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Bombshell as Parry quits Shawbridge
By CRAIG SALMON
news that he is to resign at the end of the season. Parry, who has been manager of the club
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□ WHALLEY Golf Club's junior season began in foul weather, but
junior captain Michael Humphreys was all smiles after winning his own drive-in competition from Grant Hollander. Our picture shows Humphries and Hollander
along with Andrew Miller (captain), Rae Carter, Edward Foulds and junior organiser Martin Foulds, who is keen to hear from other juniors wishing to begin or improve in the game. He can be contacted via the club (01254
822236) or direct on 01282 425483. (120400/15/22)
Gary’s great start
By GEORGE EMBLEY MYTTON Fold Golf
Gary Coope made a great start to his year as captain of the East Lancashire Pro fessional Golfers' Associa
Club professional
tion. The 37-year-old shot 71 gross and won the professional's
ney (Dunscar) compiled 39 Stableford points and won on the card from Jim Swift and Les Dewhurst (Preston) and Brian Pearson (Burnley) and Keith Abbott (Nelson). Coope, professional at Myt-
prize in the opening ELPGA Alliance meeting at Ileysham GC by three shots from Andrew Greenbank (Fulwood). Peter Crook and Tony Tier
LITHEROE are on the lookout for a new manager after Steve Parry delivered the bombshell
for 18 months following the sacking of Denis Underwood, cited family and work commitments for the reason behind his decision. It is not, however, a knee-jerk reaction to
Clitheroe’s recent slump in form. Parry told me yesterday: “It’s a case of commitments outside of football catching
up with me. “The decision is largely to do with the
fact that my company has been experienc ing a large amount of growth and expan sion over the last six to nine months. “It's not just about work, though, I have
also had to think about the amount of time I am spending with my family.” However, Parry is forced to admit that
he will be sad to leave the Shawbridge out fit. “I have grown an affinity towards the
club, they have looked after me. “And 1 feel I’m half-way through a job of
getting the club promotion out of this league, but it would not be fair to the club to carry on. “I believe you have to put the time in
match of the season on Saturday at home
to Newcastle Town. Clilhcroe 0
but the amount of time I am spending on football matters is encroaching on the time 1 spend at work.” The Clitheroe chief first made his mind
CLITHEROE hit another blank on Tuesday night as they suffered a 1-0
Prescol Gables 1
defeat yet again. The match was a tale of two contrasting
up to resign earlier this year but decided to leave it until now before announcing his decision to the club. “I didn’t want to leave the club in the
halves as the Blues were given the run around in the first half but dominated pos
session after the break. Ironically Prescot’s winning goal came at
lurch half-way through the season so I have waited until now. Steve Rush has been great. He’s in business and understands my reasons.” Clitheroe Chairman Steve Rush is sorry to see Parry go but wished him all the best
for the future. “We are disappointed to be losing him
but Stove has more business commitments now than he had when he joined us. He’s had to sit down and weigh things up and decided something had to give. “I understand fully. “I’ve been in football 30 years and know
a time when Clitheroe were enjoying their best spell of pressure 10 minutes after half
time. However, Blues boss Steve Parry, in his
penultimate match in charge, was furious with the referee for awarding the goal which looked well offside. He was also upset with the match offi cial for failing to award a penalty for his
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side late in the second half. “Their scorer was a mile off-side for the
sometimes difficult decisions like these have to be made. But we are very sad to see
him go.” Parry will take charge of the Blues final
goal and I couldn’t understand why the ref eree awarded an indirect free-kick in the area when Andrew Taylor was kicked in the head. Anywhere else on the pitch, that would have been a direct free-kick,” said the Blues’ boss after the latest defeat at
Shawbridge.
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job of getting the club promotion out of this league, but it would not be fair to the club to carry on’ Steve Parry
dub, they have looked after me. ;. And I feel I’m half-way through a
‘I have grown an affinity towards the
to create any worthwhile opportunities, a glut of second-half chances were spumed. Gary Rishton had a fantastic header
Unlike Saturday, when the Blues failed
saved and Martin Horsefield was unlucky on a number of occasions.
