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Snowboarding Brass brothers catch big air! C


third place overall, being top senior British rider and second in the National Classification. Stuart was fifth overall, and third senior. The brothers have developed into riders who can hold their own with the best on the world professional


Simon prevailed over his older brother Stuart to take


LITHEROE'S Brass brothers caught some big air at the Rush British Snowboarding Championships in Mayerhofen, Austria.


circuits.The championship was held in difficult conditions. The Snowboardcross event was cancelled because of


the bad weather. The Half Pipe was rescheduled, and the Big Air was


held on the last day on a difficult hit, with many competitors .declining to face the challenge. Pendle Ski Club riders taking part were Richard


junior male category provisionally classified 14th and 16th in class and 77th and 100th males overall, while Georgie was fifth youth and 28th overall in the female


Barrow (19) from Barrow, Peter Dearing (18) from Read and Georgie Mitchell (13) from Rishton. Richard and Peter were in the fiercely contested


section.


classification put Georgie ahead of British Olympic hopeful Melanie Leando, who pulled out of the competition in the Half Pipe section. The local dry slopes of Rossendale and Pendle have


The mysteries of Snowboard Competition . .


been the learning grounds for all our local riders, but Simon and Stuart show that winter seasons spent on an,


to rise to U» top >n thto .port.


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All-rounder Anna ble if they win on Wednesday and • t


causes quite a stir “It bodes well for the future of the ' club when you see the amount of


their remaining three league games.


weekend. The 12-year-old, from Clitheroe, entered the county


A event, as she was too young to enter the schools


section, which is for the Under 15s. And she took bronze, competing against six older


athletes - and would have qualified for the Lancashire team for the regional round had she been older. Anna was third in the hurdles in a personal best, fifth


in the shot putt with a new personal best, went close to a new best mark in the high jump and long jump, and she topped her 800m time to finish with her highest points total to date - just 91 points off a National Grade Two.


Cavaliers sign off in style


Vale of Lune 4lhs 5 Clitheroe Cavaliers 18


THE men from Littlemoor signed off the season with a rousing away victory against powerful opponents who were hitherto unbeaten. On a firm pitch, the Cavaliers tore into Vale and


Proctor.


Slinger and Bosonnet began to control the pace of the match by releasing the coruscating back line trio of Stott, Parker and Glover, all of whom made a number of telling incursions deep within opposition territory. However, after Slinger slotted a penalty conversion


With an abundant supply of possession, half backs . ,


towards the end of the first quarter, a series of basic errors by the visitors allowed Vale back into the match. Their efforts were rewarded by a try close on half­


time in the corner. With Clitheroe now firmly under the cosh of an


extremely powerful, well-drilled side, some harsh words at the interval saw the Cavaliers turn the match around with a stirring second half performance. The start of the second half saw some terrific


defending from the likes of Davenport, Hall and Jackson, who kept the visitors in the match. However, Slinger calmed the nerves with an early


riposte through a penalty conversion. With their noses in front, the Cavaliers took the


game to the home side and were rewarded by two tries. The first was scored by Dowson, who touched down


from a rolling maul close to the Vale line. The decisive score was a peach from Slinger, who


League needs new umpires


O The Umpires' Panel which operates in the top two


Se Mivone interested in joining the Umpires' Panel should contact Eric Whiteley on 01756 794319. The league has a new secretary. Ann Bailey, of


FFICIALS of the Craven and District Cricket League have issued an urgent appeal for more umpires.


divisions is very depleted - only 15 umpires are available to staff 12 games on the opening day of the


Crosshills, has stepped into the breach caused by the death of Margaret Coe in February.


Mrs Bailey offered her services to the league and the League Committee unanimously voted her into office at


. fore the games a short silence will be observed as a mark of respect in memory of Margaret Coe.


