Thursday, June 7th, 2001 UNRIVALLED COVERAGE OF SPORT IN THE NIBBLE VALLEY


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EAD golfer Paul Dwyer recorded his best score of the sea­


son at the weekend in the NCC Open at Soderasen in


Sweden.He carded a nine-under- par 275 over the four rounds to finish in second position - his highest placing in this sea­ son’s European Challenge


Tour.


over-par opening round of 73, Dwyer hit back with scores of 67, 69 and a bogey-free final round of 66. which included


After a disappointing two- .


five birdies. Dwyer, who is attached to


PaulLevett.


Clitheroe Golf Club, has been in good form of late. His fine runners-up position in Swe­ den followed excellent perfor­ mances in France and Switzerland. At the St Omer Open m


Drew amassed 46 stableford points to win the fourball at Clitheroe GC on Saturday. Allan Jackson and Jeff


Anthony Wall and John


Crowther (44) needed a card play-off to take second place from David Moore and


David Hardie. Wayne Pendlebury and


Paul AingOr (42) took fourth place on the card from Granville Cawtherley and


Division One of the medal round on Sunday. He scored 77-7-70 to beat Rob Andrew (76-5t71) into second place. Geoff Crowther (81-10-71) took third place after a card play-off with Johnathan Dugdale (77-6-71). Division Two honours


Andrew Wetton topped


France, Dwyer shot an 11- under-par 281 to finish in 22nd position while a week earlier in the Swiss Open, he finished four places higher up the leaderboard thanks to a nine-under-par 275. ■ The golf ace currently


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Clitheroe’s que; West Counties’!


went to Peter Hammond (81- 13-68) with Bernard Bithell (84-15-69) in second place, Andrew Child (82-13-69) third and Paul Burrows (84- 13-71) in fourth spot. G.- Speak carded 75 to take the


gross prize. Eric Heyworth returned


occupies 14th place of the tour’s overall points standings for the season. He needs to remain in the top-15 to win a place on the European Tom-


next season. However, with more than


20 tournaments still to be negotiated, Dwyer still has a long way to go before he can rub shoulders on a regular basis with the likes of Colin Montgomerie and Lee West-


wood. G


A D DN ISTR TIC B W G G E'


O LIN LEA U


RESULTS


2; Globe A 1, Heys Inn 9; Rush- ton St A 7, Gt Harwood 3; Sales- bury A 4, Clitheroe CC G; Whal- ley A 7, Globe A 3; Whalley A 8,


Burnley Rd B 8, Ribblesdale A First Division


Rishton Con. A 2. ' Second Division


Park 8, Sabden Black 2; Leisure Hour B 8, Burnley Rd A 2; Spring


Coppice 7, Globe B 3; Gatty


Hill 7, Clayton Sports 3. Third Division


Free Gardeners 4, Roe Lee Park 6; Roe Lee Park 9, Whalley B 1; Immanuel 2, Rushton St B 8; Leisure Hour A 4, Castle B 6; Leisure Hour A 3, Whalley B 7; Sabden Red 2, Free Gardeners 8; Sabden Red 9, Immanuel 1; Waddington A 5, Salcsbury B 5. Fourth Division


Free Gardeners 9, Whalley B1;


85-20-65 to win the Summer Medal at Whalley GC on Saturday by two shots from Bruce Craig (83-16-67). Category prizes went to


First D iv i^ ^ 5< a ^ v * v ^ ?~ “* Bosses1 atltKelBTemiership.new-


Help the Aged qualifier at Mytton Fold GC on Satur-


Paul Barrett (40) won the


JAmes Kennerley (40), Peter Tuck (40) ' and Phil Elliott(38)


Divisional honours went to


John Rostron (83-12-71) and Martin Foulds (81-9-72). Graham and Jean Robin­


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son carded a nett 67 to win the open mixed greensomes at Long Leese Bam on Sun-, day. Steve and Georgina Pow-


ell (71) were second with Peter Benson and Jean Tasker in third place.


