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Mixed fortunes f ather ruins


.•against the same opposition. A


, 48 overs, but the visitors won with six "wickets and over four overs to spare. " And that was basically down to a superb ‘match-winning stand from Cherry Tree .professional Naeem Ashraf and partner ■Alan Grogan.


,i This rain-affected first round tie was -finally settled on Sunday after play was ..abandoned the previous day with . Clitheroe on 110-4. ^ The locals eventually made 181-9 in their


off Allen for one, with only two runs added on the board. Nine runs later Little was on his way, caught by Killen off Allen to leave Read


at 70-4. Graham Bardsley and Martin Greenhal- gh battled on against tight bowling in


worsening light. But after a burst of sunlight, rain, hail, thunder and lightning forced a stop to


-:the locals’ attack with contempt. Openers Mark Bolton and Andy Robin- ,-son were soon separated after Clitheroe


■' Clitheroe’s score was certainly a defend- -able one, but the visitors’ pair set about


. (chose to bat, Bolton caught behind with ...the score on 15. ’ " But Robinson was to boost the innings ". with a fine half-century. “ He and Neil Bolton took the score on to 62 before the latter was run out on 21.


play for the day. There was no play on Sunday, and the


game was postponed until Monday night. Full details of the final outcome will


C


■ And then Robinson was ran out having made 54 from 113 balls.


■ similarly short burst. Steven Whalley also reached double fig- cures, and there was a fine contribution i /from Neil Winkley, who finished unbeaten


*■» Mick Dewhurst added a quick-fire 24, while paid man Jon Fielding hit 21 in a


. ‘,the score on five. *' And the locals soon had Cherry Tree . struggling a t 4-53 in the 19th oyer as ‘' Booth struck again to see off Simon ?-Hulme, Mick Dewhurst sent Holroyd


. ^ Clitheroe when Gary Bolton was caught by namesake Mark off David Booth with


on 19. I t all looked to be going to plan for


-■■ But Ashraf and Grogan entered the fray ;u and took the Clitheroe attack to the clean­


■i'back and Fielding had Lee Kennedy caught by Bolton.


s e rs . o.i Ashraf completed his half-century in 59


balls, and the pair proceeded to stick around for 133 runs, with the paid man (,. smashing a six off Hargreaves to seal the


,^’win. " Ashraf finished four short of a hundred, " off just 92 balls, with Grogan unbeaten on 51 off 80.


TJ ■ Clitheroe will hope to get back to winning *J ~ ways and continue their fine league form '* ■ in the weekend’s double header. On Saturday they travel to face Eden-


. .


rt„field, before entertaining local rivals Rib- ci'blesdale Wanderers at Chatbum Road the | „ following day.


s ” ~ D EAD and Great Harwood were hop-


’•■ uXVring to conclude their Ramsbottom ■ 1 ' Cup clash last night. -i.i Limited play took place on Saturday, nothing on Sunday and the match resumed on Monday night.


appear in the Advertiser and Times next week.


round tie at home to Whalley on Sunday, Junelst.


Cup at Church Meadow at the weekend. And Wanderers will now face a second


bowl on what looked a seamer’s paradise. This was the case at first with the opening


Wanderers won the toss and elected to , . , .


batsmen struggling for runs against Gurinder Pal Singh and Terry Braith­


waite. They were averaging just one run an over


until the captain had Neil Fitzmaurice caught behind in the 12th over. Ian Britcliffe replaced the pro and strug­


F T E R la s t week’s last-over win against Cherry Tree in the league, u n b e a ten Clitheroe .crashed out of the Ramsbottom Cup


Like most of Saturday’s Ramsbottom Cup games, the rain played havoc, and this game had to be completed on Sunday. Whalley took first knock at Marshfield,


and led by a superb unbeaten 69 from Johil Kearsley, they reached 141-8 in their


48overs. Kearsley anchored the innings as he saw


eight partners come and go. He was supported by 21 from skipper Mark Fallon and 18 from fellow opener Paul Macintosh, but aside from that pair, the only other double figure score came from “Mr Extras” with 14. Professional Michael Curran proved the pick of the Settle bowlers, taking 4-24 off


hislOovers. I t was always going to be tight, but all


five Whalley bowlers performed well to do


the trick for the locals. The only one not to take a wicket was


ONTINUING their excellent form, Ribblesdale Wanderers disposed of Blackburn Northern in the Ramsbottom


Dave O’Neill — but he turned in the tightest spell of bowling, conceding only 19 runs from his 10 overs.


