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Legion A Chairman Dave roast Cow! fears niad rush


LEGION A stormed to the top of the Clitheroe and District Pool League Pre­ mier Division, with a 10-2 demolition of Brown Cow Chatburn. Their B side also regis­


tered a win, as they over­ came Stork Hotel B 7-5. Waggon and Horses and


Pendle Hotel A both had 8- 4 wins in the First Division against Bay Horse and Dog Music Bar respective­ ly, while Buck Inn B thrashed Bridge Inn A 10-


2 in the Second Division. RESULTS


Premier Division Stork Hotel A 5, Rose and


Crown 7; Brown Cow Chatburn 2, Royal British Legion A 10; Royal British Legion B 7, Stork Hotel B 5; Castle 7, Craven Heifer A 5; Buck Inn A 7, Billington A 5. First Division


6; St Peter’s Hurst Green 5, New Inn 7; Waggon and Horses 8, Bay Horse 4; Pendle Hotel A 8, Dog Music Bar 4. Second Division


Buck Wrinkleys 8, Royal


Oak A 4; Billington B 3, White Horse A 9; Royal British Legion C 6, Pendle Witch 6; Bridge A 2, Buck Inn B 10.


Third Division


Kings Arms 5, Royal British Legion D 7; White Horse B 9, Buck in Broncos 3; Royal Oak B 6, White Lion 6. Ladies’ Division


Inn A 1; Bridge 7, Billington A 2; Billington B 2, Buck 7; Dog Inn B 6, Royal Oak 3. TONIGHT’S FIXTURES Premier Division


Royal British Legion 8, Dog Royal British Legion A v


Stork Hotel A; Rose and Crown v Buck; Stork Hotel B v Brown Cow Chatburn; Craven Heifer A v Royal British Legion B.


Station Hotel B 6, Bridge B 6; White Hart 6, Pendle Hotel B First Division


dle Hotel B v Brown Cow Clitheroe; Bay Horse v St Peter’s Hurst Green; Dog Music Bar v Waggon and Horses. Second Division


leys; Royal Oak A v Craven B; Pendle Witch v Billington B; Buck B v Royal British Legion C.


Third Division Royal British Legion D v Sta­


tion Hotel B; Bridge B v Dog Music Bar B; Buck in Broncos v Kings Arms; White Lion v White Horse B. • Results must be phoned in


to 01200 443286, and scorecards must be posted to the new address by Friday, to be received by Saturday, for the awarding of the two bonus points for a win. Ladies Challenge Cup Tuesday


Preliminary Round: Royal


British Legion v Buck. . Mens Challenge Cup Thursday, May 29th


Bridge A v Station Hotel B; White Lion v Bridge B; Royal British Legion C v White Horse B; Waggon and Horses v Dog Music Bar; Royal Oak A v Craven Heifer B; White Hart v Stork Hotel B; Stork Hotel A v Billington Band Club B; Buck B v Royal Oak B; St Peter’s Hurst Green v Billington Band Club A; Pendle Hotel A v Rose and Crown; Royal British Legion A v Kings Arms; Craven Heifer A v Buck in Broncos; Buck A v Royal British Legion B; White Horse A v Castle; Brown Cow Chatbum v Buck Wrinkleys. Chris Stewart Foundation Trophy


Preliminary Round: Buck B v


Brown Cow Chatburn; Royal Oak B v Royal Oak A; Kings Arms v Station B; White Horse B v Royal British Legion D; Buck A v Bay Horse Barrow. • To be played before Tues­


day. Next round to be drawn on Monday, June 2nd. Any teams not having played their game will be eliminated.


