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■w and cup double


pleting an Hyndburn and D is trict League and Cup


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double. The boys won the league


with a points haul of 52 and won the cup thanks to a 2-0 victory over Langho in the cup final played at Nelson’s Victoria Park ground. Chris Clarkson put the


locals one goal to the good in th e f i rs t period while Glen Dinsdale completed


the victory. Two young Wolves’ play­


ers picked up individual


prizes a t the North Valley Friendly League presenta­ tion evening.


Hon evening


awardfor the Under 9s goal- v L v / \ Q ^recently at Turf Moor. keeper of


B ^ PhiUip collected the , the year. The


out to goalkeepers on match cards by opposition man-


------------------ • , w I i well-earned tro p h y This was a "


award was gained by col- -unior football tournament, lecting the marks handed rm,« *-/x**w»


bo represen t the ciub in a The team underlined


jmprovement of late reaching the semi-finals


agers over the course of the ^ a compet i t io n th a t season.


Bryn who gained six man of the match awards for his


displays. Michael Clarkson collect­


ed the player of the season


' award in the Under 8s sec­ tion which again was based on man of th e match awards given by opposition managers. The young strik­ er has scored 38 times for the Under 8s during the sea­


son. Both Michael and Bryn


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School. The Wolves fielded five


teams in the North Valley Friendly League this sea-


son. The Under 9s travelled to


O ssett Town’s Unibond League ground in Yorkshire


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,Z area including some town tor


included teams from a wide _


Heanan head er from a Michael Clarkson corner was enough to send them through to the semi-finals against Wakefield B. The semi-final was a close


A magnificent Callum frOTIl A


TROPHY TIME: Bryn Phillip and Michael Ciarksbn with their North Yalley Friendly League troph.es awarded


C l i th e r o e o n 'Sn 'S atu rday ,a j g g | ^ litheroe .


June 30th. Any Year 8 or. 9 pupils


who live in the Ribble Val­ ley, and are not registered with a centre of excellence, are eligible to play. Training sessions will be


held a t the Castle playing fields to n ig h t and next


Thursday. Please contact Stephen


o n 428412 as soon as possi- ble.


Clitheroe entered a team


a ffa ir b u t the lads went down 1-0 ag a in s t Wake­


field’s A side. A final reminder to the


Under 14s female foot­ ballers who did not attend the highly successful girls’ football day a t the Castle fields re c en t ly b u t who would like to be considered for selection to the Ribble


Valley. They can participate in


forthcoming youth games which will be staged in


of Under 10s girls in to a to u rn am en t a t Hebden Bridge after only one train­


ing session. Having won through to


th e q u a r te r - f in a ls , they came up against a strong Bradford City side. . Having matched City all


the way through the match, i t took a freakish goal in extra-time by City to win the match courtesy of the


golden goal rule. Best yet for Anna C


OM PE T IN G In th e N o r th e rn C h am p io n sh ip s


a t C u dw o r th , N o r th Yorkshire a t th e week­ end, talented young a th­ lete Anna Griffiths again


distinguished herself. Competing against spe­


7 7 k


cialists in each discipline, and in her first time in the Under 15 age group, Anna, essentially a multi-events a th le te , served fu r th e r notice of her potential.


On Saturday in the high


jump she earned f if th place, and although she was disappointed with her leap of 1.40m, even a per­ sonal best would not have given her a higher placing. She re tu rn ed to the


Pontefract track on Sun­ day to compete in the 75m hurdles and shot putt. ; Just aiming to reach the hurdles filial, she not only qualified but finished fifth in the final in a new best of 12.25 seconds - running


a g a in s t a s tro n g h ead ­


wind. She then finished 13th


in the shot with a throw close to her best, and next year she hopes to return and improve her placings. Anna is now looking


forward to competing for Lancashire in the North West Regional M u l ti- Events a t Preston a t the end of June, with possible qualification for the Eng­ lish Championships a t


stake. Chris c om e su p to


Bv EDWARD LEE HRIS BLACKADDER is the


He returned rounds of 75 and 73 to chalk up a 13-shot victory.


■ new scratch champion a t V _ / Whalley GC. ■ :


following a card play-off with Gary Meakin.


,


Rob Hilton took second place on lb l , „


Blackadder, Hilton and Meakin will '■ m.'M - ■.


• same time saw prizes for Richard Crossley (83-14-69), Frank Potter (86- 17-69) and John Stokes (86-16-70). . The Invitation Fourball was


be joined by Mike Andrew to form the Whalley team for the East Lancashire Golf Association Scratch Trophy to be contested a t Burnley GC on Saturday. The handicap medal contested a t the


Captain’s Cup a t My tto n Fold GC with an excellent round of 84-23-61. Divisional honours went,to Andy.


