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Round the snooker


tables


THE Clitheroe and Dis­ trict Snooker League’s knockout- competition has reached the semi-finals stage and the draw will be announced shortly. ■


A 10, Billington A 4; Conserva- ' tive A 4, BiTlington B 10; Chat- bum B 4, Waddington B 10; Rimington A 2, Social Club 12; Liberal B 6, Pendle Club 8.


Latest results: Waddington


60, D. Boothman 78; P. Wilson 48, B. Phillip 81.


Club 468: D. Seed 67, B. Dixon 77; B. Walmsley 77, M. Alston 49; A. Walmsley 52, D. Hal- liwell 79; Jim Slacking 64, J. Hall 90; A. Hacking 59, B. Hargreaves 96; J. Hacking 54, R. Cowking 77.


Rimington A 373, Social


411: M. Higginson 63, T. How- arth 72; A. Proctor 80, A. Pearce 95; J. Hacking 84, J. Holden 69; J. Mellor 59, T. Hill 72; P. Reid 40, C. Moorhouse 66; I. Karim 100, S. Edmond­ son 37.


Liberal B 426, Pendle Club


Tops at volleyball


scoring they won the final 28- 10.


Sharon Ainsworth, Debbie Anne Piper, Joanna Wilkinson, Debbie'Kirk, Debbie Seymour, Carole Barrow.


Team: Sharon Szieczkowski, ’


the earlier stages of the com­ petition they met their eventu­ al finalist opponents, St Hilda’s A, of Burnley, in the last match of the first round and only managed to draw 14-14. However, playing much more' thoughtfully and with better


THE under-15 girls vol­ leyball team at -Ribbles- dale School are the Lanca­ shire Schools champions. After several easy games in


ton B 447: M. Hargreaves 79, B. Waddington 70; A. Gudgeon 62, A. Wilkinson.74; R. Turner 46, J. Bains 85; S. Whipp 60, T. H. Walmsley 59; R. Booth


55, D. Birkett 61; D. Cow- perthwaite 84; J. Wild 68; S. Taylor 59, P. Swain 85; D. Lord 50, R. Hart 59. Chatburn B 355, Wadding­


Peters 78; J. Marsden 71, B. Thompson 69; , J. Tittering


. -


Ireland 71, T. ____ ngton


Cook 60; D. Nelson 51, T. Warden 38. Conservative A 390, Billing­ ton B 420: C.


ton A 377: T. A. Harrison 79, B. Price 51; S. Hatton 62, I. Brown 92; J. Wooff 63, B. Robinson 55; J. Herd 60, C. Britcliffe 81; P. Marlow 104, H.


Details: Waddington A 419, Billing­


Competent performance


Rimington 4,


IN windy conditions, both teams took time to settle. Rimington then began to take charge although they were rather fortunate to take the lead midway through the first half from a penalty smartly taken by Gordon Moulden. They increased the lead with


¥. ■ -■ . Whalley 1. ' '


a speculative long-range shot by Mike Healey that eluded the keeper.


they, went further ahead. Frank Moon, making his first appearance after several weeks' absence, scored with a header.


Rimington and from then on­ wards further Whalley goals seemed unlikely and with five minutes to go Bill Nightingale completed the scoring for Rimington.


creased the deficit through Paul Shoreman who found the ta'met with a speculative shot. The effect was to galvanise


by far the best player on view but special mention must be made of Colin Bacon, who de­ putised for his son, Paul, and acquitted himself well in a per­ sistent side.


R u g b y t e a m s


Broughton Park V. home, meet 1-45 p.m.): A. Rudd, D. Jones, S. Greatorex jun., D. Fielding, I. Richardson, M. Emmott', D.' Tatte rsa ll, J . Walker, J. Bolton, C. Haworth, M. Dux-


reserves, K. Moore, I. Field­ ing, T. Mason. The club will hold a Valentine Dance Pendleton Village Hall Saturday.


bury, I. Duxbury, P. Dinsdale, C. Roberts, M. fox. Replacements, K. Tomlinson;


at


Girls qualify for county


RIBBLE Valley runners fared' reasonably well in the Lancashire Schools cross country champ- ionships at Ribbleton High School, Preston, at the weekend.


Debbie Hammonds of


Fairfield Drive, Clitheroe, had a deserved win in the intermediate" girls’ race, with her Ribblesdale School teammate Miranda Wightman of Clitheroe coming in sixth, although the .team was unplaced overall.


junior team' (under-14s) came third, with Glitheroe' Girls’ -Grammar School pupils Janet Ashworth (13) and Heather De-


The Ribble Valley’s whurst (11) both of Whal- Debbie deserved her win , ...


