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Ciitheroe 422324 (Editoriai), 422323 (Advertising), Burniey 422331 (Ciassified) Blues go down by Adrian Capstick


Stocksbridge Park Steelsl Clitheroe . . . . ..... ..........4


CLITHEROE proved that they , could mix it with th e ' best in the UniBond First Division on Tuesday night - despite suffering a narrow away defeat- to second


placed


Stocksbridge Park Steels in Sheffield. The locals looked a


totally different side to th a t what lost 2-0 at Chorley the week before, and but for an outstand­ ing free kick from the Yorkshire side, the Blues should have taken home at least a point. That moment arose in the second half when Rus­


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sell Clark had no option as last man back but to halt the Stocksbridge for­ ward by any means, and as a result he received his second red card of the sea­ son. What the crowd could


see through the thick fog that had engulfed Brack­ en Moor was limited, but


■Wayne Bullimore curled the resulting free kick over the Blues wall, past a stranded Kris Richens. I t was hard to see how


Stocksbridge had gone 10 games unbeaten before this encounter, as Clitheroe more than matched them in every quarter, playing 4-5-1 with Gary Jackson in a lone striking role. But when Lee Sculpher


substituted himself, due to injury at half-time, the re-shuffle a t the back . allowed Stocksbridge to take advantage. This single goal,


although proving the match-winner, did not change the einphasis of the game though, as Clitheroe had as many if not more chances in front of goal to equalise - but again, the back of the net eluded them. In the first half, Steve


McDonald found space down the right wing by skipping over defenders to find Gary Jackson with a lay off, but his header was struck s tra ig h t a t the keeper. And both Gavin Cooper and Barrie Hart had free


kicks from identical posi­ tions to th a t of Park Steels' goal, but lacked the same placement. However, it was Paul


Stansfield's inspirational run from well inside his own half that proved to be Clitheroe's best oppor­ tunity of the game. The central midfielder


caught the visitors on the break and out paced two players, before rounding another and firing from just outside the six yard box. Unfortunately, his shot


was met by the last man back, who nearly bundled the ball in,’but for the intervention of Stocks­ bridge keeper Steve Hodgson on the line. In all, a much improved


Lee Sculpher


performance from the Blues,


in visually


impaired conditions where both sets of players struggled to see the ball and each other.


Trophy exit for Sculpher’s men Clitheroe ..............1


Kendal Town................4 DESPITE a much- improved performance, Clitheroe went out of the FA Trophy on Friday night - although the score­ line slightly flattered the visitors. Manager Lee Sculpher


started Gary Jackson in a lone attacking role, but by packing the midfield, the support to the front man was much improved, and the Blues created more goalscoring opportunities than in previous games. After falling behind to a


Dave Foster volley after only six minutes, Clitheroe responded in a positive manner.


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Pauline’s triple bowls joy


TRIPLE success greeted Pauline Stansfield at the Sabden Bowling Club pre­ sentation night. And it was the doubles


events where she excelled, scooping both the Isabelle Hodgson Ladies’ and Wal­ ter Beesley Mixed. She teamed up with Sue


Cookson to take the for­ mer, before joining forces with Peter Shipston to take the Mixed. She also picked up the


Red Team player of the year trophy. Mary Griffiths picked


up two awards in the form of the Thomas Lightbown Salver Ladies’ Singles, and the Molly Swift "Veterans Singles.*^ The latter saw her finish


ahead of, husband Tom, who proceeded to finish runner-up in the White Hart Open Singles behind Trevor Wildman. But he did gain success


in the form of the Ken Hodgson Men’s Doubles


alongside Peter Warbur- ton. Alongside his Open Sin­


gles success, 'Wildman also scooped the President’s Cup Club Singles title - ahead of Warburton. And Warburton also fin­


ished runner-up in the Brenda Thomas Shield, behind Peter Lambert. But the Warburton curse didn’t end there, as


Valerie was pipped at the post in the Thomas Light­ bown Salver. But she did pick up the


Blue Team player of the year trophy, with John Robinson taking the Black Team equivalent. Alan Whalley and Pat


White took the Pendle Witch Trophy Doubles ahead of Dennis Mather and Peter Wright, while


Jean Isherwood and Eric Sparks, and Rita ’Whittak­ er and Barabra Mather were runners-up in the Walter Beesley and Isabelle Hodgson competi­ tions respectively. Glenda Parfitt, Dave


Parsons and Margaret Wright scooped the respective A, B and C team player of the year prizes, while Jillian


Nicholson took the Veter­ ans’ equivalent. The Most Iniproved


Lady Player award weiit to June Beesley, while Kevin Lingard rounded off the prizes with the Sabden player of the year trophy. Prizewinners and offi­


cials are pictured at the annual presentation night for the club a t Whalley Golf Club. (T111004/3)


