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CLITHEROE Cobras Underills B v remain undefeated )in the league after , fourgames.T'- Tn the first;-they. defeated Hdenfield r .


by 37 runs. Hugh Graham (14),'George Drake i ' r r f « -


CLITHEROE Golf Club’s Simon Hale found himself in prime position to take the Peyer Geddes Memorial Trophy from a field of 146 competi- tiors by returning 73-6-67. His acceptance speech, however, was


not required, as stranger to the hon­ ours list Eric Hartley had the game of his life to produce a nett 66 and take the trophy. Five players on nett 68 had to share


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Readstone United honour prize guys!


READSTONE United held their annual presenta­ tion evening at Padiham Town Hall recently. The guest of honour was


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former Accrington Stanley goalkeeper Jon Kennedy, who presented the trophies to the players. In addition to the Read­


stone awards, the following teams won league honours - the Under 12s finished joint top in the league, and won the penalty competi­ tion at the Hospital Cup Final. The Under 14 girls were


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runners-up in the league, and the Under 13 boys won the Accrington League and were runners up in the cup. Individual honours saw


Thomas Halliwell named overall player of the season for the senior boys, and Jordan Heywood awarded player of the season for the junior boys. The same honour for the girls went to Sophie Hin-


dle, while the chairman’s trophy went to Andrea Huggett, and the club per­ son of the year was picked up by Louise Collinson. The rest of the honours


were as follows: Under 18s player-of-the-year


Robert Cresswell, sportsperson-of-the-year Matt Oddie, players’ play- er-of-the-year 'Tom Don­ ald; Under 15s-player-of- the-year Ben Bland, sportsperson-of the-year Louis Laviscount, players’ player-of-the-year Lewis Gray: Under 14s - Nick Galea, sportsperson-of- the-year Lee Smith, play­ ers’ player-of-the-year Jack Birkett; Under 13s (Burnley league) - player- of-the-year Matthew Riley, sportsperson-of-the- year Tom Morley, players’ player-of-the-year Sam Hartley; Under 13s (Accrington League) - player-of-the-year Joshua Garvey, sportsperson-of- the-year Josh Corrigan,


Rugby training set to resume


CLITHEROE Rugby Club commence pre-season train­ ing on Tuesday at their Littlemoor ground. . Expectations are high in anticipation of an exciting


season tor both the first and second teams. The senior team are again operating in the Powergen


North Lancashire Second Division, under the continued captaincy of Dave Watson, with Ralph Rigby as his vice-captain. The second team, the Cavaliers, have a new face at the


helm, in the compact shape of Dan Jefferson, with Bill Thatcher as his right hand man. And for the first time they are playing in the Fair- dough Homes League Fifth Division North, and have a


packed fixture list. The club welcomes players both old and new, regard­


less of experience or ability. Just turn up on Tuesday evening at 7-15 p.m. com­ plete with boots and kit plus bags of enthusiasm!


.players’ player-of-the-year Ryan Brereton. Under 12s - player-of-


the-year Tom Bradshaw, sportsperson-of-the-year Ryan Molyneux, players’ player-of-the-year Andrew Kardasz; Under 11s (Accrington League) - player-of-the-year Joe Martin, sportsman-of-the- year Thomas Smith, play­ ers’ player-of-the-year Matthew Shirtcliffe; Under 11s Blue - player- of-the-year Jordan Hey­ wood, sportsperson-of-the- year Luke Bailey, players’ player-of-the-year Alex Maxwell; Under 11s yellow - player-of-the-year Craig Martin, sportsperson-of- the-year Tyler Sudderick, players’ player-of-the-year Mike Kelly; Under 10s - player-of-the-year Max Humberstone, sportsper- son-of-the-year Alex Judge, players’ player-of- the-year Mark Turner. Under 8s - player-of-the- year Adam Heys,


JOE Marsden’of the Black Horse won the sin­ gles knockout at the Clitheroe'and District Darts and Dominoes Winter League presenta­ tion at the Swan; and Royal. Runner-up was Kings


Arms’ Phil (Ireatorex.. : Andy Porter and Mick


Duxbury of the Swan and Royal beat Andy and Jeanette Gudgeon to win the doubles. ' Mick Duxbury of the


Swan and Royal was the outstanding male player, outstanding female play­ er was Lyndsey Astin of the Black Horse,,and Matt . Hargreaves of Bridge Inn was the out­ standing young player. -; Prizes were presented by Heather Draper.. v


sportsperson-of-the-year Oscar Fletcher, most enthusiastic player Luke Wilde; Under 7s - most enthusiastic player Sam Peters; Under 14 girls - player-of-the-year Melissa McKay, sportsperson-of- the-year Chelsea Rinaldi, most enthusiastic player Sarah Harrison; Under 12 girls - player-of-the-year Alisha Cryer, sportsperson- of-the-year Gabbie Preugschat, most enthusi­ astic player Abigail Sed- don.


