Clitltcme Advertiser & Times, March JOtlt, UW ntlicme tiJifOi auditorial), 2MJJ (Adverl.isnitj). Huntley iS-JJdl (Clats&tjied) OSPORT Blues grab fifth win running Present (I, Clitlleroe 1


THE sight of a terrible pitch, littered with mini­ swamps more suited to the residents of the nearby safari park, greeted Clith- eroe at Hope Street on what was otherwise a per­ fect day for football, writes


striker to be denied by a good


save by Dahl. A cross from Rowbotham


was fired towards goal by Henman, only to be blocked by what looked like a hand, but the penalty appeals were waved away. S tau n to n headed what


Stephen ISroivu. It was a shame that football


of a skilful nature was out of \ • the question. Hut, the Blues rolled up their sleeves and gritted their teeth before f ig h tin g th e i r way to a rewarding three points. 0 p e n i n g e x e h a n g e s


favoured the hosts with Blues ’keeper Lee Kennedy making two early saves from Bedson


and Bates. Slowly, Clitheroe took over


and (Jury Butcher headed just the wrong side of the post


from Jamie Smith's free kick. Mick Seddon controlled things well down the left from


dangerous Dave T a t te r s a l l ’s long


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seemed like a goal but Ken­ nedy changed direction to tip over to the re l ie f of his team-mates. Butcher slotted the ball


connect. Then, th e goal finally


CLITHKKOK......... Newcastle Town ....


through to Steve Guest, but the midfield man just failed to


slick move, but Butcher’s final Lee Sculpher marshalled his effort went wide.


and Guest all featured in a


SKDDON . . . goalscorcr Tattersall, Taylor, Seddon


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throw-ins put the Hrecot defenders in a panic, and from one of them, the ’keeper fum­ bled, but no blue shirt was on hand to force the ball home. Jon Henman sped away


Doyle entered the referee’s couple of anxious moments troops superbly, despite a


where nith'eroe ‘looked most lunge on Smith as Clitheroe arrived. ended the first half well on top A n o th e r good r e s u l t , but with nothing to show for another good performance, their dominance.


arrived. Henman raced away down the left and beat two men before knocking the ball to the back post where Sed­ don was on hand to tap in having galloped 00 yards. Hrescot mounted a series of late raids but got nowhere as


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Shawbndge Topics


Tough week ahead for in-form Blues


from Kelsey who hacked him down ami escaped with a vel-


low card, hut Jamie Smith midfield swamp and sent Hen- wasted the free-kick.


man away, only for the big


saw Lee Kennedy head the eighth place in the Carling ball away — not knowing League table, wh eth er B utch e r's touch Clitheroe: Kennedy, Tat- would have been classed as a tersall, Rowbotham, Manley, h a c k * p a s s b y t h man-in-black. Butcher won a tussle in


An early second half scare Blues have moved up to another three points, and the


Sculpiier, Seddon, Guest, Smith, Henman, Taylo r,


87). Youngsters inspire victory Clithcroe l, Darwen 2


Shawbridge shone through ^ minute. Taylor coin- last Thursday as the Blu maintained their IBB per cent record in the Last Lancs Floodlit League, trrites Stv-


PUL strength in depth at


fthrit liron'n. Impressive displays from Jamie McBride, John Molding


Clitheroe controlled the game and pinned the visitors back.


|{lues regained the lead in


bined with McTear who found Holding, and his persistanee paid off with the ball falling to Mick Seddon who made no mis­


anil Dominic McTear showed the chance to extend the lead with a benefit of a resolute reserve side firm drive into the bottom


take from IB yards. Just before the break Seddon crossed from the right allowing Taylor the


against a strong Darwen team corner. who never gave up.


But the load was short


Matt Atkinson levelled the score when he was given too much Space three minutes later.


lived as


minutes with a spectacular clearance hit Latham, who effort from the edge of the area, seized the chance to fire into an


Dominic McTear shot the game two minutes into the Blues in front after only four second period when Kennedy’s


Darwen got back into the


Mick SeiUhm and Holding got tight grip on the midf • Tield as


empty net.This spurred Clitheroe on and all their positive play created a number of openings but no reward. A rare sight saw John­ son in the Darwen goal pena­


Splashing success-,


SWIMMING along with the success of the national UT sponsored Swimathon ’111, those who participated at Kibb­ le*,lain Fool contributed to the winning efforts ol tile


four Jay charity event. Over UK) people took the plunge at Clitheroe’s pool, raising


between £2 5<hi and £2,(M) for the national eliort.


vidual at the pool. His time of lhr. 'Jimn. anil isec. was the 12th fastest in the North West am! 52ml overall m Britain.


