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feels the club have made something of a coup.in cap­ turing the services of 26- year-old Pakistan One-Day- International bowler Shab- bir Ahmed. Ahmed, who has helped Doncaster Town win the


' Yorkshire Premier League in a previous professional •


assignment, is a genuine pace bowler, and Bolton hopes he will make, the dif­ ference for the Chatburn


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PLAYER boss Lee Sculpher admits he has never been involved, , in a winning run as impressive as Clitheroe’s current eight-game


streak. •And he is eager to maintain that


• league leaders Prescot, the reserves top of their division, and the prospect of a place in the last 32 of


incredible form when Studley are the visitors for the.FAVase third; round on Saturday at Shawbridge. All is well at the dub at present, with the Blues hot on the heels of


the Vase on the horizon. . And Sculpher is delighted with


professional, .we’ve seen a lot of stuff from agents touting players, but Shab-, bir was the one that caught , my eye.


“We were looking for a ; ... ■ •


quick bowler, and he., appears to fit the bill. , “He has played over here


beforehand won the York­ shire Premier League, which is on a par with the Northern League. “I phoned Doncaster


Town to get an idea of what sort of lad and player he was, and they couldn’t say enough about him. “They wanted to re-sign


him last year, but the Pak­ istan Cricket Board would­


n’t release him.” • He added: “I had a feel­


ing about him, and my head is on the block. “ But it is- a long time


-Ainsworth, who used to play at Ribblesdale. •


since we had a genuine- quick bowler, and hopeful­ ly our bowling attack, seam-wise, will be a lot stronger, especially as we have also signed a nippy amateur - - in -‘t Andrew


- “Hopefully we won’t have to chase the totals we have done in the past, and the batsmen can take care of the rest.”


the club’s progress: “I don’t think, I ’ve ever been in a side that has had as good a run. “We-won five on the trot last,


season just after I took over, but to win eight on the bounce, and be: unbeaten in 10, is unbelievable. “Long may it continue.” Victory in the Vase over the Midland Alliance side will put the competition to bed for the Blues until


the New Year, .when it


becomes national, and starts to get us.


more serious ■ “They-are of a similar standard (arl'.lifHj


r. Sculpher said: ’“I t is important to get through. The competition, goes national in the last 32, and it would be something.to look for-' ward to in after Christmas.. “As well as we are„going in the


league, we want to be involved in the cup competitions.in the New Year as well. “At'the moment, everything is.


slotting into place and going well.” 1 Clitheroe have a good record against Midlands Alliance opposi-


■ tion in the Vase, having disposed of Rushall Olympic and Willenhall Town over the years, but Sculpher. expects a tricky test against Stud- ley: “We watched them on Saturday, and we watched them last night.,, -


, ■ “They have only lost one in eight, keeping four clean sheets, and they came back from 2-0 down to win on Saturday, which shows they have character. “But we have got to make home


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physical side. .-f'The bottom line is we go out


1 and do what we are good at, and although we are aware.of them, we. won’t worry about them. : . ; : ■. i “They can worry about us.


• “We have players capable of winning matches, and we have to aim to get those players who have that ability in the right positions at the right times.”


v The Vase; and next Saturday’s home tie with Prescot in the Worr thington Challenge Trophy, hands the Blues a break from league


action, and a chance to take stock. Sculpher feels his men won’t be


far away from the title if they can mirror their efforts from the first half of-the season: “We’ve now played 20 games, and one more


will take us to halfway. “If we win that, we will have 46


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points; and at any level, that is a .■■■:


. “Unfortunately Prescot have


had such a great start, but if we were to get another 46 points, norr


to our league, and going off teams. from-that league, we feel they will : try to play football,’ and be less of a


rim


"mallyl would say that .would be enough.


“Between'90 and 92 normally^ ■ . ■


<" “Iwould hope deep down, if we get to 90 points; we would be


wins you the league, although last ;, year Kidsgrove got 100 points, and-.: Prescot had 97; which was unusu­ al, although we had two extra.-; games last season.


unlucky not to win the league. . % “We just need to keep plugging


away. Prescot will drop points, and we have to make sure we can capi-


talise. “That is a big onus on us to keep


winning, but we have to keep jthe. pressure on.”


- And Sculpher will soon have an -.*


even stronger squad at his dispos­ al as the injury list clears .up:, - “Andy Cowking will be .in the (- squad on Saturday after playing in ,j the reserves, and Stuart Todhunter ■ is expected to be back in a week to . 10 days after dislocating his shoul-. der.


“Martm Aspinwall will be about


two weeks now. He had a back injury, which has affected his groin, but he will hopefully be back soon.”


Away day kings keep up the pressure . Shelmersdale United .0


Clitheroe . . . . . . . . . • • •! AWAY day kings .Clitheroe pulled off a superb result at Skelmersdale on Saturday to keep the pressure on at the top of the table. . The Blues went into the


game in third place; a point ahead of Skelmersdale, and


, Chris Whittingham’s early goal ensured an eighth straight win, and extended


■ the unbeaten run to ,10 games, as Lee Sculpher’s men stayed within striking ■: distance of leaders Prescot


1 Cables. ■ .Clitheroe’s away form has been exceptional all season - and, indeed, they proudly hold the best record in the division on their travels, with six wins


Netball teams reach northern finals


TWO netball teams from Rib­ blesdale High School competed


in the county round of the Daily Telegraph National Schools-.' .■


Tournament at Edge Hill Col- ‘ lege in Ormskirk. And both the Under 14s and


Under 16s sides played excep­ tionally well, to finish as run­ ners-up in both age groups and qualify for the Regional round


next year. That will take place on Satur­


day January 25th in Cheshire,


where the top two sides from every county in the North West will be shooting for glorjr. . In this competition, the


Under 16s won all but one of


their sectional games, whereas the Under 14s made it a clean-, sweep in their group.


