46 ■ Cllthoroe Advertiser &TImes,Thursday, December 9,2010
www.cllthoroeadvertlser.co.uk SPORT: For latest local sport go to
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AMATEUR golfers in the: North ■ West will ■
have" a
brand new matchplay com petition to .'compete in next season. - ' , - ;; The Northern Matchplay Golf • Championship - is a ; season-longtournament V initially split into six conn- • ties, which include Cheshire and Lancashire. ■
: Golfers who are attached
to a club in Lancashire will compete against each other on a knockout basis tiying ' to reach their. 36-hole ‘county’ final, to be held at West Lancs Golf Club next autumn. ■ ' -Meanwhile Cheshire golf
ers will do likewise but the climax of their event will be at Wallasey. '‘The■.■.winners;;: at each
regional final venue will • progress to the .two-day . expenses paid Grand Final' at The Alwoodley Golf Club in September 2011, where/ the winners of Durham, . Cumbria, Northumberland and - Yorkshire will join them ■ to . determine the - overall champions of the- North.-- ■ -There- is an Individual /
GOLF /.players are assured, of- a t :
. least one round away from their home course.'.
•' A draw is then made for
..home advantage in subse- / quent rounds. Both West- Lancs and
.. Wallasey golf courses / regularly feature:', in ,/ top;; 100 rankings and are used/ by the ‘ .R&A as - Open' Championship qualifying venues. ■ Tournament Organiser,- Edward' Battye, said, “To have West Lancs : and: Wallasey as regional. final;
: venues is a real coup and : will certainly give entrants an extra incentive.”, Scratch-golfer • . Battye :
added, “Whoever is lucky enough to win on the day can then expect one of the - best golfing experiences' they are ever likely to have : at .Alwoodley.”
^ - To enter you must be a v
male golfer, aged 16 or over ' on 31st March 2011, with an active CONGU handicap. The entry-fee. represeiits
. and Betterball Pairs com- - : petition both , played off . • handicap. . The /opening -. round / is '
played over 36 holes on ‘ a ‘home :& away’ basis so'.'
good value at just £15 per person or £25 per pair. ■ - .; ; Those interested in enter- . ing should log on to www.
northernmatchplay.com for ;■ full details.
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:' - //' First Division North ' ' - P WD - L P
. ' Chorley..h.;.v.'.:/..15 10 3-2 33 Skel’dale Utd.....14 9 3 2 30'
Chester....;....:./.. 16 12 3 1 39 CLITHEROE;;r;/.;19.10 6/3 36'
. j :Cunon Ashtonv.12'10 0 2:30/ W AFCFylde;......:..16.8 5 3 29:' Lancaster City ..'.14 9 1 4 28 ; .;: WittonAlbion'...'.17 8”4‘ 5 28 ’
R ./Salford City ;.■;/■.. 17 8 .'3 ' 6 27 - ■*WarringtonTn.16;7’7 2 25/
. • Bantber Bndge.. 13; 6 2 5 20 ■ ; / ./ ‘ Durham City..17.5 4 8.18 ' ■ : - Woodley Sports 15 5 • 1 - 9 ■
: Trafford;.:/.:.:;.-...16 -4 .4 8 16 ‘ Mossley.............13 3 4 6 15/
•: Harrogate RA....15 4 3 8 15 Garforth Tn .■.•.;/^16 4 3 ■
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• Prescot Cables:. 17. 3 5 ‘ 9 :14: R’cliffeBorough 15 3 4 8.13:.
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www.clltheroeadvertlser.co.uk -,Y.,Clitheroe Advertiser & Times,Thursday, December 9,2010 • 47 Sports info desk FOOTBALL
f EVO-STIK FOOTBALL ® LEAGUE
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(Trawden Re'c 1-30 p.m.1: TABLE
Under15 Brierfield Celtic.. 10 - 7 ■
Cowling Youth... 11: 7 0 4 21: . Colne................ 8 6 1 '-1 19 ;-•: Clitheroe Wolves 7'. 6 ■ ■ Trawden Celtic;: 10'5 ■
■
0 T 18; 3 2 18
. PendleForest....11 2 1 ‘ " B’swick Barons ..8
■ Brierclitfe Rovers7 K- Has’den Juniors.6 ■ DARTS
CLITHEROE AND DIS TRICT DARTS AND
DOMINOES LEAGUE RESULTS
. Darts- ■
.- Royal Oak (Waggon) 1, Brown ■
Cow 8; R.B. Legion 7, Buck 2;
, Cammell laird./. 14 3.3 8 -12? ,, Sociai Club 6, Kings Arms 3; :' ■ - Wakefield ../.:..■... 15 :3 3 9 -12 /
. OssettAlbion.....17 -3 5 9 11 . Leigh Genesis.;. 17-.2ri '14 7; ■.
