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Flying start for Valley sidecar aces


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FTER a winter of hard work, and laying out a lot of money, local side car duo John Wild and Graham Holgate finally made it to their first meeting of the season at Oulton Park.


refabricating parts for the fitting of a new fairing, and haying a new rear wheel made, and their hard work was rewarded. With John driving and Graham the passenger, they won


The pair have been busy rebuilding the engine, brakes, ^


race one and were runners-up in the second in the ACU Star Championship, which they hope to contest through the season. They also enjoyed two second places and fourth place over­


all at Mallory Park in the East Midlands Racing Association Championship.


including Richard Wilkinson (Commercial Vehicle Body Builders), BUI Clough (Castle Sheet Metal) and Silkolene. Sponsors are urgently needed for the rest of the season, and if you can help, please contact John or Graham on 01254


Thanks go to all who helped get their season underway,, '824530. By GEORGE EMBLEY T


Mytton golfers tee it up for charity Dwyer’s disappointing finale


HE East Lancashire Hos­ pice Appeal is £1,800 bet­ ter off following a Charity


Day competition at Mytton Fold


Golf Club. The event attracted 20 four-per­


son teams and victory went to the Great Harwood Gamecock pub team of Stuart Crolla, Tim Cham­ bers, Steve Kellett and Dean Halli- well with 86 points. The Volex q u ar te t of Harry


Coley, Peter Connelly, Dave Broome and Dave Kingsley fin­ ished second with 85 points. The competition was followed by


a presentation-dinner. On Saturday members of the Whalley Hoad club contested a


medal round. Scott Hilliard matched the bril­ liance of the day with a stunning


winning round of 84-22-62. Runner-up Geoff Dent returned


93-27-66 and Mick Bryan (86-16- 70) finished third after a consulta­ tion of cards with Tim Barritt (86-


16-70). 9 Clithere GC members were in


action in a Rufus Carr-sponsored


medal on Saturday. Bob Aitken (75-5-70) won Divi­


sion One on the card from Derek McIntyre (81-11-70) and Andrew Lund (77-7-70). Fourth was Paul


Ainger (76-5-71). Paul Mahon carded 85-19-66 and


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DISAPPOINTING final round cost golfer Paul Dwyer the biggest pay day of his professional career.


The 26-year-old, who is attached to Clitheroe GC, was only one shot


behind the leader going into the final round of thegolfmarket.com Tour Thames Valley Classic at Castle Royle, Reading. But, following successive three-under-par rounds of 69, Dwyer card­


ed a two-over-par 74 on the final day for an aggregate of 212. Dwyer finished two shots behind Giles Crickmay - the Wentworth


winner receiving a £10,000 cheque while Dwyer shared seventh place and pocketed £1,287.


won Division Two ahead of Tony Wcightman (81-13-68), Ken Parkinson (87-18-69) and Ian Black (87-16-71). David Ileesom returned 75 and won the gross prize after a card


play-off with Gary Speak. Jim Sprint and Terry Mason (45


points) won the fourball Stableford at Whalley Road on Sunday. Eddie Preedy and Stephen Dean


(44 points) took runners-up spot and Bert Hemmingway and Derek McIntyre (43 points) finished third on the card from Julian Troup and Peter Dunn. The David Brown- Keith Wallbank pairing also com­ piled 43 points but missed out on


the prizes. Stockport GC was the venue for


the Winter League trip on Friday. Club professional John Twissell


and Peter Clayton - Mr Captain, th a t is - totalled 42 Stableford points and won on the card from


John Blackledge and David John­


son. Jim Nuttall and Tony Ormiston


handed in 41 points and finished third after a consultation of cards with the Frank Woodworth-Ross Lee, Derek Eglin-Ted Speak, Jeff Crowther-Bernard Bithell pairings. ® There was a blanket finish to the


Sanderson Ford-sponsored Jubilee Open at Whalley GC on Sunday. No fewer than four pairs com­


piled 43 Stableford points and it was David Clemson and Stephen James who who emerged victorious after a quadruple play-off. Robert Hilton and David Chip­


pendale claimed runners-up spot, C. Biggins and J. Wilkinson were third and fourth spot went to A. Turner and J. Aspinall. Kieron Hunt and Rob Andrew


won the gross prize with a round of


74. ® Margaret Kendry and Barbara


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Lee ready to rise to the challenge


