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RIBBLE Valley youngsters hayejHe chance,; to try their hands at rugby, union over the next; fewweeks.


Clitheroe RUFC have organised junior coach- /


I ing sessions and a schools* taster day starting m 1 September. ,


Sessions with experienced coaches will taKe ■ 15th. • •■■■■- .


place at St Michael’s and St John’s playing fields on Sundays at 11-15 a.m., starting on September


They are open to seven to 12-year-olds.and ,


both boys and girls are invited to attend. _ • • ■ > And on Tuesday, September 17th, a schools


taster session will be run at the same venue. The Lancashire RFU are sending fully quali­ fied coaches to that event which is aimed at


I school years 4 and 5 and runs from 9-30 a.m. to 3 P ™urther details are available from Declan


■ O’Duffy (01200 428292, evenings only).


Riverside are champions RIVERSIDE clinched the Clitheroe and Dis-


| tr ic t Cricket League title after defeating Calderstones by 29 runs.


. The long-time leaders scored 110-3, before


restricting Calderstones1 reply to 81-7. Chipping A, for whom Vinny Wilkinson struck


50, finish as runners-up after they beat'Riming- ton by 18 runs, despite an unbeaten half-century from Ian Bytheli.


In the other games, Catholic Social Club were .


well beaten by Chipping Ramblers, and R o ch ­ ester notched their first win of the season in a


walkover against Low Moor. RESULTS


1


Riverside 110-3, Calderstones 81-7; Rimington 121-8, Chinning A 139-5: Catholic SC 55, Chipping Ramblers 55-1. FINAL POINTS AND POSITIONS ;


. 1, Riverside 33; 2, Chipping A 27; 3, Catholic SC 24; 4, I . Calderstones 21; 5, Rimington 14; 6, Low Moor 13; 7, Chip-


I ping Ramblers 8; 8, Ribchester 4. Chatbum stay on course


CHATBURN seconds' push for Craven and District Cricket League promotion gathered momentum after an-emphatic 10-wicket win


over Cononley. Cononley batted first and found sconng runs


I ing. They could only score 112-8 after the allot­ ted 45 overs.


difficult against accurate bowling and good field- os


Stuart Mercer (2-36) and Steve Clough (2-8) were the pick of the Chatbum bowlers.


1 Chatbum knocked off the runs required in quick time, with Simon Tomlinson (65) and


I Mark Braithwaite (36) remaining unbeaten.


Rimington’s winning start Rimington 2, Kelbrook 1


DESPITE several key players missing, Rim­ ington got their East Lancashire League First


| Division season off to a winning start with an excellent win over Kelbrook. • A scrappy opening period saw the home side


disorganised, not surprisingly, but they found their feet and form to score two goals just before half-time through Trevor. Watkins and Andrew


I Blackledge. Kelbrook pulled one back in the second half to


Derby day victory Chatbum 2, Waddington 0


TWO local rivals clashed at the start of the


I new Craven and District Football League sea­ son, with a reformed Chatbum facing up to I promoted Waddington.


. The game started with both sides defending


stoutly, with Waddington going close early on. At the other end, Sullivan was beginning to


create chances, and the deadlock was broken on the half-hour when Lakin's shot left Hopcroft


stranded for 1-0. In the second half, Waddington, kicking down


I the slope, piled the pressure on the Chatbum back- four, but Howarth and Stell repelled every advance In a rare breakaway, Sullivan's goalbound


effort took a wicked deflection off Bretherton to leave keeper Hopcroft stranded again at 2-0.


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set up a tense finale but Rimington's defence was excellently marshalled by Keighley and Lawson and held firm to the end.


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Blues boss is buzzing ahead of big cup clash


By CHRIS BODEN --------------


clash with Unitfona D i^ i p n t i t le faY°Jiri1


promotion to the UniBond decent chance of us getting Premier Division, and, through.


m m V A N T Clitheroe go although they haven't had the "But you can fall flat on BUOYANT ^ n e r o e go


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u h would have wanted, your, face if you start looking wiU beavery difficult game too far down the line."


Since the opening day draw


R a d c l if fe Borough fu l l ‘fe ^ t o -h a y e $ la y e 'd very well." Prescot Cables, Sculpher;feels confidence.


The Blues are s i t t i n g t a k i n g progress in the world's and he is keen to see his side at the,topof the North West, “ aemil r\ nB


| ^ C A v i f wdwm the game, we will with last season's runners-up But Sculpier Is hopeful of his side have grown in stature, ockout competi-


d u u U C lO u o o u u u


keep up the good work: "With each game we have gradually


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massive achievement. "That would be our FA Cup


Final. "But you can't look further


than the next game in the cup. "We know that if we beat


and hopefully we've saved a Radcliffe we will play Abbey few goals for Saturday. ff


'.'Radcliffe are favourites for o ........


got better. "We didn't play too well


against Prescot, but we have picked things up, culminating in the second-half display on Tuesday, when we scored five. • "Making a good start makes


a big difference. "Last season we were play­


ing catch-up, trying to get in the top three or four.


