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jubilee PROUD Stonyhurst Park Golf Club aim to cele­ brate their Silver Jubilee in style with an assort­ ment of illustrious names. The club's big day is on Friday, July 9th, when a


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Golf Classic and Banquet will be held. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the club,


during which time the course has been transformed from its rustic and rudimentary origins into a beau­ tifully manicured 9-hole Ribble Valley gem. And as part of the celebrations, and an offer of


A PLAQUE in honour of Slonyhurst Park’s links with the American Walkcr/Bush family is unveiled by Arthur Wilkinson (front left) and Adrian Aylward (C190G04/1)


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Special relationship is commemorated


IN a d d it io n to th e Golf Classic and B an q u e t a t Stonyhurst Park, the club are celebrating their spe­ cial relationship with the American Walker/Bush family. Recently a magnificent


plaque was unveiled a t the golf club entrance to com­ mem o rate th e club's unique ties with the fami­


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George Walker was a student a t Stonyhurst Col­


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lege in the early 1890s, and the inspiration behind the establishment of the golf course, which was laid out in 1893/94. He went on to found the


Walker Cup, and his grandson, George Bush senior, the 51st President of the United States, gra­ ciously agreed to become an Honourary Life Mem­ ber of Stonyhurst Park in January 1994. Stonyhurst Charity Golf


President Arthur Wilkin­ son, the doyen and driving force behind the remark­ able development of the club, was on hand a t a delightful ceremony to unveil the imposing plinth, which was greeted by a stirring fanfare, the battle hymn of the republic and the Star Spangled Banner, while the headmaster of Stonyhurst, Adrian Ayl­ ward, conducted the full ceremonial.


thanksgiving to Stonyhurst College for making the course available to a highly-appreciative member­ ship, the founder members of the club will be joined by the likes of Stonyhurst campus trio - and Eng­ land Rugby World Cup winners - Iain Balshaw, Kyran Bracken and Will Greenwood, along with Jack Simmonds, former England rugby union cap­ tain Bill Beaumont, England football international Trevor Cherry, Norman Prince, David Walsh, Mar­ tin Henfield and a group of golfing MPs. The aim of the day's events is to raise a substan­


tial sum of money for charity, with the Stonyhurst Charities and the Wooden Spoon Society - the char­


ity of British rugby - the beneficiaries. The Wooden Spoon have nominated the day as


one of their regional qualifiers for their national golf championship, and the winners a week tomorrow go forward to an expenses-paid final a t The Belfry later this year - where there will be the opportunity to progress to a "super final" in Florida! Each golf team will contest of three players and


a celebrity. Later in the evening a t the reception and ban­


quet, there will be a range of entertainment, with the principal speaker being Professor David Purdie - a distinguished physician specialising in osteoper- osis, with an inexhaustible fund of anecdotes, medi­ cal, Scottish and sporting. Purdie, who wrote Sam Torrance's speeches dur­


ing his successful spell as Ryder Cup captain, brings a touch of real class and eloquence to proceedings.


Ashworth successfully defends title


MARK Ashworth retained his club championship crown a t Clitheroe Golf Club with two impressive rounds on Saturday of 75 and 69, and a gross total of 144. And Carl Drinkwater was more


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than satisfied with a 146 total for second place, while a further two shots behind saw Jon Dugdale in third. The best individual gross in the


first round came from Andrew Bennie, who shot a flawless 70, before Miles Wade achieved the best gross second round with 74. The seniors’ championship was


almost a double whammy for the Scots. David Hardie took the gross


prize and F.H. Long Cup with a battling 81 in wet and windy con­ ditions. Canny Scot J im Cameron


returned a nett 73 in the Rose- bowl event, only to lose out to Wayne Townley with the same score, and Derrick Eglin, who took the trophy with a margin of three shots with a 84-14-70. The Rev. Harry Richardson


put in a gritty gross 82 to take second place in the the main event, two shots ahead of John Pawson. Jordon Cook was top man in


the captain’s day competition for the juniors with his 80-12-68, which was four shots better than Andrew Bennie's nett 72. Both were remarkable returns


by two fine young golfers. J. Sumner, J. Foley and R. Ash­


worth filled the minor places. Alan Clarke proved th a t his


recent hip replacement hasn't affected his golf when he and his


partner Geoff Cartledge took first prize in last weekend's fourball, also at Clitheroe. The retired fire officer and his


partner produced 45 points, just one more then Mike Thompson and Peter Chanter, who made a welcome return to the winners’ list. Scott Milne and Eddie White


thought 43 points might be suffi­ cient in the difficult conditions, but they had to settle for third. © MARION Niven came out


on top after a card play-off to take the Clitheroe GC Lady Cap­ tain's Day from Irene Hinks. Marion eventually took the


honours with a nett score of 103- 27-76, to Irene's 92-16-76. The best gross came from


