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BOTTOM side Barnold- swick couldn’t upset the odds against champions Read on Saturday. The West Craven side are the only team to beat the
champions so far this season in the league, but relentless Read cruised to an effortless eight-wicket victory. In a game tha t Read
Marsh half-century, they surpassed Barnoldswick’s 148-7 in just over 39 overs to keep their title defence on track. Barnoldswick won the
toss and proceeded to bat, with skipper Michael Scoth- em and brother Ian Scothem opening for the hosts. The pair made starts, but
the pressure with his eco nomic spin, but Jon Pickup and David Scothem tried to push the score along. Former Burnley man
Pickup made 22 before he too succumbed to Sleep and was caught by Driver, while
CLITHEROE emphatically kept their title challenge on track at Cherry Tree on Sat urday. The locals cruised to a
Kulatunga was also looking in decent nick before Sleep struck again to remove his opposite number for 31, caught by Barden. Sleep continued to pile on
couldn’t build significant innings as Michael (18) was trapped by Read profession al Peter Sleep, while Ian (20) was caught by Payne, again off the Australian. Professional Jeevantha
could ill afford to slip up in, Warren Eastham’s men endeavoured to retain their five-point lead at the top. And with the aid of a Nick
Relentless Read Clitheroe FC
Scothem was unfortunately run out having made 28. The tail end of the hosts'
innings from then on reaped little reward, as Adil Khan was dismissed for six by Eastham, who also trapped Butt, before Sid Sheraz and Michael Lord saw the remaining overs out to close on 148-7. Sleep ended with 4-76 off
23 overs, and those figures proved match-winning. In reply, Barnoldswick
had an early breakthrough when young Matthew Doughty was caught by Barry Chamley off the cap tain for seven, but Nick Marsh patiently set about seeing Read home, as he and Sleep picked off the bad balls and ran well between the wickets. The Read opener struck
seven fours and a sue off 103 balls to reach 50, before James Stead took the catch to dislodge him off the bowl ing of Sheraz. But Sleep, who closed
unbeaten on 48, and Joey Marshall, who was undefeat ed on 27, saw Read home with five overs to spare; None of the eight bowlers
suffered any severe punish ment, but the total was just too small to defend against a side such as Read. On Saturday, Read enter
tain Edenfield, before a Ramsbottom Cup semi-final derby showdown with Padi- ham at Whalley Road.
Clitheroe cruise
nine-wicket win at Preston Old Road, as the Chatbum Road attack restricted the home side to 179-8, before skipper Neil Bolton and namesake Mark saw Clitheroe home within 38 overs. The only downside was
failing to pick up the bonus points by bowling Tree out, as leaders Read also failed to dismiss bottom side Bamoldswick in their win at Victory Park, keeping their lead at five points. But the Clitheroe bowlers
performed admirably to restrict the home side, all chipping in with wickets. Opening pair Mark Veev-
ers and Riley made a solid start, but Andrew Ainsworth made the breakthrough, having the former caught for 28.
was little resistence until fur ther down the order.
After that, bar Riley, there
excellent form this season and continued this in his first game for the first team with a composed 35. Martin Peel, having been
bowled by professional Neil Cordingley for one, and Marsh, also bowled by the pro, helped David Howard take the score to 89, whose
and truly up when former Wanderer David O’Neill had Nawaz removed in similar fashion for 25 at 47-2. Alistair Marsh has been in
and Craig Hall put on 35, before the latter was caught behind for 10 off Jason Smith in the 11th over. Whalley’s tails were well
invited the home side to bat on a green wicket. Professional Shahid Nawaz
glorious sunshine, had a large crowd who were treated to a good game of cricket, as either side could have won. Whalley won the toss and
RIBBLESDALE Wanderers stayed in touch with the top three thanks to a fine 28-run win over Whalley. Church Meadow, bathed in
Spinner Neil Bibby had
Burrows (5) stumped by Simon Coulter, who also caught dangerman Naeem Ashraf off Mark Hargreaves for five. Hargreaves then bowled
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Nigel Robbins for four. Riley, after making 53, finally fell to Bibby, but for
mer Clitheroe FC goalkeep er Lee Kennedy and Garry
Bolton tried to rescue the sit uation. The pair passed 20 before
being removed by profession al Mark Gillespie, and Cher ry Tree, with the help of an unbeaten 11 at the death from Mohammed, and 30 extras, closed on 179-8. Clitheroe lost Stephen
unbeaten on 86 - taking his season’s runs to 685 - while Mark hit 60 not out. Clitheroe are at home to Settle on Saturday.
