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CLITHEROE chairman Dave Burgess is hoping the side get their just rewards on Wednes­ day in the Worthington Chal­ lenge Trophy Final a t Bury’s Gigg Lane (kick-off 7-30 p.m.). The Blues confirmed runners-


up spot in thfe league on Tuesday night, and after disposing of champions Prescot Cables and fifth-placed Skelmersdale already on the road to'the final; Burgess in confident Lee Sculpher’s men can see off Mossley and come home with the silverware. Burgess said: “We might have


lost twice to Mossley in the league, but they were both close games. “So it is second against third,


and it should be an open and entertaining game.. “But it would be a travesty if


we don’t come back with some silverware after our recent record.... . ; 1 .


. “In the three years since Lee.


andmyself became involved with the,first team, before I moved up to,chairman, we have finished league runners-up and reached the FA Vase semi-final, reached the Vase quarters and the semis ■


. of the Marsden Cup, and this; season been runners-up and ' reached this league cup final. ; “To have been as close as we


have to winning something, it would be a bitter pill to swallow if we don’t win on Wednesday.” But Burgess is proud of the


team and his manager’s achieve­ ments, whoever comes away with the trophy: “Regardless of the result, the lads have had an excel­ lent season. “They have only lost six times


in the league, the same as Prescot, and we have the best


away record in the league, and the second best home record. “We'are'alsb"tbp1of"the fair


play league witlTt'hTleasfb'ook- ings and sending-offs, so that goes to* show we are a footballing side. 1 _ “Over the last lO games the


teamajetopriflhe form table, so we.are in a.ncKvein of form arid % e ia ric y b \m e |? ie s |'^


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' ''Bms' ^ l p ^ S ^ o hoping to lose the CiridereijaWg^iWe’re delighted t»;iiaTOrdinckddf^econd


sp o t. “It's .been a long hard season ■' .-^ 'V


and we’ve been fortunate to fin­ ish runners-up, but just not for­ tunate enough to clinch the championship.: • “But hopefully we can start


winning some silverware for a change iri the League Cup. I don’t' think' we’ve ever won the League


Cup, not in my.lifetime anywayl will cancel that out: “In the past, “We haven't'won anything playing a final at Gigg Lane since the FloodlitjTrophyifour.^mjght have been a problem,''blit,


’ years ago, so it would-be-nice to.-.over the last three seasons'we£* stop being the bridesmaids and have played iri front of 1,80O'r get some silverware down here.” crowds in the Vase at Chippen- And although Mossley might ham and Taunton - we are used


have the psychological edge going ' to playing big cup games with into the gaine. ’Sculpher. feels . the pressure that goes with it.” Clitheroe cariyertmiilyirise to the Two supporters’ coaches have occasion: “We didn’t dp!qfriselyes^ been provided, with details, in justice in the'fesjifi^a^aiMtl^Blues-eyeview.


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■Mossley last|weei5'l)uTsecondW;p'The clubhouse at ShawlJridge half we shojived:we':are just .as'tjwiil also be open once the,team good as thiiri&if not better.-’ l.jf? f'ancl supporters return from Gigg And although Mossley, man- ... Lane.


aged by forrrier iBurnley rightj ( • John Greenland’s goal kept back Ally Picketing, have plenty /'Clitheroe Reserves in the title of Football League experience in v hunt on Tuesday as the Blues the likes of ex-Bury winger-Rob .beat Atherton Collieries 1-0 at Matthews, Everton title-winner; Shawbridge. Neil Pointon and orie-time Manr;; Lee Boyer’s side now have to Chester United FA Youth. Cup beat Curzon Ashton a t home winner Robert Trees, who played for Bristol Rovers, Burgess feels Clitheroe’s big-game experience


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Mossley........................3 Clitheroe ..................1 CLITHEROE will hope for a better result on Wednesday after this League Cup Final dress rehersal on Saturday. Two early goals for the


hosts set up victory in a game' that was dominated by the Mossley defence. Nathan Brookes scored


both early goals for Moss­ ley in the third and sixth minutes. His first saw him lob the


ball over Kris Richens, and his second came after good play down the wing from Russell Headley. Jason Jones tried to


revive the Blues and his surging run on 25 minutes almost brought Clitheroe back into the game. Picking the ball up


inside his own half, his mazy run of strength and determination resulted in his shot being deflected wide of the Mossley post. Lee Cryer also had a


great opportunity, but somehow directed his head­ er wide from five yards out. Mark Philips and Paul


