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leaders SABDEN warmed up for Saturday’s cup match with rivals Foxhill by beating Helmshore. The top two teams meet


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at Sabden in the first round of the Jim Calvert Memorial Shield, while Whalley are also in’ cup action, travelling to Gar- grave. Their championship hopes took another severe knock last week when they could only draw with Ribchester. Results: Foxhill 2, Clif­


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Carter resigns but there is no panic at Shawbridge


AFTER only seven months in charge, P e te r Carter has


resigned as chairman looking after the adminis- taken a new job in May, of Clitheroe Football trative side of the club, but this is an opportunity I while his deputy took could not turn down, charge of its development side.


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Club.Mr Carter is moving to Maidstone-to take up a new post of tenant and trade director with his company, Whitbreads. Vice-chairman Kevin


ton Athletic 1; Great Har­ wood United 2, Trawden Celtic 0; Helmshore Utd 1, Sabden 4; Nelson GSOB 5, Barrowford Celtic 1; Oswaldtwistle Immanuel 2, Barnoldswick United 4; Padiham Wanderers 1, Gargrave 1; Rolls Royce 0, Colne Legion 1; Whalley 4, Ribchester 4. Fixtures: Jim Calvert


unlikely th a t he will remain as chairman on a permanent basis.


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“An offer I can’t refuse,” says former Bl u e s’ c h a i rma n Peter Carter


Darts


Memorial Shield — Rib­ chester v Trawden Celtic. First round — Johnsons


SC v Oswaldtwistle I.; Sabden v Foxhill; Bar­ noldswick Utd v Gt Har-


ford Celtic Wand.


Tight at top of Division Three


wood Utd; Nelson GSOB v V


Clifton Athletic; Gargrave t> . Leaeue, the two teams vying for second 5 * S * » l


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Foxhill..................... 2218 1 3 37 Sabden..................... 2116 4 I 36 Whalley..................... 23 14 4 5 32 Gt Harwood Utd......... 2214 2 6 30 Clifton Athletic.-.......... 2614 0 12 28 Trawden Celtic.......... 24 12 2 10 26 Bamoldswick Utd....... 2212 2 8 26 Colne Legion............. 2511 4 10 26 Johnsons SC.............. 25 8 7 10 23 Gargrave.................. 24 8 5 11 21 Oswaldtwistle 1.......... 23 8 4 11 20 Helmshore Utd........... 22 7 6 9 20


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Sabden at


the Helm Helmshore United 1,_ Sabden 4


SABDEN had the wind at their backs in the first half and were ahead within three minutes. ^ A good move down the right


side one point ahead. Pool


Laying down the rules


8 13 16 3 It 13 7 16 11


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Helmshore Utd! Borrow- place, Station and Judge WalmesL Padiham the honours last week, leaving the Chtheioe


Dliivision Two of the Clitheroe aind District s eS n


few shocks. It was the tightest in Division Three, with only three points separating Pendle Hotel


■Meanwhile, there were


and Low Moor Club. Results: Division One —


26 8 2 16 18 week in the Clitheroe and


RULE four had to be implemented twice this


l Jl District Pool League. The Pendle Witch failed to


Bull" B had similar problems against rivals Brown Cow B. It is still tight at the top of the


hatburn’s Black


still have a game in hand. Last week’s results: Red


___ _________ _ chairmanship, I never last July as a management anticipated leaving,” Mr team, with the chairman Carter said. “I had only


Mr C a r te r and Mr Crook came to Shawbridge


“When I accepted the


Crook will be acting as the previous 12 months. somethin„ c a re ta k e r , but it is He replaced Chris Mus- throu„h.-P


in April, had been chair­ man of Waddington FC for


Mr Carter, who leaves ,.J11 nnv> .irVirt a le r t rO&HTnPfl -


son, who also resigned because he moved south due to work commitments.


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“It’s going to be a big wrench to leave because I was born and bred in Clitheroe,” he added.“I am also sad to be leaving the club because, when I start


_ , bndgtf ground°with Aspin- * 2 , . n i i i iv \ .u v u i i iK u i i j i


obtain a brewery loan and then launch itself as a limited company.


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a setback for Clitheroe. The club.is not in the


Mr Garter has been instrumental in negotiat-


Wren are knocked off their perch


Clitheroc 1, Wren Uovers 0


AFTER 89 minutes of uninspiring football, this game finally burst into life during the last minute wnen Wren had them second player sent off and GeoffYoung hammered home Clitheroe’s winner.


If the Blackpool based side expected an easy


eyx shared Blues, they were in for a emphatic victory over the ame after --’.............fl’"


shock.Clitheroe battled with a pas­ sion sadly lacking in the previ­ ous encounter and ended up


good value for their win — despite the fact Wren finished the match with only nine men! Wren started strongly, having


. die Witch 5, Kings Arms B 3. Division Two — Station 4,


Horseshoe 2, Royal Oak A G; White Horse A 7, Black Horse 1: Black Bull A 5, Wilpshire Hotel A 3; Judge Walmesley A 5, Brown Cow 3; Kings Arms A 5. Dog and Partridge 3; Pen-


raise Vsftiif for the local derby g W i^H c r s e ^ 3; RoyalOak with Wellsprings B in the Blue Leagu ;ue and Cna


Red League, but Kings Arms A cial 7, Dog Inn 1; New Inn 1, Pendle Hotel 7; Catholic Club 4,


Club


League — Kings A 6, White Horse A 1; Dog and Partridge G, Wellsprings A 1; Black Bull 7, Waggon and Horses A 0; Vic­ toria 6, Royal Oak A 1; Buck 2,


ended with T. Bromley scoring auna.^ from an almost impossible angle.


