4 ^ 1 70 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, August 26th, 2004


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PETER TOMLINSON has been crowned club champi­ on at Mytton Fold GC. But he needed a dramatic sudden death play-off-to take


the title. After two rounds of competition, Tomlinson and Jake


Chadwick were locked on 153. But it was Tomlinson who held his nerve to go on and win. Ian Slough (135) had the best nett score over two rounds


while Neil Osliffe (78) and Roger Aitham (71) won the daily gross prizes and Baz Hargreaves (84-18-66) and Jan Van Boeker (89-22-67) were the doily nett winners. Van Boeker took a giant stride up the leaderboard when


Eddie Bootle staged his Captain’s Weekend. He amassed 83 stableford points over the two rounds to


win on a card play-off from Simon Galloway. Jake Chadwick (69) won the ^o s s over the two rounds. Division One saw Neil Osliffe (80) beat Steve Brooks (80)


into second place; Division Two was won by Mark Green (80) ahead of Tom Holgate (79) and Division Three honours went to Glynn Watson (77) by five points from Carl Barlow. Frank Hindle (73) and Garry Davies (70) won the


seniors’ prizes, Phillip Glynn (61) and Luca Musker (55) look the junior honours and Emma Clegg (37) and Pauline White (31) came out on top in the ladies’ event. There were also doily divisional prizes which saw Osliffe


(44), Chadwick (43), Tom Holgate (43) and Van Boeker the pick of the Saturday bunch and Dave Botur (42), Tony Wil­ son (40), Simon Galloway (39) and Watson (H) the stars on Sunday. Still at Mylton and Paul Green’s 42 points won the August


Stableford. David Bolton (40 and Colin T. Elliott (39) came out on top


in Division One; Keith Gill (40) and Matt Walsh (39) were the pick of Division Two and Peter Fax (36) edged out John Walmsley (39) in Division Three. Slaley Hall in Northumberland was the venue for


Clitheroe GC’s captain’s weekend away. Captain Ray Ashley look a party of 32 for two days golf on


the testing championship course. Andrew Walmsley scooped the twos jackpot to win three


dozen balls and lead his team to first place. Steve Dean, John Holt and Peter Whittaker shared the workload to earn


top spot. Sunday’s fourball saw Jamie White and Mike Tattersall


return the best score to lake the money. Mike Fletcher thought 39 points might be good enough to


take the singles stableford back at Clitheroe on Saturday. And while his better back nine pushed Roger Hargreaves into fourth place, he found Julian Troup and Bert Heming­ way returning 40 points to dispute first place - 'Troup getting the nod after a consultation of cards. The following day 85 points were sufficient to give Ken


Lord, Alf England Bill Famworth the three-man team prize. They won by five shots from Peter Pedder, Paul McGuire and Carl Drinkwater. Club captain Peter Seavers was the winner of the Arthur


Longworth Trophy at Whalley GC. Seavers dominated the first round the previous weekend


with a nett 64. And on Saturday he added a nett 71 to win by four shots from Paul Wray. Former captain Nick Williamson (79-11-68) won th sec­


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ond round after a card play-off with John Sherry (88-20- 68).The combined efforts of Sheila Willis, Pat Murray and Jane Chandler were good enough to win the Texas Scramble at Clitheroe GC. They carded a nett score of 68.6 to win by the slenderest


of margins from Edith Parkinson, Carol Ashley and Marion Niven (68.8) with Helen Cook, Vicky Edmondson and Trudy Walne (68.9) in third place. Joan Whittaker won the Celia Porter Trophy by two


points at Whalley GC. She scored 37 to win from Anne Prior and Vivian Birtwell. The Standard Life North West Seniors Golf League is


now entering the final stretch and for anyone wishing to make a serious title challenge the matches are starting to


run out. Reigning champions Burnley have only one match


remaining which was rearranged because of the terrible weather that has been hampering golf over the post month. Nelson are their opponents and although this local derby would normally be crucial to the title, Burnley have not quite bit the mark this year. Nelson have a very good chance to challenge for the title