DONALD RACE &
- NEWTON EAST LANCASHIRE FOOT
•: '■ / ' First Division' •
BALL LEAGUE / FIXTURES
. Barrowford Celtic v Edenfieldf'
■ United V Stacksteads SJ; ' . Langho V Enfield; Mill Hill V Canberra: Pendle Forest v Read United.' Second Division
^ Bonowdale United v Clitheroe' ^ - RBL; Calder Vale v Feniscow-/ les & Pleasington; Padiham - V Baoup CC; Peel Park v ..: Daneshouse; Rock Rovers v // Church Town.:
::/?/ ; Reserve Division ‘ Hurst Green v BGSOB; Read . United V Langho; Rimington v ; Pendle Forest; Worsthornev:/ Peel Park;:!'' . 1-:', : -
l''-?s '■?? ,
L Canberra /./:'.;'2./12/ 5 ’ 5 ■; 2 20 /Langho'.':.7./.:r;;.‘.l3-6 1 r 6 19'-
) .■Worsthorne....:.-:12 6 4 2 22 ,
..BGS0B...';r...//.:.12:6 3 3 21 ) .0ssySM.'/...:'...;.12: 6 3 : 3.21 :: Rimington ...'..../.S : 6. 2: T 20'
-‘ /s First Division ,
TABLES P WD L P
:■ Hurst Green...:.,;;9: 5.-2 -:2 17 PendleForest/.IO 5 2 3 17 .MlllHill...../.....1.9 5-1 3 16 . ColneUtd..-/.././.13 2 5 6 : l T ’ Stacksteads S J. 12 T 5 '6 '8 / Read Utd;:.:.v/.:..T3; T 3 9 :6
.-Enfield ..:.../:...v.;12'1 2- 9 5 , Second Division - P W D L P ■
' E d e n f i e l d 10,7.-2 T 23/. Feniscowles9 .7:1 122. : :
BGSOB V Hurst Green; Colge
. /.Swan & Royal 1, Black Horse 8. Dominoes
•.: Royal Oak (Waggon) 9, Brown / ; Cow12; R.B. Legion 17, Buck ' ,..4; Social Club 15, Kings Arms
: 6; Swan & Royal 9, Black • Horse 12.
FIXTURES Wednesday
. Brown Cow v Swan & Royal; .. Kings V White Horse; Judge - ::.j Walmsiey v RoyaFOak (Wag- ’
gon); R.B. Legion v Social Club; Buck V Bye. HIGH SCORES
- 180, J. Schofield; 140, L. Wright x3, R. Jones x3,
S.Goodbier ■
-- :X2, A. Porter, J. Wilson; 139, J. - Wilson; 133, D. Gudgeon; 132,
. -
:. S. Kenyon; 121, LVVright; 120, • P. Greatorex, T. Parker; 117, - ; : A. Porter (Check), L. Pierce; / ■;104,J. Hall; 103, T. Parker; - 101,T. Wilson; 100, S. Kenyon'. x4, J. Wilson x3, S. Conti x3,
- R. Jones x3, M. Hargreaves x2,S. Wilson x2, J. Oewhurst x2, M. Proctor x2, M. Mercer x2, T. Peel x2, P. Winstanley x2, S. Goodbier x2, A. Kenyon, P. . Greatorex, L. Astin, D. Heap, T. : Gudgeon-
TABLES Darts P W L P
Brown Cow.... 4 4 0 33 . Swan & Royal.5 • 4 .1 30
- -RBLegian.......-4 4 0 26'/' .. Black Horse.... 4 - 3-1.22 ■ Social Club.6 :2 4 21 Judge../....;.......3 2 115 : ' H o r s e s h o e 3 2 114 - ' - White Horse./..5 2 3 14 /■
• Bly Belvedere .'.;/14.8 2 4 26 - - White Horse../. 5 3 2 54
::.B’fordCeltic.'/..':'.11'7..'1.'3.22:-' Church Town..:...9/’6 3/0.21 ■
. Rock Rovers :;.:..-9 :7.0 -2:21'/' Tadlham..v.;./..'.:;12 5:3. 4:.18 . Clitheroe RBL...;IT. 5-2 /4 .17-"' : Bacup CC 11 - ■
4 T 6:13
. Borrowdale Utd. 13 4 T- 8 13:// ■:■
■ .Worsthorne.’..-....13 10 2:1. 32 ' : '. Pendle Forest...: 10 6 iT 3 19 .: - B’fordCeltic.../.;1T5-3'3‘ 18/.:'.