Helmshore then attacked the villagers and were on top for the next 15 minutes, before Sabden s c o r e d a g a in th r o u g h Pilkington.


perfect through pass and he turned to beat the ’keeper with ease. Pilkington added a third, his 20th of the season, when he latched on to a long kick upficld "by goalkeeper Weir, flicking the ball into the net. Chisholm and Pilkington then


Chisholm found him with a .


Blue League — White Horse B 4, Kings B 3; Wellsprings B G,


Pendle Witch 0; Waggon and Horses B 4, Judge Walmesley 3; Royal Oak B 1, Horseshoe B 6; Craven Heifer 2, Commercial 5. Green League — Black Bull A 2, Brown Cow A 5; Lord Nelson


ub 7. Bridge Inn 1; Commer- Bridge


One — Royal Oak A 101, White Horse A 88, Kings Arms A 79, Judge Walmesley A 79, Kings Arms B G7, Pendle Witch GG, Wilpshire Hotal A 63, Black Bull A 53, Black Horse 50, Horseshoe 49, Brown Cow 4G, Dog and Partridge 39. Division Two — RBL 106


Points and positions: Division , . .


4, Cross Keys 4; Dog A 1, De Lacv A 6; Swan A 7. New Inn A 0; Horseshoe A 3, Wilpshire A


shore begin strongly with the wind in tneir favour and Illing­ worth pulled one back with a fine header. From then on, they persisted with playing jong balls down the middle, which made life reasonably easy for Sabden’s defence, in which Moore was outstanding.


combined to leave Maher with the task of scoring the fourth. The second half saw Helm­


Buck in semis Higher Buck 3,


Hour Glass Res 0


BUCK reached the semi-finals of the Rotary Cup last weekend when they comfortably beat their third division opposition. On a'pitch more suited to water polo than football, fluent


passing was not going to be easy and Buck took an early lead. _


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defenders soaked up themselves before BlenKinsm opened the scoring with a 2i


yard drive.


the ball home. With 10 minutes District PoolLeague, with both left, Rawson floated over a deep New Inn and Fosters Arms A corner and Tim Allen was on winnjng 6.3 last week. Once hand to drill the ball into the net agajn, runaway leaders White to seal victory, leaving Buck one Bujj achieved a 9-0 whitewash, ^me away from their first ever


kinship finally pushed his way THE race is hotting up through a ruck of players to slip 0nd-place in the Gisbu


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:N SEVEN DAYS


i MECHANICAL BREAKDOWN I ALL VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE


T W WRVFL SHIELD UPSETS THE first round of the


Whitbread Altken Shield Shield first round (k.o. 2p.m.)— Wallbank), produced the usual crop of ici/Station v Transport (N. upsets, which were com- Clarke), Waterloo Rangers v


bined with some more pre- dictable results.


S ? yy>_ Kin, o Waggon and Horses, leaders Hinsdale),


f Division One, made easy -• ■ • work of their match with Low


Moor, leaders of Division Two. Meanwhile, in the preliminary round clash between the two teams propping up their respec­ tive divisions, Grindleton, with only two points to their credit, c o n v in c in g ly d e f e a te d


Calderstones.


clubs did manage to overcome opposition from the higher league. Lord Nelson, already through to the final of Dan Seed Cup, travelled to Chatbum and came away with a hard-earned


However, two second division , •


Arms v Wh ite Horse (N. Division One (k.o. 2-15 p.m.)


replay — Kings — Rimington v Waggon and


Horses (J. Swayne); Chatbum v Read United (D. Marshall). Division Two — Hurst Green


Lord^Nelso'n


Buck Inn (J. McCullough); v Brockhall (T.


(Shawbndge, k.o. 12-45 p.m.) — Kings Arms Reserves v Royal Oak (officials to be notified). Club secretaries are reminded


Sunday: Dan Seed semi-final


that team sheets may be handed in to Mrs J. Partington at the White Horse, Clitheroe, if diffi­ culties arise with posting to the registration secretary's new address.


victory, while Hurst Green needed extra-time before defeating Read United.^


Costly mistakes from Clitheroe


Clitheroe RUFC 4. Lostock UUFC 33 v


u„.,— 6--------— LAST minute changes to the team, combined caused the downfall of Clltheroe last


S his Saturoay sees the tnree p|avjncr against a strong SSSS£§? while°on^Sunday! wind fn tU r s t half Los-


T 1°see wh° pn>EreSSe3 weikend.