Pendle Witch v New Inn; New Inn v White Hart; Pen­ White Horse A v Buck Wrink­ for promotion By CHRIS BODEN


CLITHEROE chairman Dave Burgess fears the proposed non­ league pyramid shake-up could spark a mad rush to get on the gravy train. But he insists the Blues won’t


the proposals to split the Nation­ wide Conference into North and South sections, that could lead to more teams from feeder leagues such as the UniBond Premier Division earning promotion. And the knock-on effect could


be endangering the club’s financial welfare to keep in touch, backing the side to again be among the frontrunners for promotion. Should a vote on June 21st pass


lead to more promotion places being made available to the North West Counties First Division. Clitheroe have long been gear­


ing up for UniBond League foot­ ball, and the coming season will be of massive importance. . Burgess said: “We will be trying


READ Rocket Oliver Newby was in line for his first class Lancashire debut at Durham yester­ day. The right-arm fast-


medium bowler was named in the squad to


Racer David back in the hot seat


FORMER Formula One World Champion Nigel Mansell was not always top dog in the world of motorsport. He once played second fiddle to


gearbox karts later in the year. The sport of superkarts boasts


a local enthusiast, by the name of David Ayre. Back in the 1970s, David


some shattering performances, going from 0-60 m.p.h. in 2.2 sec­ onds, and reaching break-neck speeds of over 165 mphl David currently runs Read


claimed the 200cc International Karting World Cup, after pipping the man who later became the 1992 Fl World Champion to the title. And he is aiming to get back to winning ways in a brand new 250E


moving to new premises, incorpo­ rating the sales of karts and superkarts, with David on hand to offer expert guidance. © Sponsorship is currently being


Mobile Tuning in Read. However, this will shortly be


Superkart - alongside his son James. James has started out in four-


stroke kart racing, and with six wins already under his belt, hopes to make the step up to 125 and 250


sought for races held later in the year at courses throughout Britain. Anyone wanting more informa­


tion on superkarts, or to sponsor the pair, can contact David Ayre (01282 775923/ 07977 329470).


to win the league as we always hope to, but it could be vitally important to finish in the top four this time, should the proposals be passed. “To be honest, it would be a


from the beginning of the season. The club are hoping to attract


that a lot of money will be thrown about in our league, and we have to be careful not to get left behind. “At the same time, we don’t


travesty if we didn’t finish in the top four after the last three years. “But I have a horrible feeling


for the last three seasons, and we will try to increase that for this season. “But we don’t want to get into


want to fleece ourselves. “We have had the same budget


ly be unveiling their new home strip, which, for the sixth succes­ sive year, will be sponsored by Castle Cement. The kit, subject to approval, will be all blue and wll be available


financial difficulties.” Meanwhile, the club will short­


face Durham University at the Racecourse. The I8-year-old schol­


backing from businesses and sup­ porters to sponsor up to 40 play­ ers a £40 a time, to supply the team with playing kit, tracksuits and polo shirts. Burgess said: “We are trying to


raise the profile of the club by being more professional, having everyone dressed the same, in both the first team and reserve side.


“We are looking for people to


sponsor individual players to help us raise money. “We are spending nearly £6,000


on the floodlights at Shawbridge, and we have budgeted for £2,000 to tidy up the sponsors’ iounge and clubhouse. “And we have already spent


£3,500 on the work on the pitch, so hopefully people can help out.” Anyone wishing to sponsor a


Read Rocket named in Red Rose squad


arship player has already played for Lancashire at Under 17 and Under 19 level, for the LCB XI and Lancashire seconds,


and was 12th man as Lancashire Lightning beat Hampshire Hawks at Old Trafford on Sun­ day. Newby was named in


the squad alongside skip- per Gary Yates, Alec


Swann, Mark Chilton, Mark Currie, Carl Hooper, Chris Schofield, Jamie Haynes, Paul Horton, Sajid Mah- mood, Earby profession­ al Steven Crook and Gary Keedy.


player for the new season can con­ tact Burgess (01200 445738).


