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Thursday, July 27th, 2006


Whalley put up atop display


WHALLEY Tennis Club's A team faced National League team Holcombe Brook on Sunday in the quarter finals of the Roscoe "Trophy regional tennis knock out competition. Sadly there was no giant


killing act to be had as the visitors took the tie, secur­ ing five rubbers to Whal- ley's three in a best of nine rubbers contest. The Whalley team com­


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prised of the captain, Andrew Moore, Henry Far- rer, Tim and Andrew Wal­ ters, Richard Lambert and Mathew Cuynes. All the Whalley pairs beat


the visiting number three partnership but they were unable to gain the advan­ tage against the number one and number two pairings.


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Henry Fairer had set points against the Holcombe num­ ber twos but were unable to convert them. Despite all this, it was a fine perform­ ance with some good tennis played all round as Whalley gave the National League team plenty to think about. The previous day the A


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team played Crosshills and, following Jose Mourinio's example, did a little squad rotation. Moore and Farrer comfortably won both matches b u t playing at number two, Gordon Pim- perton and Paul Jenkins lost in two tightly contested matches. However, at two matches


each Whalley secured the extra point having won more games.


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with your sports team of Edward Lee, Chris Boderi, Phil Simpson and Adrian Capstick


Clitheroe score a derby victory


matches, the Clitheroe pair of Louise Burrill and Phil Mileham played Karen Famhill and Richard Lam­ bert. Louise and Phil played steady tennis throughout, Louise in particular finish­ ing off several points in style with accurate overhead smashes down the tram lines - finishing 6-16-2. In the other match, Mary


WHALLEY TENNIS CLUB: From the left: Andrew Moore, Tim Walters, Andrew Walters, Richard Lambert, Henry Farrar and Matthew Cuyes before their clash with Holcombe Brook. (T230706/3)


Gunners heading for Shawbridge!


■ Rovers sign a deal with Clitheroe that means ... ^ By Adrian Capstick


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ARSENAL and Blackburn Rovers are coming to Clitheroe next month. Shawbridge football


ground has been chosen as the new home of Blackburn Rovers Ladies - where they will commence their first campaign in top-flight ladies football against last season's double winners. Newcomers to the FA


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Women's Premier League National Division after ending their Northern Divi­ sion campaign last season


, undefeated and 14 points clear of their nearest rivals. Rovers will undergo a bap­ tism of fire against the the Gunners who are league champions and FA Women's Cup final holders. And on Sunday, August


20th, they kick-off the sea­ son at Shawbridge where they hope to draw a healthy following at a new base they can call home. The Northern League title was their fifth trophy


and second promotion in just three seasons, but before this deal they had no ground and only two years ago were playing their foot­ ball on local park pitches. Clitheroe FC Chairman


liant, exciting prospect for the people of the Kibble Val­ ley to be able to come down to Shawbridge on a Sunday and see some of the best ladies players in the world. "The prestige is fantastic


■ tha t their opening home game is Arsenal - a game that will feature seven or eight international players." "It's also going to have a


and the icing on the cake from a PR point of view is


Carl Gamer is overjoyed at the Premier League club's decision to choose the Blues. He said: "It's just a bril­


been going on for a month and representatives from Blackburn, including Ladies manager Andy McNally, have been down to Shaw­ bridge on four occasions. "The ground passed an


inspection by the FA on Monday and the contract was signed." "I would ju s t like to


thank a very small group of individuals who work tooth and nail to help develop Clitheroe Football Club, as it is down to them th a t Rovers have chosen us." There were other clubs


positive impact on our finances as well as create quite a few possible spin offs which will benefit Clitheroe. He added: "The deal is


done. The contract just needs to be refined and go through the solicitors. Talks have


