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Greatest day in Blues’ history
THE month of May provided Clitheroe Football Club with
their moment of glory. Co-managers Gary Butcher (left, CAT2139)
and Denis Underwood (right, CAT2138) led the side out at Wembley Stadium for the FA Carlsberg Vase final against Brigg Town. Many hours of hard work and dedication by
a group o f people behind the scenes at Clitheroe culminated at what can only be described as the greatest day in the history of the club. Sadly for the Blues, despite seemingly invin
cible performances in some of the earlier rounds, things did not go according to plan
at Wembley. Brigg Town held the Vase aloft after a 3-0
win as Clitheroe failed to produce their best form.-.-.
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It’s been another busy year in the Kibble Valley world of sport. JUSTIN
CONNOLLY takes a look back at some of those who helped make the news
But no-one from the Ribble Valley who trav
elled down to London that day will forget the sea o f blue and w h ite which gre e ted Clitheroe as they emereged onto the hal
lowed turf. Those same fans had packed into Shaw-
bridge a few weeks earlier for the semi-final against Mangotsfield from Bristol. For the first time the gates at the ground
were locked as a c a p a c ity crowd made Clitheroe hearts swell with pride.
. The success of last season is now being built upon by the team at Shawbridge. The aim is for Clitheroe to be playing Uni-
Bond League football next season. And top-of-the-table status at present indi
cates the hard work put in in the past looks set to bear more fruit in the near future. ■
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Silver success for karate couple Tale o f two keepers
FOLLOWING Clitheroe’s' l success in the FA Carls-
berg Vase ’ goalkeeper
Carlo &asb was bn the m o v e - jumping six divisions to join;
First Division Crystal Palace. Just a couple o f weeks after the visit to Wembley, it emerged that Carlo was poised to sign a deal with the London club which would see Clitheroe *35,000 better off. j
famous day. ’ '
essential for entry into the Uni- Bond League — could go ahead at ■
pace. The first fruits of those efforts can
be se’en in the new Nursery End covered terrace...... ...
. Carlo is pictured (above) in the Wembley goals durlng his last
appearance for Clitheroe.
^ ' ‘HATBURN grandfather A ^K e ith Johnson must have
■ Carlo played a major role in.ii Clitheroe’s Wembley run but was powerless to prevent defeat
on.that ■
He went to Palace after a number.! -
' broken some kind of record : when. he. took to the .field■
for:
Y his beloved village ifootball team in October, j
■ -
o f other clubs— Including Burn--: ley, Sunderland, Nottingham For est,'Blackburn Rovers and Preston ■ __had shewn interest in the giant
flist chbice Chris Day and got hls:. chance-between the sticks-when
Day was out injured. " ‘ The deal provided Clitheroe with
the financial muscle to give a num b er o f their on and o f f the field
plans the green light. The lucrative Vase run meant cash
had already been set aside fox- improvements in the playing staff, - but the money from Carlo’s trans fer meant planned redevelopment. ' the Shawbridge ground
- Keith had answered an emergency ■ call from manager. Gary Boyd to
• take up:his old position between: : the sticks just a month after his: >:50tH birthday!
■ - Keith, who was still as energetic Hejbtoed a s understudy to regular.,, (and agUe! as everj -had' made his-
.' debut for the side as a teenager back in 1962.
- He had-actually retired from the: game in 1991 when he reached the
age of 45. But the chance to get back in the'
- thick o f the action proved too
- ‘ tempting fo r Keith, who per-: formed well as his side beat Ribch-
ester 6-3-
:: Keith is pictured (below, CAX5084) , in the Chatburn goals before his recent return to action.
son th re e p o in ts sh o r t o f w h a t w ou ld h a v e b een a rem a rk a b le
T
double. Read were crowned Ramsbottom
Cup champions in July after a tight game with Bamoldswick. Nick Marsh was Read’s most valuable
player with a magnificent 84, with pro fessional Shahid Nawaz chipping in with two wickets and a quick-fire 61. The trophy went to Read for the first
time since 1983 after Barnoldwick’s total of 215 was passed by Read with
Read all about it!