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A MARVELLOUS spell of bowling from Andrew Ben­ nett gifted Read victory in their Thwaites LCB Knock-


Out match at Atherton on Sunday. After Saturday’s game


with Blackburn Northern had fallen victim to the con­ ditions, their Bolton Associa­ tion League counterparts proved no match for the cur­ rent Jennings Ribblesdale League champions. After winning the toss and


inserting their hosts, Bennett claimed the first four wickets of the innings, all for single figures, including paid man Diwakar for five. All five of Read’s attack


Bennett lands cup victory


Nuttall 3-0-14-0; P. Brown 1-0-3-0; D. Baines 7-1-21-2; P. Walsh 6-1- 20-0; G. Greenough 2.3-0-6-0. • THE great British weath­


Sleep b Diwakar.......... C. Walton not out........ ........15 M. Whalley not out__......... 0 Extras................... ........17 Total (for 3) ........... Bowling: Diwakar 9-0-31-1; I.


came up with mercurial spells of bowling, with Warren Eastham chipping in with his first victim after Walsh returned a delivery for eight. Only Marsh (32 not out)


er prevented a potential clas­ sic at Church Meadow, as Ribblesdale Wanderers and Great Harwood shared the points. A lot of effort had gone


gave any respectability to the score, as the innings petered out to a lowly 103-8, as East- ham and captain Chris Wal­ ton added two wickets apiece. It was never going to take


into getting the ground fit for play, and it was somewhat surprising that the game started at all, scheduled for a 43-over contest. After inserting the visitors,


long for the visitors to over­ haul their target, and openers Terry Little and Nick Marsh soon got to work. The former was eventually


rivals Clitheroe. Ribblesdale Wanderers v Great Harwood


Britcliffe 8-2-33-1; T. Braithwaite 9-0-45-0; D. Howard 5-0-30-2. RIBBLESDALE


Crook lbw Nawaz.................14 I. Haworth c Howard b Britcliffe 21 R. Whalley b Howard .......... 64 P. Houldsworth not o u t.........56 A. Armerb Howard..............11 A. McNicholas not out............8 Extras............................ 10 Total (for 4).................. 184 Bowling: Nawaz 12-0-65-1; I.


GREAT HARWOOD


• Professional Peter Sleep went for 25 after his stumps were shattered by opposite number Diwakar, but that was to be Atherton’s final moment of joy. Captain Walton and Michael Whalley played out the innings, as Read took just over 28 overs to reach their goal. This weekend sees a derby


stumped behind by Williamson (22) going for a hefty drive off Baines, while the latter claimed his second victim by clean-bowling Marsh for 26.


paid man Andrew Crook and Ian Haworth put on 36 before Shahid Nawaz trapped his opposite number in front for 14, and his part­ ner was caught by David Howard off Ian Britcliffe for 21.


came and went, with last week’s double centurion Rus­ sell Whalley back to his hard­ hitting exploits. Whalley hit a league


The first rain interruption


J. Rain c Whalley b Simpson .. .7 NawazcNewtonbSimpson ...0 M. Briggs not out.................15 R. Gladwin not out...............13 Extras..............................0 Total (for 2)....................35 Bowling: S. Maher 3.3-2-6-0; G.


Simpson 3-0-29-2. • JUST one fixture survived


the weather in the Jennings Ribblesdale League junior divisions. However, in the one match


that did go ahead, Ribbles­ dale Wanderers claimed the only victory of the weekend at Padiham. After Padiham had batted


record 214 in the cup clash between the sides, and on Saturday he cracked seven fours and four sixes in a 58- ball 64, before he was bowled by Howard, while third-wick­ et partner Houldsworth remained unbeaten on 56 when the declaration came. Wanderers needed to score


double header for the Whal­ ley Road outfit, as they entertain Ribblesdale Wan­ derers on Saturday, and wel­ come Padiham on Sunday.


K. Brown c Payne b Bennett.. .8 P. McLoughlin b Bennett........0 R Wakefield b Bennett............1 Diwakar c Walton b Bennett.. .5


Atherton v Read ATHERTON


P. Walsh c and b Eastham.......8 R Williamson c and b Walton .12


D. Marsh not out .................32 G.Greenoughc Marsh b Eastham 2 P. Brown b Walton ...............12 I.Nuttallnotout.................. 5 Extras............................18 , Total (for 8) .................. 103 Bowling: Sleep 9-5-16-0; A.


