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Entries sought


WADDINGTON ViL lage Club's Annual Pairs Floodlight Bowl­ ing Comp gets under­ way next month. Starting on Tuesday,


September 4th, for three days and then resuming again over the following two weeks, finals night is scheduled for Thursday, Septem­ ber 20th. Cost to enter is £8


and details are available from J. Humphries (01200 428207) or the club (01200 422262). Meanwhile, entries


are still being taken for the Sabden Floodlit Singles being held on Tuesdays and Thurs­ days throughout Sep­ tember. For more informa­


tion, contact Alan Whalley


778472/07753 219509).


Players needed


BLACKBURN Junior Badminton Club is looking to re s ta r t in time for the new season. The club is looking


for new players, girls and boys, aged between seven and 19 years old of all standards, who do not currently play for the county. For more informa­


tion, or to book your place, please contact Barbara at blackburn- juniorbc@yahoo.co.uk or ring 07900 275363.


Langho on lookout


LANGHO Under 13s are on the lookout for new players who must have been born after September 1st, 1994. Langho Under 13s


play a t Northcote Lane, Langho, by the Northcote Manor Hotel, and train in win­ ter at Pleckgate. The team currently


have parents travelling from Chatburn, Bar- row, Read and Whalley to training and match­ es, so lifts can be arranged to both sites. Langho take part in


the Blackburn, Dar- wen, Hyndburn and District League, and usually play on Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. For further informa­


tion, contact Michael Cook (01282 771549/ 07703941388) or e-mail RJreadhall@aol.com Langho operate


teams from under six to under 16 level, as well as a senior and reserve adult team, and are always interested in new players a t any level.


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Golfers are keeping it in the family


By Edward Lee


THE father-and-son combination of Gordon and Jack Rothwell have produced some impressive golf at Clitheroe GC so far this season. Jack is shooting down


the single figure handi­ caps, ably supported by his father, and Saturday’s Fourball was an indica­ tion of how well they gel as a team. A 45-point return and a


better back nine gave the Rothwells the edge over Wayne Townley and Derek Marsh, who in turn edged out Ken O’Brien and Malcolm Goldswor­ thy on the same score. The last laugh, however,


went to Ian Walsh and Garry Thompson as they conjured up 46 points to top the pile by a point. Peter Clayton made a


welcome return to the winners’ enclosure when partnering Sue Cartledge on Sunday. The Clitheroe pair


claimed the Open Mixed Fourball with 42 points. Overcoming the heavy


going, they had a two-shot margin over the next four couples. B. Taylor (Burnley)


and B. Taylor (Nelson) won the multiple play-off for second place ahead of J. Ingham and J. Ruff (Rossendale)


and


Clitheroe’s Bill Wood and Sarah hail totalled 32 points to take the gross prize. The Roger Osliffe


Memorial Trophy at Mytton Fold produced its usual competitive field this weekend with a very hard-fought victory earned by Luke Green. His 90-22-68 score was


good enough to give him a two-shot cushion over six- players who all carded net 70 scores. After a card play-off Captain-Elect Garry


Davies' 84-14-70 was good enough to take second place. The divisional prizes


went to Nick Pearson and Chris Chadwick who both carded superb 75-5-70 scores in Division One; Chris Hughes (90-20-70) and Stuart Clemson (92- 21-70) in Division Two and in the Third Division, Chris Czyzyk (97-23-74) and Peter Kiddie (99-22- 77) took the honours. The ladies’ event also


had a close finish. Played as a stableford,


Linda Clegg (37) just out­ pointed the bang-in-form Alison Nuttall (37) after a card play-off. The first round of the


Arthur Longworth Chal­ lenge Cup was played at Whalley on Saturday - with the second round to follow on Saturday. In challenging, windy


conditions interspersed by showers, Chris Blackadder and Stephen Brown lead the field after the first round on 71 nett. Former president Les


Dearden - showing a wel­ come return to form - is on 72 with Kevin Walker one shot further back on 73.


