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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, August 6th,,1998
Letters to the Young Enterprise
statement on mistake ON behalf of the Area Board of Hynd- bum and Ribble Valley Young Enterprise Agency, we wish to make an official state ment regarding the recent press state ments and letters published as a result of the "confusion" surrounding the final pre sentation evening.
Regretfully, a mistake was made at the
error, not by the judges as reported. . When it was realised that a mistake had
been made, we understand the judges dis cussed the situation and, in view of the very high standards and quality of both Young Enterprise companies from Lon- gridge High School and Ribblesdale High School, it was decided that either school was worthy of representing the area and therefore the announcement of Ribbles dale High School as the winner was to
stand. As matters relating to the judging ... ,, . , . any problem; .
ty took place and the following week the’ matter was brought to the attention of.....
However, a breach of that confidentiali . . .
Longridge High School. A full investigation then followed, car
ried out with the knowledge of Young Enterprise at Oxford. A number of options was explored, including both schools rep resenting us at the next stage. Our main concern was to act in the best interests of the young achievers and, as Ribblesdale High School was due to take part in the East Lancashire final a few days later, it was decided to stand by the judges' deci sion on the night that Ribblesdale High School should go forward to the next
I t should be mentioned a t this point
that Ribblesdale High School offered to withdraw, but that the area board felt that this was neither appropriate nor accept-
In view of the progress made by Rib blesdale High School following our event,
we feel sure that all will agree that they were worthy winners and excellent ambas sadors for the area having then been selected as: outright winners of the East Lancs final; outr ig h t winners of the North-West final; third in the UK final. We hope that all concerned will appre
ciate the dilemma that we were faced with and wg are delighted to announce that Longridge High School's young people have not been overlooked in all this and have been selected, along with six other schools in the UIC, to present Young Enterprise a t the CBI conference in
November. Finally, the board is very proud of the
achievements of all participating schools, this has been borne out by the excellent results in the Young Enterprise exam. We would also like to point out that, in line with the Young Enterprise mission state ment, the emphasis is, and always will be, on ."Learning by Doing", the winning of cornpetitions is secondary.
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final presentation evening. This was a gen uine mistake made as a result of a clerical,
,.. Clltheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331,(Cla88lfled) ,
: Write to: Th e'Ed ito r , Clltheroe Advertiser arid Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe BB7 2EW.
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people to understand and value the role, of business, through practical business pro-
' Mission: ’.'To inspire and educate young Valuable lesson
jects which develop attitudes and skills for personal success, for lifelong learning and
employability.". ■ ; , v ,. . - ■ ■ -: The mission isachieved through three
unique programmes, all incorporating the approach of "Learning by Doing". • We would like to assure all those con
cerned .that steps have been ;taken and measures put in place to make sure that such an error does not occur again.
TREVOR ROBERTS,
Chairman, AILEEN EVANS, Vice-chairman, Hyndburn and Ribblc Valley Area Board.
My school has
process are confidential, this situation was dealt with by the judges and neither the area board nor the schools were aware of ...
behaved honourably AS headteacher of Ribblesdale I feel I must respond to the recent Press coverage about the Young Enterprise Scheme which provides pupils with the opportuni ty to'experience the world of business at first hand-"learning by doing." , Ori April 30th.Ribblesdale, along with ... ■ Longridge and other local secondary
schools, ’■ pa rt ic ipa ted in the , Hyndburn/Ribble Valley finaURibbles- ,,
dale was declared the winner. On Saturday, May 9th, nine days later,
Mr Trevor Roberts, chair of the area Young Enterprise Board, asked me to attend an urgent meeting. Mr Ashworth, my link teacher; Mr Parrott, Ribblesdale s business adviser; Dr Saunders, my chair of governors and I attended. At this meeting we were informed th a t Longridge had scored two more points than Ribblesdale on the night and was therefore claiming first place. Ribblesdale offered to with: draw or to go forward with Longridge to
the next stage.. Having consulted the National Board .',
at Oxford, Mr Roberts was categorical that the decision of the judges was final and that Ribblesdale was the chosen rep resentative to go forward to the next round. I assumed,-wrongly it now tran
spires, that the matter was at an end. Longridge waited until the magnificent
national success of Infinity, the Kibbles- dale company, to go public on their fester ing grievance, presumably to cause maxi mum damage and embarrassment.
In last year's competition, Ribblesdale '
won nine of the 12 awards, yet were only placed second in the Hyndburn/Ribble Valley final. We strenuously protested to the area board and were encouraged by many to go public on the issue. We chose
to remain silent.
my professional colleagues at Longridge. I am upset by the public disclosure, but 1 know that Ribblesdale has behaved hon ourably throughout the competition and am proud to be the headteacher of those pupils who represented the North West so well in London and returned victorious.
