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j ’a c k e ts , . which a re replaced every two or three years to ensure good flotation. The club, which is regis­


fund-raising and grants, the club has also recently imposed a rule that only 24 students or children are allowed on the water at any one time.


gerous,” explained Mr Pietrzak. “We have a golden rule that nobody gets on the water without a buoyancy aid. If you cap­ size, it’s the shock of going


“Any water can be dan­


tered with the British Canoe Union, can also boast more than a dozen qualified instructors and has a requirement that there be at least one leader for every eight stu­ dents or children. . Supported largely by


decks which are.used in rough conditions to pre­ vent water from leaking into a canoe. In addition, there are rows upon rows of life-


season has just begun began after a winter of training sessions at the Ribblesdale Pool, also has an ample supply of spray


with a block of foam for buoyancy and, most important, an air bag, which stops a capsized canoe from filling with water. The club, whose outdoor


phen Pietrzak recently pointed out all the safety features during a look round the facilities at Bar- row Lodge. Every canoe is fitted


more importance than ever in the wake of the tragedy which rocked Dor­ set last month. Club chairman Mr Ste­


club in the country by one of Britain’s best-known canoeists, the groupis also probably one of the safest. That fact has taken on


ble Valley’s best-kept secrets. Labelled the largest


he Clitheroe and District Scout and Guide Canoe Club could rank among the Rib-


Lodge is that it’s relati­ vely small. You can get to anybody within seconds.” Mr Tony Tickle, of Hol­


under cold water that’s the problem. “The beauty of Barrow


Clitheroe suffering a Dor- set-type disaster, Mr Tickle was sceptical. “That was a classic case


company has the most extensive collection of can­ oeing photography in the world, who believes that the Clitheroe club could be the largest club in the whole of Britain, based on the number of members. With every Scout and ' Guide in the area enjoying affiliate membership, the club boasts a total of 1,000 members. As for the likelihood of


good active club with its own water, which is key. People travel a long way to use the facilities,” he explained. It is Mr Tickle, whose


ble somewhere like Clitheroe.” C l i th e ro e s ta r t e d


of people going out badly advised and ill-equipped. They didn’t have spray decks and were soon to get swamped,” he said. “You’re not really going to get into that much trou-


becoming known in the canoeing world in the 1970s, when the late Dr Gordon Hampson, a for­ mer District Commis­ sioner, began revitalising the sport among Scouts locally. _


involved while they were still canoeing on Primrose Lodge and nas seen the clnb produce at least one international star a year over the last decade, including Konrad Bisping, Gareth Jones and John Royle.


Mr Pietrzak became :


combe Brook, who has been involved in canoeing for more than 20 years and is handling publicity for . the World Championships taking place in Britain in 1995, has only praise for the club. “Clitheroe is a very


somewhere and they start here, then go on to the River Ribble or Calder and later up to the Lakes,” said Mr Pietrzak, noting that canoeing in the last Olympic Games was the second most viewed sport.


“They have got to start


butter function, though, is as a centre for recreational canoeing, playing host to


The club’s bread and


groups as diverse as Trin­ ity Youth Club and Clith­ eroe Round Table.


come and are charged as little as £2 for an afternoon of canoeing.


know we exist and few realise the variety of dif­ ferent' groups we cater for,” Mr Pietrzak said.


“Many people don’t even


New chairmen take over ‘Doing does it’ is the motto for Christine


A LECTURER in graphic design has been elected chairman of Clitheroe Ladies’ Circle.


West Bradford, took over as chairman at the AGM of the Circle, held at the Moorcock Inn, Wadding- ton.


tures at Preston College, has adopted the motto “Doing does it” for her year in office.


' Mrs Beggs, who lec­


band, Alan, a textiles technologist, was chair­ man of Clitheroe Round Table three years ago.


Coincidentally J her hus­


children, Catherine (14) and Jenny (11), who attend Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and Waddington and West Bradford CE School respectively.


