UNRIVALLED COVERAGE OF SPORT IN THE RHBBLE VALLEY i s s o c ia t io i


Thursday, June 20th, 2002 Cybercafe & Compufer Training Centre-.


Dot.Com CLITHEROE


DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY Ftexible Courses StartSoon


Call In or Phone for Details -MRBUe Vote*


Edisford Rd, Clitheroe. Tel: 01200 442188 w w w j o c f i c l d . c o .o k » ntncss@rocndcLco.uk


T e l /F a x : 0 1 2 0 0 4 2 7 7 0 0 with your Advertiser and T im e s sports team of Chris Boden, Craig Salmon, Phil Simpson and Edward Lee


In-form Read topple the league leaders


A MAGNIFICENT weekend effort a t Whalley Road on Saturday saw league leaders Bamoldswick suffer only their second defeat of the season at


the hands of Read. The start was delayed, not by


England's World Cup match, but by Friday evening's.pro­ longed thunderstorm. After extensive use of the water hog to clear surface


water, a 33 over match began with Bamoldswick batting,


having won the toss. The highly rated left-handed


Australian’professional Clinton Peake opened with the experi­ enced Ian Scothern on a satu­ rated wicket which gave little help to the bowlers. In a 103-run partnership,


r , •lii3«»YYs '


Peake’s knock of 70 included four sixes and numerous bound­ aries before he was eventually caught low down on the bound­


ary by Craig Walton. This brilliant catch prevent­


. Scothern's fine chanceless innings came to an end when, on 50, he was well caught in the outfield by Garry O'Connor. The dangerous Paul Beech


ed further mayhem and eventu­ ally gave Read a total to chase that was indeed reachable.


Salesbury’s double joy


ITw a s a great weekend for Sales- bury in the Jennings Ribblesdale. Cricket League as Burnley Belvedere were hammered twice. The Ribble Valley


outfit moved through to the third round of the Lawrenson Gup thanks to a nine- wicket demolition of Belvedere, who were routed for just 58. A day earlier, they


m ( I 1


3 4


went to the top of the First Division with a 65- run win over the same opponents. After posting 112-7, Salesbury skittled Belvedere for just 47. Ribblesdale Wan­


J s s a s l i& r " V.tftfe-rS''.M


derers seconds fol­ lowed Salesbury into the third round of the cup after they demol­ ished another Burn­ ley side - Burnley Grammar School Old


Boys. Wanderers scored


Read Cricket Club before their weekend win over Bamoldswick. (T170602/2) , difficulty in scoring at five rims He finally succumbed howey- comfortably progress through


an over until Little, attempting a huge leg-side hit, obtained too much height and was caught in the outfield by Peake for 25. The innings then stuttered as Whalley, making a probably


was smartly stumped by Terry Little, as was the ex-Skipton player Richard Greenwood, both without scoring. Captain Warren Eastham


got some rhythm back into his bowling in this match and thor­ oughly deserved his three wick­


ets. ’ The use of the heavy roller at


Disappointing weekend for the Wanderers


half-time meant that the char­ acter of the wicket remained the same-wet. Read openers Little and icha l Whatle


o M aaei wimiicy l fuunu mwv w d little


Raza came to the crease and occasionally chanced his arm to maintain the run-rate, and, cru­ cially, was dropped twice hit­ ting the ball hard and straight to the fielders.


RIBBLESDALE Wan­


derers suffered cup heartbreak a t Cherry


Tree on Sunday, after a disappointing league


defeat the previous day, also a t Preston Old


Road. Terry Braithwaite's


side lost out on a Rams- bottom Cup semi-final slot in controversial cir­ cumstances off the final ball. With the locals requir­


fortunate not to be caught off Braithwaite, hitting a six which evaded David Howard on the boundary, but the skipper was not to be outdone and had him caught in the deep by Martin Peel for 30. jJuiiii


struck in his first over to going in favour of the visi- Braithwaite(31) was remove Nigel Robbins for tors before Nawaz hit joined by Hall (8),and the • * ~


ohn Braithwaite u . .w . . . . . . .


ing four to win, a waist- high full toss hit David Gardner-Chan on the hand, but was adjudged to be a legal ball, and- Cherry Tree won through. Visiting captain Braith-


waite had won the toss and invited the home side to bat, opening the bowl­ ing himself with profes­ sional Shahid Nawaz. I t paid dividends


five and Ian Britcliffe trapped David Hayes for a duck. The home side were now struggling at 67- 5, but Ashraf was omi- nously still at the crease. He and former


the game looked to be — . _ -


Robbins to cover and was duly caught by Hayes. When Peel went for 19


Clitheroe goalkeeper Lee Kennedy threatened to overpower the bowlers, but Nawaz returned to the attack and had his opposite number caught behind for a patient 40.. Kennedy and Butler:


immediately as Riley slashed the skipper to his son John at point in his first over. Kevin Read was bril­


liantly run out by Martin Briggs in the pro's second over and Cherry Tree were reeling at 5-2. This brought in Tree


added a quick 19 before both fell in the space of two balls, the captain bowled by Britcliffe and Kennedy suffering the same fate at the hands of Nawaz. When skipper Braith­


at 60-3, the game swung again, but stands of 12 and 13 brought Ribbles­ dale back into it. At 136, Philip Hall


