Clitheroe Advertiser it- Times, November Stli, 1990 2.) Clitheroe 2282U (Editorial), 22328 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified)


Stamina ^and skill paves the way


A SUPERB show of skill and endurance from Bolton- by-Bowland’s Mark Wolfenden has helped him to claim first place in the quad section of the Weston-Super- Mare beach race. The annual event attracts competitors from every


soon forgotten an


corner of the country to what is one of the toughest and roughest beach races there is. With various categories available, Mark (25), of


the pre-race qualifying session, These nerves were ind Mark came through the qualifier in


a superb first place. On the day of the race, with over 50,000 people lining the circuit, the rain came down, making the


event even more hazardous. Around 650 vehicles start, all lined up ready for


Fooden Farm, entered the quad section. Quads are four wheel drive all terrain vehicles, which originated from the motorbike. The race is held over a three mile circuit, com­


a mile long dash. Mark made a good start and soon settled into his stride. One problem was the wet which


caused a lot of crashes. “The bike tended to aquaplane going down the


prising of a one mile straight and a series of man-made obstacles and obstructions — which make for exciting riding and some hair-raising accidents. Having never competed in this particular event before, Mark was perhaps a little apprehensive before


Whitbread Ribble Valley League


League leaders halted by Transport White


LEAGUE leaders Kings Arms could only draw with Transport White at the weekend and now stand two points clear of Waggon and Horses.


Shield and duly won 3-1 to keep alive the side's hopes of glory. This leaves the defending champions with three games in hand on the leaders and in a com­ fortable position. The Station Hotel con­


Waggon had to play Enfield in the Adidas


tinued their good form with a fine 11-1 win over Swan and Royal and moved into fourth place. Third-placed Waterloo Rangers did not have a match. After winning their first


Blue (D. Bush), Swan and Royal v Calderstones (J.


U'iikuc table PW l) l. I*


Kings Arms........... Waggon Si Horses.., Waterloo Kangers...


Station Hotel.......... Swan & Royal......... Koval Oak...............


game of the season last week, Calderstones seem to have hit a patch of good form and recorded their second win with a close 2-1 victory over Chatham. Bottom-placed Grindleton went down 3-0 against Buck Inn. Results: Station Hotel


Transput llliie...... Hack Inn.............. Tr.ins|x>rt White.... Calderstones.......... Chatham................ bridge Inn.............. (Irindletnn.............


Cup success Enfield PC 1, Waggon und Horses 3


:>, Swan and Royal 1; Cal­ derstones 2, Chatham 1; Transport Blue 10, Bridge Inn 1; Grindleton 0, Buck Inn :i; Kings Arms 2, Transport White 2. Fixtures and referees:


THE Whitbread Ribble Valley League Champions moved into the last eight of th is y e a r ’s Adidas Shield, with a comfortable win against Accrington Combination’s top side. Waggon started well


Transport White v Royal Oak(.l. Lowery), Buck Inn v Kings Arms (T. Wall- hank), Bridge Inn v Grindleton (D. Marshall), Chatham v Transport,


Outstanding form


Clitheroe Ladies 5, Vernons Ladies 1


THIS resounding win over Ver­ mins continued Clitheroe's out­ standing longue form. After making a promising and


lively start, Clitheroe took the lead when a Vernons defender headed the ball into her own net from a corner. After 17 minutes, the home


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completed 16 laps during the alloted three hours. Mark, who beat British Champion Paul Rolls into


The race is run on an endurance basis and Mark . straight and this can be quite a frightening experience


at 80mph,” said Mark. Helped by a keyed up and professional pit team,


Mark was untouchable in the quads and took the title in style.


