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Blues boss aims to build on good win
By JUSTIN CONNOLLY
NEW Clitheroe boss Steve Parry is hoping his side can build on Monday n ig h t ’s convincing win over Rossendale and achieve some consistency and stability. I t has taken the new man
edging things against the
better sides. “If we can do th a t we
should be able to put a bit of a run together. “We visit Bootle on Sat urday and play Holker n the
cup on Monday. “These two games will be
in the Shawbridge hot-seat a few weeks to become accli matised to his new sur roundings and get to grips with his players’ strengths and weaknesses. But on Monday the side
showed he is making progress and Parry himself wants to see the confidence return.! “We showed on Saturday
we can compete with the top sides,” he said after Monday’s game. “But I want us to be per forming at that kind of level
all the time. “We should be beating the poor teams easily and
tough but are important because we have to keep building on the progress we
are making. “If we can put a series of
Monday’s results, but felt the sides performance was still not as good as could
results together the confi dence will come back and we will s ta r t to get the results we want.” P arry was happy with
have been. “We conceded the ball
too easily and made life dif ficult for ourselves, especial ly in the second half,” he
said. “The goal came from a
silly mistake, but that’s the
kind of thing we have too eliminate - giving he ball away in dangerous places.” On Saturday Clitheroe
were beaten a t Kidsgrove after dominating much of
the game. " I don’t like to whinge
about the refereeing because people think we are making excuses, but a t Kidsgrove it lost us the game. “We were winning at half
time and were controlling the game for the first 15 minutes of the second half. “Then the ball hit Xav on
gave a penalty. 1 "We just carried on and
none of th eir players appealed so it baffled every
one. “Then they got their tails
up and won the game. “But we played well, as
we did tonight, now we just have to carry on and keep working to get things right.”
RESULTS Saturday
First Division Kidsgrove Ath. 2, CLITIIEROE
1; Mossley 0, Workington 3. Reserve Division North
CLITHEROE G. Bacup Borough 2; Ramsbottom Utd 3, Squires Gate 2.
MONDAY . First Division
CLITHEROE 3. Rossendale Utd 1.
FIXTURES Saturday
First Division Atherton Collieries v Leek
the arm and chest right on the edge of our area and he
CSOB; Bootle v CLITHEROE; Cheadle Tn v Rossendale Utd; Holker OB v Vauxhall GM; Maine Rd v Skelmersdale Utd; Newcastle Tn v Atherton LR; Salford City v St Helen's Tn; Workington Tn v Kidsgrove
Ath. Reserve Division North . Bacup Borough v Colne; Chad-
derto n v Squires Gate; CLITHEROE v Nelson; Darwen v Castleton Gabriels; Rossendale Utd v Ramsbottom Utd. MONDAY
Floodlit Trophy CLITHEROE (3) v Holker OB (1). Dennis menaces United!
