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ARSENAL 3STOKE CITY 1

Arsene Wenger is in no doubtthere is more to come fromclub-record signing Mesut Ozilafter watching the Germanyplay-maker create all of hisside’s goals in the win overStoke at the Emirates Stadium,which sent Arsenal top of thePremier League.

First Aaron Ramseysmashed in his seventh goal ofan impressive season afterOzil’s fifth-minute free-kickwas parried by Stoke goal-keeper Asmir Begovic, al-though Geoff Cameron then

swept in a deserved equaliserfor the visitors.

However, the class of Ozil –signed from Real Madrid ondeadline day in a £43 milliondeal – proved the difference ashis corner was flicked home bycompatriot Per Mertesacker togive Arsenal the lead oncemore before half-time – andthen another pin-point dead-ball delivery made sure of allthree points when BacarySagna looped in a header on 72m i nu t e s.

“I believe that once he iscompletely integrated we willsee even more of him, but hehas shown today that he is a

great player,” said Wenger.“Ozil is a player, when you lookat his numbers, the assists arenot a coincidence, it is just thereality of his game.

“You could see today he has agood pace as well. At themoment he focuses a lot on hispassing, but he can create in-dividually as well.”

Arsenal have respondedwith seven straight wins sincethey were beaten 3-1 at homeon the opening day of theseason – and if Ozil continueshis impressive displays,Weng er’s squad could be set fora long-overdue assault on thePremier League title.

Moyes expectshis players toreact to defeatMANCHESTER CITY 4MANCHESTER UNITED 1

BY SIMON STONE

Manchester United boss DavidMoyes is confident his playerswill bounce back from theirhiding by Manchester City.

United suffered their worstdefeat at the Etihad Stadiumsince 2004, with goals fromYaya Toure and Samir Nasriadding to a Sergio Aguerobrace either side of half-time.

Not even a Wayne Rooneyconsolation, which allowedhim to become the top scorer inManchester derby matches,could put a positive gloss on anawful afternoon for the RedDevils, who face Liverpool inthe Capital One Cup at OldTrafford on Wednesday.

Moyes told his players theperformance was simply notgood enough – but he expects apositive response.

“If ever there was a group ofplayers I would expect (a re-action from after a defeat) it isthe Manchester United play-e r s, ” said Moyes. “They reactand that is what they will do.

“Every manager has baddays and bad results. I am nodifferent. I have been here withEverton many times and Id o n’t think I suffered a defeatlike this with Everton.

“I talked with the players thesame as I would at any otherclub. They are good pros hereand they know when they areat it and when they are not.”

United fell behind early on,when Aguero was left un-marked to turn homeAleksandar Kolarov’s cross.

But the main damage camein a six-minute spell eitherside of the interval when Tourenudged home AlvaroNe g redo’s knock-down beforeAguero added another from aNegredo cross and Nasribelted home after Jesus Navashad picked him out.

“We didn’t play well enoughto win the game,” said Moyes.“If you lose four (goals) you arenot expecting to win too many.

We conceded poor goals. Weneeded to get closer in thesecond half but they get awayand score more goals.

“We never got a grip of thegame and could never reallystop them. We hoped to stemthat tide in the second half. Wegot better as the game went onbut it was too late. ManchesterCity played well and deservedthe victory.”

The one person Moyes ex-empted from criticism wasRooney, who now has 11 derbygoals and four in three gamesfollowing his return from agashed head.

“Wayne Rooney was out-standing,” said Moyes. “Hed i d n’t deserve to be on thelosing side.”

United’s second defeat of thecampaign leaves them eighthin the table, five points behindjoint-leaders Arsenal and Tot-tenham and rated as 9-2 shotsto retain the championship.

“The start to the seasoncould be a lot better,” saidMoyes. “We did say it could bea difficult start.

“I wasn’t convinced whenthe balls came out of thePremier League bag and I’mstill not convinced.”

M oye s ’ City counterpartManuel Pellegrini said histeam had struck a big psy-chological blow.

“It is very big,” said theChilean. “Always winningagainst Manchester Unitedand the way we won is im-portant. You don’t expect towin 4-1 against United. Nor-mally derbies are more equal.

“But today we had a verygood day and that allows us tohave a superiority againstManchester United.

“The fans will enjoy this forthe next three months. For theteam, winning the way we didtoday will give a lot of trust.

“Winning a derby will alsogive them a lot of confidence.

“Maybe they (United)c o u l d n’t play better becausewe played very well. We didn’tgive them space to damage ourgoal.”

SATURDAY REVIEW

Dejan Lovren’s second-halfheader snatched a shock 1-0win for Southampton at An-field and consigned Liverpoolto their first Premier Leaguedefeat of the season.

Everton are now the onlyunbeaten team in the top flightafter Leighton Baines inspireda dramatic 3-2 win over ten-man West Ham at Upton Park.

Baines scored two free-kicksand Romelu Lukaku headedthe winner for the Toffees.

Stephane Sessegnon was ontarget for new club West Bromas they beat his old side Sun-derland 3-0 at The Hawthorns.

Sone Aluko fired a stunninglate winner for Hull as theybeat Newcastle 3-2 in a thrillerat St James’s Park.

Libor Kozak gave AstonVilla a 1-0 win at Norwich,while Oscar and Jon Obi Mikelscored in Chelsea’s 2-0 homewin over Fulham.

Ozil will show us even more once he is integrated – We n g e r

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero celebrates scoring in yesterday’s derby clash PICTURE: MARTIN RICKETT/PA

Lovren endsLiverpool’s run

CARDIFF CITY 0TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1

Andre Villas-Boas felt justicewas done as Paulinho’s injury-time winner gave his side avictory at Cardiff that movedthem up to second in thePremier League table.

Spurs dominated for largepassages of the game and re-gistered 29 shots to Cardiff ’ssix, but were in danger of fail-ing to capitalise as they foundhome goalkeeper David Mar-shall in fine form.

However, Paulinho finallybroke the deadlock as he back-heeled in Erik Lamela’s passfrom close range in the 92ndminute for his first league goalfor the club.

“There could only be onew i n n e r, ” said Villas-Boas. “Weplayed so much football itwould have been unfair toleave with only one point.More than maybe any othergame, we deserved the win.”

Spurs deservedthe win – AV B

CRYSTAL PALACE 0SWANSEA CITY 2

Swansea manager MichaelLaudrup was proud of his play-ers after a dominant victory atCrystal Palace, which capped a“fantastic week”.

Despite less than 72 hoursearlier demolishing Valenciaat the Mestalla, the Welsh sideshowed no sign of a EuropaLeague hangover as they easedto victory at Selhurst Park.

Palace were left chasingshadows from the outset, withM i ch u ’s strike after 80 secondsfollowed by a Nathan Dyereffort just moments into thesecond half.

“It has been a fantasticwe e k , ” Laudrup said. “B e fo rethe start, I thought this wouldbe the most difficult game be-cause it was on the back ofLiverpool and Valencia.

“I thought we really dom-inated the game from the firstto the last second.”

Laudrup hailssuperb Swans

Per Mertesacker, not pictured, scores for Arsenal against Stoke yesterday


BRISTOL ROVERS 2HARTLEPOOL 2

BY JAMESMCNAMARA

Roman advancenot enough asGreen progressFA VASE 2ND QUAL ROUND

Longwell Green held off a laterally from opponents RomanGlass St George to win their FAVase second qualifying roundtie 3-2 at Oaklands Park.

Playing on the newly-laid 3Gsurface at GFA headquarters,Longwell Green took a two-goal lead into the break cour-tesy of a Danny Hunt double.

Alex Grimshaw added athird goal before Ian Powerand Mikey Golding struck forthe home side, although Long-well Green held on.

Winterbourne also secured a3-2 away victory, Ben Dowdell,Karim Rendall and Jack Rhys-Jones scoring in the win atUnited Services Portsmouth.

Hallen progressed with a 2-0home victory over Cowes, TomCollett’s penalty and a fineAshley Bennett strike both ar-riving after the interval.

Keynsham took the leadagainst Ashton & Backwellthrough Joshua Rice, but werebeaten 3-1 by the visitors.

Almondsbury UWE beatRadstock 1-0 thanks to a BrettAgnew goal, while the visitorshad three men sent off late on.

Odd Down hammered Woot-ton Bassett 7-0 with BradNorris scoring the first twogoals and Rory Kay adding athird before the interval.

Norris completed his hat-trick shortly after half-timebefore Kye Simpson, MikeBaker and Rich Dawley inflic-ted further punishment uponthe hapless visitors.

Bristol Manor Farm camefrom behind to beat Corsham,Pete Sheppard scoring thewinner in extra-time afterGeorge Brimson had can-celled-out Dan Lardner’s open-ing goal.

Cribbs slipped to a 2-0 homedefeat against Hamworthy,Greg Horlock breaking thedeadlock and Paddy Hester’spenalty making the game safelate on.

Hengrove also slipped out ofthe competition with a 1-0home reverse against Laver-stock & Ford, Elliott Wykesscoring the only goal.

Bradford went through witha 4-2 victory over visitingDownton, Dan King, SamJordan, with two, and KieranBaggs on target for the hosts.

Shepton Mallet, meanwhile,took a 3-1 win at Camelfordwith goals from AshleyWilmott, James Vincent andLee Davidson.

The Toolstation League willalso have representation fromWarminster, who won 2-0 atBrockenhurst; and Willand,who beat Sherborne 5-3.

Buckland also progressedwith a 2-0 triumph at Exmouth,while Barnstaple must replaywith Newquay following their2-2 draw in Cornwall.

However, Slimbridgecrashed out 4-1 at Farnham,Melksham lost 4-2 at Follandand Street were beaten 2-1 athome by Bovey Tracey.

Brimscombe dispatchedfellow Hellenic League sideShrivenham 3-0, but Fairfordwere thumped 4-0 by visitingKidlington, Lydney lost 1-0 athome to Highmoor Ibis andNew College Swindon werebeaten 2-0 by Staines Lammas.

John-Joe O’Toole celebrates his last-minute equaliser against Hartlepool PICTURE: NEIL BROOKMAN

Striker Matt Harrold hopesJohn-Joe O’To o l e ’s last-minuteequaliser to secure a drawagainst Hartlepool United atthe Memorial Stadium will bethe catalyst to drag BristolRovers out of their slump.

O’Toole pounced to scoreafter a first-half brace fromstriker Luke James looked likeit was going to be enough to seeHartlepool claim their secondsuccessive league victory.

The midfielder’s goal wasenough to end Rovers’ re c e n tthree-game losing streak – andwhen asked whether it couldprove to be a turning point,Harrold, who had opened thescoring with his first goal ofthe season, replied: “I hope itwill, but we need to go on fromhere. We have to build on thisperformance when we go toSouthend on Friday.

“That will be a tough gamefor us, so we have to go therewith the same sort of determ-ination and positivity weshowed as a group today if weare to bring something back.

“The disappointment for meis that I really felt the gamewas there for us to win and Ithink we have dropped twopoints. We must have got about20 crosses into the penalty areaand threatened their goal ahell of a lot in the second half.

“A point is a point, though,and any point is a good onewhen you have been on a badrun. The last couple of weekshave not been good for us, sothe club as a whole is not ashappy as it would be if we weredoing better.

He added: “We know thescript. This is my third seasonat the club now and we knowwe have to try to be nearer tothe top (of the league) than the

BristolRoversbossJohnWard

Rovers mustbuild on thispoint – Matt

bottom. We have to deal withthose kinds of things and bestrong mentally and show thecharacter to battle throughwhen we are in a bad spell.

“When things do go well weknow everyone will be behindus and really special thingscan happen – we saw that lastseason.”

Harrold, meanwhile, openedthe scoring with a clinicalfinish after taking the ball outof the air with a deft touch offhis chest and was pleased to

I expected more from us this season, admits Pirates boss WardBY JAMES MCNAMARA

Bristol Rovers boss John Wardis confident of eliciting animprovement from his sideafter admitting they havefallen short of expectationsover the early weeks of theseason.

Ward watched his side claima hard-earned point againstHartlepool following a last-minute equaliser from mid-fielder John-Joe O’Toole tobring an end to a three-gamelosing streak.

The manager praised hisplayers for the ‘at t i t u d e ’ and‘mental toughness’ theyshowed to produce an im-proved second-half perform-ance at the Memorial Stadiumto earn a period of respite fol-lowing disappointing displays

at Plymouth and Dagenham &Redbridge in recent weeks.

Rovers have now collectedeight points from their open-ing eight games and Ward ad-mitted: “There is a bit ofuncertainty at the momentand I fully understand that.People expected more of us atthe beginning of the seasonand I’m not saying I didn’t.

“I didn’t expect us to be run-ning away at the top of theleague, which people threw atme, but I did expect us to bebetter than we are. The cluband team will improve; it willget better, but it is going to takea little time.

“We had to hit the groundrunning big-time last year toget out of the trouble we werein and now it is a steadyingprocess. There is a high ex-

pectancy level here, both frominside the club and from out-side after what we achievedlast season.

“This is a similar situationto the one I went into at Chel-

tenham a few years ago. Thefirst season I went in there andwe got out of the bottom twoand finished 14th. The follow-ing season we stabilised andfinished 14th again before

kicking on and getting pro-motion the season after that.

“I’m not saying that is thecase here because people willthen say that I am not aimingfor anything at all. I’m aimingfor us to be the best we can, butI still think we are in a periodof stabilisation.

“We are still working atbuilding a team that befits thisfootball club and that is a workin progress for me.

“I think we are on the rightlines and we are all trying ex-ceptionally hard to improvefor everybody.

He added: “I’m not a fool. Iknow people get disappointedwith me from time to time andI understand that, but we aretrying to look after this foot-ball club now so that when wemove into the new ground we

really have a super place and agood team full of confidence togo into it.”

Rovers were on their way toa fourth successive defeatbefore O’Toole stroked home a90th-minute leveller to cancelout Luke James’ first-halfbrace that had put Hartlepoolin front after Matt Harrold hadopened the scoring.

“I have to be really pleasedwith the attitude of my team,”Ward said.

“We knew that if things wentagainst us a little bit it could bean awkward afternoon – men-tally more than anything.

“We had to dig very deepfrom a mental point of viewand I’m pleased that the play-ers managed to do thatthroughout the second half ofthe game.”

BristolRoversfrontmanMattHarrold

have made amends for missinga chance to equalise from thepenalty spot before Roverswent on to lose at Dagenham &Redbridge last weekend.

“It’s a relief to get off themark for the season and I’mpleased to have scored to makeup for missing the penalty lastwe e k , ” he said. “I held myself abit responsible for us losingthe game at Dagenham, so I feltI had something to prove.

“I was desperate to score andto help the team get somethingfrom the game.”Rovers: Mildenhall, Smith, Parkes, McChrystal,Brown, Bond, Lockyer, O’Toole, Richards(Clarkson 86), Harding (Harrison 64), Harrold.Not Used: Gill, Norburn, Gough, Keary,Southway.Booked: Lockyer.Goals: Harrold 35, O’Toole 90.Hartlepool: Flinders, Duckworth, Baldwin,Burgess, Austin, Franks (Collins 77), Dolan,Walton, Compton, Monkhouse (Poole 84),James. Not Used: Rafferty, Sweeney, Richards,Holden, Rodney.Booked: Walton, Compton.Goals: James 36, 45.Attendance: 5,579.Referee: Charles Breakspear (Surrey).


BRISTOL ROVERS 2HARTLEPOOL 2

BY JAMESMCNAMARA

Roman advancenot enough asGreen progressFA VASE 2ND QUAL ROUND

Longwell Green held off a laterally from opponents RomanGlass St George to win their FAVase second qualifying roundtie 3-2 at Oaklands Park.

Playing on the newly-laid 3Gsurface at GFA headquarters,Longwell Green took a two-goal lead into the break cour-tesy of a Danny Hunt double.

Alex Grimshaw added athird goal before Ian Powerand Mikey Golding struck forthe home side, although Long-well Green held on.

Winterbourne also secured a3-2 away victory, Ben Dowdell,Karim Rendall and Jack Rhys-Jones scoring in the win atUnited Services Portsmouth.

Hallen progressed with a 2-0home victory over Cowes, TomCollett’s penalty and a fineAshley Bennett strike both ar-riving after the interval.

Keynsham took the leadagainst Ashton & Backwellthrough Joshua Rice, but werebeaten 3-1 by the visitors.

Almondsbury UWE beatRadstock 1-0 thanks to a BrettAgnew goal, while the visitorshad three men sent off late on.

Odd Down hammered Woot-ton Bassett 7-0 with BradNorris scoring the first twogoals and Rory Kay adding athird before the interval.

Norris completed his hat-trick shortly after half-timebefore Kye Simpson, MikeBaker and Rich Dawley inflic-ted further punishment uponthe hapless visitors.

Bristol Manor Farm camefrom behind to beat Corsham,Pete Sheppard scoring thewinner in extra-time afterGeorge Brimson had can-celled-out Dan Lardner’s open-ing goal.

Cribbs slipped to a 2-0 homedefeat against Hamworthy,Greg Horlock breaking thedeadlock and Paddy Hester’spenalty making the game safelate on.

Hengrove also slipped out ofthe competition with a 1-0home reverse against Laver-stock & Ford, Elliott Wykesscoring the only goal.

Bradford went through witha 4-2 victory over visitingDownton, Dan King, SamJordan, with two, and KieranBaggs on target for the hosts.

Shepton Mallet, meanwhile,took a 3-1 win at Camelfordwith goals from AshleyWilmott, James Vincent andLee Davidson.

The Toolstation League willalso have representation fromWarminster, who won 2-0 atBrockenhurst; and Willand,who beat Sherborne 5-3.

Buckland also progressedwith a 2-0 triumph at Exmouth,while Barnstaple must replaywith Newquay following their2-2 draw in Cornwall.

However, Slimbridgecrashed out 4-1 at Farnham,Melksham lost 4-2 at Follandand Street were beaten 2-1 athome by Bovey Tracey.

Brimscombe dispatchedfellow Hellenic League sideShrivenham 3-0, but Fairfordwere thumped 4-0 by visitingKidlington, Lydney lost 1-0 athome to Highmoor Ibis andNew College Swindon werebeaten 2-0 by Staines Lammas.

John-Joe O’Toole celebrates his last-minute equaliser against Hartlepool PICTURE: NEIL BROOKMAN

Striker Matt Harrold hopesJohn-Joe O’To o l e ’s last-minuteequaliser to secure a drawagainst Hartlepool United atthe Memorial Stadium will bethe catalyst to drag BristolRovers out of their slump.

O’Toole pounced to scoreafter a first-half brace fromstriker Luke James looked likeit was going to be enough to seeHartlepool claim their secondsuccessive league victory.

The midfielder’s goal wasenough to end Rovers’ re c e n tthree-game losing streak – andwhen asked whether it couldprove to be a turning point,Harrold, who had opened thescoring with his first goal ofthe season, replied: “I hope itwill, but we need to go on fromhere. We have to build on thisperformance when we go toSouthend on Friday.

“That will be a tough gamefor us, so we have to go therewith the same sort of determ-ination and positivity weshowed as a group today if weare to bring something back.

“The disappointment for meis that I really felt the gamewas there for us to win and Ithink we have dropped twopoints. We must have got about20 crosses into the penalty areaand threatened their goal ahell of a lot in the second half.

“A point is a point, though,and any point is a good onewhen you have been on a badrun. The last couple of weekshave not been good for us, sothe club as a whole is not ashappy as it would be if we weredoing better.

He added: “We know thescript. This is my third seasonat the club now and we knowwe have to try to be nearer tothe top (of the league) than the

BristolRoversbossJohnWard

Rovers mustbuild on thispoint – Matt

bottom. We have to deal withthose kinds of things and bestrong mentally and show thecharacter to battle throughwhen we are in a bad spell.

“When things do go well weknow everyone will be behindus and really special thingscan happen – we saw that lastseason.”

Harrold, meanwhile, openedthe scoring with a clinicalfinish after taking the ball outof the air with a deft touch offhis chest and was pleased to

I expected more from us this season, admits Pirates boss WardBY JAMES MCNAMARA

Bristol Rovers boss John Wardis confident of eliciting animprovement from his sideafter admitting they havefallen short of expectationsover the early weeks of theseason.

Ward watched his side claima hard-earned point againstHartlepool following a last-minute equaliser from mid-fielder John-Joe O’Toole tobring an end to a three-gamelosing streak.

The manager praised hisplayers for the ‘at t i t u d e ’ and‘mental toughness’ theyshowed to produce an im-proved second-half perform-ance at the Memorial Stadiumto earn a period of respite fol-lowing disappointing displays

at Plymouth and Dagenham &Redbridge in recent weeks.

Rovers have now collectedeight points from their open-ing eight games and Ward ad-mitted: “There is a bit ofuncertainty at the momentand I fully understand that.People expected more of us atthe beginning of the seasonand I’m not saying I didn’t.

“I didn’t expect us to be run-ning away at the top of theleague, which people threw atme, but I did expect us to bebetter than we are. The cluband team will improve; it willget better, but it is going to takea little time.

“We had to hit the groundrunning big-time last year toget out of the trouble we werein and now it is a steadyingprocess. There is a high ex-

pectancy level here, both frominside the club and from out-side after what we achievedlast season.

“This is a similar situationto the one I went into at Chel-

tenham a few years ago. Thefirst season I went in there andwe got out of the bottom twoand finished 14th. The follow-ing season we stabilised andfinished 14th again before

kicking on and getting pro-motion the season after that.

“I’m not saying that is thecase here because people willthen say that I am not aimingfor anything at all. I’m aimingfor us to be the best we can, butI still think we are in a periodof stabilisation.

“We are still working atbuilding a team that befits thisfootball club and that is a workin progress for me.

“I think we are on the rightlines and we are all trying ex-ceptionally hard to improvefor everybody.

He added: “I’m not a fool. Iknow people get disappointedwith me from time to time andI understand that, but we aretrying to look after this foot-ball club now so that when wemove into the new ground we

really have a super place and agood team full of confidence togo into it.”

Rovers were on their way toa fourth successive defeatbefore O’Toole stroked home a90th-minute leveller to cancelout Luke James’ first-halfbrace that had put Hartlepoolin front after Matt Harrold hadopened the scoring.

“I have to be really pleasedwith the attitude of my team,”Ward said.

“We knew that if things wentagainst us a little bit it could bean awkward afternoon – men-tally more than anything.

“We had to dig very deepfrom a mental point of viewand I’m pleased that the play-ers managed to do thatthroughout the second half ofthe game.”

BristolRoversfrontmanMattHarrold

have made amends for missinga chance to equalise from thepenalty spot before Roverswent on to lose at Dagenham &Redbridge last weekend.

“It’s a relief to get off themark for the season and I’mpleased to have scored to makeup for missing the penalty lastwe e k , ” he said. “I held myself abit responsible for us losingthe game at Dagenham, so I feltI had something to prove.

“I was desperate to score andto help the team get somethingfrom the game.”Rovers: Mildenhall, Smith, Parkes, McChrystal,Brown, Bond, Lockyer, O’Toole, Richards(Clarkson 86), Harding (Harrison 64), Harrold.Not Used: Gill, Norburn, Gough, Keary,Southway.Booked: Lockyer.Goals: Harrold 35, O’Toole 90.Hartlepool: Flinders, Duckworth, Baldwin,Burgess, Austin, Franks (Collins 77), Dolan,Walton, Compton, Monkhouse (Poole 84),James. Not Used: Rafferty, Sweeney, Richards,Holden, Rodney.Booked: Walton, Compton.Goals: James 36, 45.Attendance: 5,579.Referee: Charles Breakspear (Surrey).

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TORQUAY UTD 4CHELTENHAM 2

BY JON PALMER

This match may have providedthe tipping point between adisappointing start to theseason for Cheltenham Townand a deeply worrying one.

They have been in the samelowly league position before,far later in the season underMark Yates, but this is argu-ably his most testing time asmanager because expectationsare so much higher than theywere three seasons ago.

One win in eight is poor, but19 goals conceded is perhapsthe most alarming statistic.

They have shipped at leastthree more goals than anyother club in League Two and amuch-improved performanceat home to Oxford a weekearlier was a distant memoryas the final whistle blew atP l a i n m o o r.

Torquay were not made to

Yates is confident that he can turn struggling Robins around

Salisbury stunNuneaton withlate turnaroundNUNEATON TOWN 1SALISBURY CITY 2

A tremendous finish at LibertyWay saw Salisbury snatch allthree points with two last-gaspgoals to inflict Nuneaton’smaiden Skrill Premier defeatof the season.

After a goalless first 73minutes, Salisbury fell behindto Nuneaton top-scorer LouisMoult, who picked up JamesAr mson’s off-target effortinside the area and curledround Will Puddy for his ninthgoal of the campaign.

Salisbury pressed forwardin response and it looked like itwas not to be when ClovisKamdjo nodded softly into thepalms of James Belshaw in theclosing stages.

However, the visitors werethrown a lifeline in the 87thminute when Dan Fitchett wasshoved to the ground by GavinCowan inside the area.

Ben Wright, within a minuteof coming on, sent Belshaw thewrong way from 12 yards.

The equaliser stifled thehosts and, two minutes later,the visiting supporters wentabsolutely wild.

A quick throw on the rightwing caught Nuneaton sleep-ing and Fitchett squaredacross the face of goal for therampant Elliott Frear to meetit and fire an explosive shotinto the top of the net for thew i n n e r.

The comeback left managerMikey Harris ecstatic as hisside climbed into fifth in thetable and stretched their un-beaten record to seven gameson the bounce.

“What a fantastic level ofresilience from the lads,” saidHar ris.

“I’m over the moon with theway we fought back and pickedup all three points at the in-form team of the league.

“I believed that if we got onewe could go on and win thegame. Chances for both sideswere limited, but I think weprobably shaded it in terms ofpossession and chances.

“Away wins are like golddust. It’s pleasing to be upthere, but at this stage ourposition doesn’t mean a lot.”� Salisbury face rock-bottomHyde at the Ray Mac tomorrow(7.45pm).

Cheltenham Town full-back Keith Lowe attempts to clear the ball under pressure from Torquay United’s Callum Ball at Plainmoor on Saturday PICTURE: DAN MULLAN/PINNACLE

work anywhere near hardenough for their four goals, thefirst of which arrived in thesecond minute.

A catalogue of misjudge-ments and mistakes giftedCallum Ball his opener, forwhat was another head-shak-ing moment for Cheltenham.

Steve Elliott, the Robins’most reliable and consistentoutfield player last term, en-dured an afternoon to forget.

He afforded Karl Hawley fartoo much space to reach a longball, but even then MattRichards had a chance to clearhis lines.

Instead, he contrived to playa through ball to wingerJordan Chapell, who was ableto square to Ball and he tappedin the simplest of finishes.

All the training ground talkof cutting out the elementarymistakes had gone out of thewindow almost immediately.

Cheltenham did respondwell enough, though, and theywere unfortunate not to be

One victory in eight matches lookslike worrying form for Cheltenham

ahead, or at least on levelterms, at half-time.

Byron Harrison headedthem level from Keith Lowe’sleft-footed cross from the rightflank in the 12th minute.

The move stemmed from aquickly-taken free-kick byDavid Noble after JermaineMcGlashan had been trippedby Lee Mansell.

To r q u ay ’s defence stood andwatched Harrison nod in hisfifth goal of the season, waitingfor an offside flag which neverc a m e.

Only a fine block from AaronDownes denied Terry Gornellafter Harrison flicked on along clearance from ScottBrown five minutes later.

Cheltenham looked danger-ous going forward and theywent close to taking the lead inthe 29th minute.

R i ch a rd s ’ corner was met byElliott, but Rice reacted well toparry and Lowe’s follow-up at-tempt crashed against the bar.

It was an entertaining spec-

tacle and, at the other end, SidoJombati cleared off the linefrom Hawley and Brown beataway a well-controlled strikefrom Mansell.

McGlashan reached thebyline in the 43rd minute andpulled back to Harrison, butthe considerable speed on theball made it hard for thestriker to direct it and it flewinches wide of the far post.

Things looked to be set upnicely for the second half, butCheltenham conceded anothercriminal goal two minutes intostoppa g e-time.

Ball turned in a cross fromthe left via a deflection off El-liott and then Cheltenham fellfurther behind just threeminutes after the break.

Hawley cut inside Lowe andbeat the unsighted Brown witha low shot that rolled almostinto the middle of the net withno great power.

It was déjà vu for Chelten-ham, but Gornell restoredhope with 25 minutes left when

he beat Rice after Russ Penn’spass, but the introductions ofJason Taylor, Ashley Vincentand the fit-again Jamie Cure-ton from the bench failed toprovide enough of a spark for al eve l l e r.

Torquay made sure of thepoints in the 89th minute whenChapell capped a fine indi-vidual display with a well-struck shot that once againexposed defensive frailties.

No amount of talent or qual-ity will count for anything thisseason unless Yates can find away to tighten things up.Torquay: Rice, Tonge, Downes, Pearce,Cruise, Chapell, Mansell, Harding, Bodin,Hawley (Benyon 71), Ball. Not Used: Nicholson,Lathrope, Cameron, Craig, Sullivan, Thompson.Booked: Downes.Goals: Ball 3, 45, Hawley 49, Chapell 90.Cheltenham: S Brown, Lowe, Wilson, Elliott,Jombati, Penn, Richards (Vincent 60), Noble(Taylor 79), McGlashan, Gornell (Cureton 79),Harrison. Not Used: Deering, Roberts, Kotwica.Booked: Noble.Goals: Harrison 13, Gornell 65.Attendance: 2,407.Referee: Darren Deadman (Cambridgeshire).

Purton thrashleague leadersHELLENIC LEAGUE

Purton moved up to third placein Division One West afterthumping league leadersShortwood Reserves 4-0.

Blaine Fitzgerald led theway with two goals, whileAshley Gooch and ScottCampbell were also on targetfor the home side.

Tytherington were beaten2-1 at Clanfield despite a StuartNelson goal, while Tuffleythrashed Old Woodstock 4-0.

In the Premier Division,goals from Richie Saundersand TJ Bohane were notenough as Highworth wentdown 3-2 at Newbury, whileCheltenham Saracens earneda 2-2 draw at Flackwell Heath.Boss Mark Yates looks downbeat

BY JON PALMER

Mark Yates remains adamantthat he is the man to turnaround Cheltenham’s poorstart to the season.

However, the Robins boss ad-mitted after Saturday’s 4-2defeat at Torquay that changesin personnel are necessary onthe pitch.

It is the defence which re-quires the most urgent atten-tion, with 27 goals now leaked

in 11 matches in all compet-itions this season.

Strikers Byron Harrisonand Terry Gornell have bothscored in each of their last twoappearances and Jamie Cure-ton is back in the mix aftershoulder and calf injuries.

But the attack is being un-dermined by defensive aber-rations and Yates knowssomething must be done.

“Of course I am confident Ican turn this around, but we

might have to do a bit of wheel-ing and dealing,” Yates said.

“If we identify the sameplayer is consistently makingmistakes that are costing us,we have to do something aboutit. It’s not right at the back atthe moment and you just can’tlegislate for some of the goalswe ’ve been letting in, due tobasic mistakes.”

Yates named the same teamat Plainmoor that had per-formed so well in the 2-2 home

draw with Oxford a weekearlier – but changes are in-evitable for Saturday’s visit ofthird-placed AFC Wimbledon.

“We want consistency in res-ults by picking the same teamc o n s i s t e n t ly, ” Yates said.

“I had no doubt it was theright team, but we gifted thema goal after two minutes andit’s mistake after mistake aftermistake. Will that be the teamthat starts next week? I verymuch doubt it.”


Paulton striker Nick McCootie, right, fires the ball past Merthyr goalkeeper Craig Morris for goal number four PICTURE: GARY LEARMONTH

Goals a problemfor lowly Frome

Russell is left red-faced asForest Green slip up again

Tigers unableto retain lead

FROME TOWN 0HUNGERFORD TOWN 2

Low-scoring Frome alwayslooked in trouble after visitingHungerford built-up a two-goallead by half-time in this CalorSouthern League PremierDivision clash.

The visitors took the lead inthe sixth minute as a rightwing cross found Josh Grace-Parsons in space and, despite alow save from Darren Chitty,the Hungerford man was ableto react quickly to the reboundand shoot high into the netfrom close range.

Hungerford were rewardedwith a second goal on 34minutes as a crisp interchangeof passes on the edge of theFrome box allowed Scott Reesto move into space and toepoke the ball into the corner ofthe net for a simple but well-worked goal.� Frome travel to Truro Citytomorrow (7.45pm).

CHIPPENHAM TOWN 1BEDFORD TOWN 4

Chippenham crashed to defeatin Steve Winter’s first game aspermanent boss as Bedford tri-umphed in the Calor SouthernLeague Premier Division.

The Bluebirds paid a highprice for having to use captainand striker Alan Griffin as anemergency centre-half due toinjuries to key players.

Chippenham took a 1-0 leadinto the break, but in thesecond half the Eagles exposedtheir defensive frailties.

Tom Knighton gave the hoststheir advantage, his shot onthe turn taken a deflectionbefore entering the net.

However, Andrew Phillipsequalised on 55 minutes andthen Jordan Patrick completedthe turnaround just oneminute later.

Phillips got his second on thehour mark and completed histreble late on.

Striker Bushinis at the doubleGODALMING TOWN 1BRIDGWATER TOWN 3

Joe Bushin took his tally ofgoals for the season to ninewith another double atGodalming in Division OneSouth & West of the CalorSouthern League.

Bridgwater went ahead afteronly five minutes with asuperb long-range effort byKristian Miller and added asecond through Bushin, whoheaded home after being set upby Mitchell Page in the 35thm i nu t e.

Godalming pulled a goalback through Jack Mazzone,but Bushin clinched anothergood away win for Bridgwaterwith his second of the match inthe 71st minute.

Bridgwater have still not losta game since new boss RichardFey took charge earlier thissummer, but they face a big testtomorrow against league lead-ers Paulton.

Tasker off asTaunton loseTAUNTON TOWN 1NORTH LEIGH 3

Lewis Tasker became the fifthTaunton player to be sent offthis season as the Somersetside were beaten by NorthLeigh in Division One South &West of the Calor SouthernLea gue.

Tasker received his march-ing orders in the 64th minuteafter bringing down MorganWilliams, the resultant pen-alty being put away by StuartHole to make it 3-1.

Taunton found themselves agoal down after only fiveminutes when Elliott Osborne-Ricketts punished poor defend-ing with a fine shot.

Taunton equalised throughChris Young, who headed in across by Josh Wadham.

Conor McDonagh restoredNorth Leigh's lead, though,and it was all over when Holeconverted the penalty afterTasker was dismissed.