£100 cash prize, a grand trophy and a holiday in ■Guernsey.


second place, put his victory down to his well rehearsed pit-stops. Mark made four stops during the race and each one went smoothly and right to plan. For winning the quad section, Mark collected a


and claimed a worthy fourth place in the quad section. Over the last 12 months Mark has also been com­


Chatburn’s Keith Knowles also competed m the race .


claim seventh place overall. With each bike costing around £4,000 to buy and


Snooker Catholic A look strong


CATHOLIC A still head the Clitheroe and District Snooker League, with Rimington chasing hard in


second place.


top dub Waddington A and second-placed Social B both had comfortable


In the second division,


wins. Division One — Cons It (2)


361, CSC A (12) 386: .1. Marsdon SI, .1. Cmwther 51; I'. Webster 50, I. Tomlinson 75; 1’. Swales 61, I.. Dixon 78; D. Coupe 51, A. Ball 71; A. Gudgeon 13, N. Bur­ gess -17; K. McQuado 60, L. McKntee 61. I.ow Moor It (10) 107. Clint-


and managed to score after 10 minutes when Hickling forged forward, riding a number of tackles, b e fo re ch ip p in g th e 'keeper with a well-timed


shot. The away side gave a


fine display of tackling and defensive play for the first 40 minutes, but let Enfield in as the half drew to a close. An Enfield forward hit a


hard shot, which Frayne was unlucky not to keep


out, but the ball squeezed in off the post. During the second half,


team were 2-0 uj>. The goal came from midfield player Pau­ line Feather, who completed a. powerful run with a crisp finish. Clitheroe continued to pres­


surise th e ir opponents and s c o re d two more b e fo re


half-time. Although Vernons managed


Vernons tried to fight their .


to grab a goal just before the interval, Clitheroe’s confidence1 remained high and they started the second half in the same frame of mind.


way back into the match, but came up against a sturdy and thorough defence. In the 70th minute, Clitheroe 'keeper Julie Vickers had to leave the pitch with a gashed head and was replaced in the goals by Sheila


Parker. Clitheroe were now deter­


mined to seal the result and did so with goals from Chris Hughes and Debra O’Connor. Clithcroe: Vickers, Barton,


McLeod. Room, O’ Connor, Ward, Feather, Parker (b),


to face Nabwood KC. Prize night


THE North West Ski Federation Inter-club


Summer Racing League prizes were presented at the Wellsprings Inn, Nick OTemlle, last week. A total of Si) members


and participants from com­ peting clubs came to enjoy tbe most successful eve­ ning for several years. Prizes were presented


Waggon gradually wore down their opponents, retaking the lead when Hickling pounced on a slack back pass and easily rounded the ’keeper. Waggon continued to


B 30, Social A 550, Chatham A 28, Cons B 2(5, Billington 15 24, IH5LA22. Division Two — Waddington


A 44, Social B 42. Cons A 40, CSC B 38, Police 554, Chatham B 30, Slaidburn B 28, Low Moor A 2(5. Pendle Club 2(5, RBL 15 22, Rimington 15 18. Tonight's fixtures: Division


One— Rimington A v Wadding- ton B, Social A v Cons B, Mil­ lington B v RBL A, Chatham A v Billington A. Slaidhurn A v


bum A (I) 36(1: S. Traynor IS, G. Simkin 01; T. llenshaw 01, S. Harrison 2-1; S. Kerr 66, I’. Whittaker 50; D. Ireland 71, P. Clark (iS; S. Thompson 63, 1*. Craig 71: I*. Traynor 65, N. Uohinson 53. B i l l in g lo n It ( I ) 301.


A v Rimington B, Cons A v Social B. RBL I? v Pendle, police v Chatham B, l.ow Moor A v Slaidburn B.