PWj. Lesley,.. Herd of. will ajj ^ competing in Waddington. came fifth. / - ' the National Cross Coun-


ley placed.third, and sixth Schools competition at respectively. Bowland; Exeter on March 7th. County ^Secondary School


In the meantime they


qualify to'represent Lan- : Chester, Essex,,on Febru- cashire in. .the English ary 28th. •


All these .girls now try Championshipsat Col- :


ton Park IV, away, meet 12-45 p.m.): D. Slinger, R. Lund, S. Greatorex, A. Gordon, G. Torbett, J. Coates, C. Hop- wood, N. Crossley, T. Lee, B. Haworth, S. Holden, N. Ridehalgh, R. Able, A. Phil­ lips, R. Gregory. Clithcroe RIIFC 2nd XV (v


Clithcroc RUFC (v Brough­


tent performance by the villa­ gers for whom Rod Booth was coolness personified and Phil Heaton worked hard, although Rimington ought to have con­ verted their superiority into more goals. For Whalley, Les Allen was


All in all this was a compe­


gradually increased their grip and it was no surprise when


Whalley immediately de­


made before the interval was largely due to Les Allen's superb marshalling of the vis­ itors’ defence to continually frustrate the Rimington attack. After the break Rimington


That no further progress was £3195 METRO £2495 ITAL £3325


Keith includes himself in


tough fixture


CLITHEROE player-manager Keith Newton plans'to include himself for the first time in this ■team’s line-up to start Saturday’s tough, home fixture with Wren Rovers.


,tute four times, coming on .' twice, but now feels it is time to-make his full debut for the Shawbridge club.


. Of the eight games he has been . in charge, Mr ■Newton has been substi-.


particularly valuable .to Clitheroe as their oppo­ nents currently head the league table and are firm favourites to win the championship. But missing from the


His experience could be Top Car 8f


I unit manufacturers John R. Lazenby,


players are asked to meet at the ground at 2 p.m. The match is being spon­ sored by Clitheroe kitchen


Underwood, N. Whiteside, Richards, B reth er to n , Newton, Eyles, Ashcroft, Wilcox, Gillibrand, Waddington, R. Walker, S. Whiteside, Ashworth. Kick off is at 3 p.m. and


Tony Waddington. The full squad is:


team, will be midfield man Paul McGuire, who has been troubled by the re­ currence of a knee injury. His replacement will be


disappointed with the defeat at Whitworth Valley and unhappy at the attitude of some of , the players.


• : , ; ■Mr Newton was very


• He felt Clitheroe could and should have come away with both points.


■ let down not only them­ selves, but himself and the club.


players on the field is not right.


“Some are not prepared


to battle and graft to make things work,” said Mr Newton.


’keeper Denis Underwood emerged from the match with any real credit, giving a “magnificent per­ formance,” despite suffer­ ing from flu.


He added that only “The attitude of some


was ridiculous,” he said. • A couple of refereeing decisions had not gone- Clitheroe’s way but that could not detract from a disappointing overall display. In addition, Mr Newton felt that several players


“To leave. empty-handed


CLITHEROE G ir ls ’ Grammar School re­ corded a notable first by winning the Lancashire Schools’ Under-14 net- ball ch ampion sh ip against strong opposi­ tion.


the satisfaction of com­ fortably defeating Bil- linge School, Blackburn — the school which in­ flicted on them their only defeat in the run­ up.


presented with the shield, the. team mem-


In addition to being


five matches on Satur­ day took Clitheroe to the semi-finals in which they vanquished Holy Cross Convent, Chorley. In the final they had


to the final round, played at Notre Dame High School, Blackburn, by winning all their pre­ liminary matches in the Eastern section of the competition. Four victories out of


They made their way


Netball girls score notable first


. bers were individually presented with a com­ memorative medal. T h. e t e a m wa s


Cross (Chorl ey) 5, Clitheroe 9; final: Bil­ iinge 9, Clitheroe 13. Pictured are the suc­ cessful girls. Back row,


Around the dartboards


THE title race in the three divisions of Clithcroc and Dis-. trict Darts League is being very closely run.


One by six points from Horse Shoe A; King’s Arms and White Horse are level in Divi­ sion Two but the Horse has a game in hand; and in Division Three only one point separates newcomers Pendle Inn from Waddington Social Club but the club have a game in hand.


