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CLITHEROE teenager has reached th e summit of his


i_ _ sport once again this year. Sixteen-year-old competition climber


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Paul Smitton is the British bouldering champion after he emerged victorious in


the national championships held in Hull. As well as helping the North West retain .


Series titule m Sheffield, Paul, of Bucdeuch .


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Avenue, also retained his North West mdi vidual crown


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The Clitheroe climber also finished in runners-up position in the British Indoor


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Climbing Championships. The BICC is held over five meetings in


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Liverpool, South Wales, Bristol, Sheffield and Leeds and unfortunately Paul missed one of the meetings through illness thus


Division champions Low Moor alre setting the early pace during the summer


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■ season. They thrashed Royal


Oak A 10-2 to lead Royal British Legion B by three points who enjoyed a 9-3 success over Dog Music Bar


■ 2, Low Moor 10.First Division Pendle Hotel B 4, Brown Cow


9, Dog Inn 3; Stork Hotel A 5, Whalley Arms A 7: Dog Music Bar A 3, Legion B 9; Royal Oak A


Castle A 5, Buck A 7; Legion A Premier Division RESULTS


B 8; White Hart 7, St Peter’s (Hurst Green) 5; Whalley Arms B 5, Stork Hotel B 7; Waggon and


e ig n in g clitheroe Pool League Premier


Horses 8, Ultraframe 4; Brown ' «


Cow (Chatbum) - open date. Second Division


Horse A 11, Royal Oak B 1; Sta­ tion Hotel A 0, Horse Shoe 7; Brown Cow A 7, Legion C 5; Cas­


New Inn 9, Bay Horse 3; White


tle B - open date.Third Division bridge 8, Dog Music/Victoria


B 4; Commercial 5, Buck Wrink- leys 7; Pendle Witch 4, Station


denying him the chance of victory. However, his fine performances this sea­


son has seen him retain his place in the British climbing squad.


The climbing ace will compete in the European Youth Cup in Italy at the end of


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this month and in October. Last year, Paul competed in two Euro


Jjdol yc<*l> A «*L 41 p.


respectively. The two performance meant he finished eighth in the European rank-


rrhp two Derformance meant


ings.In December he will'turn his attentions to the national championships held at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. The Clitheroe Royal Grammar School


pupil has been climbing for six years and trains at Roefield Leisure Centre.


Champions set the pace Hirai TTiviuinn First Division 1 Brown Cow B v White Hart; St


- open date. Second Division


Bay Horse v White Horse A;


Storm 8: Buck B 2, White Horse B 10; Pendle HotelA-open date. Ladies’ Division


Premier Division FIXTURES


Stork Hotel A: Whalley Arms A v ■ Dog Music Bar A; Legion B v Low Moor Club; Castle a v Royal


Buck A v Legion A; Dog Inn v Oak A.


Royal Oak B v Station Hotel A; Horse Shoe v Brown Cow A; Legion C v Castle B; New Inn - open date.


Third Division


tle 2, White Horse 7; Legion 5, Pendle Hotel B 4: Pendle Hotel A - open date.


Whalley Arms 0, Buck 9; Cas­ Dog Music/Victoria B v Com­


mercial; Buck Wrinkleysv Pendle Witch; Station Storm v Buck B; White Horse B v Pendle Hotel A;


Bridge — open date. Ladies’ Division


Pendle Hotel A v White Horse;


Whalley Arms v Pendle Hotel B; Legion v Castle; Buck — open


date. im Midfielder turns down treble-your-money offer


Blues to promotion M


By CRAIG SALMON


i d f i e l d enforcer Neil Reynolds has cited C lithe roe’s tremendous team spirit for the


reason behind his decision to


stay a t the club. ■ The 24-year-old former Kendal


Town skipper has recently reject­ ed atreble-your-money offer to


join an un-named fellow North West Counties’ Football League


Club to stay at Shawbridge. And Reynolds said: “I t was


very tempting, especially when I heard about the ground failing the UniBond League ground grading requirements with ju s t three games to go before the end of the


season.


“I t was soul destroying. I just thought this is it, I need to move on.


. lilUU&ilv *V “But all the lads got together


Sponsorship deal is a


J ----------- — new record


By CHRIS BODEN


■y— v URNLEY ended a .


