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Clitheroe 2232U (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising).- Burnley 22331 (Classified) KIBBLE VALLEY SPORTS SCENE .'. . . . . BY TOBY CHAPMAN


TOP CYCLING HONOUR FOR A LOCAL SPORTSMAN


THE Ribble Valley’s top cyclist, Alan Gor- nall, has had the hon­ our of being elected as riders’ director for the Professional Cycling Association.


tor resigned at Christmas, Alan was recognised as the riders’ representative, but


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IN the Clitheroe and District Snooker League, Social A won again, but had to fight against a worthy Conservative A side.


JARS OS IT ON D C A R S


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In th e s e co n d d iv is io n Slaidburn A (G) 414, Catholic Low M o o r B c o n t in u e d A (8) 441: J . Jacques 81, T.


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th e i r g o o d r u n w i th a n SSJ&P'b Walter 68, L emphatic 14-0 v ic to ry o v e r Tomlinson 66; H. Dixon 56, L.


308, Social Club A (8) 402: M. Parkinson 52, G. Hincks 50; S. Taylor 34, C. Steele 79; D. Smith 46, D. Laycock 70; B. Hargreaves 60, M. Herrington 57; R. Smith 46, S. Kerr 90; D. Coupe 70, M. Vamom 56. Rtmlngton A (8) 373, Cons B


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McEntee 80; J. Whitwell 40, P. Backhouse 74; W. Jones 86, J. Crowther 63. Division Two — Biilington A


(12) 407, Low Moor A (2) 357: R. Hilton 60, P. Bradley 49;


(6) 362: K. Ratclife 78, A. Gugeon 36; D. Riley 47, F. Webster 74; A. Riley 73, F. Hall 55; G. Bona 44, E McQuade 70;


LUJ?.a „A /.m 4 1


ton B (4) 326: P. Clark 96, D. Steward 41; P. Whittaker 58, P. Elliott 65; G. Simkin 82, D. Wil­ son 58; P. Craig 61, B. Thomp­ son 70; D. Speak 54, I. Brown 44; N. Robinson 60; N. Harris


Chatburn A (10) 411. Billing- 48.


League knock-out


draw THE draw for the Clith-


Doubles: E. McQuade and P. Swales (Con) v H. Carr and T.


taken place.


G.R. Dell 56, M. Alston 53; J. Ashton 79, N. Parkinson 64; M. Unwin 57, A. Holmes 91; K. Yeoman 69, A. Clement 51; A. Dean 86, G. Tyler 49. Low Moor B (14) 449, Slaid-


ALAN GORNALL After the previous direc­


could not be officially elected to the vacant post until the AGM, held at Leek this month. At the meeting, Alan’s posi­


attend meetings throughout the year and will also be actively involved in the organisation and promotion of the sport in this


Alan will be expected to


was the Nissan Classic Interna­ tional Tour, an arduous four-day race that was held in southern Ireland.


Alan’s last mmor competition


tion was on the rCA board was confirmed. Membership on the board was increased from five to 10 members.


the World Championships can boast more impressive fields, and with 15 of the world's top 20 riders competing, the Mearley cyclist was in for a tough time.


Only the Tour de France and


world-class riders are attracted to the meeting is that it is seen


The reason th a t so many


Clitheroe forced to replay after late equaliser


Newcastle Town 2, Clitheroe 2


CLITHEROE’S poor start to the season has meant that they must look further afield for glory and hope that some good cup runs will rub off on


ines, P e te r Tilley and Dave Tattersall,


second round match.


their inconsistent league form. With the two new sign- After 20 minutes Clith- With Newcastle well on


quickly, Clitheroe looked wing and crossed to the impressive straight


the kick-off, in this Raab p a s t th e N ew c a s t le Karcher Challenge Cup ’keeper,


when Geoff Young got in a , shot, only to see it cleared lonS Peno ■ off th e line.


he lead in the first minute r


a t t a c k s , p u t a l o t o f th ro u g h Dave P ro cto r , b u t fo rc ed to d e fe n d fo r th e H ow ar th , h as received an Buck began to tak e control throUgh Hargreaves Just when p re s su re on th e Newcast le Denis Underwood made a r e s t of th e match. .


t They almost went^ into were weu on top and —


this stage Clitheroe


The Shawbridge side, the pressure and nearly badly damaged Clitheroes confident after the early equalised late in the half, morale and they were


„ attacked Newcastle for N ew c a s t le s o a k e d u p


o n n a e n t aivei m e c a i equ«mocu loxt ix. ,


bum B (0) 337; Derek Dean 73, P. Maher 67; Stephen Traynor


p Griffiths 49, Danl'TNtmnrfi!) D. cowking 58; John Shears 78,


ton B (12) 442; Paul Traynor 83,


control and he caused all control the play, but could should be a thrilling return sorts of problems with his not get the better of the match at Shawbndge.


