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By JUSTIN CONNOLLY


_ __ Parry’s Clitheroe lift­ ed them to third in the First North Western Trains League


RESOUNDING 3-0 victory for Steve


ANDY GUDGEON. 011199/13/7


W orld date fo r darts A n d y


place in the Winmau World Masters with a sensational victory over current cham­ pion Les Wallace. Andy beat Les, a former


G l i t h e r o e


arrows ace Andy Gudgeon booked a


Third Division


New Inn.............. 4 3 1 20 Starkies............... 4 1 3 17 Horseshoe........... 3 2 1 13 Brown Cow C...... 3 2 1 12 Pendle Inn B ' 3 0 3 11 BBC B................ 3 2 1 12


world champion, in a county match and now goes through to the Masters ranked num­ ber seven in the inter-county. The finals will be held in


London next month. CLITHEROE AND DISTRICT DARTS


LEAGUE TABLES


Firs( Division P W


The Dog.............. 1 3 Kings A.... .......... 4 J Royal Oak........... 4 ■ 2 Pendle A............. 4 Mangrove........... 4 Craven................ 4 Black Horse........ 4 Judge.................. 4


Black Bull........... Kings B............... Pendle Witch...... Swan with 2 Necks Bay Horse........... Brown Cow A...... BBC A................ Brown Cow B......


Second Division


4 2 1 0 0


W 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 0


L Pis L Pis


RIBBLE VALLEY LADIES’ DARTS


LEAGUE RESULTS


Langho 10, Bay Horse 2; Catholic SC 7, Billington BC 5;


Royal British Legion 6, Station 6; Low Moor 5, Craven A 7; Craven B 7, Black Bull (Old Langho) 5; Bridge Inn 7, Kings Arms 5. HIGH SCORES


11-dart finish: J. Gallagher; bull


finish: J. Secdle; 141: L. McDon­ ald: 140 and 125: M. Northover;


140 and 100: M. Livesey; 140: P. Dewhurst; 125: A. Haydock, L. Hayton; 121: L. Tomlinson: 118: J. Johnson; 117: R. Dewhurst:


• 116: R. Hayward: 114: M. Bow­ man: 112 and 111: J. Ridgeway: 100 x 2: A. Webster; 100: A.


Southwell and P. O Neil. POINTS AND POSITIONS


1, Low Moor 41; 2, Langho 38; 3,


Catholic 35; 4, Brown Cow and Craven A 27; 6, Billington 25; 7, Bridge Inn 24; 8, Royal British Legion 23:9, Station 22; 10, Craven B 20; 11, Bay Ilorsxe 19; 12, Black Bull (Old Langho) 18; 13, Kings


Arms 17 Buck...............


P W L Pts 4 4 0 28


First Division on Saturday. But the Shawbridge chief


knows his side must build on that result this coming Saturday if they are to make a challenge


the fact they have played more games than most of the teams around them at the top of the


table. The Blues have played 20,


while leaders Newcastle Town have played just 14. Mossley and St Helens . are just below Clitheroe and have also played fewer games than the Blues. After Saturday Clitheroe take


for the summit and promotion. Lowly Cheadle Town are the


' “Lee came on on Saturday and looked OK. I t ’s early days for him, but he gives us more options,” Parry said. As for Saturday’s game, the


of Lee Cunliffe from Congleton.


different story. Playing against the wind


a week off from league duty while they enter the FA Carls-


herg Vase. And that will give some of the


visitors to Shawbridge on Satur­ day, and the Clitheroe support­ ers will he expecting nothing less


than victory. “We should beat them, but


they are the kind of side who have been causing us problems,”


