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Blackburn United . . . 1 Clitheroe Youth ......... 4 C L ITH E R O E ’S yo u th side got their first win of th e season th a n k s to a g re a t perfo rman ce a t


victory By JUSTIN CONNOLLY NEW manager should


Blackburn United. The pitch look more like a meadow and made football


very difficult. Both sides tried to play football, but in the end had to resort to kicking the ball long. Garner and Haleron both missed glorious chances for


Clitheroe. But after 25 minutes


Clitheroe won a free-kick, which was whipped in by Wilkinson for Haleron to score with a diving header. Blackburn threatened very


little in the first-half, but hav­ ing the advantage of a sloping pitch in the second half could have made Clitheroe pay for their earlier missed chances. A lot more fight and com­


Saturday. But the new bo


Clitheroe’s trip A


.Shawbridge in time for ;o St Helens on


be in place at


charge of the side following week to 0--------


iss will not take until the give him time to


assess the strengt is of the current


playing squad. ■ ' Shawbridge chairman Steve Kush


said a short-list of 'three names has been drawn up with a final decision


due to be taken today. “We have had abound 15


me yesterday. “And we have no plans to !


advertise now because the applications we have received are from candidates of: sufficient


quality.


mitment from Clitheroe was rewarded when, after 55 min­ utes, great work from Matthew Gamer produced a cross from the right wing which Haleron headed home


for his second. Jason Jones made i t 3-0


after 75 minutes with a low shot under the diving keeper. The points were made safe


after 80 minutes when Paul Parkinson hit rasping shot in off the post, to make it 4-0. Blackburn did get a consola­ tion goal on 88 minutes. I t was a better perfor­


| f‘I am very hopeful that by the Clitheroe fall at first hurdle m v tu i n Dy m | — !


0; out of the FA Cup a t the first V y hurdle o n jS a tu rd ay when


> - * LITHEROE went crashing


they were beaten 2-1 a t Radcliffe. But they were unlucky to be on the


losing side — they had chances to win and saw their opponents take the lead through a bizarre own-goal. Clitheroe were by far the better side


mance from Clitheroe, espe­ cially in terms of commit­


ment. Hopefully the youth side


can build on their perfor­ mance and start pushing their way up the league. Glen Tay­ lor was named man-of-the


match.


in the first half when they dominated the game, b u t could not convert


chances. Paul Lynch went close when his |


rocket shot flew past the post. In a breakaway Radcliffe took the


lead when Clive Dunn headed past John Parrott in the Clitheroe goal. Clitheroe fought back and Jon Riley had the ball in the net a t the


other end, only to see the goal ruled - - . i


out for offside. Dave Bennett was also unlucky


when he saw the keep off his line and tried to lob him from 30 yards. The


ball just cleared the bar. Far from being outplayed Clitheroe


continued their good form into the


second half. Dennis Hill went close early on but


saw his fine shot well-saved. The referee was doing a good job of spoiling the game with his constant


whistle-blowing. On 74 minutes Radcliffe doubled


their lead when Andy Thorpe found the net.


Chris Grimshaw was inspirational for Clitheroe, and should have won a


.


Ipenalty late on. But the referee decided he had dived


1J _ _ 1 _ A._____ when he was brought down in the area,


and booked the Blues’ wide man. On 87 minutes Riley netted


Clitheroe’s consolation goal and Clitheroe put everything they had into securing an equaliser. But Clitheroe couldn’t find another


goal and ended'up on the losing end in a game they could so easily have won. e The Reserves drew 3-3 with Castle- ton Gabriels - Adam Whittle scoring j twice and Matt'Anderton getting the


other one. The team is on the lookout for new


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players and anyone interested should contact manager Mark Phillipson


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applications without even advertising the job,” Mr Rush told


* Blues set to name new manager


end of the week we will be announcing the name of the new


manager.” Mr Rush would give no hint as to


who the new man might be, but he assured fans that he would be a man of the “right calibre” for the job in


hand. Mr Rush interviewed the third


candidate on the short-list on Tuesday night, and was hoping the job would be offered to one of the candidates, and be accepted, some


time today. Meanwhile the first teain travel to . .


St Helens on Saturday looking to get their North Western Trains League season back on the right


The Blues were dumped out of the F A Cup on Saturday and need to


start scoring some league points. The top three sides are already


pulling away from the rest of the pack and Clitheroe need to keep m touch if they are to stand any chance.


