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e ig n in g Ramsbottom cup holders Read were unceremoni­


competition in the first round by Earby a t Whalley Road.


In glorious sunshine, skipper Mick


ously! dumped out of this year s .


Marsh won the toss and elected to bat first. He and Michael Whalley made a steady-


start with the latter producing some excel­ lent pull shots to the rope. Earby’s new professional Alex bchoie-


field made the new ball swing and bounce and when he resorted to bowling around the wicket to Marsh, he had him caught behind nabbing outside the off-stump. Veteran Steven Hipgrave was introduced


into the attack using his vast experience to be Earby’s most economical bowler. He dismissed Whalley caught behind to


an excellent leg cutter that moved away. . However, young Joey Marshall and pro­ fessional Akram Raza played comfortably and assertively, adding 70 runs for the third wicket before the former gave an easy catch trying to pull the wily Hipgrave.


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Surprisingly, Raza, who had previously played his shots all along the ground,


scores above 50.


W a n d e r e r s p r o g r e s s w i th e a s y v ic to r y


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i b b l e s d a l e Wanderers pro­ gressed comfort­


ably through to the sec­ ond round of the Rams­ b o ttom Cup a t the expense of Edenfield. The reigning Ribblesdale


League champions superbly negotiated the 241 required for victory with three overs and five wickets remaining. Martin Davies was the-


star of the show, hitting a magnificent 84 as he shared in a second wicket' partner­ ship with skipper David Howard worth 130 runs. Earlier, Howard lost the


toss and Edenfield chose to b a t firs t on a wicket tha t looked hard and dry and would be favourable to the batting side. Edenfield got off to a


good s ta r t , with both openers taking advantage of a very fast outfield to score runs quickly - scor­


ing 53 off the f irs t 11


overs. ' Howard took the first wicket of Williams thanks to a good catch by profes­


sional Shahid Nawaz. The homesters scored at


a steady rate all through their innings with profes­ sional Martin Lewis scor­ ing 65 before being excel­ lently stumped by Philip Hall off th e bowling of


Nawaz. Martin Hawke added a


quick unbeaten 43 a t the end of the innings to help Edenfield close on a sub­ s ta n t ia l 240 for 6 from their allotted 48 overs. In reply, Ribblesdale


required 5 runs an over if they were going to progress through to the second round. And Nawaz and


Howard added got off to a flyer,' scoring 30 runs for the first wicket in just 5


overs before the profes­ sional was trapped lbw by his opposite number


Lewis. This sparked the visi­


tors’ amateurs into action and Howard was joined at th e crease by M a r tin


Davies. Warren Eastham, meanwhile, played


himself in but then released a most impres­ sive display of scoring strokes before being caught within four runs of his half-century Read were eventually dismissed for 415


Read and the 16-year-old was far too quick for Earby’s openers Craig Walton and Simon Pickles in the early exchanges: . However, the pair managed to overcome


Oliver Newby opened the bowling for


their early anxiety with Walton treating the homesters’ bowling with some disdain. He hit 10 powerful boundaries to ail


parts of the field as Read’s bowling lacked the required accuracy on a very fast out-


Raza replaced Newby and in his fifth over he turned an off-break which got through Walltton’s gate for 51, and with the


's total on 89. 89


at Raza and was stumped by David Swar- . brick for'66.


Delo Scholefield continued to grow in confi-


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ilavpd his shots all along tne grounu, dence and hammered a glorious stroke ior oi u iui


Scholefield batted well and put on 93 for clitheroe and Hyndburn 5 Bv CRAIG SALMON Kidsgrove Athletic .................................evening takes place on Fri- the second wicket with Steven Pickles Springers3rds..................1 * T~- before t uhie latter charged down t i c k e t


start for hockey ieam


CUTHEROE got their Summer Hockey League season'off to a great


LITHE


start a t Longridge Sports Centre!


