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■THE first Whalley Winter Open, which will become a regular event, attracted a field of 144 competitors on Saturday. Following the recent


Peter Smith • f*'. •«ir- By Chris Boden IT’S been another eventful


■ week- in the. his to ry of Ciitheroe FootballClub..: •: Former, c ap ta in and


N o r th .West -Counties League title-winning boss


I Lee Sculpher stepped down as joint-manager after Saturday’s 4-2 home- win over Ossett Albion. '■ -. And well-travelled non- ;


league veteran Kenny. Mayers has stepped in to .


: fill the void alongside old pal Peter Smith. ■ And with -Tuesday


UNIBOND


- -FOOTBALL _ LEAGUE


First Diwsion North - P W D L P


• Durham City . .'. .25 16 8 ;'.1'56: FCHalifaxTn...29 15 7 7 52 BamberBridge ..31 15 4 J 2 49 •ColwynBay....27 15 6 6 48 Skel’daleUld....25 14 6 5 48


- Lancaster City . .2714 .; , 4 ; 9 46 .: OssettAlbion....28 13 7 8 46 NewcastleBS ..32 12 6 4 42


•; Ciiraon Ashton . .2412 , 4.-, 8.40 r:CLlTHER0E..*.25’: 11 . 4 aO 37.. Mossley.......... 24 11 4 9 37 Wakefield..........27 11 4- 12 37 Woodley Sports. .26 11 2 13 35 Tralford


.......27 10 4 13 34 ;HarrogateRA*..-.29ilO , 3 16 33;


night’s home game with Trafford falling victim to the rain as well, it has been= a busy few days a t Shaw- bridge. Smith looked back on ■


‘ events, starting with, the; - d ep ar tu re n f . Sculpher" a f te r ju s t over a month* back a t the helm: -“ When. _Reno .(Neil. Reynolds) i


: stepped down to concen- v trate on playing, bpth Lee: and myself both said we ; : would do the job until the


'- GarforthTnt....26;- 9 *.5 12 32 ■ Chorley ............28 9 5 14 32 - Bossendale Utd. .28, • 6 - 8; 14 26 : .WamngtonTn ..29; 6, 7 16 25; Radclifte B o r ..*.29 . 6 -. 5 .18 23. -SaUoidCity:....26 ' 1 5 20 8


endiof the season, as I - worked with Reno. - . ■ - .;. V‘People say you can’t do


: i t as joint-managers, b u t . ,we had been happy with how it worked.


-.- -“ But Lee was picking a team, and I picked mine, and . we' then' dissected ; things, and ultimately you


have to ’s tan d by-your selection. - “We haven’t fallen out;; Lee ju s t said I was here' .before him, and f e l t , it


- would, be b e tte r i f h e stepped down. .“I t is ju s t .a football


decision, and he will still watch games and players forme, and keep in con­ tact. “We’ll take; i t from


;;there, but he texted me • before Tuesday’s game to wish us all the best.’.’ . ' Mayers has come in as


Sm ith ’s , number ; two,; boasting a wealth of expe-' rience and know-how - as


* well as adding an extra b o d y ' to the squad if required, as a forward option, although he has also played :in central defence and midfield.


; ; The 38-year-old’s former* clubs include -Horwich


. RMI, ;' Bamber * Bridge,'; Chorley, Morecambe, Lan-:


•caster City, Stalybridge Celtic, Hyde United, Bar-


, row, Kendal Town, Fleet- wood Town,-Padiham,


■ Mossley and New Mills, and he has recently been


■ playing ■ for Charnock: Richard. Chorley-based,* Mayers’ first game with ;: the Blues - after Tuesday’s


- ■ postponement - will be on his old stamping ground


. Victory Park on Saturday, ;. against his old boss Tony Hesketh.


- Smith said: “I ’ve known Kenny for years, and he


:has said he will help out, : and he can also go on the


; bench as well, so we have two-in-ona


V f, i‘He has a lot of knowl-. ■ edge and will be a big asset for the club.”