Divisional prizes for the


first round went to Black- adder, Dearden, Brown, Walker, Jerry Riley and Geoff Mayoh. On Sunday, the ELGA


Mixed Foursomes qualifi­ er was played. Strategic thinking by


her partner - and some excellent bunker play by the lady herself - saw Lady Captain elect Joyce Andrew and Roger Altham take first place after a card play-off with Dr Peter Seavers and Agnes Flanagan. Steve Shoreman and


Anne Prior took the third spot in the Whalley team which will play at Clitheroe in the finals next month. Former Ribble Valley


and Sabden football leg­ end Paul Wray has been


’ nominated to be captain of Whalley Golf Club in 2009. The three-man team


event at Stonyhurst Park saw victory for Tom Hib- bert, G. Sutcliffe and N. Winkley with a score of 76 points. Second place went to


Kevin Rogerson, Shaun Creedy and Paul Young with 75 points. That was followed by a


strokeplay competition won by Ian Carrington 87-24-63. A card play-off gave


second place to John Buxbaum and third place to Derrick Bramwell 85- 18-67. The Celia Porter Tro­


phy at Whalley saw victo­ ry for Agnes Seery with 36 points. Jane Smedley (32) took second place after a card play-off with Vivien Birtwell. A score of nett 53.8 was


good enough for Margaret McAllester, Sheila Par- man and Val Fairless to win the Dorothy Harrison Texas Scramble at Stony­ hurst Park. Clitheroe ladies were


also in action in a Texas Scramble. Edith Child, Sheila Cornwell and Mary Eglin returned 74-4.7-69.3 to emerge victorious ahead of Debbie Catlow, Carole Brown and Jan Revis (77- 6.9-70.1). Clitheroe’s new junior


star, Tom Forrest, burst on to the scene earlier in the month with his first hole in one. And he has hit the head­


lines again in the last two junior competitions. A 40point return in the


junior stableford for Chris Bailey (38) and Harry Lambert (35). Jane Forrest’s son then


topped the leaderboard in the junior medal with a nett 66. But it was a close call as


the other Rothwell, Lewis, was edged out on a card play-off, but finished sec­ ond ahead of the steady Harry Lambert.


READSTONE Girls Under 15s Last season the team were run- need new players for the forth- ners-up in both the league and the coming football season which cup, and this season are hoping, kicks-off on September 9th.


PROCEEDS of £3,000 from a charity golf day held at Mytton Fold Golf Club, Langho, were presented to Carol Jones from the charity "When You Wish Upon a Star". The charity grants wishes for termi­


nally ill children, and the cheque was pre­ sented by owner of Mytton Fold Hotel and Golf Complex, Mrs Lilian Harg­ reaves. During the golf day, held in May, local teams played golf and at the prize pres-


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Clilheroe....................... 0 Bamber Bridge............2 CLITHEROE’S first home game of the new campaign rekindled last season’s largest concerns. The Blues failed to


Performance rekindles old concerns


defend a set-piece for Bamber Bridge’s opener on Tuesday night, picked up five bookings and saw a player sent off - all traits th a t dogged the team last season. In fact, las t term


Lilian Hargreaves presents Carol Jones from the When You Wish Upon a Star charity with a cheque for £3,000 raised from the Mytton Fold Golf Club's golf day watched by Barbara Bryan, David Hargreaves and Carole Maher. (A200S07/2)


Charity benefits from golf day


entation in the evening a charity auction was held. Winners of the golf tournament


received tickets for the Manchester City and Blackburn Rovers match on Boxing Day, which they donated to the auction, and £500 was bid by a kind person. Again the tickets were donated back,


this time to the charity itself so that if a child wishes to see the football match, their wish can be granted on Boxing Day.