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B5: J- 5L Pi'ndiTr^sf *Nick Lawton 651 through-balls" mil!_ n


Herd 89; K. Eccles . .. b e r t 59; P. Bithell 39, M. Dewhurst 64; R. Watson 73, B. Philips 77; C. Snape 52, T.H. Walmsley 77; R. Driver 44, A. Wilkinson 76. Social B (8) 463, Pendle (6)


, j. Lam-


J-Cat's"B (2) 328, Wadding- sail, was prominent at the Murphy and Ian Sampson Baker , Tilley. Sub: :: S. Hope 65, A.J. back an d ad ap ted quickly, coped admirably.


eroe and D is tr ic t S n ooker j ones 71; K. Walmsley 78, M. League knock-out has Biilington 34; J. Miller 88, L. CLITHEROE were forced


414: J. Travis 80, A. Procter 60; T. Clews 78, H. Tobin 37; S. McAlly 60, S. Edmondson 67; B. Wilding 49, A. Taylor 91; J. Burgess 77, J. Schofield 85; B. Curtis 108, W. Wright 74. RBL B (12) 456, Chatbum B (2) 317: R. Hartlebury 49, B.


Reserves’ makeshift side maintains unbroken run


T ^ b s f e r and "m. Parijinson ® l ^ f i t W . i ^ h ^ H ™ d on S a tu rd ay (Con); R. Driver and C. Thome »(, &. umnin


(CSC B) v T. Clews and S. McCally (Social); S. Keithly and T. Rydeheard (BBC) v A. Proc­ tor and J. Schofield (Pendle). P. Whittaker and A. Hodgson (Chatbum) v M. Varnom and J.


J^AshtoMBBO’v N. Parkinson >EL - BEDFORD ■ I ' I •“-TjL.I . . 4


Crowther and L. McEntee (Cath) v P. Backhouse and L.


Dixon (Cath).


(RBL B) v S. Kerr and C. Steele (Social); S. Traynor and M. Alston (Low Moor), v P. Ham- son and I. Nuttall (RBL A); H. Dixon and B. Walker (Slaidbum A) v B.H. Sims and N. Schofield (RBL A); D. Parker and M. Peel (RBL A) v T.H. Walmsley and A.J. Herd (Waddington). M. Dewhurst and D. Mead­ ows (Waddington) v D. Walms­ ley and S. Walmsley (RBL B); E. Kenyon and J. Shears (Low Moor) v K. Walmsley and R.


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Aatm (Con), J. WIIU bco i Haddington’s only creditable A. Gudgeon (Con); t . wuum"


» ’. - '/c J n v r 'W i ld BBC B) v occasions. k re“ uiteci a goal for


(Con) v D. Riley (R,rn.i"gK n!>atl Tony Waddington. Late in the Walker (Slaidbum A) v K. Rat- ^ rh3 f“ ug05 .keeplng mistake


cliffe (Himirxgton), CJ- .R j fr01n Hargreaves let in Oxen- Dy W aM ^ey 'h e n ,( a )BV nd


Parker 63, B. Conchie 67; J. T h e m a k e s h i f t t e £m Griffiths 62. David Seed 55; s tru g g led and took a while i.Hartley 95, Denis Seed 53; D.


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Fletcher56,s. Winykley 68.^^^ Cun Competition match. ___ ____ _____


—Conservative A v Slaidburn A, RBL A v Conservative B_,


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Robinson (Slaidburn); R^ Wat- Police (8) 384, Rimington B t h e i r sjde against Great ,


K S l j|.: $ watasiey H to delude manager Paul Harrison 52-M Yatra 67, R McGuire and assistant 52’ Yale3 b' ’ K m a n a g e r John Curran in


Great Harwood United 2 Clitheroe 2,


Shawbridge side took the lead when Mitchell Burke connected with a cross


.F ix tu re s : Divis ion .One ^ I f ^ ^ ' ^ n u t e s ^ t h e f la ir . A good m o v e from f re e d d e k ' and N. Brown (Low MqorA); J. v DhTiaion T?vo — Low Moor A --------------------------------------------------------------------------


v CSC B, Police v RBL B, Slaidburn B v Pendle Club, Waddington B v Low Moor B, Chatbum B v Social B, Riming­ ton B v Biilington A.


Impressive win for


Waddington


Foulridge Old Boys Res. 1, XVaddington Reserves 2


(Chatbum). “ ’Yeoman, and A.„ Dean g r a v e n League


!BB%oV l k n)-'jP Lund and s 'P e tfy


“ • r al„yt m n ro 'v j K


rntVll'and S A Holme" Hope (CSC B)". '


^BBoth teams played good open football and althoufi


otlUeam took an early lead, .