Winter suffersin his new role

SamRussellhad arareoff-dayforForestGreen

GLOUCESTER CITY 1BOSTON UNITED 3

An electric start courtesy ofTyler Weir was not enough forGloucester as visitors Bostonrecorded a stylish win in theSkrill North.

Pilgrims skipper Ian Rossscored a stunning equaliser inthe first half and set upidentical goals for Carl Pier-gianni and Scott Garner withperfectly-delivered cornersearly in the second period inhis 100th game for the club.

Weir had opened the matchwith a calmly-slotted penaltyafter goalkeeper AshleyTimms had felled City captainTom Webb in the area, but thevisitors dominated thereafterand showed their potentialpromotion credentials.

To compound the misery,Darren Edwards was taken offwith a suspected groin injury.� Gloucester visit Altrinchamtomorrow (7.45pm).

Paulton produce a five-star performance to go top

Cleeve back ontrack at DidcotDIDCOT TOWN 0BISHOP’S CLEEVE 4

Bishop’s Cleeve served-upeasily their best away displayof the season so far as Didcotwere sent off the rails in CalorSouthern League Division OneSouth & West.

The visitors only scoredonce in the opening half - JakeLee making the breakthroughafter 16 minutes.

However, two goals in a four-minute spell early in thesecond half effectively saw offthe Railwaymen.

Matt Williams struck eightminutes into the second halfand Nick Hill added a thirdgoal four minutes later.

Adam Mayo rounded off afine afternoon’s work with thefourth Cleeve goal threeminutes into injury-time.� Bishop’s Cleeve are awayfrom home again tomorrowwhen they travel north to playEvesham (7.45pm).

PAULTON ROVERS 5MERTHYR TOWN 2

Five-goal Paulton returned tothe top of the table with atremendous display againstfellow high-fliers Merthyr inthe Calor Southern LeagueDivision One South & West.

Rovers took just five minutesto make the breakthrough,

James Billing converting afterBen Lacey had pulled the ballback following Mike Perrott’sfl i ck - o n .

The rest of the first half wasa lively affair, although therewere no more goals until afterthe break – three of which wereserved up in the opening sevenminutes. Ian Traylor equalisedfor Merthyr four minutes into

the second period, but Laceyscored a tremendous indi-vidual goal to restore the Paul-ton lead two minutes later.

However, Paul Keddle lev-elled for the Welsh side within60 seconds, but Billing got hissecond goal of the game for thehome side five minutes later.

Paulton eventually built acrucial two-goal cushion with

a little over 20 minutes remain-ing when Nick McCootie beatgoalkeeper Craig Morris to theball to score. The hostswrapped-up the victory tenminutes from time when OlliePrice arrived at the far post totap-in from a corner.� Paulton travel to fellowhigh-fliers Bridgwater tomor-row (7.45pm).

CAMBRIDGE UNITED 2FOREST GREEN ROVERS 1

Managers rightly carry thecan for malfunctioning teams,but Dave Hockaday couldhardly have predicted thefreeze that afflicted ForestG re e n’s most reliable enginecomponent at Cambridge.

It is hard to recall goal-keeper Sam Russell makingtwo mistakes in the entire2012/13 season, but his doubleblunder proved cruelly pivotalas Rovers slipped to a secondstraight Skrill Premier defeat.

Behind with less than aminute on the clock courtesyof Luke Berry’s strike, the vis-itors shipped another fromTom Champion early in thesecond half, but hit backthrough substitute YanK l u kow s k i .

They lined up in an unfa-miliar but bold 4-2-3-1 form-ation, with Matthew Barnes-Homer, Matty Taylor and Andy

Mangan all supporting centralstriker Danny Wright.

Whatever the gameplan, itwas thrown into disarrayinside 45 seconds when Russellflapped at Richard Tait’s deepcross from the right and Berry

reacted quickest to stab homethe rebound.

Wright would have been es-pecially keen to impressagainst his old employers, andonly a brilliant block by skip-per Ian Miller prevented hisgoal-bound shot testing homecustodian Chris Maxwell.

Taylor saw a diving header

clawed away by Maxwell, whothen did well to clutch a 25-yarder from Anthony Barry.

Cambridge regatheredthemselves and were notthreatened again until the 25thminute, Barnes-Homer poun-cing on Mangan’s lay-off andsending a low effort just wide.

A minute later. KwesiAppiah let fly at the other end,but this time Russell’s hand-ling was sure.

Barry fired one through acrowd and was again foiled byMaxwell, but Cambridge wereunfortunate not to double theirlead in spectacular fashion on41 minutes when right-backTait saw a 30-yard thunderboltcrash against the crossbar.

Hockaday replaced Taylorwith Klukowski during the in-terval and could easily haveseen his side level within fourminutes, Mangan volleyingwide after Cambridge hadfailed to clear a free-kick.

A similarly decent opportun-

ity was blown by United whenJosh Coulson nodded wide atthe far post, but the hosts’ ad-vantage was doubled fourminutes later when Cham-p i o n’s header from Ryan Don-a l d s o n’s corner squirmedunder Russell’s body.

Rove r s ’ morale boost camein the 57th minute when DaleBennett’s cross was fumbledand Klukowski tapped in.

A brilliant Cambridge movecut the visitors open on 64minutes, Greg Taylor feedingAdam Cunnington for a shotthat was superbly saved atpoint-blank range by Russell.

Russell also foiled substituteNathan Arnold late on.

Al Bangura led vehementRovers appeals for a penalty instoppage-time when his volleyappeared to strike Greg Tayloron the arm, only for refereeRob Whitton to sound the finalwhistle instead.� Rovers host Tamworthtomorrow (7.45pm).


Mangotsfield United celebrate their winning goal against Swindon Supermarine with scorer Lewis Powell, second right PICTURE: MICHAEL LLOYD

Bennett strikesa late winner

Bulls end run of defeats witha satisfying point at Halifax

Yate move up the table after hard-earned victory over Foresters

FLEET TOWN 0CIRENCESTER TOWN 1

Cirencester struck late on toclinch victory at Fleet inDivision One South & West ofthe Calor Southern League.

Aiden Bennett grabbed theonly goal of the match on 82minutes at Calthorpe Park toput the Centurions into sixthplace in the table.

WHITEHAWK 0WESTON-SUPER-MARE 0

Weston-super-Mare extendedtheir unbeaten Skrill Southrun to five games on their first-ever visit to the EnclosedGround against last season’sRyman League winners.

Although the home side hadgoalkeeper and skipper ChrisWinterton sent off for handlingjust outside his penalty areaten minutes into the secondhalf, they dug in well and hungon for a point.

Weston started strongly, for-cing a couple of early corners,and Tristan Plummer’s effortcame back off a post on 11m i nu t e s.

Kane Ingram then had a

Powell seizeshis opportunityMANGOTSFIELD UNITED 1SWINDON SUPERMARINE 0

Swindon Supermarine slippedfrom the head of the CalorSouthern League Division OneSouth & West table after thisnarrow defeat at Mangotsfield.

The visitors ought to havebroken the deadlock early inthe second half, but Unitedgoalkeeper Kevin Sawyermade an excellent save to denySam Morris following KaydenJa ck s o n’s cross.

Mangotsfield grabbed theall-important goal with 17minutes remaining when JakeJo h n s ’ careless pass wentstraight to Lewis Powell, whofired past Kent Kauppinen.

The home side could havewon by more, but Dave Stone’sshot crashed against the barand Powell was unable to beatgoalkeeper Kauppinen fromthe follow-up.� Mangotsfield play at home toTaunton tomorrow (7.45pm).

Clevedon areoff the bottomCLEVEDON TOWN 2GUILDFORD CITY 1

Clevedon took their first win ofthe season against fellow-strugglers Guildford to get offthe bottom of the Calor South-ern League Division OneSouth & West table.

The hosts were given amassive boost during the firsthalf when City goalkeeper WillDukes was dismissed for hand-ling the ball outside his area.

Guildford defender RyanBernard took over between theposts for the ten men and kepthis goal intact until twominutes before the interval.

Danny Wring created anopening for Joe Flurry and hisshot found the net.

Clevedon doubled their leadfour minutes into the secondperiod when Reeko Best playedin Matt Thorne and he chippedBernard in style.

George Bowerman pulled agoal back on 75 minutes.

Weston held byten-man Hawk

Six goals sharedat MeadowbankSHORTWOOD UNITED 3TIVERTON TOWN 3

Shortwood shared six goalswith Tiverton in a lively CalorSouthern League Division OneSouth & West encounter atM e a d ow b a n k .

The Devon side took a fifth-minute lead through SamMalsom, but the hosts turnedthings around with two goalsin three minutes midwaythrough the first half from JoeParker and Duncan Culley.

However, Matt Wright lev-elled things up before half-timeand then Jules Emati-Ematiput Tiverton back in front on71 minutes.

Shortwood salvaged a point,though, as Sam Avery poppedup with an equalising goalwith five minutes of normaltime remaining.

The draw leaves Shortwoodin 13th place in the leagues t a n d i n g s.

CINDERFORD TOWN 1YATE TOWN 2

Yate leapfrogged mid-tableopponents Cinderford with ahard-working victory inDivision One South & West ofthe Calor Southern League.

The home side went closeearly on when Martin Horsellsaved from Lewis Sommers,while Alex Harris denied Mike

Bryant and Lewis Haldane atthe other end.

Bryant put another chancewide and Ricky Hulbert firedover, but Yate eventually madethe breakthrough courtesy ofHaldane midway through thesecond half.

The former Bristol Roversforward continued his fine runin front of goal when latchingonto a header from team-mateMike Bryant was on target for Yate

Jordan Rogers. Greg Lewiswas thwarted by Horsell at theother end before Bryantdoubled the visitors’ lead witha header from Ross Staley’sfree-kick on 83 minutes.

Andy Lewis pulled a goalback for the Foresters twominutes later and Sommerswas unlucky not to snatch apoint when striking the bar atthe death.

TristanPlummerstruck thepost forWeston

strong effort blocked fromAshley Kington’s free-kick.

Whitehawk mounted theirfirst attack on 22 minuteswhen Danny Mills headed overfrom Jake Robinson’s cross.

Weston goalkeeper LukePurnell then brought off a finesave to deny the hosts’ H a ke e mAdelakun.

Whitehawk made a brightstart to the second half withRobinson going close beforeSam Gargan hit the undersideof the Weston bar and Purnellmanaged to punch the reboundto safety,

With the departure of Win-terton, Gargan took over ingoal and the home side went onthe defensive, pulling everyonebehind the ball and relying onoccasional break-outs.

Near the end, Westonbrought on new signing JakeHarris, just released by Here-ford, and he forced Gargan toconcede two late corners froms n ap s h o t s.

FC HALIFAX TOWN 1HEREFORD UNITED 1

Hereford ended Halifax’s 100percent home record in theSkrill Premier as they foughtout a draw in Yorkshire.

On-loan striker RichardBrodie put Hereford in front inthe early stages, but an owngoal from Sam Smith giftedHalifax the equaliser midwaythrough the first half.

It was the second time Smithhad headed into his own netthis season, having concededthe first against Braintree onthe opening day of the season.

United chief Martin Foyle,however, was pleased with hisside’s performance against aHalifax side who had chalkedup five straight victories at theS h ay.

H e re fo rd ’s point also ended arun of three straight defeatsahead of tomorrow night’shome game against Lincoln.

“Halifax are a good side andone of my top ten. I knew howdifficult it would be to comeh e re, ” said Foyle.

“I played with Neil Aspin foryears and years and I knew hisside would be gritty, determ-ined and big.

“But I thought we dealt withtheir long balls well and a draw

was a fair result for both teamsin the end.”

Foyle made three changesfrom the side beaten by Nun-

eaton with Kingsley James,Michael West and Jon Browncalled into the starting XI.

H e re fo rd ’s first attempt ongoal came from full-backDanny Leadbitter, who forceda corner at the far post in thesecond minute.

Brodie also forced his wayinto the Halifax penalty areabefore putting the Bulls infront in the eighth minute.

Smith outpaced his markerson the right before cutting theball back to Brodie, who drilledit into the top of the net.

Halifax missed a gilt-edgedchance to level a minute laterwhen Matty Pearson headedover the top from a cross byDan Gardener.

Rod McDonald also turned across from Gardener away fora corner as Halifax pressed.

In a counter-attack, a divingheader from Brown flashedwide of the Halifax goalmouth,while a header from Smithforced a save from goalkeeperMatt Glennon.

However, Halifax were giftedan equaliser on the half-hourwith Smith heading into hisown net when under pressurefollowing a free-kick byG a rd e n e r.

United skipper LukeGraham then blocked a shot

from Scott McManus as Hal-ifax stepped up a gear.

Deep into first-half stoppage-time, James shot wide of theS h ay m e n’s goalmouth.

Straight after the restart,Brodie missed an easy openingto restore Hereford’s leadwhen he turned a cross fromWest wide of the target.

In a Halifax counter-attack,United goalkeeper Rhys Evanscame to the Bulls’ rescue whenhe made a fine diving save tostop a shot from McManus.

Hereford hit back withBrown forcing a fingertip savefrom goalkeeper Glennon, whojust turned the ball over thec ro s s b a r.

Foyle then made a change inthe 68th minute, drafting instriker Michael Rankine inplace of Brodie.

Hereford, however, concededseveral corners and had todefend in depth to contain theShaymen, before a powerfulshot from Smith was saved byGlennon at the other end.

Play continued to switchfrom end to end, but a curlingfree-kick from defender ChrisBush was saved by Glennon asHereford piled on the pressurein the closing stages, but Hal-ifax held firm to deny the Bullsa victory.

Richard Brodie scored for Hereford


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Yesterday Wigan ....................... (1) 2 Ipswich ....................(0) 0Shotton 12Powell 90 Att 13,747 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsQPR ...................8 3 1 0 4 1 3 1 0 4 1 20Burnley ..............8 2 2 0 7 2 3 0 1 7 4 17Leicester ............8 3 1 0 7 3 2 1 1 6 5 17Blackpool ...........8 3 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 7 6 17Watford ..............8 2 2 0 10 4 2 1 1 9 5 15Nottm For ..........8 3 1 0 9 4 1 2 1 5 5 15Reading .............8 2 2 0 6 4 2 1 1 5 3 15Bournemth .........8 3 0 1 5 3 1 1 2 6 14 13Huddersfld ........8 2 2 0 8 3 1 1 2 2 3 12Brighton .............8 2 1 1 7 4 1 2 1 2 2 12Wigan ................7 2 2 0 8 5 1 0 2 4 3 11Derby .................8 0 1 3 2 8 3 1 0 12 4 11Leeds .................8 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 1 3 2 11Ipswich...............8 3 0 1 9 4 0 1 3 2 6 10Blackburn...........8 2 1 1 9 4 0 2 2 3 6 9Middlesbro’ ........8 0 3 1 6 7 1 2 1 6 7 8Millwall ...............8 1 0 3 4 8 1 2 1 4 6 8Birmingham .......8 1 1 2 5 4 1 0 3 3 7 7Doncaster ..........7 1 1 2 5 6 0 2 1 3 4 6Charlton .............7 1 0 2 2 3 0 2 2 5 7 5Sheff Wed ..........7 0 2 1 4 5 0 2 2 4 8 4Yeovil .................8 0 0 4 0 6 1 1 2 3 5 4Barnsley.............8 1 1 2 5 12 0 0 4 4 10 4Bolton ................8 0 2 2 3 5 0 1 3 3 11 3

colchester ............... (1) 1 crawley town .........(1) 1Sears 6 Sinclair 32Att 3,031Gillingham ............... (0) 0 bradford ..................(1) 1 Jones 9Notts county ........... (1) 2 tranmere .................(0) 0Labadie 7 Att 3,938Haber 79Oldham .................... (0) 1 crewe ......................(1) 1MacDonald 54 Turton 13Att 4,273Peterboro................. (2) 2 Mk Dons ..................(0) 1Tomlin 12 (pen) McLeod 74Assombalonga 34 Att 8,149Port Vale .................. (1) 3 coventry ..................(2) 2Pope 40 Wilson 35Loft 60 Moussa 43Birchall 83 Att 9,218Sheff Utd ................. (0) 0 Preston ....................(0) 1Att 16,319 Beavon 68Shrewsbury ............. (0) 0 Wolves .....................(0) 1 Sako 84 (pen)Att 9,510Stevenage................ (0) 1 carlisle ....................(1) 3Tansey 59 (pen) Miller 27 Robson 77 Amoo 85Att 2,526Swindon ................... (2) 3 bristol city ..............(2) 2Ajose 19, 43 Flint 9Ranger 87 Emmanuel-Thomas 36Att 11,598Walsall ..................... (1) 1 rotherham ..............(1) 1Mantom 33 Nardiello 21Att 5,002 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsL Orient ..............7 4 0 0 13 3 3 0 0 8 2 21Peterboro ..........8 3 0 1 5 4 3 1 0 14 4 19Wolves ...............8 3 0 1 9 4 3 1 0 6 2 19Preston ..............8 2 2 0 7 3 2 2 0 8 4 16Rotherham .........8 2 2 0 8 5 2 2 0 7 5 16Bradford .............8 3 1 0 12 2 1 2 1 5 5 15Walsall ...............8 1 2 1 5 6 3 0 1 5 1 14MK Dons ............8 2 2 0 7 4 1 2 1 4 4 13Crawley Town ....8 2 1 1 8 7 1 2 1 7 6 12Brentford ............7 2 1 0 4 1 1 2 1 6 9 12Swindon .............8 3 1 0 11 4 0 1 3 3 7 11Colchester .........8 1 2 1 4 4 1 2 1 4 5 10Port Vale ............8 2 1 1 7 7 1 0 3 4 7 10Shrewsbury........8 1 2 1 3 2 0 3 1 4 7 8Carlisle...............8 1 0 3 2 10 1 2 1 4 6 8Oldham ..............8 1 1 2 4 4 1 0 3 8 10 7Crewe ................8 1 2 1 7 9 0 1 3 1 9 6Stevenage .........8 0 1 3 5 9 1 1 2 1 4 5Tranmere ...........8 0 2 2 6 12 1 0 3 3 7 5Coventry ............8 3 1 0 13 9 1 1 2 9 7 4Bristol City .........8 0 2 2 4 8 0 2 2 9 11 4Sheff Utd............8 1 1 2 3 4 0 0 4 2 9 4Notts Co ............8 1 0 3 4 6 0 1 3 4 11 4Gillingham..........8 0 2 2 2 4 0 1 3 5 11 3

AFc Wimbledon ...... (0) 3 burton Albion .........(1) 1Pell 55 McGurk 30Midson 69 Att 4,005Frampton 74Accrington Stanley . (1) 1 rochdale .................(2) 2Odejayi 24 Lund 7Att 2,180 Hogan 13bristol rovers ......... (1) 2 hartlepool ...............(2) 2Harrold 35 James 36, 45O’Toole 90 Att 5,579bury ......................... (0) 1 Southend .................(1) 1Forrester 90 Coker 23Att 2,895exeter....................... (0) 0 Newport county .....(1) 2Att 4,614 Washington 23 Worley 70Mansfield ................. (2) 3 Northampton ...........(0) 0Hutchinson 31 Att 3,469Clucas 34Kouo-Doumbe 65 (og)Morecambe.............. (0) 2 Dag & red ...............(1) 2Amond 53 Ogogo 21Hughes 78 Murphy 90Att 1,790Oxford Utd ............... (0) 0 chesterfield ............(1) 1Att 7,187 Humphreys 30Portsmouth ............. (0) 0 Fleetwood town .....(0) 1 Bradley 67 (og)Att 15,809Scunthorpe .............. (0) 1 Plymouth .................(0) 0Esajas 62 Att 3,298torquay .................... (2) 4 cheltenham .............(1) 2Ball 3, 45 Harrison 13Hawley 49 Gornell 65Chapell 90 Att 2,407Wycombe ................. (0) 1 York..........................(0) 1Morgan 70 McGurk 64Att 4,015 hOMe AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsChesterfield .......8 4 0 0 7 1 3 1 0 7 2 22Fleetwood T .......8 3 0 1 11 6 3 0 1 4 2 18AFC Wim ...........8 4 0 0 9 3 1 1 2 3 5 16Oxford Utd .........8 1 2 1 5 5 3 1 0 11 4 15Mansfield ...........8 2 2 0 8 2 2 1 1 4 4 15Wycombe ...........8 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 7 4 14Rochdale ...........8 3 1 0 7 2 1 1 2 3 4 14Morecambe........8 2 2 0 7 4 2 0 2 6 7 14Exeter ................8 3 0 1 6 4 1 2 1 3 4 14Scunthorpe ........8 2 2 0 5 2 1 2 1 4 4 13Newport County .8 2 1 1 8 5 1 2 1 5 5 12Burton Albion .....8 1 1 2 4 6 2 1 1 7 7 11Dag & Red .........8 2 2 0 6 2 0 2 2 4 9 10Southend ...........8 2 0 2 4 4 1 1 2 4 5 10Portsmouth ........8 1 0 3 4 7 1 3 0 8 7 9Torquay ..............8 1 2 1 6 6 1 1 2 4 7 9Plymouth............8 2 0 2 2 5 1 0 3 4 5 9Bury ...................8 2 1 1 8 4 0 1 3 4 7 8Bristol Rvrs ........8 2 2 0 6 4 0 0 4 1 6 8Hartlepool ..........8 1 0 3 3 5 0 3 1 2 5 6Cheltenham .......8 0 3 1 7 9 1 0 3 4 10 6York ...................8 1 1 2 2 4 0 1 3 4 8 5Northamptn ........8 1 1 2 6 6 0 0 4 0 7 4Accrington S ......8 0 1 3 3 6 0 0 4 2 10 1

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Arlesey.................................1 bideford ............................ 1banbury ...............................2 hitchin ............................... 1cambridge city ...................3 AFc totton ........................ 0chippenham ........................1 bedford town ................... 4corby ...................................2 chesham ........................... 1Frome town ........................0 hungerford town ............. 2hinckley Utd ........................2 bashley ............................. 0Poole town..........................0 burnham ........................... 0redditch ..............................2 biggleswade town ........... 2St Albans .............................1 Stourbridge ....................... 2St Neots town .....................2 truro city .......................... 0Weymouth ...........................0 hemel hempstead ............ 3

hOMe AWAY P W D l F A W D l F A PtHemel Hempstead .9 4 0 0 16 2 4 0 1 13 3 24Bideford .................9 3 1 0 11 2 2 3 0 9 6 19Chesham ...............9 3 1 0 11 5 3 0 2 10 7 19Poole Town ............9 2 3 0 9 7 3 1 0 9 5 19Cambridge City ......9 3 1 1 9 5 2 2 0 4 2 18Banbury .................9 3 0 2 8 7 2 1 1 8 7 16Stourbridge ............9 2 0 2 5 5 3 0 2 12 6 15Weymouth .............9 3 1 1 8 5 1 2 1 7 6 15Arlesey...................8 2 2 0 8 5 2 0 2 5 4 14Hungerford Town ...9 1 1 2 5 6 3 0 2 9 4 13St Albans ...............9 3 0 2 7 5 1 1 2 7 6 13Corby .....................9 4 0 1 9 6 0 1 3 2 11 13Hitchin....................8 2 2 0 6 3 1 1 2 4 5 12Bedford Town.........9 2 0 2 6 7 1 1 3 8 17 10Chippenham ..........8 1 0 3 5 8 2 0 2 7 4 9St Neots Town .......9 2 0 3 8 7 1 0 3 4 6 9Burnham ................8 0 1 2 2 6 2 2 1 7 4 9Truro City ...............8 0 2 1 3 5 2 1 2 8 10 9Biggleswade T .......8 1 2 1 5 3 0 3 1 5 6 8Redditch ................8 0 1 4 6 19 2 0 1 5 6 7Hinckley Utd ..........9 1 2 2 5 6 0 1 3 4 11 6AFC Totton.............9 1 0 3 8 13 1 0 4 5 13 6Frome Town ...........8 0 1 4 1 11 1 1 1 3 4 5Bashley ..................9 0 1 3 4 10 0 1 4 3 12 2

bath city ..............................0 Dover ................................. 2bromley ...............................3 basingstoke ...................... 2concord rangers ...............4 Maidenhead Utd ............... 1Dorchester...........................2 chelmsford ....................... 0eastbourne borough ..........4 Bishop’sStortford ............ 1eastleigh..............................1 hayes & Yeading .............. 0ebbsfleet United .................0 boreham Wood................. 0Gosport borough ...............2 tonbridge Angels ............. 0havant and W ......................0 Sutton Utd ......................... 5Staines town.......................3 Farnboro ........................... 2Whitehawk ...........................0 Weston-S-Mare ................. 0

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

calor lge Premiercinderford ...........................1 Yate .................................... 2clevedon town ...................2 Guildford city ................... 1Didcot town ........................0 bishops cleeve ................ 4Fleet town ...........................0 cirencester ....................... 1Godalming town.................1 bridgwater town .............. 3Mangotsfield .......................1 Swindon Supermarine ..... 0Paulton ................................5 Merthyr town .................... 2Shortwood Utd ....................3 tiverton ............................. 3taunton ................................1 North leigh ....................... 3thatcham town ..................1 evesham ........................... 1Wimborne town ..................3 Stratford town .................. 3

hOMe AWAY P W D l F A W D l F A PtPaulton ..................8 3 1 1 16 8 3 0 0 14 5 19Swindon S .............9 5 0 0 14 4 1 1 2 5 7 19North Leigh ............8 4 0 0 17 2 2 0 2 7 5 18Bridgwater Town ....7 1 2 0 7 3 4 0 0 11 3 17Merthyr Town .........8 3 1 0 11 5 2 0 2 9 9 16Cirencester ............7 3 0 1 8 7 2 0 1 5 4 15Stratford Town .......9 1 1 2 4 9 2 2 1 14 11 12Thatcham Town .....8 1 2 1 3 6 2 1 1 8 7 12Tiverton ..................7 2 0 1 5 3 1 2 1 10 11 11Yate .......................8 2 0 2 8 8 1 2 1 7 8 11Wimborne Town .....9 2 2 0 13 6 0 2 3 2 6 10Cinderford ..............7 1 0 2 6 5 1 3 0 7 4 9Shortwood Utd .......8 1 2 1 11 11 1 1 2 7 5 9Bishops Cleeve .....7 2 0 2 10 8 1 0 2 6 7 9Godalming Town ....8 2 0 2 5 8 1 0 3 4 13 9Mangotsfield ..........6 2 1 0 7 4 0 1 2 2 6 8Taunton ..................8 1 3 1 7 6 0 1 2 6 9 7Evesham................7 1 2 0 8 6 0 1 3 3 12 6Fleet Town .............9 1 1 2 3 5 0 2 3 4 13 6Clevedon Town ......8 1 1 2 4 6 0 1 3 2 8 5Didcot Town ...........8 1 1 2 5 8 0 1 3 3 10 5Guildford City .........8 1 1 2 7 12 0 0 4 4 16 4

calor lge South & West

barnsley .................. (1) 1 Watford ....................(3) 5Scotland 14 Deeney 7Att 9,850 Faraoni 18, Forestieri 43 Murray 69, Anya 79birmingham ............. (3) 4 Sheff Wed ................(0) 1Lingard 20, 29, 33, 51 Zayatte 67Att 14,379blackburn ................ (0) 0 huddersfld ..............(0) 0Att 14,582blackpool ................ (1) 2 leicester .................(0) 2Basham 19 Konchesky 72 (pen), King 74Ince 90 (pen) Att 15,317brighton ................... (0) 3 bolton ......................(1) 1Spearing 53 (og), Calderon 55 Lopez 29 (og)Buckley 57 Att 26,319charlton ................... (0) 0 Millwall ....................(1) 1Att 15,917 McDonald 38Derby ....................... (0) 1 reading ...................(0) 3Hughes 80 Pogrebnyak 47, 62Att 21,465 Blackman 90Doncaster ................ (1) 2 Nottm For ................(1) 2Macheda 34, 52 Cohen 39, Reid 81Att 12,253leeds ....................... (0) 1 burnley ....................(2) 2Smith 79, Att 26,465 Arfield 18, Vokes 42Middlesbrough ........ (2) 3 bournemouth ..........(2) 3Kamara 20, Carayol 32 Pitman 4 (pen), 12 (pen)Leadbitter 75 Woodgate 83 (og)Att 13,617Yeovil ....................... (0) 0 QPr .........................(0) 1Att 9,108 Austin 75 (pen)

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

hOMe AWAY P W D l F A W D l F A PtCambridge ...........10 5 0 0 12 2 2 3 0 5 3 24Nuneaton .............10 4 1 1 11 6 3 1 0 6 3 23Alfreton Town .......10 5 1 0 15 7 1 0 3 3 7 19Kiddermnstr .........10 3 0 1 8 5 3 0 3 8 9 18Salisbury ..............10 3 1 1 8 4 2 1 2 5 6 17Lincoln City ..........10 4 0 1 6 2 1 2 2 5 6 17FC Halifax ............10 5 1 0 13 4 0 1 3 5 12 17Barnet ..................10 2 2 0 8 4 2 2 2 10 9 16Luton....................10 3 3 0 9 3 1 1 2 2 3 16Forest Green .......10 3 1 0 13 2 1 2 3 8 12 15Welling .................10 2 2 1 9 6 2 1 2 9 8 15Braintree Town.....10 2 1 2 4 5 2 2 1 5 3 15Grimsby ...............10 2 1 1 6 4 2 2 2 3 6 15Southport .............10 3 1 0 6 3 1 0 5 4 11 13Hereford...............10 2 1 1 4 4 1 2 3 8 9 12Wrexham .............10 2 1 1 6 5 1 1 4 7 11 11Gateshead ...........10 1 1 3 6 10 2 0 3 5 7 10Dartford................10 2 0 3 6 6 1 1 3 2 8 10Tamworth .............10 1 2 3 6 9 1 1 2 3 6 9Woking .................10 0 2 2 5 8 2 0 4 8 10 8Chester FC ..........10 1 2 3 3 7 1 0 3 4 9 8Aldershot .............10 4 1 1 11 5 1 1 2 3 3 7Macclesfld............10 1 1 3 5 7 0 2 3 4 7 6Hyde ....................10 0 1 5 3 9 0 1 3 5 15 2*Aldershot deducted 10 points for entering administration


Larkhall takeover at the topTOOLSTATION LEAGUE

Larkhall moved to the top ofthe Premier Division tableafter their 3-0 home win overprevious leaders Gillingham.

Tyler Sibbick’s penalty putthe hosts ahead at the breakand goals from Jamie Lyonsand Ross Lye wrapped-up thepoints in the second half.

Bitton enjoyed a resounding5-0 home win over strugglingBishop Sutton, althoughJordan Richards’ goal was theonly one of the opening half.

However, Luke Bryan,Connor Britton and DavePollinger were on target in thesecond period before Bryancompleted his double withB i t t o n’s fifth.

Brislington and CadburyHeath drew 1-1 with MattHuxley putting the visitorsahead and David Peters scor-ing the equaliser.

Bridport, meanwhile, beatIlfracombe 2-1, Chris Lukequickly replying to StanPa x t o n’s leveller after DanWise had opened the scoringfrom the penalty spot.

In the First Division,Wellington scored twice in thelast ten minutes to win 2-1 atOldland, who took the leadthrough Jerome Ingram.

Simon Dennehy levelledmatters with ten minutes re-maining before James Cloughgrabbed the winner late on.

Wincanton edged a nine-goalthriller 5-4 at home to Calne,Matt Peters, with two, andMatt Chant giving the homeside a three-goal lead.

However, a Glen Armstrongdouble and one from DannyBaker levelled the scoresbefore Kieran Davis and Chantdid enough to win it despite athird for Armstrong.

Elsewhere, Cheddar andChard drew 2-2, while Devizesand Westbury shared thepoints following a 1-1 draw.

RESULTS, TABLES, FIXTURES & SPORT ON TELEVISION

RUGBY UNION

Aviva Premiership: Friday: Sale 26 Wasps22, Worcester 13 Harlequins 37. Saturday:Gloucester 26 Northampton 24, Leicester 31Newcastle 6, London Irish 23 Exeter Chiefs 29.Yesterday: Saracens 31 Bath 17.

P W D L F A B PtsSaracens ............... .... 3 3 0 0 117 49 3 15Leicester ............... .... 3 2 0 1 83 48 3 11Northampton ........ .... 3 2 0 1 75 43 2 10Harlequins ............ .... 3 2 0 1 59 41 2 10Sale ..................... .... 3 2 0 1 62 53 1 9Bath ..................... .... 3 2 0 1 65 51 0 8Exeter ................... .... 3 2 0 1 70 87 0 8London Irish ......... .... 3 1 0 2 63 89 1 5Gloucester ............ .... 3 1 0 2 54 90 1 5Newcastle ............ .... 3 1 0 2 21 66 0 4Wasps .................. .... 3 0 0 3 63 72 3 3Worcester ............. .... 3 0 0 3 46 89 1 1

Greene King IPA Championship:Saturday: Jersey 26 Bedford 14, Rotherham77 Ealing 9. Yesterday: Bristol 31 LondonScottish 18, Nottingham 19 London Welsh 46.

P W D L F A B PtsRotherham ........... .... 2 2 0 0 119 33 2 10London Welsh ...... .... 2 2 0 0 69 33 1 9Plymouth Albion ... .... 2 1 1 0 75 61 2 8Bristol .................. .... 2 1 0 1 52 41 2 6London Scottish .... .... 2 1 0 1 62 44 1 5Leeds ................... .... 2 1 0 1 43 44 1 5Cornish Pirates...... .... 2 1 0 1 43 48 1 5Jersey ................... .... 2 1 0 1 53 55 0 4Nottingham .......... .... 2 1 0 1 43 62 0 4Moseley ............... .... 2 0 1 1 58 76 1 3Bedford ................ .... 2 0 0 2 28 49 0 0Ealing ................... .... 2 0 0 2 22 121 0 0

SSE National League One: Blackheath 29Fylde 31, Blaydon 25 Esher 35, Cinderford 31Hull Ionians 7, Doncaster 38 Worthing 17,Henley 6 Rosslyn Park 6, Old Albanians 29Tynedale 17, Richmond 31 Coventry 32,Wharfedale 26 Loughborough Students 29.

SSE National League Two South: Ampthill20 Clifton 37, Canterbury 33 Cornish All Blacks25, Dings Crusaders 24 Taunton 17, Exmouth33 Bournemouth 18, Hartpury College 19Cambridge 13, London Irish Wild Geese 35Bishop’s Stortford 37, Redruth 38 Southend 7,Shelford 19 Chinnor 24.

