+ 46 Clitheroe Advertiser & Tirnes, Thursday, February 1 st, 2007 www.clitheroetoday.co.uk Leaders enjoy cup win Hursl Green ...............3


Read United...................1 EAST Lancashire League leaders Hurst Green moved into the next round of the


rSfresident’s Cup with a com­ prehensive win over Second Division opponents. They started the game well


and took the lead when Craig Dewhurst’s comer was head­ ed on by Oliver Bolton for Alan Coar to fire the ball home. Danny Walker could have


made it 2-0 but was denied by a good block, and Coar was unlucky toseehisshothitthe inside of the post and come out. But then Read forced an equaliser. The impressive Chris


Baron went on an excellent run in which he beat three


. ,|^,efenders, before being ' Drought down just inside the box by Tony Coupe. Joe Marshall made no mis-


. take from the spot as he sent Steve Young the \vrong way, but Young responded well shortly afterwards with a brilliant save that stopped Read from taking the lead. Hurst Green suffered a fur­


ther setback when skipper Tom Bamber was injured and was replaced by ever dependable Dave Young Manager Andy Holden


stressed the need for patience during his half-time team talk, and his words of wisdom


jpaid dividends as his side dominated the second period. They took the lead when


Adam Lakeland, making his first s ta r t of the season, latched on to a poor back pass and finished well. And the locals increased


their lead when Coar headed home a Dewhurst cross. Hurst Green dominated


the remainder of the game. But despite good chances


tailing to both substitute Mark Young and Coar, they ' had to be content with the ^ 1 scoreline at the start of their


^. bid to regain the cup. '^ f h e league leaders return to league action on Saturday when they make the trip to Colne United (2-15 p.m.). WFCCmiicroe ........... ■/ Bronte Wanderers.........2 THIS was hardly a foot­ balling spectacle, but getting a result and being in the hat for the next round of the cup was important for WFC. WFC struggled to play


their normal passing game, but managed to grind out a win through hard work. Waggon went 1-0 down


early on, but almost immedi­ ately pulled it back through lively wing man Sullivan. \vierCer then slotted home from inside the box after more good work from Sulli­ van.


Bronte did have a couple of


chances, but all their efforts were easily saved by Gaskell. The Waggon defence, mar­


shalled by Curtis, kept the Bronte strikers at bay, and the home side went into the


-‘breakS-lup.- The second half produced


some.better football and they tried to get the ball down as much as they could and pass


the ball about. Both Stoddart and Oakley


went close early in the second half, before Danny Turner rose highest to head home a Gaz Hickling comer. Later 3-1 became 3-2 as a


free kick was given away on the edge of the box. This spurred the home side


bn, and the game was put out of doubt when a long throw into the box from Oakley was bundled into his own net by the Bronte defender. Grassington United....... 2 Waddington ...................3 WADDINGTON produced their version of “The Great Escape”. Pete Fletcher headed home


a late winner against the nm of play, after the villagers had squandered a two-goal advantaga The locals got their week­


end off to an excellent start the previous night as former World Snooker Champion Dennis Taylor and Irish 1 comedian Dusty Young entertained a crowd of around 200 people at the club’s sportsman’s dinner at Mytton Fold. The following day, a tired-


looking Waddington travelled to Grassington. The match, played on a


heavy and bumpy pitch, offered little in the way of attractive football, but the locals raced into a two-goal lead mthin 20 minutes. Fletcher’s well-taken free


kick gave the home keeper lit­ tle ehance to make a save, and five minutes later Stephen Holden added the second ™th a well-struck shot from just inside the penalty area. Following some indecisive


defending, the home side scored to give Waddington a slender 2-1 load at the inter­ val. The second half saw


Waddington playing up the notorious Grassington slope, and with the home team con­ tinually hitting long balls into the area, the villagers had to defend for long periods. The Yorkshire hosts


equalised 10 minutes into the second half when keeper Leach misjudged the flight of the ball. Waddington should have


scored two more goals, from chances which fell to Luke Conti and Dean, but as the game progressed, and Waddington’s players became tired, it appeared inevitable th at Grassington would sneak a winning goal. However, in the 75th


minute the locals were award­ ed a free kick and from a good- delivery by Conti, Fletcher dived full length in a packed area to head home and give the visitors the lead against the run of play. For the remaining 15 min­


utes, Grassington piled on the pressure in search of an equaliser, and only a string of . fine saves by Leach kept the visitors at bay. Oh Saturday, Waddington


face Cononley at home, kick­ off 2 p.m. All players are to meet a t the Waddington pavilion tor 1 p.m.


