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6 7 www.thestar.co.uk Friday, May 15, 2015 THE STAR Friday, May 15, 2015 www.thestar.co.uk THE STAR GRASS ROOTS: All Sports GRASS ROOTS: All Sports The richest club match com- petition in the UK reached its semi finals stage last week- end as 70 qualifiers lined up for the first of two matches to determine who will com- pete in the grand final on June 28. Heavy overnight rain result- ed in a severe dip in temper- atures and when combined with a strong wind it came as no surprise that bites were much harder to come by than they had been in earlier prac- tise sessions. Not that this maered too much because the goal for every competitor on Satur- day was simply to win his or her section and claim a place in the final where £3,000 worth of Daiwa sponsored prizes will be on offer. In to- tal, the value of prizes and cash going up for grabs over the three matches is worth a staggering £5,500. Is there any wonder our Club Match Angler Championship gets more popular by the year? Tactically it was a sim- ple match and all the lead- ing weights fell to exactly the same technique, presenting a feeder at relatively close range. Most loaded their feeders with micro pellets and then it was down to hook bait choice. Maggot worked well but the better F1 carp tended to fall to banded hard pellets. Championship regular Steve Holberry led the way with a net of mostly F1 carp taken on 4mm pellet feed- ing micros through a scoop feeder fished at around 16 metres. He walked off with by Bob Roberts grassroots@sheffieldnewspapers.co.uk @StarGrassRoots DAIWA SEMI-FINAL Clockwise from above - winner Steve Holbury’s net; the top five with their cheques; Mick Turton with his third-placed catch; runner-up Russ Derri concentrates; Steve Holberry neing a fish and, inset, the venue DAIWA/GREEN UN CLUB ANGLERS CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST SEMI-FINAL Steve leads the way to Lile Grebe final er’s Jamie Bailey. Then Hill sent Houghton racing away but his lob was off target before Joker again went close twice, Conway having a fierce shot deflected wide and, from the corner, his flashing header was bril- liantly kept out by Brunt. AFP had improved this half but a key moment proved to be the introduc- tion of sub Chris Esberger. Within minutes of going on he was sent clear to slip the ball past Bailey to give AFP a 67th minute lead and in the next minute, he was on hand near the line to turn in Ben Thornton’s low cross. And it was 4-1 after Es- berger’s through ball sent in Ben Thornton on 75 minutes. An amazing dipping vol- ley from 35 yards from Andy Baersby - which would have been a goal of the Season con- tender at NYS - came back off the AFP bar before Conway was rewarded for his toil for Joker with a well-taken vol- ley from a Battersby free- kick. AFP: Brunt; Cuckson, Wes- ley, Jones, McDonald; Dark- er, Lund (Smith 64), Barnett; Thornton, Hopewell (Esberger 62), McDonnell (Williams 77). Unused: Hibbert, Flint. Joker: Bailey; Warren, Swailes. Clayton, Fawcus; Bat- tersby, Haigh, Hill; Houghton, Conway, Maxfield. Unused: Aus- tin, Forster. Referee: David Heap (Rotherham). nThe final was named the Bri- an Beeley Cup in memory of the late league president who was one of the league founders in 1966 and worked tirelessly for it. A silence was observed and the awards were present- ed by his daughter, Mrs Helen Richards. n The final of the league’s George Stainrod Trophy at the New York Stadium saw Pewter Pot beat Wilton Ath- letic 6-1. AFP ............. 4 Joker ........... 