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Blues on a mission with a score to settle against table toppers iSf


CLITHEROE have a score to settle at Shawbridge against league leaders Kidsgrove Athlet­


ic on Saturday. Three weeks ago the Blues were in


command against the Staffordshire side, before a poor refereeing deci­ sion swung th e game in th e Hollinswood Road side's favour. Steve Parry's men saw a 1-0 lead turn into a 2-1 defeat, and he is eager


to set the record straight. The Blues boss is champing at the


bit, and he said: "We can't wait for the


game. "We felt more than a little hard


done to at their place and we are glad to get another crack at them so soon


after. "Normally I don't make public com­ ments about refereeing decisions - you


just get on with it. "But this one was hard to ignore. "We were winning 1-0 with a Paul


Lynch goal and had subdued them. "But they got a penalty for no


apparent reason, and they got their tails up after that and won 2-1." Athletic have lost only two games


all season and are top-scorers with 46 goals - 10 more than anyone else - but Parry added: "We know they are beatable, and that we are capable of beating them. "If we perform to our ability we can


beat anyone in the league." Parry is sweating oifthe fitness of


hamstring victim Jon Riley, who came off at half-time in the 6-0 Floodlit Trophy demolition of Holker Old Boys last week, while he is hopeful Andy Taylor will return. "Jon had to come off against Holk­


er, but he has had a good rest, and hopefully he will be okay,” the Shaw­ bridge manager told me yesterday. "Andy was rested against Holker with a slight groin strain, but it is


nothing major. "We have a couple of niggles, but


otherwise there shouldn't be any prob­


lems." ~ But whereas Kidsgrove are top-


scorers, and have three players in the league's leading scorers list, Clitheroe have just Riley with seven. And Parry is keen to strengthen the


side up front: "There's no doubt about nmisi t s


HAMSTRUNG: Jon Riley


it - we certainly need to strengthen our striking department. "The search continues - we are


scratching around for a couple of play­ ers, and there are couple of areas where we need boosting. "We have a couple of players in the


reserves who will come in in time, but they need to get match fitness first. "The likes of.Wayne Howarth,


Mark Stewart, Neil Rhodes and Andrew Cowking, as well as a couple of others, will all benefit the side in the medium term." But it is a case of so far, so good for


Parry, although he feels there is a lot of room for improvement: "We are going through a tran sitio n , and although we are looking to strengthen, we have to continue to get results and


get a run going. "We are looking for a decent cup


run, but we need stability. " W p n r p


looking for Dositive signs


from the players, and we are winning games, so we are happy so far. "It is a bit frustrating at times as we could be better in certain areas, but


sLi


GROIN STRAIN: Andy Taylor


that will change in time." And the progress of the reserve


team is pleasing: "I haven't seen them yet, but I have heard good reports. "They have had two good wins and


are picking up now. "The balance of the side, in terms of


youth and experience, is right now, and I am sure they will go from strength to strength." While Parry looks to pick up league


points on Saturday, the League Chal­ lenge Cup takes centre stage at Shaw­


bridge on Monday. Second Division strugglers Oldham


Town are the visitors, and Parry is confident of progressing: "We should


see them off. "I saw them las t week agains t


Chadderton, who we play at home in the Floodlit Trophy a t the end of November, and we don't foresee any


problems. "I t is tempting fate, but the cup


draws are favouring us at the moment. "Hopefully that will continue to be


the case in the FA Vase after the week­ end's first round ties.


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North Western Trains League Round-up


GM 3. • All other games postponed.


CLITHEROE v Kidsgrove Ath­ letic; Holker Old Boys v Nantwich Town; Mossley v Maine Road; Newcastle Town v GIossop North End; Ramsbottom United v Cheadle Town; Rossendale United v St Helens Town: Salford City v Atherton Collieries: Workington v Leek CSOB. Reserve Division North


Bootle v Atherton LR; First Division


FIXTURES Saturday


ton; Colne v CLITHEROE; Squires Gate v Darwen. MONDAY


Town.