‘ /•:
ceedings in style with four new club best times in- the nine- year-old boys’ IMlOOm, 50m backstroke, 50m breaststroke and 50m freestyle. Hannah Procter set a new
record in the IMlOOm for nine-- year-old girls,-: and Alasdair Moirset a new
new.mark for
.25m butterfly for eight-year- - old boys. Both • Alasdair and. Hannah achieved , a . clean sweep by winning all the gold medals in their age group. ; .
. for lO-year-old girls in .50m backstroke, 50m butterfly and . IMlOOm. Will Murray set new. records for- 13-year-old boys in 50m butterfly, a record which had stood since 1987, and 50m
: freestyle. He went on to win all. five gold medals in his age divi sion. For the 16-year-old boys, Philip Sellars set new marks in 50m backstroke and 50m but-
■ all five gold medals in the l2- year-old girls bracket. ■
(25m:-'. backstroke, '•25m:
Ten-year-old Joseph Kenny,' Robert Jones (14) and Abigail.
/ Metcalfe (14) were all victo-;- . rious in four events in theiri. • respective age groups, while- Elizabeth Sharpies/stole the
breaststroke, 25m freestyle); Alice •' Entwistle' (25m butterfly). ‘ Age
.'. 9;'Elliot Norman (IMlOOm,:50m ■ backstroke, 50m breaststroke, 50m
■ freestyle); Jack Stanley (25m but- ; terfly); Hannah Proctor (iMlOOm,
. terfly, with Joseph Wickham: narrowly pipping him to the ■ record in . the 50m freestyle. And Abigail Procter scooped
-. show'in the 11-year-old girls ■ • bracket, winning five events.:/ / //■ Out of 134 total swims, 122 • 'personal bests were achieved. ■;. Winners: :Age - 7: ’ Oliver
-.j50m backstroke, 50m breaststroke, - 25m.'. butterfly, 50m- freestyle). ■ .-■. Age lOt'Joseph Kenny (IMlOOm, - :50m'- backstroke,' 50m butterfly,' .-,50m •, freestyle); / Joseph Waddle/
•Timmins (25m backstroke,/ 25m ■. breaststroke, . 25m .,, freestyle); ,Drew Coulston (25m. butterfly).:
: (50m
..breaststroke); Ellie Taylor. . (iMlOOm, 50m backstroke, 50m ■ butterfly,. 50m. freestyle); Charlie Coy (50m breaststroke). Age 11:
/ Lewis :Maybin (50m backstroke, . 50m ffees'tyle); Theodore Roberts .