Dan Seed semi-final between advantage and kept Clith- Kings Arms Reserves and Royal eroe penne(] jn th e ir own


hawbridge hosts the second to ck u se d th is to th e i r


Waito have any chance ofwinning jj ^ p )a y from f ly-h a lf two ‘teams'


0fn (Division5(?n™ t'hird-placed 22 for long periods But •___ m.. u~ir


Rimington must defeat leaders they in turn were kept at and Horses if they are foav kv some sound half- __ .k.nao /\f winning - J " , <


Langho,


ngho, Lord Nelson and Dave Tattersall. BrocRhaif, face each other.


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results: Preliminary round — Waterhouse, » ho ®” SL easy tries. Grindleton 8,Calderstones 0. * lently, although


Hurst Green 1, Read United 0 shod play., not claiming;the loose (a.e.t.); Kings Arms Res 3, Rimington 6; Ribchester Res 1,


L.OSIOCK ru ,. ; r , r. . Whalley Celtic 6.


ball and ineffective tackling, let Lostock run some simple tries through to leave Clltheroe trad-


Whitbread Altken bhield was debutant centre R'charjl P g g”mc embarrassingly * ? Despite this, some good play


However, the manitoiijmnffl passes together to give them- .


quarter, Lostock confidently strung a number of simple


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Horses 7, Low Moor 1; White were to trouble him later in me T Dubowski and breakaway C h a t b i r n ^ T L W e l t n " ! ^Despite this, the usual slip- ‘


First round — Waggonand tw0 pulled hamstrings w*1'™ occurred, notably from prop ~


forward Dave Newton. Next week, Ciitheroe travel


to Preston Grasshoppers, and on Sunday theyentertain a touring side from Leeds (k.o. 11a.m.). "


according J ^ fom ^ b u f Kings with some inept mfstakes and very lax tack- Arms an§ White Horse need a


ing 18-0 at the interval. Now playing with the wind, Clitheroe had their best spell of


the match and, from a scrum on the opposition line.^Tattersall


claimed a try. Clitheroe contin­ ued to press and although flanker Steve Taylor came close with a clever chip through, Clitheroe never crossed the line


again. ^ As tlie game entered its final


THE Waggon and Horses team currently aiming for the double. Back, from the. left: Paul Frayne, Steve Hors field, Enrico Coulston, Steven Smith,


Waggon and Horses 7, Low Moor 1


two te ams s tan d in g proudly at the top of their


THIS clash between the


Low Moor, w u n in touching distance of pro­


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motion at the top of Whit- bread RVFL Division ■Two, had been knocked


re sp e c t iv e divisions j i scovere(j the sort of Perry failed to hold, proved to be something ot f00tball they can expect This made it 3-1 at the an anti-climax.


out of the Dan Seed Tro­ phy the previous week by championship rivals Lord Nelson. In this Aitken Shield first round side, they soon


sides next sea V


from the start and were another four. Their scor- two up within 10 minutes, e r s w e re


Waggon took control off in the first half, adding 1 continued where they l( left


Low Moor managed to pull one back, which gave them a little confidence. That was short-lived as Waggon added another from a free kick which ’keeper Ian


from the senior league interval and the Waggon O;,ioc npvt season.


Frank Richards, Graham Walker, Roger Walker and Alan Laws. Front: Simon Griffiths, Andy Blackburn, Stephen Edmondson, Terry McGovern, Lindsay Blacklcdge and Richard Waddington.


Edmondson (2), Andy Blackburn, Simon Grif­ fiths. Terry McGovern, Frank Richards and. Gra­


Ladies 2. rharnlev G Har- New Inn Colts 2; Fostere A 6,


attacked nonstop and Ian Blen- t-:-


In the second half, Buck ^


4. Yellow League — Brown Cow B 6, Black Bull B 0; Cross Keys B G, Dog and Partridge 1; De Lacv B 3, Dog B 4; New Inn B 6, Swan B I; Wilpshire B 4,


Horseshoe B 3. Points and positions: Red


Judge Walmesley B 4; New inn 3, Black Bull B 5; Craven Heifer


Legion 6, Royal Oak C 2; Black Bull 7, Cross Keys 1.


iast week’s


into half time 2-0 ahead, both chances coming from good work by the tireless Geoff Young. The first came when Young Durst through the c en tre a f te r sweeper Paul Maguire had been caught in possession. He could have shot himself but drew the 'keeper and squared the ball to Peter Tilley who only had to sidefoot it into the empty net.


three early chances. The chaU lenges were much stronger, but Wren’s right back Steve Brea- kell proved over enthusiastic in one tackle on Peter Tilley and was booked, a decision to prove vital much later in the game. Clitheroe should have gone


•through his legs. Young had a similar chance soon after, but his shot was well-saved by the 'keeper. Just before the interval, Bob


undecided whether to hit it with his right or left foot, settled on neither, and the ball rolled


Unfortunately Tilley seemed


Pizelis took a firm hold of Steve Helm’s shirt as the speedy


Whalley go out of the race


Division Three — Low Moor WHALLEY’S dismal Sequence of results con­ iU . . . nDPQ oDrain emmnriAVPfl a eom-


Whalley *1. Kibchester4 . .. tinued as they once again squandered a com­ ___ ,


De Lacy 4; Wilpshire Hotel B G, Clitheroe FC 2.


fortable lead. Poor defending — they


have now conceded 13 goals in four games — was


once again their downfall. The first half began typically


for a local derby, with both sides showing a great deal of commit­ ment. Whalley took the lead


Station 88. Judge Walmesley 87, Black Bull 81, Craven Heifer 78, Black Bull B G9, Royal Oak B 63, New Inn 5G, Cross Keys 51, CCWMC 42. Royal Oak C 33, White Horse B 32. Division Three — Pendle


through Leech, who converted a penalty after Dewhurst had been needlessly upended.