Parry said. “Teams near the bottom of


the table come to Shawbridge to get something out of the game, and not necessarily a win. “They frustrate us and it’s up to us to come out and try and


sides around Clitheroe the chance to get some of their games in hand out of the way. “What we need to do is improve our consistency,” Parry


said. “We are in a reasonable posi­


tion and we will know better how we stand when some of the other games have been played. “We scored three on Saturday


but we have to keep that going now and make sure we don’t squander the chances that come


break them down. “Having said that we have been creating chances, but not


putting them away. “We have drawn too many


games at home — if we had six or eight points more than we have now it would be different story.”. Clitheroe’s other problem is


ber Trevor Thornber won the third round of the Professional's Win­


gg MYTTON Fold 111 Golf Club mem­


ter Series. Thomber, who plays off


14 handicap, compiled 41 Stableford points and tri­ umphed ahead of Tim Chambers (40 points), Howard Taylor and Neville Shears (both 39


points).Howard Taylor (14 points) leads the Order of Merit with Andy Kay, Dennis Leaver - both 12 points - and Thornber (10 points) in close atten­


dance.


Double dream lives on as Nelson win again


IIursL Green........................................ 1 Furness Cavaliers ............................. " HURST Green continued their march through to the third round of the Hollands Lancashire Amateur Shield with a bitter­ ly-fought win over Furness Cavaliers. For the first time this season Ilurst Green


and cup double dream is still alive after they saw off Second Division Ossy


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were able to field the same side on consecutive occasions, which seemed to make a marked improvement to the style of football which


was on display. In blustery conditions both sides struggled


to create any good goalscoring opportunities. The first half became a midfield battle,


with tempers fraying on both sides. The tactical team-talk at half-time by the


ever-expenmental Ilurst Green manager saw them start the second half with all guns blaz-


mgRichard Quinn’s never-say-die attitude in midfield paid off as he was brought down just inside the area after a skilful, mazy run. Warren Barker, with the crowd waiting m


Hotspur 4-1. Captain Andy Mossop, to


the amazement of his team­ mates, chose to play into "Hurricane Ilaslingden" after winning the toss, and Hot­ spur took the game to the


locals.However, resolute defend­ ing and poor finishing ensured Nelson only had to claw back one goal in the sec­ ond half. The goal they conceded


anticipation, sent the keeper the wrong and netted Hurst Green’s eventual winner. Once again Ilurst Green squandered good


ORD N e l s o n 's Memorial Sunday Football League


Chapman were brought into the fray, with the former set­ ting up Brendan McGhee for a simple equaliser. Soon after Steven Cza-


James Bucket and Sam


hand corner of the goal With the floodgates now


powski latched onto a huge Lee Kearsley throw in to fire home, and another Kearsley throw set up Warren Baker to


wide open, skipper Penman curled a free kick into the net from the edge of the area. Substitute Pinder and


Waterhouse both hit the woodwork before Garner net­ ted his second with a pearler


nod in the third. With seconds remaining,


from 30 yards. Pinder hit the crossbar


Mossup made his annual excursion uphold and com­ pleted the scoring from a deep Benny corner. Second Division Brown


saw goalkeeper Mark Taylor and defender Chris Stanley suffer a sickening clash of


chances throughout the second half, while Furness Cavaliers struggled to rekindle their


form of the first half. Outstanding performances from Neale


Brown and Quinn saw them both given joint man-of-the-match award. On Saturday Hurst Green travel to


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again and Green, another substitute, raced from the half-way line to complete the


scoring.


Cow bridged the divisional gap to overcome E. H. Foot­ ball from the First Division 7-


heads. While they were out for the


1. E II. Football took an early lead but Brown Cow equalised when McTear headed a Waterhouse cross


count, with the Nelson play­ ers calling for help, the refer­ ee allowed play to continue and an embarrassed Ossy player walked the ball into


Oswaldtwistle, hoping to carry their excellent cup form into the league


the net.The score remained the same until 25 minutes from lime.


Bowlers secure surprise win


Doubles Finals Day at Ribblesdale Wanderers


T


and David Benmson beat pre-tournament favourites


Bowling Club on Saturday. Preston's Michael Coupe


Norman Fletcher and Brian Duncan 21-9 in the final to win the £300 first prize, pre­ sented by Mark Graham of


HERE was a shock in the Bar-Be- Quick Floodlight


Rcctella.Two home pairs made the last day, Ray Turner and. John Chatwin and Eric Wal­


lace and Alan Threlfall. Turner and Chatwin lost


valiantly 21-20 to Fletcher


and Threlfall 21-18, ■ Winning programme num- bers were 89,115,45,69,107,


and Duncan, while David Harrison and Norbert Walm- sley of Burnley beat Wallace


• ;l l 27,4- Contact the club to claim. !