. . On Tuesday night Clitheroe will


travel to Maine Road for what should be the new manager’s first


game in charge. Until then the team will be run by


■John Hosty, former reserve team [boss and the current match-day,


secretary. Those two games should give the „ 1 ... ■


new manager time to look at the side before high-flying Vauxhall GM visit Shawbridge a t the end of next


week. Meanwhile the much-delayed new


changing rooms at Shawbridge are


now in place and should be operational for the visit of Vauxhall


on October 3rd. The structure is now in place and


work will be ongoing for the next couple of weeks to kit out the inside


of the building. The work represents the latest


phase of the ongoing redevelopment a t Shawbridge that now needs to be matched by action on the field.


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helps Englanp Home rule!1


j ........................* --------------------------------7'' i • By GEORGE EMBLEY


IBBLE Valley golfer Jane Forrest had more than a passing interest when E n g lan d re ta in e d th e


women's amateur Home International crown.


The Rimington-based professional has , . , ,


been coach to the English Ladies Golf Association for the last three years. And on each occasion the England play­


ers have responded by claiming the t i t le - la s t week’s tr iumph a t Burnham and Berrow was a record seventh on the trot. This week Jane said: ’’It's very nice to win the title but, really, we were expected


**°'"Three piayere - Elame'Ratcliffe,’ Karen Stupplesand Kate Burton- turned pro­ fessional after the Curtis Cup and this left


us with a relatively inexperienced side. "But the side performed well m very dif­


Heaton Moor .......................27


Clitheroe ................................ CLITHEROE fell to their first defeat of the season in a hotly co n te s ted T e tley B i t te r Vase clash in th e leafy su b u rb s of


South Manchester. Heaton Moor, although not the


force of some years ago, still oper­ a te in a higher division than


i Clitheroe. I Despite this there was little to


choose between the teams and, although the home side perhaps deserved the win, Clitheroe were in


no way disgraced. Indeed, some of the neutrals in the ,


crowd agreed Clitheroe’s two tries were the better scores of the game. ! Having to draft five new faces


into the previous week’s side, three of those in the pack, some lack of / continuity and cohesiveness may


have been expected. But at the very first scrummage


the Clitheroe eight, courtesy of sec­ ond row powerhouses Nick Green


Malcolm Heanan converted and


Clitheroe closed the gap. But as Clitheroe wilted slightly


in the heat, mistakes crept in and their so-called illustrious opponents


and Paul Procter along with bulky new hooker Mike Wilyman, had their opposite numbers back-ped­


dling at a rate of knots. This boosted Clitheroe’s confi­


dence and the game was nip and


tuck for the first half. They went into the interval 10-0


down, which was scant reward for


Clitheroe. They should have been level and


had let two golden opportunities go


begging. In the second half at least the Lit-


tlemoor side had something to show for their efforts on the scoreboard. A lovely midfield break saw Chris


Stott wing his way over. Then he used his pace again after


a chip and surprised the defence to score under the posts.


managed a late rally. On Saturday Clitheroe are back


in league action a t North Man­ chester, while the Cavaliers are at


Littlemoor with a 3 p.m. kick-off. WEEKEND TEAMS Football


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Record-breaking Nawaz agrees to boost title bid


By JUSTIN CONNOLLY R Clitheroe professional Jonathan Fielding


e co r d -b r ea k in g Rib­ blesdale Wanderers profes­ sional Shahid Nawaz will be back at Church Meadow for the


1999 season. The b ig -h it tin g b a tsm an smashed


1,373 runs for Wanderers this season, breaking the league record. And Wanderers skipper Terry Braith­


waite hopes Nawaz’s return will help his side to the title they missed out on so nar­


rowly this year. “If we hadn’t lost the first four games we


might have won it this year,” Braithwaite


^ “But Shahid has been superb all year - he’s broken the record in a veiy wet sum­ mer so imagine what he could do if the


wickets were dry.


“If the amateurs back him up next year M. Davies (RW ) . . . .16 the way they did this, we might go one bet­


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ter than second. “The team is getting better all the time


as they gain experience and it takes the pressure off when you have a professional like Shahid who you know is going to per­ form virtually every week.” Apart from Nawaz, Whalley skipper


Mark Fallon was the top Ribble Valley batsman.