Richens. Blues fire blanks as slide down table continues
Clilheroe .................................0 Vauxhall G M ..........................2 CLITHEROE failed to score for the fifth consecutive league game and, unlike previous weeks, they never looked like breaking down an organised
Vauxhall GM. The South Wirral outfit, who have
ton Fold for six years, said: "I'm looking forward to my year as captain and could not have wished for a better start. "A howling wind made it a tough day and it was just a
question of battling on." The next meeting is at Pen-
wortham GC on Wednesday, Mytton Fold will host Cap tain's Day on May 24th, and the season ends at Hesketh GC in October. Steve Taylor will represent
the Whalley Road club in the next stage of the Lombard Tro phy. The 15-handicapper com piled 38 Stableford points to win the qualifying round. The father-and-son pairing
of Cyril and James ICennerley handed in 36 points and were involved in a play-off for second place with Peter Lee. O Clitheroe members vied for a
place in the ELGA Handicap Trophy team on Saturday. Jonathan Dugdale returned
74-6-68 and won Division One by two shots from Mark Ash worth (73-3-70) and Peter Shearon (82-12-70). Paul Con nolly (77-6-71) finished fourth on the card from Bob Aitken
(76-5-72). Ian Buttle stormed to a four-
stroke victory in Division Two. He carded 81-14-67 and tri umphed ahead of Keith Pedder (89-18-71) and Rob I-Iindle (84- 13-71). Bernard Bithell finished fourth on the card from David Brennan after both returned 88-15-73. Messrs Dugdale, Buttle,
Ashworth and and Shearon will represent the Whalley Road club in the ELGA Handicap Trophy at Accrington GC on Saturday, M ay 20 th. Reserve is Connolly. The Saab Trophy, sponsored
by Bay Horse Garage at Mel lon was the prize at stake 24 hours later. Peter Robinson and
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RIBBLIiSDALE Technology College High School cel ebrated a notable double in the East Lancashire
Schools' Golf Championship at Blackburn C,C. Fifteen-year-old Michael Thompson returned 85-20-65 to win
the individual nett award. And he joined forces with 13-year-old Sophie Brooks (102-23-
79) to bring the team nett prize back to the Queens Road school. B i l l Wood, who plays o f f It) handicap, didn't have the best of days at Rcvidge hut impressed sufficiently to earn a call-up into
the Lancashire Schools' squad. All three Rihhlcsdale pupils are members at Clitheroe GC,
w here Bill is the junior captain. TROPHY TIME: pictured (left to right) are golfers Michael Thompson, Kill Wood and Sophie Brooks.
(160400/20/5)
Mike Dawson returned 75-6-69 and squeezed home ahead of Ron Cornwell and Ken O'Brien (766.33-69.66). Martin Cane and Jonathan
Dugdale (69+1.33-70.33) claimed third place, Tony Reynolds and John Pawson (73-2.33-70.66) finished fourth and James Nutter and Nigel Willis (762-71) took fifth spot after a consultation of cards with John Cartmell and Peter Dunn (72-1-71). Clitheroe's Jamie Webster
and Paul McEvoy will he in action a t Wallasey GC on Wednesday, bidding to reach
the final stages of the Maxfli PG A Assistants' Champi onship - an event won by golfers of the calibre Dai Rees, Peter Allis, Neil Coles and Tony Jacklin down the years. The leading 16 players over
18 holes at the 6,600 yards links course will compete in the 72- hole grand final at St Anne's Old in September. 9 Andrew Iiemmington will
lead the Whalley team in the ELGA Handicap Trophy at Accrington GC next month. Hemmington returned 75-
9-66 and won the qualifying round by two shots from Les Dearden (77-9-68). Keith Grimshaw (95-24-71) was third and N. Salmon finished
fourth with 91-19-72. 6 Clitheroe duo Julie Dunn and Barbara Thornton lost 2 and 1 against defending cham pions Claire and Many Seddon (Formby Ladies) in the North ern Women's Amateur Four somes at Lancaster. The title-holders reached the
final again only to lose 4 and 3 against Elaine Clark and Katherine Fallows (Manches
ter). Kath Tattersall and Carol
Brown won Clitheroe ladies’ Scott Leggatt Foursomes with 101-26-75. Kris Baldwin and Jean Holt
compiled 32 points to win the 0-20 handicap bracket of the Second Division Foursomes.
Lady captain Jean Cole and
Ann James (31 points) won the 21-40 category on the card from Sheila Willis and Joan Scott, who won the Australian Spoons qualifier. O The Lesley Lohou-Joyce Andrew pairing recorded an impressive victory in Whalley ladies' NSPCC qualifying round. They compiled 39 points and won the fourball Stableford with plenty to spare. Gail Ainsworth and Edwina
Barker handed in 35 points and claimed runners-up spot on the card from Jane and Ann Pol lard.
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the First North Western Trains First Division championship well within their grasp, were first to every ball and, in strike pair Nicky Young and Gregg Blundell, they had two play ers keen to expose Clitheroe’s shot shyness in front of goal.
match for Young to show Clitheroe’s forwards how to put the ball in the
I t took only two minutes of the
back of the net. And Blundell wreaked havoc all
afternoon as his sharp turns and intelligent running caused endless problems for Steve Parry’s men. The game had barely begun
before Clitheroe found themselves 1- 0 down thanks to a goal of sheer opportunism from Young. He picked up the ball on the
right-hand edge of the Blues penal ty area. Surrounded by defenders, there looked nowhere for him to go. However, he surprised everyone
by lashing the ball through the legs of Gary Rishton and into the far corner, past the hopelessly flat-foot
ed Kris Richens. If the Shawbridge faithful were
expecting a quick riposte from their
side, they were to be sadly mistaken and Vauxhall could quite easily have added two further goals inside the first 15 minutes. On seven minutes, the ball spun
kindly for Blundell but his left-foot shot just cleared the far post. The same player was denied a
certain goal six minutes later when Richens produced a magnificent
close range save. Clitheroe weathered the storm,
somewhat, but were unable to cre ate any worthwhile opportunities of their own despite plenty of huff and
puff. In fact it wasn’t until mid-way
through the second half before the Blues had their first shot on target when Carl Greenwood’s volley was well saved at the near post by Steve
Hilton. In the meantime, Richens had to
be a t his best to thwart Robbie Lawton and Peter Daley, while Blundell fired over after being delightfully set up by Lawton and Leigh Williams.