White Hart lead Division


• Division One, all played 13: White Hart 78 pts, Horse Shoe A 72, Black Horse 59. Read Cluh 57. Snrinir Mill 54. Roval Oak 50, Black Bull A 46, Pendle Witch 37, Royal Oak B


37, Bridge Inn 30. Highest finish 154 by E. Fish, Spring Mill.


played 11, 55 pts, White Horse, played 12, 55, Brockhall SC 53, Bonny Inn 51, Cross Kevs 51, Lord Nelson (11) 47, fendle Hotel 38, Buck Inn (12) 36, Victoria (11) 30. .Highest' finish 117 by M. Maudsley, Pendle Hotel. •


Division Two: King’s Arms, Division Three: Pendle Inn,


played 12, 65 pts, Waddington SC (11) 64, Horse Shoe B (12) 58, Black Bull B 54, Coach and Horses 49, Station Hotel (11) 40, Joiners Arms 37, Bay Horse 32, Brown Cow (12) 17. Highest finish 142 by D. Tranmer, Pendle Inn.


THE only team to have com­ pleted all their 16 matches Bil­ lington A lead Clitheroe and Whalley Clubmen’s Darts League by eight points from Social Club. They ended with a draw against Catholic Social Club.


the title were dented when they lost to Central Working­ men’s Club. Low Moor Club were two men short for their match with Royal British Legion and after leading 4-2 they had to concede the last two games.


Hopes of Social Club taking


Results: Billington BC A 4, Catholic SC 4; Social Club 3, Central WMC 5; Ribblesdale Wands CC 5, Clitheroe CC 3; Royal British Legion 4, Low Moor Club 4. Bye — Billington BC B.


84 pts, Social Club 76, Billing­ ton B 73, Central WMC 66, Ribblesdale Wands CC 63, Catholic SC 52, Royal British Legion 51, Low Moor Club 42, Clitheroe CC 39. Highest finish 157 bv WMC.


J. Rimmer, Central League placings: Billington A


LATEST results in the Ribble Valley Ladies’ Darts Associa­ tion: Division One — Catholic SC B 1, Black Bull 7; Brown Cow 4, Royal British Legion 4; Black Horse A 4, Joiners A 4; Joiners B 4, Royal Oak 4; Horse Shoe 4,. Bonny Inn 4; Pendle Witch 5, Spring Mill 3. Highest score 140 by M. Lewis, Black Bull and S. Garner, Royal British Legion. Division Two — Central


lands (Blackpool) 12-2; lost 13-8 to Biliinge (Blackburn); beat St Mary’s (Blackburn) 12-3; Blackpool Collegiate 15- 1 and AH Saints (Raw-, tenstall) 19-1. Semi- fin als : Holy


by Mrs Pamela Boulton (head of department) and Mrs Carole Keating. Clitheroe beat South­


Evans, Susan Fotios (captain), Emma Green­ wood, Elizabeth Ains­ worth, Anne Robbins, Rebecca Murdoch (re­ serve). The team - was trained


El izabeth Keighley, Heidi Hughes, Michelle


SQUASH


Empress scraped home, thanks to Glenn Evans, Ian Warren and Mike Heyworth/ Glenn and Ian won in style by 3-0 and Mike by 3-2. Conor McLaughlin played well in a 3-1 defeat. Malcolm'Macdonald lost by the closest margin — 10-9 in the final game.


.push for promotion with a 5-0 success against East Lancs who had beaten them in the reverse fixture. The new confidence in the


The seconds continued their


played the key part in the win by recovering a long deficit in


WMC 2, Judge Walmesley A 6; Calderstones 5, Bay Horse 3; Craven Heifer 1, Catholic SC A


7; Commercial 6, Black Horse B 2; Low Moor Club.l, Victoria 7; Judge Walmesley B 5, Sta­ tion Hotel 3. Highest score 140 by D. Bailey, Commercial. League placings: Division


84 pts, Judge Walmesley B 78, Station 78, Catholic SC A 75, Central WMC 65, Victoria 64, Black Horse B 62, Judge Wal­ mesley A 57, Calderstones 55, Bay Horse 54, Low Moor Club 53, Craven Heifer 43.


