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PEDAL power will be the order of the day for a group of friends from a Clitheroe high school, who are getting on their bikes for two yery worthy causes. . The lads, who are-all T5,


- in 12 hours for the North West Air Ambulance and the Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue team. They will cycle the trails in


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will also set up a stall and have a collection bucket. The boys are Seb Smith,


Gisburn Forest from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m., and the Forestry Commission will be on hand to help out. Air Ambulance volunteers


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and a website page has been set up for donations.


land High School and a non- uniform day will be held there to boost funds. ■ A raffle is also being held


Max Bowen, Peter Cherry, Brandon O’Rourke, Jake Stanworth, George Col­ lins, Ben McGlynn'and Zak: Cottam. Seven of them attend Bow-


page for people who wish to make donations at www.* ju s tg iv in g .c om / te am s /


ALL GEARED UP: The boys practise for their fundraising bike ride. There is a justgiying web­


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The boys are preparing to hand over the money raised


to the Air Ambulance team at Barton Airfield, w


are preparing to cycle ^OOkm


Tidying up for contest hopes


SKIP FULL: One of the skips fuii of rubbish coliected during RVH’s ciean up. (s)


(RVH)j in partnership with its contractors, undertook, the successful clean up day in Clitheroe. Tt meant householders did not have the hassle or expense


A HOUSE and garden declut- tering day was a huge success. Ribble Valley Homes


ble as a result of sponsorship from RVH’s contractors, and a mammoth 10 tonnes of rubbish was removed over a period of 48 hours. Assistance was provided by


RVH staff and the contractors to physically get the rubbish to


the skips, with RVH e^ressing thanks to the following busi- -


nesses for their support. These are Huyton Plumbing & Heating; Walter Carefoots


of taking items to the tip, or ar­ ranging collection via Ribble Valley Borough Council. , The day was made possi­


categories - best kept garden, best container garden, which judges pots, hanging baskets and window, boxes, and, new for this year, best kept commu­ nal gardens.


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each category of £75, £50 and £25. Judging will take place in late July and early August. To enter, coil tact Kerry on 0800 111 4448/01200 421220.


There .are three prizes in by Victoria Hepworth


• boy who is celebrating after becoming the English national youth champion at fly fish­ ing. .Callum Smalley, who attends Bowland


IT’S a big catch for a 15-year-old Clitheroe


GOOD CATCH: Callum Smal­ ley with his certificate and trophy, (s)


. with former England youth captain Ryan Worker as boatman and is how celebrating securing a place in the 2013 England youth team after his impressive performance. Using floating and midge tip lines, Cal­


lum fished with buzzers and diawl bachs - types of fly - for the first place position, which included a time bonus. Out of the 26 young anglers, the biggest


. The top 10 finishers go through to the 2013 youth team to fish in the Welsh home international.


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. lengths to raise funds fora charity close to her heart.


A DARING young Rainbow leader and former cancer patient went to extreme


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■ Whalleygirl Francesca Wheatley (17) - an East Lancashire senior section member: ■ and student atClitheroe Royal Grammar School - represented Burnley at a huge


•'Girlguiding event in Manchester.. ■ ; Donning' an impressive penguin costume, she took part in the Up H i^ zip


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■ wire challenge, which saw her travel 260 metres across the Manchester Ship Canal. The experience began at the Imperial War Museum and ended at The Lowry. Francesca, who was raising money for


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INTREPID: Francesca


Wheatley (left) prepares to go


across the 260- metre zip wire, ' and (above) :


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• wasn’t sure I could go through with it - it was so high. But I’m so glad I did. “1 took on the challenge to raise money for CLIC Sargent. In 2010,1 was really


CLIC Sargent, said: “I was so nervous to be doing the zip wire and once up there I


' poorly with cancer, but they supported me, to successfuly. recover from the illness. . “It’s great to be able to-raise money


for them by taking on this challenge with Guiding.”


fish was a rainbow trout caught by Adam Worker, of Bedford, weighing 5lb. lOoz.