Straightforward win for composed Clitheroe


CLITHEROE Tennis Club A kept their compo­ sure to seal a straightfor­ ward 4-0 defeat at Accrington on a wet and windy Saturday. Roger Ravenscroft and


Derek Parrott took over number one s ta tu s and soon asserted their authority, racing through the first set 6-1, before taking the second 6-2. Steve Pym and Phil


Mileham also cruised through the first match, 6- 1, 6-4. In the return rubbers,


Ravenscroft and Parrott again did as they pleased with a 6-2,6-1 score, and a short afternoon’s work was completed when Mileham and Pym took their match 6-2, 6-2. There are now jus t


three league matches left, and Clitheroe have won


with the acquisition of a few new


players, that they will be even more successful. Training will recommence on Thursday, August 30th on the


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14 of their 15 matches so far.


However promotion still


looks unlikely, with Burn­ ley continuing their sue- C6SS.


B WHALLEY B won


all four rubbers at Black­ burn Northern C to earn maximum points in the East Lancashire Tennis League. Richard Lambert and


Gerry Breese overcame the Blackburn first pair, and the second pairing of Gordon and Adam Pim- perton took their first set,before rain stopped play and the match was reconvened indoors. The locals then took the


second set after some close games.


In the second round of


rubbers, Whalley’s first pair found it harder going, but eventually overcame.


Headstone girls team on the lookout for new players


playing fields at Read Primary School between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Please contact team manager Andrea Huggett (07887947677).


Blackburn’s second pair 6- 4, 6-3. The Whalley second


string then had a roller­ coaster ride against Blackburn’s top pair. In the first set, Gordon


and Adam were 5-0 down, before recovering, only to lose the set on a tie break. The Whalley pair easily


won the second set 6-1, and raced to a 5-1 lead in the deciding set before closing the match out 7-3 in the tie break.


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Clitheroe had the worst disciplinary record of any UniBond League side, and yellow cards for David


Dempsey, Nigel Taylor, Craig Sargeson and Paul Stansfield did nothing to alter that image, before second-half substitute Taylor was given his marching orders. A two-footed challenge


saw the Clitheroe player sent off, but a stamp on the left back by Brig play­ er Steve Brown in the same incident saw the two teams back on level terms. As expected of a local


derby, there were heated tackles throughout the game, but it was Brig’s opening goal on 28 min­


utes th a t proved the biggest setback. From on the right wing;


Alex Porter launched a left-foot free kick over the Blues defence, which bounced unchallenged past a floundering James Mann.


' The keeper’s erratic


behaviour didn’t help Rus­ sell Clark or Gregg Ander­ son much all game and he seemed almost surprised th a t the ball had come through to him. Joel Byrom had earlier


hit the bar from a corner, and Ryan Fisher nodded


the rebound over the bar, but Clitheroe’s attempts on goal were at a premium. Second-half substitute


Gary Jackson called on Brig keeper Terry McCormick and centre back Adam Tong when Sargeson played the ball in to his feet. Ryan Fisher and Stans­


field still look to be lack­ ing match fitness, and an injury to Byrom didn’t help matters. Brig were then gifted


space six minutes from time to run on goal and blast home a second that


Mann could only parry into the back of the net. The availability of


Exton for the home game on Saturday, following a two-match ban carried, can only help the Blues as they are short of striking options. Woodley Sports............1 Clitheroe........................0 A LATE goal from substi­ tute Phil Harwood handed Clitheroe an opening day defeat' on Woodley’s plas­ tic pitch on Saturday. In a far-from-engaging


game, Harwood’s strike eight minutes from time


separated the sides on a rain-soaked surface. A defensive lapse cost


the Blues when the Wood- ley player latched on to a loose ball in the box to fire past James Mann in goal. Neither side looked


comfortable on the skit­ tish surface and there were few clear-cut chances from either team. The Blues had a good


chance to take the lead in the first half when Craig Sargeson nodded down a left-wing delivery across the face of goal for Gary Jackson on the line, only


the striker was beaten to the final touch. T h a t was Clitheroe’s


only real effort on goal, bar a number of unsuc­ cessful set pieces and a Sargeson strike from dis­ tance. Woodley were quick to


attack on the break and expose Clitheroe’s uncer­ tainties as the Blues field­ ed a different line up to any of their successful pre­ season games. And it was from one of


these attacks th a t the home side grabbed a result from this drab encounter.