Rimington Reserves . . . .5 Goodshaw Reserves........S (After extra-time)


RIMINGTON crashed out a t the first hurdle after a below-par performance. Goodshaw started bright


and got their reward after 25 minutes with a well-taken goal that left keeper Danny Anderson no chanca However, it could have


been 2-0, as seconds earlier the Rimington stopper pro­ duced a stunning sava Man-of-the-match Glen


Dinsdale equalised after charging in from the right, and Rimington then took the lead when Ste McCullough played Gari Haslam down the left, and he squared the ball for Matt Gamer to calm­ ly side toot homa And the first half was


made complete with an Iain Czapowski header from a Jack Dearden comer. Though Rimington found


themselves 3-1 up at half­ time, manager Liam Carter was not happy with the per­ formance After the break, Riming­


ton should have killed the game off, but Goodshaw countered and scored a sec­ ond. At 3-2, Rimington swapped formations to 4-5-1, but the ball just kept coming back at the locals.' And typically, just as Rim­


ington thought they’d done enough to see them through to the next round, Goodshaw equalised in the last minute. In extra-time, Goodshaw


took the lead for the first time, but a freak equaliser for Rimington followed from Czapowski, whose looping effort bounced over the keep­ er.


Goodshaw regained the


lead thanks to sloppy defend­ ing, before Rimington bom­ barded the visitors and with two minutes of extra-time remaining, a Dearden shot, which appeared to be going wide, was diverted past the keeper by a quick-thinking Gaz Brunskill. However, the final twist to


this nail-biting cup match came a minute later when Czapowski gave a free-kick away on the edge of the box, and the set piece was cruelly deflected past Anderson. Ctitheroe Lions................2 OxenliopeReserces..........2 DESPITE a brace from debutant Matthew Rung, the Lions let a two-goal lead slip. The top two collided in a


title decider, with the Lions ahead by two points. Clitheroe couldn’t have


asked for a better start as Rung fired them ahead with a scorching strike. The Lions played some


fantastic football, particular­ ly through the midfield of James Clegg and man-of-the- match Cengiz Avci, despite being outnumbered by their opponents in the middle. Wingers Ward and


Callaghan had to work extremely hard, but protect­ ed the full backs extremely well. The Lions soon went 2-0 up after the impressive Rung


scored with a delightful 30- yard chip from a tight angle Oxenhope were not easily


put off, and worked the down­ hill slope to their advantage with a series of attacks. Keeper Mashiter had to be


on top of his game through­ out, but Oxenhope made the pressure pay off and scored to go into the interval just one goal down. Oxenhope hit the wood­


work twice, although the Lions too had their chances through Ward and Hamilton, who were inches away from making a cleaner cont^t that would have surely secured the victory. Hamilton and Gaughan


were far busier in the second half, and \vere under immense pressure before Oxenhope drew level after a goalmouth scrambla Fagan came on late to


steady the ship, and was close to being the best man on the pitch before keeper Mashiter produced an outrageous save to deny a late winner for the away side. Embsay Reserves............3 Grindleton .....................4 GRINDLETON returned to winning ways with a well- earned victory. After racing into a 3-0 lead


within the first 20 minutes, the visitors always looked in control of this game, although the scoreline sug­ gests otherwise. Grindleton couldn’t have


started better as the locals struck first courtesy of a sweet finish from right mid­ fielder Martin Cowey, who beat the keeper from l^yards out. The visitors then doubled


their lead when a Strike from man-of-the-match Darren Barrow fell nicely for centre forward Steve 'Walker to beat the keeper with a cool finish. Arguably the pick of the


early goals came from James Driver though, as, after some neat approach play by Grindleton, the left winger wriggled his way through the Embsay defence to neatly slot home. But just when a rout


looked on the cards, Embsay pulled two goals back in quick succession. The lively number 10


struck two sublime finishes that allowed stand-iri goal­ keeper Sean Lloyd little chance. So, after a great start, the


visitors found themselves entering the break with a slender single goal lead. However, with the wind


' and slope in their favour, Grindleton were confident of increasing their lead in the second half. Steve Walker was brought


down unnecessarily in the penalty area, allowing Cowey to claim his second of the game with a well-taken penal­ ty.


And with their tails up and


playing some attractive foot­ ball, Grindleton looked like further increasing their lead, only for Embsay to net a third in the dying moments for a final score that some­


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what flattered the home side. Grindleton are back in


league action at home to Pen- dle Athletic on Saturday, kick-off 2 p.m. iValmer Bridge___, ___ 2 Chipping..........................6 AFTER an extended winter break due to the weather. Chipping resumed their league campaign with an impressive win. Chipping flew out of the


traps, leaving their hosts stunned as they launched waves of attack on the home goal. The new-look attack of