Smethurst (79-14-65 ji’ Eaul’Hayton; (80-18-62) and Fra^:S^ttg>j[^6-28-


„ ■ : Dorothy Catlow (84-14-70) won the 68). ■


Frances Smith Qualifieraiid the silyer division of the LGU Medal a t Clitheroe GC.


Krystyna Taylor (95-23-72) took the ,


bronze division honours. Angela Cherry (105-35-70) won the M a y Medal at Mytton Fold while


contested on Sunday with Nigel Ashworth and Geoff Sword amassing *43 points to win by one point from , Peter Benson and Mark Holden who __ took second place after a card play-off with Gary Meakin and Dave Beesley. Peter Chanter returned 80-12-68 to


win Division One of the medal competition-at Clitheroe GC on Saturday. Paul Connolly (75-6-69) and Ralph Postlethwaite (74-5^69) were ■


second and th i rd . . ■


David Johnson (88-18-70) needed a ■ card play-off to take Division Two -


!'.


• from Jack Simmons (85-15-70) with Geoff Fielding (86-14-72) in third.. ■ Brian Hayward (94-23-71) topped


Division Three. The following day Rob Andrew


amassed 39 points to win the.singles stableford.'Bob A itk en was second


with 37 and Alan Wright took third spot with 36 after a card play-off with


David Simmons. Steve James won' the.Founder


:


Lady Captain’s Day prizes went to Barbara Bryan (37 points), Carol i „ Maher (34) and Maggie Howells (33). There were two ladies' competitions. : a t Whalley GC during the week. First up was the open team event,


.


. which was won by two shots by Betty Dixon, Jean Dearden, Agnes Henaghan


and Margaret Evans.. . 'Runners up, on a card play-off, were


I. Brown, E. Coverdale, A. Wallerton and A. Barker, from Gail Ainsworth, K. Towneley, A. Smith and Caroline


V . Blocked. . The following day saw the High .


■ Handicap Trophy in .conjunction with Marie Curie Cancer Care competition.


; ‘ ■ One point separated the. top four, • with Linda H a r t taking the trophy ,


.with 37. Second, third and fourth was only ,


- decided on the card, with Fran Gierat coming out on top.


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were third and fourth respectively, alsqg;,Crafty Butcher :


With 36.


Marian Battersby and Irise.-Sherry : ■


■ ■ . .^.t--,-5. • : '■ i v h l - t Kris is fans’ favourite B v CRAIG SALMON


L IT H E R O E ’S players received th e acclaim of _ th e i r su p p o r te rs a t th e


c lu b ’s a n n u a l p re s e n ta t io n evening on F r id a y evening a t


'Shawbridge. The fans thanked the players


and manager Dave Burgess for a brilliant season which saw them finish runners-up in th e North West Counties’ Football League First Division and reach the semi-


finals of the coveted Carlsberg


FA Vase. . Goalkeeper Kris Richens


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received the Supporters’ Player of the Year award while unassuming defender Adam Gardner picked- up the Players’ Player of the Year


: accolade. Burgess nominated ms s e c u n u -


in-command Lee Sculpher for the of th e season by receiving the Manager’s Player of the Season Derek Kay Most Improved Play- while Lee Cryerand Neil Spencer er award and also being nominat- had to share th e Golden Boot ed by Blues fans as the Reserve award after they both finished on Team s Supporters Player of the


Burgess nominated his second . Division and reach the semi-


Century for Raza as Read depose leaders


29 goals for the season. _ Year. _ _ _


EAD d ep o sed le a d e rs Clitheroe on Saturday as


— ^ 'p ro fe s s io n a l A k ram


Raza's b r i ll ian t c en tu ry helped them to a convincing 90-run win a t Whalley Road.


Clitheroe’won the toss and put Read into bat on what seemed to be


v-


an excellent wicket. The ball was swinging for the vis-


it in g bowlers, which prompted many concerted appeals from the fielders until they were rewarded by getting opener Michael Whalley leg before to Mick Dewhurst. Professional Akram Raza took a


liking to Dewhurst after that, hit­ tin g him for a couple of wris ty


.boundaries. RIBBLE VALLEY


. LADIES’DARTS


WINTER LEAGUE RESULTS


Royal British Legion 5, Craven


„ B 6;. Low Moor 11, Conservative Club 1; Bay Horse 6, Brown Cow 6;-:Catholic SC 8, Kings Arms 4;, Billington BC 7, Black Bull 5; .Craven A 6, Starkies 6; Langho FC—