* -With 15 games to play. Smith is eager,to push on .from Saturday’s fine win - and press for a play-off


. .place, with the Blues cur-‘ rently 12 points adrift of


' ■ third place, with six games - in . hand on . Bamber . Bridge: “We will just try ; ,’and win as many games as , we can. We have some very


>- tough games, starting at* ■ Chorley,'and we have to go; • to Durham, Newcastle,


play.Skelmersdale and


iCurzon Ashton twice, but it will beagood test.;


; .“ I t 'is wide open and ■


. there will be lots of twists ■ and turns for the play-roff. •places; and everyone is.


. taking points off each other.


“ Anyone can beat any-


. one else in this league - we lost to Mossley and Wood-. ley Sports, two of the.


■ poorer sides we have played this season, but we then beat Ossett.


> “ We haven’t been ham-, mered this season, even when we lost 4-0 at Hali-, fax, which was a more even game than the score sug-. gests. ,


;: “I t is just a case of-tak­ ing our chances and being


r clinical - in the tougher games you might only, get one or two.”


■' He was delighted in th a t ;


.- sense against Ossett, as the - ■ Blues plundered four goals , a f te r .naming--a- more


' attacking side: “We create- i ed a lot of chances, where- * 'a s in the two or three


games before that, we did;.


■ n’t ,: and you; can’t w in . games if you don’t create chances.' ■ “I t was a problem; but


we went out with a more attacking formation,with


. Dave Hankin back on the right, Craig Sargeson on the left, two out-and-out strikers, and an attacking


; midfielder in Ryan Fisher, and we could have had five.


;orsix.” : However, that formation


will have to be tinkered ■with at Chorley: “You get ; the shape of the side right, and then we lose Ryan, , who is at a wedding! Gary Stopforth is still suspended, - so we will have to reshuffle, and there could be a chance


:for someone*like Mark- Sharpies to come in and stake a claim for the shirt.”- ; Ciitheroe are a t home to ■


■ Woodley , 'Sports;; on, . Wednesday night; • • ■ - ■ Blackburn .'. Rovers -Ladies are in action a t


'Shawbridge on Sunday against Birmingham City . (kick-off 1 p.m.).


; - In-form Albion blown away by Blues 'C/if/ieroe..;......;..........4


:Oss~eUAlbioru..:....:.....2 ; CLITHEROE blew away ’the. ta in t ;o f mid-table


' mediocrity with a com- .-manding performance on ■ Saturday against an in­ fo rm Ossett Albion side themselves pushing for a' . play-off spot.


s.v. Manager.Peter Smith. ■ rang the changes by leav-' ;; mg Anthony. Johnson and ii Gary S to p fo r th ; on the


r ; And but for a phenome-.v ; nal display from.Dave:


-i.Hankin, Reynolds would ■ have earned the man-of- - the-match accolade. .


: i: who had the crowd singing his name. ' -


- The first half took some ___ .'■


;.'-up.the pitch and playing, themselves into openings, - the Blues were fallmg neat;


bench,- and gave the cap- ;-:;i ly into the off-side trap.-;;*>g1 ta in ’s armband to Neil.-■•:—;b(^ost o f i th e -hoiriej Reynolds.^


chances came on , the 'He put m tenaciousper-..t* break, and Hankin and;‘ -Dave Hankin;; t h e m . w h


; As it was, it was Hankin* ,


■ . Ciitheroe took the lead-, •Time, Ryan Fisher latched ■:


-. on 32 minutes when Han-; kin burst through the mid- .dle before releasing Andy:..


■ Smith, who moved the ball ■lon to his right foot before*- ‘i.cracking a swerving drive ;■ into the top corner, giving' the keeper no chance.


■ time to spring to life, but-, with Ossett defending high ■


■;.'■ The lead was only to ■; last lO minutes, though; - .and when Jonathan Smith;


formance,'evoking memo- ;;-;;Conor.Kavanagh on the;. ries of his all-action per-v 5overlap:had th e best'of;s-Jgone*in-ahead though,- formancesof a decade ago.


e n deep into stoppage


i. only partially controlled a ■; ;; high ball on the edge of his town box, the ball fell neat- -. ■r.ly to an Ossett forward, -' ,;.who could not believe his ; 'luck, r ‘ ' - Ciitheroe should have -.