Danny Austin and the returning Mark Fordham gave the Walmer defence the runaround, creating space for the midfield of Malley, Chris Leighton, Oily Johnson and Phil Peck to exploit. But the first goal for the


villagers had a touch of for­ tune about it. Leighton found space to


shoot on the edge of the box, but his effort fell to the feet of Austin to steer home The second goal was not


long in coming. A flowing move involving seven Chip­ ping players cut through the defence, and an excellent Fordham centre was met sweetly on the volley by Johnson, firing into the cor­ ner of the net. Their good early work was


nearly undone as Walmer Bridge were awarded a penal­ ty after Tom Draper fouled the home striker, but after the spot kick was comfortably despatched, the referee asked for it to be re-taken due to encroachment, and the sec­ ond effort was ballooned high over the bar. Man-of-the-match Austin


was then on hand again to make it three, quickly fol­ lowed by a fourth from Peck after another fluent move down the right allowed him an easy tap in. The pick of the goals in the


first half came from the boot of midfield maestro, Leighton. An indirect free kick was


touched into Leighton’s path, and he let rip wth a ferocious 20 yarder which whistled into the top right corner of the net. The second halt began with some good pressure from


■the hosts as they used the wind to their advantage. An excellent low save by


James Farrell early in the half denied the home team, but some determined play from Walmer Bridge and slack marking from the villagers quickly saw the score reduced to 5-2. Chipping needed another,


just to settle the nerves, and this was delivered by Peck with quarter of an hour remaining. Peck picked the ball up on


the halfway line and ghosted past a number of defenders before stroking the ball neatly home to secure a 6-2 mn. Chipping will now look to


take this form and energy into their next game, at Houpghton West End on Satuniay (kick-off 2 p.m.).


Barrowford Celtic Black Underlie ......... .............. 1 Wolves Under 1 1 s ...........6 THE Wolves regained their composure to put last week’s defeat behind them. I t took an inspirational


captain’s performance from Zak Robinson as the home team took an early lead. Robinson drove the team


on \vith strong midfield run­ ning, laying the ball off before regaining it and driv­ ing the ball into the top right hand corner of the goal. ■ The back four of Bentley,.


Piercy, Place and Raweliffe were steadfast and a long ball from Bentley sent Kay clear to score his first of the match only a few minutes later. On 20 minutes Robinson


found the net again taking the Wolves into the half­ time interval with a two goal advantage. Good, basic football was


the order of the second half and neat moves between the Petriaho twins and Barnes sent Kay clear for two fur­ ther goals to complete his hat-trick. The final goal came with


only a tew minutes to go as Mort broke free and slipped the ball past the oncoming }c00p0r Brierfield Celtic While .2 Wolves Under 10s Green 3 AFTER a seven-week break Wolves were raring to go.


Despite a depleted squad


the six man team braved a bitter wind and a sloping pitch. Mid-way through the


first half man-of-the-match Reuben Hirst scored with a sensational shot from 20 yards put. The lads kept up the


pressure throughout with Jay Wardleworth slotting in their seeond shortly before half-time. Playing uphill in the sec­


ond halt was a struggle and Wolves were eaught on the break, allowing Brierfield to pull one back. However, strong defend­


ing from James Sharpies and Hirst, along with some good saves from Tom Reede allowed Wolves to push for­ ward. Neil Sharma put away '


Wolves' third following a well-placed pass from Danny Thompson. Briertield scored a dubi­


ous goal late in the second halt to leave the score at 3- 2.


Trawden Celtic...............0 llbfoe,? Under 1 1 s ..........1


WOLVES had to work hard to grind out a result thanks to the blustery conditions and exposed pitch. The first halt was a scrap­


py affair, with few chances created in spite of strong front running from Max Harrison and man-of-the- match Mick Glarkson. Pressure continued to


build from the Wolves in the second half, with Elliot Bai­ ley adding more bite to the midfield.


But the breakthrough


didn't come until 10 min­ utes from time when a left- wing cross from Hugh Ainsworth flew into the top corner of the net. The home team rarely


threatened after the goal, but the Wolves couldn’t add to their single strike.


Blue Star ........................1 Whatley Under 14s........ 1 WHALLEY returned to action after a two-month break and were unlucky not to take all the points against the league leaders. On a heavy arid rutted


pitch, Whalley slipped back into their game easily, and from the start put Blue Star on the back foot. Good passing created a


number of half-chances and near-misses, but a t half­ time neither team had been able to score. The second half opened


much the same, but a series of unforced errors by Whal­ ley allowed Blue Star to take the lead. However the loeals, who


were defending an unbeaten run of 10 games, refused to lie down and stormed back with a superb equaliser by Michael Clegg. From then on it was end


to end as both teams, to their credit, tried to seal vic­ tory, and only a superb save prevented a 'Whalley win. Particular praise must go


to full backs James Wade and Jonathan Frayne.


Readslone Under 13s Yel­ low ....................................5 Todmorden Borough . . J A NAIL-BITING game went Readstone’s way thanks to a brace apiece by Lloyd Standen and Raees Bleasdale. Readstone fought all the


way to see Nick Kelly net the winner. Dean Molyneaux was man-of- the-match. Readslone Under 14 Girls 5 Barnoldswick Barons . .3 A NIAMH McCarthy hat- trick set United well on their way to victory against Barnoldswick Barons. Although this was the


girls' f irs t game in five weeks, the side proved sharp in front of goal as fur­ ther strikes came courtesy of Zara Pollard and Sophie Hindle. Gabby Preuschat was named player-of-the-match.


