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Low Moor maintain
great start THE only remaining per fect record in the Clitheroe and District Snooker League continued, after Low Moor A edged out Clitheroe Conservative A 8-
6. Downham remain hot on
their heels after a 12-2 thrashing of Waddington A, while Slaidburn remain winless after a 10-4 defeat to Talbot B. • In the Second Division,
bottom side Low Moor B picked up a sensational 7-7 draw at home to leaders Chatburn A. However, their lead was still extend ed to three points after Rimington A’s 8-6 reverse at home to Police, while Whalley beat Talbot A by
the same score. RESULTS
Firs! Division
Con. B (424) 6. N. Harris 39. G. Ireland 69: T. Rydeheard 74,1. Nash 86: J. Gibson 67, J. Whit taker 48; P. Conchie 88, P. Clegg 66; J. A. Wright 116, A. Gudgeon 67; E. Marsh 82, F. Watson 88. Clithoroe Con. A (428) 6, Low
Moor A (467) 8. K. Smith 53, P. Mercer 89; M. Parkinson 64, M. Holmes 40; M. O’Shaunessy 69, C. Drinkwater 57; M. Whittaker 86, S. Whittaker 79; P. Astin 73, D. Ireland 117; A. Isherwood 83, C. Smith 85. Waddington A (367) 2, Down-
Watson 95, P. Winckley 93; C. Lawson 99, J. Lund Jnr 48; M. Peel 109, B Hobson 85; S. Taylor 124, R. Bolland 55; B. Sims 69,1. Fraser 76; S. Blackburn 90, D. Seed 61. Second Division
(490) 8. S. Proctor 77, J. Cross 61; G. Johnson 62, J. Sumner 90; T. Proctor 88, J. Waggett 67; P. Proctor 54, G. Taylor 82; F. Whittaker 99, J. Timperley 81; J.
Talbot A (463) 6, Whalley
Winder 83, M. Smith 109. Low Moor B (467) 7, Chat-
ton B (514) 12. J. Read 85, M.Unwin 65; R. McNeil 73, C. Gorzella 82; D. Lakin 79, P. Kid die 82; A. Booth 74, D. Harg reaves 82; C. Monk 92, D. Flynn
(526) 8. C. Edmondson 107, P. Atkinson 93; M. Spencer 75, F. Booth 89; B. Taylor 102, A. Pilk- ington 73; D. Calvert 62, T. Brown 116; S. Petty 89, B. Grif fiths 59; S. Edmondson 89, J. Lucas 96.
TONIGHTS FIXTURES First Division
A; Talbot B v Billington A; Clitheroe Con. B v Waddington A; Low Moor A v Royal British Legion; Downham v Slaidbum. '• S&ond Division
Rimington B v Clitheroe Con.
Billington B v. Talbot A; Waddington B v Chatburn B; Police v Low Moor B; Whalley v Catholic Club. Singles Knockout
Thursday. Both parties are responsible for arranging the
Harris (Billington A); P. Clegg (Clitheroe Con. B) v T. Rydeheard (Billington A); T. Byrne (Catholic Club) vS. Blackburn (Legion). To be played no later than
match. Results to Graham Ire land (01254 245501). . Doubles Knockout
win and D. Hart; J. Whitford and M. Duane v D. Cox and K. Keough; E Craig and S. Turner v I. White and J. Lockley; M. Plant and R. Alston v C. Monk and R. McNeil; P. Conchie and T. Wilson v G. Ireland and I. Nash; G. Ainsworth and J. Reid v M. Garner and S. Thompson; M. Holmes and C. Drinkwater v S. Simkin and T. Cordeau; P. and S. Traynor v M. Moss and D. Johnson; N. Harris and J. Gibson ■v M. Lawson and G. Simkin; J. Ainsworth and M. Unwin v P. Mercer and D. Ireland; A. and S. Dean v N. Brown and T. Hen- shaw; A. Jackson and I. Middle- ton v P. Malloch and C. Aspinall. • To be played no later than, December 14th. Both parties are responsible for arranging the match. Results to Brian Sims ,(07977238194).
