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By JUSTIN CONNOLLY


HE home of football beck­ on s on ce aga in fo r Clitheroe on Saturday as


they hit the Wembley trail. They take on Wessex League side


Bemerton Heath Harlequins at Shawbridge and the prize on offer is a place in the quarter-finals of this


year’s FA Carlsberg Vase. Reaching the last 16 is in itself a


major achievement for manager Steve Parry in his first season in


charge at Shawbridge. He hopes to emulate his prede­


cessors by guiding the side to Wem­ bley and bettering them by actual­ ly winning the competition. But he also knows that at this


stage there are no easy games. “We are quietly confident,” he


said. “The most important thing is that we’ve got the home draw. “We’ve had them watched a couple


of times and they like to play football. “They play a slightly different


pattern than we do, so we’ ll have to be aware of that.


&W^r6 OI that “ But all in all it looks like it


should be a good game of football.” Parry is happy with his side’s


form, despite a relatively lowly league posit ion for a club of


Clitheroe’s stature. “We are looking stronger every


week,” he said. “After a bit of a bad patch when


we lost a couple of games we are beginning to get back to our best.” Clitheroe didn’t get the chance to


fine-tune their plans for Saturday on M on d a y night, when their scheduled league clash with Holker Old Boys was postponed. “ I was disappointed not to play,


but I can understand it from a pitch point of view,” Parry said. “We need a good surface and had


we played on it on M on d a y it would not have recovered.” Clitheroe’s final game before Sat­


urday’s big match was a visit to Skelmersdale on Saturday. The side performed well but


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could manage only a 1-1 draw. “The first half was probably the best performance we have produced


since I’ve been here,” Parry said. “We enjoyed lots of possession


and created a few good chances. "The lad getting sent off didn’t real­


ly change things, and we should have been more than 1-0 up by half-time. “We decided not to change


things because we were doing so well, but in the second half we did­ n’ t really come out. “They changed their shape and


started to dominate the midfield. “We lost possession a lot injthe


midfield and that put the defence


under pressure. “ It took us half-an-hour to get


going, but by that time they had scored from a corner. “ Even at the end their keeper


made three good saves and had we put those away it would have been


a fair result.” One plus point for the boss was


Brian Welch’s first goal in Clitheroe colour? since he joined the side


three weeks ago. “ The only thing with Brian is


that he hadn’ t played much before joining us, so by his own admission


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cashire title in his chosen sport. Nigel, a members of HICKS, was seeded second in the championships, which were held in Prestwich, Manchester. “The number one seed couldn’t make the tournament because he was stuck in the USA,” Nigel said after


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returning to Clitheroe with the top prize. “He’s is a lot better than everyone else and is about


10th in the country. “But you have to take your chance and there were still


a lot of very good players there.” The competition was held over the whole of last week


with the final being held on friday night. John Lambert was Nigel’s opponent, hut the Clitheroe


man swept him aside to take the title 3-1. Nigel, who has been in the county’s top three for the


last seven or eight years, is also a coach at HICKS. He takes sessions with seven to 10-yeur olds on


Wednesdays, and 11-yenr-olds upwards on Thursday’s


at the Chatburn Road site. Anybody interested in joining the sessions should


contact the club on 01200 426887.


Clitheroe on cue for grand final


wo legs for the right to day in the National Inter- lea gu e P o o l F in a ls in


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kpril. The first leg is on Sunday t the Beaumont Hotel,


Jolton, with the return leg he following Sunday at the luck, Clitheroe. Both match-


s start at 1 p.m. Clitheroe players are asked


o meet at the Buck at noon in Sunday. Meanwhile, Clitheroe


hampions Kings Arms will epresent the league in the lational Champion of Cham-


>ions event. The opening matches are


egional and start shortly. Two years ago, the then-


oca] champions Dog and Cartridge finished 16th out of


>ver 300 teams. The finals are held at the "Ireat Yarmouth - “the home


)f pool” - in the summer. LEAGUE RESULTS Premier Division


Dog and Partridge A 5, Whal­


ey Arms 9; RBL A 4. Kings \rms A 10; Royal Oak A 5, Buck \ 9; Kings Arms B 4, Higher Buck 10; Castle A 5, Read Consti-


.utional 9. First Division White Lion 2, Dog and Par­


tridge B 5; New Inn A 4, Man­ grove A 3; De Lacy B 4, Dog Inn 3; Pendle Hotel B 4, Stork Hotel 3; Horse Shoe A 1, White Hart 6. Second Division


Hurst Green 3, Pendle Witch 4;


Brown Cow A 4, Pendle A 3; Craven Heifer 1, RBL C 6; Black Horse 3, De Lacy A 4; Three Mill­ stones 2, Bay Horse A 5. Third Division


Ultraframe 3, Horse Shoe B 4;