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Peter’s (Hurst Green) v Whalley - Arms B; Stork Hotel B v Waggon and Horses; Ultraframe v Brown Cow (Chatbum); Pendle Hotel B


I -C year-long search for 1 J a major sponsor by announcing a club-record deal with Lanway


on


Tuesday. Financial details of the


contract were not announced, but the Lan­ cashire-based Lanway Cor­


porate Business Systems signed a two-year deal as official club sponsors and will now have their name on the famous Claret and Blue


shirt. The club had been with­


last summer. ■ But chairman Barry


Kilby was proud to announce the partnership: "This is the biggest sponsor­ ship deal in the history of


out a deal since P3 Comput­ ers’ two-year deal.ran out


the club and we are delight­ ed to welcome on board Lan­


way."Lanway are a local suc­ cess story, becoming one of the leading names in their


field." He added: "I think we


were the only club in the Football League or Premier­ ship without a shirt sponsor last season, but we didn't want to sell the shirt cheap-


ly "This sponsorship seemed ideal, and we are very


pleased. "We always said that we


wanted a sponsor and we have waited for the right partner.


ting a sponsor this summer - it was in the budget, but it had to he the right type and


money. "It is a great relief. We can


count on the money now. "We're on course this year. "We have had a record


turnover, and hopefully we can balance the hooks this


Burnley brand with the same vigour and profession­ alism and are delighted that we have got the club in a position to attract one of the UK's leading names to Turf


"We are developing the Moor."We had gambled on get-


we want to do, and promo- - -


tion to the Premiership would make it even betterl" Lanway Managing Direc­


on track for what •


tor Stephen Ackers was equally pleased: "Wehave wanted to do this for a long time, but it has been very difficult.'


Jean scores a decisive victory dale Wanderers Bowling J ■s .V„/:r


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European delight for young Wolves fell .vKaS?


I L I T H . E R . Q E . Wolves Under 14s


__’ enjoyed a memo­ rable three days in Wasse-


naar, Holland. V The young footballers


■were invited to take part in a competition organised by Blauw-Zwart against 21 other teams from six Euro­


pean countries. Clitheroe did their nation


proud by finishing seventh overall during the two-day competition. The squad (pictured


above) would like to thank all


its sponsors


including Travel for All, the T,yremen, Synetix ,and : Booths Supermarket.


m H E McDonald's Hyn- L dburn and D is tr ic t


Boys' Football League held it's presentation evening at King Georges Hall, Black­


burn on Friday ; • .v Local teams and players.


m 88g$ IpitRtg&kJ ' % : were well represented in the


roll of honour. Clitheroe Wolves. Under


12s won the Red Section, while the Under 13s were runners up in their league


and the Pennine Communi­ ' • t. annlv fo r entry to the ROEFIELD FiyE-A-SIE


ty Police Cup. However, the Under 15s


went one better and picked up the Patrick UK Sports­ wear Shield for their efforts.


Whalley Juniors Under


12s were runners-up in the Accrington Lions Cup, but Clitheroe Rangers Under 13s won the Burnley FC


Cup. Individual honours went .


to Dale Underwood of Clitheroe Wolves, Under 12s Player of the Year. He picked up the Neil


Ashton. Trophy. ■ The Ross Lee Trophy for


Under 13s Player of the Year went to Gavin Hick- ling of Clitheroe Rangers, while Whalley Juniors' Tom


Donald won the Under 15s Jack Downey Trophy, with Christopher Clarkson of Clitheroe Wolves third. • The league's annual


meeting takes place at Rishton Conservative Club on Thursday, June 28th,


from 7-30 p.m. . .All member clubs must


be represented. _ Any clubs wishing to


apply for entry to the league should apply in writ­ ing to the league secretary no later than, Saturday,


June 30th. W ■


for their Under 11s team who play in the Accrington and District Boys’ League. Trials will take place on


ILP SH IR E Wan­ derers FC are searching for new players


am.); Seagulls v Norfolk and Good(9- 50 am.); Clowns v Rag Legs (KMO am.); Johnny’s Boys v Clockwork Orange (11-30 ami); New Inn v Heys


Crafty v Centre of Excellence (9


LEAGUE FIXTURES


(12-20 pm.); Helmed Ath v Storm (1- 10njn.);TO!dngAIlstarevRegulatois.


Saturday, June .30th, and July 7th, at Durham Road Playing Fields, Wilpshire, starting 10-30 a.m. If you are interested then please contact Steve Boswell on 01254 249748,


, Hcys Inn.......... Helmed Ath.... Clockwork........ New Inn........... Rag Legs......... Norfolk & Good Johnny’s Boys..


Regulators....... Centre of Exc... Seagulls.......... Clowns.............


TABLE P W D L P 9 8 1 0 25 9 8 0 1 24 9 7 2 0 23 9 6 1 2 19 9 5 1 3 16 8 5 0 3 15 9 4 0 5 12 9 3 1 5 10 8 3 1 4 10 9 2 1 6 7 9 2 0 7 fr


Walking AH...... Storm.............. Crafty Butch...