^ the 4 th5 hjr „ u minTtteie.rncy penalty ,n In the second half, Wadding-


competed well and equalised from a Jim Tieme;


B D.6 H^uiker^and W. Grooby ^ d ^ S p h i l H u U -S n ^by- 3; Sabden 4, Transport 1;. (Waddington) v D. Laycock and Andy and Phil


ton pressured Foi Andy and Phil Huti


|„ c |sea"dn!,;05 i ^ f | n v B^ ‘L X 3 ctScaK> r°'ofn BJ;_J.Burke"and'N- ThomP^™ Ty er (Low Moor A).


ing well. With 10 mins t


(Police) v R."Shoreman ami S. dington inthe lead. s v v,


(Con) v T. Sunter and D. Coupe t , ......m...i ,i.n v.11 it.. n» (Con);


J. Marsden and A. Gudgeo (BBC) . Z C "


lough and A. Beck Social) v J. “ '"K1 ..................... ,ai„ Burgess and B. Wilding (Social),


Lofthouse (CSC B), S. Mcuui BurgeS3 ami*BB Wdding (SocIaiV; ^


lhoL^ (c?th); e 'e r n - c McCul- “mcC I-


Thompson (Low Moor), J. Peel » S ' J and G. Walmsley (RBL B) v D. ley, Spencer.


laidbum A) v D- Dean and S.


Smith and M. Wensley (Con); A. Ri l ey and D. Ba n n i s t e r (Rimington) v B. Hitchen and


N.Garner (RBL Ak P- Doman and C. Snape (CSC B )vP - Clark and hL Robinson (Chat- bum); S. Hitchin and S. Briggs (Con) v K. Ratcliffe and D.


“ • » omA (SJ . Jacques and W. Jhh®8 Cross Dixon. A. Burgess,


W Tones Hutchinson,°X. Hutchinson, ^ Taylor. Subsi vfinck-


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Valuable points


Riley (Rimington). Singles: D. Parker (RBL A) v


7,* — c Kerr


Waddington 3, Oxenhope 2


uxenno z h showc,i a iot 0f goou l vvau-


Burgess broke c defence and scored


* * ™


In the last minute, Foulridge were awarded a penalty, but to relief of Paul Jackson, who


; R)' HUtimand" N.' hS S hadhandled t^e bali in the area, Zl . l £ * 1 ; .


J | Th tis was a good win for Wad- , and composure in this tight


P. Eliott and D. Stewart (BBC) ma^ d din|!t„n: Grime, P. Jack- - A. Hall and H. Hudson


P y W a g „ on an{J Horses 4, ^ Wha.fey Celtic 2.


hall 0, Royal Oak 4; Buck Inn 2, Calderstones 2; Kings Arms Reserves 1, Low Moor 9.


Division Two — Brock-


son,"5T Burgess, Tierney, P. bank), Whalley Celtic v "


Chatburn (B. Jones). Dan Seed knock-out


round) — Transport v Read United (T. Wall-


Waggon goes


IN the Whitbread Ribble Valley League, Waggon and Horses went to the top of Division One when they overcame Whalley Celtic.


into lead Single stroke


to second place when they beat last week's league leaders Chatburn. rno -„„nnn


White Horse moved up Arms^whde second plac^ P. Clayton (82-14-68). Chatburn 1, White Horse


Lord Nelson did not play. Results: Division One —


i ™ Mnnr Cashed Kfres Driver (82-16-66); 2nd, J. field,McCullough, White- ™ mnd Diace Sanderson (83-15-68); 3rd, side Willetts, McGuire,


In the second division, Proctor. East Lancs League


SABDEN'S match against Bar- rowford Celtic was postponed so they dropped two places to third


spot. Whalley are slowly creeping


up the table and after thrashing Trawden Celtic at the weekend


K n o c k -o u t (P r e l im in a ry Results: Crown Paints 5, Clif- ~


Fixtures: Ashley Smith draw against Gargrave.


they stand in a healthy fourth spot. Ribchester could only


(Preliminary round) —. Kings Arms Reserves v Brockhall (D. Marshall), Waterloo Rangers v Buck Inn (J. Sxvayne). Division One — Waggon


e? ‘J r MMle’r i Wad- WADDINGTON picked up two K i n g s A r m s


and Horses v -Rimington (D. Bush), Ribchester Reserves v White Horse (G. Dixon); G r in d le to n v ( J .


MS £ r t L _ a o , e Division One Whitbread


Waggon & Horse White Horse...


