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IBBLE VALLEY golfer Paul Dwyer


V i /will be the envy of


millions worldwide when he tees it up in the Millen­ nium Open at St Andrews this morning. And the 27-year-old


Simonstone professional just cannot wait to rub shoulders with superstars of the calibre of Tiger Woods, Colin Montgomerie, Lee Westwood and Co. as they vie for the Claret Jug at the Home of Golf. “ It’s a dream come true,”


Dwyer told me en route for a couple of practice rounds the world-famous Old Course. Dwyer, who has been drawn with Paul Affleck and


PAUL DWYER


Frenchman Marc Farry, will come under starter's orders at 11-10 this morning and 3- 50 tomorrow afternoon. He added: “ I have spent


a lot of time on the practice ground in the last 10 years and this has made ail the hard work worthwhile.


“My initial aim is to


make the cut after 36 holes and then see what happens. “ I'm very excited and


pumped up at the moment - it would be great to see the name P. Dwyer on the leaderboard at some stage!” Dwyer was a master of


consistency and coolness personified at Lundin Links on Sunday and Monday as he fired two rounds of 68 to claim one of the 11 spots on offer at each of the four final qualifying venues with a six-under-par 136. Dwyer fired no fewer


than eight birdies and an eagle at the par-71, 6,369- yard Scottish track to keep his golfing dream alive. “ I was drawn with Gor­


don Brand jnr and Roger Winchester both days. “ Brand shot 66 on Sun­


day and told me I would qualify if I stuck with him on Monday, and that's just what I did. “My game was solid, rather than spectacular, and


I putted nicely.” Although Dwyer appreci­


ates the support he has received from a small con­ sortium of Clitheroe GC members who have bought shares in him, and is in line for possibly the biggest pay day of his career, he is still actively seeking a major sponsor as he tries to make a name for himself in the professional ranks. He remains indebted to Chap­ man Containers for their financial support and pro­ viding him with a car. Dwyer took up the sport


at Whalley GC before mov­ ing on to the tougher, 18-


Kathleen misses Wentworth date


national competition at Wentworth GC A


in September. She joined 47 other golfers - 24 men and


23 women - in the regional final of the Marie Curie Queen Mother's Cup tourna­ ment at Moor Allerton GC, Leeds. The Stonyhurst Park GC member com­


piled 37 Stableford points but missed out on Wentworth following a countback of scores on the back nine. Kathleen took up the Royal and Ancient


game five years ago and plays off 31 handicap. Hurst Green-based Mark Young, who is


also a member at Stonyhurst Park GC, totalled 39 points and finished third in the


men's section. Student Mark has been playing golf for


KATHLEEN HARGREAVES six years and plays off two handicap. MARK YOUNG The annual golf tournament raises


money for Marie Curie Cancer Care's com­ munity nursing service, cancer care centres and research work. This year's event, sponsored by McE-


wan’s, attracted thousands of entries from more than 600 clubs throughout the United


Kingdom.


Gary and Phil R amsbottom joined forces with Simon Light- bown to win the three-man team


Family affair at Mytton Fold I


T was a family affair at Myt­ ton Fold GC on Saturday as the father-and-son pairing of


9 Clitheroe GC member Martin Cane is certainly in a rich vein of form at the moment. Cane returned a one-under-par


competition. The competition format required


two scores to count at each hole and the victorious triumvirate did so with 79 Stableford points. Runners-up spot went to Steve


Hill - Mr Captain, that is - Dave Wetton and Simon Pilbin (77 points). And Martin Haworth, Paul Hay- ton and Dave Astin were one point


adrift in third place. The qualifying round of the


ELGA mixed foursomes took place at the Whalley Road club 24 hours


later. Roger Altham and Ann Almond (88-22-66) led them home, lady cap­


tain Barbara Bryan partnered hus­ band Mick to runners-up spot with 92-23.5-68.5, and Doug and Pauline White claimed third place with 102- 23.5-78.5. They will go forward to represnt


Mytton Fold in the ELGA mixed foursomes final at Rossendale GC on Sunday, September 17th.


