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White brothers are in the frame
GOLF ROUND-UP by Edward Lee
THE White brothers figured promi nently in Clitheroe Golf Club’s week end medal and Castle Cup qualifier. Jody took the Division Two prize
with a cracking nett 64 off his 13 hand icap, while brother James claimed third spot in Division One with a nett 67.
College go Dutch for hockey glory
STONYHURST College came out on top in an English Schools’ Hock ey competition in Maastricht, Hol land. The Hurst Green college took a
25-girl squad to the Netherlands for the tournament, preparing for the competition with games against Dutch opposition. The Under 18 side played
Meerssen, losing 8-1, before the Under 16s went down 9-0 to Kerkrade. The two results acted as a spur, and when the Under 18s faced
Tegelse, the margin of defeat was only 3-0, while the Under 16s lost 2-1 to Venlo. The tough preparation paid off
though, as Stonyhurst did battle against their compatriots. Two Stonyhurst teams faced
Tytherington High School, Cheshire, and St Peter’s, Gloucester shire, in a round-robin competition. Stonyhurst A came through to
win the tournament after beating St Peter’s 2-1 in their final match. Coach Victoria Watson said: “I am proud of the girls.
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Louise stars as Britain win team silver
RIBBLE Valley Modern Pentathlon team member Louise Highton helped Great Britain to a team silver medal at the Euro pean Youth A team Mod ern Pentathlon Champi onship in Mafra, Portu gal. The Clitheroe Royal
Grammar School pupil helped to finish as run ners-up in the relay com petition, starting with a score of 85 in the shoot. This, coupled with
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efforts of 86 and 83 from the South West’s Laura Gomersall and the South East's Nicola Lydall respectively, saw the British side into sixth place after the first event. In the swim, the team
moved into second place, with Louise recording a personal best of 1.03 in the 3x100m freestyle. The girls also proved
themselves in the fence, and maintained second place, despite Louise hav ing an off day by her stan dards and only winning 11 of her bouts.
The Great Britain team
then took in the 3x1,500m run, and after starting 44 seconds behind the Hun gary team in first posi tion, Louise and her team mates fought off the rest of the European pack to finish second overall, ahead of third placed Belarus. In the individual com
petition, Louise equally held her own with the rest of Europe’s elite as she finished 15th overall. The 15-year-old fin
ished fifth in the 200m freestyle swim, which put her into fifth overall going into the fencing event. She started well in her
jousts and finished with 20 victories to her credit, b u t unfortunately was forced down in the rank ings. And in the shoot she
attained a personal best of 166 points. But i t was in the run
that she really came into her own, finishing the fa s te s t girl from Great Britain in the 1,500m
with a time of 11.40. As a group, the Great
Britain competitors just missed out on a medal position with fourth place. Meanwhile, back in the
North West, the rest of the Ribble Valley Modern Pentathlon team took p ar t in the Fleetwood Seaside Triathlon and Biathlon competition at the town’s Ross Hall Sec ondary School. Star athlete of the day
was Julie Pym, who won both ladies’ masters events with the best run and swim. She was joined by Eliz
abeth Highton, who fin ished first in the Under 15 Girls’ triathlon and sec
ond in the biathlon. Fellow Under 15s ath
lete Duncan Burns did the boys proud with first in the biathlon. The only other firs t
place on the day came in the masters men from Tony Bush, who won the biathlon and finished sec ond in the triathlon. The team also did well
in the group events, with the masters women finish ing f irs t in both the biathlon and triathlon, and the men’s masters team recording second in their respective biathlon and triathlon rounds. The British team are
pictured receiving their awards, (s)
“Their heads could have gone
down with the first two heavy defeats, but it just inspired them to do better. “It was a valuable learning experi
ence.” Captain of the tour party, Cristi
na Garlington, 18, from Hurst Green, added: “The first results were a bit of a shock, but we have a great team spirit and they just brought us even closer together and made us determined to win through in the end.” The tour squad are pictured, (s)
sion One, relegating Richard Tyrell (76-9- 67) into second place on the same score as Jamie White (77-10-67) and Archie Moro (75-8-67). David Coupe contin
ues to post impressive scores, and his round of 79-14-65 was good enough for second place in Division Two. John Holden (83-15-68) took third place, and Ralph Postlethwaite’s 74 was good enough for the gross prize. Sunday’s three-man
team event resulted in a comprehensive victory for Mark Jones, Oliver Drink water and Gary Speak with 87 points. That was 10 points
better than John Crab tree, Jim Furnell and Alex Rigby, who took second place after a card play-off wuth Brian Stokes, Clive Richards and Jeff Crowther.