Helen Maginn with an 82. In the p u tt ing competition,


Gail Ainsworth recorded a win­ ning 27 successful shots, while nearest the pin on the fifth and ninth holes went to Sharon Turn­ er and Gill Eddleston respective­


ly- The Senior Nine Hole was won


by Dorothy Dady, and the booby prize for the highest score on the 17th hole was won by Diane But­ tle.


Bridge winners with a score of


2,470 were Eileen Hadfield and Pat Parker. The Ladies’ LGU First Divi­


sion medal at Clitheroe was won by Chris Stokes (80-7-73) from Kath Towneley (91-14-77) and Sheila Willis (98-20-78). The Second Division was won


by Marion Niven (97-27-70) from Rosmary Sims (104-24-80) and Barbara Brown (109-25-84).


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Aces high at Wilpshire as Captain’s Day witnesses two holes-in-one


TWO holes-in-one on the same hole graced the Captain’s Prize 36-hole Competition a t Wilpshire Golf Club last weekend. F ir s t , on th e 11th hole, Andy


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Fitzmaurice’s six iron pitched short and ra n r ig h t across th e green before dropping in the hole. T h a t was followed less than 20


min u tes la te r by H a r ry Nixon, whose five iron hit the flag and fell


in the hole. However, Paul King who won the


day, after carding 150-14-136. The breezy conditions and show­


ers during the first round favoured the lower handicap players, with Paul was the overnight leader with a net 66. Second place went to Rick Gro­


gan (164-26-138) whilst third and fo u r th went to fa th e r and son, Brian and John Moran respective­ ly, who could only be separated by a card play-off on net 139. The weekend was rounded off


w ith lunches for members and guests and live music and disco on Saturday evening, all hosted by captain Steve Powell. Other prizewinners included Alex


Cave, qho took the best gross prize with a score of 149, while Harry Nixon (75-8-67) and Phil Ashworth (71-6-65) took the respective first and second round awards. Brian Woodhead won the Over


21 Category with a score of 185-46- 139.


‘Chappy5 ace RICHARD Chaplow


^scored a hole:in-one in the latest round of the ELPGA Alliance. The Clarets star, an Accrington member,


'• aced the. par. three 9 th holeatRossendale.-, . The event was won by.-


-Marsden P a rk ’s; Bill ■


Harker and John-Dug-/ dale ' (48, stableford points). Clitheroe.’s John


Twissell won the profes­ sional’s prizei.with^a round of 70. •


in top form cup fmal


Cobras reach


PROFESSIONAL Craig Thyssen came up trumps on Sunday to help Clitheroe secure victory over Edenfield. And that came after heatbreak on Saturday saw them spiral to defeat at Bamoldswick.


Thyssen ended with figures of 5-34 against the former,


as he cleaned out the middle order. And after also assisting in a run out with a direct hit, he was the catalyst behind Edenfield being dismissed for ,


129. And with the help of an unbeaten knock of 37 from the


South African, Neil Bolton’s side ultimately cantered to


an eight-wicket success. Bolton himself was given out to a somewhat dubious


leg before decision, but Thyssen produced the goods to hand Clitheroe the full seven points. A day earlier, the locals fell to defeat a t a rain-soaked


Chatbum Road. Barnoldswick paid man Jeevantha Kulatunga did the


damage, putting on a mammoth 94 as the visitors fin­


ished on 176-4. Andrew Kenyon and Neil Bolton opened the reply, but


they were restricted to 24 and 22 respectively. Professional Thyssen put on 58, which seemed to eat


into the Barnoldswick advantage. But with many of the Clitheroe middle order falling by


the wayside early doors, they ultimately fell seven runs short of victory. Clitheroe are back a t Chatburn Road on Sunday when


they entertain Blackburn Northern. And 24 hours later, they play host to Monton and Weaste in the LCB Knockout.


