Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, April 16th, 1998 Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) ro ie n


Shawbridge double gives Blues the chance


By Justin Connolly PAIR of away-


A


day fixtures yield­ ed Clitheroe a


p o in t over th e Easter weekend after Saturday’s visit to Nantwich was lost to a waterlogged pitch. But they did get some


action in on Monday — albeit a dour goalless draw at struggling Atherton LR. Now the side must pre­


pare for two home games following last night’s visit


to Darwen. On Saturday St Helens


Town visit while on Mon­ day Salford City make the trip to Shawbridge. Monday’s match gave


Harry’s notable family double B


u s in e s sm a n Harry Tuley has completed a notable family double.


The Read man has been elected


captain of Whalley Golf Club - 12 years after his wife Barbara was


lady captain. Chairman of the Scapa Group in


Blackburn, Tuley was bom in Rochdale and has lived in Read for the last 30 years. The new captain plays off 21 handi­


cap and succeeds Mike Ainsworth at the helm of the Long Leese Barn club. This week Tuley said: "I am absolutely delighted to be captain - its


a great honour and a privilege." He continued: "I have always been


interested in sport and the beauty of golf is that the handicapping system allows you to play at all levels even in


retirement. "It is an excellent game to take up


and play when you are too old for other vigorous pursuits."


Tuley has been hooked on golf since .


he was introduced to the Royal and Ancient game by former Whalley cap­ tain Bob Palmer 23 years ago.


M


ytton Fold Golf Club mem­ bers were in a c t ion in the


ELGA Handicap Trophy qualifier on Saturday.


The Langho golfers were in action in .


a 15-hole medal and a card play-off was necessary to determine the winner. Steve Turner (73-18-55) gained the


verdict ahead of John Frayne (74-19- 55) and the placings were completed by Russell Brass (75-19-56) and Dave Wetton (77-17-60).


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G e o r g e E x o b te y The Sanderson Ford-sponsored


ELGA Handicap Trophy will take place at Burnley GC on Saturday, May 9th.


Friday and Saturday. Nigel Schofield and Steve Dean com­


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piled 44 points and won on the card from Peter Pedder and Steve Dean - Paul Marlow and David Heesom (43 points) claiming third place after a play-off with the John Wetton-Jim Rhodes, Bob Capstick-Andrew Mick-


lewright pairings. Eddie McGarry and Neil Entwistle . ..


(42 points) won the Good Friday prize and Paul Connolly and Julian Troup (41 points) finished second on the card from the father-and-son duo of Bill and


David Tattersall. Wetton and Rhodes (43 points) won


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L ITH EROE open their 1998 Vaux Ribb lesd a le League programme with the


the Saturday prize after a consultation of cards with Capstick and Mick-


he annual fourball Stableford was held at Clitheroe on Good


nn7» with a round of 63. prize with The combined efforts of J.


M. Young, K. Taylor and S. Eccles (59- 7 6-51.4) gave them first place in the men’s Texas Scramble, with A. Young. M Chenery, G. Young and S. Young handed in 56 to win the gross prize.


medal on Saturday. He returned 81-12-69 and won by


I three shots from Andrew Hemmington


(81-9-72). Bob Caladine handed in 99-27-72


and topped Category Two on the card from Mike Ainsworth (81-15-72).


A three-way card play-off decided


the Easter mixed event on Sunday. Herbie Sloan and Daphne Dawson


compiled 40 Stableford points a,nd gained the verdict over the Eric Hep- worth-Jane Pollard, Cliff Skeats-Gail


Ainsworth pairings.


75) after a card play-off with Mrs D. Dady (85-10-75).


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tonyhurst Park members Mike Kerrigan (79-11-68), John Hod- kinson (81-15-66) and Jack Lord


(86-20-66) were category winners in the April medal.


