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■Thursday, J u n e 2ndj 2005


Anna in topform ahead of county games


By Chris Boden


. WITH the Lancashire Schools’ Athletics Cham­ pionships on the horizon, Anna Griffiths maintained her fine recent form at the North of England event in Cudworth at the weekend. ; After achieving two


English Schools’ Champi­ onships entry standards at


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■ Gateshead last week, the Clitheroe youngster was hoping to continue that level of performance. And she shone in hor­


rendous conditions, with strong winds a problem. _


Last week she ran a big


i i personal best of 64.0 sec- : : onds in the 400m Hurdles, i " and at Cudworth, although running outside ^ the English Schools’ stan­


Anna was, however, dis­ appointed to come home : fourth; after holding sec­


dard in 65.33, i t was an admirable time in the con­ ditions.


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ond place close to the line. That disappointment


with your sports team of Edward Lee, Chris Boden, Phil Simpson and Adrian Capstick ace is keen By Adrian Capstick


CLITHEROE vice-chairman' Mark Gidlbw has had excellent feedback from prospective players over-the last week. . On Sunday he showed a former


England Under 19 player around Shawbridge who was impressed with the development plans Clitheroe have in store for next


season. The player in question has sev­


eral university friends interested


too. And he has also had interest


from players at Barrow and Chor- ley who are impressed by what Clitheroe have planned. Meanwhile looking ahead.


Clitheroe’s away trips next season ;


• in the UniBond First Division will stretch even further across the


length and breadth of the country than their first campaign did.' , They will take in two seaside


trips on opposing coasts. East Coast outfit Bridlington .Town, recently relegated from the Pre-


• mier Division, which is a 206-mile round trip, as well as familiar opponents and 2005 North 'West Counties League champioiis ■ Fleetwood Town on the West


coast. Travelling North to South the


Blues still face a 314-mile round trip to Spalding as their furthest journey but ’will now add a lengthy journey North to County


'Durham where they will face another former Premier Division side in Bishop Auckland, which is 183 miles there and back. However, besides Fleet\yood, there are sides closer to Shaw­


bridge too such as Paul Byron’s former club Bamber Bridge not to mention Rossendale who have earned a last minute reprieve from relegation due to relegated Spen- nymoor being expelled from the


Premier Dmsion. And with AFC Telford gaining


promotion and Willenhall Town joining the Southern League, the


■locals no longer have any league fixtures in the Westi Midlands. Completing the new teams join­ ing Clitheroe in the First Division


is Humberside outfit Goole AFC, which in comparison to Spalding, is a relatively short 121-mile


round trip along the M62. The East Yorkshire side, who


won the.North Counties East Premier Division last season, have high aspirations and plan to be in the Nationwide Conference in 10


years time. Meanwhile, season ticket prices


at Sh'awbridge next season will be priced'at £100.80 before the end of the month (£115 after June) and £60 concessions (£70 after June). There is also discount for students on the presentation of an NUS card, normal concessions will apply. Admission on match days will remain the same price as last year.


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RIBBLESDALE Wanderers won the local bragging rights on Sunday with a sweet victory over Clitheroe, in what proved to be a thrilling game at Chat-


bum Road. This derby had been billed as


a fierce encounter, &ven the con­ troversial niove of professioiial


Shahid Nawaz across town in the.close season.


.


But he could not prevent his old club and replacement Ger­


was put firmly behind her in the shot putt though, as, after, throwing 11.12m - beyond the English Schools’ mark - to mn last week, she threw a superb ■ personal best of 11.87m to finish secpnd. That throw was the


eighth best in the country in her age group this year, and saw her further increase her PB, which stood a t 10.81m a matter ofweeksago. ■, On another busy week­


end, Anna then ran the lOOm'Hurdles in a new personal best of 15.86 to ‘ f i n i s h eighth; beforetaking


sixth in the 400m in 61.29 seconds.


; .'Anna finished off’ in the. javelin, where she recorded


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26.22m. Consistency is the key


for Anna now, and to qual­ ify for the English Schools’ Championships in Birm­ ingham, she will have to produce entry form at the Lancashire V Schools’ Championships a week on


Saturday.


ard De Bruin from taking ■victo­ ry by six wickets, despite a good


show with the bat from Neil Bolton’s Clitheroe. With Ribblesdale f laggiiig in


the second innings, De Bruin stormed in to put on an unbeat­ en knock of 62 runs, partnered by his captain Martin Briggs with 48 not out, which, coupled with an earlier loiock of 48 from Alistair Marsh, saw the Church Meadow outfit surpass Clitheroe’s 211-4 to take the


derby. ■ The home side elected to bat


the ground 3vith ease. The pair added 77 in 19 overs,


before the former was dismissed for 27 when he played on from the bowling of Howard. Wicketkeeper Simon Coulter


then joined Ashraf and offered some good support to his part­ ner.


first, and ex-Ribblesdale profe^ sional Nawaz signalled his ■ intent by hitting the first two balls of the game for four off his ; oppoate number. ■ But Gerard De Bruin got his


revenge and had him caught at slip for just eight.


Mark Bolton also went- -strong poation. - ^


cheaply after he was cleaned bowled by De Bruin with the score on 23 in the fifth over. The home side maintmned a


steady run rate and took full advantage of the fast outfield. ■ Both captain Neil Bolton and


Narem Ashraf ,looked comfort­ able and pushed the ball around


Ashraf' played shots all


: around the ground, and despite being dropped twice, he com­ pleted his century. - The all-rounder was finally


dismissed for 113 in the final overs by Howard after he and


- Coulter had added 98 and put ■ the Chatbum Road side into a


); -' ■ , Clitheroe finished on 211-4


after giving Ribblesdale’s bowlers a real hammering. In reply though, Ribblesdale


proved equal with the bat and got off to an excellent start,


: with their opening partnerehip of Ryari Gladwin and Alistair Marsh both looking comfort­


able at the crease) ^They managed to ihaintain a _


run rate of around four an over, and found the boundary on a


regular basis. , Marsh, in particular, looked


in good touch, and, like Ribbles­ dale in the first innings, the


home bowlers were left scratch­ ing their heads. ■ Clitheroe chopped and


changed their bowling attack in a bid to get the much-needed breakthrough they needed.


- ■ Gladwin went for 16 with the score on 48 in the;13th after he


• -was bowled by the centurion Ashraf, and Martin Peel joined Marsh to see the pair add 30 before the latter was dismissed by Hussain for a well-made 48. David Howard and Martin


'Peel followed, both dismissed with the score on 100, and Rib- blesdale looked in trouble four wickets down and not halfway towards their tai^et.


this stage, the viators were real­ ly up against it! Ribblesdale had to juggle


scoring five an over while keep­ ing wickets intact at the same


time. Both De Bruin and Briggs


played themselves in and pushed the ball around the park, finding the fence on a reg­ ular baas. ■ The game was getting very


tense, and the advantage was swin^g all the time. - But aided by 22 extras, the


■ visitors reached their target with nine balls to spare, 3vith;De Bruin (62) and Briggs ^1) both unbeaten.


■ Both meii batted superbly


and fully deserved gaining vic­ tory for their side. They put on 114in 186vers-agreateffort. This Saturday, Clitheroe are


And with only 20 overs left at . • ® More cricket-page 79. ‘ • 4


away at Baxenden, while Rib­ blesdale are at home to Oswaldtwistle Immanuel.'


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