Low Moor B. Division Two — Waddington


Kiminglon A (1(1) 126: D. Stewart 35, I). Itile.v 62; It. Hil­ ton 71. K. Wrathall -IK; It. Ormiston 70, .1. I.unil 03; M. .Joyce 62, 1*. ltr/.o/.owski 70; B. Wilding 33, A. Itiley 86; N. Harris 30, S. Petty 07. Kill, A ( O 285, Social A (10)


370: It. II. Sims 16, G. 1 Bucks 72; P. Harrison 32. M. Varnom 60; N. Schofield 68, D. I.aycock


30; It. Hitchen 35. M. Parkinson 7-


61; .M. Peel 3S, I. Charlton 70. Waddinglon B (10) -113, Bil-


lington A ( D 330: T. Swirt 70, G. Dell 65; S. Herd 50, A. Kyde-


Read football


FACING Bank Hall in the Lan­ cashire Amateur Shield, Read’s f i r s t team gave a su perb


1: A. Burgess 66, .). Huberts


iiearil 55; T. H. Wahnsley 86, .1. Holton 12; M. Duwhurst II, D. Cox 58; It. Phillip 75, A. Dean 35; 1. Waddington 73, .1. Wild


8-


control the play and, with one minute to play, Hick- 1 i n g c om p le te d h is hat-trick. This was a superb per­


formance from Waggon who showed commitment and style in their victory. Waggon and Horses:


Frayne, Booth, Winckley, Scorah, Conti, Walker,


Edmondson, Haydock, Houldsworth, Hickling, Barrett. Subs: Richards, Taylor.


Six of the best Whalley 6,


O’Brien, Hughes, Parker (J). Johnsons SC 1


Subs: Ralph, Watson. On Sunday, Clitheroe travel


WHALLEY’S free scoring duo of Robin Bury and Shaun Smith took their joint tally of goals to 45 in 13 matches this season when they overcame Johnsons in emphatic style. It took Bury only five minutes


(12) 172, Kill. It (2) 367: 1). Wright 101. A. Smith 56; S. McCully 81, 10. Barnes 52; V. Adcroft SO. It. 1 lartleluiry 68; T. Clews 78, K. It. Walmslcy 71; ,M. Harvey 60, (i. Swales 72; .1. Burgess 60, G. Walmsiey -IS. Police ( I) 312, Wmldington A


Division Two — Social B 1.


included some ex-Burnley play­ ers, Bank Hall were favourites to win, but were certainly tested by Read. At half-time the village side were only 2-1 down and still well in the hunt. The game continued in the


iheid'ing a strong side, which


trailed 3-2. However, at this point the


Making waves


A GIRL making a big splash in the canoeing world — that's Gemma Hargreaves, who has won the British Ladies’ Junior White Water Champion­ ship for tlie second year in succession. The 15-year-old _ Killing-


tile selectors enough to he chosen for the actual team


next year. One of the most promis­


ton schoolgirl retained the title while competing in this year's British Canoe Union competition. I t is a trem en dou s


ing young canoeists in the country, Gemma was pre­ sented with her trophy at the annual BCU presenta­ tion evening at Llangollen in North Wales — the venue for th is y e a r 's regional championships. Gemma certainly did not


achievement for Gemma, for winning a title is lough enough — hut to retain it is even harder. With another two years


race. A pupil at Clitheroe


left at junior level, Gemma may he on the road to even greater success. Currently linking up


peting in the Northern Championship, but only took part in five out of the 10 races due to work com­ mitments. The championship takes him all over the North of England from Preston to Newcastle and despite missing half the races, he still ■


managed to


prepare for competition, it is an expensive sport, but if you reach the top, as Mark seems to have done, the rewards can be high.


Bass North West Counties Soccer D i s a p p o i n t i n g m a t c h


Clithcroc 0, Great Harwood 0


ONE of the Pendle Witches must have cast a Halloween spell over this match as it failed to live up to all expectations.


sus Clitheroe Old Boys it promised to be a cracker, but fizzled out into a rather drab goalless draw. It was a pity that Clith­


Billed as Clitheroe ver­


a fine move involving Bur­ rows and Edwards.


eroe’s first Bass North West Counties Floodlit League match should be so dour as it a ttra c ted a healthy crowd of 300 — surely an indication that it could prove a popular competition.


finished the stronger side. Midway th ro u g h th e second half, Daryl Adams began to dictate the game and, when Mark Barrow came on as substitute, the pair caused Clitheroe all sorts of problems down the high right-wing. Harwood ended the


