(*9- CliUiero&Advertiser& Times, August 12th, 2004 ■ All the Ribble Valley golf news


Nine-iindier Stuart sets new record mark by Edward Lee


STUART ANDREW was in scin­ tillating form\ when the ELPGA Alliance rolled into Nelson last week. The Clitheroe GC-attached profes­


sional must have thought he was head­ ing for a fairly ordinary day when he turned in a two-under-par total of 33. But he then simply tore up the back


nine to card 28 and a nine-under total of 61 — a new professional’s course record a t the Marsden Heights club. • Andrew Wray shot a superb 69-4-


.65 to win the President’s Day competition a t Whalley on Saturday - and equal the course record. Wray’s round matched that most


recently carded by Nick Uttley, as he emerged a two-shot winner ahead of Ian Hartley. He shot 83-16-67 to finish second


on the card from Anne Prior, who took the best lady prize with 95-28- 67.


Fourth was John Heap (80-11-69). Fran Gierat was ladies’ runner-up


(100-27-73), from Pam Strange (105- 30-75) and lady captain Agnes Flanagan, who went round in 93-17- 76.


The nearest the pin prize went to


Chris Thompson, who was 30.5 inches away on the 18th, while the best gross was won by Mike Conroy with a 77. Neil Pollard won the straightest


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drive. • Everything was hot for Clitheroe


GC’s President’s Day on Saturday. . President Derek Wood was blessed


with scorching weather - and the golf was sizzlingl Four-handicapper Mike Tattersall


took the first prize with a nett 66 - just one shot ahead of the trio of Andrew Bennie, Simon Cherry and Simon Hale, a delighted Bennie taking runners-up spot after a consultation of cards. Two of the more senior members, Alf


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England and Richard Read, returned 67 and 69 respectively to earn the minor prizes and two-shot handicap reductions. Andrew Walmsley was in the dol­


drums when six-over par at the turn. But he set the course alight on the


back nine for an incredible six-under return and his 71 earned the gross prize. Walmsley and partner Ian Ready


(Accrington) confirmed their great form by winning the gross prize in Clitheroe’s open fourball with an incredible 45 points. Golf buddies of that pair - Burnley’s


Andrew Samuels and Graham Haworth - took the nett honours with an equally incredible score. Playing off handicaps of one and


scratch respectively, they had a better- ball gross 61 and amassed 47 points. Phil Hanson, in partnership with


Whalley’s John Jobes, was the pick of the Clitheroe members as he finished in third place with 46 points. Ray Taylor has had a quiet season by


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his standards and he again found him­ self out of the prizes in the midweek medal with a one-under nett 70. However, a hole in one a t the 181-


yard par-three 14th hole resulted in Taylor providing drinks all round in the clubhouse and a broad smile from his wife when he informed her of his win­


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the headlines often enough this season. But in the midweek medal they stood


back in awe as Dave carded a nett 64 off his one handicap - a round which, until two weeks ago, would have been a comse record. Peter Catlow’s nett 65 was his best


round by far to take runners-up spot, and two Woods, in the shape of Clive and Richard, took the next two places. There has been nothing flat about


Jack Simmons’ golf this season. And he was in tip-top form again to


win the senior open with 39 points after a card play-off with John Willis. Richard Read pipped Geoff Car-


tledge by one point for third place. • Daniel Holgate continued his winning ways a t Mytton Fold when he totalled 44 points to win the Euro Trophy. He now leads the Order of Merit by


eight points from Bob Scott. Division One was won by Stewart


Seed (43) ahead of Jim Hindle (41); Peter Tuck (41) won Division 'Two by a point from Des Dnunmond and Daniel Bootle (38) won Division Three by one point from Glynn Watson. • Kath Townley and Gail Ainsworth combined for a nett 65 and victory in John Twissell’s professional’s competi­ tion at Clitheroe GC. Jan Burrows and Kris Baldwin (70)


were runners-up after a card play-off with Jean Ann Speak and Pat Murray. • Wilpshire’s Georgina Powell (37) won the Silver Division of Whalley GC’s Ladies’ Open. Home member Daphne Dawson


was runner-up after a card play-off with Joyce Andrew (35) in third place. In the Bronze Division, Anne Prior


was again in the prizes as she took top slot with 36 points. Maureen Brindle (33) was second


after a play-off with Pam Strange. • Junior golfers continue to whizz around the course at Clitheroe, return­ ing impressive scores. The latest fine return came from ’Tim


Swarbrick in the junior stableford with 41 points - winning by five points from Andrew Mercer. • Mytton Fold provided three members of the twelve strong ELGA. Junior Team which played against Southport and District Golf Association at Ormskirk last week. Sam Punchard was in outstanding


form, teaming up with Andrew Heeson from Clitheroe to win their morning foursomes match 2-up, and played excellent golf in the afternoon to beat Ormskirk member James Beesley by 8 and 6. Jake Chadwick and Nick Pearson


came back from four down in their foursomes match to gain a valuable half. In the afternoon singles games,