League — Dog and Partridge 77, Kings A 77, Black Bull 7G, Sun 70, Buck 59, Station A 53, Wellsprings A 53, White Horse A 47, Victoria 45, Royal Oak A 1 44, Waggon and Horses A 34. Blue League — Waggon and


Horses B 84, Wellsprings B 7G, Horseshoe B 64, White Horse B 52, Pendle Witch 50, Kings B 49, Commercial 48, Judge >Val-


mesley 47, Royal Oak B 47, Craven Heifer 42, Station B 35. Green League — De Lacy A


Hotel 79, Low Moor Club 7G, Commercial 70, Catholic Club GO, Bridge Inn 53, New Inn 50, De Lacy 47, Wiltshire Hotel B 45, Clitheroe FC 44. Dog Inn 35.Highest finish: Division One — L. Wilson (Horseshoe) 1G0. Division Two — J. Cottam


(Royal Oak B) 130. Division Three — D. Embley


(Commercial) 1G0.


Charity match A CHARITY football match between the present Dog Inn side and its former players is


57, Brown Cow A 43, New Inn Memorial League. The Old Doe A 42, Black Horse A 41, Horse- shoe A 39.


84, Swan A 80, Cross Keys A formed this season and is cur* rently enjoying an indifferent season in the Bllackburn Sunday


The Whalley side has only re­


63, Dog A G2, Wilpshire A 59, Black Bull A 57, Lord Nelson


with the pressure from the Nel- p^rtridee 49, Brown Cow E son pub team. Hour Glass five


31.


The defence coped admirably 62 Cross Keys b 57, Dog and ’ B 45,


Yellow — New Inn B 70. Dog B 69, Horseshoe B G9, De Lacy b 68, Swan B 65, Wilpshire B


Partridge 49, Browi Black Horse B 39, Black Bull B


Licensed Victuallers’ National Schools Appeal. A buffet and raffle will take place in the Dog


The match is in aid of the — .


Gisburn Pool


Gisburn & l)ist. Pool League


White Bull............. .... 15 15 0 115 Fosters A..............


Buck Inn............... .... 15 10 5 81 Dog & Partridge...... .... 15 9 6 78 Fosters B.............. .... 15 8 7 &


New Inn................ .... 15 13 2 90


PW L P n IJ 3 94


Three Rivers.......... .... 15 6 9 61 Buccaneers............ .... 15 5 10 56 Pendle Hotel.......... .... 15 7 8 55 Grc.vstones............ .... 15 5 10 47 New Inn Colts.......; ..... 15 2 13 42 White B. Ladies...... .... 15 0 15 27


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Ladies’ darts


IT was a bad week for the lead­ ing group in Division Two of the Ribble Valley Ladies’ Darts League.


Judge Walmesley still managed to extend their lead at the top, despite only drawing with third- placed Craven Heifer. In Division One, Black Horse


All four failed to win, but _ ~


being held at Calderstones on Sunday.


FC are convinced they can still put one over on their younger counterparts.


- I5iat.K OUII ,


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Horse 3, Victoria 5; Horseshoe 3, Starkies 5; RBL A 5, RBL B 3; Catholic Club 3. Black Bull 5; Black Horse B 4. Station 4; Roval Oak 2, Black Horse A G; Calderstones 4, White Horse 4. Division Two — Dog Inn 4,


10 teams capable of claiming it. Results: Division One — Bay


_<• I_t :


De Lacy 3; CCWMC 2, New Inn 6; Bridge Inn 4, Commercial 4. Points and positions: Division One — Black Horse A 85, Star-


Ho t.nev 3: CCWMC 2. New Inn £ Moor 2’ Brown Cow 5,


after the match, which kicks off at 10 a.m.


kies 75, Calderstones 74, Black BuU 73< RBL A 72t Victoria 70,


\yhjle Horse G9. Station G8,


olic Club 55. Division Two — Judge Wal-


Roval Oak 67, Horseshoe GG, RBL B 65, Bay Horse 55, Cath­


. , 4


A still stand proud at the top, but the battle is still on for the


• The home side then seemed to be in control, but a long Rib­ chester clearance caught them flat-footed in defence and Duck­ worth, while under pressure, lobbed his own ’keeper from the


,,


edge of the box. This stirred Whalley into playing some of their best foot­


ball of recent weeks. A 15-min- iute spell saw them add three more goals and create numerous


chances, which were kejot out by some outstanding goafkeeping. Dewhurst regained the Whalley lead after good work by Keigh­ ley and Bolton. Then Bury added two more, one with a superb overhead kick, to give Wnalley a three-goal advantage


winger had just broken from defence. The referee blew his whistle, then Helm kicked out at Pizellis who fell to the ground. After consulting his Rncsman, Mr Cross sent Helm off and booked Pizelis.


script affair. It was a frustrating period for Clitheroe who strug­ gled to break down Wren’s 10 men who, if anything, utilised the extra space better than the Blues, especially when their full bucks overlapped.