. 12: Eliot Mashiter (IMlOOm, 50m backstroke); Benjamin -Stanley (50m ‘ breaststroke, 50m butter fly); Robert /Enion / (50m free style); .Abigail Proctor (IMlOOm,
50m , backstroke, 50m - breast stroke, 50m butterfly, 50m free
style). A g e -13: William Murray
• (IMlOOm, 50m backstroke, 50m breaststroke,. 50m butterfly, 50m freestyle);/ Rebekah Rodgers (50m backstroke, 50m butterfly);
-Eleanor White (IMlOOm,. 50m ■ breaststroke); Alison Hargreaves (50m freestyle). Age 14: Michael ’ . Johnstone ;■ (50m ; backstroke);
: ColneUtd.‘../.;../;i0 1: 2 7.-5 BGSOB........'. 6 1 0 5 3 -V' Peel Park.............9 1 0 8 ; 3 '
: Rock Rovers ;://. 12 3.-2 . -7.11 • :/ Low Moor V St.Michaels A; - St Michaels RO v Pendle Inn;
: Langho...........;.. 10.. 4 .'4:12.16 StacksteadsSJ..1 O'-5 0/5-15-/:/ Riniington:;;..;..:.8: 3 2: 3 11 :/'
. : Divisional Knockout
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WARBURTON YOUTH; ; ;
Sunday • '. , :;/i- Under 15
FOOTBALL LEAGUEI/ FIXTURES
' - a
:1 p.m.); Brierfield Celtic U15.V■;/ Clitheroe Wolves U15 (Prairie j.;'.' 10-30 a.m.); Colne U15 V:.;-.. Haslingden Juniors U15 (Earby :• Rec 10-30 a.m.); Pendle Forest .:
BarnoldswickBarons U15 v-.'.:: i Burnley Phoenix (Victory Park':'):
.-U15 V Briercliffe Rovers UfS::-/-;: (Prairie 10-30 a.m.);Trawden:/;/ Celtic U15 v Cowling Youth U15;
-f" +
Brown Cow B v Legion A; Black Bull V Brown Cow A; Horse- ; :r , shoe v White Jon.
, TABLES . First Division ' . . P W D P
'Swan.:./..:./...... 5 5.0 29 /‘ ■ : Pendle Inn....... 6 - 3 3 29 .:■■//. St Michaels A.. 6 3 3 28 Craven Heifer.. 6 - 3 3 27. / ; ■
St Michaels R06 2 4 26 . ' Low Moor........6:: 2 .4 24.:/ Buck lnn.../......6‘: 3 3 23 ■: / ; Legion B 5 2 3 2T < - : -/‘ Second Division ■ . P VJ D P.
’ Black Bull..; 6 5 1 34' ■ ;
Swan and Royal v Buck Inn; • . ■ Legion B v Craven Heifer; ■
-'
■ Social Club...;.6 2 4 65:: ' ■ Swan & Royal/5 -‘2 -3 52 -.- •
RB Legion...:;.. 4 3 T 51 ' ■ ' RoyalOak../....5 2 3 51 'i
- Brown Cow.....4 4 0 48 :/ .. Black Horse . . . :4/3 .1 43
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./Daneshouse:/....• 10 O O IO 0- / Reserve Division •. :: / P WD L P ■
A TOTAL of 14 club records were smashed at the Ribbles- dale Pool in Clitheroe at the Dolphins’ annual sprint gala. - •. .Elliot Norman started pro
■ The second gala .was _the senior event for swimmers aged 10 and over. Ellie Taylor set three new ' club records
SWin/IMING .. Age 8: Alasdair Mbir (25m back-'
- stroke, ■: 25m .• breaststroke, -/ 25m .‘ butterfly,25m . freestyle;. Olivia' . ; Simpson ■
■
CalderVale;....'.:.12 2 0.10 6/ ■ PeelPark./../;.....;9 : ;0'0: 9/0' /
Judge./;.....:..... 3 / 3 0 39 . Buck............... 4 0 4 29 ,
■ Horseshoe.;/... 3 0 3 26 : ■ : • Kings Arms..:.:3 -1.2 25' : /•/
CLITHEROE AND DIS TRICT MEN’S WIN
. (50m ■ breaststroke); ' Andrew
:• Blackburn (IM100m,- 50m butter-’ fly); Elizabeth Sharpies (IMlOOm, 50m backstroke, 50m breaststroke, 50m butterfly, 50m freestyle). Age'
Robert - Jones (IMlOOm, - 50m
’ fyeaststroke, 50m butterfly, 50m freestyle); Abigail: Metcalfe (IMlOOm, 50m, backstroke, 50m butterfly, 50m freestyle); Georgina Lister : (50m breaststroke). Age 15: . Oliver. Roberts (IMlOOm, 50m backstroke, 50m . freestyle); ^ Christian Barsby (50m breast- ^ stroke, -. 50m . butterfly); Kelly ^ Mashiter (IMlOOm,:/50m:- back- W stroke, 50m breaststroke, 50m ^ butterfly, 50m freestyle). Age 16: ™ Philip Sellars (IMlOOm, 50m back-/ ^ stroke, 50m , breaststroke,/50m ^ butterfly); Joseph Wickham (50m freestyle); Joely Donald (IMlOOm, 50m Butterfly, 50m freestyle). Age . . 17: Jefferson Piaun Sanchez (50m . backstroke, 50m breaststroke, 50m ■ 9 freestyle).