Clitheroe......................................................3 Rossendale United..............................1 AN inspirational performance from Dennis Hill and superb home debut from midfield-marshall Carl Green wood earned Clitheroe three points
on Monday. Rossendale United were the visitors
and it was a crucial game for new Blues’
boss Steve Parry. He knew that if Clitheroe were to lose
they would slip down below Rossendale
in the table. He needn’t have worried. It would not be fair to say Rossendale
were a pushover — they battled well and what their football lacked in craft it made up for with commitment. Clitheroe made life hard for them
selves, giving the ball away too easily in dangerous situations. That said the Rossendale goal was
born out of error on behalf of full-back Dave Bennett - without that error it seemed unlikely Rossendale would have found it in themselves to beat Clitheroe
keeper John Parrott. Bradshaw was outstanding, showing
plenty of box-to-box stamina, a neat touch on the ball and aggression in the tackle. But it was Hill who shone on the left,
into something of a scrappy affair. Neither side could carve out any more
The game then gradually descended
real chances before the break and Glitheroe went in a goal to the good. When Bennett’s short back-pass
found pounced upon and smashed home by Jon Richardson four minutes into the second half memories of Saturday’s defeat at Kidsgrove came flooding back. But just four minutes later those
thoughts were dismissed. Greenwood flicked the ball in from
the right and Dave Gardner turned and shot home from 10 yards to restore
for the rest of the second half and scored again with 16 minutes left on the clock. Hill picked up an Andy Taylor pass
Clitheroe’s lead. Clitheroe had the best of the chances
on the left, cut inside and floated a superb lob from a tight angle over the Rossendale keeper and into the net. Paul Smith hit the post for
Rossendale late on, but there was no way back and Clitheroe safely bagged the precious points. Kidsgrove A th le tic ..............................2
Clitheroe......................................................1 CLITHEROE visited league-lead
regularly beating his man and sending over dangerous crosses into the Rossendale box. He capped a man-of-the-match dis
play with a delightful goal. Clitheroe started determined to play
the ball on the ground, and they paid at times when found in possession. But gradually they found a rhythm
and after 16 minutes took the lead. Hill provided the cross, the Rossendale defence made a hash of their
efforts to clear and Darren Norman smashed the ball home at the far post.
ers Kidsgrove on Saturday and were unlucky not to come away with a t
least a point. .That they did not was not down to
any failing on their part, but more down to some odd, disputable decisions by the
referee. Clitheroe started superbly and the
game was just five minutes old when Paul Lynch pounced to give the Blues
the lead. He took advantage of some slack Kidsgrove defending to nip in and volley
the ball home. The Grove tried to hit back and pro-
Golfer Danny enjoys great weekend
CL ITH E R O E golfer Danny Preedy was in
ine form a t the weekend. On Saturday he won the
gross prize in the medal -ound with a round of 71. And he then joined forces
with Jonathan Dugdale to score 77-4-73 to win the Shotgun Foursomes. Division One in the
medal round was awarded to Geoff Sutcliffe (79-10-69) after a card play-off with seven-handicapper Peter Street. Dereck Driver was third after a round of 79-9- 70, also needing a card play off to edge out six-man Don Partington. Bill Birch (90-19-71)
topped Division Two ahead of Phillip Walmsley (87-15- 72). Chris Eddlestone (87- 13-74) took third spot after a play off with Paul Levet (94-20-74). Richard Watson took Division Three hon ours with a round of 96-23-
73. Club captain Tom Brown
joind forces with Derek Eglin to claim second spot in the Foursomes with a score of 86-12.5-73.5. David Heesom and Paul Marlow (78-3-75) were third after a card play-off with Peter Street and Paul Connolly (82-7-75). 0 Robert Hilton and David Chippendale were in win ning form at-Whalley GC.
They carded 83-15.5-67.5
to edge out Andrew Hem- mington and Russ Hollan
der (77-8-69). O Mytton Fold GC presi
dent Fred Hargreaves and captain Trevor Thornber clashed in their annual team challenge. John Frain had the best
individual score with 38 points, Steve Taylor’s 36 points was the best amassed by a member of the cap ta in ’s team while Tony Cross scored the same total to be the pick of the presi dent’s players. The match ended in a
draw. Peter Bradbury beat
Chris Hartley 5 and 3 to claim the club singles knockout. Colin Elliott and Pauline
White joined forces to claim the mixed doubles final with a 3 and 2 win over Trevor Thornber and Maureen
Board. 0 Christine Stokes and Barbara Thornton will rep-
j resent ClitHeroe GC in the D aily Mail Foursomes , n a tio n a l knockout next
year. ' They returned 80-6-74 to win the local qualifier.
