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Parry has blueprint for Shawbridge success!
Vagabonds put to the sword on Clitheroe rugby tour
Penrith Vagabonds 10 Clilheroe 37
T H E L i t t lem o o r bandwagon steam rollered over an out classed Penrith on the only match of the Clitheroe 1998-99 tour. A strong squad of
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lent breakfast, the tourist set off in good spirits to confront the challenges ahead. The Penrith club
mainly first teamers, bolstered by Cavaliers Fielding and Bossenett, assembled at the White Lion for the traditional start to the tour. Sustained by an excel-
house was reached just in time for more refresh ments, and by 2-30 p.m., the team were suitably warmed up and ready for action. Playing into a stiff
the scores after some sustained pressure, but Clitheroe hit back to regain the lead just before half-time as Andrew Burrill crossed the line. With the wind at
Vagabonds levelled By Chris Boden has laid down the gaunlet to his A VJ Xf ;v I . c .
Shawbridge squad. Parry admitted: "In terms of being
good enough to win the league next sea son, we need to strengthen the side." But the boss hopes to find the answers
within his squad - and hopes to hand fringe players and reserve teamers a chance as the Blues play out their remaining North Western Trains League fixtures. He said: "We have a good squad here, and I have to be fair to them before I look
elsewhere. "There are lads waiting for their chance,
and there is a danger of bringing people in just for the sake of it. "We have got quality in the reserves and
S the Blues aim to finish the season with a flourish, Clitheroe boss Steve Parry
the goal-scoring department. He said: "We have not been scoring
enough goals. "I am not pointing the finger at the for
wards, but the side in general. "We are not creating enough chances. "We need more people taking chances
going forward. "We are waiting for the forwards to score. "I am trying to encourage the midfield -
anyone of them - to get forward and sup plement the attack." And if Clitheroe can start scoring more
last thing we want is to let it go now. "There are teams above us in the table
goals, then Parry hopes to finish on a high - hopefully in the top eight: "We need to go on a run and build on the win at Nantwich. "We owe it to the club and the fans. The
who shouldn't be. Realistically we will be lucky to finish in the top six, but the top eight is a realistic aim. "We have a lot of work to do to achieve
some good young lads coming through. "If I bring players in, I might as well say
the youngsters have no future here. "I will give them the chance to see what they can do, and if they can cope with the
standard." There may be one or two new faces
a little". But what Parry wants, like any other
before the transfer deadline at the end of the month, but only to "freshen things up
football manager, is competition for places. He has that in some areas, but would like more first teamers to be looking over their
shoulders. He said: "We have to have more compe
breeze, the Maroon and Golds opened the scor ing via a Roger Holmes try.
down the left with Dennis Hill and Mark Stewart, but we need more people to be knocking on the door. "We can accommodate both Dennis and
In terms of being good enough to win the league next season,
we need to strengthen the side - Steve Parry
their backs, there was no stopping Clitheroe in the second period as they put the Vagan- bonds to the sword. In all, a further five
tries were scored. Duncan Fielding
crossed the line, quickly followed by fly half Declan O'Duffy. Chris Bossenett then
players I have seen at this level, while Mark is similar, and probably more defence-minded. "But I need more selection problems like
Mark, but it is difficult to pick between either. "Dennis is technically one of the best-
that." One area Parry is keen to strengthen is
tition for places all over the park. "We do have options in certain areas, like
that, and there are a few biggish games we will have to do well in, but we are hopeful
of ending on a high." Clitheroe's Floodlit Trophy Quarter-
Final clash at Atherton Collieries on Tues day night was postponed, and at the time of going to press no new date had been set. Clitheroe travel to face struggling Chea-
Fleet footed racer strikes
national title recently - and clinched a place in the Great Britain junior team in the process. The Clitherie Royal
again ATHLETE Cather
Grammar School A-level s tudent exceeded all expectations when she won the AAA Under 20 junior women's 800m on the banked track at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham - at just 16 years of age! Fleet-footed Catherine's
dle Town on Saturday in league action, while the Blues have been drawn to face Darwen at the Anchor Ground in the Floodlit Trophy semi-finals should they progress against Atherton before then.
NORTH WESTERN
TRAINS LEAGUE RESULTS
League Challenge Cup Semi-Final First Leg Prescot Cables 2, Newcastle Tn 0; St Helens Tn 1, Vauxball GM 2.