CLITHEROE v Oldham TABLE


League Challenge Cup First Round


Newcastle Tn... 14 12 2 0 38 Mossley.......... 14 9 2 3 29 Workington..... 15 7 6 2 27


Kidsgrove Ath.. 17 13 2 2 41


First Division P W D L P


Vauxhall GM... 13 7 4 2 25 CLITHEROE.. 17 7 3 7 24 Skelraersdale Utdl3 7 1 5 22 St Helens Town a 6 i 4 19 Prescot Cables. 13 5 4 4 19 Atherton LR.... 15 5 3 7 18 Rossendale Utd 15 5 3 7 18 Salford City.... 13 5 2 6 17 Maine Road.... 13 5 2 6 17 Leek CSOB..... 11 4 4 3 16 Cheadle Town.. 13 4 4 5 16 Ramsbottora.... 11 3 5 3 14 N'wich Town.... 9 3 0 6 9 GIossop NE.... 13 2 3 8 9 Bootle............ 14 2 1 11 7 Atherton Colls. 13 i 1 10 4 Holker OB...... 14 i


Nelson........... 7 3 i 3 10 Chadderton..... 7 3 1 3 10 Darwen.......... 6 2 3 i 9 Colne............. 6 2 1 3 7


Ramsbottom Utd 9 9 0 0 27 Castleton Gabs 7 4 3 0 15 CLITHEROE.. 8 3 2 3 11


p W D L P


Rossendale Utd 8 Squires Gate.... 8 _ Bacup Borough 8 1 0 7 3 • Up to and including Monday,


October 26th >ave in the groove for Littlemoor men


Monlell Carrington ...........5 Clilheroe ............................ 20 WHILE most of the league's fix­ tures fell victim to the monsoon­ like weather conditions, Clitheroe travelled to Montell and took full advantage of an excellent playing surface to claim victory and two vital league points. Three team changes were forced


due to unavailabilties, with Stott, Tattersall and Proctor coming in at short notice allowing Mike Wily-


Bowlers brave the elements


w eather to win th e Bar-be- Quick Floodlit Bowls Competi­


B


tion. They defeated Burnley pair


Simon Willcocks and Mark Woodworth 21-6 in the final at Ribblesdalc Wanderers Cricket and Bowling Club. Club chairman Michael Brit-


cliffe thanked all 32 competitors for their efforts playing in a down­


pour. fan Pcndlebury, of Bar-Be-


Quick, presented the .£600 first prize to the winning team. Results: Fifth round,- J. Fuller­


ton and R. Hall (Birkenhead) 21, T. and J. Gatley (Warrington) 13; R. Turner and J. Chatwin (Rib­ blesdale) 21, IC. Shaw and M. Garaghty (Bolton) 8; G. Shuttle- worth and A. Ifandford (Colne) 21, M. Wensley and T. Dobson (Ribblesdale) 7; M. Lang and P. Brett (Blackburn) 21, C. Morri­ son and M. Bacon (Sale) 20; V. O'Donnell and B. Tomlinson (Blackburn) 21, M. Opie and R. Barnes (Haslingden) 9; I. and B.


Nicholson (Barrow) 21, E. Loughlan and M. Telford (Sale)


• 20; S. Willcocks and M. Wood- worth (Burnley) 21, M. Prescott and T. Taylor (Chorley) 18; G. Coupe and J. Lees (Preston) 21, M. Dillon and A. Marsden (Burnley) 20. Sixth round - J. Fullerton and


R. Hall 21, R. Turner and J. Chatwin 8; M. Lang and P. Brett 21, G. Shuttloworth and A. Hand- ford 13; I. and B. Nicholson 21, V. O'Donnell and B. Tomlinson 0; S. Willcocks and M. Woodworth 21, G. Coupe and J. Lees 14. Semi-finals - J. Fullerton and R. Hall 21, M. Lang and P. Brett 16;


S. Willcocks and M. Woodworth


21,1. and B. Nicholson 16. Final - J. Fullerton and R. Hall 21, S. Willcocks and M. Wood-


worth 6. Ian Pendlebury of Bar-Be-


Quick (back row, centre) is pic­ tured with the last eight at Satur­ day’s final. (241098/21/11) .