In all honesty, Harwood


forgettable affair. It was largely a case of ghouls and gremlins as the game deteriorated into petty conflict and a series of per­ sonal vendettas. Clitheroe lost both Geoff


The second-half was a


kicked the first thing lie saw — which just hap­ pened to be a Harwood defender. Orrell provided some of


the highlights in a rather inept Clitheroe perfor­ mance and Neil Baron


flattened him to become t h e f o u r t h


p l a y e r


Young (thigh) and Glyn Davies (shin) and. with them went their pattern. They resorted to the long ball, with no-one tall enough to trouble the- Harwood defence. Dave Tattersall was


cautioned. The best chance Clith­


game as they had started it — on the attack. In the first half, Andy


Hills was called upon several times to make good saves, one in particu­ lar when he dealt with a teasing cross-shot from P e te r Smith th a t was creeping into the top corner. Clitheroe also caused


booked for obstructing Steve Orrell as he broke from defence with a clear run down the left-wing. If Edwards had been playing Rugby League, experts would have been studying video evidence of his high stiff-arm tackle on John Hughes. He escaped with­ out a caution, but entered the referee’s notebook soon after for a trip on the busy Smith. Frustration crept in and


e ro e had was whc n Edwards appeared to he clipped from behind when in the Harwood penally area, but the referee was having nothing of it. A mistake by Paul Jones


nearly let in Smith, who struck a fierce shot from the edge of the area, but it was well saved by Hills, gathering the hall at the second attempt. Clitheroe: Hills, Bur­


rows, Edwards, Jones, Davies, Whiteside, Han­ son, P i z e 1i s , Young. Heyes, Orrell. Subs: Khan, Murphy. Great Harwood: Under­


Heyes was also shown the yellow card after being tackled following a fine 50- yard solo run. The striker


themselves problems and on three occasions Nigel Whiteside put Hills under pressure with under-hit backpasses. The Blues weathered


wood, Hutchinson, Tatter-: sail, Hunt, Katough, Baron, Stewart, Hughes, Smith, Adams, Baker. Subs: Seddon, Barrow.


rest on her laurels as she helped the North West to win the overall competi­ tion by coming first in her


with the Great Britain squad for winter training, she is hoping to impress


same way and with 75 minutes of the match played, Read1


team began to lose their way a little anu conceded three further goals to leave the final score G-2. Read’s goalseorers were Pass-


more and Neary. Read’s Sunday team were


involved in a hard fought game against Angels Nite Spot. Both sales were well matched and a 1-1 result was a fair reflection of the game. Passmore was on hand to grab Read's only goal.


(10) 162: It. Brown -IS, It. Wad­ dington 80; S. Griffiths 58, .1.


Gisburn pool


Baines .ft); D. Allen :tS, A. Par­ sons 105; 1*. Craig 51, 1). Booth- man 78; M. Collins 28,.). Wooft 85; N. Thompson SO, !•'. Coar (55.


Moor A (2) 3(57: M. Lawson HI, N. Brown (50: 1*. Parker (51, M. Shears 57: S. Booth 72, A. Holmes (50; B. Jones (55, (L Tyler (52; A. Wilson (50, N. Par­ kinson 70; A. Bradshaw 70, M.


Chatham B (12) 137, Low


THE Buck Inn remain the clear leaders of the Gisburn and Dis­ trict Pool League after beating Dog and Partralge in their last match. Second-placed Fosters B beat


Mixed fortunes


RIBBLESDALE’S two volley­ ball teams played three games last week, winning two and los-


Fosters A and third-placed Greystones had an easy win. against Three Rivers B. Results: Pemlle Hotel 2, New


O’Rourke 40. CSC B (4) 3S2, Cons A (10)


Bithell (5(5, S. Taylor (57; D.


155: M. Bvrne (IS, T. Sunter84; C. Thorne 77, K. Smith 74; R. Watson (54. M. Wensley 85; B. Driver 43, B. Hargreaves 82; B.


