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impresses at AAA finals
Bv CHRIS BODEN
DESPITE a badly-sprained ankle, Clitheroe athlete Anna Griffiths turned in a fantastic per formance to finish fourth overall in the AAA Under 15 Combined Events Championships in Cardiff at the weekend.
The 14-year-old Hyndburn AC member went . .
over on her right ankle warming up for the shot putt event, which she eventually won with a fine
throw of 9.80 metres. However, the injury, to her take-off foot, hin
dered her efforts in the long jump and high jump. She fought the pain barrier to take equal fourth
in the high jump, and performed well in the long jump, despite not jumping in training all winter. Earlier she ran a good 60m hurdles, finishing in
9.79 seconds, before closing the championships with a punishing 800m run, where she clocked
2:47.51 minutes.
And although she was disappointed not to fin ish among the medals, she was thrilled with her
«.
efforts. This came on the back of helping Lancashire
reach the finals of the Northern Sports Hall. The team finished five points behind regional
winners Manchester, and qualified as best runners- up.
end, finished as second all-rounder on the day. She joined a team-mate to take second place in
the eight-lap parlauf relay, before finishing second in the vertical jump, second in the four-lap race and eighth in the shot, way down on her best.
Duo shine in Red Rose romp
TWO Clitheroe snook- bum e (376); J. Read 85. E. er players were in the ‘ RiBby 84; s. Simkm 79. w. victorious Lancashire Robinson 86; M. Paul 87, D.
team that won a Roses challenge at the week end.
match was contested at the Legion Club, Nel son, on Sunday. And the Red Rose county was again in top
county won 11-4. The second leg of the
form to score a 14-1 win. Mark Holmes was
third to the table for the Lancashire side and scored an impressive 100-1 win, aided by a break of 66. And Peter Mercer
And the Red Rose , 1
shire in a best-of-15 frames encounter in Sheffield before Christ mas.
Lancashire met York
Cowking 77; C. Monck 87, T. Robinson 69; No player 0, A. Rigby 60.
Low Moor B6 (497), Rim
ington B 8 (555); D. Johnson 87, C .,Edmondson 80; G. Tyler 100, G. Watso.i 81; Perry 82, S. P e t ty 58; T. Richardson 74, M. Yates 132; R Cryne 85, M. Rhodes 116; D. Dean 69, D. Calvert 88. Police 6 (484), Talbot B
(533);B. Griffiths 79, C. Hay- hurst 118; A. Pilkington 76, M. Garth 84; D. Allen 89, S. Hayhurst 75; F. Booth 48, M. Parkinson 116; J. Grif fiths 107, 0. Hayhurst 68; T. Brown 85, D. Robinson 72. Social Club 6 (525)
was last to the table, winning 47-15 to com plete a remarkable day for Lancashire. The latest Clitheroe
First Division RESULTS , Waddington A 10 (521),
Whalley 4 (449); R. Kay 61, J. Timperley 97; K. Keough 109, J. Sumner 51; M. Dcwhurst 64, J. Cross 87; B. Waddington 97, R. Smith 71; L. Cowking 93, G. Taylor 84; E. Houghton 97, A. Riley 59. Billington B 6 (466),
Downham 8 (486); C. Gorzel- la 63, R. Gladwin 97; J. Ainsworth 80, C. Aspinall 59; J. Atkinson 99, S. Turner 74; M. Unwin 84, D. Heesom 56; J. Kelsall 72, D. Hart 102; P. Ashton 68, R. Malloch 98. Royal British Legion 8
(494), Clitheroe Conserva tive Club B 6 (394); S. Black burn 78, G. Ireland 43; S. Thompson 99, P. Swales 45; N. Schofield 61, J. Whittaker 86; G. Blackburn 109, F. .Watson 57; M. Garner 83, S. Whittaker 94; S. Taylor 64, N. Bourke 69. . Rimington B 12 (507),
Low Moor A 2 (450); P. Winkley 96, D. Ireland 87; I. Fraser 90, M. Holmes 42; J. Lund 61, P. Traynor 102; R. Bolland 99, S. Traynor 63; D. Seed 84, C. Drinkwater 83; P. Houghton 77, P. Mercer 73. ' Second Division Chatbum B 6 (338), Slaid-
Waddington B 8 (544); T. Smith 8 0 ,1. Jackson 101; G. Bolton 87, G. Laxton 93; N. Geldard 104, M. Harrison 82; D. Baxter 78, A. Dean 113; L. Sutcliffe 92, S. Baines 78; S. Geldard 84, B. Phillip 77. FIXTURES
First Division Low Moor A v Chatburn
and District Snooker League results, fixtures and tables are append ed.
