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1 week ago |
blackpoolgazette.co.uk | Andy Moore
Lancashire’s passion for rugby union’s County Championship is shown by the fact they are still eager to enter such a ‘crazy’ competition. That’s the view of the Red Rose county’s senior co-ordinator, Mark Nelson, as he again masterminds Lancashire’s bid to reach next month’s Twickenham final with a coaching team headed up by his Fylde RFC colleague Alex Loney.
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1 week ago |
blackpoolgazette.co.uk | Andy Moore
Girls took on boys in our match of the week as the Blackpool and District Youth Football League U9s’ competition enters its final weeks. Foxhall Sporting hosted the Sir Tom Finney Girls’ U10 team, who are playing a year down. This has been the first season of seven-a-side football for these teams in the B&DYFL, though they agreed to play this game as a five-a-side as the Sir Tom Finney team were short.
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1 week ago |
blackpoolgazette.co.uk | Andy Moore
Fleetwood CC made it three wins out of three in the NPCL’s 40 Over Cup with a comfortable eight-wicket derby win at St Annes. Last year’s champions restricted their hosts to 198-8 before cruising to victory with 7.2 overs remaining. St Annes chose to bat with Thomas Bradley (37) top-scoring as Lukman Vahaluwala added 35 and Alex Urquhart 34 not out. Declan Clerkin took 3-30 before seeing Charlie Clark (78) and Andy Drake (66 not out) guide Fleetwood to 199-2.
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1 week ago |
blackpoolgazette.co.uk | Andy Moore
Fylde RFC boss Alex Loney is hopeful they can ‘edge up the table’ next season after ending 2024/25 on a losing note. Fylde’s season finished as it began with a defeat by National Two North runners-up Sheffield last Saturday. They were one of three teams to pull clear of the Woodlands side at the top of the table. The hosts fought back from a 19-0 deficit but were ultimately beaten 33-21.
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2 weeks ago |
blackpoolgazette.co.uk | Andy Moore
Two teams coming to the end of their Under-11s campaign in the Blackpool and District Youth Football League can reflect on a season of progress and fun. The YMCA Blues and BJFF Tiempos can be proud of their development over the course of 2024/25 and they provided a hard-fought match of the week for The Gazette on Saturday. YMCA manager Paul Williams said: “It was a very good, evenly-matched game, with lots of chances for both sides.
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