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Thursday, October 4th, 2001 UNRIVALLED COVERAGE OF SPORT IN THE RIBBLE VALLEY


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IT may only be early days yet in the North West Coun­ tie s ’ F irs t Division, but Clitheroe struck a massive blow for themselves on Sat­


urday. The lion-hearted Blues ,


ruined St Helens Town’s per­ fect 100 per cent record in a thoroughly entertaining


match at Shawbridge. The 2-1 victory extended


new player-manager Lee Sculpher’s own 100 per cent record as boss to five matches. And “Scully” was over the


Valley couple hit the road for charity


A RIBBLE Valley couple teamed- up to complete the Great North


Run. John Thorley and Anna Cocker ran • ,


the half-marathon together in a time of two hours and helped raise more than £250 for the victims’ families of


the New York disaster. John, who lives at Ilayhurst Close,


Whauey, w u n ^ iu i — — ” Bv EDWARD LEE


GREG STRONG was crowned Champion of Champions at Mytton Fold Golf Club on Sat­


urday. He carded 85-17-68 to


win by a single shot from Simon Pilbin (77-8-69) and Steve Brooks (81-12-


69). Those who did not


qualify for the main event entered the Duf­


fers’ Cup. And Barry Gargreaves


Station and is an expert at converting


cars to run on gas. His girlfriend Anna, who originates


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South Shields which is incidentally the finishing point of the Great North


Whalley, works for Sabden Service Run.


returned 86-20-66. Second place went to


Greg’s strong showing! • ^ _• i r r____/QK.17,


Jim Middlebrook (85-18- 67) with Matt Walsh (91-23-68) in third place. Julian Troop topped


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Division One of the medal competition con­ tested at Clitheroe Golf Club on Saturday when he carded 73-5-68. He won on a card


David Knowles (85-17- 68) edged out Alec Howat (81-13-68). Third place went to Ian John­ son (87-18-69), Alan Clarke (99-25-74) topped Division Three and Rob Andrew returned 74 to take the gross prize. A four-way card play­


play-off from Granville Pilling (77-9-68) who took second place by a shot from Paul Ainger


(76-7-69). Division Two was also


rami' out on top when he won on a card play-off as


off on 38 points was needed to decide the sin­ gles stableford contested


on Sunday. Michael Dawson


emerged as the winner ahead of Paul McGuire, Andrew Wetton and


Peter Kane. Roy Ellis won the


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Brandreth Trophy at Whalley Golf Club on Saturday with a round of 80-14-66. Colin Foster, mean­


while, shot a round of 86- 21-65 to win the Ultima Trophy while Mel Earle (81-13-68) and Bill Banks (85-15-70) were the respective runners- up of the First and Sec­ ond Divisions. On Sunday, the club


held a morning stable­ ford which was won by Bill Banks thanks to his


haul of 38 points. Joe Nelson was run­


ner-up one point further back.


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moon to collect his first win at home which was Clitheroe s seventh win in eight games. He said: “It was a very good


win.“I think we just about deserved it on the balance of chances created. “We had the better chances to score although they had a


lot of possession. “I was bit disappointed that


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Helens and was pleased to see his side end the visitors win-


inu L i n e a l , i j u o u u we missed our chances but we


of^ f t h r e M ^ s e T b y T t n e e JS e l i teM a Jk I tew a r t ' ^ ^ i d g e o ^ d m^ch ^ nlfiMed to see in our side”


kept battling and stuck to it.” Sculpher was only too aware


ningrun.Town are currently lour points behind the Blues and


to go which is a massive bonus for us.‘At the end of the day we


like many of the teams below have a significant amount of


games in hand. He added: “Before Saturday


they had won six out of six, so even at this early stage of the


in our side.’Meanwhile, John Hosty seems set to continue as Sculpher’s right-hand man for the foreseeable future. “Myself, John and the play­ ers are quite happy to leave it


their baUJing^uaiities as j


season, this was a big game for us.