Starkies Fun Bar 5, Royal Oak B 2; Buck Wrinkleys 4, Buck B 3; Black Bull 5, White Horse A 2;


Mangrove B 4, RBL B 3. Fourth Division


Bay Horse B 4, Victoria 3;


White Horse B 3, Station Hotel 4; RBL D 3, Castle B 4; Bridge 5, Brown Cow B 2; Waggon and


Horses B 5, New Inn B 2. Ladies' League


Kings Arms A 7, Castle Ladies 2- De Lacy B 2, Brown Cow 7;


Legion 5, Kings Arms B 3. TONIGHT'S FIXTURES Premier Division


Kings Arms A v Dog and Par­ tridge A; Buck A v Waggon and


Horses A; Higher Buck v RBL A; Read Constitutional v Kings Arms B; Castle A v Royal Oak A. Divisional Knockout First Division


Dog and Partridge B v Dog


Inn; Pendle Hotel B v Mangrove A: White Hart v White Lion; De Lacy B v Horse Shoe A; Stork Hotel v New Inn A. Second Division


Brown Cow A v Hurst Green;


L I T H E R O E A have to d o b a t t le w ith B o lton over


Craven Heifer v De Lacy A; Bay Horse A v Pendle Hotel A; Three Millstones v Pendle Witch; RBL


C v Black Horse. Third Division


Mangrove B v Ultraframe;


Royal Oak B v White Horse A; Buck B v Buck Wrinkleys; Horse


Shoe B v Black Bull; RBL B v


Starkies Fun Bar. Fourth Division


While Horse B v Bay Horse B;


Station Hotel v Castle B; Victoria v RBL D; Waggon and Horses B v Brown Cow B; New Inn B v Bridge.


Tuesday Ladies' League


Brown Cow v De Lacy A; Kings Arms B v Castle Ladies;


De Lacy B v Kings Arms A. TABLES


Read Con........ 9 9 Whalley Arms.. 9 5 2 2 70


Kings A.......... 8 7 Dog A.............. 8 5


RBL A........... 8 8 8 8 8 8 8


Buck A Royal Oak A ....


Castle A.......... Higher Buck .... Waggon A.......


Kings Arms B.. - - Firsl Division P W


White Hart........ 9 Dog Inn............ 9 New Inn A......... Dog B............... De Lacy B.......... Horse Shoe A..... Pendle Hotel B.... Stork Hotel........ Mangrove A.......


RBL C.............. Bay Horse A...... Brown Cow A..... Pendle Witch..... Craven Heifer..... Black Horse....... Three Millstones. Hurst Green....... Pendle Hotel A.... De Lacy A


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White Lion......... Second Division P W


FRANK WOODWORTH driving in as captain of Clitheroe Golf Club. (240199/6/8) Frank in the driving seat


Third Division P W L P


Horse Shoe B..... Starkies............. Ultraframc......... Buck Wrinkleys... Royal Oak B...... Black Bull.......... Buck B.............. Mangrove B....... White Horse A ....


RBL B.............. Fourth Division P W L P


Castle B................ 9 7 2 55 White Horse B.... 9 7 2 64 RBL D ................. 9 7 2 53 Bridge.................. 9 5 4 43 Brown Cow B..... 9 4 5 39 Station Hotel..... 9 4 5 37 Waggon B.......... 9 4 5 36 Bay Horse B...... 9 3 6 31 Victoria................. 9 2 7 31 New Inn B......... 9 2 7 26 Ladies' League


P W L P


Brown Cow........ 7 Kings Arms A.... 7 Legion Ladies..... 7 Castle Ladies..... 7 De Lacy A.......... 6 De Lacy B.......... 7 Kings Arms B.... 7


1 53 2 52 3 46 3 36 3 32 5 29 7 13


By GEORGE EMBLEY day. N


EW C l ith e ro e G o l f Club captain Frank Woodworth drove into office on Satur­


The 62-year-old former Lancashire


County Council building surveyor replaces Tom Brown at the helm of the Whalley Road club. This week he said: "It's a great hon­


our and privilege to be appointed cap­ tain and I am really looking forward


to the next 12 months. "Although I have lived in Great


Harwood for 30 years, I was born in Clitheroe and have always been a Clitheroe lad at heart." Frank, who currently plays off 16


handicap, took up the Royal and Ancient game at the Rishton club and was a member at Eachill Links for 12 years before moving to Clitheroe 21


years ago. His wife Patricia began playing golf


three years ago and is a playing mem­ ber at Great Harwood and a social member at Clitheroe. Brother David Woodworth and


brother-in-law Raymond Taylor are also both members of the Clitheroe


club. The new Clitheroe captain has been


a magistrate for nine years and has represented the Hyndburn bench on the Lancashire Probation Committee for the last seven. He has been a member of Accring­


ton Lions for 28 years and was presi­ dent in 1977-78. Frank has had a lifelong interest in


soccer. In his younger days lie was a ful l-b a ck with Brockhall and Clitheroe GSOB in the Ribble Valley Amateur League and he currently works in the reception area at Ewood Park on match days. He has been a member of Great


Harwood Cricket and Bowling Club for 30 years.