RA AWO H N B R N ISTRICT


B W G G E


O LIN LEA U


r e su l t s -Free Gardeners 3, Globe A_7; First Division


Globe D 6, Burnley Rd D 4; Rib­ blesdale A 3, Hollands 7; Burnley Rd D 6, Free Gardeners 4; Rib­ blesdale B 8, Burnley Rd C 2; Rushion St E 1, Globe A 9. - Second Division


CC 3, Oakhill Park 7; Sydney St 2, Salesbury Blue 8; Victoria 7, Rishton BC 3; Waddington A 8, Clitheroe CC 2; Alma A 2, Sales­ bury Blue 8; Oakhill 9, Victoria 1; Rishton BC 9, Rishton CC 1,


Alma A G, Sabden B 2; Rishton . Gatty Park 7, Waddington B 3;


Whalley A 9, Sydney St 1. Third Division


Castle A 2, Oakhill 8; Hurst Green B 3, Gt Harwood CC 7;


Mercer Park 6, Sydney St 4; Ossy Con. 9, Milnshaw Wanderers 1; Rishton Con. B 6, Mercer Park 4;


Harold Blackburn Trophy


Rishton Con. B 8, Waddington B 2t Waddington B 6, Castle A-4. DRAW


16 th: 9-30 a.m. - C. Campbell v P. Holden; M. Comall v G. Stretton; W. Crotty v W. Hardcastlc; S. Edmondson v A. Skellorn; W. Wolstenholme v T. Brown; D.


Clitheroe CC, Saturday, June


Hartley v D. Rostron. 10-15 a.m. - B. Pilling v M.


Wright; G. Clarke v D. Bonney; M. Rimmer v E. Leach; R. Campbell v A. Whalley; G. Skel­ lorn v I. Berry; P. Singleton v J. Postlethwaite.


G. Stephenson ,v G. Leonard; M. Rostron v J. Howarth; B. Yerkess


11 a.m. - N. Hartley v S. Gall; ,,


v E. Baxendale. 12-30 p.m. - A. Dewhurst v A.


Dowbcr; N. Curley v A. Baxen­ dale; L. Edmondson v H. Cooper, N. Threlfall v T. Crotty. 2-30 p.m. - S. Carter v P. Bon­


Grange A 8, Immanuel A 2; Oakhill Ash 8, Gatty Vanners 2; Rushton St C 3, Whalley B 7; Wil­ low Mount 7, Milnshaw Park 3; Gatty Vanners 2, Whalley B 8; Milnshaw Park 3, Gatty Park 7; Salcsbury Red 5, Rushton St C 5;-


Waddington B1, Willow Mount 9. FourlliDivision


Immanuel B 7, Ribblesdale C 3, Ossy Con. 8, Grange C 2; Sabden A 2, Globe C 8; Sabden C 5, Oakhill Beech 5.


Burnley Rd B 9, Alma B 1; DRAW


lands v Rushton St C; Oakhill Beech v Globe C; Ribblesdale C v Ossy Con.; Rushton St E v Clitheroe CC; Salesbury Red v Burnley Rd C; Waddington A v Rishton BC; Rishton Con./Milnshaw Park v Oakhill Park. To be played by June 21st. TABLES


Team Knockoul Second Round Globe D V Salesbury Blue; Hol­


Firs! Division


Globe A.................... Hollands


......................... Free Gardeners..........


. A. Cornall; B. Ashworth v G. Dodd; B. Hinksv A. Edmondson. TABLES


ney; C. Snapc v G. Thomas; E. Wallace v S. Dowber; J. Hanson v


First Division


ihalley A.............. ■t Harwood........... leys Inn..................


:ushton St A....:..... ubblesdale A......... lumleyRd B........ llobe A.......... ...... Ilitheroc Cricket.... tishton Con A....... ialesbury A


pring Hdl oppice........... abden Black... layton Sports. tty Park.....;


P S............... isure Hour B.........


■ 7 7


econd Division P


'7. 7 7 7


7 7 7 7


45 43 43 42 40 34 33 27 25 18


I>


ishton BC... urnley Rd A ............. ■ urstGrccnA............. 6


lobeB......................... 7 Third DivisionP 9


ushton St B............. cisure Hour A..;....... alesburyB...............• abden Red............... faddmgton A........... abblesdale B........... . Vhalley B......... ....... iastle B...............— mmanuel........... .


oc Lee Park..,............ rec Gardeners............


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)ssy Con....'■............. Jakhill...................... tishton Con B.......... Jydncy St.................. Hurst Green B........... sabden Blue.............. 3range............... .... Waddington B...........


. 7 8


- T. 8. 6 , 7


7 7


■ Fourlh Division . P Mercer Park........ .....


Castle A........-••••••.... Gt Harwood CC........ Milnshaw Wndrs........


'44 44 42 41 37 ' 36 36 36 34 33


54 V' 53


7 7


; 35 32 32 26 25 22


45 42 41 40


P


73 55 40 34 ' 32 32 31 30 29 25 19


P.


Burnley Rd C........... . Rushton St E............. Ribblesdale W A........ Globe D.................... Coppice.................... •Ribblesdale W B....... GlobeE.................... Burnley Rd D............


