Thursday, October 11th, 2001


UNRIVALLED COVERAGE OF SPORT IN THE RIBBLE VALLEY .


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Anna’s brave battle BRAVE Clitheroe athlete Anna Griffiths went through the pain barrier to compete m the AAA Pentathlon in Birmingham. The youngster has been suffering from severe


tendonitis in her shins since the English Schools


Championships in July and didn t think she would be able to compete in Birmingham. B u t the osteopath adwised to compete to test her


recovery, and without much training behind her, she P6to toetong^ump^he leaped close to a seasonal


| best with 4.37m, before running a better-than- expected 12.53 in the hurdles.


i She threw a personal best m the shot putt with 9.76m, finishing second.


However, she strained a ligament in her take off


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leg in the high jump, and her competition was over. After three events she was a creditable eighth.


Anna will now gradually get back to trauung and


have a good winter in the hope of an injury-free sea­ son at the top of the Under 15 age group next sum-


Louise set for title?


ALL-round athlete Louise Highton is on the verge of being crowned the National Leon Hall


U n b e a te n r u n o n l in e ! ROVERS look to extend their unbeat­


JUThe Sithelw^Greunmar &hod pupii lies in first I “ “ Graeme Souness' side were in Wor-


en home league record against strug­ gling West Ham United on Sunday (kick-off 2 p.m.) on Sky Sports’ Pre­ miership Plus pay-per-view channel.


S ^me S^uness' Wor-


Louise leads the standings with 71 points more I - with new £2m signing than 20 better than her nearest rival and now needs I Johansson m hne for a debut. onlv a ton-three finish at the final competition in I But regardless of the cup exploits,


It is Louise’s second individual success of the | ^


I vear. The 13-year-old also performed well at the recent Skipton open cross-country race where she


1 came an excellent 10th.


| THE East Lancashire Sharks Pool team travel to Great Yarmouth on Friday, to compete in the uunni aurenaiul


Sharks’ final debut national finals.


before here, but this will be the first time under the | England Under 21s on Friday night. Sharks name.


I qualify, when they beat all before them recently at the qualifiers in Blackpool. Captain Andy Sudworth beat World Champion


They became the first team from the area to , ..


| Chris Melling whilst representing Lancashire at the weekend, and this form will need to be shown by all


in the upcoming events. ■ . knockout stages. | can Clitheroe Ladies are also competing m Yarmouth ,


this weekend, to take part in the Ladies' event. This team have put up some strong displays in the past, and hopefully will go one better and qualify for the


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I encourage boys and girls to take up the sport as part of a new initiative called Active Sport. The club, in conjunction with Lancashire Sport


New rugby scheme j


CLITHEROE Rugby Club are hoping to .


in a controlled display, linking play well and putting his foot in. There wasn't as much opportunity to


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get forward as he would have liked, but he will hope to stamp his authority on the Premiership after a stalled start.


A number of players have played competitions i thro h the full 90 minutes as skipper of a g l idD „ d 7 2 I» o »M w « . t


.... I backing of his home fans at Ewood, came


will aid matters. Dunn, adrenalin pumping with the


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Bath next month to be crowned overall champion. I Rovers will be eager to get their Premier- shiy p campaign back on track after goinfg


down 2-0 at Villa Park almost a fortnight


agSouness’ squad remains injury-hit, but he will hope that the signing of Johans­


son, the Swedish Under 21 skipper and the return of the mercurial David Dunn


with the back three favoured against , viUa


f lg jS g jm -------------------- Souness will ponder whether to stick


man Bundesliga side Nuremberg, will help ease the defensive gaps, either as a left back or in the middle. Grabbi in particular will be busting a


verwjll iUlU V m a . But Johansson, snapped up from Ger­


gut to get fit to line-up against good friend, and Hammers captain, Paulo Di Canio. The two were together in Turin at Juventus and Di Canio himself feels he


has a point to prove. The Hammers are yet to win away


from Upton Park, drawing once and los- .............


ing at Everton a fortnight ago. Di Canio has been accused of failing to


| Craig Short and Martin Taylor with the England squad last week. in ention. winger ircvur puu.um, j.« „n tlio cnnrt as I


I quality coaching programme for rugby union, v A taster session of mini-rugby took place last


and Ribble Valley Borough Council, are offering a new and exciting opportunity to participate in a


Sunday which was attended by 22 youngsters. However, the full coaching courses begin on Sun­ day, between 10 a.m. and 11-30 a.m. on Castle I Field, and will last for 10 consecutive weeks. 1 lie CUUiac « tumvu UV mwv. . o-----” - .