Castleton Gabriels 2, Nelson 2;
Mossley.......... 14 9 2 3 29 Workington..... 13 6 5 2 23 Skcl’dale Utd.... 12 7 1 4 22 Vauxhail GM... 12 6 4 2 22 CLITHEROE.. 16 6 3 7 21 Prescot Cables. 13 5 4 4 19 Rossendale Utd 14 5 2 7 17 Salford City.... 13 5 2 6 17 St Helens Town 10 5 1 4 16 Leek CSOB...... 11 4 4 3 16 Cheadle Town.. 12 4 3 5 15 Atherton LR.... 13 4 3 6 15 Maine Road.... 11 4 2 5 14 Ramsbottora.... 10 3 4 3 13 Nantwich Town 9 3 0 6 9 GlossopNE.... 13 2 3 8 9 Bootle.............. 13 2 1 10 7 Atherton Colls. 12 1 1 10 4 Holker OB...... 12 i
Kidsgrovc Ath.. 15 12 2 1 38 Newcastle Tn... 13 a
First Division P W D L p
TABLE 2 0 35 i 10 4
Ramsbottom.... 8 Castleton......... 7 Nelson............. 6
up to and including Monday. Reserve Division North P W D L P 0
Darwen............ 6 CLITHEROE.. 7 Chadderton..... 6 Colne.............. 6 Rossendale...... 7 Squires Gate.... 7 _ Bacup Borough 8 1
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Hot shot hits four
duced some good pressure. But John Parrott in the Clitheroe
goal was on good form and pulled off a
great save from Paul Kiely. Clitheroe then came back into things
and began to dominate the game. Left-wing wizard Dennis Hill was
causing all sorts of problems and expos ing the nerves of a nervy Kidsgrove
defence. Despite his good work Clitheroe were
unable to break through and remained just a goal to the good at the break. Soon after the break Parrott was back in action as Kidsgrove fought to get
back on level terms. He was inspired when free-scoring Scott
Dundas found a way through the Clitheroe
back-line and forced an incredible finger tip save from the Clitheroe keeper. The equaliser came when the referee
the arm and chest on the edge of the Clitheroe box, but ther referee pointed to
awarded Kidsgrove a controversial free- The ball hit defender Xav Bowers on
the spot. Richard Batho stepped up and slotted
the spot-kick home. It proved a turning point in the game as Kidsgrove came forward with
renewed vigour. Clitheroe looked solid enough at the
back with Gary Rishton on top of his game, supported well by Bowers. But Kidsgrove eventually broke the
defence down when Dundas ran down the right to score for former Blue Jason
Jones to head home. Dave Bennett was pushed on up front
to try to make things happen, but Kids grove held on for the three points which keeps them at the top of the North Western Trains League’s First Division.
JUSTIN CONNOLLY
Netball... LAST week we reported on th re e R ibble Valley girls who enjoyed county
success. Unfortunately we got our
facts mixed up. Gina Broughton and Laura
Alston - Year 8 students at Ribblesdale School—
Gibson, a Year 9 student from Westholme School, vie re the girls involved. Gina and Kay have been
and Kay
chosen to be part of the 19- strong Lancashire Netball Under 14s squad. Laura was chosen for devel
Clitheroe Reserves . . . 6 Bacup Borough Res. . 2 FOUR goals from h o t- sh o t Andy Sm i th s en t Clitheroe’s second string on their way to a crushing win over a good Bacup
side on Saturday. . Clitheroe fielded a much
stronger and more experienced side to that which has taken the field in recent weeks. Dave Worthington gave
Bacup surged forward and pulled a goal back just at the wrong time. Clitheroe came out for the
Just before the break
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Title repeat for tennis ace Mark
^ ace Mark Schofield won his fo u r th L an c a sh ire t i t le a t th e
TOP-Ribble Valley tennis
weekend. Schofield (24), who is also a pro
fessional coach based at the Ribble Valley Tennis Centre on Edisford Road, Clitheroe, retained his singles title in style at Middleton. .