2 Serial winners AFP put their name back on the Rother- ham Sunday League Cup whilst holders Joker, serial runners-up this season, lost the grip they’d had on the trophy for three seasons. AFP’s win at the New York Stadium was their first in the competition since 2011 and added to their recently ac- quired Sunday League Pre- mier Division title which they won for a record sixth successive time. It was Joker’s third cup final defeat in a week at the stadium having lost to AFP in the Rotherham Associa- tion Cup Final and then to Mexborough’s Memories in the Rotherham Charity Cup. They also finished runners- up again in the league. But they were in front here until right on half-time and there was nothing be- tween them - and Joker had had the beer chances and probably shaded it - until two goals in a minute mid- way through the second half, turned it AFP’s way. Joker’s Dean Conway hit a post from a great chance in the third minute and they deserved their 20th minute lead, Conway’s low cross be- ing fired home at the far post by Adam Houghton. A fine save by AFP’s Ben Brunt prevented Lee Hill in- creasing the lead but AFP, despite a below par first half, showed their resilience by geing a 44th minute equal- iser through Steve McDon- nell after good work by Haydn Barne. Early in the second half a fierce Steve Hopewell effort brought a fine save from Jok- by Les Payne grassroots@sheffieldnewspapers.co.uk @StarGrassRoots ROTH SUNDAY LEAGUE Sub Esberger turns cup final AFP’s way Open in Northwich, Cheshire, beating Derbyshire’s Darren Smith 21-11 in the qualifying game for the final on May 23. n The Rehau-sponsored Mixed Pairs at the Waterloo Hotel in Blackpool attracted a handful of Doncaster entries into the qualifying sessions. Paul Mor- gan and Jenny Wilby won 21-16 in their first round tie but lost by the same score in the second round. Steve and Bev Shannon won 21-13, and then lost 21-11. Terry Hill and Sarah Fox met the same fate winning 21-16 then los- ing 21-12 albeit to t mixed pairs tournament winners Mel Evans and Lynn Pritcha. nRyan Clark appeared to be tak- ing all before him on the finals day of the Allens Green open singles competition in Radcliffe as he beat Manchester County players Jack Hargreaves 21-10 and Gareth Gwilliam 21-15, be- fore seeing off Poeries bowler Gary Owen 21-16 in his semi-fi- nal. Jimmy Derby reached the final even more easily, winning 21-10, 21-12 and 21-6, but Ryan looked in control at 17-12 only for Derby to post a nine break to win 21-17. n An extremely young South Yorkshire junior away team fail- ing to muster a single winning card against the strong War- wickshire outfit in the county championship in a 252-100 de- feat. The home side playing at Mosborough MW, performed admirably however, winning five of the 12 games and leading with the last three jacks on the green, only to eventually lose 216-186. Winners at Mosbor- ough: Harry Slack 21-14, Cal- lum Jeffrey 21-14, Rachel Clarke 21-19, Mahew Tomlinson 21-12 and Liam Blackwell 21-10. Darren Plenderleith from Tam- worth completed a hat-trick of wins in the Frank Cave Memo- rial Trophy at the Woodlands Park, Doncaster. Incessant rain caused deep puddles by the time the final at 9pm. Darre beat Chris Hill by the minimum margin 21-20 in his quarter-final, and escaping from 16-20 in the final against Chris Kelly. Darren beat Richard Jack- son 21-4 in the semi-final. Other quarter-final scores: Richard Jackson 21 Andy Mailer 16, Chris Kelly 21 Craig Hill 13, Mark Hugh- es 21 Andy Judson 20. Other semi-final: Chris Kelly 21 Mark Hughes 19. n The green was puddled up in Elland before the start of their qualifying session. The organ- iser asked the players if they wished to proceed and some- one said “We may have a beer chance of beating Gary Ellis with the green in this condition.” Well so much for that theory as wins of 21-4, 21-5 and 21-3 proved that the ‘Silver Fox can cob them as well as bowl them. Gareth Gwil- liam was the other qualifier on the night. Nick White from High Green won the Yorkshire Mer- it five years ago on the Elland green and revisited the site of his triumph last Sunday win- ning three games to make finals day. Nick beat Scott Tattersley 21-8 in the third round. The oth- er qualifier on the night was also a Yorkshire Merit winner at this venue, Jimmy Davison the 2012 champion, who beat Josh Brown 21-8 in his qualifying game. n Chris Brown won through three rounds of the Rudheath BOWLS Darren hat-trick at wet Woodlands Bagshaw Arms finally claimed the Premier Divi- sion title by