Weekend Teams


SATURDAY Rugby


P^ker,S Greatorex B.Wo<.d I. 1


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nith e ro c (v Lostock» home, * m ) F r o m : J . B e r n a r d , R


. r t n Wnfr.snn. M. Watson,


B. Taylor, S. Taylor, S. Dawson. SUNDAY Cricket


Clitheroe ( v Netherfield, away,


start 1-30 p.m.) P. Bishop, S. Bish­ op’, N. Bibby, M. Bolton, A. Burns, S. Coulter, Tahir Amin, D. Glover, M. Hargreaves, AN Other, Fitton, res-S. Booth. Clitheroe 2nds: No game. Clitheroe . 3rds


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D. Glover S Gretton, S ta n s f ieM i


o& t’fg& s iS S


Bamoldswick, away, meet ground 12-15 p.m.) A. Hacking, S. Back­ house, R. Dinsdalo, M. Eghn, K. Fawcett, M. Powell, M. Preston, J. Ponsonby, R. Rudd, S. Trotter, D- Musson.res-K.Dnver.scorer - Tom Bailey


A/fnndav's meeting. The new season starts on Saturday, April 22nd, and


breached the defence with an outrageous dummy on halfway followed by a run in to the line.


completely dominated the early exchanges with aggressive forward play orchestrated by the impressive Steve Dowson and old hands Tony Dubowski and Paul


LL-ROUNDER Anna Griffiths caused a stir at the Lancashire Combined Events at Witton Park, Blackburn, at the


young players such as Matt Garner, Garry Jackson, Shaun Berry and Jason Jones coming through and pressing for the first team.’ STEVE PARRY


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Bright future ahead at Shawbridge?


By CRAIG SALMON W


HILE the f irst team have faltered in recent weeks, Clitheroe


Reserves are chasing honours on two fronts.


point behind leaders Darwen with three games to play in the First North Western Trains League Reserve Division North. And on Wednesday they travel


The Blues’second'string are a ' ; • Clitheroe FC are on the lookout for a programme editor for next sea-


son. Anyone interested should contact secretary Colin Wilson on 01200


424370. • The Blues' season winds up with three successive home games at


Shawbridge. On Saturday Clitheroe entertain leaders Vauxhall Motors (3 p.m.), j


before Prescot Cables mike the trip on Tuesday (7-45 p.m.). Newcastle Town bring the curtain down on the season on Saturday,


April22nd (3 p.nii).' ! • Latest match reports from the Reserves and Under 18s can be found


on page 23.


to Salford City to take on South Division side Cheadle Town in the League Cup final. Manager Dave Burgess,


Burgess added: “They are a


although keen to keep his players feet firmly on the ground, is excited at the prospect of a possible league and cup double. “We are looking forward to the


cup final, we won it last year and obviously we want to retain the tro­


phy. “It would be great if we could


win the double. This is our fourth season in this reserve division and we’ve been runners-up for the past three seasons, so it would be nice to go one better this year.” The Blues can concentrate solely


on their cup final appointment with Cheadle this week before turning their attentions to two make-or- break home matches with Darwen and third placed Rossendale Unit­


ed.


think we’ve scored by far the most goals in the league and also have the best defensive record,” Burgess


“We’ve played well this season. I


added. Clitheroe travel to Salford on


Wednesday unaware of the strengths of their final opponents.


South Division side so we don’t know too much about them. Before the league got split into north and south a few years ago, I always remember them being a decent side. But we haven’t watched them, we’ll just see how it goes on Wednesday.” The reserve team chief is also


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done excellently. They’ve got a chance of doing the double if they win on Wednesday and their remaining three league games. “I t bodes well for the future of


happy about the venue'for next week’s cup showdown: “The ground is big and flat and should suit us


really well.” The reserve team manager is also


hoping a number of supporters will make the short trip to Salford and give the players an extra incentive to reclaim the cup. Meanwhile, Clitheroe first team


manager Steve Parry is delighted with the form of the reserves and is hoping any success which may come their way rubs off on the senior squad as they bid to finish the season with a bang. The Blues championship cam­


the club when you see the amount of young players such as Matt Gar­ ner, Garry Jackson, Shaun Berry and Jason Jones coming through and pressing for the first team.” On Saturday, Clitheroe entertain


Vauxhall GM in what looked des­ tined to be a title decider back at the turn of the year. At th a t time the Blues were


enjoying a rich vein of form which saw them claim a fantastic 2-1 vic­ tory over Newcastle Town and a 3- 1 demolition of Unibond side Chor-


ley.


gone downhill and on Saturday Parry will be hoping his side stop a run of five consecutive defeats. “I don’t know what it is, whether


However, recent results have


paign has come off the rails of late after a season of great promise which saw them claim ten straight victories in November and Decem­ ber. Parry said: “The reserves have


