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STONYHURST Park Golf Club staged its annual charity weekend in June and once again raised more than £6,000. ■ At a presentation evening in the club-


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house on Thursday representatives from Macmillan, the Clitheroe and Kibble Val­ ley Branch of the MS Society and the East Lancashire Hospitals Trust Endow­ ment Fund each received £2,000 cheques from Club Captain, Mike Bradley and


. Lady Captain Betty Austin. Epilepsy Action, were also forwarded a


cheque for £250. The Corporate Day competition was


won by Little Town Farm captained by Paul McGuire of Clitheroe GC; second was Twinbrook Golf Range and third Withy Trees. The whole day was extremely enjoyable.


and the "ball on the green" challenge proved again that gambling just doesn't - pay - except for the Charities-so organ­ isers hope everyone keeps on tr^ng! The Charity Committee would like to


thank the many local Companies who sponsored tees, entered teams or made donations of cash or prizes. The Ladies Rosebowl Competition on


Saturday was won by Jean Alcock, and on Sunday Mark Chenery won the Chari-


man's Chalice. Our picture shows Stonyhurst Park


.lady captain Betty Austin presenting Pat • Bailey from Clitheroe and Ribble Valley Multiple Sclerosis Society with a cheque from the charity weekend as club officials and other charity representatives look on. .


(A230605/6) . ■ Blues appoint former Prescot Cables chief as new man at the helm Lawson excited bv challenge Lawson has decided to B y Adrian Capstick


THE hew man in charge of Clitheroe FC is Tommy Lawson, and he can’t wait to get to grips a t Shaw- bridge. The former Prescot


Cables manager can’t remember the last time he was quite so excited about his football, and is looking forward to a fresh s ta r t with the Blues. , : He was approached last week about the position,


■ and after consulting a few sp ectators arid a senior firs t team player about what Clitheroe is all about - before undergoing a “very positive” interview with chairman John Robinson and vice-chair­ man Mark Gidlow - he was more than sold on the ambition of the club. “I haven’t had as big a


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buzz in quite some time,” said Lawsoii. “John and Mark were very positive and sold the


club well. “Their ambition made it ■


all the more easy for me to say‘yes’. “The club doesn’t want


to stand still, and I want to take it forward. “I still have ambition


and I don’t think I ’m done yet with winning things.” Elected th is week a t


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r tee meeting, Lawson emerged head and shoul­ ders above the rest of the opposition, which included ex-Ramsbottom boss


bring in his own assistant in ex-Mossley boss Benny Phillips, who was in charge of the Manchester side in the late 1990s, and was at UniBond Premier Division side Leek Town as assis­ tant last season. I t is the first time that


the pair have worked together, but Lawson is looking forward to it: “I ’ve known Benny a long time,. and I have always valued his opinion. “We have networked as


managers before, but this is the first time that we have linked. “He has great experience,


■ in the game, plus the fact he is from a different area means th a t we will cover more ground and players.” The Clitheroe player in


NEW BEGINNING: From left, assistant boss Benny Phillips and manager Tommy Lawson meet the Clithcroe squad including Chris Whittingham, Ryan Parr and Danny Woodhead A280G05/2C


Derek Egan, former More-, cambe Reserves boss Alan Keeling, and Great Har­ wood’s John Hughes. - And on close inspection,


the experienced manager’s credentials make interest­ ing reading, and it becomes obvious why he was cho­ sen/


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~ Since Prescot Cables pipped Clitheroe to the North West Counties First Division title back in 2002- 03, Lawson has guided the MerseyMde club to within touching distance of the Conference North in jiist , two seasons. ,


, He made it back-to-back


promotions in 2004, thanks to the league •restructuring, by guiding


' the club to mid-table in the UniBond First Division. And then last season at


' his first attempt in the P re - ; mier Division, he took PrescoLto the play-offs, only to lose 3-0 to promot­ ed Workington in the semi­


final. . , ■ ; ' - Lawson stood down at


Prescot at the end of the season as he felt he needed a fresh challenge. , ■ He had been with the Cables'for five seasons, but


: insists he won’t be bringing' the whole Prescot side to


Clitheroe. , He said: “It had run its


course a t Prescot, and It was time for me to consider my own future. “During the last three


months- of the season, there were some political things going on that made the; job tiresome, and I owed it to myself to look at the whole picture.” One of Lawson’s first


tasks is to assess the state of the squad left behind by Paul Byron, and he said: “We’ve decided to get in touch with every player from last season’s regime, and they all seem interest­


ed in finding out what we’ve got planned. “We’ve got players in mind to till in the possible


■ gaps, but it’s a bit early to say until we’ve seen what we’ve got. “We’ll know for sure


■ when training resumes next week. “I’m well aware of some


of thie lads from our meet­ ings in the North West Counties, and I met the others on Tuesday night. “I ’ve assured them that


there will be a chance to stake a claim, and that it will definitely not be a closed shop.”


question that helped sell the club to the new boss was Neil Reynolds, and Lawson is full of praise for the midfielder, he said: “Neil is top drawer. “He knows the area, the


club and the spectators, he chalked it up and painted a great picture - if ever a club needs a PR person, Neil is their man. ; “He’s a smashing lad


and I ’ve always admired him.” Lawson is renowned for


his work with young play­ ers too, having developed a


• couple of players that will be playing in the Confer­ ence with Southport next season, the future loqks very good tor Clitheroe.


01282424041 ; www.p3computers.com >: Thursday, June 30th, 2005 with your sports team of Edward Lee, Chris Boden, Phil Simpson and Adrian Capstick


Whalley | serve up ^ victories


WHILE Andy Murray was performing with great courage on Centre Court at Wimbledon on Saturday, the results of two of YTial- ley’s teams in the East Lan­ cashire Open League mir­ rored the &otsman’s efforts. In the First Division, the


Whalley A team beat Fenis- cowles A 4-1 to keep up the pressure on Blackburn Northern at the top. Andrew Moore and :


Richard Lambert continued their excellent form with two straight sets victories. Danny Roff and '


Matthew Cuyes found things a little more difficult and ^ u re d victory against the opposition second pair, but lost to their first pairing. . If thatwastheequiralent


of Murray’s first two sets, the C team reflected the last three, losing to a: strong ^ Clitheroe A team 5-0.


^ James Burke and Tom ^


Ormerod lost two tight matches, but Clitheroe’s finest overwhelmed Andrew Cuyes and Paul Jenkins in straight sets. .■ The Whalley B mixed


team made it five wins out of six with a comfortable winatSunnyhurst. Robert Houseman and


Helen Maher continued a partnership that has gained momentum throughout the | season, while James Burke teamed up with Karen Farnhill to see Whalley home to victorj’’. In the East Lancashire


Open Singles competition, Whalley players were to the fore. Pride of place goes to


teenager Matthew Cuyes, who became one of the ^1 youngest winners of the ^1 men’s singles title. This was a tine achieve-


ment as it marks the club’s second champion in three


. years as mens’ team captain Wj Andrew Moore secured the title in 2003. Cathy Green was the nin-


ner-up in the’ladies ®'’ent.^L when she lost out to Mary § | Brass of Clitheroe.


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