ing from too far behind them. “We had a poor start but


hopefully we can continue


winning. “At some stage it will end


but it’s just a question of^how long we can keep it going.” One of the goalscoring


“We don’t want to be com­


with Skelmersdale United at home on Tuesday was can­ celled due to United’s cup commitments. The week’s rest will hopeful­


The Blues scheduled match


ly give the likes of Lee Cryer and Adam Gardner the chance


to recover from injuries. Goalkeeper Kris Richens


will be missing from the Blues’


heroes from Saturday Mark Stewart has rejected overtures from UniBond First Division side Chorley to pledge his alle­ giance to Clitheroe. The wholehearted player,


nicknamed Psycho by the Blues’ supporters, made his first start for Clitheroe on Sat­ urday after an enforced lay-off through suspension and a fam­


ily holiday. Stewart capped his return


to the left-hand side of Clitheroe’s midfield with the killer second goal and Sculpher was delighted that the former Oldham Athletic player had rejected Chorley. He added: “He’s not going


line-up away to Abbey Hey on Saturday, however, due to a long-standing commitment and Sculpher is currently try­ ing to bring someone on loan as a replacement. Saturday’s match, inciden­


tally, will kick-off at 1 p.m. due to England’s final World Cup qualifying match against Greece at Old Trafford. The Blues welcome Flixton to Shawbndge on iuesclay.


Shawbridge Tuesday. Clii heroe .......................


their fifth consecutive win on Saturday and, in doing so, inflicted the first defeat of the season on St Helens


Town. The Blues 2-1 victory at


match saw Clitheroe take the lead through the outstanding Martin Aspinwall with an equally outstanding goal. Kris Richens threw the ball


The first opening of the


His drive across goal from the right was met by Stewart at the far post who hammered


the ball home. Town grabbed a consolation


out to Aspinwall down the right. He made good progress before releasing Richard Fog­


arty. The former Burnley


trainee’s cross eluded every­ body in the box and was even­ tually picked up by Mark Stewart on the left-hand edge of the penalty area. It looked as though Stewart


goal in the 85th minute through substitute Lee Dunn but the Blues held on for a


vital win. , . Daisy Hill Reserve......... UomDetition, beating win j


Clilheroe Reserves......... 4 CLITHEROE’S second-


would shoot but instead he delivered a clever ball into the path of Aspinwall who fired into the bottom corner. Town keeper Phil Wood


string produced an awesome display in a game they domi­ nated from start to finish. The Blues took a three-goal lead within 15 minutes thanks


to a brace from James McMa­ hon and one from first-teamer


Chris Whittingham. The visitors should have


S l Helens Town .......... 1 ed the dangerous Lee Cooper CLITHEROE collected


moments later. The second half began with


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Town in the ascendancy and it needed a tremendous last ditch tackle by Andy Cowking to prevent Cooper equalising four minutes into the second


half-


game. Town entered the match on


as it is. • • “John knows all the players


Time to


AS the country braces itself for the national side’s big clash, both our local teams can sit and reflect on differ­


ing starts to the season. Both Rovers and Burnley suffered away defeats at the


weekend. And that leaves them with


the opportunity to look back at the opening exchanges of a new season while taking a weekend off because of the


World Cup qualifiers. Rovers were left moaning


about the quality of referees as they slipped to a 2-0 defeat at


Villa Park on Sunday. Burnley, on the other hand,


Albion.


Villa were there for the taking on Sunday, hut that Rovers


It would have to be said that ,


failed to cash in. But the previous day and


so well.


first break, what is the progress report?