70-4-66 to win the Tradesmen's Trophy by two shots from John Willis (83-15-68) and Bill Wood (78-9-69). Cane then returned 72-3-69 in the


Carlsberg-Tetley Trophy on Satur­ day, but had to settle for runners-up spot behind Division One winner Gary Speak (71-4-67). Third was Bill Famworth (77-8-69) and Simon Hale took fourth spot with 79-9-70. Steve Higson returned 88-17-71


and won Division Two by a shot from Bernard Bithell (88-16-72) and Roy Wood (88-16-72). Paul Walker (92-17-75) took fourth place after a card play-off with Paul Hammond, Orville Hudson, Clive Richards, Geoff Tennant and Rob Hindle. Denis Greenup won the gross


prize with 72. Nancy Mortimer and her guest,


Darwen's D. Oldham, won the invi­ tation mixed greensomes on Sunday with 87-18.2-68.8. Runners-up spot went to Pat


Murray and P. Leaver (Great Har­ wood) with 85-15.6-69.4, a return of 84-13.8-70.2 enabled Derek Eglin


and B. Hays (Darwen) to take third place, Ted Speak and Pleasington's R. Taylor (82-11.8-70.2) finished fourth after a card play-off with Mick Thompson and Royal Birk- dale's R. Wood (91-20.8-70.2). O Whalley GC hosted a Stableford competition for the Len Rowbot- tom Trophy on Saturday. Teacher Martin Foulds taught


them a lesson as he emerged victo­ rious with 44 points, with Gary Meakin three points behind. Dave Mills finished third with 40 points. O Chris Stokes and Barbara Thorn­ ton won the two prizes on offer in a 36-hole competition at Clitheroe


GC. Chris won the gross prize after


shooting 82 and 75 for a 157 aggre­


gate. And Barbara carded 75 and 73 to


win the nett prize with 148. Marilyn Fletcher returned 83-11-


72 to take the Silver Division hon­ ours and Kath Stanworth (108-34- 74) headed the Bronze Division. 9 With the club championship final only hours away, Dunscar GC was an ideal venue for the latest ELPGA Alliance meeting. The event attracted 68 pairs and


top of the leaderboard was domi­ nated by members of the home


CARD play-off denied Clitheroe golfer Kathleen Hargreaves a place in the grand final of a


hole challenge posed at Clitheroe GC and improv­


ing his game. Now he is set to mix it with


the big boys of world golf. O Kirsty Taylor, an hon­


orary life member of Clitheroe GC, bounced back from missing her first cut of the year to finish in a share of fourth place in the Austrian Open at Murhof. The former Curtis Cup


player, in her sixth season on the Ladies' Open Euro­ pean Tour, returned to form and finished only three shots behind the winner. After bagging seven


birdies in a four-under-par opening round of 68 - easi­ ly her best of the season to date - 28-year-old Kirsty tacked on scores of 70 and 71 for a 54-hole aggregate of 209.


NEW SIGNING: Chris Whittingham


NEW SIGNING: Neil Ollerton


NEW SIGNING: Neil Spencer


NEW SIGNING: Martin Aspinwall


By CRAIG SALMON


League season gather momentum on Saturday when they entertain Bolton Wanderers in their first pre­ season friendly. The Blues have been back in train­


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ing for three weeks and everything is now geared towards August 19th’s big kick-off against Leek CSOB at Shaw-


bridge. New boss Dave Burgess has man­


aged to hold onto the nucleus of last season’s squad as well as making a few useful additions. Clitheroe-horn Martin Aspinwall


has signed from Great Harwood to add to Neil Ollerton, Chris Whitting­ ham and Lee Cryer who have already put pen to paper. Neil Spencer, who played a large


part of last season on loan, has signed a permanent deal with the club and Burgess has also brought in young full-back Adam Gardner The Blues chief is also hopeful of


re-signing cultured left-winger Dennis Hill from Rossendale United. Burgess said: “Dennis has told me that he will definitely play in Tues-


B l u e s b u i l d i n g u p t o n e w c a m p a i g n □


LITHEROE’S preparations for the forthcoming First North Western Trains


F O R M E R Clitheroe FC player and ex-skipper


of Ribblesdale Wan­ derers CC Terry Braithwaite has taken over as manager of Rimington FC. Braithwaite’s imme­


diate task will be to put a squad together capa­ ble of winning the East Lancashire League Sec­ ond Division title. Braithwaite said:


" I ’m really looking for­ ward to the challenge. The club has got some good experienced play­


day’s match against Morecambe. “He hasn’t committed himself to anybody but I’m very hopeful he will


sign for us.” Of his other captures, Burgess is


very happy with the quality that he has brought to the club. Clitheroe-born Aspinwall has


signed after releasing himself from his contract at Great Harwood while out-


an-out forward Ollerton has arrived from Rossendale and could be the answer to Clitheroe’s striking prob­


lems. Lee Cryer comes highly recom­


mended from Nationwide Conference new boys Leigh RMI and Chris Whit­ tingham is a 21-year-old right-sided midfielder from Bamber Bridge. Burgess added: “We have been


tracking Martin Aspinwall for some time. I think it is great that a local lad will be playing for us next season.