P W D L F A B PtsClifton .................. .... 3 3 0 0 98 73 2 14Chinnor ................ .... 3 3 0 0 75 39 1 13Cambridge ............ .... 3 2 0 1 72 60 3 11Bournemouth ........ .... 3 2 0 1 105 79 2 10Hartpury College ... .... 3 2 0 1 79 55 2 10Southend .............. .... 3 2 0 1 56 77 1 9Ampthill ............... .... 3 1 1 1 85 75 1 7Canterbury ........... .... 3 1 0 2 77 81 3 7Bishop’s Stortford.. .... 3 1 1 1 78 100 1 7Exmouth ............... .... 3 1 0 2 59 88 3 7Taunton ............... .... 3 1 0 2 99 89 2 6Shelford ................ .... 3 1 0 2 53 50 2 6Redruth ................ .... 3 1 0 2 75 73 2 6Cornish AB ........... .... 3 1 0 2 65 64 1 5Dings Crusaders.... .... 3 1 0 2 67 91 1 5London Irish WG... .... 3 0 0 3 70 119 3 3

National League Three South West:Avonmouth Old Boys 10 Worcester Wanderers19, Barnstaple 19 Amersham & Chiltern 7,Bracknell 17 Weston-super-Mare 14, Brixham 10Redingensians 30, Chippenham 10 OldRedcliffians 21, Lydney 52 Newton Abbot 25,Old Patesians 29 Old Centralians 27.

Tribute South West One West: Camborne16 Bideford 7, Cleve 37 Wadebridge Camels 25,Clevedon 28 Thornbury 28, Coney Hill 5 Hornets39, Cullompton 32 Bridgwater & Albion 3, NorthPetherton 25 Sidmouth 6, St Austell 29 Chard 10.

Southern Counties South: Corsham 8Sherborne 26, Frome 15 Wells 39, IvelBarbarians 10 Walcot 17, Swanage & Wareham19 Wimborne 20, Trowbridge 26 North Dorset7, Weymouth 0 Dorchester 59.

Tribute Western Counties West:Devonport Services 9 Burnham-on-Sea 21,Ivybridge 42 Bude 14, Okehampton 39 Truro 3,Paignton Saxons 14 Torquay Athletic 27, Penryn19 Teignmouth 13, St Ives 21 Tavistock 23,Wellington 15 Kingsbridge 15.

Western Counties North: Avon 21 NorthBristol 19, Barton Hill 43 Old Bristolians 20,Berry Hill 43 Bsl Harlequins 20, Chew Valley 26Matson 20, Cirencester 6 Drybrook 20,Midsomer Norton 16 Keynsham 24, Oldfield OB8 Chosen Hill FP 46.

Gloucester Premier: Bsl Saracens 12Hucclecote 3, Newent 52 Southmead 0, StMary’s OB 31 Painswick 19, Stroud 40 GordonLeague 15, Tewkesbury 21 Frampton Cott 30,Whitehall v Dursley pp.

Gloucester One: Bishopston 18 Bream 14,Kingswood 15 Gloucester OB 7, Longlevens 30Chipping Sodbury 14, Old Colstonians 24Brockworth 20, Old Richians 22 Ashley DownOB 19, Widden OB 10 Chelt Saracens 13.

Gloucester Two: Aretians 6 Bredon Star 32,Old Cryptians 48 Cotham Park 19, Ross-on-Wye55 Cheltenham CS 5, Spartans 27 Broad Plain 6,St Brendan’s OB 17 BAC 10, Westbury 18Gloucester AB 25.

Gloucester Three: Cainscross 61 Hardwicke& Quedgeley 7, Smiths 64 Norton 10, Tredworth34 Minchinhampton 7.

Tribute Somerset One: Gordano 29 Yatton7, Keynsham 15 Bristol Barbarians 30, Nailsea &Backwell 8 Winscombe 15, Old Redcliffians 20Wiveliscombe 19, St Bernadettes Old Boys 27Tor 15, Stothert & Pitt 30 Taunton 0,Weston-super-Mare 31 Minehead Barbarians 9.

Somerset Two North: Bsl Harlequins v ChewValley pp, Old Culverhaysians 24 MidsomerNorton 24, Oldfield OB 3 Keynsham 31, Walcot0 Gordano 51, Weston-s-Mare 19 Clevedon 26,Winscombe 10 Nailsea & Backwell 52.

Somerset Two South: Bridgwater & Alb 0Burnham-on-Sea 31, Somerton 51 MineheadBarb 17, Taunton 53 Ivel Barb 0, Tor 29 Hornets22, Wiveliscombe 3 Cheddar Valley 29, Wyvern41 Morganians 19.

Somerset Three North: Avon 36 Bath OE17, Imperial w/o v Walcot, Keynsham 12 BslBarb 7, Midsomer Norton w/o v Old Sulians,Stothert & Pitt 147 Yatton 0.

Somerset Three South: Burnham-on-Sea vNorth Petherton away w/o, Castle Cary 31Chard 20, Tor v Minehead Barb away w/o,Wellington 16 Martock 10, Wells v Crewkerneaway w/o.

CRICKET

YORKSHIRE BANK 40 FINAL (1 day)

Lord’s: Nottinghamshire 244-8 (C M W Read53), Glamorgan 157. Nottinghamshire beatGlamorgan by 87 runs.

FOOTBALL

Scottish Premiership: Saturday: Aberdeen1 Inverness CT 0, Celtic 2 St Johnstone 1,Hibernian 2 St Mirren 0, Partick 1 Kilmarnock 1,Ross County 2 Hearts 1. Yesterday: DundeeUtd 2 Motherwell 2.Scottish Championship: Dumbarton 1Livingston 2, Falkirk 3 Dundee 1, Hamilton 1Cowdenbeath 0, Morton 0 Queen of the South2, Raith 4 Alloa 2.

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

Scottish League Two: Annan 1 Clyde 2,Berwick 1 Stirling 1, East Stirling 1 Albion Rovers4, Montrose 2 Peterhead 1, Queen’s Park 3Elgin 3.

Skrill North: Barrow 2 Histon 1, Bradford ParkAvenue 2 Solihull 2, Gloucester City 1 BostonUtd 3, Guiseley 1 Hednesford 2, Harrogate Town0 Brackley 1, Leamington 0 Gainsborough 1,North Ferriby 2 Altrincham 1, Stalybridge Celtic 0Stockport County 0, Telford 4 Colwyn Bay 1,Vauxhall Motors 1 Oxford City 0, Worcester 4Workington 0.

FA Vase second qualifying round:Camelford 1 Shepton Mallet 3, CullomptonRangers 0 Tavistock 2, Exmouth Town 0Buckland Athletic 2, Newquay 2 BarnstapleTown 2, Plymouth Parkway 6 St Blazey 0,Saltash Utd 5 Wadebridge Town 1, Street 1Bovey Tracey 2, Willand Rovers 5 SherborneTown 3, Almondsbury UWE 1 Radstock 0,Bradford Town 4 Downton 2, Bristol ManorFarm 2 Corsham , Brockenhurst 0 Warminster 2,Cribbs 0 Hamworthy 2, Folland 4 Melksham 2,Hallen 2 Cowes Sports 0, Hengrove Athletic 0Laverstock & Ford 1, Keynsham 1 Ashton &Backwell 3, Odd Down 7 Wootton Bassett 0,Roman Glass St George 2 Longwell Green 3,United Services Portsmouth 2 Winterbourne 3,Fareham 4 Bristol Academy 1, Farnham 4Slimbridge 1.

Toolstation Western League PremierDivision: Bitton 5 Bishop Sutton 0, Bridport 2Ilfracombe 1, Brislington 1 Cadbury Heath 1,Larkhall 3 Gillingham Town 0.

Toolstation Western League FirstDivision: Cheddar 2 Chard 2, Devizes 1Westbury 1, Oldland Abbotonians 1 Wellington2, Wincanton 5 Calne 4.

David Wilson Homes GloucestershireCounty: Berkeley Tn 1 Frampton Utd 5,Bishops Cleeve Res 0 Gala Wilton 1, BslTelephones 3 Henbury 4, Ellwood 5 ChippingSodbury Tn 2, Patchway Tn 1 Longlevens 0,Rockleaze Rgrs 0 Hanham Ath 0, Thornbury Tn 1Kingswood 2, Yate Tn Res 0 Kings Stanley 2.

Somerset FA Intermediate Cup, Round I:Aces 6 Meadow Rgrs 1, Alcombe Rov 5 WesthillSpts 1, Burnham Utd 4 High Littleton 2,Camerton Ath 4 Nether Stowey 0, Evercreech 0Highbridge Tn 4.

Somerset County, Premier Div: BishopsLyd 0 Weston St Johns 2, Bridgwater Tn Res 3Nailsea Tn 0, Clutton 3 Fry Club 2, CuttersFriday 8 Odd Down Res 2, Ilminster Tn 2Stockwood Green 0, Minehead 2 Langford Rov2000 1, Nailsea Utd 4 Shirehampton 1, WatchetTn 4 Street Res 1, Yatton Ath 0 Berrow 0.

Div I: Burnham Utd 4 Purnell Spts 2,Congresbury 0 Broad Plain House 3, Dundry Ath3 Westfield 1, Frome Collegians 4 St George(EIG) 0, Middlezoy Rov 3 Banwell 2, Saltford 2Shepton Mallet Res 2, Wrington Redhill 6Clevedon Utd 1.

Div II East: Welton Rov Res 4 FarringtonGurney 0, Ashton & Backwell Utd Res 0Chilcompton Spts 5, Bishop Sutton Res 1Peasedown Ath 2, Chew Magna 3 Imperial 0,Fry Club Res 3 Cutters Friday Res 0, Radstock TnRes 3 Tunley Ath 0, Stockwood Green Res 1Long Ashton 3, Timsbury Ath 4 Hengrove AthRes 0.

Div II West: Cleeve West Tn 0 Winscombe 0,Combe St Nicholas 6 Cheddar Res 2, NorthCurry 1 Burnham Utd Res 0, Portishead Tn Res 4Nailsea Tn Res 0, Staplegrove 2 Worle 4, UphillCastle 5 Churchill Club 70 0, Wells City Res 2Glastonbury 2, Weston St Johns Res 1 KewstokeLions 2.

Gloucestershire FA Senior Amateur Cup,Round I: Brimsham Green 0 AFC Mangotsfield3, Torpedo 2 Almondsbury UWE Res 0, BristolAthletic 1 Made For Ever 5, Highridge Utdwalkover v Avonmouth, Ridings High 1 OlvestonUtd 3, Hallen Res w/o v Southmead Utd Res,Eden Grove 2 Cribbs Res 5, Wick 2 NicholasWdrs 2 (Wick won 5-3 on pens), Longwell GreenSpts Res 2 Tytherington Rocks Res 0, WessexWdrs 1 Totterdown Utd 7, Old Sodbury 4 BittonRes 0, Greyfriars Ath 3 Sneyd Park 3 (Sneyd won4-2 on pens), DRG Frenchay 1 Lawrence Weston3, Frampton Ath 5 Downend Foresters 1, LittleStoke 2 Mangotsfield Spts 1, Glenside 5 OB 0Shaftesbury Crus 0 (Shaftesbury won 4-3 onpens), Stoke Gifford Utd 5 Brislington Cktrs 1,Lebeq Saturday w/o v Winterbourne Utd Res,

Mendip Utd 7 St Aldhelms 1, AEK Boco 5 LebeqUtd 1, Patchway Tn Res 2 Rockleaze Rgrs Res 1,Sporting Greyhound 9 Totterdown POB 2,Oldland Abbots Res 3 Clifton St Vinc 12, CABOlympic SC w/o v Stockwood Wanderers Res,Sea Mills Park 8 Cadbury Heath Res 2, OldGeorgians 1 Bristol Manor Farm Res 2.

Gloucestershire FA Minor Cup, Round I:Glenside 5 OB Res 1 Clifton St Vinc A 2,Shireway Spts 1 Sneyd Park A 2, AEK Boco Colts4 Stanton Drew Res 2, VCF Santos 4 BrandonSports 1, Thornbury Baptist 4 Rangeworthy Res2, Wessex Wdrs Res 1 Wellington Wdrs 6,Shaftesbury Crus Res 8 Bendix Res 0, PortlandOB Res 2 Old Elizabethans 8, Crosscourt Utd Res3 Westerleigh Spts 4, Luccombe Garage 1 Helios7, Oldland Abbots A v Bengal Tigers w/o, SeaMills Park Res 3 Greyfriars Ath A 2, CadburyHeath A w/o v SAS Utd, Stoke Gifford A 0Soundwell Vic Res 3, Green Park Rgrs 3 TalbotKnowle Res 5, Mendip Utd A 4 Hillfields Baptist3, Torpedo A 5 Warmley Saints Res 1, IronActon A 3 Cesson 4, Old Georgians Res 0Lawrence Rov Res 4, Brislington Cktrs Res 6 OldSodbury Res 1, Retainers Res 2 Evergreen 2(Retainers won 4-2 on pens), Castle Green 0Easton Cowboys Res 2, Wick A 2 Highridge UtdA 1, Old Sodbury Res 5 Patchway NE Res 2,Severnside 5 Cotham OB 3, Fishponds Ath 8North Bristol Catalans 1, Bradley Stoke Tn A 4Filton Ath Res 3, Staple Hill Orient 6 CounterslipBaptist 2, Cosmsos 1 Woodland Rgrs 13.

Gloucestershire FA Primary Cup, RoundI: DDAS 3 Tebby Res 1, Brimsham Green Resw/o v Suburbs Utd, Westerleigh Spts Res w/o vClifton Rockets Res, Clifton St Vinc B 3 BristolRevolutions 6, Retainers A 0 West Town Utd 2,Bristol Sports 7 Seymour Utd A 1, Warmley Utd1 Cribbs B 2, Lion Res 0 Hanham Ath B 5, StokeLane Ath 12 NCSF Utd 0, Real Fishponds w/o vJersey Rgrs Res, Wanderers Res w/o v Cutters A,Dodington 2 Iron Acton B 4, Brandon Sports Resv Avonmouth A, Bradley Stoke Tn B 4 CosmosRes 1, Greyfriars B 5 Bristol Deaf 3, Sea Mills A6 Torpedo B 5, Kellaway Rgrs Res 2 Sneyd ParkB 4, De Veys Res 3 Woodland Rgrs Res 1, RealSt George 7 Long Ashton A 1.

Bristol Premier, Div I: Roman Glass StGeorge Res 0 Seymour Utd 1.

Bristol & District, Senior Div: LongwellGreen Spts A 0 Bsl Barcelona 3, De Veys 1Hallen A 4, Shire Res 0 Pucklechurch Spts 0,Warmley Saints 0 Nicholas Wanderers Res 0,Wick Res v Henbury Res 8 Wick Res 2. Div I:Bradley Stoke Tn 2 Hambrook 2, ChippingSodbury Tn Res 3 Winterbourne Utd A 6, LebeqFC Res 1 Talbot Knowle Utd 3, Seymour Utd Res3 Mendip Utd Res 2, Soundwell Vic 3 StantonDrew 0, St Pancras 5 Rangeworthy 1,Totterdown Utd Res v Miners pp. Div II: FrysClub A 2 AEK Boco 2, Bendix 4 Frampton AthRes 4, Chipping Sodbury Tn A 0 Real Thornbury8, Nicholas Wdrs A 0 Cribbs A 5, Hanham AthRes 4 Greyfriars Ath Res 3, Iron Acton Res 4DRG Frenchay Res 3, LLoydy Coalpit Heath 3Hartcliffe 2. Div III: Hallen B 8 Hillfields OB 2,Hambrook Res 3 Henbury A 2, Olveston Utd Res1 Horfield Utd 1, Patchway NE 2 Bsl BarcelonaRes 0, Pucklechurch Spts Res 3 Made For EverRes 0, South Bristol Central 0 Stapleton 5, YateAth 7 Roman Glass St George A 2.

Bristol Suburban, Premier Div I: FishpondsOB 1 Ashton Utd 2. Div I: Broad Plain HouseRes 2 Ashton Backwell Colts 2, Filton Ath 0Oldbury 0, Kellaway Rgrs 1 Avonmouth Res 5,Stoke Rgrs 3 Stoke Gifford Utd Res 2, TyndallsPark Rgrs v St Aldhelms Res pp. Div II:Almondsbury UWE A 3 Old Cothamians 2, FrysClub OB 5 Wanderers 1, Hanham Ath Sub 1Ridings High Res 4, Keynsham Tn A 8 AFCMangotsfield Res 1, Lawrence Weston Res 4Bristol Telephones Res 4, St Annes Tn 1 AshtonUtd Res 4. Div III: Downend Foresters Res 1Bristol Bilbao 6, Old Cothamians Res 0 SevernBeach Res 0, Rockleaze Rgrs A 6 CouplandInsulation 3, Sartan Utd 4 Fishpond OB Res 0.Div IV: Park Knowle 1 Winford PH 4. Div V:Lockleaze Community 2 Lawrence Weston A 1.Div VI: Park Knowle Res 3 Bsl Spartak 3, TCSports 8 Winford PH Res 5.

Bristol & Avon: Broad Walk Community Res 3Broad Plain A 6, Whitchurch Phoenix 7 WessexWdrs A 1.

Bristol Downs, Div I: AFC Bohemia 1Retainers 1, Ashley 4 Portland OB 2, Cotswool 5Jersey Rgrs 0, DAC Beachcroft 4 Jamaica Bell 0,Lawes Jrs 3 Saints OB 3. Div II: Clifton Rockets0 Tebby AFC 1, Clifton St Vinc Res 3 Ashley Res0, Corinthians 1 Torpedo Res 4, Easton Cowboys8 St Andrews 2, Hare On The Hill 5 SportingGreyhound Res 1, Lion FC 2 Sneyd Park Res 0,Old Cliftonians 7 Saints OB Res 1.

Weston-s-Mare & District, Atwell ShieldPrelim Rd: Clevedon Utd Res 9 Draycott 2.Div I: Berrow Res 1 Portishead Tn A 0,Churchill Club 70 Res 0 Tickenham Utd 5,Hutton 0 Cleeve West Tn Res 0, Nailsea Utd A2 Yatton Ath Res 0. Div II: Langford Rov Res 5Congresbury Res 6, St George(EIG) Res 4Nailsea Utd B 6. Div III: AFC Nailsea 1Shipham 2, Banwell Res 2 Axbridge Tn 4. DivIV: Kewstoke Lions Res 1 King Alfred SC 1.Div V: Congresbury A 1 Selkirk Utd 2,Portishead Tn Colts 3 Shipham Res 1, PrioryRgrs 1 Portishead CT 2. Div VI: Axbridge TnRes 3 Burnham Utd B 2, Banwell A 3 WedmoreRes 2, Berrow A 5 Worle Rgrs Res 5, WestendRes 1 AFC Nailsea Res 0.Mid-Somerset League – Prem Div:Belrose 0 Frome Tn Sports 7; Meadow Rangers2 Pensford 3; Westfield Res 2 Coleford Ath 5.Div One: Coleford Ath Res 2 Temple Cloud 11.Div Two: Frome Tn Sports Res 1 FarringtonGurney Res 3; Peasedown Ath Res 7 TimsburyAth Res 0. Div Three: Chilcompton Utd 4Chilcompton Sp A 0; Tor Leisure 6 Purnell SportsA 2.

Paulton & District Hospital Welfare Cup:Somer Valley 3 Chilcompton Sp Res 8.

Taunton & District – Div One: BridgwaterSp 3 Alcombe 3; Hamilton Hawks 1 Porlock 3;Highbridge 3 Bishops Lydeard 0; Locomotives 3

North Petherton 3. Div Two: Dulverton 5Watchet 0. Div Three: Milverton Rgs 2Sydenham Rgs 1; The Gallery 2 Wyvern RgsGuns 1. Div Four: Nether Stowey 0 RhodeLane 4. Div Five: Ash Rgs 13 East Bower 0;Bridgwater Grasshoppers 3 Creech Coogars 0;Bridgwater Wolves 4 Middlezoy 2; GalmingtonDragons 3 Norton Fitzwarren 1.

Wiltshire Premier: Corsham 1 Wroughton 6;FC Chippenham Yth 6 Shrewton 1; Ludgershall 4Wilts Calne Tn 3; Marlborough 1 SupermarineSC 2; Southbrook 3 Purton 0; Trowbridge 5Blyskawica 0. Div One: Blunsdon 0 Intel 5;Sarum Yth Sen 6 Marlborough 1; W Bassett Dev5 Malmesbury 1; Wroughton 1 Melksham 4.

Trowbridge League, sponsored byTrowbridge Windows & Conservatories– Div One: Bradford United 5, Castle Combe 2;Calne Eagles 1, The Lamb 5; Steeple Ashton 1,Semington Magpies 3; Warminster Res 0, NorthBradley 3; Westbury Res 5, TrowbridgeWanderers 1. Div Two: Bratton 4, Heytesbury2; The Fleece 2, Worton & Cheverell 2;Trowbridge Wanderers Res 1, Lacock 4;Westbury Town v Bradford United Res pp;Westwood 4, Trowbridge Town Res 6. DivThree: Drummer Boy 3, The Stiffs 5; Marshfield0, Holt 6; Polenez 0, White Horse 2; The LambRes 1, United FC 8; Trowbridge Rgrs 2, Zeals 2.

Taunton Youth League – Under 12, DivOne: Galmington Dragons B 1 GalmingtonDragons A 5, Watchet Town 1 Minehead Town1, Wembdon Saints 2 VPR 1. Div Two: Ashcott1 Wembdon Dragons 4, North Petherton 0Bridgwater Wolves 11, Ruishton 5 Rhode LaneWanderers 0, Spaxton 4 Nether Stowey 1,Taunton North 1 Bishops Lydeard 6, Wellington2 Holway 1. Under 11, Div A: Heathfield 2Galmington Dragon Raiders 5, Taunton North 4Bishops Lydeard 2, Tone Youth 3 BridgwaterWolves 4, Wellington Town 2 Wembdon 3. DivB: Bridgwater Wolves 4 Rhode Lane Wanderers1, Wembdon 3 VPR 1.

S.K. Fruits Limited, Chippenham SundayLeague – Prem Div: AFC Melksham v SteepleAshton Rangers pp. Div One: Bromham(Sunday) 3, North Star A 1; Div Three: FCNorth Wiltshire 3, Crossblades 1. Div Four:Melksham Forest 2, Corsham Centre Youth 3;Trowbridge Rangers (Sunday) 3, Cross Keys 0.

Eric Hughes Memorial Knockout Cup(sponsored by presstoprint) PreliminaryRd: Bath Road 3, Bremhill View 5; BiddestoneSocial 8, Semington Rovers 3; Cavalier 1, FCColerne 7; Christian Malford 4, Pig & WhistleUnited 7; Corsham United v Miller Sports AA-W; FC Buscots 5, Southwick 4; Miller Sports B3, GRFC 1; North Star B 4, Sportzcoach 2; OldRoad 2, Westbury Rangers 2 (abandoned after75 minutes); Prestige Bodyworks 3, CorshamWildcats 2; Somerford 2, Wren 1; Staverton 4,Fortune Inn 3; Sutton Benger 6, The Mallard 3;Talbot 3, Goatacre 4; The Castle 9, Oakhill 4;Trowbridge Town S C 0, Chippenham West End5; White Horse (Sunday) A 2, BradfordRenegades 4; Worton & Cheverell (Sunday) 1,Kings Arms 8.

Keyline Taunton and District SundayLeague – Div One: Black Rileys 1 Hamilton 1,Wellington Warriors 2 Princess Royal 4. DivTwo: AFC Dunster 3 North Curry 4, AshRangers Reserves 10 Churchinford 1, DB United7 Cotford Saints 2, Hamilton Reserves 1 WatchetBlue Waves 2, PCUK 3 Carhampton Rovers 1.Div Three: Blue Park Rangers 3 White Eagles2, Pegasus 0 Trinity Rangers 3, Pink Panthers 2White Hart 6, Wellington Warriors Reserves 2Spaxton Rangers 5.

Taunton Sunday Youth League – Under15, Div One: Holway 2 Wembdon 1, ToneYouth 1 Galmington Dragons 9. Div Two:Rhode Lane Wanderers 4 Nether Stowey 3,Twyford Spartans 2 Minehead Town 6. Under14, Div One: Minehead Town 1 BishopsLydeard 7, Wembdon 10 Galmington Dragons 2,Willand Rovers 6 Tone Youth Hornets 0. DivTwo: Staplegrove 2 Rhode Lane Wanderers 6,Tone Youth Wasps 1 North Petherton 6,Wellington Town 0 VPR 2. Under 13, DivOne: Bishops Lydeard 2 Galmington Dragons 3,Twyford Spartans 4 Wembdon 6. Div Two:Avishayes Combe 11 Falcons 1, VPR 4 MineheadTown 3, Wiveliscombe 6 Hamilton 2.

CYCLING

Tour of Britain, Stage Seven (Epsom toGuildford, 150.4km): 1 M Cavendish (Gbr)Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3hr 46min 57sec, 2E Viviani (Ita) Cannondale, 3 G Ciolek (Ger)MTN-Qhubeka, 4 B Jarc (Sloven)NetApp-Endura, 5 J Rathe (USA) Garmin-Sharp –all same time.

Tour of Britain, Stage Eight (London,88km): 1 M Cavendish (Gbr) OmegaPharma-Quick Step 1hr 47min 22sec, 2 SBennett (Irl) An Post-Chain Reaction, 3 E Viviani(Ita) Cannondale, 4 M Pelucchi (Ita) IAM 5 COpie (Gbr) UK Youth – all same time.

Final general classification: 1 B Wiggins(Gbr) Sky 29hrs 45min 22sec, 2 M Elmiger (Swi)IAM +0.26sec, 3 S Yates (Gbr) British Cycling+1min 03sec, 4 David Lopez (Spa) Sky +1.08, 5J Bauer (Nzl) Garmin-Sharp +1.13.

GOLF

European Tour Italian Open, Turin, Italy,Leading final scores (Gbr or Irl unless stated,par 72): 276 J Quesne (Fra) 70 68 71 67. 277 SWebster 67 69 73 68, D Higgins 67 69 73 68.278 F Aguilar (Chi) 69 66 72 71, E Grillo (Arg)70 72 68 68, N Colsaerts (Bel) 65 71 70 72, FAndersson Hed (Swe) 73 67 71 67. 279 R JDerksen (Ned) 71 69 71 68, H Otto (Rsa) 71 6770 71, R Wattel (Fra) 71 72 66 70, M Fraser(Aus) 66 71 68 74, S Benson 68 70 72 69, AQuiros (Spa) 71 67 73 68.

HOCKEY

EHL Men’s Premier Division Beeston 4Reading 3, Sheffield Hallam 1 Surbiton 3,Canterbury 1 East Grinstead 9, Cannock 0Wimbledon 2, Hampstead and Westminster 4Loughborough Students 1.

Men’s Conference West: Isca 2 Team BathBuccaneers 4, Indian Gymkhana 4 University ofBirmingham 1, Havant 5 Cheltenham 2,Guildford 1 Fareham 5, Cardiff & Met 4University of Exeter 2.

EHL Investec Women’s Premier Division:Leicester 0 Bowdon Hightown 1, SuttonColdfield 1 Surbiton 3, Olton & West Warwicks 0Reading 12, Clifton 1 Beeston 0.

Women’s Conference West: Exe 1 SwanseaCity 1, Barnes 0 Buckingham 2, Oxford Hawks 6Trojans 1, Slough 2 Gloucester City 0.

ICE HOCKEY

Elite League: Friday: Belfast Giants 5Dundee Stars 3. Saturday: Dundee Stars 7Cardiff Devils 0, Fife Flyers 1 Coventry Blaze 2(SO), Hull Stingrays 3 Edinburgh Capitals 5.Yesterday: Sheffield Steelers 4 Braehead Clan5 (SO).

SNOOKER

Bank Of Communications ShanghaiMasters, Shanghai, China, Semi-finals:Xiao Guodong (Chn) bt M Holt (Gbr) 6-3, DingJunhui (Chn) bt B Hawkins (Gbr) 6-2. Final:Ding Junhui (Chn) bt Xiao Guodong (Chn) 10-6.

SPEEDWAY

FIM World Championship ScandinavianGrand Prix, Stockholm: 1 N-K Iversen (Den)18, 2 M Zagar (Sloven) 15, 3 J Hampel (Pol) 13,4 G Hancock (USA) 13.Standings after 11 of 12 rounds: 1 TWoffinden (Gbr) 141pts, 2 J Hampel (Pol) 125, 3N-K Iversen (Den) 119, 4 E Sayfutdinov (Rus)114.

Premier League play-offs: Saturday:Workington 47 (C Schramm 13+1) Edinburgh 43(C Cook 15).

Premier League: Saturday: Workington 46(R Lawson 11+1, C Schramm 11+1) Edinburgh44 (C Cook 15), Berwick 48 (S Alden 14+1) RyeHouse 44 (T Nelson 12+1).

Premier League Knock-Out Cupsemi-final replay second leg: Friday:Edinburgh 48 (J Tabaka 13+1) Somerset 42 (NMorris 13) – Somerset won 100-80 onaggregate.

Premier League Riders’ Championship(Yesterday, at Sheffield): 1 O Allen (Rye House),2 M Karlsson (Leicester), 3 J Doyle (Somerset), 4C Cook (Edinburgh).

National League Knock-Out Cupsemi-final first leg: Yesterday: Mildenhall50 (D Halsey 12) Isle of Wight 40 (B Morley 11).

National League Riders’ Championship(Saturday, at Rye House): 1 S Boxall (Kent) 14(after run-off), 2 L Kerr (King’s Lynn) 14, 3 LBlackbird (Dudley) 12.

TENNIS

ATP Moselle Open, Metz, France,Quarter-final: (8) F Mayer (Ger) bt C Berlocq(Arg) 5-7 6-4 7-5. Semi-finals: (2) G Simon(Fra) bt N Mahut (Fra) 6-3 7-6 (7-2), (1) J-WTsonga (Fra) bt (8) F Mayer (Ger) 4-6 6-2 6-3.Final: (2) G Simon (Fra) bt (1) J-W Tsonga (Fra)6-4 6-3.

ATP St Petersburg Open, St Petersburg,Russia, Semi-finals: (6) E Gulbis (Lat) bt MPrzysiezny (Pol) 6-3 6-3, G Garcia-Lopez (Spa) btJ Sousa (Por) 6-1 6-1. Final: (6) E Gulbis (Lat)bt G Garcia-Lopez (Spa) 3-6 6-4 6-0.

WTA Guangzhou International Open,Guangzhou, China, Final: Shuai Zhang(Chn) bt V King (USA) 7-6 (7-1) 6-1.

WTA Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea,Semi-finals: (1) A Radwanska (Pol) bt LArruabarrena (Spa) 6-0 6-2, (3) A Pavlyuchen -kova (Rus) bt F Schiavone (Ita) 7-6 (13-11) 7-6(8-6). Final: (1) A Radwanska (Pol) bt (3) APavlyuchenkova (Rus) 6-7 (6-8) 6-3 6-4.

AEGON GB Pro-Series Women’s Event,Shrewsbury, Final: A Van Uytvanck (Bel) btM Sirotkina (Rus) 7-5 6-1.

TODAY

FOOTBALL

(7.45pm unless stated)

League One: Brentford v Leyton Orient.

SPEEDWAY

Sky Sports Elite League play-offssemi-finals first leg: Swindon v Poole,Wolverhampton v Birmingham (both 7.30pm).

SPORT ON TELEVISION

FOOTBALL: League One, Brentford v LeytonOrient – Sky Sports 1, 7.30pm.

TENNIS: WTA Pan Pacific Open – BT Sport 2,6am; Eurosport, 9am.

SPEEDWAY: Elite League semi-finals – SkySports 2, 7.30pm.

Quesne: Winis like a dreamGOLF

Julien Quesne surprised evenhimself by claiming his secondEuropean Tour title thanks toa brilliant finish in the ItalianOpen in Turin.

Quesne began the day fourshots off the lead and lookedout of contention when he ranup a double-bogey six on thesecond, but birdied the fourthand sixth and then stormedhome in 31.

That set the clubhousetarget on 12 under par justmoments before overnightleader Marcus Fraser, who wasalso 12 under, three-putted the15th and dropped another shoton the par-three 16th.

Fraser eventually signed fora 74 to finish joint eighth onnine under, leaving Ireland’sDavid Higgins and England’sSteve Webster to share secondon 11 under.

Quesne, whose previous wincame in the Open de Andalucialast year, said: “I am veryproud of this back nine. Myattitude was very good thisweek and I think this is the key.To enjoy a second win on theEuropean Tour is like a dreamfor me.”

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SWINDONTOWN 3BRISTOLCITY 2

BY ALAN BROWN

City players don’t needto apologise for thatdefeat, says O’DriscollBY ANDY STOCKHAUSEN

Sean O’Driscoll insists hisplayers need not apologise todisappointed Bristol City fansfollowing defeat to SwindonTow n .

Robins midfielder MarlonPack took the unusual step ofsaying sorry to supporters ontwitter following the recent 1-1draw with Shrewsbury Town.

S at u rd ay ’s 3-2 reverse at theCounty Ground means Cityare still searching for theirfirst win of the season inLeague One and O’Driscoll’steam remains lodged in thebottom four.

But City staged a spiritedperformance against a Swin-don side that harbours play-offambitions and the visitorscould count themselves unfor-tunate to be beaten by NileRang er’s 87th minute winnerat the end of a pulsating Westd e r by.

City twice forged aheadthrough first-half goals fromAden Flint and Jay Em-manuel-Thomas and createdenough chances in the secondhalf to have won the game.

O’Driscoll pronounced him-self pleased with his team’sdisplay but bitterly disappoin-ted with the result and de-clared: “Nobody is going to goon twitter to apologise for thatperfor mance.”

He said: “I’m disappointedwith the result, but I thoughtthe performance was excel-lent. We’ve been on the end of afive-goal thriller, but I thoughtwe had enough chancesourselves in the second half tohave won it.

“We got our noses in front acouple of times and you have togive the home side credit forcoming back.”

“They are very fluid and had23 shots in their last gameagainst Wolves. They backthemselves to score more thanthey let in and it has paid offfor them.”

Referring to his team’s latestfailure to win in League One,O’Driscoll admitted: “They areall hard to take.

“For some players, that is allthey know and all they’ve hadfor the last couple of years.

“It’s been a frustratingseason, not just for me, but foreverybody. But you spend your

Cooper hails Ranger, while Flint has faith in a City revival

Dover’s Elderand Murphysee off BathBATH CITY 0DOVER ATHLETIC 2

Bath City slipped to a secondsuccessive defeat as theirmiserable week continuedwith this home loss.

Alex Russell, 40, was on thebench. He last featured for theclub in April 2012 and spentlast season at Clevedon Townbefore announcing his retire-ment from the game inM a rch .

D ove r ’s Nathan Eldershrugged off Will Salmon andfired in a stinging shot whichJason Mellor tipped over at thenear post.