He scored 775 runs at an average of 43. Ribblesdale Wanderers batsman Martin


,


Briggs wasn’t far behind - he scored 691 at a n


average of just over 40. D. Howard (RW) . . .19


topped the bowling averages amongst the Ribble Valley sides, claiming a superb 108 wickets at a cost of just 11.46 each. Nawaz was the only other player to top


the 50-wicket mark, but Read’s profession­ al Kashif Ibrahim and Read’s Malcolm


Heyworth came close with 49 each. BATTING I NO R Avo 6 1 5


Nawaz (RW) ...........23 M. Fallon (W ) .........19 M. Briggs (R W ) . . . .22 T. Little ( R ) .............21 Fielding (C) .............23 N Bolton (C ) ...........22 Ibrahim (R) .............22 T. Hayes (W ) ...........18 A. Burns (C ) ............. 19 P. Spencer (RW) . . . .1 5 P. Usher (R) .............20 N. Marsh ( R ) ...........19 P. Macintosh (W ) . . .18 D. Parsons (R ) .........19 G. Bardsley ( R ) ----- 17 R. Palmer (R W ) . . . .12


4 3 5 4 4 0


7


2 2 1 5


1 1


2 4


S. Duckworth (RW) .11 1


1373 80.76 775 43.06 691 40 65 626 36.82 730 36.65 531 31.24 537 29.83 415 29.64 514 27.05


175 21.88 389 21.61 347 20.41


347 20.41 263 18.79 287 17.94


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BirchallCup. R


168 15.27 198 14.14


BOWLING 0 R W Ave


183 12.2 75 7.5


Fielding (C) ...........458.5 1238 108 1U 6 G. Monk (RW) ....185.1 532 M .


35 15.2


Nawaz (RW)............305.3 871 Smith (W ) ................289.2 881 M H ey v ro r ih (R )..267.3 871


Dewhurst(C) ..139.3 431 28 15.39 51 17.07 61 17.27 49 17.78


D. Howard (RW) ..265.1 892 • 46 . 19.31 A. Ainsworth (RW) .92.3 384 N. Bolton (C ) ........... 173 513 Ibrahim (R) ...........366.2 1056 s“


n (W ) f . . . . 169.1 567 D. O’Neill(W).........321.4 964


19 20.21 25 20.62 49 21.55 22 25 77 35 27.54


i b b l e s d a l e W a n d e re r s ’ superb season ended in fine style when the Under 16s retained the


They produced a comprehensive eight-,


wicket win at Great Harwood in the final. The home side won the toss and elected


to bat but it was Ribblesdale Wanderers who got off to a great start as Pearce had Maher caught by Kirk at short-extra cover. Allen and West set about building the


innings but when spinner John Braithwaite replaced Richard Whalley he struck with his very f irs t ball as West sliced him


straight to Clark. Harwood’s best stand of the game fol­ ,


lowed as openers Allen and Bentley put on 33 before Braithwaite struck .again, bowl­


The home side were then 55-3 in the loth I A score in excess of 80was their target,


ing Allen for a fine 28. ; - ,


| but Pearce a n d Whalley, returned to the attack and with the aid of some brilliant


. , , .


fielding restricted Harwood to just 67-5 off their allotted 20 overs.


Pearce took 2-10 and Braithwaite 2-12 as the pick of the bowling.


- Wanderers reply began m disastrous .


fashions David Gardner-Chan was bowled in the firs t over, b u t Mar tin Peel and i Andrew Pearce prevented any chance of a collapse with an excellent stand of 42 in nine overs, although the latter was dropped before he had scored a run.


sensible shot selection and there were some lusty blows from Pearce.,


The pair mixed excellent timing with ,


. :. Peel was bowled for 14 but skipper Clark


joined Pearce to see Wanderers through to 71-2 in 14.4 overs to lift the trophy again. Pearce’s unbeaten 46, coupled with ms


fine bowling, won him the man-of-the- match award to complete a successful sea­


son for him and also for Wanderers as then- youth policy continues to bear fruit., Man of the Match Andrew Pearce, John


Braithwaite and captMn R i c h ^ Piwk me pictured with the trophy. (210998/28/12)


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Chatburn (v Ribchester, home, meet ground 1-30 p.m.) Craig, Heanan, Bibby,


Bre th e rto n , Boyd, Clarkson, Barnes, Braithwaite. Frankland, Bradshaw,- Butch­


er, Young; King, Cliffe. Rugby Clitheroe (v North Manchester, away,


meet 1 p.m.) Slinger, Stott, Ibbotson, Wat­ son, Heaton. O'Duffy, Graham, Thomber, Wilyman, Dubowski, Wigley, Procter,


Slater, Holmes, Barnes. - Clitheroe 2nds (v North Manchester,


home, meet 2 p.m.) Allen, Bosonnet, Bur- rill Cox, Davenport, Fielding, Greatorex, Green, Gretton, Hall, Hitchen, Hutchin­ son, Isherwood, Knowles, Meadows, Platt, Procter. Roudley. Stansfield, Tattersall, Wilkinson, Williamson.