J. and S. Whittaker v R. Glad
First Division P W D L P
Low Moor A ...,5 5 0 0 54 Downturn ......5 4 0 1 46 RB Legion........ 5 3 0 2 44 Clitheroe Con A .5 3 0 2 38 Billington A.......5 3 0 2 34 TalbotB . . . ....5 2 0 3 32 Waddington A.. .5 2 0 /3 30 Rimington B . . . .5 2 0 3 26 Clitheroe Con B .5 1 0 4 24 Slaidbum. . .......5 0 0 5 22 ,
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4- 22 .TABLES , G. Johnson (Talbot B) v N. Chatburn A v Rimington A;
101; T. Cordeau 59, J. Ainsworth 102. Rimington A (524 ) 6, Police
bum A (467) 7. D. Johnson 48, G. Simkin 69; A. Ford 81,1. White 102; M. Moss 85, M. Lawson 84; I. Perry 81. P. Clark 42; G. Waddington 71, G. Clark 72; F. Wilson 101, J. Lockley 98. Catholic C (527) 10, Waddington B (458) 4. R. Alston 71, D. Bootman 59; A. Jackson 73, A. Dean 97; M. Plant 82, S. Dean 83; I. Middleton 117, G. Laxton 72; J. Byrne 89, B. Phillip 83; M. Byrne 95, S. Baines 64. Chatburn B (461) 2, Billing
(594) 10. G. Parker 46, A. Dick inson 119; D. Cowking 76, M. Gart 71; W. Robinson 65, O. Hayhurst 81; E. Rigby 52, D. Robinson 107; N. Hey 61, C. Hayhurst 126; T. Robinson 99, B. Rutherford 90. Legion 12, Rimington B 2. B.
ham (568) 12. R. Kay 70, R. Gladwin 84; L. Cowking 46, M. Paul 121; K. Kcough 52, R. Mal- loch 109; D. Cox 87, J. Bullock 71; E. Houghton 47, A. Iloesom 105; M. Dewhurst 65, D. Heesom 78. Slaidburn (399) 4, Talbot B
Billington A (466) 8, Clitheroe
Sculpher has no fear of Vase rivals
By CHRIS BODEN
DESPITE witnessing Whitley Bay’s forward prowess at first hand last week, Clitheroe boss Lee Sculpher has no fears ahead of the FA Vase tie of the round a t Shaw- bridge on Saturday. Sculpher saw the Albany
Northern League First Division title chasers ham mer Alex Mathie’s West Auckland Town - who Clitheroe disposed of on the way to Wembley in 1996 - 7-3 last Tuesday. But he feels his side,
buoyed by the terrific 3-0 win at Salford City on Sat urday, are more than capa ble of turfing out the 2002 winners. Clitheroe are 20/1 shots
for the Vase, and the play er-boss said: “They’re good odds, but all you can ask for is a home draw - we wouldn’t fancy trekking up there. “That said, with our
away form, we fancy win ning anywhere! “But I’m delighted we’re
at home, and it’s a chance for revenge after they put us out 18 months ago in injury time. “I ’ve been up and had
them watched, and they knocked seven in. "But they didn’t fright
en me. “I’m confident if we play
to our potential we can come through, although it will be a difficult match. “They are obviously a
good side as their league position suggests, but I
Lee Sculphcr
have confidence in my players. “But we also want to
Sculpher boosted his squad by signing promising young striker Glyn Barker from Hyde United, although Barker is ineligible for Sat urday’s game, having not signed within seven days of the match. But Sculpher was
make up for last season when we lost to Devizes in the last 16, a team I would describe as poor.” On Monday night,
delighted with the coup of Barker, fresh from a suc cessful stint at Ramsbot- tom United: “I spoke to him in the middle of last week for some length over in Manchester, and I was very hopeful then. “He had a couple of
offers to consider, and made his final decision. “He got back in touch,
and gave us the nod on Monday. “He’s scored goals for
Hyde this season, and got four for Ramsbottom, which alerted us to him. “He looks like he could be an out-and-out goalscor-
er, someone with the knack of being in the right place at the right time. “He is a typical centre
forward who puts himself in positions to score goals, and he will certainly get chances. “We are created loads of
chances, and we need some one in there to add the fin ishing touch after Lee Cryer’s departure. “But he’s come here from
Hyde and wants to stay with us, and I’m delighted with that.” Meanwhile, Sculpher
praised his men’s response to the 3-0 defeat against Mossley - the emphatic win at Salford City: “To bounce back the way we did after Mossley was superb. “I t was a great result,
especially as they had a new manager, new players, and you are always wary of sides like that raising their game. “But we started well,
much more difficult game, but I was delighted with the lads.” The game also saw the
and, bar a brief spell before half-time, they didn’t threaten. “We were expecting a
squad as he proved on Sat urday.”