Chtheroo CC ... Salesbury Blue


P I U M K v i


E T H R O D Y D U N A D D


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-i**Dave Berry and Martin ners of the NSPCC quaMier


Coy (Rishton) were out into second palce on a card play-off; Paul Barrett and Brian Johnson (Rishton) were third with 41 and club captain Denis Leaver and his


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dends after just four overs when professional Shahid Nawaz had his opposite number Jon Harvey caught by David Gardner-Chan for


The decision paid divi­ . . .. .. .


just five.David Usher fared better, scoring 34 before he was finally stumped by Phillip Hall off the bowling of Gra­


ham Monk. Mark Rishton provided


by Nawaz.


the only other resistance, scoring a well-fought 31 before again falling victim to Monk, this time caught


i b b l e s d a l e Wanderers endured


brother David (Wilpshire)


Tuck (40) and Phil the latest LGU Medal went * Elliott(38).


On Sunday Martin Sher- with Sue Johnson topping t e


Silver Division honours in to Sue Cartledge (92-18-74)


comers’ youth academy set-up have ap p ro a ch ed ,th e Blues requesting


were fourth on 40. Jan B u ^ ro won the Jane opponum[y LO ^


Panter Shield at Clitheroe t^ art BrockhaU training ground GC with a round of 83-10 .


the use of their facilities for a week. In return, Clitheroe get the opportunity to use Rovers’ state of


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reqUest may appear to be a J*he unusual side, but it is of Blackburn-S education


" ?_edl ed l ™ ^ f ^ i n t app^oached^about allowing them was obviously delighted with the


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Rovers •—


raptein Denis leaver and his (36) were in third spot.nd” W ^'Vheir reaso'idng behind it is that


Jean°Dearden. Rosemary return we could use their Broekhall fa& d^


r n e i r r o a s o nm g ^ .^ - . .


Title repeat goes up in smoke R


another disappointing weekend as their hopes of defending their title all


but went up in smoke. Wanderers were the vic­


tim of the weather on Sat­ urday as they played hosts


to Baxenden. Wanderers skipper Dave


Howard won the toss and asked the visitors to bat


first.


single figures all the way, apart from-Watson who scored a dogged 18 before


. . . .


being bowled by Nawaz. Baxenden ended their


ing Wanderers started their visiting professional Farhan innings and managed just Adil.


four overs before the rain called a halt to play, with the home side on 18-1, Howard (4) being the one wicket to fall. After the rain stopped,


With dark clouds loom- *——<>


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innings on 140 all out, with both Nawaz and Monk tak­ ing five wickets apiece.


points looked slim. The visiting skipper won


His decision was justified . _Wanderers needed to


the toss and asked Wander­ ers to bat first.


almost immediately with Richard Palmer being dis­ missed in the first over, caught off the bowling of


worse for the home team as wickets fell regularly and Wanderers stumbled to 23- 8 at one stage. At that point .Monk and


Things went from bad to


the Wanderers players tried in vain to mop up the sur­ face water, but the umpires decided that no further play was possible despite their


efforts. The two sides took two


points each and Wanderers rued their chance of a well-


needed victory. After the disappointment


of not finishing the game on Saturday, Wanderers barely started-on Sunday against


From^there o n - in - i t -w a s -c h a n c e s -o f ta k in g


Great Harwood before their i


~ f 1-nlrinrT any Wanderers needed to


strike early after the inter­ val and despite some excel­ lent bowling from Howard and Ian Britcliffe were unable to get the break­ through they desperately


needed. The Harwood openers


put on 42 runs before Barry Spencer excellently caught Daniel Cheesbrough in the deep off the bowling of


Monk for 30. Two more wickets fell


keeper Hall came together and batted doggedly for 20 overs before Monk finally succumbed to the bowling of Ian Haworth for an excel­


lent 26. Hall was the last man out for 14 and Wanderers man­


aged a pitiful 72 all out. Howard was the only


other batsman to reach dou­ ble figures with 14 and pro­ fessional Nawaz was taken to hospital after, being struck on the temple,from a short deliyery.frpm Maher.


before Harwood reached their target after just 22


overs. I t was a bad day for the


home side and one that they will hope to quickly


forget. The only good news was


that Nawaz returned home from the hospital with no


reported injury. • Turn to page 33 for the rest of the local cricket news, scorecards and tables.’


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balls,'cbiidsf bibs as we would use in training. It is a complete swap. “But in return we get the exclu­


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sive use of all their training facili­ ties at Brockhall.” Pre-season


whereby their youth players bet .ween the two clubs at Shaw- ^ the stark realities of non- bridge on Saturday, July 21st.