■ p. Sutcliffe and T. Catlow


RESULTS Finals Dny


(Blackburn) 21, B. Robinson and T. Glover (Turton)19; M. Coupe and D. Benmson (Pre­ ston) 21, J. Fullerton and R. Hall (Birkenhead)17; K. Rudman and I. Bottomley (Todmorden) 17, D. Bond and R. Rigby (Accrington) 21; T. Riley and C. Murdue (Bradford) v A. Starkie and II.Parnell (Bolton) walkover, Ray Turner and John Chatwin (Ribblesdale) 20, N. Fletcher and B. Duncan (Blackpool) 21; M. Chapman and J. Metters (Blackburn) 11, G. Shuttleworth and A. Handford (Colne) 21; D. Har­ rison and N. Walmsley 21(Burnley), Eric Wallace and Alan Threlfall (Ribbles­ dale) 18; B. Kirk and A.' Fer­ ris (Stoke) 21, M. Dillon and A. Marsden (Burnley) 15. Sutcliffe and Catlow 19,


into the net. E. II. Football tired in the


second half and Brown Cow drilled the ball into the net via the foot of the post to give Brown Cow the lead. Garner made it 3-1 from


y-rr-r RESULTS Knockout Clip Brown Cow 7, EH Football 1.


Judge Walmcsley 1, Oaklea 3, Low Moor 10, Caldcrstones 2; Ossy Hotspur 1, Lord Nelson 4. FIXTURES First Division


Dc Lacy v Judge Walmesley (Whallcy); Lord Nelson v Stan-


hill Lions (Norden). Second Division


Brown Cow v Knuzden Brook (Rocfiold); Caldorstones v Crown


close range and Blackledge netted the fourth with a deli­ cate chip into ^he top left-


Scaffolds (Calderstones). Third Division


Low Moor v WilDshire Bulls Head (Rocfieid).


our way. “That has been our big prob­


lem and that is something we


have been working on.” Star striker Brian Welch is


now back in full action after his injury lay-off, and will get fitter the more games he plays. And Parry recruited another striker this week with the signing


only absentee is likely to be Mark Stuart, who will be miss­ ing for two weeks while away on holiday. Abbey Hey ............................0 Cliiheroe ............. ............ • -3 CLITHEROE have found it hard to find the back of the net this season - but they put that right in style at Abbey Hey on


Saturday. The home side made a few


changes to the side Clitheroe beat 2-0.at Shawbridge a couple of weeks ago, but that seemed to help the Blues in the end. The conditions were difficult


But the opposite happened and the fluency of recent weeks


Clitheroe looked much more pro­ ductive and had to wait just 10 minutes into the second half before prolific striker Brian Welch netted the first. Recently Clitheroe have been


was not there. ■


going a goal ahead and failing to capitalise, giving their opponents hope of a way back into the


game. This time the opposition were


not so lucky as Paul Whalley netted twice to finish off the


home side. The scoreline reflected Clitheroe’s dominance, but did­


n’t tell the whole story. Once again chances were spurned and Clitheroe could


have had six. But the three that went in


for both sides and it was Clitheroe who struggled play with the strong wind in the first half. They found progress into the opposition's final third easy, but found it difficult to find their range with the final pass. The wind more often than not


carried the ball too far. That said the Blues managed


to hit the woodwork in the first half and looked the stronger side. But no goals were forthcoming


inree.


were enough to secure the points which took Clitheroe into the top three.


but they lacked the fire power and only went in front when full­ back Shaun Berry unleashed an unstoppable shot from 25 yards on the stroke of half-time. Maine Road equalised five


They had the most possession,


minutes into the second half as the team struggled to put any form together.