Club (10) 512: B. Conchie (50. A. Proctor 58; J . Lund 31, W. Wright 101; D. A. Seed (VI. S.


Niven (54, 1. Nash (53. Rimington U (I) 3(57, Pcmlle


to get on the scoresheet and he went on to hit his third hat-tnek in as many weeks. Although Johnsons managed to equalise,. Bury scored his second after 10 minutes to restore Whalley’s


lead.


by Mrs Marian Norman, vice-chairman of the North West Ski Federation, and this was then followed by


a disco. The results had been a


closely guarded secret due to the narrowness of many


winning margins. in the under 12 cate­


experience for the future. Similarly in the under 16 category, several skiers were well below the maxi­ mum age limit, gaining valuable experience for


g a in in g vulusiblc


the future. In the ladies’, veterans


and open sections, the Pendle contingent were


well represented. Results: Under 12s —


1st, Rossendale 28; 2nd, Kendal 24; 3rd Oldham 20.


Under 16’s — 1st, Uos-


gory, Pendle were able to introduce several skiers who were representing the club for the first time and


sons continued to press andt enjoyed a lot of the ball, but struggled to create any clear-cut chances. Whalley weathered the storm and hit back in the 30th minute with another Bury goal. In the 40th minute it was


Despite being 2-1 down, John­ , . .


Smith’s turn to show his class, making it 4-1 and Wiling off the game before half-time hod even


controlled everything and made i t 5-1 in th e 50tli minute,


In the second period, Whalley


through the superb Bury. Alter 60 minutes the final goal


came when Smith managed to beat two defenders to the ball and head past the despairing


Johnsons 'keepei Whallcy: Dwyer, Parkinson, Keighley. LeechL Entwistle,


rth,


Duc rkworth Parr, bolton, Bury, Smith, Dewhurst. Subs: Siue-


Edmondson 00; J. Christopher- son (555, A. Garner 70; T. Speight 78, J. Schofield 110; Denis Seed (52. J. Holmes 5(5.


One — CSC A 4(5, Rimington A 42, Waddington B 38, Slaidhurn A 32, Billington A 30, Low Moor


Points and positions: Division , . .


Gallant fight Rolls Royce 2,


West Bradford 1


DESPITE putting up a spirited fight against Rolls Royce, West Bradford came away empty handed from this match. After going into an early lead


through Ratcliffe, Rolls Royce hit back with a number of dan­ gerous attacks, which were all fruitless. West Bradford contin­ ued to match their opponents and at half-time the score remained 1-0. The home team came out'


bottom, Ormorod. On Saturday, Whalley travel


to Kelbrook to play Colne United.


Comfortable victory


Transport Blue 10, H r id ze In n I


AFTER opening the scor­ ing with a dramatic 25- yard blast from Parry,.


Oval and T ran sp o r t Blue never looked back in this match. The side dominated all


f ,


24* 2nd, Oval 18; 3rd, Mer- intu vals th oughout the DogInJ onDecemberlst. cnvqide 16


o i pAocond-ile 24* 3rd, Goals from Parry (2), the QE II playing fields each 2nd, Rossendale c i , Ruddock Kershaw Grif- week, the facilities wqujd.be a


Ladies1 - 1 s t , Pendle ' l«t O v a l 26:


Pendle 22.


o r /OOQV 9nd Rossendale and Ormisher gave the‘ them from most of the shops in ?292 5)


Votoraris__1st, Pendle fin, Moulding (2), Rolfe (2) ^uy some tickets can obtain 3rd ,0val22.