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crossed that Damien Duff and Ciccio = I E 5 L « 3 Grabbi (hamstring) will be available, while Keith Gillespie, who missed North­ ern Ireland's win in Malta with a knee problem - where he was replaced by club- mate Damien Johnson - and John Curtis (calf) could also come into contention.


shine on the road, and snapped at such accusations earlier this week. But it could be said that none of for­ mer Burnley assistant manager Glenn


the East End in what has been a troubled


campaign so far. Roeder will welcome back Czech cen­


tre back Tomas Repka from suspension, but at the time of writing the camp had been rocked by a transfer request from winger Trevor Sinclair, who was involved


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BURNLEY look to put one of last season's more forgettable evenings


behind them when they travel to Not­ tingham Forest on Saturday. But they will have to again do so


The course is aimed at both genders from Sc ,hool I timetotime. £15 which includes a I „ __ ,


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without wide men Glen Little and Alan Moore.


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nuM •> « tsitffw of VAT and ar« bM «ri ClHheroe . J ^ ^ ^ ^ o h n M X T d e p a ^ h,-* riorhfc in early both parts. jonnneeusicB^ ,


Turf Moor. But Stan Tement is not one for histo­


ry or reputation. He is a man of action. And he will be keen to end a run of


summer.


three games without a win, and two suc­ cessive away defeats against a young Forest side galvanised by Paul Hart since the departure of David Platt in the


They are formidable at the City Ground, where they have won four and drawn one so far. Blackburn and Preston were also among their victims on the Trent last season.


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F IM o n S Z ......................2 again struggled to find the tar- A LACKoFcomposurein to n t


, v j ^ ^ ^ h n n e S g u la r first team football, and he might have a better


J l United for £150,000. Flixton on Tuesday night at . • d. „ It was good business on Shawbridge.


chance of getting that over there. "But there was no pressure on him to


move. I put him in the picture and let him speak to Ronnie Moore. He obvi­


ously liked what Ronnie had to say. But Glen Little will not be joining Man­


chester City, as reported in a number of Sunday papers, as Tement added: Alotot clubs have been linked with Glen, but no- one has been in touch from Manchester City. I'm not surprised by it. Glen is going to be linked with big clubs, and I suppose it is good, in a way. But I don’t want to sell him, I want to build my squad up."


Little is still struggling with a ham- would have been touch and go wit


Qnpcu tion


groin problem anyway. However, Graham Branch was pen­


cilled in for a reserve team return last night against Oldham Athletic at Turf Moor, after recovering from an Achules tendon injury picked up in a pre-season friendly against Chelsea. f n


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of his 150th league game in charge of the club where he started his playing career.


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S dear in their match against


match from start to finish but missed a catalogue of chances through poor finishing. In fact, it looked like it was


The Blues dominated the . , ,___fn finish 1


going to be one of those nights for Lee Sculpher’s men as after spuming a number of opportuni­ ties, Flixton took a shock lead on


28 minutes. But this stunned the home


side into action and two goals from Neil Spencer before half­


time restored order. Chris Whittingham - pacy


Speculation on that part has linked linked


, P . made a £ im-plus-players bid side of the visitors taking TH’ t


earlier this week for the Welsh interna­ tional and Ternent could well match that offer to add creativity to his mid-


ayiiiciTvci ucwuu Preston made a £lm-plus-players bid


Tement is biding his time though: 'Tin always looking, but it is about availabili­


Ian Cooxx is up and running after two S


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them go. But I'm happy with the squad I've got at the moment."


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Valley tennis centre is setting the standards


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someone strongly motivated, whb'plaj^ several times a week and regularly com-


■R TRBLE Valiev Tennis Centre has petes in matches and tournaments, been accredited with the prestigious The programme includes squad Lawn Tennis Association Perfor- coaching, individual lessons, matchplay


H1™?6 n rFL^'rentre based at Edis- ^Thecentre identifies potential perfor- i ioru xwau, m wiiv. ui


t r y to receive such acknowledgement And the award comes on the back of a


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W i n a £ 3 0 b e t ■The postponement of Burnley's game


against Watford at the weekend means that this week’s competition is a double rollover with a £30 bet at stake.