So as the clubs take their .


across the West Midlands, the Clarets simply lacked the cre­ ative flair that has served them


could point to an injury pile- up ahead of their lone-goal defeat at West Bromwich


EDWARD IEE reports


Blackburn are just in the bottom half of the table with


But there is now an extra


two wins and three draws from their opening eight games. That leaves them just eight


points off the pace and they have already had some of their


tougher tests. But boss Graeme Souness is


still concerned about conced­ ing goals at more than one a


game.There is, however, some good news for the Ewood Park camp with the return to action of


David Dunn. Out of action for six weeks, he was the brightest star in the


Rovers galaxy on Sunday and the midfielder will come back


twist in the tale. Burnley were due to enter­


tain Watford tomorrow night but the Hornets have had the game called-off because of their international call-ups. And that is likely to mean a


large contingent of Burnley fans making the short trip


down the M65. Clarets’ fans have barely


had the chance to see summer signing Dimitri Papadopoulos in action since his £500,000


move in the summer. He has, in fact, played more


times for Greece than he has for Burnley since that move. And he is expected to lead


into the spotlight tomorrow the line again tomorrow night. night when he is almost certain ' tto walk straight back into th the


England Under 21s side to face Burnley fan Greece at Ewood Park


It is, of course, great for the area that England are to play so close to home.


I Taylor hits four as United embark on goal rampage


Readslone United Under ............................... 11


Clitheroe Wolves Under 8s ......... R E ADSTONE went goal-crazy as they thrasneci


derby rivals Clitheroe Wolves 11-0. Kenneth Taylor blasted a four-goal salvo while


Scott Byrom and Jack Hudson both bagged braces. Arron Wilson, man of the match Michael Cox,


Tommy Sharpies all grabbed one-apiece. Readslone United Under 8s ............................ ° Barnoldswiclt Barons Under 8s ...............••••••<' UNITED then followed-up their derby victory


bv firing five past Barnoldswick Barons. Kenneth Taylor scored two and the scoring was


completed by Michael Cox, Tom Neville and Josh


Lavin. Man of the match was Corey Hope. The Under 8s are in fine fettle at moment, having


won all six of their games, scoring 48 goals to boot. Readslone United Under 10s Yellow .............*


Junior Clarels Under 10s............................... . UNITED’S Under 10s North Valley League side


continued their excellent form with a superb 3-1 I win over Junior Clarets.


I Readslone United Under 12s...........................


Josh Neary scored twice and Sam Wilbourne °nMan of the match was Rhys Meehan.


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1 Accoutre Under ...................................*........ READSTONE controlled this game throughout a n d ran out convincing 4-0 winners.


Man of the match Jamie McCue opened the scor- ing and the win was completed by Ben Williams,


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Liam Farley and Jordan O’Mara. Readslone United Under ...............................“ Whalley Juniors Under 15s .............. UNITED were simply too strong for their derby rivals Whalley as they won convincingly 7-0. Duncan Fernhead blasted a f°ur-g°al salvo


while Eddie Eastham, Matthew Whitwell and Greg Williams-McClean also got on the score-


S' The star player was Robert Cresswell. 1 M i u“ — f re e -® ^ S sw n fb e k em to


Papadopoulos comes with a • _____________ 4-n C n n o n r l


were penned back in their own visitors coul,c'A r iU home Woodley Sports at Shawbridge hall lor long period, of the


For all their pressure, the visitors could not find the


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the back of a record which read - played six, won six. However, Clitheroe attacked


and everybody is quite happy with the situation.”


with pace and vigour while had a shall not pass mentality


at the back.


finally gave themselves some breathing space in the 70th minute with another well-


worked move. Stuart Todhunter played a


delightful through-ball in behind the Town defence for Carl Greenwood to run onto.


football. The reserves were due to face


t.om o r /o . evening but i„ ao amazing turn-around,


m rrow in


Stockport side have insisted that the game be played at 3 p.m. on Saturday - the exact time that England face Greece


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at Old Trafford in a vitally important World Cup qualifier.