•\ Clitheroe Dolphin, John Ashworth, was the fastest uidi- M .


.-eJl-bv-<late,” with a time of 1:1a.ill. also produce*! the filth fastest time in the North West.


extremely pleased with the efforts of those who took part. “.Some of those who swain had not been in a pool for months, even years, and they enjoyed it tremendously, * he said.


Ian Cronshaw, the pool's swimatlmn organiser, was


Help the’Aged and Harnardo's will be the main recmiellts. with t\ie remaining six described as supporting < |«‘hleii and helping people with visual and hearing disabilities.


“Unite a lot Said they would be returning.'’ Niitionullv. I2..x7'J participants raised 11.bin. foi ihant.t.


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ni ■style al best til The fastest team also belonged to the swimming club. "Fas■Hast


lised for kicking the ball from outside his area, but the free kick was wasted. With Darwen going all out for


the leveller, Lee Kennedy den­ ied Yates to end the visitors’ hopes.Two minutes from time Sed­


don battled well deep in his own half and raced 50 yards before setting up Taylor who hit a crisp drive beyond Johnson to give the final score a fairer reflection on the balance of play. It was an encouraging display


CLlTH KROK*S caretaker management team of Gary Butcher ami Denis Under­ wood are aiming to lead the Shawbridge side to their high­ est position and points tally in


Butcher. Subs: Bursnell (for Smith 7d). McTear (for Taylor


recent years. A good run over the next


th re e matches, beginning tonight when the Blues travel to Dark Lane to face high-flying Rossemlale United (k.o: 7-JO p.m.). could see the team move closer towards the ton five and build up a good level of confi­ dence to build on next season. Consistency is the name of the


Butcher. “We have won five from the


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Popular young Frenchman is given perfect send-off


1


T11r Clitheroe Wolves foot- Lambert added: “He is very On Thursday, the Clitheroe a free-kick. 1IIL Oiancroc woixeb ic i


bailers said merci beaucoup” to a young Frenchman who has made his mark both on and off the field.


AU 10,111


Labonnc lias been a regular for the Clitheroe Wolves under 11s team, and he has also represented the under 12s, the Bowland Cubs, the district cubs, and his school team during his six month Slav in the Kibble Valley.


Nine-year-old Valantin


Said Wolves m anag e r George Hibbert: “Valantin is


game in the Carling North West Counties League and no-one is more aware of that than Gary


myself are very pleased with the way things are going." he said. •*


hist six games and Denis and


that underlined the potential of the younger players being


more discipline and the commit­ ment of the players has been excellent. Everyone is pulling m tile same direction, which has tightened us up and made us a more difficult team to beat. •‘The game against Rossen-


‘\Ve are now playing with


groomed for better tilings. C l i th e r o e : K e n n e d y ,


McBride, Keighley, Guest, Sculpher, Seddon. Hutchinson, Smith, Holding, Taylor, McTear. Subs: Henman (for Hutchinson 72), Manley (for Holding 77).


Table Tennis


Bowland A take title for


second year


HOWLAND A comfortably clinched the championship of


the Ribblesdale 'fable Tennis Association season with typi­ cally resounding 10-0 wins in


their past three games. The champions elect still have


two matches to nlav as they attempt to record a mammoth points haul, which could leave them over JB points ahead of their nearest challengers. St Mary’s B. who are the only team to have beaten Bowland A this seaM.n ami have c)iml>ed above Waddington A with three recent wins of their own. Results: Standen B 9, Had­


dington B 1: Bowland MS B IB. Bowland HS CO; Bowland A in.


e,-ss of the Clitheroe Dolphins Swimming Club in m’s meetings goes on and on.


,ld at while


i tin


Howland HS C 0; Bowland A m. Standen B n; Rimington 2. Stan­ den B 8; St Mary’s A G, Wad- dington B •!; Rhnmgton 0, Bow­ land A in; St Mary’s B 7 Bowland HS B J: Bowland HS C i) St Marv’s B IB; St Mary’s B in. Howland HS CO.