Chadwick again fought a strong rearguard action to halve his match against Ormskirk member Liam Waite with Pearson defeating Formby member Jonathan Kelly by 2 and 1. Overall, the team won 13-5. This strong performance by


Mytton Fold members is testimony to the enlightened way in which the club treats its up and coming golfers of the future. • For a full round-up of local golf news,


views and reviews visit our website: www.elitheroetoday.co.uk


Calderstones and Chipping Ramblers line up before the final of the Bradlow Cup. (G080804/1)


Keith and Dave lead the way in Bradlow Cup win


CALDERSTONES carried off the Bradlow Cup after a 23-run victory over Chipping Ramblers at Church Meadow. Batting first, the hospital side


scored 168-7, with the main scorers being Keith Gill with 44 runs and Dave Seedall with 31. Vin Wilkinson took 3-33 with the


baU. In reply. Ramblers were all out 23


runs short of victory, with Simon Gorton grabbing 3-17.


The Catholic Social Club Cup


final went the way of the Catholics, thanks to Peter Dibb scoring a stylish 39 and Mark Hargreaves hit­ ting 24 as they closed on 147 all out. Mick Chamley took 3-22. In reply. Low Moor were going


well, led by Matt Coulter, but once he was out for 40, the innings fell away and they were all out for 121. Meanwhile, with just two games


remaining in the Clitheroe and Dis­ trict Cricket League, Riverside are


Goal feast on trip down memory lane


West Bradford Old Boys 7 Neotechnie.....................7 WEST Bradford’s joyous gods of old trooped out on to Rimington’s green sward for a nostalgic trip down memory lane. In 30 degree heat they


Hickling equalised for


Bradford, but once again Neotechnic went into the lead. In the last 15 minutes


faced a motley crew of Neotechnic hopefuls, among them some famous faces from yesteryear. The match began well


for West Bradford, who stormed into an early 4-1 lead with goals from Watkins, who netted a penalty, Niven, Ratcliffe and Dobson. Bradford were dominat­


ing the game as Perking- ton and 'Rther were giants in defence, while Spike was as industrious as ever. - However, as the clock


reached th e half hour mark, flesh began to weak­ en and muscles wilt. And despite some heroic


goalkeeping by Bartlett, West Bradford failed to prevent Neotechnic grab­ bing two late goals for a 4- 3 half-time score. Vast quantities of liquid


were consumed during the half-time break, largely due to the intolerable heat. West Bradford were


sluggish-after the restart, conceding two early goals to give Neotechnic a 5-4 advantage.


Sudworth woke up and provided some dangerous crosses from the right. Dobson set off on


another of his purposeful runs that ended in a goal for a 6-6 scoreline. Neotechnic scored a sev­


enth, but West Bradford managed to level it again with a speculative drive from Hickling. Then in the final minute


Neotechnic were awarded a penalty, which was blazed wide, and the game finished in an honourable draw. Many thanks go to


Rimington FC for the use of their pitch.


Readstone


player plea READSTONE United Under 11s are on the look­ out for new players for the forthcoming season. The side compete in the


Warburton League, and players must be 10 years of age. Anyone interested can


contact Barry Martin (778852).


odds on to take the title after defeat­ ing nearest rivals Catholic SC by 36


runs. Rimington joined the Catholics in


joint second place after inflicting a loss on Ribchester. Chipping A beat Ramblers by 66


runs after Tony Cowpe struck an undefeated 50, and Low Moor earned their fourth win of the season against Calderstones.


Richard in the runs as locals stay in the hunt


CHATBURN retained third position in the league after a 33-run victory over Denhohne. The locals batted first


and scored 170, with the bulk of the runs coming from Richard Shovelton, who scored an excellent 83. There was also a useful


contribution of 21 from skipper John Lockley. In reply, Denholme were


all out for 137, and the wickets were shared by the Booth family, with Stephen taking 5-58, Rod 3-21 and Andrew 1-18. The seconds continued


their push for the top-of- the-table with a 46-run victory over Denholme at the weekend. The locals batted first and were given an excel­


lent s ta r t by Geoff West (23) and Ted Topham (31). However, a collapse then


occurred, only for Chat- bum to produce an impor­ tant last-wicket stand of 30 between Russell Braith- waite (16 not out) and Chris Mullhearn (8 not out) to enable the side to finish on 113-9. In reply, Denholme


struggled to score runs against accurate bowling and keen fielding in very hot conditions, and were bowled out for 67 as a result. Most notable efforts


with the ball came from Stephen Braithwaite and i Geoff Lambert, who each took five wickets apiece. '


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Athlete Anna in the


running AHEAD of the Under 17 AAA Champi­ onships in Birmingham this weekend, Anna Griffiths prepared in fine style. In the Young Ath­


letes’ League at Wigan, the Clitheroe talent ran another excellent 300m hurdles in 46.2 seconds, while also winning the shot and discus. She then took in the


Mid-Lancs League meet at Pendle, coming a very close second in the 100m and 200m, both in seasonal best times. She also did her first


long jump of the sea­ son, after only two weeks of training. Anna is now looking


forward to the AAAs, where she has remark­ ably qualified for three events. After a lack of winter


training, Anna has shown staggering natu­ ral fitness and ability - and hard work - to pull through, and she is just delighted to be there.