Entering the league as


pre-season training, the locals certainly got their


eye in early. The match was


dominated by Clitheroe, having some good chances within the opening few minutes. The forward line of


Bush and Harling linked together brilliantly, helping carve out the opener on 10 minutes when Hollingworth supported them well, saw a break in the defence and capitalised on it. Springers managed to ■


They kept pace with the ^ forwar(js.


partnership of 130 before Howard was bowled by Williams for 67. Davies continued his


excellent innings and shared in p a r tn e rsh ip s with David Gardner-Chan (15) and M a rtin Briggs (7) before being stumped by Burns off the bowling of Storey for a superb 84. This le f t Richard


Palmer (15 not out) and Paul Spencer (12 not out) a t the crease and they saw Ribblesdale home with


three overs to spare. Whalley pro


runs as locals books place g o through in last eight


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iAil l Lbum Road remains a possibility for Clitheroe. ,


RAMSBOTTOM Cup Final in front of their own crowd a t Chat-


considerable threat of Baxenden on Saturday to move into the quarter-finals and a tie against Great Harwood.


Baxenden won the toss and unsurprisingly .


. elected to bat on a flat track baked by the warmest weather of the year so far. Their opening pair of Watson and David Usher looked in no trouble at all, compiling an


opening stand of 68 in 16 overs. Simon Bishop was the man to make the breakthrough, trapping Watson in front for


stand-in skipper Jon Harvey into the fray, and bowled by Northern stopper ,


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This brought Baxenden professional, and he settled quickly.


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onto 113 until an inspired bowling change saw anSueines'ballsasthescoremovedonto Mark Hargreaves come into the attack and


With the help of Usher, he moved the score


clean-bowl Harvey for 29. This gave Clitheroe a huge boost and from


looking like they would be chasing 250-plus, the brakes were applied and a sub-200 total


looked likely. Again Dexter Fitton bowled an immacu­


take 3-24, also from 10 overs. p g


onenine partnership of Bishop and Andy. ;. a Burns content to see off the new ball and


Baxenden’s innings closed on 182-9 from .Clitheroe’s reply began slowly with the


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nudge 14 off the first 10 overs. w1


and rattled up a century stand. Bums was the first to go with the score on


. L l l . J n A n n l i im r o f f i n f l r r—- carried, on >wh^. the 10 avers


late line and length, taking 3-19 from 10 overs and Mick Dewhurst returned to the attack to


nersmp oi 17.


Neil Bolton’s side comfortably saw off the. • • W ft 1 i


HALLEY professional Graham Knowles fired his side into the quarter-finals of the Ramsbot­


tom Cup with a scintillating unbeaten 159. And the former Haslingden opener also


claimed 3-12 as the locals cruised past Black-, burn Northern into the last eight - where, derby rivals Ribblesdale Wanderers he lit


Whalley off the mark after failing to win in the league so far this term.


The 138-run win was the perfect way to get .


Skipper Jason Smith won the toss and wise­


ly elected to bat in excellent conditions. ■ And Knowles was simply unstoppable, j He was the aggressor in an opening part­


nership of 58 with John Kearsley, who was ' T ’,T”


Lee Kearsley joined Knowles at the crease • 12-30 p.m.) N. Bolton, A. Burns, ___ , , .«__:_____


172 before the amateur was trapped by roave3> simon Bishop, M. Pre- Weaver.


Again Knowles was backed up by Kevin cox. Reed, who scored 27 in quick time as Whal-


- a score that was already beginning to look — - ?••- -ft- too much for Northern.


ley cut loose, the scoreboard ticking onto244 Richard Edmondson (0), Smith (1) and


David O very (5) couldn't stay with the pro for any length of time, but Knowles and Andy Pratt closed the innings on 291-6.


. : Knowles' 159 not out came in 160 balls with hn astonishing 14 fours and six sixes - the highest individual score of the cup first round, ■ As it turned out, Knowles knock alone was


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■ once the opening bowlers had been seen off, gCKXi enough to beat Northern, who finished ho iwever, t ^he big men opened their shoulders . woll adrift on 153, bovbowled out in the 46th over.