Ray wins through to regional final


By GEORGE EMBLEY tor of Sunday's individual Stableford


final of the Lombard Trophy. Ashley, who carded 80-13-67 to win


C


Division Two of Saturday's qualify­ ing round, will partner Clitheroe pro­ fessional John Twissell in the next


stage of the national event. Ken Parkinson (89-19-70) finished


runner-up to Ashley after a card play­ off with Lyn Kendry (86-16-70), and Terry Bithell (90-19-71) was fourth. Richard Read handed in 79-11-68


LITHEROE Golf Club member Ray Ashley has qualified for the regional


John Peel emerged a clear-cut vic­


with 40 points. Ken Swarbrick (38 points) was run­


ner-up, Mark Ashworth (36 points) was third and Bob Aitken (35 points) finished fourth after a consultation of cards with Ross Lee, Mark Jones and


when Clitheroe seniors held their with 79-11-68 and Mike Bertherton


Granville Pilling. Competition was certainly keen


Spring meeting on Friday. Stuart Anderson, Norman


and won Division One ahead of Mar­ tin Cane (73-4-69), Simon Case (79-9- 70) and Archie Moro (83-12-71). Keith Pedder's fine start to the sea­


son continued when he won Division Three with 90-21-69 and incurred a three-stroke handicap reduction in the process. Runner-up Bill Brown (101- 28-73) was four shots adrift and John Greenwood (101-27-74) completed the placings.


Entwistle, Bob Fulton and Derek Holmes returned 69 Stableford points and won on the card from Ian Buttle, Peter Kane, Richard Read and Vic Morris. C Mytton Fold members were in action in the April medal and ELGA Handicap Trophy qualifier. Malcolm White returned 91-28-63


Mytton Fold in the ELGA Handicap Trophy at Accrington GC on Satur­


day, May 20th. • A card play-off was necessary to decide the outcome of the medal held


at Whalley on Saturday. Gavin Ward returned 86-19-67 and gained the verdict over Roy Broom-


head (90-23-67). Nick Williamson claimed third spot


(83-14-69) was fourth. 9 Julia Dunn and Tracey Walne were on winning form in the LGU medal at


Clitheroe. Julia returned 82-11-71 and topped


the Silver Division, while Tracey handed in 96-28-68 and won the


Bronze Division. • Whalley member Edwina Barker


and stormed to a three-stroke victory over Ian Woods (94-28-66), Andrew Smethurst (86-19-67) finishing third on the card from Pete Burton (87-20-67). Tim Chambers, Tony Lord, Harry Gould and Colin Elliott will represent


made a winning start to the season and earned a two-stroke handicap reduction in the processl Edwina returned 94-28-66 and won


the April medal by a distance from Jane Pollard (86-16-70) and Daphne Dawson (82-7-75).


(Etoooti Crfjo ®urf ®tme£ F i n


Saturday's defeat at Wolves was typical of the spirited Scotsman. Whereas a downcast Tony


B attitude displayed by ” Graeme Souness after


H E n e v e r s a y n e v e r


Parkes wrote off Rovers'sea­ son following an identical result atlhuimere Dve weeks earlier, the new man still refuses to give up the ghost. It is a refreshing, if unreal­


had a big impact since.his arrival, the old Daws of fluff­ ing easy chances and making,,• schoolboy defensive errors are still evident, meaning > there is plenty to work on over the summer. ■ ? At least there was another, ,*


And while Souness has: .


. from the hierarchy of a dub ; which is simply not accus­ tomed to playing for next


just 15 to play for. :. Perhaps he has been gjven orders to take such a stance


istic, way of looking at things as it would take one of the most remarkable sequences of results in the history of football if Blackburn are to bridge a nine point gap with


-.season. ? Every year for well over a


: marauding down the left has; been one of the few high­ lights of a disastrous cam-; paign and he needs to play a , key part if the team is to j improve next season. All too often in the last four years, crowd favourites-


virtuoso goal from dancing Damien Duff to celebrate ; and his decision to nail his, colours to the mast this week i was a welcome tonic for all. .; : The sight of the Irishman.:


* show against Notts County • ( was like nothing seen at; Tbrf Moor for many moons. As if the magnificent. Bn­


after Saturday's events by; the time they read this."’ Burnley’s dramatic late


’S ish from Ian Wright was not i enough; the context of the . -.1


goal magnified it's impact


tenfold. After the sheer exaspera­


s TUrf Moor crowd bonded; s together;to roar their side


tion which followed the Magpies' unlikely, but inevitable, equaliser, the


E decade, Rovers have had,, f something to play for, be it ? relegation, : promotion, r Europe or even, once upon a ; time, the Premiership title.- During that time, follow- ,


have pledged thdr allegiance j to Rovers only to head for.; the exit door - something ; which must change as the j. dub looks to rebuild. < ' But Souness' announce- j


few eyebrows.


