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Legion on course for final


TH E semi-finals of th e C lithe roe Pool League Challenge Cup will tak e place on Thursday, March 27th, with Royal British Legion guaranteed a repre­ sentative in the final. The B team face the A


team a t th e Buck, while th e o th er semi-final sees Stork A take on Buck A a t the Legion. Referees will be supplied. • By th e end of th e


week, all teams should have received a voting form, in order to nominate an indi­ v id u al for th e i r involve­ m en t w ith pool for th e Norman Gamer Memorial Trophy. This representative does


n o t need to be a player, with th e trophy awarded on presentation night. The league ask th a t the: forms are returned a t the


• re g is tra t io n n ig h t on Thursday, March 27th a t the Buck between 8 p.m. and 9-30 p.m., or handed in a t the RBL in an envelope p r io r to th e committee, meeting on Monday, April 7th. • A team reg is tra tio n


form will need to be filled in with a l is t of players, prior to the s ta r t of the sea­ son. No unregistered play-, er will be allowed to play, an d play in g an un reg is ­ tered player will forfeit the the result of games played. Players who are excluded


from the league and wish to appeal, must put a letter in writing for the committee, when you will be invited to a t te n d and explain why you wish to join. Fees for registration are £40 for men and £30 for


ladies. • The league’s presenta­ tion evening will be held a t th e Rose an d Crown on Thursday, April 17th. A raffle will be held on


th e n ig h t, w i th t ic k e ts available shortly from com­ mittee members. Anybody wishing to donate a raffle prize should co n ta ct any committee member. • Any outstanding games sh ould be a r ran g ed and played immediately., Teams failing to fulfil


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th e ir fixtures will have a bond put on their team, or in the event of a team fold­ ing, each' individual player


• will have a bond p u t on them before they can regis-


. ter to play for a team. TONIGHT’S FIXTURES Premier Division


Castle v Stork Hotel A; Craven Heifer A v White Hart A;


‘ Buck A v Station Storm; Legion


B v Whalley Arms. • First Division Horse Shoe B v Waggon and


. Horses A; Dog Music Bar v Brown Cow; Stork Hotel B v Fendle Hotel B; Brown Cow


Second Division


, (Chatbum) v St Peter’s (Hurst Green).


Pendle Hotel A v Buck B;


. White Hart B v Royal Oak A; Waggon and Horses B v Bay Horse; White Horse A v Billing-


ton Band Club. Third Division


Royal Oak B v Craven Heifer B; Bridge B v Simonstone Hotel, i TUESDAY


Station Hotel B v Legion C; Ladies’ Division


Royal Oak v Pendle Hotel; Buck v White Horse; Bridge B v Billington Band Club. : TABLES


Whalley Arms v Legion;


Premier Division P


Legion A Buck A.


..14 ..14


Whalley Arms ..14


: Stork Hotel A ..13 Craven Heifer A 13 Castle A . . . . . ; . 13 White Hart A ..13 Station Storm . .12 Legion B ........ 12


W L P 1 123 3 121 3 118 .


.2102 First Division


• Brown Cow (C) .13 Wag & Horses A 13 Stork Hotel B . .14 St Peter’s (HG) .14 Brown Cow__13 b 3 - PendleHotelB .13 3 5. Dog Music Bar .13 2 3'


. New Inn..........14 2 , 2 ' Horse Shoe B ...13 0 .4 Second Division, P W D '


Pendle Hotel A .13 11 0 • Bay Horse (Bar) 13 ■ 6 3 Bridge A...........14 4 6. White Horse A .13 .4 4 White Hart B ..12 5 3.


(RoyalOakA' ...13 ;.;6e-2- BuckB.........13 4 4


.


• BillingtonBC ..14 2, 4 Wag & Horses B 13 3 4 - Third Division


■ I.Simonstone . .-.12. ( 5-.nl LegionC 10-v;6:( 1, Station Hotel B. 12 3 2


■ BuckWnnkleys.13 6 0


Bridge B........... 11 8 2 Craven Heifer B 11;< 6-


. P ,W D 3


. RoyalOakB .‘..11., 4. ,1 ’ White Horse B ; .10 2 t 0 Ladies’ Division


Whalley Anns . . .11 1 ',9.; Pendle Hotel. . . . 1 3 v8! WhiteHorse ....12 ‘ ,8


Buck Legion.