GARY BUTCHKK — delighted


for the team to improve their football, which should come with


confidence. “We have been very work­


dale will lx* a real test for us to show how far we have come.” he


said."We are looking to make sure that we are not beaten away from home and we are looking to win every game at home." Mr Butcher also had a lot of


manlike and perhaps have not played the best football in the last couple of games, despite getting the results. I would like to see us play some more enter­ taining stuff, especially at home," added Mr Butcher. It is a 1-J0 p.m. kick-off on


praise for the players who have come in to fill the gaps and was delighted with the form of goal­ keeper Lee Kennedy. **Lee has been outstanding


a very well-mannered and obviously a very talented lad and a lot of people have taken notice.”The under IDs boss Peter


Top start for pool ladies


T1IK s ta r t of an new era began for Clitheroe’s female pool en th u s ia s ts as th e ir debut season in the Lanca­ shire Ladies’ Super League got underway at Blackburn. The away match, played at


Saturday for the Blues when they travel to West View for the game with Bacup Borough. I he re-arranged start is due to a certain SKY TV clash kicking


offat5p.ni. On Faster Monday, fourth-


and very consistent, playing well above what I expected." But while the management is


placed Kastwood Hanley visit Shawbridge for a 7-JO p.m. kick­


delighted with the response of the players, the two are looking


off.The management have the luxury of a near-full squad to choose from for the hectic Kas- ter period. ___ ______ _


Clean sweep for local trio


THE Ribble Valley’s three Honda Pilot motor racers made a clean sweep of the honours In the first round


of the National Off Road Association’s short course championship at Doncaster.


Clitheroe, gave himself the best possible start to the season by gaining maximum points in his emphatic


In the 400 c.c. class Christopher Smith (35), of .


VlJtohn’ Ingham (32), of Low Moor, finished in second, and Frank Baines (37), of Bolton-by-Bowland, made up the trio in third place.


season, but was disqualified half-way through for making illegal adjustments to his vehicle, put his


Chris, who led the championship for much of last . . house In order by taking both his heats as well as the


^After his usual poor start, John, who was second overall in last years competition, came flying through


to qrab second place on the day. Frank, the reigning NORA 400 c.c. champion, suf­


fered the indignity of crashing out of his first heat but showed gutsy determination to drive a great second heat and pull himself up into third place in the final. Doncaster is probably one of the worst off road


courses in the championship, but the three local joiners endured the awful conditions and dovetailed nicely to build a framework for future Ribble Valley


successes.


points, there is still a long way to go before the real celebrating can start.


With eight races left, the last one offering double 4 _


.. . . . .


been a better start to the season. The next competition for the three will be on April


But a one, two, three In the first race could not have


17th In the second round of the six race Super Moto tarmac championship.


the Fox and Hounds at Ewond. was the first time the local girls had ever played at county


standard before. Blackburn took a 2-0 lead


. . playing on the TV in 10 years signed by all his team-mates goal. t watch for such a Wolves held a special presen. After the restart, the Chth- , Pi;th


v o u n SW e r ami he playa tation for Valantin at Clith- eroe lads were ^ with such enthusiasm. I would eroe Cricket Club. He was the prolific John not be surprised to see him presented with a football equalised with a well-taken


time ft is a shame to see him and presents and souvenirs by The Wolves piled forward go be his a£o stood out as a the managers he played for. and Valan in received the person and a.liled a bit of cut- Fortunately, V alantin s perfect send off when his fret- lure to local junior football." departure date to 1-ranee was scoring tum -m aU la g a n


pupil 'I Family. The idea behind the project


Thomas Woods and his Saturday at the league lead­ ers West End United in the


is to give young people the opportunity to experience life in another country ami learn a new language.


Knockout Cun quarter-finals. West End had not been


beaten for over 20 matches


ami their strength showed as they took a first half lead from


Wolves play Michelin in the semi-finals. Team: Barkess, Labonne,


Saunders. Barker, Heesom, Mallinson, Cross, Clark,


Clitheroe and District Pool League


Divisional titles destined for dramatic finishes


A DRAMATIC finish to the winter season in each division of tlie Clitlleroe and District Hoi»l League is assured, with two weeks left. The coveted Premier title is


with Rev Brunker and Sarah Atherton (both Victoria Hotel)


losing narrowly. A superb fightback saw


Carole Karnell (Royal Oak) and Vicky Chathurn (Swan a n d Ro v a I ), b o th w i n comfortably. The hosts showed their pedi­