The keeper also produced agood save to prevent JamesRo gers’ fine shot finding theback of the net, with Elderheading the subsequentcorner over from close range.

Mellor pushed Rogers’ dip-ping 25-yard strike over the baras Dover turned the screw.

The breakthrough they hadbeen threatening came fromthe subsequent corner. Mellormanaged to claw it away underpressure but when TomWynter played the ball back in,the keeper was finally beatenby Elder’s well-placed header.

Sub Joe Burnell came on andBath finally produced theirfirst shot at goal in the 52ndminute when Dave Pratt’sangled drive was pushed out by

Mitch Walker as far as RossStearn coming in from the leftbut he couldn’t keep his shotd ow n .

Visiting boss Chris Kinnearalso introduced his son of thesame name in the 70th minutefor the injured Wynter, withthe changes a tacit admissionthat Dover’s performancelevels had dropped in thesecond period.

City were slightly betterthan the first half but were stillstruggling to create chances,prompting another changewith 16 minutes to go whenAllen came on for Keats.

And the substitute was in-volved in City’s best chance,earning a corner and then put-ting it into the area. It wasflicked on and fell to WillSalmon in the six-yard box buthis header dropped onto theb a r.

Another set-piece, this timea free-kick, led to another half-chance as Pratt’s downwardheader narrowly missed theoutstretched foot of Dan Ball.

Dover keeper Walker wasflapping at every corner andcross, and it was a shame Citywere unable to test him moreoften.

Mellor, by contrast, wasCity’s best player on the daybut he was unable to preventDover doubling their lead fiveminutes from time as RickyModeste’s inviting cross wasnodded home at the far post byThomas Murphy.

Bath CitykeeperJasonMellorhad abusy day

Swindon Town boss MarkCooper hailed the contributionof match-winner Nile Ranger,while City defender Aden Flintbacked his side to find the win-ning formula in League Onesooner rather than later.

Striker Ranger settled athrilling West derby with afierce close range shot in the87th minute after a corner hadbeen cleared only for the ball tobe nodded back onto thecrowded penalty area.

Cooper felt it was a fittingend to a pulsating match andbacked former Newcastlestriker Ranger to cause sim-ilar problems for Chelsea’s de-fence in the Capital One Cupthird round tie tomorrow atthe County Ground.

Cooper said: “You saw todaywhat Nile Ranger can bring tothe team. I think you judgeplayers by whether you would

like to play against them or notand I certainly wouldn’t like toplay against him.

“I would say 99 per cent ofballs that come up to him hegets hold of, he links up withplayers and he’s a goalt h re at . ”

City twice took the leadduring the opening half withFlint scoring the openeragainst his former club in theninth minute with a headerwhich went in off the post froma Marlon Pack corner.

Swindon loan foward NickyAjose brought the hosts levelwith his first goal of his five-month loan spell with Town,driving home a low strike pastgoalkeeper Frank Fielding.

The Swindon defence al-lowed Jay Emmanuel-Thomasto cut in off the right and lashin the ball left-footed for hisseventh goal of the season inthe 36th minute.

But City’s lead lasted onlyseven minutes before Ajosepoked home from MassimoLuongo’s centre after a superbrun from the midfielder tomake it 2-2 at the break.

While he was bitterly dis-appointed not to leave theCounty Ground with at least apoint, central defender Flintfelt the visitors performed wellenough to warrant a win.

He said: “We have to keep thefaith and keep believing inwhat we are doing, becausesome of the football we playedwas excellent.

“It was nearly as we good aswe can be and we have to takeencouragement from that. Ifwe continue to work hard andplay like that, then that firstwin will come eventually.

“This was a great game forthe neutral and for both sets offans as well. There were goals,lots of shots on target and somereally good football played.

“We ’ve kept the ball, we’veknocked it about well andwe ’ve scored two good goals.

“We ’ve played our part in areally good game and deservedto get something. We haven’tand that’s disappointing, butwe just have to keep pluggingaw ay.

“If we can improve on ourpositioning at the back and

stop the opposition scoring, wewill win games playing liket h at . ”

Ranger was thrilled to getthe winner in a derby a bitdifferent to the Newcastle-Sun-derland version he has beeninvolved in, saying: “It’s dif-ferent because I heard it was abig one and I’m not really used

it could have been more. Forthe first goal Nath threw theball over the City lad’s headand luckily my shot went inand it’s nice to get off them a rk .

“In the first half we didn’tplay anywhere near like wehave in the last few weeks andwe needed to improve, but wekept the ball well in the secondhalf and dominated it.

“At half-time the gaffer said‘come on guys we can do better’but we knew what we had to dobefore the game and thatshows the maturity in thes i d e. ”Swindon: Foderingham, Nathan Thompson,Hall, Ward, McEveley, Ajose, Luongo, LouisThompson, Kasim, N’Guessan (El-Gabbas 90),Ranger. Subs Not Used: Storey, Barthram,Belford, Branco, Wood, Walsh.Booked: Louis Thompson, Kasim.Goals: Ajose 19, 43, Ranger 87.

Bristol City: Fielding, Williams (Bryan 46),Flint, O’Connor (Cunningham 52), Moloney,Wagstaff, Elliott, Pack, Shorey (Harewood 89),Baldock, Emmanuel-Thomas. Subs Not Used:Parish, Reid, Burns, McLaughlin.Booked: Wagstaff, Flint.Goals: Flint 9, Emmanuel-Thomas 36.Attendance: 11,598.Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire).

to them down here, but it was agreat experience.

“It was great to score thewinner in the derby, but Louis(Thompson) has flicked theball on from a header and Ihave taken it on and smashed itin.”

Two-goal Ajose was happywith his contribution, saying:“It’s nice on a personal level toget a couple of goals, although

NileRangerwasthrilledto getthewinner

Swindon Town striker Nile Ranger firing the winner against Bristol City despite an attempted challenge from defender Greg Cunningham with former Town defender Aden Flint, right, unable to get close enough to block PICTURE: ROB NOYES City defender Aden Flint heads the opening goal against Swindon PICTURE: ROGAN THOMSON/JMP

Nicky Ajose fires in Swindon’s first goal to level against Bristol City PICTURE: ROB NOYESJay Emmanuel-Thomas makes space for his goal PICTURE: ROGAN THOMSON/JMP

life in football being frustratedand disappointed and haverare moments of jubilation ands u c c e s s.

“The players have beenreally good and they came outfocussed and full of confidence.We ’ve created chances andpeople have got to find solacein that.”

He added: “We ’re trying tobuild something here and I’vesaid all along this is a trans-itional season for the players,the fans and for the club.

“The players have workedtheir socks off and nobody cancomplain about the effort theyhave put in. I keep having topick them up after games andI’ll do it again after this one.”

Having played three gamesin eight days, the Robins mustlift themselves once more fortomor row’s Capital One Cup

City’s James O’Connor is taken off by stretcher PICTURE: ROGAN THOMSON/JMP

third round tie againstPremier League Southamptonat St Marys.

Although O’Driscoll is de-termined to field a team thatcan be competitive, he insistshe will be forced to rest somep l aye r s.

“We ’ve had three games ineight days and I’ll definitelyhave to utilise the squad onT u e s d ay, ” he said.

“There are some tired legsand we have some injuries andI cannot put out the same teamgame after game.

“But we are playing aPremier Division team and Ineed to change the teamwithout weakening us if I can.

“Southampton will be a dif-ficult game for us tacticallyand physically. But my playerswill be up for the fight.”

Defender James O’Connorwill miss the trip to the southcoast after pulling up with aninjury early in the second half.O’Driscoll added: “It must bequite serious for Jimmy tocome off and he may have rup-tured something.”

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SWINDONTOWN 3BRISTOLCITY 2

BY ALAN BROWN

City players don’t needto apologise for thatdefeat, says O’DriscollBY ANDY STOCKHAUSEN

Sean O’Driscoll insists hisplayers need not apologise todisappointed Bristol City fansfollowing defeat to SwindonTow n .

Robins midfielder MarlonPack took the unusual step ofsaying sorry to supporters ontwitter following the recent 1-1draw with Shrewsbury Town.

S at u rd ay ’s 3-2 reverse at theCounty Ground means Cityare still searching for theirfirst win of the season inLeague One and O’Driscoll’steam remains lodged in thebottom four.

But City staged a spiritedperformance against a Swin-don side that harbours play-offambitions and the visitorscould count themselves unfor-tunate to be beaten by NileRang er’s 87th minute winnerat the end of a pulsating Westd e r by.

City twice forged aheadthrough first-half goals fromAden Flint and Jay Em-manuel-Thomas and createdenough chances in the secondhalf to have won the game.

O’Driscoll pronounced him-self pleased with his team’sdisplay but bitterly disappoin-ted with the result and de-clared: “Nobody is going to goon twitter to apologise for thatperfor mance.”

He said: “I’m disappointedwith the result, but I thoughtthe performance was excel-lent. We’ve been on the end of afive-goal thriller, but I thoughtwe had enough chancesourselves in the second half tohave won it.

“We got our noses in front acouple of times and you have togive the home side credit forcoming back.”

“They are very fluid and had23 shots in their last gameagainst Wolves. They backthemselves to score more thanthey let in and it has paid offfor them.”

Referring to his team’s latestfailure to win in League One,O’Driscoll admitted: “They areall hard to take.

“For some players, that is allthey know and all they’ve hadfor the last couple of years.

“It’s been a frustratingseason, not just for me, but foreverybody. But you spend your

Cooper hails Ranger, while Flint has faith in a City revival

Dover’s Elderand Murphysee off BathBATH CITY 0DOVER ATHLETIC 2

Bath City slipped to a secondsuccessive defeat as theirmiserable week continuedwith this home loss.

Alex Russell, 40, was on thebench. He last featured for theclub in April 2012 and spentlast season at Clevedon Townbefore announcing his retire-ment from the game inM a rch .

D ove r ’s Nathan Eldershrugged off Will Salmon andfired in a stinging shot whichJason Mellor tipped over at thenear post.

The keeper also produced agood save to prevent JamesRo gers’ fine shot finding theback of the net, with Elderheading the subsequentcorner over from close range.

Mellor pushed Rogers’ dip-ping 25-yard strike over the baras Dover turned the screw.

The breakthrough they hadbeen threatening came fromthe subsequent corner. Mellormanaged to claw it away underpressure but when TomWynter played the ball back in,the keeper was finally beatenby Elder’s well-placed header.

Sub Joe Burnell came on andBath finally produced theirfirst shot at goal in the 52ndminute when Dave Pratt’sangled drive was pushed out by

Mitch Walker as far as RossStearn coming in from the leftbut he couldn’t keep his shotd ow n .

Visiting boss Chris Kinnearalso introduced his son of thesame name in the 70th minutefor the injured Wynter, withthe changes a tacit admissionthat Dover’s performancelevels had dropped in thesecond period.

City were slightly betterthan the first half but were stillstruggling to create chances,prompting another changewith 16 minutes to go whenAllen came on for Keats.

And the substitute was in-volved in City’s best chance,earning a corner and then put-ting it into the area. It wasflicked on and fell to WillSalmon in the six-yard box buthis header dropped onto theb a r.

Another set-piece, this timea free-kick, led to another half-chance as Pratt’s downwardheader narrowly missed theoutstretched foot of Dan Ball.

Dover keeper Walker wasflapping at every corner andcross, and it was a shame Citywere unable to test him moreoften.

Mellor, by contrast, wasCity’s best player on the daybut he was unable to preventDover doubling their lead fiveminutes from time as RickyModeste’s inviting cross wasnodded home at the far post byThomas Murphy.

Bath CitykeeperJasonMellorhad abusy day

Swindon Town boss MarkCooper hailed the contributionof match-winner Nile Ranger,while City defender Aden Flintbacked his side to find the win-ning formula in League Onesooner rather than later.

Striker Ranger settled athrilling West derby with afierce close range shot in the87th minute after a corner hadbeen cleared only for the ball tobe nodded back onto thecrowded penalty area.

Cooper felt it was a fittingend to a pulsating match andbacked former Newcastlestriker Ranger to cause sim-ilar problems for Chelsea’s de-fence in the Capital One Cupthird round tie tomorrow atthe County Ground.

Cooper said: “You saw todaywhat Nile Ranger can bring tothe team. I think you judgeplayers by whether you would

like to play against them or notand I certainly wouldn’t like toplay against him.

“I would say 99 per cent ofballs that come up to him hegets hold of, he links up withplayers and he’s a goalt h re at . ”

City twice took the leadduring the opening half withFlint scoring the openeragainst his former club in theninth minute with a headerwhich went in off the post froma Marlon Pack corner.

Swindon loan foward NickyAjose brought the hosts levelwith his first goal of his five-month loan spell with Town,driving home a low strike pastgoalkeeper Frank Fielding.

The Swindon defence al-lowed Jay Emmanuel-Thomasto cut in off the right and lashin the ball left-footed for hisseventh goal of the season inthe 36th minute.

But City’s lead lasted onlyseven minutes before Ajosepoked home from MassimoLuongo’s centre after a superbrun from the midfielder tomake it 2-2 at the break.

While he was bitterly dis-appointed not to leave theCounty Ground with at least apoint, central defender Flintfelt the visitors performed wellenough to warrant a win.

He said: “We have to keep thefaith and keep believing inwhat we are doing, becausesome of the football we playedwas excellent.

“It was nearly as we good aswe can be and we have to takeencouragement from that. Ifwe continue to work hard andplay like that, then that firstwin will come eventually.

“This was a great game forthe neutral and for both sets offans as well. There were goals,lots of shots on target and somereally good football played.

“We ’ve kept the ball, we’veknocked it about well andwe ’ve scored two good goals.

“We ’ve played our part in areally good game and deservedto get something. We haven’tand that’s disappointing, butwe just have to keep pluggingaw ay.

“If we can improve on ourpositioning at the back and

stop the opposition scoring, wewill win games playing liket h at . ”

Ranger was thrilled to getthe winner in a derby a bitdifferent to the Newcastle-Sun-derland version he has beeninvolved in, saying: “It’s dif-ferent because I heard it was abig one and I’m not really used

it could have been more. Forthe first goal Nath threw theball over the City lad’s headand luckily my shot went inand it’s nice to get off them a rk .

“In the first half we didn’tplay anywhere near like wehave in the last few weeks andwe needed to improve, but wekept the ball well in the secondhalf and dominated it.

“At half-time the gaffer said‘come on guys we can do better’but we knew what we had to dobefore the game and thatshows the maturity in thes i d e. ”Swindon: Foderingham, Nathan Thompson,Hall, Ward, McEveley, Ajose, Luongo, LouisThompson, Kasim, N’Guessan (El-Gabbas 90),Ranger. Subs Not Used: Storey, Barthram,Belford, Branco, Wood, Walsh.Booked: Louis Thompson, Kasim.Goals: Ajose 19, 43, Ranger 87.

Bristol City: Fielding, Williams (Bryan 46),Flint, O’Connor (Cunningham 52), Moloney,Wagstaff, Elliott, Pack, Shorey (Harewood 89),Baldock, Emmanuel-Thomas. Subs Not Used:Parish, Reid, Burns, McLaughlin.Booked: Wagstaff, Flint.Goals: Flint 9, Emmanuel-Thomas 36.Attendance: 11,598.Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire).

to them down here, but it was agreat experience.

“It was great to score thewinner in the derby, but Louis(Thompson) has flicked theball on from a header and Ihave taken it on and smashed itin.”

Two-goal Ajose was happywith his contribution, saying:“It’s nice on a personal level toget a couple of goals, although

NileRangerwasthrilledto getthewinner

Swindon Town striker Nile Ranger firing the winner against Bristol City despite an attempted challenge from defender Greg Cunningham with former Town defender Aden Flint, right, unable to get close enough to block PICTURE: ROB NOYES City defender Aden Flint heads the opening goal against Swindon PICTURE: ROGAN THOMSON/JMP

Nicky Ajose fires in Swindon’s first goal to level against Bristol City PICTURE: ROB NOYESJay Emmanuel-Thomas makes space for his goal PICTURE: ROGAN THOMSON/JMP

life in football being frustratedand disappointed and haverare moments of jubilation ands u c c e s s.

“The players have beenreally good and they came outfocussed and full of confidence.We ’ve created chances andpeople have got to find solacein that.”

He added: “We ’re trying tobuild something here and I’vesaid all along this is a trans-itional season for the players,the fans and for the club.

“The players have workedtheir socks off and nobody cancomplain about the effort theyhave put in. I keep having topick them up after games andI’ll do it again after this one.”

Having played three gamesin eight days, the Robins mustlift themselves once more fortomor row’s Capital One Cup

City’s James O’Connor is taken off by stretcher PICTURE: ROGAN THOMSON/JMP

third round tie againstPremier League Southamptonat St Marys.

Although O’Driscoll is de-termined to field a team thatcan be competitive, he insistshe will be forced to rest somep l aye r s.

“We ’ve had three games ineight days and I’ll definitelyhave to utilise the squad onT u e s d ay, ” he said.

“There are some tired legsand we have some injuries andI cannot put out the same teamgame after game.

“But we are playing aPremier Division team and Ineed to change the teamwithout weakening us if I can.

“Southampton will be a dif-ficult game for us tacticallyand physically. But my playerswill be up for the fight.”

Defender James O’Connorwill miss the trip to the southcoast after pulling up with aninjury early in the second half.O’Driscoll added: “It must bequite serious for Jimmy tocome off and he may have rup-tured something.”

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Bath battleback after ahorror start

It was a case of match lost buthonour restored for Bath asthey bounced back from anabysmal first half to put 14unanswered points past Sara-c e n s.

B at h ’s winning start to theAviva Premiership was endedby the London club, who put 31past Bath in the opening halfand so continued their perfectstart to the campaign.

An error-strewn first halfperformance saw the Bath de-fence torn to shreds by Sara-cens’ heavyweight ballcar riers.

Sarries were admirably clin-ical when they got their handson the ball, but it was Bath whopresented them with gift-wrapped opportunities.

The bonus point was alreadyin the bag for Saracens by halftime, with two tries for DavidStrettle, one for Alex Goodeand one for former Bath propMatt Stevens. Bath’s onlypoints were from a solitaryTom Heathcote penalty.

Bath fielded six changes tothe one that saw off reigningPremiership champions at TheRec last weekend, with anumber of key figures, such asGeorge Ford, Dave Attwoodand Matt Garvey, left on theb e n ch .

It was a decision that Bathhad cause to regret.

As soon as those big gunswere rolled on to the pitch,Bath were a side revived. Pre-viously unable to live withSaracens’ back-row and directrunning, they suddenly founda foothold and began to playthe game on their terms.

Bath coach Toby Booth de-scribed Saracens as a “m a s s ivephysical presence” in the buildup to the game – and so itproved in the first half.

The two fly-halves – O we nFarrell and Heathcote –swapped early penalties asBath displayed some prom-ising early pressure on the Sar-ries line. But the big Saracenspack quickly found its feet.

Mako Vunipola rumbled for-ward after Bath failed to cleanup Stuart Hooper’s stolen lin-eout, and silky handling fromthe Londoners’ backs putStrettle over the tryline.

Tom Biggs and AnthonyWatson then got their wirescrossed under one of Farrell’smany high balls, and Sarries’response was clinical. The ballwas again put through thehands with the fit-again AlexGoode finishing in style.

Bath hooker Rob Webberwas sin-binned on 31 minutesfor illegally halting Saracens’progress as they looked dan-gerous with a catch-and-drive,and the home team immedi-ately capitalised with a swan-diving score from close rangeby Stevens.

Salt was rubbed into thewound in first-half injury time,with Strettle finishing off an-other counter-attacking moveafter Bath failed to win theirown scrum. Farrell landed hisfourth conversion

With changes made to per-sonnel at half time – and with astern talking-to presumablystill ringing in their ears –Bath were an entirely differentproposition after the break.

The Saracens scrum wassteadily dismembered, withAttwood standing out as both alynchpin in the set piece and apotent ball carrier.

B at h ’s first try came througha trademark Semesa Rokodu-guni interception, with theFijian sprinting from near hisown line to score between theposts. Ford then sidesteppedhis way to within feet of theSarries line before the out-standing Attwood battered hisway over from short-range.

With Ford slotting the con-versions, Bath had a chance asneak a losing bonus point inthe dying moments – an im-probable scenario at halft i m e.

But the Sarries defence heldfirm, and Bath were left toponder their selection de-c i s i o n s.Saracens: Goode (Ransom 68), Ashton,Wyles, Taylor (Mordt 70), Strettle, Farrell,Wigglesworth (de Kock 60), M Vunipola(Barrington, 67), Brits (George 60), Stevens(Johnston 47), Borthwick (c) (Hargreaves 47),Kruis, B Vunipola, Burger (Brown 54), Joubert.Scorers: Tries – Strettle 2, Goode, Stevens.Cons – Farrell 4. Pen – Farrell.

Bath: Watson, Rokoduguni, Banahan, Henson(Joseph 54), Biggs, Heathcote (Ford 40),Roberts (Young 61), Perenise (James 32),Webber, Wilson (Palma-Newport 68), Hooper(c), Day (Attwood 52), Fa‘osiliva (Dunn 33-40),Mercer (Garvey 40), Houston.Scorers: Tries – Rokoduguni, Attwood. Cons– Ford 2. Pen – Heatcote.Referee: JP Doyle.Attendance: 8,047.

of the best players in thewo rl d .

Burke said: “The break hemade for (Graham) Kit-ch e n e r ’s try was outstanding.It shows how immense he canbe, and how strong he is.

“It was Manu’s first gamesince the Lions and he gotthrough 75 minutes andshowed how important he is to

our team. He got cramp at theend and we took him off as ap re c a u t i o n .

“You know what he brings tothe table, he is a very aggress-ive player. He will admit hewas a bit rusty at times but itwas his first hit-out and he willbe better for that perform-a n c e.

“There are not many players

in world rugby who can dowhat Manu does. He is veryimportant to our team and it’simportant we get him up tospeed. We have got a big sixweeks coming up.”

Leicester’s other tries camefrom Jordan Crane, Americanfull-back Blaine Scully on hisdebut, Dan Bowden andThomas Waldrom.

Leicester backs coach PaulBurke hailed Manu Tuilagiafter the British and IrishLions star helped catapult hisside to second in the AvivaP re m i e r s h i p.

The 22-year-old centre cre-ated two of Leicester’s fivetries in the 31-6 bonus pointwin over Newcastle at home.

It has been a difficult week

for Tuilagi after being reprim-anded by his boss RichardCockerill for the ‘bunny ears’sign he made with Prime Min-ister David Cameron, whohosted a reception for theLions following their triumphin Australia.

Tuilagi was making his firstappearance since that tour andhe showed why he is rated one

Burke hails Tuilagi as Leicester rise back up the table

Semesa Rokoduguni scored Bath’s first try after making an interception PICTURE: CLARE GREEN

SARACENS 31BATH 17

BY TOMBRADSHAW

Pats edge wayto win with thefinal scoreOLD PATESIANS 29OLD CENTRALIANS 27

Old Patesians held their nerveand sealed victory over OldCentralians with a last-minutetry in National Three SouthWe s t .

Pats allowed Cents to poachthe first lineout and fly-halfConnor Gwilliam, who turnedout for Pats last year, gave hisfull-back Lewis May the im-mediate opportunity to stretchthe Pats’ d e f e n c e.

Centre James Butler latchedon to a turnover steal fromflanker Craig Ballinger,waltzed through a gap and sentin winger Dan Burrows for theopening score.

Into the second quarter Patsat last secured clean lineoutball off the top from the de-pendable Josh Stevens from atextbook catch and drive andflanker John Barker claimedthe try, converted by Butler.

Pats lost Adam Seager andsenior centre Stu Taylor withshoulder injuries and wereforced to rejig the back linewith veteran Matt Mudway en-tering the fray at scrum-half.

Butler’s sheer pace and stepsoff both feet allowed him toskewer through a gap to putPats 17-0 ahead at the break.

After the interval Pats had toendure ten minutes of pain,with virtually no possessionand firmly manacled in theirown half.

Gwilliam switched the playfrom side to side and hiscentres Mark Marwood andAlex Bailey fed off his deli-ciously weighted offloads toprobe for weaknesses in thePats defence.

Pats held on and against therun of play flanker GeorgeAngell, on debut, set up MattDean for a try, converted byB u t l e r.

Pats lost hooker Rob Whiteto the sin bin when he wasadjudged to be interfering inthe ruck and with no otherfront row replacement avail-able, Mudway slipped into theb re a ch .

Cents were awarded a pen-alty scrum for the White in-fringement and a quick heeland a clean channel gave Maythe try he deserved.

Cents were awarded a pen-alty try, converted by Gwil-liam, after they ruptured aPats scrum.

Pats forwards were beingpummelled and when Centschose a penalty scrum in frontof the posts, the pushover trywas claimed by Pinkney andconverted by Gwilliam. Mar-wood levelled the scores with awell constructed try with fiveminutes remaining.

Pats lost another lineout ontheir own throw and whenthey were caught offside Gwil-liam struck the penalty andCents took the lead for the firsttime with two minutes remain-ing.

Dean floated the restartdrop-out high and hanging andnumber eight James Pettigrewbarrelled into the receiver andwon a penalty. Mudway took aquick tap, fed Butler at fullthrottle and he flipped the ballto winger Burrows for hissecond and match-winningt r y.

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GLOUCESTER 26NORTHAMPTON 24

BY DUNCAN BECH

Cinderford getoff the markCINDERFORD 31HULL IONIANS 7

Three converted tries in theclosing 15 minutes swung thismatch in Cinderford’s favour.

The home side started pos-itively and when scrum-halfReece Boughton took a quicktapped penalty, flanker MarcusBrown raced through for a tryunder the posts, which MarkDavies converted.

Ionians drew level whenprop forward Toby Williamswent over for a try from closerange, which Chris Reakesconver ted.

It was not a good day for thekickers of both sides and sev-eral penalties were missedbefore Boughton landed a kickfrom 40m out to put Cinderford10-7 ahead after 30 minutes,and the score remained un-changed at the interval.

The second-half started at afrantic pace, with both sidesmissing further kicks at goal.However the home side weregradually building up the pres-sure on their opponents lineand quick hands down theblindside enabled wingerChris Hawkins to just stretchout over the line to claim a try,which Boughton converted.

Jack Adams then releasedhis centre partner Sam Hanksto score near the posts, andwith the last play of the matchCinderford claimed the bonuspoint, when Nev Codlin caughta kick ahead from Davies andcrossed for a fourth try, againconverted by Boughton.

Hartpury holdon to victoryHARTPURY COLLEGE 19CAMBRIDGE 13

Fourteen points from the bootof Billy Burns helped Hart-pury College overcome a first-half red card for Ellis Genge.

Jim Wigglesworth andBurns traded penalties earlyon.

Cambridge unsurprisinglybegan to take control of pro-ceedings after a stunned Hart-pury came to terms withGeng e’s dismissal.

Wiggleswor th’s second pen-alty was the only further pun-ishment inflicted.

Hartpury continued to offera significant threat in attack,particularly through their out-standing centre pairing ofGeorge Boulton and CraigJackson, and Burns slotted apenalty on the half-timewhistle to restore parity.

The hosts dominated afterthe restart. The turning pointsoon arrived when visitingopenside Jethro Rawling’s sin-binning on the hour followinga number of infringementsdeep inside Cambridge territ-ory made it 14-a-side.

From the resultant scrum-five, the Hartpury pack drovetheir counterparts back andearned a penalty try, convertedby Burns.

Burns then added two morevital penalties in the space offour minutes to edge his sidecloser to the finish line, beforeJoe Collingham’s late seven-pointer after several phases inthe 22 ,grabbed a losing bonuspoint for Cambridge.

I love those opportunities to win matches, says TwelvetreesNerveless Billy Twelvetreesshouldered the burden of a cap-t a i n’s decision to land the win-ning penalty with the game’sfinal strike. The unfazedcentre shrugged off any con-fusion and all discussion, com-posed himself, and set the sealon Gloucester’s first leaguevictory of the new campaign.

Frontline goal-kicker Fred-die Burns had already beensubstituted.

Billy keepshis cool tosecure points

England centre Billy Twel-vetrees kicked a controversiallate penalty to give Gloucestertheir first Aviva Premiershipvictory of the season and leaveNorthampton crestfallen.

Saints looked to have doneenough to move top of theleague when wing Jamie El-liott struck a minute from timefollowing stunning approachwork by juggernaut Waleswing George North, with fly-half Stephen Myler’s conver-sion edging them ahead.

But Northampton were mys-teriously penalised at a scrumdeep into injury time, andTwelvetrees struck from 35metres for a 26-24 verdict.

Twelvetrees and his fellowEngland back CharlieSharples both scored tries forthe home side, but it was asecond-half touchdown fromGloucester academy player El-liott Stooke that appeared tohave initially edgedGloucester home.

England Under-20 lockStooke pounced after 66minutes, while fly-half FreddieBurns chipped in with twopenalties and a conversion toput Gloucester six points inf ro n t .

Northampton took an earlylead through full-back BenFo d e n’s try, and there was asecond-half score for lockSamu Manoa, with Myleradding seven points from theboot – but Gloucester closedout the game.

After conceding 66 points inlosing to Sale and Saracens –and seeing their EnglandSaxons prop Nick Wood hitwith an eight-week ban follow-ing his red card for stamping atAllianz Park – Gloucestershowed tremendous charac-t e r.

Northampton needed barelyfive minutes to open their ac-count as they breachedGloucester’s defence with easethrough centre Luther Bur-re l l ’s powerful surge, whichcreated sufficient space outwide and allowed Foden anangled run-in.

Myler converted, butGloucester bounced back

through a spell of territorialdominance that resulted inBurns opening their accountthrough a 14th-minute pen-a l t y.

It should have been evenbetter for the home side justfive minutes later when Burnsplaced a clever kick behindNor thampton’s defence, yetcentre Henry Trinder knockedon as he attempted to gatherpossession and dive overSaints’ l i n e.

Gloucester, though, had mo-mentum that was enhancedwhen Northampton were re-duced to 14 men after numbereight Sam Dickinson was sin-binned by referee Martin Foxfor tackling wing JamesSimpson-Daniel in the air.

A bloodied Simpson-Danielbriefly left the field for treat-ment, but the home side keptplugging away before wastinga golden opportunity whennumber eight Sione Kalma-fo n i ’s pass drifted behindGloucester’s attacking wave.

And Saints made their op-ponents pay just before thebreak as Myler kicked a pen-alty after Twelvetrees in-fringed, giving Northampton a10-3 advantage.

But Gloucester’s responsewas immediate, with its ori-gins in some brilliant link-work between Burns and Twel-vetrees that resulted inSharples crossing wide out.

Gloucester were firmly backin contention, just two pointsadrift at half-time.

And they underlined resur-gence just three minutes afterthe restart, scoring theirsecond try following sharpwork from their former NewZealand Test scrum-halfJimmy Cowan.

Gloucester gained a penaltyfrom a scrum within goalkick-ing range, but Cowan ignoredthe safe option, made an in-cisive break and Twelvetreesfinished stylishly by ghostingoutside Burrell.

Burns booted the conver-sion, but the lead lasted barelytwo minutes as the Saintsdrove a lineout to withintouching distance ofGloucester’s line and Manoatouched down before Myleradded the extras.

Back came Gloucester,though, as Burns kicked a pen-

Kingsholm held its breathand watched on, waiting to seewho would win the penalty-goal argument: accurate mid-fielder Twelvetrees or sharp-shooting full-back Rob Cook.

Twelvetrees stepped up andblasted Gloucester to victory,ensuring the Cherry andWhites avoided their worstopening sequence in theP re m i e r s h i p.

The 24-year-old later re-

vealed there was never anyissue over who would take thatcrucial shot at goal.

Never mind Burns, withTom Savage already off thefield, Twelvetrees was captainat the pivotal moment.

It was the British Lion’s de-cision alone: he chose to leadby example.

“To be honest with you Id i d n’t even look at Cooky,” ex-plained Gloucester’s match-

winner. “Sav was off the pitchso I was captain, and I justthought I’d step up and do it – Ilove those opportunities andt h at ’s why we practise goal-kicking so hard in the week.

“Luckily for me I was able toput it over, to get the win for theboys. We deserved it.”

Elliott Stooke has the driveto build on his standout try-scoring Premiership debut, be-lieves Gloucester boss Nigel

Davies. Powerful lock Stookeonly turned 20 this month, butproduced a mature and grittyperfor mance.

Rugby director Davies saidsaid: “Elliott was simply phe-nomenal.

“I was absolutely confidentit was the right thing to do toput him in there. “We ’vethrown a 20-year-old into thePremiership in the front-five,and he was phenomenal.”

Billy Twelvetrees kicks the winning penalty in overtime to land Gloucester’s first win PICTURE: ROBERT DAVIS

alty to leave Northampton onepoint behind.

Gloucester boss NigelDavies and his oppositenumber Jim Mallinder bothbegan ringing the changes inpursuit of a potentially match-clinching score, and it wasSaints that cracked first.

Twelvetrees made initialheadway by stretching Saints’defence before a moment ofmagic from Simpson-Daniel,who weaved his way past twotackles before delivering a one-

handed scoring pass toS t o o ke.

But Northampton then wentback in front when Elliottstruck after he collectedflanker Calum Clark’s pass,coupled with a successfulMyler conversion, before Twel-vetrees felled Saints.Gloucester: Cook, Sharples, Trinder,Twelvetrees, Simpson-Daniel, Burns, Cowan,Murphy, Dawidiuk, Harden, Savage, Stooke,Kvesic, Qera, Kalamafoni. Replacements: Mayfor Simpson-Daniel (21), Tindall for Burns (69),Robson for Cowan (75), Y. Thomas for Murphy(67), Britton for Dawidiuk (72), Knight for

Harden (67), James for Savage (69), B. Morganfor Kvesic (64).Scorers: Tries – Sharples, Twelvetrees, Stooke.Cons – Burns. Pens –Burns 2, Twelvetrees.Northampton: Foden, Elliott, Wilson, Burrell,North, Myler, Fotuali’i, A. Waller, Hartley,Mercey, Manoa, Day, Wood, Clark, Dickinson.Replacements: G. Pisi for Wilson (47), L.Dickson for Fotuali’i (55), E. Waller for A.Waller (69), Haywood for Hartley (72), Denmanfor Mercey (69), Dowson for Manoa (63),Lawes for Dickinson (69). Not Used: K. Pisi.Scorers: Tries – Foden, Manoa, Elliott. Cons –Myler 3. Pens – Myler.Sin Bin: Dickinson (21)Referee: Martin FoxAttendance: 12,688

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Billy Twelvetrees kicks a penalty with the last kick of the game to win the Aviva Premiership match against Northampton at Kingsholm

Bird’s doublefires up Reds

FRF is on collision coursewith clubs over Euro plans

Weston slip toa first defeatBRACKNELL 17WESTON-SUPER-MARE 14

Weston-super-Mare slipped totheir first defeat of the season,but hung on to third spot, whenthey lost 17-14 at Bracknellafter fly-half Liam Prescottlanded a late penalty with avery disappointing perform-ance from the Seasiders.

