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Title rivals blocking route to Wembley


By CHRIS BODEN


Carlsberg Vase after Sat­ urday's third round clash at title rivals Newcastle


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Town. Although Vauxhall


Motors - Saturday's con­ querors in the League Chal­ lenge Cup - are top of the league,-the Staffordshire side j are considered favourites for the champi­ onship. ' So Blues boss Steve


Parry couldn't have picked a much tougher tie to progress in a competition that will always stir memo­ ries of the fabulous 1996 run to Wembley.


But Clitheroe tend to be '


at their best on the big occasion, and will hope to make use of the wide open spaces at the Lyme Valley Parkway Stadium.


LITHEROE look to end the millenni­ um still in the FA


The sides haven't met


this term, although Parry has seen Town on a number of occasions and feels the Blues are more than capa­ ble of stamping their authority on the game with their brand of passing foot­


ball. The dangerman is likely


to be l^goal Darren Twigg, but Clitheroe have scored goals from all over the pitch all season and will pose problems of their own for


the home side. And the games follow


thick and fast as the Blues open their defence of the Floodlit Trophy on Tues­ day night at Glossop North End in a second round tie. Clitheroe claimed the tro­


phy - their first in 13 years - with a dramatic late goal from Dennis Hill against Kidsgrove Athletic at Maine Road, and will look to maintain their grip on it. Then next up is a game Clitheroe cannot afford to


lose - at home to Vauxhall on the following Saturday. Vauxhall, whom the


Blues beat in the league before crashing out of the cup, are seven points in front of Clitheroe, having played a game less, with Newcastle six behind the leaders with three games in


hand. 0 Wembley hero Chris


Grimshaw has returned to Clitheroe after helping out Bacup Borough in the Sec­ ond Division, while Parry has also snapped up two UniBond players in Bam- ber Bridge's Darren Davies and Chris Pollitt from Lan­ caster. O There are still seats left


on the coach travelling to Newcastle Town for Satur­


day's FA Vase clash. The coach leaves Shaw-


bridge at 11-45 a.m., and price is £5. 0 The club's annual meet­ ing takes place tonight at Shawbridge, from 7-30 p.m.


League Challenge Cup First Round


RESULTS


Town 3; Alsager 3. Nelson 2; Atherton Collieries 0, Ramsbot- tom Utd 1; Atherton LR 0, Prescot Cables 3; Bootle 0, Kids­ grove Athletic 0 (Kidsgrove won replay 3-0); Blackpool Mechan­ ics 1, Woodley Sports 2; Cheadle Town 0, Nantwich Town 1; Fleetwood Freeport 2, Tetley Walker 1; Holker Old Boys 2. Salford City 0; Leek CSOB 2, Glossop NE 3; Mossley 3, St Helens Town 2; Oldham Town 2, Formby 3; Rossendale Utd 4, Great Harwood Town 0; Skelmersdale Utd 4, Maine Road 2; Squires Gate 4, War­ rington Town 1; Vauxhall Motors 3, CLITHEROE 1. First Division


Abbey Hey 0, Newcastle


Cheadle Town 2, Maine Road 2; Leek CSOB 0, St Helens Town 3;


Rossendale Utd 0, Abbey Hey 1. FIXTURES Saturday


First Division Atherton Collieries v Cheadle


Town; Bootle v Salford City; Fleetwood Freeport v Abbey Hey; Great Harwood Town v Prescot Cables; Leek CSOB v Atherton LR; Ramsbottom Utd v Maine Road; St Helens Town v


Unbeaten run ends in League Cup


Vauxhall Motors 3 Clitheroe 1


THE Blue's slipped to a first defeat in nine games at table-topping Vauxhall on Saturday in the League Challenge Cup. 1 Two late goals knocked Clitheroe out after a fortuitous equaliser put Steve Parry's side back in the game. But although one possible route to


glory fell by the wayside,Parry will be glkd it wasn't league points the home­ sters'took off his side as they bid to kb£jf the pressure on. Parry's men couldn't stamp their


authority on the game as they have in recent weeks, and couldn't play the game at their tempo. Vauxhall looked solid and retained


their shape throughout, showing why they have ambitions of promotion. The home side went ahead midway


through the first half when the Blues failed to pick up Nick Young from a corner, and he applied the finishing


touch. ■ But Clitheroe made amends short­


Centre half Lee Sculpher ventured forward and sent a cross over, which


ly before half-time. ■


beat a bemused keeper and flew into


the top corner. This stung Vauxhall, and the sec­


ond half saw them piece together some incisive passing movements. But they failed to break Clitheroe


down until 20 minutes from time when Kris Richens.was beaten to the ball by Carl Nesbitt, who headed


home. . .... • . The Blues were still in with a . .■ Hi;-


chance of pulling level until the final minute when Yohng added a second, again heading past Richens.