D. Bramwell, D. Ingham, J. Hodkin- .


son and M. Duckett (66-8-58) won the nett prize in the mixed Texas Scramble, while J. Crowther, T. Dobson, S. Wilcock and J. Coward won the gross


litheroe lady members were m action in a five-club competition. Victory went to Mrs E. Child (96-21-


three-way card play-off was necessary to determine the


outcome of Whalley ladies medal. Mary Weston (106-29-77) was


declared the winner following a consul­ tation of cards with Jan Armistead (90- 13-77) and Lesley Lohou (102-25-77). Jane Pollard emerged a runaway win­


ner of the Cystic Fibrosis competition. She compiled 42 Stableford points


and triumphed ahead of Lesley Lohou (31 points) and Edwina Barker (27


points).


Revenge mission for Clitheroe Crickef Scene


visit Chatburn Road on Saturday and Clitheroe will be out for


Clitheroe finished second behind , , . ,


their visitors from Blackburn last time around and will be looking to put one over the side they battled for the title with for much of the 1997 season.


Skipper Phil Bishop says his side


are confident going into the new cam- paign.


“We are looking forward to it and hoping that we can go one better


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than we did last year,” he said. “We’ve lost a couple of players m


Andrew Robinson and Steven Whal­ ley, but we have some good players


Bishop. make the short trip to Read. Wanderers to go one better


ib b l e s d a l e wanderers enjoyed a R am sb o t tom Cup final last season and


will be looking to build on that suc­


cess in 1998. Much will depend on the form of


new professional Shahid Nawaz - the


only player in the league to score more than 1,000 runs last season. His time with Read was produc­


tive and Wanderers’ skipper Terry Braithwaite will be hoping Nawaz


can do the same for his side. A big hitter with the bat Nawaz


can also bowl, taking 58 wickets last time around at an average of 17.48 - a disappointing return .by the high standards he has set himself. "Obviously Shahid is a tremendous


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player and we are all looking forward to playing with him every week,”


Braithwaite said. “I hope the amateur batsmen can


back him up a little better than we did last year, I think was was one area where we let last year’s profes­


sional down.”


Last year Wanderers finished eighth, but were just 10 points away


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from a top five finish. “We said last year we wanted to


improve on the previous two years and we did that, and now we are just looking to improve on last year,’’Braithwaite said. “We have kept pretty much the


same squad, but there will be a lot more young players in the second team threatening to come through.


Towards the end of the season they


were one of the few sides standing between Cherry Tree and an illustri­


ous league and cup double. But the Ramsbottom Cup final


proved an anticlimax for the Church


Meadow men. They could find no answer to the


power of Cherry Tree professional Naeem Ashraf and were beaten easily. But the experience of that will


stand them in good stead as they pre­ pare to visit Great Harwood for their opening fixture of the 1998 season on


Saturday. The following week they will be , ,


away again, this time to Padiham, and face reigning champions Cherry Tree in their first home game of the season a week after that.


Kashif has tough act to follow


ASHIF Ibrahim is hoping to make a bright start to his Ribb lesd a le League


runs during his two years as paid man.


An opening bat, who also bowls, .


the 20-year-old has pedigree, having played for Pakistan A and Under 19s, for whom he scored a century against


makes his debut at Whallcy Road looking to step effortlessly into the shoes of former Read P a s s io n a l Shahid Nawaz, who has piled on the — *


the West Indies. However, Read have had a number


of departures, with Graham Bardsley joining Rishton, and Malcolm Hey-


- Fallon aims to make a mark!


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HALLEY travel to Back Lane to face Baxenden in Saturday's opening round


Mark Fallon's men made a marked improvement last year, finishing


ninth with some terrific vlct° r!es' . Their bowling strength is the


envy of several league sides, and if the batsmen can also dehve rona n


regular basis this year, the Station uic


HE R ib b lesd a le Cricket League got underway on Sunday as the Third Divi­


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sion sides braved the elements. Clitheroe had a comfortable win


over Settle at Chatburn Road. Batting first, the


who made 63. compiled


an impressive 209-4' ting 81, ably supported by P. Gaskell,


In reply, Settle were bowled out for 130-80 runs short of a win.