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using their games in hand, and the two deciding fixtures could be the home and away ties between Wilpshire and


Nelson. Longridge and Ingol are by no means' out of the equa­


tion and will be looking for a strong finish to their cam­


paigns. Who will be crowned champions is still in the balance. Sarah Hale led the boys home in the junior stableford


at Clitheroe with 41 points. Andrew Heesom’s 38 was good enough for second place


ju s t one point ahead of Andrew Mercer who pushed William Tyrell into fourth place after a card play-off. Not to be denied, Heesom won the junior medal with an


impressive 74-5-69. That saw him finish two shots ahead of Stefano Coppela with Tyrcll again on the icaderboard with an impressive 73. Jake Foley put two solid rounds together to take the junior summer championship with a nett 141 total.


READSTONE United Girls Under 14s clinched the Lammack six-a-side knockout title for the third successive year. A strong all-round per­


formance ensured a place in the final, where an out­ standing goalkeeping dis­ play from Melissa Mack- ay earned a 5-4 win over Bamoldswick Barons. The team are pictured,


back row, from left: Louise Meloy, Jessica Owen, Charlie Almond, Alice Holmes, Sara Chap­ man, Melissa Mackay, Jackie Mackay (manag­ er).


Middle row: Danielle


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'ley Simpson, Chelsea Rinaldi. Front row: Sara Harri­


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And Wolves earn runners-up spot!


CLITHEROE Wolves Under 14 girls started the season in out­ standing form with runners-up spot in the Glenross 9-a-side Tom- nament. Wolves started the tournament


slowly, but began to find their stride with excellent games in the pool stages, beating Nelson and Glenross, losing only to Read-


stone in the final group game. This set up a titanic struggle


between the two local teams in the semi-final. Readstone surged ahead with a


goal in less than 30 seconds, only for Wolves to fight back with two goals. Stout defending ensured the semi-final ended 2-1 to Wolves.


The final saw Wolves lose to an


excellent Thornton Cleveleys side, who caught them on the counter attack. But this was a tremendous start


to the season by all the Wolves players, who performed excellent­ ly throughout the tournament. Special mention goes to captain Aimee Puttock, a commanding


Whalley off mark Comfortable wins for locals


WHALLEY Juniors under 11s kicked off their season in fine style with a 10-3 win over Fulledge Colts. Man of the match


Fulledge replied with two quickfire goals. Whalley then pulled


Thomas Fielding’s first of five goals came after he sprung the off-side trap to slot home. The second came soon


their socks up, and a nice goal from Chris Hayes was followed by two from the left foot of Ben Ratcliffe. William James then


after when William James skipped through the Colts' defence to fire in an unstop­ pable shot. There was just enough


WHALLEY’S East Lan­ cashire Open Tennis League teams all enjoyed comfortable victories over the week. The A team maintained


forced in his second. The Colt still would not


lie down and hit back with their third of the match. The best goal of the


time before the break for Melding to add a third. After half time Fielding got his hat- tr ick , but


game came with a delicate lob from Fielding, and Whalley hit double figures with a couple of minutes to go with another Fielding effort.


Bowlino round-up


ENTRIES are still being accepted for the Bar-be-Quick Floodlit Open Doubles competition at Ribblesdale 'Wan­ derers BC. The event starts next month and leads to a finals day


on October 23rd. Qualifying nights take place on Monday to Thursday


each week from September 10th to October 11th, with action starting a t 7 p.m. The finals day is on October 23rd. Entry costs £10 per pair and further details are avail­


able from Michael Britcliffe at 162 Chatburn Road, Clitheroe (01200 424328/01200 424979). • ENTRIES are still being taken for the Thomco


Builders Open Floodlight Doubles a t Rushton Street BC, Great Harwood. There will be play on September 13th to 16th, with


winners to return on Tuesday the 28th, and September 20th to 23rd, with the return visit on Wednesday, September 29th. Mnals night is Friday, October 1st. Competitors should send entries to George Ramsbot-


tom, 23 Charles Street, Great Harwood (tel. 01254 ,602149).