Playing Loughborough's Craig
Edmondson, Schofield won 6-1,6-7, 6-1, before teaming up with Chris Peet to retain the doubles title. Schofield, a former National
Junior Champion and professional player, has experience against a number of the world's top players, but five years ago he decided on a
coaching career instead of playing
fulltime. He is one of a handful of. British
coaches to achieve the performance
coaches award. NET GAIN: Mark Schofield at the Ribble Valley Tennis Centre.
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them the lead and Smith fol lowed up soon after with his first.
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second half and made sure of the result with four more goals. Smith grabbed another three and Matt Garner popped up
for Clitheroe’s sixth. Bacup did grab another
consolation, but it did not take away from the great team effort the side aput together. Boss Mark Phillipson said after the game: “I t was nice
to be able to field a team of the necessary strength to compete at this level. “In recent weeks we have
played young and inexperi enced side who, as well as they have done in terms of commitment, need another 12 to 18 months to develop. “I hope the club will be
able to field a much stronger and more effective reserve
team from now on."
Maximum haul on first night of season
opment training with the Lancashire girls to hone her skills for next year. We apologise to the girls for
the mistake and wish them every success in their netball endeavours.
Hockey... C L ITH E R O E L a d ie s ’ Hockey Club took on Lytham’s first team on Sat urday and earned a 0-0
draw. From the off it was clear
that the two sides were strong and well-matched. The play was fast and end-
mean business in the First Division of the Clitheroe and D is t r ic t Snooker League after taking maid- mum p o in ts from th e i r opening game ag a in s t
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Royal British Legion. FIXTURES First Division
ley Conservative v Chatbum A; Police v Rimington A; Slaidbum v Billington A; Bilhngton B v RBL. Second Division
Talbot B v Low Moor A; Whal-
ATHOLIC Snooker Club B showed they
(scratch) 40. M. Lawson (2) 51; D. Flynn (27) 60, G. Clark (15) 70; D. Wilson (-3) 63, S. Harrison (6) 44; P. Conchie (14) 75, E Clark (-17) 63. Rimington A 8 (417), Billington
Low Moor B v Talbot A; Chat-
burn B v Clitheroc Conservative; Rimington B v Pendle Club; Waddington A v Downham. RESULTS
First Division Catholic SC B 14 (417), RBL 0
to-end and Clitheroe had some early chances, but were unable to make the most of the opportunities. Lytham looked close to
(316): S. Duckworth (-17) 61, B.H. Sims (-14) 54; I. Nash (-15) 61, A. Burgess (-4) 58; M. Byrne (16) 73, M. Graham (10) 63; R. Alston (scratch) 85, N. Garner (14) 26; T. Byrne (16) 65, M. Peel (14) 54; S. Simpson (19) 72, S. Maher (16) 61. Low Moor A 2 (355), Slaidbum
taking a 1-0 lead in at half time, but their penalty shot was turned away thanks to a first-class save from Clitheroe keeper Catherine Blackman. The second half continued
12 (441): D. Ireland (23) 66, B. Walker (15) 83: S. Parkinson (21) 49, T. Robinson (18) 75; S. Thomp
son (21) 70, D. Cowking (6) 84; D. Dean (7) 67, G. Parker (4) 58; E.
Kenyon (12) 50, A. Rigby (9) 64; J.
at an equally fierce pace with both sides having plenty of
Shears (22) 53, E. Rigby (6) 77. Ta lb o t B 4 (347), Whalley
chances to score. Clitheroe continued to defend
well with Amy Benson putting in some much-needed tackles as Lytham tried to take advantage of a number of comers. Neither side could break
the deadlock and the game ended 0-0.
