Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, March 15th, 1990 23 Clitheroe 2232k (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified) Murray Walker's


D e w h u r s t i s d u e t o w o r k


W IT H the c r ic k e t season fa s t approaching, Clitheroe have been hit by the news that captain-elect M ic k Dewhurst has had to turn down the job.


WHALLEY c a p t a in ' John Wharton


“Unfortunately, Mick is having to reluc­ tantly relinquish the captaincy due to work


commitments,” said club chairman Robin


^U th o u g h he had been based with Clitheroe Police, Dewhurst has now transferred to Great Harwood to join the special support unit, th a t means th a t he will be working three out of every four weekends, which will obviously curtail his cricketing opportunities drastically.


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I t was to be Dewhurst’s first season as captain and not only will Clitheroe miss his leadership, but


Firms rally to Roefield cause


Grammar go through to semis


RClitheroe RGS 1st XI1,


also his contribution with bat mid ball. The club had expected him to be unavailable for


some of the season because of the nature of his work, but not as much as this.


tion shortly after last season, Keith Fawcett was elected as vice-captain in the knowledge th a t he would be skippering the team when Dewhurst was


At the annual meeting of Clitheroe’sc r ick e t sec­ . , .


unavailable. He must now be one of the favourites to lead the side permanently this year. “The club has been left without a captain and Keith did not want to automatically step up with­


out putting i t to the members,” said Mr Sharp. There will be a meeting of the cricket section in th e C h a tb u rn Road clubhouse n ex t Thursday


a t 8-30 p.m. to elect the new captain. One club which has decided on its captain is


Whalley. Not surprisingly, las t year’s Ramsbottom Cup winning skipper John Wharton was re-elected. What will be unusual is the fact th a t profes­


sional Roger Watson, who scored over 1,000 runs and took 50 wickets in league and cup competitions


last season, will be his deputy. Last year’s pairing of Derek Higginbotham (cap­


tain) and Lee Burgess (vice-captain) will again be in charge of the 2nd XI.


th a t a deficit of £695 in 1988 had been turned into a profit of £2,207 last season, while ambitious plans to floodlight the tennis courts were also unveiled.


At Whalley’s annual meeting, members heard , , ,


CLITHEROE’S former skipper Mick Dewhurst, whose short reign is over


Wilkinson is top local finisher


WHALLEY fell runner Gary Wilkinson took to the road on Sunday and finished a creditable 14th in the Ribble Valley


British Championship series, starting with the Edale Skyline in


10-mile road race. In training for the


Whitbread Ribble Valley League


Waggon edge closer to the championship title


nTVTQTO'NJ T w n tion and could go second if ^ „


about being dis


(see front page), as ture programme with a 0-0 could now snatch second they win all their remain- ng tu___Waggon and Horses,


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a first division place. In Division One, Chat- bum completed their fix-


th p v w e r e draw with Whalley, who v


played by bottom- club T ran sp o rt Res e rv e s las t week. All the promotion


V>,, Kratfram- ing fixtures,


who won 6-2 at Read United, only need four points from their last five matches to clinch the first


contenders seem to indecent


could not complain p > ^ s i _ - r


_


tracted by the vio- lence on t h e adjoining pitch


U iV lo iU iN J-WO they ^ their games ln leaders Royal Oak hand.


tion with a 10-2 victory to strengthen their claim for


geS L ^ s of promo-,


division title challengers Kings Arms.Results: Aitken Shield — Clitheroe Reserves 1, Waterloo Rangers 2 (after extra time). Division One — Chat-


Rimington v Buck Inn (to b mnrmee con ned).