Women and Girls Football Development at Blackburn Rovers said: "Clitheroe was chosen for two reasons. It is in the vicinity of our Black­ burn base and because it is the Ladies' first real home, it is important for advertising reasons that their base is


fighting for the contract and i t was apparently between Clitheroe and fel­ low UniBond side Chorley, but Rovers chose Clitheroe for a number of reasons. Gemma Donnelly, Head of


ing" over the last six months, as Garner puts it, that has seen the local club overhaul its finances, the Clitheroe chairman is pleased to announce some good news for a change. He added: "We've been


went to see Clitheroe we felt the nice picturesque setting was ideal to s ta r t our National Premier League campaign. The overall feel of the place and the fact th a t Carl (Garner) was very helpful and wanted to promote the ladies helped seal the deal. It's the right place for us." And after the "fire-fight­


close to augment support. "The other was when we


Ladies' games for Clitheroe FC season ticket holders. At least 11 league games


will be played a t Shaw­ bridge as well as any home games from the three’cup competitions the Ladies compete in. However the first oppor­


tunity to see Rovers in action at Shawbridge is on Thursday, August 10th, when they play Tranmere in a friendly (7-30 p.m. sub­ ject to confirmation). Meanwhile, there will be


completely honest with Rovers as to what has hap­ pened at the club since Jan­ uary. It's just fantastic peo­ ple are looking to trust us again as we look to improve our facilities bit by bit and create a positive message." And what’s more Garner


has agreed with Rovers that there will be conces­ sions made on all the


a few changes occurring at the ground over the next few weeks as a new canteen goes in and the clubhouse is blitzed. Clitheroe are still looking to replace their existing clubhouse but in the short term the building is to undergo a "cosmetic make over". Clitheroe FC are in


action on Tuesday where they are away to Nelson (kick-Kiff 7-30 p.m.) and are trying to confirm a Shaw­ bridge date with Ramsbot- tom on Saturday afternoon.


round was almost identical, with Mary and Steve over­ coming Karen and Richard with some ease. On the other court, Louise and Phil repeated what Mary and Steve had done in the first round of matches, winning their first set but losing the second. The following day,


Clitheroe A took a trip to Burnley for their Open Division Two game against Crow Wood and they came away with three points. The game was drawn but Clitheroe were awarded the extra point on a count back of sets won. Phil Mileham teamed up with big-hitting Roger


RUSHTON Street Bowl­ ing Club is inviting entries for this year's ACL Flood­ light Open Doubles com­ petition held in Septem­ ber.. The prize money totals


£200, the event is limited to 64 pairs and entry is priced at £8 per pair. Sponsored by Great


Harwood Male Voice Choir, th e competition commences on Monday, September 11th through to Thursday, September 14th, continuing the fol­ lowing Monday, Septem­ ber 18th, through to Thursday. Practice is 6 p.m. for a


Brass and Steve Pym of Clitheroe started well and took the first set against Jane McEwan and Gordon Pimperton. I t was a differ­ ent story in the second set, which Mary and Steve nar­ rowly lost. The story in the second


THE two top mixed tennis teams in Clitheroe and ■Whalley met on Friday, and Clitheroe recorded an impressive victory to beat their local rivals for the first time in a long while, win­ ning six sets to two. In the firs t round of


Ravenscroft. The first set against their first opponents was characterised by errors, but the Clitheroe first pair took the set 7-6 on a tie break. The second set was equally tense, and another tie break looked on the cards, but Phil and Roger came out 7-5 winners. On the other court Steve


Pym was partnered for the first time by Andy Rose. The pair played well but were overcome by the Crow Wood team and lost the match in straight sets with­ in the hour. While waiting for the


other match to finish, Steve and Andy took time to get in some extra practice - this really paid off in their sec­ ond match. They lost the first set to the Crow Wood second pair but played with some determination to level the rubber with a second set tie break win. But unfortu­ nately they couldn’t sustain the momentum and lost the third. Meanwhile, Phil and


Roger were making relative­ ly light work of their second rubber, and won the first set easily at 6-2. But the second set was another matter - the Crows raced to an early 3-0 lead and then moved to 4-1, and i t looked like a long three-setter ahead. But the Clitheroe pair


won five games on the trot to record an excellent 6-4 second set victory and straight sets win. By this time the formidable Raven­ scroft serve was coming into full effect, and Phil was using the lob to good effect.


Bowling entries sought


6-30 p.m. start, no substi­ tutes are allowed after the first round and the final will be held on Saturday, September 23rd. Scratch time on all d a te s is 15 minutes. Entries should be made


to George Ramsbottom, 23 Charles Street, Great Harwood, Blackburn BB6 7EZ (01254602149).


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