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By CRAIG SALMON


concerned a t the way his side are leaking goals at present. The Blues have conceded 10


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goals in their last three league games, which has seen them lose their unbeaten record and drop to


third in the league. And Burgess said: “ I am con­


cerned really. Our last three league games have seen us lose two and draw the other which isn’t really good enough. “The concerning aspect,


though, is the way we are conced­ ing goals. Earlier in the season we were winning games 1-0 and 2-1 but now we are starting to give


goals away. “1 can’t really put my finger on


it. I think we’ve lost a bit of con­ fidence and a bit of complacency has leaked into our game also." Sandwiched between the league


defeats have been two good cup wins but Burgess feels a marked improvement in performance is needed if Clitheroe are going to maintain their position near the top of the North West Counties’ Football League First Division. He added: “On Saturday we


didn't really trouble their keeper. We ju s t did enough to go


through. “ I was very disappointed on


Tuesday. We just did not apply ourselves like we have done. “We got ourselves in a winning


position at 1-1 but we just tailed- off for the remainder of the match and th a t just isn’t good enough." Second-place Mossley travel to


Shawbridge on Saturday in what promises to be a crunch clash for


both sides. The Blues let slip a golden


T ’S not panic s tations yet b u t Clitheroe chief Dave Burgess has admitted he is


opportunity to overtake their arch rivals on Tuesday a f te r Mossley themselves were defeat­


ed.Burgess added: “We have to win th a t game not just for the points but also for our own confi­ dence after a couple of setbacks. “We have to go out there and


show what we arc made off. “This next month, in fact, is


going to be a make or break one for us with regards to the league


and cup. “We have some im p o r tan t


league fixtures coming up and also we have a couple of impor­ tant cup clashes. “So November is going to prove


to me whether we are going to be a force to be reckoned with this year or just a side which plays


well on its day. “But there is no need to panic


yet. We just need to do a little


tinkering. “This week we are going to do a


bit of defensive work on the train­ ing ground to make sure we’re prepared for Saturday.” One bright spark to come out


of T u esd ay ’s match was the debut of new signing Neil


Reynolds. Burgess added: “lie did okay.


He’ll need time to settle but with the games coming up thick and fast he’ll have to settle quickly. “But he’s definitely going to be


a big bonus for us.” Meanwhile, Clitheroe have


been drawn aga ins t Northern League side Easington Colliery in the next round of the FA Vase on


November 11th. And four days prior, the Blues


will face Darwen in the next round of the Floodlit Trophy. Easington will be a tough


proposition for Clitheroe having reached the final qualifying round of the FA Cup where they will face former league side Chester City on Saturday.


On the in ju ry fro n t, R


Stewart (groin) and Chris 1 tingham (ankle) are likely out for a month after both off injured on Saturday.


Clitheroe .............................


la rk Vhit- ,o be came


Ilolker O B ........................... C L IT H E R O E p ro g r e through to the second rou the FA Vase thanks to a fortable 2-0 victory over 1


er Old Boys. Neither side looked partii


ly dangerous going forward opening half-hour but the hinged on two incidents i final 15 minutes of the first


od.


into the opposition penalty but was hacked to the gi leaving the referee with no native but to point to the pi


Martin Aspinwall broke


spot. Barrie Hart stepped fo


and smashed the ball home H a r t ’s penalty taking


came to the fore, once agai minutes later when he con from 12-yards after Lee had been upended in the be Kris Richens dealt comp


ly with any potential dangc the Ilolker forwards while saw a couple of secom efforts narrowly miss the t Woodley S p o r t s ...............


Clilheroe ........................... C L IT I IE R O E suffered


second co n s e c u tiv e 1 defeat away to Woodley


. . . » sed


ad of com- lolk-


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•esult n the peri-


clear area


ound alter- inalty


ward


skills n, five /erted Cryer x. etent- r from Crycr


went into the lead midway through the first period courtesy


of Steve Jordan. The Blues, who failed to trou­


ble the goalkeeper throughout the entire half, were obviously given a few stern words by manager Dave Burgess at the interval. Because the Blues came out for


the second half with all guns blazing and got back on level terms within five minutes when Spencer chipped the goalkeeper. The visitors took a grip of the


game but were unable to create any clear cut chances despite all


their possession. On 75 minutes, Clitheroe fell


behind once again after a superb co u n te r -a tta ck from Woodley resulted in Mike Ryan slotting


the ball home. Worse was to follow for the


Shawbridgers a minute la te r when Ryan bagged his second, converting from a corner.