The second half was a nonde­


As the minutes ticked by, Wren began playing for the final


whistle, with some boring and frustrating time-wasting tactics. The turning point of the game came when Breakell delayed too long over taking a throw-in, and the referee sent him off for his second bookable offence.


around the pitch when Clitheroe scored, taking full advantage of the space created by his depar­


Breakell was still walking


ture. Young received the ball on Clitheroe’s left and hit a great looping shot over the ’keeper


and into the net. Wren lost their cool, with Bob


This must be viewed as healthiest oFfinancial posi-


strong base for my succes­ sor to work from.”


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I like to see it SStte^ a f f l e d T y committee, or even rom Mr Carter, were working


on a package to hopefully revitalise it.


Shawbridge Topics


Blues draw Knowsley


FOLLOWING their victory over Wren Rovers, Clitheroe have drawn an attractive Raab Karcher Cup quarter-final tie at home to Knowsley, cur­


rently lying third in Bass NWCFL Division One. The match takes place at Shawbridge on March


11th, but in the meantime Clitheroe have to turn their minds to moving away from the relegation


Z°On Saturday, they travel to fellow stragglers Pre­ scot Cables (k.o. 3 p.m.), and Dave Morris will have


two more options in the shape of new signings Joe Smith (Prestwich) and Ian Doherty (Radcliffe Bor­


ough). He is also hoping that Gary Farnsworth will have recovered from the ligament injuries he incurred while training with the Waggon and Horses


lcist week. For those not able to make the trip to Prescot,


3 p.m.).


Bass NWCFL Division One


Bass NWCFL East


Pizelis being elbowed in the face, but the seasiders managed to mount one last attack when a cross from the left was headed towards the corner of the net. Denis Underwood, who had ear­ lier taken a nasty knock to his arm, dived full length to pro­ duce a tremendous one-handed save and also hold onto the ball.


quarter-final of the Raab Karcher Cup with a much improved performance which keeps their season alive.


Clitheroe progressed to the


at the interval. Whalley had a chance to seal


' C l i th e ro e : Underwood, Murphy, Marrow, Jones, How- lett, Whiteside, Baker,.Pizellis, Young, Tilley, Hurd.


Orrell. Sub:


the game in the first minute of the second half when Keighley and Parr combined down the right to create a chance for Leech, who missed from close


runners-up spot with any one of of the wind and some hesitant ........ - - gai


:» , L f nn,l !n n nllmirnrl Ik o V K lt f im


defendin: back in tl


gradually reduced their arrears. Th ' ’


advantage of their good fortune and began to put the home side under pressure. A combination


ilibchester then took full


allowed the visitors .me as Ribchester


Black Bull 4; Craven Heifer 4, W1J ........ .......... . Walmesley 4; Bulls Head Bury drove his she


ever,


injiustice for a Rii1bchester side that fully deserved their point. This


it would h


.'heir last two were tyical of the poor defending that has crept into Whalley’s game, coming from within the six-yard box from set pieces. Whalley nearly snatched vic­


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tory in the last minute, but ’ ' shot wide. How- have been an


mesley 81, CCWMC 76, Craven which begins on Saturday at Heifer 72, Bridge Inn 71, New Gargrave.


Inn 70, Low Moor 67, .Wilpshire Whallcy: Grawden. Parkin- Hotel GG, Commercial 64, Brown son, Hindle, Duckworth, Cow GO, Black Bull 59, Bulls Entwistle, Keighley, Parr, Bol- Head 59, Dog Inn 42, De Lacy ton, Dewhurst, Leech, Bury. 39


t Subs: Philipson, Sweeney. .


Whalley out of the race for the East Lancashire League cham­ pionship race and, unless some discipline returns to the team’s defending, the good work achieved throughout the season will be wasted. Special emphasis must now be put on the cup,


result virtually puts South Ribble


too strong South Ribble Cub Scouts 5,


Clitheroe and District Cub Scouts 1


PLAYING against a strong wind in the first half, the Clith­ eroe boys were up against it right from the start and were a goal down after three minutes. The home team’s tricky right


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Salford.... Ashton Utd...


, 5 19 4 21 5


Formby....... Snooker


. . 19 2 21 3 . 21 2


Flixton................ Darwen............... Rossendale Utd..... Chadderton.......... Cheadle Town....... Maine Road.......... Clitheroe............. Gt Harwood Town...


Glossop............... Padiham............. Oldham Town.......


