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1 Clitheroe Advertiser it- Times, February 25th, HISS 21 MATCH OF THE WEEK


NELSON GET STUCK IN THE MUD


Itiniintdon Lord Nelson 1


IN our “Match of the Week,” Lord Nelson could not contain a high-flying Rimington side


sticky pitch that had not really recovered from the awful winter weather. Lord Nelson pushed forward straight from the kick off but came up' against a well disciplined, very strong defence. Rimington seemed much more at home in the


currently lying third m the first division. Attractive football was always difficult on a very


attack and soon made it two. David Mason beat the ’keeper and lobbed in a perfect cross to Hartley, who made no mistake with ids head to score ids second. Lord Nelson now seemed to wake up a little and began to go forward with more determination. They


conditions and subsequently went into the lead. Paul Bithell curled a dangerous corner into tile area, Alan Hodgson trapped the hall and John Hartley let fly with a low drive inside tile six- yard box. Tile Nelson ’keeper, Nigel Eastham, could only watch as the hall hit the back of the net. The home side always looked dangerous on the


went close with two corners and Toby Chapman should have scored after he had rounded the ’keeper. In the second half, Rimington continued to push


forward and were rewarded with a third goal after only five minutes. Paul Bithell slotted the ball home from 15 yards. Nelson would not give up and got into the Riming­


ton box on numerous occasions, but could not make their possession count until Simon Taylor in the Rimington goal gave away a penalty. Suret Warbur- ton kept a cool head and blasted the ball into the left hand corner of the goal. The second division side again worried the Rimington defence with some fine long range attempts and Phil White headed against the bar, but to no avail. Hartley then killed the game off with ids third of


the game, giving Rimington a well- earned victory. Lord Nelson: Eastham, D. White, Warburton, D.


Chapman, Geldard, Chambers, G. White, Gill, Whit­ tle, P. Wldte, T. Chapman. Subs: Jeffrey, Quinn. Rimington: S. Taylor, D. Taylor, Buckle, Hack­


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Rest of the Ribble Valley action


THE weather was finally the loser on a clay when six Ribble Valley games were played.


Goal bonanza -for Waggon—


Want-on mid Horses 11, l lro c k -


IN the Ribble Valley League, the first division game between Waggon and Horses and Brockhall produced 13 goals, most of them in Waggon’s favour.


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different, with Waggon scor in g an o th e r six. Brockhall were not totally disgraced and scored two consolation goals, one from a penalty and the other an own goal. Waggon: Winckley,


The second half was no


Coulston, Farnsworth, L aw so n , S mi t h , R . Walker, G. Walker, Ha.v- dock, Blackburn, McGo­ vern, Edmondson. Subs: Hickling, Waddington.


LATEST results in the Clitheroe and District Snooker SNOOKER


(li) 346: B. Waddington 65, E. Wallace 44; J. Wooff 5!), E. Gudgeon 37; F. Coar 50. J. Pickles 70; D. Boothman 37, F. Watson 72; M. Taylor 66, J. Mars- den 87; S. Hatton 83, F. Hall 36. JRs A (4) 333, Rimington A (10) 407: J. Birk-


League are: Division One — Waddington A (81 3(il), Cons B


lor 59, A.J. Herd 46; B. Hargreaves 59, J. Baines 54; T. Sunter 92, B. Phillip 59; M. Wensley 62, A. Wilkinson 72; D. Smith 92, T.H. Walmsley 56; K.


Smith 64, J. Lambert 99. RBL A (8) 419, Chatburn A (6) 369: B. Hitchen


beck 40, D. Riley 79; T. Amin 48,A. Riley 62; S. McCullough 79, A. Hartley 76; P. Swales 51, F. Wrath- all 66; M.Jezierski 53. J. Lund 76; M. Whitaker 62, S. Petty 3S. Cons A (10) 428, Waddington B (4) 386: S. Tay­


preliminary round, Whal- ley Celtic hit 12 past a demoralised ICI side who stand at the bottom of the second division. In the second round,


In the Aitken Shield 1.


Low Moor put up a strong fight against White Horse but eventually went down 2-


ken Shield preliminary round — Buck Inn 1, Ro­ chester Res 4; ICI 0, Whalley Celtic 12; Kings Arms 6, Read United 1. W h i tb re a d A itk en


Results: Whitbread Ait­


Shield 1st round — Low Moor 1, White Horse 2; Rimington 4,Lord Nelson 1.


and Horses 11, Brockhall 2.