„ ■ , r U<m° home team a fine 10-1 win. the village. /o\ r> Aifiwo* real koost. Anyone wishing to bailey, win 6a Urawn


mutch, which was played with a whole host of sports in a good spirit. and events being carried out on


i u


S<5? r? ' 9 2? ovnf26P(292V jcqted Bridge ^nn to wave I Ivon®)


’ wave of attacks. The


fighting after the break and equalised when the West Brad­ ford ’keej>er failed to hold onto a close range header. Rolls Royce now sensed that they could take the match and put west Brad­ ford's defence under a lot of pressure. This eventually paid off when


a Rolls Royce nlayer hit a superb shot from tne edge of the


area to make the score 2-1. During the last 20 minutes,


West Bradford did manage to control the game, but could not get the goal they needed to square the match. West Bradford: Charnlcy,


Inn A 7; Dog and Partridge 2, Buck Inn 7; Three Rivers B 55, Greystones (5; Fosters B (3, Fos­ ters A 55; Buccaneers 55, Black Bull G; New Inn Colts 7, White


Bull 2. Points and positions: Buck Inn


15, Fosters B 12, Greystones 12, Fosters A 10, New Inn B 10, Black Bull D, Buccaneers 9, New Inn A 7,••Three Rivers A 0, Three Rivers B 15, White Bull 5, Dog and Partridge 4, Pemlle Hotel 55.


inir one. racing APS Ladies, Ribbles-


dale II, playing in the Lanca­ shire League, managed to win


2-0. In a close mutch, the under­ strength side did well to battle


through witli new players David Howard and Harry O’Neil per­ forming well. Idayer-of-the- niatch was Nick Tomlinson. Kibblesdulc A were far too


Royal Grammar School, Gemma started the sport at the age of 10 with St Leonard's Guides and is now a member of Accring­ ton Canoe Club. Last summer, Gemma


c om p e te d in th e w o r ld C h a m p i o n s h i p s


a n d


a l th o u g h sh e d id n ’t win, she gained a lot of valuable experience. Totally committed to


the storm and nearly took advantage of an injury to Peter Hutchinson. The left-hack went down in the centre circle, leaving the right wing exposed. Paul Burrows stroked the hall to Mark Heyes who had a d e a r run on goal, but Denis Underwood made a good save to deny him. Underwood was on hand


no


Battling Clitheroe squeeze through


Clilheroo 3. Newcastle Town 2


SECOND division Newcastle Town put up a stern fight in this FA Vase first round match, but ultimately did not have the power or flair


to win through.


again to make a tremen­ dous double save from Heyes, who had been put free again in a similar position, this time by Neil


the sport, Gemma can be seen on the waterways of East Lancashire usually at least three times a week, come rain, hail or shine, and it is that dedication th a t is now p a y in g dividends.


struggling to re-organise their defence, Clitneroe enjoyed their brightest period of the match. Bob Pizelis flicked the ball just past the upright following


Hanson. With Harwood s t i l l


Victory snatched away


day away, John and team­ mate Kenjiro Shinozuka, were in a superb first place — 20 minutes ahead o f


t h e i r n e a r e s t


challenger. However, luck was not


with John and the pair crashed out when their Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 Hit a hole in the ground, leav­ ing the car undrivablc. This incident came after


RALLY co-driver John Meadows has just returned from Africa after competing in an incident-packed Ivory Coast Rally. With the finish just one


ment came after one such storm, which happened as the pair were driving hard through the jungle at night.


way into first place with mu> 0f the toughest events some fine driving, Kenjiro jn the world and John were flying and building a comfortable lead when disaster struck. “We approached a crest


the pair had battled their way to the lead from a start position of ninth. The Ivory Coast Rally is


at about 50 mph and were met with a giant hole in the ground on the other side, said John. A torrent of rain had


strung for newly promoted Crosshall and the local side won 2-0. l’layer-of-the-match was


ter League, Itihhiesdale A went down 3-1 against Stockport H.


David Overy. In the Tommy Halls Manches­


the penultimate round of the current World Rally Championship and covers some 2,700 miles of treach­ erous jungle road. The conditions were awful, with the drivers battling against extremely hot and humid conditions one minute and then a torren­ tial downpour the next. John’s eventual retire­


rally-seat at an end, John has no plans for 1991 though Mitsubishi have asked him to take part in a World Championship Round next year.