Bennett 9-6-3-4; W. Eastham 9-1- 35-2; Q. Ahmed 9-3-16-0; C. Wal­ ton 9-2-19-2.


T. Little st Williamson b Baines. .22 N. Marsh b Baines ............... 26


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TWENTY-ONE members of the Ribble Valley Modern Pen­ tathlon Club travelled to Wolverhampton at the weekend - and two of them returned as national champions! Julie Pym took the top honour


suit in the Under 17 girls’ event. After the shooting events at


Pentathletes take national titles


in the Masters Women’s event at the British Triathlon Champi­ onships. And Louise Highton followed


the national indoor shooting range at Aldersley, both local athletes were placed third in their categories. Good performances in the


home with awards as Samantha Murray finished third in the Under 15 girls’ event, Toby Ban- field was fourth in the Under 19 boys’, Richard Dudbridge was fifth in the Under 11 boys’ and Sarah Vandewalle was sixth in the Under 17s girls. And the club also picked up a


number of team awards. Louise and Sarah were joined


by Catherine Dudbridge to take the Under 17s team title and there were also three second places. Julie, Pam Highton and Bar­


swimming moved them both into second place. And then they both powered


away, meet 12-45 p.m.) J. Green, M. Scott, C. Musson, M. Preston, P. Gaskell, S. Booth, F. Hussain, S. Bish­ op, G. Kershaw, R. Dinsdale, P. Bish­ op. Same team Sunday (v Baxenden, home, meet 1-15 p.m.) except S. Trot­ ter for M. Scott. Scorer: F. Green. Read (v Ribblesdale Wanderers,


home, meet'ground 1 p.m.) W. East­ ham, C. Walton, T. Little, N. Marsh, M. Whalley, L. Woodvine, A. Ben­


nett, J. Marshall, N. Payne, 0. Newby, Sleep. Same team Sunday (v Padiham, home) except F. Barden for O. Newby. Scorer: K. Crabtree. Read 2nds (v Blackburn North­


ern, away, meet Read 1 p.m.) J. Doughty, A. Baron, F. Barden, S. Marshall, K. O’Connor, P. Howarth,


meet 1 p.m.) N. Bolton, A. Bums, M. Bolton, S. Coulter, A. Ainsworth, N. Bibby, M. Hargreaves, S. Whalley, M. Coulter, P. Dibb, Gillespie. Reserve: M. Preston. Same team Sunday (v Ribblesdale Wanderers, away, meet 1 p.m.). Scorer: J. Blackburn. Clitheroe 2nds (v Great Harwood,


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first and posted 206-6, the visitors kept up with the required rate of scoring to end on 177-7 and take the match on run-rate. And after two defeats from


at almost five and a half an over for 25 overs or more for a result to be achieved, and their cause was not helped when professional Nawaz was caught on the boundary first ball. John Rain smashed a six


Gladwin, following another small delay for yet more rain, dragged Wanderers back into the game, hitting 23 in the next two and a half overs. However, play was eventu­


ally called to a halt with the score on 35-2 in 6.3 overs, despite the hosts boasting a run-rate of 5.83. Ribblesdale Wanderers


face two massive games this coming weekend, as they face champions Read and local


away, start 2 p.m.) T. Braithwaite, M. Briggs, D. Howard, I. Britcliffe, R. Gladwin, J. Rain, C. Hall, M. Peel, G. Maguire, J. Braithwaite, Nawaz. Same team Sunday (v Clitheroe, home) except D. Braith­ waite for J. Rain. Scorer: R. Fielding. Ribblesdale Wanderers 2nds (v


