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On track for summer
rail service
THE popular DalesRail summer service starts again this weekend calling at sta tions in the Ribble Valley. The Lancashire Rail
Ramblers' Committee has put together a varied pro gramme, catering for every one travelling the Settle - Carlisle line. On all Sundays there are
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Crowds gather to honour St George
A PROCESSION held in honour of the patron saint of England took place in Clitheroe on Sunday. The annual St George's
Day parade set off from Eshton Terrace and wound its way to the parish church, led by musicians from the 2nd Rossendale Scout Band. Taking part in this year's
procession were members of the Baden-Powell organisa tions which make up Clitheroe and district. Youngsters from R o c h ester, Bowland, Chatburn and Whalley joined others representing various groups in Clitheroe. The salute was taken in
Market Place by Mrs Pat Houldsworlh, the District Commissioner for the Guides. She was joined by a number of other dignitaries, including Lord Wadding- ton, president of the East
AT Gislmrn Auction Mart on Thursday, 37 newly-calved dairy cows and heifers were forward. First-quality cows made to
Lancashire Scout County; Lady Waddington; Canon John and Mrs K. Hudson; Mrs Janet Grime, the Assis tant County Commissioner for Cub Scouts; Mr John Hemingway, president of Clitheroe District Scouts, and Mr Ted Boden, chair man of Clitheroe District Scouts, among others Following the parade, a
service led by Canon Philip Dcarden took place in Clitheroe Parish Church. Musical interludes, which included three camp fire songs, were provided by the young people. Pictured taking the
salute at this year's parade are, from the left, the Mayor and Mayoress of the llibble Valley, Coun. Brian and Mrs Pat Collis; Mrs Houldsworth; the Mayor and Mayoress of Clitheroe, Coun. Alan and Mrs Susan Yearing. (1 GO-100/15/12)
Gisburn Auction Mart
£530 (average £499) and first- quality heifers to £610 (.11557.50). Second-quality cows made to £445 ( £309.50) and second-quali
ty heifers to £180 ( tMGO). Top price was t'010 from Standridge Farm to .1. and R. Woodcock. Seven in-calf dairy cows and
heifers were forward, where cows due April onwards made to £.105
(£31)!).. Forward were 38 rearing
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calves. Top price hull calf was £220 from .1. Bailey to S. Green wood and the top price heifer calf was £70 from W. If. and A. Spcns- ley to ID. F. Wood. Calves: Limou sin X bulls made to £146 ( £100.75). Limousin X heifers to £6G i £30.50), Belgian Blue X bulls to £220 (£191.25), Belgian Blue X heifers to £7G (£71.00), Simmental X bulls to £15-1 ( £107.30), other Continental X bulls to £10 i £18.50), other Con tinental X heifers to £5, Friesian bulls to £23 ( £ 11.*12), Angus
were 222 cattle (117 young bulls, 75 steers and heifers) and LOSS sheep (58 lambs, G92 hoggs and 308 ewes and rams). Top kilo price was -150kg at 133.5p
heifers to £27 ( £15.50). Forward in the fatstock sale
and sale of new season lambs. Results were as follows - Any breed of lamb 38kg and over: 1, R. and M. Towell N/S (-11kg): 2, G. W. Graveston .£46 to It. Agar; 3. .1. and S. Peel ,£48 to C,. Med- calfe. Any breed of lamb 37kg and under: 1, F. S. Dinsdale £47 to .1. Simpson; 2, .1. and S. Peel £44 also to J. Simpson; 3, G. W. Graveston £44.50 to G. Medcalfe. Top kilo price for sheep was
five graded walks with lead ers, ranging from the A grade of 16 miles to the easy six and seven milers or even less, and on some occa sions there is the added attraction of an historical town tour of places such as Barnard Castle, Carlisle
and Gretna Green. DalesRail 2000 starts on
Sunday and again next weekend, before a break until May 28th, after which it runs weekly until October
15th. Prices have remained
unchanged from 1999 and there are several special
fares in operation. The timetables and the
walks' programmes are available from the Clitheroe Interchange, the TIC or any Lancashire County Information Centre.