The couple have two


right), whose hobbies include walking and


Mrs Beggs (pictured


watercolour painting, suc­ ceeds Mrs Bernadette Brown, of Chatbum (left), who will continue to serve on the Circle council as immediate past chairman.


were: Mrs .Christine McKenna (vice-chairman), Mrs Nina Bryan (secre­ tary), Mrs Sue Price (trea­ surer), Mrs Julie Stockton


Other officers elected


(area delegate), Mrs Linda Wilson' (commercial ser­


Mrs Christine Beggs, of


vices convener), Mrs Suzanne Bagot (entertain­


ment convener), Mrs Janet Rudd (speakers’ convener) and Mrs Anne Pietrzak (Circle convener).


containing a square made by each member showing the meaning of Ladies’ Circle to them was also exhibited for the first time.


A completed banner i l


CLITHEROE Round Table has a new chairman. Mr Chris Stockton


l l l p ^wM Motor bikes are his hobby


Beechthorpe Avenue, Waddington, joined the Round Table in 1984 in Ellesmere Port and trans­ ferred to the Clitheroe club when he moved here in 1986. He is chief assistant


(right) has taken over from retiring chairman Bob Wyatt. Mr Stockton (37), of


Individuals are also wel­


"Last year we had visitors from America, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Ger­ many and Sweden.”


Young-' poets


one day like to see the facility transformed into an centre for all water sports. Propelled by such dreams, the canoe club will certainly not long remain a secret in the Rib­ ble Valley.


Mr Pietrzak would even , .


in print YOUNG wordsmiths from Whalley will see their 1 work in print this , month — with the publication of the illustrated paperback


“S is an Anaconda”’ . The book features the


work of prizewinners in last year’s W. H. Smith Young Writers’ Competi­ tion, among them Paul Pountain, Sarah Ash­ worth, Martin Cane and Scott Standen, who all attend Whalley CE Pri­ mary School.


judges enjoyed reading their work so much. . ,....


at the school are featured m the book, even though they were not individual prizewinners, because the


. in the book, was only four when he wrote his submis­ sion, “Under the Ground.”


Scott, of Woodlands Park, the youngest writer


published by Pan Macmil­ lan, priced £4.99.


“S is an Anaconda” is


LIBRARY CORNER


RECENT additions to stock at Clitheroe Library include:


transport co-ordinator for Lancashire County Coun­ cil and a member of Wad­ dington Parish Council. Mr Stockton, who is


originally from Crewe, and his wife Julie have three children, Victoria (10), William (8) and Edward


TH O U G H T


(5). His hobbies are. shoot­ ing and motor bikes.


for the week


WHAT, in your opinion, is the best time of life? I feel that my present time of life is best. Come to think of it, it always has been, I’m sure. Yes, I realise that many would answer differently.


Young folks look impatiently , forward to the golden age of tomorrow, for instance. Older ones tend to look back on their youthful days of yesteryear, now van­ ishing further behind every week. • I am of the opinion that if we considered things as


they are at present, instead of trying to concentrate on the distant scene where the fields seem so green, because they are so far away, we should be able to find happiness and contentment in our present lives and conditions. True, the hills seem steeper for me than they once


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have inward treasures the young folks cannot yet share, because they haven’t lived, loved and suffered enough to have learned some of the lessons taught me in .life’s school of experience. Sure I have .troubles today, but have lived long enough to have developed a faith and strength that keeps me confident , and helps me to live at peace with my wife and neighbours. .


were; I have to watch younger people instead of tak­ ing part with them and I think I’ll have to be; getting some fresh glasses one of these days. Still, I


but however long we have yet to live; we know that the best time of life is not in the idealised past nor in a dreamed-of future; it is in the present time, which is all any of us have left in fellowship of the One who is always with us. ■ • ’


.y JOE STANSFIELD


stops us from worrying unduly about this and that. We can say with assurance and from experience that goodness and mercy have followed us all the days of our life. This causes us a lot of quiet satisfaction. Possibly, it could be later in our life than we think,


As we get older, most of us gain a wisdom that


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