' ' , P W ..14' 12 ..13 ■10


Royal Oak........ 12 3 Bndge'A . 1 .’f'.12’ 3


Bridge B , 11 ivt "1 .v Billington BC . . .12, .• 1.


’Li P 1 102 2 89 7 87 6 84 3 76


L P 0 130 1 116 ' 4 112 4 105 .


Waddington move towards championship Rimington . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3


Enfield ............................... • .1 RIMINGTON secured a vital win over title rivals Enfield to go top of the Eas t Lancashire League F i r s t Division tab le with just sue games remaining.


L P 2 123


- The locals got off to the per­ fect s ta r t as Shaun McCullough saw his shot blocked, b u t the ■ ball came back out to him. He


c to o k th e b a ll to th e by-line, •j before su p p ly in g .th e perfect ■ •cross on to the.head of Trevor Watkins, who made no mistake. Tom O’N e ill was c ausing


havoc on th e left, and he w a s . unlucky to'see his fierce drive b e a t the keeper, only to bounce :I


: to safety off th e inside of the t post.


i ' S u b s t i tu te Aamir Zulfi


• en te red th e f ray and a lm o s t . .scored with his first touch, but his shot drifted past the post. The crucial third goal finally


a r r iv ed when a f ine move, between Watkins and Ca r te r .


■


resulted in Haslam stroking the ball home.


,


. Another huge m atch take s place on Saturday as Rimington


entertain champions Goodshaw, United,


,-r . Horton. . . . . . . " . . . . . . . .2


Waddington. . . "I'. . ^." '... .2 WADDINGTON needed a ll i th re e p o in ts in th is game to "keep the pressure on a t the top


. of th e tab le , b u t came away from H o r to n •? w i th a well-, deserved pojnt.


■',


i. = ■ Liam C a r te r extended th e - • lead when he latched onto a Jon • Penman header to round the;; 'keeper and slot home.1


L P. 2 111


(3 91, . 2 'I 84


to- H e s i ta t io n in th e home ■ defence allowed Enfield.back, •■•into the game ju s t before half-1 time.


1 ■. 1 %


5j82, 4 75 9 57 9< 55 1


- The second half continued im ! the same vein as.the first,, bu t


10 - 23 a 11 22


'


• After the locals took an early " lead, th e home side played a.i


'( long ball forward ahd eventual- ' , ly broke through, the: visitors’ ■


defende to equalise, i Horton came out for the sec- .


ond half strong, and after sever- Dugdale.^', M


_ the home side were constantly * v frustrated bya.laclc of!a,killerc touch in front of goal.;;


verted the penalty to level mat ters once again. M an of th e m a tc h for


W ad d in g to n was Michael Caine, with Gavin .White pick­ ing up the award for the home


side. Waddington play Bronte a t Twitter Lane, Waddington on-


: Saturday, kick-off 2-30 p.m., meet ground 1-15 p.m. , • Silsden . . . . .


; i . . . . . . . . . .2


Chatburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 CHATBURN c a m e ( f r o m


behind to defeat Silsden and maintain their two-point lead a t the top of the Craven and Dis­ trict League Second Division. "If th e locals are.to win this


division, th en th ey will have done i t the hard way. :• On Saturday, Chatbum found


themselves 2-0. down,-inside the first 15 minutes. ,T ■ <


towards the end, when Gaskell got th e fa in tes t of touches t o : Sullivan’s free-kick. '■ Haworth and Brown were the


better players for Chatbum. . ; • D O G In n were u n ab le to


record a second successive victo-, ry in the Accrington Memorial Football League T h ird Divi­ sion, as they went down 6-l:to,


•promotion hopefuls Lomax. •; The Wh alley o u t f i t ; had: recorded a superb 1-0 win over,


• Church Town the week before, ■ bu t they, never recovered from going down to two early, goals


on Sunday. T h e only h ig h lig h t of th e


'match came in the closing min- , utes when Chris Horrocks rifled o, home his third goal of;the sea­ son from the edge of the penalty iarea. ’d


\ i Manager Simon Kerins was > / >


•4$ I t could have been worse, b u t i^ goa lke epe r H ib b e r t an d th e A woodwork came to their rescue; a j Once again, b a d finishing? ;


.; al dangerous moves, went 2-1 up , • after, a defensivemistake from s


!jis; But after surviving somewhat .; ' of an onslaught,:Fletcher.<wass;


■ i (r impended in the box, and he con-ij f ■ ■


' including a penalty miss, looked set to be Chatbum’s downfall. : However, Coulter. pulled a goal!? back andStellequalisedsooh;*;


“Iter. Y


iT h ew in n i r ig ’g o a la r r iv e d i • ! ■ H. ;


A f* ijdx h j - » s m u 4 x p ' c Ifet


; philosophical af ter the defeat: ••. “A lo t of things d id n 't go ourW way; today, b u t we b a tt led onT an d didn’t;deserve to lose.by4 such a margin.", i <, ‘ J '• ?