Nawaz and John Rain were in little trouble when the latter went too far across his crease and was bowled for seven. Peel joined his pro and


batted with great maturi­ ty as they put on 39, and


er to a slower ball from David Scothern, removing the pro for


a well-deserved 32.


pre-meditated but certainly poor shot, was easily caught out


for 19. Walton, despite playing no


rash strokes, kept the score- board ticking over until a ball from the slow left arm of Peake lifted somewhat to give the wicketkeeper an easy catch. Read professional Akram


Andrew Turner and captain \


Eastham definitely had no inhi­ bitions with their batting, with Turner hitting a huge six into the car park and Eastham a clean straight maximum into the football field. Several other well-struck


boundaries in this stand of 47 gave Read the victory over the league leaders, followed by a standing ovation for the pair. Bamoldswick will be regret­


ting dropped catches, but for the spectators, they enjoyed a very entertaining game.on a day when many others suc­


cumbed to the weather. The following day saw Read


through to the next round of the LCB Cup at the expense of Lancashire County League side Denton West. . The Ribblesdale League out­


fit passed the home side's total of 121 with six wickets still


intact, with professional Raza the main run-scorer, scoring his 50 in 52 balls, taking 59 min­ utes, including eight fours and


one almighty six. His eventual unbeaten knock


of 69 was really a one-man show as wickets tumbled around him, with only Little (14) and Joey Marshall (16) entering double figures.


the Lancashire County League at Whalley Road in the next round.


Read now play Prestwich of -


Whalley slide


before Howard was bowled for 15. Nawaz fol­ lowed in the next over for 16, and then each bats­ men in turn struggled to come to terms with pitch. In the 25th over, Rib­


blesdale were on the rack a t 78-8 when skipper


two veterans of the side showed the way as they ground out a stand of 42.. A total of 120 gave the


offered a return catch to Veevers, run out for 12.


Baldwin and the home Britcliffe raised hopes side were on top again but further for Ribblesdale, Britcliffe was not giving having Read caught up without a fight and he behind for five, to leave and Gardner-Chan took the score to 149 before the last over was to he bowled. Five runs from the first


the hosts on 28-2. This brought Ashraf to


five balls left Gardner- Chan on strike with four runs required. But, from what the


paid man Naeem Ashraf to join Veevers and the pair added 42 in 13 overs, with the amateur scoring the bulk of the runs. Veevers, however, was


waite ran Mohammed out, the home side were 135-9 and Ribblesdale were hoping to wrap up the innings, but Sudnik and Baldwin added 23 runs, a stand which even­ tually won the the match. Ribblesdale needed a good start in reply and


Wanderers felt was a no­ ball, Cherry Tree man­ aged to hold on. The previous day, on a


firm but wet track, the toss of the coin proved vital.


Wanderers had a decent enough start as Nawaz and Howard put on 32


Asked to bat first, the


goes on WHALLEY'S slide down the Ribblesdale League continued unabated as they suffered a four-wicket defeat a t home to Settle on Saturday. Although conditions


visitors some hope, and this was raised even more when Briggs fielded bril­ liantly and accounted for


were hardly suited to prolific run-scoring following the horrendous rain storms the previous night, Jason Smith’s side were bowled out for just 85,' with the visitors passing the target for the loss of six wickets. I t was Dave Jolleys


the crease and he immedi­ ately smashed a six, but Britcliffe almost had him caught at point by John Braithwaite with a one-


handed effort. Ashraf was athis bel­


ligerent best and was well supported by Riley as the- pair took the total to 119, before the pro was caught by Gardner-Chan for a run-a-ball 55 off Nawaz. This defeat was caused


by batsmen trying to play too many shots too early in their innings and they must learn from this.


who set up victory for . Settle with a fantastic howling display, ripping through the home innings as he claimed figures of 6-31. He was helped in no


small measure by professional Stewart Hornby, who took 3-47. Of the Whalley


batsmen, paid man Neil Cordingley (15), Lee Kearsley (10), Pete ■ • Edmondson (11),


i


men rattled their visitors in their, reply as | \ they at least went down


CLITHEROE gave their season a real shot in the arm with a week­ end double win. - Neil Bolton's side first saw off fel­


low title hopefuls Earhy at Chat- bum Road on Saturday, picking up seven valuable points, before pro­ gressiti'gtotheRamsbottom'Cup


