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www.clitheroetoday.co.uk Great start for Blues
CrUheroe Reserves . . . .2 Barrow Reserves ........ 2 FRIDAY night proved a great start for Clitheroe Reserves in their first Lancit Haulage Lan cashire Football League fixture of the season. Against a strong Barrow
side, who had earlier in the week beaten Lancaster City’s second string 2-0, Clitheroe came up against a bigger and more experi enced outfit and acquitted themselves well to earn a deserved draw. Fans in attendance also
saw Neil Reynolds build his fitness levels with a commanding role in the middle. This was his first game back since returning
from holiday, and, with
• the first team without a game, this was a welcome run out for the Clitheroe midfielder. Clitheroe took about 10
minutes to get into the game, and then for the whole of the first half and for 20 minutes of the sec ond, they played great football with pace and quality. The Blues netted a goal
in each half thanks to Alan Coar, who proved to be a real handful, while tri- alist goalkeeper Peter Collinge was outstanding and must now be in con tention for the increasing ly competitive first team place. He started pre-sea-
son with Accrington Stan ley but after not making the cut for the first team he has been at Clitheroe for just a week where he has
unanimously
impressed. The Blues defence also
proved solid, with Andy Ellis dominant at centre half, and the central mid- field combination of Reynolds and Liam Gid- low controlling Clitheroe’s creative play with four to five good chances. While Shaun Davies
and Andy Tinker con stantly troubled the oppo sition with their direct running and constant sup ply of balls for Danny Gorton and Coar up front.
Unfortunately, an injury
to Ellis meant a re-shuffle and that, coupled with a little lack of experience at this level, saw Barrow gain the upper hand in the last 20 minutes and score their equaliser two minutes from the end. Last night Shawbridge
played host to Accrington Stanley Reserves, while tomorrow night the reserves face Chorley at Victory Park, kick-off 7- 45 p.m. Their next home fixture
is next Tuesday against Fleetwood Town while, co- incidently, the first team are away at the coastal club’s Highbury Stadium, kick-off 7-45 p.m.
Chipping win with late strike
Chipping.....................................2 Hoole United ............................ 1 A LATE goal ensured Chipping made a winning start to the new sea son on Saturday. Although this was not the most
convincing of performances, it was the result that mattered and sets the villagers up well for the long season ahead. Chipping started the game slowly
and went behind early in the game from an untidy opener. A scramble in the box saw keeper
Ireland make two outstanding saves, but he watched helplessly as Nay lor’s attempted clearance cannoned off a Hoole player and landed fortu itously in the corner of the net. This early setback forced Chip
ping into action and Fletcher and Mailing began to stamp their
Villagers win small schools’ shield
YOUNGSTERS at Thor- neyholme Primary School won the small schools’ championship. The award was present
ed to them last week, and although only seven play ers were on the pitch at any one time, there were nine players who achieved the feat. The boys, all good
friends, have been playing together for four years all the way through primary school. Surprisingly, the boys
had no real training regime for this match, but they practised their skills every day during playtime and breaks. Remarkable efforts were
demonstrated by the boys, who beat their foes, Waddington Primary
School, 4-0. Our picture shows victo
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authority on the midfield with some neat passing, with Ross proving a useful outlet on the right. It was from set pieces that Chip
ping looked most likely to score, as Dean Austin went close with a head er, and then Proctor saw his curling free kick well saved. As time was running out in the
first half. Chipping finally made the all important break through. A deep cross from the left was
given up by all but Hayhurst ,who wrapped his leg around it to send a testing ball across the goalmouth for new signing Proctor to neatly slide the ball home for the equaliser. The second half started with
Chipping well on top, however, the Hoole defence proved resilient and repelled wave after wave of attacks. Man of the match Ryan Hilton
proved a key barrier for Chipping as he snuffed out any attacks Hoole mustered with some stout defending, including a goal-saving tackle toward the end. With the clock running down, it
looked as though the villagers would have to settle for a draw. However, with a matter of minutes
left. Chipping came up with a deserved winner. A ball was swung over from the
right flank and eventually fell to the feet of Hayhurst, who managed to scramble the ball into the corner of the net. Chipping will look to build on this
at home to Tarleton Corinthians on Saturday (kick-off 2.30 p.m.) and against near neighbours Longridge Town the following Tuesday (kick off 6-30 p.m.).
