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By CRAIG SALMON


CLITHEROE athlete Julie Pym overcame the distress of losing her luggage at the air­ por t to win a bronze med.al' a t the World Biathle Championships in Sardinia, Italy. The 41-year-old’s


CHAMPION FEELING: Read Cricket Club celebrate their Jennings Ribblesdale League championship. Back row (left to right): Peter Haworth, Andy Turner, Craig Walton, Joey Marshall,


Liam Woodvine, Michael Whalley, Jennifer Laycock (scorer). Front row: Frank Barden, Akram Raza, Warren Eastham, Terry Little and Nick Marsh, (s).


preparations for the mas­ ter class race were hit when she landed in Sar­ dinia on Thursday evening to find her lug­ gage had been lost. She had to borrow a


kit for the race and only received her luggage back late on Sunday evening. Julie said: “I had a bit


CLITHEROE face their first real crunch clash of the season on Saturday when they welcome Fleetwood Town to Shawbridge. The Blues were replaced at


the top-of the-table on goal dif­ ference by Town af te r they could only draw away- to Ather­ ton Laburnum Rovers,on Tues­ day evening.


third-placed Prescot ..Cables match at Winsford United last night, then Saturday’s clash will see the division’s top two go head- to-head.-1:


Depending on the resuit of ■ wait for


READ were crowned Jennings Ribblesdale League champions on


of a disadvantage after losing my luggage but I’m very pleased to have won the bronze medal. “It’s pleasing to know


that all the hard work and training has paid


off.” Julie finished behind


fellow British athletes Carol Smith, who clinched gold, and last year’s world champion Denise Famham in sec­ ond place. 1 The


Julie Pym


raced on soft sand and the course favoured the stronger runners. My best event is the swim.” After the first run,


of the Ribble Valley will be hoping to book Modern Pentathlon her place at the national Team, added: “The run finals in Sheffield in was really tough. It was October.


Charity day is a


By EDWARD LEE


THE ch a r ity day organised by Mytton Fold GC captain Jim


Hindle on Thursday was a resounding suc­


cess. With a top prize of a


golfing break at the pres­ tigious De Vere Carden Park complex in Cheshire up for grabs, competition was fierce. , And the team of Bob


nett 66 to win category one of the September Medal a t Stony hurst Park GC by four shots from M. Young.


J. Foster (64) and J. |


Exell (67) were the pick of category two. Lady members at


Stonyhurst Park have had a busy time. C. Blockeel (74) and


Scott, Craig .Taylor, Dave Yeoman and Mark Edmundson totalled 100 stableford points to book their weekend away. Second, with a score of


B. Austin (79) were the leading competitors in the Maureen Ormerod three clubs and a putter competition. J. Blain (67) and R.


94, were Tim Barritt, Dougie Woodburn, Andy Kay and Peter Burton while third place was claimed by Malcolm White, Bill Sears Paul Byrom and Gullam Akoo. There were several


in the sea, capped off by another 1,000m rim. Julie, who is a member -this weekend where she


involved a 1,000m run, followed by a 100m swim


discipline


the regional biathlon qualifier a t Lancaster


Julie entered the water in fifth place but emerged from the sea at the head of the pile. Unfortunately, she dropped down to third at the end of the 12-minute


leag u e cnampions on Great HarW0” d to be by wickets lost over the brilliant knock of 110. Saturday despite the


vous day for the locals as a- heavy downpour deemed .the pitch at


weather forcing their final match of the sea­ son against Great Har­ wood to be abandoned.. Defeat


..fo r '


Bamoldswick at Baxen- den saw Read clinch the title by seven points; . I t proved to be a ner-


u n p la y a b le d e s p i t e th e b e s t e f f o r t s o f a l l t h e g ro u n d s taf f. B a r n o ld sw i c k c o u ld


. . .


