CHERRY TREE have the Ribblesdale League in the bag - but they could have a nasty shock in store this weekend.

Derby rivals Blackburn Northern have hit form and two good wins last weekend have put them right in the mood to give Cherry Tree a thick ear.

They'll both be warming up on Saturday with down-the-table cannon fodder and then it's the crunch at Preston Old Road from 1.30. It could be a cracker!

Saturday: Barnoldswick v Cherry Tree; Baxenden v Blackburn Northern; Clitheroe v Edenfield; Great Harwood v Ribblesdale W; Read v Earby; Settle v Padiham; Whalley v Oswaldtwistle Immanuel.

Sunday: Cherry Tree v Blackburn Northern; Earby v Barnoldswick; Edenfield v Baxenden; Great Harwood v Oswaldtwistle Immanuel; Padiham v Read; Ribblesdale W v Clitheroe; Whalley v Settle.

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