W. Driver, M. Doughty, C. Holt, T. Marsh, S. Doughty. Same team Sun­ day (v BGSOB, away) except A. Tinker for W. Driver. Ribbiesdale Wanderers (v Read,


before he too was caught, this time at slip, and the home side were suddenly 12-2. Martin Briggs and Ryan


their opening three First Division fixtures, Ribblesdale register their first win to climb off the foot of the table. © CLITHEROE CC Under 11s A recorded another fine win at local rivals Ribbles­ dale Wanderers in the first round of the cup. Put into bat, the visitors


got off to a steady start, but fine bowliing by the home side restricted Clitheroe to 225 runs in their innings. Again it was the bowling of the Clitheroe side that


ensured the win. Stinson and Bowness


began with two wickets apiece in the first two overs, followed by one for Dent, that left Ribblesdale with a mountain to climb. Consistently good bowling


by the rest of the Clitheroe team saw them home by a margin of 16 runs, giving them a home tie against Great Harwood in the next round.


Whalley 2nds (v Salesbury, home.)


D. Holgate, L. Burgess, J. Blair, I. Grace, R Grace, N. Byrne, S. Taylor, C. Mahon, D. Higginbotham. K. Armer, J. Runshaw, Reserve: R Edmondson. Same team Sunday (v Stacksteads), away, except S. Rail- ton, M. Thomas and J. Beckett for D. Higgginbotham, K. Armer and J. Grunshaw. Reserve: S. Barker


Monday Clitheroe 3rds (v Settle, away,


M. Whelan, L. Kearsley, M. Pye, J. Smith, S. Gorton, D. Westwood, D. O'Neill, A. Pratt, M. Davies, N. Fielding, Cordingley. Same team Sunday (v Settle, home), except D.


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Burnley Belvedere, home, start 2 p.m.) M. Wrigley, B. Spencer, P. Spencer, A. Pearce, R. Whalley, J. Dewhurst, A. King, R. Lloyd, D. Braithwaite, S. Fielding, L. Gidlow. Same team Sunday (v Cherry Tree, away) except A. Marsh and M. Proc­ tor for D. Braithwaite and R. Lloyd. Scorer: R. Clarkson. - Whalley (v Cherry Tree, away)


meet 12-15 p.m.) S. Dawson, D. Musson, R Cox, C. Tinker, D. Walk­ er, J. Warburton, D. Sharpies, C. Palmer, 0. Young, C. Gunn, R. Brown. Scorer: Rebecca Cox. Read 3rds (v Ribblesdale Wander­


ers, away, meet Read 1 p.m.) G. Hinks, M. Suthers, A. Tinker, M. Bennett, J. Laycock, K. O’Connor, S. Marshall, T. Marsh, C. Holt, C. Baron, M. Doughty, S. Doughty. Scorer: A. Laycock. Ribblesdale Wanderers 3rds (v


Read, home, start 2 p.m.) D. Binns, G. Clarkson, S. Braithwaite, D. Bate­ man, M. Pratt, C. Wilson, A. Marsh, R. Preedy, R. Slinger, D. Price, C.


to victory in the running events to take the overall titles. Four other members of the Ribble Valley club returned


Robbie in


the running! YOUNG athlete Robbie Schofield is celebrating a string of running successes. The 11-year-old Clitheroe


Royal Grammar School pupil backed up his Lancashire Schools’ Cross-Country title win by claiming the prestigious mid­ dle distance track double at the recent county AA Champi­ onships in Blackpool. Robbie, a member of Hynd-


bum AC, raced clear of the field to win both the 800m and 1,500m, and coach Don Lennon was thrilled for him: “Robbie came to me midway through last year, and he had not won a race. “But I could see he was a


young athlete with a lot of potential.


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“It was just a case of trying to - n - strength.” .


has never looked back since. “He has gone from strength to


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bara Smith finished in the silver medal position in the Masters Women, and the teams of Samantha, Elizabeth Highton and Sarah Crossley and Michael Smith, James Crossley and Chris Waddington followed suit in the Under 15 girls’ and Under 17 boys’ events.


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