'TO^Cnth^e Advertiser & Times,Thursday, May Stft, ZOOS ir_ Four- l i '! : tii-.


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CLITHEROE made sure they ended a difficult sea­ son on a high on Saturday as they hammered a worse-for-wear Rocester to restore some pride. Lee Cryer netted four


goals, and in doing so scooped the honour of leading goalscorer for the season with 13, edging out Gary Jackson, who added the final strike of the after­ noon to take his tally to ■12.


Paul Crompton scored


the other goal from the spot, but it was Chris Whittingham who proved the constant thread run­ ning throughout the Blues attack as his enthusiasm touched every goal. The right-wing wizard,


who looks as though he may have played his last game for the club, was in emphatic mood, playing with almost a point to prove - a pity this per­ formance wasn’t seen ear­ lier in the season. He ran rings round the


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Rocester back line, who in fairness had struggled to raise a team and were, in fact, largely playing their


PREMIER Division run­ ners-up Castle upset cham­ pions Buck A 7-6 to win the Harrison Challenge Cup at the Clitheroe and District Winter Pool League presen­ tation night at the Red Pump, Bashall Eaves. Castle made sure they


didn’t finish double run­ ners-up in a thrilling final, while Buck A claimed the Ladies’ Harrison Chal­ lenge Cup. Further down the roll of


honour, Pendle Hotel A beat Stork B to the First Di-vision title, while Whal- ley Arms were crowned Second Division champi­ ons over Bay Horse of Barrow. The Third Division was


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won by the Red Pump, and Billington Band Club B finished runners-up. In the Ladies’ Division,


Buck B were champions to Royal British Legion’s runners-up. The Ladies’ League player of the year again .went to Linsey Lloyd, who was also the best lady playing in the . men’s division. ■Bev Brunker was second


to the ladies’ league hon­ our, and Beryl Cottam was third, while Pendle Witch’s L. Catlow and Royal British Legion’s Nicola Ollerenshaw were second and third respec­ tively to Lindsey in the men’s division honour.


Castle upset champs Nicola Ollerenshaw was


also awarded the Norman Garner Memorial Award, while the Michael Humphries Singles Knockout was won by Castle’s Ian Townson. Further player of the


year awards saw Castle’s Ian Harle and Steve Almond share the Premier Division’s top honour, -with John Birbeck of Buck A third. , , Chris Lawson was hon­ oured as the First Divi­


sion’s number one player for the New Inn, and Bay Horse’s Phil Walton was top of the tree in the Sec­ ond Division. Likewise Billington


Band Club B’s A. Walsh made the grade in the Third Division. The winning doubles


partnership proved to be J. Mashiter and R. McDon­ ald of White Lion, who beat J. Dracenburg and A. Johnson of Pendle Hotel A into second place.


Fantastic entertainment


was provided by the PC Roadshow and a buffet was supplied by the Red Pump. Flower presentations


were also made to league secretary Wendy Prosser and score card secretary Nicola Ollerenshaw. The committee are ask­


ing for feed back on the presentation night in order to present to players at the summer social at the end of the season.


The league would like to


thank all those who attend­ ed and made the evening the success that it was. A special thank you also


goes to the following who gave raffle prizes, and to the Stork Hotel for selling tickets: The Buck, Lind­ sey Lloyd, Harrison and Kerr, Red Pump, Steve Prosser Mastic Asphalt, The Committee and In Kitchens.


Prizewinners are pic­


tured at the Clitheroe Pool league presentation night held at The Red Pump Inn at Bashall Eaves. A280405/5


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reserve side. But nevertheless, Whit-


tingham’s effort was clear to see in what was obvi­ ously a swansong for him and a couple of his team­ mates, namely S tu ar t