defeating Byron House 7-0. The win puts them out of reach of Gypsy Queen who have one game remaining, against Bagshaw, who, still have three fixtures to fulfil. Bagshaw have won all 15 league matches so far this season. First Division: Shire- green won the First Division title. They needed to avoid a heavy defeat against The Ab- bey but did quite the oppo- site, winning 6-1 to take the title by three points. Second Division: Birley Moor News moved into sec- ond place by beating Mat- thew Cryer 4-2 but its still a three- way bale for the run- ners up spot as Jack In A Box have a game remaining and Bracken Moor two games. Bagshawe’s title IMPERIAL SUNDAY a place in the final and the top cash prize of £330. He finished nearly 10lb clear of Russ Derri who took home £270 and even Steve Billups in fiſth place scored £115. In total 13 different anglers won cash payouts. n Result: 1. S Holberry 54-2; 2. R Derri 44-14; 3. M Turton 43-8; 4. L Nemeth 39-1; 5. S Billups 36-11; 6. G Proffi 30-7. n Section winners (all qualify for the final at Hayton’s Little Grebe Lake on June 28): Steve Holberry, Dave Patrickson, Kev Martin, Bill Wild, Paul Beres- ford, Mark Bows, Brian Searle, Steve Billups, Dean Robinson, Lee Nemeth, Russ Derri. nSpecial thanks to Hayton Lakes and fishery manager for hosting the match’; Pauline and Geoff Hurt who did a sterling job in administering the whole show from start to finish. Without the loyal support of this pair there it’s doubtful there would be a Club Match Angler Championship. South Yorkshire County Parks teams take the first steps in the defence of their senior and veterans county championship titles tomorrow, with both playing one of the weakest counties in the parks set-up, Cheshire. The seniors home leg is at Wadsley House from 2pm, and the veterans play at the same time on Meersbrook Park. n SUPER LEAGUE RESULTS - Bradfield 9 (Andy Turner 21-9, Gary Hanson 21-2, Chris Hill 21-9) Crookesmoor 3 (Mark Johnson 21-8, Glyn Davies 21-18, Kevin Jenkinson Jnr 21-20). Maltby 8 (Ross Meese 21-5, Mick Bugdol 21-8, Nathan Broom 21-8, Paul Stancil 21-1) Whiteley Woods 4 (Paul Wildgoose 21-19, Darryl Johnson 21-16, Ian Wassell 21-17, Glenn Smedley 21-12). Millhouses 2 Meersbrook BC 11 (Mick Hobson 21-14, Dean Missere 21-10, Richard Atkin 21-19, Andy Sorsby 21-1, Mark Richardson 21-9, Jack Clarke 21-20, Andy Whitaker 21-14, Keith Banks 21-11). n Sheffield & Hallamshire Association: Meersbrook Park 7 Bradfield 3, Ridgeway 10 Stannington 0, Dronfield Woodhouse 8 Davy 2, Millhouses 4 Greystones 6. n Sheffield Parks Telegraph League: Davy 7 Stocksbridge BC 5, Bolehills 5 Bradfield 7, Hillsborough 8 Colley 4, Abbey 9 Firth Park 3. League table aſter 4 weeks of the season: Bradfield 34, Stocksbridge 30, Abbey 27, Davy 27, Bolehills 23, Hillsborough 22, Meersbrook BC 22, Colley 17, Firth Park 17, Laycocks 9. (Both Meersbrook BC and Laycocks have a game in hand.) n DIARY - Sheffield Parks Association Kever Wait Doubles preliminary round: Millhouses C v Crookesmoor at Hallam Prop on Monday May 18 from 2pm. South Yorkshire Ladies v Burton & District , tomorrow, home leg at Dodworth MW from 2pm. Sugdens BC, Barnsley open doubles : 32 pairs tomorrow, first jacks take to the green at 9.30am. Sheffield and District Parks Association veterans merit: qualifying rounds on Tuesday from 1pm at Crookes SC, Steel City, Graves Park and Norfolk Park. Sheffield and District Parks Association Ibbotson Doubles - quarter-finals on Wednesday from 7pm: Millhouses A v Meersbrook Park at Bolehills, Whiteley Woods v Meersbrook BC B at Nether Edge, Meersbrook BC A v Bradfield at Thorncliffe, Thorncliffe v Abbey BC at Grenoside. 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6 7www.thestar.co.uk Friday, May 15, 2015THE STAR Friday, May 15, 2015 www.thestar.co.uk THE STAR
GRASS ROOTS: All Sports GRASS ROOTS: All Sports
The richest club match com-petition in the UK reached its semi finals stage last week-end as 70 qualifiers lined up for the first of two matches to determine who will com-pete in the grand final on June 28.