Whitbread Aitken Shield 1st round — Calderstones v Transport (N. Dinsdale), Grindleton v Rihchester Res (B. Allen), Kings Arms v Chatburn (B. Jones), Sabden v Waggon and Horses (D. Marshall). Division One — Brock­


S aturd ay ’s fixtures:


hall v Langho (D. Bush), Whalley Celtic v Read United (T. Hobday), White Horse v Rimington (J. Swayne). Division Two — Low


67, P. Jones 80; P. Harrison 58,D. Speak 82; M. Yates 64, P. Clark 70; N. Schofield 58, N. Robinson 43; I. Nuttall 90, H.' Frankland 56; M. Peel 82, A. Hodgson 3S. Division Two — Chatburn B (12) 470, Slaidburn B


(2) 367: G. Simkin 70, P. Maher 46; P. Craig 83, G. Parker 74; R. Turner 82, N. Pinder 46; G. Ingham 61,H. Carr 72; L. Whittaker 70, P. Collinson 55; S. Harrison 104, G. Collinson 74. Slaidburn A (14) 467, Social 11 (0) 322: W. Jones


53, J. Burgess 44; H. Dixon 83, B. Curtis 45; B. Dixon 72, T. Clews 56; J. Jacques 82. A. Wright 67; E. Rigby 76, B. Wilding 37; L. Lawson 101, P. Rodgers 73. Police (10) 511, Low Moor B (4) 332: J. Burke


Smith 48, D. Stewart 61; D. Seed 61, B. Thompson 67; P. Winckley 40, T. Peters 91; B. Conchie 62, J. Bolton 47; S. Winckley 55, J. Wild 74; J. Thornton 88, K. Garrett 67. Iiillington A (12) 506. Catholic 11 (2) 340: A.


kinson 86. Rimington 11 (1) 354, Iiillington II (10) 407: A.


J.R. Watson 57. Low Moor A (4) 111), Pendlc Club (10) 450: M.


Wright 81.


WHITE BULL appear to have the Gisburn and Dis­ trict Pool League title sewn up despite second- placed Dog and Partridge having a game in hand. Latest results: White


White Bull roar ahead


90, N. Brown 44; D. Fletcher 83,M. Moss-Blundell 69: I. Hartley 91, S. McDonnell 39: A. Parker 58, J. Shears 62; S. Griffiths 125, P. Shears 32; R. Hall 64, N. Par­


Bull 7, Buck Inn 2; New Inn 7, Rimington 2; Fos­ ters B 2,Fosters A 7; Buc­ caneers 3, Pendle Hotel 6; Three Rivers 1, Dog and Partridge 8.


White Hull....................... 16 13 3 97


IJun & Partriilue.......... 15 10 5 SI Foster* A........................ 16 9 7 81


PW I. P Division One — Waggon


LORD NELSON, back, from the left: Phil White, Dominic Chapman, Dun­ can White, Nigel Eastham, Greg White, Keith Gill, Jeff Chambers. Front: Toby Chapman, Paul Whittle, Suret Warburton, David Geldard, Mark Jeffrey,


Richard Quinn.


Blues waving goodbye to title chance?


Clitheroe 1, Present Cables 1


Moor v Kings Arms Res (P. Devine), Lord Nelson v Buck Inn (N. Clarke).


C l i th e r o e can finally wave good­ bye to any lin ­ gering title hopes th ey may have held, writes Mur­ ray Walker. S a tu rd a y ’s draw


IT looks as if


means that the Blues retain third place in the league, but they can count themselves lucky that they sal­ vaged anything at all


the early exchanges, though, and it came as no surprise when they went into the lead after five minutes. Mark Barrow [licked up a loose ball in the Prescot penalty area and hit the back of the net fi-om an acute angle. Despite going ahead,


from this game. Clithei'oc did dominate


Rvdeheard 93, C. Sowerbv 70: P. Elliott 99, K. Eccles 57: P. Conchie 100, P. Bithell 40; D. Eastham 69, M. Lawton 50; I. Brown 48, P. Doman 06; G. Lomas 97,


Alston 82, A. Taylor 60; S. Traynor 37, A. Proctor 74; P. Bradley 63, J. Holmes 77; I. Perry 93. S. Edmond­ son 74; D. Dean 70, J. Schofield 8*1; A. Clements 65, W.