•Todhunter, who retired from football after this game. For the first time this


season the Blues made all their attempts on goal count. The first strike of the game came on 23 min­ utes when Whittingham got down the line and cut inside to find Cryer, who made no mistake from 12 yards. But it was in the second


half that Clitheroe ham­ mered home their point at the expense of a side who have shouldered the weight of the UniBond First Division since almost day one. Whittingham skinned


two hapless players to make his way into the box before going down to be granted a penalty, and Paul Crompton made no mistake in finding the back of the net. Goal number three soon


followed, and by this point it was just a’case of how


many? Whittingham was down the right wing again, and his cross found Cryer whose initial overhead attempt came hack to hiir off a defender, and he tot poked the rebound past Elliott Richards. Six minute later it was


4-0 when Whittingham broke to play Jackson in, who in turn crossed to see strike partner Cryer notch his hat-trick. And then straight from


the re-start, the veteran striker sealed the golden boot with another after Crompton’s initial shot was saved and he scooped up the rebound. Jackson then drilled


home the final nail in the coffin when Whittingham played the striker through to make it 6-0. Rocester have had two


teams besides Clitheroe put six past them this sea­ son, Ossett Albion and Eastwood Town, but in each of those games the Staffordshire side were able to score, making this their heaviest defeat of the season and a more than gratifying victory for Clitheroe.


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AFTER ending the season in emphatic style mth a thrashing of doomed Rocester, Clitheroe held their annual presentation evening in the clubhouse after the game.


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And following a late four-goal burst on the final Saturday, Lee Cryer walked away with the Golden Boot award, pipping fellow striker Gary Jackson to


■the trophy. / The two iiiain player awards both went to worthy


, winners. Players’ Player of the year was Paul Stans- field, a man who seems to have played in every pos­ sible position bar goalkeeper during the course of the season. Having also chipped in with several impor­ tant goals, he was duly rewarded by his teammates. Supporters’ Player of the Year went to Chris


Nestor, who after joining the club at the start of the season has probably been our most consistent per­ former. Despite struggling in the league this season, it has


been scoring goals and not conceding them that has been the root of our problem. So with an eventful season now behind us, we can


look forward to the new campaign., Much has been made of the appointment of Paul


Byron, and his results do not make pleasant reading. However we must remember that this is a team he inherited, and he will need time to put his own stamp on it. I have no doubt it will be a busy close season, and


several players will come and go. Special mention must go to loyal club legend Stu­


art Todhunter who has announced his retirement from football after Saturday. He leaves the club with best wishes from commit­


tee, players and fans alike. Likewise I expect we tvill see several of our cham­


pionship-winning squad also leave us over the sum­ mer. and I would like to express my personal thanks for their contribution both last season and this. Rumours abound that Lee Sculpher may be back


in management next season and if that is the case then I’m sure he will be interested in several of our current crop of players. Enjoy the summer and look forward to the pre­


season with some optimism, and if we back the man­ ager, committee and players. I’m sure we will enjoy a much more fruitful campaign.


i Lee Crver , By Andy Alston


Anna defies the weather


ANNA Griffiths overcame adverse weather conditions to turn in a string of impres­ sive performances for Wigan at the Northern League meet in Douglas on the Isle of Man on Sunday. The Clitheroe athlete


joined her club on the Sea- cat on Saturday, and the following day, the team were faced with strong winds, although the rain had relented. To further hinder the


team, the hotel they stayed in had a night club next door, and the loud noise went on until 3-30 a.m., so they were like rags for competing, while the wind speeds were 5.9mpsl Anna had a full day,


starting with 400m Hur­ dles A string.


She won it comfortably


in a time equal to her PB, a superb effort given the strength of the wind. She then raced between


triple jump, where she did one jump, and shot. Anna was third in her


first ever triple jump with 9.05m, and won the shot by well over a metre


against specialist throwers. She threw a PB of


10.81m. Anna was third in the


javelin with 25.45m, despite the wind stalling the implement, before run­ ning the third leg of the 4x400m relay. International Helen


Roscoe handed over a lead to Anna, who raced away and increased the lead before handing on to another international who ^ is working to make the | Commonwealth Games ^ team, Jenny Meadows. The time was 4 minutes


dead, and, but for the wind, they would have gone for the league record which has stood since 1987, the year Anna was bom! Jenny thought Anna's


leg was 60.6, the second ^ fastest of the team. Next will be the Lan­


cashire AA Champs at Blackpool, where she is only competing on the Sunday, the day of the 400m Hurdles, on Sunday, - |- May 15th May. .