Clitheroe v Cherry Tree


CLITHEROE


M. Bolton cHoIroydb Hughes Z A. Robinson b Barton . . . .54 N. Bolton run out ................21 M. Dewhurst c Sudnik b Barton 3A Fielding c Hulme b Barton 21 & Whalley cHuImeb Ashraf 11 P. Seedle b Ashraf ................1 P. Bishop c and b Hughes . .3 N. Winkley not o u t ............. 19 D. Booth b Hughes ............. 0 N. Hargreaves not out .........3


Extras .............................H Total (for 9) 181


Bowling: Ashraf 10-1-28-2; J.


Hughes 10-2-30-3; G. Bolton 10-0-29-0;R. Ince 10-1-49-0; N. B a r to n 5-0-21-3; L.


Kennedy 3-0-17-0. CHERRY TREE


Despite a battling 85 from Tim Green, Whalley put paid to several of his partners


early enough in their innings to make sure the locals had a chance. I t looked a faint one with 10 overs to go,


but the Station Road attack restricted the flow of runs to a trickle to snatch the win.


Along with O'Neill, the pick of the Whal­ ley bowlers were Fallon, who ended ended with 2-23 off 10 overs, while Simon Gor­ ton took 2-31 off his 10 overs. The weekend’s double header sees Whal­ ley travel to face Oswaldtwistle Immanuel on Saturday, before a repeat of their Ramsbottom Cup tie with Settle again at


gled a t first to find a good line, with Northern’s skipper Mel Gillibrand pun­


ishing anything loose. The rain intervened several times, mak­


ing it difficult for bowlers and batsmen alilro and play was abandoned until Sun­


day. Play resumed with the batsmen looking


for quick runs in the remaining 15 crvers. Bromley was the first to hit out, cracking


two sixes off Graham Monk, but Monk gained revenge two balls later, having him


caught at point for 36. Pro Chetan Sharma joined his captain, pushing the score on, but Gillibrand was


finally stumped off Monk for a fine 73, with Blackburn ending on 166-3 off their 48overs.


Wanderers got off to a dreadful start when Sharma trapped John Rain leg


. „ , *


before. •David Howard followed for 10 and the home side were struggling at 25-2. Martin Davies and Singh steadied the ship with an excellent start of 88, inter­


rupted by rain and bad light. Davies’ knock was founded on resolute


defence when Sharma was in full flow. Singh was the more aggressive partner


.. No more play was posable on Tuesday—


“ Read to bat. -*■- with damp conditions underfoot, it was


with three sixes and six fours in his 65. Blackburn gambled on bowling out with


' '.and 33 overs were still to be played when the sides returned to The Cliffe last night. Great Harwood won the toss and invited


•- * always going to he difficult to bat, but likewise it would also be difficult fielding


•■u-a wet ball. • Play started more or less on tune on bat- . *r uiday with Read openers Terry little mid


«*„. After 2.5 ovnre the rains came and there


Nick Marsh facing the bowling of profes­ sional Chris Killen and Haworth.


l •>- was no play lor over two hours. When play was resumed, Marsh and Lab-


i'J- Professional Shahid Nawaz joined Little and they started to grind out runs from a


I, on nine off Paul Allen. !•;£► Peter Usher yet again was given out low Daniel Cheesbrough for rune. lbw .


! 'i ’tight attack. ' tS At 59 Nawaz lost his wicket, caught by


10 overs for victory, with three wickets in 1But in those last 10 overs, the home ride


squeeze uuuu^i


could only add eight runs as the locals squeezed through.


but not so now as Martin Briggs took them easily into the next round with a steady 27 not out, aided by Howard Braithwaite (10) and Paul Spencer (two


133-4. In the past they would have struggled,


not out). H ^.Whalley won t "hroug ’h to a second


round Ramsbottom Cup tie with derby rivals Ribblesdale Wanderers.