Heavy overnight rain result-ed in a severe dip in temper-atures and when combined with a strong wind it came as no surprise that bites were much harder to come by than they had been in earlier prac-tise sessions.
Not that this mattered too much because the goal for every competitor on Satur-day was simply to win his or her section and claim a place
in the final where 3,000 worth of Daiwa sponsored prizes will be on offer. In to-tal, the value of prizes and cash going up for grabs over the three matches is worth a staggering 5,500. Is there any wonder our Club Match Angler Championship gets more popular by the year?
Tactically it was a sim-ple match and all the lead-ing weights fell to exactly the same technique, presenting a feeder at relatively close range. Most loaded their feeders with micro pellets and then it was down to hook bait choice. Maggot worked well but the better F1 carp tended to fall to banded hard pellets.
Championship regular Steve Holberry led the way with a net of mostly F1 carp taken on 4mm pellet feed-ing micros through a scoop feeder fished at around 16 metres. He walked off with
by Bob [email protected]@StarGrassRoots
DAIWA SEMI-FINAL
Clockwise from above - winner Steve Holburys net; the top five with their cheques; Mick Turton with his third-placed catch; runner-up Russ Derritt concentrates; Steve Holberry netting a fish and, inset, the venue
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Steve leads the way to Little Grebe final ers Jamie Bailey.Then Hill sent Houghton racing away but his lob was off target before Joker again went close twice, Conway having a fierce shot deflected wide and, from the corner, his flashing header was bril-liantly kept out by Brunt.
AFP had improved this half but a key moment proved to be the introduc-tion of sub Chris Esberger.
Within minutes of going on he was sent clear to slip the ball past Bailey to give AFP a 67th minute lead and in the next minute, he was on hand near the line to turn in Ben Thorntons low cross.
And it was 4-1 after Es-bergers through ball sent in Ben Thornton on 75 minutes.
An amazing dipping vol-ley from 35 yards from Andy Battersby - which would have been a goal of the Season con-tender at NYS - came back off the AFP bar before Conway was rewarded for his toil for Joker with a well-taken vol-ley from a Battersby free-kick.
AFP: Brunt; Cuckson, Wes-ley, Jones, McDonald; Dark-er, Lund (Smith 64), Barnett; Thornton, Hopewell (Esberger 62), McDonnell (Williams 77). Unused: Hibbert, Flint.
Joker: Bailey; Warren, Swailes. Clayton, Fawcus; Bat-tersby, Haigh, Hill; Houghton, Conway, Maxfield. Unused: Aus-tin, Forster.
Referee : Dav id Heap (Rotherham).n The final was named the Bri-an Beeley Cup in memory of the late league president who was one of the league founders in 1966 and worked tirelessly for it. A silence was observed and the awards were present-ed by his daughter, Mrs Helen Richards.n The final of the leagues George Stainrod Trophy at the New York Stadium saw Pewter Pot beat Wilton Ath-letic 6-1.
AFP .............4 Joker........... 2Serial winners AFP put their name back on the Rother-ham Sunday League Cup whilst holders Joker, serial runners-up this season, lost the grip theyd had on the trophy for three seasons.
AFPs win at the New York Stadium was their first in the competition since 2011 and added to their recently ac-quired Sunday League Pre-mier Division title which they won for a record sixth successive time.
It was Jokers third cup final defeat in a week at the stadium having lost to AFP in the Rotherham Associa-tion Cup Final and then to Mexboroughs Memories in the Rotherham Charity Cup. They also finished runners-up again in the league.
But they were in front here until right on half-time and there was nothing be-tween them - and Joker had had the better chances and probably shaded it - until two goals in a minute mid-way through the second half, turned it AFPs way.