(ChatbumlvX Lambert (Wad vrom n j s ^ ^ equaliser. dington); D. Wilson (BBC B) .nojw ^ secom] yfalf, Wadding- Rimmgton....... M. Parkinson (Con), 9;.


looked more eager and Ml Kings Amu..... ^ ^ d ^ o n ^ a ^ fo l l^w eV w ^ t 'h ^ n


K iw R B L a v J Bolton a goal^aclc. The away side m n e Rl PConchie (BBC B) v should have grabbed a late


LPAElliott (B^C°B); O x I n h o ^ a ^ n jK c y pulled


Nuttall (HBL A), -rrange the Rimmer, Jackson, Kirik, Astin, Waterloo Rangers......... H om e .p la y e r to arrangefo r _ Biahopj Waddington,Eastwood, Brockhall...........................


^.c9,u,D°oiKha,(S ' Waddington: Hargreaves, Calderetones..............


results cards, by Novemoe Rock Rove„ Jt home> 24th.


F.Booth, on the correct Subs. C o nt ii E dw a rd a .


match and result e warded b y th e vvinne


t Gardner, Pickles, Drachcnburg. RoyalOak.................. nueklnn.......... ................


On Saturday Waddington face KingaArmsRea......... lCI/SUUon..................


UI.I.IonT.o Whitbread


nBB£ J ^ L (C o n ) F. Webster equaliser, but the Oxenhope Low Moor..;................. 10 8 1 1 SV , m Wenslev (Con); player shot wide past an open Lord Nelson................. 7 5 11 LCf,nl V,, ^ Y c e e s i A) v l! het.


HurstGreen.................. 8 4 2 2


7 3 2 9 3 2


7 3 0 9 2 2 8 1 3 7 2' 1 8 1 2


PWDL PW D L swans.";


ton Athletic 2; Foxhill 2, Colne Legion 0; Nelson GSOB 3, John­ sons SC 0; Ribchester 2, Gar- grave 2; Padiham Wanderers 0, Barnoldswick 4; Whalley 5, Trawden Celtic 1; Helmsnore United 1, Oswaldtwistle 3; Rolls Royce 3, Great Harwood United


0- Fixtures: Sabden v Helm- shore United, Trawden Celtic v


Ribchester, Whalley v Colne Legion.


East Lancs Leaxue


Foxhill...................... 1410 l 3 21 Bamoldswick.............. 15 9 2 4 20 Sabden...................... 12 8 3 I 19 Whalley...................... 13 8 2 3 18 Trawden Celtic........... 14 8 1 5 17 Colne Legion;............. 14 7 3 4 17 • Great Harwood........... 14 8 1 5 17 Clifton Athletic........... 14 7 0 7 14 Oswaldtwistle............. 15 5 3 7 13 Ribchester................. 15 4 4 7 12 Gargrave................... 15 5 2 8 12 Barrowford................ 11 4 3 4 11 Rolls-Royce................ 14 4 3 7 11 Nelson GSOB............. 14 5 1 8 11 Johnsons SC............... 16 3 5 8 11 Helmshore United..... . 11 3 3 5 9 Crown Paints............. 13 4 1 8 9 Padiham................... 14 1 4 9 6


PWDL P THE Single Stroke Medal gton At Social A Whitbread Ribble Valley League


s e t t le in th is R e s e rv e w a s s lowly g row in g an d t h e y e q u a l i s e d f rom a th e y a t ta c k e d w i th m o re s p e c t a c u l a r W h i t t a k e r


from 12 yards. -


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defend h a rd and th e under-strength side even­ tually cracked when Cook scored from five yards to give Harwood the lead. The Clitheroe ’keeper,


Clitheroe were forced to


competition was held at reserves* im p re s s iv e Clitheroe Golf Club


. , , , , With only one minute to i t i00ked as if the


Clitheroe’s confidence back into the game and


Shaun McCuHough and Stuart Proctor released Burke, whose shot was well saved by the Har­ wood ’keeper. As the match wore on the visitors began to get


new signing, Dave Tatter- Clitheroe back four. Steve Pizelis, Orrell, Y°ung, Barrow.


Dave Morris’s other the game and attacke TUI„~~l0»0 nfhaf OYlfl affaMrpd Hi A Sflll the sai , Ho Hnwlfitt. Mam)W. ett, Marrow,


nasses and Newcastle defence. The Clitheroe: Underwood, “


l . . . f™.


seemed to relax and let in Newcastle, who finally pulled a goal back in the 75th minute. This strike


~ xT*v 7-T a e i e n a e r , u y n u u n D** ,____„ *.« f„i,_ offer from Darwen and, as °* t h ,e


signings of Dave Tattersall and P e te r Tilley, the squad can at last claim to have a bit of depth and stature. Clitheroe’s influential d e f e n d e r , L y n d o n


i x A _ J? _ _ mu _ /~X111L AB T TixHawi de got more into Murphy, Sampson Tatter-


when his current match suspension ends. Saturday’s game against


d e f e n c e . T h e m id f ie ld m ag n if ic en t s av e to d e n y I n t h e 8 9 th m i n u t e , yet> h as made no decision a ^ ad " seemed to hav e a b i t more th e forward. substance with Tilley in


second division Newcastle Town in the Raab Karcher


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to right T im A l t^ n " f


N ew c a s t le g r a b b e d th e ^ h e r e h e will be playing s h o t ,t h ® , 1 th7 o a ^ ,a sc crowd of players in a goal-


> ■- ----------- — c r owd of n lav e rs in a goal- mouth scramble.


