General Vacancies Lifetime Opportunities


Lifetime Opportunities provides high quality residential support to young people with severe learning disabilities, autism and challenging behaviour, based in the Rossendale area. We are currently seeking applicants with experience in a care setting. Full driving license required. Applicants must be over 22 (NMS 29.4).


Assistant Unit Managers ■ £20,2B0-E21,500 . Dep qual.&'Exp. 39 hrs Lates & W.end.


Senior RSW-El 8,252-E l 9,469


■ D epqua l.S Exp. 39 hrs Lates & W.ends RSW • E8.00-E8.90 '


Depqual.& Exp. 25 or 30 hrs. Lates & W.ends.: ,


Night Waking SW - E7.40 • E7.68 . working 3 nts ■ ’


DayServiceOfficers , 30+ hrs Mon-Fri (Rochdale) - £6-£7.38/hr (dep; On exp) .


HGU 2 D r iv e r / Labourer


based in CTiUieroe Social Care


opportunity to care? Careforce is a fast-growing domiciliary care provider with branches nationwide. We have vacancies for


Looking for a better


tCARERSo provide crisis and long-term care for vulnerable people in the Ribble Valley area. These are full- and part-time positions, including evening and weekend working on a rota basis. Experience is highly valued, but where training is required, we offer the best in- : house scheme in the industry, funded to NVQ Level 2. You must have a full UK driving licence and be able to use your own vehicle for work.


Benefits include competitive rates, mileage allowance and refundable CRB checks. For further details, or to apply, call Carol on


during office hours. www.careforcegroup.co.uk


01254 397127


Careforcelsan Equal Opportunities Employer.


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Tel. 01200 440221 or 07811206505.


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deliveries around^ the North of England.:.- Applicants must have a minimum 5 years 75 multidrop.- driving expenence, the job ^vilI also involve - some warehousing work. •


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W a reh o u se P e rso n required (driving licence essential)


The job will involve all aspects of warehot^ work - , . Including assembling deliveries, picking slock, loading and unloading vehicles and m*ay involve some drlvmg .. & R.Tdriving. . The successful applicants will work at our busy branch in ; ■ Burnley. Starting salary flZk^lSk dependmg on cxpcncnce.


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CARING FOR CARERS a re looking for a .


j ADMIN ASSISTANT


15 h o u rs p e r w e ek G o o d h o u r ly rate


• Ability to work on own and use Initiative • Administrative and Clerical experience • Good communication skills, especially good telephone manner


01200 422104 Closing d a te 15th' August 2 0 0 8 .


• Basic computer skills especially Word and Excel Please contact Grace / Laura on


.SUPPORT -V. WORKERS'


v-'iREQUIRED. ; To work in the Whalley,


• j i ‘ .-Clitheroe a n d , "^G rin d le to n areas, . ■


:;jo fn in g 'a dedicated : team 'providing p e rs o n a l/ d om e s tic , assistance within ,


peoples own homes. Full training and . uniform provided. ■


Car Drive preferred. .. Please telephone - 01200 422297


CRB Cher* / ID Venlication al • InterviQW.


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to assist busy fam ily ,; ,6-10 hours per week


(possibility o f extra hours). Daytime working - though some flexibility. £6.50 per hour. Situated ]n Brockhall ^Village. Must be able to


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“ .-provide references. Please forward cv I letter | . to; Joanne Jones,


' 7 Masefield Close, . Brockhall Village, ;


Old Langho, Blackburn,' ;


- BB6 8HS. ■


Monday - Fr ida y 10.00am - 6.00pm Please apply in writing to


Fence Gate Inn, Wheatley Lane Rd, Fence, BB12 SEE


o r call 01282 618101 for further details. Catering & Hospitality


Maxwells Cafe Wine Bar .


Clitheroe FULL TIME KITCHEN ASSISTANT


To assist with food preparation and service and general kitchen duties. , - _ Experience preferred but not essential


Please call Sarah or Kate for more details or to arrange an interview^ Tel 01200 443906


Admin & Secretarial


, APPRENTICE PLASTER


'• REQUIRED M u s t be cn ih us ia s lic and re lia b le


Contact Da rre n on 07980 616 579


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Denis is top man at Glitheroe


DENIS Greenup was top man . at Clitheroe Golf Club last week.-.;- -


' The popular two-handicap golfer admits he is playing the best golf of his life and has never struck the ball better. The Sir Michael Bonallack


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Open Senior Singles Trophy is now a well supported annual event. Sir Michael being an hon­ orary member of the Clitheroe • club. Greenup matched standard -


scratch on the day and his gross 73 gave him the (Ilaret Jug and firstprize. - , Tom Brown, a one-handicap competitor from Stand, pro- ; duced a gross 75 for second place, two shots clear of third placed R. Mather from ■ ' Ellesmere. The nett trophy went to ,