. , , f — Road side could well look to a top-


four finish. Simon Gorton, Dave O Neill and


of Ribblesdale League fixtures.


professional Jason Smith all produced with the ball last term, taking 145


wickets between them. And if skipper Fallon and John


Kearsley can be backed up with the bat, Whalley will take some beat-


■ Fallon hit 606 runs last term. ing


including a century against derby rivals Ribblesdale Wanderers - one of only two amateur 100s last year. Kearsley chipped in with 482, but


their tally of 10 wins could have been more if the side had batted further


down the order. To that end, Steve Boswell has


moved from Blackburn Northern, while Darryl Redhead has re-joined the Station Road club.


Opening day wins for Valley teams Read took two points against \, film nmnts acainst bowling points.


Earby after bowling the Arbories side out for 90, but were then themselves cheaply dismissed for 73. Ribblesdale Wanderers had a big


Belvedere were restricted to 141- , . . , . .


bowling points. FIXTURES


SATURDAY Senior League: Baxenden v Whalley;


win against Burnley Belvedere. Wanderers made 214-9 in their


innings, with the help of 63 from A. Marsh.


6 in reply, with G. Sutcliffe making 75, but the locals couldn't take the


Clitheroe v Cherry Tree; Great Harwood v Ribblesdaie Wanderers: Read v Earby. F irs t Division: Cherry Tree v Clithoroc;


Earby v Read; Ribblesdale Wanderers v


Great Harwood. Second Division: Whalley v Baxenden. SUNDAY


Third Division: Bamoldswick v Clitheroe;


Burnley Belvedere v Read; Settle v Ribbles­ dale Wanderers.


worth and Philip Hanson both retir­ ing.


And there will be a new skipper with Peter Usher taking over from


David Parsons. Read finished sixth last season


after a disappointing end to the sea­ son, missing out on the Lancashire Cup, but they will be confident of making a title challenge.


Dutch treat for Wolves


B U IL D IN G b r id g e s


be tw e en England and H o llan d , Clitheroe Wolves played ho s t to D u tch y ou th sid e SV L e ly s ta d 67 over the


Easter weekend. The Amsterdam team


came to the Ribble Valley for two Under 11s matches due to a friendship made three


years ago. While on holiday, local


man Tony Pritt met Gordon McMillan, an Englishman


married to a Dutch girl. McMillan, a former pro­


coming up from the seconds who will


be looking to stake a claim.” Clitheroe signed off their pre-sea­


son with a great win at Blackpool last weekend.


"It was a good workout, said „ ,


n . “Professional Jonathan Fielding got


98 not out and Paul Seedle took four wickets so things are looking OK.”


Following Saturday’s clash


Clitheroe’s first away game of the season seven days later sees them


fessional at Barrow, who played against Clitheroe, after they slipped into non­ league, runs the youth side


SV Lelystad 67. He was keen to bring his


team over to England, and after Tony returned to Hol­ land last year, the idea


gained momentum. Tony saw the set up at


Lelystad, and took in the Ajax-Feyenoord game before


returning home to try and sort something out with Clitheroe Wolves. The Wolves agreed to


hosting the Dutch team, and an enjoyable weekend was


had by all. Lelystad landed on Good


Friday at the Dunkenhalgh, where 35 players and offi­ cials stayed. The youngsters played


each other on Saturday morning at Waddington, before taking in the Everton-


Leeds match. A trip to the Lake District


was arranged for Sunday, before a second match at West Bradford on Easter


Monday. The Wolves won both


games, which were played in


great spirit. The first game saw the


Wolves' Burnley League side


win 8-2. Joe Garner scored a hat-


trick, and there were further goals from Daniel Green (2), Oliver Bolton, James Hartle-