: .' “For th e ’second week run-';; ning.’-W o lly 'W h i t tak e r was ^


:named;man of ,the match, but'to b e^m ustihave ’been'run'jVery.iil •closeby Seb Parkinson in goal.”


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-. r.---v - > 5 m 4 £ I , ' i v h .' r A 1 % >'r'4'‘i «o 1 o - . is out ....., ......................... .......................................................,....................... ..............................................*v ................................... , ............................... our grasp - Sculpher By CRAIG SALMON


CLITHEROE player-manag­ er Lee Sculpher reckons th e N o r th West Co u n tie s ’ F i r s t D iv is io n t i t l e is o u t of his side’s grasp. • The Blues missed a golden o p p o r tu n ity to close th e gap on le ag u e le a d e r s P re s c o t Cables on Tuesday evening. Prescot were beaten 2-1 by


Newcastle Town bu t Clitheroe were unable to take full advan­ tag e a s th e y were h e ld to a g o a l- le s s draw a t home to Atherton Laburnum Rovers. Clitheroe are now 19 points behind the Merseysiders, with


four games in hand. Asked if he thought his side


would win th e league should they win all of their remaining


games, Sculpher said: “At this s tag e of th e season, I would say no, even if we won all of our remaining 14 games. . “I think Prescot will win it.


They have to throw i t away now.


' ‘ . “But we just have to con­


centrate on ourselves now, irre­ spective of what Prescot do. “They have some tough fix-


• tu re s coming up a g a in s t S t H e len s a n d Fleetw.ood, so h o p e fu lly th e y m ig h t d ro p some points.” v • Me anwhile , S cu lp h e r ha s


warned his players not to rest on their laurels for their semi­ final second leg clash against Padiham on Saturday, (kick- off is 3 p.m.) - ■ ■ . , The Blues" travel to the Arbories with one foot in the


1 final of the Worthington Chal- . lenge Trophy a t Bury’s Gigg Lane, a f te r opening up a 4-1 ad v an tag e in th e f i r s t leg a t Shawbridge less th a n a fo r t ­ night ago. However, Sculpher has dis-


. missed any notion th a t his side ’ will go in to th e match trying • to defend their three-goal lead.' He said: “We ju s t have to go •


out there and play our normal game a n d t r e a t i t l ik e a n y other game. “If you will, i t ’s against my


fo o tb a l l in g e th ic s to send a side out to defend a lead. . . . “We w ill t r y to win th e


game. Obviously, we will be going there with a big advan­


ta g e b u t w in n in g . is 'a good, h a b i t , o u r away re co rd th is season has been very good and


Body blow to Blues’


Clitheroe....................... .0 Atherton L R ..........................0 CLITHEROE’S faint title hopes were dealt a severe body blow when, th ey failed to overcome lowly A th e r to n Laburnum Royers a t Shawbridge on Tues- day night. In a game of few chances for


either team, Clitheroe gave the ball away too often and struggled to really trouble a determined Atherton side and had to settle for a point in a goal-less draw. The result was all th e more


frustrating when it emerged that North West Counties’ First Divi­ sion leaders Prescot Cables had lost 2-1 to Newcastle Town - meaning i t really was a case of two p oints dropped for Lee Sculpher’smen. Gary Rishton came closest to


breaking th e deadlock for Clitheroe, heading over the bar from a Mark Stewart cross in the f irs t half, a f te r A the r ton had failed to clear a Clitheroe comer. Another poor clearance from a


comer in the second half fell to Rishton again. This time from inside the area and with his back to goal, the defender turned well but saw his shot go wide of the


post. Atherton's strikers, Massay


and Crumpton, had th e best opportunities for th e visitors. Crumpton forcing Kris Richens to be alert to keep out a well stuck


free-kick and Massay shooting weakly a t the Clitheroe goalkeep­ er when through on goal.