Wolves aim


club. Dunscar's Peter Grimwood and


Joe Brown compiled 43 points and won ahead of club colleagues Brian Senior and Harold Barlow - one of four pairs to hand in 42 points. Peter Hanson (Whalley) and


Walter Towler (Burnley) finished third and the all-Burnley pairings of Ray Park-John Colton and John Suddall-David Owen claimed the other prizes on offer. Mark Harling (Accrington) shot


73 gross and took the first profes­ sional's prize by a stroke from Dar­ wen's Dominic Fitzgerald.


9 Curtis Cup star Kim Andrew was a member of the winning quartet in the ladies' open team competition at Whalley GC. She joined forces with her moth­


er-in-law Joyce Andrew, Daphne Dawson and P. Ellis, and they won the fourball, better-ball event with 87 Stableford points. Betty Dixon, Margaret Evans,


Cath Briggs and Julia Dunn com­ piled 86 points and finished in run­ ners-up spot. Third place went to the Fishwick


Hall quartet of A. Southcombe, M. Oates, M. Cunliffe and M. Kenah (82 points).


Starkies and Dog lose unbeaten pool records


..D iv is ion , losing 7-5 to Whalley Arms A. Low Moor Club took


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T A R K IE S Sharks lost their 100% record in the Premier


the Sharks by four points. Dog Inn also lost their all­


win record in the First Divi­ sion but they managed a 6-6 draw with Stork Hotel B. No matches resulted in a


12-0 whitewash in the latest round of matches.


But there were three 11-1


wins with Castle A, White Hart and Pendle Witch all collecting useful points as


the season hits top gear. RESULTS


Premier Division


Starkies Sharks 5, Whalley Arms A 7; Commercial A 5, Low


Moor Club 7; Stork Hotel A 9, Legion A 3; Castle A 11, Horse Shoe A 1; Dog Music Bar 4, Royal Oak 8; Legion B 3, Buck A 9. First Division


Legion C 7, Pendle Hotel B 5;


Whalley Arms B 5, Starkies Fun Bar 7; Waggon and Horses 7, St Peters 5; Kings Arms A 8, New Inn 4; Dog Inn (Whalley) 6, Stork Hotel B 6; White Hart 11, Bay Horse A 1.


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4; De Lacy Arms 8, Legion 4; Buck Wrinkleys 5, Station Choo Choos 7; Horse Shoe B 8, Victoria 4; Pendle Hotel and Castle B - byes.


Third Division Bridge 7, Commercial B 5;


White Horse B 8, Brown Cow B 4; Buck B 1, Pendle Witch 11; Bay Horse B 10, Black Horse 2; Kings Arms B-bye. Ladies’ Division


Pendle Hotel 5, De Lacy 4; Cas­


tle 4, Buck B 5; Buck A 6, Legion 3.


FIXTURES Premier Division Royal Oak v Starkies Sharks;


Legion A v Commercial A; Horse Shoe A v Stork Hotel B; Low Moor Club v Castle A; Buck A v Dog Music Ban Whalley Arms A v Legion B.


First Division Stork Hotel B v Legion C; St


Peter’s (Hurst Green) v Whalley Arms B; New Inn v Waggon Hors­


es; Starkies Fun Bar v Kings Arms A; Bay Horse A v Dog Inn (Whal­ ley); Pendle Hotel B v White


Hart. Second Division Victoria v Brown Cow A;


Legion D v Pendle Hotel A; Sta­ tion Choo Choos v De Lacy Arms;


Castle B v Horse Shoe B; Buck Wrinkleys and White Horse A - byes.