; on to a great through ball' ; and lobbed the keeper only ■ to see the ball go agonis-.. ingly wide. The second half was a


tmore. open: affair,‘. and-’'


.;; A minute later, Hankin .; turned provider for John-'


, son, who had just come on ■


as a su b s ti tu te , and he


imadenomistaka- ■ - Johnson then let anoth- ■


■ - Ossett were lucky to have.’ ■:;11 on the pitch when on 50; •■ .. minutes Smith was felled ■: .?20 yards from goal with ■ . only the keeper to beat. '?, ;:;.. ;- ■ Ossett were still danger- ; ; ous on the break; but the *; home team were now start- ■ ing to dominate.


•■ - On.65 minutes, Fisher^, :.' broke up play m the centre; ■ ■


: er clear chance go begging, and the home fans feared


: the worst,when Oss'ett; pulled one back with a, dozen minutes to go. - ; ■, .With two mmutes to go, -


! Martin Fearon was rooted ■to th e spot as an Os se tt■


-


■■circle and then released.;■ '■ Hankin, who coolly slotted ■ the ball home at pace. ' “


■shot flashed narrowly p a s t . the post; but i t was Han- ■ kin.who made the points ' secure in stoppage time - after Johnson had thread­ ed a .p a s s ; through the.; defence.'


Winter League winners earn their rewards LADY members of Ciitheroe


'; Golf Club had to conterid with;: ' atrocious weather. during the ;;; winter months, but this did not*;


V ;i


■deter~many.;ofr-these'hardy-* goFers.* - ,


, , - " ,


" . ’-They-, trudged ■; round .vthe -'tj-'.vMarilyn Fletcher and_Uane course in all weathers, when it-%Chandler;won the.closely-con--; ;.,was not closed because of fog,iifiteked.:Wint'er:LeagueLWith'88’> snow, ice or being waterlogged,, points^-.-I;" 'j--


'jus’t for.the fun of being in the-;?:?-; Runners-up'were' the pairing'I: fresh air.


' • .< of P a t.T ay lo r and Jean A nn,' -'.


j Speak w th 8a points. ^ - .'.I'-vIn the'.nine-hole Winter,Sti-;- i':bleford competition the winner; of Division One was Edith Child o a s .K a th 'B ith e ll and'Marciai- Morris' won the: Division Twol


-.and Three categories respective- * ly.,


■' — . _ ••' ■The ladies are now lookmg for- ■


.1.ward, to the lady, captain Carole ■ :i Brown's drive^in today and to a -', .-'dry and sunnyseason ahead!


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Cricket nets CHATBURN Cricket Club, have arranged indoor nets at Ribbles- dale High bTechnology College on Monday evenmgs from 8 p.m.'. • The new season


s ta r ts on April 18th, and all existing are requested to attend, while new players are welcoma ? For further informa­ tion, contact Mark Braithwaito (01200 423294) or Paul Whit­ taker (01200 441935). ■ more cricket on page 53.


rainfall, the course was playing its full length as David Chippendale from Ciitheroe Golf Club took first prize with 21 points after a card play-off with John


: Aspinall from Rishton Golf Club. Kevin Smith (Accrington) was third with 20. A card play-off also


determined the winner of th e best gross - Andy Wray (Whalley)


: with a one under par 35 beating Mark Ash­ worth (Chtheroe).


- .; Wray also took the prize for the longest drive on the second hole - with nearest-thc-pin prizes won by Stuart Ainslie (Whalley) and Mark Turner (Great Harwood). The club is indebted


to Whalley professional Jamie Hunt for all his hard work, which ensured the event was a resounding success. Former Whalley


member Stuart Andrew - now attached to Ciitheroe Golf Club as a professional - teamed up with Ciitheroe mem­ ber Paul Connolly and Whalley members M ik e . Conroy and Roger Altham to take joint first place in the Players Tour Pro-Am team event at Caldy on Thursday with a score of 11-under-par.


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