Chalburn score first win GHATBURN seconds recorded their first victory of


ROEFIELD FIVE-A-SIDE


Club. She overwhelmed Mar­


jorie Fryer .21-7 in-the final after earlierdefeating Bren-


dajPilling 21rl7 in the semi­


final. Fryer had won through


to the semi-final after beat­ ing Doreen Knight 21-10 in


the last four. The.club is taking entries for its -Bar-Be-Quick dou-


. bles competition which starts on Monday, Septem­


ber 24th. ■' ■- Entry fee for both tour­


naments is £10 and further


information can be obtained from Michael Britcliffe (424328).


DISTRICT BOWLING HYNDBURN AND


LEAGUE RESULTS


Street E 3; Burnley. Road D 2, Ribblesdale B 8; Hollands 6, Cop­ pice 4; Ribblesdale A3, Globe A 7. Second Division


Burnley Road C 7, Rushton First Division Alma A 7, Oakhill Park 3;


Clitheroe CC'7, Rishton Conserv­ ative Club 3; Salesbury Blue 2, Rishton BC 8; Victoria 8, Whal- ley A 2; Waddington A 8, Sydney


Street 2. Th . ird Division Gatty Vanners, Waddington B


2; Grange A 4, Rushton Street C 6; Immanuel A 4, Gatty Park 6; , Willow Mount 9, Salesbury Red


1; Whalley B 9, Milnshaw Park 1. Fourth Division


Globe C 8, Alma B 2; Grange C the season thanks to a 28-run victory over Cowl-


m in a reduced overs game due to rain, Chatburn elected to bat first and amassed 172-7 with excellent contributions from Geoff West (48), Andrew Lambert (38) and Paul Craig (3


n°Inreply, Cowling made a.valiant attempt to score tom n s but a much-improved fielding performance by Chatburn backed up by good bowling from Geoff.Lamhert (o-46) and Craig (3-53), resulted in victory for Chatbum.


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EAN Howarth won th e H a r r ie t Auben Trophy a t Rihbles-


2 Burnley Road B 8; Mercer Park 6, Ribblesdale Wanderers C


Sabden C 6, Immanuel B 4. TABLES


Globe A................ Free Gardeners.......... . 8 Hollands...................... 4; Ossy Con 9, Oakhill Beech 1;


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Burnley RdC.............. 8 U


Rushton St E............... 8 38 •Ribblesdalc W B........ 8 36


Globe E....................... 8 34 Ribblesdale W A.......... 7 32 Coppice........................ 9 “


* deducted 10 points Second Division


Globe D ...................... 7 25 Burnley Rd D.............. 8 19


P P


Clitheroe CC............... 8 55 Salesbury Blue............ 8 40 Waddington A............. 8 45 Sabden B..................... 8 44 Oakhill......................... 8 43 Sydney St......,......


Rishton Con................ 9 «jj Victoria...-.................


Rishton BC................. § . ”1 Whalley A................... 8 33


9 40 I


Alma A............... Third Division 8 P


.Willow Mount.... ........ 7 Gatty Vanners............. 8 Oakhill Ashe................ 7


Whalley B................. 8 Gatty Park.................. 9 Rushton St C............... ' 9 Salesbury Red............. 8


Grange A..................... 7 Milnshaw Park............ 8 Waddington B............. 8


Immanuel A............. 7 Fourth Division


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Ossy Con................... . 8 Burnley Rd B ......I.....;. 9 Ribblesdale W C.......... 8


Globe C.................... 8 Mercer Park................ 8


Immanuel B................ 8 Sabden C..................... 8 Oakhill Beech............ 9 Grange C.„.................. 8 Sabden A...................... 8 Alma B........................ 8


Inside today... > Golfer Paul on course for Euro glory? i Read stay top despite the rain!


► "We have been very suc­


cessful over the last few years and this is a golden opportunity to tie in with


Burnley. "I am a Burnley fan,


although that didn't play a major part in the deal - we looked at the commercial


aspects of it. "I am thrilled to secure


the sponsorship and have the Lanway brand on the


famous shirt. . "This is a first-rate part­


nership and to be associated with such a famous institu­ tion is very positive for Lan­


way.


■ "The agreement will raise our profile to new heights


.