Third Division Sainsbury’s v Bridge; Pendle


Witch v White Horse B; Black Horse v Buck B; Brown Cow B v Bay Horse B; Kings Arms B v Sta­ tion Hotel B; Commercial-bye. Ladies’ Division


Legion v Pendle; Buck A v Cas­


tle; De Lacy v Buck B. TABLES


Premier Division P


Starkies Sharks 6 Low Moor....... 6 Stork Hotel A .. 6 Buck A ........... 6 Castle A.......... 6 Royal Oak....... 6 Whalley Arms A 5 Legion A......... 6 Dog Music Bar 6 Commercial A.. 5 Horse Shoe A... 6 Legion B......... 6 First Division


P Dog Inn.......... 6


Legion C......... 6 Kings Arms A.. 6 White Hart....... 6 Waggon Horses 6 St Peters......... 6 Pendle Hotel B. 6 Bay Horse A.... 6 New Inn.......... 6 Whalley Arms B 6 Starkies fun Bar 6 Stork Hotel B .. 6 Ladies’ Division


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65 61 57 54 49 39 35 31 29 25 24 21


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49 48 48 47 46 40 36 33 31 31 29


P W L P Buck A............... 5 4 1 34


BuckB.......... 4 4 0 29 Castle................ 5 2 3 26 Pendle Hotel...... 5 2 3 25 DeLacy......... 5 1 4 23 Legion................ 4 1 3 17 • A number of games in the Second and


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Manager Ian Rushton hopes for continued improvement this campaign in an extended and


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more competitive league. Player of the season was team captain Sean


Atherton, while Nicky Byrne was top-scorer and also hit nine in one game! Most improved player was Ollie Brown, while


Chris Blocked was the manager’s player of the year. S co t t Rushton won the sportsmanship


award. The team is still on the lookout for a local kit


sponsor and anyone interested can contact Ian


Rushton (01200 424959). Players are also reminded to return their


signing-on forms to the manager by the end of this month.


L ITH E R O E Wolves Under 11s finished the recent VM I Accrington Junior F o o t ­ ball League season in fourth place.


Saturday


ers and I ’m hoping to bring in some younger players to give us the right blend.” Pre-season training


begins on Tuesday at Jubilee Playing Fields, starting 6-30 p.m. New and existing players are all welcome to attend.


“Lee Cryer was contracted to Leigh


for two years but he missed a lot of last season with an ankle injury, so he just wants to get back playing.” On the downside, Clitheroe have


lost Darren Norman to Rossendale and longest-serving player Andrew


“Tails” Taylor who has left to join for­ mer manager Denis Underwood at Great Harwood.


Tails is the last playing link with


the 1996 Wembley squad and Burgess admitted it was a blow to see him go. He added: “Tails has a lot of friends


at Great Harwood and he only lives down the road from the ground so he has decided to go there.” Bolton are expected to bring a team


full of young professionals to Shaw- bridge in two days time, although Wanderers manager Sam Allardyce could spring one or two surprises.


Weekend selections Clitheroe (v Barnoldswick,


Sunday Clitheroe 3rds (v


home, meet ground 1 p.m.) E Bishop, N. Bolton, M. Bolton, N. Bibby, S. Bishop, A. Burns, M. Coulter, M. Hargreaves, P. Jones, D. Glover, Fitton. Same team Sunday v Blackburn Northern, home, meet ground 1 p.m. Scorer - P. Cox. Clitheroe 2nds (v


Barnoldswick, away, meet ground 12-45 p.m.) J. Green, C. Musson, P. Gaskell, A. Booth, S. Trotter, K. Fawcett, C. Seed, D. Pickles, G. Ker­ shaw, M. Eglin, S. Booth.


Scorer - F. Green. Ribblesdale Wanderers (v


Read, away, wickets pitched 2 p.m.) G. Monk, M. Briggs, M. Ward, D. Gardner-Chan, P.A. Hall, D. O'Neill, M. Davies, R. Palmer, B. Spencer, S. Bish­ op, Nawaz. Same team Sun­ day v Cherry Tree, away.


Scorer - R. Gladwin. Ribblesdale Wanderers 2nds


(v Great Harwood, home, wickets pitched 2 p.m.) I. Brit- cliffe, J. Rain, M. Stafford, R. Whalley, P. Spencer, C. Hall, D. Overy, A. Pearce, M. Peel, G. Maguire, J. Braithwaite.


Oswaldtwistle Immanuel, away, meet ground 12-45 p.m.) A. Hacking, K. Driver, D. Walker, M. Preston, N. Car- tledge, D. Musson, J. Ponson- by, T. Hibbert, G. Sutcliffe,. Simon Dawson, Stephen Daw­ son. Scorer - H. Driver. Ribblesdale Wanderers 3rds


(v Cherry Tree, home, wickets pitched 2 p.m.) D. Binns, I. Kirk, R. Gladwin, R. Wellock, B. O’Neill, S. Duckworth, J. Jackson, G. Clark, R. Clark, W. Mahmood.


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