being chased by the toj) five


tea le the 1 t becaure left, ami that is away at Dog and Partridge B next week. The Dog and Partridge are


gree by winning the next three frames to register a 5-2 suc­ cess. Nicola Ollerenshaw (KB Legion), Joanne Ktherington (Victoria) and Carol Walton (Castle) all matched their opponents but lost on the


black hall. Indeed, the team can take


l heart from the fact that all the


black ball and could have easily gone the other way. The match was played in a


osing frames were on the


verv friendly atmosphere and the' local ladies hope to build on a particularly encouraging


start. Ladies’ football


Emphatic victory


FOLLOWING on last week’s


Clilheroc Ladies 5, Runcorn Ladies 0


weaknesses at the back, Clith­ eroe shored up their crum­ bling defences, which enabled them to build on solid founda­ tions and come away with an


emphatic victory. Thev took the lead after just


well.


three minutes when a Hughes cross found Ralph, who scored


score back but tne home team had them under total control. Two goals from O’Brien, one a lovelv chip over the ’keeper. made the score 3-0 at half-time. In the second period. Runcorn


Runcorn attempted to pul! the form.


finished the rout on the hour. Clitiieroc Ladies: Vickers,


Sub: Byrom.


Shortly after the interval Hughes made it four and Ralph


, ,


Feather. McCleod. Ward, Parker, Middleton. Hindson, Scott. Ralph, Hughes, O’Brien.


Holes in defence Clitheroe Ladies 2


Lock Ladies 4,


dripped through an unusually porous Clitheroe defence, which left the local ladies with


FOUR goals in half an hour


too much to mop up. Leek took the lead in the first


few minutes of the game and


extended it. only in the 2oth ’ r - ........x-up


tiun clash is in prospect at the Horseshoe, where White Hart


At the bottom, ;i real nilejra-


are the visitors. The fine recent form of Horse­


shoe B has turned promotion to the First Division into a four-


and Royal A in a certain promo­ tion showdown.


____ ...


the only team still in the hunt |qaJk‘Ho’rse last week. Every White Hart, Pendle Hotel B v for the league anti cup "double. other gar


........


belong to Kings Arms R, but they remain long-shots for the championship standing five


argu


f>oints adrift. The clearest cut promotion


issue is in the Second Division where Higher Buck and Buck Inn look certain to go up, after the Buck rested Waggon Bs case with a big win last week. However, the battle for the top spot could go right to the


final frame. The only team who could


upset things are Hendle Hotel B, who visit Buck Inn on the final week. The refusal of the dogged Chatburn cavaliers to lie down serves them well for the visit of the inconsistent Waggon B tomorrow night.


and Castle R teams meet next Horseshoe B. Hetre Anns A v week in a game which could be p0mlle Hotel A, Brown Cow v of equal importance.


the Second ---- ----- . ----... -


Black Bull has put them back in i»etre Anns B, Black Horse v sight of the top two.


Premier Divis ion


Oak A 1; bve: Horseshoe A. Second Division — Brown


Cow L Hetre Arms A G; Horse­ shoe B 4, Swan and Royal A 3: Hendle Hotel A J. Craven Heifer 4; Royal Oak R 4, Cross Kevs B 3: Station J, Castle A 4.


Third round singles THE thin! round of thu Clitherou mid District Foul I.euituu


Hindus competition starts on Tuesday. E- • ■ -Tl. (|1L. iwst „f three frames and the cost of the


matches are to he shared between both players. All matches are i the form.Balls racked at 8.30 p.m.


at the same venue will referee the matches. I lie winners will he responsible for reitislerini; the result by teleplimlli l 0- ■li:i2.''G and also writing their names ill the space provided on


it is expected that players not involved in other competitions . . .


The venues are all Clitheroe unless staled otherwise. Dili; mill Fnrtridye, Harrow - G. Drunker (K1J I.W™ ' C T Stewart (Victoria), D. l’urkmsun (Kings Anils) \ b. lilack-


. ,.


again tried to get back in the game but Vickers, in the Clith­ eroe goal, was back to her top


' ,UKmK'!ArSs:’ unw,llm„ls _ ... Kenwick ,RB I-egion) v C Devine (Dog and Fart.), !!. Harris (Swan and Koval) v .1. Dvrnc \Vliitc I,ion, Market Flucc — F. l.ivescy (Kings Arms) v A.