occurred then the cham­ pionship would be decid­ ed on runs scored divided


. *


s t i l l fin ish level o n p o in ts w i th 'R e a d a t th e to p if


th e y c la im e d m a x im um p o in t s f r om t h e i r f in a l m a tc h . If this scenario


course of the season. Before the weekend, Read had the edge as they had scored 24.41 runs per wicket while Bamoldswickwere.more, than one run behind. And the league title


. the seasoi,


looked to heading for an exciting “climax as


race. - ... 1 Julie’s next meeting is


Wanderers wm derby to sign off in


RIBBLESDALE Wan­ derers, won their final match of the Jennings Rifciblesdale League season in a thrilling derby a t Chatburn Road on Saturday, a win which should see


them qualify for the Rjbblesdale were sud- Lancashire Cup next denly 131-5. •


. . . , .. . -byiFitton for two and


year. H a v in g w o n th e to s s ,


T e r ry B ra i thw a i te ’s s id e e le c te d to b a t o n a good p i t c h , e v e n th o u g h th e o u t f ie ld w a s w e t d u e to th e h e a v y m o rn in g ra in . It proved a good deci­


in form, an opening stand of 108 laying the base for a sizeable total. Mark Hargreaves and


sion as Shahid Nawaz and Ryan Gladwin were


Neil Bibby had no joy against the pair and they were soon replaced by professional Dexter Fit- ton - playing his last match for Clitheroe - and skipper Neil Bolton. The pro finally made


Seed (70) will go on to represent the club at Pleasington having topped the Magic Eye qualifier and LGU Pen­ dant. And C. Blockeel and


spot prizes on the course and these went to the captain, Ian Singleton, Chris Smith, Gary Meakin, Tim Barritt and Mark Edmundson. Funds for the Children


A.- Hodgson returned a nett 76 to win the Daily Mail Foursomes Qualifi­ er by two-and-a-half shots from M. Carring­ ton and J. Kenyon. Joan Whittaker won


the September Pendant at Whalley Golf Club with a round of 100-34- 66.


with Leukaemia charity were boosted at the pre­ sentation dinner which followed the competition with an auction and raf­ fles. At the time of writing


emerged as the clear win­ ner of the Open Singles at Whalley GC on Satur­


day.. Play had to be sus­ pended for an hour As - torrential rain flooded


. low Whalley member Colin Gould (82-12-70). •Third place went to Colne’s Dave Shaw (82r


: vent Blackadder from - carding 73-6-67 to win by three shots from fel-


the greens. ■. ... But that failed to pre-


11-71). B . Marsden returned a


members were not as for­ tunate on Saturday when the International Pairs competition was washed out. Chris Blackadder


the exact sum raised had not ben determined. But Mytton Fold


-Helen Cook won the final of the ladies’ club foursomes knockout at Clitheroe GC when they beat off the challenge of Sue Cartledge and Sharon Willis. • And Krystyna also won the Ladies’ Open


■ 15-72, oAwhile Joyce Andrew'scored 90-18-72 to come in third place. | :. Krystyna Taylor and


\ Runner-up,was Betty Dixon with a score of 87-


;


the shape of Martin Briggs. and Andrew Ainsworth who added 44 invaluable runs before the la tte r became Bolton's fourth victim.. Ian Britcliffe went for


The rescue net came in


almost 1,100 runs. With him went Wan­


derers’ hopes of a score in excess of 200, and when David Howard went for nine, the home side’s tails were up. Craig Hall was run out


put on 60 before Terry Braithwaite .struck, bowling the fonner for an


excellent 62. Fitton and Mark


Bolton, arriving at the crease thanks to Simon Coulter's run out, scored at over a-run-a-ball to put the home side in with a great chance. I t all went sadly


ing the visitors the vic­ tors.’ The signing of Shahid


Nawaz'will be a huge boost for Ribblesdale for 2003, and captain Terry Braithwaite hopes his side will be challenging on all fronts. • The two clubs met