With his year in the


simply washed part of the road away and, with no warning, the car hit the hole at speed, leaving it useless. This let in second-placed


Cubs’ soccer


IN the only Cub Scout match held at the weekend, Whalley beat Bowlaml 3-2 in a close


Patrick Tauziac, also driv­ ing a Mitsubishi Galant VR-4, to take the lead and also the title. This completes John’s


fought game. There is a district team prac­


association with Mitsubi­ shi for 1990, which has


tice tomorrow at the Castle, starting at 5-15 p.m. After the practice, the final team will be’ selected to face South Ribble District on Saturday. The match will take place on the Castle field (k.o. 10 u.m.). On Sunday, Chatburn face


Pendle Tigers. Sports stars celebrate the ■season After powering their able fifth place, in what is


certainly been action packed. Earlier in the y e a r , he trav e lled to Kenya for the Safari Rally and duly claimed a credit-


deserved to win, hut they did struggle for periods and at the moment do not seem to he able to domi­ nate a game for the full 90


O v e ra l l C l i th e ro o


minutes. However, despite this


Shawbridge topics


C L I T H E R O E m a n a g e r


awarded the Bass North West Counties Division One m anag e r-o f- tl ie - month award for October. The award comes after


Dave Morris has been


C l i th e ro e h av e p u t together an unbeaten run, are challenging the leaders in the league table and have started their cam­ paign in the FA Vase with two victories. On Saturday, Clitheroe ’


face Hacup away in a re­ arranged fixture (k.o. 2


■going all cait for a victory, hut will have to fight as Bacup have a new man­ ager and will he looking to make a fresh start.


p.m.). Clitheroe will be Memorial League


De Lacy hit five


WHALLEY’S De Lacy Arms comfortably beat Finesse Windows in the Memorial knock-out cup at


the weekend. The side won 5-0 and must be


one of the favourites to take the trophy. Whalley Wanderers were knocked out by Park View


WMC. In Division Two, The Dog


Inn’s match against Aqueduct was abandoned after 80 minutes when the goal-posts collapsed. Langho’s good from continued with a fine (5-1 win over Park Hotel. Results: Cup — Crown Scaf­


derers 1. Division One — Station Arms


problem the side have put together a small run and


have nut lost a match f pl­


over a month. The fixture started al a


jus t the eighth minute when Steve Orrell scored from 20 yards through a group of players. This was followed will) a


fast pace, with both side■ looking for the ci-m::i! opening goal. Il came in


p e r io d of C l i th e ro e pressure, which resulted in another goal after 32 minutes. It was Orrell again, this time hitting a 15 yard shot past the despairing 'keeper. Now leading 2-0 and


seeming well on the way to a fine victory, Clitheroe began to lose their way as the half drew to a dose. Newcastle refused to giw up am! received their reward in the -10th minute when Shaun Wade broke through the Clitheroe defence and scored with a clinical shot. This was the morale


booster Newcastle needed and the second half began with them battling hard and l o o k i n g for an equaliser. C li th e ro e 's defence


tightened up at this point and dealt with everything Newcastle tried. After OS minutes. Clitheroe broke away and scored the most important goal of t lie match. Mark Heyes made a


powerful run down tile left wing and released Duncan Edwards, who advanced into the box ami scored with a well directed shot. This proved to he the killer goal and from this point onwards. Clitheroe piled on the pressure, only to miss chance a f t e r chance. After the Blues had


folding 3, Blue Dahlia 1; De Lacv Arms 5, Finesse Windows 0; llindle Arms 4, Guide 55; Park View WMC 4, Whalley Wan­


3, Fox and Hounds l; Tommy


Aqueduct l; Graham and Brown 3, Printers Anns (*»; Telegraph 0, Packet House 2; Park Hotel 1,


Balls 4, Lammack 55. Division Two — Dog Inn 0,


1, Bay Horse Saab 14; Crown Berger 12, Thorsnmns UK 0; Witton Albion 2, Blackamoor 0.