IK»g i Part. IL. 14 in -1 5ft Kir.gsArmsA .. 14 ;> •* 5ti CrossKeysA... 14 ft 6 55 Kir.csArmsB.. 14 10 4 51 Victoria A..


mi i.i••fiion •


Hi W l. F 15 y 6 59


CopyNook


PogJi: Part. A.. 14 6 ft 46 IV'Ljcv Arms.. 14 J 11 3&


15 7 ft 51 . 14 3 11 3-1


Right■r Huck.... 14 12 2 67 HuckInn...


First Division HI W L F


iVnille Hotel B.. Waggon B ......... Koval Oak A .... Waggon A........ White Hart...... Pvg (Barrow)... Hor>eshuc A ....


14 S 14 10


14 12 4 67


13 0 14


31 07 31 67


a rt


6 til 37 61 •1 56 42 56


7 42 40 42 i) 42 56 42


4 10 35 63 35 3 10 33 5vS 33 2 12 31 67 31


ftwan & Kv! A .. 16 11 5 72 V)to 74


Hi W l. F A Ft 16 12 4 74


.Valsli (Dog and l’arl.). D. Jarrold (Dog mill 1 art.) v M. Kevn-


,’Tro^K™Ll’:lf,'.werBale - S. Duerden d ’etre Arms) v E Harries (iUi j.egioli), .1. Hirkbeck (Buck Inn) v I. Wallbank I Koval


Din: and Fartrige, Wcligate — K- Holden d ’etre Anns) \ (t. Burgess (Kings Arms). A. Drunker (HD Legion) v D. Stoker


** Higher Buck, Wnddington — A. Gudgeon (Dog mid Fart.) v J. Ball (Swan and Koval), M. Blythe (Swan ami Koval) v 1. Holmes (Swan and Kuyal).


Fondle Hotel. Chutburn — A. Richards (Dog ami I art.) i K Holmes (Castle). S. Darker (Swan and Koval) v C. Steele


. ...........„■ , ..


'^I'vnc^Arms. Langho — 1’. Johnstone d'etre Anns) v J.A) hit taker (Dog and Fart.). K. Jones (Koval Oak) v S. dojie (Duck inn).


Ribble Valley Ladies Darts Petre set sights


DIVISION ONE leaders l ’etre Arms took advantage of their nearest challengers hav­ Oing a free week bv beating


a lifeline just before half-time and this spurred them on in the


isitors


Presidential battle ends m victory for holders Whalley 2.


Clitheroc Res 3 (act)


A TITANIC quarter-final contest between two top Kib­


ble Valley sitles sailed into the stormv waters of extra time, where Whalley's I’residenl s


with an extra 20 minutes to plav, their desire expired. 'file Shawbndge side started


hull hail erusaed the Ueadball line. The referee’s whistle did not blow ami a delighted Clith­


well. With IS minutes of the game underway a cross front Uaniien llurch was headed towards goal by Geoff ^ouiig. Kieron fox, in the Whalley


Cup challenge "was torpedoed K„al. misjudged and the baH ami sank.


and. having sailed these waters whalley equalised immeiHa- before, their mind’s eye is fixed lej„ shuun Smith and Robin firmly on an extraordinary night jjur., combined well for the lat* of football at Turf Moor. In u,r t0 chip Have Whalley in the


Clkhuroe arc the cup holders eroe were ahead.


L-xtra time they dug deep to keelp their challenge alive.


could not match the detcrinina- lion they showed in the JO minutes of normal time ami.


W ..bailey, on the other hand, Rally returns


AFTER u b re ak of six years. Clillieroe anil Dis­ trict Motor Club ran the


Hull Trophy Rally. A demanding l ’JO-mile


course around Nurtli Lnn* cash ire and parts of > ork- sliirc brought the best out of the JO crews who started from Clilhe roc Auction


Marl. The went her also pro­


vided a stern driving chal­ lenge and the winners were


a lean) from Keighley. The host placed Clith­


eroe crew were I. Nnijili and M. Be attie in a KS


2000. cjjiheroe goal,


more twists in it. Just before half-time the Whalley defence stopped when they thought a


A competitive half had two C h a l k i n g u p


'ITIE East Lancashire Bil­ liards and Snooker Asso­ ciation is inviting entries to the 109-1 Junior Snooker Championships.


sored by the North lames Training Grout) and the age categories have been divided into under Us, under l(is and under 19s.