: Atherton came close to stealing


all three points in th e , 82nd minute. Firstly a strong run from Crumpton,resulted in his power­ ful shot being pushed over the crossbar by Kris Richens, and


from the resulting comer, a crowd­ ed penalty area saw a header can­ non back off the crossbar. Clitheroe seemed overly anx­


ious a t times and failed to pass the ball well on a sticky surface. Long range efforts from Jason Jones and Ba r r ie H a r t typified Clitheroe's lack of creativity. Four bookings for Clitheroe, in


what was never a physical game meant players holding back on tackles and this gave the incentive for Atherton to push forward. However with their current plight a t the wrong end of the table they were more than happy to sit back and take away a well deserved point. Clitheroe................ ............... -2 Nantwich Town ......... .. .1 TWO first half goals from winger Chris W h ittin g h am helped Clitheroe overcome Nantwich Town a t Shawbridge and make it five wins in a row. Whittingham, who is enjoying


a regular start on the right flank this season, gave Clitheroe a well- deserved half-time lead. Both his goals came in similar


fashion, and were assisted by Gary Jackson. I t took just seven minutes for


Clitheroe to open th e scoring, Jackson feeding Whittingham on the right, and his strong run was finished with a confident shot past the stranded Heeps in the Nantwich goal. His second, a virtual carbon


copy of the opener, arrived on 35 minutes. Jackson was again the provider as Whittingham out­ paced Mark Gardner before sup­ plying a similar finish. The half-time lead could have


been greater for Clitheroe. Jack- son broke through one-on-one


with the goalkeeper as early as the second minute, but Heeps saved well with his feet. : ' Ja ckson again had a g re a t


opportunity on 17 minutes when a ball from Simon Gamer found the Clitheroe striker bearing down again on the Nantwich goal. This time he elected to go round the goalkeeper, but Heeps managed to get a touch on th e ball and force it dear.


; Nantwich played a neat pass­


ing game, but were often let down by the quality of their final ball. A shot from distance by the lively Melford K night forced Kris Richens into action.on 27 min­ utes. Jackson again brought out the


best from the Nantwich keeper on 36 minutes as he turned on the edge of the area and curled the b a ll towards th e to p corner - Heeps again equal to the task. Neil Spencer came close to


increasing the Clitheroe lead early in the second half with two good opportunities.


, Just after the break; his' header


from a Lee Sculpher free kick nar­ rowly went over the bar, and two minutes later i t was his turn to m is a one-on-one opportunity as he chipped the ball over the; on­ coming goalkeeper, bu t saw his


attempt drift wide of the post Jus t after the hour, a flowing


move down the right hand side involving Spencer and Whitting­


ham saw a low cross fired into the area. Jackson was more alert than anyone else! b u t even w ith a despairing lunge was unable to


make contact with the ball. Nantwich pulled a goal back on


68 minutes. Darren Twigg, who had been signed on loan for the game from Kidsgrove, found


space inside the area, and his deft chip floated over Richens. Despite this i t was Clitheroe


who looked the more likely to add to the scoreline with Spencer, Whittingham and Stua r t Tod- hunter all having chances late on. Skelmersdale . United


Reserves................ ...................0 Clitheroe Reserves........... -..1 A SUPER strike from Martin Fle tch e r gave Clitheroe the' points in their top of the table clash with Skelmersdale United. The result now puts Clitheroe


just a point behind United and new leaders Padiham in th e No r th West Counties’ League Reserve Division. The' Blues second-string have


yet to tas te defeat this season, although the number of games they have drawn could prove to


be their Achilles’ heel. ‘ f Clitheroe had the better of the


early exchanges, and both Fletch­ er and Matt Parker were unlucky not to open the scoring in a tight


first h a lf .' - ; Tough-talking a t half-time


from reserve team boss Lee Boyer had the desired effect as the young Blues raised their game after the break. Parker, Fletcher and Matt Gar­


ner all went dose, but the winning goal came in the 54th minute. Good play by Andy Preston


and Danny Stanley set-up Fletch­ er, who turned exquisitely on the edge of th e a rea before firing home left-footed. Garner and Parker had efforts


save superbly by the keeper, and th e back-line of Alf Russell, Danny Craig, Jon Greenland and


Danny Potts snuffed out any dan­ ger United threatened to cause in the remainder of the match.