High School, Grindleton, caught eight fish totalling 241b. lOoz. in weight at the youth championships, held at Pitsford .Water, Northamptonshire. The teenager stole the show as he fished


to open the competition up to all tenants, residents and lease- holders'onlts estates. Prizes are awarded in three


to help residents prepare for RVH’s fifth annual garden competition. RVH has decided this year


and Jennings roofing, Ham- bling Construction, Wright- build. Landscape Engineering, G I Hopley and David John­ ston builders. The clean-up was timed


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• that animal, produce a PowerPoint presentation and write their own wildlife documentary. The chosen animals included


teachers Mrs Elaine Walsh and Mrs Rachel Lopiccolo, who were aided by classroom assistant Mrs Gath Herd, to choose a creature that lives in the British Isles, research


project about the local area that pu­ pils in Year 3 and Year 4 had been working o n ., They were asked liy their class


walked down a red carpet for the film premiere of “Animal Extrava­ ganza”, which was the culriiinatioh of around 10 weeks’ work by pupils at Waddington and West Bradford PrimatySchool. • - ^ The film was the result of a


IT was like being on a Hollywood movie set at one Ribble Valley pri­ mary school. ■ Pupils dressed in their finery and


ACTION: Year 4 pu­ pils Maddie Kay, Marcus Mason and Roger Stans- field, all nine, who helped produce the film Animal Extravaganza.


hedgehogs, rabbits, foxes, snakes, kingfishers, golden eagles, deer, dolphins and bluetits.


ing their different scenes and she> went on to edit this footage during half term. The pupils then made PowerPoint slides for the beginning of the film and the closing credits.


Mrs Walsh filmed the pupils do- ' . .


was a lovely project and the children got so much out of it.”


screened at a special film event to which the pupils’ parents and friends were invited. An exhibition of the pupils’ paintings could also be viewedand a quiz.was held. Class teacher Mrs Walsh said: ,“It


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PREMIERE: Waddington and West Bradford Primary School pupil Maddie


. Kay (nine) and the rest of the Year 3 and Year 4 pupils who helped pro­ duce the film “Animal Extravaganza”.


Galium’s netted s paper


will be the last ever collec­ tion and volunteers are appealing to people with old books, magazines, catalogues, directories or similar items to' make a special trip to the top of the QEII carpark, Whal­ ley, to add to the last col­ lection to try to maximise . the weight and therefore the recycling grant. The walk-in skip will be there with volunteers from 9 a.m/tonoon.


ley CE Primary‘School and Whalley Guide; and Scout Group (which in­ cludes Rainbows, Beavers, Brownies, Cubs, Guides and Scouts) have been collecting paper in Whal­ ley since January 1996. Over the years they have collected tonnes of paper and cardboard raising a std^ering £50,000, which has been split equally be­ tween the two groups. TTiis Saturday, July 7th,


A VILLAGE paper col­ lection service run by young volunteers since 1996 comes to an end this Saturday. . Volunteers from Whal-


Gollection ends


group said: “Over the years many local people have helped us -'door to door collectors, residents who have kindly kept their paper and card for us in­ stead of the easier option of a weekly kerbside col­ lection and, of course, the workers at the. skip, many of whom, have been lo­ cal children. So a huge ‘thank you’ to everyone involved, particularly the QEII Charitable Trust who have allowed us to site the skips on their land and also the sports club (cricket, tennis, bowls and junior football) who have


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.kindly tolerated the dam­ age done to the ‘road’.” In addition; there will


come - please contact Jon Smith 01254 822220 or pop into Whalley Warm and Dry on King Street.


be a “Mass Clean Up” of the QEn on Saturday July 14th in readiness for the “Britain in Bloom” judg­ ing in 'Whalley at the end of July. All volunteers are wel­


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