A; Clitheroe Conservative Club B v Waddington A: Whalley v Royal British Legion; Downham v Billing ton A, open dates - Riming ton B, BilHngton B. Second Division
Chatbum B v Low Moor
B; Slaidbum v Rimington Waddington B v Clitheroe Conmservative Club A; Tal bot A v Police, open dates Social Club, Talbot B. TABLES
First Division P W L P
Waddington A... 15 12 3 138 Chatburn A....... 15 10 5 122 Low Moor A...... 14 10 4 116 Biilington A....... 15 7 8 110 Rimington B..... 15 6 9 104 Whalley Con..... 15 6 9 102 Clitheroe Con B. 15 8 7 98 Downham.......... 14 7 7 98 R3L________ 14 7 7 92 Billington B....... 16 1 15 56 Second Division
P W L P
Slaidburn.......... 14 10 4 124 Talbot B.___... 15 8 7124 Clitheroe Con A 15 9 6114 Rimington A..... 15 8 7114 Cbatbum B___ 16 -7 9 104 Talbot A..__.... 14 7 7100 Police............... 14 7 7 96 Low Moor B —. 15 6 9 92 Social Club___ 16 5 11 84 Waddington B... 14 6 8 80
Anna, burning up with a temperature all week injury is big blow for Blues By CRAIG SALM ON
CLITHEROE have been rocked by the news that influ ential midfielder Neil Reynolds could be sidelined for the rest of the season. . The tough tackier picked up
could have done to get out of
the way. “But the ref gave a free-kick
and it was put right in the top corner. Nobody in the world could have saved it. “So I thought we were hard
a nasty knee injury against Flixton last week and Blues boss Lee Sculpher is waiting to learn the full extent of the
injury. Reynolds had been the sub
ject of a transfer inquiry from neighbours Rossendale United
late last week. However, Sculpher said:
“He’s not going to go to Rossendale. It’s two-fold really. “He said he wasn’t going to
done.to really. “We went there with a game
plan which was to frustrate them for the first 20 minutes which we did. “They had a lot of, possession
but they didn’t create many chances. “But we wanted to get to
half-time at 0-0 and then try and put them under a bit of pressure in the second half, but the two goals in the first half changed all that.” With the Blues out of all cup
go, but also he picked up a bad knee injury last week at Flix ton. “We are still waiting for a
proper diagnosis, but it could be his cruciate ligament. If it is, then obviously it’s bad news. He will miss the rest of the season and it will be a massive blow. “He’s going to been seen by
competitions now and promo tion to the UniBond League out of the question, Sculpher is determined not to let the season peter out. . He added: “We have 16
Stane Tement
the physio again and then he will have to see a consultant. “So we should know the full
league games left and we have got to try and win as many of those games as possible. “That goes without saying, but we can’t let the season peter
out. - “In many ways, if we can get
extent of the injury then.” Meanwhile, Clitheroe’s last
chance of winning some silver ware this season was ended on Tuesday night at Barrow. The UniBond Premier Divi
into the winning habit then we can carry that on into next sea
son. “It can help us get off to a
sion outfit showed their class in a 3-0 win, but Sculpher felt his side were hard done to. He added: “I was disappoint
ed in the way we conceded a couple of the goals. . “But to be honest, there was
above ourselves and we were expecting them to have better players. “But their striker nipped in
a gulf in class - they are a Urii- Bond League Premier Division side. They are two-leagues
Last hope of honours goes
Barrow ...............................................3 Clilheroe ....... ................................... 0 CLITHEROE saw their final hope of achieving some silverware this season end on Tuesday night at Barrow. The Blues were beaten 3-0 by the Uni
Bond League Premier Division side at the semi-final stages of the Lancashire Mars- den Challenge Trophy. In an even first 20 minutes, Clitheroe
had a good chance to score when Mark Stewart saw a shot go agonisingly wide. Barrow then had a great chance to take
Neil Reynolds on the ball “And with the second goal,
front of Kris Richens from a free-kick and headed it over him for the first goal. •
it’s often difficult to get out of. “So I ’ll be expecting 110%
good start. “If you get into a bit of a rut,
the referee gave a free-kick for handball. “The ball did lut Andy Tay
lor’s hand, but it was struck at film from about half-a-yard away. There was nothing he
commitment from the players for the rest of the season.” The Blues welcome Curzon