.■/ReadUnited/.:...12. 6 0' 6 18-''; Mill Hill................9 5 2 2 17. 'l , HurstGreen...;:..10 5 2 3 17- :■
TER DARTS LEAGUE RESULTS '
■ Divisional Knockout / - ■ St Michaels A 5. Pendle Inn - / -
- 4; Low Moor 4, Swan 5; White ' Lion 5, Brown Cow A 3.:; , . - FIXTURES
RoyalOak........5 0 5 12 Buck.:...........-:..4-0 4 10 Kings Arms.;/:. 3 0 3 10: /' Dominoes P WL P
, ■ ‘
Burnley Phoenix 10 4 0 6 12 . . 7
2 0 6 6 .
P W D L P 0 :3 21
Brown Cow A;; 6 White Lion.././.; 6 Brown Cow B.; 6 :2 4 25 Horseshoe...... 6 T 5 21 Legion A.■../././.6 1 - 5 18
POOL
RIDDLE VALLEY GLASS
CLITHEROE AND DIS TRICT WINTER POOL LEAGUE
RESULTS Premier Division .
. Conservative ClubA7, Read ' Constitutional Club 5; Low Moor Club 9, Buck A 3; White Horse A
/ 9, Wagon & Horses3. First Division .
. Bay Horse 8, Conservative Club' 4; Billington A 4, White Horse B • 8; Higher Buck A 6, White Hart B 6; Royal Oak A 5, Clitheroe -, ;: Social Club 7. Second Division
/ Kings Arms A 5, Stork 7; Royal / British Legion 5, Horseshoe 7; ' Whalley Con Club 7, Low Moor -
Black Horse v Horseshoe; ■
. : B 5; White Lion 7, Kings Arms - B5.
Third Division
Craven HeiferB5, RoyalOak ' B 7; Wagon B 5, Brown Cow - Clitheroe 7.
FIXTURES Premier Division - . .. ' Billington Brass Band Club B v ■: /
White Horse A; Buck B v Low Moor Club; Read Constitutional - Club V Kings Arms; Royal British. Legion A v Buck A; Wagon 8. "
- Horses v Conservative Club A. . . ; First Division . : ;
Ciitheroe Social Club v Bll-::' •/ /-. Iington A; Conservative Club B - V Royal Oak A; Kings Arms C v . Bay Horse: St Peters B v Higher
Buck A;
White.Horse B V White : - HartB.
. ■ Second Division , .
Horseshoe V Whalley Con Club; Kings Arms B v Royal British ■ Legion; Low Moor B v Kings
Arms A; Stork V St Peters A.- - Third Division
- Craven Heifer v Buck Wrinkleys;
, De Lacy v Craven Heifer B; -/. Royal Oak B v Wagon B; Whal- - ley Arms v Read Con Club B. .