For the Vase clash,
expected to be fit, and John Paul Fagan is back in the squad, making a 20-minute cameo at Salford after injury. Gary Jackson is expect
Sculpher is without Stuart Todhunter (hamstring), while Russell Clark (knee) is doubtful. Glenn Ainsworth is
ed to be another three weeks or so away from a return after a broken foot. NORTHWEST
COUNTIES FOOTBALL
return of Jason Jones to the side after his well-docu mented period away from the club, and Sculpher was pleased to welcome the combative midfielder back: “That was great news. “I was disappointed
when he left, but now he is ready to commit himself to us as best he can, and he is a great addition to the
Mossley..........21 16 2 3 50 Clitheroe ......22 15 4 3 49 Woodley Sports .18 14 1 3 43 Fleetwood Town 20 13 2 5 41 Curzon Ashton .19 11 2 6 35 Stone Dominoes 21 9 6 6 33 Newcastle Town 20 9 4 7 31 Salford City__19 9 3 7 30 NantwichTown 20 7 7 6 28 Atherton LR .. .19 8 4 7 28 Skelm’sdale Utd 20 8 3 9 27 CongletonTown 14 7 4 3 25 GIossopNE ....22 8 1 13 25 R’bottom Utd . .19 6 6 7 24 Bacup Borough .19 -7 2 10 23 AlsagerTown...l7 5 7 5 22 Squires Gate ...20 6 2 12 20 Warr’tonTown .16 6 2 8 20 Traffotd..........21 5 3 13 18 St Helens Town .22 4 5 13 17 Abbey Hey.......23 4 4 15 16 Atherton Colls. .24 2 4 18 10 Reserve Division p W D L P
LEAGUE First Division p W D L P
Chtheroe........ 10 7 1 2 22 Maine Road__10 7 0 3 21 Flixton............11 6 1 4 19 Nelson............11 5 2 4 17 Glossop NE . . . .12 5 2 5 17 Padtham ..........9 5 1 3 16 Woodley Sports ..9 4 4 1 16 Chadderton__10 4 1 5 13 Ashton Town ...11 3 2 6 11 Atherton LR .. .10 1 2 7 5 Daisy Hill.......11 1 2 8 5
Blues bounce back in superb style at Salford
Salford C i ty ................................0 Clitheroe.................................... 3 CLITHEROE returned to winning ways with a comfortable victory against a Salford side boasting sever al new signings and a new manager. Ex-Chorley boss Mark Molyneux
took over the reigns at Salford mid week, but the expected raising of their game from the home side never materialised in a game dominated by the Blues. Clitheroe’s starting eleven saw a
positive s ta r t to the game was rewarded with the opening goal. Chris Heslop dispossessed the
defender, before cutting in on goal and firing a well placed shot under the advancing goalkeeper. Clitheroe’s second arrived midway
through the first half and was a gift from Salford. Adam Gardner delivered a cross
into the centre, and with no Clitheroe player within 10 yards of the ball there appeared to be no danger for
return to the club for Jason Jones, and as manager Lee Sculpher shuf fled his pack, Chris Whittin’gham was given a start up front as opposed to his usual wing position. Jones was quickly into the thick of
the action for Clitheroe as he shot over with just seven minutes on the clock. The Blues almost took the lead
moments later when Salford failed to clear their lines from a comer. In the goalmouth scramble that
followed, Whittingham failed to direct the final shot goalwards. The Blues did gain the early lead
, the Salford defence. Goalkeeper John Gillies came for
the cross but watched with horror as his own full back Ben Chatburn headed the ball over him and into the empty net. With a two-goal cushion the Blues
Heslop again dispossessed his
marker and this time delivered a per fect cross to the feet of Whittingham.' With time and space, Whitting
ham was able to fire his shot under neath the keeper to secure the victo ry.