Chippppiing.................... 4 4 they did in real style. Halsall.............................1 A STUNNING second half performance


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Chipping kick-off their Preston


League First Division campaign with


and D is trict a win


stunning start Special tour date for Read trio I


they did in real style. The third goal came


against a Halsall side pro­ moted with the locals last season.


The villagers began the


game slowly and allowed the visitors too much time on the ball in the early stages. Halsall took full advan­


tage of this ten ta tiv e start, as a ball straight through the middle of the Chipping defence found a marauding striker, and he made no mistake as he dinked the ball over the advancing Matt Ireland to make it 1-0. This gave Chipping the


wake-up call they needed, as they began to settle and look solid for the remainder of the first half. Chipping began the sec­


ond half in explosive style, and their quick passing and deadly finishing blew the visitors away in a superb 15-minute spell. The villagers were level


within a minute of the sec­ ond half starting. M a n -o f - th e -m a tc h


Danny Austin played a dangerous ball across the six yard box where Oily Hayhurst was on hand to turn the ball home for the equaliser. This was ju s t the lift


Chipping needed, and they managed to take the lead immediately. Straight from the Hal­


sall kick-off, Chipping won the ball back and forced a corner on the left. A pinpoint centre was met by midfielder Dave Bar­ ton, who powered a head­ er past the exposed goal­ keeper. Chipping were playing


some superb football, and could not be contained as they looked to press home the advantage, something


through Mark Fordham. More fine play from Austin saw him unselfish­ ly square for Fordham, who made no mistake as he calmly slotted the ball home. The fourth goal was the


pick of the bunch. There looked little on as Austin picked the ball up on the right, but, looking up, he saw the keeper off his line and'launched a spectacu­ lar 40-yarder which sailed into the far corner of the net. Chipping will look to


build on this performance in upcoming fixtures, beginning with CCA on Saturday at home (kick­ off 2-30 p.m.). B THE PESL Futsal Cup will be contested for a fifth time at Roefield. Starting tomorrow


night, the competition then runs on Saturday and Sunday. Current holders, Read


Madrid, will be back to defend their trophy against the likes of twice winners Malia Massive of Preston, hosts Aragon and 13 other hopefuls. There will be a maxi­


mum of 16 teams compet­ ing in four groups of four, with the top two of each progressing to the quar­ ter-finals. Futsal is a version of


five-a-side football played in most of Europe and South America. The ball is smaller and bounces less, but makes for a quicker, more exciting, game of football than tra­ ditional five-a-side. Playing futsal also has


some fantastic opportuni­ ties to play at the highest level. After the PESL Futsal


Cup, there will be a quali­ fying round for the FA Futsal Cup, the national competition for futsal, the winners of which qualify for the UEFA Futsal Cup.


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Weekend washout


ALL Ribble Valley teams in Ribblesdale Cricket League action at the week- end were denied by the downpours once again. Ribblesdale Wanderer’s


derby encounter at Clitheroe’s Chatburn Road ground was called off early in the afternoon, and games at Barnoldswick and league leaders Baxen- den didn’t see a ball bowled either. Whalley were down for a


visit to Victory Park, and the West Craven club’s pitch doesn’t stand up to the weather at the best of times. While Read were the vis­


itors at Baxenden, but the league leaders ground was as blighted as any other in the league. Only Padiham’s home


defeat to second place Blackburn Northern reached a conclusion aiding the Pleckgate Road club’s quest to catch Baxenden. This week sees a double header of fixtures over the


Bank Holiday, with Whal­ ley at home to Padiham, Clitheroe away at Black­ burn Northern, Read at home to Oswaldtwistle Immanuel and Ribblesdale Wanderers at home to Cherry Tree on Saturday. Then the following day,


Clitheroe entertain Whal­ ley, Ribblesdale Wanderers travel to Settle and Read visit Great Harwood. Wickets are pitched at 1-30 p.m.