Double defeat for Whalley


WIIALLEY endured double defeat at the weekend. The home clash with Bax-


enden on Saturday was short­ ened by the rain, with the vis­ itors taking to the crease first. And the away side were far


became a victim to Hudson, shortly followed by Gorton for the same score, caugiic in the deep off Andrew Jaggers. In the end the Whallev


from electric with the bat, with their best runmaker cap­ tain David Usher with 18. This was due to the superb


bowling figures of 6-55 from Whalley professional Josh Marquet, ably assisted by 3- 43 from David O'Neill. But even though the Sta­


tion Road outfit needed just 103 runs to win the game in their allotted 31 overs, they struggled to do so with Mar­ quet first to fall for just three. And Whalley ended up all


captain reached 59, but was next to go to a good catch by Baistow in the deep, again oil Jaggers with the score on 104. No other batsmen made


any impact until O Neill came in at number nine and plundered 30 off 29 balls, including 14 off the last over of the innings. The visitors finished on


144-8, with Baistow (2-10) and Hudson (2-10) the the pick of the Earby bowling. In reply Ayub got off to a


out for just 68, with the most notable efforts of 17,14 and 14 coming from Andy Pratt, Simon Gorton and O'Neill respectively. The following day Whalley


faced Earby a t the Apple- garth on a wicket that had seen quite a bit of rain. Whalley win the toss and


good start, but lost Sam Munns, Paul Tilbury and Chris Walton cheaply, although the score was 69-3 at this stage due to the fast scoring rate of the paid man. However, Ayub was even­


elect to bat first as captain Mark Whelan opened with professional Marquet, but the latter didn't last long‘as his stumps were dutifully uproot­ ed by an excellent delivery from Pete Baistow for just one run. With Whelan going well at


tinued to make progress at the crease when his son Alex joined him to add a brisk 23 before becoming Scott Hud­ son's first victim, caught by Earby paid man Mohammed Ayub having added 32 for the third wicket. Lee Kearsley added just five runs before he too


one end, Martin Davies was next to go to a good return catch from Baistow at 27. The Whalley captain con­


tually removed in the middle of an excellent spell of bowl­ ing by O'Neill for 49 to leave the score at 71. Nigel Hodge had been set­


tling in at one end, but lost Ian Clarkson for five to leave the game hanging in the bal­ ance. Jaggers turned the game


with a quickfire 30 before being caught in the deep with the score on 127. Stephen Hipgrave perished


for one and it was left to Hodge, who had made an excellent 37 not out. and Baistow to see Earby home by three wickets to the mis­ ery of Whalley. O'Neill and Gorton were


the pick of the Whalley bowl­ ing, taking 4-30 and 1-9 respectively. Whalley face Ribblesdale


Wanderers at Station Road on Saturday.


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CLITHEROE . Cobras Under 11s A team made it through to the cup final by winning at Baxenden. The locals fielded first,


and thanks to some tight bowling they restricted their opponents to just 34 runs. In reply the Cobras got off


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to the best possible start, Banks (12) and Bowness (8) taking the score to 21. From then on the innings collapsed as the usually reli­ able middle order faultered, and by the time the final pairing of Jack Dewhurst and Jonathan Ramsden came to the crease, the locals needed 19 to win. Dewhurst set about the


Baxenden bowlers and scored a fine 24, ably sup­ ported by Ramsden. The Cobras ran out win­


ners in the end by 11 runs, and if they are to win the final against Oswaldtwistle, their batting will have to improve significantly. The Cobras suffered an


agonising last-ball defeat in their derby with Ribbles­ dale Wanderers. Batting first, they got off


to a solid s ta r t , b u t the middle order was not firing on all cylinders. Ian Scott hit two sixes in


his 17, but by the halfway mark, Cobras had only made 55-5 off tight bowl­ ing. Tim LeBretton and Jack


McKenna batted sensibly, adding an unbeaten p art­ nership of 28 runs. And Jack Dewhurst con­


tinued his good form with an unbeaten 20. The Cobras innings fin­


ished on 1 16t7, se t t in g their opponents a modest ( target of 60.


Wanderers lost an early


wicket in their reply, but some erratic bowling gifted them too many extras, and by the halfway mark only 20 more runs were


J The brakes were th en i applied by some excellent


’] required. 3 slow bowling from Richard


j Blackburn and Tim LeBre- 4 ton - the la t te r claiming I two wickets for his efforts. | The game remained on a I knife edge, but by the last 3 over Ribblesdale required j nine runs.