Dancers


Cup had its good and bad points for Morris. He was pleased at the way Tillis and Tattersall settled, but not with the way the side gave away a two-goal lead. So far, there has not been


was left with an injury after Saturday’s game, his trouble is not thought to be serious and shouldn’t rule him out for long. On Saturday, Clitheroe


l b e bP-Hy


they began to come strong towards the end of the half. The B u rn le y s id e


*


The goal spurred the Charnley, Spurgeon, Derby- into action and


\v™st Bradford: Stirzaker, Day, Barker, G. Hargreaves,


shire, A. Hargreaves, A. Blen- kinship,


tage. Sub: Nutter.


started to pressure the Buck defence, but they stood firm for long peri­ ods. Eventually the Dane-


Although Ian Sampson D0X-


and a fine goal from Alan Blenkinship sealed this important win. Buck: Charnley, G. Hargreaves, Bradshaw,


Buck did not give up


face Bootle away (k.o 3 p.m.), while the Reserve S ^ k f n s h i ^ * A H a t -


Shawbndge ,(k.o. 3 p.m.) 8


tition match. Bass NWCFL Division One


St Helens Town.......... 1411 1 2 23 Rossendale Utd.......... 10 8 2 0 18


PWDL P


Gordon Schofield, kept a cool head and made a num­ ber of crucial saves to keep the score at 2-1.


unbeaten run was coming


— 1st, G. Dyer (76-12-64); had other ideas and a late 2nd P. Pedder (77-10-67); free-kick was thundered in 3rd, R.N. Read (81-12-69); to claim one point. 4th, J.P. Kane (77-8-69) Clitheroe: G. Schofield, after a play-off.


Results: Category one to an end, but Mel Burke Category two — 1st, D. Mitch Burke, M. Scho- Mel Burke, Curran, Jones,


Knowsley Utd............ 10 7 1 2 15 Darwen...................... 11 7 I 3 15 ColwynBay............... 10 5 2 3 12 Leyland Motors.......... 11 5 2 4 12 Ellesmere Port........... 12 5 l 6 11 Atherton LR.............. 13 5 1 7 11 Bootle........................ 10 4 1 5 9 Warrington Town........ 8 4 1 3 9 Flixton....................... 12 4 1 7 9 Prescot Cables.............. 9 2 4 3 8 Clitheroc................... 10 3 2 5 8 Ashton Utd................ 9 3 1 5 7 Salford....................... 11 2 3 6 7 Skelmersdaie................ 9 2 2 5 6 Burscough................. 9 1 2 6 4 Formby....................... 10 1 2 7 4


Rossendale Utd........... 7 6 0 1 12 Clitheroe.................. 6 5 > 0 11


Reserve Cup GroupA PW D L P


Ladies’ darts


IN the Ribble Valley Ladies’ Darts League, leaders Starkies could only draw with Royal British Legion’s A side. In Division Two, Clitheroe


Central Working Men’s Club struggled to overcome the bot­ tom side, De Lacy, but remain


Horseshoe 6, Victoria 2; Royal Oak 6, Bay Horse 2; Black Bull 5, Black Horse B 3; White Horse 5, Black Horse A 3; Sta­ tion 5, Calderstones 3; Catholic . Club 4, RBL B 4; RBL A 4,


'Results: Division One —


Starkies 4.Division Two — Judge 7, Bulls Head 1; Bridge Inn 7, Dog Inn 1; Craven 6, Wilpshire 2; CCWMC 5, De Lacy 3; Com­ mercial 5, New Inn 3; Brown Cow 4, Low Moor 4.


25, Horseshoe 24, RBL B 23, Black Horse A 23, White Horse 22, Victoria 20, RBL A 20,Cal­ derstones 20, Station 18, Royal Oak 17. Catholic Club 14, Black Horse B 14,Bay Horse 12. Division Two — CCWMC 28,


Points and positions: Division One — Starkies 29, Black Bull


_ . . greaves A BIenkinship, in a Reserve Cup Compe- Allen- bub- Harlow. > , Errors


Heys Lane 2, Henthorn 1


HENTHORN Under 12s paid dearly for some defensive errors in this close soccer match.