Wanderers win to claim runners-up


position R I B B L E S D A L E Wanderers Under 15s finished league rum ners-up by beating Bamoldswick. Bamoldswick batted


first and scored 106-5 from 18 overs, with Dale (31) and Ahmed (32) proving to be the major scorers. For Ribblesdale,


John Reynolds took 2- 11 and Joe Bunyan claimed 2-21. Ribblesdale replied


with 111-2 as Dale Underwood h it 30, Liam Bedford made 31 and Joe Bunyan added 28.


This was Ribbles


dale’s final match of the season, and their ninth win out of 11 games played. Meanwhile,


the


Under 13s played Read.


Ribblesdale scored


78-4 to a t ta in a n e t t score of 46, with four players scoring nine each. Kay, McGrath, Michael Clarkson and Collinge all scored nine runs apiece. The game was tied


before the last ball of the match. Read went for a sin­


gle, but the batsman was run out, so Read finished with 286-6 and a nett score of 38.


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Big defeat sees Read lose pole position for first time


READ loosened their grip on the Veka Ribblesdale League on Sat­ urday as they suffered their third league defeat of the season, losing away to Great Harwood by 96 runs. And after Settle poimced by tak­


ing full points at home to Oswaldtwistle Immanuel, the locals have now dropped down a place to second. . So with there being just six games


left to the season, and the top two teams playing each other on the last day, the climax to this year's cam­ paign could prove a close one. Read won the toss on this occa­


sion and proceeded to put the home side in to bat with Howarth and pro­ fessional Andrew Crook at the helm.


And the innings got off to a great


start when Howarth was removed for a duck by Read professional Danny Law. However, the old adage of catch­


es win matches came in to play when replacement batsman and captain Russell Whalley came to the crease and stayed at the wicket for most of the game, despite being dropped four times during the course of the afternoon. Read were off the boil all after­


by Warren Eastham off Holt, and Whalley was also removed for another of Law's tour wickets (4- 48).


trouble in removing the rest of the order, as, apart from Alan Armer making 21 runs before succumbing to Law's bowling. Great Harwood collapsed tor only seven more runs. Besides Law taking 4-48, Oliver


From then on in. Read had little


noon as the team's injuries in recent weeks seem to have finally take their toll. Whalley rattled off 107 alongside


floundering having been removed by Ramsker for a duck. However, Michael Whalley did


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manage some salvation to top score with 35 runs before going to Paul Newton, and Andy Turner man­ aged 21 before being caught by Whalley oft Paul Newton. And apart from Oliver Newby


Newby took 2-45 and Chris Holt enjoyed success with 3-47. In reply. Read never really found


Crook, who also put on 86 runs of his own as their partnership proved almost unstoppable Eventually Crook went, caught


their pace to overhaul the combined efforts of Crook and Whalley, as opener Craig Walton was bowled for one and Terry Little managed just 15 runs. Professional Law was equally dis- appointing as he left the locals


Third successive defeat puts dent in Wanderers season


RIBBLESDALE Wan­ derers slumped to an eight-wicket defeat against Padiham on Sat­ urday - their third in a row - and now face a fight to finish in the top five. Winning the toss and


batting on a good-looking pitch on a warm, sunny day at Church Meadow, a good crowd settled down to watch Terry Braith- waite's team compile a sizeable total - but they didn't figure on Padiham's Qadir Ahmed, who reaped havoc with 7-38. However,


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Arbories professional TTasif Siddique who struck first, when he had his fel­ low paid man Shahid Nawaz trapped leg before. He seemed to be well


forward and outside the line, but the umpire thought otherwise and he


was gone for eight. Martin Peel was one of


only three batsmen to reach double figures, and he too was unlucky to be out as the ball spun back to dislodge a bail off Ahmed's bowling. Martin Briggs was


caught at slip and Alistair Marsh was out at mid-off, while David Howard became Saddique's second victim for a duck. Wanderers were reeling


at this point a t 41-5 as Ryan Gladwin and Stephen Kerr dug in, but the latter became Ahmed's fourth wicket, caught at


gully. John Braithwaite and


Steve Wharton followed in the same over, with Sad- dique’s figures at 6-26. Gladwin and the skipper


tried to turn things around, but the young­


sters fell to a horrendous decision given behind when even the bowler had­ n't appealed, and even the captain was a victim of an umpiring error when also given out caught behind. In reply, Rick Whalley


removed Ashfak for a duck, but professional Sid­ dique batted circumspect­ ly with Ryan Heyworth, who hit the ball well for his 43-ball, 27 before being stumped by Peel off Howato. Siddique fittingly


reached his half century in 87 balls to see his side home. This Saturday Ribbles­


dale Wanderers continue their run of home games when they entertain Barnoldswick at Church Meadow, wickets pitched 2 p.m.