. . . . . , . * Jim Cameron replaces Dennis Ker­


shaw as president and the other major officials elected at the annual meeting


are; Captain-elect, Peter Clayton; vice­


captain, Tom Brown; treasurer, Peter Catlow; club solicitor, Chris Eddie-


stone. Officers elected to the council were:


Mike Bennett, Arthur Micklewright, Martin Hill, Ray Ashley.


runaway winner in Week 14 of the Professional's Winter Series. The 18-handicapper compiled 40


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Stableford to leave Peter Lee (37 points), Colin Elliott (36 points) and Neville Shears (35 points) trailing in his wake. Brian Clark, with 72 points, leads


the Order of Merit ahead of Neville Shears (58), Dave Wetton (42), and Howard Taylor (34).


N -F O R M M y t t o n G o l f Club member Mick Pearce emerged a


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QUASH a c c Nigel Wil lis is the pride o f Clitheroe this week after gaining the Lan­


Skelmersdale...............1 Clitheroe.......................1 ON paper a draw at the th ird -p la ced side in the league was a good result


Missed chances deny Blues victory C


land star Mick, in their line­ up and he proved to be a real


handful. But Clitheroe took the lead


for the Blues. But Clitheroe could count themselves unlucky not to


have won the game. They created plenty of


chances, but found the Skelmersdale keeper in fine


form. At the other end Clitheroe


keeper Jon Parrott had little


to do. Skelmersdale created little


and their goal came from a


set-piece. But Clitheroe were unable


to capitalise on their first-half pressure, when they should really have put the game beyond their opponents. The home side had Mike Channon, son of former Eng­


after 23 minutes when Brian Welch netted his first goal for the club. And two minutes later


things got better for Clitheroe when Skelmersdale’s Brett Golding was sent off for vio­ lent conduct. But the second half was a


different story as 10-men Skelmersdale began to string some good passages of play


together. After 55 minutes the Blues


were caught out when Paul M cD on a ld rose a b ove the defence to head home the equaliser from a corner. Dave Gardiner came on to


replace Clitheroe striker Jon Riley, and had the chances to give Clitheroe victory late on. But he pulled his best


LITHEROE canoeist Jon Royle flies out to New


___ Zealand on Thursday to


compete in the World Cup Wild Water Racing Championships. The 32-year-old is part of a 12-


strong British team hoping for success. Jon, who was brought up in


Clitheroe, but now lives in Rishton, was selected for the squad in Decem­ ber following trials in Scotland. He is currently ranked Britain's number one sprint course wild water


racer, and will take part in six races, «..,A :n 4hn MnHh Tclnnd nt T n n n n . tw o


effort wide of the post and the victory Clitheroe could have earned went begging.


they beat in the last round of the FA Carlsberg Vase. St Helens beat Atherton


Collieries 3-1 in the second round of the League Chal­ lenge Cup on Saturday, to book their place in the quar­ ter-final where they will play host to the Blues. The winners of that match


will take on Vauxhall GM at home in the semi-final. Meanwhile, in the league


title challengers Kidsgrove closed the gap at the top to just four points when they beat Maine Road 4-0. Leaders Newcastle Town


were in League Cup action so remain on 56 points while Kidsgrove are four points


adrift in second place RESULTS Saturday


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L IT H E R O E fa c e another cup showdown with St Helens Town, the side


League Challenge Cup Atherton Collieries 1, St


Helens Town 3. League Challenge Cup


Glossop North End 2, Newcas­


tle Town 2 (after extra-time). First Division


Atherton LR 1, Cheadle 1;


Bootle 1, Ilolker Old Boys 0; Maine Road 0, Kidsgrove Athlet­ ic 4; Mossley 4, Nantwich Town 1; Leek CSOB 1, Ramsbottom United 3; Rossendale United 1, Salford City 3; Skelmersdale United 1, CLITHEROE 1.


FIXTURES Saturday


FA Carlsberg Vase CLITHEROE v Bemerton


Heath Harlequins; Thame Unit­ ed v Vauxhall GM; Workington v Sudbury Wanderers. First Division


Atherton Collieries v Ilolker


Old Boys; Cheadle Town v New­ castle United; Kidsgrove Athletic


v Atherton LR; Leek CSOB v Jon’s wild date!


at Murchison, followed by the final at Cromwell, both in South Island. Jon, who trains between six and


nine hours a week on the Lceds-Liver- pool Canal and local fivers, said: " I think it would be unrealistic to expect a medal, but as I am a sprint special­ ist, a top 10 place on one of the short courses might be possible. ” 1 would be very pleased with that" The comnetition is expected to be


televised on Eurosport between Feb­


ruary 13- 28tli. Jon, who attended Brookside and


Ribblcsdale schools, works as a com­ munity nurse with people with learn­ ing difficulties in Bolton, where his fiancee Carol Pliethean is an occupa­ tional therapist Carol is flying out on February 14th


to join Jon for the second fortnight of the championships.