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their position in second place in the Mrst Division with a convincing win by four rubbers to nil over Sunnyhurst A. Andrew Moore and


Tim Walters won their games in straight sets, as did Henry F a r ra r and Gerry Breese. Whalley B also secured


a good result over Accrington B. Andrew Cuynes and


Paul Jenkins won their first match 6-3, 6-3, and


were 7-6 up in their sec­ ond when their opponents called a ha lt with the attractions of an after­ noon at Tiu-f Moor prefer­ able to a second set against the Whalley team. David Walters and Guy


Purves managed to win both their games without such distractions from their opponents. Whalley C team over­


came a determined chal­ lenge of Crow Wood B, with Peter Hays and John Lever winning their first match 6-1, 6-0 and their second in three sets. Cathy Green and James Burke lost their first


match, but won their sec­ ond, leaving Whalley win- :i ners by three rubbers to I one. Finally, the Whalley


mixed team consolidated their position at the top of their division with a 6-2 win over Blackburn Northern. The team comprised of


regular partners Cathy Green and Richard Lam­ bert, with Henry Farrar stepping in to p a r tn e r Karen Famhill. A win over their nearest


challengers Parkwood this week would see the cham­ pionship going to Station Road.


Catholics snatch second place


CATHOLIC SC snatched second spot in the Clitheroe Midweek Cricket League after a close four-run win against fourth placed Chipping A. Despite an unbeaten 50 from Tim Proctor,


They lost out by 23 runs. However, the game between Chipping


Chipping couldn’t stop the Catholics finish­ ing runners-up to Riverside.


Ramblers and Calderstones was called off due to rain. And top of the table Riverside complet­


Third placed Rimin^on came unstuck' against an ever-improving Low Moor.


CHATBURN seconds had a thrilling encounter with Pendle Forest, losing out by just three runs. Pendle Forest batted


ed their 13th win of the season by walkover after second-bottom Ribchester found it impossible to raise a team.


Five wickets for Lambert in defeat Geoff Lambert with 5-38


was the pick of the bowlers. The other wicket takers


first and were dismissed for 100.


were Stephen Braithwaite 3-23 and Russell Braith­ waite 2-25. ■ ,In.reDlv. an. excellent


knock of 33 by Chris Waddington, with useful contributions from Dave ' Lakin (12) and Geoff Lam­ bert (15), was not quite enough as Chatbum fell an • ' aconisina three runs short.


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midfield presence, Bronte Box- Morton - leading scorer with seven goals - and Kerry Johnson in central defence. With the new season beginning ^ a


shortly, th e Wolves Under 14 " j team would welcome any girls interested in playing football. Contact Simon Morton (01200 427684).


pefeat for open tennis team


jT was left to the B 'teams to fly the flag for Clitheroe Tennis ■Club over the week-


'end. • The open team were


afforded the luxury of being able to call upon


‘the same team th a t (defeated Burnley last


week. But on this occasion,


against Parkwood B, 3ob Devine and Barry ■, Taylor could not exert the same pressure, and while Louise Burrill and Neil Gunn man­ aged to win a tense three-setter, taking the match by 9-7 in the decider, it was in a los­ ing cause, with Park- wood victorious 3-1. The mixed team


enjoyed a regulation victory against Crow Wood B. Chris Smitton and


Paul Ainger were untouchable in their two matches, while Shirley Bush and a ring-rusty Andy Rose took the lead in both of their games, only to be pegged back in the sec­ ond sets. Nonetheless, a 6-2


victory sets the team up well for their final fixture against Sunny­ hurst next week. Meanwhile,


the


juniors were back in action after a mid-sea­ son break. Having won the


league by the narrow­ est of margins, Clitheroe took on their main rivals from Bum- ley.