Ashton to Shawbridge tonight (7-45 p.m. kick-off) and Maine Road? on Saturday. They then travel to Atherton Collieries on Monday night."-
- Blues;;d|m6d||, Flying start earns victory
Winsford United..... ..........................1
Clitheroe ...........................................1 CLITHEROE were once again denied by a late goal on Saturday away to Wins
ford United. " The Blues looked on course for all three points after Richard Fogarty had given
time remaining, Winsford grabbed an
them a first half lead. However, with just a minute of normal
equaliser. A strong wind made it difficult for either
the lead, but ex-Holker Old Boys’ player Carl Water fired wide with the goal gaping.. The homesters again pushed forward and
were rewarded on 23 minutes following a free-kick. Gavin Holt beat Clitheroe keeper Kris Richens to the ball to nod it into an empty net. The Blues fell further behind 12 minutes
side to get any rhythm going but Fogarty found the back of the net shortly before half time. Mark Stewart’s long throw found the for
mer Burnley trainee who finished smartly with a tumbling overhead kick. In the second half, Neil Spencer and Carl
later when Wayne Bullimer directed a bril liant free-kick into the top comer. After a half-time team talk from manag
Greenwood forced good saves from the home keeper after probing runs from Mar tin Aspinwall. But all too often, Clitheroe could not find
er Lee Sculpher, Clitheroe came out on to the attack and Richard Fogarty and Neil Spencer came close to reducing the deficit. Barrow, however, were unlucky when a
Clitheroe ...........................................3 Atherton L R ......................................0 A RED-hot first half performance saw Clitheroe despatch Atherton Laburnum Rovers with ease on Thursday evening at Shawbridge. Facing their third game in six days, the
Blues displayed no tiredness in the opening 45 minutes as they dominated proceedings. It didn’t take long for Clitheroe to get off
the mark when, after only three minutes, Mark Stewart met Carl Greenwood’s cor ner and he made no mistake with a bullet header. I t was 2-0 on 25 minutes when Neil
Spencer slammed home after he had been released by Gary Jackson. A rout looked on the cards when Jackson
turned from provider to scorer shortly before half time. The young attacker curled the ball
the penetrating pass to split open the Wins ford defence and find the killer second goal. They were made to pay for their inability
goalbound effort was cleared off the line by Adam Gardner. But Water put the game beyond
around the keeper after a strong run. _ After the break, the game descended into
to score a second when Danny Worthington scored in the dying moments of the game after the Blues failed to clear their lines. However, Lee Sculpher’s men almost
Clitheroe when he ran 20 yards before unleashing a great shot past Richens on 70 minutes.
a dour midfield battle although Clitheroe continued to have the better of the exchanges. Rovers did come more into it towards the end as the Blues’ punishing schedule began
went down the other end and snatched the winner when Neil Spencer saw his effort saved and Gary Jackson was beaten to the rebound by the keeper.
Mmateur Football Round-Up
DOG INN manager Simon Kerins was delighted with his side as they overcame a stern physical test to earn a deserved 0-0 draw with Rark Hotel at Memorial’Park. Goalkeeper "Jaffa"
tain and Dave Bostock, I , only envisage one or two summer'signings. "You have to remem
ber that we are currently without some key play ers wo have been fantas tic ail season. "When those people
Jefferies continued his excellent run of form and debutant Dave Bostock was imperious in central defence as the locals built on last week's victory. Martin McShane and
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First Division. . FIXTURES ,
• Brown Cowfv StanhiU Lions (Roefield); Low Moor v
Cross Axes (Roefield). Second Division ;,
Calderstones v Knuzden
Brook (Memorial). Third Division
return, we will have a very strong squad. "Everyone will have a .
Riccardo Marchi starred in midfield, whilst Paul Pountain and Mike Culljs were constant threats in attack. Substitute Kieran
. "We have always enjoyed our football, but our recent improvement makes things even bet ter." In the First Division,
part to play in what promises to be a very exciting future.
Noone almost sealed vic tory for the Whalley side, but his header was cleared off the line with five minutes remaining. . Kerins said: "This was
Clarets (Wilson).