By CRAIG SALMON N


EW Clitheroe a s s is ta n t manager Lee Sculpher is looking forward to the chal­


lenge presented to him by recently


installed Blues boss Dave Burgess. The swashbuckling centre half


admits to an element of surprise when Burgess first contacted him about


taking up the position. Sculpher said: “I was extremely flattered to be offered the role. I t


came as a bit of a shock, really. “Dave contacted me about a couple


of weeks ago, just after he found out that he had got the job and asked me if I was interested in the position of piayer/assistant manager. “I was only too pleased to accept.” Already, a number of players have


Hudson returned 98-27-71 to win Clitheroe GC ladies' Coronation


Foursomes qualifier. Edith Snape won the senior nine-


hole event with 56-18-38. O Stonyhurst Park GC lady mem­


bers have certainly been very busy


recently. Carolyn Blockeel and Trudy


Walne won the Scott Leggatt Four­ somes qualifier with 96-20-76. Heather McEntee and Dorothy


Harrison returned 111-34-77 to win the Coronation Foursomes The Queen Mother's Cup went


to Kath Hargreaves (38 points). Eileen Lambert returned 96-28-


68 to win the May medal. Shirley Holmes and Janet Blain


compiled 30 Stableford points and won the Australian Spoons event. 9 Blackburn GC was the venue for the latest ELPGA Alliance meet­


ing.


Wykes (Accrington) compiled 43 Stableford points at Revidge and emerged worthy winners. L. Scott and L. Herbert (Pre­


Garth Whittaker and Colin » v A r L u p M


ston) handed in 41 points and fin­ ished second after a consultation of cards with Gordon Broughton and Peter Grimwood (Dunscar). Fourth spot went to C. Clarke (Dunscar) and John McFarland (Deane) who also compiled 41 points. Jason Ashton (Pleasington) shot


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LITHEROE Royal British Legion failed in their brave bid to win the Lancashire


10-red Small Table Snooker com­


petition for the third time. At the Claremont Conservative


Club in Blackpool on Thursday, they came from behind to lead 3-1 but were eventually beaten 4-3 by Falcon from Poulton.


Carl Drinkwater was first to the


table for the locals but, after a tac­ tical opening, was eventually beat­ en 40-92 by Micky Jedd. Russell Large (5) enjoyed runs


of 28 and 14 against Barry Anslow (-10) to win 62-6 and then Clitheroe got their noses in front when Dave Stewart played well to beat Phil Waters 65-37 having


Great start leads to place in final


7-3 win over Second Division minnows Brown Cow A. At the Buck, Clitheroe, the Legion took hold of the


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match early and won the first five frames through prolific Clitheroe reserve team striker Matt Garner, Stephen Maher, Brian Sims, Simon Thompson and Norman Gar-


ner. Steve McCullough and brother Shaun pulled a frame


back for Brown Cow in the doubles, but Matt Garner


made it 6-1. Cow, in their first semi-final, staged a mim-fightback


with Tony Bannister and Steve McCullough successful. Simon Thompson put the result beyond doubt and


Legion were comfortable winners. In the fourth round, Whalley Arms B had little trouble putting St Peter's out, winning 7-1. They now face


favourites Low Moor. The re-arranged First Division match between Stork


Hotel B and Dog Music Bar saw Stork win 7-5. However, defeat did not stop the promotion celebrations


■ ® Summer League registration has closed. Forty-two teams will compete from early June, and


as the Dog reached the Premier Division by virtue of a sin­ gle frame point over Legion B.


because of the late start, Challenge Cup matches will be nn Tuesdays and all teams can enter or abstain. The Winter League presentation and Challenge Cup


Final is on Thursday, June 1st, at Starkies Fun Bar, Castle Street, Clitheroe. The final will start at 7-15 p.m., and the


nresen'tation from 10 p.m. PreS


Clithcroe, 8 p.m.) Tonight’s Fixture Challenge Cup Semi-Final Mo or C l r 1__ a -**.* t? s* t p r t , W h a llo v R o ad .


