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’ cash incentive following FA Cup draw By CHRIS BODEN_____________
Winner Mark Ashworth receives the Wilpshire Trophy from Wiipshire captain Bob Harrison, (s)
CLITHEROE have been handed an away draw in the preliminary round of the FA Cup, at Pontefract Collieries. Lee Sculpher will take his side to
Skinner Lane pn Saturday, August 30th, with the winners in line to face either Horden CW or Brandon Unit ed at home in the first qualifying round on September 13th. The Blues will be fancied to see off
Pontefract, who play in the Northern Counties East First Division, while Horden and Brandon both play in
^ ^.t ytw.r*. gt:. By EDWARD LEE
CLITHEROE golfer Mark Ashworth extended his fine run of form by winning the Wilpshire Trophy on Sat urday. The previous weekend he
retained the club champi onship at Clitheroe after a
four-hole play-off. And that came hard on
the heels of a top-15 finish in the county champi onships at Hillside. He claimed the preti-
gious northern order of merit title in fine style at the weekend in Blackbu- ren. After carding a 70 in the morning, Ashworth coolly kept a five off his card to produce a second round 62, to break the course record and beat Lancashire Coun ty Player, Gary Lacy from Ashton-in-Makerfield, on a card play-off. His round of a lifetime
has earned him the cour tesy of the course for as long as it remains unbeaten by an amateur, and his name goes on the trophy next to British Amateur Champion Gary Wolsten- holme, last year's winner. Gary shot 66 in both of his rounds. The event was hugely
successful, with competi tors looking forward to returning next year. Back at Clitheroe, and
Gordon Rothwell added another title to his impres sive haul when he carded 79-12-67 to win the Peter Geddes Memorial Trophy. He beat four-handicap-
per Rob Andrew on a card play-off in Division One and emerged as the overall winner.
Record - breaking Mark claims prestigious title Sheila goes ace!
CLITHEROE GC member Sheila Cornwell recorded every golfer’s dream stroke last week. The 11-handicapper recorded a hole-in-one at the
second hole at Burnley GC in a match between the two clubs.
David Heesom, playing
the golf of his life, was one shot off the pace after a gross 70, and took third place after a card play-off with Wayne Pendlebury (72-4-68). Philip Walmsley (84-17-
67) made a welcome return to the prize list by winning Division Two ahead of Bryan Walker (85-17-68), Peter Hargreaves (84-14- 70) and David Knowles (87-15-72), while Keith Underwood (95-21-74) won Division Three and Oliver Marsden’s 73 took the gross prize. The club mixed forsomes
and ELGA qualifier required a card play-off to decide that Pat Murray and Phil Leaver’s nett 68 was better than Jim and Vanessa Cameron’s. Edith Child continued her prof itable season by taking third spot, ably assisted by son Andrew, half-a-shot back. Those three pairs will
now go on to represent Clitheroe in the finals at Darwen GC in September. Meanwhile, junior mem
bers at the club continue to impress with some incredi ble scores.
Fourteen-year-old Rib-
blesdal;e High technology College student Brogan Cook won the latest event with a nett 65 to reduce her handicap to 29 - a 16-shot
reduction in six weeks. It has been another busy
week for Mytton Fold members.
On the external competi
tions front, Mytton Fold professional Alex Twist took the third prize in the Bill Beaumont Classic held at Hillside GC, and the Mytton Fold team of Ray Hargreaves, Luke Chad wick and Roger Altham were also third in the team event. Low-scoring was defi
nitely in evidence in the two club competitions over the weekend. The July stableford and
Help the Aged qualifier saw Frank Tunstall amass an incredible 49 points to
emerge as the overall win ner. Division One honours
went to Andy Kay (43) and Gordon Steel (41); Division Two prizes were won by Ian Edwards and Steve King (both 42) and Division Three went to Steve Shoreman (45) by a point from Stuart Mayor. The following day Shore
man combined with Jake Chadwick to score 74-16-58 and win the Brio Junior- Adult Trophy by a slender margin from Peter Tomlin son and Nick Parkinson (85-25.5-59.5). The ladies-girls prizes
were won by Jean Davis and Emma Clegg (58-23.7-
the Albany Northern League First Division. The financial incentive on offer is
£1,000 to beat Pontefract, and £2,250 to progress to the second qualifying round.