;■! A close run out attempt 4 and a catch off a no ball all i added to the tension, but a * fine shot off the last ball for j four brought Wanderers


m home. 4 Earlier in th e week a 3 depleted Cobras side suf- J fered a heavy loss at Read. Batting first, they never


4 son (18) made any impres- 4 sion on the Read attack. * Ten lost wickets resulted


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J in Read chasing a net tar- ^ get of only 17, which they


1 reached at a canter.


recovered from the loss of early wickets, and only Ian Scott (37) and Mark Hig-


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READ pace ace Oliver Newby has claimed his first senior Lancashire wicket. He made his Frizzell County Championship debut for


Lancashire against Northamptonshire at Liverpool on Sat­ urday in their rain-delayed game. The 19-year-old got an opening in the side as a replace­


ment for injured one-time England Test bowler Peter Mar­ tin, and, after impressing in the first innings, especially in his last spell of the day, he claimed 2-32 off nine overs in the second, including the prize scalp of South African ace Mar­ tin van Jaarsveld for a duck. The match petered out to a draw on Tuesday.


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Leaders Read suffer first defeats of season


WELL, they are human after all!


After 11 games and 11 vic­


tories, Read were brought back to earth with a collossal bang this weekend. After literally sailing away


with the league, they suffered their first defeat of the cam­ paign on Saturday thanks to Blackburn Northern profes­ sional Gareth Flusk. And like buses, they tend


to come all at once. From a seemingly invinci­


ble lead a t the top of the VEKA Ribblesdale League, the gap at the top has been cut to just four points. And if Settle had collected


the full seven points on Sun­ day rather than the five they did, the gap would have been even less. So if anyone was under the


impression that the destiny of the league title was done and dusted - think again. Flusk was the major fator


in Northern’s victory on Sat­ urday, as he and Farook Butt destroyed the Read reply. But it was with the bat


that the Northern paid man first shone, as he hit eight fours and four sixes in an unbeaten knock of 89.


The Read bowlers had no


answer, as he held the innin- ings together following two early dismissals. After inserting Northern


into bat, Peter Sleep and pro­ fessional Danny Law shared the opening wickets of Mel Gillibrand and Abdul Bisood- wall. Ismail Daud (13) and


Khan (5) were both dis­ missed by Sleep, and at this point Read were in the ascen­ dancy. Even with Flusk’s knock,


and na unbeaten 27 from Neil Weaver, Northern’s total of 170-5 was nothing special. The special part came from


Blackburn’s bowlers. Flusk and Butt took each


of the Read wickets bar one - the run out of Chris Holt late on.


Matt Doughty fell first for


a duck, before Terry Little and Peter Sleep set about rebuilding the early loss. However, once the pair had


gone for 18 and 12 respective­ ly, only Andrew Rushton really ate into the required total. The middle order literally


fell apart, a feat not witnessed in the season so far.


And Flusk mopped up the


tail end to skittle the champi­ ons for just 89 - by far their lowest total of the season. And if they were hoping for


a return to form on Sundat at Settle - they could think again. The Marshfield outfit were


their nearest challengers going in to proceedings, and would become even nearer at the close of play. After Flusdk had cracked


89 for Blackburn Northern- 24 hours earlier, Settle profes­ sional Robin Morris would hit an exact replica score in Settle’s victory. After being put into bat by


the visitors, Settle lost the early wicket of Paul Stafford for seven. But Keith Hornby and


Morris set about the score with relish, followed later by Stuart Hornby. Mark Verden made an


impressive 39 before he holed out to Matt Doughty off Read sub professional Tama Canning. The Accrington paid man,


standing in for hamstring vic­ tim Danny Law, took 2-57 as Settle finished the innings on 208-6.


Wanderers dig deep for critical win


FOLLOWING Saturday's rained- off game a t Settle, Ribblesdale. Wanderers were in desperate need of a win to keep in touch with the top five. And they succeeded with just


four minutes of play remaining against Oswaldtwistle Immanuel on Sunday. Asked to bat first, Wanderers got


off to a solid start with paid man Shahid Nawaz and Craig Hall putting on 69, before the former was caught low down at midwicket for 25 off Gerard Metcalf. Steve Sipocz found some variable


bounce, and this accounted for Alis­ tair Marsh - trapped in front by a


ball which kept very low - and Hall, who had batted excellently for his 66, which included 13 fours. Howard soon followed, cutting a