Fly-half James Mackay hadput Weston in to an early leadwith a penalty but it was thehome side who crossed for theopening try as Prescott scoredunder the posts but, surpris-ingly, his kicked was offtarg et.

Mackay was on hand to putfull back Harvey Skeltonthrough for Weston’s only trybut Prescott leveled the scoresbefore the break at 8-8 with apenalty. Scoring in the secondperiod was restricted to pen-alties with three from Prescottand two for Mackay.� Cleve are the new leaders ofSouth West One West aftergaining an impressive 37-25home win over WadebridgeCamels. They have a four-pointlead over second-placed Hor-nets, who beat Coney Hill 39-5away, and are now the only 100per cent side in the division.

CHIPPENHAM 10OLD REDCLIFFIANS 21

Old Redcliffians made it twowins in a row since theirreturn to National LeagueThree South with a 21-10 vic-tory away to Chippenham withtwo tries from wing HenryBird and one for centre HenryGoldson all converted by fly-half Jack Steer.

“It was a fantastic result inwhat may prove to be a vitalaway win,” said Old Redsplayer/forwards coach SaulNelson. Not a great perform-ance having completely dom-inated the first half in attack.

“We had to defend very wellat the death of the first half. Wenever really got the ball in thesecond half and defended forthe majority. We did have aclear cut chance to gain thefourth try but were pulled backas the last pass was deemedfo r w a rd . ”

AVONMOUTH OB 10WORCESTER WANDERERS 19

Avonmouth Old Boys are stillsearching for their first win ofthe season after being beatenat home by the newcomers.

Mouth took the lead througha penalty from outside centreAndy Taylor but just beforehalf time hooker JamesGarner crossed for a try.

But it wasn’t a second half tobe remembered for the homes i d e.

Wing Kieran Morris crossedfor two tries, both converted byfull-back Paul Burton, comingeither side of a consolation tryfrom full-back Charlie Reyn-olds as the Wanderers securedtheir first win.

BY DUNCAN BECH

The French Rugby Federationis on a collision course withclubs from the Aviva Premi-ership and Top 14 as the dis-pute over the future of theHeineken Cup continued to es-c a l at e.

Just hours after Premier-ship Rugby chief executiveMark McCafferty declared heexpects Celtic and Italianteams to join the ’Rugby Cham-pions Cup’, the FFR respondedwith a strongly-worded state-ment backing European RugbyC u p.

Approval from the RugbyFootball Union, FFR and In-ternational Rugby Union is re-quired if the Anglo-Frenchbreakaway is to go ahead andany teams from the RaboDirectPRO12 participating will needthe same support from theiru n i o n s.

But on the eve of the launchin Paris of potentially the finalHeineken Cup, the FFR re-

leased a statement indicatingthat approval would not beforthcoming from it.

“No meeting or interna-tional competition involvingFrench clubs can be organisedoutside the framework of the

improvement in the Europeancups, their organisation canonly be envisaged under theedict of the European feder-ations which make up ERC.

“The statement released bythe clubs appears therefore ir-relevant and inappropriate.”

European Rugby Cup ap-peared to be in full retreatearlier in the day as its ap-pointment of an independentmediator was met with a state-ment of Anglo-French intent.

The gravity of the situationfacing ERC was confirmedwhen McCafferty stated thatsides from the PRO12 havebeen in contact over the pos-sibility of joining the break-aw ay.

Premiership Rugby, in con-junction with its French equi-valent Ligue Nationale deRugby, plans to finalise thestructural detail of the RugbyChampions Cup when it knowswho will be involved.

“Before we can release moreinformation we need to know

over the next few weeks whichother teams will be joining thecompetition,” McCaf fertysaid.

“Once we know the final, orclose to final, numbers thenwe ’ll settle on the competitionfor mats.

“Various people have ap-proached us about the possib-ility of joining and we’veindicated to them that we’llkeep their names confiden-tial.

“We ’ve heard that otherpeople want to be involved inEuropean competitions, that’swhy we’ve left the door openand expect it to be more thanan Anglo-French competition.

“Once people saw onSeptember 10 that we wouldseek an alternative to theHeineken Cup, interest hasbeen expressed in at leastknowing exactly what will bei nvo l ve d . ”

McCafferty is confident ofsecuring support from theR F U.

FFR and without its priorag reement,” the statementre a d .

“The FFR has always beenand will remain a major playerin the European cups organ-ised by ERC and backs pro-posals to permit the continuityand development of these.

“If the FFR is in favour of an

Mouth lose outto Wanderers

Lydney make itthree in a rowLYDNEY 52 NEWTON ABBOT 25

Lydney continued their bid toregain an immediate return toNational League Two Southwith their third win in a rowthat keeps they at the top of thetable having taken maximumpoints from their threem at ch e s.

Supporters at Regentsholmewere treated to eight touch-down from the Severnsiders,two of them penalty tries plusanother four from the Devonside, for a bonus point, but theyalso had two players sent to thesin-bin.

Lydney had a narrow 24-20lead at the interval after triesfrom scrum half Sam Arscott,fly-half Chris Holder, lock DaveBennett plus a penalty try withfull back Jack O’Connelladding two conversions.

The visitors replied throughtries from fly-half LaurenceMay, wing Kyle Browne andfull back Jash Smith who alsoadded a conversion to his open-ing penalty. But Lydney wastedlittle time stamping their au-thority on the game after therestar t.

Flanker Matt Taylor wentover for the Severnsiders fifthtry, converted by O’Connell,before the All Whites lost twoplayers in even time to the sin-bin. Lock Dan Waters was thefirst to go followed by replace-ment prop Kyle Mason.

But Lydney only managed toscore a try through insidecentre Dewi Scourfield, on hisdebut having moved fromForest of Dean neighboursCinderford, with O’Connelladding the extras.

Smith crossed for his secondtry when the All Whites wererestored to full strength but inthe final quarter Lydney fin-ished with a second touch-down from Arscott and apenalty try with O’Connellconverting both.

Cheltenhamcan’t keep it upCHELTENHAM 24 WITNEY 41

Cheltenham raced into a two-try lead, seeking to build onlast weekend’s 18-13 win atB u ck i n g h a m .

But the hosts were unable tosustain the tempo, and quicklyleaked three tries as they sur-rendered momentum.

Witney had lost a local derbywith Oxford Harlequins aweek earlier and were determ-ined not to be put to the swordag ain.

The visitors promptly blas-ted out of the second-halfblocks at the Prince of WalesStadium, claiming theirbonus-point try and a penaltyto take control.

Chris Scott’s Cheltenhamside were able to register athird try and a penalty in ri-poste, to carry them to withinfive points of the Oxfordshires i d e.

But just when Cheltenhamlooked primed to squeeze theirway back into the ascendancy,the visitors stole first a drop-goal and then a fifth try. Thatfinal salvo broke Cheltenham’sresistance and allowed thetravelling side to ease theirway to victory.

Late winner frustrates Saints chief MallinderBY ANDREW BALDOCK

Northampton boss JimMallinder struggled to mask adeep sense of frustration afterhis team suffered an agonisingand controversial AvivaPremiership defeat againstG l o u c e s t e r.

Gloucester’s England centreBilly Twelvetrees booted a pen-alty with the game’s final kickto thwart Saints 26-24 at King-sholm.

Northampton looked to havedone enough when Stephen

Myler converted wing JamieElliott’s 79th-minute try for aone-point lead, but refereeMartin Fox was then at the thecentre of a dramatic finale.

Television replays showedthat four Gloucester playerswere offside from the restartfollowing Elliott’s try, then Foxpenalised Saints at an ensuingreset scrum when it looked asthough Northampton shouldhave had a penalty for homenumber eight Ben Morgan il-legally kicking possessionback into a scrum.

Leicestershire-based officialFox was only appointed to thegame late this week after ori-ginal match official GregGarner pulled out with a ham-string injury.

“It is a shame when gamesare decided by the referee inthe last couple of minutes,”Saints rugby director JimMallinder said.

“We were disappointedwhen we had the change ofreferee at short notice, butsometimes that happens.

What we have got to make

sure of is that we control whatwe can control.

“The refs are out of ourh a n d s.

“We ’ve got to make sure thatparts of our game we are moreaccurate with. You have got totry to put the referee out of thee q u at i o n .

“My reading of the scrum atthe end, particularly thesecond scrum, was that we hadcontrol of the ball, so the resetshould have been our put-in. Id o n’t want to say any more,re a l ly. ”

PremiershipRugby chiefexecutiveMarkMcCafferty

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Clifton go topafter third winAMPTHILL 20 CLIFTON 37

Clifton moved to top of the SSENational League Two Southtable after their third straightvictory of the season.

Darren Lloyd’s side contin-ued their impressive start totheir campaign with victoryover newly-prompted out-fitAmpthill

Clifton director of rugbyDarren Lloyd said: “We wereby no-means perfect in thefirst-half, but we improved inthe second-half, and this groupis beginning to understandwhat it takes to win tightm at ch e s.

“They (Ampthill) were awell-organised side, and willcause plenty of teams head-aches this season. We intro-duced a number of new facesinto the team, with Josh God-dard and Harry Goodfielddoing well for us today, and therest of our youngsters gettingbetter week on week.”

Clifton came from behind tosecure the spoils with a mag-nificent second-half display.Prop Rupert Freestone, scrum-half Matt Britton and wingGeorge Karayiannis addedtouchdowns to the first-half trytally from impressive centreWill Pomphrey (2) and full-back John Mason, while fly-half Charlie Foley added 12-points with the boot.

There was little to chosebetween the sides during atentative and mistake-riddenfirst-half. The lead see-sawed,with neither side able to dom-inate the other for any lengthof time. Clifton trailed 17-13 atthe turnaround, but Free-stone’s try early in the second-half opened the floodgates, asClifton dominated the re-mainder of the contest, scoringa further 17-points, while re-stricting the home side to justtwo penalties from RoryTeague. Clifton play their first-ever home game at Clifton Col-lege against Bishop’s Stortfordon Saturday (2.30 kick-off).

DINGS CRUSADERS 24TAUNTON TITANS 17

Dings came from behind togain their first victory of theseason in National TwoSouth.

Having piled up more than60 points the previous week,Titans looked to be heading foranother comfortable victory asthey raced into a 14-0 lead witha try by Conor Hartley and apenalty try, both converted byGary Kingdom.

But Dings managed toreduce the deficit through twopenalties by Mark Woodrowbefore the interval.

And they turned on the stylein the second half to score triesthrough Dave Wheeler andJosh Lloyd, with Woodrowkicking two penalties and aconversion to go 24-14 up.

And the home side hung onto win despite a 70th minutepenalty by Kingdom.

It was Titans' second defeatin three games and they needto address their away form ifthey are to avoid another re-legation fight this season.

BRISTOL 31L SCOTTISH 18

BY STEVECOTTON

Crusaders fightback to victory

Bristol got their GKIPA Cham-pionship season underway atthe second attempt with a per-formance that brimmed withattacking intent, even if it wasnot quite matched with cuttingedg e.

That said, a bonus point wassecured, thanks to the hosts’four tries – three of which werescored by forwards, the othercourtesy of a penalty tryearned by said pack.

The performance was by nomeans perfect – but the signswere encouraging, as Bristoldominated long spells of ter-ritory and possession.

Aspects of their play willhave concerned their coaches –notably the ease with whichLondon Scottish carved themopen to score two tries of theirown, and the fact they bossedthe first half but still trailed atthe interval.

However, one thing shonethrough: Bristol’s mindset wasdifferent to how it had been intheir opening-day defeatagainst Cornish Pirates.

They were not willing tosettle for merely keeping thescoreboard ticking over interms of penalty after penalty;instead, they wanted tries.Andy Robinson, the director ofrugby, has highlighted how histeam need to take more try-scoring bonus points than theydid last season – and it showedin the way they tried to playthe game.

In doing so, Bristol displayedbravery. Not the physicalbravery that is a given at thislevel of rugby, but an attackingbravery, to keep going for thejugular even when they werebeing repelled by a physicaland well-drilled Scottish de-f e n c e.

It would have been easy forthe hosts to play it safe, andtake the three points whenthey came on offer, but Bristol– with, let’s not forget, severalincisive backs still to returnfrom injury, have made it clearthat they believe attack is thebest form of defence.

Flanker James Merriman,who scored the third of their

Bristol showpotential inhandy victory

four tries, said: “I thought weset the pace in the game reallywell in the first 20 minutes. Wewant to give ourselves a bit of abrand of rugby – and we wentall-out at them.

“I think we’re going to do alot of that this season, and tryto dictate that first 20 minutesand really set our stall out. Wehave to attack teams. We can’treally afford to sit off them –we ’ve got to really set thetempo in the first 20 minutes ofthese games. We feel if we cando that, teams are going todrop off in that last 20 minutes,which showed today.

“Getting the bonus pointwas crucial for us. I said to theboys when I went off that wehad to get that bonus point –and we got it, which I thinkthat could make a big differ-ence come the end of theseason.”

Quite how Bristol did notlead at half-time wassomething of a mystery. Scot-tish did not carry the ball intothe Bristol 22 until the 32ndminute of the game – and,when they eventually did, theexcitement proved too muchand they conceded a penalty.

However, on their secondvisit, after James Grindal’s for-ward pass had given away pos-session, Jim Thompsonchipped through for MilesMantella to score. When LeeMillar converted, it was 7-7,after Marco Mama had openedthe scoring for Bristol in the29th minute.

Scottish did incredibly wellto keep their hosts out untilthat point – thwarting waveafter wave after wave of attack.But when Merriman wasstopped just short on the right,and Adrian Jarvis and LukeEves combined on the left,Mama proved unstoppablefrom close range.

Bristol, as baffling as itseemed, trailed at the break,following Millar’s drop goal –but the second half belonged tothe hosts.

It was not necessarily pretty– their three second-half trieswere more about grunt andgrit than guile and grace, buttheir attacking intent re-mained, except for one occa-sion when Jarvis slotted apenalty to turn a 21-18 lead into24-18 with four minutes to play.

Before that, though, Bristolhad forced a penalty try from ascrum, following a lengthyperiod of pressure in the Scot-tish 22, before Merriman wasdriven over from a line-out.While their running game wasat times predictable, the set-piece proved a useful attackingtool for Bristol throughout theafternoon. And Robinson hasmade it clear that he wants histeam to have balance and vari-ety in their attacking options.

Their lead of 21-10 became21-18 after Millar went overwhen Mike Doneghan was al-lowed to dance through theBristol defence following a

quickly-taken line-out, beforethe fly-half sent over a pen-a l t y.

But Jarvis’s late penaltygave the hosts breathing space,before replacement lock Town-son was set up by the quick-thinking and initiative offellow replacement RukiTipuna – who livened up histeam – to go over for an all-important fourth Bristol try.

Bristol will no doubt playbetter this season – but theyhave made their intentionsquite clear: opposing teamswill be asked a variety of ques-tions when they visit the Me-morial Stadium.

Bristol: A D’Arcy; C Amesbury (B Mosses 40),A Short, L Eves, R Edwards; A Jarvis, J Grindal(capt; R Tipuna 47); K Traynor, O Hayes (RLawrence 73), J Hobson (J Hall 73), B Skirving,M Sorenson, N Koster (G Townson 66), JMerriman (R Pennycook 62), M Mama. Rep notused: T Roberts.

Scorers: Tries – Mama, penalty, Merriman,Townson. Cons – Jarvis (4). Pen – Jarvis.

London Scottish: J Thompson (J Stevenson62); M Doneghan, O Grove, P Gidlow (A Reay66), M Mantella; L Millar, J Pasqualin; M Irish(N Mayhew 55), T Stagg (H Allen 50), E Fry (LThiede 55), N Best (A Karonias 78), D Lyons, CPennycook, B Russell (N Mayhew 47-55 & JTrayfoot 55), M Bright (capt).

Scorers: Tries – Mantella, Millar. Con –Millar. Pen – Millar. Drop goal – Millar.

Sin-binned: Irish (44-55, persistentinfringement).Referee: G McDonald. Att: 5,320.

Robinson urges side to make Mem uncomfortable for teamsAndy Robinson wants Bristolto make the Memorial Stadiuman uncomfortable place for op-position sides to visit, after histeam kicked off their final cam-paign at the ground with abonus-point win over LondonScottish.

Bristol bounced back fromtheir opening-day disappoint-ment against Cornish Piratesto beat London Scottish 31-18 –scoring four tries and enjoying

enough possession and territ-ory to have scored severalm o re.

“We want to make sure thatthis place is a place that peopled o n’t want to come to, becauseof the way that we go out andplay the game,” said Robin-son.

“I think we showed thattoday. London Scottish defen-ded brilliantly – they really diddefend well – but we kept play-

ing, and that was the import-ant part for us.

“London Scottish are a goodside, they’re well coached, andthe big thing for us is going outand playing in a really goodstyle. And I thought the am-bition we played with todaywas really, really good.”

Bristol attacked from the off,and their early pressure wassuch that Scottish did not ven-ture into their 22 until the 32nd

minute. That the visitors thenscored with their second forayinto Bristol territory, taking a10-7 half-time lead, will havebeen a cause for concern – bu tBristol continued to show pos-itivity with the ball.

“It would have been veryeasy for us to go into our shells– but we didn’t – we went outand kept expressingo u r s e l ve s, ” said Robinson.

“We ’re going to have roller-

coaster rides – and that’s whatwe want to experience. Wewant to experience that roller-coaster ride – and understandhow to handle it.

“Talking to [chairman]Chris Booy and [chief exec-utive] Steve Gorvett, they felt it– as we all did. But what wasbrilliant was that the guys keptplaying, and I was reallypleased with the attitude theys h owe d . ”

Bristol’s Adrian Jarvis converted all four tries against London Scottish PICTURE: PHIL MINGO/PINNACLE

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Victory provessuch a relieffor WigginsCYCLING

BY MATT MCGEEHAN

Sir Bradley Wiggins expressedrelief after ending his barrenstreak by winning the Tour ofBritain.

The 2012 Tour de France andOlympic time-trial championtook a permanent hold on theleader’s gold jersey as the firstTeam Sky rider to win its hometour as Mark Cavendish(Omega Pharma-QuickStep)won on Whitehall.

Wiggins then immediatelyturned his attentions to Wed-n e s d ay ’s Road World Champi-onships time-trial in Italy.

“The feeling at the momentis more just relief than any-thing else,” said Wiggins, afterhis first stage-race triumphsince the 2012 Tour de France.

“I said I wanted to win it. It ispressure for the whole week.

“Until you cross the line youjust don’t know. It’s all right tothink it’s a bit of a ceremonyround London, but it certainlyi s n’t. You cross the line, you’repumped up. It’s relief thatyo u ’ve finished and fulfilled itfor your team and your team-m at e s.

“From tomorrow morningmy thoughts turn to the WorldChampionships and this willprobably be forgotten. It’s a bitlike the Tour with theO ly m p i c s.

“Win the Tour one day, thenext day you’re thinking aboutthe Olympics.”

Wiggins, who took the racelead with victory in Tuesday’stime-trial at Knowsley SafariPark and defended it with hisTeam Sky squad until the end,was nervous until the conclu-

sion in central London. Hefeared a crash and a split in thepeloton on the last of the ten8.8kilometre laps which wouldgrant Martin Elmiger achance to steal the title.

In the end IAM Cycling’sElmiger had to be content withsecond, 26 seconds behind,while Simon Yates of the GreatBritain under-23 team finishedthird overall, further illustra-tion of his potential after win-ning the points race world titleon the track and two stages ofthe prestigious Tour del’Ave n i r.

Wiggins praised the crowdsupport throughout the eight-day event, which began inPeebles last Saturday, describ-ing it as “overwhelming attimes” as he bounced backfrom a troubled year whichsaw him withdraw from theGiro d’Italia and miss the de-fence of his Tour de Francet i t l e.

“There was an element ofgoing through the motions inall the races early in theseason,” added Wiggins.

“I came out this week withthe commitment that I showedlast year.”

Cavendish triumphed after anear-perfect leadout fromOmega Pharma-QuickStepteam-mate Alessandro Petac-chi for his third win of the 2013race and record 10th in all.Sam Bennett (An Post-ChainReaction) was second, withElia Viviani (Cannondale)t h i rd .

Cavendish, who won the con-cluding stage of the Tour ofBritain for a third successiveyear, said: “It’s been incred-ible, to be able to win the stageagain in London.” Team Sky's Sir Bradley Wiggins celebrates winning the Gold Jersey with his children, Ben and Isabella

Patel all smilesas Notts enjoyLord’s triumphCRICKET

Match-winner Samit Patel wasconvinced he would not evenget to bowl in the YorkshireBank 40 final against Glam-organ at Lord’s.

But he did, and duly turnedthe contest his team’s waywith figures of three for 21 asNottinghamshire bowled outGlamorgan for 157 in 33 runs toclaim an 87-run victory.

Patel, joined by Englandstars Graeme Swann andStuart Broad for this culmin-ation of a competition whichwill switch to 50 overs per sidefrom next season, helped todeliver Nottinghamshire’sfirst victory in a Lord’s finalsince 1989.

The slow left-armer told SkySports 1: “I just didn’t think Iwas going to get a bowl today ...not with England’s numberone spinner in the team ... so Iwas pretty happy to get one.”

Patel broke Chris Cooke andJim Allenby’s threateningstand of 73, turning the ballsharply to bowl both – andkickstart Glamorgan’s col-lapse as they lost their lasteight wickets for 49 runs.

“People don’t think I canspin the ball enough...maybe ithit a pebble,” Patel added witha smile.

Others played their parts,notably captain Chris Read(53) – whose fifth-wicket standof 99 with David Hussey en-sured a competitive total of 244for eight after Nottingham-shire had been put in on acloudy day.

“As a team performance, itwas outstanding,” Pat e ladded.

Glamorgan remain the onlycounty yet to win a domesticList A final in the 50-year his-tory of such competitions.

Re a d ’s opposite numberMark Wallace said: “We ared i s ap p o i n t e d .

“We had opportunities towin ... but Notts were by far thebetter team, and are deservingw i n n e r s. ”

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3.58 480m (A7)1 226 Calling Tina (rl ro) ....................................Porter 30.58 15-82 562 BROOKEND HOPPER (ep ro) ................. Smith 29.93 4-13 314 Touch On Ruben (md ro) ..........................Porter 30.86 5-14 221 Fearmead Triumph (md ep) ...................... Gillett 29.93 4-15 244 Cefn Bluebird (wd fw) ................................ Davy 30.32 11-26 141 Stormy Glen (wd ro)..................................Atkins 30.37 4-1

4.18 480m (A6)1 145 Swift Allstar (rl ro).................................Swadden 30.02 9-22 455 Barro Lass (ep rl) ......................................Porter 29.97 11-23 366 Minor Harvest (ep ro) ................................Evans 30.35 7-24 466 Mirandas Lady (md fw) ..........................Hepden 30.11 5-15 322 BROOKEND AYE (sa fw) ......................... Smith 29.72 11-46 346 Keel Holly (wd ro) ...............................Swadden 30.37 11-4

4.37 480m (A5)1 311 ASCOT BRIAN (rl ro) ............................... Smith 29.54 4-12 332 Connor Caitella (rl ro) ................................... Dix 29.84 7-23 262 Mild Drizzle (md ro)....................................... Dix 29.64 4-14 541 Arles View (wd fw) ................................. Hughes 29.61 5-15 253 Soccer Boy (wd fw) ...................................Porter 29.92 7-26 465 Cefn Blaze (md ro) .................................... Davy 30.03 3-1

4.57 480m (A5)1 466 Kiamba (ep ro) ....................................... Hughes 30.11 11-22 131 DRUMNA WHISPER (md ro).................... Gillett 29.72 7-23 154 Dunbolg Mensa (sa fw) .............................. Davy 29.97 7-24 633 I Know It (sa fw) ......................................... Davy 30.06 7-25 444 Sixhourtours (wd ro) .................................Porter 30.13 11-26 263 Bound In Ivy (sa fw) ............................Swadden 29.82 5-2

5.17 480m (A3)1 312 DROMANA RACER (ep fw) ................Swadden 29.37 7-22 214 Wise Totty (md fw) ...............................Swadden 29.56 4-13 652 Katies A Grandma (md ro)....................Hepden 29.38 3-14 614 Lacken Rumble (sa fw) .............................Porter 29.48 9-25 424 Minor Challenge (wd ep)........................ Hughes 29.39 4-16 365 Hastetothewind (sa fw) .......................... Mitchell 29.64 7-2

5.33 480m (A8)1 623 Brave Junior (rl ro) ................................. Hughes 30.43 4-12 652 Strides Duchess (rl fw)............................... Davy 30.09 11-23 321 Cefn Gypsy (md ro) .................................. Davy 30.08 3-14 541 BIFFOS BOY (md ep) ..............................Porter 29.95 9-45 363 Ben Tenison (ep ro) ............................McDowell 30.15 6-16 542 High Cross Dec (wd ro) .......................... Mitchell 30.28 7-2

5.47 480m (A4)1 611 Prince Coco (rl ro).....................................Porter 29.63 9-22 512 Boherash Roxanna (rl ro) .........................Atkins 30.02 7-23 122 Ross Flight (rl fw) ..................................... Davy 29.87 3-14 631 DERRANE TIP (sa fw)..............................Walsh 29.45 4-15 312 Kensa Bella (sa fw) .............................McDowell 29.62 9-26 223 Phads Girl (wd ro) ..................................Hepden 29.67 3-1

6.04 480m (A3)1 341 Oi Oi Rhianna (rl ro) ...............................Hepden 29.33 7-22 233 Kays To Blame (md ro)........................McDowell 29.55 4-13 522 Amazing Aine (md ro) ................................ Davy 29.28 5-14 116 Manu Vogue (md ro) ............................. Hughes 29.85 3-15 531 KILLINAT GIRL (wd ro) ......................McDowell 29.18 3-16 123 Kilcasey King (ep ro).................................Evans 29.43 9-2

6.18 480m (A4)1 436 Kilpedder Impact (rl fw) .............................Jeans 30.21 9-22 162 BRIEFCASE ANCHOR (ep ro) ................. Smith 29.71 5-13 343 Bronze Rumble (ep ro) ............................Porter 29.71 3-14 214 Cefn Merlin (md fw) ................................... Davy 29.88 4-15 524 Madame Pompadour (ep ro)................Swadden 29.79 4-16 115 Flo Fergal (wd ro) ...............................McDowell 30.02 3-1

BAGS PICKSHALL GREEN FANCIES

11.03 Compass Simone (Nap) (2-5-4), 11.19 Caligula (6-2-5), 11.34 Ballyhale Bridie (1-6-5), 11.48 Pennys Amigo (6-3-2), 12.04 Fast Track Home (5-6-1), 12.18 Badgey Bessie (4-6-1), 12.32 Droopys India (2-6-4), 12.47 Gallowstown Gold (1-4-3), 1.04 Black Mouse (1-6-4), 1.19 Caribbean Belle (2-5-4), 1.33 Compass Emmet (4-2-6), 1.51 Unheard Of (6-5-1)

MONMORE FANCIES 2.08 Ardera Poppy (Nap) (5-4-1), 2.27 Ronaldos Bolt (2-1-5), 2.47 Ardera Gina (6-1-2), 3.07 Lynns Blackie (3-1-6), 3.28 Fallen Empire (4-2-6), 3.48 Rosanna Kate (5-3-1), 4.08 Onyx Oscar (5-4-6), 4.27 Buffalo Bolt (3-5-1), 4.47 Hypnotic Circus (4-2-3), 5.07 Curramore Pride (2-4-5), 5.22 Ardera Avril (6-2-1), 5.38 Dog Vader (6-5-1), 5.56 Oi Oi Conan (1-2-6), 6.11 Pittoni (6-4-2)

SHEFFIELD FANCIES 11.11 Whinmoor Pearl (5-3-2), 11.28 Holycross Ann (3-4-2), 11.42 Miranda Sandy (5-2-6), 11.57 Miss Take (Nap) (4-2-5), 12.12 Springlawn Lee (6-3-1), 12.27 Floral Jack (4-6-2), 12.42 Rumble Call (2-6-5), 12.58 Bodell Justin (3-4-6), 1.12 Russanda Ray (6-1-3), 1.27 Tianas Whisper (1-2-3), 1.44 Mufasa Scar (6-4-1), 1.58 Voltair Mistie (3-4-2).

BELLE VUE: 11.03 Tyrur Ryan 9-2 (1-4-2 £23.69 TC £76.88). 11.19 Toker Fortune 4-1 (4-6-1 £13.55 TC £47.71). 11.34 Bawnfune Bound 9-2 (6-5-2 £26.99 TC £81.87). 11.48 Slaneyside Moira 4-1 (4-5-3 £19.01 TC £52.33). 12.04 Tyrur Rambler 2-1f (5-2-1 £12.92 TC £40.86). 12.18 Madam Katie 3-1 (3-2-6 £19.58 TC £56.25). 12.33 Spinning Around 9-2 (5-2-4 £26.30 TC £86.50). 12.47 Fickle Fiona 5-2f (3-2-4 £14.00 TC £34.02). 1.04 Pea Diddy 3-1 (1-3-5 £12.18 TC £35.47). 1.21 Strawberry Hall 11-8f (2-4-6 £8.38 TC £26.41). 1.37 Stevie Tease 2-1f (2-6-1 £11.74 TC £47.18). 1.51 Active Quest 4-1 (4-5-1 £28.88 TC £111.28). Placer £1 stake (Races 1-6) £246.00, (Races 7-12) £102.00.HOVE: 11.11 Dacent Thelma 7-2 (2-5-4 £20.08 TC £51.58). 11.28 Beenleigh Magic 7-2 (5-4-3 £26.14 TC £61.10). 11.42 Musical Rocky 5-1 (2-6-5 £27.03 TC £108.45). 11.57 Bellinter Bear 7-4f (1-3-2 £16.26 TC £54.02). 12.12 Dacent Casillas 7-1 (6-3-4 £35.73 TC £127.17). 12.27 Raithby Rocco 7-2 (4-2-1 £35.92 TC £163.14). 12.41 Buffys Angel 2-1jt (4-6-2 £7.16 TC £26.11). 12.58 Vivendi Dave 6-1 (5-3-1 £24.44 TC £45.49). 1.12 Cloon Jet 7-2 (5-6-4 £20.81 TC £47.95). 1.28 Kilara Larry 2-1f (3-5-6 £16.94 TC £68.23). 1.44 Rockburst Saint 4-1 (3-4-1 £20.69 TC £47.89). 1.58 Loch Bo Hammy 4-1 (2-3-4 £24.13 TC £81.20). Placer £1 stake (Races 1-6) £542.00, (Races 7-12) £149.00.KINSLEY: 2.12 Holdem Stud 6-1 (4-3-1 £35.51 TC £98.58). 2.29 Cappagh Modric 3-1 (3-1-2 £14.81 TC £54.98). 2.47 Lewcas Thunder 5-2f (2-5-3 £12.67 TC £38.68). 3.04 Born In Kerry 6-1 (6-1-2 £24.86 TC £75.31). 3.22 Ille Able 11-4 (5-2-1 £12.28 TC £38.90). 3.37 Georges Becky 2-1f (3-2-6 £9.17 TC £28.55). 3.53 Mayscarickfergus 7-2 (3-4-5 £15.10 TC £43.71). 4.09 Jaguar Tornado 5-2f (4-2-1 £12.57 TC £37.14). 4.27 Lisbuoy Chief 11-4f (6-3-1 £16.08 TC £46.70). 4.41 Montreen 11-4 (3-2-6 £14.93 TC £36.17). 4.58 Kishlawn Shaw 9-4f (4-1-5 £22.06 TC £59.59). 5.17 Rathdaniel King 5-1 (5-3-6 £38.23 TC £123.65). 5.37 Desert Girl 11-4 (2-6-4 £21.13 TC £72.76). 5.55 Ballymac Credit 5-2f (3-6-2 £20.38 TC £53.44). Placer £1 stake (Races 1-6) £81.40, (Races 9-14) £392.00.PELAW GRANGE: 12.00 Ballycastle Cros 5-2f (2-1- £11.47 TC £0.00). 12.20 Call Me Biffo 6-4f (2-4- £5.61 TC £0.00). 12.40 Bit View Flyer 2-1f (3-1- £11.36 TC £0.00). 1.00 Welton Summer 3-1 (6-2- £10.30 TC £0.00). 1.20 Tropical Wayne 3-1 (4-3- £13.62 TC £0.00). 1.40 Vals Memorie 3-1 (3-5- £8.61 TC £0.00). 2.00 Bramble Sox 5-2 (2-5- £8.89 TC £0.00). 2.20 Snug Joker 6-4f (5-1- £7.97 TC £0.00).PERRY BARR: 2.06 Quick Act 3-1 (5-6-1 £32.52 TC £91.58). 2.21 Pretty Dreamer 3-1 (1-5-6 £21.20 TC £58.34). 2.38 Hattys Blue Max 3-1 (5-4-3 £16.67 TC £55.47). 2.57 Crumps 3-1 (6-1-2 £17.62 TC £71.96). 3.13 Galtee Lulu 7-2 (2-4-1 £22.36 TC £103.97). 3.29 Beirns Rocket 7-1 (5-1-4 £32.06 TC £107.62). 3.44 Highview Jim 11-4jt (3-1-5 £17.73 TC £70.52). 4.02 Heathmill Brae 2-1f (4-6-3 £7.91 TC £21.69). 4.18 Magical Cracker 7-2 (5-3-2 £34.22 TC £146.42). 4.33 Pretty Lively 4-1 (3-1-6 £21.49 TC £92.80). 4.47 I Like Gold 9-4f (5-3-4 £12.25 TC £39.66). 5.08 Doitalldiane 6-1 (1-6-4 £26.56 TC £102.13). 5.27 Safe Impact 3-1 (4-5-2 £18.58 TC £53.40). 5.46 Miss Moo Maggie 4-1 (6-3-5 £17.53 TC £56.68). Placer £1 stake (Races 1-6) £473.00, (Races 9-14) £210.00.

YESTERDAY’S BAGS RESULTS

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Oisin stealsthe show witha four-timer

Ding wins title afterfirst all-Chinese finalSNOOKER: Ding Junhui sawoff Xiao Guodong 10-6 to winthe Shanghai Masters in thefirst ever all-Chinese rankingfinal.

The more established Dingprevailed to win his seventhtitle – and his second on homesoil, following the 2005 ChinaOpen.