Primary progress for the schoolboys


!’mil!r 0, Itilrlrlu Valley 2 THIS was the firs t


round of the Lancashire Primary Schools’ Cup and. as the scoreline suggests, it was a very evenly con­ tested match. Pendle had the better of


jointed as they tried to adjust to a number of posi­ tional changes, blit some resolute defending , and a little luck, kept Pendle out. Gradually, Ribble Valley found some rhythm and began to create a few chances of their own. In the second half. Val­


tlie early exchanges, and their forwards had several chances to score. Ribble Valley were looking dis­


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1 Pool


Sun rise at the White Hart?


guing encounter will take place in the red league at the White Hart. The A team, currently lying in se c o n d p 1 ac e w i t h 105points,tako on table- toppers Sun, four [joints above them. What makes it even


WITH only one week left of the Clitheroe and District Pool League, all the championships could well be decided tonight. Perhaps the most intri­


Commercial 81, Higher Buck 81, Cross Keys B 78, Wilpshire B 64, Royal Oak B 49. Brown Cow B 26.


more interesting is the fact that White Hart also have a game in hand, so it looks as if it is going to be quite a tense night. Current [joints and posi­


ley began to play with more authority and took the lead when Seedall scored from a right wing cross.The second goal was a well-taken effort from Bolton, who rounded off a fine move to make the game safe. From then on the visitors took control and played with a great deal of. composure — par­ ticularly Borland, who was outstanding at the back. In the next round, Kib­


ble Valley take on the very strong Preston side. Ribble Valley Primary


Schools' Squad: Gore, Lesley, Cook, Borland, Duckworth, Todd, Daw­ son, Seedall, Farmer, Bol­ ton, Fernhead, Alobaidi, Skoets.


tions: Red League — Sun 109, White Hart A 105, Victoria A 86, Station 85, Black Bull, Langho, 81, Kings A 74, De Lacy A 66, White Horse 60, Black Bull, Chatburn, A 44, Horseshoe A 37. Blue — White Hart B


Victoria B 74, De Lacy B 70, Horseshoe B 64, Dog 61, Black Horse 54, Black Bull B 52. Green — Wilpshire A


108, Swan 97, Dog and Partridge 88, Kings B 88,


WITH the Jamaicans cur­ rently competing in the bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics, an Austrian Prince ski-ing for Mexico and, of course, our own Eddie Edwards narrowly missing out on a ski-jump­ ing gold, it may seem fairly tame by comparison that Preston Curling Club must travel to Lockerbie in Scotland to play their home matches, writes Murray Walker. Last Thursday, Preston


Three Rivers.............. 16 5 11 52 Fosters II................. 15 4 11 5t


LADIES’ GOLF


CLITHEROE Golf Club’s Ladies’ LGU monthly m e d a 1 w in n e r fo r February was Barbara Brown with 106-33-73.


jobs to put the visitors level. Eventually, Clitheroe


winger drew Denis Under­ wood in goal and squared the ball to Tony Bates, who had the simplest of


did come back to life and briefly threatened the Prescot goal. But it was Barrow who turned from hero to villain, blazing the


ball over the bar when it looked easier for him to score. There were some bright


spots for Clitheroe, par­ ticularly the performance of Tony Camilleri. He looks very good on the ball and s e em s to h av e strengthened the midfield. However, Clitheroe could have had few com­


plaints if they had lost tiiis match,and their perfor­ mances will certainly have to improve if they are to make any impression on the leaders. Clitheroe: Underwood,


M u rp h y , S am p so n , Howarth, Davies, Mar­ row, Sharpies, Camilleri. Young, Thompson, Bar- row. Sub: Ware.


CLITHEROE Reserves witnessed the ups and downs of football as they completed their cup qualifying games against Darwen and Pacli- ham, needing maximum points to ensure that they qualified for the final stages.


RESERVES HEAD FOR FINALS


after going ahead through Ian Ware, Darwen hit back with two goals in five minutes to take the points. With two apparently easy games against Whi­


A strong side visiteil Darwen last week, and


C li th e ro e ’s game fell away, and it was Prescot who looked increasingly like the more dangerous side. In the 52nd minute, they reaped the benefits of their endeavour. Their


Table tennis


LATEST i-esults fi-om the Ribblesdale Table Tennis Association: Whalley Swans A 9, Rimington i; Standen A 9, Standen C 1. Next week’s fixtures:


Tuesday — Judge Wal- mesley A v Rimington. Wednesday — Bowland v Standen C: Whallev Swans B v Standen A.