bury and James Warburton. Rene Karst and Roy


Moun scored for Lelystad. And the Wolves' Accring­ ton League side beat the


Heavy defeat for locals


ClilheroeO Colne and Nelson 27_______ _


looking good in attack. __________


CLITHEROE slumped to a heavy defeat to their visitors from Colne and


Nelson in Saturday’s league game. But the side can be proud of the 1UU /o


effort they put in for the whole 80 minutes. At the end of the game Clitheroe skip*


per Roger Holmes conceded “the best team won” but paid tribute to his forward


''"xhey battled hard against a much larger pack and came out with their reputation as a side capable of playing a modern, fast and open game enhanced. Three team changes were made due to


unavailability, with Steve Tax or, Paul Proctor and Phil Isherwood all coming


into the pack. All three had solid games with Taylor


T E A M S CRICKET Saturday


C l i th e ro e (v C h e r ry T re e ,


home, 1-30 star t) P. C. Bishop, N. B olton. M. B o lton , N. Bibby. Steven Bishop. Simon Bishop, S. Coulter. M. Hargreaves, P. Sec- dle, N. Winckley, Fielding. Scor­


er. M. Lazenby. Clitheroe 2nds (v Cherry Tree,


away, 1-30 start) J. Green. R Atkin­ son. S. Blackburn. S. Booth, N. Cartledge, K. Fawcett, F. Hussain, A. King. C. Musson, D. Musson,


G. Sutcliffe. Scorer D. Walker. R ib b le sd a le W a n d e re rs (v


Great Harwood, away, meet 12- 30 p .m .) T. B r a i thw a i te , D. Howard, M. Davies, M. Briggs, G. Monk, J. Rain. A. Ainsworth, D. Overy. S. D u c kw o r th , A. Marsh, Nawaz. Ribblcsdale Wanderers 2nds (v


Great Harwood, home, meet 12- 45 p.m.) I. Britclilfc. M. Wrigley. P. Spencer, B. Spencer, R. Palmer, R . Clark, G. Leach, A. Pearce. M. Peel, M. Stafford, R. Whalley. Sunday


C l i th e ro e 3 rd s (v


Barnoldswick, away, 1-30 p.m. s tar t) A. Hacking, R. Blackburn. G. Bamber . M. C o u lte r , P. Gaskell, D. Glover, P. Griffiths, T. llibbcrt, M. Powell, M. Preston. D. Walker. Scorer: J. McDonald. Ribblesdale Wanderers 3rds (v


Settle, away, meet 12-15 p.m.) J. Burke, J. Dewhurst, W. Adams,


D. Binns. M. Hall, I. Kirk, I t . Devine, A. Marsh, D. Cottam, J.


Braithwaite, G. McQuirc. RUGBY


Saturday Clitheroe (v Kirkby Lonsdale,


away, meet 1-15 p.m.) M. Stott, A. Moorby, J . B lo om f ie ld , I . Ib b o ts o n , M. H c a n a n . D. O’Duffy. D. Watson, A. Thorn- ber, M. Chambers, J. Proctor, B. Wilkinson, A. N u t ta l l , N. Cal- to n , D. Barnes, R . Holmes, T. Hitchcn. Sub: A. Burrill. Clitheroe Cavaliers (v North


R ibb lesdale , home, m e e t 2-15 p.m.) Front: M. Allen, D. Atkin­


son, C. Bosonnet, D. Davenport, T. Dubowski, D. Fielding. Stuart


Greatorex, Stephen Greatorex, N. Green, S. Gretton, P. Isherwood. J. Knowles, G. Meadows, M. Net- t lc to n , B. P la t t . P. Procter, D. SLinger, B. Stansfield. C. Stott, P. Whites ide . G. Williamson , A. Whittaker, G. Thomas.