Dash for
school cash ON Monday morning, supermarket sweep helped raise cash for a Ribble Val
ley school. The early morning dash
which took place at Clitheroe's Sainsbury's store, had been organised by St Leonard's CE School
in Langho. Winning ticket holder
Mr Rod Barnes, of Poul- ton-le-Fylde, spent three minutes running round the i store filling his trolley. Other prizes were won by Janet Ingham, of Black burn, and Angela Evans, of Langho. The trolley dash is one of
38kg at 121.Ip (£46) from G. W. Graveston to It. Agar. Top kilo price for a pen of 10+ sheep was 45kg at 1 lOp ( £49.50) from E. Simpson to .1. Pennington, and the top sale price was £51 from J. ,1. Pennington to D. SLimper. Lambs: Premium made to
121.Ip (117.2p), prime (36- 45.5kg) to 117.5p (113.3p), prime (45.6-52kg) to 104.2p. Hoggs: Premium (36-45.5kg) to llOp (104.-Ip), prime (36-45.5kg) to lOG.-lp (94.7p), prime (45.6-52kg) 1 05.3p (95.5p). Horned ewes made to £25.50 (£16.90), other ewes to £51 (£26), rams to £27.50
sheep, forward were 281. Light weight hoggs made to 104.2p
(£15.20). In the sale of lightweight
(S5.2p) and lightweight lambs
( £000.75) from .1. C. Nelson and Son to Old
F.nglish Meats. Bulls: Young premium made
to 12!).5p i ll
l.Gp), young prime to 10S.5ix95.8p), young others to 1)3.5p 18.1.1 p). Steers: Premium made to 101.5p, prime to 97.5p (92.5p I. others to 77.5p. Heifers: Premium made to 133.5p (113.1 p), prime to 102.5p (87.Sp), others to 87.5p (7S.3p). .1. Boardman, of B. and S. Livestock, judged the spring show
tonnes of straw and 4.26 tonnes of hay were forward. Wheat straw made to £35.50 per tonne, barley straw to £44 per tonne, oat straw to £44 per tonne and hay to £70
127.Ip (120.8p). In the produce sale, 28.32
per tonne. At the Beacon NW (Gisburn)
Electronic Auction for the week ending April 12th, 1,472 sheep, including 94 spring lambs, and 38 cattle were forward. Lambs N/S (276.Op), standard hoggs made to 238p, medium hoggs to 238p, steers to 182.5p, young bulls to
185p. Clitheroe mart prices
FORWARD at Clitheroe Auction Mart on Tuesday were 58 prime bulls, steers and heifers and 547 prime
lambs, hoggs and ewes. Overall average for prime cat
tle was 91.4 lp per kg. Bulls: Pre mium made to 117p per kg (aver age 114.5p), prime to 106p (103.75p >, commercial to 96p (87.15p). Steers: Prime made to 104)) (99pi, commercial to 89p (74.2p). Heifers: Premium to 116p (1 l ip), prime to 106p (102.ip), commercial to 93p
(86.77p). The top sale price for lambs . r , ,
was £57 per bead from R. and G. Tillotson ami the top sale price for Hoggs was £44 per head from
R. Chew.
■ mium (36-45.5kg) to 133.7p (123.09p), prime (25.5-35.9kg) to 109.5p (106.12p), prime (36- 45.5kg) to 113.4p (106.65p), prime (45.6-52kg) to l l l . l p (104.38p), others to 102.8p (lOO.Olp). Hoggs: prime (25.5 35.9kg) to 97.lp (91.23p), prime (36-45.5kg) to 99p (92.16p), porime (45.6-52kg) to 93.2p (88.59p), others to 89.lp (80.51 p ), shearlings to 63.8p (50.07p), cast ewes and rams to £41.50p per head (£21.5). Ewes: Suffolks made to £41.50, Texels to £41.50, Mules to £31.50, Lonks to £26.50, Swaledales to £22. BFLs to £38.50 and Texel Rams to £42.
Lambs: Premium (25.5 35.9kg) to 124.ip (115.66p), pre-
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a series of events organised by the schools' governors to raise money to help fund building improvements including new sewage treat ment facilities, internal alterations and security improvements. Being a Church of England-aided school means governors are having to fund 15 per cent of the project's cost. To- date they have raised £15,000 of the £26,000 needed.