lifting delivery to Ali at point. Ribblesdale were wobbling at


119-4, but Martin Peel and Ryan Gladwin steadied the ship with a fine partnership of 63, before the latter was stumped for 24. Peel fell for a well-constructed 58,


and Kerr helped to take the score over the 200 mark in the last few overs. In reply, Wanderers p u t the opening batsmen under pressure


from the word go. Rick Whalley trapped Chris


Rimington preparations


EAST Lancashire President's Cup and Craven Cup hold­ ers Rimington begin training on Tuesday from 7 p.m. And player manager Terry Braithwaite hopes for some


new faces to bolster his squad for the coming season. Despite winning five trophies in four seasons, he and


assistant Steve Conti are hungry for more success, with the league title the main goal. And Braithwaite admitted: “Both Steve and I have


won all of these trophies as players, but this just adds fuel to our desire to win them all again as managers. “I want to add more players to the ones we already


have, and with Clitheroe not having a reserve side this season, I am hopeful that one or two may come to us. “We like to play open attractive football, and this


won’t change in our chase for more glory, but may appeal to players looking for a new club.” Braithwaite is determined to improve on the club's


poor season league wise last year: “By our standards we had a poor season in the league after finishing runners- up the year before. “That is just one reason we are trying to get more play­


ers, another is that we are always looking to improve, and I think that is why we have achieved so much in a rela­


tively short time.” However, Braithwaite did not forget the vital contri­


bution made to the team by his number two: “Steve is the one who gets the lads fit and we wouldn’t be the team we are with out him. He is our unsung hero, but he’s happy doing what he does and we work well together.” Anyone who thinks that they can do a job for the side


can turn up on Tuesdays from next week, or call Terry Braithwaite (01200 428190).


Elizabeth Highton


Burton leg before in his first over, and Dawson was run out for a 26- ball duck followling good work in the field by Howard and Marsh. Professional Ali looked in good


form as he struck the ball well, after Paul Dignan had gone leg before for none. Ali and Metcalf were hauling


their side back into the game, how­ ever, and Howard was brought back into the attack and had the pro caught behind by Peel. He then removed Metcalf and


Andrew Dignan to reduce Oswaldtwistle to 96-6. To their credit, the visitors refused to lay down, and the young


pair of Andrew Metcalf and Keith Smithson took the game to the bowlers, adding 96 runs and giving them a chance of a run rate victory. John Braithwaite replaced


Stephen Kerr, who had bowled with no luck, and immediately bowled Smithson for 26. Howard had Sipocz caught by


Marsh, while John Braithwaite bowled Roberts for a duck and trapped Clare in front in successive balls to claim the full seven points for Wanderers. They travel to Bootle tomorrow


in the Thwaites Lancashire Knock­ out, and travel to Whalley in a local derby on Saturday.


Craig Hall


Elizabeth swims to national gold


ELIZABETH Highton struck gold once again at the Cheesestrings National Age Group Championships. Held in Manchester, the Clitheroe Dolphins' swim­


mer achieved top spot in the 13-year-old girls 100m backstroke. She dominated the event to win by almost four sec­


onds in a time of 1:08.96. The previous week Elizabeth finished second in the


100m freestyle at the same Age Group Championships and was placed third overall. Unfortunately though she began to feel unwell, and


depite qualifying for the 100m freestyle and 200m backstroke, was not fit enough to compete in the final in the afternoon and so retired home to recouperate for her fine display a week later in the 100m backstroke. The local starlet was joined by a number of talented


young swimmers from throughout the North West. Competitors aged between nine and 14 turned out,


with both individual and club titles at stake. Everyone who participated has risen through the


ranks at county level. And Elizabeth will now have the chance to compete


at the highest level, at the Cheesestrings National Age Group Championship to be held in Sheffield in August. Ex-Olympic medallist Sharon Davies will be on hand to present the medals.


But he failed to impress


with the bat, as he was caught by Stuart Hornby off Morris with just 23 on the board. However, that, alongside


Michael Whalley’s 27, were the two highest scores of the reply, as Read capitulated once again. And only a marvellous


eight whicket stand by Whal­ ley and Matt Doughty stopped Settle from claiming the two bonus points. The pair came together


with 14 overs still to play, but held their own to frustrate the home attack. But it was little consola­


tion, as Settle emerged vic­ tors by 116 runs. Read will look to return to


winning ways in the LCB Knockout on Friday after­ noon, when they entertain Elton. And they return to league


action on Saturday with a trip to Oswaldtwistle Immanuel.


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