Salford attempted to get back into
the game but were often let down by wayward shooting as Richens was rarely troubled during the second half. The Blues came closest to adding
the scoreline on 72 minutes following a great move. Jones released substitute Steve
controlled the tempo of the game, with Jones playing a key role in keep ing possession of the ball. Salford did stage a brief rally on
though after just 10 minutes, as their minutes after the restart.
the stroke of half time and Kris Richens was forced to make two excellent saves from Mike Lomax and Stuart Tulloch. The victory was sealed just five
McDonald down the wing, and as he got to the by-line he was able to pull the ball back to Neil Spencer. With time on the ball, Spencer
shot neatly at goal but his effort was just to close to the keeper, who was able to save. With league leaders Mossley hav
ing to score two late goals in a 2-2 draw at home, Clitheroe were able to move back to within one point of the top of the table.
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CHAMPIONS: British skiing champions of Clithcroc Royal Grammar School. Bill Latham (foreground), Andrew Lecson. Dan Wyatt and James Lawton. G181103/4
‘Incredible’ effort as school ski team wins British championship
CLITHEROE Royal Grammar School are kings of the slopes. The school’s ski team has been crowned
the best in Britain. And Bill Latham also took the individ
ual title at the weekend, with team-mate Daniel Wyatt finishing in runners-up Spot.
: > . f f. The school ski team, also including
James Lawton and Andrew Leeson,, recently won the British Championships' at Under 19 level. That success saw them invited to take-
CLITHEROE A battled valiantly against Black burn and District Bad minton League First Divi sion leaders YMCA A, but only managed one victory overall. Paul Cronshaw and
Louise Burrill picked up said point in the mixed doubles. It was a good team per
formance in the circum stances, with the locals giving 100%. In the Second Division, Clitheroe B suffered a fur
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ther setback in their hopes for a quick return to the top flight, losing 10-6 at Stanhill B. In the mixed doubles,
Stonyhurst old boys to rule world? By CHRIS BODEN
ENGLAND’S three Stonyhurst College alumni aim to be on top of the world on Saturday. . Will Greenwood, Iain Balshaw and
Kyran Bracken have all played their part as Clive Woodward’s men have powered to the final of the Rugby World Cup. Saturday morning, at 9 a.m. our time,
England line-up against hosts Australia in the dream final at the Telstra Stadium, Sydney. And all three are itching to create histo
ry by bringing the Webb Ellis Cup to Eng land for the first time. Although Greenwood is the only one of
the trio who will start the game, Balshaw and Bracken have both been influential in getting to the final showdown. Centre Greenwood has five tries in five
games in the tournament, taking his career England points tally to 150 in the process, and he is in line for his 47th cap in the final.
Wing Balshaw scored the try that
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Chatbum A .;...5 3 1 f l4 9 - -
turned the group game with Samoa - one of three in his two outings, while scrum half Bracken has featured in four of the six games so far, moving onto 51 caps in a dis tinguished career. -England have been dubbed the team
that “doesn’t know how to lose” by one ■Australian newspaper - something of a backhanded compliment from the hosts, whose media described Sunday’s 24-7 semi-final success over France as some thing of an “ugly” victory. But over the last 20 months, England
have made winning a habit. Since losing in Paris in last year’s Six Nations, England have won 21 of 22
games - the exception being a “second team” defeat in Marseilles. And England go into the game on the
back of four successive wins over Australia - since the Wallabies claimed their world crown.