I am disappointed by the behaviour of . , , .
GLYNNE M. WARD, Headteacher,
Ribblesdale High School, Queen's Road, Clitheroe:-..
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about business world1 I WAS angry and dismayed to see the letr
ters from so-called adults regarding Rib- blesdale.High School's controversial .win j
: over Longridge High School in the Young •. Enterprise area finals., -:
■:> As a former Young Enterprise .achiever ,. ■ ' y::*
■ was too late, seem to have been forgotten., ’ I remember all the hard work my com- .
• from seven years ago, it saddens:
me.that... the efforts of the schoolchildren, who knew nothing about the "cock-up" until it
pany put in to make our product a success and there was none of this immature rivalry between teachers and business .
advisers. Everyone has asked why Longridge - ■ - /.
' .gridge waited until Ribblesdale. High ■ School had achieved an admirable third,
waited until now to bring this travesty, to light, but those who chose to actually read all of Vivien Meath's article in the, July. 30th edition of the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times will know that both Longridge and Ribblesdale were in consultationwith the Young Enterprise Area Board, who decided that the wrong results stood. • ...... I t seems to me, that the teacher at Lon-
' c place in the national finals before faxujg, the local Press; Surely; it would have been, far worse arid very unfair to the Ribbles dale pupils to have done i t before this important competition?
Young Enterprise is about helping .
youngsters to learn about business and not about the teachers and parents having child-like ”my company's better than your company" slanging matches. , I do feel, though, that all of, this years..
Young Enterprise achievers'.will have gained a valuable lesson in what cari hap-
. pen in the real business world.. RIBBLE VALLEY YOUNG ENTERPRISE PAST ACHIEVER.
Disillusioned young
achiever’s viewpoint THIS year I have participated as an achiever in Ribble Valley Woung Enter
prise for the first and last time.r- I have been disillusioned by the way the scheme has been organised. The Enter-
prise Agency, which is in. charge of Ribble Valley Young Enterprise, was highly . incompetent for the entirety.of
my.year as
an achiever.
results of the overall competition, they were also responsible for my Young Enter prise company not being provided with vital information about competitions until it was too late.
As well as infamously mixing up the ' - ,
As for the controversy over Ribblesdale High School, I can safely say that I am an
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• insider, yet an observer of the situation. I am completely unconnected with Ribbles dale or Longridge High School, butT was, however, a director of another company in the area and actually spoke at the Mytton Fold competition.
The judges could have, and should have, rectified the situation at the time and all
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allegations of cheating could have been; avoided. They realised the mistake imme- ■:
diately. ' ' ‘ I t may sound like sour grapes, but I was
disgusted a
t.th e way the Ribblesdale back-up staff reacted when the results were announced. They did not respond , withmerepride - their attitude, in my «/• opinion, left much to be desired in a room
rull of 15-year-olds. Young Enterprise has become a farce.
The competition between teachers from opposing schools has become so intense th a t some companies are run almost entirely by the adults and not in the true spirit of Young Enterprise. • Although my company did not win the
• satisfaction and learnt more than those achievers from other companies, who received over-enthusiastic "help" from link teachers and advisors. My company, had ,,, two link teachers and one advisor helping us. They advised us well and were dedicat- > ed, but they left all the decisions to us, the
overall competition, I think th a t the achievers from my company gained more
achievers. That is what Young Enterprise should
be about. ■
■ I was interested to read the Ribblesdale- • ••
' 1 supporters' letters in the Chtheroe Adver tiser and Times (July ,30th) expressing outrage at the allegations of cheating. I :think that these "supporters" should look
closer at Infinity's actions over the year. They organised three discos a t the
persons who have no idea of-how difficult it is to run a successful market stall. . *
and if they are forced to leave then they • may lose most of their income. . >
The market is some people’s livelihood ;
It seems to me that the only people who want a three-day market are the council ,s
'arid the traders who already a tten d on-,, Thursday,-because it is written in their-,
contract. If it is in their contact, then I agree they should attend, but
if.it is not in ,, their contract then attendance should be,
optional.
why the traders who do attend on Thurs- days want those who do not attend the... market on a third day to attend is to attract more customers to the market, it Thursdays were so popular, then the stall, holders should not need others to turn out and attract customers for them. If cabins
I t occurred to me that the, only, reason . ,
■ quiet on Tuesdays and Saturdays as it ; currently is bn Thursdays. Then fewer
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many of their families shop in our market, or even patronise our local shops! , iv: There was a time when I and most Clitheronians knew and respected every councillor, before bureaucracy took over. These days I doubt whether I would recognise 95 per cent of them, and this
‘ from our town members. If , they
do.try, • they are outvoted either by party alle giance or sitting on the fence (remember the abstentions in the parking vote?)
applies to the officials too. So what chance have we to promote Clitheroe's case? ,< ,We have little or no vociferous support
GEOFF SAINSBURY, ’ Beverley D r
Clitheroe.