........


thoroughly out- p°ace from Chatburn if hall 2, Kings Arms 10; „l----- a


bum 0, Whalley 0; Grind- leton 2, Sabden 1; Read United 2,Waggon and Horses 6; Low Moor 3, Ribchester 1 (abandoned after 70 minutes). Division Two — Brock-


Trans


Transport Reserves Royal Oak 1; Buck Inn 3,


4, Calderstones 1.


have had a t ta c k s of rictory against Clitheroe the u t te r s in re c en t Reserves earned them a weeks and C a ld e r -


division title. Waterloo Rangers 2-1


stones were the latest Grindleton this week, victims, going down 3- when attention turns to


shield match with


1 TheUG r in d ie to n s id e The?tie of the round pits have now hauled them- champions-elect Waggon selves into a strong posi- and Horses with second


Shield f ix tu re s and referees: Transport v Whalley (J. Swayne),. Grindleton v Waterloo Rangers (N. Clark), Low Moor v T r a n s p o r t Reserves (T. Wallbank), Chatbum v Read United Reserves (B. Jones), Rib­ chester v Brockhall (N. Dinsdale), Kings Arms v Waggon and Horses (D. Marshall), Hurst Green v Calderstones (D. Bush),


S a tu rd ay ’s Aitken


THE Blues have staged s o m e t h i n g o f a


Shawbridge H o w a r th s n a t c h e s topics


p o in t s fo r B lu e s Burecough 0, Clitheroe 1


extend their run on Satur- j,abit of scoring vital goals day when they entertain ^ last Saturday proved Cables (k.o. 3 to


They will be hoping to The Blues striker has a points.


Prescot p.m.).


li\


side comes back into con­ tention after returning from holiday and manager Dave Morris will have a full strength squad to


Defender Nigel White- choose from.


Bamoldswick Park Rovers 0, Waddington Reserves 0


Blank look


THIS was a disappointing result for the Twitter Lane side as {it was the first game in two seasons


s « w i » . to score.


cult and windy coi Waddington, with a venr strong


wind at their backs, failed to


The match was placed iin diffi- over the crossbar when he ms and looked likely to score. Bob


... ___^ -mashir when he


make use of the elements and “ “ ‘”V iTis hame to the created only a handful of scoring added hiA _nl]nip 0f chances dimite Dressunng the > gcoresheet with a couple oi


Pizellis was also in the action and could have


ton still controlled the game and Burscough wererevita In the second half, Wadding- . opportunist efforts,.


Howarth collected the ball on the left about 25 yards ran forward and ran out .


be


out' A


no ex c ep tio n . the ’keeper


meet him, slotted it into the net.


fo ti


Old Boys go third


Henthom Old Boys 4, Crown Hotel 1


as 0LD B0YS put a series of to ,}jBappointing


highlight of a fairly dour division. 6 ° ’


performance. They were certainly value for their lead after having the bet­ ter of the early exchanges..


„me, but Clitheroe pro- uced a good workmanlike


Paul Jones hit a 20- K f i , a ‘ ywg ,ei h : B


I t was the only real tfciitl place in the second .-oral----- ~


behind them With an easy victory, to move them into


defeats


A strong crosswind made con­ ditions difficult, but both teams


tried to play constructive football.Alan Blenkinship gave Old Boys the lead, cutting m nym the right to angle a low shot past the ’keeper. Spurgeon scored the second when he ran on to. a long ball through the centre before rounding the 'keeper and sliding it into, an


Whitbread RVFL Dirilion One


Chatbum.................... 20 13 W W


PW D 3


Low Moor................... 16 7 Rimington................ 16 7 Hunt Green............. 16 6 Read United*.............. 17 6 Transport............... 14 6 Sabden................... 14 2 Ribchester............... 15 2


aggon 4 Horses....... 1514 h«Uey*.................... 13 8


Grindleton............... 15 1 Division Two


1 4 3 3 3 6 15 3 8 13 1 7 13 2 10 6 1 12 5 212 4


PW D L


Royal Oak*................. 1611 5 5 Kings Arms*............... 1610 3 3 Caiaeratonea............... 16 9 2 6 Ruck Inn.................... 14 8 2 4 Brockhill.................... 17 7 2 8 ICI-SUUon................. 15 5 3 7 W


TWO C lithero e firms clashed a t Shawbridge on Sunday — but i t was a l l in th e n am e o f


charity. The gentlemen of G.