I. Blenkinship,


Clitheroe squash


victories


IT was almost a clean sweep for Clitheroe Squash Club teams last week. The Ists, away to St Anne’s l s t s , won 3-2. With Dave


(0-3), it was up to Ray Dryden in the deciding match. He won convincingly 9-0, 9-1, 9-1. The 2nds, at home to Great


settling Bob Pizelis did well on the when Tilley broke away quickly. He ran the length !, rl “'maseri to


eroe went into the lead, top, it came as a surprise


from waiting Young, who shot nfo the field and crossed to the waiting Niven How-


lett, who headed the ball into the net. After this Clitheroe


Shawbridge Topics Blues player


A change of heart for


CLITHEROE’S useful mid-field man Stuart Proctor is to stay at the club after all.


going to leave the club to join Northern Premier League side Netherfield, but Clitheroe manager received a


The Summer signing had suggested that he was


o i_ u llu lc lu t p ave Morris, „ -


.......„6~.


call from the player, who was duly welcomed back


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to the club. With the two recent


Cup win for Buck


Higher Buck 2, Morris Dancers 1


BUCK put their poor sea­ son behind them in this group cup match and enjoyed a lucrative after-


system and managed to contain their creative opponents. After a while


Buck adopted a swe ep e r


Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, October 27th, 1988 25 RUGBY


as a good preparation for three forthcoming major races. Driving rain and cold winds


Rossendale overpower Clitheroe


dogged the race, and Alan, who on one day was in the saddle for seven hours, managed to finish in 75th position out of 105


starters. He was competing with the


Michelin Hi-lites team, who have been pleased with his perfor­


ship deals and as yet is not sure whether he will be racing in a team or not next season.


mances this summer. Alan is now finalising sponsor­


Glitheroe 22324


Bradford put up a fight


Addingham Reserves 4, West Bradford Reserves 3


A LATE 86th minute goal made sure that Addingam claimed a victory against a hard-working West Braford side. With injuries taking their toll, Bradford were forced to field six


new players. Acldingham survived the early


pressure and then went into the lead with their first attack. For the rest of the half Brad­


early in the second half, but would not let their heads drop


more determination nd


t]


but Addingham repl •*ied with a well-taken penalty.


Bradford equalised with two Andy Hargreaves,


f


"'radford were forced nd they equalised


B4ufl" ? eu W0U5 be


Ladies run riot


Clitheroe Ladies 8, BAC Warton 1


second round of the North West League Cup with an impressive victory over BAC Warton at


CLITHEROE progressed to the Shawbridge.


BAC coped well with the early Clitheroe pressure and


. , ,


then took the lead after 15 mins. Clitheroe did not lose their


confidence and they soon equa­ lised through Anne Morris. Two more strikes from Morris gave her a hat-trick and put Clitheroe in a comfortable position. Tina Swarbrick rounded the


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Cllthcroe 1st XV 0, Rosscndale 2nd XV 26


CLITHEROE made the short journey to Ros­ sendale with a tough team, but struggled against the strongest side they have faced all


season.


returned to the sauad and he impressed in the open­ ing exchanges.


Full-back Dave Slinger


when available, the Clitheroe th re e -q u a r te r s were often forced to defend and Paul T a b e rn e r ex ce lled in all


Although running the ball departments.


Clean ball from the scrummage and line-out was minimal, mak­ ing the new scrum-halfs job


exremely difficult, but Graeme Tindall battled hard throughout the match.


tually took its toll and Rossen­ dale began to score a number of tries.


The constant pressure even­


ball in the last 10 minutes. A good back-row move enabled


Clithreoe enjoyed more of the


way over the line, the try disallowed.


First win of season


work hard against the size and jn the Sunday Memorial power of the Rossendale eight. League B Division, with a


The Clitheroe pack had to first victory of the season The Dog Inn claimed their Darwen Wall Finishers 1


for Dog Dog Inn 4,


hearty display against


plenty of enthusiasm, but lacked the skill and know-how to make their possesion count. The first halfs pressure was


Darwen. A willing Darwen side had


ary Thompson to power his Chapman took the ball into the •’ ” -t only to have area and played it across to Eric


after this match and played as well as they could against a wor­


Clitheroe had no complaints


thy Rossendale outfit. Clitheroe: Slinger, Tabemer,


ford pressured for an equaliser, but could not make their posse­ sion count. Bradford fell further behind


noon ag ain s t th e fir s t divi- and began to go forward will sion side.


Whalley, Ramsden, Tomlinson, Hyde, Tindall, Dubowski, Isher-


wood, Proctor, Giles, William­ son, Newton, Thompson,


Holmes. On Saturday Clitheroe face


Trophy.


Clitheroe play host to Lanca­ shire Club’s UIGs, who are play­ ing a Lancashire Schools side.