OYAL British Legion A secured a place in the Clitheroe Pool League Challenge Cup Final with a


received 15 start on handicap. Clitheroe’s former professional


Colin Morton was next up and, despite giving 10 start on handicap, basically won the frame in two vis­ its with breaks of 38 and 35. But his efforts were eclipsed by


those of Falcon’s Dave Brands who opened with an 11-broak and then rattled homo a run of 62 to


onships in Lancaster. The 12-year-old Westholme pupil was m top form in good conditions as she added to a growing collection of


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medals with three golds. The Clitheroe youngster won the 100m in a new per­ sonal best of 13.9 seconds - 0.2 seconds off a champi­


onship record. Then she added the long jump title with a new best of


4.45m, which was only 5cm off a championship high. And she equalled the championship best in winning


the 200m in a new PB of 28.2 seconds, only 0.2 seconds off National Grade Standard.


Clitheroe bring curtain down in traditional style


Clitheroe ................................................. IS President’s X V ..................................... 10 AS usual the final game of the season brought with it weather more akin to the sound of willow on leather than that of boot on ball or bone crunching tackles. Clitheroe closed their season with the


traditional President's fixture. Fielding a team made up of past first


teamers, the President's team put up a tremendous fight for the full 80 minutes. The President's team took the lead early


in the first half when Ian Fielding crashed under the posts, Dave Slinger converting. Malcolm Heanan replied with a penalty and the half-time score stood at 7-3 to the


veterans. Clitheroe gradually took control during


began to wilt in the sunshine. Phil Parker scored a brilliant individual


try and James McAlonan also scored an impressive try - running fully 60 yardsl Heanan added one conversion then slot­


ted home a penalty. Slinger replied with a penalty of his own


to leave the final score 18-10 m favour of the Maroon and Golds. The club’s annual dinner was held after


the match. Nathan Calton won the Most Improved


Player Award, while Roger Holmes was the Players’ Player of the Year. Phil Isherwood was presented with an


award for being the clubman of the year and Andrew Rigby was voted the second


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take the frame from Nigel Harris. Captains Mark Holmes and


Alan Kenny then clashed, but it was the Poulton player who edged home to level the scores. The final frame saw Paul Clark


concede 10 on handicap to David Blande and accurate potting from


the Fylde coast player took Falcon to their second championship.


VER-improving local athlete Anna Griffiths won a hat-trick of titles a t the Lancashire Champi­


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LITHEROE Wolves complet- seal victory at the end of another The league is also planning ed the season with a 3-1 win great season for the Ribble Valley extend to Under 18 level for s^as


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S ' 8 » o “ vJ V, said they’ll be coming down to train­


ing,” Sculpher added. The former Accrington Stanley and


Bamber Bridge player was an integral part of the team this year and points to a couple of key factors as to why the Blues slipped away so drastically towards the end. “I think we were badly affected by


one or two key injuries. “Injuries to key players such as


Paul Whalley and Neil Spencer. This caused us to change the way we played. “We missed Paul Whalley’s ability


year which saw them claim eight con­ secutive league victories. Sculpher added: “I think the key to


that particular time was that we had the same side out every week and all Steve Parry had to do was to tell us to go out and do the same again.” . Although the big defender is now


second in-command, he is still plan­ ning to play a full part on the pitch for the club rather than just concentrate


with a role on the sidelines. “This is my third spell at the club.


I have only just turned 30, so hopeful­ ly there’s still life in the old dog yet,”


to score goals from midfield. “When Neil Spencer first came to


the club, I think he hit six goals in seven games but then he got injured. “He came back and played towards


been contacted about joining the club and Sculpher is hopeful of bringing in quite a few new faces. “Our aims for next season is to


hopefully improve on the season just gone. It did fall away a bit towards the end but quite a number of players have shown quite an interest in com­ ing down to the club. “Several have said they will be com­


ing to pre-season training and the players already at the club have all


the end but he still hadn’t recovered really and wasn’t the same player.” Confident


Burgess and Sculpher, however, should be confident of a great season,


if they can keep the majority of the existing squad and add a couple of new signings, preferably a proven goalscorer. It wasn’t that long ago when the


Sculpher added. The team’s goalseoring difficulties


towards the end of the season was highlighted in the fact that left-winger Dennis Hill, who left the club in March was Clitheroc’s leading goalscorer — and his last goal came before the new year! Elsewhere, Andrew Taylor picked


up the Players’ Player of the Year award and Jason Jones did likewise for the reserves. Barry Hart was given Steve Parry’s


Blues were in with a great chance of landing top spot in the First North Western Trains First Division after a purple patch around the turn of the


vote for Manager’s Player of Year, while second team skipper Steve Grunshaw was nominated by Dave Burgess. Pre-season training begins on July


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