A. P ro p e r ty Services to ok on th e migh t of Forbes and P a r tn e r s , with the money raised going towards the Roe- fie ld L e isu re C e n tre


Appeal. O u r p h o t o g r a p h


shows the two captains, Simon Famworth (left)


. and Andrew Lang, pre­ p a r in g to do b a t t le , while th e o th e r te am members look on.


Tilley inspires


ladies’ victory North End Ladies 0, Clitheroe Ladies 1


Caterloo Rangers........ 13 6 0 7 litheroe Res........... 11 4 2 5


Read United Res......... 13 1 3 9 Transport Res*........... 16 2 1 13


CLITHEROE Ladies recorded another victory in th e N o r th W e s t Regional second division when th e y v i s i te d Preston. wPlaying in their new blue and


Two points deducted for, a very strong wind in the open- a breach of rules.


Chite atrip for the first time, Back on form


Whalley 5, Gargrave 0


WHALLEY progressed to the semi-finals of the East Lancashire League Presi­ dent’s Cup, for the second successive year, with an outstanding performance against th e ir Craven


two weeks, Gary (25) was the first Ribble Valley competitor


home.Last year he partnered his father, Richard, to win a place in the record books as the first father and son to complete the gruelling “Bob Graham Round” of 42 Lake District within 24 hours.


peaks Hockey


P a r k e r p e n a l ty s e a l s v ic to r y


Clitheroe LHC 1st XI2, Darwen and Blackburn LHC 0


CLITHEROE were lying in third place before this match and. although Darwen were several places below them, the home side knew they were in for a hard game.


Utheroe had the advantage of End’s goalkeeper was


kept busy and was called upon f to make a string of superb saves


rom both June O'Brien and Louise Ward.


Clitheroe were completely dominating this fixture, hut still they could not break the


tle, Darwen went into the attack and had most of the possession, including several short corners. Then Clitheroe came into the game and made it much h a rd e r for the


Despite one venture into- not to be awarded a penalty kick Am3Dace’half, leaving the Clitheroe’s half,. North End


well up forwards, rney were umu


never posed a senous threat to was utterly {earless, weni aown the local girls, while at the end


deadlock. With the teams caught in


opponents. mThe early season form which


s ade them possible champion­


with a strong wind at their backs and, tor the first 10 minutes, they pressurised the Whalley defence. However,


Gargrave started brightly


they only managed to create one chance, which was wasted, and from then on the home side took almost complete control.


zo'^tout'es^wh^ G^rgrov^ fefled to dear a left-wing comer and, when Dewhurat rccentred,


which was flicked on by Smith. yards


half, t Dewhurst shot home from 10 .


midway into the second ring a cross from Pai


cide by throwing men forward, a move which allowed Smith and Bury to take advantage of the extra space by scoring one and two goals respectively. d Outstanding for Whalley in


Gargrave then committed sui­


when Bradshaw gave away a penalty for pushing, but he


mpty net. CnCrown got into the scoring act


chances,7 despite pressuring the > gcoresheet wiui a coupie u» homo a afiot from the edge o e homedefence. . ;


created five'clear-cut chances jjae(j m the second half and ^ half-time, Old Boys had a which were either missed by tne • ,


Waddington f ?™ ^ “r “ ved 2a“ Underwood mar- The second half was once by the Rovers' goalkeeper.


j 0 preB8 forward. comfortable lead.


The fact that Waddington Bhalled his detence wei goalkeeper Winckley only had Chtheroe did well to


chuwonattheheartofito^._ , pie 0 i na have sealed the fine shot pushed away by the However, teams of Barnolds- and could nave s


good games from Kfrk and hui-


Winckley (N), Jackson, Hltchen, • aij jn all, i t was ju s t son, Lonti.


W a d d i n g t o n 'Reaervea: BCOre.


Boys relaxed, but were never in danger of letUng Crown back Into the game.