On Sunday, November 13th, n ,


Burtonwood at home, and on Sunday they travel to Manches­ ter to play Heaton Moor in the first round of the Lancashire


evenly distributed. The Dog nut together a number of attacks, but were thwarted by a sturdy defence. They eventually took the lead late in the half when Toby


Moore, who easily side-footed the it past the ’keener. Darwen fell further behind in


the second half when Chapman latched on to a perfect through-


piressure antf scored again when 1 whe Ch iaapman got n


c o n t i n u e d to r . Darwen d ’efender on the ed go :r of


ball and advanced into the box to place the ball past the ’keeper. Th e Do ... p


over the advancing ’keeper. With a comfortable lead the


the box and headed the ball high


the better of a ;dge i of


Dog then began to cool down ami this proved costly. Darwen fought their way back into the game and after a number of attacks had been stopped by the Dog ’keeper, Damian Peel, they pulled a goal back.


and began to pressure Darwen again. A promising move from Darren Connell was-brought to a halt with a crunching foul. The resulting penalty was comfort­ ably pu t away by Murray WalTker to give the Dog a well earned two points.


The Dog kept their composure


Waggon power


through


Waggon and Horses 4, Whalley Celtic 2


Matthews and Steve Turner further three goals to give her winning 3-0 and 3-1 respec- tivelv, and defeats by Russell Cowking (l-3)and Jeff Watson


first half off with a superb goal. In the second half, Morris went goal crazy and scored a


..........


Hanvood lsts, narrowly lost 2- 3. Eddie Vidler and Conor McLaughlin won 3-1 while Robert Fielding was defeated 1- 3 and John Willis and George Senior 0-3. The 3rds had a fine 5-0 victory


football, it was frustrating for The 4ths maintained their Henthorn to go two goals behind midway through the first half. Henthom had a chance to pull a


Having played the b e t te r team’s fifth win out of five, ____ ___ §oal back through a penalty, but


second half and finally scored from a.Rawsthorne set-piece that flew into the net. Heys Lane were forced to


utcliffe missed from the spot. Henthorn dominated the


defend for the rest of the match, but Henthorn could not find a way through the defence.


Parker, Counsell, O’Connor, Ashworth, Tilley, Feather, Mor­ ris, Sleet, Swarbrick. Clitheroe’s next match will be


Clitheroe: Moore, Barton.


on November 6th against Wyth- enshawe at Shawbridge (k.o.


away to East Lancs 5ths. Brian Hayward, Mike Heyworth and Peter Thompson won 3-0 and Wavne Townley and Dave McKenzie triumphed 3-1 for the


unbeaten record with a 3-2 home win over Red Rose 5ths. Bary Hargreaves, Nigel Whiteside and Alan Warburton won 3-0. Rick Ashton lost 2-3 and Dave Mitchell went down 0-3, having to retire due to injuiw. The Ladies’ team had no trou­


ble in beating Queens Mill 5-0. Sharon Willis, Anne Cowking, Marilyn Fletcher, Sue Cartledge and Sue Beggs all easily won


ing football should contact the man ag er , Fr an k Counsell (Blackburn 22118).


Memorial League


THE Local sides are set for a busy weekend in the Memorial Sunday Football League. Fixtures: A Division— Bonny


Band Club v Dunk Inn (R), Clog and Billicock v Dog Inn (M), Swan Hotel v Horseshoe Inn


Inn CLD v De Lacy Arms (F). B Division — Biilington Brass


(R).


PRIZE NIGHT FOR CRICKETERS


THE award and trophy.' night for the Whit­ bread - Ribblesdale Cricket i League, was held at the White Bull, Gisburn.


Local; team acco­


lades went to Clith­ eroe . Cricket Club, winners of the Whitx bread Ramsbottom Cup; and Whitbread Blrchall Cup.


Alfa tne individual


senior league bowling awai;d went to Clith­


.17, Wilpshire 17, Bulls Head 15, Black Bull 14, Dog Inn 10, De


Lacy 10.


Commercial 25, Judge 24, Cra­ ven 22, Low Moor 21, New Inn 19, Bridge Inn 18, Brown Cow


eroe’s Garth Sutcliffe. Read’s Stephen Rushton collected the


TSB player-of-the-


. ners-up in the final of: th e W h 11 b r ea d Lawrenson Cup) i • Trophy and award" winners 1988: senior league — champions, Earby. Runners-up, Blackburn Northern. Div is ion One - - champions, Cherry Tree.. Runners-up, Os­ waldtwistle Immanuel. Div is ion Two — champions, Barnolds­ wick. .Runners-up,


fe a r prize ana .tne six- . hits award. Read CC also finished-as run-


^ Edenfleld. Division . .Three — champions,


Baxenden.