. . , HIGH SCORES ' j. Ridgeway 162; J. Gallagher


open date. :


' 140; M. McDonald 138: R Hamp- son 132; K. Peel 121; A. Lakin-


120; J. Cowgill, I. Seed 115; K. Peel, A. Lakin 112; S. Passmore 110; A. M. Bellanca 109; M. Bow­ man 108; D. Barnes 105; A. Proc­ tor 102; L. Dixon 100x2; M. Boyd,


S. Passmore, L. Cock.L.


ish.POINTS AND POSITIONS 1, Langho FC 192; 2, Starkies


remain without a victory after a tense 14-run v ic to ry a t S ta t io n


S


Road on Saturday. Professional Atarur-Rehman again


showed his liking for playing against Ribble Valley sides after single-hand; edly beating Ribblesdale Wanderers


last week* . He took 8-52 in his 20.5 overs as the


• Richard Edmondson was left


locals were all out for 154 with 2.1 overs to spare.


L. Hoyle 100;A .S o u thw e l l9 7 - fm - ™ e a o n ^ ^ . ;


HOCK challengers Blackburn N o r th e rn ,e n su re d W h a lley


Captain Nick Marsh was soon easily caught trying Mark Harg­


_ _ _ .


reaves. With the score a t 45-2, Raza was


missed a t point by a brilliant effort a t a diving one-handed catch, and he went on to punish Clitheroe. When pro Dexter F it to n came


TTMi-i-- Fitton over the pavilion to bring up t.n hrintr no


his ton. He was finally out for 117 to a


superb left-handed catch a t point


by Andy Burns. Read finished on 242-6. The reply started in dramatic


on, the scoring rate slacked. Young Joseph Marshall added 70


with Raza as the pro delighted the spectators, never lifting the ball off


the ground. Warren Eastham hit Fitton for


sixes on th e n e a rb y roofs, and two fo u rs over e x t r a cover to b r in g up h is ch an c e le s s 50 in


quick time. ,. Raza then opened up, hit tin g5 u i delivery which came back. ■ . .


fashion as skipper Neil Bolton left ab a ll from 16-year-old Oliver Newby which came back a foot and knocked a stump out of the ground. Fellow opener Burns then


seemed to lose his bearings as he wandered down the wicket and was run out by a direct throw from Joey


Marshall. Matthew Coulter looked in good


are still waiting!


form u n t i l he too le f t a Newby cij' wii vi*


underlining how quick and accurate he was.


the toss.and chose to bat, and he was to play a'captain's innings.


Northern skipper Neil Weaver won . .


„ „ . He entered the fray with his side at


35-4, a f te r professional Graham Knowles had removed Neil Fitzmau- rice (20), Nick K n ig h t (13) and Rehman(0) second ball. But Weaver steadied the ship with


a superb innings, smashing 83 off just 68 balls, including six boundaries and


ran out of partners. Younger brother Peter had earlier


175; 3, Craven A 171; 4, Low Moor 151; 5, Brown Cow 146; 6, Catholic SC 142; 7, Black Bull; 8, RB Legion 139; 9 Bay Horse, Kings Arms 138; 11, Craven B 132; 12, Billington BC 117; 13, Conservative Club 93.


SUMMER FIVE-A­ SIDE LEAGUE ■


ROEFIELD ;


Good (9 a.m.); Rag Legs United v Heys Inn (9-50 a.m.); Storm v New Inn (10-40 a.m.); Johnny’s


Crafty Butchers v Norfolk and FIXTURES ........ - —-y'" M


p.m.). ;


Regulators... . Seagulls......... Centre ot Exc... Clitheroe Clowns Heys Inn......... Helmeti.......... Rag Legs........ Clockwork.... ;. Johnny’s Boys'..


v ...W..a.l.k.i.n„„g Allstars Storm


New Inn......... Norfolk Gooel...


TABLE P W D L P 7 7 0 0 21 7 6 1 0 19 7 6 0 1 18' 7 5 1 1 16 7 4 0 3 12 6 4 0 2 12 6 3 1 2 10 7 3 0 4 9 7 2 0 5 6


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7 1 1 5 4 7 1 0 6 3


7 1 0 6. .3 7 1 0 ,6itli8- 7 1 0 6 3


■ K f S K S S S S again ttowea.h»»«ted


Seagulls (12-20 p.m.): Clockwork v Walking Allstars (1-10 p.m.) Helmeti v Centre of Excellence (2


1 on Arbories on Sunday as r iv a ls P a d ih am a t .the O


the programme. B u t th e re was enough


time to witness a remark­ able knock from Padiham’s new Pakistani professional


Faheem Fazal. He sent spectators diving


for cover as he smashed eight sixes on his way to a superb unbeaten 80.. Unfortunately, for Fazal,


he was unable to score a c en tu ry as th e weather intervened, and the match was abandoned just over an hour into proceedings. , .• . .i P adiham won th e toss


and elected to bat first but. opener Phil Metcalfe -was back in the pavilion after, only the third delivery of; 1 the match.


