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IfsfuD steam aheadat Station Road after Richard Lamb was announcedas WhafleyCtrs new captain ahead o f the 2014 season.


The33-year-oId,ready to em- baric on his fourth term with the Eibblesdale League side, . will replace outgoing skipper : Richard Palmer, who has tak- - en on the roleof chairman. 1 Lamb will take the reins in


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the league's inaugural cam­ paign under the new struc­ t u r e , with the senior set-up


divided into Division A arid DivisionB. Wha lle y; h a v in g en d­ ed 2013 in the top nine, will


• start in the former, along- # side champions Clitheroe, r Bamoldswick, Settle, Read, Oswaldtwistle Immanuel, Baxenden, Bibblesdale Wan­


derers and Great Harwood. “I’m really looking forward


to it,” said Lamb. “It's a big challenge, but one I’m excit-


^ ed about. ‘Dickie’ did a great job as captain ofWhalley over the last fewyears. He finished bygettingusintothetopdivi-


. sion of the league’s newstruc- * ture so we’ll be surrounded by good teams.


“We’ve got to h i t the,


ground running n ex t sea-, son. It’s important that we


. perform from the start be­ cause we’ve been slow out of


Reds pull clear at top after 6-0 triumph


7 Waddington Red have pulledclearatthetopof ' the Dorothy Southworth


Indoor Bowling League at the Roefield Leisure Cen­ tre in Clitheroe.


In the lates t round of games they had a convinc-. ing 6-0 win, while near­


est rivals Sabden suffered a surprising 6-0 defeat,


. thus enabling Waddington to create clear daylight be­ tween themselves and the


restofthechasingpack. Once again winning on both mats, Wadding­


ton Red are proving them­ selves to be a formidable team and the team to beat. On mat one,- the trio of


Richard Lamb in action for WhaOey against Bamoidswick the blocks in previous years. -


We’ve finished seasons quite strongly, so we’ll give our­ selves a chance of doing well if our start can match that.” - ■ .Whalley have.enjoyed .


fruitful campaigns in recent years, finishing sixth in 2012


• and fourth the previous sea-. son.


- - They also won the division­


al Twenty/20 competition in 2007,2008 and 2010.H0W- : ever, it’s been 24 years since the club last won the cham­


pionship and 20 years since they lifted the Ramsbottom Cup. Now Lamb is hoping to change all that.


' -. .“As a first team we’ve got


a very good group ofplayers,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of ex­ perience with a mixture of youngsters. One ambition is - todevelopthoseyoungerplay-


.ers andget the senior players tohelpwiththaU’mjustlook- ing to achieve the best we can with the group that we’ve got. “I’d like to think we’re ca­


.. Tommi’s autotest ahead of real deal


Junior rally driver Tommi • Meadows took part in a week­


- e n d of autotesting at the M65 ~ services.''


■; 'v Thei4-year-old BowlandHigh{ ■:v School pupil is hoping to con-~;


> < test Kick Energy Junior1000 " , ■ > rally championship this year. s (SCJr^The. championship is fo r 1 . . > i4-i7year old boys anti girls to?


compete on single venue ral­ lies in 1 litre rally cars before they are able to drive on the: road.


- “I entered the autotests


this weekend as I need to get - three signatures from the' ; clerk o f the course to enable


: metogetmyrallylicense’ said . Tommi.


. :“On Saturday I drove my : Nissan Micra rally car and a


LandRover Discovery,andon - - Sundayljustdrovemy Micra.” Tommi managed to get all the signatures needed and


. came away with an impres­ sive first in class on his first autotest.' -


- His first proper rally is on ' -


March 2nd at Three Sisters: RaceTrackinWigan. < ' '■ Tommi Meadows in action (s).


Ian Jackson, John Cropper and Bill Rome overcame Clitheroe’s Jeff Cowling, Ray Black and Carol Sut- cliffeby2ishotstoi5, while on mat two, Kevin Ryder, JimTierneyandKen Bark­ er had a more comfortable 28-13 victory over Philip Manning, Muriel Wilson and Bob Warburton. Longridge Commo­


pable of beating anybody in that division. We’ve had a goodfew seasons andwe want


to push on again. This will be my fourth season at the club and ‘Dickie’ has done a great


job. His running o f the team was superb and he got every­ thing out of the players.” Lamb added: “Hopefully I .can bring something differ­


ent to the situation. Richard felt he’d taken the team as far- as he could so I want to build on that and bring a fresh ap­


proach with new ideas. I’ll be challenging the players and


the group to improve them­ selves.


“We’ve had a lot of suc­


cess over the years in the cup competitions which has been important for the club. That’s something we will be target­ ing again. We’ve got a tough


draw in Clitheroe at home in


theRamsbottomCupbutwe’ll be going all out to progress


in that. Victory could open ' things up for us.”


dores had a maximum points victory over Hurst Green, but a special men­ tion must be made of skip


• TomHaworth.whohadhis game of the season, repeat­ edly breaking the hearts of his opponents by his con­ sistent accuracy. . The closest finish, how­


ever, came in the game between Read and West Bradford. As the final ends began, the scores were tied at34-34, with Read’s triple of Alec Slater, Sheila Hill and Geoff Barrett leading West Bradford’s Angela Whitworth, Denise Ather­ ton and Tom Bradshaw by 22 shots to 13.'While on mat two, West Bradford’s Maty Bradshaw, Helen Meadows and Ian Whitworth held a 21-12 advantage over Clift­ on Pollard, Keith Bradshaw and Gavin Ward. ■ • • However, West Brad-


. ford held their nerve, and by scoring a single on both mats, took the extra two points for the aggregate score of 36-34. „ Sabden'slumped to a


surprising 6-0 reverse at the hands ofWaddington Blue, with the Blues secur­ ing maximum points with a last end victory on mat ’


■ two, after the score had been level at 20-20. •


Maroons beat weather by switching^ 3G pitch, but hosts come.out on top Birchfield RUFC.................50


.Clitheroe RUFC;;:..:.;....-...? .20 After several enforced inac-


. tiveweeksduetowaterlogged pitches, Clitheroe’s first XV'


finally go t a game under their belts on Saturday. - ' ?