Ulverston’s J. Cokalay, who had a three-shot advantage over .. Clitheroe club captain Andrew Walmsiey with his nett 68. Whalley’s John Jobes took


third with a nett 72, and Clitheroe’s Peter Dawson took home an age group prize with a . creditable82-8-74. • ■ Greenup returned an impres­


sive 75 gross to take the P. H. Long Trophy for the Seniors , ■ Championship; with Mike Gib­ son just one shot off the pace, his '76 giving him second place. Dean Brackenbury continues


to figure on the leader board, and his 78-10-68 won him the


/^ to rs Rosebowl.' ^[!terDawsonposteda78-8- 70 to take second place and ■. leave Philip Cort in third just one shot behind. ; The age category prizes - in .■


no particular order - went to - ,Bill Birch,-Dave Finney, John


Holt and Chris Eddleston. Summer arrived for Satur-.


day’s Medal. And the conditions suited


Derek Marsh as his nett 69 snatched top spot from scratch-


• man Mark Ashworth, courtesy of a card play-off. '


-; Ashworth had a flawless ■


round for his 69, but he had to settle for second. The steady David Foster '


took third in Division One with a solid 80-10-70. Division Two went to


Jonathan Sheasby with a nett 68, two shots to the good over


■ Mark Jeffrey, and Dave Kitson took third. ;


Sumners score clear win


JIM Sumner invited his daugh­ ter Kerry up from Buckingham to play in Sunday’s Mixed Invi­ tation Greensome at Clitheroe, and they took first prize by a comfortable margin. The Sumners had a three-


shot margin over second placed ■ Roger Brennan and his playing partner from Accrington, M. Oldham. A nett 69 from Chris Thomp­ son and Royal Birkdale’s A..


Lowe took third. And decimal points settled .


fourth and fifth places when Steve Nightingale and C. Brotherton, with a nett 69.2, had the narrowest of margins


over Clitheroe’s Jean Holt and D. Mollinson from Green-


■ mount.. . . Captain Andrew 'Walmsiey


presented the prizes in a packed clubhouse, after taking the gross prize with his playing partner, Karen Hopwood from ■ Burnley. ■. ■


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Captain’s day fun at Stonyhurst


DAVID Beesley showed the wel­ coming, generous and more seri­ ous side to his character in host­ ing his Captain’s Day at Stony-


. hurst Park. The overall winner was John


Walne with 80-17-63, beating Daniel Crossley (77-14-63) in a card play-off. Third place went to Declan


■Fitzhenry (78-14 -64) after a . card play-off with Miles Slinger.


- and Ross Hibbert. • The best gross was won by Steve Alcock with 77, beating Andrew Blocked again on a card play-off.; , Tony Baron won the best vet­


eran prize ivith 86-19-67, Fitzhenry had the longest drive and Daniel Crossley won the prize for nearest the pin. The captain’s dry sense of


humour and unique view on the world in general came to the fore in entertaining a record attendance of members and partners with his Captain’s Day speech at the end of a memo- rableday.


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Denis is top man


IN the Paul McEvoy-sponsored four-man team competition at Stonyhurst Park, the winners were vice captain John Block­ ed, Andrew Blocked, Brent Aspinall and Ian Carrington with a stableford score of 108


points. . Runners-up were Tony ■ , Wright, Graham Monk, Henry Farrar and Peter Thompson with 101 points, narrowly beat- ■ ■ ing the pre-event favourites


-.


Tony Lee, John Buxbaum, Ray Robinson and Richard Moody,


with 100 points, into third place.


Close finish at


NEIL Winkley and Stony- hurst’s Ross Hibbert scored 43 points to win Invitation Day at Whalley. ■' ' Andrew Wray and G. Eaton scored the same 43, but had to settle for runners-up spot. And Rob Andrew partnered Miles Wade to third with 42.


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Busy time for Myttoii golfers


A BUSY weekend at Mytton Fold started on Saturday with the Queen Mother’s Cup quali­ fying round.


■ This national competition is dedicated to raising money for -Marie Curie Cancer Care, to help fund its invaluable services. 'The top 20 men and ladies


from the northern area will go forward to the regional final at Wychwood Park. And the regional winners


then go on to the Grand Final at St Andrews in October. Winner of the men’s round was Matt Garnerwith 43 ■


' points, beating Chris Czyzck ■intosecond and third placed ■ ‘Martin Holden on a card play­ off. Phil Clegg took the Division One win. Going forwards from' • the ladies was winner Carole Maher with 41 points, two . points clear of Maureen Board in second. ■ Sunday saw the club’s compe-


tition to select the three pairs for the ELGA Mixed Four­ somes. In glorious weather, the pair­


ings of Mark Green/Jean Sanderson, Neil Osliffe/Abbie Clegg and Tony Wilson/Doreen Hammond headed the field and go forward to represent Mytton Fold.