; "But this season we've start


Hey or Bamber Bridge at • ed very well and were right up home, and there would be a mere


there. --------------- - "Should we have a blip, we


will still remain in and around the top three or four. "But I've been playing foot­


ball long enough to know that things will go against you at some stage." Sculpher feels his men can


handle the added pressure of leading the way: "Once you're at the top of the league, even at this early stage, everyone wants to do well against you, to prove a point,


i "It's how we handle that. "We have the experience of


doing well in competitions over the last couple of years, and hopefully that will see us in good stead.". And Sculpher is delighted


with the competition for places, with the goals flying in - Clitheroe have now scored 10 goals in four games: "All the strikers are chipping in at the


moment, and that bodes well. ''Lee Cryer got a hat-trick


on Tuesday, and those were his first goals of the season, so we were delighted for.him. _ "Gary Jackson came off the


bench, scored two and did well, and Neil Spencer got us o f f the mark. It's all good healthy competition. "We scored five goals in the


second half, but had as many chances in the first half, so hopefully we can continue in the same vein.” Chris Whittingham, who is


suffering from kidney stones, is doubtful for the cup tie, but skipper Spencer will be avail­ able after playing, and scoring, on Tuesday, despite having a bandaged head after having stitches on Saturday. Spencer was withdrawn


with the score at 3-0 as a pre­ caution.


: • Second half romp keeps Clitheroe


Squires Gate ............. S wound, set the ball Clitheroe............. .....fi rolling pn the half-hour


T A B L E -T O P P IN G Clithero e romped to victory in Blackpool on Tuesday, cou rte sy of five second-half goals. Lee Cryer led the way with a quickfire hat-trick - his first goals of the season—as the Blues pre­ pared for their big FA Cup meeting with'Rad­ cliffe in fine style.


played heavily bandaged the keeper, before com- -A B R A C K from cap after having stitches at pleting his treble with a tain Neil Spencer fired the weekend in an eye shot from a tight angle.


Neil Spencer, who n James


By EDWARD LEE


JAM E S JA C K SO N was crowned ju nio r champion at Clitheroe GC, winning the Ken Holding Trophy when he returned a gross


score of 81. The overall nett win­


ner was Adam Clarke (944J7-67), and he was awarded the Ann James Trophy. Sarah Hale (107-39-


68) was runner-up ahead of Andrew Mercer (105 36-69), with Zacv Foley


long-drive and nearest- the-pin prizes, and Daniel Turner emerged as the junior knockout winner. The overall winner of


. the Arthur.Longworth competition at Whalley GC was Gary Bradley. After Saturday's sec­


ond round, Bradley's total 36-hole score of 164-22-142 saw him come out on top. The winner on the day


was Joel Blackadder, who scored 85-14-71 to win on the card from Paul Wray (83-12-71)., The Second Division


(94-24-70) in fourth winner was Chris West- p l a c e .


the overall winner. Division One winner


was Colin Elliott (36) ahead of Ted Bam- borough (34). The Division Two prizes went to club cap-


(34) in second place and Jeff Holland (34) won Division Three after a card play -of f with


Trevor Boyle. Clitheroe GC profes­


------------- - -- - _ , well (93-21-72), with


William Tyrrell (101- Tim Stanley a shot fur- 29-72) claimed the under ther back in second (91-


12s prize and Jordan 18-73). Cook was named as the The August Stableford most-improved player, at Mytton Fold GC was winning the Nora Loft- reduced to a 16-hole house Cup.


, event because of the poor


Henry Saunders and weather on Saturday. Sam Punchard won the Ian Slough (38) was


sional John Twissell fin­ ished in a tie for 19th place in the James Brear- ley Lancashire Open at Blackpool North Shore GC last week. He carded rounds of


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pace set by Royal Lytham’s Scott Astin. Clitheroe assistants


Simon Eaton and Mark McEvoy finished in ties for 41st and 50th places respectively, while Myt-


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tain Jim Hindle (36), ; ton Fold assistant profes- with John Parkinson sional Mike Bardi fin-


ished tied for 23rd place. Granville Pilling,


Archie Moro, Wayne Pendlebury; Phillip Leaver, Julian Troup and James Jackson claimed the honours in the singles stableford at Clitheroe


GC. In the combined four-


ball, P. Dunn and Dennis Greenup emerged as clear winners with 75


-------


70 and 73 to finish one- points, over-par, six shots off the John


- Cartmell and


when he finished smartly from six yards from a right-wing cross. A minute after the


interval .Clitheroe dou­ bled their lead when Cryer netted a picture-


book goal. He latched onto Jason


Jones' throughball, cut inside and whipped the ball into the top comer. He quickly killed the game, clinically beating


Gary Jackson, on for


Spencer, who was rested as a precaution, got in on the act with the final two goals as Jones and Andy Cowking enjoyed mid- field supremacy. With Lee Sculpher


and his defence immacu­ late at the back, Clitheroe eased home, and could have won by a bigger margin.


bigger margin. A APp :,from caD.


the table on Saturday. Clitheroe deservedly


took the lead after half an hour, when the former Bamber Bridge man worked space in the box and turned the ball in at the second attempt. And Lee Sculpher's


men earned a crucial two-goal cushion just before the break when Jason Jones hit a deep cross into the area and


Woodley Sports.........I gpencer rose highest to Clitheroe .....................2 nod in his second. ■With Sculpher mar­


shalling his defence expertly, the Blues kept


things tight going into the interval. Clitheroe suffered a


blow in the second half when Spencer was gashed above his eye and sent for stitches. Gary Jackson replaced


the captain, and the Blues continued to press for a killer third goal. Andy Cowking came


close to finding the net, whileLee Cryer, desper­ ate to get off the mark


. for the season, would have been kicking him­ self after squandering a great opportunity.