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Teenager leads way derby day victory


SIXTEBN-year-old William Driver hit an impressive 91 as Read registered derby victo­ ry on Sunday. The opening batsman


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CLITHEROE recorded their first win of the season on Saturday as they earned a 22-run victory over Cherry Tree. But they slipped up the following day at Black­


burn Northern. Clitheroe captain Neil Bolton had really wanted


to complete the double over both sets of Black­ burn opponents, and his side got off to a good start at home to Cherry Tree. The bulk of the winning effort came from Chat-


burn Road professional and opening batsman Shahid Nawaz, who made 73 before being bowled by Nigel Robbins. This, coupled with a very respectable 36 from


Bolton, 24 runs from Mark Bolton and a further undefeated 3() from Simon Coulter saw the side whistle along to a final score of 178-6. The Clitheroe captain was also removed by


Robbins, and Andrew Kenyon (8) made the Cher­ ry Tree bowler’s figures 3-36 for the afternoon. The other three wickets were taken by Cherry


Tree professional Zahoor Elahi, who returned 3- 33, having bowled Naeem Ashraf and Neil Bibby both for a duck, and seen Mark Bolton caught by Robbins. In reply, Cherry Tree struggled at the crease as


Mark Hargreaves and Ashraf quickly got to work to see professional Elahi and both openers Mark Hadfield and Michael i/eevers removed for just 11. However, Chris Riley stuck around to rack up


63 before going to Coulter behind off Ashraf. Robbins added 20 more before he too con­


tributed to Ashraf’s 3-48, while the only others to make double figures were Arshed Mohammed (13) and Andreas Sudnik (18), who were both removed by Nawaz as the Clitheroe paid man tidied up the late order to record 4-48 and leave the Blackburn side floundering at 156 all out. However, the following day at Blackburn North­


ern, Clitheroe suffered an agonising defeat. Ashraf again impressed with the ball to claim 3-


38, Nawaz took 2-48 and Mark Hargreaves pro­ duced 2-32 as Blackburn Northern managed to reach 144-2, only for the locals to fall just 27 runs short of their target. Blackburn batted first, and the opening four


batsmen struggled to surpass double figures, including sub professional Majid Jahingir, going for 13 at the hands of Bishop, caught by Preston. Only Adam Chester and an undefeated Hussain


had an innings of any note with 36 and 37 runs respectively, as the rest of the order fizzled out, wnth an extras tally of ,23 pro'ving to be the third highest score of the afternoon. In reply, Clitheroe fared little better with the


bat as Nawaz was surprisingly removed for five by his fellow professional, and Neil Bolton was caught by the paid man off Butt for just three. In fact, the locals’ card nearly mirrored that of


their opponents, as both Mark Bolton and Simon Coulter made 35 and 34 respectively, while all those around them fell extremely cheaply. Phil Bishop, Turner, Neil Bibby and Mark Pre­


ston were all run out chasing the relatively low score of 144, ending with just nine runs between them for their efforts, while penultimate man in Mark Hargreaves was caught for just two runs, with the extras (21) agaiii proving the third high­ est contribution of the innings. ■ Clitheroe are at Settle in the Castlemaine


XXXX Ramsbottom Cup on Saturday, wickets pitched 1-30 p.m.


] All the weekend scorecards can be found on .


page 69 this week. 13 Selected teams can be found on page 69.'


held the innings together as he helped his side to success at Ribblesdale Wanderers. But that came just 24


hours after they had suf­ fered their opening defeat of the campaign at Whalley. In what was a mixed


weekend for Warren East- ham’s side, they suc­ cumbed to the surprise package of the season so far on Saturday. But they dealt the per­


fect tonic a t Church Meadow on Sunday, with Driver spearheading the re'vival. Four home bowlers tried


and failed to get to grips with the teenager, as each was replaced. Blit finally, after 129


balls, it was John Braith- waite who made the break­ through as he had him stumped by Ryan Gladwin nine short of a century. The innings deserved to


reach three figures, as Dri­ ver had hit eight fours in \yhat was his highest sen­ ior score for the Whalley Roadside.