Dog Inn v Queens Hotel . v
• Cross Aies.......13 5 Ossy Refugees....13:5 OssyRvrs Vets...l4 4 RishtonAnns—14 4 Second Division . .
Judge Walmesleyl710 0 Brown Cow.— .13 9 2 Plough.....____ 12 8 0 Stanhill Lions ....13 8 Knuzden Pub.....l5 8 Low Moor...... ..12 6 Duke Wellington 15 6
. pointer with Plough. Cow won 2-1 to move.
BrowiyCow made huge strides towards the title with/victory in a six-
taking things game by game, we have also been planning for next season! : '.'Since I deliberately brought forward the signings of Paul Poun
another wonderful team performance and it con firms that we are moving in the right direction. . .; , Whilst we have been
to within a point of lead ers Judge Walmesley, having played four games less.
Plough-now lie five points further back, with,
.
a game in hand on Cow. • . RESULTS ' ■
First Division.•,» v ; ' i
Brown Cow 2, Plough 1; Judge Walmesley 2, Knuzden
.Park Hotel 0, Dog Inn 0. ..
Pub 4:< ♦ . Third Division . <v
■ ■ ' Crown Scaffolds .13 8 2
'* First Division PW D
TABLES
L P 7 30- 2 29 4 24 5 24 7 24 4 20 8 19 8 15 8 15 9 13 10 12
WilpshireBH...1211 1 0 34 P.W D >L P
Miners.............11 9 1 1 28 Woodnook .........14 9 0 5 27 3 26-
Calderstones.....13 6 Station H*shorc..l2 5 Little Crown.....9 .4 : Knuzden Brook.,11.3 Kings Arms ...--14 2 Griffins Head.....10 1 LS Roofing........11 1 ■ Third Division'
Waggon.'.'..-..;.. ..1210
P W. D L 1 1
/Woolpack..— .-12 9 2 T Queens Clarets...13 8 ;■ 0 b Holehouse— .;..14 5' • 2 ‘ 7 Lomax.— — ..10 6 2 -3
.P a rk .............;... ..12 4 4 4 ' Mayfield;....;..:;..13 4 ■3 ■6 Church Town;....13 2 , 2 -9 Dog Inn.............14 2 2 10
United are easy
winners Rock Rovers............0 Clitheroe United.....5 . CLITHEROE United braved wintry condi tions in Colne to come home with a l l three points. United’s captain won
the toss and decided to defend the wind and the slight slope inthe first half. Rovers pressured the Clitheroe back four and passed the . ball about well: They were just lacking a strike force that would penetrate the Clitheroe back four. •
• ‘ Midway throught the second ;half Walker’s
■ pacy nm left the Rovers • midfield mesmerised. He shot from all of 30 yards
■ and • the ball. went in • under the keepers dive. ;
!w. This goal seemed to relieve the pressure off
:s Clitheroe and the visi- ■ tors started:to gain con-' trol Yof the • game.':
Clitheroe had several more chances to go fur ther ahead, but the Rovers keeper was on top form in this period. Second half pressure
that Clitheroe started to put on the home side was too much for them. And with only T O minutes gone United increased their lead when Duff pounced on a through ball from Sweeney. The keeper managed to save the first shot but eventu ally Duff managed to scramble the ball in. Soon after United
Craven Heifer at Victory Park, Bamoldswick, on Saturday kick-off 2-15 p.m. All players are to meet a t the Dog and Music Sports Bar at 12- 15 p.m..
Locals need two victories
. he crossed and Pinnard. met the ball with a text book finish. ■ Clitheroe’s fourth' came from a great free-
went further ahead with a brilliant run by McGuire down the right,
. kick strike. Sweeney shot the dead ball from 25 yards out to beat the stranded keeper.
