4-6 £34.00 TC £129.36). 11.58 Killahas Bullet 4-1 (5-2-4 £16.68 TC £44.24). 12.17 Totti Hodgey 11-8f (3-1-2 £7.79 TC £30.91). 12.33 Quarterland Midi 5-1 (5-6-4 £36.32 TC £106.43). 12.47 Bridge Legend 7-4f (4-6-5 £10.60 TC £31.19). 1.04 Raggletaggle Joe 7-4f (3-2-1 £8.73 TC £26.35). 1.19 Manin The Moon 9-4f (4-5-6 £12.55 TC £41.72). 1.33 Bag of Sand 4-1 (3-4-2 £19.08 TC £42.70). 1.49 Quivers Majestic 6-1 (4-2-3 £21.19 TC £58.20).

YESTERDaY’S BagS RESulTS

Results

BaTH: Soft1.30—Black Rodded (R Hughes, 11-8 Fav) 1;

Flicksta (6-1) 2; Needless Shouting (3-1 2nd Fav) 3. 9 ran. 13/4l, 2l. (H Morrison). Tote: £2.30; pl £1.20, £1.60, £1.30. Ex: £10.50. Trifecta: £23.00. CSF: £9.32.

2.00—charles molson (D O’Neill, 1-2 Fav) 1; Flashy Queen (5-1 2nd Fav) 2; Bazooka (25-1) 3. 6 ran. 31/2l, 6l. (H Candy). Tote: £1.50; pl £1.10, £2.30. Ex: £3.70. Trifecta: £30.40. CSF: £3.64. Non-runners: Qatar Princess, Random.

2.30—Fitzwilly (L Jones, 7-2 2nd Fav) 1; Luckster (9-2) 2; Hattie Jacques (10-1) 3. Hcap 7 ran. 41/2l , 12l. (M Channon; 5-2 Fav Candoluminescence). Tote: £5.10; pl £1.80, £2.40. Ex: £18.60. Trifecta: £128.90. CSF: £18.51.

3.05—one pursuit (J Mitchell, 25-1) 1; Abundantly (7-2 Fav) 2; Candyman Can (4-1 2nd Fav) 3. Hcap 10 ran. 4l, 9l. (B Powell). Tote: £25.20; pl £7.50, £1.90, £1.30. Ex: £181.90. Tricast: £438.62. Trifecta: £2313.80. CSF: £111.13. Non-runners: Eshtyaaq, Meetings Man, Royal Dutch, Shades Of Grey.

Remainder of meeting abandoned due to waterlogged track.

KEmpTon: good2.15—Duroble man (R Thornton, 2-1 Fav) 1;

Town Mouse (11-2) 2; Aldopicgros (11-4 2nd Fav) 3. 10 ran. 13/4l, 11/2l. (A King). Tote: £2.40; pl £1.10, £1.80, £1.70. Ex: £14.30. Trifecta: £44.10. CSF: £13.62. Non-runner: Ocean Applause.

2.45—Dodging Bullets (D Jacob, 8-11 Fav) 1; Turn Over Sivola (5-2 2nd Fav) 2; Earls Quarter (20-1) 3. 5 ran. 4l, 13l. (P Nicholls). Tote: £2.10; pl £1.30, £1.40. Ex: £2.80. Trifecta: £9.20. CSF: £3.06.

3.20—Sea lord (D O’Regan, evens Fav) 1; Life And Soul (7-1) 2; Azure Fly (2-1 2nd Fav) 3. 5 ran. 9l, 8l. (J P Ferguson). Tote: £1.90; pl £1.10, £3.00. Ex: £5.80. Trifecta: £9.40. CSF: £8.62.

3.50—Firm order (D O’Regan, 12-1) 1; Suburban Bay (4-1 2nd Fav) 2; Moleskin (11-2) 3. Hcap 11 ran. 9l, 41/2l. (P Webber; 7-2 Fav Highrate). Tote: £10.80; pl £3.70, £2.10, £2.40. Ex: £93.70. Tricast: £301.64. Trifecta: £299.40. CSF: £61.38. Non-runners: Deciding Moment, Western King.

4.25—The new one (S Twiston-Davies, 1-2 Fav) 1; Rock On Ruby (7-4 2nd Fav) 2; Quaddick Lake (80-1) 3. 4 ran. 10l, 40l. (N Twiston-Davies). Tote: £1.30; Ex: £1.50. Trifecta: £1.80. CSF: £1.61. Non-runner: Australia Day.

5.00—gallox Bridge (R Johnson, 15-8 Fav) 1; Able Deputy (3-1 2nd Fav) 2; Cap Elorn (4-1) 3. Hcap 6 ran. 23/4l, 21/2l. (T Vaughan). Tote: £3.10; pl £2.00, £1.70. Ex: £7.90. Trifecta: £29.60. CSF: £8.25. Non-runner: Alfraamsey.

5.30—warden Hill (D Elsworth, 11-4 Fav) 1; Carole’s Destrier (16-1) 2; Master Benjamin (7-2 2nd Fav) 3. 12 ran. 1l, nk. (M Channon). Tote: £3.90; pl £1.70, £6.20, £1.30. Ex: £64.10. Trifecta: £280.20. CSF: £45.22. Non-runners: Berea Boru, Whispering Bob.

placepot: £7.50Quadpot: £8.90

SaTuRDaYaScoT: Soft

1.45—Royal Diamond (J P Murtagh, 20-1) 1; Harris Tweed (8-1) 2; Eye of The Storm (13-2 2nd Fav) 3. 12 ran. ns, 3/4l. (J P Murtagh (IRE) ; 2-1 Fav Estimate). Tote: £16.50; pl £4.00, £2.90, £2.10. Ex: £231.50. Tricast: £1166.78. Trifecta: £1809.90. CSF: £164.23.

2.20—Slade power (W M Lordan, 7-1) 1; Jack Dexter (5-1 Jt 2nd Fav) 2; Viztoria (5-1 Jt 2nd Fav) 3. 14 ran. nk, 31/4l. (E Lynam (IRE) ; 7-2 Fav Maarek). Tote: £7.40; pl £2.40, £2.40, £2.40. Ex: £39.60. Tricast: £200.61. Trifecta: £246.00. CSF: £40.48.

2.55—Seal of approval (G Baker, 16-1) 1; Belle de Crecy (10-1) 2; Talent (7-2 CoFav) 3. 8 ran. 4l, nk. (J Fanshawe; 7-2 CoFav Dalkala, 7-2 CoFav Hot Snap). Tote: £19.20; pl £3.60, £2.30, £1.60. Ex: £145.70. Tricast: £692.83. Trifecta: £258.70. CSF: £163.00. Non-runner: The Lark.

3.30—olympic glory (R Hughes, 11-2) 1; Top Notch Tonto (14-1) 2; Kingsbarns (14-1) 3. 12 ran. 31/4l, 3/4l. (R Hannon; 2-1 Fav Dawn Approach). Tote: £6.20; pl £2.30, £4.90, £4.20. Ex: £104.20. Tricast: £1053.08. Trifecta: £1622.70. CSF: £79.11.

4.05—Farhh (S De Sousa, 11-4 2nd Fav) 1; Cirrus Des Aigles (6-4 Fav) 2; Ruler Of The World

(13-2) 3. 10 ran. nk, 1/2l. (S Bin Suroor). Tote: £4.40; pl £2.00, £1.10, £2.50. Ex: £7.70. Tricast: £22.53. Trifecta: £46.40. CSF: £6.79.

4.45—Breton Rock (L Walsh, 12-1) 1; Intrigo (20-1) 2; Gramercy (50-1) 3; Levitate (16-1) 4. Hcap 27 ran. 1l, 11/4l, 1/2l. (D M Simcock; 8-1 Fav Jack’s Revenge). Tote: £13.80; pl £3.60, £6.70, £12.10, £5.30. Ex: £240.40. Tricast: £11217.35. Trifecta: Not won. CSF: £243.25. Non-runners: Brownsea Brink, Capaill Liath.

Jackpot: not won, pool of £42,344.48 car-ried over to Bath.

placepot: £469.30 Quadpot: £38.60

cHElTEnHam: good2.00—Kings palace (T Scudamore, 5-1) 1;

Creepy (10-3 Fav) 2; Monbeg Dude (25-1) 3. 10 ran. 18l, 2l. (D Pipe). Tote: £6.10; pl £2.10, £1.60, £5.00. Ex: £23.10. Trifecta: £525.90. CSF: £21.03.

2.35—Johns Spirit (R McLernon, 5-1 Jt 2nd Fav) 1; Rob Conti (16-1) 2; Sew On Target (25-1) 3; Tartak (11-1) 4. Hcap 16 ran. 31/2l, 1l, nk. (Jonjo O’Neill; 7-2 Fav Easter Meteor). Tote: £6.10; pl £1.80, £2.50, £6.80, £3.90. Ex: £99.70. Tricast: £1882.34. CSF: £76.30.