Spoons success
for duo CAROL ASHLEY and Maureen Micklewright won the Australian Spoons qualifier at Clitheroe GC. The 31 stableford
points also saw them top the Bronze Divi sion, ahead of Marion Niven and Kath Bithell (30) and Elizabeth Barnes and Sue John son (29). Prizes in the Silver
Division went to Mary Eglin and Kath Bolton (32); Helen Maginn and Kris Baldwin (31) and Irene Hinks and Mary Thompson (30).
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PAUL and Andrew Wray defended their Fourball Trophy Medal at Whalley GC on Saturday. The brothers scored 64 to hold off the challenge of
Nigel Ashworth and Derek Shirtcliffe by one shot. Captain Peter Seavers and Steven Green were third,
on the card, with 67, ahead of Kevin Walker and Neil Pollard.
C l _ ^ c t f 'W l r t • Willi awards night
MARK JEFFREY (+7) won the Post Office Bogey Cup at Mytton Fold on Saturday. Ray Standring (+3) and Steve Brooks (+2) were
the pick of Division One ... Gary Davies (+6) took Division Two on the card from Jim Chambers ... Steve Shoreman (+5) beat Stuart Mayor (+4) for the Division Three honours. Jake Chadwick and Roger Altham have progressed
to the next round of the Daily Mail Foursomes after a solid win against Clitheroe GC pairing Steve Dean and Peter Harrison.
Bardi’s flying start
MYTTON Fold GC professional Mike Bardi has had an excellent start to the ELPGA Alliance season. In the opening fixture at Hesketh he won the top
pro’s prize and then followed that with second place at Marriott Worsley with a round of 71. Clitheroe’s Stuart Andrew was top pro at Worsley
with a round of 69. He also partnered Clitheroe’s Paul Connolly to vic
tory with 44 points, winning on a card play-off from a pair from Great Harwood with Mick Hadfield (Lee Valley Driving Range) and Mark Ashworth (Clitheroe) in third place on 43 points.
Anne’s qualifier win
ANNE PRIOR took the LLCGA Qualifier at Whal ley Golf Club after carding 110-36-74. Janet Sharp was second with 110-35-75, while Shirley Palich was third, carding 94-19-75.
THE Mytton Fold junior team enjoyed an excellent 8-0 away win at Green Haworth.
Juniors hit top form Back at home, Andrew Nickson (+7) won the April
Bogey after a card play-off with Daniel Green. The rapidly-improving Joe Cross was third (+6).
Richard leads juniors home
GOOD weather, combined with school holidays, allowed junior golfers at Clitheroe to return
impressive scores in the fifth round of the
Easter Championship. Richard Thompson returned a nett 65 to
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Entries sought
RIBBLESDALE Wanderers Bowling Club have announced details of their two hugely popular summer events. The club will host the Spring Dou
bles, sponsored by Interbrew, from Sat urday, May 22nd. Qualifying matches will continue on
May 29th, June 5th and 12th with the fmal on the 19th. £850 prize money is at stake and
entries, at £10 per pair, should be sent to Michael Britcliffe, 162 Chatburn Road, Clitheroe (01200 424328). Next up after that is the Bar-be-quick
Floodlit Pairs which starts on Monday, September 20th. Qualifying will be held Monday to
Thursday Until October 14th, with the finals day on Saturday, October 23rd. Entry is £10 to the above address.
Knockout date
The individual knockout competition in the Hyndburn and District Bowling League is set to take place at Grange Bowling Club on Saturday. It is a one-day competition, there is
no practice, scratch time will be 15 min utes, and all competitors must report at the corresponding times listed below.