O


Raslingden Juniors . . .5 Langho Under 1 1 s___ .3 LANGHO slipped to defeat after taking a two-goal lead. The locals got off to a


great start on a poor pitch with two good early strikes from Joel Phelps and Sean Holmes. However,- a wretched ,


defensive performance saw them concede five goals, i and blow any remaining chance of finishing in the top two. Holmes added his second


after the break, but the home side finished on top thanks to a good.attacking second half show.


- t - Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) www.clitheroetoday.co.uk Clitheroe duo bag a brace apiece Clilheroe Ladies IIC . . .6 /Si


. Darwen and Blackburn 0 TOP-scorer Rachel Walms- ley and Nicola Horsfall hit two apiece as Clitheroe eased past their local rivals. Clitheroe started the bet­


ter side, passing the ball wth intensity and control, so it wasn't long before they found the back of the net. Walmsley opened the


scoring mth a well-finished goal after seven minutes, and immediate pressure was applied on the re-start. This period of play led to


penalty corners, with the first brilliantiy saved by the Danven keeper, and the sec­ ond cleared off the line. But the third was breath­


taking, as Laura Pe tty expertly deflected the ball into the top right hand cor-


EAST LANCASHIRE


FOOTBALL LEAGUE RESULTS


President’s Cup Clithenx; RBL 3, Settle Utd 3 (5-


4 on pens); Huist Green 3, Read Utd 1; LOTgho 5, Bacup CC 0; Sabden 3, Burnley Boys’Club 2. Reserve Division Cup


Read Utd 0, BGSOB 4; Rim­


ington 5, Goodshavv 6 (AET). FI.XTURES Saturday


First Division Colne Utd V Hurst Green; Kel-


brook V Rimington. Second Division


BGSOB V Clitheroe RBL; Mill


Hill v Read Utd. Resene Division


H u r s t Green v Peel P a rk ; Langho v Stacksteads; Read Utd


V RawtenstalL TABLES


First Division P W D L P


Hurst Green........17 14 1 2 43 Rimington.............18 11 3 4 36 Langho..................21 11 1 9 34 Rock Rovers.........19 10 3 6 33 Stacksteads.........18 9 3 6 30 Silsden.................13 8 3 2 27 ffoisthorae...........17 7 3 7 24 Colne Utd ............19 7 3 9 24 Goodshaw Utd ...13 7 2 4 23 Enfield...................15 6 4 5 22 Keihraok...............16 5 1 10 16 Settle Utd ............14 3 3 8 12 Peel Park...............14 1 1 12 4 WittonPark ........18 1 1 16 4 Second Division P W D L P


B’daleUtd............. 19 15 1 3 46 Belvedere............... 17 11 2 4 35 MaiHill..................14 10 2 2 32 Padiham............... 19 9 2 8 29 BGSOB................. 15 9 1 5 28 Ossj’SM ..............19 8 4 7 28 Bacup C C ..............15 8 3 4 27 B’fordYCW..........15 8 2 5 26 RcadUtd................15 8 0 7 24 Rawlenstall............16 7 0 8 24 ClitheroeRBL ...17 7 0 10 21 B’foid Celtic..........18 7 0 11 21 Bly Boys’ Club ...16 2 1 13 7 B’wickTown..........15 2 0 13 6 Sabden................... 16 2 0 14 6 Reserve Division P W D L P


Colne Utd ............20 11 7 2 40 Rimington..............16 11 1 4 34 Langho................... 18 9 7 2 31 Hurst Green ........18 10 3 5 33 Enfield................... 19 10 2 7 32 BGSOB..................17 10 1 6 31 Rock Rovers..........17 8 5 4 29 Peel Park................16 9 1 6 28 Worsthorne........... .21 8 4 9 28 Goodshaw Utd ...15 6 4 5 22 Stacksteads............19 4 6 9 18 Read Utd................16 3 4 9 13 Settle Utd ............18 2 4 12 10 Rawtenstall............12 2 1 9 7 Kelbrook................16 1 0 15 3


HARRY DEWHURST


MEMORIAL LEAGUE RESULTS


First Division


Dog and Otter 2, Dog Inn 5. Second Division


Dog Sports Bar 5, Low Moor 8; Station 2, Horseshoe 0.