Wanderers’ win
Howard, in his fourth over, bowled Davies, who was unlucky to see the ball deflect off his glove onto his stumps for 26.
first ball for four, crashed a sue in his second over, but O’Neill had the last laugh, trapping the pro leg before for 21 at 85- 4.
required 122 from 25 overs, and Cordingley and Andy Pratt set about the task as Tom O’Neill began his first bowling spell for Wanderers. Cordingley dispatched his
At this stage the visitors
needed five runs per over and kept up with the required rate, until the big left-hander went for a bit hit off O’Neill
Pratt and Mark Whelan
got a leading edge to Ian Grace, as Smith returned to the attack, and Whalley sensed a score of below 150. However, debutant Tom
he stroked the ball around, but he clipped a delivery from the pro straight to Martin Pye at square leg for 21, push ing Ribblesdale towards trou ble at 102-5 in the 31st over. The in-form Ryan Gladwin
innings of 35 contained six fours. Howard looked ominous as
first to go, edging Ian Brit- cliffe to Nawaz at slip. The opening Nawaz spell made runs difficult to come
had hoped for at the start of the innings, and credit goes to Whalley’s bowlers for their efforts. In reply, Lee Kearsley was
O'Neill added 33 vital runs in the last four overs to take Wanderers to 173-7. But this was less than they
ton who he bowled for four, Howard then took Smith, caught and bowled for one, skipper Mark Whelan, caught behind by Peel and Pye, bowled for two. This reduced Whalley to
120-9 to put the game beyond them.
face a tricky fixture at Earby. • Scorecards on page 27.
determined to give it a go and smashed a quick 18 before Nawaz, returning to the attack, induced an edge which Peel took one handed to wrap up the points for Wanderers. On Saturday, Ribblesdale
But Dave O’Neill was
superbly at the other end, and with the total on 104, he began a spell of four overs in which he took a wicket in every one. Starting with Simon Gor
only to find Hall who judged the skier well. Howard was bowling
and struck in his second over, bowling young Whelan for nine. And following this,
by for the visitors, with Alex Whelan and former Ribbles dale man Martin Davies beat en time and again, but Nawaz was unable to find the edge. Howard replaced Britcliffe
Bishop early in the reply when he was caught behind for four, but the Boltons min imised mistakes and looked in no trouble as they streaked home to victory. The captain ended
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Blues relishing Payton challenge
By CHRIS BODEN
BLUES boss Lee Sculpher admits i t is a daunting prospect kicking off pre season facing Stalybridge Celtic - and Padiham Predator Andy Payton. But it is a challenge he
and his side are looking for ward to.
Clitheroe line-up against
the UniBond League Pre mier Division side at Shaw-
should be bolstered by a number of Burnley fans eager for a sighting of Pay- ton, who netted 82 goals for the club in 130 starts, and Sculpher said: “You’ve potentially got two ex- Clarets as the partnership up front in Andy Payton and Phil Eastwood, which is good for the local Burn ley supporters. “I t might not be good for
our back four, but it’s some thing to look forward to. “We’ve got some Burn
gruelling experience, because you can almost guarantee i t will be the h o tte s t day of the year, when you s ta rt your pre season friendlies.” With the likes of
ley supporters in the squad, and they will relish the opportunity of playing against them. " I t will no doubt be a
Burscough, Lancaster and even a Manchester City side to come, the com-
bridge on Saturday (kick off 3 p.m.), and the player- boss hopes his side don’t get the runaround as they open a testing warm-up schedule. The crowd on Saturday
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s ta r t to the league cam paign: “It is a tough start, but I wouldn’t have expect ed anything else. “But you have to play
And he assessed a tricky
points out of the first two games, I would be delight ed, although obviously you’re looking for six. “But we’re at home on
everybody twice, and it doesn’t matter when you play them. . “If we can get four
the first day, and the last thing you want is to get beat. Preferably you want to win the game. “And to follow th a t up
with a tough game a t Fleetwood, who could be pushing, it will be diffi cult.” Sculpher has freshened
the squad with a couple of new faces, and hopes there may still be more: “We’ve got Paul Stansfield who played at Burnley when he was younger, he’s played at Harrogate Town and Har rogate Railway, and he will come in and do a great job, I ’m sure, in midfield. “Obviously we’ve got Neil
Clitheroe Advertiser and Times sports writer Chris Boden presents a new sponsored strip to player-manager Lee Sculpher. (K150703/9b)
manding centre back admitted: “To be honest, I spoke to the vice-chairman about friendlies and told him I didn’t want any Uni- Bond or league sides, and that’s all we seem to havel “But i t’s a good test for
us and it will get us fit any way, even if we don’t touch the balll
“My philosophy on
friendlies is, even though many people think the result is important, it does n’t really matter, just as long as everybody gets maximum benefit fitness- wise. “All th a t matters is
August 16th against Skelmersdale.”