-, Coulter was to follow that with another great snatch, again off Har­ greaves, with the Earby skipper Ian Clarkson the victim this time. Graham Kershaw bowled a ---- - . tremendous spell down the hill and scares.


game, and could only-manage a total of 102 all out. .The'locals just about kept their composure in reply, despite giving their travelling support several


was rewarded with the wickets of They lost the hopelessly out-of- •


\with a fight. ' Skipper Smith had Settle in trouble as he claimed 4-34. Pro Hornby failed to


trouble the scorers as opposite number


i


B Phy^MontimeonSaturday e t^ th a ^ k s ^ t™ good outfield - ^wo^terruptions for rainfol- d e sp ite ^ e to u tf ieM an dB o ^ ^tchesand a smart stumping by HtotaSfTpSiSS? J d


WH o n S “ t S a S e ^ ^Earby fell well short of the target steady the drip. . 15A nlus ttTs ^ s e S a l l y on 99 ab out off 33.5 overs.


who hattrf for tte majOTty of tee W ’ . Musron fell, caught behind, and


LbfrSed thante to a suXb lmbck ' ' " Clitheroe were again excellent in Steve Whalley joined his dapper for fromprofessional Dexter Fitton, the field the following day holding whatwasa match-winning s


°£ J iook the score to 81 before


T f w a s “ ^ r t e d b’y and Bolton provedtoo good for the Bolton w a s caught in the gully for a Stephen Bishop(28) tothe e^y-^ ho™gtween them theybowled 28 There was still time for one or two


s s a s s f s s s s r Scholefield off the first ball of the . ^aivmr “w S t S ‘t&SSSSSSSSZ ;. by a bad ankle injury to Stephen


Earby got off to the worst possi . - Fiimosdte number Clinton Peake, A fantastic win was marred only o f te e - S S S s M l h i s ^


. Bishop, which prevented him from


innings when Mark Hargreaves to^ oldOTkk'w^ e never able to hatting and could see him sidelined l o S S S S K S g - P o n t h e for a couple of weeks.


Cordingley also chipped in with 1-51; but‘ just as’ Whalley had got ay,;; foothold back in the match, the visitors dug in and ground out victory. John Hughes and ;:, j


Mark Verden came , together at the crease ; and put together an unbroken partnership, to guide Settle past the post. Hughes finished


unbeaten on 28, with Verden.on 22 not out.; ,


; Whalley travel to deposedleaders Barnoldswick on Satin-day.


• Weekend scorecards, ; up-to-date tables arid; selected teams can be: found on page 33.


, ;i;


David Overy (10) and; ; former Ribblesdale ; : Wanderers man Rick ' j. Palmer (14) all got ; starts, hut couldn't go on to hit a big score. The Station Road


140-9 before bowling out BGSOB for 73. On Saturday, Rib­ blesdale found the going tough when they lost by 59 runs against Cherry Tree, chasing 158 for victo-'


ry.


out of the cup to Stacksteads by eight wickets. The Whalley Roaders total of 84 was never going to be enough. In the Third Divi­


Read seconds went


UP IN SMOKE: The fire in the Shawbridge stand last week, (s) Fire will not disrupt Shawbridge work


B y C R A IG S A L M O N


sion, Clitheroe thirds lost on run rate against Blackburn Northern. Chasing 113-8, Northern were 79-7 when the rain brought the match to a halt. ,


Riversiders in control


R IV E R S ID E R S maintained their lead a t the top of the Clitheroe Mid­ week.; Cricket League table after defeating a poor Catholic SC side, who were embar­ rassingly bowled out


for just 49. Chipping A kept a


hold on second spot after predictably heating Chipping Ramblers by 30 runs. There was high


CLITHEROE have pressed ahead with plans to improve the drainage of their pitch despite nearly half of one of their stands


being gutted by a fire last week. In the same week Clitheroe


were presented with a grant of £24,440 to improve the state of their pitch, a fire, (believed to be the work of youngsters, caused extensive damage to their Shaw­ bridge ground.


the drainage of the pitch has begun this week - ending support­ ers’ fears that the grant would have to he kept aside to rebuild


However, work on improving .


the stand. Acting chairman Dave Burgess


said: “Work has already started on the pitch this week with the grant that we have got from the Football Stadia Improvement


Fund. “That money has gone. I t was


ear-marked for the pitch and that


is what ithas been spent on.” Burgess admitted the club’s


I fought out a tie with Low Moor, for whom Carl Drinkwater scored 50, but the vil­ lagers were declared the winners by virtue of losing fewer wick­ ets. In the only other


drama at Rimington when the home side


70 runs. RESULTS


committee has yet to sit down and decide what to do with the fire-


affected stand. He added: “With regards to the


stand, what we are hoping to do is assess the damage later this week


and then decide what we are going to do in a meeting early next


week. “A third of the stand has gone.