OLDING out in a tense finish, -V


J


off the challenge of Settle at Marshfield to * M o r n .


The Station Road ride managed to beat


their strike bowlers, and it almost paid off when Shovelton removed Davies for 41. When the pro was out, Wanderers were


Marshfield. O


action. And it was a successful weekend for the


local sides.


made it through to the second round, while Read seconds were hoping to finish their first round tie at home to Great Har-


Whalley and Clitheroe seconds both . ,.


however, Ribblesdale Wanderers could­ n’t emulate their first team and fell at the firsthurdle.


knock of 67 from S. Bishop took Clitheroe to 237-6 in their allotted overs.


A century for Andrew Booth and a fine _


the Chatbum Road ride bowled the home team out 108 runs short of victory on 130. I t was a little tighter for Whalley, but the Station Road men’s bowling saved the day. Whalley were all out for 102, aridng quite


And Cherry Tree were easily beaten as


a bit of their bowlers. But Settle’s reply stuttered and stumbled to an all-out 86 to see Whalley home by 16


Read couldn’t start their tie at the week­ end, and were hoping for a poritive result


during the week. But Ribblesdale Wanderers lost out at Blackburn Northern by 62 runs.


posted a total of 158-8, with Noray mak­ ing 51. But in reply, Wanderers were skit­


The Pleckgate ride had first knock and


tled for just 96. The revised second round draw is:


CLITHEROE v Stacksteads; Rolls- Royce v WHALLEY; Padiham v Earby; Salesbury/BGSOB 2nds v READ/Great


Harwood. There are byes for Oswaldtwistle


Immanuel, Blackburn Northern, Burnley


Belvedere and BGSOB. This weekend sees a double header. Tomorrow, Clitheroe entertain Old Rossendalians and Ribblesdale Wander­ ers travel to Great Harwood in the First Division, before the pair meet at Church Meadow on Sunday. In the Second Division, Whalley host


S. H u lm e c D ew h u rs t b D. Booth ................................ 13


G. Bolton c M. Bolton b D. B o o th ....................................2


A. Holroyd b Dewhurst . . .17 N. Ashraf not o u t ................96 L. K en n ed y c N. Bolton b F ie ld in g ...............................® A. Grogan not o u t .................51


Extras ............................... 7 Total (for 4) 186


Bowling: D. Booth 8-0-24-2;


N. Hargreaves 8.3-0-31-0; M. Dewhurst 10-0-33-1; Fielding 9-0-52-1; N. Bolton 7-0-32-0; P. Seedle 2-0-12-0.


UTSIDE the Senior League of the Vaux Ribblesdale League, the junior ■oaniw were involved in Lawrenson Cup


Ribblesdale Wanderers v Blackburn Northern


NORTHERN


M. Gillibrand s t H. Braith- waite . . . . . . . .b Monk 73


N. Fitzmaurice s t H. Braith­ waite b T. Braithwaite . . .7 P. Bromley c Singh b Monk 36


Sharma not out................ 27 N. Weaver not out


................7


Extras ....................... 16 Total (for 3) 166


Bowling: Singh 10-4-16-0; T.


Braithwaite 10-5-10-1; I. Brit­ cliffe 8-1-32-0; D. Howard 10- 0-43-0; G. Monk 10-0-56-2.


WANDERERS


J. Rain lbw b Sharma ......... 0 D. Howard c S h o v e lto n b Weaver ............................. 10


M. Davies c Barnes b Shovel­ ton ......................................41


Singh c Sharma b Smith . .65


M. Briggs not o u t ......... .... .27 H. Braithwaite c Mahboob b Sharma ........................10


P. Spencer not out ................2


Extras ..............................12 Total (for 5) 167


Bowling: Sharma 10-1-14-2;


R. Shovelton 10-1-25-1; D. Smith 10-0-49-1; N. Weaver 10-0-38-1; G. Eaton 4.2-0-36- 0; M. Gillibrand 1-0-3-0.


Settle v Whalley WHALLEY


P. M a c in to s h c B ry a n t b Fergy ................................18


J. Kearsley not o u t ..............69 M. Fallon run out . . . . . . . . 2 1 A. Pratt b Fergy .................... 8 D. Redhead lbw b Curran . .4 Smith c Morrell b Curran . .2 N. Keighley c Worthington b


Oswaldtwistle Immanuel on Saturday, while Read's visitors are Salesbury. The fol owing day, Whalley entertain Set­ tle, and Read are at Burnley GSOB. . There are no games in the Third Division.