First Division Glossop NE 2,
Atherton LR 1; Kidsgrove Ath. 2, Workington 0; Leek CSOB 1, Mossley 2;
Skelmersdale Utd 2; Ilolker OB 1, Ramsbottom Utd 1, Bootle
2; Maine Rd l t Atherton Collieries 0; Nantwich Tn 1, CLITIIEROE2; Rossendale Utd 1, CheadleTn 0. Reserve Division North
CLITHEROE v Chadderton PP; Colne 1, Dar
wen 1; Squires Gate 2, Nelson 0. FIXTURES
Saturday League Challenge Cup Semi-Final Second Leg
Blues win on return to league action
snatched a brace to put the visitors in com mand. Finally, on the stroke
of full-time, full back Burrill claimed his sec ond of the game with Malcolm I-Ieanan adding an excellent con version. Saturday's teams
away, meet 1 p.m.) A. Burrill, C. Bossenett, P. Parker, M. Briggs, N. Hutchenson, A. Moor- by, D. O’Duffy, M. Heanan, A. Thornber, M. Wilyman, J. Procter, M. Wigley, B. Wilkin son, A. Nuttall, R. Holmes, T. Ilitchen. Clitheroe 2nds (home,
Clitheroe (v Burnage,
Nanlwich T ow n ........................... 1 ClUheroe....................................... 2 FOLLOWING the Blues’ League Challenge Cup quarter-final exit at home to St Helens last Wednesday, Clitheroe were back in bread and butter league action on Saturday. Steve Parry's men would have
played the first leg of the Challenge Cup semi-final against Vauxhall GM had they come through against the Merseysiders. But a second cup exit in five days
the first quarter of an hour. But the home side forged ahead
against the run of play when the unmarked Doug Dawson slipped the ball past Jon Parrott on 28 minutes. The goal shook the Blues, but they
reorganised at half-time and came out a more composed side. Dave Gardner should have levelled on the hour, but shot wide from close
range. But a minute later the Blues
meant the Blues had to travel to Cheshire for the more mundane task of trying to get three league points. And that they did as ex-Claret
utes from time. Clitheroe started nervously,
despite opening up the Nantwich defence on a couple of occasions in
meet 1-30 p.m.) M. Allen, M. Chambers, D. Davenport, T. Dubows- ki, D. Fielding, S. Gret- ton, S. Hall, P. Isher- wood, J. Breakell, D. Glover, D. Lawson, E. Pickup, P. Procter, B. Stansfield, C. Stott, D. Tattersall, Williamson.
G. Brian Welch fired the winner five min Clitheroe level, before Welch's late
equalised when Welch released Mark Stewart down the left, and his cross was headed into his own net by a hap less home defender. Parrott made a fine stop to keep
intervention. A deep cross came back out to the
youngster, and he placed his header beyond the keeper for his second goal
Newcastle Tn vPrescot Cables; Vauxhall GM v St Helens Tn.
First Division Atherton Collieries v Leek
CSOB; Cheadle Tn v CLITHEROE; Glossop NE v Holker OB; Kidsgrove Ath. v Bootle; Mossley v Atherton LR; Nantwich Tn v Skelmersdale Utd; Rossendale Utd v Maine Rd; Workington v Ramsbottom Utd. Reserve Division Cup Group D Darwen v CLITHEROE. Tuesday
First Division
in the blue and white stripes. Gardner could then have added a third goal, but he ballooned over from
six yards. However, Clitheroe held onto their
lead for a welcome win. On Wednesday, a tired Clitheroe
couldn't lift themselves after their FA Vase exit, and suffered a second quar ter-final defeat. Having beaten St Helens at home
Atherton LR v Ramsbottom
Utd; Bootle v Newcastle Tn; Glossop NE v Leek CSOB; Vaux hall GM v Salford City. Floodlit Trophy
Semi-Final First Leg Darwen v Atherton Collieries
or CLITHEROE. TABLES
First Division
in the Vase, the Blues were hopeful of bouncing back at Shawbridge. But a second half goal from Gary
Laird put paid to that as the Blues failed to take advantage of good pos session. Clitheroe had chances to score
through Welch, Gardner and Stewart, but with St Helens keeper Mike Alli son in fine form, they could find no way past him.
Youngsters enjoy goal romp
Clilheroe Youth ..........8 Todmorden ..................2 DESPITE the poor con ditions, Clitheroe turned in a superb performance, with hot-shot Matt Gar ner the focal point. The home side soon got
into gear with Garner scor ing twice within the first five minutes. More good football on a
It looked a stroll in the
tricky surface put Clitheroe in the driving seat as Gar ner netted another two, and the in-form Steve Wilkinson made it 6-0 at half-time.
park, but the scoreline did n't reflect the good work at the back from the pairing of Darren Bateman and Glen Taylor. Garner hit the seventh
the visitors to pull two goals back. But Gary Jackson slotted
hom from close range to complete the scoring. On Sunday, the youth
early in the second half, but Clitheroe eased off to allow
team are at home at Roe- field against Great Har wood, kick-off 2 p.m.