More say on
water schemes NEW proposals which will give Ribble Valley residents more of a say in how water resources are managed, are being unveiled by the Envi
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consultation of the propos als, Environment Agency Chairman Sir John Har man said this new approach would give local people, water users and environ mental groups a greater voice in how water resources can best be used. Proposals contained in
the consultation document, which is available by calling 0121 2412017, are planned for implementation in April next year. The closing date for comments is July 31st.
Barcelona are three Rib ble Valley footballers. Richard Rudd (15) from
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l a z in g a trail for Gianluca Vialli's Chelsea
in Clitheroe, Stephen Jones (15)
from Whalley and Martin Grindrod (14) from Dinckley are members of a 26-strong Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School squad on tour in the Catalonia capital.
Cup final win is sweet revenge
The Wolves finished runners-up in the league by one point to Blackburn Boys, but in the cup final Clitheroe gained
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revenge on their rivals by winning 4-2. Man-of-the-match Jordan Walmsley put the Wolves 2-0 up
at half-time. Blackburn pulled a goal back but further strikes from Daniel Sharpies and Daniel Green put the game beyond
over Oswaldtwistle thanks to goals from Green and man-of- the-match Underwood.
Blackburn grabbed a late goal but it was too little, too late. The Wolves Under 11 red team earned a valuable 2-1 win
James Ritchie came to the rescue for the Under 9s as his , , , , , 0 u-
last-minute penalty save preserved a 2-1 win over Cliviger. Man-of-the-match Christopher Brewer and Ben Frankland
^TheUnd^r 9s were also beaten by Salterforth 2-0. Adam
Barton played well. The Under 12s completed their season with a 4-2 won over
Michelin.
The Wolves fell behind but hit back through goals from Tom Hibble and a Liam Gidlow hat-trick. Marcus Pratt was
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man-of-the-match Wolves Under 16s continued their quest for the title by
recording three wins over the weekend. The first match saw Janesville Colts disposed 3-2 courtesy
mered title contenders Junior Clarets 8-2. Smith (2), Tierney (2), R. Lloyd, Dounes. M. Walsh and J
Thomas were on target.
man-of-the-match was Sam Marsh. Both Under 8s teams defeated Barrowford Celtic. The Blues gained a 2-1 win courtesy of goals from Thomas Helliwell and Adam Greenwood while the Yellows won 1-0
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thanks to man-of-the-match Rhys Meehans strike. The Under 9s Accrington Boys’ League team were convinc
ing 5-0 winners over Akzo Juniors. Jamie Bury hit four and Johnnie Kennedy got the other. Adam Wilkinson was man-of-
the-match. United’s Under 10s completed their league season by . . . ,
thumping Colne Clarets 3-0. Rudi Lockett, Tim Rakshi and man-of-the-match Craig Wilkinson were on target Readstone’s Under 16s had a successful weekend. They beat
Rossendale Valley 3-1 with goals from man-of-the-match Andy Bennett (2) and James Fletcher.
The team then earned a 3-3 draw against Brierfield Celtic with the same combination grabbing the goals. Matt Mercer
was the star performer. The Under 9s North Valley team had a busy week donning
their colours on three occasions. First they were well beaten by Fulledge Colts 8-0. bam
Whittaker was man of the match. Against Earby Colts, United lost by the odd goal in seven.
Neil Kissock hit a hat-trick and Elliott Artingstoll was the
star performer. Man-of-the-match Kissock was also on target in United s
final match in a 1-1 draw with Junior Clarets. The Under 12s suffered a heavy 6-0 defeat by Fulledge
Colts. Anthony Freeman was the leading performer. Ashley Brown scored for the Under 13s but they were well
beaten by Foulridge 8-1. Robert Cresswell was named the man-of-the -match
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the Under 15 squad who were due to compete in a league of four teams - two Spanish and another British school - before taking part in a British five-a-side tournament. The boys were hoping to
see Barcelona's neighbours Espanyol take on struggling Real Betis at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday, but, unfortunately, tickets for Chelsea’s Champions' League quarter-final second leg in the Nou Camp were elusive. Nevertheless, the party will
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