Taylor at the heart of the Mossley defence seemed to win every aerial ball that Clitheroe knocked forward, and their physical presence was the key to the home team’s victory. The two huge central


defenders easily handled long balls toward Cryer and Gary Jackson all after­ noon. ■Trailing at half-time,


Clitheroe searched hard for a way back into the game and attacked the Mossley


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Past Captain delivers the winning score


By EDWARD LEE


PAST Captain Jim Hindle continued his fine start to the season by winning the Post Office Cup at Mytton Fold at the weekend. Earlier in the week, part­


nered by Roger Altham, Hindle came fifth in the ELPGA Alliance meeting at Hesketh with 42 stable- ford points. At the weekend, his


bogey score of, +6 saw him win by one shot from Peter Tomlinson (+5), with Nick Pearson (+4) in third place. Jake Chadwick and


Steve Brooks both finished leyel to take the honours in Division One. . Ian Slough (+4) was one


better than Graham Child in Division Two, and Mar­ tin Holden (+3) took Divi­ sion Three after a card play-off with John Atkin­ son. At Stonyhurst Park, M.


Young 70-10-69 and J. Blockeel 86-20-66 were the divisional winners in the April Medal, while J. Fos­ ter, M. Young, A. Bannis­ ter and J. Austin were the leading, players in the ELGA Handicap Trophy qualifier and will go on to represent the club at Shaw Hill later in the month. Kevin Grimshaw


, emerged as the clear win- ' ner of the Frank Long- worth Trophy at Whalley


GC. His round of 89-23-66.-


saw him claim a five-shot win over Tim Stanley (84- 13-71), while the divisional prizes went to Chris Black- adder (79-5-74) and Colin Thompson (91-19-72). The winter league final


saw Chris Blackadder and John Sherry beat John Blackadder and Chris Summers. And low-scoring, was


reen Micklewright will again represent Clitheroe GC in the Australian Spoon Foursomes North­ ern Division Area Final this year, to be played at Kirby Lonsdale GC in July. And they will be hoping


to gain a place in the finals to be held at Hendon GC in September and retain the Australian Spoons which they won in the final last year. They topped Division


Two with 34 points and emerged as the overall win­ ners after a card play-off. Division One honours


went to Chris Stokes and Mary Eglin (34) following a consulatation of cards with Dorothy Dady and Edith Child. Third place went to Jean.Anne Speak = and Pat Taylor a point fur­ ther back. The overall winners


topped Division Two ahead of Trudy Walne arid Gill Wightman (32) and Sue Johnson and Karen Stanworth (30). Tracy Bentley won the


Silver Division of the LGU Medal at Clitheroe GC when she scored 84-10-74. Second place went to Edith Child (97-19-78) with Sophie Brooks (88-10- 78) in third place. • Libby McEwan (108-36-;


72) scored a one-shot win in the Bronze Division. Barbara Crowther (103-30- 73) was second and/Jane. Chandler (110-28-82), took


third place. Lady-members at Whal-:


ley contested the qualifier ■ for the Lancashire Ladies’


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; . County Golf?Association inter-club trophy - and the


• outcome coud riot have been tighter.


■ Pam Strange (107-36-71)


-won a multiple card play­ off with Iris Sherry (103-


very much the order of ,the, day in the Fourball Tro­ phy. Father-and-son Paul and


Andrew Wray carded: a nett 59 to win by, two shots


; from the Peter Shaw-Ian Hartley and. John Jobes- John Hyde pairings. • Carol Ashley and Mau­


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: 32-71) and Maybeth Sloan' - (104-33-71) in second and: 1* third places. .. J. Coward and J. Porter


scored 29 points to win the Australian Spoons compe- • tition at Stonyhurst Park while M.' Clabrough and ' M. Graham netted a score of 65 to win Peugeot Coro­ nation foursomes. ' ■ .r


back line in the second period, but it was Mossley who scored again though, following a quickly taken comer. From a position wide-


lef t of the penalty area, Headley curled the ball over Richens and into the far comer. Clitheroe kept looking


for a goal, and on 80 min­ utes Jackson gave them hope. Latching onto a Cryer


through ball, he placed his shot past Hilton in the Mossley goal. Indeed i t could have


been a grandstand finish to the game if Andy Cowking had scored from a great opportunity only minutes later. Following a goalmouth scramble, the ball fell to