3.10—Sametegal (D Jacob, 7-4 JtFav) 1; Bayan (4-1) 2; Handazan (7-4 JtFav) 3. 6 ran. nk, 11l. (P Nicholls). Tote: £2.30; pl £1.60, £2.30. Ex: £7.80. Trifecta: £17.20. CSF: £9.16.

3.45—Balthazar King (R Johnson, 7-2 Fav) 1; Tour Des Champs (11-2 2nd Fav) 2; Tullamore Dew (20-1) 3; Mister Grez (13-2) 4. Hcap 16 ran. 7l, 3/4l, hd. (P Hobbs). Tote: £4.60; pl £2.10, £1.70, £4.50, £2.20. Ex: £32.50. Tricast: £363.43. Trifecta: £1042.20. CSF: £24.98. Non-runner: Ballyoliver.

4.25—Thomas crapper (C Poste, 12-1) 1; Silver Eagle (3-1 Fav) 2; Princely Player (12-1) 3. Hcap 15 ran. 3/4l, ns. (R Dickin). Tote: £8.70; pl £2.80, £2.30, £3.50. Ex: £50.20. Tricast: £467.94. Trifecta: £275.40. CSF: £45.66. Non-runners: Callisto Moon, Man Of Leisure.

5.00—Dark lover (D Jacob, 7-4 JtFav) 1; Sizing Italy (7-2) 2; Mr Watson (14-1) 3. 6 ran. 28l, 6l. (P Nicholls; 7-4 JtFav Balder Succes). Tote: £2.80; pl £1.90, £2.30. Ex: £8.30. Trifecta: £66.40. CSF: £8.22. Non-runner: Earls Quarter.

5.30—carningli (A P McCoy, 7-1) 1; Chase The Wind (14-1) 2; Vazaro Delafayette (9-2 2nd Fav) 3; My Wigwam Or Yours (17-2) 4. 18 ran. 31/2l, 3/4l, 1l. (Miss R Curtis; 7-2 Fav Regal Diamond). Tote: £7.80; pl £2.40, £4.10, £2.90. Ex: £102.00. Trifecta: £1166.30. CSF: £97.75. Non-runner: Mrs Jordan.


caTTERicK: Soft1.20—ultimate (P Pickard, 16-1) 1; Arr’ Kid

(12-1) 2; Villa Royale (12-1) 3. Hcap 13 ran. 5l, 11/2l. (B Ellison; 4-1 JtFav Discovery Bay, 4-1 JtFav Allnecessaryforce). Tote: £32.20; pl £9.10, £2.30, £6.50. Ex: £427.00. Tricast: £2384.57. Trifecta: £485.60. CSF: £184.57.

1.55—Sandra’s Diamond (T Eaves, 1-3 Fav) 1; Captain Joe (11-4 2nd Fav) 2; Chennai Wind (40-1) 3. 5 ran. 8l, 41/2l. (K Dalgleish). Tote: £1.20; pl £1.02, £1.20. Ex: £1.70. Trifecta: £6.70. CSF: £1.58. Non-runner: Spinner Lane.

2.30—gilbey’s mate (R Havlin, 7-4 Fav) 1; Lendal Bridge (25-1) 2; Namely (28-1) 3. 9 ran. 6l, 21/2l. (J Gosden). Tote: £2.70; pl £1.40, £5.00, £4.90. Ex: £33.60. Trifecta: £234.60. CSF: £53.06.

3.05—Sherman mccoy (A Mullen, 11-4 2nd Fav) 1; Mohawk Ridge (11-10 Fav) 2; Joe The Coat (17-2) 3. 9 ran. 13l, 19l. (M Appleby). Tote: £3.50; pl £1.70, £1.02, £2.20. Ex: £7.90. Trifecta: £40.20. CSF: £5.83. Non-runners: Fred Archer, Western Prize.

3.40—Even Stevens (T Eaves, 17-2) 1; Bondesire (10-1) 2; Aetna (5-2 Fav) 3. Hcap 11 ran. 11/2l, Sh Hd. (S Dixon). Tote: £8.00; pl £2.60, £2.30, £1.50. Ex: £142.70. Tricast: £275.00. CSF: £88.14. Non-runners: Judge ‘n Jury, Love Island, Smart Daisy K, Tumblewind.

4.15—Showboating (D Tudhope, 12-1) 1; Personal Touch (7-1) 2; Llewellyn (13-2 2nd Fav) 3. Hcap 14 ran. 3/4l, nk. (A McCabe; 6-1 Fav Just Paul). Tote: £15.40; pl £5.90, £3.60, £1.60. Ex: £127.10. Tricast: £621.08. Trifecta: £441.80. CSF: £93.73. Non-runner: Lazarus Bell.

4.50—Funky munky (C Beasley, 7-1) 1; Dubara Reef (8-1) 2; Father Shine (16-1) 3. Hcap 11 ran. 11/4l, 11/4l. (A Whillans; 7-2 Fav Halfwaytocootehill). Tote: £6.60; pl £2.80, £2.90, £6.90. Ex: £70.60. Tricast: £877.17. Trifecta: £695.20.

CSF: £63.34. Non-runner: Omega Omega.5.20—wee giant (Laura Barry, 5-1) 1; Vittachi

(5-1) 2; Think (14-1) 3. Hcap 12 ran. 3l, nk. (T Coyle; 7-2 Fav Like Clockwork). Tote: £4.50; pl £1.60, £4.60, £4.20. Ex: £31.40. Tricast: £331.76. Trifecta: £420.80. CSF: £28.91.


KElSo: good to soft1.35—plan again (J Maguire, evens Fav) 1;

Bernardelli (9-1) 2; Spitz (11-2) 3. 10 ran. 6l, 8l. (D McCain). Tote: £1.90; pl £1.10, £2.00, £2.20. Ex: £10.70. Trifecta: £24.70. CSF: £11.43.

2.10—green Flag (P Buchanan, 12-5 Fav) 1; Imperial Vic (3-1 2nd Fav) 2; Full Jack (6-1) 3. 10 ran. nk, 20l. (Miss L Russell). Tote: £3.30; pl £1.40, £1.70, £2.20. Ex: £10.00. Trifecta: £36.60. CSF: £9.95. Non-runner: Scotswell. 16 fences 1 omit-ted.

2.45—Vinny gambini (K Renwick, 28-1) 1; Ueueteotl (5-4 Fav) 2; Orchard Road (12-1) 3. 10 ran. nk, 13/4l. (Mrs R Dobbin). Tote: £30.20; pl £3.80, £1.10, £2.60. Ex: £102.70. Trifecta: £275.70. CSF: £64.63.

3.20—Knockara Beau (J Faltejsek, 7-1) 1; Bescot Springs (10-3 2nd Fav) 2; More Equity (20-1) 3. Hcap 8 ran. 23/4l, 11/2l. (G Charlton; 5-2 Fav Pettifour). Tote: £9.90; pl £2.50, £2.30, £3.10. Ex: £33.80. Tricast: £446.06. Trifecta: £79.70. CSF: £31.50.

3.55—Turtle watch (K Renwick, 12-1) 1; Captain Brown (40-1) 2; Bogside (10-1) 3. Hcap 12 ran. 4l, 7l. (J Goldie; 7-2 Fav Endeavor). Tote: £17.30; pl £3.70, £13.30, £2.70. Ex: £724.60. Tricast: £4889.79. Trifecta: £219.30. CSF: £395.41. Non-runners: Super Collider, Zambezi Tiger.

4.35—Kilgefin Star (D Cook, 6-1) 1; Mysteree (11-10 Fav) 2; Shanen (7-4 2nd Fav) 3. 11 ran. 31/4l, 25l. (M Smith). Tote: £5.40; pl £2.20, £1.10, £1.10. Ex: £16.70. Trifecta: £29.00. CSF: £14.00.

5.10—Sendiym (B Hughes, 7-2 2nd Fav) 1; Royal Riviera (5-1) 2; My Idea (4-1) 3. Hcap 7 ran. 3/4l, 13/4l. (Mrs D Sayer; 11-4 Fav Ben Akram). Tote: £3.70; pl £2.10, £3.10. Ex: £15.40. Trifecta: £21.80. CSF: £20.67.

5.40—capital Venture (Diarmuid O’Regan, 5-1 2nd Fav) 1; Top Billing (16-1) 2; Texas Rose (11-4 Fav) 3. Hcap 13 ran. 1/2l, 10l. (N Alexander). Tote: £4.30; pl £1.60, £6.20, £1.70. Ex: £95.00. Tricast: £267.52. Trifecta: £405.40. CSF: £74.51.


wolVERHampTon: Standard5.50—candy Kitten (L Morris, 4-1 2nd Fav) 1;

Wilhana (1-7 Fav) 2; Boom (25-1) 3. 5 ran. nk, 11l. (A J Lidderdale). Tote: £6.10; pl £1.20, £1.10. Ex: £6.80. Trifecta: £13.40. CSF: £5.34.