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THE Captain’s Charity Day at Clitheroe Golf Club was held in perfect conditions, on a course that was described by players from all over the north west to be “just perfect”. Forty-two teams
totalling 168 players competed in a light hearted day’s golf with team names such as “Has Beens”, “The Muttleys”
and
“Retirees”, with lots of prizes and 70 bottles’of champagne to be won in various competitions around the course. Gordon McWhirter of
“Borderers” achieved a hole in one on the par- three 14th and was rewarded with a special prize. The winning team
was the “Wandering Weavers” with a score of 92, second “Castle Cement” 91 and third Walsh IBS with 88. The Charity Golf
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Day’s main sponsor was Lexus of Bolton and organisers Clitheroe Lions thank them, along with all the competitors, golf club and ground staff for their help and cooperation. It was with their help and Clitheroe Golf Club's support that helped to raise £5,500 on the day. In the photo Clitheroe
Captain Vic Morris (left) and members of his team with the pres entation cheque, (s) Captain’s weekend at
Mytton Fold was a story of contrast with Saturday being by far the wettest day this summer, followed hy much more favourable conditions on Sunday. The excellent condi
tion of the course allowed play to continue on Saturday and, given the mixed conditions, saw some impressive performances over the two days. Overall winner was
Phil Chadwick with 80 points, closely followed by Ray Standring with 79 points. Saturday honours
went to David Clegg with Graham Plant coming a close second. Divisional honours
went to Tony Wilson, Phil Glynn and David Halsall.
I Sunday saw Keith Gill
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NEIL Bolton feels Settle are now in pole position for the Veka Ribblesdale League title. The Clitheroe skipper
saw his side lose the leader ship of the league on Satur
day. The only two games to
be completed, due to the rain, had a massive impact at the top, with Settle win ning at home to Barnoldswick to replace the Chatbum Road side at the summit. And Bolton admits he is
now hoping for the men from Marshfield to slip up, as his side chase their first league triumph in over a decade. Bolton blamed a bad all
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take the honours, fol lowed by Peter Tomlin son in second place. Divisional prizes went to Mark Jeffrey, Peter Tuck and Peter Main. Joe Cross triumphed in the junior competition The ladies were well
represented on the Sun day and Jean Sanderson produced an excellent 47 points with Abbie Clegg coming second with an equally impressive 44 points. Sunday competitors
also took part in the Red Bull Final Five competi tion which entailed play ers recording their scores over the final fives holes of the competition. The two members
who will go forward to the regional finals are Abbie Clegg and Alan Strange who scored 14 and 13 points respective ly. If they manage to win the regional event then they have the opportunity to play in the grand final which will be held in the USA. It was a double-head
er at Whalley Golf Club. On Saturday, the first
round of the Arthur Longworth Cup was played. Despite several tor
rential downpours dur ing the day, there was some very good scoring. Mel Earle (79-9-70)
was the winner on the card from Paul Barrett (78-8-70). Division Two was
won by John Jobes (86- 15-71) with Richard Robinson (92-20-72) in second place. In all, 21 players were
within five shots of the leader, so the second round of the competi tion on Saturday should prove to be a close-run affair.
Sunday saw the Her
bie Sloan Trophy, spon sored by Rostron Engi neering, competed for by a full field. Clear winners were
Chris Blackadder and Betty Rostron with 70 aggregate stableford points. Assisted greatly by his
partner, Sally Blenkin- ship, club president Les Dearden took second place with 67 points on the card from the in form Mel Earle and lady captain, Jean Dearden. All competitors
stayed for the presenta tion, an indication of the affection and esteem in which Herbie Sloan and his wife Maybeth - members of Whalley Golf Club for 55 years - are held. Daphne Dawson saw
her handicap reduced to single figures after an excellent second round in the Hi-Task Trophy at Whalley. She won the gross
award in the 36-hole event after a second round 76, for a nett 66, saw her spreadeagle the field. Jane Boxall won the
nett event with a 137 total. The LGU Medal saw
a three-way card play off with Joyce Andrew (90-20-70) getting the nod ahead of Jane Box- all (86-16-70) and Daphne Dawson (80-10- 70). Helen Cook and
Vicky Edmondson (83- 20.4-62.6) won the ladies’ greensomes at Clitheroe. Sue Johnson and
Sarah Hale (85-18.6- 66.4) were runners-up ahead of Kath Towneley and Kath Bolton (89- 20.6-68.4).