FIXTURES Terry Callcrmolc Trophy Dog Inn V Globe Bullough (Wil­


son’s); Duke of Wellington v Dog and Otter (Memorial); Forts Arms V Griffin’s Head (Wilson’s); Low Moor V WeUy Clayton (Roefield). TABLES


Firsl Division P W D L P


Dog and O t te r . .. .11 7 3 I 21 Dukeof Well’ton .10 5 2 3 17 Dog In n ..................9 5 2 2 17 Church T n ............ .7 5 1 1 16 StanhillWMC . . . .9 3 3 3 12 Griffin’s He ad ........7 3 1 3 10 Gt Haranod Rvts . .9 3 0 6 9 Stanley St Clarets..9 1 1 7 4 Globe Bullough. . . .7 0


1 6 1


Second Division P W D L P


Boca Seniors........12 1 0 1 33 Welly Clayton....12 9 1 2 28 Station..................11 9 0 2 27 Low Moor............10 7 1 2 22 Ossy Refugees___13 5 2 6 17 Horseshoe............ I I 4 1 6 13 Dog Sports B a r . . .10 3 2 5 11 H’shoreHarriers ..11 3 2 6 11 Ciayton-Ie-Moois .12


I 1 8 10


FortsArms ..........10 0 1 8 4 Commercial OB . . .9 0 1 8 1


WARBURTON


YOUTH LEAGUE Under 13


P W D L P


R’s toneUtdY....12 11 0 1 33 Junior Clarets ....11 9 2 0 29 B’cliffe Rovers. . . .10 9 1 0 28 PendleForest ....1 3 7 1 5 22 C’roeWoh’e s ........12 5 3 4 18 Tod.Borough ....14 5 1 8 16 B’wickTn............12 4 3 5 15 FuiledgeColts....1 2 4 3 5 15 Daneshouse..........11 4 2 5 14 T o d .s e ................13 4 2 7 14 ■^B’wick Barons . . .9 4 0 5 9 Trawden Celtic ...11 2 2 7 8 B'fieldCelticBI...10 2 0 8 6 R’stone Utd Blue .14 2 0 12 6 Under 11 P W D L P


C’roe Wolves........15 14 1 0 43 B’c ii lfe ^ v e rs ....I5


U 1 0 43


Colne....................17 13 3 1 42 BTieldCelticR. ..14 11 1 2 34 Bacup....................12 8 2 2 26 T o d .s e ................15 8 2 5 26 Trawden Celtic ...18 7 1 10 22 B’fieldCelticBI...17 6 1 10 19 Ighten Leigh........18 6 0 12 18 B’wickTn Red ...17 5 2 10 17 -3C'roeWolveRn. 14 6 2 6 17 Junior Clarets . . . .17 5 0 12 15 Tod.Borough ....1 6 3 5 8 14 Jnr Clarets Colts..17 4 1 12 13 B’wickBarons....15 2 2 11 8 B’wickTn B lu e ...15 2 0 13 6 Under 15 P W D L P


B’cliffe Rovers....14 13 1 0 40


CiuigerColts ....1 5 13 0 2 39 B’\vickTn............15 12 1 2 37 FuUedge'ColtsR. .12 9 1 2 28 Cowling................16 8 4 4 28 Colne Clarets ....1 6 9 0 7 27 Colne....................17 8 2 7 26 Readstone Utd ...15 5 4 6 19 RedStar .............. 14


4 2 8 14


-3Tod.Borough...12 5 0 7 12 FulledgeColts....17 4 0 13 12 B’field Celtic........13 2 1 10 7 Bacup....................15 1 4 10 7 Brunlea................15 0 0 15 0


THWAITES


CLITHEROE AND DISTRICT POOL


LEAGUE RESULTS


Thwaites Challenge Cup Low Moor 7, White Horse A 6;


Billington B 2, Billington 7; Cas­ tle A 7,White Lion 0; Wagon A 5, Station A 7; Brown Cow 7, Pendle Hotel 0; RBL C 2, RBL B 7; RBL A 3, Buck A 7; Dog Music Bar 0, Craven Heifer A 7. Ladies’ Division


Buck B 6, Royal Oak 3; Pendle


Ladies 4, Buck A 5; R B L A v Buck C -pos tponed. FIXTURES Tonight


Premier Division Bay Horse v Buck A; Buck B v


Castle A; S t Peter’s Hurst Green V B i l l in g to n A; W h ite H a r t v Legion A.


First Division B i l l in g to n B v Red P um p ;


Higher Buck B v Craven A; Stork B V W h ite H o rse ; Wagon A v Brown Cow; White Horse v Stork Hotel A.


Second Division Bridge B v Royal Oak A; Buck


D V Wagon and Horses B; Castle B V RBL C; Coach and Horses v Station; Low Moor v Dog. Third Division


Black Bull V De Lacy; Craven


B V Sun In n ; P en d le H o te l v White Lion; Royal Oak B v Kings Arms.