6.20—olivers mount (J Quinn, 28-1) 1; Polar Forest (9-1) 2; Buster Brown (9-2 2nd Fav) 3. Hcap 11 ran. 1l, 1l. (E Vaughan; 5-4 Fav Let Me In). Tote: £38.20; pl £6.90, £3.00, £1.50. Ex: £555.70. Tricast: £1364.25. Trifecta: £1456.30. CSF: £252.53. Non-runners: Cheers Big Ears, Greyemkay.

6.50—absolutely me (R Winston, 18-1) 1; Amantius (11-4 Fav) 2; Men Don’t Cry (4-1 2nd Fav) 3. Hcap 11 ran. 1/2l, 13/4l. (W Musson). Tote: £16.10; pl £4.30, £1.60, £1.90. Ex: £103.40. Tricast: £246.63. Trifecta: £576.30. CSF: £65.47. Non-runner: Miss Faithful.

7.20—Borough Boy (D Swift, 13-8 Fav) 1; Busy Bimbo (15-2) 2; Spoken Words (33-1) 3. 9 ran. 11/4l, nk. (D Shaw). Tote: £2.00; pl £1.30, £2.90, £8.10. Ex: £11.60. Trifecta: £154.90. CSF: £13.87.

7.50—Dilgura (S W Kelly, 7-2 2nd Fav) 1; Burren View Lady (2-1 Fav) 2; Available (8-1) 3. Hcap 9 ran. nk, 33/4l. (W Kittow). Tote: £3.70; pl £1.60, £1.10, £2.80. Ex: £7.90. Tricast: £50.81. Trifecta: £41.60. CSF: £10.83.

8.20—capriska (R Winston, 10-1) 1; Street Runner (15-2 2nd Fav) 2; Mr Burbidge (10-1) 3. Hcap 9 ran. nk, nk. (W Musson; 6-5 Fav Train Hard). Tote: £4.60; pl £1.20, £1.20, £2.80. Ex: £16.70. Tricast: £131.24. Trifecta: £218.50. CSF: £28.59. Non-runner: Train Hard. Train Hard| Rule 4 applies to All Bets, deduct 45p in the pound.

8.50—Dancing cosmos (L Keniry, 9-2) 1; Icy Blue (9-1) 2; Bitaphon (25-1) 3. Hcap 11 ran. 1/2l, nk. (J P Shanahan (IRE) ; 5-2 Fav Tatting). Tote: £4.40; pl £2.20, £1.70, £5.80. Ex: £41.90. Tricast: £970.03. Trifecta: £1268.70. CSF: £47.76. Non-runners: Direct Trade, Glenridding.


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SATURDAY’S BAGS RESULTS

Going: Good (Good to soft in places).

WESTERN DAILY PRESS MONDAY OCTOBER 21 2013 HORSE RACING 19WDP-E01-S3

1 – WESTERN DAILY PRESS, XXXDAY, MONTH XX, 2009 Racing Desk: 0117 934 3284

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2.10 WIN BIG WITH THE TOTEJACKPOT NURSERY(Class 5) 1m 2yo Only Winner £3,234

1 (5) 713 SOLIDARITY (34) C Appleby 9-7 M Barzalona2 (6) 801 RUNNING WOLF (27) (D) M Dods 9-5 C Beasley(5)3 (10) 530262 JIVE (13) R Hannon 9-3 P Dobbs4 (15) 531 BAILEYS FOREVER (70) J Given 9-3 G Lee5 (3) 78515 MADAME MIRASOL (7) (P) K Ryan 9-3 T Eaves6 (12) 044 NATIVE FALLS (27) G Swinbank 9-0 A Mullen7 (7) 794 FIRECRUISE (32) (B) T D Barron 9-0 R Winston8 (9) 235722 SUPA U (27) (E,H;BF) T Easterby 8-13 D Allan9 (2) 6435 BREAKABLE (14) T Easterby 8-13 D Fentiman10 (14) 367 ASTROWOLF (32) M Tompkins 8-10 J Fanning11 (17) 2014 MUSICAL MOLLY (95) B Ellison 8-9 S De Sousa12 (4) 56334 THE WALLACE LINE (19) M Channon 8-6 P Hanagan13 (1) 875 VICTORY DANZ (27) D O’Meara 8-4 Julie Burke(3)14 (8) 358 NEWGATE QUEEN (39) T Coyle 8-3 R Da Silva15 (16) 898 KASHSTAREE (40) T D Barron 8-1 J Mackay16 (13) 797 BENTONS LAD (81) G M Moore 8-1 P M Quinn17 (11) 870 MESTIZO (10) D Carroll 8-0 N Farley(3)2012: Charlie Em 2-9-3, G Lee 7-1 (B Powell), drawn 8, 8 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 5 Jive, 13-2 Supa U, 7 Solidarity, 15-2 Running Wolf, 8 Baileys Forever, 10 Breakable, Madame Mirasol, 12 Firecruise, 14 Others.

2.40 TOTEPOOL.COM MAIDEN AUCTION STAKES(5) 6f 2yo Only Winner £3,234

1 (6) 94 BEARSKIN (25) (P) Mrs A Duffield 9-2 P McDonald2 (8) 87 SHIKARI (10) R Bastiman 9-2 N Farley(3)3 (7) 767 GENIUSINRHYME (12) N Tinkler 8-13 S De Sousa4 (4) 233 RIBBLETON (32) R Fahey 8-11 P Hanagan5 (9) 00 TINCHY RYDER (26) B Smart 8-11 G Lee6 (3) 6 WILBERFOSS (54) M Brittain 8-11 D Allan7 (5) 62 PERCY’S GAL (26) Mrs K Tutty 8-7 J Fanning8 (1) 03 SWEET ANGELICA (12) J Given 8-7 T Eaves9 (2) 08 HELLO SWEETNESS (19) J Ward 8-6 D Fentiman10 (10) TAKEMYBREATHAWAY B Rothwell 8-6 C Beasley(5)2012: Yorkshireman 2-8-11, R Winston 20-1 (D Brown), drawn 2, 12 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 6-4 Ribbleton, 7-2 Percy’s Gal, 5 Sweet Angelica, 6 Bearskin, 10 Wilberfoss, 20 Shikari, 25 Others.

3.10 TOTEQUADPOT FOUR PLACES IN FOUR RACES HCAP (4) 5f 3yo plus Winner £5,175

1 (5) 2-1900 CHEWOREE (135) (H;D) T Dascombe 4-9-7 W Buick2 (8) 802134 SHARAARAH (44) (BF,D) D O’Meara 3-9-7 D Tudhope3 (17) 050871 CHEVETON (5) (CD) R J Price 9-9-7(6ex) L Steward(7)4 (16) 062660 LASTCHANCELUCAS (23) (BF,CD) D Carroll 3-9-5 N Farley(3)5 (12) 134355 AVON BREEZE (29) (D) R M Whitaker 4-9-5 G Chaloner(5)6 (4) 132450 MON BRAV (10) (D) B Ellison 6-9-3 M O’Connell7 (13) 457-08 SON DU SILENCE (31) (T;D) J Ewart 4-9-3 Doubtful8 (2) 650000 ARCTIC FEELING (23) (D) R Fahey 5-9-3 Samantha Bell(7)9 (9) 460261 WASEEM FARIS (4) (D) M Channon 4-9-3(6ex) G Baker10 (15) -07049 RUBY’S DAY (5) (D) D Brown 4-9-2 R Winston11 (1) 571087 BRONZE BEAU (5) (P,T;D) Kristin Stubbs 6-9-2 J Butterfield(5)12 (10) 247603 RYLEE MOOCH (13) (E;D) R C Guest 5-9-1 C Beasley(5)13 (3) 723314 WILD SAUCE (44) (B,T;D) B Smart 4-9-0 T Eaves14 (14) 038991 OLDJOESAID (25) (CD) P Midgley 9-9-0 P McDonald15 (11) 570689 TOP BOY (13) (V;D) D Shaw 3-9-0 D Swift16 (7) 011780 OIL STRIKE (34) (D) M W Easterby 6-9-0 D Fentiman17 (6) 707463 PERFECT BLOSSOM (20) (CD) A Berry 6-8-13 P Hanagan2012: Baby Strange 8-8-13, M Dwyer 14-1 (D Shaw), drawn 15, 15 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 5 Cheveton, 6 Waseem Faris, 13-2 Sharaarah, 15-2 Oldjoesaid, 10 Wild Sauce, 12 Others.