round display for their defeat at home to Baxen- den, as they lost out by 37 runs in a 26-over shootout. After winning the toss and batting first, Baxenden
lost Mark Rishton (1) early on, followed soon after by Simon Payne (20). Francois Herbst was the
came with a mix-up between Ashraf and profes sional Shahid Nawaz. Uncertainty between the
man on form, as he bat tered the Clitheroe bowlers to all parts of the ground. Professional Indika Cal
lage returned a catch to Naeem Ashraf after mak ing 18, with Herbst becom ing Farook Butt’s third vic tim just two short of his half century.' Pete Usher (25), Dave
Usher (28 not out) and Matthew Nixon (24 not out) all made decent scores, and their final total of 147- 5 proved more than enough. Mr Extras top scored for
Clitheroe with 24, as only four batsmen reached dou ble figures. After the early dismissals
of Neil Bolton (5) and namesake Mark (7), the turning point of the innings
wickets resulted in the pro fessional being run out for just 18, while Ashraf, with that event still haunting him, lobbed a Callage delivery straight up in the air to Herbst. From that point on, only
no. As for the rest of the
Farrok Butt (18) and Matthew Coulter (20) reached double figures, as Clitheroe were all out for
local sides, the games involving Ribblesdale Wan derers, 'Whalley and Read were all washed out with out aball being bowled. This Saturday sees
■ Clitheroe travel to Padi- ham, Ribblesdale Wander ers entertain Whalley, and Read visit Edenfield (wick ets pitched 2 p.m.).
Ribblesdale League side throw away cup final glory
THE Ribblesdale League threw away their chances of lifting the MEN Cup in the final at Moorside, Old ham on Sunday. The locals restricted the
Sadheworth League to 197, bowling the hosts out in the 44th over, but a dis mal batting display, from a strong line-up, saw the reply fall short by 40 runs. Saddleworth won the
toss and chose to bat with the threat of rain, and the home side, after losing opener Howard, run out without score, proceeded to set off like a train. Fellow opener Letchela
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top-scored (vith 67, before being trapped leg before by Read skipper Warren Eastham, and most of the order chipped in, as Sad dleworth looked set for a score well in excess of 200. But they were eventual
packed with runmakers, including Neil Bolton and Ashraf of leaders Clitheroe and Baxenden’s Francois Herbst, all of whom have made centuries this sea
ly reined in, with Munwar Chariwala of Blackburn Northern taking 3-30 in his 9 overs, to add to two wickets from Clitheroe’s Farook Butt, and one each for clubmate Naeem Ashraf, Barnoldswick’s Raja Arshad and East-
ham. The total looked get- table, with a batting order
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son. However, only South
African Herbst produced, making 83 as the locals were bowled out for 157 in the 44th over. Only Chariwala (1),
Mark Bolton of Clitheroe ^ 6 ) and Arshad (10) reached double figures in a disappointing reply, and Saddleworth walked away with the trophy.
Rimington seal the title
RIMINGTON wrapped up the Clitheroe and District Midweek Cricket League title with two games left after victory over
Chipping A. AN unbeaten 50 by Tim Proctor was
not enough to stave off defeat for Chipping A.
Meanwhile Simon Gorton, with 47 runs.
and Jason Cook, with 32, saw Calder- stones reach a good total, but this was eas ily overhauled by Low Moor after Matt Coulter retired on 50 and Richard Dins-
dale scored 37 not out. Elsewhere, Chipping Ramblers won
their first game of the season with a walk over victory against Riverside.
Wanderers create a piece of history
RIBBLESDALE ’Wanderers seconds won the Lawrenson Cup for the first time in the club’s history in a thrilling final at Edenfield on Sunday. Ribblesdale skipper Martin
Wrigley won the toss and decided to bat, but at 77-4 the visitors looked to be in a bit of trouble. Andy Coxall was the first man to
go when he was run out for the second time over the weekend. Jason Dewhurst went next for a
well-made 28, and when Paul Spencer was dismissed for 32, the home side thought they were well into the Rib blesdale line up. Andy King went next when he was
bowled by a ball that only just had enough pace on it to knock off the
bails. Stephen Kerr joined the skipper in
the middle, and together they set about trying to rebuild the innings. Kerr hit the ball to all corners of the ground and often beyond in a
partnership of 47. Wrigley went for 18, and Maguire
followed soon aftenvards for two. Kerr was still batting well and hit five sixes and two fours on his way to
50 from 32 balls. Kerr was eventually dismissed for
56, but the tail wagged and Richard Bedford batted superbly for 31. Stephen Braithwaite supported
him and made 23, and together they put on 49 for the eighth wicket. Gidlow added five, and the best
number 11 in the league, Ian Brit- cliffe, smashed a quickfire 10 off five
balls. Wanderers finished with 222 from
their 48 overs. Edenfield got off to a slow start in
reply, and with Gidlow and Bedford bowling well, they soon found them selves falling behind the run rate. Bedford, in particular, bowled
exceptionally well and returned fig ures of 3-22 off 10 overs, which included a spectacular one-handed diving catch to remove one of the Edenfield openers. Kerr and Braithwaite soon came
into the attack and the crowd wit nessed one of the best catches you are likely to see. Paul Spencer, who had patrolled the long boundary all after noon, ran 20 metres to his left before rising like a salmon to take a one- handed catch just inches in from the boundary edge. The Edenfield team were now well
behind the run rate, and at 90-7 the Ribb boys could sense victory.