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V'-4J ... „ , _ In the backs Dave Barnes moved into .


the scrum half slot and had his usual robust game, while Mick Stott at centre looked to have the pace to cause problems. For the record it was 15-0 at half-time


and, although Clitheroe rallied during the second period, no scores were forthcoming. Colne and Nelson completed the scoring with two more tries, the second of which


came on the final whistle. With the season drawing to a close, the


traditional President's Day fixture has


been set for Saturday, May 9th. The club dinner will take place at the


club house on Friday, May 8th. All players, past and present, are invit­


ed, with tickets available from Andrew Thornber, Bob Wilkinson, Duncan Field­ ing, Phil Isherwood and Andrew Burnll.


Dutch team 3-2 on Monday with a brace from Martin Greatorex, and one from Henry Saunders. Peter Bos and Mike


Waterman scored for Lelystad, who played both games without their regular


goalkeeper. Bos, Gordon's son Ben-


jamin and Ricky Hodge all played in goal for,Lelystad at some point during the


games. Clitheroe Wolves are


hopeful of a trip over to Amsterdam next year after fostering good relations between the two clubs.


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n-form Whalley member Gary Meakin romped to victory in a


Clitheroe bosses Denis Underwood and Gary Butcher another chance to see Liverpool-based striker Gerrard Courtney in his second match for the Blues. Noel Grimshaw turned


out for the side for the first time as the managers con­ tinue their search for talent to fuel next season’s drive towards UniBond League


football. A bumpy pitch at Ather­


ton made it difficult for both sides to play football. Paul Mullin was unlucky


early on to see his header go over with the keeper


beaten. Atherton soaked up


Clitheroe’s pressure and almost took the lead them­ selves when Mike Smith went close from a free-kick, but saw his effort deflected just wide for a comer. Mullin was having a


great game for Clitheroe up front and was unlucky again when his header struck the crossbar. The Blues’ high balls


into the box were dealt with confidently by Phil Priestley in the Atherton


goal. But Clitheroe’s front


men s t i l l had enough chances to have broken the


deadlock. It was clear that the aer­


ial route was not going to work, but the Blues persist­ ed with their efforts. The second half was a


dreary affair with neither side being able to produce


much. The game deteriorated


and the players seemed unable to construct any kind of flowing moves. With 20 minutes to go


Clitheroe could have snatched it when Dave


Bennett was pulled down in the area, but no penalty


was given. Instead referee Graham


Bradley awarded a free- kick outside the area. At the final whistle


Atherton were the most relieved and pleased with


the result. They are struggling near


the bottom and points from games like this take them further and further away from relegation territory. For the Blues the result


was less important again than what the Clitheroe managers discovered about the players at their disposal.


over the Easter weekend. Daisy Hill were ham­


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mered 6-1 at Shawbridge on Saturday, before the Blues saw off Ramsbottom


8-5 on Monday. Simon Pickles put


Clitheroe ahead against


Daisy Hill, beating the keeper to the ball before blasting the ball home. Martin Rimmer made it


2-0, lifting the ball over the keeper from a Jason Jones throughball.


l i t h e r o e Reserves had two whopping wins


Derick Mercer made it 3- 0 at the break after a one-


two with Rimmer. Brian O'Keefe fired home


the fourth a minute after the restart and Pickles and Mercer made it 6-0 before the visitors netted a late consolation. Again the Blues had the points wrapped up by half­


time on Monday. Mercer rounded the


keeper to fire Clitheroe ahead after half an hour, and three goals in three minutes from O'Keefe, Gary Butcher and Jones made it 4-0 at the break. Rammy pulled one back before O’Keefe completed


his hat-trick. The visitors nicked a


couple of goals to make it 6-3, but Noel Grimshaw added a seventh on his


debut. Again Ramsbottom


replied, but 15-year-old Wesley Dunn, son of Clive, came off the bench to make


it 8-4. Ramsbottom netted a


fifth, but Clitheroe were comfortable winners. Tonight the reserves


travel to face second-placed Castleton Gabriels in what is effectively a decider for


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