Adam Whittle had the best . , v.


chance to put the home,team , back in front, but missed the tar­ get when trying to round the"


keeper. Pilkington hit the bar with a


header in the final few minutes, hut too many poor deliveries into the danger area kept chances to


. blushes with an excellent save when a Maine Road attacker


and Clitheroe had to be content with a 0-0 scoreline at the break. The second half was a very


Clitheroe Reserves.............1 was clean through in the final Maine Road Reserves.........1 minute. CLITHEROE moved back to the top o j the Reserve League Cup Group C, even though they could only manage a draw against Maine Road Reserves. With regular first-team men Dave Gray and Ian Pilkington in the side the Reserves.expected to have no problems against a side they had already beaten away from home.


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Hey Reserves at home to progress through to the quarter­


They now have to beat Abbey


finals. • On Saturday the Reserves


return to league action at high­ flying Darwen Reserves. Kick­


off is at 3 p.m. Revidge


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Clitheroe Y o u th ................4 CLITHEROE produced a


a minimum. John Parrott saved the team’s


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great first-half performance to seal the points when they took- on Revidge.


well and the danger signs were, there for Revidge after just two. minutes when Jackson was put through only to fire wide. After 10 minutes Jackson was,


They passed the ball around^


again through after good work from Lord, but this time saw. his


shot come back off the post. .-•On 12 minutes plitheroeitook


'the lead when Lord'hit a great left-footed volley.into the top


' After 17 minutes it was 2-0 when confusion-between the


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Revidge keeper and one of his defenders resulted in an own


goal.The game was made safe after- 30 minutes when Jackson finally, found the net after being put through again. With the points in the bag


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Clitheroe strolled through the second half, apart from man-of- the-match Lord, who continued to work his socks off. Jackson made it 4-0 in the


dying moments of the game to round off what had been a com­ manding performance. Clitheroe have three big games


at 11 a.m. at Roefield.


D o lp h in s t o m a k e splash in national biathlon finals


at the end of the month. Competing in teams of three, Louise


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hero as Waddington beat visiting Addingham - he scored two, created the third and even spent a spell in goal. Waddington started well and created three good opportunities in the first 10 minutes, all


of which went begging. Dugdale linked up well with Pope, whose


rasping shot was tipped onto the bar. Despite having and equal share of posses­


sion Addingham failed to create a single note­ worthy chance as Dewhurst remained untrou­


bled in the Waddington net. Smith claimed Waddington’s first after 40


minutes when his thundering shot smacked the Addingham keeper in the midriff before


spinning off into the net. In the second half Waddington kicked


uphill and against the wind. Sutcliffe won a free kick 20 yards out which


Smith accurately placed into the bottom right


hand corner to make it 2-0. Smith then turned provider whipping in a


cross from the right which Boothman fearless­


ly headed home. Addingham got their consolation goal 10


minutes from time when their number nine beat Dewhurst from the edge of the area., Finally Smith went in goal after an injury


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LITHEROE Dolphins will have three youngsters in the National Biathlon Championships in Bath,


Highton, Cathenng Dudbndge and Victo­ ria Marshall were runners-up in the 11-12 years category in Horwich and qualified to represent the North West and Ribble Val­ ley on November 27-28th. The trio swam 100m in the Leisure Cen­ tre and then ran 1,000m on Horwich


Grammar School field. They are now hard at training, running


and swimming three times a week. All three are aged 11, with Louise a pupil


Catherine from St Augustine’s and Victo1 riafrom St Wilfrid's, Blackburn. Their male counterparts. Matthew


Poplett, Toby Banfield and Paul Jaggs were also second in the 12-13 years section, but unfortunately cannot attend the National Final. Megan Phillip, who along with Holly


Bond and Beth Highton were second in the 9-10 years section, and qualified for the


individual event. But the nine-year-old is taking ner gram­


mar school exams on the same weekend as the finals and also cannot attend.


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bndge, Louise Highton andVictoria Mar­ shall


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