The Hosts were.Widnes, side Birchfield, who are sit­


tingin the second promotion position in North Lancs Div 2. '.Instead of a muddy home


pitch, the impressive Halton Stadium had been secured by Birchfield for the afternoon. - Playing in a stadium was a


« novelty enough, but running


out on the superb 3G surface was even better. So Birchfield and Clit­ heroe battled it out on the


ground where, the day after, Widnes Vikings saw off Lon­ don Broncos in the Rugby League Super League. . Clitheroe’s only changes


saw Kieran Keough come in at tight head prop and Alex Hough have his first start of ■ the season for the firsts on the flank. ■


Clitheroe opened the scor­


ing as full back Greg Birch cut through on an angled run, as the home team paused for what they thought was a knock forward. .All too soon Birchfield


were level arid then pulled awayjust before the interval. Glitheroe were showing


up well at the breakdown ar- - ea, and were retaining and recycling the ball safely and: efficiently. If anything they


Clitheroe RUFC line-up at the home of Widnes Vikings on Saturday (s).r


were guilty of over egging; the offload at times when a ' simpler layback would have proved the better option.: W i th h a l f - t im e , a p ­


proaching, Birchfield took command, and although Clit­ heroe were still in it, they had


to stem the rising error count. .. In the second period, Clit-'


heroe could only muster a? couple more tries. -> The first was after a pro­ longed period of pressure in


■ the opposition 22; the pack went through several phases


Garner on target 6n


Whalley's Joe Garner made itIOgoalsineightstarts - since the turn of the year for Preston North End on an


• emotional.day at Deepdale on Saturday.


Garner’sjpenalty earned- North. Erid-a share of-the' spoils against promotion ri­ vals Leyton Orient,-taking - his tally,to i7for.the season, as the town'came together to mourn the passing of Sir


'Tom Finney, who died on Fri- ■ day night. - .


The Preston players all


wore shirts bearing Finney’s name, and there was barely a dry eye among the crowd of 13,440 during a minute’s si­ lence for one of not just Pres­ ton’s, but England’s greats. Mathieu Baudry fired the


O’s into 1-0 half-time lead - from Kevin Lisbie’s knocks 'down, before boyhood North • End fan Garner rescued a


■ point from the spot after •: the break, after Baudry had, brought loanstriker Craig -Davies down in the area.1 - ? -


- ;•. come } v- at


Date is set for the Pendle ^ Triathlon


The Pendle Triathlon 2014, takes place on May 11th from West Craven Sports Centre.


The event starts with a 750m ' . . swim, followed by a fast 20km


i . ;. :- two-lap bike ride, finished off 1 ■ : bya5kihrun. •'


' It is officially one of the old- . . ■ est triathlons in the UK and


bas a capacity for 200 c o m ^ i petitors.


. • This year is the first year


- Pendle Triathlon Club are . ' ; hosting the event, and there is ?


. amassiveprizefund.forsuch T asmall event.


., >, had over 30 active members. 1 The club have linked in .withtheBritishTriathlonFed- ■ 7;


. eration and are keen to sup- ■ .';


, portandpromotethesportof triathlon at all levels and age^* ranges. -


, -


Withagoodmixofjuniors and veterans racing under the


. - Pendle triathlon name,'train- ing sessions are held up to five


.. .times a week, andBTFlevel2 • . *


• - coaches are building the club up to a racing ability.


Chatburn


prepare for ^ thenew season


•before the ball was spun out, '


: leaving centre Chris Wad- ; dington to pick a nice angle '


itotouchdownneartheposts. - ; -- The final try was for Clit- ? heroe'as well;-after an all out attack keeping the ball alive, the action swung from side


to side,'and eventually the defence was stretched and - the ball came out to left wing


•Wayne Latham; who powered 'over.1 On Saturday, both Clithe-


. roe teams areathomehosting Carnforth, kick-off2-i5 p.m.


. Chatburn Cricket Club hold in- T door nets on Mondays at Bow-


1 land School,Grindleton. Thejuniors start proceedings


' .i.from 6-7p.m., and the adults - : : follow on from 7-8 p.m. ? ’• New players are welcome. "


— ‘Jfc’


Valley clubs invited to ^ <


join Sunday League- :


■ Ribble Vajley football clubs - • areinvitedtosubmitadvance 5


; " 1 expressionsofinterestin


.'. ' joiningtiie Blackburn Sunday ^ 1^ Football Leagueforthe2014- J 5 season. - -


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Anyone interested in joining this highly-competitive, well- : >


; established league should e-


v'-1. .mail league-secretary Peter<- ’ , Fiyeratpete.fryer@ntlworldr?^


■ ' com " ... ?


- -PTC is newly-established, ?? . and at the end of 2013 already


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