so we’ll be lo o k in g to b e a t P ad ih am .:


w ith th e game because i t ’s a derby and I am sure Padiham will wan t to avenge th e ir 4-1 defeat.’’- ■ - On th e in ju ry f ro n t , long­


te rm a b se n te e Lee C ry e r is s t i l l d o u b tfu l w i th an ankle injury and Gary Rishton faces a fitness te s t on a thigh strain he picked up on Tuesday. Adam G a rd n e r sh o u ld


re tu rn a f te r recovering from an ankle injury. • The reserves will continue


th e i r se a rc h fo r th e 'N o r th West Counties League reserve Division title when they are a t home to Atherton Collieries on Saturday, kick-off is 3 p.m. ;


‘ “T h e re is th e ad d ed sp ic e . LOUISE PROCTOR (C250203/4b)_ PHOTO: Colin Horne


Louise has rivals in a spin with title hat-trick


BOWLAND High School pupil Louise Proctor is celebrating a hat-trick of county table tennis


titles. The Clitheroe 16-year-old won her third suc­


cessive Lancashire Schools’ Under 16s champi­ onship at'Shadsworth, Blackburn - her fourth


county title in all. ■ And the youngster now represents Lancashire


in the National finals in Stoke. Louise also enjoyed success in th e British


Ju n io r League, held over two weekends in Wolverhampton.


' She was p a r t of th e team th a t won all 10 matches to clinch the Third Division title, and earn promotion. Louise only started playing the sport a t sec­


ondary school, although she used to play short tennis a t Edisford from the age of seven, under the tutelage of former tennis professional Marc Schofield. She plays for Standen Hall in the East Lancashire


Table Tennis League and also receives coaching from international standard coach Andrea Holt at Barden Community Association, Burnley.


« / -!■ v ' \ complete winning double


Clitheroe............... ............30 Garstahg ............................24 C L ITH ERO E Rugby Club recorded their first league dou­ ble of th e season when th ey beat Garstang 30-24 in a pul­


s a t in g game of end-to-end. rugby a t Littlemoor on S a tu r - : day.


■ In th e process th ey staged


one of the finest comebacks of recent years. M a t t Dugdale’s side found th em se lv es 16 points adrift a t half-time, trail­ ing by 19-3, b ut then produced 40 m in u te s of blockbus ting rugby to snatch victory. Weak tackling and poor fin­


ishing were the key factors in a lacklustre first half display, a well struck Nathan Peel penal­ ty being the home side’s only score.


An inspirational half time , .


te am ta lk g a lv an ised th e M a ro o n an d Golds as th ey attacked from the restart with pace and power. Burly prop Adrian Oldroyd


forced his way over to s ta r t the comeback, Peel added a second p en a l ty and th e deficit was


reduced to eight points. M an of th e M a tch Chris


Massey carved his way to the try-line after sustained home side pressure and th e t ru s ty boot of Peel cut the Garstang lead to a single point.': ■: • Alan N i i tta ll th en p u t th e


homeside in f ro n t a s a well worked lineout created enough spa c e for th e ' f le e t footed flanker to outpace the covering defence. Clitheroe were now playing


some of the best rugby of the season an d th e lead was s tretched by a fu r th e r seven points when Nuttall’s back row buddy Roger Holmes cruised in for a fine try. Peel converted to make the score 30 points to 19.


A la s t m in u te G a rs tan g


score was nothing more than a co n so la tio n a s C lith e ro e claimed the two league points on offer and made i t three wins in th e la s t four competitive


outings. • ENGLAND head coach, Clive Woodward announced on Tuesday the England starting


line-up to face Italy on Sunday Twickenham (3 p.m.). And while there was slight


d isa p p o in tm en t for former S to n y h u r s t College pupil Kyran Bracken, Will Green-, wood, who also studjed a t the H u r s t Green college, . ha s ’ retained his place in the sidei’ England are going for their


th ird successive Six Nations^, win after victories over France


and Wales. • '


Woodward explained i t was a tough decision to leave'out


’ Saracens scrum half Bracken?^ who featured a t the Millenni­ um Stadium: “M a t t Dawson,


. who was superb against Lon- • don Irish in the Powergen Cup


. semi- f inals , re tu rn s to th e starting line-up a t scrum half. , “Kyran came in and did a


' good job against Wales, and as ever i t was a ve ry t ig h t call between the two of them, but on club form M a t t ju s t edged


it.” Bra cken will ag a in be a


replacement, while Harlequins b a ck Greenwood will ag a in line-up in the number 13 shirt.


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