3.40 TOTEPOOL MOBILE SILVER TANKARD STAKES (LISTED) (1) 1m 2yo Only Winner £22,684

1 (5) 943101 BOW CREEK (30) (D) M Johnston 9-2 J Fanning2 (4) 3112 DAY OF CONQUEST (22) (D) R Hannon 9-2 P Dobbs3 (2) 422141 GREED IS GOOD (23) (D) K Burke 9-2 D Tudhope4 (3) 120245 RIVERBOAT SPRINGS (22) M Channon 9-2 W Buick5 (1) 521215 SAFETY CHECK (9) (D) C Appleby 9-2 M Barzalona6 (6) 43 LADY HEIDI (31) P Kirby 8-11 S De Sousa2012: Willie The Whipper 2-9-2, G Lee 7-1 (Mrs A Duffield), drawn 2, 7 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 9-4 Safety Check, 5-2 Day Of Conquest, 11-4 Bow Creek, 7 Riverboat Springs, 15-2 Greed Is Good, 33 Lady Heidi.

4.10 TOTEPOOL.COM MAIDEN STAKES(5) 1m 4f 3yo plus Winner £3,234

1 (11) 9/6- AFTER THE STORM (520) J G O’Shea 4-9-12 C McKee(7)2 (10) ETON DORNEY (J47) M Johnston 4-9-12 G Lee3 (9) MYKIA (J608) O Pears 5-9-12 B Hughes4 (7) 7 RHINESTONE REBEL (37) P Hiatt 7-9-12 T Garner(5)5 (6) -70870 PENDERYN (27) (P) C Smith 6-9-7 R Fitzpatrick6 (1) 5 AALIM (20) (P;BF) S Bin Suroor 3-9-5 S De Sousa7 (3) 00742 MARAWEH (28) J Hills 3-9-5 P Hanagan8 (5) 3- NEWSREADER (385) M Johnston 3-9-5 J Fanning9 (4) 7 WANNABE YOUR MAN (28) R Varian 3-9-5 A Atzeni10 (8) 2 NORWAY CROSS (33) L Cumani 3-9-0 W Buick11 (2) 4687 RANCHO MONTOYA (36) (V) A Balding 3-9-0 T Durcan2012: No corresponding race.BETTING FORECAST: 5-4 Norway Cross, 5 Aalim, 11-2 Maraweh, 7 Newsreader, 10 Wannabe Your Man, 12 Eton Dorney, 14 Rancho Montoya, 25 After The Storm, 33 Others.

4.40 TOTEPOOL MOBILE BLUFF COVE HANDICAP(5) 2m 2f 3yo plus Winner £3,234

1 (8) 20/0-5 WAYWARD GLANCE (6) (P) K Dalgleish 5-10-0 K Renwick2 (9) 51352- ROCKAWANGO (J215) (T) J Ewart 7-9-5 G Lee3 (5) 7723-1 MADAM LILIBET (45) Mrs S Watt 4-9-0 P M Quinn4 (7) 844049 AUTHENTICATION (6) M Brittain 4-8-10 D Allan5 (6) 089763 MR CRYSTAL (32) (P;CD) M Hammond 9-8-10 W Buick6 (10) -06316 COWSLIP (6) G M Moore 4-8-9 P McDonald7 (3) 4348-0 PINOTAGE (13) P Niven 5-8-9 D Fentiman8 (2) 231344 NEIGHBOURHOOD (11) (B) H Evans 5-8-9 J Haynes(5)9 (1) 007588 ADILI (13) (P) B Ellison 4-8-9 S De Sousa10 (4) 797786 JAWAAB (21) (P;C) P Kirby 9-8-9 M O’Connell2012: Zefooha 8-9-1, P Aspell 20-1 (T Walford), drawn 1, 7 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 11-4 Madam Lilibet, 4 Rockawango, 11-2 Wayward Glance, 7 Cowslip, 8 Neighbourhood, 10 Mr Crystal, 12 Adili, Authentication, 16 Others.

5.10 TOTEPOOL WINNINGS AT BETFRED SHOPS HCAP (DIV 1) (4) 1m 2f 3yo plus Winner £5,175

1 (5) 2215-1 HEADLINE NEWS (38) (D) R Guest 4-9-10 C Catlin2 (10) 514390 TOTO SKYLLACHY (16) D O’Meara 8-9-10 D Tudhope3 (8) 400810 SAN CASSIANO (9) (B;D) Mrs R Carr 6-9-5 D Swift4 (2) 633070 HYDRANT (12) (D) R C Guest 7-9-3 C Beasley(5)5 (11) 215256 INTERIOR MINISTER (67) J Hughes 3-9-2 P Hanagan6 (9) 5/347 LIFE AND TIMES (14) M Johnston 5-9-0 J Fanning7 (6) 0-9860 VENUTIUS (32) P Kirby 6-8-13 R Kennemore8 (13) 112116 ARTFUL PRINCE (24) (B;BF,D) J Given 3-8-12 G Lee9 (12) 515705 ARC LIGHT (16) (T;CD) T Easterby 5-8-10 D Allan10 (3) 216940 NEVER FOREVER (16) G M Moore 4-8-10 W Buick11 (4) 353576 ASGARDELLA (9) R Fahey 3-8-10 T Hamilton12 (7) 57-578 MUSNAD (J149) B Ellison 5-8-10 S De Sousa13 (1) 122175 RED CHARMER (23) Mrs A Duffield 3-8-8 P McDonald2012: The Tiger 4-9-1, G Lee 7-2 Fav (E Dunlop), drawn 9, 14 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 5-2 Headline News, 13-2 Artful Prince, 7 Asgardella, 8 Musnad, 10 San Cassiano, 12 Red Charmer, Toto Skyllachy, 14 Never Forever, Hydrant, Interior Minister, Arc Light, 16 Others. Form HEADLINE NEWS 20-1 (9-8) Slowly away in rear, good headway

over 1f out, led entering final furlong, ran on strongly, won at Sandown 1m 2f hcp 0-80 (4) sft in Sep beating Topamichi (9-2) by 4 1/2l, 13 ran. ARTFUL PRINCE 7-4fav (9-8) Chased leaders, led well over 3f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 10, 10l behind Sporting Gold (9-8) at Haydock 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Sep. ASGARDELLA 20-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, under pressure over 2f out, never on terms, 6th of 20, 5l behind Running Deer (8-8) at York 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gd. MUSNAD 25-1 (8-0) In touch, weakened over 2f out, 8th of 11, 11l behind Eastern Destiny (9-3) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) sft in Mar. SAN CASSIANO 25-1 (9-6) Led until over 6f out, rallied over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 13th of 20, 10l behind Running Deer (8-8) at York 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gd.

5.40 TOTEPOOL WINNINGS AT BETFRED SHOPS HCAP (DIV 2) (4) 1m 2f 3yo plus Winner £5,175

1 (6) 010000 ARDMAY (24) (P) K Ryan 4-9-10 B Hughes2 (11) 4217-0 TOTALIZE (10) (H) B Ellison 4-9-7 T Eaves3 (3) 555827 MOCCASIN (16) G Harker 4-9-4 S De Sousa4 (5) 111414 SAVE THE BEES (12) (BF,D) D Carroll 5-9-3 L Leadbitter(7)5 (2) 6-23 THATCHMASTER (14) (BF) M Johnston 3-9-0 J Fanning6 (13) 4-519 SPIRIT OF RIO (55) (D) T D Barron 3-9-0 R Winston7 (1) 639334 BARWICK (33) M Tompkins 5-9-0 T Durcan8 (10) 354161 ERIC THE GREY (7) (P;D) R Fahey 3-9-0(6ex) P Hanagan9 (12) 574231 JORDAURA (29) (D) A Berry 7-8-12 S O’Hara(3)10 (4) 278551 TABAAYUN (28) (V) D O’Meara 3-8-11 D Tudhope11 (8) 321-05 KING OF THE CELTS (27) (D) T Easterby 5-8-10 G Lee12 (9) 21-782 DARK RULER (31) G Swinbank 4-8-10 A Mullen13 (7) -05633 BROCKFIELD (19) (D) M Brittain 7-8-10 D Allan2012: No corresponding race.BETTING FORECAST: 9-2 Eric The Grey, 5 Thatchmaster, 13-2 Save The Bees, 7 Jordaura, 8 Barwick, 10 Tabaayun, 12 Spirit Of Rio, Totalize, Dark Ruler, 14 Others. Form ERIC THE GREY 11-1 (8-13) Slowly away, in rear, headway in centre

over from 2f out, led 1f out, clear inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) sft beating Raskova (8-11) by 2 1/4l, 13 ran. THATCHMASTER 8-13fav (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, driven to chase winner over 1f out until inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 3rd of 10, 6l behind Duke of Grazeon (9-5) at Pontefract 1m 3yo mdn (5) gd. SAVE THE BEES 5-1fav (9-10) Headway to chase winner 7f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 16, 3l behind Amulet (8-12) at Nottingham 1m Handicap (0-73) (3yo+) (5) gd.