Cowking five yards from goal, and with the net at his mercy, he somehow managed to fire the ball over with a shot that just about summed up ’ Clitheroe’s day. Nantwich T ow n ..........0 Clitheroe......................4 CLITHEROE clinched


. runners-up spot following a convincing victory on Tuesday night. Three first-half goals put


the Blues on their way as they ended their league


: programme on a high note. • It took just ten minutes


for the first goal to arrive, when Gary Jackson chased a long ball. Jackson’s pres- ence seemed to affect the goalkeeper, who spilled the ball in bizzarre fashion. Lee Cryer was the fortu­ nate player who was able to


tap the\ball home to give Clitheroe'the lead. Chris Whittingham dou­


bled the lead 10 minutes later. Paddy Lauber cut inside


from the. left before releas­ ing Whittingham on ihe right, who cut into the


■ penalty area and drilled a ■ low shot past the goalkeep­ er at the near post.


! Midway through the


half Mark Stewart saw his headed effort pushed clear by the goalkeeper, but Nantwich failed to clear the danger and Andy Cowking was on hand to stroke home the third. ; Cryer had a couple, of


chances to further increase the scoreline before half- time, but first saw his head­ er well saved and then just failed 'to connect to-'a


Lauber cross. Clitheroe began the sec­


ond half brightly and Whittingham saw his shot well saved early on. The fourth goal arrived


on 55 minutes when Jack- son touched home a left; wing cross.


. , With Clitheroe in th e '


ascendancy, they were able , to introduce all three sub- , stitutes and pushed Whit­ tingham further forward. The winger turned strik­


er did have a couple of chances late on, but could­ n’t add to the goals tally. With the league season


ending on such a positive note, the Blues go into next week’s League Cup Final in confident mood, and hope­ fully they can produce a similar performance to this to secure the trophy.


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CLITHEROE EC’s .Shawbridge Ground will be the venue of^three cup, finals on Sunday. , . . . u


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■ The VMI Accrington arid District’ Boys’ League has been given permis­ sion to stage the showpiece games, and


’ the first final will be of special interest ’ to local football supporters. Clitheroe Wolves clash with St


Joseph’s in the Under Final at noon.


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LOCAL tennis.star Liz Thomas has aced her way to another t it le - the Bowker North of England Champi­ onship at Preston’s South Ribble Centre. The event, which took place through­


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• After breezing through her quarter-: final 6-0,6-2, Yorkshire’s Lindsay. Jacks; was next to fall to the 18-year-old, as she went down 6-1; 6-1 at the last four stage. And the Clitheroe Royal Grammar


School Sixth Form student’s reign didn’t end there, as Wrexham’s Lucy Scott was whitewashed 6-0 in the opening set of the final, before going down %-2 in the second. •


Selected teams for the weekend r Saturday


J, il ‘ Clitheroe (v Settle, away, meet 12-15 p.m.) N.;


Bolton, A. Bums, M. Bolton, Stephen Bishop, N. Bibby, A. Ainsworth, S. Coulter, M. Preston, M. Hargreaves, S. Whalley, sub pro. Same team Sun­ dayv Baxenden, home, meet 1 p.m.). Scorer: J. Blackburn.


15 p.m.) J. Green, M. Scott, CL Musson, P. Bish- op, P. Dibb, S. Trotter, S. Booth,R.’Dinsdale,P. Hussain, C. Brown; Simon Bishop. Scorer: F.; Green.


, Clitheroie 2nds (v Cherry Tree; home, meetl- , I ' \,u~ Ribblesdale Wanderers (v Earby, home, start <


2 p.m.) M.’Briggs; D. Howard; I. Britcliffe, J. Rain, R. Gladwin, M. Peel;’J. Braithwaite, C. Hall, R. Lloyd, D. Braithwaite,Nawaz;.Same team Sunday v Blackburn Northern, away) except T. Braithwaite and G; Maguire for. D. Braithwaite and J. Rain. 1 •


. Ribblesdale Wanderers 2nds (v Earby, away,


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