Mossley.......... 30 20 6 4 66 Newcastle Town 29 20 6 3 66 Kidsgrove Ath.. 30 20 4 G 64 Skelmersdalc.... 30 16 6 8 54 Workington..... 26 13 9 4 48 Prescot Cables. 26 13 7 6 46 Vauxhall GM... 24 13 7 4 46 Maine Road.... 29 14 3 12 45 St Helens........ 23 14 1 8 43 Salford City.... 29 12 3 14 39 CLITIIEROE.. 26 10 5 11 35 Atherton LR.... 29 9 7 13 34 Ramsbottom.... 26 9 6 n 33 Rossendale...... 28 10 3 15 33 Cheadlc Town.. 31 9 5 17 32
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medals again. The 11-year-old helped
C
clinched third spot in her first international run. At the Birmingham
event, the Park High School AC member crossed the winning line in 2 mins 10.18 secs - knocking four seconds off her previous best time, set in January- to leave 18-
stunning title success is cer tainly the highlight of her burgeoning career to date, and earned her a gold medal and a place in the Great Britain junior squad for a quadrangular match against France, Germany and Italy in Paris at the weekend weekend. And she was in fine form again in Paris when she
year-old Scottish title-hold er Joanna Ross a shell shocked runner-up. Catherine qualified for the
final by finishing second in her heat in a blanket finish.
Arena is certainly a happy hunting ground for Cather ine - the AAA title success was her third at the Birm ingham venue this year. And last year, of course,
The National Indoor
Catherine won the Undeh 17 800m title at the tender age of 15 and was ranked number one in the United Kingdom in her age group. The former Park High
ine Riley raced to a
Thursday, March 4th, 1999
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School pupil, now studying for her A-levels at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, is
coached by Mike Hindle and trains three nights a week at the Surrey Road track in Nelson. There was more good
news for Catherine when she received a telephone call from the Great Britain team manager Brian Hall inviting her to join a team of athletes for warm weath er training in Florida at Easter.
Athlete Anna again among the medals
LITHEROE a th lete Anna Griffiths has been among the
Lancashire Under 11s to third place in the North West Regional Indoor Sports Hall Championships at Wigan last week. And on Sunday she was a
part of the Red Rose side that finished as runners-up in the Under 13 event at St Helens. The Pendle County School
pupil leapt to a personal best of 1.2m in the high jump, fin ishing equal seventh on countback.
anchor leg in the four-lap obstacle relay - which includes hopscotch, hurdles and for ward rolls - leading her side to victory and second place over
And she then ran the
all in the championships. Top-class sprinter Talal
Monsour of Qatar, and for mer Olympic long jumper Jean Pickering, wife of the late athletics commentator Ron, were on hand to help present the medals. Lancashire were also run
ners-up in the Under 13 boys' section, with the help of James Wilbourn of Clitheroe
Royal Grammar School. James ran for Lancashire in
the 4 x 2-lap relay, and fin ished fourth in the final of the individual two-lap race. He was also runner-up in
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GROUP of Ribble Valley sports enthusiasts are hoping to turn a holiday
hobby into a more serious pastime. A meeting will take place at the weekend for all those who have tried
Scuba diving on their holidays. Most of them will have completed
courses run by the American-based Professional Association of Diving Instructors. And those are not compatible
said this week: “A lot of people have been on holiday courses and will have basic qualifications and find there is nothing they can do with them. “People will have done basic dives
meeting on Sunday at the New Inn. Clitheroe, starting at 7-30 p.m. One of those involved, Bill Carter,
with similar diving qualifications offered by the British sub-aqua authorities. With that in mind a group of divers
based in the Ribble Valley are hoping to form a non-affiliated dive club. And to see how much interest there is,, they are planning an inaugural
interested in taking that holiday experience a little further. “And we think that a non-affiliated
would like to think it is possible to form a club with qualified instructors so that people can learn more about diving. “It would be our intention to have
qualified instructors involved so that full training can be given.” Mr Carter went on to say that he
and more adventurous dives including shark dives. “We know a lot of people must be
club could be the right way forward. “We don’t know how often we
would be planning to meet, or even where we would be meeting. “But if there is enough interest we
hoped that the club would be able to run diving holidays in Scotland, Ire land or even on the continent. Absolutely anyone is welcome to
attend the meeting on Sunday night and then things will be taken from there. Anyone wanting further informa
tion should contact Mr Carter on 01200 443282 (evenings).
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