CAPTAIN WESSEX 2.10 — Baileys Forever 2.40 — Ribbleton 3.10 — Oldjoesaid 3.40 — Bow Creek (nap) 4.10 — Norway Cross (nb) 4.40 — Rockawango 5.10 — Headline News 5.40 — Save The Bees

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2.00 MEDIAN AUCTION MAIDEN STAKES(Class 5) 5f 2yo Only Winner £2,588

1 (3) 4 BALTIC BRAVE (12) H Morrison 9-5 J Fortune2 (6) 07009 ASTRAL ROSE (20) (B) J Portman 9-0 M Lawson(3)3 (2) 483 BY RIGHTS (19) A Carroll 9-0 M Coumbe(3)4 (7) 905 CUECA (31) J Portman 9-0 R Hughes5 (8) 46 DAZZA (10) G L Moore 9-0 D Sweeney6 (1) 87 DONT TELL NAN (18) D Shaw 9-0 A McLean(7)7 (5) 085 LITTLE BRIAR ROSE (53) J Spearing 9-0 L Jones8 (4) 774 SPIDER LILY (25) P Makin 9-0 S Drowne2012: Oscars Journey 2-9-3, J Fortune 5-4 Fav (J R Jenkins), drawn 6, 6 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 9-4 Cueca, 10-3 By Rights, 9-2 Dazza, Baltic Brave, 15-2 Spider Lily, 14 Little Briar Rose, 25 Astral Rose, Dont Tell Nan.

2.30 BHEST RACING TO SCHOOL CLAIMING STAKES(6) 6f 3yo plus Winner £1,941

1 (11) 05-000 MAC’S POWER (38) (D) W Musson 7-9-7 J Fortune2 (12) 335255 COMMANCHE (14) (BF,D) C Dwyer 4-9-2 A Kirby3 (7) 466254 TITUS GENT (23) (CD) J Gask 8-8-13 R Tart(3)4 (5) -17846 ROYAL REYAH (19) (D) W Kittow 4-8-11 S W Kelly5 (3) -33669 FORTROSE ACADEMY (94) (D) A Balding 4-8-10 D Probert6 (6) 814642 ORTAC ROCK (16) (T;BF,D) R Fahey 4-8-10 K Fallon7 (9) 477430 PRIMO D’ORO (19) (BF) R Hannon 3-8-10 R Hughes8 (1) 307864 JACK MY BOY (7) (B;D) P Evans 6-8-9 Cathy Gannon9 (10) 760098 TAURUS TWINS (19) (B;C,D) R J Price 7-8-8 D Sweeney10 (4) 720797 KINGS ‘N DREAMS (35) (P;D) D Ivory 6-8-7 J Quinn11 (2) 062-08 BEACHWOOD BAY (54) (D) J Hughes 5-8-6 Josephine Gordon(7)12 (8) 698494 CAMACHE QUEEN (7) (T,V;D) J Tuite 5-8-1 K O’Neill2012: Victorian Bounty 7-8-9, D Sweeney 12-1 (A Newcombe), drawn 6, 9 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 10-3 Titus Gent, 9-2 Commanche, 5 Ortac Rock, 11-2 Jack My Boy, 10 Royal Reyah, Taurus Twins, 12 Mac’s Power, 14 Others.

3.00 R J CLYDE BUILDERS NURSERY(4) 1m 2yo Only Winner £3,752

1 (2) 542351 WICKHAMBROOK (18) I Mohammed 9-7 T Queally2 (4) 06411 MORALLY BANKRUPT (37) (D) R Hannon 9-6 S Levey3 (6) 522154 FLOATING BALLERINO (22) (CD) O Stevens 9-4 H Bentley4 (3) 531872 THE ALAMO (7) (CD) R Hannon 9-2 R Hughes5 (5) 833 STORM FORCE TEN (28) A Balding 9-2 D Probert6 (7) 6236 ELLALAN (56) D M Simcock 9-0 J Crowley7 (9) 07428 DALAKI (25) (H) C Brittain 8-11 M Dwyer8 (10) 433304 LEFT DEFENDER (29) (P) J Hughes 8-10 J Fahy9 (1) 7995 CAPE ARROW (20) (BF) P Cole 8-1 J Quinn10 (8) 8657 MIDNIGHT RAMBLER (26) R Hannon 8-0 K O’Neill2012: No corresponding race.BETTING FORECAST: 4 The Alamo, 6 Morally Bankrupt, Wickhambrook, Cape Arrow, 8 Left Defender, Storm Force Ten, Midnight Rambler, 10 Others. Form THE ALAMO 12-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden to challenge 2f out,

led 1f out, edged left and soon headed, stayed on, 2nd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Killing Time (9-3) at Windsor 1m 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) sft. CAPE ARROW 4-1fav (9-4) Held up in rear, headway final furlong, ran on, never nearer, 5th of 11, 8l behind Hedge End (9-5) at Kempton 1m 2yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol. MORALLY BANKRUPT 4-1 (9-6) Held up in rear, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, ridden out, won at Kempton 1m 2yo hco 0-75 (5) pol in Sep beat-ing Killing Time (9-0) by nk, 11 ran. WICKHAMBROOK 7-1 (9-0) Took keen hold, held up in touch on outside, smooth headway on outside 2f out, chased leader over 1f out, ridden to lead and hung left inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Warwick 7f 2yo mdn (5) gf beating Maraayill (9-0) by 1l, 13 ran.

3.30 CELEBRATING GIBBO’S STAG HANDICAP (DIV 1)(5) 1m 3yo plus Winner £2,588

1 (8) 336537 PRIME EXHIBIT (17) (T;D) J Stimpson 8-9-7 S W Kelly2 (11) 045676 AUTHORITARIAN (74) (B;CD) R Hannon 4-9-4 R Hughes3 (10) 633810 THE SCUTTLER (24) (D) M Channon 3-9-4 C Bishop(3)4 (4) 11-666 CROESO MAWR (36) (D) J Spearing 7-9-2 S Drowne5 (6) 69-535 IVOR’S PRINCESS (56) (B) B Millman 4-9-1 S Levey6 (2) 1-7076 EMPIRICIST (37) (P) Mrs A Perrett 3-8-13 J Crowley7 (5) 990-06 KNOW NO FEAR (13) (P;D) A J Lidderdale 8-8-13 D Sweeney8 (9) 373 NATALIA (65) A Hollinshead 4-8-11 J Duern(5)9 (3) 625 PEARL STYLE (32) O Stevens 3-8-10 H Bentley10 (1) 002464 RIOJA DAY (13) (B) J Hills 3-8-9 M Lane11 (7) 559808 KINDIA (19) (P) M Attwater 5-8-7 R Tate(5)2012: Authoritarian 3-9-4, W Twiston-Davies(7) 9-2 Fav (R Hannon), drawn 2, 14 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 7-2 Authoritarian, 4 Ivor’s Princess, 5 Natalia, 7 Pearl Style, 8 Know No Fear, 10 Empiricist, 12 Prime Exhibit, The Scuttler, 14 Others.

4.00 CELEBRATING GIBBO’S STAG HANDICAP (DIV 2)(5) 1m 3yo plus Winner £2,588

1 (2) 625290 COLLODI (14) (D) R Curtis 4-9-7 N Curtis(7)2 (10) 118393 BALMORAL CASTLE (24) J Portman 4-9-4 M Lawson(3)3 (6) 824-91 BARISTA (13) B Forsey 5-9-3 D Cremin(7)4 (3) 704823 UNCLE DERMOT (4) (CD) B Powell 5-9-1 K Fallon5 (1) 240091 PAT’S LEGACY (13) (P;CD) P Phelan 7-9-0 Jemma Marshall(3)6 (7) 17 WELSH SUNRISE (27) Ed Walker 3-8-13 T McLaughlin7 (4) 38430 MOORTAHAN (28) R Hannon 3-8-11 R Hughes8 (9) 439478 STAR DATE (8) (P) M Attwater 4-8-11 R Havlin9 (8) 375641 ADMIRABLE ART (7) (P) A Carroll 3-8-10(6ex) R Tate(5)10 (5) 461634 HAMBLE (28) (T;D) Miss J Feilden 4-8-7 Shelley Birkett(5)2012: No corresponding race.BETTING FORECAST: 3 Pat’s Legacy, 5 Balmoral Castle, Admirable Art, 6 Barista, Uncle Dermot, 10 Welsh Sunrise, 12 Hamble, 14 Moortahan, Collodi, 25 Star Date.