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: 104; caught by Harvey off Usher for 60. - ' : 'Fitton replaced Bums at the crease and


left off, smashing d L o f f .S ^ b a l l s ^ q ^ ,, vThe wickets were shared, with Knowles Clitheroe home. ,' - y


. thiaan 10 overs to spare.- spare.; •


riithim^" taking 3-12 in his 10 overs, Lee Kearsley 14 ana uvuy .


* 'uie^»«*«.» ’• Mei'Gillibrand (40) and Derek Pratt (42), double figures. ••


! Bar some brief middle order resistance,. Whalley comfortably dealt with the Pleck- gate Road side, for whom only Weaver (23),


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. ston, R Gaskell, Fitton. Scorer R .


date, C. Musson, S. Trotter, S . L . Braithwaite. •


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Ishti’khar, T. Goodman. Scorer J. Blackburn.


Read (v Oswaldtwistle, away,


meet club 12-15 p.m.) N. Marsh, W. Eastham, G. O'Connor, M. Whalley, 0. Newby, Atif, J. Mar­ shall, P. Howarth, D. Lynagh, A. Baron, Raza. Sunday v Prest- wich, home, T. Little for P. Howarth, P, Swarbrick for A.


Baron. Scorer J. Laycock. Read 2nds (v Ribblesdale Wan­


derers, home, meet 1-30 p.m.) G. Bardsley, D. Parsons, S. Jarvis,


, S. A: Bennett, R. Delstrothcr, D. Scorer M. Qadir, K. O'Connor, S. Marshall,,


Thistlethw’aite, A. Nuttall, I .: '•Hassan. Scorer J. Neary. , ■ ; , • ’ Ribblesdale Wanderers (v Blackburn Northern, home, start 2 p.m.) D. Howard, G. Monk, M. Briggs, M. Davies, P.A. Hall, R. Palmer, D. Gardner-Chan, P.


corer m .


Clitheroe 2nds (v BGSOB, Eglin P_ Bishop, T


.


Neil Weaver for Teams for the weekend Clitheroe (v Settle, away, meet


S atu rday


. Ribblesdale Wanderers 2nds (v Read, away, meet 1 p.m.) I. Brit­


Fielding. „ , .


cliffe, C. Hall, M. Wrigley, J. Rain, M. Stafford, A. Pearce, M. Peel, J. Braithwaite, J. Dewhurst,


Se­ Sunday Clitheroe 3rds (v Burnley


Belvedere, away, meet 12-15 p.m.) A. Hacking, M. Scott, M. Powel, D. Musson, K. Driver, R. Rudd, N; Cartledge, S. Punchard, S. Dawson, C. Brown. Scorer H.


Driver. Read 3rds (v Barnoldswick. . . . .


away, meet Read 1 p.m.) S. Jarvis, D. Wilcock, M. Strahan, M. Suthers, G. Hinks, M. Bennett, K. O'Connor, I. Hassan, R. Del


Ribblesdale Wanderers 3rds (v .


i Settle, away, meet 12-30 p.m.) I. • Kirk; G. Maguire, R. Lloyd, R. i Gladwin, R. Divine, T. Jeffs, C. N u tta ll, P. Cottam. W. Mah-


' mood, S. Braithwaite, C. Wilson. Scorer L. Braithwaite.


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Spencer, B. Spencer, R. Whalley, Nawaz. Same team Sunday .v Hindlcy St Peter's, home, except I. Britcliffe and C. Hall for M. Davies and R. Whalley. Scorer R.