TABLES Premier Division P W D L P-
Low Moor........ 7 6 0 1 70 -' RBL A../.....:.... 6 .4 l - l 55 ' . Buck A../..;.'.../. 7 .4 1- 2 55: -.- Read Con Club7 4 0 3 49 / : Con Club./.':/.;.. 7 -4 0 ’ 3 46.-/': i White Horse A 7 2 1- 4-43 :■ : . Billington B......6 2 1 3 42 :-
: BuckB...:...../..6 2 1 3 37 ' Kings Arms..... 6 1 .I ' 4 33' --/" Wagon A....'../.. 7 1-: 0 : 6 32:::
First Division P WD L P
SNOOKER CLITHEROE AND
DISTRICT SNODKER LEAGUE
. Knockout Cup : Results :
Ciitheroe 2, Billington B 3; Low Moor B 3, Waddington B 2; ■ Rimington A 4, Chatburn B 1; Social B 4, Con. Club 1; Chat- ' burn A 4, Rimington B 1.;
'
. White Horse B 6 3 3 1 55 : ’ . .■ : Royal Oak A.... 6. 4:1 2 54: " "/f i Social Club;.'../ 5:: 4 2 0 52 . Kings Arms C . 6 / 4.1 1 51 / White Hart B.;. 6 .' 2 3 ’ 2 5T
: Bay Horse..:.... 6 3 1 / 3 50 -. /; BiIlingtonA.....;6/3 1. 3 49 .:: ':/: Higher Buck A; 6 1.2 4 42. St Peters B......5 1 0. 6 31 Con Club B .....6 1 0 4 27
Second Division P WD L P -
White Lion.../...6 / 4 0 -2-49 Horseshoe......6 4 1 1 48
: Low Moor B .-.;. 6 .3 .1 2 46 . Stork............... 7 1 4 2 46
. Kings Arms B.. 6 3 0 3 44 Kings Arms A.. 6 - 3 0 '3 41 ;/:. ; Whalley Con... 6:, 3 1 2 41 ■ / St Peters A...... 5 -’ 2 0 3 34 - Legion.............6 0 1 5 29 ' ‘ ■
T
bird Division ., ' P WD L P
Royal Oak B... 7 4 2 0 64 ' Brov/n Cow.:...7 .’3 2/-1 -58 ':/ '■.: Wagon B 6 4 0 2 53 ■ BuckWrinkloysS 3 0 2 41 /■::./: Read Con B;..i5-- 2'2 1 38 '■ Craven Heifer.: 6 / 2'0'4 ■
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Craven Heifer. B6,-,1 .1 -•4 29 De Lacy..........5 1 0 4 23.. / Whalley Arms .5 01 ' 4 1 7 ‘ :
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i-,/; Tonight’s Fixtures Low Moor B v Ciitheroe; Wad dington B V Billington B; Social B v Rimmington A; Con Club: ■' V. Chatburn B; R.B. Legion v - : • Whalley; Catholic v Social A; Chatburn A v Slaidburn; Rim mington B V Low Moor A. '.
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5:1 33 4 2 31 ;
RLACXBURN AND DISTRICT BADMIN
TON ASSDCIATION RESULTS
' First Division .
Halsteads 6-317(8), Tag 14- 399(18): Telecom A 16-408(20),: Ciitheroe B 4-242(5); Independ- ’ :/ent A 3-298(5), Blackburn / ■
, Seniors B 17-403(21), Second Division : ‘
/-, Roefield A 9-359(12),; St . />,-'/
. : Philips 11-381(15); Abacus; ,. : ' / B 2-253(3), St Nicholas 18-414(22):Westholme B 10‘ ■: 357(14), Stanhill 10-355(13). ' : Third Division -
.. Olympic 9-335(12), Telecom B 11-357(14); College 3-246(4),/ ' Independent B 17-410(21); Clit heroe C l 1-377(15) Blackburn
-Seniors C 9-288(11).'. •'— /• FIXTURES
■ : Dec 22nd (Wed)-Manage- . ment Committee meeting, 6-30 ■ p.m.; Cup Handicap meeting, ■
' First Division . P W D L P
Blackburn Sns A. 8 8 0 0156
.: Telecom A.....'.....8 5 0 3 111 /-:/ WestholmeA./..;.6'5 0 1 108 ' Independent A/... 8 5 0 3103/ - Tag....................7 3 0 4 81 - . Ciitheroe A ./'......:5; :3 ■
0 2 77/
: Ciitheroe B...:....8 2 O- 6 76 ■ Abacus A.;//.:...:.'. 7 0 0 7 61 ■
• H a l s t e a d s 7 ' I -0-6 57- .' Second Division P WD L P
St Philips.........;.6 4 0 2100 ' ■ •
RoefieldA.........6 4 0 2 98 St Nicholas........7 3 0 4 92 Blackburn Snrs B6 5 0 1 91 ' Westholme B...... 7 4 0 3 84 Stanhill....;.....'..;/. 6 2 0 4 69 : ■ Whitehall.::../......5 2 0 3 57
: Abacus B;.....:...';. 7" 1 0 . 6 54" / / Third Division
P WD L P
IndependentB../.7 7 0 0146 -College...v.r......./.7 5 0 2
: Olympic....'.;.....:/. 7 4 0 3 86 ■. .:-. TelecomB.....:...7 /3-0 4 81 CiitheroeC./.../...7: 2 0 5 74
■BlackburnSnsC.6 2 0 4 73 ■ StMatthev/s......6 2 0 4 65 . RoefieldB..........5 1 0 4
- clubs invited to attend to fix • • ■ handicaps, 7-30 p.m. .; TABLES
. FIGHTING SPIRIT: (Right to left) Gavin Heaton (1st Dan), Mark Dowd
(1st Dan), Joseph Bywater (Black Belt Cadet), Lee Watson (3rd Dan) and David Heaton (3rd Dan). -
: CLITHEROE’S Lan-kin-Fa Ju-jitsu Club is celebrating its first black belt junior in 20 / Joseph Bywater (15), from Sabden, achieved the feat at St Peter’s Leisure Centre'
on Sunday, November 28th.