But Clitheroe were


forced to endure a nervy final 15 minutes when Woodley pulled a goal back. From looking in con­


trol, Clitheroe had to battle again, but the defence managed to keep Woodley at arm's length. However, the home


side caused a few flutters when a good chance went begging at the death from a free kick. An equaliser would


have been rough justice for Clitheroe, but they held on for the points.


i


Andrew Walmsley (69) were second by two points from A. Wright and N, Reeves. Fourth place went to R. Baker and P. Warburton (66). The combined efforts


of Sheila Riley, Eileen Lambert and Pat Mur­ ray were good enough to win the Florida Scramble at Clitheroe GC with a 79 gross. Joan Whittaker was


the two-point winner of the Celia Porter Trophy at Whalley GC last Thursday. She scored 35 stable­


ford points to win by two from Jean Dearden. Third, after a card play-off, was Iris Sherry.


THE tie of the round in the C litheroe P o o l League Challenge Cup saw Whalley Arms A take on league leaders Legion A. The Legion stormed


ft close cal i f i aejEJsa


Whalley win thriller Day at the races!


CLITHEROE pool players are reminded that a special social evening has been planned for


next month. On Thursday, September 12th, a race night will


into a 6-2 lead, leaving them requiring only one more frame to go into the, ( semi-finals. , ; ; . . . . But the villagers had


other ideas and put in an incredible fightback to


level the match at 6-6. The dreaded 13th


frame decider went to Whalley, putting paid to any hopes Legion had of claiming the treble. Whalley Arms are now


m i o u c y m u u c u w w i i


be held at the Rose and Crown. ■ AH eight races have been sponsored and a fun


run by winning 7-2 and being instaUed as second favourites. . Outsiders Waggon mid


brave Pendle B outfit. RESULTS


Third Round: Rose and ---------” w . ,


: Challenge Cup _ _


m i l le d ^ f^ .°^ e first Cow^haSum)e7?L)w Moor r b Legion A 6: Pendle Hotel


lift the cup for the first ,C]ub 2; -^siiiey Arms A 7, time in their history.


Second Division b 5, Wagon and Horses A 7. Brown Cow Chatbum Hpfpatpd’


Ladles Division deteacea ■ ■' a- "Severely , severel


depleted Low Moor Club; 7-2. ■


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aged to raise two players due to holiday and work commitments..: Rose and Crown


ended Third Division Bridge B's fantastic cup


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RB Legion A v Whalley Arms A; Castle A v RB


Horses have crept into the semi-finals, beating a-


Legion B: Buck A v Low Moor Club: Roe and Crown v Stork Hotel A. First Division


Stork Hotel B v White


Hart; Dog Music Bar v Pen die Hotel B; Whalley Arms B v Ultraframe; Brown Cow v


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Pendle Hotel A v Buck B;


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Pendle Witch. Tuesday


Ladies Division . Whalley Arms v Legion:


Dog Inn (Whalley) v White Horse; Bridge v.Buck; Pendle Hotel B v Royal Oak. , ' ;


L6w Moor kick-off in style LOW Moor started the new Memor­


ial League season in style. ■ The locals won a thriller with Stan- hill Lions 3-2 to get their First Divi­ sion campaign up and running. Champions Plough suffered a sur­


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Clitheroe Reserves..................•........................" " ’t Ashton Town Reserves............... ................ .......2


■ A SUPERB second half hat-trick from new boy Glen Ainsworth helped secure the points in this excellent performance at Shawbridge on Satur­


day,' The Blues were always in charge of this game


against a tough, physical side who had got off to.a - flier last week with a rout against Chadderton. _ The second string stopped Ashton from getting


the ball and being able to settle in to any rhythm at all.


And they went in ahead at the break after-


Richard Fogarty linked up well with the impressive Tom Benfield to supply a pin point cross which Andy Preston thumped home.


The young Blues came back out for. the second half and took the game up a gear and ultimately


away from Ashton. .Danny Stanley came on as second half substitute


for Matt Garner and terrorised the visitors’ left back and delivered for Ainsworth to slot his maiden goal for the club with a composed finished from


inside the box. Stanley added the third 10 minutes later when


good movement caused panic and he gave the keeper no chance. This sparked off a crazy five-minute goal spree, with Ashton pulling one back with a suspi; ciously off-side-looking goal before Ainsworth secured his hat trick with a stunning volley from the


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