The Clitheroe A


team of Matt Hanson, Andrew Hartley, Josh Black and 'Will Aspinall enjoyed a 5-4 success over title rivals Burnley winning a


fight encounter on game countback. The previous week­


end, with Hanson and Black on holiday, Mark Higson and Jen­ nifer Holgate were added to the team and a 6-3 victory over Towneley A was secured after Holgate and Hartley won a cru­ cial set against the


Townley number one pair. The B team recom­


menced their league campaign against


Towneley B with a 7-2 win. Mark Higson and


Jennifer Holgate won all their sets emphati- <(^Uy and Mathew Cor­ nish and Dominic Par­ rott battled well to win two sets.


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READ moved back into pole posi­ tion for the 'VEKA Ribblesdale League title after skittling Bamoldswick. With Settle losing at Baxenden,


Warren Eastham’s side now hold a two-point advantage at the top. And i t didn’t take them long,


needing just under 12 overs to knock off the 65 runs required. Read never messed about in


bowling out their hosts, doing so in 39.3 overs for 64. After professional Danny Law


and Oliver Newby had opened up with a maiden each. Law forced his opposite number Jeevantha Kulatunga into a mistake and he


found Craig Walton at slip. Luke Hodgson came in and


hung around for a while, but made just 10 before he was ran out. Of the 39.3 overs, 17 of them


were maidens as Read frustrated their opponents throughout. John Hall was next to go after


edging Law to wicket keeper O’Connor for five. Two overs later and it was host


skipper Jon Pickup who was back in the pavilion, finding the safe hands of Law off Warren East- ham for a single. Following the dismissal of Matt


Garner (2), Daniel Oldfield (1) and Michael Lord (0), Newby


came up with a scintillating dou­ ble wicket maiden to remove stub- born opener Ian Scothern and Akhtar. Those wickets came with the


first and last balls of the 37th over, with Scothern hanging around for 112 balls. But once Sid Sheraz had fallen,


Barnoldswick were staring down the barrel of defeat. Read had already picked up the


two bonus points for bowling out their opponents - something they badly needed after slipping behind league leaders Settle. And they had no trouble adding a further five points to that tally.


Clitheroe have no answer to Saddique in crushing defeat


CLITHEROE slipped to a seven-wicket defeat after a superb all-round display from Padiham’s Umar Sad­


dique. First, the amateur took 6-


63 as the hosts were skittled


for just 114. And he followed that up


with a scintillating unbeat­ en half century, as the Arbories outfit took home the full seven points. With Clitheroe batting


Andrew Robinson tor seven. Home paid man Craig


hands of Simon Bishop oft


Thyssen (26) fell the same way as Mark Bolton, while Phil Bishop gave Saddique his third victim after nick­ ing one through to Robin­ son for nine. Neil Bibby made a confi­


Thyssen. That came after the early


dismissal of Phil Metcalfe for a duck, and after Gary Hall had gone tor 13, Sad­ dique stepped in. He hit seven tours and


first, Saddique didn’t take long to make his mark, breaking through Mark Bolton’s defences to clean bowl him for three. Fellow opener and name­


sake Neil also fell cheaply, edging Qadeer Ahmed through to wicket keeper


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dent 17 before Saddique shattered his stumps, going on to claim the wickets of Mark Preston and Simon Bishop - both for ducks and both on Ibw decisions. A total of 114 was always


two sixes in his 50 — coming in just 43 deliveries. And despite losing part­


going to be catchable, and paid man Kasif Siddique soon got on with the reply. He cracked three tours


ner Ashfaq for a duck late on, he cracked the winning runs alongside skipper Anthony Hall to pick up the full points haul. Clitheroe are at Great


and two sixes in typical style tor a 36-ball knock of 37 before he found the safe


Harwood on Saturday, before a derby clash with Ribblesdale Wanderers at Chatburn Road on Sunday.


Peter Sleep smashed six fours in


a 25-ball 30 before he found the hands of Hall off the bowling of Akhtar. But th a t was the only wicket


they would lose in their quest for victory, as Walton and Law saw


them home. The visitors took less than 45


minutes to gain the runs they required, taking the full haul back


to 'Whalley Road. With just two weekends of the


season remaining. Read are in the


driving seat. They entertain Edenfield on


Saturday, before visiting derby rivals Padiham on Sunday.