With a three-goa .l cush.ion., Old _


.


j Hpfpnre well again one-way traffic, but Tristan Barnes, who had


one senous save to make snows weaGier the storm, espe- match, proved what a good goal- spectator for most of the


in four games, tVaddington s forced a senes of CO • . ^^teve Edmondson was close defence began to look solidL witn. i Geoff Young saw a cou-


wick’s calibre will have to be rnatch, but he missed tne Andrew Hargreaves, who beaten if Waddington wish to gjdnmiything from this season8


shots go Wide Corner and then saw another Crown 'keeper only aa far as


an overhead kick from a


^ from close range ^ re d easily from close range, • appeered easier to -...........


The Reserves' are away^at not paying with much flu- & for 12-46 p.m.''


. despite the fact they are Hargreaves (G), Walker,J3pur- 100% effort


i : 1


Henthom Old Bon: Barnes, Allen, Bradshaw, Cham-


_ovitn- a tremendous 25-yaro drive 0ff ffie crossbar, but,


made amends before half-time , by joining the attack and firing


Tim Allen was unlucky to see Swimming Dolphins cause a splash at Preston


CLITHEROE Dolphins again showed their superiority a t the second of the North Lancs Age Group swimming com p e t it io n s held a t P re s to n .o n


- Competing against the best swim­ mers from the area, they collected five firsts, one second and one sixth


Saturday. place. ■ t


lenldnshlp (I), Blenldnship Edmondson, Hargreaves JUST outside national


rankings...Peter Jones, r


• time of lmln. 30.37sec. In the same event, Emma Lawrenson, with a time of lmin. 38sec., missed reaching the finals by a mere 0.1 of a second. In the: 13-year-olds girls’ ““**section,


i Clitheroe, beat off strong competi­ tion from 33 other competitors to win the girls’ 100yd. breas tstrok e in a


10-year-old Katie Wilkinson, a pupil a t Pendlc County Primary School,


- The youngest member of the group, ... ■ . '


Emma Lang continued her unbeaten run by coming first in the 200yd. but­ terfly in 2min. 21.10sec. (national age g ro u p q u a l i fy in g t im e ) an d th e breaststroke in lmin. 16.15sec., with E l iz ab e th Legg a close second in


lmin. 18.25scc. The over 16s had th e ir successes


too, with Tracey Gee winning the g ir ls ’. 200yd. b reas tstro k e in 2min. 33.79sec. (NAGQT) and coming sixth in th e 100yd. backstroke in lm in .


' 10.85sec. Peteh Jones (19) continued his. rec­


ord-breaking run when he came first in the 200yd. backstroke in a record time of 2min. 02.93sec., only 0.6sec.


’o u ts id e . th e ASA q u a l i fy in g tim e w h ich w o u ld g iv e .h im a m e n ’s national ranking.


Entwistle was oh hand to head home.


mini-revival, winning two p n AT, from Garv Howarth in the 35th be maintained, they have every S i ' S S ’S S L T w i e r u g h V g i v e Clitheroe the three without a victory. •


hip contenders has returned with a vengeance and, if it can


’


and swept the ball off the pitch with her hand from right in


stalemate at the interval, Clith- eroe faced an uphill task against a North End side who now had


a - - & S S


caused endless problems for North End’s defence with her c teasing runs and accurate


tant goi Jean Tilley, on the right wing,


front of goal. On 27 minutes, Frances Grif­


the wind in their favour. Surprisingly, Clitheroe car­


fiths brought the ball upfield to Tricia Proctor, who passed it ahead for Claire Mortimer to hit a lovely shot just inside the post.


ried on where they had left on by going all out for that impor­


just five minutes remaining. Her shot from the right brought a fine save out of North End s h 'keeper, but she could not keep


rosses. It was Tilley who set up the winner for Clitheroe with


Jold of it and centre forward


the ball home from close range. Yvette Jackson was perfectly


ulie O'Brien was on hand to tap


positioned to tip a shot over the bar for Clitheroe and the danger was easily cleared from the resulting comer.


performances. Clitheroe Ladies: Jackson,


HTilley, Pauline Feather and


and central defender Duck­ worth, who marshalled their col­ leagues in a most effective manner.


efence were ’keeper Dwyer . ■ ath Room all gave outstanding


Barton, Hughes, Room, O’Con­ nor, Feather, Tilley, Ward, O’Brien, Parker. Swarbrick.


p.m.).