Both sides won their semi­ finals, but were both beaten in


the final by Bacup and Rawten- 1 ; •


stall respectively. • The girls are pictured on their


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Colne United . . . . . . . . . . . 2 He was denied the chance of a Rimington .......................4 hat-trick as he was replaced by HAVING beaten the league' Haslam, but Carter had worked leaders last week, Rimington - tirelessly and deserved a rest. continued their winning run .in - The* substitute terrorised the . the ’East Lancashire League home defence and,could easily , ,


• First'Division by beating sec- have scored three himself, but it. * > ond-placed Colne United, ' . “ was left to O’Neil to finish off y ■ Their, attacking 3-4-3 line up Colne as he collected a Braith-


: certainly helped them going for- waj te through-ball,; before' ward, but eventually it was to , unleashing an unstoppable shot .-,) prove the home side’s undoing. into the roof of the net. 1 'l" I t enabled the visitors to use > Colne puIled a goal . the pace of Tom O’Neil to great. ^


in ]aat miAute via a disputed ,


'Terry Braithwaite.won a header, “ ^ rT O N 'S a t r e J s im o n - in the midfield to release O’Neil; ; • DOG INN mana^r bmon


who raced,to1 the by-line to pull, , Ke^ns; is trying to, remain- baclc to5 "Dobson, who calmly;, upbeat following his sides 3-0., slotted home.' !--'


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games. Their ability to play on >


the.break at pace is a major . asset away from home, and so it proved again. . The goal came just 12 minutes into the game , when Gary Jackson, who was a constant thorn in Skelmersdale’s side, fed the ball in for Whittingham,; who controlled and fired home from 18 yards. - 1:, ; Moments later the home ;


side thought they had equalised, only to see Kris Richens produce a back­ breaking save to push a crashing drive over the bar. And Richens would


remain unbeatable through the course of the game. . After the break,


Skelmersdale threw every­ thing a t the Blues, b u t . Clitheroe kept them at arm’s length; while looking, a threat on the b r e a k . ; ; The home keeper was


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called on a number of times to keep Skem in the game,' but one goal proved enough for a terrific result to take


; into the FA Vase dash with Studley on Saturday. , Clitheroe Reserves . . .6 Cheadle Tn Reserves .1 A SECOND successive


- top of the NWC Reserve , Division on Saturday. '• The Blues set off a t a


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than the visitors, , The opening goal came from a superb 30-yard chip from th e . diminutive


; Danny Stanley, who has a habit of scoring spectacu-,


lar efforts. The Blues then raced • ' ; ■


- into a 3-0 lead within the 25Tminute mark, with the dangerous Martin Fletcher


providing real quality from


: the left, giving Gamer his first of the day, followed by


:. hat-trick from Matt Gar- ner helped Clitheroe to the;


furious pace, and the quali­ ty of their early play was


impressive as they, adapted ' to the wet conditions better


^another sirike for leading V


?;; Gl?n Ainsworth. J^ith Tom Benfield and


• Andy Cowking, making his comeback from injury,


■ Blues increased their - advantage as Gamer set up Fletcher to net the. fourth from close range.


Cheadle responded with


' being too attack-minded. • They were caught out by


a well-rehearsed free kick, and they started to come into the game a little more a f te r . the break, before being made to pay for


Garner, who made it 5-1 with his second goal.


. Substitutes Ashton, . Russell and Lee Lysons gave the team extra legs on


:■ a very heavy surface, and provided •theenergy;to cause further problems and.. present Garner with the ■ opportunity'to complete, ■ the rout with1


'dominating midfield, the -one finish. .


. ‘ The Blues are in actipn again on Saturday for ai


a cool one-on­ .


.tricky League Cup tie at Glossop North End (3 p.m.).


( v. Elizabeth Thomas receives her trophy from Center Parcs director Jenny Ayres, (s)


Elizabeth lands top tennis title


RIBBLE Valley ace Elizabeth Thomas has won one of the most prestigious tour­ naments on the junior tennis calendar. The youngster claimed the Girls 18 and


under Sunday Telegraph Center Parcs Junior Tennis title in fine style at La Manga, in south east Spain.


Elizabeth played some superb tennis in .


the group stages, winning three of her five matches, and beat players with consider­ ably higher ratings in the finals.


In the semi-finals she powered past


Katy Shaw 6-1, 6-0, before taking on Hertfordshire’s Jo Mayne in the final.


Elizabeth dropped only two games in,


winning the final in straight sets, and she will now hope to build on her success in the tournament and return to La Manga, the Lawn Tennis Association’s official win­ ter training base, next year to defend her title.


Mytton Fold chosen to stage top event


MYTTON Fold Golf Club is to host a PGA Northern Region Pro-Am in 2003. The event, which will


feature 32 of the leading professional golfers from


-, the Nor.th Region of- the Professional Golfers Associ­ ation, will take place on Thursday, July 17th ’.


- With a first prize for pro­ fessionals of £ 1,000 and an amateur prize fund of £1,500, there is certain to be signficant interest-in this event throughout the


local golfing fraternity - There are a few spaces


left for amateur teams of three to enter the event. The cost of £240 per team includes refreshments on


, arrival, golf and a gala din­ ner on the day of . the events Teams can be any combi­ nation of men, ladies or juniors. ‘


: For more details, please contact club professional, - Gary Coope (01254 245392). Commenting on the,


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news, club founder and president, Frank Harg­ reaves, said: "It is a, tremendous achievement, for a relatively.new;club such as ours to have been selected by the Profession---


'all Golfers Association to host such a prestigious event. ,


1 “I t is recognition of all the hard work which has .been put into the club by both staff and members over the last few years”. ••


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