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for tlie Darwen game.This meant centre-half Graham Dewhurst keeping goal, and although he proved quite callable, his presence in the heart of the defence was sorely missed. This week the reserves


tworth Valley and Daisy Hill for Maine Road, Clith- eroe's biggest rivals, the reserves visit to Padiliam appeared to be purely aca­ demic. In a poor game, goals by Marshall, Barker and Mather meant the reserves finished off their section on a winning note. Meanwhile, Maine Road


Road was a lucky escape for the reserve team man­ ager, Paul McGuire, -who overlooked contacting goalkeeper Paul Frayne


the others on a home and away basis, with the top two playing off for the cup. The defeat of Maine


were visiting Whitworth in a match which proved very costly for them as they were defeated 3-0, thus allowing Clitheroe to qualify along with neigh­ bours Rossendale and either Glossop or Flixton. Each team now plays


Waddington 5, Skipton Bull* dogs 0


return to league action when they meet table-top­ pers Cheadle at Shaw- bridge (k.o. 3 p.m.). The first team must


travel and face Prescot (k.o. 3 p.m.), who so frus­ tra te d Clitheroe last weekend. Mitchell Burke rejoins the squad after a two-week suspension. Some of the first team’s March fixtures have been


slightly altered. Tlie two lucrative games against Rossendale United will now be played at Shaw- bridge on a Tuesday, March 13th, and at Dark Lane the following Friday night. The Colne Dynamos


early on, but it was Wad­ dington tha t took the lead.Gardner pounced onto a rebound after the 'keeper had failed to hold a fierce Hutchinson drive. Gardner then fired in his second from 20 yards soon after. The home side contin­


league match of 19S8 saw them convincingly win a poor match. Both teams looked rusty


WADDINGTON'S first


match, due to the inter­ vention of the league, will now take place on Tues­ day, April 12th, at the more respectable time of 6-30 p.m., instead of the 5- 45 p.m. kick-off for Shaw- bridge originally planned.


with a third goal. Dra- chenberg hit a left-foot volley into the roof of the net from eight yards out. Gardner completed his hat-trick before half-time to make the score 4—0 at tlie interval. The second half was a


ued to dominate, and tiiis pressure was rewarded


greaves. Sumner. Thomp­ son. Bishop. Astin, Wad­ dington. Hutchinson. Threlfall. Draehenberg. Gardner, Green. Sub: Hosty.


Fightback in vain


Skipton llulldnjrs Res 6. West itnuirnrd Res 5


drab affair, with Bulldogs not making much of a fightback and Waddington failing to take advantage of this. The only goal of th e h a lf came from


Tony’s curling up in Scotland


102, Buck 96, Royal Oak A 86. Lower Buck 84, Lord Nelson A 83, Craven A 82, Cross Keys A 60, Waggon and Horses A 00, Brown Cow A 56, New Inn 53. Yellow — Waggon and'


Horses B 112, Craven' Heifer II 97, Lord Nelson B 91, Wellsprings 83,


travelled across the border to play in their annual match with Dalbeattie. Included in their team were Whallcy’s Tony Wright and Pendle Ski Club member Lyn Holton. The club thrives on a membership drawn from the business and farming community in the area. Historically, half-day clos­ ing has always been on a Thursday, enabling them to take that day off to curl.


A


howls, hut on the ice. Even tlie direction which you release the handle determines whether the 441b polished granite stone will ‘curl’ one way or the other, similar to the in­ built bias of a bowling wood. Instead of a jack, the


into breakfast at 9-30 a.m., a mere one-and-a- lialf hours after their coach left Preston, and they were on the ice by 10 a.m. for the first of the two ses­ sions they were to play. It really is like playing


Everyone was tucking


the time. Basically, one person curls, another is positioned in the target area, and the other two, armed with brushes, sweep tlie ice to clear a smooth path for tlie stone. This year, curling lias


been included as an exhibi­ tion event in the Winter Olympics for the first time, and there are high hopes that it will receive full Olympic recognition for the 1992 games.