NORTH WEST COUNTIES’ FOOTBALL


1 half irget. ........3 .......1 th e ir sague sports


on Tuesday evening. Despite a poor showing in the


first half, Clitheroe sprung into life as soon as Neil Spencer equalised five minutes af .er the


interval. However, the Blues were unable


to grab the all-important second goal and conceded two late s tr ik e s to condemn them to


defeat. The homesters began the match in the ascendancy and


Stage is set floodlit fin


01;30\ Oi'iinm: .M l o V- ton-,-- ' c


Club’s long-running Bar- Be-Quick Floodlit Dou­ bles to u rn am en t take


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for further details telephone or call in at


/ fV B e tW e e n th e iC q s t l^ tG p te s ja n d i iR q i lw q y v


place on Saturday. The final two places in


the last 1G were taken up last week by Preston’s A. and D. Ilodson and J. Ebo- rall and D. Faud from Accrington. All spectators will be wel­


come for the finals day which commences at 2 p.m.,


with practice at 1 p.m. DRAW


I. Marsden and P.


Wilkinson (Burnley) v M. Wensley and T. Dobson (Ribblesdale): P. Burrow and P. S to t t (Littlebor- ough) v G. Shuttleworth


HE final stages of th e Ribblesdale


__ Wanderers Bowling


Prescot Cables...... ...H 10 2 2 32 Mossley


LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION p w D L P


Clithcroe............ ... 12 8 2 2 26 St Helen’s Town.... ... 11 7 3 1 21 Glossop NE............ 15 7 1 7 22 Salford City........ ... 13 6 3 1 21 Kidsgrove Ath..... ... 12 5 •1 3 19 Skelm’sdale Utd.... ... 11 5 *


... 13 9 1 •1 28


Hamsb’tom Utd... ... 10 6 0 4 18 Abbey Uev......... ... 11 6 0 5 18 Newcastle Town... ... 11 5 2 4 17 W


1 5 19


Uossendale Utd.... ... 9 5 1 3 Maine Hoad........... 12 5 0 7 15


oodley Sports.... ... 13 5 2 6 17 16


Atherton Coll..........10 •1 1 5 Nantwich Town........11 3 3 8 12 Fleetwood Frpt... .... 8 3 2 3 11 ....11 0 8 3 8


Curzon Ashton.... ....12 •1 2 6 14 13


Flixton


for ale


and A. Han B. Kirk a i (Stoke/Bl Fletcher a i (Blackpoo Curzen ar, (Rochdale man and (Blackburr ) and M. Gil A. Thori Whitehous e Gall and G . Harwood) ton and M tington); Id Naylor (W son and J. ston); J. 1 Faud (Ac Pilling an d (Ilaslingdun


dford (Colne); d G. Hilton


pin t


ckburn) v N. id B. Duncan /Preston); C. d S. Randall ) v M. Chap- J. M e tte rs I. Nicholson (Kendal) v


on and T. (Barrow); S. Dodd (Great


igan)


v M. Middle- 11 oward (Tot- Ryding v F. )vA. I-Iod-


Ilodson (Pre-


Iborall and D. arington) v J. M. Lambert


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Gt Harwood....... .... 9 1 2 6 5 Cheadle Town..... .... 13 1 2 10 5 Leek CS0B........ .... 10 0 3 7 3


action. The A team had a battle


Close games R;


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O E F IE LD B ad ­ minton Club have been back in


on their hands a t home against Independents A, eventually going down 10-6. Mixed pair Paul Ainger


and Louise Burrill won both their nail-biting games 15-


13, amd Mark Perry and Sheila Hartley won one game comfortably to leave the locals 5-3 down at halfway. Despite an excellent per­


formance from the ladies, who won three of four games, the visitors ran out winners. In the Second Division,


the B team earned a narrow 9-7 win over Tag. Roefield dominated the


third and fourth ranked mixed doubles, winning all four to lead 5-3 at half-way. Winning three men’s and


one ladies' doubles game saw the lead maintained. Gordon Pimperton won four out of four games. The team were then


unlucky to then lost 9-7 to title favourites St Phillips at Ilyndburn. The ladies won all their games, while the men lost


all theirs. However, three wins from


four for the bottom half mixed doubles gave Roefield


a better result than they could have expected. In Division Four, the C


team beat Aztec and Inde­ pendent C, and the D team beat Blackburn Juniors B and Time Out Badminton


in Division Five. At the weekend, Roefield


began their bid for promo­ tion from the Multicourt League Fourth Division, winning 12-4 against Multi­


part B. Ainger, Burrill and Karen


Farnhill were unbeaten.


Table toppers score twenty


T was to p ag a in s t b o t tom in th e Roe­ field Leisure Centre


Sunday Five-A-Side Foot­ ball League, and the game


went to form. Leaders Wanderers


crushed Euro Allstars 20-0 as both sides continued their 100 per cent records, Wanderers having won all five games and Allstars hav­ ing lost theirs. Hogs of War won their


first game, beating Can't Think of a Name FC 5-3, while Clitheroe Clowns and Rag Legs United kept the pressure on at the top. Clowns beat New Inn by


the odd goal in seven, with Rag Legs hammering The Players 10-2. In the other games, Real


Unknowns were held 3-3 by Mad Dogs, and Parkers Arms beat Audley Walking 5-1.