7 12 17 8 7 16 6 10 16 6 11 10 4 14 10 2 17 6


Reserve Division PW D


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10 8 13 7 11 7 . 11 4 13 5 . 7 4 11 2


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A strong lead for Social A


SOCIAL, A are 16 points clear at the top of Clitheroe and District Snooker League Divi­ sion One, but have played a game more than their nearest rivals.


leaders, Waddington B and second-placed Low Moor B, notched up 12-2 wins to extend their lead


In Division Two, both


winger, who was quite out­ standing, centred for the second goal five minutes later. Right on half time, South Ribble scored a


at the top.Division One — Social A (8) 430, Chntburn A (6) 377: C. Steele 69, P. Craig 87: J. Roberts 111, G. Simkin 45; S. Kerr 101, P. Whittaker 44: M. Varnom 73, D. Speak 49; D. Laycock 55, P. Clark 65; G. Hincks 21, N. Robinson 87. Billington B (10) 447, Cons


third.Playing with the wind in the second half brought no real joy to the Clitheroe team and it was only after going 4-0 down that they began to play, with two good efforts from Wilkinson. The fifth goal came midway


37; P. Harrison 30, S. Petty 83; N. Garner 107, J. Lund 70. Division Two — Waddington


B (12) 461, Pendle Club (2) 368: A. Wilkinson 54, A. Proctor 59; J. Lambert 93, H. Tobin 53; M. Dewhurst 65, J. Holmes 52; A. J. Herd 77, S. Edmondson 52; B. Phillip 74, J. Schofield 62; T. H. Walmsley 98, W. Wright 90. Rimington B (8) 434, Catho­


B (4) 274: D. Wilson 78, A. Gudgeon 30: N. Harris 90, P. Swales 23; D. Stewart 46, E. Wallace 74; 1. Brown 41, F. Webster 59; P. Conchie 115, F. Watson 39; B. Thompson 77, E.


through the half and right at the end came the consolation goal for Clitheroe, scored by Holden. Simon Lovegrove had a tremen­ dous game for the Clitheroe team. Saturday’s fixtures: St Paul’s v St James’ (S. Briggs), St


Mary’s v Whalley. Sunday: Loyola v Chatburn


(T. Simpson), Pendle Tigers v Hodder/Leopards (E. Preedy).


lic B (6) 362: P. Winckley 63, K. Eccles 91; D. Seed 66, B. Bithell 81; A. Smith 99, C. Thome 40; S. Winckley 56, R. Watson 65; B. Conchie 66, P. Bithell 56; D. Ash 84, C. Snape 29. Chatburn B (2) 339, Low


Clitheroe Reserves, who lost 2-0 at Great Harwood last week, entertain Chadderton at Shawbndge (k.o.


t u r e of altogether.


4


^nd the present iom- from outside the Pre,sent cold for this match with Burrows kept the score the two t


It seems likely that the new chairman will come


rently above Clitheroe in


the league.Clitheroe were without a goal­ keeper and one of their full­ backs, both of them having been struck down with illness. Claire Britcliffe valiantly offered to go in goal and Claire Needham dropped back to help in defence. From the beginning, Vernon


Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, February 9th, 1989 27 Hockey


Clitheroe spring a victory


Sprlngfields 2nd XI 0, Clitheroe 1st XI2


all Estates. Once that is seven months, and our pjay into the strong Wind, a decision which finalised, it is hoped the J -u-~ ' club will be in a position to


AFTER winning the


debts have not got any Droved to be wise, higher,” Mr Carter said. r


“We have given the club a direction to go in, and I hope I have provided a


Stand-ins


save day Clitheroe Ladies 2nd XI 0, Vernon Cams 2nd XI 0


will come rpjjE day was windy and giagnmcent savess Dy Julie cuf.. -Wf


miliar surface to Clitheroe, they struggled to find their rhythm. Throughout the first half, the Spring- field attack put Clitheroe under pressure, but some magnificent saves by Julie


As grass is now an unfa­


4 0


sheet clean. Clitheroe mounted a few


attacks but did not seem to have the determination which has characterised most of their recent matches.


Carus attacked but were met by an excellent defence. Clitheroe were on form and before too long began to show the opposi­ tion that there was little to choose between the two teams. Towards the end of the first half, Clitheroe had several chances but the forwards, despite playing excellently in midfield, could not break through Vernon’s defence. In the second half, Clitheroe


far more forcefully and were prevented from scoring when the ’keeper got the ball lodged between her pads and the umpire had no option but to award a penalty kick. Clare Mortimer took the stroke, but failed to convert it.


They started the second half


were determined not to.let the opposition score. Britcliffe played superbly in goal and on a couple of occasions it was her aggression that stopped Vernon from taking the lead. Both the ’keeper and Need­ ham should be complimented on


from tfieir usual places on the forward line, but tne real praise should go to Linda Sproston, the other defender, who played bril­ liantly, with aggressive tackling and dynamic skiII. She is a stal­ wart without which Clitheroe would be lost.


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Clitheroe: C. Britcliffe. C. Needham, L. Sproston, R. Dug- dale, M. Dugdale, C. Ashley, C. Taylor, J. Riley, L. Caton. D. Caton, S. Brierfey.


_


Always behind


Clitheroe Ladies FC 1


Wythenshawe Ladies FC4.


CLITHEROE suffered another


defeat on Sunday after being behind from the very first minute.


tunity to go further ahead when they were awarded a penalty after handball in the area. Jan­ ice Ferguson was positioned perfectly to make a great save.