Reynolds back after a sea son out with a knee injury, and we’ve got Ian Radcliffe down, a local player from Accrington who played for Fleetwood — he will give us some pace out wide. “And we are still in talks
reserves doing so well last season, we’re looking at a couple of those to come through as Gary Jackson and Jon-Paul Fagan have done.”
with two other players at this moment in time. “Obviously, with the
Thursday, July 17th, 2003
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iStalybridge and may well feature(in the;match, which kicks-off at 3 p.m. ■'•Also, a week tonight, Thursday, July, 24th, local
neighbours Padiham visit Shawbridge, kick-off 7-30 p.m.
: : A'trip to Nelson follows on Saturday, July 26th, before Lancaster City visit ■ July 29th.
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The following Tuesday, August 5th, FA Trophy winners Burscough visit Clitheroe.
. phy on the night to parade. . Saturday, August 9th sees the visit of a Manches-'
. 'Having parted company with manager Shaun Teale, former Liverpool and Accrington Stanley mid- fielder Mike Marsh has taken charge of first team affairs, and the club will also be bringing the FA Tro-
- ter City side, with hopefully a few first team players - involved, including one-time Clitheroe keeper Carlo Nash.
The pre-season campaign is extended on Tuesday,
: August 12th when Clitheroe visit Cheadle Town. . This week also saw the fixtures for the coming sea son’s North West Counties League campaign released, and Clitheroe have been handed a tricky opening game. s The first match of the season on Saturday, August
16th, sees the Blues entertain Skelmersdale United, with a visit to Fleetwood the following Tuesday. An away game at Atherton LR follows this) before
Clitheroe host newly promoted'Bacup Borough the following week.
. ,:: Perhaps the biggest disappointment for the club is theBoxing Day and East Monday derby games. ., Having played Great Harwood and Ramsbottom
,in previous years, the club now meet Curzon Ashton on these two dates.
; . This is due to Bacup’s promotion to the First Divi sion, as they will play Ramsbottom on these dates.' With the Blues being at home on the first day of
the season, the game will be followed by the Chair- - man’s barbeque.
: Tickets are priced at just £5 and include all food.; , They can be purchased at any of the pre-season^ friendlies.
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Prolific Schofield wins World medals in Austria
NORTH West paddler Jonnie Schofield has won both silver and bronze at thie Junior Wild Water
Racing World Championships in Austria. The 18-year-old Clitheroe
Royal Grammar School pupil demonstrated his mastery of the river by turning in the fastest sprint time of the competition - by a massive three seconds. In an nail-biting finsh, Jonnie’s
White water wizzard Jonnie Schofield, (s)
Dolphins face battle for promotion
CLITHEROE Dolphins’ youngest swimmers stormed to an impressive victory in the last of the Micro-League Galas to maintain their unbeaten record. The team amassed a total of 144 points, with rivals
Preston finishing on 112, Great Harwood on 86 and Fleetwood with 84.
That win ensured the Third Division title, and they
must now wait for the Swim-Offs in October to ensure a place in Division Two.
