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THE s ta rs came o u t 'a t Clitheroe Golf Club'las t week for the Marina Dalglish Charity Golf Day. The event, organised by


Superchannel, Clitheroe, to aid the Marina Dalglish Appeal - raising money for


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oncology centres - has gone from strength to strength, with 20 teams playing this year from all over the country. Husband Kenny, manager


were kept very well fed and watered around the course, with beer from Bavaria, and the Morrisons chefs were joined by Northcote’s celebrity chef Nigel Howarth, serving his famous Morrisons ‘inspired by’ Lancashire Hot Pot from the M Kitchen marquee. With M e d i te r ra n e a n


weather, the golfers enjoyed a competitive round. The overall competition


was won by Euro Aerials, with the best celebrity prize going to Beagrie, and the best individual player prize of a Tag Heuer watch, donated


of Liverpool and Premier League-winning boss of Blackburn, took part, along with Sky Sports’ former Leeds midfielder Chris Kamara and former Everton and Manchester City winger Peter Beagrie. The golfers and spectators


reception got the evening proceedings underway, where golfers were joined by guests including Vicky Entwistle - Janet Battersby from Coronation Street - and enjoyed a four-course meal, rounded off by a selection of. local cheeses and port. A f te r d in n e r , guests


by Humberstones Watch and Diamond Gallery, being collected by Steve Ackers. A Morrisons champagne


were treated to an acoustic performance by Mike Peters of The Alarm and Big Country, and Spandau Ballet’s Steve Norman. The highlight of the evening was when they were


joined on stage by Kamara, to sing their own version of Van Morrison’s Brown Eyed Girl and Spandau Ballet’s Gold. Comedian Simon Evans


also provided entertainment. Event sponsors were


Barry Thomas from Clayton P a rk Pies , Colin and Mark Humberstone from Humberstone Watch and Diamond Gallery, Morrisons and Bavaria.


the award for the second time in just three months after winning five of September’s seven fixtures. But the infamous curse


CARL Garner’s Manager of the Month accolade has proven to be the poisoned chalice for Clitheroe FC. The Blues boss scooped


th a t often h au n ts the recipient of the award struck at Shawbridge at the wrong time. Having dumped First


Division North league leaders Skelmersdale United and Premier Division outfit Burscough out of the FA Cup, the Blues went in to the second qualifying round against Raacliffe Borough with high hopes. However, those hopes


turned to dust. Josh Hine sent the Ribble


Valley into raptures when he broke the deadlockjn the 13th minute, but the visitors levelled just six minutes later through Steven Howson. And then.the Blues fell


d u b which progressed. Clitheroe chairman Anne


behind with 20 minutes left when David Sherlock netted, before Ben Wharton ensured. it was the Greater Manchester


so often aftenv.ards, it proves to be a kick in the teeth and it could not have come at a worse time for us. “We were really hopeful


poisoned chalice again. “It’s a great recognition but


ropes, so any club would be proud of that performance. Carl’s thrilled to bits as well. “But it turned out to be the


Barker said: “I’m absolutely delighted for Carl to win the award again - it’s a great achievement. “He’s still learning the


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matter, and unfortunately we had the rug pulled from, underneath us.” But what makes Clitheroe’s


we would have been hoping for a winnable fixture or a draw in the next round, which would attract a good gate. “The money really does


FA Cup1 exit even more hurtful was the draw for the next round - they would have been rewarded with a home tie against Northern League Second Division side Hebbum Town. “The draw really rubbed


salt in to the wounds,” Barker added. “Hebbum are playing at the


have beaten them, but you’d have thought that we’d be in with a chance. “There’s some lower league


teams left in the competition now that could be heading towards a Sky deal. We’ve missed out big time.” The burden continued to


reached the final before and had the fortune of playing at the Reebok Stadium. “We like to do well in that competition because


torment Gamer as the Blues were thrashed 5-1 by Kendal Town in the first round of the Lancashire FA Trophy on Tuesday night. B ark er said: “We’ve


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equivalent of the North West Counties League, so fair play to them for getting this far. “There’s no guarantee we’d


of beating Radcliffe but we’ve missed out on the prize money, which would have made a huge difference to our club. Now it’s back to the drawing board. “If we had beaten Radcliffe,


it’s a county cup, but we arc carrying a lot of injuries and it caught up with us “We couldn’t sustain our


performance from the first half-an-hour so we fell to another defeat.” Next up for the Blues is a


FA Trophy preliminary match against Salford City at Moor Lane on Saturday. Barker said: “Salford is


another money game. The prize money is nothing like the FA Cup but it can still make a difference to us.” _ The focus now for the management staff at Clitheroe is to build a settled squad, and slowly integrate essential players returning from injur}'.


■ Barker said: “Carl is very disappointed he’s got so many lads he can’t select. “There’s varying degrees of


injuries, but I think there’s also varying levels of commitment, which is frustrating. “I ’m sure it disrupts some


players as we’re having to bring new faces in each week. It has a pre-season feel to it.” Clitheroe return to league


action on Monday when they travel to Curzon Ashton.


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