Archie leads them home


First DivisionP P . ___.topped Division One 9


A


r c h ie m o r o t


of the monthly medal at Clitheroe GC on Satur­ day with a round of 81-


11-70. Nigel Willis (77-6-71)


was second after a card play-off with Harry Richardson (78-7-71) and Simon Hale (77-6-71). Peter Holdsworth (85-16-


69) won Division Two ahead of Allan Jackson (86-


15-71) and Geoff Roberts


(86-14-72). And David J. Simmons


(95-24-71) won Division Three by two shots from Bryan Hayward (96-23-


73). The following day P. Whit­


taker and A. Pollard (45) won the Invitation Fourball by one stableford point from D. Greenup and D. Ball. F. Woodworth and A. Mercer . took third place with 43 and


L.Kendiy and D. Newton were fourth on 42 after a card play-off with J. Whowell and


F.Rawcliffe. ■ • Andrew Crane (Stand)


and Tim Robinson (Black- bum) came out on top in the ELPGA Alliance meet­


ing at Burnley Golf Club. ■ They collected 46 points


to finish three ahead of ■ ; Nawaz in the runs as Wanderers hit form


i Clitheroe lose out by narrow margin ; ; Turn to page 43


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Accrington’s Mark Harling. and Damian Ashworth and home players Roger Spence and Paul McEvoy.


; v > The first pro’s prize was 'won by Simon Eaton,


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(Burnley) with 67 groji , while Harling came second two shots further back.


and on the back of Burnley’s success, our brand will be seen by new consumers. "We felt i t was the right


time to do it, and hopefully we will see our name on Burnley’s shirts in the Pre­


miership." Clarets Chief Executive


Andrew Watson added: "It is a proud day for the club. "It is up there with the


deals in the First Division. "We have met with a few


companies, but I must com­ mend commercial manager Anthony Fairclough. - "He has done a great job. "It is nice to get a local


firm on.board, although we talked with several national


and decided that if a offer from a higher'league club came in, then maybe we should think about going elsewhere.


“But if not, then we should all


stick together. “We have a great team spirit


and a great management team in Dave Burgess and Lee Sculpher. “I knew Lee from when I


played with him a t Bamber Bridge, so I know all about his coaching credentials. “I didn’t know much about


expected.


Dave Burgess when I arrived hut he’s a top quality manager - prob­ ably the best I have worked with. “There’s no better club in the


North West Counties’ Football League than Clitheroe so in the


end money didn’t come into it.” Reynolds, who spent four years


at Darwen and two years at Bam­ ber Bridge before arriving a t Clitheroe via Kendal, admits he was gutted to come so close yet so far from glory in both the league and Carlsberg FA Vase last sea­ son..


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and Vase.” Reynolds sees no reason why


the club cannot go one better h


than last season especially bear-


Blues. “The club needs to shows us a


bit of backing. “They have shown confidence


in us by upgrading the ground to UniBond League status now and hopefully we can go on from here.”


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i Meanwhile, Burgess has enlist- j ed the help of Blackburn’s acade-


time.


ing in mind the majority of last ; thg club spen(j a week training at season’s squad have already pledged their allegiance to.the


; my coach Eric Kinder for when —


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“I never thought I ’d get to the The 24-year-old tough tackier semi-final of the Vase hut to lose originates from Preston and spent


5-0 in the first leg was embarrass- six months at Plymouth Argyle in„


“I t is the worst thing that has • professional game to concentrate ever happened to me.


“But we did b et ter than He has just completed a degree , in leisure and business a t War-


before turning his back on the on his education.


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“Nobody thought we would go ‘ nrigton University and is current- riid both in the league i jy working at the university fufl-


1 Rovers’ purpose built Brockhall


training ground in July. Burgess said: “We are going to take advantage of the complex for


five nights. “We’ll be doing ball work, set


: pieces, a bit of stamina work. “I t is a real coup for us to be


■ able to train there.”


NEW DEAL; Burnley chair­ man Barry Kilby at the Turf Moor press briefing with (left to right) chief executive Andrew Watson, Lanway managing director Stephen Ackers, manager Stan Ter- nent and club captain Steve Davva.


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and local firms. "It was just the way it worked out. "We could have made am.


interim deal last year, pup we turned three or four offers down - it wasn't the right amount of money. "And it needed to be a


two-year deal. "We made the decision to


wait a year, and we've got


the right deal." A new home and away


strip will be launched to incorporate the Lanway


brand.


The home strip will be available from the end of the month, with the away strip in time for the new season."


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Second fiddle for second strings!