blesdale League title since
Dexter to take locals to title? C
LITHEROE are aiming for their first Jennings Rib
1994, Skipper Phil Bishop feels
the current crop at Chatburn Road are capable of achiev
ing that. With a new professional,
former Lancashire man Dex ter Fitton, hoping to bolster a side with a mix of youth and experience, the outlook is good. The side have warmed up
Jennings Ribblesdale League preview by Chris Boden and Craig Salmon
R i b b l e s d a l e Wanderers are out to
for the campaign with friend ly wins over Northern League sides Netherfield and Fleet- wood, and they open their campaign at Baxenden. Bishop joked: "We'll prob ably need the snow plough up
there!" But on a serious note, he
said: "I think we're capable of winning it, but it depends on
how we play. "We have every chance if
we play to our full potential. "We are probably as good
as the side of 1994 and should be in the running. "We have a good squad,
and there are one or two play ers who played the odd game last season who will look to break through and establish themselves." Clitheroe have added for
mer player Tahir Amin to their line-up, the wicketkeep ing batsman returning after a spell in the 1980's. And key all-rounder Mick
Dewhurst has recovered from arm and rib injuries which kept him out for long periods last season. The club would also like to
thank Horners garage, Accrington Road, Burnley, for kindly providing Fitton with a sponsored car for the season.
go one better in the Rib blesdale Cricket League this season after being narrowly denied a league and cup double last term. Wanderers won the Rams-
bottom Cup, but lost out in the title race to Padiham by a mere two points. The club will again have
the services of professional Shahid Nawaz, who is hoping to break the league batting record for the third successive year after smashing over 1,600 last season. The first team have a new
skipper in seasoned amateur David Howard, who takes over from Terry Braithwaite. The players are looking
forward to working with him and the youthful exuberance he will bring to the role. Mike Ward has also
returned to the club following his st in t as professional in
1995. He will play as an amateur,
and will provide strength and experience to the batting line up.
Wanderers open their cam paign at home to Whalley on
Saturday. The second team will again
be skippered by Ian Britcliffe, and he will hope to lead his side to the championship after also finishing second
last year. They s ta rt the season at
Station Road.
WHALLEY Cricket on the progress made over
Club hope to build
the last couple of seasons. They open their campaign
with a derby at local rivals Ribblesdale Wanderers, and newly-appointed first team skipper Andy Pratt is aiming for another top-half finish. Although the club has lost
captain Mark Fallon, who has left to play nearer his home in the Bury area after his wife gave birth to their second child, and Daryl Red head, who has joined Cherry Tree, the Station Road side have the basis of a good side with an experienced line-up. P ra t t said: "We've lost a
couple of lads, and one or two have retired from the seconds, but we will battle on. "We haven't done too badly of late, finishing in the
top half. "So we will aim to finish as
high up the league as possible, winning as many games as we
can. "We still have a reasonable
side, with the likes of Jason Smith and David Pearson, and our professional Graham Knowles is returning for another year.”
from Paul Ileavey who sprang Clitheroe’s offside trap to coolly slot home past Kris
However, Prescot’s winning goal came >
Carl Spellman eventually hit
Vauxhall’s second goal when his shot from just outside the box deflected into the top corner with only two minutes of the match remaining. 9 Clitheroe Youth cruised to victor
ry 11-1 over an under-strength Blackburn side. Nick Lord hit a double hat-trick with some great finishing while Peter Gronovv smashed home a hat-trick.
completed the scoring. Tom Ben- field was named man of the match.; The Youth team have a top-of-
Jon-Paul Fagan and Paul Clark
the-table clash at home to Rochdale on Sunday, kick-off 11 a.m..
a
son, Read enter the new sea son in optimistic mood of improving on last season’s sixth place finish. The Whalley Road outfit
will be looking for sizeable contributions with the bat from Sleep, who hit 1145 runs last year, and the league’s overall leading amateur bats man Terry Little. Little will be hoping to sur
pass last season’s figures which saw him score 780 runs at an average of 53. Sleep, having relinquished
his Lancashire CCC commit ments, must he confident of enhancing his 1999 figures which also saw him take 74 wickets. Skipper Nick Marsh is
planning to use his vast expe rience, knowledge and enthu siasm to cajole the club’s promising youngsters into
producing the goods. Young batsman Duncan
Bennett, fresh from hitting his maiden half-century last season, will be keen to impress while 15-year-old Oliver Newton could surprise one or two batsmen with the pace and quality of his bowl
ing. The second team is fortu .
nate to call upon the vast expe rience of former league profes sional David Parsons, who has accepted the captaincy. A t i tle challenge is well
within their grasp should they continue the form they showed in the second half of last season’s campaign.
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