However, they were made to wait
by Slinger and Thew, who batted well, and between them they put on 76 before King stumped Slinger off the bowling of Gidlow. Britcliffe bowled 10 overs with no
luck at all and finished with 0-39, Braithwaite took 3-36, and Gidlow eventually bowled Thew to finish with figures of 2-37. Edenfield finished on 197, and the
celebrations then began. The man of the match was voter®
by the two umpires, and was award ed to Richard Bedford. The team are pictured (s).
Louis shines at finals Another positive step
CLITHEROE swimmer Louis Nicholl swam a per sonal best in an impres sive performance at the National Age Group and Youth Championships in Sheffield. Blackburn Centurion
Louis, 13, swimming for the Gallica club, made his national debut at the championships, and reached the final of the 200m backstroke. He went on to finish
seventh in a new PB, and also swam the backstroke leg of the 4xl00m medley relay, with the teani unbe lievably unlucky to finish just outside the top 10 in 11th place by fractions of a second. Louis (pictured), who
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1,500m freestyle in 18.10.08, 20th in the 400m freestyle in a new personal best of 4.32.37 - knocking nearly four sec
onds off. He just missed making
the final of the 100m backstroke by .06 of a sec ond, finishing in yet another pb of 1.07.78, fin ishing 11th. Coach Rob Greenwood
attends Clitheroe Gram mar School, had qualified for four national champi onships events, the 1,500m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 100m back- stroke and 200m back-
stroke. He finished 24th in the
said: “Louis has had a fantastic season and capped it off with a fan tastic championships, his
first time there. “He didn’t let the occa
sion get to him, and swam a pb to make the final and finish a fantastic seventh in the country.”
CLITHEROE took another positive step towards securing the run ners-up spot in the Sec ond Division of the Open Tennis League with a convincing 4-0 win over struggling Burnley C. Knowing the limita
tions of their opponents, they decided to experi ment with new combina tions, Derek Parrott with Tony Bush, and Daniel Bush with Phil Mileham. In the first match,
Derek and Tony com bined well considering the often torrential rain, and used net rushing tactics to upset Burnley’s rhythm, with the 6-1, 6-2
scoreline proving a fair reflection. Phil and Daniel also
wasted little time impos ing themselves, winning the rubber 6-1, 6-1. The return matches
were never going to be stretching. Derek and Tony won 6-
2, 6-0 in just 25 minutes, and Phil and Daniel took a little longer to notch up a 6-4,6-2 result. Only three more league
matches remain, and the main interest now will be the cup semi-final against their own B team, to be played before the end of the month. Meanwhile, the Open B
m
team travelled to Park- wood for a wild, wet fix
ture. Neil Gunn partnered
Louise Burrill and Andy Rose joined forces with Julie Pym. Both pairs won one rubber and lost the other to see the tie narrowly lost on count- back, 41 games to 40. 9 ’WHALLEY Tennis
Club A maintained the pressure on leaders Black burn by defeating Sunny-
hurst 4-0. Both Whalley pairings,
Andrew Moore and Richard Lambert, along with Tim and Andrew Walters proved to be too strong for the Darwen
outfit and won comfort
ably. In an evenly-contested
mixed match between Whalley B and Clitheroe, it w’as the latter who won. Both Whalley pairings^
of Robert Houseman and Karen Farnhill, and Roger Walker and Chris tine Scott secured two awins gainst a strong Clitheroe side. However by virtue of
winning 35 games to Whalley’s 34, it was Clitheroe who gained the*® extra point, which could prove important as both teams battle for promo tion to the top division.
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