Fourball prize for young duo


SARAH Hale and Emma Clegg totalled 41 points to win the ladies’ fourball at Clitheroe.' Tracey Bentley and Barbara


Thornton (38) were runners-up by two points from Collette leaver and Deborah Catlow (36).


Wendy Green was the out­


right winner of the LGU Medal at Whalley when she carded 98- 28-70. Linda Rhodes (109-36- 73) took second spot after a card play-off with Jean Tasker (92-19-73).


James and Tom take top spots


THE Junior Medal at Clitheroe was won by James Banks. A round of 94-28-66 gave him


a considerable reduction in handicap and a clear winning margin over Will Eaton and Will Kenyon, who both carded nett 75s. James Taylor had the best gross. ■: ■ •


■Whalley by a shot from Arron Ripley.


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Tom Tuley returned a nett 74- to win the Junior Medal at


THE Hortonracing team made quite an impact at the most recent’roundnf- the' British- rallycross championship, .which took place'atiCroft Interna- tiorial circuit'near Dar- lington.


- ( Simon Horton was a t ;


the wheel;Of his Castle' Cement-sponsored Subaru Impreza;,which had been fixed just days before, after a recent major engine faili ure during testing. :■ Horton and his team


worked round the clock to replace the engine, so that, they could attend the meeting at full strength.


."I am very grateful and


fortunate to have such a great bunch of. people backing me up when .1 need them most. Without


£ them I just wouldn't be . able to be as competitive as we are as a team," he said


'afterwards. . ■^r-The day’s action was ' damped by torrential weather, which made driv;| ing much more.difficult ■ and dangerous than usual. : But with.the experience


from previous seasons, Horton was able to extract the most out of the SOObhp Subaru in the tricky condi­ tions. ■


■ The highlight of the day ■


was to claim the first heat ivin in the new car this sea­ son.


• This proved the overall


package of driver and the new car can compete with the very best drivers in.


Britain and Ireland at the top level of motorsport. ■ Richard Horton also


competed on the day, and claimed overall class victo­ ry in the stockhatch divi­ sion a t the wheel of his trusty Peugeot 205gti.


He has now claimed


numerous victories this year, and is in a great posi­ tion to claim the overall championship title at the end of the year. ■With a good collection of championship points on


the day, the Hortonracing team now looks forward to the next event at Lydden Hill in Kent on the August Bank Holiday. Simon Horton is pic­


tured at the wheel of his Castle Cement-sponsored Subaru, (s) .


□ The Honda Civic Classic mixed doubles was held at Ribblesdale


•Wanderers on Sunday. : Couples came from far


and wide to play in the club’s centenary event and M. Beardsmore and P. McGirk emerged as thewinners. , ; : , The club would like to


thank Honda for their kind sponsorship and all the dedicated helpers for making the competition agreatsuccess...: • RESULTS. ; Semi-Finals


15, M. Beardsmore and P.McCirk 21; E. Wallace, and E. Ainsworth 19, D. and J. Navin21. ’■ ' ' ■ F in a l


S. Gall and P.Stahsfield


McGirk 21; D. and J. Navin 20.


■ M. Beardsmore and P. ,


□ Entries are being taken for the two big annual open bowling competitions at Sabden. 'Phe £140 Julia Whal­


ley Rosebowl charity open doubles on August 23rd and 24th, is limited to the first 32 pairs. ; Matches from the


quarter-finals on are played on the Sunday.. Entry is £8 per team,


proceeds go to Derian House children’s hospice and the dosing date to enter is August 9th. The annual £750


Sabden Floodlit Singles starts on Thursday, Sep­ tember 4th and is limit­ ed to 64 entries.; - ■; - Matches are held on,


Thursdays through Sep­ tember, with' four ivin- ners'frbm each night going through to the; final on Sunday, Sep­ tember 28th.'' ; Contact Alan'Whal­


ley (01282 778472/ 07753219509) to enter. ■ □ Waddingtbn Village;


-


, Club will host its Annu-; aLi'Flbodlight (-Pairs' Bowling competition in September.!' - ■ ’•


' f The.'event starts bn.' September 2nd/-with finals night taking place- on September 18th.- ■ --Entry fee is £8 per;


pair, with entry forms: and information from E .’’.Houghton '(01200 429561 ' or, ,07811? 013629).


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□ Rushton Street Bowl­ ing Club,: GreatHar-! wood;-;is once-again staging a Floodlit Open; Doubles Competition in, September.’ ‘ The dates are;


Wednesday; September; 3rd'to Saturday,-Sep-;’ tember 6th, 'and Wednesday, September- lOtH, to Saturday,' Sep­ tember 13th, inclusive,•; with practice from 6


,p.m. for a 6-30:p.m.; start.* - ' ■" The final is on Sun-’


-day, September 14th.; ; No substitutes after:


allowed after the first round and the entry fee; ,of £10 per pair should be sent to Marion Cor-i nail 13 Grimshaw Street: Great'Harwood (01254 889405). '


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