. The win was against Rossen- dale at the Horse Shoe. De­ tails: Pat Taylor, Hath Wild, Maureen Waddington and Linda Briggs all won 2-1. Sandra Leek lost 2-0, Margaret Peters 2-1, Beverlev Brunker 2-


AFTER winning their first match of the season 4-3 in the Lancashire Darts League, Clitheroe Ladies crashed . 6-1 away to Hyndburn.


one of the team were let down by “double” trouble. Linda Briggs won 2-0. Pat Taylor, Maureen Waddington, Mar­ garet Peters and Rose Brown all lost 2-1; Kath Wild and Liz Pinch lost 2-0.


0. Against Hyndburn all but


Victorious motorists


TEAM


■Wood (Royal Oak) and Col- ebourne (Victoria). The next match against the


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North Lancashire League, will be played at Lancaster City ground on March 8th.


THE Ribble Valley Football League has named a squad of' 13 for the inter-league game with the Darwen League at Calderstones ground on Sunday. (2-15 p.m.) as follows: Whittle, Lawson, Dobson, >Beswick, Young, Hargreaves, Aspin (Chatburn), Bush (D), Hum­ phreys, Dinsdale, Smith (G),


championship involving 20 clubs from all over the North; West John Morton and Alan Birchall were outright winners, with fellow club members Keith Watkinson and Jeff Smith run­ ners-up. In tne Shellsport Inter-Club


crington, m a keenly contested year-long battle.


All set for gruelling rally


•we ek’s gruelling 500-mile Alintcx International Rally. ; Lining , up in the rally/ :


THREE Ribblc Valley motor enthusiasts arc stepping up their preparations for next


which starts on Thursday, are John: Thompson, of Dunnow ; Lodge, Slnidburn, and his co- driver Airs Caroline Simpson, of Westfield Drive, .West B radford , in th e i r /F o rd Escort RS 2000. And co-driver , . with Alark Harrison,' of Burn­ ley, in ; a Talbot, Sunbeam , Lotus will he John Meadows,


' ' TheyWill leave Newcastle*/ Civic Centre at 11 p.m. on Thursday;: cover parts of southern Scotland and north­ ern England before heading for the finishing line at. York Racecourse by midnight the following evening, , i


of Chatburn Road,' Clithcroe.


five legs of- a championship which will take the drivers to rallies in Ireland, .Wales,. Scotland and the. Isle of. Alan later this year.,From Newcas­ tle, they face 40. highly testing special stages,. totalling /180 miles, over. .Army/ ranges and: through forests,; . ■ - - . - /


..The Mintex,,is- the first of


conventional,roads.-.../ ....; ,,: Off .the", road /since ; Sep­


tingioff in theirally, the pair ;• are aiming for a final place in ; the top 15.


with a newyengine and a fresh suspension system./ : ■- /y-./,' Out of- the 1100 (drivers' se t- :


the wheel /in a /competitive/ rally .:''//:-:;/"- /./'///- . yV/y Their car has been fitted


tember,* John and Caroline arc eager to; be, back.-.behind


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! quite hupp.v to finish in-the top 20, but is concerned about


John Meadows would -be


- the,whole rally there are only - three one-hour stops.


The other 320/miles covers ■


1 for. more than 24 'hours,’: he* * 'said. . / / .


“That means we are going to be driving nearly non-stop


,*:. ,


' Alintex.and will, not,/want a , repeat this time of one.unfor-


/Both the Johns were paired toge the r" fo r la s t ' y e a r ’s


“ tunatc experience they, suf- ■ fered. / ..


: , .They .went off the road in fog and.lost 20 minutes rccov- ering from the accident/.: / :•


/„ i“'Yc. :nevertheless . finished :24th,.' but who.knows where


we could have.come if we had stayed on . the road,’- John Meadows.


’ ; said > ' finding time to rest.:,“Diiring


AT the annual presentation of the SD(34) Club Shellsport Awards at Squires Club, Pre­ ston, on Tuesday, Clitheroe and District Motor Club mem­ bers and the club itself were award winners. In the rally section of a


One — Black Horse A 79 pts, Black Bull 78, Joiners A 78, Horse Shoe 70, Catholic SC B 65, Bonny Inn 63, Brown Cow 61, Joiners B 61, Pendle Witch 58, Spring Mill 58, Royal Oak 50, Royal British Legion 47. Division Two — Commercial


just lost in a tight five game match. Fine victories from Dennis


Chapman distinguished himself.


the fifth game with the match depending on it. Ray Dryden played ' well before losing and Nigel Willis


Greenup and. the consistent Stuart Wardle set the scene for the decider, in which Mark


result of their ifiateh in Oc­ tober, defeating Burnley 3-2. * Skipper Mark Chapman


team showed itself in resound­ ing victories for John-Willis, Robert Fielding, Brian Hay­ ward and Eddie Vidler. Wayne Townley at number one lost the only game of the evening but won his match with ease. The thirds also reversed the


senior side pulled off a 3-2 suc­ cess to complete the double over the visitors. In yet another tight finish,


FOR the first time this season all three Empress Squash Club’s men’s tearrs won their matches. At home to St Annes, the


th f


A STRANl a gale for" the points! the-table \ |


but, for somcl to play inti wind:, — a f penalty.