Youngsters start with derby win


RIBBLESDALE Wander­ ers Under 13s started their season with a cup win against Whalley last week. Whalley batted first and


scored 265-6 (nett 217) and Michael Clarkson took two wickets for six runs. In reply Ribblesdale


made 270-1 as Andrew Hutchins struck 16, Zon- dal Britcliffe 14 and David McGrath with nine were


• the main contributprs. Ribblesdale Wanderers


are looking to increase the number of children aged five and upwards playing cricket at the club. If you are interested in


playing the club offer ball skills, coaching, kwik cricket and games on Wednesday evenings at Church Meadow between 6-15 p.m. and 7-45 p.m. All sessions are run by


qualified ECB and CRB checked coaches. Further information can be obtained from Terry Braithwaite (428190) or Ian Britcliffe (425886).


However, by the time he


was out, he had lost numerous partners as the Wanderers attack did get to grips with the opposite end of the wicket. Skipper Eastham top-


scored from the rest of the line-up with 29, before he returned a catch to bowler David Howard. Fellow opener Nick


Marsh added 24 before he holed out • to Barry Spencer off Howard, with the Wanderers man finish­ ing ivith figures of 3-60. Andy Turner and


Andrew Rushton were the ones in the middle at the close, with Read finishing on a respectable 186-6. But the home side made


a bright s ta r t to their reply, thanks to opening pair Ryan Gladwin and Alistair Marsh. The latter cracked three'


fours and two sixes before finally finding the safe hands of Terry Little, off the bowling of Eastham for 24. Gladwin made 43 before


heading back to the pavil­ ion in exactly the same way,' but not before Martin


. Briggs (0) and profe^ion- al Gerard De Bruin (1)


had gone cheaply. After his exploits with


the ball, Howard came to the crease on a mission, smashing three fours and two sixes. But once he had fallen


one short of what would have been a deserved half century, Wanderers’ hopes went with him.


Robert Lloyd made 22,


but the home side were eventually all out for 166 as Read picked up the full seven points. But that came after a


surprise defeat at Whalley on Saturday, with the league’s top and bottom sides of 2004 meeting at Station Road. After winning the toss


and electing to bowl. Read made a double early breakthrough as both openers fell cheaply. Martin Davies fell for


seven after holing out to Andy Turner off Andrew Rushton, before Simon Gorton became Read paid man Thomas Odoyo’s first ■victim of the season. However, O.doyo’s oppo­


site number Phil Thornton and John Rain steadied the ship for the home side, ivith Thornton going on to


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make a quickfire 51. Three fours and four


sixes contributed to that 53-ball score before he fell to Tom Marsh, followed soon after by the run out of Rain for Richard Palmer did


make 39 to boost the home sides’ total, but after he had gone, the Whalley attack crumbled to 167-7. He seemed only a mat­


ter of time at this stage before reigning champions Read would collect the points. But it wasn’t to be the


case, as the Whalley bowlers got to grips with the reply from the off. Matt Doughty fell for a


. golden duck with the first ball of the innings, before Nick Marsh and Michael Whalley set about repair­ ing the damage. Whalley was next to go


after he was clean-bowled by Ben Dowling for 26, before Odoyo found him­ self run out for a five-ball duck. Marsh holed out to


Andy Pratt off Gorton tor 34, and Andy Turner made just two before he had his stumps shattered by the same man.


At 79-5 things looked


good for Whalley, but in skipper Warren Eastham, Read would always have a chance. As wickets tumbled


around him, the Whalley Road captain maintained the attack as he single- handedly set about rescu­ ing the game. At 102-8 things looked


ominous, but Eastham was having none of it has he raced to a half century. But once Tom Marsh


had gone ivith the score on 159, Eastham played one shot to many and found the safe hands of Palmer for 69. Eastham had hit four


fours and four sixes in that 34-ball knock, but his efforts were to prove in vain as they slipped to a seven-run defeat. ® Whalley’s trip to


Barnoldswick on Sunday was abandoned, due to an unfit pitch a t Victory Park. ® This weekend sees the


start of the Castlemaine XXXX Ramsbottom Cup, as Read host Earby and Whalley travel to Barnoldswick, wickets pitched 1-30 p.m.