Xiao, who had never beenbeyond the quarter-finals of aranking event, had promisedafter his semi-final win overMichael Holt he was going tolift the trophy but he fell 2-0behind and trailed 6-3 afterthe first session.

At 9-4 down, he won thenext two frames and led 45-7in the next, but Dingproduced a clearance of 71.

HORSE RACING

BY KEITH HAMER

Racing hailed a new star onSaturday as 18-year-old Irishprodigy Oisin Murphy stolethe show at Ayr by riding 9,260-1 four-timer which includedthe William Hill Ayr Gold Cupon Highland Colori for hisboss, Andrew Balding.

Balding and his father Ianhave a great track record inproducing future stars of thesaddle with SeamusO’Gorman, Martin Dwyer andWilliam Buick all comingthrough the Kingsclereacademy and the feeling isMurphy is the next cab off therank.

Earlier in the week Baldinghad stated that he would pro-tect Murphy’s valuable 5lbclaim by barring him fromriding in races worth less than£6,000 and it seems a wise moveas he will now be hot propertyin all the major races in whatremains of the season.

Murphy was immediatelymade 9-4 by William HIll to bechampion apprentice nextseason.

Highland Colori (20-1) wasbeaten a short-head in theSilver Cup 12 months ago off amark of 91 yet including hispenalty he was racing off 104 inScotland and eventually ranout a comfortable two-and-aquarter-length winner fromLouis The Pious.

Murphy the won the follow-ing three races on JohnQ u i n n’s Lincoln winner Lev-itate (5-1 joint-favourite), aspare ride on Linda Perratt’sSilver Rime (20-1) and Quinn’sdual purpose performer Cock-ney Sparrow (5-2 favourite).

Murphy said: “It’s been agreat day, it was great to winthe big race and it’s nice tohave the other winners aswe l l .

“I came over here in Octoberlast year and I couldn’t be morepleased with the way thingshave gone.

“I model myself on DavidProbert and William Buick,you could not have two betterrole models.”

Ancient Cross defied top

weight to win the William HillAyr Silver Cup for veterantrainer Mick Easterby, whosignalled his intention toretire at the end of the season.

Easterby, 82, said: “It’s niceto have a big-race winner be-cause my son David will betaking over the licence nextseason. I’m sure he’ll do verywe l l . ”

The Charlie Hills-trainedCoral Mist came with a laterun to snatch the William Hill –In The App Store Firth OfClyde Stakes in the finals t r i d e s.

Supplicant appears to be stillprogressing after a gruellingseason as he led home a York-shire-monopolised Dubai DutyFree Mill Reef Stakes at New-bury. Having his seventh start,which have included visits toRoyal Ascot and GloriousGoodwood, the iron-willed ju-venile quickened three-quar-ters of a length clear of hisRichard Fahey-trained sta-blemate Rufford despite jockeyTony Hamilton dropping hiswhip in the final furlong.

Supplicant, who returned toPattern level after two confid-ence-boosters at Ripon, couldnow be entered in the GroupOne Vision.ae Middle ParkStakes at Newmarket on Oc-tober 12.

Classy Irish sprinterMaarek has his own bigautumn targets as he openedhis account for new trainerBarry Lalor in the GroupThree Dubai InternationalAirport World Trophy.

After moving from DavidNagle, due to a connectionwith the Lisbunny Syndicateand the McCutcheon family, hequickened up past his targetYork Glory and passed the linea length in front.

Owner Peter McCutcheon,who also bred third-placedKingsgate Native, said: “It’sbeen a dry old summer, sohopefully in a wet autumn hecan do all right.

“All being well, it’s on to theAbbaye, and then back to Ascotfor the QIPCO Sprint which hewon last year.”

John Gosden’s Cambornedemonstrated his versatility inthe Dubai Duty Free Legacy

Cup. Turned out a week afterhis success in the Mallard atDoncaster, the five-year-oldwas dropping back to a mileand three furlongs for thisGroup Three event and camewith a smooth run widest of allfor Rab Havlin.

“He’s in the Cesarewitch,probably with a huge weightnow, but if it rains I’ll runhim,” said Gosden.

Next weekend’s BetfredCambridgeshire is on theagenda for the Clive Cox-trained Haafaguinea after heexcelled in his first try at amile and a quarter in theDubai Duty Free Handicap.

Oriental Fox could still landa feature handicap this seasonafter setting himself up for atilt at the Betfred Cesarewitchby winning the Trial at New-market under Johnny Mur-ta gh.

The sponsors saw fit to cut

Irish prodigyOisinMurphy hada great day

Highland Colori, ridden by Oisin Murphy, wins The William Hill Ayr Gold Cup PICTURE: ANDREW MILLIGAN/PA

Hamilton – (five-year record) TopTrainers (with runners): M Johnston 57-239 (23.9%), R Fahey 41-217 (18.9%), K Ryan36-152 (23.7%), D Nicholls 24-94 (25.5%), BSmart 22-102 (21.6%), G Swinbank 22-128(17.2%), K Dalgleish 22-144 (15.3%), J Goldie22-217 (10.1%), Miss L Perratt 19-291 (6.5%),Mrs A Duffield 15-87 (17.2%), R C Guest 13-96 (13.5%), T D Barron 12-68 (17.6%).Top Jockeys (with mounts): J Fanning 47-179 (26.3%), T Eaves 29-265 (10.9%), PMakin 20-164 (12.2%), P McDonald 20-176(11.4%), P Mulrennan 18-162 (11.1%), THamilton 15-125 (12%), D Tudhope 11-74(14.9%), J Hart 9-55 (16.4%), A Elliott 9-73(12.3%), G Lee 9-78 (11.5%), G Gibbons 7-51(13.7%), R Winston 7-57 (12.3%).Favourites: 206-602 (34.2%).Hamilton stalls: 1m1f – Inside; 5f, 6f &1m3f – Stands’ side.Kempton – (five-year record) TopTrainers (with runners): R Hannon 119-

801 (14.9%), S Bin Suroor 72-221 (32.6%), ABalding 63-395 (15.9%), R Beckett 62-279(22.2%), J Gosden 55-295 (18.6%), G L Moore51-391 (13%), J Fanshawe 46-197 (23.4%), MBotti 45-290 (15.5%), C Cox 35-220 (15.9%),Sir M Stoute 29-153 (18.9%), Sir M Prescott29-184 (15.8%), L Cumani 27-151 (17.9%).Top Jockeys (with mounts): J Crowley146-968 (15.1%), D Probert 66-494 (13.4%),W Buick 64-354 (18.1%), L Keniry 60-769(7.8%), D O’Neill 58-652 (8.9%), J P Spencer57-288 (19.8%), K Fallon 55-367 (15%), TDurcan 48-275 (17.4%), C Catlin 48-586(8.2%), S Sanders 47-509 (9.2%), S Drowne45-557 (8.1%), W Carson 43-444 (9.7%).Favourites: 996-3211 (31.0%).Leicester – (five-year record) TopTrainers (with runners): R Hannon 33-166(19.9%), M Johnston 25-140 (17.9%), S BinSuroor 14-40 (35%), J Gosden 13-42 (30.9%),Sir M Stoute 13-56 (23.2%), R Beckett 12-49(24.5%), R Fahey 12-76 (15.8%), P Evans 11-

132 (8.3%), B Meehan 10-60 (16.7%), K Ryan10-80 (12.5%), R Charlton 9-33 (27.3%), JFanshawe 8-41 (19.5%).Top Jockeys (with mounts): R Hughes 22-76 (28.9%), S De Sousa 14-68 (20.6%), PHanagan 14-87 (16.1%), A Atzeni 12-83(14.5%), Cathy Gannon 12-112 (10.7%),James Doyle 10-78 (12.8%), S W Kelly 9-60(15%), P Cosgrave 9-77 (11.7%), A Kirby 9-84(10.7%), N Callan 9-100 (9%), J Quinn 6-65(9.2%), G Baker 5-32 (15.6%). Favourites:239-687 (34.8%).Leicester stalls: Straight course – Centre;Round course – Inside.Longest traveller: Are You Mine in the 3.40at Hamilton (398 miles).Visored for the first time – Hamilton:2.10 Red Pike. Leicester 3.30 Schottische;4.00 Pandar; 4.30 Thecornishwren; 5.00 BoomTo Bust; 5.30 QuadrigaBlinkered for the first time – Hamilton:3.10 Tabaayun. 5.10 Mysterious Wonder; 5.10

Hills Of Dakota. Leicester: 2.00 Herbah; 2.30Red Pilgrim. 5.30 Living The Life.Cheek pieces – Hamilton: 2.40 BoxingShadows, 4.10 El Manati(*), 4.40 Inherited(*),5.10 Schoolboy Champ. Kempton: 4.50Grayswood(*), Grendisar, Portmonarch,Portrait(*) 5.20 Cruiser, Kaafel. Leicester:2.30 Hassle(*), Saddaqa, 3.30 Admirals Walk,4.00 Cruise Tothelimit(*) Noodles Blue Boy,4.30 Stag Hill, 5.00 Embankment, RainbowBeauty Siouxperhero, 5.30 Ceelo, GeorgeFenton, Red Paladin.(*) = horses wearing cheek pieces for the firsttime.Tongue straps – Hamilton: 3.10 ArmadaBay, 5.10 Schoolboy Champ. Kempton: 2.50Passover, 5.20 Reflect. Leicester: 2.30 RedPilgrim, 3.30 Admirals Walk, Time To Begin,4.00 Bispham Green, 5.00 Aqua Ardens, 5.30Shaolin, Hamble.TV – At The Races: Leicester. Racing UK:Hamilton, Kempton.

WilliamBuick is atKempton

him into 16-1 from 25-1 for themarathon event on October 12,where he could atone for anagonising defeat in theNorthumberland Plate whenhe was caught in the finalstrides earlier in the season.

The valuable TattersallsSales races were won by Godol-p h i n’s Wedding Ring andRoger Varian’s Toofi.

Over in France Intellobooked his ticket for the Arcwith an easy win at GroupThree level.

Sir Michael Stoute took thefeature race at Gowran yes-terday when Mango Diva gavethe Newmarket handler asecond win in five years in theGroup Three Denny CordellLavarack & Lanwades StudFillies Stakes. Ave struck forStoute in 2009 and Listedwinner Mango Diva continuedher progression when scoringnicely under Murtagh.

TODAY’S HORSE RACING STATISTICS

ON THIS DAY

BIRTHDAYS

QUIZ

1926The largest crowd ever for a boxing match –120,757 – gathered to watch Gene Tunneyand Jack Dempsey’s heavyweight clash at theSesquicentennial Stadium in Philadelphia.

Clayton Blackmore – Former ManchesterUnited and Wales defender, 1964. Cricket’sHenry Blofeld – Radio commentator, 1939.Footballer Paolo Rossi – Former Italy strikerand World Cup winner, 1956. Golfer LarryMize – Winner of the 1987 US Masters, 1958.

1 Which Major League Baseball franchise playtheir home games at Tropicana Field?2 On which piece of gymnastics apparatus canthe Triple Russian be performed?3 Former Italy striker Alessandro Del Pierobegan his senior career at which club?4 England lock Dave Attwood plays for whichAviva Premiership side?5 In which English county would you findUttoxeter racecourse?

Answers: 1The Tampa Bay Rays, 2Pommelhorse, 3Padova, 4Bath, 5Staffordshire.

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Strap goes across here and here and hereRacing

2.20 E.B.F. MAIDEN STAKES(Class 5) 1m 2f (AW) 2yo Only Winner £2,911

1 (8) 93 AL KHAWANEEJ STAR (27) M Bell 9-5 J P Spencer2 (2) 72 BLACK LABEL (20) H Dunlop 9-5 J Crowley3 (5) 42 DEVILMENT (28) C Appleby 9-5 M Barzalona4 (1) 38 LIGHTNING SHOWER (17) M Botti 9-5 M Harley5 (6) 8 LINGFIELD LUPUS (51) J Best 9-5 S Drowne6 (4) 83 STORM FORCE TEN (17) A Balding 9-5 D Probert7 (3) 9 WEDGWOOD (9) R Hannon 9-5 P Dobbs8 (7) 732 ANIPA (23) E Dunlop 9-0 W Buick2012: Lord Provost 2-9-3, L Dettori 9-4 Fav (M Al Zarooni), drawn 5, 6 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 2 Devilment, 3 Anipa, 5 Storm Force Ten, 8 Black Label, Lightning Shower, Al Khawaneej Star, 16 Wedgwood, 50 Lingfield Lupus. Form DEVILMENT 5-2 (9-0) Led, ridden over 1f out, soon headed and

stayed on same pace final furlong, 2nd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Ghaawy (9-0) at Chepstow 1m 2yo mdn (5) gd in Aug. ANIPA 10-3 (9-0) Dwelt, pushed along in rear, pushed along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 2nd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Dance Bid (9-0) at Beverley 7f 2yo stks (4) gf in Aug. STORM FORCE TEN 6-1 (9-5) Always handy, ridden over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, 2l behind Adventure Seeker (9-5) at Kempton 1m 2yo mdn stks (5) pol. AL KHAWANEEJ STAR 4-1 (9-5) Dwelt, in rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 4 1/2l behind Solidarity (9-5) at Epsom Downs 1m 2yo mdn (5) gd in Aug. BLACK LABEL 8-1 (9-1) Towards rear, headway 2f out, ran on final furlong, no threat to winner, 2nd of 12, 4 1/2l behind Elysian Prince (9-1) at Lingfield 1m 2yo mdn auc stks (5) pol. LIGHTNING SHOWER 8-1 (9-5) Mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, no impression, 8th of 12, 6l behind Adventure Seeker (9-5) at Kempton 1m 2yo mdn stks (5) pol. WEDGWOOD 15-2 (9-2) Slowly into stride and awkward leaving stalls, ran green towards rear, struggling over 3f out, well behind final 2f, tailed off, last of 9, 38l behind Spark Plug (9-5) at Bath 1m 2yo mdn (4) gd. LINGFIELD LUPUS 33-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, outpaced in rear, weakened before halfway, 8th of 10, 26l behind Never To Be (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2yo mdn aut (6) gf in Aug.

2.50 MEDIAN AUCTION MAIDEN STAKES(5) 7f (AW) 2yo Only Winner £2,588

1 (6) 6 CRYSTAL LAKE (17) R Beckett 9-5 J Crowley2 (2) DESERT SOCIETY R Hannon 9-5 S Levey3 (12) 9 DON OTTAVIO (11) D Lanigan 9-5 T Durcan4 (3) 26 GOLEADOR (25) M Botti 9-5 M Harley5 (11) 54 NINETY MINUTES (39) (BF) J Best 9-5 S Drowne6 (5) 0 PACIFIC TRIP (33) A Balding 9-5 D Probert7 (13) 3 PASSOVER (16) (T) A Balding 9-5 L Keniry8 (9) 7 RED COSSACK (20) P Webber 9-5 D O’Neill9 (8) 79 SILVERCOMBE (47) S Kirk 9-5 Renato Souza10 (14) SPACE WALKER H Dunlop 9-5 J Fahy11 (1) 73 TEMPLATE (25) R Hannon 9-5 P Dobbs12 (4) NIRVA Lady Cecil 9-0 T Queally13 (7) 64 SHIRLEY VANESSA (9) L Dace 9-0 S Hitchcott14 (10) SYNONYM J Hills 9-0 S Sanders2012: George Cinq 2-9-3, H Turner 6-1 (M Bell), drawn 8, 14 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 7-2 Template, 5 Ninety Minutes, Nirva, 6 Desert Society, 7 Crystal Lake, 8 Goleador, 14 Red Cossack, Passover, 16 Others. Form TEMPLATE 10-1 (9-5) Sweating, took keen hold tracking leaders on

outside, reminder approaching halfway, ridden 3f out, went 2nd over 1f out until inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 11, 2 1/2l behind Top Tug (9-5) at Kempton 1m 2yo mdn auc stks (6) pol in Aug. NINETY MINUTES 10-3fav (8-11) Held up in mid-division, headway under pressure 2f out, driven in 3rd over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 2l behind Bright Cecily (8-11) at Salisbury 7f 2yo mdn aut (5) gd in Aug. NIRVA Verglas filly out of Nirvana. DESERT SOCIETY Kheleyf colt out of Sensasse. CRYSTAL LAKE 8-1 (9-5) Mid-division, switched right and headway 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Mystique Rider (9-5) at Kempton 6f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol. GOLEADOR 14-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 11, 10l behind Top Tug (9-5) at Kempton 1m 2yo mdn auc stks (6) pol in Aug. PASSOVER 25-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, soon tracking winner, pushed along and lost 2nd over 2f out, soon outpaced, 3rd of 4, 11l behind Evening Attire (8-12) at Kempton 7f Conditions Stakes (2yo) (4) pol. RED COSSACK 14-1 (8-13) Raced wide keen prominent, ridden and every chance when edged right over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 8, 6l behind Peacemaker (8-6) at Leicester 7f 2yo mdn aut (5) gf. PACIFIC TRIP 25-1 (9-5) Started very slowly and went right start, outpaced, tailed off, last of 10, 32l behind Greeb (9-5) at Warwick 6f 2yo mdn (5) gf in Aug. DON OTTAVIO 14-1 (9-5) In rear and outpaced, tailed off over 2f out, last of 9, 43l behind Art Wave (9-5) at Wolverhampton 7f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol. SPACE WALKER Astronomer Royal colt out of Hot Property.

3.20 E.B.F. MAIDEN FILLIES’ STAKES (DIV 1)(5) 7f (AW) 2yo Only Winner £2,911

1 (10) AMASEENA R Varian 9-0 J P Spencer2 (5) 86 FOREST GLEN (8) S Kirk 9-0 L Keniry3 (6) HEHO Sir M Stoute 9-0 T Queally4 (12) 00 LADY EMMUSKA (47) R Hannon 9-0 S Levey5 (4) 09 LA FAISAN BLANCHE (13) L Cumani 9-0 Kirsty Milczarek6 (7) MARIA BELLA C Appleby 9-0 M Barzalona7 (2) NAMELY Sir M Prescott 9-0 C Catlin8 (11) OH STAR J Gosden 9-0 W Buick9 (13) 5 SERENA GRAE (30) M Tregoning 9-0 M Dwyer10 (9) 73 SPIRITUAL FLAME (33) W Haggas 9-0 S Sanders11 (3) SWEET LILY PEA O Stevens 9-0 J Crowley12 (1) 8 TERHAAB (66) J Gosden 9-0 D O’Neill13 (8) 9 VENTURA ICE (25) R Hannon 9-0 P Dobbs2012: Zurigha 2-9-0, R Hughes 13-2 (R Hannon), drawn 11, 13 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 7-2 Maria Bella, 4 Heho, 9-2 Oh Star, 6 Ventura Ice, 8 Namely, Amaseena, 12 Lady Emmuska, 16 Terhaab, 20 Others. Form MARIA BELLA Raven’s Pass filly out of Infinite Spirit. HEHO Dansili

filly out of Nitya. OH STAR Tale Of The Cat filly out of Sleepytime. VENTURA ICE 25-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, always towards rear, 9th of 11, 12l behind Top Tug (9-5) at Kempton 1m 2yo mdn auc stks (6) pol in Aug. AMASEENA Shamardal filly out of Indian Belle. NAMELY Rock Of Gibraltar filly out of Viz. LADY EMMUSKA 25-1 (9-0) Led, headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 10th of 14, 10l behind Turin (9-0) at Kempton 7f 2yo mdn fll (5) pol in Aug. TERHAAB 6-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, held up, headway over 3f out, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 15, 10l behind J Wonder (9-0) at Newbury 6f 2yo stks (4) gf in Jul. FOREST GLEN 100-1 (9-0) Outpaced towards rear, kept on inside final furlong, never a threat, 6th of 12, 6l behind Sleepy Sioux (9-0) at Bath 6f 2yo flls mdn auc stks (4) gd. SPIRITUAL FLAME 16-1 (9-0) Mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on to 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 1 3/4l behind Greeb (9-5) at Warwick 6f 2yo mdn (5) gf in Aug. LA FAISAN BLANCHE 50-1 (9-0) Prominent, took keen hold, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, 9th of 12, 14l behind Surcingle (9-0) at Leicester 1m 2yo stks (4) gf. SERENA GRAE 14-1 (9-0) Slowly away, ran green in last pair, headway on outside over 1f out, shaken up and stayed on steadily inside final furlong, no threat, 5th of 7, 5l behind Veiled Intrigue (9-0) at Goodwood 6f 2yo fll mdn (5) gd in Aug. SWEET LILY PEA Hard Spun filly out of Tree Pipit.

3.50 E.B.F. MAIDEN FILLIES’ STAKES (DIV 2)(5) 7f (AW) 2yo Only Winner £2,911

1 (11) A LEGACY OF LOVE Mrs A Perrett 9-0 J Crowley2 (12) BIG BONED E Dunlop 9-0 J P Spencer3 (1) 80 CORDIAL (18) J Gosden 9-0 W Buick4 (6) IRRADIANCE C Appleby 9-0 M Barzalona5 (5) LADY CROSSMAR R Hannon 9-0 P Dobbs6 (8) 3 MIA SAN TRIPLE (17) P Chapple-Hyam 9-0 M Harley7 (10) 082 PLACIDIA (18) D Lanigan 9-0 T Durcan8 (9) QUEEN’S PRIZE Sir M Stoute 9-0 T Queally9 (2) 8 SPRING LADY (11) A Jarvis 9-0 M J Murphy(3)10 (4) SUPER MOMENT S Bin Suroor 9-0 K Fallon11 (3) TRILLIAN ASTRA C Cox 9-0 S Drowne12 (7) 9 UPDATED (12) I Mohammed 9-0 S Levey2012: Intiba 2-9-0, L Dettori Evens Fav (S Bin Suroor), drawn 8, 12 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 10-3 Lady Crossmar, 7-2 Irradiance, 7 Cordial, 15-2 Mia San Triple, 8 Big Boned, Super Moment, 10 Queen’s Prize, 12 Others.

4.20 25 FREE BET AT BETVICTOR.COM HANDICAP(3) 6f (AW) 3yo Only Winner £7,159

1 (8) 123-0 HOODNA (127) (BF,CD) S Bin Suroor 9-7 A Ajtebi2 (9) -33703 BARRACUDA BOY (44) T Dascombe 9-7 R Kingscote3 (1) -41050 RIVELLINO (73) (CD) K Burke 9-5 M Harley4 (2) -08116 BADR AL BADOOR (31) (V;CD) J Fanshawe 9-5 W Buick5 (6) 362031 PURCELL (37) (D) A Balding 9-3 D Probert6 (7) 8-2104 LEWISHAM (30) (CD) R Beckett 9-2 J Crowley7 (10) -12100 UPAVON (131) (CD) D Elsworth 9-2 L Keniry8 (11) -71227 FREDDY WITH A Y (43) (D) G L Moore 9-1 T Queally9 (5) 014107 LIONHEART (17) (D) L Cumani 8-12 Kirsty Milczarek10 (4) 123-8 SPOKESWOMAN (26) (BF,CD) S Bin Suroor 8-11 M Barzalona11 (3) 100223 PANTHER PATROL (27) (BF,C,D) Eve J-Houghton 8-7 J Fahy2012: Intransigent 3-9-5, J Fortune 5-2 Fav (A Balding), drawn 3, 7 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 3 Barracuda Boy, 4 Purcell, 13-2 Hoodna, 8 Spokeswoman, Lionheart, 10 Badr Al Badoor, Panther Patrol, 12 Freddy With A Y, 14 Others. Form BARRACUDA BOY 9-2 (9-9) Slowly into stride, soon recovered to

chase leading pair racing on rail, challenged 2f out, soon every chance, ridden inside final furlong, not quicken well inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 1l behind Annunciation (9-13) at Ascot 6f 3yo hcp 0-100 (2) gd in Aug. PURCELL 2-1fav (9-7) Tracked leaders, headway 2f out, ridden to challenge inside final fur-long, kept on, led narrowly towards finish, won at Chester 6f 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) gs in Aug beating Lastchancelucas (9-2) by hd, 7 ran. HOODNA 7-2fav (9-2) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 11, 24l behind Spinatrix (9-5) at Ripon 6f flls hcp 0-95 (3) gs in May. LIONHEART 9-2 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 11, 9l behind Bop It (9-4) at Haydock 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gs. SPOKESWOMAN 3-1fav (9-7) Dwelt, held up behind, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, 8th of 10, 9l behind Trucanini (9-3) at Kempton 7f fll hcp (4) pol in Aug. BADR AL BADOOR 9-2 (9-3) Held up, headway 2f out, not clear run and switched left approaching final furlong, faded inside final furlong, 6th of 8, 3 1/2l behind La Fortunata (8-13) at Goodwood 6f flls hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Aug. PANTHER PATROL 11-4fav (9-2) Held up in touch, ridden over 1f out, soon chased winner until inside final furlong, no extra, 3rd of 6, 7l behind Flashlight (9-7) at Epsom Downs 7f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Aug. FREDDY WITH A Y 5-1 (9-7) Mid-division, ridden over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong, 7th of 9, 10l behind Brazen (9-7) at Leicester 6f 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) gf in Aug. LEWISHAM 15-2 (9-7) Chased leaders, effort over 2f out, one pace final furlong, 4th of 6, 5l behind Lancelot Du Lac (9-4) at Newmarket 6f 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) gs in Aug. RIVELLINO 14-1 (8-9) Raced stand side in rear, never a factor, 10th of 18, 6l behind Heaven’s Guest (8-12) at Newmarket 6f 3yo hcp 0-105 (2) gf in Jul. UPAVON 25-1 (9-3) Steadied start, keen held up, weakened 2f out, soon eased, last of 16, 33l behind Lancelot Du Lac (9-1) at York 7f 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) gs in May.

4.50 BETVICTOR CASINO HANDICAP(4) 1m 4f (AW) 3yo Only Winner £4,690

1 (2) 632133 PORTMONARCH (19) (P;BF,D) D Lanigan 9-7 T Durcan2 (8) 031141 PROSPERA (20) (B;CD) R Beckett 9-6 J Crowley3 (7) 8133 MADAME VESTRIS (37) (BF,D) Sir M Stoute 9-5 P Dobbs4 (3) 461321 LISA’S LEGACY (12) (CD) D Kubler 9-5 R Kingscote5 (5) -11135 PORTRAIT (26) (P;BF,D) Sir M Prescott 9-5 C Catlin6 (6) -12142 GRENDISAR (18) (P;CD) M Botti 9-2 M Harley7 (1) 193650 KING MURO (52) (H;C) A Balding 8-12 L Keniry8 (4) 387257 GRAYSWOOD (20) (P) W Muir 8-7 M Dwyer2012: Ruscello 3-9-6, G Baker 9-4 Fav (Ed Walker), drawn 5, 10 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 5-2 Madame Vestris, 4 Lisa’s Legacy, 9-2 Prospera, 13-2 Grendisar, 7 Portrait, 15-2 Portmonarch, 16 King Muro, Grayswood. Form MADAME VESTRIS 3-1fav (8-13) Held up, steady headway to dis-

pute 3rd 4f out, ridden to chase winner 2f out, no impression, lost 2nd last stride, 3rd of 9, 2 3/4l behind Lemon Pearl (9-0) at Chester 1m 5f hcp 0-80 (4) gs in Aug. LISA’S LEGACY 7-2 (9-4) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, soon clear, ran on well, won at Kempton 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol beating Apparently (9-7) by 5l, 8 ran. PROSPERA 3-1 (9-7) In touch, headway approaching 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden out, won at Lingfield 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol beating Mistral Wind (8-7) by 1/2l, 7 ran. GRENDISAR 7-2 (9-1) Tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, kept on and no impression well inside final furlong, 2nd of 6, 2 1/2l behind Tajheez (9-7) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp 0-85 (4) pol. PORTRAIT 6-4fav (9-7) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 5, 13l behind Dolphin Village (8-8) at Catterick 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Aug. PORTMONARCH 7-2fav (9-3) Tracked winner, ridden and unable to quicken over 2f out, no impression when lost 2nd inside final furlong, 3rd of 11, 5l behind Aegaeus (9-12) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol. GRAYSWOOD 10-1 (8-6) In rear, head-way 4f out, tracked leaders, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 9, 9l behind Quest For More (9-2) at Leicester 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) gf.

5.20 BETVICTOR HANDICAP(4) 1m (AW) 3yo plus Winner £4,690

1 (7) 121425 CRUISER (17) (P;CD) W Muir 5-9-9 M Dwyer2 (14) 221731 SIR MIKE (9) (C,D) Mrs A Perrett 4-9-9 P Dobbs3 (1) -66400 KAAFEL (23) (P;D) P Hedger 4-9-7 C Bishop(3)4 (6) 155528 DARK EMERALD (37) (V;D) B Powell 3-9-6 S Sanders5 (11) -33420 BANK ON ME (15) (D) P McBride 4-9-6 W Carson6 (2) 17 AIR OF GLORY (96) (BF) C Appleby 3-9-5 M Barzalona7 (4) 250266 ROYAL PRIZE (16) (CD) R Beckett 3-9-5 J Crowley8 (9) 0-1246 EMMUSKA (23) (D) C Cox 4-9-5 R Tate(5)9 (10) 127220 REFLECT (82) (T,V;C) D Shaw 5-9-3 D O’Neill10 (8) 61 CORNROW (18) (H;CD) J Gosden 3-9-3 W Buick11 (13) 97-790 RUSTIC DEACON (35) (C,D) W Musson 6-9-2 T Queally12 (12) -55312 ANGELIC UPSTART (28) (CD) A Balding 5-9-2 L Keniry13 (5) 558560 STEELRIVER (12) (C) J Bethell 3-8-13 T Durcan14 (3) 0-114 PLEASURE BENT (68) (D) L Cumani 3-8-12 K Fallon2012: Islesman 4-8-11, R Hughes 7-2 (Mrs H Main), drawn 4, 8 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 5 Angelic Upstart, Cornrow, 6 Sir Mike, 7 Pleasure Bent, 8 Royal Prize, 10 Air Of Glory, Emmuska, Cruiser, Bank On Me, 14 Others. Form ANGELIC UPSTART 4-1 (9-9) Tracked leaders, led over 2f out, rid-

den and edged left over 1f out, headed towards finish, 2nd of 8, 3/4l behind Lunar Deity (9-13) at Epsom Downs 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gs in Aug. CORNROW 8-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, led 5f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on towards fin-ish, won at Kempton 1m mdn stks (5) pol beating Magic Hurricane (9-5) by 1l, 13 ran. SIR MIKE 9-2 (9-7) Led until halfway, rallied over 2f out, led again over 1f out, ran on well, won at Kempton 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol beating Invisible Hunter (9-7) by nk, 9 ran. PLEASURE BENT 9-2 (9-6) Held up in last trio, headway and hung right from over 2f out, plugged on to modest 4th final furlong, 4th of 7, 11l behind Mighty Yar (9-4) at Sandown 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Jul. ROYAL PRIZE 13-2 (9-6) Slowly into stride, behind, switched left to outside inside final furlong, stayed on but never going pace to threaten, 6th of 13, 2 1/2l behind Footstepsintherain (9-0) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.

CAPTAIN WESSEX 2.20 — Devilment 2.50 — Passover 3.20 — Sweet Lily Pea 3.50 — Mia San Triple 4.20 — Purcell 4.50 — Prospera 5.20 — Sir Mike

BOB WATTSTips

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2.00 ASTON FLAMVILLE FILLIES’ NURSERY(Class 5) 6f 2yo Only Winner £3,234

1 (12) 3382 MISTY SPARKLER (17) B Meehan 9-7 M Lane2 (10) 53219 INYORDREAMS (11) (D) J Given 9-7 D Swift3 (9) 4133 EMPEROR’S HOPE (73) (D) R Hannon 9-7 R Hughes4 (15) 602212 SEFAAT (31) (D) B Meehan 9-6 P Hanagan5 (7) 54153 INSPIRITER (17) (D) C Appleby 9-5 S De Sousa6 (4) 221 SHILLA (19) (D) H Candy 9-4 Cathy Gannon7 (6) 21 HIPZ (9) G Baker 9-4 P Cosgrave8 (14) 2252 SECRET KODE (34) (BF) B Powell 9-3 G Baker9 (5) 722 NIMBLE KIMBLE (35) J Eustace 9-0 Rosie Jessop(3)10 (8) 163453 ROSEBAY CORAL (31) T Coyle 9-0 J Quinn11 (11) 4351 ALFIE LUNETE (11) J S Moore 9-0 L Jones12 (17) 5025 GOT TO DANCE (27) R Beckett 8-13 James Doyle13 (18) 5154 A CHILDS DREAM (27) R Hannon 8-13 W Twiston-Davies(3)14 (1) 8295 WHERE THE BOYS ARE (34) E McMahon 8-11 N Callan15 (13) 416734 HONEY MEADOW (11) R Eddery 8-10 A Beschizza16 (16) F24540 CHEEKY PETA’S (7) J Given 8-8 C Beasley(5)17 (3) 4654 HERBAH (12) (B) R Varian 8-7 A Atzeni18 (2) 335488 LOMA MOR (6) A McCabe 8-7 Shirley Teasdale(5)2012: Pira Palace 2-9-4, R Winston 3-1 Fav (Sir M Stoute), drawn 12, 8 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 9-2 Sefaat, 7 Shilla, 15-2 Inyordreams, 8 Emperor’s Hope, Misty Sparkler, 10 Herbah, 12 Inspiriter, Hipz, 14 Others.