; And Woodward saicl: “The most impor
tant thing is that we do everything possi ble to win this game on Saturday night. “There are no guarantees of winning j
anything. “The only way I’ll be disappointed is if
I haven’t done my job, not made the right calls, not fought for something. “If we win it’ll be because we deserved
it. If we don’t, it’ll be because Australia played better.
move on. “I believe we can beat Australia. We
“If that happens, we’ll shake hands and
had a team meeting when everyone had got back and stressed how important it is. to be totally professional. “Lots of people will be calling and tak
ing up time, and this is the “no” week. “We’ve gbt to get the preparation total-
ly right.” , Woodward had backed Australia to reach the final before the start of the tour nament. .... . And he added: “We are very proud. ■ • “We have come here to try and win the -■ World Gup and we are now one game away from it. - “l am very pleased for the team and
they thoroughly deserve it. “It’s a great final now. I am really very
pleased we are going to be there. ■ . “If six weeks ago you'd asked me what
would be my dream final it would have been England v Australia.” .
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PRETTY it was not. However, the result was everything that Clitheroe needed to rebuild their collective confidence after the pre vious week’s mauling. ; Team changes were inevitable
after the defeat at the hands of table toppers Old Bedians; and new skipper Dave Watson took the opportunity to ring the changes. Ben Graves teamed up with
Matt Dugdale to add power to the second row, and James McAloon, James Moody and Ben Curphy returned to the threequarters.
, The scrummage looked far more solid, Thomber, Holmes and Proc tor looked comfortable in the front row, while the back row combina tion of Ralph Rigby, McIntyre and Finch-Hacking, showed
.promise. i Young Finch-Hacking has all the attributes to make an out standing Clitheroe number eight, only attitude and perhaps a doubt - over his ability to compete for the full 80 minutes stand in his way..
• The return of Graves, last year’s . most improved player, will be a big *
bonus to the team, again, once match fitness has been regained. The Watson/Peel half back
partnership also seemed to be back on the rails. . The number nine jersey is skip
per Watson’s best position, and Peel, who couldn’t put a foot right last week, made all the right deci sions. Despite the worst playing condi
tions of the season, Clitheroe ran in three good tries, the best of which fell to flanker Rigby, who combined with McIntyre to score from deep inside his own half: The Maroon and’Golds’ other
five-pointers were less spectacular, as the forwards set up rolling mauls to eventually present Cur phy and McAloon with the oppor tunity to cross the whitewash. Peel contributed'10 points via
two conversions and two penalties,' and went through the 100-point : barrier for the season. - On the social front, the interior .
of the clubhouse is now approach ing completion, and tickets are now on sale for the Christmas Extravaganza, to be held at the - clubhouse on December 6th. .......
part in the open age section of the British Schools’ Dry Slope Ski Championships at Llandudno at the weekend.
board with an exception display of skiing to emerge as convincing winners. Teacher Roy Blacktop commented on
And it was there that they swept the . ,
the success by saying: “Scottish schools have’dominated these championships for years and were expected to do so again, i, “For us to have beaten all those schools from across Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England is an incredible achievement.”
Badminton aces’ brave battle in vain
share their games, but the ladies could only achieve a single victory, courtesy of Maskell and Pym. In the same division, the
third team met the force of YMCA C and recorded four wins, two from the mixed doubles and two
Clitheroe managed three wins, with Ian Smith and Julie Pym
taking.two games, and Tony Bush and Liz Maskell one. The men managed to
from the ladies’ doubles. Disappointingly, two
games were narrowly lost. . A weakened D team faced a long evening’s play on a single court at Aron- dale, and despite losing 14- 2, their performance earned them their highest points score this season. Wins fell to R. Wright
and R. Schmidt in the men’s doubles, and Eva Roloff and Jean Salisbury in the ladies’ doubles.
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