HOME Dair Mick and June Johnson made i t through the f u a S n g


petition a t Ribblesdale Wanderers on Monday night I t is the first time the duo have made it through t o ^ e th' ^ an


fourth round play-offs, which this year will be held o n ^ p ^ S o n of The other qualifiers this week were I. Marsden and P. Wilkmsim o


Burnley, Preston’s P. Ilarkes and J. Turner and M. Prescot and T. lay l0There arestill some vacancies for tonight’s qualifiers and for all next


W A n y b o ^ n te re s te d should contact Malcolm Wensley on 01254 824463. The cost is £10 per pair.


round of the Bar-be-Quick Floodlit Doubles com­ ; 1 ficult conditions and deserved to take the


^ "T h e ultimate goal now is to re-establish ourselves as a force in Europe." Curtis Cup s ta rs Kim Rostron and Kirsty Taylor (nee Speak) are two of the


players who are coached by Jane. The Home Internationals came a t the


H iT H E R ib b l e s d a l e s table tennis league Is


in h e ed o fn ew p lay e rs for their%yarIousjtvenues


throughout tlieRibble Val-; A h y o n eX w ish in g . ’to


b e com e inV o lv ed sh q u ld


a tten d the meeting a t the New JnnV.CUthcroe.'jit 8 phhohTtiesday,' Septem-


'M Playershfany ageand abllity.will be regjsteredon


that night.''•£ pSiS-C ‘% -V O t h e rfd e t a i 1 s >c an _b e


obtained from thesecfe:: tary,on'01^ j ^ 55. T ^


c re*a t i , v e | e l e m e n t


end of a busy year, which has seen mother- of-three Jane coaching England teams in Portugal, France, Norway and Ireland. Jane, of course, was bom into one of the


district’s best-known golfing families. Her parents, Keith and Anne, are, former


captains at Clitheroe GC and her father has just called it a day as junior organiser at the Whalley Road club., Jane began playing the Royal and Ancient game as a youngster a t Clitheroe


and was a scratch golfer at the age of 18. She gained representative honours for


Lancashire and England Under 21 before turning professional two years later. , After three years as Whalley professional


Jane spent. 11.years on the.Wqnum Profesr sional Golfera’-European Tour, and highlight­ ed her playing career by .winning the.Emo- pean Matchplay title at Moor Park ml979 and the Dutch Open at Hilversum m 1986. Jane also has fond memories of the time


when, a t Moor Park in 1988, she defeated the reigning US Women's Open champion Laura Davies 6 and 5 in the European Matchplay event.


Jane, teaching professional at the i wm- ■ ■ _ .


brooks Driving Range in Clitheroe, is avail­ able for lessons either on an todtadyaJ_or group basis.


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James goes ace ;


LITHEROE golfer


J , .Jam e s W ebs te r \ ^ s recorded a memo­ rable round a t the week­


end. He won th e Sunday


Medal with a score of 70-5- 65 - and scored a hole-in- . one a t the 14th in the


process! Andrew Lund was second •


in Division One a fte r a round of 76-8-68 and Derek Marsh (79-8-71) took third, spot after a card play-off. .: Conners McLaughlin


(82-14-68) topped Division Two ahead of Colin Mustoe


(86-14-72) and Paul Bur­ rows (86-13-73) and Divi­ sion Three honours were awarded to John Beggs (95-


22-73) who beat Brian Hey- wood (96-22-74) and David Woodworth (97-22-75). • Stuart Cook won the Sep: tember Stableford a t Myt-


I ton Fold GC with 38 points. 1 Damian Plumbridge was


second with 36 points and Ted Bamborough was third with 35 points after a card play-off with Barry Harg­


reaves.


• Dacer Wright won the Vintage Decanter at Whal­ ley GC after a round of 91- 18-73. Rae Carter was sec­ ond after returning 92-18; 74.


,


John Sharrock (88-20-68). Phil Hanson (79-10-69) was


The medal round went to


one shot back in second place and there was a threer


way card play-off between Tony Collis (78-8-70), Jerer my Thompson (75-5-70) and John Hyde (87-17-70)


for third place. ■ ' . . - • John Twissell’s.profesT sional’s prize a t Clitheroe GC went to Helen Bootij„


and Maureen Micklewright with an aggregate Stablej


ford score of.72 points.. . .j • Gail Ainsworth won the Whalley GC LGU medal and took the gross prize in


the Hi-Task competition^ following a score .of .83J.7- 70. Joan WheatcroHfClm- 40-74) w a s second in the medal ahead of Jean Hon- eyben (103-28-75) while Jane Pollard won the nett prize in the Hi-Task compel*


tition.


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