S e r o e chairman Steve Rush semi-professional c.rcui and that is “Blackburn


laciliues are out ui wie why they have chosen us.


liy Llie Clitheroe manager Dave Burgess uav6wwuw» —. .


up to the pre-season friendly match moon. .


The trade of places is expected to take place during the week leading up


i t. . i___ „l,,Ui. «i.f QViaw- inenaiy m ^ n m i i 1. . __.__ — — ,Siui°«to


would receive if they don t make it as a professional and dropped down into non-league football.


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season’s squad and is confident everyone will have put pen to paper by the first week of pre-season


has signea up me “•—*


training.Barrie Hart’s two-year contract ended on the final day of last sea­ son but Burgess is confident of thrashing out a deal with his skip­ per once Hart returns from honey­


Gardner, Mark Stewart, Matt Anderton, Carl Greenwood, Neil Spencer, Andy Cowking, Martin Aspinwall, Chris Whittingham, Gary Jackson, Stuart Todhunter and assistant player-boss Lee Sculpher have signed-up for next


So far, Kris Richens, Adam - - , - season. Midfield enforcer Neil Reynolds .- ,,


has also agreed to stay on at Shaw- •. i ♦ _ rr__A n 4-i»nV\ln


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to have already signed the majori­ ty of last season’s squad.;. i “The fact that Neil Reynold’s


has turned down a treble in wages to stay with us just shows the team spirit we have at the club.”


Friendly ■ The Blues have arranged a fur­


ther pre-season friendly against Accrington Stanley at Shawbndge on Saturday, August 4th. The Blues travel to'Stand Ath­


letic a week later to finalise their summer programme. • The North West Counties’ Foot­ ball League season kicks-off on


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He said: “I t ’s absolutely great , , „


“The facilities at Brockhall are


among the best in the country. ^ “Blackburn have spent millions


in wages and other bonuses by another North West Counties’ Football League club. Burgess is also hopeful of tying


2nd July 01 x * S d a y s r i f a l fB o a n U t a


• deducted 10 points Second Division


- Sabden B........ Rishton Con....


Oakhill Park.... Sydney St....... Waddinglon A..


Whalley A ........ Victoria......... Alma A.......... Rishton BC..


P


Third Division


Gatty Park.. Whalley B......... Rushton St C..... Salesbury Red....


Oakhill Ash.... Willow Mount Grange A....... Gatty Vanners. Milnshaw Park Waddington B


Immanuel A.....Fourth Division Burnley Rd B............


O&sy Con.................. Ribblesdale W C........ Mercer Park..............


Grange C.. Sabden A.. Alma B....


Globe C;.................. . Immanuel B.............. Oakhill Beech............ Sabden C..................


-.THE Ribblc Valley —— todicsiDartS'Leaguc


hold their presentation night tom o r row ',a L 'L o \y M o o r


Cluli. The league’s annual meeting follows on August


6th at the Royal British Legion, Clitheroe,;from 8


p.m. September 5th secs the start o f the new season.


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Promoted villagers celebrate great football season in style


R IMINGTON.FC celebrated Division with an end-oj-season pre-


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their promotion to the East Lancashire League. Firs t


sentation night at the Pendle Hotel in Chatburn. 1UB iULtUO


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The locals finished runners-up to • • Enfield in the Second Division, in


their first season back in the East Lancashire League, and 80 people were at the Pendle Hotel to toast the


.team's success. Player-manager Terry Braithwaite


walked away with the Player of the —Year award - voted for by the opposi­ ■ — .-J


tion he hastened to addl Simon Barker was the Players


K.,fh»onnrKi-


Player of the Year, as well as the Young Player of the Year, while Paul Sayle '■ took ho'me.y the Leading Goalscorcr award and Square-Ball award for miss of the season!, David Cook won the Goal of the


Plaver 0f the Year, while raui anu .ny a.m 6<r. -


homei?the' Leading, push for promotion next year, uwnrd and Square-Ball "We’ve achieved that a yea


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Season, David Buckle was Clubman of the Year, Derek Knowles won the Chairman's Award and Lee Burgess


the Manager's Award. Braithwaite said:,"It was an excel­


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lent night to round off an excellent x


season."We went back into the East Lan­ cashire League hoping to do alright and try and get a squad together to 3I1 for promotion next year.- •


'We've achieved that a year ahead


of schedule, arid we're looking forward to playing in the First D ivision." The club are also running a reserve


side next season alongside the first team, and anyone, interested in play-


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ing should contact Braithwaite on All olfora am sub|OCt to change & avfrom areas only and Is subject to minimum spend. 428190.


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