. Dog reach national last 16


__ and Pa r tr id g e are among the best 16 teams


in the country. T h at’s the verdict after a great performance in the


C\ 1


■£■*• Area Knockout group. '.f i The finals saw 32 teams from all around the countiy


" “ — all champions in their I •‘■area — converge on the


! home of pool. ' - Clltheroe’s first match was '" a g a i n s t a team called


! Colours from Surrey. The I T Dog played some g re a t pool


i j '* winners. . Steve Almond and Andy


and eventually ran out 4-1 .


■ Sudworth put the lo c a te d ! . up before M a t t Brennan


j ” 'p e te r McQuade restored ■ Clitheroe’s two-frame lea !


f and Andy Riley sealed a


i memorable victory. . . . ^ That put the side m the last


!<•> Clitheroe side.


•Vv Thev played the Forresters Arms from Doncaster, the


i6, but i t proved to be a bridge too far for the ,


(X HnHazell and a team fan- ! ; i ;


Yorkshire champions a p - tained by professional Mar


to d ° weU in th e c om p e r ( i sH S S Sudworth. i : s


! : begins tonight w£h £ £ j ..' 47 teams dueto*?1


, the EPA rules. ..ft.,-,•» '■


! ± The Premier Div „World 1 v play to the n . four


^ wU1


■*z They had made it through £<* to the finals after winning &Z the Lancashire and Cumbria


,-ii National Finals in Great Yarmouth.


L ITH ERO E pool c h am p io n s Do g


The secretary has asked all


Premier Division teams to use common sense over the new rules — they are very different and will take some getting used to. All captains are reminded to telephone the result in at the


end of the games. TONIGHT'S FIXTURES Premier Division


De Lacy B v Dog and Partridge A; Dog and Partridge B v De Lacy A; Kings Arms A v Legion A; Buck A v Castle A. First Division


Royal Oak A v Higher Buck A; Mangrove A v Read Constitu­


tional Club A; Pendle Hotel B v Kings Arms B; White H a rt v


Craven Heifer; Higher Buck B v Whalley Arms; Waggon and


Horses v Stork Hotel A. Second Division


Brown Cow A v Bay Horse A;


Castle B v Buck Wrinkleys; Black Horse A v Pendle Hotel A; Black Bull v Horse Shoe A;


Legion B—bye. Third Division


s to rk H o te l B v New Inn;


Station Hotel v Black Horse B- Read Constitutional Club


B v Royal Oak B; Bay Horse B v Brown Cow B; H orse


Shoe B — bye. Fourth Division


_ .


stones v White Horse; Kings Arms Veterans v Mangove B; Pendle Witch v Buck B; Hurst Green—bye. • THE closest Three Rivers-sponsored Gisburn


Legion C v White Lion; Mill­


and District Pool League title race for years was last night poised for a thrilling


climax. Coach and Horses-A and


Pendle Hotel A went into their final game of the sea­ son level on points, with the former travelling to meet Grindleton-based Buck and the latter also hitting the road to meet the Buck a t Paythome. The Bolton-by-Bowland


s id e d e fe a te d P a y th o rn e - based Buck 6-1 in their penultimate fixture while their Chatburn rivals accounted for Coach and


Horses B 5-2. RESULTS


Coach and Horses A 6, Buck (Paythome) 1; Pendle Hotel A 5, Coach and Horses B 2; HIW


Wanderers 4, White Bull 3; /(Foulridge) 4, Pendle Hotel B 3; J m a I A D f lm i lo