- crossed and Pinnard met i t 1 with 'aplomb' to. to make United's victory convincing.' ■ ' . Clitheroe United meet
came from Pinnard agairi._The\ ball* was
The icing on the cake . ■
Marley Stadium pitch, play was end to end with both 1 teams., creating chances.’ ■ , . f Bronte. opened the .scoring, with a stunning
.- Grindleton went in at half-time a goal down.. ' The second half saw - Grindleton start strong
; The rest .of the half ‘was- very,, even and
■ ' ; :
ly, and within 10 minutes of the restart they were •' level. Dobson picked the
ball up in midfield'and went straight through th Bronte defence, rounded the keeper and squared the ball for Lloyd to tap in the equaliser. Lloyd put the locals
Bronte Wanderers ...3' Grindlelon.............2 '■ THIS was Grindleton’s first league game since before the New Year, and one th a t They should have won. . . ; On a very windswept
Welcome win for
Stork Stork
in f ro n t 10 minutes , later, again after the keeper failed to hold - the ball;'. Bronte levelled from •
a corner, a f te r some dreadful defending,, with ju s t 10 minutes left. Then, ju s t when it
Sidewalk 53............0 STORK entertained Sidewalk in the Pendle Charity Football League Premier'Divi sion and came away with a welcome victory. They opened the scor
..................2
.'= 35-yard shot, which gave: the Grindleton keeper no chance.
; of wins to keep them selves in the top flight and the players should be taking a long hard look' at-their perfor-. mances., -
. Grindleton have got to find another couple
looked like Grindleton were going to take a point from champi onship . . . .hopefuls Bronte, .Driver lost the. ball . 'near- the. h alfw ay:. line - and handed .the hosts the: winning goal-. . ■. ■:
to catch up with them. •
j.Kris Richens was called into action on more than one occasion but the visitors were unable to break through Clitheroe’s rearguard.
Loan signing aiming to fire Clarets into the play-offs
CLARETS loan star David John son is in line for his debut when Burnley entertain Preston in a play-off six-pointer at-Turf •Moor on Sunday (kick-off 6-15 p.m.). , And he might well not be the only
new face at the club ahead of the game. As we went to press yesterday, it
then he moved me on (to Ipswich)!": And Johnson is eager to get ;going
was being widely predicted in foot balling circles that Everton boss Wal ter Smith was to be sacked, with a press conference announced for 11 a.m. And should Smith have gone, it
in a Burnley shirt, in a game that could go a long way to sealing a play off slot. He said: "It’s a baptism of fire.
may well signal the departure of Paul Gascoigne, with the Clarets waiting
' Johnson, signed by Forest for £3.5m but available on a free due to the club's financial difficulties, admit ted: "Stan was the only factor in com ing here. I wouldn't have come other wise. It's just the respect I have for him, his man-management is second to none.” And he revealed a debt of thanks
son signed for a month from Notting ham Forest on Tuesday morning, reacquainting himself with his former Bury boss Stan Tement.
in the wings. Meanwhile, the fleet-footed John
This may not be Burnley's main derby, but it is a big game for them, and an even bigger one for Preston. "They'll not want to lose, so the
place of suspended top-scorer Gareth Taylor, who sits out the game, and Wednesday's home clash with Brad ford, after amassing 10 yellow cards. Otherwise, Tement is only without
Johnson is expected to take the r !
onus in on them to score goals and punish us. If they lose it's a massive loss for them.”
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ley, welcome back influential skipper Sean Gregan from suspension, while Colin Hendry is expected to be fit. Mark Rankine and Kevin Gallach-
Graham Branch (calf). Preston, five points behind Bum-
to the Clarets boss, who handed him his chance at Bury after he was signed from Manchester United in the summer of 1995: "Mike Walsh' was the manager, and he brought me and never played me. "Stan just said to me, ‘Listen, if
you want to be in my team, you need to lose some weight. I'll back you if you do that’. "I came back from pre-season, lost
the weight I needed to and I've never looked back since. "He told me it in black or white, I did it, he gave me the chance and
er could also come into contention. Meanwhile, Blackburn Rovers'
future could be a lot'brighter this morning, provided they took advan tage of last night's home game with fellow strugglers Ipswich Town. Three points would set Graeme
match suspension for his dismissal at Bolton, with Spanish targetman Yordi expected to partner Matt Jansen up front.
Souness' side up perfectly for the tricky trip to stuttering Leeds on Sunday (kick-off 2 p.m.). Andy Cole kicks-off his three-
ing after 20 minutes when a comer could only be parried by the Side? walk keeper and Mar shall pounced, on the loose ball and slotted home. : :
- field as Stork pushed for ward all the way through the match.
Ollerenshaw andUttj- ley dominated in mid-
• when good play: from Muldoon and Marshall:
ally grabbed the all- important second goal
• set-up man of the match Hargreaves, who made no . mistake from-, 10 yards.
The homesters eventu; • •’
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