4.30 ARC RETRAINING OF RACEHORSES HANDICAP(4) 1m 2f 3yo plus Winner £4,690

1 (8) 4414-9 EX ORIENTE (22) (D) S C Williams 4-9-10 A Beschizza2 (11) 611771 BREAKING THE BANK (19) (CD) W Muir 4-9-5 M Dwyer3 (1) 225078 CARRY ON SYDNEY (5) R Hannon 3-9-4 S Levey4 (3) 221-09 ACE OF VALHALLA (32) O Stevens 4-9-4 H Bentley5 (12) 364028 PRESBURG (16) (D) J Tuite 4-9-4 L Keniry6 (6) 426370 TAKEITFROMALADY (14) (V;C) L Carter 4-9-0 Thomas Brown(3)7 (5) 032309 STARWATCH (14) (C) J Bridger 6-9-0 M J Murphy(3)8 (9) 0-1354 VITAL EVIDENCE (26) (P;D) Sir M Stoute 3-8-13 James Doyle9 (7) 955460 ALDWICK BAY (14) (B;CD) R Hannon 5-8-10 R Hughes10 (4) 5-0800 DELLBUOY (38) P Phelan 4-8-10 D Sweeney11 (10) 695521 LYBICA (33) (D) G L Moore 3-8-5 S Hitchcott12 (2) 9-8217 UNISON (37) (D) P Makin 3-8-5 L Jones2012: Aldwick Bay 4-9-9, P Dobbs 5-1 (R Hannon), drawn 8, 12 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 4 Lybica, 5 Breaking The Bank, 7 Vital Evidence, 8 Unison, Starwatch, Aldwick Bay, 10 Presburg, 12 Ex Oriente, Carry On Sydney, 14 Others. Form LYBICA 4-1fav (9-4) Chased leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, stayed

on strongly, won at Kempton 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Sep beating Landau (9-0) by nk, 14 ran. BREAKING THE BANK 13-8fav (9-8) Tracked leader, driven forward to lead over 5f out, hard driven over 2f out, kept on under pressure, all out, won at Salisbury 1m 2f clm stks (5) hvy beating Hipster (8-12) by 3l, 4 ran. VITAL EVIDENCE 8-1 (8-8) Tracked leader, ridden and every chance 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 6, 7l behind Cat O’Mountain (9-5) at Kempton 1m 3f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Sep. ALDWICK BAY 40-1 (8-12) Always towards rear, never a factor, last of 11, 11l behind She’s Late (9-0) at Windsor 1m 4f hcp 0-90 (3) gd.

5.00 BEN WOOLLACOTT MEMORIAL HANDICAP(5) 5f 3yo plus Winner £2,588

1 (4) -00448 SOLEMN (26) (B;CD) J Bradley 8-9-7 A Kirby2 (11) 669006 HEARTSONG (37) (D) J Gallagher 4-9-7 M J Murphy(3)3 (1) 538401 LAYLA’S OASIS (7) (D) R Fahey 3-9-7(6ex) R Hughes4 (6) 150444 INDIAN AFFAIR (38) J Bradley 3-9-5 J Quinn5 (7) 725493 CAPTAIN SCOOBY (6) (E;D) R C Guest 7-9-5 P Millman(7)6 (10) 423842 INDIAN TINKER (37) (D) R Cowell 4-9-4 S Drowne7 (3) 767366 COMMANDINGPRESENCE (20) (D) J Bridger 7-9-4 K O’Neill8 (8) 203860 SHAWKANTANGO (33) (V;D) D Shaw 6-9-3 H Bentley9 (12) 434521 HARROGATE FAIR (6) (D) M D Squance 3-9-2(6ex) L Jones10 (5) 243317 RAMBO WILL (20) (D) J R Jenkins 5-9-1 Cathy Gannon11 (2) 773167 INVIGILATOR (10) (T;D) D Shaw 5-8-12 A McLean(7)12 (9) 0-5165 TYCHAIOS (13) (CD) S C Williams 3-8-10 A Beschizza2012: Whitecrest 4-9-5, C Catlin 6-1 (J Spearing), drawn 7, 10 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 9-2 Indian Tinker, 6 Harrogate Fair, Layla’s Oasis, 7 Tychaios, 8 Indian Affair, Rambo Will, Captain Scooby, 12 Solemn, 14 Others. Form INDIAN TINKER 16-1 (9-1) Reared start and slowly away, headway

halfway, soon hung left, chased winner inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 2nd of 10, 2 3/4l behind Monsieur Jamie (9-7) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-70 (5) sft in Sep. HARROGATE FAIR 12-1 (8-13) Bumped soon after start, held up in rear, not clear run over 2f out, switched outside and headway to lead just over 1f out, driven out, won at Kempton 6f hcp 0-70 (5) pol beating Alis Aquilae (8-11) by 3/4l, 11 ran. LAYLA’S OASIS 22-1 (8-10) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, led inside final fur-long, won at Musselburgh 5f hcp 0-75 (5) gf beating Gottcher (9-4) by 1/2l, 13 ran. TYCHAIOS 8-1 (8-10) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway approaching final furlong, stayed on near finish, 5th of 15, 8l behind Generalyse (9-7) at Leicester 6f hcp 0-70 (5) gf. CAPTAIN SCOOBY 16-1 (9-3) Mid-division, headway 3f out, ridden over 2f out, went 2nd brielfy inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 3rd of 11, 1 1/4l behind Kylladdie (9-7) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.

5.30 JRL GROUP AMATEUR HANDICAP(5) 1m 4f 3yo plus Winner £2,496

1 (5) 153431 EBONY EXPRESS (26) (D) G Swinbank 4-11-10 Mr O Sangster(5)2 (8) 45-556 HYPERLINK (46) (D) M Bell 4-11-9 Mr A R Ferguson(5)3 (2) 813665 TAWSEEF (24) R Brotherton 5-11-9 Mr J Hamilton4 (1) 129656 WORDINESS (24) (D) B Powell 5-11-9 Mr M Stanley(5)5 (9) -00965 MR SPIGGOTT (12) (V) G L Moore 4-11-8 Mr F Mitchell6 (6) 87090/ DRUSSELL (J148) (D) M Bosley 7-11-6 Mr Z Baker(7)7 (4) -53801 CUCKOO ROCK (8) (P;D) J Portman 6-11-1(6ex) Mr J Harding(5)8 (3) 0-2150 ON STAGE (39) W Kittow 4-11-0 Mr S Walker9 (10) 564283 FROSTY BERRY (8) J Wainwright 4-10-12 Mr A French(7)10 (7) 7-0030 URBAN SPACE (30) (CD) A Carroll 7-10-10 Mr Chris Martin(3)2012: No corresponding race.BETTING FORECAST: 4 Ebony Express, 9-2 Mr Spiggott, 11-2 Hyperlink, 6 On Stage, 7 Cuckoo Rock, Frosty Berry, 8 Wordiness, 12 Tawseef, 20 Others.

CAPTAIN WESSEX 2.00 — By Rights 2.30 — Ortac Rock 3.00 — Morally Bankrupt 3.30 — Pearl Style 4.00 — Barista 4.30 — Vital Evidence 5.00 — Harrogate Fair 5.30 — Hyperlink

2.00 — 2.30 — 3.00 — 3.30 — 4.00 — 4.30 — 5.00 — 5.30 —

BOB WATTSTips

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abc index To Today’s MeetingsPl - Plumpton, Po - Pontefract, W - Windsor.Aalim ............................ Po 4.10Abruzzi .......................... Pl 4.20Ace Of Valhalla ............. W 4.30Adili .............................. Po 4.40Admirable Art ............... W 4.00After The Storm ........... Po 4.10Akbabend ..................... Pl 4.20Al Amaan ...................... Pl 5.20Alderbrook Lad ............ Pl 4.50Aldwick Bay .................. W 4.30Arc Light ...................... Po 5.10Arctic Feeling .............. Po 3.10Ardmay ........................ Po 5.40Artful Prince ................ Po 5.10Asgardella ................... Po 5.10Ashcott Boy .................. Pl 3.20Astral Rose ................... W 2.00Astrowolf ..................... Po 2.10Auld Sthock .................. Pl 2.20Authentication ............ Po 4.40Authoritarian ................ W 3.30Avon Breeze ................ Po 3.10Badb Catha ................... Pl 2.50Baileys Forever ........... Po 2.10Ballyculla ...................... Pl 4.20Balmoral Castle ............ W 4.00Baltic Brave .................. W 2.00Barista .......................... W 4.00Barlow........................... Pl 3.50Barwick ........................ Po 5.40Be Marvellous .............. Pl 5.20

Beachwood Bay ........... W 2.30Bearskin ...................... Po 2.40Benny The Swinger ...... Pl 3.20Bentons Lad ................ Po 2.10Blue Bear ...................... Pl 2.20Bold Tara....................... Pl 5.20Bow Creek ................... Po 3.40Breakable .................... Po 2.10Breaking The Bank....... W 4.30Brockfield .................... Po 5.40Bronze Beau ................ Po 3.10By Rights ...................... W 2.00Cabimas........................ Pl 4.20Camache Queen ........... W 2.30Cannon Fodder ............ Pl 4.20Cape Arrow ................... W 3.00Captain Scooby ............ W 5.00Carry On Sydney .......... W 4.30Cheveton ..................... Po 3.10Cheworee .................... Po 3.10Collodi .......................... W 4.00Commanche ................. W 2.30Commandingpresence W 5.00Coup De Grace ............. Pl 3.20Cowslip ........................ Po 4.40Croeso Mawr ................ W 3.30Cuckoo Rock ................ W 5.30Cueca ............................ W 2.00Curragh Dancer ............ Pl 2.50Dalaki ............................ W 3.00Dark Ruler .................... Po 5.40Day Of Conquest ......... Po 3.40Daymar Bay .................. Pl 4.50