Tuesday Ladies’ Division Buck B V Pendle Ladies to be


rearranged; Buck C v Royal Oak; RBL A vDeLacy. Friday, February 16th Michael Humphries Memorial Trophy


D. H o th e r s a l l v E. B a rn e s


(Billington); M. Riley v J. Drac- cenburgh (Buck); N. Birtwell v P. Hodges (White Horse); G. Het- herington v P. A. Clarke (RBL): C. Devine v P. Blackburn (Billing­ ton).


Thursday, February 22nd Thwailcs Challenge Cup


Castle A v Low Moon RBL B


V Brown Cow; Craven Heifer v Buck A; Billington A v Sta tio n Hotel. O More in fo rm a t io n can be


found a t th e leag u e ’s website: w'ww.cpl.leaguerepublic.cora TABLES


Premier Division P W D L P


RBL A ......................10 9 1 0111 Buck A......................10 7 1 2 95 Billington A ..............10 9 0 1 94 Castle A ....................10 6 2 2 84 RBLB...................... 11 5 - 1 5 74 Bay Horse................ 10 4 1 5 67 St Peter’s HG ....1 0 4 0 6 59 White H a r t .............. 10 3 0 7 53 BuckB......................10 3 0 7 51 Whalley Arms ....11 1 1 9 48 Higher Buck A ...10 1 1 8 46


First Division P W D L P


White Horse.........10 8 0 2 86 Billington B ...........10 7 2 1 85 Craven A ...............10 6 1 3 81 WhiteHorseA ...10 5 2 3 77 Stork A ................10 4 2 4 69 Horse Shoe ..........10 4 1 5 68 Higher BuckB ...10 3 3 4 67 BrowmCJow...........10 3 1 6 62 Waggon A ............. 10 2 2 6 61 Red Pump............. 10 2 2 6 60 Stork B ................10 2 2 6 54 Second Division P W D L P


Low Moor............10 8 2 0101 RojalOakA......... 10 7 3 0 93 Coach & Horses ..10 6 2 2 84 RBLC................... 10 6 0 4 82 Station................... 10 7 0 D o g ....................... 10 4 2 Bridge................... 10 4 0 BuckD ................10 3 1


Castle B ..................10 3 0 7 49 Wagon B ................10 2 0 8 44 Con. Club ............10 0 0


Third Division P W D L P


Sun In n ................... 9 7 1 1 90


Black Bull..............10 8 0 2 89 ’Station B ..............10 6 2 2 82 Kings Arms..............9 5 0 4 70 AVhiteLion ............9 5 0


BuckWrinkleys ...9 4 0 5 60 DeLacy................... 9 3 0


Cra\'en B ................. 9 3 0 6 52 ’Pendle Hotel..........9 2 1 6 45 Roj-alOakB............9 1 0 8 34 Ladies’ Division P W D L P


BuckB..................... 9 7 0 2 63


Pendle Hotel............9 6 0 3 58 RBLA......................8 5 0 BuckA......................9 4 0 BuckC......................6 4 0 DeLacy....................8 1 0


Royal Oak................7 1 0 6 24 CLITHEROE AND DISTRICT DARTS AND DOMINOES


WINTER LEAGUE RESULTS


Darts Buck A 8, Buck B 1; Waggon


and Horses4,S\van5; Social Club 1, White Hart 8; Bridge Inn 3, Horse Shoe 5; Black Horse 6, Pendle Hotel 3; White Horse 1, Royal Oak 8. Dominoes


Buck A 12, Buck B 9; Waggon and


Horses 12, S\van 9; Social Club 13, WTiite H art 8; Bridge Inn 8, Horse Shoe 13; Black Horse 13, PCndle Hotel \S7iite Horse 12, Roj'al Oak 9. LEAGUE POSITIONS Darts


P


Horse Shoe....................................... 46 Black Horse.....................................45 Waggon and Horses..........................44 White Hart....................................... 44 BuckA.............................................43 Stvanand Royal................................40 Bridge Inn ....................................... 33 Pendle Hotel ................................... 33 White Horse..................................... 27 Royal Oak ....................................... 23 BuckB............................................. 19 Social Club........................................11


3 51 5 49 2 36 7 27


4 63 6 53 Dominoes P


Black Horse......................................92 Social C lub........................................90 Horse Shoe........................................87 BuckA..............................................83 Bridge Inn ........................................82 White Hart........................................81 Royal Oak ........................................78 Buck B ..............................................78 Swan and Royal................................ 78 Pendle Hotel ....................................75 Waggon and Horses..........................74 White Horse......................................70


CLITHEROE AND DISTRICT DARTS


3 80 4 72 6 68 6 65


10 32


LEAGUE RESULTS


Mick Patten Knockout Lmv Moor beat Swan B; Craven


Heifer b e a t Black Horse; Pendle Inn b e a t Bridge Inn; Horse Shoe b e a t W h ite Lion; Sw an A b e a t Legion A; Royal Oak b e a t Brown Cow; S t Michael’s beat Wadding­ ton; Buck Inn beat Legion B. FIXTURES Monday


