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Seconds set for decider
11:19am Friday 18th April 2008
ANOTHER clean sheet from Kendal provided the basis for a big win and ensured that the team go into Saturday's title decider at Vale of Lune fully prepared.
A victory at Vale would give Kendal the Miller Homes League Division One championship no matter what happens with Leigh Seconds, at Macclesfield.
Kendal started brightly with Howse making yards through hard running while quick ruck ball allowing Kendal to open gaps in the Wirral back line, but the weather made it hard for passes to stick.
The Kendal front five soon got the upper hand and scrum ball was won against the head.
This paid off as turnover scrum ball was carried well resulting in a try from Howse, which Luke Jacobs converted The forward domination was beginning to tell when Ross crashed over for an unconverted try, but the home side then had to soak up concerted pressure from Wirral to go into the break 12-0 up.
The second half saw Kendal step up a gear, with flanker Liam Nicholson producing a man of the match performance with formidable defensive stolps. Those tackles forced mistakes and when Howse dived on a loose ball it was put through quick hands, allowing Gillard an unopposed run in from the ten-metre line. Jacobs added the extras to make it 19-0.
Next on the scoresheet was Martindale, aswonderful forward play created an overlap for a simple try for the prop forward.
The fifth try involved forwards and backs. Jacobs found Cartmell who made an angled run, took the tackle and off-loaded for the supporting Wharton to score under the posts. Jacobs converted.
A backs move involving several pairs of hands then put sub winger McClure over in the corner for another unconverted try.
Finally scrum-half Coulter made a break through the middle and off-loaded to Cartmell. Early ruck ball from the supporting forwards gave the backs chance to work some quick phases until Wharton scored his second try.
Jacobs was again off target with the kick, but the points tally had passed 40.
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RACING CLEAR: Stand-off Luke Jacobs, supported by centre Nick Michelini gets the ball away, with forwards Andrew Hudson (left) and Ian Ross in the background. (D8D039VM10)
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The interesting brochure you can obtain from the car park at Foulshaw Moss says that more than several thousand years ago the Witherslack Mosses were part of an extensive wetland in what is now the Lyth Valley and on the flat ground west of the Kent Estuary. The Mosses - Meathop, Foulshaw and Nicols - are raised peat bogs brought about by sphagnum moss that draws up, acidifies, and holds water like a giant sponge, creating waterlogged conditions as it grows. Sphagnum grows from the tip, leaving the lower part to die. Waterlogging halts decay of these dead bits that build up and up over thousands of years, to form deep domed mounds of peat that are raised many feet above the surrounding ground. The Witherslack Mosses have dried out partly as a result of forestry and the invasion of scrub. Over time, drainage and peat cutting led to the loss of more wetland and now only significant fragments remain. Specialised peatbog flora and fauna have been unable to thrive because of the area being too shaded and too dry. Recently conifers have been removed and also masses of rhododendrons have been cleared. Hundreds of peat and plastic dams have been installed to bring about the ‘sponge’ effect of the peat. At Foulshaw, the remains of a 15ft to 16ft wide prehistoric trackway has been uncovered. This is believed to have been constructed in the mid-Bronze Age to allow people to cross the once huge wetland. Trunks of ash and birch were laid side by side and supported on logs. Foulshaw Moss is open to the public. Nichols Moss, a really squelchy one, is only suitable for a hundred yards or so before you encounter pathless very wet moss. It is a delight to stand and look ahead but as there is no walkway do not continue. Pause just on its edge from where you might spot red deer. Meathop is a lovely walk but only for those with a permit from Cumbria Wildlife Trust or if you are a member. The parking is difficult. After the first short grassy track, follow a wider track, left, that winds round right by a pasture and into fine conifer woodland. Beyond this a wide walkway takes you out some distance into the moss, from where you will spot all sorts of interesting lowly plants. To visit Foulshaw Moss, on the A590, it is best to approach the entrance from the direction of Kendal. If coming from the opposite direction continue on past the entrance and make use of the Levens underpass to make a U-turn and approach from the north. This avoids trying to make a right turn across a narrow section of the busy A-road. The entrance is not signposted until you have turned off the road. The entrance turn, a cart track, lies just before a large layby on a narrow section of the A-road. Just beyond the turn, stands a huge sign saying ‘Dual carriageway a mile ahead’. To approach the entrance, drive the dual carriageway at Levens until it ends. Continue a short distance along the two-way road and begin to signal your left turn. Watch out for the large sign ahead. If you reach the layby you have gone too far.
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