Dazza ............................ W 2.00De Blacksmith .............. Pl 3.50Dellbuoy ....................... W 4.30Doctor Foxtrot .............. Pl 4.20Doheny Bar ................... Pl 2.50Dont Tell Nan ................ W 2.00Drussell ........................ W 5.30Ebony Express ............. W 5.30Ellalan ........................... W 3.00Empiricist ..................... W 3.30Eric The Grey ............... Po 5.40Eton Dorney ................ Po 4.10Ex Oriente ..................... W 4.30Fair Bramble ................. Pl 4.50Firecruise .................... Po 2.10Floating Ballerino ........ W 3.00Fortrose Academy ....... W 2.30Frosty Berry ................. W 5.30Geniusinrhyme ........... Po 2.40Gigondas ...................... Pl 4.20Greed Is Good ............. Po 3.40Hamble.......................... W 4.00Harrogate Fair .............. W 5.00Head Hunted ................. Pl 5.20Heading To First ........... Pl 2.20Headline News ............ Po 5.10Heartsong ..................... W 5.00Hello Sweetness ......... Po 2.40Hopatina ....................... Pl 5.20Hubood ......................... Pl 3.20Hydrant ........................ Po 5.10Hyperlink ...................... W 5.30Indian Affair .................. W 5.00

Indian Tinker................. W 5.00Interior Minister ........... Po 5.10Invigilator ..................... W 5.00Isthereadifference........ Pl 5.20Ivebeenthinking ........... Pl 3.20Ivor’s Princess ............. W 3.30Jack My Boy ................. W 2.30Jawaab......................... Po 4.40Jive............................... Po 2.10Jordaura ...................... Po 5.40Just Cloudy .................. Pl 5.20Just When ..................... Pl 3.20Kashstaree .................. Po 2.10Kindia ............................ W 3.30King Boru ..................... Pl 4.20King Massini ................. Pl 4.50King Of The Celts ........ Po 5.40Kings ‘n Dreams ........... W 2.30Kings Lodge ................. Pl 3.50Know No Fear ............... W 3.30Koultas King ................. Pl 4.20Lady Heidi .................... Po 3.40Lastchancelucas......... Po 3.10Layla’s Oasis ................ W 5.00Left Defender ................ W 3.00Life And Times............. Po 5.10Little Briar Rose ........... W 2.00Long Lunch .................. Pl 2.20Loose Chips ................. Pl 3.50Lybica ........................... W 4.30Mac’s Grey .................... Pl 5.20Mac’s Power ................. W 2.30Macbeth ........................ Pl 2.20

Madam Lilibet .............. Po 4.40Madame Mirasol .......... Po 2.10Maraweh ...................... Po 4.10Meirig’s Dream ............. Pl 3.20Mestizo ........................ Po 2.10Midnight Rambler ........ W 3.00Midnight Thomas ......... Pl 3.20Moccasin ..................... Po 5.40Mon Brav ..................... Po 3.10Money Money Money ... Pl 2.20Moorlands Jack ............ Pl 4.50Moortahan .................... W 4.00Morally Bankrupt ......... W 3.00Mr Crystal .................... Po 4.40Mr Spiggott ................... W 5.30Musical Molly .............. Po 2.10Musnad ........................ Po 5.10Mykia............................ Po 4.10Natalia ........................... W 3.30Native Falls .................. Po 2.10Neighbourhood ........... Po 4.40Nemo Spirit ................... Pl 3.20Never Forever .............. Po 5.10Newgate Queen ........... Po 2.10Newsreader ................. Po 4.10Next Sensation ............. Pl 4.50Night Of Passion .......... Pl 3.20Noble Friend ................. Pl 2.20Norfolk Sky ................... Pl 2.20Norway Cross .............. Po 4.10Oil Strike ...................... Po 3.10Oldjoesaid ................... Po 3.10On Stage ....................... W 5.30

Ortac Rock .................... W 2.30Oscar Baby ................... Pl 5.20Osmosia ....................... Pl 2.50Pat’s Legacy ................. W 4.00Pearl Style .................... W 3.30Penderyn ..................... Po 4.10Percy’s Gal .................. Po 2.40Perfect Blossom ......... Po 3.10Petrocelli ...................... Pl 3.20Pinotage ...................... Po 4.40Presburg ....................... W 4.30Presenting Dr T ............ Pl 5.20Prime Exhibit ................ W 3.30Primo d’Oro .................. W 2.30Quadriller...................... Pl 4.50Rachael’s Ruby ............ Pl 3.20Rambo Will ................... W 5.00Rancho Montoya ......... Po 4.10Red Charmer ............... Po 5.10Renagisha .................... Pl 5.20Rhinestone Rebel ....... Po 4.10Ribbleton ..................... Po 2.40Rioja Day ...................... W 3.30Riverboat Springs ....... Po 3.40Rockawango ............... Po 4.40Rocky Elsom ................ Pl 4.50Romney Marsh ............. Pl 5.20Royal Reyah ................. W 2.30Royal Trooper ............... Pl 3.20Ruby’s Day .................. Po 3.10Running Wolf............... Po 2.10Rylee Mooch ................ Po 3.10Safety Check ............... Po 3.40

San Cassiano .............. Po 5.10Sandy’s Double ............ Pl 5.20Save The Bees ............. Po 5.40Shadarpour .................. Pl 3.20Sharaarah .................... Po 3.10Shawkantango ............. W 5.00She’s Humble ............... Pl 2.50Shikari.......................... Po 2.40Should I Stay ................ Pl 4.50Slaney Star ................... Pl 2.20Snapchat ...................... Pl 2.20Solemn.......................... W 5.00Solidarity ..................... Po 2.10Son Du Silence ............ Po 3.10Spider Lily .................... W 2.00Spirit Of Rio ................. Po 5.40Star Date ....................... W 4.00Starwatch ..................... W 4.30State Department ......... Pl 2.20Storm Force Ten ........... W 3.00Supa U ......................... Po 2.10Sweet Angelica ............ Po 2.40Tabaayun ..................... Po 5.40Takeitfromalady ........... W 4.30Takemybreathaway ..... Po 2.40Taurus Twins ................ W 2.30Tawseef ......................... W 5.30Thatchmaster .............. Po 5.40The Alamo ..................... W 3.00The Scuttler .................. W 3.30The Wallace Line ......... Po 2.10Time Book..................... Pl 4.50Tinchy Ryder ............... Po 2.40

Titus Gent ..................... W 2.30Top Boy ........................ Po 3.10Top Chief....................... Pl 2.20Totalize ........................ Po 5.40Toto Skyllachy ............. Po 5.10Twin Bud ....................... Pl 4.20Tychaios ....................... W 5.00Un Anjou ....................... Pl 4.50Uncle Dermot ............... W 4.00Unison .......................... W 4.30Unsist............................ Pl 5.20Upton Mead .................. Pl 2.50Urban Space ................. W 5.30Uxizandre ..................... Pl 3.50Venutius....................... Po 5.10Victory Danz ................ Po 2.10Vital Evidence............... W 4.30Wah Wah Taysee .......... Pl 2.20Wannabe Your Man ..... Po 4.10Waseem Faris .............. Po 3.10Watergate ..................... Pl 2.50Wayward Glance ......... Po 4.40Welsh Sunrise .............. W 4.00What’s For Tea .............. Pl 2.50Wickhambrook ............. W 3.00Wilberfoss ................... Po 2.40Wild Sauce ................... Po 3.10Wolf Hall........................ Pl 4.20Wordiness .................... W 5.30

Supa URibbletonSharaarahBow CreekAalimCowslipInterior MinisterThatchmaster

Baltic BraveOrtac RockThe Alamo (nap)AuthoritarianBalmoral CastleVital Evidence (nb)Indian TinkerHyperlink

Going: Soft (Good to soft in places; GoingStick 6.7). Going: Soft (GoingStick 6.4)

20 SPORT MONDAY OCTOBER 21 2013 WESTERN DAILY PRESS WDP-E01-S3

Redding title hopes are hitby broken wrist in Australia

moon, so emotional. I wasshedding a few tears on theslowing down lap, I was shak-ing,” he said. “There have beenlots of sacrifices to get here.”