O P R ib b le V a l le y c ricket s ide in th e summer we re R ead who finished the sea
four wickets remaining. A month later when the final Vaux
Ribblesdale League tables were totted up Read found themselves an agonising , three points short of the 113 points amassed by champions Earby. Other cricketing success came for
Clitheroe Seconds, who clinched the Ribblesdale League First Division by a colossal 28 point margin from Great
Harwood. Now among the more progressive Rib
blesdale League clubs, Read will be hoping to go one better next time
around. The team is pictured before the cup
final at Clitheroe in the summer
B e c k w h en th e y v is i t e d n a t io n a l championships in Birmingham back
S iri October. ' ' " r Wayne and Marie did brilliantly to win
through preliminary rounds to make it into the last four in their respective indi-; vidual competitions. After both winning their semi-finals, they eventually lost out in the final to claim the
county title to the national runners-up spot she claimed earlier in the year. Manchester was the venue
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for the Lancashire Champi onships as Susan, the county captain, carried-off the vet erans’ title. , . , That success came a couple
of weeks after Susan had returned from South Africa where she played for Eng land’s veterans team in an international competition. In a competition which had brought together 760 veter an players from around the world, she had gone six rounds without defeat and dropped just a'couple of games, a record which speaks for itself.
E P TEM B E R saw squash player Susan Meadows . add a
* v*- - * > 1 & iz - m
IL V E R medals were the prizes fo r k a r a te -k ic k in g h usban d
an d w i fe W a y n e an d M a r ie silver medals. Leisure Centre. . ' • Ma r ie , who has been involved in the sport
for ten years, was a members of the British squad in the early 1980s and held the British title for three years at around the
same time.
medals on their return-to the Ribble Val- ley.(CAT4316)
Wayne and Marie are pictured with their V
/ ’ \ V • The couple, who are both 26 and have
been married for five years, run Clitheroe K arate Club at the town’s Roefield
o’: | true for Ribble Valley horsewoman showjumping and cross country. , C r Joanna Jackson.
^ 'Joanna Jackson. She rode her horse Mester Mouse in the
* ;; . . His .triple success was madc c Team Dressage Championships for Great
Britain in the Atlanta Olympics. Much hard work and, sacrifice went into
■ Joanna’s membership of> the team, but disappointment-followed with a poor per formancc from the team in the Games.
» ond position, clocked up a total of 63.87 points ~ her lowest ever-in international competition.
The team finished eighth overall with. Joanna the second best of the British rid
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ers. Stronger fo r her Atlanta experience,
Joanna bounced back in style in October a m m I 4«4l a iv. .4 n A
ack
when she won a national title m tne NntionalClass Grand Prix in Addingham, again nding MesterMouse. ,
. w. .. . _ ' . _ m em , , - he season, and ^ {q upgradej us tBalco and'the ; A CHIEVING the incredible feat of Humcrist to intermediate.”
xXwinning all three novice sections at The horses have now'gone into the field the Bishop Burton Horse T rials in .for a well-earned rest, while Allan contin- October, locally-based rider Allan Birch • ues oh the indoor, showjumping circuit described his performance as “a dream .with Grade B showjumpers Golden Deal ‘ come true” .*
’ " ____ !____________________________________— ------^ — i and Heatley Avalon. - - 1
On Sunday in North Humberside, 23- Allan is pictured below with his three year-old Allan, based at End House Stud , prizewinning horses. (CAT4147).
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’ "■ ’ ULY was the month n dream came ‘ Form in Gisburn, won the dressage, His triple success .was. made even more, '
remarkable by the fact that he only began eventing this year.
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Normally a showjumper, Allan won on three separate horses, all of which are also ■ in their first year of eventing: ; They won all three sections out of a total ■ of 150 horses, with 50 in each section. ;;'
;ing,-the owner of the End House Stud Farm; won the first section by five pcnal- ties'and is upgraded to intermediate after
'this event. ■■ Just Balco, a former'racehorse ridden by nt. ■“* ; v rv-'‘ V ' - ’
■Richard Dunwoody and also owned by , ■Trudy; won the second'section, while.;
delighted. ft ?
Ribble Valley Olympian
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