The event is lining s |miii-


category is ill and forms cull lie obtained from local snooker clubs or fi om the association’s se cre ta ry


The entry fee for each


Alan Holden, 101 Dill Hall Lane. Accrington, BBu •IDT. Tel: (025-1) B7BS88.


crept inside the |K>st and Chtn-


eroe team turned on their heels as the ball was nodded back and prodded home. On consulting the linesman,


the referee overturned his ear­ lier decision and disallowed the


attempt.For a moment the Furies blew on Ixith sides and the easy


passage of the vessel of a hard- l*o i


fought game may have been smashed on the rocks of refer­ eeing indecision. However, there was no dis­


puting the next score. On the stroke of half-time, the visitors regained the lead when Mickey Graham jxiwered in Andy Hul-


ehinson’s eruai.Whallev threw their all into a second half, in which they needed to equalise iust to stay in the comjietition. As the game flowed from one end to the other, the surprising aspect was that it took 25 minutes for a goal to come. From a Whallev corner. Dar-


second half. lf


clinching goal. Moments before the late win­


ner, Dave Harr almost snatched the game for the home side with a shot that was cleared off the line. Clithcroe had the final say.


eroe could throw at her. But with five minutes to go, O’Brien was brought down in the pen­ alty area and Scott converted to give a little credibility to the


Le ek ’s ’keejier had an insinred ha f, blocking everywnng uim- ..............


gw........... , score.


Their last shot destroyed the Whalley boat. Paul Smith fed


gonee- on to win, hut Dave Whal- y


ee{i


ferent story. Clitheroc showed McBride, Moran, Johnson, superior fitness and Whalley non, Hutchinson, Smithy Ora-


..n.ni SHOTGUN SUCCESS Golf


THE winners of Clitlleroe Golf Club’s Famous Grouse Shotgun Foursomes have won themselves a shot at the r e g io n a l f in a l s of th e coin|ietition. Later io tile year. 1). McIn­


tyre and II. Hemingway, who won the local event, will be Clitheroe’s representatives.


final, the captain and profes- sional closed ranks to take the


in thu Club's Winter League Tennant and 11. Mulligan (SO-IK K. Clark (89-15.5-


captain and professional (+.}): 2nd, W. G. SjHMik and Miss K. Speak (+3).Fourball Par — 1st. H. Robin­ son and M. Dawson (+5); 2nd, H. Dunn and J.CartmeH (+J);


Winter League final - - fKO.ir. 5.72.5)..5). 1st,


i& sm l to 'k r F M ' i S r THE winner of the L.mc.,- shire Golf Union February


competition. Results: .Shotgun l om-somes .......... ...


_ 1st, I) McIntyre and H. w a s Mrs I r e n e H m k s Hemingway (78*10-1)8), 2nd, G. (IK)-lG-(-l).


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ren Hope rattled the crossbar shot passed Fox and his Clith- aml Bury tucked in the rebound, eroe side into the semi-final. The home side could have Whalley: Fox, Bentley, Fuole, Hope. Farr Jordan, I ar-


John Holding, who slammed his


McLeod, Ward, Barker, Slack, Rvrom, Scott, Ralph. Hughes,


Clilheroc: Vickers, Hindson, , . . . . O'Brien. Subs: Room, Watson.


Ic•y produced some heroics to kinson, Potter. Dolton, bmitli, 5 " by thu keop the holders in the gume


b(.;


But in extra time il was a dif- Cl.theroe lies: Whalley, Clitheroe showed McBride. Moran. Johnson. Gan-


liuryx Subs: i’llkinkton Burton. c.^tLa Lcam.e ,


wilted. However, it took ’/S ham, Burch, Young, Kilcy. Dige 'LL’L minutes for Clitheroe Reserves’ Subs: Holding, Lewis.


71)“ 3rd. captain and H. Marlow Stonvhurst College's cricket (75-2.5-72.5); 4th, A. Parker and l-


pitches this summer. ollege*


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3rd T. Owen and A. Child (+1). these names, along with perhaps ,nK the greatest all-rounder of all Stonyhurst?


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be* at the college, which will be the North West and North Mid­ land's venue for the newly- formed Legends Academy l ast Bowling Clinics.


part. England.England.