9- 30 a.m. - M. Burns v D. Mather; P.
Bold v G. Hindle; P. Fryer v G. Yorke; L. Hindle v R. Campbell; B. Hinks v A Cornall; J. Taylor v G. Ramsbottom. 10- 30 a.m. - B. Green v M. Fryer; I.
Berry v B. Ashworth; J. Mason v D. Thomas; B. Yerkess v M. Wright. 11- 15 a.m. - B. Horman v T. Grif
fiths; D. Waterhouse v D. Anderton; K. Bloomer v N. Threlfall; A. Norman v D.
Bonney. Noon - D. Symmonds v M. Griffiths;
P. Bonney v M. Cornall; B. Exley v C. Rammel; M. Graham v C. Massey; L. Rammel v L. Tomlinson.
One day event
S t A n d rew ’s Bowling Club, on Abinger S treet, Burnley, have organised a one-day in v i ta t io n competition for Saturday, Ju ly 31st, s ta r t in g a t 10 a.m. T h e event will be sponsored b y McPar-
la n d F in a n c ia l M a n a g em e n t L td a n d F a rnw o r th Solicitors, a n d h as a t t r a c te d m o s t of th e leading bowlers in th e game
today. ■The field features no less th an 12 Water
loo finalists, an d 14 players who have fea tu red in the final of the an n u al Champion of Champions ev en t - in ad d i t io n to th e w in n e r s of m a n y of th e m a jo r bowling handicaps la st season. P la y is s ch ed u led to s t a r t a t 10 a .m .,
a n d e n t ry will b e b y p ro g ram m e, which will be available on th e door for £1. R ef reshments an d b ar facilities will be available during th e day.
TWO Clitheroe swimmers picked up medals in the British Masters Champi onships at the Manchester Aquatic Centre. Super-fit Julie Pym took
bronze in the 40-45 years freestyle, and Peter Jones won silver in the 30-35 years backstroke. Pym swam 31.06 sec
onds to finish on the podi um, and Jones, who only returned to the pool five months ago after a 12-year break, was just edged out of gold in a time of 29.80 seconds. He also swam 24.89 sec onds in the men’s freestyle
relay to help Clitheroe Masters into sixth place. Clitheroe Masters are
coached by Jonathan Pre ston, who also coaches Clitheroe Dolphins. Meanwhile, Clitheroe
Dolphins continued their unbeaten run when they travelled to Kirkham for the third Subsidiary League Gala of the season. They finished convinc
ing winners with 150 points, 19 ahead of Rosegrove. Individual winners were,
for the juniors, Hayleigh Jones in the freestyle, Bryn Phillip in the back-
THE Ribble Valley Darts and Dominoes Winter League season drew to a close with a presentation evening at the
Billington Brass Band Club. Prizewinners and officials are pictured before the pre
sentation. (C190404/3) Mark’s bogey victory Masters among medals
stroke and butterfly, and Kara Singleton in the breaststroke. Intermediate winners
were Emma Wild and Scott Singleton, both in the breaststroke, and Eliz- abeth Highton in the backstroke. Elizabeth Highton also
won the open backstroke, with Mark Jaggs taking the breaststroke. The Dolphins won the
girls’ intermediate and open medley relay, and the •boys’ open freestyle relay and open medley relay.
JULIE PYM
Prestige friendly
DOG Inn have announced details of a prestige fundrais ing friendly against a Stony hurst College select team. The match will take place
at Clitheroe FC’s Shawbridge ground on Wednesday, with a kick-off time of 7-30 p.m., where both teams will be competing for the newly-cre ated Friendship Shield. Dog Inn wish to express
their gratitude to Clitheroe, and in particular, chairman David Burgess. The evening promises to be
a most enjoyable occasion, and thanks to Clitheroe, the bar will be open and everyone will be able to enjoy a pie and peas supper. While there will be no for
mal entrance fee for specta tors, collections will be taken and donations will be grate fully accepted. All proceeds taken on the
night will go to Friends of Whalley Primary School. There will also be a raffle with fantastic prizes on offer.