Chairman David Burgess said:
“Obviously we would prefer to have been drawn at home against Ponte
fract, but the carrot of a game at Shawbridge is dangling in front of us if we can win there. “We are keen to do well in the FA
Cup. We have all seen what sides like Harrogate Railway and Team Bath have achieved. “We are consistently one of the top
16 teams at our level in the FA Vase, and we seem to thrive in the cups, so hopefully we can have a good run in the FA Cup this year.” Meanwhile, the club hold their
annual open day on Saturday at Shawbridge. Doors open from 1 p.m. until 4
p.m., and events will include a tombola, book stall, video and CD stall and a cake stall. It will also provide an opportunity
to view the newly refurbished club house.
Season tickets can also be pur
chased on Saturday, priced at £60 and £30 concessions.
Despite the increase in admission
prices announced last week, due to the club having to take VAT-regis tered status, season ticket prices remain the same, until the end of July. The club are hoping to have their
new team strip on display at the open day, and invidual players can still be sponsored for £40 for the season. The next Crumbling Castle Come
dy Club will be held in the clubhouse on Friday, August 1st. Tickets are limited to 80 and two
top circuit comedians will be taking the stage. Tickets, which are expected to sell
out quickly are available from David Burgess (445738) or Sheila Ingham (426974). The club are also hosting a bar-
beque on Saturday, August 16th, the first day of the new North West Counties League season, and tickets, priced £5, are on sale shortly.
David Burgess
34.3) and Pauline White and Abbie Clegg (57-18.2- 38.8). On Thursday the inau
gural Mytton Fold PGA North Region Pro-Am takes place. Among the professionals taking part is David Shacklady, the win ner of the recent Isle of Man Classic event. Spectators will be most
welcome. For anyone wish ing to attend the event, tee-off times are from 8 a.m. until 2p.m. with Shacklady teeing off at 1 p.m. Home members swept the board when the annual open fourball was contest ed at Whalley GC. Stuart Dawson and club
president Eric Lord led them home with 47 stable ford points with Peter Shaw and Ian Hartley ( 46) runners-up ahead of John Heap and Bruce Craig (45).
Dave Chippendale and
Rob Hilton dovetailed to card a betterball 73 and win the gross prize. J. Dowthwaite, M.
Young and S. Tipton amassed 78 points to win the three-man team event at Stonyhurst Park by three points from J. Car rington, R. Ormerod and I. McDonnell. Betty Austin and Eileen
Lambert (43) won the invi tation stableford by four points from Trudy Wal;ne and J. Ashworth. Sue Madden won the
Frances Smith Qualifier at Whalley GC on Thursday. She carded 101-32-69 to
win by two shots from Vivian Birtwell (97-26-71). Third, a stroke further
back, was Iris Sherry (102- 30-72).
Wanderers’ seven-point haul
RIBBLESDALE claimed only their second seven- point haul of the season to stay in touch with the league leaders with a team performance against Bax- enden. The home side invited
Ribblesdale to bat, and pro fessional Shahid Nawaz and Craig Hall made steady progess, putting on 22 for the opening stand before the latter was caught for 12. Nawaz took his time to
get in, but looked in omi nous form as he hit five fours and a six, before nick ing Jon Harvey's second ball through to the keeper at 47-2. John Rain and Martin
Peel were both in good touch, and took the total to 87 in the 25th over, when
Rain was caught behind for 32.
David Howard clipped
one straight to square leg at 89-4 and the visitors were in danger of collapse, but young Ryan Gladwin helped Peel add 31 before Peel fell to a top-edged catch for 33. Dean Braithwaite went
to a harsh lbw, and Terry Braithwaite was caught behind at 131-7 in the 39th over. Stevie Wharton struck a
couple of sixes, but went to a catch in the deep. So it was left to Ian Brit-
cliffe to assist Gladwin in raising the total to a more than respectable 182, on a wicket of variable bounce that offered help to the bowlers. Gladwin's fine knock of
45 not out, proved to be the top score of the match, and it was a hugely responsible innings by the youngster.
RibBIcstlajc-Lcaguc' roiincl- up AN nll-Salcsbury final is still a possibility in the
■ Lawrenson Cup. Salesbury cruised past Burnley Belvedere in
the last eight, winning by a mammoth 172 runs after posting a total of 224-6.