Anchor B 4, White Lion 3; Ribticklers 2, Anchor A 5; Three Rivers 3, Coronation B 4; Copy Nook 4, Pendle Inn 3; Corona­ tion A 3, Buck (Grindleton) 4. POINTS AND POSITIONS 1, Coach and Horses A and Pen­


dle Hotel A 193; 3, White Lion 185; 4, Anchor A 170; 5, HIW 169; 6, Buck (Grindleton) 159; 7, Wanderers 153; 8, Copy Nook 152; 9, Coronation B 144; 10, Three Rivers 143; 11, Ribticklers 142:12, Anchor B 140; 13, Pen­ dle Inn 137; 14, Pendle Hotel B 133; 15, Coronation A 131; 16, Coach and Horses B 123; 17, Buck (Paythorne) 122; 18,


White Bull 75. DIARY DATES


At the Pendle Hotel, Chatbum,


on Tuesday a t 8 p.m.: Doubles final — Andy Sudworth and


Steve Almond (Pendle Hotel A) v John Moulden and Simon Mil­


ligan (Pendle Inn,Barley); Cap­


tain's final — Isaac Lancaster (Ribticklers) v Peter Booth


(Coronation). At the Pendle Hotel, Chatbum,


on Wednesday a t 8 p.m.: Singles final—Peter Fuggle (Anchor B) v David Riley (Wanderers); to be followed by the prize presen­


tation. ( B ow lin g S c e n e THE latest qualifiers in the Barkers Spring


Doubles at Ribblesdale Wanderers were both from outride the region. Opie and Barnes of Hariingden beat Ribbles- dale pair A. and C. O’Neill in the first round, and progressed to qualify in the top half of


Saturday’s draw.


Fellow Wanderers Wallace and Hitchon beat Mere Brow’s Wright and Birch, before losing out in the second round to Preston’s Ashcroft and Rigby. The Preston duo were later denied S


. . . t(. Bren_


f e n ^ « o e b a c k i n •5C th em a tc h a t^L


the • § = r » r r , ; d.


• There are still places available in the com- netition on June 7th and 14th. Entrants S d


m 's Gilbert and Holden.


contact M. Wensley (01254 824463). Saturday’s draw is:


J Gavin and M. Jones (Haslingden) v R. Jones and G Lonsdale (Southport); T. Bums and K. Wright


“ d


/Rnrnlev) v J. Finch and E. Thomas (Preston); B. Kmugand J. Postlethwaite (Ribblesdale) v R. Bis- eombe and partner (Accrington); F. Gill and P. Dunn (Haslingden) v R. Forster and T. Eahy (Hey- wood); T. Mitchel and P. Butterworth (Preston) v I Wade and R. Horsman (Skipton); L. Stopforth and R. Hefferan (Southport) v R. Goodman and P. Morley (Heywood); T. White and J. Pilling I Haslingden) v M. Watkins and T. Spencer (Rib­ blesdale); C. Wood and J. Allan (Great Harwood) v T Foulkes and I. Thompson (Pendleton). • THE latest Great Harwood and District Bowling League programme was severely disrupted by the inclement weather. The top-of-the-table clashes m the First and Second


Divisions survived and produced identical results. Haslingden BC replace Antley at the top of the


—, ' *" against Castle B.


First Division: Gt Harwood B Globe A3, Haslingden BC 7, Antley 3; Rishton A 7, Gt Har- wood! 3. Second Division: Globe B 4, Clayton


RESULTS w __ .


Gatty 6: Leisure Hour 7, Burnley Road B3, Kin- blesdaleB 5, Waddington A5. Thud Drraion. Salesbury B 4, Whalley B 6;FreeGardenas3,Sab- den Black 7. Fourth Divmon: Burnley Rd^A lib Castle B 0; Sabden Red 6, Yictona 4; Waddmgton B


TheR^denteOipOTnpetitiOT was held at Rish- I f S S j l S i ' S “


£member of the


Tte'q u ar tcr jS 'saw "^Hro r^RiS ito n of Great Harwood B, Akm Co™&j™“ £ ushton Street A and Ernie IxachjromjMdmgtoin Losing outatthesame stage vrae CasUe r e wot