„ ___l T3 uruilov . . . . . . another chance to score by


equalise, but Clitheroe turned around 2-1 up after Hollingworth was given


run ra te throughout an Hollingworth completed excellent second wicket - ....................'


her hat-trick after the break, and Bush made it 4-1 after excellent passing. For good measure,


Hollingworth added a


fourth. The club are on the


lookout for new players, while anyone wishing to support the team at Longridge is welcome, with games starting at 9


p.mp.m. : ;


West Counties’ Football League First Division. Their 1-1 draw with


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Kidsgrove Athletic on Fri­ day night coupled with Ramsbottom United’s 3-0 defeat away to Salford City on Tuesday means the Blues finish one point ahead of the Riversiders and three points behind champions Rossendale United. Although manager Dave


Burgess and his group of players will be disappointed not to have won'it, they must take great pride from what is Clitheroe’s best league finish since 1995. Burgess said: “The over­


riding feeling amongst the players is th a t we should


have won it. ' “After 42 games and it all


comes down to three points,


it is disappointing. “You look back on certain


games during the season, such as the last minute goal we conceded against Rossendale at home. “But I think we are the


The Blues went into the match, which would have seen them secure runners-up spot if they had won, without 28- °“


arawat , ,, - B lu e s s e a s o n .1 • The club’s presentation ' CM/icroe • •••••• •• • • r • •• • * *' * ‘ ‘ * * * * ’ l/o** w Foot- day, May 25th a t Shaw-


__ . h. . . rewarded for an season with the


^ , S" of the


g°H “ replaTement Ga^Tahkson had a great chance early Year Trophy in the match but was thwarted by the keeper when m a Tim B lu e s ^ p .1 ^ has


^Leadinf? goalscorer Lee Cryer almost notched his ,30th games for the club. Young goal of the season when he powered a header against the


crossbar


I t was Kidsgrove who opened the scoring, however, mid­ way through the first half.


•


After the interval, the Blues went in search of the equaliser and got it through another Mark Stewart penal-


,


^Skipper Barrie Hart embarked on a trade mark surging run but just as he was about to pull the trigger he was upended in the box. Stewart stepped up and made no mis-


ta ‘The°action swung from end to end after Clitheroe s equaliser and in the end both teams were forced to settle for a deserved point.


deserved to win it, we cer­ tainly deserved to finish sec­


ond.” Clitheroe chairman Steve


'double over which is some may say th a t we are the 'feat.


only club in the division that no team has done the


“We lost the least amount of games in the division, lost only one of our last 18 games so i uf Rossendale


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Rush has been delighted with the way his club have performed this season even though they may have been handed the tag of brides­ maids in some quarters. He said: “The knockers


tried to play entertaining


football. “Its been a better season


than I could ever have


anticipated. “When we appointed


Dave Burgess at the start of the season, his mandate was a season of consolidation. “He and his assistant Lee


Sculpher have had to work with a lot less money than


n e a r l y club once again and I la s t season so in th a t can understand that.


“But anybody who has terrific job.


watched us this season will “They have know that we have always the club back on the map.


Athlete Anna continues great start to new season ___________■ ... i ‘ 11


in a time of 12.9 seconds, close to her personal best. ...................... -i *' ■\tnta Criffiths continued her excellent athletics sea- A NNA Griffiths continued her excellent athletics sea-


XJLson in the Northern Multi-Events at Hexham. The Clitheroe youngster, in her first year m the Under 15


respect, they have done a -


striker Gary Jackson has been presented with the reserves team’s outstanding player accolade to add to the youth team award he received last season. • The price of admission for next season will be £4 with £2 concessions. Season tickets will cost £63 and £27.50 (concessions). However, season tickets


bought before July 31st, will be priced at £55 and £25. The club is also forming


new social and ground com­ mittees. Anyone interested


in being part of one dr both of these committees should contact chairman Steve


Rush. • Amazingly, Clitheroe’s


superb 4-3 win over Taunton Town in the sec­ ond leg of the Carlsberg FA Vase semi-final a t Shaw- bridge was the first time the eventual winners of the competition have been beat­ en during the campaign. Taunton, of course,


defeated Berkhamsted Town 2-1 in the final at


Villa Park. NORTH WEST COUNTIES FOOTBALL LEAGUE First Division


final standings at the top P W


age group, underlined her potential with a silver medal in the Tn the first event, the 100m hurdles, she took the tape first p|Mt,wood Fpt. 42 26 Anna was then fourth m the long jump in aseasonal best ot * Equal first in’the high jump! where she was agonisingly