curlers must aim for a fixed ta rg e t 46 yards away, and tlie nearest to the centre of the target wins the end. If, for exam­ ple, you have three in the target, all nearer to the centre than you oppo­ nent’s, you will get three points., Each ‘rink’ or team has


four members, and Tony’s rink won their match quite


convincingly by 10-3. In fact, Preston had quite a convincing 51-40 lead after the first session, and the half-time refreshments didn't serve to impair their performance after the break.


ing is th e fact th a t everyone is involved all of


One great aspect of curl- I


why it could not become a TV sport, although curlers admit that it can become a bit negative at tlie top level. Indeed, many of the Preston members, includ­ ing Tony, have repre­ sented England, so I may well have been watching


I certainly see no reason


of facilities around the country. The nearest rinks


son it could remain a minority sport are the lack


the television stars of the future. Of course, tlie main rea­


to the Ribble Valley are at Blackpool and Bradford, but both are slightly too small for major competi­ tive curling. However, hopes are high that one may he built at Walton-le- Dale as part of a super­ market complex. Preston do use Blackpool for prac­ tice every Monday night, and it is an ideal way to start the sport.


triumphed in the second session, hut it took a bril­ liant last shot from Pres­


Once again, Tony's four


ton’s president, Ian Kerr, to remove tlie three Dal­ beattie stones which would have squared tlie match. P r e s t o n f i n a 11 y


more information about curling, or perhaps pay a visit to Blackpool on a Monday night, contact Tony (Whalley S23S00).


triumphed 105-70, anil received a magnificent tro­ phy for their efforts. If anyone would like


was going to be a heavy defeat for Bradford turned into an amazing fightback. with the home side just managing to hang on for the points.


WHAT looked as if it


selection problems, and player-manager Barker became their seventh goal­ keeper this season. Field­ ing 10 men. they fell behind early in tile game and some d e sp e r a te defending could not pre­ vent them going 5-2 down at tlie interval. Niven and Ratcliffe were the Brad­ ford scorers, both with breakaway goals.


Bradford had several


ton sat back in the second half. Blenkinship scored direct from a corner, but Bulldogs replied with a well-taken goal. Bradford then somehow found energy to dominate the game. Scorah pulled a goal back with a header and then scored his second from close range.


Bradford dominate, hut d esp i te coining close twice, tlie equaliser eluded them.


Barker. Keefe, Blenkin-. ship. Ratcliffe, Parsons. P e a r s o n , Hailwood.


West Bradford Res: Scorah, Niven, Punchard. For some reason. Skip-


game, but it was a wel­ come two points for Wad­ dington after such a long lay-off. W a d d in g to n : H a r -


Draehenberg. This was not a great


RIMINGTON, hack, from the left: Darren Taylor, David Buckle,Jim Hacking, Simon Taylor, David Bialeeki, Peter Washbrook, John Hartley. Front: Alan Hodgson, I’aul Bithell, Duncan Bickneli,David Mason, Gary Stirzaker.


Boost for Trinity’s title bid


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Trinity Youth 2, llarriiwfnnl Celtic i


step towards the title with a s u [j e r b w i n w li i c li matched the brilliant sun­ shine under which tile game took place.


TRINITY took another , SENtf R


throughout the first half, bu t th e B a r row fo rd defence soaked up the pressure and hit hack on occasions to let Trinity know they had a match on their hands.


T li e y d o m i n a t e d


explosive fashion. From the kick-off. Trinity lost possession and a Barrow- ford [jlayer sto rmed th ro u g h th e middle, unleashing a high shot from outside the penalty a rea to leave Taylor stranded as the bull looped over his head.


behind gave Trinity the incentive they needi-il. Tiiis showed as they began to dominate midfield, giv­ ing forwards Peel and Mason much more of the hall. This undoubtedly gave Trinity the equaliser. Livcsey worked well on tile right, crossing the hall low across the face of tin* goal for Peel to hit an easy goal to put the scores level.


The shock of being


apply the pressure, bid­ ding for a winner. They went close on two occa­ sions before Peel smashed in a drive which hit the bar. Mason was on hand to tap in the rebound.


Trinity continued to


that, and with Faulker hitting the bar, and Live- sey having a goal disal­ lowed, they deserved tiiis creditable victory.


It was all Trinity after


A Gardner treble sinks Bulldogs


The second half began in


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