one and it was left to the Braithwaite father and son combination to take Ribblesdale's final score to 187-8. Due to some earlier


wrong, however, as Fit- ton was out in identical fashion to Nawaz, hoist­ ing a full toss off John Braithwaite to Rain bin the boundary, Fitton falling five short of a deserved half-century. Clitheroe',were- now


lost time for rain, Clitheroe were faced with a target of 171 in 41 overs. . Neil Bolton and


the breakthrough, bowl­ ing young Gladwin for a fine 34. John Rain was bowled


by Bolton in the next over for a duck, and Clitheroe’s hearts were lifted when Nawaz dis­ patched a full toss from Bolton straight to Matthew Coulter, his 86- ball knock of 76 taking his season's tally to


Stephen Bishop strug­ gled against Nawaz and Britcliffe and it was the amateur who made the breakthrough with the initial wicket of the cap­ tain, Craig Hall taking a tumbling catch at mid- off. - He then bowled Bums


again the following day in the Under 17s cup final. Match report and picture on page 35.


Clitheroe v Ribblesdale


: Wanderers RIBBLESDALE


Nawaz c M. Coulter b N. Bolton76


141-5 and required 30 off the last four overs to snatch a dramatic win. Terry Braithwaite


for seven as the home side reached 51-2 in the 18th over. Fitton joined Bishop


. Neil Bibby was caught in the deep by Rain off the second b a l l,. and Matthew Coulter, was stumped by Philip Hall off the fifth. Whalley needed to hit


these two paid off as John went for two and 11 in his two overs, while Howard went for 10, set­ ting up a last over with seven runs required.


The captain's faith in •


who was now batting confidently, and the pair


player and Baxenden pro Jonathan Harvey pro-


However. ex-Burnley r,


Bamoldswick posted 232 with Aussie pro Clinton Peake starring with a


boast the only unbeaten record in the division and a confidence boosting four points from two away day trips over the past week will send Lee Sculpher’s troops into the game on Saturday with morale high. Sculpher has also bolstered his squad by the signing of 21-year-


Clitheroe, along with Prescot, . CRUCIAL GOAL: Neil Spencer


old Accrington Stanley centre for­ ward Lee Buggie on loan. The striker has Football League


experience with Bury and Rochdale before being released by


the Shakers in 2001. He made his league debut while


on loan at Rochdale in a 4-0 victo­ ry over,Shrewsbury Town and played for Bury in a 2-0 LDV Tro­ phy win over Kidderminster Har­


riers. Meanwhile, the club’s audience


with former England boss Kevin Keegan and Manchester City keeper Carlo Nash - formerly of the Blues - is a complete sell-oiit. Tickets for the event, which is scheduled for Thursday, October 24th, have been snapped up quickly. Chairman Dave Burgess said:


“The evening is a complete sell­ out. I actually have people on a waiting list because tickets are so much in demand.” O The Blues home match


against Woodley Sports has been brought forward to Tuesday, Sep­ tember 24th. • The club are holding a race


night at the clubhouse on October 5th, starting 6-30 p.m.


Blues now unbeaten in seven


t in g 1 d ^ p 1 ^ 1Cea s b he Atherton LR............ 2 Disaster stmck for the crocked a s ^ b u n b e a t - Clitheroe............... ..2 Blues on the hour mark eh 118 as Baxenden won CLITHEROE dis- when a 35-yard free-kick


which sealed the first played the b a t tlin g league championship for qualities, they will Read since 1979.