On 10 minutes, neat link


up play between Jon Paul Fagan and Jackson released Chris Whitting- ham on the right hand side of the penalty area, and the winger was unlucky to see his well-struck shot just pass the wrong side of the post. Jackson was then


involved in the equaliser that arrived on 15 minutes. In all honesty he should


have scored himself, but the goalkeeper blocked his shot. However, fortune favoured the Blues) and the ball broke to Paul Stans­ field, who headed home from close range. Clitheroe pushed for­ ward with more confidence


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following this, and Jackson was thwarted again on 25 minutes. Capitalising on a weak


back pass, he rounded the goalkeeper, but from a tight angle couldn’t direct his shot on target. Kendal thought they


should have had a penalty when Chris Nestor appeared to handle inside the penalty area as they were kept a t bay by the Clitheroe defence. A lapse in concentration


though, just moments into the second half, saw Kendal take the lead again. A long ball through the


middle saw the defence and goalkeeper hesitate, and Foster nipped in to round


Richens and duly fire home. Sculpher still looked for a


way back and bravely took himself off to provide fur­ ther attacking menace in the shape of Neil Spencer. I t was another substi­


tute, Robbie Smith, who came closest to scoring though, as his superb turn and shot from 20 yards out was smartly tipped over the crossbar by the keeper. Jackson was then


thwarted once more, this time by the post following an excellent run and cross from the marauding Adam Gardner, before Kendal secured the victory. Clitheroe failed to clear a cross into the area, and


Foster was on hand to complete his hat trick on 70 minutes. The final goal arrived


with a large slice of luck on 78 minutes. Russell Clarke was


trapped in by the corner flag and went to play the ball off his opponent for a goal kick. However, the ball stayed


in play, and a low ball into the area was finished by Mike Jack. Despite another heavy


defeat, Clitheroe can take heart from this display and hopefully a return to win­ ning ways isn’t too far away.


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A VERY strong finish to the season saw Bob Scott — yes, he is also from Scotland! - crowned as the 2005 winner of the Order of Merit at Mytton Fold, pip­ ping long term leader, Daniel Holgate, at the post in the final competition of the season. England supporter Holgate bombarded the Hand-


Bob to the fore!


icaps/Competitions chairman with text messages for an update on the scores being returned in the last competition to see if he had managed to maintain the lead which he had held from the start of the season. But a strong nett 72 in difficult, blustery condi­


tions saw Scott capture enough points to triumph. On Saturday, the Champion of Champions event,


for those players who had finished in first and second places in the season’s competitions, took place. Alongside this event, all other members played for


the Duffers’ Cup. Tony Wilson, (80-12-68), emerged as the Champi­


on of Champions, with Denis Leaver (85-16-69) win­ ner of the Duffers’ Cup. Colin T. Elliott (81) had the best gross in the


Champions’ event, with John Berry (83-9-74), Simon Galloway (89-15-74) and David Halsall (94-24-70) winning the divisional prizes. Roger Altham carded 76 to take the gross award in


the Duffers’ Cup, while divisional awards went to Bob Scott (84-12-72), Keith Gill (86-15-71) and Anthony Pickup (94-2^72). Sunday saw the traditional end-of-season clash


between teams representing the captain and presi­ dent. A very closely-contested match saw the captain’s


team emerge as victors - although the winning team members are still waiting for their valedictory drink! Colin T. Elliott (35) was the overall winner by a


point from Roger Altham. David Clegg and John Berry both carded 33 points


to be the top performers in the captain’s team, while Neil Osliffe (33) and Daniel Holgate (31) were the best scorers in the president’s team. Keith Dickinson and Ken Bythell (69) won the


greensomes competition at "Whalley GC on Saturday. They beat Chris Blackadder and John Sherry


(69.5) into second place. The tricky par-three 17th hole at Clitheroe has


often proved costly over the years - and Sunday’s multi-mixed team event was no exception. Dynamic husband and wife team Mike and Mari­


lyn Fletcher, ably supporter by Simon Cherry, returned a creditable 78 points. But they only managed one point between them on


the 17th, and this lapse cost them first place because Simon and Sarah Hale with the consistent John Paw- son had the same score but a better back nine - four points on the aforementioned 17th effectively hand­ ing them victory. Golfing buddies over many years, Denis Greenup


and Bob Aitken, matched each other shot for shot in the single stableford, both returning 38 points. However, top upholsterer-David Warner lined his


pockets by taking top spot with 39 to leave Greenup and Aitken second and third after a play-off. David Brennan was a welcome visitor to the


leaderboard with a creditable 37 points to take foiuth place from Ron Andrew and Carl Drinkwater on the same score. Lady members at Clitheroe also contested a single


Division ahead of Dorothy Dady (31) and Jean Holt (30)


. And Doreen Bolton (35) also had things her own


way in the Bronze Division ahead of Carol Cherry (31) -and Pat Murray (30).