i r k e n h e a d duo Ju l ian F u l le r to n and Robbie Hall braved poor


man to make his league debut at O'Duffy had converted an earlier


No. 8. Clitheroe won the toss and skip­


per Roger Holmes elected to play into the wind in the first half. This decision immediately looked


to have backfired as Montell scored a simple, but unconverted, try after


just two minutes. For the remaining 38 minutes of


the half the teams were evenly matched and on the stroke of half­ time a Dave Slinger penalty gave Clitheroe a 6-5 lead, after Declan


penalty. With the wind at their backs in


the second half, the men from Lit­ tlemoor adopted a kicking game and gained an early reward almost from the resumption. Slinger charged down a huge


O'Duffy clearance and neatly side­ footed the ball into the path of full­ back Andrew Burill, who gratefully stretched the Clitheroe lead to 11-5. Slinger slotted three more penal­ ties to complete a solid individual


performance and leave Clitheroe worthy victors. Among the forwards, Wilyman


made a couple of telling breaks and second row Nick Green was unlucky to be stopped following one rampaging charge. The scrummage was solid and won more than a fair share of possession. Unfortunately the line-out, usually so profitable, was below its usual high standard. All in all, though, it was a solid


performance and one Clitheroe can take heart from.


Warrington Town 2, Vauxhall


League Challenge Cup First Round


RESULTS Saturday


Castleton Gabriels v Chadder-


was awarded the Vaux Ribblesdale League Player-of-the-Year award. And that wasn't the only trophy the


A


N outstanding season for Rib- blesdale Wanderers' Martin Briggs was capped when he


25-year-old took home after the presen­ tation evening at the Mytton Fold Hotel


in Langho. Briggs also picked up an award for the


joint-best fielder of the season after helping Wanderers to runners-up spot. Briggs produced a string of superb


knocks in support of professional Shahid Nawaz - who broke the league batting record - as he himself made 691 runs. Club skipper Terry Braithwaite was


delighted for his team-mate: "It's been a long time since someone at the club won the overall player-of-the-year award, and it is a great honour. "It is voted for by all the other clubs,


around seven years. He has settled down and is playing in a very mature manner. "When he first came into the side, he


"He has been in the first team for


scored runs regularly, but he hit a bit of a lull. However, he has proved to be one of the best amateurs in the league, and hopefully he will continue to play to that standard." Martin is pictured receiving his award


and there is only one player-of-the-year, so that speaks for itself. "Martin had a great season, and I hope he can build on it.


r %}***/#\ "IT- s f j \ l i


from former Glamorgan and England man Greg Thomas at the presentation while other officials and award winners • look on. (24098/15/06)


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LITHEROE cele­ brated another suc-


__ cessful cricket sea­


son a t the club's presenta­ tion evening a t Chatburn


Road. The locals finished third


in the Vaux Ribblesdale League, with the title race going right to the wire, only for the weather to wipe out the last day's play. But the club honoured


their teams and individuals for some excellent perfor­ mances. The best of all came from


f irs t team bowler Mick Dewhurst, who won the Brian Fielding Trophy for taking 7-19 in the demoli­ tion of Oswaldtwistle Immanuel in late August. Dewhurst also claimed


the first team bowling prize. The Boltons mopped up


the other first team awards, with Neil taking the batting prize and Mark the fielding


prize. Chris Seed collected the


second team batting award, with Mark Hargreaves the pick of the bowlers and Farouk Hussain the most outstanding fielder. For the third team, Paul


Gaskell picked up the bat­ ting prize, as well as the club's Young Player of the


Year award. Neil Cartledge took the


bowling award, and Daniel


Walker the fielding award. Departing professional


Jonathan Fielding was also given a special award - a sil­ ver salver inscribed with a record of his considerable achievements at Chatburn


Road. He was also given two


mounted cricket balls to commemorate his feats in taking 102 wickets in 1996


• and 108 wickets last season. On the night, the club's


tennis section also present­ ed their awards after the club championships. ■ Derek P a r ro t won the


men's singles, and John Dickinson and John Calvert took the doubles title. Pam Bolton took the


ladies' singles, and Judith Bishop and Caroline Ben­ nett won the doubles. Cynthia Sharp and Mark


Hargreaves won the mixed doubles. Some of the prizewinners


are pictured at the annual awards night. -


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