) Fust Division, while in the Second Division Bum-


ley Road B were disposed of by I^isureHouit In the Third Division Sabden Black had a good win


at Free Gardeners to join them at the top, along with Salesbury B, who went down at home to Whal­


ley B. Sabden Red maintained their leadership ol the Fourth Division, thanks to a close encounter with Victoria, who are third. Burnley Road A recorded their second home maximum in a row,


S. Gorton c Fergy b Curran .3 D. O’Neill c Worthington b Johnson .............................1


Curran ...............................®


Extras ..................... 14 Total (for 8) 141


Bowling: D. Morrell 10-1-27-


0; D. B ry an t 10-1-33-0; A. Fergy 10-2-25-2; Curran 10-0- 24-


SETTLE


Stuart has keys


E L E Z 2 I s lS b Z J K&&A. ' l l £1 i s # to bright


future G


OLF a ce S tu a r t Andrew was handed


th e keys to a promising


future this week. Sanderson-Ford of Bum-


ley have sponsored Stuart as he sets out in his profes­ sional career. The c a r will help th e


Clitheroe-based golfer trav­ el around th e country to


compete in the Hippo and Mastercard satellite tours. And both S tua r t and his


new sponsors hope a suc­ c e s s fu l ; season will be crowned1


when he competes


for a European Tour tour­ nament card a t the end of


the season. Les Dearden, managing


director of Sanderson-Ford. is pictured handing Stuart the keys to his new car. He said this week: “Over,


the years our sponsorship portfolio has encompassed


a wide variety of sports and we are delighted to be able to sponsor a professional


golfer embarking on his career.


“We are always interested '


in helping talented people embark on professional sports careers. “We wish S tu a r t every


success for the season and in gaining his tour card a t the end of the season.” ' (CAT9108)


‘Rocky’ storms home to win individual award


shire on Saturday. W HALLEY Golf Club member Gary “Rocky”


MpaVln won the individual award in the East Lan­ cashire Golf Association Handicap Shield at Wilp-


BY GEORGE EMBLEY ______


ning, torrential rain, hail and sleet—left organising officials with no alternative but to reduce the event to three counters per side, Meakin carded a bracket with 77-12-65. splendid 77-11-66 to spear head the Long Leese Barn challenge. Stuart Dawson (92-9-83)


On a day when adverse weather conditions—thunder, light­ Marsh headed the 11-and-


under section with 76-10-66. And Norma Hoyle (87-19-


and J. Spencer (102-18-84) were the other counters as Whalley handed in 271-38- 233 to finish 19 shots behind the successful Wilpshire trio. Clitheroe claimed third


68) emerged the top lady after a countback over the


last nine holes. Kristen Baldwin won the


place with 237-19-218 thanks to the combined efforts of Paul Ainger — he was the third leading individual with 78-8-70 — Jonathan Dug- dale (79-6-73) and Scott Milne (80-5-75). Paul Rawlings (88-12-76), Martin Sherliker (92-15-77) and Harry Gould (97-16-81) were in action for Mytton Fold as the Lango club returned 277-43-234. Stonyhurst Park, represent­


ed by Mike Redfern (86-8- 78), Jim Crowther (90-9-81) and Tony Dobson (93-10- 83), handed in a 54-hole score of-269-27-242. • The Peter Harrison-Nigel Schofield pairing compiled 47 points to emerge convinc­ ing winners of the fourball Stableford a t Clitheroe on


Saturday. Peter Dunn and John Cart-


4; C. Johnson 8-0-20-1.


D. Morrell c and b Gorton 22 C. Fleming b Fallon ..............3


A. Fergy b Fallon .................. 8 T. Green c Keaney b Gorton .85 D. Worthington c Gorton b Smith .................


2


P. Humphries b S m i th .........0 Curran run out ....................12 D. Bryant b K e a r s le y ........... 7 C. Johnson not out ................0


Extras ...............................6 Total (for 8) 135


Bowling: D. O’Neill 10-5-19-0; M. Fallon 10-4-23-2; S. Gor­ ton 10-3-31-2; J. Kearsley 5-0-


25- Great Harwood


vRead READ


T. Lillie c Killen b Allen . .47 N. Marsh b Allen ..................9 Nawaz c Cheesbrough b Allen 9


R Usher lbw b A l le n ............. 1 G. Bardsley not out


............11 M. Greenhalgh not out . . .14


Extras ............................... 3 Total (for 4) 94


Bowling: Killen 4-3-1-0; M.