Individual wins came for Kara Singleton in the 10-
year-old freestyle and breaststroke, before 11-year-old Bryn Phillip took the backstroke and butterfly and Hayleigh Jones won the freestyle.
In the 12-year-old category, Hannah Pym took back-
stroke, Louis Nicholls claimed backstroke and fly, while Emma Wild and Scott Singleton were both successful in the breaststroke.
relay races. Winning the nine-year-old mixed and boys’ freestyle
relays were Sarah Green, Felicity Brown, Thomas Carter, Luke Tasker, Josh Blysniuk and Cristopher Grant. For the 10-year-old and under girls, Kara Singleton,
Alicia Walker, Victoria Rogers and Eleanor Burrill were victorious in the medley relay and freestyle. While the 10-year-old and under boys freestyle was
won by Phillip Sellars, Richard Dudbridge, Alex Bibby and Matthew Dugdale.
as the team of Jake Ingham, Elliott Holden, Bryn Phillip and Richard Bell won both the medley and freestyle relays.
The 11-year-old boys were also equal to the challenge, Emma Wild, Zoe Astin, Hannah Pym and Alice Jones
completed the same feat in the 12-year-old and under girls relay, before Louis Nicholls, Matthew Carter, Scott Singleton and James Rodgers won the equivalent 12- year-old boys’ events. Rounding off the Dolphins’ achievements were Sarah
Green, Thomas Carter, Kara Singleton, Phillip Sellars, Hayleigh Jones, Bryn Phillip, Alice Jones and Louis Nicholls who all combined one final time to win the the mixed freestyle cannon.
CLITHEROE Dolphins celebrate their micro-league Third Division championship at Ribblesdale Pool. (K140703/6) Meanwhile the older swimmers did not fare quite so awards were presented to George Hutchinson for freestyle,
well, as they finished third in the Subsidiary Leage Gala Emily Pietrzak for breaststroke and Ellie Chambers for at Chorley.
The Clitheroe team produced 81 points, compared to In the two-length strokes, James Murdoch was noted for Chorley on 105 and winners Leyland with 108.
Taking individual wins for the club were Elizabeth breaststroke and backstroke. stroke. . Junior members Emma Wild and Scott Singleton were ming for the team, fantasy football game - tur
backstroke. Sophie Cox was commended in the butterfly. his freestyle, while Kristian Holden was awarded for both
Highton in backstroke, Katie Wilkinson for freestyle and The club are happy to announce that they are presently breaststroke, while Mark Jaggs was awarded for breast- enrolling swimmers aged 13 years and older, who would be
interested in committing themselves to training and swim-
also successful in their respective breaststroke events. All those interested in taking part are asked to contact At this month’s time trials, Most Improved Swimmer Ribblesdale Pool.
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first in the freestyle. Team wins also came for the Dolphins in the various
Alice Jones was equally dominant in her event to take
first sprint run was uncharacter istically slow, but he blew away all the competition with his sec ond, to only be pipped to the gold medal by hundredths of a second.
Jonnie had the best race of his
life to gain the Bronze medal in the long distance classic, a fast course but not best suited to his technical skills. He also piloted the British
in the picturesque alpine resort of Mayrhofen, Austria, young canoeists from across the world made friends and reached new levels of achievement. The Czech team did fantasti
team to an excellent overall sev enth position. In a fabulous competition set
cally well, with a clean sweep of gold medals for the Kayak class
Ribble Valley Borough Council, is presently taking a well-earned break at Bourg St Maurice in the French Alps, and will be return ing back to his home in Sawley in time to receive his A Level results.
scall, has been instrumental in the young canoeist’s success, a sport he firs t undertook at Clitheroe Scouts. Jonnie, who is sponsored by
es, ju s t underlining Jonnie’s achievement as the most prolific world medal winner in the histo ry of British Wild Water racing. His coach, Jon Royle of Brin-
Clitheroe on Tuesday,
. . This game was originally scheduled to be played in Lancaster, but has now been switched to Shaw-' bridge.
GLITHEROE return'to action on Saturday when a"
■t. The former Burnley striker, who was released by the Clarets at the end: of 'last seasdh; has signed for
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