History in the making! HISTORY was made in the Ribblesdale Wanderers Bowling Club Bar-Be-Quick Floodlit Pairs, Tranmere duo G. Cooper and K. Davies became the ’


first-ever all-lady partnership to advance to the final. They were joined in the October 23rd showpiece by ' '


. Heywood’s E. Ralphson and C. Chapman, as well as B. Finn and M. Fleming from Blackburn. M. Gilpin and K. Parker from Kendal also advanced to the final. There is just one more qualifier left to play, scheduled


for tonight, with the final taking place on Saturday =|= week.


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stableford. Carl Ashley (36) was the clear winner of the Silver


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Badminton players’ make


bright start CLITHEROE A have got off to a bright start in the opening matches of the new badminton season. They played arch


rivals Clitheroe B in their first match, and enjoyed a close 10-6 victory. Christine Smitton


started the new season in excellent form, win­ ning all her games. Unfortunately the A


team were not so fortu­ nate in their following fixture as they suffered a 14-2 defeat a t the hands of Brockhall A. But the locals quick­


ly bounced back to beat YMCA B 10-6 at Clitheroe in their last fixture. The match was sewn


up after the mixed dou­ bles, with the pairings of Martin Meadows and Jane Macewan, Damien Evans and Mary Brass proving too strong for the oppo­ sition as they comfort­ ably won their matches at a canter. Clitheroe A can take


great confidence from these results and will look to progress over the season.


Ten-man Lions roar to victory


UNBEATEN Clithcroe Lions continued their splen­ did start to the season with a narrow 2-1 victory at Gargravc.. Things didn't start according to plan, however, as


the iLions-wereidownito lOmen, with keeper, Mashiter sent off for bringing down Brown in: the:


penalty area. i :'They were further punished with the referee giv­ ing a spot kicki’ and despite it having to be re-taken^ Brown put it past makeshift keeper Pinard. The Lions were dazed for a while, but soon


bounced'back with dominatingperformanccs from Jimmy Clegg, Rick Holden and man of the match,


skipper CengizAvci. ' ■ s For long periods of the first half the Lions were the: better team and equalised with the last kick of the half. ■ V


~ * A great pull back by Coates was met by a fine shot;


by Avci, which the keeper parried to Conti, who fin­ ished with style.


i sThings threatened to boiliover in the second half with adrenalin running high in both camps, but: the;: LionscopedwellwithlOmen,probably:duetothC:: worfc ratefromundustrial midfieldersAvci and::


Gaughan.' The back'four also worked hard and had; to deal ,


with relentless pressure; before Holden blasted inlO:. the Gargrave net to give the.Lions a;:Well-deserycd: victory as they continue to look impressive in their search for silverware.


the season - and they didn't dis­ appoint with a 2-1 win. The locals took control of the


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game from the start with efforts from Cane, Jonathan Dugdale and Robert Lloyd all going close.


"WADDINGTON trav­ elled to Embsay looking


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THE Ribble Valley Netball Club Under 12s who won a netball competition at Sale. Pictured are (back) Abi McCabe, Phillipa Smith, Natalie Haythornthwaite, Sophie Hindle, (front) Kate Barron, Rachel Ronan, Kirsty Burton, Lian Shaw. (A071004/6)


THE Ribble Valley Netball Club Under 16s pictured at Ribblesdale High. From left (back) Amy Forster, Joey Thompson, Jasmine Lightbown, Jenna Woodcock (front) Laura Marlow, Anna Rowlandson, Olivia Broom,and Sallie Easton. (G111004/9a)


J^enna lines-up an England date!


THE Ribble Valley Net- ball Club will be keeping i t ’s collective fingers crossed next month for one of their players. Jenna Woodcock, a key


member of the Under 16s team, has battled her way through to the final round of trials for the England Under 17s team. And she has got there despite the fact that she is


only just 14-years-old. Jenna (picured left,


G111004/9b) has been for a series of trials and is now looking forward to her chance to get into the national squad. Jenna has recently been


in action for the local club in the North West Super­ league tournament. A total of 16 teams con­ verged on the Manchester


Velodrome, and it was the Ribble Valley club which emerged as worthy win­ ners. The team then hit the


road again to Bramhall in Cheshire for the northern qualifying rounds of a national tournament. Teams from across the


north west were in action, with the top four qualifiers making it through to the


Five-star Chipping


A FIVE-STAR perfor­ mance by Chipping saw the side continue their run of form with a 5-0 victory at previously unbeaten Leyland St Mary’s. Chipping played some


excellent football despite having a number of absen­ tees through injury. • Despite two changes in


the back four. Chipping looked solid throughout, and earned their first clean sheet of the season. This excellent defensive


platform set Chipping up for a high-tempo attacking game, as they laid siege to the Leyland goal. Reward came early on


as a through ball set Oily Hayhurst clear, who slid in on the keeper and reacted quickest to rifle home. The lead should have


been extended on a num­ ber of occasions, as Hay­ hurst and Danny Austin were unlucky not to score. Phil Peck was also unlucky when, clear