First Division Low Moor v Legion B; Pendle Inn


V Royal Oak; Evran A v Waddington; Buck Inn v Craven Heifer. Second Division


S t Mich a e l’s v Black Horse;


White Lion v Swan B; Horse Shoe v Le®on A; Bridge Inn v Brown Cow. TABLE


First Division P W L P


Royal Oak............. 11 9 2 63 Low Moor............. II 9 2 59 Pendle In n ............. 11 5 6 55 Swan A ..................11 6 5 52 Legion B ................11 6 5 46 Buck In n ............... II 4 7 45 Waddington ..........11 3 8 41 Craven Heifer........11 2 9 35 Second Division P W L P


St Michael..............11 11 0 73 Black Horse ..........11 7 4 55 HorseShoe ............11 8 3 49 Legion A ................II 4 7 49 Brown Cow............11 5 6 47 White L io n ............11 4 7 44 Bridge In n ..............11 4 7 41 StvanB ..................11 I 10 38


RIBBLE VALLEY LADIES’DARTS


ASSOCIATION RESULTS


Five-A-Side Knoeboul W in n in g Te am s : D e Lacy,


Black Bull, Low Moor A, Craven. TABLE


P


Low Moor ........................................89 Catholic S C ......................................88 Billington BC ................................. 86 Black Bull ....................................... 84 De Lacy........................................... 79 Ju d g e ................................................78 Castle................................................71 Craven..............................................65 Legion ..............................................64 Black Horse......................................53 BromCow ..................................... 48 Bay Horse ....................................... 47


The back four, who still


only have two fully fit defenders, pushed up to the halfway line and pinned Darwen in their own half,


and forced some excellent saves. All the Clitheroe pressure


paid off again when the side earned a penalty corner that was again brilliantly saved by the Darwen keep­ er.


But the next corner saw


the ball switched twice, before finally ending with Nicola Horsfall receiving the ball on the right and burying an unstoppable shot. After the break, it didn’t


take long for Clitheroe to score goal number four, as a period of briiliant passing from player-of-the-match Heidi Worthington and Box


was finished clinically by Walmsley on the back post, after a skilful run and weave down the back line from Horsfall. With 20 minutes remain­


ing Horsfall scored Clitheroe’s fifth with a bru­ tal angled finish, and they thought they had added a sixth when Walmsley skipped around the last defender, who produced an outrageous tackle from behind. Walmsley also skipped


around the keeper, who completely missed the bali and smashed into her, but amazingly Walmsley stayed on her feet, and to the Dar­ wen umpire's advantage, pushed the ball into an open goal. However, the Darwen umpire had awarded a


penalty stroke for the two challenges on Walmsley, just as the ball was blatant­ ly crossing the line, and after Walmsley confronted the umpire, he reversed his decision and awarded a free hit to Darwen. Goal number six eventu­


ally came when a good pass­ ing move finished with Box- Morton calmly slo ttin g home. Clilheroe HC 2nds.........2 Leyland Foxes............... 2 TOP-of-the-table Clitheroe recorded a hard earned draw against a team who always prove difficult to play. Leyland took quick


advantage of the first push- back to weave through and score. This was a wake up call to Clitheroe, who quickly


s ta r te d to pass the ball around and get the ball up to the forwards. Clitheroe had some excel­


lent attacking play in the first half, enjoying the bulk of the possession, and had many near misses on goal. Eventually the locals


were rewarded with a goal to make it 1-1 at half-time. Clitheroe knew they had


to up their game in the sec­ ond half, and a long ball from defence found its mark just outside the D, and was successfully converted. Leyland came back to


equalise from a short corner ivith 12 minutes left to play. The atmosphere was


tense as both teams battled hard to gain the advantage, bu t neither were able to score. Player-of-the-match was Gay Preston.


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Lady Luck ignores locals


Clilheroe RUFC..........15 Thornton Cleveleys .. .18 L A D Y l u c k d id n o t s h in e d o w n o n L i t t l e m o o r w h e n t h e lo c a l s l o s t o u t , h a v in g s e e n a p e n a l t y k i c k b o u n c e o f f th e to p o f th e p o s ts , a n d a l s o s e e in g a n o p p o r tu n i s t t r y d is a l low e d . H ow e v e r th e h a r s h r e a l i ­


t y w a s t h a t , a l t h o u g h t h e t o w n t e a m p l a y e d 1 0 0% b e t t e r t h a n a m o n t h a g o , s om e f u r th e r c re a s e s n e e d to b e i ro n e d o u t . A f i rm p i t c h t o r o n c e


s e em e d t o s p u r t h e h o m e t e a m o n i n t h e o p e n i n g e x c h a n g e s , a n d a l t h o u g h p l a y in g u p t h e s lo p e , th e y m o n o p o l i s e d b o t h t e r r i to r y a n d p o s s e s s io n .