“The options are to rebuild it ‘ 7 !


- towards the pitch, which is a lot of money to us-we only got an 80% grant.”


good might come out of it. “We have had to find £6,000 out of our own money to put


“So out of adversity something ' Anonymous The club would like to thank an


anonymous person who donated £100 in the aftermath of last


week’s fire. Burgess added: “Someone


popped £100 through Terry Nel­ son’s door last week and we would like to thank that person. “But if anybody has any ideas


or can offer any help, especially local businesses, then it would he much appreciated. They can con­ tact me on 0788 7541040.” If the club opt for the portak-


The fire brigade pulled it down last week.


all, rebuild half of it or put a Por- takabin in the affected area and make it into a sponsor’s loirnge, which is the favourable option at this stage.


to meet UniBond League require­


ments. ’ ■ Burgess added: “We.will have


to put more seats in but th a t is something we willhaveto look at later on next season. “That’s on the back burner for


now, but it is another problem Some good news for the Blues'is


that they may be inline, to receive a grant of around £5,000 from the Football Association...


Last season the FA.started .,« • ' •


pouring money into lower,league clubs and Clitheroe may get a sizeable chunk of money, after their performances the season


before last in the FA Cup, where/ they reached the third qualifying round before bowing out to Hyde


United. Burgess added:, “I am waiting


to hear from the FA as to whether we have got the extra £5,000. “That money.woiild go a long


way to covering our lay-out on the pitch. I t ’s important'we get that money.”


Meanwhile, pre-season training “ ;


begins next Thursday, 7 p.m. at Shawbridge^ New and existing players are welcome. A committee meeting will be


abin option, then they will have to install more seats if the ground is


game, Calderstones, aided by a Keith Gill half century, over­ came Ribchester by


R iv e r s id e r s 7 0 -7 ,


C a th o l ic SC 4 9 a l l ou t ; R im in g to n 1 0 3 -4 , L ow Moor 103-5; Calderstones 1 4 5 -4 , R ib ch e s te r 7 5 -7 ; Ch ip p in g A 7 0 -7 , Ch ip­ ping Ramblers 40-9. LEAGUE PLACINGS ’ 1 , R iv e r s id e r s 15; 2 ,


Chipping A 12; 3, Calder­ s ton es , R im in g ton 11; 5,


■ C a th o l ic SC 8; 6 , Ch ip­ ping Ramblers 5; 7 , Low Moor 4; 8, Ribchester 1.


Anna in the goals


AFTER entering the forthcoming Summer Hockey League, Clitheroe


t against Preston Mar- 1,riott,.; with ; Anna Hollirigworth netting four, of the goals, and last week an impres­ sive team perfor­ mance saw the team gain a 3-0 victory over Garstang. . The matches are


■Ladies' ; Hockey Club have won their opening two games in preparation for the new season. >


■ They ’ won 6-0


THE OFFICIAL BURNLEY FOOTBALL CLUB BOOK NOW


ORDER BEFORE JUNE 28th - PRICE £19.99 :


YOU WILL BECOME AN OFFICIAL SUBSCRIBER AND RECEIVETHE 184 PAGE HARD BACK BOOK, YOUR NAME PRINTED IN THE BACK OF THE BOOK AS A } .


SUBSCRIBER, A PERSONALISED CERTIFICATE PLUS AN INVITE ItO THE BOOK LAUNCH


. Clitheroe hope to keep up the success and are looking for­ ward to the new sea­ son. If any player is interested in joining the club,' come along


played at Longridge, and Clitheroe, as the season starts to get underway, are play­ ing excellently as a team.


day evenings.; ■: t/// r 50 SPECIAL EDITIONS - PRICE £49.99*


ORDErJb E ^W JU N E 28TH AND RECEIVE AEL THB' ABOVERLUS THE BOOK WILL BE SIGNEDEY ALlLTHE PLAYERS AND JMftNA^GER (1ST50 ORDERS ONLYj^ )


-A fJr


■ to Longridge Sports Centre on-.Wednes­


HOW TO ORDER: All oitlcis .mil cnquiics to I'lonl Desk Reception LaM’Luntashuc


Newspupcis Limited. Bull Stiect. Burnley. Telephone 0I2S2 426161 * postage and Packing Isjcxtra cost is extra cost i f you are unable to attend the book launch ■


A must true


BE PART OF YOUR TEAM’S 120 YEAR HISTORY BY ORDERING YOUR. EXCLUSIVE COPY OF...


held on Monday at the clubhouse from 7-30 p.m.'-All committee members are Asked toattend.


/


y


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35