Clither'oe f


vain,' as Whitl the winner half| second half. Clitheroe’s rc|


from the left: Michelle Evans, Heidi Hughes, Emma Greenwood, Anne Robbins, Rebecca Mur­ doch; front: Elizabeth Keighley, Susan Fotios, Elizabeth Ainsworth.


Clitheroe’s dei O’Loughlin nip Denis Underwi bar and three clearances froi who played w Whitworth furtl


■the closest of i and minutes 1 player found tl only for a linesi there had been ment in the pen The deserved


Whiteside was|


marshalled at Frank Richards ence- more thar bad luck. An effort


Clitheroe eve


which (has 'inclf Ba cup and threatened as e | minute. A f re e -k


bridge team storm and had I allowed before I drew level befo| But their


goal and with \ them gave Clitll nightmare first! To their cr<|


Whitworth :!


rand and his cr| into the net by i UnfortunaL


openings to ha\| match, before the winner.


corner, in spit from Clitheroe had been fouled never really cler Green, who elev over a group of | net. Striker Roge


Whitworth wi


three minutes terval. Ian Wilcox f<|


Clitheroe's poinl wind dropped half. Yet they still I


I


Whiteside (N). Richards, Eyl McGuire. Gillibr, (S), Ashcroft, As Walker (R), New


pointment for (I looked set for a T the league table. I players all seem off day, while th quickly want to fi 45 minutes. Clithero e:


placed Wilcox searched for a si only to be thwa worth’s massed ciB The result waf


They £| their si


FUBERS Five I Horse moved quarter finals c ton’s FC’s am quiz on Sunday In the last of


,. Pallister and Jean Hutchinson against Bolton Heath Studio were insufficient to stave off defeat for Empress Ladies. Yvonne Greenup, troubled


FINE performances by Rachel


straight sets, never really find­ ing form against a much im­ proved opponent. Empress 2nd were unsuc­


some inspired play to put Em­ press ahead, but Val Fielding lost a long hard match after taking an early lead. Coleen Kendrick lost in three


of the night although Carrie MacDonald had a good match losing narrowly at 10-9 in the fifth game.


but like Jean-Ann Speak and Sheila Willis she found the op­ position too strong.


Marilyn Fletcher fought hard


cessful' against Astley Park. Sharon Willis took the only win


by injury, lost the opening- rubber although the scores were later levelled bv the de­ termined play of Rachel Pallis­ ter after trailing 2-0. Jean Hutchinson produced


finalists meet t | at the social p.m. start). Col seeded th rc e J RCL, and nul seeds Dugdalesl ctella Intematiif


round match( knocked out dington Social I 25), while Wn beat Whailey Afl The first fol


NO LA( OF RO>


RUNNEI A DELUGE tries for the C! mile road ra swamped the Clayton-le-Mooi of which there Ribble Valley ship. Of a total entr


fewer than 359 st: ing eight women, was from Altrinc time of 48 mins 26 followed by ru Bolton, Wigan and First finisher


runners was Grc (Clitheroe) running


League the Clitneroe' club were runners-up by a narrow margin to Springhill Car Club, Ac­


day’s event has en promoters to decid an annual one pri are no police objei concern was voicei runners switching side of the road ' without keeping traffic.' The organisei


counted for in the runners, due to so participants “clocki finish. The support gi'


thank, among i police, the Rihble \ Council for the us< Bam, Mrs Brown t warden, the dono and the marshalls:


Cub tes lose o


THE District . teams of the and District C Football League 3-0 to South Ril inter-league mat weekend. Local results w<


ping 0, Loyola 12. Saturday’s fixtur


Leopards 0, Whalle Panthers 1, St Paul


Tigers v St Mary’s denb 'Chatburn Valley (J. Rowley), Pendle Leopards


Whalley v Chipping Ribblesdale v Wad Woodworth).


le-Aloors Harriers, in 54.39. Ten starters ;


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