■ All you have to do is correctly predict the score


of Burnley's clash with Barsnley on Saturday, October 20th and you could be a winner.


■. ■ Write your prediction and your name and address and send it to: Football Competition (Barnsley), Promotions Department, East Lancashire Newspapers, Bull Street, Burnley, BB111 DP by first post on Thursday, October 18th


number of successes for the club. The centre's coaching staff has, for


many years, helped produce many top The accreditation recognises this _ Performance players are defined as . . . .


national players, including national junior champions and numerous county junior champions.


I expertise and the centre will run a per­ formance programme, directed a perfor­


mance players.


J WHALLEY Pumas Under 12s returned to winning ways with a confident 6-1 victory


over Earcroft Juniors. The locals led 3-1 at


and a love of the game. Meanwhile, in the National Club, -


League finals at Bournemouth, perfor­ mance coach Mark Schofield was pre­ sented with the Player of the Tourna­ ment award, recognising his achieve­ ment as a full-time coach and occasional player in recording a 100% singles record over full-time opponents. He beat British number six Mark


success, half-time thanks to Earcroft to just a single


goals from Mark Frank- goal reply but further land (2) and one from strikes from man of the Sam Townend.


match Franklan ( )


Ashley Higson saved and Gary Micallef com- a penalty to restrict pleted the rout._______


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ty. To get better than what I have got is *7*.


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and Tony Coyne pounced inside -*


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.....................3 lion’s share of Posrses,si°n ^ut gculpher failed to


connect with Spencer’s prod across goal on 62 minutes but the Blues finally gave themselves a two-goal cushion in the 78th


minute. Neil Reynolds was brought


down just outside the penalty area. He stepped up and blasted the resultant free-kick into the


bottom comer. Substitute Kieran Hughes


°.n, f°r thry™n' . pulled a goal back for Flixton in


Blues are lacking killer instinct


CLITHEROE player- manager Lee Sculpher has warned his players to be more ruthless in


front of goal. The Blues were easily


the better side on Tues­ day night in their match versus Flixton at Shaw- bridge but could have


to


S S J y t a f S r l r f of a killer touch in front


of goal. The match eventually


ended in a 3-2 win for Sculpher’s men but the game should have been sewn up in the first half. Sculpher said: “Obvi­


ously, I am pleased with the win but disappointed not to have won by more. “We must have creat­


ed a dozen clear chances, if not more, but we couldn't put the ball


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away.“We need to improve our finishing. Neil Spencer had about four


NORTH WEST COUNTIES’ FOOTBALL


LEAGUE TABLE


Mossley............ 15 7 Salford City......12 8 Clitheroe........... 14 8 Woodley Sports.,12 6


Warrington Tn... 9 Prescot Cables ...12 Kidsgrove Ath ...10


WinstordUtd....11 Skclmersdalc.....10 Curzon Ashton...13 St Helens Town.. 8 Newcastle Tn....10


Abbey Hey....... 13 - Ramsbottoralltdll 3 Great Harwood.. 8 2


Atherton LR.....12 2


Glossop NE...... 11 3 Atherton Colls ...10 2


Congleton......... 13 2 NantwichTn....13 2 FlectwoodFpt ....12 1 Maine Road...... 8 1


Flixton.............. 11 1 . - - • Up to and including Tues­ day, October 9th


or five good chances Tuesday night. “I know strikers go through those sort of


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patches but the pleasing thing is he kept getting himself in the positions to score and was reward­ ed with two goals. “But if we are to


could not have wished for a better start. I t has been tremendous. “In fairness, the good


maintain this run then we need to take our chances. We are not going to get as many chances against the bet­ ter teams in the divi­


sion.” Sculpher, however,


could not have wished for a better start to his reign as manager - col­ lecting six wins and a draw from his first seven matches in charge. Indeed, the swash­


run started before Dave (Burgess) left with a cou­ ple of good wins against Ramsbottom and Nantwich. So really, we had turned the corner


then. “But on Tuesday, the


pleasing thing was the way we played and


passed the ball. “They were not the


best of sides. You could see the difference in class


between the top and bot­ tom of the division. “But to have created


buckling centre-half has yet to taste defeat in any game he has taken


charge of — including matches this season and last when former manag­ er Dave Burgess was absent. Sculpher added: “I


as many chances as we did, literally from the first minute, and not win by more is a little disap­


pointing.” The Blues boss saw his


winning run end on Sat­ urday with a 1-1 draw at Abbey Hey although


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Aspinwall tried to breathe life into the game but all to no avail. Abbey Hey came closest to


maligned 34-year-old former Burnley and Preston striker Tony Hancock, dominated the


scoring shortly before half-time but Allison pulled-off a terrific


save.The second half was more entertaining with both side s causing problems in the penalty


area.