Sykes had lost the title in2012 by half a point to ItalianMax Biaggi and also startedthis year with a cracked bonein his left wrist but was able tocope with an up-and-downseason to take the title. Hesaid: “Luckily this is ourmoment. I was so close lastyear. I’ve been waiting a longtime for this and she’s finallyh e re. ”

Laverty won a fierce battlewith Melandri to take the racewin.

Laverty held the lead formost of the race until hisItalian rival went ahead of himon the penultimate lap butLaverty went around the out-

side of Melandri in the finalcorner to snatch victory.

Sykes rode to a safe thirdplace after dealing with theattentions of FrenchmanSylvain Guintoli on the secondfactory Aprilia.

Sykes did not have it all hisown way in race two as he wasforced to settle for secondplace. He had led until halfdistance but then Laverty tookcontrol, winning his secondrace of the day with Sykessecond and Gunitoli third.World Superbike Championship round14, Jerez, Spain, race one: 1 E Laverty(Gbr) Aprilia 36mins 00.919secs, 2 M Melandri(Ita) BMW 36:01.137, 3 T Sykes (Gbr)Kawasaki 36:07.600; 7 C Davies (Gbr) BMW36:29.540; 8 L Camier (Gbr) Suzuki 36:30.467.Race two: 1 Laverty 36mins 05.989secs, 2Sykes 36:08.700, 3 S Guintoli (Fra) Ducati36:11.699; 5 Davies 36:27.819; 6 Camier36:32.547. Riders’ Championship: 1 Sykes447.0pts, 2 Laverty 424.0, 3 Guintoli 402.0; 5Davies 290.0; 9 J Rea (Gbr) Honda 176.0.

BY CHRIS DEVINE

An emotional Tom Sykes ad-mitted he had shed tears afterwinning the World SuperbikeC h a m p i o n s h i p.

The Huddersfield-born28-year-old Kawasaki rider,who missed out on the 2012title by half a point, finishedthird in the opening race of thefinal round at Jerez.

Sykes did enough to take thechampionship at the Spanishcircuit as he finished behindI re l a n d ’s Eugene Laverty(Aprilia) and the Gold BetBMW of Italian MarcoMelandri.

Sykes, who lives in Coventry,became the fourth Britishwinner of the title after CarlForgarty, Neil Hodgson andJames Toseland.

“I’m absolutely over the

Emotional Sykes claims world crown with victory

but shot a six-over 77, whichincluded a triple bogey six atthe 13th, to finish alongsideMcIlroy on three under.

Three other Koreans, LeeSang-hee, Lee Chang-woo andJoong-kyung, also finished onthree-under 281.

In Australia, Jin Jeong de-feated England’s Ross Fisherin a play-off to claim victory inthe Perth International atLake Karrinyup.

Jeong, 23, prevailed at thefirst extra hole to claim hisfirst European Tour title afterthe pair had finished tied onten under par after the finalro u n d .

The South Korean would nothave been expecting to endwith the title after a nightmarestart to his final round thatsaw him double-bogey thefirst. He recovered with bird-ies at the fourth and fifth, andas overnight leader BrodyNinyette saw his challengefalter with three bogeys overthe final six holes, Jeong hitthe front after further gains atthe 11th, 12th and 15th.

Fisher hit six birdies againsttwo bogeys on his way to a 68,but after taking Jeong to aplay-off the Englishmanquickly came unstuck on thereturn trip down the 18th whenhis approach shot wentthrough the green, leaving hisrival two putts to wrap up hismaiden title.

RoryMcIlroyfinishedjointsecond

McIlroy instrong finishwith final 67GOLF

BY PHIL CASEY

Rory McIlroy shot a final-round score of 67 to claim ashare of second place at theKorea Open.

The Northern Irishman,who had fallen ten shotsbehind the lead after threerounds, carded five birdies inhis four-under-par round toend one behind winner KangSung-hoon.

It was a strong finish afterwhat had been a frustratingthird day for the world numbersix at the Woo Jeong HillsCountry Club course nearCheonan.

The only blemish in the finalround for McIlroy, who hadbeen playing his first tourna-ment for a month, was a bogeyat the 16th.

McIlroy, the star attractionat the Korean Tour event, said:“I could have shot anything,absolutely anything. I onlymissed two greens and had somany chances, but it was likethe story of yesterday – I justd i d n’t hole enough putts.”

McIlroy was three off thepace when he completed hisround but the capitulation ofovernight leader Kim Hyung-tae may have exacerbated hissense of frustration.

Kim had begun the finalround with a four-stroke lead

World champion Tom Sykes

Kalex Moto2 rider Scott Redding exits turn four during the qualifying session at the Australian motorcycle Grand Prix in Phillip Island

Ding races to winagainst home hopeSNOOKER: China’s DingJunhui dashed home hopeAditya Mehta’s Indian Opendream by claiming a 5-0 winin the final in New Delhi.India, despite being thecountry where snookeroriginated in the late 19thcentury, had never previouslyproduced a semi-finalist at amajor ranking event. But the27-year-old Mehta, ranked72nd in the world, knockedout former world championsPeter Ebdon and MarkWilliams, compatriot PankajAdvani, and Scotland’sformer world number twoStephen Maguire on his wayto a final appearance.

Kenny and Varnishpick up more medalsCYCLING: Great Britainsecured two bronze medals onthe second day of competitionat the European TrackChampionships in Apeldoorn,Holland. Jason Kenny tookbronze in the men’s sprint.The double London 2012 goldmedallist made it to the semi-finals, but he lost to RobertForstemann. The 25-year-oldfought back to beat anotherGerman, Stefan Botticher, intwo straight races to seal thebronze. Jess Varnish wasthird in the women’sequivalent. She also picked upa bronze alongside BeckyJames in the women’s teamsprint on Friday.

Evans and Forrestmake progressBOXING: Olympic silvermedallist Fred Evans pulledoff an impressive win overGeorgia’s Zaal Kvachatadze toreach the last 16 of thewelterweight division at theWorld Championships inAlmaty, Kazakhstan. Evansrepelled his opponent’sadvances in the openinground and then stepped up toclaim a clear victory with asolid display of counter-punching. There was also afine win for Scottish light-heavyweight Scott Forrest,who beat Denmark’s MartinPedersen thanks to aunanimous decision.

MOTOR CYCLING

Scott Redding’s hopes of land-ing the Moto2 World Cham-pionship have been dealt ahammer blow after theQuedgeley race ace broke hiswrist during qualifying for theAustralian Grand Prix.

The 20-year-old formerSevern Vale School pupil ar-rived in Australia with a nine-point championship lead, butis now likely to race only oncemore this season.

Looking to improve on sixthplace on the grid, Redding waskicked out of the seat of hisbike on the final section of thePhillip Island circuit and wasthrown off the bike.

He was able to walk awayfrom the incident, but X-raysshowed a broken bone in hisleft wrist and he underwentsurgery in Melbourne on Sat-urday. In his absence title rivalPol Espargaro stole a march inthe championship standings,winning the Australian GrandPrix to take a 16-point lead atthe head of the rankings.

Redding had a metal plateand six screws inserted intohis wrist and will beginhis rehabilitation later thisweek with the aim of makinghis return for the final GrandPrix of the season in Valen-cia.

However, he is set to miss thepenultimate grand prix of the

season in Japan next weekendand it appears likely that hisworld championship hopeswill have ended by his returnto action.

His team principal at MarcVDS Racing, Michael Barth-olemy admitted that Redding’stitle hopes have suffered amassive blow.

“Yes, there’s a championshipto be fought over, but our pri-ority now is Scott’s health. Ifthat means we have to forfeitthe championship then so beit,” he said.

Redding has already agreeda deal to race in the eliteMotoGP class for GresiniHonda for the 2014 season.� Jorge Lorenzo’s MotoGP

title hopes were dragged backfrom the abyss after winning achaotic Australian Grand Prixthat saw championship leaderMarc Marquez disqualifiedover a pit-stop infringement.

All of the riders had beeninstructed to change theirbikes on the ninth or tenth lapafter Bridgestone announcedthat it was unable to guaranteethe safety of its rear tyresbeyond ten laps after resur-facing work on the PhillipIsland track.

With the race reduced from27 laps to 19 as a consequence,it was Yamaha rider Lorenzowho coped best with the un-usual circumstances as he wonfrom pole position.

Schlein battles toSwindon victorySPEEDWAY: Aussie ace RorySchlein conquered difficulttrack conditions to race to hissecond Elite League Riders’Championship in just threeyears at Swindon. Schleinfended off King’s Lynn team-mate Niels-Kristian Iversen torepeat his triumph at theAbbey in 2011, whilst Britishstar Craig Cook bagged awell-deserved third place.Robins favourite HansAndersen rounded off thefinalists after a battlingdisplay – but after losing hisseat in the decisive race hewas unable to take a rostrumspot. His Swindon team-mateTroy Batchelor reached thesemi-final, whilst PeterKildemand narrowly missedout on progression on thecountback having been tiedwith Batchelor and ScottNicholls on seven.

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