Wythenshawe had the oppor­


However, Wythenshawe made amends minutes later


when they scored a second. Clitheroe had a few shots on target, Julie O’Brien’s being one of them, but their opponents goalkeeper made some good


saves.


improved a great deal in the second half and it took them only a couple of minutes to pull a goal back. Liz Ross went on a great run and struck the ball From 20 yards. It flew oyer the ’keeper's head and hit the underside of the crossbar before


Clitheroe’s performance


lived as Wythenshawe came back with two more goals to ensure them a comfortable


Louise Ward in midfield and Janice Ferguson in goal all had good games.


victory. Diana Barton at right back,


McQuade 49. Cons A (10) 405, Waddington


A (4) 346: M. Wensley 34. B. Waddington 78: S. Taylor 117, J. Wooff 22; D. Coupe 74, T. A. Makinson 59; B. Hargreaves 54, D. Boothman 41; D. Smith 48, J. Baines 79; M. Parkinson


Moor B (12) 459: S. Harrison 62, Derek Dean 94; J. Ingham 64, John Shears 43; P. Edwards 58, Scott Thompson 100; A. Pearce 54, Mark Holmes 104; R. Turner 45, Paul Traynor 57; J. Whittle 56, Earl Kenyon 66. Low Moor A (2) 282. RBL B


Barton, J. Parker. K. Counsell. P. Bibby, L. Ward. J. Tilley. J. O’Brien, V. Ashworth, L. Ross, T. Swarbrick. Sub: J. Moore. Next week, Clitheroe are on


Clithcroe: J. Ferguson, D. Bradford


78, M. Taylor 67. RBL A (12) 464, Rimington


(12) 438: A. Clements 44, A. Smith 81: N. Parkinson 68, R. Hartlebury 77; A. Holmes 72, K. Walmsley 58; Bye, S. Walmsley 60; N. Brown 53, J. Peel 84; G. Tyler 45, G. Walms-


A (2) 333: N. Schofield 76, D. Rilev 62: L Nuttall 91, A. Riley 37; B. Hitchen 95, D. Bannis­ ter 47; M. Peel 65, K. Ratclife


Low Moor learn lesson as Waggon march on


lev 78. . Police (2) 378, Billington A


(12) 499: N. Thompson 60, K. Yeoman 84; J. Griffiths 63, J. Bolton 71; J. Burke 64, A. Dean 83; R. Brown 62,. G. Dell 53; S. Griffiths 85, T. Wilson 114; I.


victory Carleton Res 2,


West Bradford Res 5


some victory against a strug­ gling Carleton side in this Cra­


ven League match. Playing into a gale-force wind,


(10) 429: N. Pinder 87. T. Clews 95; G. Parker 62, S. McNally 44; T. Robinson 74, B. Wilding 65; P. Griffiths 60, J. Burgess 75; H. Carr 45, V. Aderoft 79; D. Cowking70, A. Beck 71. Points and positions: Division


Hartley 44, K. Garrett 94. Slnidburn B (4) 398, Social B


BRADFORD gained a hand­


Bradford kept Carleton at bay and gradually got on top. Blen- kinship opened the scoring mid­ way through the half, but Carle­ ton equalised soon afterwards following a wind-assisted clear­ ance. Hodgson regained the lead just before the interval. With the wind at their backs,


One — Social A 122, RBL A 106, Billington B 102, Rimington A 96, Cons B 94, Cons A 89, Waddington A 86, Chatbum A 84, Catholic A 76, Slaidbum A


Henthorn win star


Henthorn United 4 Blue Star 0,


Bradford took complete control. After several near misses, Hodgson scored his second, with Petrazak and Niven completing the scoring. Carleton pulled a goal back with a penalty when


69.Division Two — Waddington B 156, Low Moor B 148, RBL B 132, Rimington B 126, Police 122, Billington A 116, Catholic B 110, Social B 110, Pendle 88, Low Moor A 84, Slaidbum B 80,


Chatbum B 68. Team Knockout: First round


results — Rimington A 931, Chatburn B 593: Social A 744, Waddington A 645: Cons A 884, Pendle 679; RBL A 808, Catho-. lie B 784; Slaidburn A 770, Rimington B 706; Waddington B 830, Billington B 700: Chatbum A 824, Catholic A 708; Cons B 842, Billington A 686. Highest break; M. Wensley


(Cons A) 50, B. Conchie (Rimington B) 37. Second round draw — Chat-


burn- A v Cons A, Cons B v Slaidburn A, Waddington B v Social A; RBL A v Rimington A. •Tonight's fixtures: Division One — Chatbum A v Cons* A, Waddington A v Slaidburn A; RBL A v Billington B, Cons B v Catholic A.


Division Two — Social B v Low Moor A, Catholic B v


.


Police, Billington A v RBL B, Slaidburn B v Waddington’B, Pendle Club v Chatbum B, Low Moor B v Rimington B.


the score was 2-3. West Bradford: Watkins,


Day, Barker, Cox, Parsons, Foulkes, Derbyshire, Blenkin- ship, Niven, Ratcliffe, Hodgson. Subs: Petrazak, Stirzaker.