Haworth 6-2-27-0; P. Alien 10- 2-27-4; P. Houldsworth 8-1- 22-0; G. Simpson 3-1-5-0; P. Newton 2-0-9-0. • Match to be resumed last


night. WEEKEND FIXTURES


SATURDAY


Blackburn Northern v Baxenden,


Cherry Tree v Barnoldswick, Earby v Read,


Edenfield v Clitheroe,


Oswaldtwistle v Whalley, Padibam v Settle,


Ribblesdale Wanderers


v Great Harwood. SUNDAY


Bamoldswick v Earby, Baxenden v Edenfield, Blackburn Northern v Cherry Tree,


Clitheroe v Ribblesdale Wanderers,


Oswaldtwistle v Great Harwood, Read v Padiham Settle v Whalley


1; Smith 9-2-35-2.


mell claimed runners-up spot with 43 points, and Tom Nutter and A. J. Howat (42 points) took third place after a card play-off with the Robert Kane-Chris Hamer, Tom Poole-Eddie Whites


pairings. Malcolm Goldsworth and


Ken O’Brien totalled 41 points and finished sixth after a consultation of cards with Frank Dyson and David Roberts. The Jubilee Trophy was the


ladies’ 17-and-under section with 83-15-68. Tins year’s qualifying round was sponsored by Primrose


Garage of Clitheroe. • There was a blanket finish to the Ford qualifier at Myt­


79-5-74 and triumphed on the card from Alan Strange (102-28-74), Rob Hilton (81- 7-74) and Peter Bradbury (95-21-74). • Whalley golfers vied for


ton Fold. Danny Murphy returned


glory in the inaugural Robert Lightfoot Trophy, donated by the stalwart member to mark his 60-year association with the club. Proud holder of the new tro­


phy is Mike Wilboume, who returned 84-19-65 to win Division Two by a three- stroke margin from club cap- . tain Mike Ainsworth (84-16-


68) . Russell Hollender (75-8-67)


. • A card play-off was neces­ sary to determine the out­ come of Whalley ladies' Cys­ tic Fibrosis individual Sta-


7-68).


s bleford. Rosemary Grime (34


. Maybeth Sloan (30 points) claiming third place. • Clitheroe lady members were in action in a two-divi-


points) was given the verdict over Jan Armistead, with


prize a t stake in the three- divisional medal on Sunday. Alan Parker returned 82-11- 71 to top Division One and lift the Jubilee Trophy on the card from the Division Two winner David Brennan (86-


15-71). Paul Marlow (75-3-72) and


Barry Clark (84-11-73) com­ pleted the placings in Divi­


sion One. Bill Tattersall (92-20-72)


was runner-up in Division


with Geoff Tennent (91-15- 76) taking third spot on the


card from Keith Mortimer (93-17-76) and Ken Johnson


(91-15-76). Bryn H a r t won Division Three with a round of 96-23-


73. Clitheroe Junior Captain,


Daniel Preedy, won the Lan­ cashire Schools’ Inter- Regional Championship at Darwen.


sional medal. Mrs I. Hinks (86-10-76) won


the Silver Division and Mrs L. Mercer (102-23-79) fin­ ished f irst in the Bronze Division.


won Division One by a shot from Jeremy Thompson (75-


m i n r i 'Q m volvo . ” : j \ VoKt» i ’ ro -C a p iam C lw llt -n g c^ .