SUNDAY'S FIXTURES 9 a.m. - Can't Think of a Name


FC v Clitheroe Clowns; 9-50 a.m. - Real Unknowns v Hogs of War; 10-40 a.m. - Parkers Arms v Euro Allstars; 11-30 a.m. - Rag Legs Utd v New Inn; 12-20 p.m. - Wan­ derers v Audley Walking; 1-10 p.m. - Players v Mad Dogs. TABLE


Wanderers..... 5 5 0 0 15 Clitheroe Clowns 5 4 1 0 13 Hag Legs....... 5 •1 1 0 13 Real Unknowns 5 3 2 0 11 CTOAN FC... 5 3 0 2 9 Parkers........ 5 3 0 2 9 New Inn........ o i 1 3 1 Mad Dogs..... 5 i 1 3 4 Hogs of War... 5 i 0 <


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A’ley Walking... 5 1 0 •1 3 The Players.... 5 1 0 •1 3 Euro Allstars.... 5 0 0 5 0


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ter Leagu e a t th e ( Legion, ' Clitheroe Novembe r p.m. Entry ft es


men's lea a;


Clitheroe Pool annual


J L me j sting _ and Win-


to y a l Vhalley on


i regiistration is B r itish


___ Road, Wednesday,


1st from 7-45 are £35 for the


end of today, per team. For mo: 'e


the secret: iry © The L Knockout day, Novo Buck, Loi p.m. The La


jue and £25 for league. egister before the r, you save £5


dies (free) :mber vergate


C £270 day, Dec ember 1st, at the Royal Br itish Legion,


B £320 Final am C £387


2 0 King St, Cfitheroe. Tel: 0 1 2 0 0 4 2 7 1 3 6


V IT OR WBIT w .altham s.co.uk. Presentat ion


C £702 final star ts at 7-30 p.m. B £411


Premier


RESULTS Division


Bar 0; Col 11; Stork Hotel Club 6; He rse 8; Legion 11 7,


tie A 1, Whalley 1 ’irst


Legion C 8,


Starkies Sharks ’ nmercial i


gon and 1 orses


Shoe A 4, Legion A Royal Oak 5; Cas- y Arms A 11. Division Dog Inn 4; Wag- 7, Starkies Fun


7, Dog Music ,1 A 1, Buck A A 6, Low Moor


Final in November Fun Bai, from 8 p.i n. The M en'


dies on


details, contact (442243). Individual


is on Tues- 7 th, at the from 7-15


League Cup Tuesday,


15th Castle


i, at Starkies' Street,


League Cup


Summer League is now on Fri-


Entry is free, and the


Bar 0; Kings Arms A v Pcndle Hotel B; New Inn 6, St Peters 6; White Hart 8, Stork Hotel B 4;


Bay Horse A bye. Second Division


Brown Cow A 12, Horse Shoe


B 0; Pcndle Hotel A 5, Castle B 7; Buck Wrinkleys 9, White Horse A 3; Station Choo Choos 8, Legion D Ladies 4; Victoria and De Lacy


byes. Third Division Bridge 3, Station Hotel B 9;


White Horse B 8, Kings Arms B 4; Buck B 7, Brown Cow B 5; Bay Horse B 7, Commercial B 5; Black Horse v Pendle Witch; Sainsbury's bye. Challenge Cup Second Round


Third Division Station Hotel B v White Horse


B; Sainsbury's v Buck B; Kings Arms A v Bay Horse B; Commer­ cial B v Black Horse; Brown Cow


B v Pendle Witch. Tuesday


Challenge Cup Second Round


Stork Hotel A v Brown Cow A. Challenge Cup Third Round Dog Music Bar v Low Moor


Club; Starkies Sharks v Dog Inn; Legion A v Horse Shoe A.


Black Horse 3, Legion A 7;


Horse Shoe A 7, White Horse B 6; Buck A 7, Buck Wrinkleys 4; Sta­ tion Choo Choos 2, Low Moor Club 7; Dog Inn 7, Stork Hotel B 4; Buck B 1, Dog Music Bar 7; Starkies Sharks 7, Station Hotel B 3.


Ladies’ League Cup Red Group Play-off


Pendle Hotel 6, Buck A 3. FIXTURES Tonight


Premier Division Dog Music Bar v Commercial


A; Royal Oak v Stork Hotel A; Buck A v Castle A; Whalley Arms A v Horse Shoe A; Low Moor Club v Legion A; Legion B


v Starkies Sharks. First Division


Stork Hotel Bv Waggon and


Horses; Bay Horse A v Kings Arms A; Pendle Hotel B v New Inn; Starkies Fun Bar v St Peter's; White Hart v Legion C;


Dog Inn bye. Second Division


A; Victoria v De Lacy Arms; Cas­ tle B v Buck Wrinkleys; White Horse A v Station Choo Choos; Brown Cow A and Legion D byes.