T PROVED to be a fruitless weekend for all the Ribble Valley second eleven cricket teams as they all lost on


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Saturday. In the Jennings Ribbles­


dale League First Division, Clitheroe were well beaten by 86 runs after Great Harwood had posted a considerable


total of 220-7. Read did not have much


luck either after totalling 134- 9 off their allotted 45 overs. Burnley Belvedere knocked off the runs for the loss of


only two wickets. Ribblesdale Wanderers


also fell victim to a Burnley side when BGSOB were the visitors to Church Meadow. Wanderers were restricted


to 136-6 in response to the Old Boys 207-6. Salesbury were the only


Ribble Valley side to emerge victorious in the First Divi­ sion when they defeated Rolls-Royce by a narrow nine


runs. Whalley seconds were


thrashed by Earby in the Sec­ ond Division. Chasing 184 for victory, Whalley could only muster 98-8 in reply. Salesbury seconds came


Rossendalians, away, meet 13-30


p m.) J. Green, P. Atkinson, C. Seed, C. Musson, P. Bishop, T. Goodman, T. Hibbert, M. Eglin, M. Preston, Simon Bishop, R. Dinsdale, scorer—F. Green. Read (v Edenfield, home, wick­


ets pitched 2 p.m.) N. Marsh, W. Eastham, G. O’Connor, T. Little,


O. Newby, J. marshall, P. Swar- brick, Atif, P. Haworth, M. Whal­ ley, Raza, scorer - J. Laycock. Same team Sunday, plus Qadeer Ahmed, D. Lynagh, A. Bennett, v


meet 1 p.m.) D. Thistlethwaite, D. Lynagh, S. Jarvis, S. MarshaB, A. Baron, J. Longden, J. Doughty, D. Parsons, A. Bennett, Q. Ahmed, G. Hussam, res - K. O’Connor, scorer - J. Neary. Ribblesdale Wanderers (v Set­


Grocnmount. Read 2nds (v BGSOB, away,


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tle, away, wickets pitched 2 p.m.) D. Howard, G. Monk, M. Briggs, M. Davies, D. Gardner-Chan, P. A. Hall, R. Palmer, P. Spencer, B. Spencer, R. Whalley, Nawaz, scor­ er - R. Fielding. Same team Sun­ day, except M. Peel for P. Spencer, v Blackpool, away.


Ribblcsdale Wanderers 2nds (v Belvedere, home, wickets pitched


...


2 p.m.) I. Bntcliffc, C. Hall, M. Wrigley, M. Peel, J. Dewhurst, I. Tomlinson, R. Gladwin, J. Braith- waite, G. Maguire, J. Rain, B. O’Neill, scorer - L. Braithwalte. Sunday


unstuck against their Rolls- Royce counterparts by five


wickets.Ribblesdale thirds were the


only local side to complete their match in the Third


Division.. After posting a lowly 112,


33.


SELECTED TEAMS V „ ,


home, meet 1-16 p.m.) N. Bolton,' A. Bums, S. Coulter, M. Coulter, Stephen Bishop, M. Dewhurst, N. Bibby, P. Gaskell, G. Kershaw, M. Hargreaves, Fitton, scorer — J. Blackburn. Same team, Sunday, v Settle, away, meet 12-30 p.m. ; , Clitheroe 2nds (v Old


Clitheroe (v Oswaldtwistlc,


CRICKET ; . Saturday


Wanderers ripped through Blackburn Northern’s batting order to dismiss them for just


away, meet 12-30 p.m.) A. Hack­ ing, T. Hibbert, M. Powell,'K. Driver, N. Cartledge, D. Mussqn, D. Glover, G. Sutcliffe, C. Gunn, D. Turner, M. Scott, scorer - H. Driver.


Clitheroe 3rds (v Edenfield, . Read Srds (v Great Harwood, ’


away, meet 1 p.m.) S. Jarvis,'M. Bennett, I. Hassan, M. Suthers, M. Strahan, M. Chadwick, D. Wilcock, R. Delstrother, "K. O’Connor, A. Nuttall, J. gandy, res - A. Tinker, scorer - K. Boast.- Ribblesdale Wanderers 8rds (v


Earby, away, meet 12-45 p.mi) D. Binns, I. Kirk, T. Jeffs, B. O’Neill, P. Cottam. R. Wilson, G. Clark­ son, J. Jackson, R/Devine, S.-. Fielding, G. Maguire, R. Wellock, scorer -L. Braithwaite.. Ribblesdale Wanderers Under.


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17s (v Clitheroe, away, meet'!-.' 15p.m.) C. Lloyd, D. Braithwaite, • M. Proctor, S. perry, C.'Nuttall; W. Mahmood, C. Wilson,;!'. Khan, H. Evans. T.Sutton. G. Dinsdale, D. Drinkell, .■


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