require if they are to sustain a serious assault on the N o rth West Counties’ Firs t Divi­


from a two-goal deficit on-Tuesday night at Atherton Laburnum Rovers to grab a share of the spoils and keep then- unbeaten s ta r t to the season intact. The locals dominated


sion, . , The Blues fought-back


the match early on and could have gone ahead on a number of occa­ sions. Andy Cowking’s pow­


erful header was turned over the bar while Gary Rishton saw his header cleared off the line from the resulting comer. - Lee Cryer had a 20-


flew directly in and another free-kick was to blame for Atherton


extending their lead four minutes la te r . as Clitheroe stood and watched as the ball was headed home. . . ■ Seven minutes later, the Blues had pulled a goal back when on-loan signing Lee Buggie came off the bench and tapped home after Cowking had headed across the area from a free-kick. And just three min­


yard effort deflected while at the other end, goalkeeper Kris Richens had to be alert to prevent


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D.HowardbN.Bolton..............9 o n . th© Strok© 01 h a l f - . M. Briggs c.Whalleyb Fitton ....31 t im e . ' C. Hall run out...........................2


turned to the ex-captain David Howard to finish off from his end, while his son John was at the other.


A. Ainsworth b N. Bolton.........12 J. Braithwaite not out....... .........6


1. Bntchffe b Fitton...... ............ 1 T. Braithwaite not out........... .....5 Extras........ ............. .......... 11 Total (for 8).......................187 Bowling: M. Hargreaves 6-2-19-


0; N. Bibby 9-2-39-0; Fitton 17-3- 62-3; N. Bolton 12-2-59-4.


CLITHEROE


N. Bolton c C. Hall b Britcliffe ....9 S. Bishop b T. Braithwaite.......62 A. Bumsb Britcliffe.................. .7 Fitton cRain b J. Braithwaite. ..45 S. Coulter run out............... .......5 M. Bolton not out.................... 18


.. N. Bibby c Rain b Howard......... 6 M. Coulter st E A. Hall b Howard ..0


‘S. Whalley not out..................... 1 Extras............................


a six off the final ball but was unable to do so, leav­


.7


Ibtal (for 7).......................166 Bowling: Nawaz 13-1-42-0; I.


Britcliffe 10-1-39-2; D. Howard 9-2- 37-2; T. Braithwaite 6-1-28-1; J. Braithwaitc 3-0-20*1. «


Champions well beaten on final day of season


WHALLEY ended high-flying Cherry Tree's hopes of second spot in the Jennings Ribblesdale League with a shockfinal day run-rate victory at Preston Old Road. A mediocre season for Jason


Smith's side ended on a high- note as the pre-season t i t le favourites were toppled .to hand Smith’s


former


■ Team Event at Clitheroe when she was joined by K. Taylor (Clitheroe), R. • Greaves (Royal Lytham) and P. Hindle (Pleasington). They amassed 97 sta­


wortham were third on 94 points and fourth place went to Dorothy ■Hamer and Helen Cook from Clitheroe as they were joined by Janet Stevens (Pleasington)


bleford points to win by two points from a team from Todmorden. Visitors from Pen-


olcvcuo x After the early moming rain . .; ■ team,


Bamoldswick, runners-up spot despite defeat, a t the hands of Baxenden:


had taken its toll, the match length had been restricted, and, on a damp wicket, the home side batted first, with both openers, departing for single figures.; Paid man Neil Cordingley


came into the attack and took the prize wicket of opposite number Naeem Ashraf for .42,. ending a fifth wicket stance with Robbins that had threatened to


flourish. Skipper Smith joined Cord-


add's! Parkinson* (Lan- . the wickets of Bolton (16) and caster). " " 1 - - Friend (23) to help restrict the


ingley.in the attack and took


Cherry Tree innings to 165-7. That seemed a reasonable tar­


get for the visitors' to chase and despite the early loss of Martin Davies (4), fellow opener Mark Whelan, along with Lee Kears- . ley, started to mount a fight- back until the latter was caught by Robbins off Bolton for 19. , Cordingley joined Whelan at


the crease and both looked to be .t on their way to deserved half- centuries until both fell on th e , same score, each five short o f . their 50. ■ - ■'. • - With the middle order, falling by the wayside, i t was up to


•-Jonathan Blair and Simon Gor-: ■ ton to carry the visitors', to vic­ tory. - And they didn't disappoint as, with light fading fast, Whalley faced one over less than their, hosts' and deservedly won on ru n -rate af te r amassing 162


■ with Blair’s lusty latenorder hit­ ting proving crucial.