Top-scorers P. Blackman (81) and J. Watson
(72) led (he way for the locals. Their second team entertain Great Harwood
seconds in the quarter-final on Sunday at Ribch- cslcr Road, and should they win, they avoid a clash with their senior side in the last four. Salesbury play Read seconds in the semi-finals
on July 20th, while the winners of Sunday’s match will travel to Ribblcsdalc Wanderers seconds. Ribblcsdale restricted Rolls-Royce to 185-9
chasing (heir 283 on Sunday, while Read bowled Baxenden out for G9 in response to their 128. In the First Division, Salcsbury maintained
their lead with a nine-wicket win against Cherry Tree who were all out for 111. '
In reply, Baxenden strug
gled to get the ball off the square, as Nawaz and Brit- cliffe bowled a tight line and length, with eight maiden overs coming in the first 10. The amateur made the
breakthrough, having pro Harvey caught behind by Peel for 15. Rishton hit three bound
aries before Nawaz nipped one back to bowl him out at 34-2, to signal a collapse of epic proportions with Brit cliffe bowling Simon Payne for a 48-ball seven. With rain clouds appear
ing around the ground, Terry Braithwaite came into the attack to speed up the over rate and bowled Hothersall with his fourth ball, while Nawaz took two in two, bowling Holroyd and Liam Bones. Having reached 25 overs to constitute a definite
Clitheroe seconds beat Padiham by five wickets
after dismissing the Arbories side for 70. But Ribblcsdalc Wanderers seconds were ail
out for 59, chasing Great Harwood’s 160-G. In the Second Division, Whalley seconds won
by 72 runs against Burnley Grammar School Old Boys, bowling their opponents out for 84 in reply to their 15G-7.
Rend seconds hammered Oswaldtwistlc
Immanuel, hitting 192-7 before bowling Immanuel out for 82.
Salesbury seconds went down by four wickets
to Stacksteads after being al out for 112. Read thirds were unable to raise a team in the
Third Division to face Cherry Tree, and Ribblcs dalc Wanderers thirds lost by 10 wickets to Eden field after being all out for 138. Clitheroc thirds crushed Salcsbury thirds by 204 runs, bowling their neighbours out for 58 in reply to the Chat- bum Road side’s 262-7.
result, Britcliffe came back into the attack and Howard replaced Nawaz. The opener struck imme
diately as Wharton took the catch of the season so far, a two-handed diving effort resembling a goal keeper rather than a crick
eter, to remove Proctor for eight. Britcliffe got his fourth
with a dubious leg before, but was denied his fifth as Howard took a skied return catch and trapped last man Parkinson in front, to wrap up the game in quick time for the Wanderers. Even though they are
two wins adrift, Terry Braithwaite still believes his team have a chance, hoping the winning run can continue at home to derby rivals Whalley on Saturday. • Scorecards and latest tables on page 33.
Duo shine as locals stay in the hunt
CLITHEROE CC (from left, back) Neil Bolton, Mark Bolton, Andy Burns, Simon Coulter, Matthew Coulter, Neil Bibby and (front) Mark Hargreaves, Andrew Ainsworth, Stephen Bishop, Stephen Whalley, Mark Gillespie. K050703/2
Mammoth victory keeps Read on top
READ won by a mam moth 180 runs to take all seven points against a lack lustre Oswaldtwistle Immanuel on Saturday. The league leaders
remain five points clear of their nearest rivals Clitheroe, and never looked like wavering as they put Immanuel to the sword. Oswaldtwistle won the
toss and proceeded to put Read in to bat, where War ren Eastham’s men wasted no time in showing why there are eleven sides between them and the visi tors. Nick Marsh opened with
William Driver, and although his teenage part ner went leg before for just five on his debut, Marsh reached his 50 in 87 balls, smashing nine fours and a six in just over an hour and 20 minutes. Marsh was aided by paid
man Peter Sleep,, who also went on to hit his half cen tury in a similar amount of time as the pair struck 115 between them, a score that in itself would have been enough to take victory. Marsh eventually went
for 53, caught by Wilkin off the bowling of Gerald
M t i P Terry Little
Metcalfe, and Sleep was caught by the safe hands of Metcalfe for 62. But Read did not let up,
as Craig Waltpn and Andy Turner continued to add to an already respectable total. Walton hit 23 before the
bowling of Metcalfe got the better of him, Immanuel pro Wesley Morrick taking the catch. Turner went the same
way but to the hands of Dawson for 27. Towards the end of the
innings Terry Little entered the fray, and in just under half an hour, had struck the third half centu ry of the innings. The Read batsman was determined to end the
game on a high as he and skipper Warren Eastham rounded off the innings. Little finished the 45
overs with 51 after smack ing five fours and three huge sixes.
In reply, Oswaldtwistle’s
top-scorer was Wilkin, who managed an opening total
of 17 before Eastham took first blood off Sleep. The visitors then col
lapsed like the proverbial play like a pack of cards, as one by one the Read attack took the next four batsmen for just four runs between them. But for Sadiq in the mid
dle of the order, who man aged to stem the slaughter with
12 runs,
Oswaldtwistle were all out in double quick time after just 26 overs.