Waddington


crossed Cross Hills 2, Waddington 1


WADDINGTON travelled to' Cross Hills to take on the reign­ ing Premier Division champions in what turned out to be a cracking game. In the first half, chances were


few and far between, with both defences holding tight. It was not until the last 20 minutes of the game tha t Cross Hills opened the scoring, but within 10 minutes Wadaington were level thanks to a Max Gardner goal. The game looked to be head­


HENTHORN returned to league duty in the Presspart Hyndburn and District Under- 16 B o ys ’ L e ague on an extremely heavy pitch at Dar­ wen, playing with a lot of skill and determination. Although Blue Star played


some attractive man-to-man football in midfield, they were unable to penetrate the strong Henthom defence: Despite hav­ ing a Dewhurst goal disallowed because CzapowsKi had run off­ side, Hentnorn continued to


Clitheroe reapplied themselves and scored from a short corner. The ball was played to Mor­ timer, who slipped it left to Tn- cia Proctor and she then struck it cleanly past the ’keeper, just inside the post.


Far from being disheartened,


her penalty miss when she took the ball oft a fine cross from the right and a clean strike put it into the back of the net.


Mortimer made amends for


the way"they adjusted so well eroe were threatened, especial!' «


There were times when Clith- when Springfield s left bac:


came up* for penalty comers. A


goal from one of these was disal­ lowed and another hard strike was stopped on the line by Dorothy Baker with a fine save on her reverse stick side.


take home the two points and are looking forward to Satur­ day’s match at Burnley, which will again be on grass.


Clitheroe were relieved to


Barker, C. Farnsworth, J. Gar- stang, A. Parker, C. Bibby, C. White, T. Proctor, C. Mortimer, F. Griffiths. J. Holt. Umpire: E. Chard.


Clitheroe: J. Burrows, D. Nelson go


through Chntburn 1,


Lord Nelson 2


LORD Nelson uiwressed to the last eight of the Aitken Shield with a difficult win over first division Chatbum.


The infamous sloping pitch, combined with a heavy wind, made conditions difficult for both sides, but despite this a high standard of football was


played. Phil White of the Lord Nelson


came close with numerous efforts, but for all their pressure


the Nelson could not break the deadlock. Chatburn punished them by scoring from a corner in the dying minutes of the first half. Several players, including


Nelson ’keeper Nigel Easton, ended up in the net.


going in. Their joy was to be short­


the wind at their backs ami the slope in their favour. They equa­ lised when White was on hand to score his 37th goal of the sea­ son from a Jonathon Young


In the second half. Nelson had


corner. With victory in sight. Nelson


continued to pile on the pressure. Gary Dewhurst ran on to a superb through ball from Mark Jeffrey to put Nelson in the lead.


and would have scored but for McCullough’s thunderbolt being well saved by Easton.


Chatbum came back strongly


the road again when they visit Ingol Belles at Preston.


talented right back Neil Green­ lees, and Quinn helped to inspire Nelson to nearly add a third when White hit the post from 20 yards.


Richard Quinn replaced


the last 10 minutes, with John Walsh and Young being instru­ mental in keeping Chatbum out.


Nelson managed to hold on for


press.They went ahead midway through the first half, when a powerful shot from Ford found the corner of the net. The Henthorn midfield took com­ plete control, using the long ball to good effect and setting up several chances for the fast- raiding duo of Ainsworth and Czapowski. It was a defence-splitting pass


by Ford that sent Ainsworth away on a powerful run to score an individualistic goal, to be shortly followed up by a third from a header from a comer by Sayle.


ing for a draw when Cross Hills snatched victory in the last few minutes. Waddington: Hargreaves;


play in the second half, Henth­ orn missed se v e ra l easy chances. It was left to Cza­ powski midway through the second half to make it four, before he was substituted by Watkins. Next week, Henthom are.at


Despite having most of the ' ,


Rimmer, Jackson, Bishop,.. Astin, Hutchinson, Gardner, Tomlinson, Eastwood, Taylor, Pickles. Subs: Conti, Burgess.


Clitheroe squash


Clitheroe Squash Club teams, John Willis to decide the match. IT was an excellent week for


u u t n e r o e o u u a au l iuu t«#»») , , victors 0f them SCOring


victories. ■


ham Walker. Waggon gave Low Moor


____ ____ are still on course for a S te p h e n league and cup double.


h . -« -y, •».


a footballing lesson, but the experience will show them that life is not going to be easy next year. Meanwhile, the Waggon


McLaughlin 0-3, it was up to n n


Lancg 5tK won 3.2. Richard T™n3rds?f t homee'to East


t The men’s lsts, at home to bt Bedf0rd and Peter Thompson Annes lsts, won 4-1. Ray Dry- won 3.q and j)ave MacKenzie


den and Robe rt Fielding won54; Mike Heyworth lost 1-3 triumphed 3-0 and Jeff Watson • ^ Ge0rge Senior lost 0-3.


and Steve Turner, won 3-1. Rus- ^he 4tns claimed a walkover sell Cowkingwent down 1-3. . , against Red Rose oths. •


wood lsts. scored an important. Vale of Lime, won 3-2. Sharon 3-2 win. Brian Hayward scored . Willis and Anne Cowking scored a 3-1 victory and Eddie Vidler 3-0 •.victories, and Sue Cartledge won 3-2. With Wayne;Townley won 3-1. Kay Plant and Shefla going down 1-3 and Conor Willis lost 0-3.


The 2nds,'away to Great Har- The ladies’ team, away to V


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