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Coulter brace wins villagers cup final slot
R im in g lo n ............... .2
Settle United. ............1 RIMINGTON reached the final of the East Lan cashire League President’s Cup after this narrow win over Settle at Padiham. But it was their oppo
nents who started the brighter of the two sides, with Kershaw denying them on numerous occa sions. Rimington soon got
back into the game, and with O’Neill and Haslam a menace on the flanks, it was they who took the lead. Coulter broke away
from his marker and fired an unstoppable shot into the roof of the net. The villagers were now
on top and had several chances to extend their lead. And they did so on the
stroke of half-time, as a pass from Lawson released Bartlett, and he fed Coul ter, who fired in from close
range. Liam Carter replaced
the injured O’Neill and should have made it 3-0 when he broke away, but shot wide. Settle dragged them
selves back into the match with 15 minutes remaining on a breakaway. And they could have
forced the game into extra time, but a last-gasp free kick rattled the woodwork. Kelbrook......................1 Riminglon .................4 THE villagers continued their excellent league run with a hard-fought win at Kelbrook. Matt Coulter was tor-
mentor-in-chief as he net ted all four of his sides goals, and should have had more. They showed their
intent early on as an Alan Sayle header crashed against the bar, before opening the scoring through a Carter corner. Minutes later it was 2-0
after Coulter doubled both his and his side’s tally from close range. Coulter was then denied
a blatant penalty when upended in the area as he raced through, but was not to be denied his first hat- trick for the club on the half hour. The locals should have
extended their lead in the second half as they contin ued to play fast, attacking football. But i t was Kelbrook
who pulled a goal back with a shot from the edge of the area, before Coulter wrapped up the game with a neat finish. 0 Rimington’s Presi
dent’s Cup Final with Goodshaw United will be played a t Clitheroe’s Shawbridge ground on Tuesday, kick-off 7 p.m. The locals then travel to
Bamoldswick Town’s West Close Road for the Craven Cup Final on Friday, May 7th, kick-off 6-30 p.m.
Giant-killing hopes hit for six in semi-final tie
Barnoldswick Town..........................6 Waddington....................................... 0 WADDINGTON were hit for six in their Craven and District Cup semi-final encounter. . Any hopes they had of a giant-killing
act were put to bed within five seconds of the kick-off! Waddington were 3-0 down after just
10 minutes, but fought hard for the remainder of the match. Credit must go to the side for becoming
the only Craven League side to reach the last four of the prestigious competition this season. The side would like to thank Shackle- ton’s Garden Nursery and Florist of
Chatbum for sponsoring and supporting the club. Skipton Bulldogs.............................. 4 Waddington....................................... 3 TWO goals from Robert Lloyd proved to be in vain as Waddington lost out in the league at Skipton. Martin Cane was also on the scoresheet
with a quality individual effort, but it proved to be not enough. The club take part in their first of two
cup finals tonight, when they take on Gargrave in the First Division Cup. The match will be played at
Bamoldswick’s Victory Park ground, and will kick-off at 6-30 p.m. All players are to meet at the Waddington Arms at 4-45 p.m.
Promotion hopes still alive despite big loss
Wigan SMR ....................7 Chipping............................ 1 THIS top of the table clash unfortunately saw Chipping come home empty handed - and in some style. Against probably the
strongest side in the divi sion, the locals were miss ing several players. And despite the final
scoreline, Chipping came out of the game with con siderable credit as they
battled hard throughout in hot conditions. Wigan went in at half
time 2-0 up thanks to a well-worked effort and a tap-in after a lucky break in the box. And despite Chipping’s
best efforts after the restart, the goals began to flow for the home side as they roared into a 7-0 lead. Determined not to allow
the score to get any worse, Chipping’s never-say-die
attitude was rewarded late on with a deserved conso lation goal. Fordham picked up the
ball on the right and fed a neat pass inside to Danny Austin, who hit a pinpoint shot into the bottom cor ner.
With fixtures against
Catforth and Hesketh to come, Chipping still have an excellent chance of gaining a deserved promo tion.
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