;, He has been at the club for nearly ten years and was 3rd Dan Sensei Lee Watson’s first black belt student; His grading was held at the International Aiki-Budo Council’s
: Winter Course, of which many of the clubs members attended. '. ’ ^ The club has been in Clitheroe for more than 25 years and is run by 3rd Dan Sensei
David Heaton, who has been there since it first opened. ' Anyone from the age of six upwards is free to come along for a free taster session. The club is on Tuesday nights, juniors starts at 6-45pm and seniors start at 8 p.m. : ■ Contact David Heaton on 01200 423429 for more details. ■
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THE recently formed Ribble Valley Knights basketball team came out on top in their first home match, beating Stonyhurst College 58-43 in a friendly.
Knights victorious 97 . ,
: The Knights immediately found themselves outnumbered as Stonyhurst arrived in force, with a large squad of 14 players.
; ;; Both teams traded baskets in the opening quarter with the Knights emerging slightly ahead 16-12. Matt Taylor helped get the Knights off to a good start with sbt points in
the quarter, but that was countered by Stonyhurst’s Michael Li who had 6 for the visi- tors.
57 • ■ ■ ,■•.■:■/■":,• - , ,'/ / ■
: / The second quarter proved to be the turning point as the home team-pressed on as the visitors lost their scoring touch. Despite this, Stonyhurst managed to hold the Knights to 14 points in the quarter, but Stonyhurst themselves could only muster 6 ' which sent the teams in to the half at 30-18.
.
. stretch their lead during the third quarter and Stonyhurst were left trailing 50-26 go ing in to the final period. .
■ . : But 24 points is by no means an insurmountable lead in basketball.and the visitors
plunged into the last 10-rainutes with the belief that they could still emerge victorious. Led by their own “big man” Graham Saleh, Stonyhurst’s up-tempo game began to yield results as they steadily narrowed the gap. However,'time was not bn their side and despite outscoring the Knights 17-8 in the final period, Stonyhurst’s brave fight-
back was not enough, with the Knights emerging victorious 58-43. • Tlie Ribble Valley Knights run coaching and training sessions for all ages and any one interested in playing for the Knights team, or just wanting to learn to play; or
improve their game, is welcome at our sessions. For more information visit www.rib-:
blevaIleyknights.co.uk.
Baclminton ploughs on THE SPORTS DESK CONTACT V/ITH-the bad weather over the past " :
week, many matches were forced to be’ cancelled in the Blackburn and Distict
: Badminton Association. ■ , IN the first division, newcomers Tele-; com A made their presence known af-; . ter they took a comfortable lead over
/ .Glitheroe B Tliis great win by Telecom : now sees them take second place. ■ / - Current leaders Blackburn Seniors
i A increased their hold at the top by . comfortably defeating third placed : Independent’s “A”. At the other end of the table lowly Halsteads were un-: •able to make any headway when they. entertained Tag. ‘ The second and third teams in the
; second division, found themselves in- volved in a hard fought match with St ■ Philips beating'.Roefield A. '
'; College have been high flying since
‘ the start of the third division, but this week they were again on the wrong :
side of the result when they.were defeated by leaders Independent B in a one-sided match. Clitheroe C were able to clinch their sec
ond victory of the season following a narrow 11-9 victory over Blackburn Seniors C. Ol ympic who have started the season well, were defeated 11- 9 at the hands of Telecom B in this mid table clash. ; In spite o f this both sides retain their plac- ings.
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