Lnngho G. Division Three — Bulls Head


Division One PW 1) h P


Blue Dahlia.................. laimmuck.................... Crown Scuff................ Black Horse................ Tommy Balls................ De Lacy Arms............. Tavern Inn................... Station Arms................


Guide......................... Finesse Windows......... Abbey Decor:...............


Fox and Hounds...........


Anslow, Cowic. Parkington, Pye, Watkins, Parsons, run- chard, Hitchent Niven, Rat- cliffe. Sub: Blenkinship.


Ticket drive


RAFFLE tickets are still avail­ able for Whalley Football Club’s Grand Draw. The raffle, which is being held


:u ni 11.a 0 1*. IT


to raise money for some new . i .


AFTER a long hard sea­ son, Clitheroe Cricket and Tennis Club joined forces at Gisburn’s Stirk House Hotel for their annual pre­ sentation evening. The speaker at the well


their runners-up medals ning performance of the men’s singles tennis cham- chairman of the cricket ^ for reaching the final of season, went to Nick Wes- pion and Jean Hutchinson section is Paul Griffiths D<«


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Cup. Various other tennis


attended event was the former Clitheroe Mayor, Coun. Ian Brown. The third team proudly


and cricket awards were presented to the talented ■ sportsmen and women. The senior team batting


displayed their Whitbread Ribblesdale League Third Division Champions’ tro­ phy and the side’s youth team were presented with


award went to Neil Ash­ worth, the bowling prize to Garth Sutcliffe and the fielding prize, to Mike Dewhurst. The Brian Fielding Tro-


phy, for the match-win- his prize for being the


twelL T h re e special awards were made for exceptional performances. The first went to bowler Geoff Cartledge, who helped the third team win the championship, the second went to Steve Ash­ man for a fine 111 with the b a t and Richard Palmer received the third for an unbeaten 111. Andrew Booth received


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won the women’s title The men’s dounled1 com­


petition was won by Tony H u d d a r t an d C o l in


Silcock. At Clitheroe Cricket


Club’s AGM, held last week, Neil Ashworth was made first team captain, F a ru k H u s s a in was appointed second team captain and. Steven, Ash­ man was made captain of the third team. The new


n n r l fV» n n o w C O P P A f f i rV I S I. .


and the new secretary is Neil Bolton.


Ribblcsdale School next y e a r a n d a n y o n e interested should contact Paul Griffiths (23841).


Indoor nets will start at


■ The club will be concen­ trating on fund raising next year and the drive will start with a sports­ mans dinner, to be held at Stirk House next January.


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squandered the chance to sew the mulch up. New­ castle duly hit hack with a lucky goal. With just two minutes to go a Clitheroe clearance struck Wade and bounced back into the net. The score was now 3-2,


hut it was too late for Newcastle and Clitheroe


Rumpus on the park


Park View WMC 4, Whalley Wanderers 1


TO describe this Memorial


League Cup match as explosive would be an under-statement of


the highest order. Starting at a fast pace. Park


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View took an early two goal lead, capitalising on a hesitant


Whalley defence. The away side’s slow s tar t


held on to hook their place in round two.


begun to gam momentum as the half wore on and they managed to pull a goal back after 38 minutes. Striker Sam Chapman scored with a lethal drive from


the edge of the box. As the half came to a dose,


Anthony Currie and Lee Rears* ley both had chances to equalise, but could not find the back of


}*j View’s play became increasingly In aggressive, but Whalley liattled on and eventually equalised th ro u g h C u r r ie , when he snatched the ball from the


the net. In the second half. Park


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’keeper. However, to the bemusement


of the Whatley players, the referee disallowed the goal. Whalley’s youth and speed


seemed to rile the Park View side, who became even more aggressive. After several misty incidents on and ofT the ball, tbe referee abandoned the match after 73 minutes. t However, the official decided


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o re-start the game after a 10 minute break and Park View won the match.


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