And this persistant pressure to extend their winning start to


paid off when Cane and Peter Dugdale combined well to see the latter put in a cross for Tim Fagan to head in at the back


post. ‘Waddingtori proved staunch


in defence as any attacks from Embsay were soon restricted by the solid pair of Mick Hindle


through, he was cynically taken down from behind. Leyland nearly got back


into the game as they pressed for an equaliser before half-time, and only a smart headed clearance by Ireland and a post pre­ vented the home side from snatching a goal. Chipping began the sec­


ond half as they had the first, with Mark Fordham and Johnny Fletcher tak­ ing control in the middle, preventing Leyland from having any time on the ball. The midfield carved out


a number of excellent opportunities, and Chip­ ping were rewarded with further goals to kill the game off. The Leyland backline


could not contain the Chipping front two, and it was Austin who scored twice from close range to make the game safe. Hayhurst, not to be out- done by his strike partner,


and Simon Cunliffe, who kept the back line under control. However, it was a lapse in


midfield that gave Embsay the chance to equalise with a 25- yard strike, giving Andy ’Willa­ cy in goal no chance on 37 min­ utes. And another fine break from Dugdale found the head of


netted the fourth after good work from Austin. And with both Austin


and Hayhurst on a hat- trick, it was again Hay­ hurst who broke through with the chance to score. However, seeing Austin


in a better position, he unselfishly squared, only to see him blast the ball over the bar from six yards. Both players deserved a


hat-trick for their perfor­ mances, but it was Ford- ham who capped his own dazzling display with the final goal of a pulsating match, after more good work from Austin and a clever dummy by Fletcher. There was still work to


do at the back though, and it took a goal line clear­ ance from Ghoni and an acrobatic save from Matt Ireland to maintain the clean sheet. Chipping's next game is


Saturday, when they travel to Preston GSA.


Peter Fletcher and the back of the net, only to be ruled off­ side. In the second half. Wadding-


ton came out and again over­ powered Embsay, but the resulting attack was dealt with by their defence and on-form keeper. It then took a further 20 min-


next stage. And the Ribble Valley


players kept up their recent impressive record by booking their chance to pit their collective skills against teams from across the rest of the country. Meanwhile, teams from


the club, which trains at Ribblesdale High Technol­ ogy College in Clitheroe, have been in action in the


Stamford Tournament at Sale in Cheshire. All the local teams in


action were a credit to the club, and all reached a t least the semi-final stage. But the Under 9s and


the Under 12s were the pick of the Ribble 'Valley crop as they returned home as worthy champi­ ons.


Rimington keep good run going


RIMINGTON; brought:Enfield’s unbeaten start ;to the season to an end with a solid display and a 3^0:


win. i> They were ahead as early as the third minute, after


Tom O’Neill was brought down in the area a n d , Mankowski slotted home:thc resulting spot kick; ::; ; - O’Neill and Coulters’s intelligent runs ran the vis­ iting defenders ragged, but Rimington failed to capiT ;: talise. That was until the :35th minute,'when a Lawson ::


free kick saw the keeper make a hash of his punch; and Rick Whalley finished from close range. : Lawson was again involved when his glorious 40t : yard pass found PauLKeighlcy’s surging run from;


: fullback;' aind his cross was met by Coulter’s header;: which the keeper was fortunate to keep out. Enfield had been more content.to argue with the


referee than anything else,-but they almost pulled a goal back j ust before half-time but shot wide. ■ The hosts got off to a shaky start after the break,


' giving Enfield their best:spell:of: the:game,:but:thcy< could not beat a defiant Kershaw, who had to be; quick off his line to deny the forwards. And it was O’Neill who wrapped up the points with


a fiercely-struck shot from cight'yards to keep Rim- ington’s run going. Mankowski and Kay both received injuries and


this will be a concern for Terry Braithwaitc as they begin their defence of the Craven Cup this week with a tricky tie at Bcntham.


utes for the locals to break through, with a solid run from full back "Wayne Boothman finding the head of leading goal scorer Lloyd, who beat the on­ coming keeper just inside the box. Waddington remained solid


from here on, and found the net again with a Jonathan Dugdale


goal, but again his effort was ruled out. Tony Pritt was pleased with


his side's performance and has noted an improvement each week as confidence is growing


' with every game. The club would like to thank


Mortimers of Clitheroe for their match-hall sponsorship.


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