SELECTED TEAM SATURDAY


Clitheroe (v Ashton-under- Rugby


games yielded 27 goals. But the Clarets - stripped of


Their opening 10 league


the services of wingers Glen Little and Alan Moore - fired a blank for the first time this season at The Hawthorns and slipped off top spot in the First Division in the process. That immediately prompted


Lyme, home, meet 1-30 p.m.) M. Stott, J. Dickinson, C. Stott, M. Doherty, C. English, D. Watson, M. Heanari, H. Proctor, A. Thornber, J. Mars- den, E. Hacking, W. Robin­


gpencer shortly before the interval while Richens thwart-


produced two excellent point- blank saves to deny Neil


added to their tally but let Daisy Hill off the hook with some poor finishing. Hill pulled a goal back after


the break from a corner but despite creating chance after chance, Clitheroe could only add one more goal through Whittingham. Reserve team manager Lee


I THE First Division play-off in the Clitheroe Men’s Invi- tation Summer darts League went down right to the wire. The young guns


from Royal Oak B eventually prevailed


over Craven Heifer after the deciding leg


of the final game. However, Heiferis


Tony Burrows and Tony Blackledge received some consola- , tion when they won


the knockout doubles


competition, beating Andy Porter and Jack Hayward (Dog) in the


final. Blackledge was also


involved in the final of the singles but lost out to Royal Oak’s Jimmy Hargreaves. The team knockout


final takes place at the Dog on Monday, start­


ing 8-30 p.m. On Wednesday, the


winter league is hold­ ing i t’s annual meet­ ing, start 8-30 p.m. All teams must send along one representative else


they will not be eligible to play in the league.


Boyer said: “The side is start­ ing to gel together and we are playing some good quality


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manager Stan Ternent to talk of bolstering his squad. And a creative midfielder would seem to be top of his


shopping list. But Ternent is Ternent and


he lets nothing out of the bag, so who knows who he is chas-


With a blank weekend, there


is no rush. But having picked-up only


one point from the last three games, Tement will be keen to breathe new life into his team s fortunes and a new face could


be just the answer. The Clarets are back in


Rovers return to Premier-; .


L this season - not tain Premiership strugglers West Ham United,


Dog are set to bite back after 10-goal thrashing


DOG I n n manager Simon Kerins insists p ark; Calderstones v Kings


t h a t S u n d a y 's 10-0 Arms at Foxhill Bank. . __a n d n i l ! - Accrington a


trict Memorial League Horscs at Memorial Park; thrashing at the hands gl a l -10n (Helm) v Minors of Queens Hotel Arms at Haslingden.


Knuzden Brook v Waggon Second Division


Clarets, will not have chu™ ^ w . an adverse effect on and u orscsat Memorial Park; team morale.


cent start and have yet to concede a goal in their


five matches. Kerins said that whilst


Accrington side were ton goals better than his side.


Judge Walmesley 4 3 Duke ol Welling. 4 3


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the scorehne was obvi- Knuzdcn........3 2 ously a disappointment, plough Inn....... 3 2 he didn't feel that the Ossy Refs............3 2


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Walmsley suffered their ltehUm ^ h°iHiim first defeat when going


In the top flight Judge Cross Axes.......2 0 jjrown Cow........ 3 2


down by the odd goal in wilpshire BH....4 3 1 three to Duke of Welling-


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ton who join them at the station jI!mshro 5 3 0 to p of th e table.


First Division RESULTS


Crown 3; Station Hotel (Hclmshorc) 3. Whilshirc


Bullshead 17. Third Division


Church Town 3, Woolpack


Calderstones 1, L 'ttle mB3 rTh*ircl'lJivi»ion P W D


Second Division S-i ra! !f.d........5 n 0


Queens Clarets... 5 5 \Voolpack......... 5 4 Waggon........... j


0 Waggon and Horses 2; Eomax...............5 2 Queens Clarets 10, Dog Inn 0. Dog Inn..............4 1 FIXTURES First Division


(Haslingden) 7; Lomax Arms Mayfield................5 2


Holchousc...........0 ‘ -


Brown Cow v Knuzden Hamilton Arms.. 5 U


Park Hotel...... . 4 0 Church Town...... 4 0


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Duke of Wellington 2, Little Crown.....5 1 1 Judge Walmsley 1.


Calderstoncs......4 2 0 !£«“o1K® "j .......3 n 0


Knuzden Brook.. 5 2 1 Crown Scaffolds. 4 2 0


First Division P w


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