Whitbread Rama- cottom Cup — win­


ners, Clitheroe. Run­ ner-up, Cherry Tree. Whitbread Lawrenson


Cup — win n e r s , . Earby. Runners-up,■


'Senior league-— bat- ting, C. Atkins (Black-


Read. Whitbread Bir- chall CUp — winners, Clitheroe. Runners- ii p , B l a c k b u r n Northern..: Individual awards:


■ burn Northern). Bowl-. Ing, G. ■


(Clitheroe). .Division


One — batting, J. Agar (Settle). Bowl­ - in g , D. M o r r i s


( Oswa l d twi s t l e Immanuel). Division


Two — batting, K. Wood (Barnoldswick).


: player, P.. Tilbury . (Earby). Six hits, S.


Bowling, G. Hardman (Edenfleld). Scorer-of- the-year, Miss C. Edd- leston (Blackburn N o r t h e r n ) . TSB player-ot-the-year [olnt award, S. Rush- ton (Read) and M. Wiseman (Earby). E. Hodgkinson wicket­ keeping. award, M. Church-Taylor (Great Harwood). . . Whitbread Awards: most promising new


. Rushton (Read).. Catches, J. Swanney (Cherry Tree). Field­ ing, N. Perry. (Baxen­ den). Highest score, C. Haworth'(Cherry Tree). Best bowling pe r formanc e , M.


Heyworth (Padiham). Team sportmanship award, Great Harwood


1st XI. Special award, . P. Tilbury (Earby).


; Sutcl if fe . ■


12-30 p.m.). Any girls interested in play­


WAGGON and Horses settled quickly and controlled a lot of the play in this Whitbread League Division One match. The Clitheroe side enjoyed


long periods of domination in the first half, but could only mnn-


s\x f0r the game. Clitheroe’s Blackburn. eighth goal came from Swar- bnck and they look as if a suc- cessful cup run is possible.


gCore 0ne goal through


wasted the chance to enualise when Elliot blasted the ball over


In the 45th min Whalley


the bar. In the second half, Waggon


continued to control the play and they added two more goals through McGovern and Black­ burn before Whalley managed to pull a goal back. Waggon’s fourth goal came


when a^ whalley defender played the ball into his own net under pressure. In the closing minutes, Whal­


ley scored anotner, but Waggon were in no danger and they fin­ ished with an important victory. Waggon: Frayne, Coulston,


Farnsworth, Lawson, Smith, R. Walker, G. Walker, Watson, McGovern, Blackburn, Edmond- s o n . S u b s : Ho r s f i e l d ,


Waddington. Gary Farnsworth has left


Waggon to play at Shawbridge and the club wish him every success.


Winter league


THE Clitheroe and District Pool League has started the season with more teams than ever


before. A l to g e th e r th e re are 44


separate sides waiting to battle


it out this winter. Results: Red League — Sta­


tion A 2, Dog and Partridge 5; White Horse A 3, Black Bull 4; Wellsprings 4, Victoria 3: Wag­ gon and Horses A 3, Buck 4;


‘ Heifer 2, Royal Oak B 5. Green League — Brown Cow


springs B 6; Pendle Witch 6, Station B l;Commercial 1. Wag­ gon and Horses B 6; Craven


Royal Oak A 3, Sun 4. Blue — Higher Buck 1. WelJ-


A 3, Dog 4; Black Horse A 6, Lord Nelson 1; Cross Keys A 2, Swan A 5; De Lacy A 5, Horse­ shoe A 2.Yellow — Dog and Partridge (Barrow) 5, Black Horse B 2; Dog B 4, Brown Cow B 3; Swan B 6, Cross Keys B 1; Horse­ shoe B 4, De Lacy B 3; Wilp- shire B 3, New Inn B 4.


Gisburn league


THE Silentnight Gisburn and District Pool League started last weekend with the N\ hite Bull and the New Inn taking an e a r l y le a d


top-of-the-table. Kesuits: White Bull 8. Vrtute


at the Bull Ladies 1; Fosters A 7, ros­


ters B 2; Buck Inn 7. Bucca­ neers 2; New Inn 8, New Inn Colts 1; Pendle Hotel 2, Three Rivers 7; Dog and Partridge t, Greystones 2.


White Bull.....


New Inn............ Buck Inn............ Dog 4 Partridge.. Fosters A.......... Three Rivers...... Buccaneers........ Fosters B.......... Greystones........ Pendle Hotel...... White Bull (L).... New Inn Colts....


PW L 1 1 0 1 t 0


1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 o 1 t o 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1


R Battle


they overcame Baltic Fleet in a. tough top-of-the-table dash. Tne Sundav side dominated


EAD showed their class as


the game in all departments and the f ru s tra te d Baltic team resorted to unfair tactics.


g Two goals from Ian Monk '


but the game was marred by two sendings-off and five book­ ings for the Baltic outfit.


ave them Read a 2-l .victonr.


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