The home side fielded
well and took all their catches with ease, as Oswaldtwistle never really looked like making a game of it. Read are away to bot
tom side Barnoldswick on Saturday, and if this game is anything to go by, the league leaders must fancy their chances as number one title contenders.
CLITHEROE stayed right in the title hunt with a comprehensive win over Padiham on Saturday. And they had skipper
Neil Bolton to thank for their 73-run win, as he helped himself to another century. But it was no one-man
show as professional Mark Gillespie changed the com plexion of the game with a quick-fire 50, and then claimed another six-wicket haul.
The game started posi
tively for Clitheroe as Andy Burns and Bolton got off to a flier before the- former was caught in the covers. Bolton proved immov
able at the wicket as he proceeded to reach his half century in an hour and a half, before doubling his tally in just over two hours. The Clitheroe captain
finished with a medley of fifteen fours and six, to end with a grand total of 102. I t took Padiham until
the 33rd over to make another impression on the game when Mark Bolton, who had struck a respectable 32 from 78 balls faced, holed out to long on. At that stage the title
hopefuls were looking at a score of around 180. But Gillespie was to
change all that with an unbeaten 55 off 96 balls - bringing up his half-centu ry with sixes off each of the last two balls. The Chatbum Road out
fit finished their innings on 211-2, always likely to be too much for Padiham. After the break Padiham
immediately started on the back foot, with Phil Met calfe going leg before after
Whalley ease to victory
WHALLEY eased to an eight-wicket win over
fellow strugglers Edenfield at Station Road on Saturday. The locals picked up
their fourth win of the season to climb above their opponents and away from the lower reaches of the table — although it remains tight in the league basement. Former skipper, Kiwi
Chatburn win again
CHATBURN seconds continued their recent good run with an excellent victory over Keighley Techni cal College.
The villagers batted first and lost four early wick
ets, but a partnership of 80 between Ted Topham (47) and captain .Mark Braithwaite, who was last man out for 44, recovered the situation as Chatbum were bowled out for 152. In reply Keighley were coasting to victory at 71-0,
but then the introduction of Amir Zulfi into the bowl ing attack reaped benefits as he produced an excellent
spell of bowling to finish with 5-30, as Keighley were bowled out for 121. Rod Booth, with 3-46, was the other wicket taker,
but the bowlers were backed up by an impressive fielding display which included two run outs.
Jason Smith, was the pick of the bowlers as he returned fabulous figures of 4-47 off 15 overs as the visitors were all out for a paltry 93. David “Onion” O’Neill,
Simon Gorton and professional Neil Cordingley also chipped in with wickets from impressively economic spells against an Edenfield batting line-up that had no
answer to the questions asked of them.
Only openers Smithson
(15), Senneck (10), Hudson (11), Carpendale (22 not out) and Hanson (11) made double figures, and none could build an innings after making a start. In reply, despite losing
openers Paul Grace (4) and Alex Whelan (0) cheaply, wicketkeeper Martin
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Davies and former Darwen man Cordingly settled things down and knocked off the winning runs within 35 overs. Davies finished
unbeaten on 33, with the professional passing his half-century before closing on 53 not out. On Saturday, Whalley
face a tricky trip to neighbours Ribblesdale Wanderers.
just three balls faced. Vishal Tripathi suffered
the same fate, again off the bowling of Gillespie. With two men already
out with the total on 19, it wasn't going to be Padi- ham's day. The Arbories side tried
to make battle of it, as Kevin Hitchon and Padi ham pro Pankaj Tripathi made a stand of 40 before the paid man was caught by Mark Bolton off Mark Hargreaves. Tripathi had taken the
score to 69-4 at this point after producing a solid 38 off 43 balls faced, Padi- ham's best innings of the afternoon. Hitchon continuedin
vain with Naveed Ashraf, before he too went for 21. Padiham tried to claw
something from the game, but the dominant bowing of Gillespie proved too much for the visitors. Having had a brief rest
and a change of ends, he came back to clear up the late-order. First Ashraf (7) went
lbw, then skipper Anthony Hall was caught by Matt Coulter for 27, before Gille spie clean bowled both Duncan Hall and Gary Pethard for single figures. Among this onslaught
Hawke and Riaz were also removed. Hawke was caught by
Gillespie for 13 and Riaz was clean bowled by Neil Bibby as Padiham were all out for 138. Clitheroe remain five
points off Read’s lead at the top of the table, and face a run of four tough matches, starting at Cher ry Tree on Saturday.
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