Jokers Dean Conway hit a post from a great chance in the third minute and they deserved their 20th minute lead, Conways low cross be-ing fired home at the far post by Adam Houghton.
A fine save by AFPs Ben Brunt prevented Lee Hill in-creasing the lead but AFP, despite a below par first half, showed their resilience by getting a 44th minute equal-iser through Steve McDon-nell after good work by Haydn Barnett.
Early in the second half a fierce Steve Hopewell effort brought a fine save from Jok-
by Les [email protected]@StarGrassRoots
ROTH SUNDAY LEAGUE
Sub Esberger turns cup final AFPs way
Open in Northwich, Cheshire, beating Derbyshires Darren Smith 21-11 in the qualifying game for the final on May 23.n The Rehau-sponsored Mixed Pairs at the Waterloo Hotel in Blackpool attracted a handful of Doncaster entries into the qualifying sessions. Paul Mor-gan and Jenny Wilby won 21-16 in their first round tie but lost by the same score in the second round. Steve and Bev Shannon won 21-13, and then lost 21-11. Terry Hill and Sarah Fox met the same fate winning 21-16 then los-ing 21-12 albeit to t mixed pairs tournament winners Mel Evans and Lynn Pritchatt.n Ryan Clark appeared to be tak-ing all before him on the finals day of the Allens Green open singles competition in Radcliffe as he beat Manchester County players Jack Hargreaves 21-10 and Gareth Gwilliam 21-15, be-fore seeing off Potteries bowler Gary Owen 21-16 in his semi-fi-nal. Jimmy Derby reached the final even more easily, winning 21-10, 21-12 and 21-6, but Ryan looked in control at 17-12 only for Derby to post a nine break to win 21-17.n An extremely young South Yorkshire junior away team fail-ing to muster a single winning card against the strong War-wickshire outfit in the county championship in a 252-100 de-feat. The home side playing at Mosborough MW, performed admirably however, winning five of the 12 games and leading with the last three jacks on the green, only to eventually lose 216-186. Winners at Mosbor-ough: Harry Slack 21-14, Cal-lum Jeffrey 21-14, Rachel Clarke 21-19, Matthew Tomlinson 21-12 and Liam Blackwell 21-10.
Darren Plenderleith from Tam-worth completed a hat-trick of wins in the Frank Cave Memo-rial Trophy at the Woodlands Park, Doncaster.
Incessant rain caused deep puddles by the time the final at 9pm. Darre beat Chris Hill by the minimum margin 21-20 in his quarter-final, and escaping from 16-20 in the final against Chris Kelly.
Darren beat Richard Jack-son 21-4 in the semi-final. Other quarter-final scores: Richard Jackson 21 Andy Mailer 16, Chris Kelly 21 Craig Hill 13, Mark Hugh-es 21 Andy Judson 20. Other semi-final: Chris Kelly 21 Mark Hughes 19.n The green was puddled up in Elland before the start of their qualifying session. The organ-iser asked the players if they wished to proceed and some-one said We may have a better chance of beating Gary Ellis with the green in this condition. Well so much for that theory as wins of 21-4, 21-5 and 21-3 proved that the Silver Fox can cob them as well as bowl them. Gareth Gwil-liam was the other qualifier on the night. Nick White from High Green won the Yorkshire Mer-it five years ago on the Elland green and revisited the site of his triumph last Sunday win-ning three games to make finals day. Nick beat Scott Tattersley 21-8 in the third round. The oth-er qualifier on the night was also a Yorkshire Merit winner at this venue, Jimmy Davison the 2012 champion, who beat Josh Brown 21-8 in his qualifying game.n Chris Brown won through three rounds of the Rudheath
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Darren hat-trick at wet Woodlands
Bagshaw Arms f inal ly claimed the Premier Divi-sion title by defeating Byron House 7-0.
The win puts them out of reach of Gypsy Queen who have one game remaining, against Bagshaw, who, still have three fixtures to fulfil.
Bagshaw have won all 15 league matches so far this season.