: ing the Blue and Whites has been many things but it cer-;


• tainly hasn't been boring. ‘ And fortunately there are' attractive home fixtures against Charlton and Man-


!-Chester City still to come: to. t ensure the dose season does-. |. n't become unbearably long. - The final nail was driven s into the;coffin ofBlack- bum's season in appropriate /fashion at Molineux as they t losta game .which should L have been won comfortably. ----


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s, while Rovers may have;thej best squad in the division^ they also have the largestj


/and there simply isn't room; for anymore.


BLACKBURN


vopts to surround himself with | players he knows and trusts.-■ To do that at Ewood, he‘ ! i will have to make changes as)


the cheque book out is well i documented and he generally j


His penchant for getting ! 1 >


, on. ’ In the frantic, desperate, : dying moments, skipper jsteveDavisplayedaninci-.S


H . , just about be coming down off cloud nine .


LARETS fans will their rearranged clash on


Ihesday. - But Saturday is a very interesting day,twhich could leave the race'for promotion ,


wide open.


Preston travel to'third-1 place BristolRovers,'whileJ


'


Wigan are at Gillingham) : s Millwall are at Brentford, and Stoke at Oldham- all


tricky games. Burnley's clash at


. straightforward as that t - Judging by United's per-


Oxford; .while on paper looks a comfortable away win; is, unlikely: to be .as


: formance in the final game of the last century at Ihrf ’ Moor, they will make life very difficult, especially as they are fighting a second


ment that he has no major ; dear Out plans this summer ! will certainly have raised a)


| sive ball into^Wright’s path, . ‘ and he instinctively hooked v the ball over the outstand- j ing Darren Ward fora won- ! derfulgoal. ' j it Iiftedthe roofofTThrf t Moor. '


severely knocked -County's s play-off hopes;; effectively! making the race for the top! six a seven-horse race, but • autonmtic promotion JssbUf an outsidepossibilityT) ' , §f| - This piece was,.written; beforegtheHOutcomeof


Not only had Burnley j _ _ , ,


<Wigan's.;game: at .Oldham, on Tuesday - 1-—


l game in hand --and they ’^ ^ p a c d . * ‘


MARTIN Burnley/ although the / / L Clarets face Gillingham in * • ^


t could put.f eight,points v ^ - M j. between second place and: " j /


. night.-them i^leaky Oxford side suscep-: . ,


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it’s been lapses in concentration or lack of confidence but we just need to get it going again. “It’s still the same team which took


us to the top of the league but now we need to go out and show we’ve got


some fight and commitment.”


Leek CSOB1 Clitheroe 0


CLITHEROE fired a blank for the fourth consecutive league game at the weekend when they


were beaten at lowly Leek CSOB. The Blues succumbed to a first


half injury-time winner from Neil Robinson, but it is Clitheroe’s fail­ ure to convert their chances that is causing manager Steve Parry most concern. Leek began the match in the


ascendancy and should have taken the lead as early-as the fifth minute. This early scare stunned the


Blues into action and they enjoyed the bulk of possession for most of


the match. Andy Taylor headed over the bar


from eight yards when he should have done better and the same player fired wide from the edge of


the box. Darren Norman looked certain


of winning a penalty for the Blues when he was felled from behind but. the referee astonishingly waved play-on. Neil Spencer was guilty of spurn­


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ing a golden opportunity while John Richardson was unfortunate to see his effort rebound off the crossbar. The second half continued much


the same as the first with Clitheroe pressing hard. However, Leek’s defence stood firm and protected their one-goal lead. Another penalty appeal for


handball was turned down as Parry’s men could have been forgiv­ en for thinking that it wasn’t going to be their day.


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