Conservative 10 (426): S. Hay- hurst (17) 56, D. Cox (-17) 69; M. Robinson (14) 75, D. Carter (20) 66; A. Dickinson (1G) 44, J. Cross (20) 69; M. Cottam (13) 43, S. Holden (10) 74; P. Whitaker (11) 62, J. Sumner (12) 45; J. Proctor
B 6 (398): D. Calvert (21) 73, C. Gorzella (26) 70; J. Lund (25) 84, J. Ainsworth (27) 45; M. Rhodes (20) 49, J. Whitford (21) 86; J. Thornton (21) 66, Z. Mirkovic (27) 76; K. Dowbiggin (-7) 66, J. Kclsall (21) 90; S. Petty (13) 79, M. Unwin (23) 31. Second Division
Clitheroc Conservative 6 (369),
Talbot A 8 (417): T. Smith (27) 56. J. Winder (23) 82; L. Duck worth (21) 60, T. Procter (22) 87; I. Charlton (10) 34, S. Cookson (12) 94; D. Smith (-2) 47, R. Proc ter (8) 35; M. Whitaker (17) 89, A. Cookson (14) 57; K.A. Smith (27) 83, P. Procter (20) 62. Chatbum B 6 (392), Waddrng-
ton A 8 (430): P. Wilson (27) 86, B. Waddington (-14) 58; M. Paul (20) 33, D. Nelson (-2) 92; R. Turner (21) 68, R. Cowking (6) 47; L. Whittaker (27) T. Makin- son (11) 90; S. Tomlinson (27) 56, J. Wooff (21) 86; M. Pearce (21)
81, D. Houlker (18) 57. Downham 10 (405), low Moor 4 (369): a Aspinall (10) 65, P. Mer
cer (22) 58; P. Walmsley (26) 68, S. Mercer (21) 581 S. Turner (21) 71, B. Hodgson (16) 55; D. Walmsley (21) 64, D. Lea (21) 88; A. Cap-
stick (27) 67, M. Moss (14) 68; P. Parker (8) 72, R Berry (24) 42. Waddingtou B 4 (420), Rimington
B 10 (432): J. Davies (25) 70, P.
(12) 67, J. Timperley (20) 103. Billington A8 (362), Chatbum A
6 (337): N. Harris (-17) 72, G. Simkin (-17) 48; T. Rydohcard (14) 62, P. Craig (3) 61; T., Wilson
. Winckiey (20) 74; E. Houghton (21) 78, R. Boliand (12) 35; GLLaxton (27)
74, J. Lund Jnr (18) 77; I. Jackson (27)82, G. Allen (21)68;T.Walmslcy
(20) 71, HA. Seed (27) 72; N. Laxton (21) 35, E Hobson (21) 96.
Locals set to fly the flag
A TALENTED ten nis te am from th e Ribble Valley will do b a t t le w i th th e n a t io n ’s b e s t th is weekend for the title of Rover N a t io n a l Junior League cham
pions.
comprises two students from Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, and all of them train at the Ribble Valley Tennis Centre a t Roefield under the watchful eye of coach Mark Schofield. The team play under
The four-girl team |
HITTING THE BIG TIME: Anna Hartley, Rebecca Lee,EUzabem i nomas a n a ™ ^ v - up the Blackburn Northern Tennis Team that will be heading to the National Champi onships in Birmingham this weekend. 091098/7/17.
PHOTO: Colin Home
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the name Blackburn Northern and last week beat Ross-on-Wye in the quarter-finals of the competition after a nail- biting and tense affair. After the first round
of matches the two teams were tied at 3-3 and so had to play their four singles matches again. The tie-break failed
to produce a winner and so it was down to team captain Anna Hartley (14) to play a sudden- death match which she won. This weekend Anna
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and fellow team-mem bers Elizabeth Thomas (13), Rebecca Lee (14)
and Selina Kearvell (15) will travel to Birming ham to join up with the three other best teams; in the country. And while there they, will not forget the con
tribution to their sue-' cess made by 12-year- old Lucy Hunt, who. played for the side in the early rounds before dropping out.
not come home with the, trophy, it is a remark able feat to get to the final four of a competi-; tion which last year attracted 800 entries.
Even if the side do; , ; w
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