Swimmer Neale is a splash hit


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WIMME R N e a l e Sayle was a record-


breaking splash hit at the Stockport Metro Silver Jubilee Swimming Meet


won the gold medal in the ...... h


50m freestyle. And in the process he set


a new competition record and was awarded a “Record


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Stonyhurst regain Pendle TVophy L


ADY members of Stonyhurst Park Golf Club have regained th'e coveted


Pendlfe Cup.


Clitheroe, Longridge, Whalley and Stonyhurst Park vied for glory imthe 12th


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annual, four-cornered contest. And it was Stonyhurst Park, winners in


each of the first two years, who ended a decade without success to lift the trophy


for the third time. All the clubs played each other on a


home-and-away basis, and Stonyhurst


Park were cro\vned champions with their three Ribble Valley rivals sharing runners- up spot.


• • < i Team captain Heather McEntee said: i


"I'm very proud of the team members. All of them played a part in our success.” Back row, left to right: Eileen Lambert,


Josephine Porter, Heather McEntee, Betty Austin, Shirley Holmes, Rita Joyce. Front row, left to right: Joyce Kenyon,


Phyllis Rowlands, Gaye Tole, Frances Lee. Well playedl


Lucas who plays off 21 handicap, compiled 46 Stable- ford points and claimed first place after a card play-off


Turkey Shoot success for Gordon I


with 25-handicapper David Carney. Six-handicapper Roger Altham amassed 45 points and


finished third after a consultation of cards with 14-handi- capper Dave Wetton.


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N-FORM Gordon Lucas won the annual Turkey Shoot at Mytton Fold Golf Club on Saturday.


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Breaker” T-shirt. A member of Clitheroe


Dolphins and BOBCATS, Neale met with further suc­ cess in the meet that attracted swimmers from 60 clubs across England and Scotland. His 50m freestyle swim earned him a national quali­


fying time. And he also achieved a


national qualifying time in finishing third in the 100m backstroke. Neale also swam his way


to fourth place in the 100m freestyle and fifth in the 100 butterfly.


Rossendale Utd. FA Carlsberg Vase Third Round


Mossley v Nantwich Town; New­ castle Town v CLITHEROE; Skelmersdale Utd v Hall Road Rangers; Vauxhall Motors v War­


Glossop NE v Brigg Town;


rington Town. ■ Reserve Division North CLITHEROE v Fleetwood


Freeport; Nelson v Bacup Bor­ ough; Oldham Town v Colne; Rossendale Utd v Ramsbottom


Utd. Monday


Reserve Division Cup Group C CLITHEROE v Abbey Hey. Tuesday


Floodlit Trophy Second Round


Mossley v Fleetwood Freeport; Salford City v Newcastle Town; Skelmersdale Utd v Vauxhall Motors; Woodley Sports v Old­ ham Town.


Glossop NE v CLITHEROE;


Vauxhall GM... 22 15 4 3 49 Newcastle Town 19 13 4 2 43 CLITHEROE.. 23 12 6 5 42 St Helens........ 21 11 8 2 41 Mossley.......... 20 11 5 4 38 Rossendale Utd 20 11 5 Skelmersdale.... 17 10 5 Abbey Hey...... 23 10 5 Fltwood F’port 23 9 7 Gt Harwood Tn 24 9 7 _ -- Kidsgrove Ath.. 25 10 4 11 34 Ramsbottom.... 20 9 5 6 32 Prescot Cables. 20 7 8 5 29 Salford City..... 22 7 2 13 23 Bootle...... ........ 24 6 5 13 23 Nantwich Town 19 5 7 7 22 Maine Road 22 Cheadle Town.. 21 Glossop NE.... 22 Atherton LR.... 24 Leek CSOB..... 22 ---------- -- Atherton Colls. 20 3 4 13 13 Reserve Division