TABLE


First Division P W D L Pts


Newcastle T.... 24 17 5 2 56 Kidsgrove Ath.. 26 16 4 Mossley.......... 24 14 6 S’daleUtd....... 26 14 5 Workington..... 23 12 8 Prescot Cables. 23 12 6 Vauxhall GM... 21 11 6 Salford City.... 24 12 3


6 52 4 48 7 47 3 44 5 42 4 39 9 39


Maine Road.... 21 11 3 10 36 St Helens T..... 19 11 1 7 34


Atherton LR.... 24 9 6 9 33 CLITHEROE.. 24 9 5 10 32 R’bottom Utd.. 22 8 6 8 30 Glossop NE.... 20 8 3 9 27 R’daleUtd...... 25 8 3 14 27


Cheadle T ....... 26 7 5 14 26 Leek CSOB..... 22 6 6 10 24 Nantwich T .... 23 6 3 14 21 Atherton Colls. 22 5 2 15 17 Bootle............ 26 3 2 21 11 Holker OB...... 26 3 2 21 11 Reserve Division North


he’s lost a yard of pace,” Parry said. “ But that will come back and


now he’s got his first goal it will be a boost to his confidence. “That confidence will go through


the side. Hopefully that confidence will help us on Saturday, but to be honest nobody needs motivating for a game like this.” One player who will be joining


the squad for that game is defender Ian Lang, who has re-signed for the Blues after leaving for Lancaster City last year. And with a place in the quarter­


finals at stake Parry is hoping the Clitheroe fans will turn out in force to cheer on the side. “We had a good crowd against St


Helens and we hope to get even more on for Saturday,” he said. “ I t ’s getting to that interesting


stage now and hopefully it should be a great game.” 9 Clitheroe’s FA Carlsberg Vase match on Saturday kicks-off at Shawbridge at 3 p.m. • Clitheroe Reserves are, once


again, without a game on Saturday. Flying start! A


Skelmersdale United; Maine Road v Prescot Cables; Nantwich Town v Bootle; St Helens Town v Glossop North End; Salford City v Mossley.


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CLITHE ROE RGS pupil has started the


new year where she left off


in 1998 - on a winning note. Sixteen-year-old Catherine


Riley won the junior women's 800m title in the Birmingham Games at the National Indoor Arena. This success followed hot on the heels of her victory in the 800m open race at the same venue in the first meeting of the year. The 1999 AAA Champi­


onships take place at the National Indoor Arena next month. And Catherine, who lives in Fence, will be aiming to give a good account of herself in the junior women's 800m race. Catherine has fond memo­


ries of the AAA event - she won the Under 17 800m title 12


RUGBY TEAMS Saturday


Clitheroe (v Bury, away, 2-


R’bottom Utd.. ii 11 0 0 33 Cas'ton Gabs.... ii 6 4 1 22 Clitheroe......... 10 5 2 3 17 Nelson........... 10 5 2 3 17 Chaddcrton..... 9 4 2 3 14 Squires Gate.... 11 4 0 7 12 Darwen........... 10 2 5 3 11 Colne............. 9 2 2 5 8 R’dale Utd...... 11 2 1 8 7 Bacup............ 10 1 0 9 3


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30 p.m., meet 12-45 p.m.) A. Burrill, N. Hutchenson, M. Briggs, A. Moorby, D. O’Duffy, M. Heanan, A. Thornber, D. Tattersall, J. Proctor, B. Wilkinson, N. Green, A. Nuttall, R. Holmes, T. Hitchen. Clitheroe 2nds (v Bury


3rds, home, meet 1-30 p.m.) M. Allen, C. Bosonnett, J. Breakell, M. Chambers, T. Dubowski, D. Fielding, D. Glover, S. Hall, P. Isherwood, B. Lawson, E. Pickup, B. Platt, P. Procter, B. Stans- field, G. Williamson.


months ago, despite being only


15 years of age at the time. Such was fleet-footed


Catherine's dominance over 800m on the track, she was ranked number one in the Unit­ ed Kingdom in her age group. • This is hardly surprising considering her 1998 achieve­


ments. 9 She won the Lancashire title; 0 She was crowned Lan^ cashire Schools' champion. O She was North of England champion. 9 She won the English Schools' title at Exeter. 9 She won while representing England in the Home Inter­ nationals at Ayr. @ And, representing the North of England in London, she won a major Under 20 event,


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