‘ " Perhaps it is too much to hope for. a U-. turn - arrogance always replaces th a t scarce commodity, commonsense. , , ,
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.- ; i were to close; then the market would be as Thursday successful
• people would go on, to the market and , other stalls would be forced to close also.
>\ue to insist on-forcing cabin holders to -attend against their will? Will Clltheroe
grandchildren on to the market just as my grandparents did? Will the council contin-
In future, will I be able to take my
still be referred to a market town in five 'years’ time?AVill these questions ever be ■
GAVIN DIXON,
; school. Our company was led to believe I that discos had been banned. We could not understand this confusion and won-. , dered why we had not been told that there had been a change in policy. I also do not agree with all the letters
condemning the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times's report on the "cheating" issue: I do not think it was in any way critical of Rib- blesdale High School. A newspaper's job is to report news to the general public, and this is what the article did. If the members of Ribblesdale High
School's Young Enterprise company were so incensed by the article, then why did they notwrite in the letters section them selves, and not leave it to their "bandwag on" of teachers, business advisors and par
ents? . Well
done.Infinity for achieving so 1•
much and being a credit to the area, but I just wonder how far they would have gone without heavy backing.
RIBBLE VALLEY YOUNG ENTERPRISE ACHIEVER.
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Outrage at market
cabins proposal FOR many weeks, I have been hearing about Ribblri Valley Council's plans to force cabin tenants on Chtheroe Market to attend on Thursday or face eviction, and I am outraged at the proposals. Many of the traders who cannot attend
; are unable to do so because of other com mitments. These vary from other markets to owning shops to growing their own pro duce. I t does not seem right to me that these people are being told what to do by
. Buccicuch Avenue, Clilheroe.
Many councillors
from outlying areas I HAVE always been under the impression
- more fool me - that councillors are elect ed by the people, for the people. This very simple formula seems to have
been buried years ago and political alle giance takes preference, particularly when . the issue in question requires a reversal of
,the formula...
J On Saturday, riiore than-700 people, 75 - percent from Clitheroe itseif,‘
- • signed Mrs
Ratcliffe's petition, not objecting to the Thursday opening of Clitheroe market,
. but to the possible decision of Ribble Val ley Borough Council to evict stallholders who refuse to open on that day. , , , .
; My information is that this has caused considerable discord and
split.the market tenants into two factions, one stallholder resorting to very active advertising that he would be open Thursdays, obviously spy ing an o p p o rtu n ity to increase his turnover in the absence of an old- estab
lished trader^ a dog eat dog attitude. I'm probably being over-optimistic that
signatories should support their decision by action and boycott the Thursday open ings; possibly only the French would be so
minded. Do townspeople realise that more than . ...... ,
20 of our councillors, the majority in fact, in my opinion are not really-interested in Clitheroe's problems, coming from Ful-. wood, Wilpshire, Longridge, Mellor, Ribchesterand other outlying areas? How
answered and, if so, will these answers just bring up more questions?
' ing doubters among cabin and stall- hold-
market day ' ; AS oneof the Clitheroe market traders who has been turning out Quite regularly on'Thursdays, may I
assure.readers of the Advertiser and Times that it is^ success ful market day and a. majority of the traders are committed to it. ,, , ,. » , I t can only get better as the few remain-
ers,realise tha t the
third.day’s trading is profitable; and come and join u s . , If markets are to survive the onslaught
of the supermarkets, we have to take them on, not give up before the contest has even begun.1 The small shops like Spar realised long ago that you can beat the Sainsburys and Tescos if you offer something differ ent; in their'ease round-the-comer conve nience and late opening.
v In our case it has to be better quality, ■
alue, variety and more personal sendee. An extra day. helps people retain the
market habit. If they are forced to go else where in the long gap between Tuesday and Saturday, they may well cease to rely on us and desert us altogether. We have been promised a review after a -
- year's operation. What is there to lose by really trying to make a success of it? -
BATTLING MARKET TRADER. Thanks for decision
on the mosque plan WE are writing with regard to the recent events concerning the proposed develop ment of a mosque a t 26 Holden Street,
Clitheroe. We would like to take this opportunity
to thank the council for making the cor rect, yet obviously very difficult, decision. I t has clearly been a very testing time for all parties involved and we hope th a t a suitable sight for a mosque will soon be
found. Thank you once again. ^
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