; m6 V t . -- - - - - •


from all around th e w i c k e f ; SIX


over. Rain forced the players


off the field of play for five minutes and when they returned- Robinson was clean bowled by Read pro­ fessional Akram. Raza for.


19. , ^ “ V ° herry “


_ ’ V • i.nme- start 2 p.m0 D. Howard, ley Arms B; Brown Cow. (Chat- ^ a X t c h a T ^ H a r R . Palmer, P. burn) v,Waggon and.Horses;


, , . R. 45 p.m.) I. Britcliffe, C. Hall, M. Wrigley, M. Peel, J. Dewhumt, J. sho^ W


Braithwaite, R. Wilson, A. Pearce, R. Gladwin, G. Maguire, R. Devine. Sunday


M Powell, D. Musson, N. Cartledge, K. Dover, C. Brown, G. Sutcliffe, S Purichard, P. Dibb,R.Rudd.ScorerB. Walker.


Read 3rds (v Clithcroc, away, meet 1 p.m.) S. Janra,1M.Sto^ g n ,


Clitheroe 3rds (v Read, home, meet 1-15 p.m.) A. Hacking, M. Scott, . -r ■


the weather intervened once:; ^ ibtiesdale Wanderers 3rds (v Salesbury, away, meet 12-45 P-™-) °* more causing the match to ; Binn3, j. Kirk, R. Gladwin, G. MaBmre p* <


be abandoned With only 18 ;Devine,T. Jeffs.S,Braithwaite, C.Nuttall, M.Peel.ScorerL.Braitji overs completed.


wa'tc. ■'i ' /is* - * M 4 , \ h


being a mere spectator. > V Doughty, K. aConnor, J. Gandy, D. Wilcock, M. Bennett. Res. A. Tin The Pakistani fired shots ker. Scorer J. Neary.


^ y v Great Harwood, home, except.Bntchffe and J. Rain


14;nl6t; out as he simply ;;'^dam' NbreeX16);!24'with MelGilh- nx. :9n with Manuwa Charni-


was le f t ;; ;• He shared partnerships of 25 with i


l five six hits. luces bra. vnd'(7.)' i20 .with


done his bit for the cause, hitting 47 off 68 balls before succumbing to the pace and aggression of the former


Pakistani Test ace. P e te r ’s wicket was one of five


Rehman claimed by bowling the bats­ man, with two others caught behind -


ruins


NLY 18 overs were p la y ed a s R e ad to o k on d e rb y


wala (14) ahd 24 with Regi Mahboob (9) before closing the innings on 168-7. Knowles was the pick of the


W'ln WhaUey^' reply,' Rehman was simply unplayable.


... He did to th e openers wh at


Knowles had done to N o rth ern's , removing the first three batsmen by. the time the score had reached 39. With Knowles playing sensibly to


hold onto his wicket, he shared 19 with skipper. Jason Smith (10) before Rehman strick again, and the pro was then caught by Weaver off the Pak­


istani for 15 four runs later. I t looked all over, b u t P e te r


Edmondson had other ideas as he


mounted a rescue act. Despite losing Dave Overy (7) to a


ru n o u t a t 87, he and his b ro th e r moved th e score to 128, when Rehman broke his defences to skittle him three short of his half-century. No-one could stick around with


bowlers, taking 5-50 off 15 overs, while Dave "Onion" O Neill chippe m "whalley's dasn on csuauiiy at,


restrictions. He steered Mahmood . Stephen s tra ig h t into the grateful Gaske . • ° ^ p


' Clitheroe (v Padiham, home, meet 1-15 p.m.) N. Bolton, A. Burni ht Hargreaves for G. Kershaw, meet 12^0 p.m. ^


WEEKEND TEAMS CRICKET Saturday


hands of Warren Eastham Clitheroe 2nds (v Padiham, away, meet !2-45p.m.) J. Green, P. for a duck.


Atkinson, C. Musson, M. Preston, S. Trotter, R Bishop,, M. Eg m, .


Richard Edmondson, and Northern continued their climb up the table. • Whalley's clash on Sunday a t Settle


d - a n d mouth Stephen Bishop gave a gl glimpimpse of


his tremendous talent with three boundaries and a six before Raza saw him caught in the leg trap by Whalley's quick reflexes and out­ stretched right hand.