2.30 KIRBY GATE MAIDEN STAKES(5) 1m 4f 3yo plus Winner £3,881

1 (2) 5 BALDER SUCCES (9) A King 5-9-13 D Sweeney2 (6) 2-4242 HASSLE (13) (P) C Cox 4-9-13 A Kirby3 (7) 5 SEABOUGG (21) J Eustace 5-9-13 Rosie Jessop(3)4 (15) 99/737 SURE FIRE (32) P Evans 8-9-13 R Evans(3)5 (9) 90 LADY CLICHE (61) R Curtis 4-9-8 Jemma Marshall(3)6 (4) 8-3443 SANTAYANA (85) P Evans 4-9-8 D J Bates(3)7 (13) GREAT FIGHTER S Bin Suroor 3-9-5 F Tylicki8 (12) 0074 MARAWEH (91) J Hills 3-9-5 P Hanagan9 (8) 85847- NIGHT’S WATCH (271) W Jarvis 3-9-5 R Havlin10 (1) 2 OBSTACLE (94) J Gosden 3-9-5 James Doyle11 (10) 67-66 RED PILGRIM (47) (H,T) J Toller 3-9-5 R Tart(3)12 (3) SUMMERFREE M Johnston 3-9-5 A Nicholls13 (5) WANNABE YOUR MAN R Varian 3-9-5 A Atzeni14 (14) JOWHARA G Butler 3-9-0 N Callan15 (11) 32222 SADDAQA (26) (P;BF) S Bin Suroor 3-9-0 S De Sousa2012: No corresponding race.BETTING FORECAST: 3 Saddaqa, 4 Obstacle, 6 Hassle, 7 Great Fighter, 8 Summerfree, 10 Wannabe Your Man, Maraweh, 16 Others. Form SADDAQA 8-13fav (8-12) Tracked leaders, went 2nd over 9f out, rid-

den over 3f out, beaten when edged right over 1f out, 2nd of 7, 7l behind Hunting Ground (9-3) at Southwell 1m 4f mdn stks (5) fbs in Aug. OBSTACLE 9-4 (9-5) Took keen hold tracking leaders, ran green over 2f out, driven to challenge over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, no extra close home, 2nd of 6, 1l behind Endless Credit (9-5) at Newmarket 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) gf in Jun. HASSLE 9-2 (9-5) Held up, headway over 4f out, ridden to challenge 2f out, hung right over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, no impression on winner, 2nd of 6, 4 1/2l behind Nautilus (9-2) at Leicester 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) gf. GREAT FIGHTER Street Cry gelding out of Evil Empire. SUMMERFREE Medaglia D’oro colt out of Summer Flash. MARAWEH 10-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, outpaced over 2f out, 4th of 7, 7l behind Java Rose (9-8) at Chepstow 1m 4f mdn auc stks (5) gf in Jun. WANNABE YOUR MAN Halling colt out of Wannabe Posh. BALDER SUCCES 8-1 (10-0) In touch, driven and headway over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 14, 12l behind Hamelin (9-5) at Kempton 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol. JOWHARA Mount Nelson filly out of Call Account. NIGHT’S WATCH 12-1 (8-7) Held up, took keen hold, hung right over 3f out, headway on outside over 2f out, soon beaten, edged left inside final furlong, last of 7, 12l behind Glory City (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.

3.00 E.B.F. KEGWORTH NOVICE STAKES(4) 6f 2yo Only Winner £5,175

1 (1) 1 ALMUHEET (45) Sir M Stoute 9-3 P Hanagan2 (2) 1U9234 INTERMATH (24) (D) P Evans 9-3 Cathy Gannon3 (6) 1 INVINCIBLE STRIKE (25) (D) J Tate 9-3 N Callan4 (4) 31 STORM TROOPER (68) R Hannon 9-3 R Hughes5 (5) 33 KUALA QUEEN (25) D Coakley 8-7 J Quinn6 (3) 2 STARS ABOVE ME (54) R Charlton 8-7 J Haynes(5)2012: Tassel 2-8-12, P Dobbs 3-1 (R Hannon), drawn 3, 4 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 6-4 Almuheet, 3 Storm Trooper, 9-2 Stars Above Me, 11-2 Invincible Strike, 12 Intermath, 14 Kuala Queen. Form ALMUHEET 7-2fav (9-5) Tracked leaders, led 2f out, ridden out, won

at Newmarket 7f 2yo mdn (4) gf in Aug beating Red Galileo (9-5) by 1l, 12 ran. STORM TROOPER 1-4fav (9-5) Made all on rail, pushed clear over 1f out, kept on strongly, unchallenged (hand timed), won at Sandown 5f 2yo mdn (5) gf in Jul beating Kickboxer (9-5) by 4l, 5 ran. STARS ABOVE ME 16-1 (9-0) Mid-division, not clear run approaching 2f out, headway to chase winner entering final furlong, kept on one pace, 2nd of 13, 1 1/2l behind Valonia (9-0) at Goodwood 6f 2yo stks (2) gs in Jul. INVINCIBLE STRIKE 11-4 (9-5) Pressed leader, ridden over 2f out, led narrowly entering final furlong, edged left well inside final furlong, ran on, won at Hamilton 6f 2yo mdn (5) gf in Aug beating Quickaswecan (9-5) by 2 1/2l, 6 ran. INTERMATH 9-1 (9-5) Close up, ridden and outpaced 2f out, headway entering final furlong, no impression towards finish, 4th of 7, 4 1/2l behind Nezar (9-1) at Chester 7f 2yo hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Aug. KUALA QUEEN 2-1 (9-0) Raced wide close up, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 8, 6l behind Go Glamorous (9-0) at Lingfield 5f 2yo flls mdn auc stks (6) gd in Aug.

3.30 GOLDEN HAND SELLING STAKES(6) 7f 3yo Only Winner £1,941

1 (5) 543284 ADMIRALS WALK (17) (P,T) S Kirk 8-11 R Hughes2 (2) 468216 ANGELS CALLING (33) K Burke 8-11 J Haynes(5)3 (8) 015000 DOUBLE STAR (11) J Portman 8-11 M Lawson(3)4 (1) 377644 TIME TO BEGIN (11) (B,T) A McCabe 8-11 W Twiston-Davies(3)5 (3) 133330 TRULY MADLY (11) H Adielsson 8-11 James Doyle6 (9) -59925 MARSH DRAGON (6) M Tompkins 8-6 P Hanagan7 (10) 99 RAMATA (91) J Unett 8-6 L Jones8 (6) -51470 SCHOTTISCHE (108) (V;D) D Haydn Jones 8-6 Rosie Jessop(3)9 (4) 766094 TOFFEE SHOT (11) (B) J Hills 8-6 M Lane10 (7) -63989 WORLD FREIGHT GIRL (25) (B) D Ivory 8-6 J Quinn2012: Marford Missile 3-9-2, R Kingscote Evens Fav (T Dascombe), drawn 6, 7 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 2 Truly Madly, 11-4 Angels Calling, 9-2 Admirals Walk, 11-2 Marsh Dragon, 14 Time To Begin, Double Star, 16 Toffee Shot, 25 Others.

4.00 SIS LIVE HANDICAP(3) 5f 3yo plus Winner £7,561

1 (7) 764015 FOREST EDGE (102) (C,D) P Evans 4-9-7 D J Bates(3)2 (2) 717821 BURNING THREAD (23) (B;D) T Etherington 6-9-5 A Beschizza3 (9) 441-80 PEARL BLUE (115) (D) C Wall 5-9-4 G Baker4 (12) 050500 TAAJUB (57) (D) P Crate 6-9-3 A Kirby5 (1) 478569 PANDAR (23) (V;D) R Cowell 4-9-3 L Jones6 (14) 254004 KYLEAKIN LASS (16) (D) J Portman 4-9-2 R Hughes7 (17) 142000 TAX FREE (33) (CD) D Nicholls 11-9-2 A Nicholls8 (6) 851000 ANOTHER WISE KID (37) (D) P Midgley 5-9-0 J Quinn9 (3) 491063 FITZ FLYER (16) (V;D) D Nicholls 7-9-0 J Nason(7)10 (15) 937912 NEW FFOREST (23) (BF,D) A Balding 3-8-13 O Murphy(5)11 (18) 413084 JACK LUEY (11) (D) L Mullaney 6-8-12 N Callan12 (4) 330255 MOORHOUSE LAD (17) (D) G Moss 10-8-9 A Mullen13 (11) 614020 REBECCA ROMERO (16) (D) D Coakley 6-8-8 James Doyle14 (8) 723352 COMMANCHE (12) C Dwyer 4-8-7 R Tart(3)15 (16) 324760 RYLEE MOOCH (3) (E;CD) R C Guest 5-8-7 J Haynes(5)16 (13) 107160 NOODLES BLUE BOY (12) (P;CD) O Pears 7-8-7 C Beasley(5)17 (5) 323209 CRUISE TOTHELIMIT (2) (P;D) I Williams 5-8-7 R Powell(3)18 (10) 622955 BISPHAM GREEN (30) (T) R Fahey 3-8-6 P Hanagan2012: Ajjaadd 6-9-1, K O’Neill 5-1 (T Powell), drawn 10, 10 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 6 Burning Thread, 7 Kyleakin Lass, 8 Fitz Flyer, Taajub, 10 Forest Edge, New Fforest, Commanche, 12 Bispham Green, Jack Luey, 14 Others. Form BURNING THREAD 7-1 (9-3) Chased leader, led halfway, pushed

readily clear final furlong, comfortably (hand timed), won at Sandown 5f hcp 0-95 (3) gf in Aug beating Tidal’s Baby (8-8) by 2l, 14 ran. KYLEAKIN LASS 12-1 (8-13) Raced centre close up, effort over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Confessional (9-2) at Haydock 5f hcp 0-100 (2) gs. FITZ FLYER 12-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, ridden and effort inside final 2f, went 3rd inside final furlong, kept on, held towards finish, 3rd of 16, 3/4l behind Dungannon (9-3) at Ascot 5f hcp 0-90 (3) gd. TAAJUB 8-1 (9-3) Raced centre, prominent, driven over 1f out, weak-ened inside final furlong, 15th of 18, 5l behind Barnet Fair (8-9) at Ascot 5f hcp (2) gf in Jul. COMMANCHE 8-1 (8-7) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, held near finish, 2nd of 16, nk behind Sir Pedro (8-10) at Doncaster 5f hcp 0-85 (4) gs. FOREST EDGE 12-1 (9-1) Close up, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, 5th of 10, 6l behind Harrison George (8-5) at Nottingham 6f hcp 0-105 (2) sft in Jun. NEW FFOREST 4-1fav (8-6) Held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd towards finish, no chance with winner, 2nd of 10, 2 3/4l behind El Viento (9-0) at Chester 5f hcp 0-100 (2) gd in Aug. BISPHAM GREEN 16-1 (8-0) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, no impression inside final furlong, 5th of 13, 5l behind Threes Grand (7-11) at York 5f Apprentice Handicap (0-100) (3yo) (2) sft in Aug. JACK LUEY 25-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, rid-den over 1f out, stayed on same pace under pressure inside final furlong, 4th of 15, 1 1/2l behind Pearl Ice (9-7) at Doncaster 6f hcp 0-90 (3) gs. MOORHOUSE LAD 9-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, not much room and lost place over 1f out, soon switched left, stayed on inside final furlong, 5th of 14, 4 1/2l behind Imperial Legend (9-2) at Haydock 5f hcp 0-85 (4) gs. PANDAR 14-1 (9-10) Chased leaders on rail, pushed along halfway, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, 9th of 14, 10l behind Burning Thread (9-3) at Sandown 5f hcp 0-95 (3) gf in Aug. TAX FREE 25-1 (9-3) Rear of mid-division, pushed along 3f out, weakened soon weakened, behind and eased final furlong, 16th of 17, 14l behind Bogart (9-7) at York 5f hcp 105 (2) gf in Aug. PEARL BLUE 10-1 (10-0) Towards rear, effort in centre over 1f out, hung right and weakened final furlong, last of 11, 9l behind Links Drive Lady (9-1) at Goodwood 6f flls hcp 0-95 (3) gd in May. ANOTHER WISE KID 16-1 (9-4) Mid-division, ridden and faded inside final furlong, 11th of 15, 9l behind Doctor Parkes (9-7) at Doncaster 5f hcp 0-95 (3) gf in Aug. CRUISE TOTHELIMIT 8-1 (9-1) In touch, ridden 2f out, weakened entering final furlong, 9th of 11, 8l behind Equitania (8-13) at Newmarket 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gd. NOODLES BLUE BOY 14-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 11th of 16, 12l behind Sir Pedro (8-10) at Doncaster 5f hcp 0-85 (4) gs.

4.30 HENRY ALKEN CLASSIFIED CLAIMING STAKES(5) 1m 2f 3yo to 4yo Winner £2,588

1 (5) -55566 JUVENAL (16) R Hannon 4-9-7 R Hughes2 (9) 462323 THEREABOUTS (160) M Appleby 4-9-5 A Mullen3 (4) 246497 BLING KING (7) G Harker 4-9-4 J Nason(7)4 (2) 124524 STAG HILL (13) (P;D) B J Llewellyn 4-9-3 J Haynes(5)5 (6) 4U8728 VOICE FROM ABOVE (12) P Holmes 4-9-3 R Kennemore6 (7) 471318 MANDY THE NAG (46) I Williams 3-8-13 N Callan7 (1) -06888 THECORNISHWREN (29) (V) J Ryan 4-8-13 R Powell(3)8 (3) 543633 SUSPENSION (29) H Morrison 3-8-9 R Havlin9 (8) 4879 INIGO MONTOYA (117) (H) A McCabe 3-8-8 D Cannon(3)2012: Monopoli 3-9-1, R Kingscote 10-3 (R Beckett), drawn 6, 7 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 9-4 Mandy The Nag, 10-3 Juvenal, 5 Bling King, 7 Thereabouts, 8 Voice From Above, 10 Stag Hill, 12 Suspension, 20 Inigo Montoya, 33 Thecornishwren.

5.00 HIGHFIELDS HANDICAP(5) 1m 3yo plus Winner £3,234

1 (14) 0-2790 PRESIDENT LINCOLN (15) D Carroll 5-9-8 N Farley(3)2 (3) 3-4324 RED SHUTTLE (14) (H) Andi Brown 6-9-7 A Kirby3 (6) 5-6673 EURYSTHEUS (4) (D) M Appleby 4-9-7 A Mullen4 (2) 347460 CHAPTER AND VERSE (16) (D) Mike Murphy 7-9-6 R Hughes5 (1) 464165 WEST END LAD (4) (B;CD) S Bowring 10-9-5 M Coumbe(3)6 (10) 06-870 EMBANKMENT (17) (P;D) W Jarvis 4-9-5 G Baker7 (12) 478057 BOOM TO BUST (82) (V;D) F Brennan 5-9-5 R Tart(3)8 (8) 701123 AQUA ARDENS (47) (T;D) G Baker 5-9-4 P Cosgrave9 (7) 216 ETHEL (70) J Gosden 3-9-4 R Havlin10 (9) 4041-1 RAINBOW BEAUTY (23) (P;D) G Butler 3-9-3 N Callan11 (5) -47515 SOARING SPIRITS (33) (B;D) R Varian 3-9-3 A Atzeni12 (13) 323331 KNIGHT OWL (53) (D) J Fanshawe 3-9-3 S W Kelly13 (4) 037115 SIOUXPERHERO (10) (P;CD) W Muir 4-9-2 James Doyle14 (11) 235273 GIOIA DI VITA (28) D Nicholls 3-9-2 A Nicholls2012: Hurricane Lady 4-9-9, N Mackay 5-1 (Mike Murphy), drawn 13, 7 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 5 Knight Owl, 11-2 Aqua Ardens, Rainbow Beauty, 7 Eurystheus, 10 Ethel, 12 Red Shuttle, Chapter And Verse, Soaring Spirits, West End Lad, President Lincoln, 16 Others.

5.30 APPRENTICE SERIES HANDICAP(5) 7f 3yo plus Winner £2,588

1 (5) 567501 IMPERATOR AUGUSTUS (34) (CD) P Holmes 5-9-8 J Garritty(3)2 (3) 0-0700 ESPRIT DE MIDAS (16) (H;C,D) D Ivory 7-9-8 P Booth(3)3 (13) 412411 GEORGE FENTON (2) (P;D) R C Guest 4-9-13(6ex) Anna Hesketh(3)4 (12) 534513 RED PALADIN (17) (P;D) K Ryan 3-9-5 K Stott5 (9) 247644 CEELO (2) (P) S Kirk 3-9-5 J Haynes6 (1) 1-4658 LIVING THE LIFE (23) (B;D) J Osborne 3-9-5 J Lawson(5)7 (16) 313332 SHAOLIN (20) (T;BF) S Durack 3-9-4 P Millman8 (2) -81159 ANGEL CAKE (16) (D) M Appleby 4-9-4 Aaron Jones(3)9 (11) 5751 PEARL QUEEN (20) (CD) C Wall 3-9-3 Sam Clarke(5)10 (4) 3843 MOORTAHAN (18) R Hannon 3-9-2 C Hardie(5)11 (14) 020211 TENBRIDGE (28) (V;D) D Haydn Jones 4-9-2 E J Walsh12 (18) 749555 DANZ CHOICE (32) R Hannon 3-9-1 Stephen King(5)13 (8) 345136 BOLD RING (58) (D) E Creighton 7-9-0 D A Parkes(3)14 (7) 3-4678 QUADRIGA (97) (V) R Eddery 3-8-12 L Steward15 (10) 562845 ROUGH ROCK (14) (V;D) C Dwyer 8-8-12 C Beasley16 (17) 461980 DANCING MAITE (4) (B;CD) S Bowring 8-8-11 J Willetts(3)17 (6) 8-6554 TRUE SPIRIT (52) P D’Arcy 3-8-10 Stacey Kidd(5)18 (15) 446163 HAMBLE (34) (T;BF,D) Miss J Feilden 4-8-8 Shelley Birkett2012: Mount Mayday 3-8-8, J Hart 2-1 (S C Williams), drawn 7, 7 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 5 Pearl Queen, 11-2 George Fenton, 6 Imperator Augustus, 7 Red Paladin, 8 Tenbridge, 10 Shaolin, 12 Moortahan, Ceelo, 16 Others.

CAPTAIN WESSEX 2.00 — Hipz 2.30 — Obstacle 3.00 — Invincible Strike (nb) 3.30 — Toffee Shot 4.00 — New Fforest 4.30 — Suspension 5.00 — Rainbow Beauty 5.30 — Pearl Queen

BOB WATTSTips

LEicESTER

2.20 – Anipa2.50 – Template3.20 – Maria Bella3.50 – Lady Crossmar4.20 – Lionheart4.50 – Portrait5.20 – Sir Mike

2.00 – Herbah2.30 – Obstacle3.00 – Almuheet (nb)3.30 – Marsh Dragon4.00 – Bispham Green4.30 – Stag Hill5.00 – Knight Owl5.30 – Red Paladin

Going: Standard. Stalls: 1m4f centre; rest inside. Going: Good (Good to soft in places; GoingStick 7.1).

WESTERN DAILY PRESS MONDAY SEPTEMBER 23 2013 HORSE RACING 19WDP-E01-S3


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2.10 BRITISH STALLION STUDS E.B.F. MAIDEN STAKES (Class 5) 6f 2yo Only Winner £3,234 1

(1) 3 FOCUSOFOURTHOUGHTS (13) Mrs A Duffield 9-5 P McDonald2 (8) 9 INJAZ (38) K Ryan 9-5 P Mulrennan3 (9) 8 PURE AMBER (61) M Johnston 9-5 J Fanning4 (5) 46 RAISE A BILLION (33) A Berry 9-5 S O’Hara(5)5 (2) 26 RED PIKE (17) (V) B Smart 9-5 R Ffrench6 (3) UNFINISHEDBUSINESS R Fahey 9-5 L Topliss7 (7) 9 UPHOLLAND (55) R Fahey 9-5 T Hamilton8 (4) 0 VOSNE ROMANEE (58) K Dalgleish 9-5 T Eaves9 (6) THE CAT Miss L Perratt 9-0 B McHugh2012: Exzachary 2-9-3, J Guillambert 8-1 (J Hughes), drawn 5, 5 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 6-4 Upholland, 9-4 Red Pike, 5 Unfinishedbusiness, 8 Focusofourthoughts, 16 Pure Amber, 20 Injaz, 25 Others.

2.40 TOTEPOOL.COM HANDICAP(5) 5f 3yo Only Winner £3,408 1

(2) 1134-0 DREAMY CIARA (4) (D) D Brown 9-7 P McDonald2 (8) 358371 TEETOTAL (4) (D) N Tinkler 9-7 Danielle Mooney(7)3 (5) 327322 MODERN LADY (5) (D) R C Guest 9-5 P Prince(5)4 (7) 034877 BOXING SHADOWS (23) (P;D) B Smart 9-4 P Mulrennan5 (4) 720507 LAUDATION (29) (V) Danielle McCormick 8-12 S O’Hara(5)6 (9) 725196 AMELIA JAY (29) (D) Danielle McCormick 8-3 A Elliott7 (1) 7565 MANATEE BAY (38) D Nicholls 8-3 J Fanning8 (3) -69775 PARTNER’S GOLD (26) A Berry 8-2 R Ffrench9 (6) 650 TRUE THAT (54) D Nicholls 8-2 P M Quinn2012: No corresponding race.BETTING FORECAST: 6-4 Teetotal, 10-3 Modern Lady, 7 Boxing Shadows, 8 Manatee Bay, 10 Dreamy Ciara, Amelia Jay, 16 True That, 20 Laudation, 33 Partner’s Gold.

3.10 CLAIMING STAKES(6) 1m 1f 3yo to 5yo Winner £2,588 1

(4) 127855 TABAAYUN (10) (V;D) D O’Meara 3-9-1 D Tudhope2 (2) 314468 ACT YOUR SHOE SIZE (4) (C,D) K Dalgleish 4-9-0 T Eaves3 (1) 803928 ROSSELLI (13) (CD) K Burke 4-9-0 P Makin4 (3) 226887 ARMADA BAY (144) (T) B Smart 3-8-9 R Ffrench2012: She’s A Character 5-8-9, T Hamilton 2-1 (R Fahey), drawn 1, 5 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 10-11 Act Your Shoe Size, 6-4 Tabaayun, 15-2 Rosselli, 20 Armada Bay.

3.40 TOTEPOOL.COM MAIDEN STAKES(5) 1m 1f 3yo to 4yo Winner £3,234 1

(4) MYSTICAL KING Miss L Perratt 3-9-5 T Eaves2 (1) 33 PROXIMATE (18) Sir M Stoute 3-9-5 L Morris3 (3) -35333 ARE YOU MINE (20) (V) R Beckett 3-9-0 G Lee4 (2) BOUND COPY M Johnston 3-9-0 J Fanning2012: Danchai 3-9-3, J Fanning 8-13 Fav (W Haggas), drawn 9, 7 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 4-5 Proximate, 9-4 Are You Mine, 9-2 Bound Copy, 25 Mystical King.

4.10 E.B.F. STALLIONS CONDITIONS STAKES(2) 6f 3yo plus Winner £14,318 1

(5) 706120 COLONEL MAK (2) (CD) T D Barron 6-8-10 G Gibbons2 (4) 244600 MAJESTIC MYLES (2) (D) R Fahey 5-8-10 Doubtful3 (7) 674410 BIX (17) (CD) A Berry 3-8-8 J Hibberd4 (2) 548316 SECRET LOOK (24) (D) E McMahon 3-8-8 R Winston5 (3) 710101 HOPES N DREAMS (27) (CD) K Ryan 5-8-5 B McHugh6 (6) 3-0004 BAILEYS JUBILEE (6) M Johnston 3-8-3 J Fanning7 (1) 153-59 EL MANATI (93) (P;D) J Tate 3-8-3 L Morris2012: No corresponding race.BETTING FORECAST: 7-4 Colonel Mak, 10-3 Hopes N Dreams, 4 El Manati, 5 Baileys Jubilee, 11-2 Secret Look, 66 Bix.

4.40 TOTEPOOL.COM HANDICAP(5) 1m 3f 3yo Only Winner £3,234 1

(4) 4444 ARAMIST (12) G Swinbank 9-7 B A Curtis2 (3) 701545 BAHAMAMAY (23) R Fahey 8-13 L Topliss3 (1) 663 HENPECKED (48) A Whillans 8-13 P McDonald4 (5) 623832 POLAR FOREST (12) R C Guest 8-11 P Prince(5)5 (2) 9-5433 INHERITED (29) (P;BF) Sir M Prescott 8-10 L Morris2012: Red Tyke 3-8-7, M O’Connell 7-2 (J J Quinn), drawn 1, 6 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 6-4 Inherited, 3 Polar Forest, 7-2 Aramist, 5 Bahamamay, 14 Henpecked.

5.10 BETFRED SHOPS HANDICAP(6) 6f 3yo plus Winner £1,941 1

(2) 581058 STONEACRE OSKAR (10) (CD) P Grayson 4-9-12 S O’Hara(5)2 (11) 775872 COMPTON HEIGHTS (21) (H) J Goldie 4-9-12 G Lee3 (3) 060-87 HILLS OF DAKOTA (44) (B;CD) K Dalgleish 5-9-12 T Eaves4 (5) 231460 NICEONEMYSON (38) C R Wilson 4-9-10 P Mulrennan5 (6) 522905 LORD BUFFHEAD (3) (V;C,D) R C Guest 4-9-10 P Prince(5)6 (8) 226560 SAXONETTE (4) (CD) Miss L Perratt 5-9-6 B McHugh7 (4) 066456 MYSTERIOUS WONDER (17) (B) P Kirby 3-9-3 Eva Moscrop(7)8 (12) 635289 ROCK CANYON (7) (CD) Miss L Perratt 4-9-2 J Fanning9 (1) 0-6339 CARRIE’S MAGIC (26) (CD) A Whillans 6-8-13 J Hart(3)10 (7) 704486 SPREAD BOY (21) (D) A Berry 6-8-12 J Hibberd(7)11 (13) 7-0253 GAMBINO (11) A Berry 3-8-12 R Winston12 (9) -95680 SCHOOLBOY CHAMP (17) (P,T) Mrs L Williamson 6-8-12 R Ffrench13 (10) 8-4665 DON’T TELL (63) G M Moore 3-8-10 P McDonald2012: Northern Bolt 7-9-8, P Mathers 15-2 (I McInnes), drawn 9, 9 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 4 Compton Heights, 6 Hills Of Dakota, Gambino, 13-2 Mysterious Wonder, 8 Carrie’s Magic, 10 Others.

CAPTAIN WESSEX 2.10 — Focusofourthoughts 2.40 — Teetotal 3.10 — Rosselli 3.40 — Proximate 4.10 — Hopes N Dreams (nap) 4.40 — Polar Forest 5.10 — Gambino

BOB WATTSTips

HAMILTON

Weekend Results AYR: Good to soft-soft in places1.30—Latenightrequest (P Mathers,

25-1) 1; El Beau (6-1) 2; Tiger Twenty Two (9-1) 3. Hcap 10 ran. 3/4l, nk. (R Fahey; 10-3 Fav Braidley). Tote: £33.70; pl £8.00, £2.70, £3.00. Ex: £183.00. Tricast: £1477.48. Trifecta: £1728.00. CSF: £168.88. Non-runners: Floating Ballerino, Shot In The Sun.

2.05—Sharestan (K Fallon, 11-4 2nd Fav) 1; Willie The Whipper (6-1) 2; Clon Brulee (9-1) 3. 7 ran. nk, 11/4l. (S Bin Suroor; 7-4 Fav First Mohican). Tote: £3.50; pl £2.10, £2.30. Ex: £14.80. Trifecta: £116.90. CSF: £18.78. Non-runner: Fort Belvedere.

2.40—Ancient Cross (P Cosgrave, 33-1) 1; Fast Shot (25-1) 2; An Saighdiur (17-2 2nd Fav) 3; Picture Dealer (28-1) 4. Hcap 27 ran. nk, Sh Hd, 11/4l. (M W Easterby; 8-1 Fav Take Cover). Tote: £37.30; pl £8.40, £5.70, £2.60, £8.00. Ex: £416.70. Tricast: £7519.53. Trifecta: £2248.10. CSF: £706.39.

3.15—Coral Mist (T Queally, 11-2) 1; Hoku (16-1) 2; Ventura Mist (20-1) 3. 12 ran. ns, nk. (C Hills; 9-4 Fav Valonia). Tote: £6.90; pl £2.30, £4.20, £6.90. Ex: £102.40. Trifecta: £2256.70. CSF: £85.48. Non-runners: Mecca’s Angel, Umneyati, Valen.

3.50—Highland Colori (O Murphy, 20-1) 1; Louis The Pious (25-1) 2; Jack Dexter (8-1) 3; Heaven’s Guest (25-1) 4. Hcap 26 ran. 21/4l, 1/2l, 1l. (A Balding; 6-1 Fav Tropics). Tote: £27.50; pl £5.50, £6.20, £2.80, £6.80. Ex: £779.10. Tricast: £4334.38. Trifecta: £7507.00. CSF: £448.12. Non-runner: Captain Ramius.

4.25—Levitate (O Murphy, 5-1 JtFav) 1; Brae Hill (6-1) 2; Robert The Painter (6-1) 3. Hcap 10 ran. 21/4l, 1/2l. (J J Quinn; 5-1 JtFav Aeronwyn Bryn). Tote: £6.50; pl £2.00, £2.80, £2.20. Ex: £38.70. Tricast: £160.59. Trifecta: £255.30. CSF: £34.86.

5.00—Silver Rime (O Murphy, 20-1) 1; Magic Destiny (15-2) 2; Laffan (7-1 Jt 2nd Fav) 3. Hcap 13 ran. nk, 11/2l. (Miss L Perratt; 12-5 Fav Haaf A Sixpence). Tote: £20.10; pl £4.70, £2.70, £3.10. Ex: £122.60. Tricast: £1224.38. Trifecta: £619.20. CSF: £166.84. Non-runner: Frontier Fighter.

5.35—Cockney Sparrow (O Murphy, 5-2 Fav) 1; Jonny Delta (9-1) 2; Wyborne (12-1) 3. Hcap 14 ran. 1l, nk. (J J Quinn). Tote: £3.90; pl £2.00, £3.40, £3.80. Ex: £42.00. Tricast: £252.00. Trifecta: £817.30. CSF: £27.35. Non-runners: Hollowina, Rutherglen, Spirit Of A Nation.

Jackpot: Not won, pool of £25,511.36 carried over to Uttoxeter.

Placepot: £8,428.20Quadpot: £543.70

CATTERICK: Good2.10—State Anthem (A Nicholls, 13-8

Fav) 1; Royal Connoisseur (25-1) 2; Breakable (16-1) 3. 10 ran. Sh Hd, 11/4l. (M Channon). Tote: £2.30; pl £1.10, £6.50, £3.00. Ex: £74.10. Trifecta: £1157.60. CSF: £51.30.

2.45—Al Baz (Thomas Brown, 15-2) 1;

Threetimesalady (6-1 CoFav) 2; Party Ruler (13-2) 3. Hcap 10 ran. ns, 8l. (J Tate; 6-1 CoFav Beltor, 6-1 CoFav Zal Zilhom). Tote: £10.20; pl £3.10, £2.00, £1.80. Ex: £69.80. Tricast: £315.29. Trifecta: £342.00. CSF: £50.81.

3.20—Duke Of Yorkshire (N Farley, 6-1) 1; Sunblazer (4-1 Fav) 2; Estinaad (9-2 Jt 2nd Fav) 3. Hcap 7 ran. Sh Hd, 31/4l. (D Carroll). Tote: £8.90; pl £4.90, £2.90. Ex: £45.10. Trifecta: £227.30. CSF: £28.29.

3.55—Dawn Calling (A Nicholls, 15-8 2nd Fav) 1; Imperial Bond (33-1) 2; Global Icon (6-1) 3. 10 ran. 8l, 41/2l. (M Johnston; 4-5 Fav Red Warrior). Tote: £3.20; pl £1.10, £7.10, £2.20. Ex: £60.90. Trifecta: £328.40. CSF: £66.77. Non-runner: Come On Flo.

4.30—Dolphin Village (Samantha Bell, 4-1 Jt 2nd Fav) 1; Tinseltown (16-1) 2; Gran Maestro (9-1) 3. Hcap 9 ran. 2l, 1/2l. (R Fahey; 3-1 Fav Bayan Kasirga). Tote: £4.30; pl £1.40, £5.00, £2.50. Ex: £68.40. Tricast: £549.38. Trifecta: £342.70. CSF: £66.32.

5.05—Naburn (B A Curtis, 15-2) 1; Danceintothelight (8-1) 2; Spiekeroog (10-1) 3. Hcap 13 ran. 31/2l, 2l. (G Swinbank; 4-1 Fav Zarosa). Tote: £8.60; pl £2.90, £2.90, £4.10. Ex: £77.30. Tricast: £616.48. Trifecta: £657.80. CSF: £66.51. Non-runners: Oneofapear, Waahej.

5.40—Lil Sophella (J Garritty, 7-2 Fav) 1; Red Cobra (20-1) 2; Perfect Words (8-1) 3. Hcap 10 ran. 1/2l, 1l. (P Holmes). Tote: £4.70; pl £1.90, £3.30, £2.60. Ex: £68.90. Tricast: £526.81. Trifecta: £598.20. CSF: £77.02. Non-runners: Cara’s Request, Drive Home, Moral Issue, Shamrocked, Whipphound.

6.10—George Fenton (K Stott, 6-1) 1; Dance For Georgie (9-2 Fav) 2; Graceful Act (9-1) 3. Hcap 14 ran. Sh Hd, 13/4l. (R C Guest). Tote: £4.50; pl £2.40, £1.90, £2.00. Ex: £30.80. Tricast: £253.03. Trifecta: £326.50. CSF: £31.57. Non-runner: Whispered Times.

Placepot: £743.00Quadpot: £53.90NEWBURY: Soft-good to soft in

places1.20—Extremity (M Dwyer, 5-2 Fav) 1;

Maxie T (7-1) 2; Magnus Maximus (11-2) 3. 12 ran. 31/4l, ns. (H Palmer). Tote: £3.50; pl £1.60, £2.40, £2.40. Ex: £23.10. Trifecta: £80.40. CSF: £19.12.

1.50—Camborne (R Havlin, 4-1 2nd Fav) 1; Gifted Girl (6-1) 2; Main Sequence (10-1) 3. 6 ran. 13/4l, ns. (J Gosden; 10-11 Fav Kassiano). Tote: £4.40; pl £2.00, £1.80. Ex: £24.50. Trifecta: £112.30. CSF: £25.72. Non-runner: Contributer.

2.20—Supplicant (T Hamilton, 7-2 JtFav) 1; Rufford (20-1) 2; Hot Streak (8-1) 3. 7 ran. 3/4l, 1/2l. (R Fahey; 7-2 JtFav Shamshon). Tote: £4.50; pl £2.30, £7.70. Ex: £50.20. Trifecta: £699.70. CSF: £57.96. Non-runners: Cable Bay, Complicit. Complicit| Rule 4 applies to All Bets, deduct 5p in the pound.

2.55—Haafaguinea (R Tate, 9-1) 1; Chapter Seven (16-1) 2; Voodoo Prince (7-1) 3. Hcap 13 ran. 3/4l, nk. (C Cox; 9-2 Fav Saxo Jack).

Tote: £10.10; pl £3.60, £6.50, £2.40. Ex: £221.70. Tricast: £1073.38. Trifecta: £1477.10. CSF: £143.79. Non-runner: Llanarmon Lad.

3.30—Maarek (D McDonogh, 9-2) 1; York Glory (7-1) 2; Kingsgate Native (12-1) 3. 13 ran. 1l, hd. (B Lalor (IRE) ; 4-1 JtFav Tickled Pink, 4-1 JtFav Steps). Tote: £4.80; pl £3.50, £2.00, £2.70. Ex: £41.50. Trifecta: £697.60. CSF: £32.69. Non-runner: Jimmy Styles.