CLITHEROE AND DISTRICT SNOOKER


LEAGUE RESULTS


Firsl Division Whalley 2, Waddington A 10;


Billington A 12, Clitheroe Con. A 0; R im in g to n A 6, R B L 6; Clitheroe Con. B 8, Rimington B 4. Second Division


Police 6, Billington B 6; Slaid-


burn 2, C hatbum A 10; Wadding­ ton B 6, Social Club 6; Chatbum B 2, Catholic Club 10. FIXTURES Tonight


First Division Whalley v Rimington A; Low


Moor A V Clitheroe Con. B; Rim­ ington B V Waddington B; RBL v Billington A. Second Division


C h a tb u rn A v So c ial Club;


C a th o lic Clu b v Low Moor B; W a d d in g to n B v C h a tb u rn B; Billington B v Slaidburn. TABLES


First Division P W D L P


Rimington A .............11 5 3 3 78 Billington A ...............11 3 4 4 74 Low Moor A .............10 5 4 1 70 Whalley.....................10 6 1 3 68 RBL...........................11 4 4 3 66 Waddington A . . . .11 3 4 4 64 C’roe Con. B .............11 4 3 4 62 Rimington.................10 1 6 3 54 C’roe Con. A .............11 1 3 7 40 Second Division P W D L P


ChatburaA............... I I 7 4 0 86 CatholicCIub . ...1 1 4 5 2 76 Billington B ............... 11 2 7 2 66 Slaidbum...................10 4 2 4 60 Police.........................10 3 4 3 60 WaddingtonB....11 2 3 6 56 Social Club ...........10 3 4 3 54 Low Moor B .............10 1 7 2 54 ChatburaB...............10 2 2 6 52


CLITHEROE AND DISTRICT NETBALL


LEAGUE TABLES


Firsl Division P W D L P


Langho.........................9 9 0 0 27 Alpes ......................9 7 0 2 23 The Snip 1 ............ 10 6 0 4 22 Young Farmers_____ 9 5 0 4 19 RVMisschicks_____ 9 4 0 5 18 Hair of the Dog 1 .10 0 0 10 5 ITFX......................... 10 0 0 10 4 Second Division P W D L P


G’roeLightEng. ..10 9 0 1 28 RBL............................11 6 0 5 23 Ghipping Rejects .10 6 0 4 20 RVRebels..................11 4 1 6 17 TheSnip2 .............11 2 2 7 15 The Winchester...11 3 1 7 14 Third Division P W D L P


Dunkenhaigh ........7 6 0 1 21 Ragdolls ................ 8 5 1 2 18 RV Babes......................7 4 0 3 15 BB ..........................7 2 1 4 10 Blue Storm ............ 7 0 0 7 3


Clitheroe's pressure soon


led to Thornton giving away penalties. Skipper for the d ay ,* '


Nathan Peel slotted one over on his second attempt, after hitting the post min­ utes earlier. With a surfeit of quality


balls on the front foot, Clitheroe should have had more to show for their efforts, but too often over­ excitement when in sniffing distance of the Thornton line cost them dear. With a three-point lead


at the turnaround, and now playing with the slope, Clitheroe were quietly con­ fident of victory. This thought was rein­


forced when they got o v e r^ the whitewash. More pressure deep in


Thornton territory forced a turnover, the strong men in the pack, John Procter and Ollie McEntyre, doing the donkey work, before the ball was passed out to the midfield, where Martin Lafranceschina went over. And with the conversion


over, Clitheroe were sitting pretty at 10-0 up. A couple of penalties ruf­


fled Clitheroe's feathers, and when they crossed for a try to put them ahead, the home team got a bout of the jitters. Then came the controver­


sial moment of the game. As Peel lined up a penalty kick at goal to the right of the posts, Clitheroe were hoping for three points to retake the lead. However, the ball faded


across the face of the posts into the in-goal area. Clitheroe winger Mike


Dawson was dutifully chas­ ing the kick ahead along with second rower Andrew Rigby, and as everyone hes­ itated, Dawson was on the ball for the touch d ow n ,^ , seemingly ju s t before it went out of play. Unfortunately the referee


was unsighted, and after some inconclusive consulta­ tions with the touch judges, they didn't award the try. However, this seemed to


faze the Littlemoor outfit, and when Thornton scored again to p ut them two scores in front, it seemed there was no way back. But Clitheroe were deter­


mined, and they threw their all into the final 10 minutes. Again and again they


attacked the Thornton line, eventually sending loose,.^ forward Allan Nuttall, cap­ ping a fine display, over for his try. Clitheroe attacked again


straight from the restart, but it wasn't to be as time ran out on this exciting but frustrating game. On Saturday, high-fliers


Garstang are the visitors, for what promises to be a taxing encounter. There is a earlier”*" kick-off of 2 p.m. to enable both teams to watch Eng­ land play Scotland on the big screen in the clubhouse.


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