New pro is on wrong' end of defeat on Wanderers debut


RIBBLESDALE Wanderers’ new pro­ fessional Gerard De Bruin made his long-awaited debut on Saturday at Great Harwood, but ended on the los- ’ ing side. The outfield was wet and the start


of the match was delayed as neces­ sary work was completed to the ground. Some time was lost, and a 43-over game was the result.- Winning the toss and electing to


field, De Bruin took the new ball with David Howard.


' Both bowlers gave little away in


the opening exchanges, and the bat­ ting side was forced to rely on some big hitting from their pro, West Indi­ an Ryan Nurse, to keep the score- board ticking over. The initial breakthrough came in


the 14th over,- courtesy of Howard, who removed Liam Deasey with the score on 47 after the batsman had edged the ball through to stand-in wicket keeper Martin Briggs. Enter home skipper Russell Whal­


ley, and he wasted little time in accli­ matising himself to the crease, and looked to immediately find the boundary. Nurse was also picking up runs


steadily and never, really looked in any trouble as all of Ribblesdale’s bowlers struggled to make any real impact. : ■With both batsman set at this


stage, and ivith a relatively short leg side boundary, a big total was on the cards for the home team. Nurse cqntinued on his way and seemed to enjoy Ribblesdale’s attack


as he pushed on towards a century without ever looking in trouble. Shortly after getting to three fig­


ures, John Braithwaite removed Nurse, aided by a well judged catch at log-on by opposite number De- Bruin. Nurse and Whalley had added 171


in just 22 overs, and had pushed their team towards a big total. Whalley continued with his fierce


stroke play, bludgeoning the bowling to all parts of the ground. He also completed his century as the score- board rattled round a t a rate of knots. De Bruin claimed his first wicket


for Ribblesdale, clean bowling Great Harwood wicket-keeper Alan Armer with a fiery in-swinging yorker. Great Harwood finished on 248-3


after 43 overs, with Whalley unbeat­ en on 122 after his 80-ball innings had included nine fours and nine sixes. Ribblesdale got off to the worst


possible start as opener Marsh went cheaply to the bowling of Nurse, but Briggs and Ryan Gladwin repaired the damage slightly, adding 40 in just 10 overs. Gladwin was adjudged Ibw after


making a patient 19, which brought in De Bruin for his first bat with his new employers. Both the paid man and skipper


Briggs looked comfortable in the middle and started to push the ball around with ease. Briggs was commanding the crease, punishing any loose bowling.


and De Bruin also cleared the boundary with some sweetly-timed blows. After adding 74 in 14 overs, De


Bruin was given out Ibw after com­ piling 42 in quick time. Skipper Briggs soon followed,


returning a catch to left arm bowler Newton after making 40, leaving the visitors 131-4 and still well short of their target. Gareth McGuire (2) and Spencer


(0) did little to advance Ribblesdale towards the runs they needed, and although Howard tried his best, a good 22, the game was all but over. With the game looking likely to be


a home win, John Braithwaite enter­ tained the crowd as he enhanced his all-rounder status. Nurse was bowling quickly, but


this didn’t deter Braithwaite as he took the paid man on and found the boundary with ease with some authentic cricket shots, finishing unbeaten on 31 after facing just 23 balls. , . Ribblesdale finished up on 191-8,


a total which would win most games, but after the innings of both Nurse and W'halley, Ribblesdale went home without any points for their after­ noon’s work. . This coupled ivith Sunday’s defeat


against Read meant.no points for Ribblesdale over the weekend, but an improved batting display gives them hope for their visit to Cherry Tree for the Castlemaine XXXX Ramsbottom Cup this Saturday, wickets pitched at 1-30 p.m.


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