,


the crease and immediately h it a superb leg-side six.


At 56-4, Simon Coulter came to !


ham's first ball, trying to give him­ self room to cut.


Fitton was then bowled by East- •


'. Simon Coulter, despite being hit


on the nose by a spiteful ball while keeping wicket, played an excellent innings to reach his 50, b u t the Clitheroe innings crumpled as they finished 90 short.


Cryer did manage to collect two


trophies a f te r his magnificent th ird goal a g a in s t Wimborne Town in the fourth round of the Vase was chosen as the Goal of


the Season. Young strik er Gary Jackson


was recognised for th e major impact he made towards the end


Craig Shaw received recogni­


tion from his fellow reserve team players for his performances over th e season while Alfie Russell received the second-string manag­


er’s vote. The Youth Team’s Players


P lay e r of th e Year went to Andrew Strong while Chris Hes- lop was1 nominated by his manag-


.er.


Joe Marsh all received th e David Hodgson Memorial Young Player of the Year shield while


1 r ia y groundsman Keith Lord received (date to be arranged. i m ie<u om iu - -


Sharks bite


C l i th e ro e P o o l Leagu e, e a rn e d a 12-6 v ic to ry a g a in s t C l i th e ro e B on


E


Sunday: The town B team


stormed in to a 3-0 lead. M a t t Garner winning the


f i r s t frame with-a great clearance ag a in s t Chris Hampson, a former Bolton


player.


M a t t Woods had an eight-ball clearance against


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. Mick Nunn, before John Birbeck had a great clear­ ance a g a in s t Nicky


Murtagh. Sharks pulled two frames


back with Steve Dermott beating Roger Hope on the black, while Steve Almond did likewise against Simon


Heaton. Dave Parky had a fabu­


lous win over Ian Harle to make i t 4-2, while Gavin McQuade pulled another frame back ag a in s t Rick Avery, on Avery’s 21st birth­


day. Rob Rice levelled th e


match in another black ball game against vice-captain


Gary Simkin. The captains, Clitheroe’s


. Steve Prosser and Sharks’ Andy Sudworth, met in the final frame of the first half, Prosser clearing up to make


it 5-4. The Sharks found their


te e th in th e second half, turning things around to win 12-6, the only wins for Clitheroe coming from Hope against McQuade.-• The afte rn o o n was an


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CJlJujrckuiv —---- teams look, forward to a -


m a tc h e s in ■. th e ___ Clitheroe Summer


Pool L e ag u e ta k e p la c e tonight.


Arms A v R.B. Legion A; R.B. Legion B v Stork Hotel A; Low Moor v Dog Music Bar A; Buck A v Royal Oak A; Buck A v Royal oak a.


Dog Inn v Castle A; Whalley Premier Division 1, • FIXTURES


St Peter’s (Hurst Green) v Pen- dle Hoteil B; Stork Hotel B > "WhiteHart;Ultrafram^v^VhSl-


di «*«, »• v noit . ..i . TV


First Division' ' T 1 f - - ~ uuwi1 fl,


i d ciula : - V v


as Padiham scored a t a ra te , | - e^ ^ ’ fp encerfL 'Whalley. I; Tomlinmn, " . Same teamHun- Brown Cow B- o^mdnte. of more th an six runs per;


Legion C v Station Hotel A; Cas­ tle B v Brown Cow A; Bay Horse —


Royal Oak SVNew Inn; Horse h-iteH^ > sR;B;


tion Storm v Commercial; White Horse B v Pendle Witch; Pendle


opcndatc.Third Division ■ : Buck Wrinkleys v Bridge; Sta­


Hotel A v Buck B ;. Dog Music/Victoria B - open date. ■ ,- . "Ladies’ Division.


'“l B^ithl ■ Hotel B; Pendle Hotel A - open : data


: Whalley Arms v Buck; Castle y White Horse; Legion v Pcndle


i tf- s B lS ip S l^ 3%. ... . '.V-- wm B B S *


reverse fixture.-” H E f i r s t ro u n d of


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•T’-V back!


A ST L a n c a sh i re Sharks, who defect­ ed from ".'.'.the


v;:-' .


l i th e ro e Wolves Under 15s are cele­ b rat ing after com­


i£; ft! TROPHY TIME: Clitheroe


FC manager Dave Burgess is pictured with the North


West Counties’ League run­


ners-up shield and members of his successful team and coaching staff. (210501/1/6)


:5«L A t f'flUTyo' /{IWI vwtijhto'.orniw ?is|p* es s , Craig Sa l/


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