1I ~ LEADERS * ’ .CLITH


ERO U PO N E 71


jP SOTH RT AlH ASDLE 71 ASHTON AD LEA 7 1


AN appearance at Wentworth is the fabulous prize in store Clitheroe’s Robert Hindle and John Twissell, captam and profes­


for two Ribble Valley golfers. ‘ , ^ Appalling conditions made scoring difficult for all 68 pairs on the day ' ' _ ™ - • ,


sional respectively, won the regional final of the Volvo Pro-Captain ; .Challenge at Hillside GC Southport.'


and the Whalley Road pair shot a one-under-par 71 to tnumph on the card from the Southport and Ainsdale and Ashton and Lea elute. The Clitheroe pair will now travel to Wentworth to compete m the


grand final of the Volvo Pro-Captain Challenge against 17 other teams who have qualified from an original entry list of over 1,100


d u b s— thus making it the hugest pro-am tournament in Europe. At Wentworth, they will enjoy VIP hospitality on Monday, May 26th


__the final day of the Volvo PGA Championship — and challenge for the overall Pro-Captain title over the Championship course the


following day. At stake is not only the prestige in winning this massive tournament, . ,


but a magnificent trophy to be held by the winning dub for a year and a £2,500 cash prize for the winning PGA professional.


The leaders: Robert Hindle (left) and John Twissell are pictured after winning the Volvo Pro-Captain Challenge regional final.


BURNLEY FOOTBALL CLUB DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION


WEEK 13 PRIZE, VALUE


MON £50 £25


TUE £50 £25


WED £50 £25


THUR £50 £ 25 £50 £25


FRI


CLARET & BLUE BOND Saturday, May 10th, 1997 AGENT


NUMBER NAME


G0248 Mr McCumskay Accrington Nottingham


D6057 Mrs Dyson C3561 Mr S. Pickles


A2475 Mr M. Bond A5107 Mrs Gibson E0142 LTodd


SAT C1.000 F1459 DA & B Preston Burnley £50 £25


B5721 Mr P. Toner G5210 Mrs Dunham C3048 Mr Little . D3186 W. Lewis


A2495 Mrs Ashworth E3615 Mrs McCall


Burnley Nelson


Burnley


£63.000 a year in local prizes "FOR ONLY £1 PER WEEK" Collectors/Agents Required NOWI1 RING 700000


Agent’s Prize 168 K. Seddoa. £20; Drawn by M. Kerr JOIN NOWI DRAWN EVERY DAY


Promoter B. Dearing, Turl Moor Development Office


.F.C. SEASON TICKETS P — 9 7 /9 * ----


All existing season ticket holders will be receiving written confirmation offering them their present seats for next


season. This must be returned to the club together with the correct remittance as from Monday, 19th of May, until Saturday 7th June, in order to secure


their present seats.


Preedy, who skippers ELGA Boys and also represents Lancashire Boys, shot 71 gross to win by two strokes. Still with Clitheroe... Whal­


Monday, 9th June to Wednesday 11th of June the Ticket Office will be CLOSED for administration purposes.


ley Road members Barry Clark, Derek Marsh, Norma Hoyle and Kristen Baldwin are waiting to hear if they have qualified for a national trial that could lead to the honour of representing Eng­ land in the prestigious Rover Cup — an event which con­ cludes with the grand final at San Lorfenzo, Portugal. Clark, playing off 12 handi­ cap, won the 12-24 handicap


manWilkinson, Jim Noms of R^tonCoaKrva- tive A, Ribblesdale Wanderers Adam Walkice and


IT f e n e x t competition will be the ^ u r Ormerod Rose'lfowl doubles. That takes place at Rishton Bending Club on Saturday, May 31st. Closing date for entries is Saturday. May 17th.______________


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SPORTS DESK PHONE:


01282426161 FAX:


01282439863 Thursday 12th June to Saturday 14th of June all


renewed season ticket holders will have the opportunity to transfer their seats to any unclaimed season ticket holder seats before being put


on open sale.


Should any existing tickets not have been claimed they shall be put on open sale as from Monday, 16th June for one week at DISCOUNT PRICE


Monday 23rd of June the discount period ends and all season tickets will be full standard price.


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__ OPENING TIMES ____ Monday - Thursday - 9 .1 5 - 5 .0 0


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Friday - 9 .1 5 - 7 .0 0 ; Saturday - 9 .0 0 - 1 .0 0 Sunday - Closed


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