RossUtd (C)... 42 29 Clitheroe......... 42 27 Rams Utd........ 42 28


Salford City.... 42 23 Prescot Cables. 42 24


close to a personal best of 1.48m, was followed by a fantastic effort in the 800m, where she knocked a massive three seconds


off her landmark time That sealed second place overall, trailing the winner by only . . . .


19A^foUowed up that feat with a gold and twbsUverain the Lancashire Championships at Blackpool s Stanley Park


^Shewonthehurdles in another.new best of 12.3 seconds on Saturday, before retuming thefollowing day. - She came close to her best in the high jump, finishing second


with 1.45m - again almost clearing 1.48m, and she added sec- nnd in the discus. '


Having been sixth best in the UK last year m discus, she moved up to the heavier weight with relative ease.


. , Kidsgrave Ath.. 42 24


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10 8 10 9 5 13 77


United on Sunday by winning their third successive champi­


C onship.- Needing only a point against . ' . .


Rossendale Valley at Shawbndge to clinch the title, Wolves made sure with a 2-0 win. Man of the match Chris Heslop was on tar- get, along with Liam Parker-Hill. Manager Duncan Thomas is


pictured Simon Briggs, Chris Ru sh , Joe Marshall, Robert Lloyd


(captain), Andrew Strong, Paul Tierney, Tom Smith, Michael Walsh, Stewart Trotter, Oliver Clark, Chris Heslop, Jamie Thomas, David Downes and


Liam Parker-Hill.


Double win for


LITHEROE Wolves Under. | n ^ Q+ - 17s emulated Manchester, j -


j & L W h a l l e y R


OY ELLIS had a | d o u b le -w in n in g


weekend a t Whalley


Golf Club. . On Saturday he


returned 84-16-68 to win the Lombard Qualifier. John Stokes (86-13-69)


was in second place wwith John Rawstron (82-13- 69) and Gary Bradley (82-12-70) taking divi­


sional prizes. And on Sunday Ellis


partnered Martin Foulds to victory on the Jubilee Open Fourball with 43 stableford points. Rob Hilton and Peter


Sheron (42) and Andrew Miller and Tom Taylor (40) took second and third places with Peter Edwards and Phil Entwistle carding 77 to take the gross prize. P. Levet amassed 41


stablkeford points to win the Miner’s Lamp at Clitheroe GC on Satur­


day. B. Bithell (38) took sec­


ond palce with 38 and J. Cartmell was third on 37 after a card play-off with S. Anderson, R. Read, R. Wood,-H. Richardson and R: Andrew. On Sunday J. T. Holt


and B. T. Clark (75-4.3- 70.7) won the Saab Tro­ phy at Clitheroe by the slenderest of margins from T. and B. Bithell (82-10.7-71.3). A. Eng­ land and R.,G. Taylor (78-6.3-71.7) were third and J.andP. Hammond (82-8-747"'took-, fourth place after a card play-off with J. Mercer and K


Pedder. David’Yeoman (42)


won the May Stableford a t Mytton :Fold while , divisional prizes were won by Andrew Chippendale (38), David Bolton (40) and Kevin Shanley (40). Sheila Crowther (97-


29-68) took the Bronze Division honours in the LGU Medal at Clitheroe GC while Mary Hanson (98-18-80) won the Silver Division.


Elizabeth Barnes,'Sue '


Johnson, Helen Maginn and Dorothy'Dady all qualifed to represent the club in the ELLGA team


event. Barbara Tuley and


Helen Cook won the ladies’ invitation day at Whalley GC when they compiled 44 stableford


points. Freda Wood and Pam


Pickles (42) were second and Marian Miller and M. Wallace took^third


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