hitting 29 not out the rest of the Read order were ravaged by Great Harwood for 138 all out as Chris Ramsker took 5-26 and Paul New­ ton dismissed 3-35. Read will be looking to regain top


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spot with a home fixture against Clitheroe on Saturday, hoping that Peter Sleep's return to action with the seconds at the weekend was enough to see him back in the senior side.


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Last-ball drama sees Clitheroe win close-fought match


CLITHEROE snatched victory from the jaws of defeat on Saturday on the last ball. With Earby needing just


to hold onto their final wicket to win on run rate at the Applegarth, Simon Coulter had last man Der­ rick Proud stiunped to take the honours for the locals. This close finish came


about on a day where both sides struggled to find many runs. Clitheroe paid man


Craig Thyssen's half cen­ tury proved to be the best of the afternoon, with for­ mer skipper Phil Bishop's 17 being the next best for the Chatbum Road outfit. The Earby track was


best suited to the bowlers as the rest of the Clitheroe order fell cheaply as Earby professional Mohammed Ayub claimed 4-32, while


Neil Bibby


Paul Tilbury and Stephen Hipgrave recorded figures 2-20 and 2-15 respectively to see Clitheroe all out for 108. In reply, the Earby


order suffered equally as much in the runs stakes as


Sam Munns (15), captain Chris Walton (20) and an undefeated 28 from Paul Tilbury were the pick of the batsmen to see the Applegarth men ahead on run rate up to the final baU. But the Clitheroe


bowlers, especially Neil Bibby with 4-20 and Simon Bishop with 3-14, kept the game in check, with Tom Greenwood, Andrew daggers and Scott Hudson all failing to score. Earby's last man Proud,


alongside chief nm maker Tilbury, couldn't hold onto his wicket, however, as he was caught out of his crease and dutifully stumped by Coulter as the visitors recorded an unlikely victory. On Saturday Clitheroe


are a t deposed leaders Read.


Injury-hit Whalley suffer another reverse


WHALLEY'S injury-ravaged side suffered another defeat at Blackburn Northern on Satur­


day, this time by 48 runs. With captain Mark Whelan


injured after the freak accident to his elbow last week, and a couple of other regulars missing from the side, Whalley decided to ball first having won the toss. . And to their credit, both Josh


Marquet and Simon Gorton took a flurry of wickets apiece, only for


th e locals to fall just short of bowling their hosts out. Between them they removed


the danger men, but not before the majority of the damage had


been done. Whalley's Nicky Byrne start­


ed well by trapping Mel Gilli-


brand leg before for ju s t six runs, but fellow opener Abdul Bisoodwal and professional Gareth Flusk proved trickier opponents. The pair put on over a century


together before Flusk was caught by acting captain Martin Davies via Gorton after just reaching his


50. The Blackburn professional had


struck four fours and three sixes for his tally that saw the side to 128-2. He was not long in the pavilion


before he was joined by Bisoodwal (62) for no further score when Marquet had him trapped leg


before. The Blackbmm opener had been


the major hitter of the pair, with


12 fours for his efforts, but with him gone, Marquet and Gorton had little difficulty in taking the rest of their wickets. Only Neil Weaver, with 29 runs,


and Del Pratt with 18 provided any resistance, but Gorton trapped the former leg before and Marquet bowled the latter to fin­ ish with figures of 3-39 and 4-78 respectively. In reply, Whalley got off to a


solid s t ^ as the top four batsmen each recorded healthy innings, with every possibility of surpass­ ing Blackburn Northern's 193


tally. However, afte r Gorton had


made a fine 51, aided by 33 from Davies, 23 from Lee Bmgess and 16 from Lee Kearsley, the rest of


the Whalley order collapsed


abysmally. Four ducks were seen from the


remaining batsmen, and the best effort of the lower order came from second team regular Dave Holgate with three runs off 13 balls, before he was claimed as one of Bisoodwal's five victims. Bisoodwal ripped through the


order and finished with exception­ al figures of 5-19, beating profes­ sional Gareth Flush's efforts of 4-


34. In the end Whalley limped to


145 all out - a stark contrast to what had been a promising start. On Saturday, Whalley are at


Oswaldtwistle Immanuel ^ they again look to try and finish the season on a high.


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