Subs: Ralph, Goulden. On Sunday, CUtheroe travel


fouled in front of goal four minutes later and this time Clitheroe were awarded a pen­ alty flick. Amanda Parker' was the player fouled, so she took the stroke and made no mistake.


The Darwen 'keeper again


Clitheroe to play good, fluid hockey. Darwen had gone off the boil and were demoralised by the home side and, with Clitheroe’s defence having one of their best games when it came to marking opponents, they had little chance.


The two-goal lead encouraged


the ball in front of the goal with only the ’keeper to beat, but did not make use of it. Not that it mattered, as CUtheroe had stiU taken three valuable points from the game.


Twice a CUtheroe player had wClitheroe: Burrows, Farns­


stang, Griffiths, Parker, For- shaw, Mortimer, Proctor,


orth, Bibby, Barker, Gar-


to face their East Lancashire neighbours Rossendale at Marl Pitta Sports Centre (k.o. 2


White. On Saturday, CUtheroe are at


home to Leyland Foxes 1st XI, who are at the top of the second division and are unlikely to be caught.


Straight from the whis­ Keeping on


the grass Clitheroe LHC 2nd XI3, British Aerospace 0


visitors. Clitheroe created a number of


chances, with good play from the defence bringing the ball the field


to the


PLAYING on grass for the first time in several matches, Clitheroe found it difficult to adjust to the


*1“ D f ^ ^ w M t ’down CUtheroe defence with little to “" “nt 'h- ha" nfr the Dltch


slower surface. Nevertheless, they took con­


B il lfng ton commercial vehicle building and coach


A partner in his father’s chanty. — ----- The race was won by a.


painting firm, Gary took fourth place in the half tour of Pendle recently, the race being won by C l i th e r o e ’s S h a u n


last year’s time by 2min. 05sec. to cross the finish­ ing line in 53min. Olsec. There were 700 start­


Livesey. On Sunday, Gary beat


ers, who between them raised £1,000 for the Rib­ ble V a lley Mayor’s


AC, in 50min. 12 sec. Close behind was Burn­


Fielding, of Leeds City


le y ’s Mark Smith in 51min. 01 sec. and in third place was C. Norris, of Bingley Harriers, in 51


min. 10 sec. The first woman home


^ y t o ^ o ^ t l r r i -


ers, in lhr. 31sec. Tourism officer Mr


Darts


Honours even in top clash


THE match of the day between the top two teams in the third division of the Clitheroe and Dis­ trict Darts League ended all square.


a That means that the Dog Inn


Judge Walmesley maintained their 14-point cushion at the top with a narrow 6-3 win over third-placed White Horse B. Royal British Legion, in second place, had a similar victory over Old Langho's Black Bull.


Catholic Club. In the first division, leaders


_ _cry .


trol of the game very quickly and the ball was rarely out of


forwards took the ball down the field, they were unable to defeat the fullbacks and, by half-time, neither side had managed to


However, although the WResults: Division One — f 'rili^weekend, Waddington ace another first division side


Cross Keys and Craven Heifer, and New Inn and Dog and Par­ tridge, the second division table has a slightly false look about it.


r With the league yet to receive esults from the games between


mesley 5; Kings Arms A 8, Horseshoe 0; Black Bull A 4, Wilpshire Hotel A 4; Black Bull (Old Langho) 3uRoyal^ British


hite Horse A 3, Judge Wal­


British Aerospace showing more determination to get the ball into attack, but, despite their efforts, they could not beat the CUtheroe defence, largely due to the effective tackUng and skil­