Indies se rve as a timely reminder that English cricket needs another Fred Trueman! Who knows? Could he be wait- to be d isco v e red at


Recent events in the West . t i IV T oH n l w i n n e r time, Sir Garfield Sobers, who is The Stonyhurs T l tU c l l W U l lU - i t.Vp**ct*'<l to he tukimr part, will aimed at all ages ;


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application form should contact Mrs Catherine Firth at Stony- iuirst College (Tel: 0254 82G345).


are no’strangers to Test match stars. For the past two seasons the cricket coaching has been done by the West indies star Roger Harper and by Haul Allott of Lancashire and


considered for the HUH- everything Chth-


clear at the top of the table. In Division Two, Castle


wd Neds to go U points


maintain a 12 point lead over Starkies at the too, despite


. , not playing. Starkies were t0 a (jraw bv Dog and


,tn’ Results: Division One .bulge Walmeslev G, Royal Oak


partrj(|.,L. (Harrow) R. 2.. .r.__ , ..... A •» i?u i


5, Low Moor 3; Cross Keys 1, Black Bull 7; Dog and Partridge (Barrow) R 4, Starkies 4: White Horse 3, Dog and Partridge 5; byes: Dog and Partridge Harrow


Division Two— Millington BC ...... ir tie s should W i n n i n g W O lV es


Lancs A- Gastle, CXW MC. „ 7.


; • „ ©


A CRUSHING 9-1 win was inflicted on Brierfield Celtic by Clitheroe Wolves under 10s — despite the local side fielding onlv eight men at the kick-off. When at full strength, the


11,u


A 5; New Inn 3, Catholic SC 5; Hetre Arms G, Owd Neds 2; RB


; Kings Arms A J, RR Legion


Legion R G, Craven Heifer Victoria 2, Black Horse G; bye: Kings Arms B.


(Judge Walmeslev) 140, Carole Baxter D'etre) 140, Janet \ ates


High Scorers: Evonne Kay


(Dog. Barrow) R5J. Points and portions: Divi­


sion One — Hetre Arms I IS. Kings Arms R 105. Judge Wal­ meslev HU. Craven Heifer PL Rlack* Horse 80. RR Legion A M’,t RR Legion B 85, Catholic SC S-l. Royal Oak 70. New Inn 71, Kings Arms A il, Victoria (VI, OwuNeds GO.


Starkies 8G. Low Moor 7G, Dog (Barrow) B 74, Black B«ll 7J, Dog and Partridge 73, CCWMC 70, Dog (Barrow) A !»7, White Horse Go, Cross Keys 52, Bii-


Division Two — Castle OS,


lington BC 40. The singles venue has


changed from the Royal British Legion to the Castle.


BURNLEY FOOTBALL CLUB d e v e l o p m e n t a s s o c i a t i o n


C L A R E T & B L U E B O N D


Clitheroe team took total con­ trol. Goals from Glen Dinsdale (J), Lawrence Seedle (3), man- of-the-match Steven Wilson, Michael Coar and James


under 13s enjoyed a recent 4-0 tver Belvedere.


Drinkall. • THE Clitheroe Wolves


victory ov r— -


Gamer earned him man-of-the- match with Steven Wilkinson


A hat-trick from Matthew


gUJiT?)NY°MIDBLETON was the hat-trick hero for the under 12s who clinched a "double” suc­


cess over St James's. The result secures at least a


Robinson.


runners-up s|>ot for the Wolves whose other goals came from Matthew Coulter and Phil


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Swan & Kyi ll... 16 12 4 6ft 44 6ft


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Bridge.............. 16 ll 5 6ft 44 6ft Ctotle B ........... 16 13 3 66 46 66 Victoria B ....... . 16 10 6 63 49 63 Commervia)..... . 16 10 6 t>ft o-l aft 16 5 ll 51 61 51


Victoria B's big win over Third Division— Black Bull v Swan and Royal B, Castle B v


Castle A. . t , f4 „


Cross Keys A 4, RR Legion 3; Victoria B, White Lion v De Lacv Arms 5. Dog and Par­ tridge A 2: Dog and Partridge B 4, Copy Nook J; Kings Arms B 5, Victoria A 2; bye: Kings A. First Division — Waggon B 1, Buck Inn G: White Hart 0, Royal


Results: Premier Division — Commercial, White Horse v Bridge


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Castle B won 7-0 at home to roW) v Buck Inn, Horseshoe A v ' ’


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