4.05—Bow Creek (S De Sousa, 9-2) 1; Meteoroid (13-8 Fav) 2; Master Carpenter (9-2) 3. Hcap 7 ran. 6l, 11/4l. (M Johnston). Tote: £5.50; pl £2.70, £1.80. Ex: £16.10. Tricast: £33.28. Trifecta: £69.30. CSF: £11.85. Non-runner: Split Rock.

4.40—Kingston Hill (A Atzeni, 4-1 2nd Fav) 1; Exchequer (4-6 Fav) 2; Berrahri (33-1) 3. 11 ran. 11/2l, 23/4l. (R Varian). Tote: £4.80; pl £1.60, £1.10, £6.30. Ex: £8.60. Trifecta: £107.50. CSF: £6.79.

5.10—Whipper Snapper (A Kirby, 20-1) 1; Naaz (9-2 Fav) 2; Front Page News (7-1) 3. Hcap 13 ran. 1l, 11/4l. (W Knight). Tote: £17.60; pl £4.40, £2.20, £2.80. Ex: £168.20. Tricast: £537.41. Trifecta: £508.90. CSF: £104.57. Non-runner: Prince Regal.

Placepot: £407.80Quadpot: £87.10

NEWMARKET: Good1.55—Taghrooda (D O’Neill, 20-1) 1;

Casual Smile (15-8 Fav) 2; Tea In Transvaal (5-1) 3. 14 ran. nk, 21/4l. (J Gosden). Tote: £36.20; pl £6.10, £1.20, £1.70. Ex: £126.60. Trifecta: £270.50. CSF: £56.15.

2.30—Wedding Ring (M Barzalona, 6-4 Fav) 1; Oxsana (20-1) 2; Fashion Fund (16-1) 3. 14 ran. nk, 11/4l. (C Appleby). Tote: £2.10; pl £1.10, £6.80, £4.00. Ex: £48.10. Trifecta: £557.70. CSF: £40.11.

3.05—Toofi (W Buick, 4-1 2nd Fav) 1; Jallota (5-4 Fav) 2; Muir Lodge (22-1) 3. 15 ran. 1l, 21/2l. (R Varian). Tote: £5.00; pl £1.80, £1.30, £5.60. Ex: £13.00. Trifecta: £263.10. CSF: £8.44. Non-runner: Maymyo.

3.40—Oriental Fox (J P Murtagh, 9-1) 1; Body Language (16-1) 2; Brockwell (9-2 Fav) 3; Cosimo De Medici (10-1) 4. Hcap 18 ran. 31/4l, 13/4l, 11l. (M Johnston). Tote: £13.20; pl £3.60, £4.00, £2.00, £3.10. Ex: £206.10. Tricast: £756.21. Trifecta: £1144.50. CSF: £143.25. Non-runner: Mexicali.

4.15—Equitania (S Sanders, 25-1) 1; Vallarta (14-1) 2; Midnight Rider (3-1 Fav) 3. Hcap 11 ran. nk, 3/4l. (A Bailey). Tote: £28.70; pl £5.80, £4.70, £1.60. Ex: £199.90. Tricast: £1363.66. Trifecta: £1299.40. CSF: £324.99.

4.50—B Fifty Two (S Sanders, 7-1) 1; Novellen Lad (13-2) 2; Rasaman (12-1) 3. Hcap 10 ran. 11/4l, 1/2l. (J Hills; 4-1 Fav Bajan Bear). Tote: £8.10; pl £2.20, £3.10, £4.00. Ex: £57.10. Tricast: £548.75. Trifecta: £1562.90. CSF: £51.15. Non-runner: Dance With Dragons.

5.25—Phaenomena (M Harley, 5-1) 1; Astonishing (6-4 Fav) 2; Willow Beck (4-1 2nd Fav) 3. Hcap 10 ran. 1l, 1/2l. (Lady Cecil). Tote: £6.40; pl £1.90, £1.30, £2.00. Ex: £14.00. Tricast: £31.93. Trifecta: £56.10. CSF: £11.92.

5.55—Brownsea Brink (K O’Neill, 12-1) 1; Rockalong (4-1 JtFav) 2; Consign (18-1) 3; The Rectifier (20-1) 4. Hcap 17 ran. 1/2l, 1l, nk. (R Hannon; 4-1 JtFav Yeager). Tote: £15.20; pl £3.10, £1.70, £4.40, £4.40. Ex: £81.60. Tricast: £930.41. Trifecta: £1215.80. CSF: £54.36. Non-runners: King George River, My Freedom.


WOLVERHAMPTON: Standard to slow5.50—Imperial Spirit (S Hitchcott, 12-1)

1; College Doll (28-1) 2; Almaty Express (12-1) 3. Hcap 11 ran. 11/2l, 1/2l. (M Channon; 7-2 Fav Kwanto). Tote: £15.50; pl £4.40, £8.60, £3.80. Ex: £273.50. Tricast: £2509.04. Trifecta: £697.90. CSF: £290.05. Non-runners: Chorister Choir, Lady Rain.

6.20—Excellent Jem (I Burns, 8-1) 1; Where’s Reiley (12-1) 2; Little China (16-1) 3. Hcap 9 ran. nk, hd. (J Chapple-Hyam; 15-8 Fav Dream Catcher). Tote: £7.10; pl £1.40, £3.10, £3.60. Ex: £87.60. Tricast: £1499.36. Trifecta: £642.00. CSF: £95.84. Non-runner: Reminisce.

6.50—Glastonberry (D J Bates, 12-1) 1; Cocktail Charlie (7-1) 2; Dream Ally (15-8 Fav) 3. Hcap 9 ran. 13/4l, hd. (G Deacon). Tote: £10.90; pl £2.30, £2.50, £1.10. Ex: £57.60. Tricast: £218.76. Trifecta: £294.70. CSF: £91.19. Non-runner: Jarrow.

7.20—Diffident Beats (S Hitchcott, 10-1) 1; Buy And Sell (7-2 2nd Fav) 2; Hickster (9-2) 3. 8 ran. nk, 11/2l. (M Channon; 6-4 Fav Song of Rowland). Tote: £11.30; pl £2.60, £1.40, £1.80. Ex: £80.70. Trifecta: £423.70. CSF: £45.09. Non-runners: Aweebitowinker, Jaeger Connoisseur.

7.50—Viennese Verse (S Levey, 4-1 2nd Fav) 1; Burren View Lady (7-2 Fav) 2; Josefa Goya (7-1) 3. Hcap 11 ran. nk, 1l. (H Candy). Tote: £4.20; pl £2.10, £1.80, £2.90. Ex: £19.80. Tricast: £95.26. Trifecta: £109.90. CSF: £17.29. Non-runner: Spirit Man.

8.20—Hard Divorce (R Hughes, 11-4 2nd Fav) 1; Kingdom’s Call (8-15 Fav) 2; Avocadeau (10-1) 3. 6 ran. Sh Hd, 13/4l. (D Brown). Tote: £4.80; pl £1.20, £1.10. Ex: £5.20. Trifecta: £11.80. CSF: £4.49. Non-runner: Zain Empire.

8.50—Plunder (R Havlin, 9-1) 1; Konzert (14-1) 2; Araqella (15-8 Fav) 3. Hcap 9 ran. 3l, 13/4l. (R Ford). Tote: £11.90; pl £3.00, £6.30, £1.10. Ex: £138.90. Tricast: £337.95. Trifecta: £1198.50. CSF: £126.89. Non-runner: Admirable Art.

9.20—Getaway Car (F Tylicki, 11-4 JtFav) 1; My Destination (16-1) 2; Royal Sea (16-1) 3. Hcap 11 ran. 11l, 3/4l. (G Butler; 11-4 JtFav Syrenka). Tote: £4.70; pl £1.60, £4.70, £4.70. Ex: £46.40. Tricast: £600.31. Trifecta: £485.10. CSF: £52.56. Non-runner: Brunello.


HAMILTON: Good to soft2.20—Donny Rover (G Gibbons, 11-2

JtFav) 1; Rockie Road (8-1) 2; Pigeon Pie (6-1) 3. Hcap 9 ran. nk, 41/2l. (D C Griffiths; 11-2 JtFav Two Shades Of Grey). Tote: £7.20; pl £2.50, £3.60, £1.60. Ex: £71.00. Tricast: £275.89. Trifecta: £653.40. CSF: £49.54.

2.50—Baron Run (J Haynes, 12-1) 1; Khelman (5-1 2nd Fav) 2; Chasing Dreams (13-2) 3. Hcap 10 ran. hd, 1l. (K Burke; 15-8 Fav Alexandrakollontai). Tote: £10.10; pl £3.40, £2.00, £3.40. Ex: £49.00. Tricast: £428.66. Trifecta: £332.50. CSF: £69.61. Non-runner: Bix.

3.20—Dancheur (J Haynes, 16-1) 1; Pearl Sea (17-2) 2; Athenian (9-2 Fav) 3. Hcap 14 ran. 23/4l, hd. (K Burke). Tote: £20.00; pl £5.50, £2.90, £2.20. Ex: £224.00. Tricast: £724.04. Trifecta: £1199.20. CSF: £130.85.

3.50—Mr Gallivanter (M O’Connell, 11-2) 1; Vivere (2-1 2nd Fav) 2; Rangi Chase (5-4 Fav) 3. 6 ran. Sh Hd, 1/2l. (J J Quinn). Tote: £10.10; pl £3.10, £1.20. Ex: £19.40. Trifecta: £38.20. CSF: £16.36. Non-runner: Citizen Kaine.

4.20—Jordaura (S O’Hara, 8-1) 1; Lord Franklin (4-1 Jt 2nd Fav) 2; High Resolution (7-1) 3. Hcap 9 ran. 21/4l, 1l. (A Berry; 3-1 Fav Size). Tote: £9.10; pl £2.80, £1.60, £3.00. Ex: £41.40. Tricast: £235.93. Trifecta: £243.00. CSF: £39.45. Non-runners: I’m Super Too, Push Me, Tectonic.

4.50—King Of Paradise (J Hart, 6-1) 1; Discay (6-1) 2; Swinging Hawk (7-2) 3. Hcap 6 ran. nk, 9l. (E Alston; 5-2 Fav Caledonia). Tote: £6.00; pl £2.70, £1.90. Ex: £20.40. Trifecta: £40.70. CSF: £38.34.

5.20—Pull The Pin (R Da Silva, 9-4 Fav) 1; Rock Canyon (13-2) 2; Saxonette (10-1) 3. Hcap 9 ran. hd, 1/2l. (P Green). Tote: £3.40; pl £1.10, £2.50, £2.60. Ex: £20.20. Tricast: £122.16. Trifecta: £150.80. CSF: £17.16. Non-runners: Ambitious Icarus, Lord Buffhead.

Placepot: £475.90Quadpot: £61.10PLUMPTON: Good to firm-good in

places2.30—Orla’s Rainbow (Joshua Moore,

9-2) 1; Raven’s Tower (3-1 Fav) 2; Unidexter (10-3 2nd Fav) 3. 9 ran. nk, 13/4l. (G L Moore). Tote: £4.10; pl £1.70, £1.30, £1.60. Ex: £20.20. Trifecta: £148.50. CSF: £18.63.

3.00—Golanova (J Moore, evens Fav) 1; Experimentalist (3-1 2nd Fav) 2; Imperial Stargazer (4-1) 3. 13 ran. 2l, 8l. (G L Moore). Tote: £2.20; pl £1.10, £1.60, £1.50. Ex: £4.40. Trifecta: £6.90. CSF: £3.73. Non-runner: Billy No Name.

3.30—Old Dreams (T Cannon, 16-1) 1; Ballyvesey (6-1) 2; Health Is Wealth (9-2 2nd Fav) 3. Hcap 8 ran. 21l, 3l. (N Gifford; 11-8 Fav Jayandbee). Tote: £11.80; pl £3.30, £1.80, £1.40. Ex: £143.70. Tricast: £508.53. Trifecta: £401.50. CSF: £104.48. Non-runner: The Goldmeister.

4.00—Alfraamsey (M Goldstein, 6-1) 1; Orthodox Lad (2-1 Fav) 2; Purple ‘n Gold (4-1 2nd Fav) 3. Hcap 10 ran. 1l, 1l. (Miss S West). Tote: £7.80; pl £2.70, £1.40, £1.90. Ex: £28.30. Tricast: £55.82. Trifecta: £76.10. CSF: £19.52. Non-runner: Ruler Of All.

4.30—Aimigayle (C Bolger, 5-1) 1; Dawn Commander (11-4 Fav) 2; Cannon Fodder (5-1) 3. Hcap 6 ran. 21/4l, 3/4l. (Miss S Smith). Tote: £6.80; pl £2.70, £2.10. Ex: £25.40. Trifecta: £160.70. CSF: £19.76. Non-runner: Red Not Blue.

5.00—Fearless Leader (T Scudamore, 9-2) 1; Alderbrook Lad (7-2 2nd Fav) 2; Red Rock (5-2 Fav) 3. Hcap 7 ran. 10l, ns. (D Bridgwater). Tote: £5.90; pl £3.00, £2.30. Ex: £25.80. Tricast: £47.16. Trifecta: £89.40. CSF: £21.12. Non-runners: Cossack Prince,

Royal Chatelier.5.30—Capellini (G Sheehan, 3-1 Fav) 1;

The Quantum Kid (25-1) 2; Hawk Gold (5-1) 3. Hcap 11 ran. nk, 7l. (C Egerton). Tote: £3.90; pl £1.90, £5.80, £1.70. Ex: £81.50. Tricast: £372.47. Trifecta: £193.80. CSF: £76.81. Non-runners: Bazart, Lombok, Wom.


UTTOXETER: Good-good to firm in places

1.40—Mia’s Anthem (Derek Fox, 8-1) 1; Perfect Timing (3-1 JtFav) 2; The Wicked Kipper (11-2) 3. Hcap 10 ran. 5l, 28l. (N C Kelly (IRE) ; 3-1 JtFav Lucky To Be Alive). Tote: £10.60; pl £3.60, £2.40, £3.10. Ex: £40.80. Tricast: £143.35. Trifecta: £209.80. CSF: £31.12. Non-runners: Dont Call Me Oscar, Favoured Nation.

2.10—Drop Out Joe (N Fehily, 8-1) 1; Keltic Rhythm (5-1) 2; Exemplary (6-4 Fav) 3. 11 ran. 21/4l, 11l. (C Longsdon). Tote: £12.10; pl £3.00, £2.20, £1.30. Ex: £76.80. Trifecta: £476.00. CSF: £52.86. Non-runner: Anchoretta Eyre.

2.40—Sedgemoor Express (M Quinlan, 6-1) 1; Echo Dancer (16-1) 2; Bob’s Legend (8-1) 3. Hcap 12 ran. 12l, 21/2l. (N Hawke; 5-2 Fav Theatrelands). Tote: £6.00; pl £2.50, £5.30, £2.70. Ex: £133.00. Tricast: £785.41. Trifecta: £676.80. CSF: £98.25. Non-runner: Mr Mistopheles.

3.10—Lovey Dovey (H Derham, 9-2 Fav) 1; Up For An Oscar (16-1) 2; Bathwick Man (7-1 Jt 2nd Fav) 3. Hcap 15 ran. 13/4l, 11/4l. (S G West). Tote: £7.00; pl £2.10, £7.10, £2.40. Ex: £132.00. Tricast: £510.44. Trifecta: £573.00. CSF: £69.18. Non-runner: Ashbrittle.

3.40—Marico (F de Giles, 8-1) 1; Hopstrings (4-1 2nd Fav) 2; Blackstone Vegas (6-1) 3. Hcap 10 ran. nk, 31/2l. (T Symonds; 3-1 Fav Ballycool). Tote: £10.70; pl £3.60, £1.80, £2.70. Ex: £52.60. Tricast: £211.08. Trifecta: £272.30. CSF: £41.80. Non-runners: Isthereadifference, Larkhall.

4.10—Sergeant Pink (H Brooke, 10-1) 1; Buck Mulligan (4-1) 2; Fairwood Massini (5-1) 3. Hcap 9 ran. 11/2l, 25l. (Mrs D Sayer; 3-1 Fav Sir Frank). Tote: £5.40; pl £1.90, £2.20, £1.60. Ex: £47.90. Tricast: £229.50. Trifecta: £127.10. CSF: £52.24. Non-runner: Sean Airgead.

4.40—Watch House (Miss A Stirling, 5-1) 1; Whistling Senator (4-1) 2; Green Bank (10-3 2nd Fav) 3. Hcap 5 ran. 14l, 39l. (M Gates; 7-4 Fav Standing Ovation). Tote: £4.60; pl £2.00, £1.40. Ex: £11.60. Trifecta: £20.10. CSF: £22.67. Non-runners: My Friend George, Pyjama Game, Stormyisland Ahead.

5.10—The Nephew (R McLernon, 3-1 2nd Fav) 1; Schinken Otto (10-1) 2; Drumlang (11-4 Fav) 3. Hcap 7 ran. 13/4l, 11/4l. (Jonjo O’Neill). Tote: £5.00; pl £2.70, £4.80. Ex: £50.20. Tricast: £90.48. Trifecta: £437.50. CSF: £30.48. Non-runners: Molko Jack, Shalamiyr.

Jackpot: Not won, pool of £35,014.28 carried over to Leicester.

Placepot: £226.40 Quadpot: £23.90

Abc Index To Today’s MeetingsH - Hamilton, K - Kempton, L - Leicester.A Childs Dream ..........L 2.00A Legacy Of Love .......K 3.50Act Your Shoe Size .....H 3.10Admirals Walk ............L 3.30Air Of Glory .................K 5.20Al Khawaneej Star ......K 2.20Alfie Lunete ................L 2.00Almuheet ....................L 3.00Amaseena...................K 3.20Amelia Jay ..................H 2.40Angel Cake .................L 5.30Angelic Upstart ..........K 5.20Angels Calling ............L 3.30Anipa ...........................K 2.20Another Wise Kid .......L 4.00Aqua Ardens ...............L 5.00Aramist .......................H 4.40Are You Mine ..............H 3.40Armada Bay ................H 3.10Badr Al Badoor ...........K 4.20Bahamamay ...............H 4.40Baileys Jubilee ...........H 4.10Balder Succes ............L 2.30Bank On Me ................K 5.20Barracuda Boy ...........K 4.20Big Boned ...................K 3.50Bispham Green ..........L 4.00Bix ...............................H 4.10Black Label .................K 2.20Bling King ...................L 4.30Bold Ring ....................L 5.30Boom To Bust .............L 5.00Bound Copy ...............H 3.40Boxing Shadows ........H 2.40Burning Thread ..........L 4.00Carrie’s Magic ............H 5.10Ceelo ...........................L 5.30Chapter And Verse .....L 5.00Cheeky Peta’s ............L 2.00Colonel Mak ................H 4.10Commanche ...............L 4.00Compton Heights .......H 5.10Cordial ........................K 3.50Cornrow ......................K 5.20Cruise Tothelimit ........L 4.00Cruiser ........................K 5.20Crystal Lake ...............K 2.50Dancing Maite ............L 5.30Danz Choice ...............L 5.30Dark Emerald ..............K 5.20Desert Society ............K 2.50Devilment ...................K 2.20Don Ottavio ................K 2.50Don’t Tell .....................H 5.10Double Star .................L 3.30Dreamy Ciara ..............H 2.40El Manati .....................H 4.10Embankment ..............L 5.00Emmuska....................K 5.20

Emperor’s Hope .........L 2.00Esprit De Midas ..........L 5.30Ethel ............................L 5.00Eurystheus .................L 5.00Fitz Flyer .....................L 4.00Focusofourthoughts .H 2.10Forest Edge ................L 4.00Forest Glen .................K 3.20Freddy With A Y ..........K 4.20Gambino .....................H 5.10George Fenton ...........L 5.30Gioia Di Vita ................L 5.00Goleador .....................K 2.50Got To Dance ..............L 2.00Grayswood .................K 4.50Great Fighter ..............L 2.30Grendisar....................K 4.50Hamble........................L 5.30Hassle .........................L 2.30Heho ............................K 3.20Henpecked .................H 4.40Herbah ........................L 2.00Hills Of Dakota............H 5.10Hipz .............................L 2.00Honey Meadow ...........L 2.00Hoodna .......................K 4.20Hopes N Dreams ........H 4.10Imperator Augustus ...L 5.30Inherited .....................H 4.40Inigo Montoya ............L 4.30Injaz.............................H 2.10Inspiriter .....................L 2.00Intermath ....................L 3.00Invincible Strike .........L 3.00Inyordreams ...............L 2.00Irradiance ...................K 3.50Jack Luey ...................L 4.00Jowhara ......................L 2.30Juvenal .......................L 4.30Kaafel ..........................K 5.20King Muro ...................K 4.50Knight Owl ..................L 5.00Kuala Queen ...............L 3.00Kyleakin Lass .............L 4.00La Faisan Blanche......K 3.20Lady Cliche .................L 2.30Lady Crossmar ...........K 3.50Lady Emmuska ..........K 3.20Laudation ...................H 2.40Lewisham ...................K 4.20Lightning Shower ......K 2.20Lingfield Lupus ..........K 2.20Lionheart ....................K 4.20Lisa’s Legacy .............K 4.50Living The Life ............L 5.30Loma Mor ....................L 2.00Lord Buffhead ............H 5.10Madame Vestris ..........K 4.50Majestic Myles ............H 4.10Manatee Bay ...............H 2.40Mandy The Nag ...........L 4.30

Maraweh .....................L 2.30Maria Bella ..................K 3.20Marsh Dragon .............L 3.30Mia San Triple .............K 3.50Misty Sparkler ............L 2.00Modern Lady ..............H 2.40Moorhouse Lad ..........L 4.00Moortahan ..................L 5.30Mysterious Wonder....H 5.10Mystical King ..............H 3.40Namely ........................K 3.20New Fforest ................L 4.00Niceonemyson ...........H 5.10Night’s Watch .............L 2.30Nimble Kimble ............L 2.00Ninety Minutes ...........K 2.50Nirva............................K 2.50Noodles Blue Boy ......L 4.00Obstacle .....................L 2.30Oh Star ........................K 3.20Pacific Trip ..................K 2.50Pandar ........................L 4.00Panther Patrol ............K 4.20Partner’s Gold ............H 2.40Passover.....................K 2.50Pearl Blue ...................L 4.00Pearl Queen ................L 5.30Placidia .......................K 3.50Pleasure Bent .............K 5.20Polar Forest ................H 4.40Portmonarch ..............K 4.50Portrait ........................K 4.50President Lincoln .......L 5.00Prospera .....................K 4.50Proximate ...................H 3.40Purcell.........................K 4.20Pure Amber .................H 2.10Quadriga .....................L 5.30Queen’s Prize .............K 3.50Rainbow Beauty .........L 5.00Raise A Billion ............H 2.10Ramata........................L 3.30Rebecca Romero .......L 4.00Red Cossack ..............K 2.50Red Paladin ................L 5.30Red Pike ......................H 2.10Red Pilgrim .................L 2.30Red Shuttle .................L 5.00Reflect.........................K 5.20Rivellino......................K 4.20Rock Canyon ..............H 5.10Rosebay Coral ............L 2.00Rosselli .......................H 3.10Rough Rock ................L 5.30Royal Prize .................K 5.20Rustic Deacon ............K 5.20Rylee Mooch ...............L 4.00Saddaqa......................L 2.30Santayana...................L 2.30Saxonette ...................H 5.10Schoolboy Champ .....H 5.10

Schottische ................L 3.30Seabougg ...................L 2.30Secret Kode ................L 2.00Secret Look ................H 4.10Sefaat ..........................L 2.00Serena Grae ................K 3.20Shaolin ........................L 5.30Shilla ...........................L 2.00Shirley Vanessa .........K 2.50Silvercombe ...............K 2.50Siouxperhero .............L 5.00Sir Mike .......................K 5.20Soaring Spirits ...........L 5.00Space Walker ..............K 2.50Spiritual Flame ...........K 3.20Spokeswoman ...........K 4.20Spread Boy .................H 5.10Spring Lady ................K 3.50Stag Hill ......................L 4.30Stars Above Me ..........L 3.00Steelriver ....................K 5.20Stoneacre Oskar ........H 5.10Storm Force Ten .........K 2.20Storm Trooper ............L 3.00Summerfree................L 2.30Super Moment ............K 3.50Sure Fire .....................L 2.30Suspension ................L 4.30Sweet Lily Pea ............K 3.20Synonym ....................K 2.50Taajub .........................L 4.00Tabaayun ....................H 3.10Tax Free ......................L 4.00Teetotal .......................H 2.40Template .....................K 2.50Tenbridge ...................L 5.30Terhaab .......................K 3.20The Cat ........................H 2.10Thecornishwren .........L 4.30Thereabouts ...............L 4.30Time To Begin .............L 3.30Toffee Shot .................L 3.30Trillian Astra ...............K 3.50True Spirit ...................L 5.30True That .....................H 2.40Truly Madly .................L 3.30Unfinishedbusiness ..H 2.10Upavon .......................K 4.20Updated ......................K 3.50Upholland ...................H 2.10Ventura Ice ..................K 3.20Voice From Above ......L 4.30Vosne Romanee .........H 2.10Wannabe Your Man ....L 2.30Wedgwood .................K 2.20West End Lad .............L 5.00Where The Boys Are ..L 2.00World Freight Girl .......L 3.30

2.10 – Upholland2.40 – Manatee Bay3.10 – Tabaayun3.40 – Are Your Mine4.10 – Secret Look4.40 – Inherited (nap)5.10 – Hills Of Dakota

Going: Good to soft (GoingStick 7.6).

20 SPORT MONDAY SEPTEMBER 23 2013 WESTERN DAILY PRESS WDP-E01-S3

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel drives away from the field on his way to victory in yesterday’s Singapore Grand Prix PICTURE: VINCENT THIAN/AP

Red Bull boss Horner slams ‘unfairand unsporting’ booing of Vettel

Chisora takestitle, but Haye-Fury fight is offBOXING

Dereck Chisora moved onestep closer to securing a fightwith one of the Klitschkobrothers after he defeatedEdmund Gerber to becomeEuropean heavyweight cham-pion on Saturday.

Chisora defeated the 25-year-old Kazakhstan-born Germanfighter in the fifth round atLondon Olympic Park’sCopper Box Arena after hedominated the fight.

The Londoner tested Gerberearly on with a few uppercutsbefore attacking his head andbody with a volley of shots.

Gerber came back into thefight in the fourth round whichwas much more even, butChisora’s work-rate earnedhim a stoppage in the fifth,with the referee waving it off.

It was an emotional fight forChisora following the death ofmatchmaker Dean Powell.

Chisora paid tribute toPowell following his victory.

He said: “One of my mainguys isn’t here for me tonight.Rest in peace brother – and Ilove you.”

Promoter Frank Warrenadded: “I’m really proud. It

SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX RESULTS & LATEST STANDINGS

DerekChisoraclaimed theEuropeanheavyweighttitle inLondon

was an emotional night forhim. The engine’s there. Theb r a i n’s there.”

Warren also suggested a pos-sible bout with Tyson Fury,whose fight against DavidHaye next weekend was calledoff due to the latter suffering adeep facial cut.

Warren said on Tw i t t e r : “@dellboychisora and TysonFury in December – What afight that would be!”

Meanwhile, Fury’s uncleand trainer has confirmed hisnephew will never fight DavidHaye after their much-publi-cised bout was cancelled.

Haye announced on Sat-urday morning that a cut sus-tained over his left eyebrow onFriday night, which requiredsix stitches, forced him to post-pone the contest against Furya week before they were due tomeet in the ring.

While the Londoner is hope-ful of re-arranging the clash,Peter Fury thinks otherwise.

He said: “We move on fromHaye now and look to betterthings. This has put a bad tastein our mouths so we’re movingon and the fight will not berearranged on our side.”

H aye ’s pull-out has angeredthe younger Fury, who lashedout at his heavyweight rival.

“There only would have beenone winner and that was me.An army couldn’t have stoppedme on Saturday night becauseI’d prepared mentally, physic-ally, everything,” said Fury.

“I couldn’t have done anymore in training. I’m in theshape of my life, I just couldn’twait to show everyone what Iwas going to do.”

FIA Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix –Final Positions After Race (61 Laps): 1 SVettel (Ger) Red Bull 1hr 59mins 13.132secs, 2F Alonso (Spa) Ferrari 1:59:45.759, 3 KRaikkonen (Fin) Lotus F1 Team 1:59:57.052, 4N Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP 2:00:04.287, 5 LHamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 2:00:06.291, 6 FMassa (Bra) Ferrari 2:00:17.009, 7 J Button(Gbr) McLaren 2:00:36.486, 8 S Perez (Mex)McLaren 2:00:36.952, 9 N Hulkenberg (Ger)Sauber-Ferrari 2:00:37.393, 10 A Sutil (Ger)Force India 2:00:37.800, 11 P Maldonado(Ven) Williams 2:00:41.611, 12 E Gutierrez(Mex) Sauber-Ferrari 2:00:51.026, 13 V Bottas(Fin) Williams 2:00:58.293, 14 JE Vergne (Fra)Scuderia Toro Rosso 2:01:06.644, 15 MWebber (Aus) Red Bull at 1 Lap, 16 G van derGarde (Ned) Caterham at 1 Lap, 17 M Chilton(Gbr) Marussia at 1 Lap, 18 J Bianchi (Fra)Marussia at 1 Lap, 19 C Pic (Fra) Caterham at1 Lap. Not Classified: 20 P di Resta (Gbr) ForceIndia 54 Laps Completed, 21 R Grosjean (Fra)

Lotus F1 Team 37 Laps Completed, 22 DRicciardo (Aus) Scuderia Toro Rosso 23 LapsCompleted.

World Championship Standings –Drivers: 1 Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 247pts, 2Alonso (Spa) Ferrari 187, 3 Hamilton (Gbr)Mercedes GP 151, 4 Raikkonen (Fin) Lotus F1Team 149, 5 Webber (Aus) Red Bull 130, 6Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP 116, 7 Massa (Bra)Ferrari 87, 8 Grosjean (Fra) Lotus F1 Team 57,9 Button (Gbr) McLaren 54, 10 Di Resta (Gbr)Force India 36, 11 Sutil (Ger) Force India 26, 12Perez (Mex) McLaren 22, 13 Hulkenberg (Ger)Sauber-Ferrari 19, 14 Ricciardo (Aus) ScuderiaToro Rosso 18, 15 Vergne (Fra) Scuderia ToroRosso 13, 16 Maldonado (Ven) Williams 1.

Manufacturers: 1 Red Bull 377pts, 2 Ferrari274, 3 Mercedes GP 267, 4 Lotus F1 Team206, 5 McLaren 76, 6 Force India 62, 7Scuderia Toro Rosso 31, 8 Sauber-Ferrari 19, 9Williams 1.

FORMULA ONE

BY IAN PARKESin Singapore

Red Bull’s team principalChristian Horner has urgedFormula One’s boo-boys tostop jeering Sebastian Vettel.

Under the lights of theMarina Bay Street Circuit,Vettel took to one of his fa-vourite stages and deliveredanother commanding per-formance to claim his thirdsuccessive Singapore GrandPrix victory.

It was also Vettel’s seventhtriumph in 13 races this season– and his third in a row fol-lowing the August break aftertaking the chequered flag inBelgium and Italy.

But with such crushing su-premacy, so Vettel’s popularityis rapidly waning, and aftertaking to the podium, not forthe first time this season boosand jeers greeted him.

Following the race, Horner –who for once opted to joinVettel for the national anthemsand champagne spraying –heard and saw those whoturned on his driver.

With withering condemna-tion, Horner said: “Standingup on the podium, what you seeis a small collective group, andit’s just like a pantomime. It

ripples off – and it’s unfair andunspor ting.

“The boy drove an unbeliev-able race. What we have wit-nessed is one of the best drivesI’ve seen him produce in termsof raw pace and what he wasable to deliver.

“So to see a driver, who hasput in a performance like thatand to not get the reception hedeserves, is not sporting.

“He says it doesn’t affecthim, that he doesn’t feel it, andhe does have a broad set ofs h o u l d e r s.

“But he is a human being atthe end of the day, and likeanyone he has feelings.

“When you’ve driven your

heart out and you are gettingthat reaction, to me it’s not fairand not right.”

Suggested to Horner the cur-rent situation stemmed back toMalaysia when Vettel ignoredteam orders to take a win thatshould have been claimed byteam-mate Mark Webber, hereplied: “I’m sure it didn’thelp. There was an awful lotwritten about it, there werecircumstances involved inthat, but it’s done.

“When you have a guy who isa serial winner, like withMuhammad Ali, they want tosee who is going to beat him.

“I guess that’s the case at themoment, that people want to

see who is going to beatSebastian.

“So when he keeps winning,it isn’t the most popular result,but he’s a great kid with a greatsense of humour, a big heart,and of course, he is ambitious,he will push and he enjoyswinning.

“It’s a shame and I hope itwill change at the forthcomingr a c e s. ”

Naturally, Vettel attemptedto brush aside the jeering bysuggesting those who haveturned against him “are on atour, they come to everyrace!”

The 26-year-old, who beat hisclosest championship rival inFer rari’s Fernando Alonso by32 seconds come the flag,added: “Fortunately we keepwinning so they’ve got areason to boo, but it’s not nice.As long as they keep booing,we are doing a very good job, sot h at ’s the way I see it.

“The parade lap was quitenice there were a lot of peoplecheering. Obviously I didn’tgive them the most excitingrace, but on days like this, Ireally don’t mind.”

The defining moment of therace came following a five-lapsafety car period after DanielRicciardo crunched the nose ofhis Toro Rosso on lap 25.

Needing to open up a 30-

second gap to his rivals, Vettelproceeded to pull out twoseconds per lap on thosebehind, giving him enoughtime to pit a second time andemerge without losing hislead.

It was an astonishing per-formance that made Hornerfeel as if Vettel “had found ashortcut somewhere”.

In the end, Horner describedVettel as being “in a class of hisow n ”, as is almost now the casein the title race with a 60-pointcushion to Alonso.

Kimi Raikkonen, drivingwith a bad back, was third inhis Lotus, but is now 98 pointsdown, while Lewis Hamiltonfinished fifth in his Mercedesand is 96 points adrift.

Webber and Alonso both col-lected reprimands from thestewards post race after thelatter collected the former andgave him a lift back to the pitson the side of his Ferrari.

The downside for Webber isthat it was his third reprimandof the season, so earning him aten-place grid penalty for thenext race in Korea.

Paul Di Resta was on coursefor points, only to put his ForceIndia into a barrier seven lapsfrom home due to what is un-derstood to be a mechanicalissue, while McLaren’s JensonButton was seventh.

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