1 Despite a slight improvement’ ■on last season, Jason Smith will surely be disappointed a t the manner of. sotne of his side’s


1


defeats, and the fact that, with a bit of luck, his side could have been challenging in the top half of the table. ~-


, ; Cherry Tree


v Whalley CHERRY TREE


M. Veeversc Kearsley b Smith. . ; ....... ...... .0 C. Riley c Pratt b O'Neill D. Hayes b Cordmgley


..........................5 ........... ..19


Ashraf b Cordmgley v.-............ ..............; .42 G. Bolton c Westwood b Smith.....................16 N. Robbins not out ......................... ......... 54 M. Friend c Cordingley b Smith. . . . . . . . . . .2 3 BPohcrty not out........................................0 Extras


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is delighted to be hosting the -, . "Heart of the Valloy Gala Evoning* on October 26th 2002/ : Join th9 celebrities for this prestigious Black-Be charity event 6 Total (for 7) ........................................ 165


• Bowling: J. Smith 15-0-65-3; D. 0’NeilU3-4- 50-1; Cordingley 7-2-24-2; S. Gorton 3-0-21-0. ' WHALLEY


M. Davies c Riley b Ashraf........... M. Whelan c Butlerb Bolton........ .............45 L. Kearsley c Robbins b Bolton . . . . .'......1 9 Cordimdey.c Butler b Ashraf . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 5 A. Whelan c Butler b Ashraf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 A.PrattcBaldwinbBolton . . . . .


, , encompassing a fantastic gala;dinnor, catwalk cabaret, charity auction, disco and oward/coremony honouring individuals on ’ ?:• their achievements and commitments to the Vallay community.: ■ ; . BBC’s News anchor man Nigel Jay has very kindly::: -agreed to compere this star-studded evening v' .v, ' , at the Stirk House Hotel, Glsburn.


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Proceeds from this event will go to Ribble Volley Ladies Luncheon Club; ‘ ■ which raises vital f Unds specifically for children's cancer resoarch. .


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J.SmithcFriendbBolton . . . . . . ...............1 J. Blair not out ■ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............24 .6


.............10 Total (for7)...................... :.


- Bowling: Ashraf 15-2-58-3; J. Baldwin 5-0-23- 0; G. Bolton 13-0-5W; N. Robbins 4-0-19-0.; ,;


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utes later, the visitors were level when Neil Spencer was brought down inside the area. The skipper picked him­ self and slotted the resulting penalty home to earn a valuable away point. Atherton Collieries .1 Clitheroe............ ......3 CLITHEROE main­ tained their top of the table placing on Satur­ day night thanks to a 3- 1 away, v ic to ry over


Atherton Collieries. ' However, the Blues


didn’t get off to the best of starts when they went 1-0 down inside the opening minute. A free-kick delivered


into the visitors’ penalty area was fumbled by goalkeeper Kris Richens


missed a great chance to equalise when he headed over, the bar but the Blues were level on five minutes when Lee Cryer headed home from Paddy Lauber’s left- wing centre. Cryer then grabbed


Martin Aspinwall


the match,.Clitheroe continued to' create chances but poor finish­ ing let them downN. Manager Lee Sculpher


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pleted on 20 minutes when Spencer gave the visitors a two-goal cush­ ion. A terrible back pass let in the burly striker and he made no mistake


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i Congleton Town. 5 2 i 2 7 ‘Newcastle Town. 7 2 0 .•5 6 Woodley Sports.. 5 i 3 i 6 Winsford United 5 i 2 2 5 Warrington Town5 i 2 2 g Abbey Hey.......6 i 2 3 5 Atherton Colls... 5 i 1 3 4


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