First Division: Shire-green won the First Division title. They needed to avoid a heavy defeat against The Ab-bey but did quite the oppo-site, winning 6-1 to take the title by three points.
Second Division: Birley Moor News moved into sec-ond place by beating Mat-thew Cryer 4-2 but its still a three- way battle for the run-ners up spot as Jack In A Box have a game remaining and Bracken Moor two games.
Bagshawes titleIMPERIAL SUNDAY
a place in the final and the top cash prize of 330. He finished nearly 10lb clear of Russ Derritt who took home 270 and even Steve Billups in fifth place scored 115. In total 13 different anglers won cash payouts.n Result: 1. S Holberry 54-2; 2. R Derritt 44-14; 3. M Turton 43-8; 4. L Nemeth 39-1; 5. S Billups 36-11; 6. G Proffitt 30-7.n Section winners (all qualify for the final at Haytons Little Grebe Lake on June 28): Steve Holberry, Dave Patrickson, Kev Martin, Bill Wild, Paul Beres-ford, Mark Bows, Brian Searle, Steve Billups, Dean Robinson, Lee Nemeth, Russ Derritt.n Special thanks to Hayton Lakes and fishery manager for hosting the match; Pauline and Geoff Hurt who did a sterling job in administering the whole show from start to finish. Without the loyal support of this pair there its doubtful there would be a Club Match Angler Championship.
South Yorkshire County Parks teams take the first steps in the defence of their senior and veterans county championship titles tomorrow, with both playing one of the weakest counties in the parks set-up, Cheshire. The seniors home leg is at Wadsley House from 2pm, and the veterans play at the same time on Meersbrook Park.n SUPER LEAGUE RESULTS - Bradfield 9 (Andy Turner 21-9, Gary Hanson 21-2, Chris Hill 21-9) Crookesmoor 3 (Mark Johnson 21-8, Glyn Davies 21-18, Kevin Jenkinson Jnr 21-20).Maltby 8 (Ross Meese 21-5, Mick Bugdol 21-8, Nathan Broom 21-8, Paul Stancil 21-1) Whiteley Woods 4 (Paul Wildgoose 21-19, Darryl Johnson 21-16, Ian Wassell 21-17, Glenn Smedley 21-12). Millhouses 2 Meersbrook BC 11 (Mick Hobson 21-14, Dean Missere 21-10, Richard Atkin 21-19, Andy Sorsby 21-1, Mark Richardson 21-9, Jack Clarke 21-20, Andy Whitaker 21-14, Keith Banks 21-11). n Sheffield & Hallamshire Association: Meersbrook Park 7 Bradfield 3, Ridgeway 10 Stannington 0, Dronfield
Woodhouse 8 Davy 2, Millhouses 4 Greystones 6. n Sheffield Parks Telegraph League: Davy 7 Stocksbridge BC 5, Bolehills 5 Bradfield 7, Hillsborough 8 Colley 4, Abbey 9 Firth Park 3. League table after 4 weeks of the season: Bradfield 34, Stocksbridge 30, Abbey 27, Davy 27, Bolehills 23, Hillsborough 22, Meersbrook BC 22, Colley 17, Firth Park 17, Laycocks 9. (Both Meersbrook BC and Laycocks have a game in hand.) n DIARY - Sheffield Parks Association Kever Wait Doubles preliminary round: Millhouses C v Crookesmoor at Hallam Prop on Monday May 18 from 2pm.South Yorkshire Ladies v Burton & District , tomorrow, home leg at Dodworth MW from 2pm. Sugdens BC, Barnsley open doubles : 32 pairs tomorrow, first jacks take to the green at 9.30am.Sheffield and District Parks Association veterans merit: qualifying rounds on Tuesday from 1pm at Crookes SC, Steel City, Graves Park and Norfolk Park. Sheffield and District Parks Association Ibbotson Doubles - quarter-finals on Wednesday from 7pm: Millhouses A v Meersbrook Park at Bolehills, Whiteley Woods v Meersbrook BC B at Nether Edge, Meersbrook BC A v Bradfield at Thorncliffe, Thorncliffe v Abbey BC at Grenoside.
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