Gisburn and District Pool League following a 5-2 victory over their own A team in the all- Grindleton derby. Former toppers Pendle


BUCK Inn B are the


Hotel lost 5-2 against Foulridge opponents Hole in-the-Wall and are three


points adrift. RESULTS


Buck (Paythorne) 3, Pendle


Inn 4; Buck Inn A 2, Buck Inn B 5; Anchor A 4, Three Rivers 3; Coach and Horses 1, Copy Nook 6; Brown Cow 3, Anchor B 4; IIIW 5, Pendle Hotel 2. TABLE


Buck Inn B........... Pendle Hotel.......... HIW..................


Horse Shoe B v Pendle Hotel Anchor A.............. . 4 Buck Inn A........... . 4


Copy Nook............ . 4 Three Rivers.......... . 4 Buck (P’thorne)...... . 4 Pendle Inn............ . 4


P 4 4 4


Anchor B.............. . ' 4 Coach and Horses.... . 4 Brown Cow........... .. 4


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o f ? > J # l f i fS # > m a i i ■feliHliilE . DINNER DATE: Whallcv GC captain Andrew Miller (second from right) is pictured


at the annual presentation with (front left) president Stuart IJawson, prizewinner Alan Amos and competition committee chairman Peter Benson. (_lim)lJ/.i/li.)


Alan celebrates a successful season at Whalley GC


Friday. In proposing his toast to the club the


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captain, Andrew Miller, expressed his plea­ sure that the season's competitions had been well supported and enjoyed by the


playing members. Veteran golfer Alan Amos certainly had


a memorable season - he won the Vintage Decanter and Brandreth Rose Bowl in suc­


cessive weeks. In keeping with tradition the winner


filled the Bowl with roses, and the Decanter with vintage port - the latter being enjoyed by the club officials seated at


the top table. Roll of Honour Scratch Medal, Phil Hanson; Frank


Longworth Trophy, Les Dearden; Fourball Trophy, John Palich and John Blackadder; Spring Trophy, Steven James: EGU Medal, Robert Hilton; Long Handicap Trophy, Dacre Wright; Robert Lightfoot Trophy, Tim Weir; Lon Rowbottom Tro­ phy, Martin Foulds; Millennium Trophy (presented by the captain), Chris Bywater; Veterans’ Bowl, Malcolm Salmon; Arthur Longworth Cup, Steven James; Leslie Haynes Trophy, Gary Meakin; Vintage Decanter (over 65s), Alan Amos; Bran­ dreth Rose Bowl, Alan Amos; Hitchen Trophy, Colin Gould; Ultima Trophy, Peter Shaw; President’s Putter, Martin Foulds and Richard Crossley; Postleth- waite Cup, Steven Green; Handicap Reduction, Gavin Ward; Eclectic Trophy, Richard Fairley (nett) and Gary Meakin (gross); Golfer of the Year, Robert Hilton (nett and gross).


ORE than 70 members attend­ ed the Whalley Golf Club din­ ner and prize presentation on


O It has not taken new Clitheroe Golf Club lady captain Chris Stokes long to make her


mark at Whalley Road. After seeing the first event of her year of


office fall victim to elements, Chris and Bar­ bara Thornton returned 75.5 nett and won the Daily Mail foursomes qualifier. Sheila Cornwell compiled 21 Stableford points to win the nine-hole charity competi­


tion. O Derek McIntyre amassed 41 Stableford points to win the Miners Lamp at Clitheroe


GC on Saturday. Raymond Taylor (39 points) was runner-


up and he was followed home by Rob Andrew (38 points) and Martin Hill (37 points). The Dennis Greenup-Paul Connolly pair­


ing won the foursomes on Sunday. They returned 74-4-70 and triumphed ahead of Ken O'Brien and Ron Cornwell (84-


12.5-71.5). 9 The appropriately named Hangover Stakes was contested at Whalley C.C on Saturday - only hours after the annual dinner and prize


presentation. Eric Hey worth returned 91-20-71 and


emerged victorious ahead of Peter Seavers (81-9-72) and Nick Williamson (84-11-73). 9 Mytton Fold GC members have turned their attentions to the Professional's Winter


Series. The first round of Gary Coope's popular


event - the fourth - took place at the weekend and saw 12-handicapper Colin Elliott compile 38 Stableford points and win by a distance. Tim Chambers (32 points) was runner-up


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and Howard Taylor (31 points) claimed third place after a card play-off with Richard


Greaves. Elliott receives 10 points for winning and


the other placings are worth eight, six and four points respectively.


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