The second half began with


ful play of centrelnalf Jane SctXL CUtheroe took control of the


game again, and were at last given tne goal they deserved when Helen Murdoch powered the ball past the 'keeper. The ball was quickly in attack again and this time Helen Barker broke through the wall of defenders to score her first goal for CUtheroe, putting them two


ahead.


their 'keeper, Claire Britcliffe, only managed to touch the ball once. They secured their win with another goal before the end when Debbie Caton took the bah down the left wing, crossed it to Linda Sproston in the middle for her to angle it past the ’keeper into the back of the net. t It was another exceUent vic­


CUtheroe did not relax and ., . sory for CUtheroe and the high


game particularly enjoyable. Clitheroe 2nd XU BritcUffe,


tandard of umpiring made the


Cooper, Needham,- Dugdale (R), Seed. Ashley, Taylor, Barker, Murdoch, Sproston,. Caton,


Dugdale (M)..


Arms B 4. Division Two — Station 2,


Legion 5; Rtloyal Oak A 4, Kings


Black Horse 6; Low Moor Club 3, Royal Oak B 5; Commercial 6, -


Black Bull 2. Division Three — Wilpshire


Hotel B 5, CCWMC 3: De Lacy Arms 4, New Inn (Chtheroe) 4; Bridge Inn 7, Catholic Club 1; Dog Inn 4, White Horse B 4: Bilungton BBC 3, Clitheroe FC


12-45 p.m.


White Horse B, so both teams have everything to play for.


Third-piaceJl" BriSge Inn closed pie, while Ian Threlfall, who the gap to 18 points with a 7-1 was looking more comfortable in victory at home to fourth-placed his sweeper role, scored from


re still one point ahead of ............... __ r _


Mercer both managed a hat- trick each, leading marksman Simon Whiteside netted a cou-


sors Reebok and The


Keith Taylor expressed his thanks to all who had


Waddington


progress Heliifield 2,


Waddington 12 WADDINGTON moved into the


second round of the TAP Car Showrooms Cup competition at the expense of first division


the scoreline suggests and Wad­ dington will not have an easier


HelUfield. The gap in skill was as wide as


game for a long time. Simon Pickles and Derek


Complete Runner Sports Shops.


Gary Wilkinson


helped in the organisation of Sunday’s race, particu­ larly Accrington Road Runners, Clayton-le- Moors Harriers, local


Yv, © unshaw College 1st XI0


CRGS battled their way through to the semi-final draw for the . Lancashire Schools Trophy and, in doing so, avenged their penalty shoot-out defeat at the hands of Runshaw in


November. mThe local aide erased the


from overnight rain and was hardly conducive to fast, flowing football, both teams understand­ ably took a while to settle.


On a pitch which had suffered ' _


set the pattern for the game. Frankland’s surging runs and uncompromising strength were


A dogged midfield struggle • Brown and Mason.


well matched by Walsh in Run- shaw’s midfield. Touches of bril­ liance from Stokes threatened to expose the Runshaw defence ana Booth worked tirelessly to support the attacking thrusts of


cross beat the ’keeper, but Booth’s shot was cleared by the outstretched leg of Potts. Cza- powski went close and Mason was sent through, only to be thwarted by an alert Simpson m


From one such move, Brown s


experience of Mellon and Paul, added to the incisive play of Sayle, who is fast developing into an excellent sweeper, pre­ vented Runshaw scoring. The second half opened with a


one occasion and the


FA Cup defeat, which was, m fact, their last. They came into the game full of confidence and a record of eight straight wins behind them.


emory of that English Schools


goal.Runshaw, too, had their moments. Webster, outstand­ oningly defensively, saved CRGS


flourish. Slack defensive play by Scott allowed Booth to dispos­ sess him on the right. He inter­ changed passes with Stokes before lining up for Brown to send a crashing header into the