when Chris Whittingham shortly after when Chamley was released Mark Stewart and he st,retchered off. fired past the keeper into the far Woodley were reduced to 10 comer of the net.


gone, Clitheroe took the lead icdu


But with an hour of the match > tooK n


FLo Rqtb minute when he took The home siae M h L fH ? ...........


advantage of a slip from good defending by the Blues kept ^ lent conduct on Matt Gamer. Sculpher but the home side held them out d^pite a swirling wind n,u,. ..


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.1 Hey eventually equalised on J 85 minutes when Lee Pickford


hlnwine in their faces.


and lively up front - had a couple was brought to an end on Sat- of efforts saved but the real


held to a 1-


CLITHEROE’S winning run ^ e™ ^ u^ ine I superb 30- ^


i0ff Allison clutching at thin air


yard free-kick. The Blues spent the final five


drafted in Michael Allison to


Player-boss Lee Sculpher -aft/d in Michael Allison to


took the lead when replace goalkeeper Kris Richens.


his earlier wastefulness m front of goal by bagging a brace before


S The second period saw although the ever-willing Martin ' ^


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Clitheroe continue to have the “ Both defences were on top, X S S e e s w e r e o n . o


outside the box. The first half was disappomt-


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minutes searching for the winner but they were forced to settle for


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The home side hit_back but received a straight red card for This gave t «he young Blues


men when one of their players


added hope, and half-time changes made for a different


gane.Clitheroe produced some excellent football, and Woodley had a let off when a McMahon effort was cleared off the line. The visitors delivered the cruel sucker punch in injury time


Reserves..............0 when Woodhead was' unable to


l o ' S v e S J S S t V f f C l f tS o T ^ n l E K S S K S K t a t The reserves are without a


Woodley Sports Reserves ...2 stop the rebound after bravely


‘b ButSp^certhen made up [or S S W * Matt Miushill Just down t.ght.ng at Shawbndge Dm .o jjcu '-c i


down fighting at Shawbridge on Saturday against a strong, experienced Woodley outfit. With so many players unavail­


able, the youngsters were always going to find it difficult and Woodley, who included much-


game this, w„ te„d. but will be looking to get back among the leaders - and get players back fit - when they entertain Glossop North End at Shawbridge a week on Saturday, kick-off 3 p.m.


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first 20 minutes. Hancock capitalised on the


pressure, seizing onto a loose ball on the edge of the area and plac­ ing it beyond Danny Woodhead to score — something he failed to do for either the Clarets or North


End. C ithe oes pr b Chtl herroe's proDliems i unuc-rieascu . toaed


Julie car to victory!


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A RIBBLE Valley horse rider cantered to victory in the Derby House Saddlery Championships organised by the British Show


Pony Society. Julie Birchall, of Bolton-by-


Bowland, was the winner of the preliminary dressage standard as she impressed the judges on her riding horse Falicon Royal Sover-


word as Julie and the five-year-old Uth place at nowe stonda . horse had to display a number of She said: I w ^ re^ly pleasea


And cantered was the operative and also performed well to attain = r ” “ TOlr0 The 27-year-old former Ribbles- petition again next su™men


dale High School pupil qualified for the Peterborough event at the ness at Lower Clerk Hill in w nai


Julie, who has been riding horses Julie and Fahcon Royal Sover E- Johnson.


Hyndburn and Rolendale Eques- ley. The horse's owners are N. and trian Centre in June.


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overall he was pleased with the point. He added: “Overall it


was a good point. We are not going to win every game. We did not pass the ball as well as we would like but the condi­ tions were difficult - it was blowing a very strong wind.” The Blues welcome


Winsford United to Shawbridge on Saturday and then travel to Cur­ zon Ashton on Monday. Striker Lee Cryer (knee) looks like he will


be missing from the team line-up for another week


or two while Adam Gardner saw a specialist yesterday about his trou­


blesome calf. Richard Fogarty has


returned from holiday and will go straight back into the squad for Satur-


. day.


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Hilton in the finals, hot on the heels of a seventh-successive Lancashire title


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