Peter Sleep


Crook steals victory as Whalley lose out


■WHALLEY were the vic­ tims of a crook on Satur­ day, as they had the points stolen from them


th a t was the case again . m . . « _ _ A A


this time around. After openers Martin


at Station Road. Great Harwood profe^


sional Andrew Crook gave a fine all-round p^- formance to help hand the visitors a four-wicket sue- C6SS*


first innings saw 'Whalley ■ skittled for 104, before the same player notched 43 m a 26-over romp. And the result left the


Figures of 5-50 in the


locals firmly cut adrift at the foot of the table - 19 points behind second-bot­


tom Edenfield. With just four games to


go, the signs are looking particularly bleak. ■Whalley have struggled


^ Howard’s efforts are in vain


RIBBLESDALE Wander­ ers fell to a nine-mn defeat on a soft, damp, green track at Edenfield on Sat­ urday - despite a seven- wicket haul for David Howard.


Having won the toss and But he went next ■


electing to field, profession­ al Shahid Nawaz and Richard Whalley straggled early on with the condi­ tions, but when the score had reached 25, Whalley trapped professional Adam Webb leg before for 16. This was the highest


stand of the innings as bat­ ting, or playing run-scoring shots to be more precise, became more difficult as


the pitch dried out. ■When Howard replaced


Whalley, the wickets began to tumble as he took four in his first six overs. Opener Smithson was


caught one-handed at sk- ond slip by Ryan Gladwin, Hanson caught at first shp by Nawaz, Storey caught


David Howard at long-off by Terry


Braithwaite and Barnes clean bowled for 0, while Holt was brilliantly run out by Briggs to reduce the


home side to 58-6. Burns and Flitcroft dug


deep, and the former was the one who Edenfield now relied upon to take them to


a good score.


as Stephen Kerr had him caught in the deep by John Braith­ waite with his third ball at 80-7, and 10 runs later, Howard had Flitcroft caught behind by Peel, and Bulcock stumped by the keeper in succes­ sive overs as he wrapped up the innings, taking his seventh victun again aided by Martin Peel to finish with fantas­ tic figures of 7-19


from 16.3 overs. Ribblesdale needed


a good s ta r t but at 22, Nawaz was adjudged to have nicked one to the Leeper, and one run later, Alistair Marsh was brilliantly stumped by Bimis. Briggs and Peel


put on Wanderers' best nartnershin of


28, before the opener was caught for 31. Bulcock and


Slinger found the pitch to their liking, and with th e ball seaming around and the bounce becoming more variable, the batsmen were never at ease and the last seven wickets fell for just 37 runs. Terry Braithwaite


admits that his team will have to show some character to obtain good results from the final four games, especially when they will be without Howard - who gets married this week - but insists his team are good enough to do it. Wanderers are at


home to Blackburn Northern on Satur­ day, and at Clitheroe on Sundav.


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Davies (29) and Andy P r a t t (5) had fallen to


Paul Newton and Stuart Maher respectively. Crook proceeded to steal


the show. Lee Burgess (13), Lee


Kearsley (22), Simon Gorton (1) and Richard Palmer (0) all fell victim to the Harwood paid


man. Only a stubborn knock


of 12 close to the end of the innings from David O’Neill saw the locals past the 100-run mark, as they were bowled out for 104 in exactly 45 overs. In reply, Whalley g p e


to reach triple figures of late with their scores, and


fessional Josh Marquet off the first ball of the innings - and when Adam Newton fell, also without scoring, Harwood were 2- 2 !


n 1 O T alongside


Houldsworth, with the latter going on to make an unbeaten 42. O’Neill did manage to


Crook steadied the ship Paul


get the wicket of Crook, but Houldsworth was just as much a thorn in the side as he played through the innings. And with four wickets


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in hand, Harwood sailed past the target in just over 26 overs. ■Whalley will hope for a


themselves a fighting chance of an upset, with opener Allan Armer hol­ ing out to Gorton off pro-


better result when they entertain Cherry Tree on Saturday, before a home game with Settle 24 hours kiter.


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