Runshaw goal. k Once the deadlock was bro­


ety of tactics to disrupt play. The game seemed to boil over and, despite two cautions, tem­ pers continued to be frayed. From one such incident, Mason, the experienced centre forwanl, allowed his mouth to talk him into trouble and an eventual


en, Runshaw employed a vari­


sending off. Far from reacting m a posi­


, time since the competition was established 10 years ago. CRGS: Taylor, Webster,


tive manner, Runsnaw contin­ ued their guerilla tactics and a punch led them to being reduced to 10 men. Only the crossbar saved Runshaw on one occasion from a Stokes free kick and only a fine reflex save from Taylor m the CRGS goal prevented an equaliser.But, like time, Runshaw’s patience finally ran out and CRGS were the victors. They will now meet the winners of Fleetwood and Lytham St Anne’s in the semi-final in a bid to win the trophy for the first


Sayle, Paul, Mellon, Czapowski, Franklana, Stokes, Booth, Brown, Mason. Subs: Bolton,


Whittle. Fightback


not enough W Read United 2,


.the penalty spot. Midfielder Paul Green scored one, as did skipper Richard Astin, whose 20-yard blockbuster brought him his first goal of the season. e The other goal was the most


Stirzaker, Bishop, Threlfall, W l addington: Hargrcrgreaves, aggon and Horses 6


WAGGON elected to play with the wind to their advantage in the first half


— and the tactic paid off. The scorers in the first half


were McGovern (2), Edmond­ son, Roger Walker and Taylor. Read nad hardly any chances,


yntertaining of the match. A 30-


ard backpass from a Hellifield player nutmegged the 'keeper and roUed into the empty net. To their credit, Hel'lifield were sporting : in defeat.


Astin, Green, Mercer, Jarrold, Whiteside, Pickles, Allen. Sub:


when they play Bamoldswick Park Rovers in the semi-final of the Morrison Cup. Players are to meet at the Kings Arms at


Snooker


S o c ia l A c l in c h c h am p io n sh ip


6. . Points and positions: Division


WITH the majority of clubs having iust one fixture remaining, Social A are already cham­ pions of the first division of the Chtheroe and


One — Judge Walmesley 139, Royal British Legion 125, White Horse A 112, Royal Oak A 106, Black Bull A 103, Pendle Witch 04, Kings Arms A 91, Kings Anns B 73, Wilpshire Hotel A 73, Black Bull 67, Horseshoe 27.


Heifer 118, Black Horse 111, Dog and Partridge 110, Com­


Division Two — Craven


mercial 105, New Inn 104, Sta­ tion 101, Black Bull B 85, Royal Oak B 72, Cross Keys 48, Low Moor Club 26.


121, White Horse B 120, Bridge Inn 102, Catholic Club 89,- New Inn 86, Clitheroe FC 85, De Lacy Arms 85, Wilpshire Hotel 85, CCWMC 68, BiUington BBC


Division Three — Dog Inn 69.


District Snooker League. The runners-up spot will 81, B. Jones 59; D^Allen 58, L. be taken by either Chat- wjgJjtaMg n. Thompson 69,


burn A or Billington B, 'gocial B (6) 427, Slaidburn B while in Division Two (8) 459: J. Hall 85, G. Parker 58; champions CSC A and Bil- A. Wright 45, A. R'ghy 92; J.


lington A can both look


Division One — Billington B (12) 458, Chatbum A'(2) 357:


f t j'.


forward to meeting first Kravis TL P. Griffiths 55; V. division opposition next Adcroft 103, T. Robinson 52. season.


D. Stewart 60, P. Clark 52: P. Elliott 103. P. Craig 83; D. Wil­ son 109, N. Robinson 26; P. Conchie 79, G. Simkin 56; I. Brown 70, P. Whittaker 61; N. Harris 37, D. Speak 79. MRimington A (10) 407, Low


Kerr 43; Gavin Bona 34, M. Holmes 100; Gareth Bona 79, S. Traynor 43; M. Rhodes 40, P. Traynor 68; F. WrathaU 56, S. Thompson 54; J. Lund 90, P. Sun ter 51.


oor B (4) 359: A. Riley 114, S.