Chatburn winners


IN one of the few games to reach a conclusion in the Craven Cricket League, Chatburn beat Glusburn by five wickets thanks to David Lakin and Paul Craig. The pair struck up the


most successful batting partnership of the after­ noon to see the villagers on their way to a winning score of 118 runs, as they put on 50 for the third wicket. Having held Glusburn to


114-8 in the first innings, down to the bowling of


Andrew Booth with 4-36, Chris Waddington (2-28) and David Musson (1-25), Lakin struck nine bound­ aries in his undefeated knock, with further contri­ butions from David Price (eight) and Andrew Car­ tledge (eight not out).


Exciting finale


WAGGON and Horses will face Chipping A in a win- ner-takes-all decider for the Clitheroe and District Midweek Cricket League title. The league is coming to


an exciting climax follow­ ing the latest round of matches. With joint leaders Wag­


gon and Horses having had their match with St James’ rained off, Chipping A had the opportunity to take an outright lead in the league. However, Sabden had


other ideas. Batting first, Chipping A reached 97 from their 15 overs, but Sabden timed their reply perfectly as they won with two balls to spare That set up the final


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THREE girls from Read Cricket Club are to create history as part of a special Lancashire Under 19s tour to South Africa next March. And to promote the


proud honour, the Whal­ ley Road club is to hold a fathers against daughters match at the end of the month. I t is the first time a


county girls team has undertaken such a trip, to play in a tournament against three other Eng­ lish county sides, an Aus­ tralian team and a home nation side. Selected to play in the


tour are 17-year-old Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Sixth Form student


matches of the season, with Waggon taking on Chipping A. The weather caused the


cancellation of the Calder- stones versus Chipping Ramblers match, but Rim- ington lost out in their game with Low Moor despite the efforts of Danny Glover, who scored 31 runs of their 74 total. Low Moor’s reply


included an individual knock of 31 from the unde­ feated Martin Peel, but Rimington will look for revenge when the teams meet again in the Catholic Cup Final at Ribblesdale Wanderers on September 2nd.


Cobras cruise


CLITHEROE Cobras U13s A continued their impressive league form with a win at Read. Batting first, Clitheroe


again showed consistency throughout with all play­ ers making a significant contribution to the net total of 96 off their 16


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Rachel Dakin, and 14- year-old Ribblesdale High School pupil Alex Hartley. They will be joined by


fellow Read player Jenny Laycock, who, at 19 years old is too old to play, but will be attending in' a coaching capacity. The fathers against


daughters match is sched­ uled to take place on Fri­ day, August 31st, and is all part of a sponsorship boost to help raise money for the tour. Anyone interested in


the sponsoring the Lan­ cashire team should con­ tact Julia Hartley (07761 582675). Alex Hartley (left) and


Rachel Dakin are pic­ tured. (s)


An exhilerating knock of


22 from Houldsworth was well supported by Parkin­ son (16) Nuttall (17) Bow- ness (12) and Banks (11). In reply Read struggled


to keep up with the required rate and the regu­ lar loss of wickets enabled Cobras to cruise to a com­ fortable victory. All the Bowlers again


performed well. Wicket takers were Parkinson (2- 4) and Kay (1-5).


Cricket coaching


RIBBLESDALE Wan­ derers' Summer Cricket Coaching schedule gets underway next week. The five-day course for


seven to 14 year olds s ta r ts on Monday and costs £60. Each day starts at 10


a.m. and finishes at 4 p.m., and the sessions are run by qualified ECB and CRB checked coaches. For further informa­


tion, contact either Michael Britcliffe (424328) or Terry Braith- waite (428190).


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