First Division P W D L P


TABLES


4 38 2 35 8 35 7 34 8 34


7 12 22


7■11 19 6 12 18 6 15 15 5 14 14


CLITHEROE.. 9 , 6’ 0 3 18 Darwen........... 7 5\ 1 1 16 Ramsbottom Utd 7 5 0 2 15 Nelson............ 8 4 2 2 14 Rossendale Utd 7 4 , 2 1 14 Chadderton..... 6 3 1 2 10 Bacup Borough 7 3 0 4 9


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Colne...'..™.'..... 7 2 1 Fltwood Freeport 7 2 0


Squires Gate.... 7 1 1 Oldham Town.. 6 0 0


Clitheroe Reserves 5 Squires Gate Res. 1


THE returning Chris Grimshaw iand top marksman Matt GarV eV bagged two goals'


apiece as the Blues demolished Squires


opened his account for the season as Clitheroe totally outplayed the vis­ itors.


Gate. Mark1 Wilson also


Grimshaw opened the


scoring with a tap-in from an Ian Pilkington cross, and within the first half-hour he doubled his tally when he picked up a poor back-pass and placed the ball beyond the advancing keeper. Minutes before half­


time, Gamer made it 3-0 when he scored from 10


yards out. Once again John Hold­


ing and Jason Jones ran midfield and created plenty of chances for the forwards. Although the visitors


rallied slightly at the start of the second half, the Blues defence stood strong with Wilson and Derick Mercer tidying up anything Squires Gate could offer. Midway through the


half Garner netted his 18th goal of the season before Squires Gate pulled one back. Within a couple of


minutes, Wilson headed in the fifth from a comer from substitute Justin Waterhouse. The points kept Clitheroe in the top


4 7 5 6 5 4 6 0


are at home to Fleetwood Freeport, kick-off 3 p.m before entertaining Abbey Hey on Monday (kick-off ,7-30 p.m.) need- ing-a point:to top the group and progress to the quarter-finals .of the Reserve League Cup.


three. On Saturday the Blues


Clitheroe beat spritied guests


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CLITHEROE were good in patches as they struggled to overcome a spirited Garstang side at Littlemoor on


a t ^ e ^?-tuen d ' d p o __This was Uarstangs urst-ever game agauu>v Th^ l 7 .e^ SinP P


opened-up a 26-7 lead, but fought back valiantly to make life difficult for the


locals. With Nick Green adding


his weight to the pack and Ian Fielding plus debutante Mark Jackson joining the backs, the Clitheroe lme-up was as strong as it has been all season - the early skir­ mishes reinforcing the feel­ ing that is should have been an easy day for the Little­


moor men. Garstang, however, had


other ideas as the outstand­ ing open side flanker was first to a neat chip from his fly-half, outpaced the


Fleet-footed Thea steals the show


X in athletics, young Clitheroe athlete Thea “ 8!iaaaaR!a®KL" ™ Smith won the perfor­ mance of the match at the first Lancashire Sportshall Athletics League meeting of the season in Blackpool. The 10-year-old, who


attends Brookside School, represented Hyndburn, and won the shield for Athlete-of-the-Match, winning the sprint double of one and two laps, adding first place in the triple jump, and runners- up spot, by 2cms, in the vertical jump. Her points total helped Hyndburn finish second


overall. The challenge now is to


earn maximum points at the next two meetings at Preston and Wilson's Field early next year to qualify for the Northern Championships in Wigan in the spring. , Thea is also a member


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They could easily have been overcome during the second period when Clitheroe defence and scored under


the posts. This was Clitheroe’s


wake-up call as first Dave Watson and then Tim Hitchen grabbed tries to put the home side 12-7 up at half-time. A second Watson score


and a blockbusting effort from burly prop Andrew Thornber plus two more Malcolm Heanan conver­ sions gave the Maroon and Golds a comfortable lead. The lead itself should


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their comeback as they notched a converted try and two penalties to reduce the lead to a nail-biting six


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record their first victory for three weeks. Weekend teams


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