I. Thompson—, .


Elliott 51; S. Kerr 98, D. Stewart 42; M. Holmes 71, N.


.


(4) 340: B. Walker 52, R. Wat­ son 71; B. Dixon 73, B. Bithell 60; H. Dixon 93, S. Hope 46; L. Lawson 54, R. Driver 59; G. Tedstone 86, G. Tomlinson 49; J. Whitwell 66, C. Snape 55. CSC A (14), Pendle (0) 314:


Slaidburn A (10) 424,_CSC B


but, in the second naif, they began to create them after Tay­ lor had put the Waggon W) up. Read scored from a corner, missed a penalty and were handed an own goal by Coul- ston, who chipped nis ’keeper. Read possibly could have


Edmondson.


Coulston, Edmondson, Pritt, Scorah, Walker (R), Walker (G), Tomlinson, McGovern, Taylor, Conti. Subs: Haydock, Richards.


Waggon and Hones: Frayne, ^


scored another, but Waggon never looked in any danger of losing the match. The visitors man-of-the-match was Steve


A. Hall 65, A. Procter 52; I. Tomlinson 82, W. Wright 66: L. Dixon 97, A Taylor 69; H. Hud- son 99, J . Holmes 49; J. Crowther 87, J. Bush 40; P. Backhouse 95, J. Schofield 38. BUUngton A (10) 476, Low


linrton B (2) 305: M. O’Reilly Richardson 63; K. Garrett 93, 46 D Wilson 83; S. Traynor 42, M. O’Rourke 64; T. Wilson 46, * Brown 41; D. Dean 72, B. N. Parkinson 86; S. Keighley iompson63;P. Traynor 76,. P. 103, S. McDonnell 61. Points and positions: Division


Low Moor B (12) 405, Bil- Tyler 65; J. Bolton 43, M.


Moor A (4) 391: K. Yeoman 116, T. Trotter 52; A. Dean 75, G.


•A (8) 334: A Gudgeon 67, A. 122, Low Moor B 119, Wadding- : Parsons 64; D. Coupe 79, J. ton B 104, Waddington A 97, Wooff 31: I. Nash 36, B. Wad- Rimington B 62. dington ft); F. Webster. 53, J. Division Two— CSC A 200, Baines 51; F. : Watson 52, F. Billington A 167, Police 148,.


HConsSB (6) 329, Waddington 126^^'63m”b''mr'Rhnmgton A


_ne — Social A 161, Billineton B 147, Chatbum A 138, RBI


: Coar 50; J. Marsden 62, M. ftay- CSC B 142, RBL B 140, Pendle ■ lor 68.


C O N T I N.U IN ,u . h c r 1 Booth 56, P. Parker 61; J. Grif- bum A, Low Moor A v CSC A, unbeaten ru n ...Em m a ?jfiths87; fe. Booth 65; R.' Brown CSC B v Social B, Slaidbum B vk: Lang. ■


Division Two — Police (8) Division Two — BiHington A, i Chatburn B (6) 371: F. v Police, Chatbum B vSlaid-:


s 97; T. Ashton 60, G. Hincks 61; - : B. Conchie 38, M. Varaom 89; ______ , __


A ( i *• 4»i l / i iJCCU Wj_• •


D. A. Seed 56, C. Steele 67; P. : Winkley 89, D. Laycock 70; R.


Bolland 36, M. Parkinson 95. 109, S. ■ Simkin 85; S. - Griffiths RBL B. . . . . . . . . .. . ......


: Rimington B (0) 289, Social 96, Slaidbum B 93, Low Moor A • A (14) 479: D. Seed 60, P. Cross 90.


117, Chatbum B 103, Social B Fixtures: Division One —: Social A v Waddington B, RBL'


Rimington A v Chatburn,A,.. Waddington A v Low Moor B,"


Av RimingtonB.-. ■vr-- - •,


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