Meanwhile, at the Read


Gala, the boys’ football competition saw Read­ stone United Blues beat Read Primary School and Simonstone . Primary School to take the title, while in a thrilliing girls’ final, Simonstone School beat Read School in a penalty shoot out. Some of the prizewin­


ners are pictured at the annual presentation. (S100605/2)


Date set


for annual cup clash


DOG Inn will be taking on a Stonyhurst Select Squad in this year’s Annual Friendship Cup Challenge. The match will take


place a t QEII playing fields in Whalley next Thursday, kicking off at 6-30 p.m. All proceeds from the


match are going to Friends of Whalley Pri­ mary School, the chosen charity of the Budweiser Boys.


the minor placings after card play-offs, and Brian Hayward continued his good run of form by taking third from canny Scot Alf England, Tim Stanley, Ralph Postlethwaite and Mike Ran- son. David Heesom carded 73 to take the


gross prize. Not to be outgunned by his father,


junior captain Andrew Heesom won the Professional’s Tournament for jun­ iors with another incredible round of golf-74-6-68. Heesom’s gross score was 31 shots


better than second-placed Declan Walsh, clearly indicating the gulf in class between some of the juniors. Walsh, though, can be justly proud


of his nett 70 for second spot, one shot ahead of Jake Foley. James Taylor returned 73 to finish


fourth by two shots from William Childs. Peter Shipston was the clear winner


of the Len Rowbottom Trophy at Whalley Golf Club with 42 points, while Gordon Robinson took second place with 40 points. The Division One winner was Ian


White (39) with John Kitchen (38) taking second place. In their latest bench match, Whal­


ley beat Colne 3-1. The Whalley Cricket Club fund­


raising event proved to be a good day for the ladies, with the team of Lorna Slinger, Judith Dawson, Julie Stephen­ son and Sylvia Meadows taking first place, winning themselves a good future supply of champagne. Thanks to John Slinger for his organisational skills on the day, and to Julia Duffy and her staff for the magnificent buf­ fet which followed the event. Elsewhere, Roger Altham took first


place - on a card play-off from Nick Pearson of My tton Fold - in the Sun­ day competition at Slaley Hall. In near-perfect conditions, Satur­


day's monthly stableford at Mytton Fold produced an exciting finish, with three players tied for first place. After a card play-off, the winner was


declared as Gary Ashton with 44 points, narrowly beating Alan Strange after a card play-off. The divisional prizes were also close


run affairs. Joe Cross (42) emerged the winner


of Division One from John Parkinson (39).


• The Division Two prize was claimed by John Kwasnewski, continuing his fine run of late, who was the third golfer on 44 points. Second place in this division went to junior captain Phil Glynn (39). The Division Three prize went to another in-form player, John Walmsley (39), from Frank Eccles (38). Sunday saw a good turnout for the


Brio-sponsored adult/junior competi­ tion.


Junior capluin Andrew Hcesom won (he Professional’s Junior TournamenI at Clitheroe Golf Club. (S21030.5/1)


Played over nine holes, this event is


becoming increasingly popular - and competitive. The winners were junior captain


Phil Glynn partnered by Richard Greaves (23). Runners up were the Declan Fitzhenry/Craig Taylor com­ bination on 20 points, closely followed by Jonathan Frayne and Mick Bryan, also on 20 points. B. Knight and C. Hughes (46) need­


ed a card play-off to win Invitation Day at Stonyhurst Park. J. Hodkinson and G. Tattersall were


runners-up ahead of the pairings of D. Boreham and C. Sweeney, K. Fitzhen- ry and M. Haworth and E£. Crosby and D. Harwood who all amassed 43 points. Sue Cartledge was twice in the


prizes at Clitheroe. She partnered Blackburn’s Judith


Whittaker (83-16.8-66.2) to victory in the Invitation Day shortly after fin­ ishing second in Division One of the LGU Medal. Marilyn Fletcher and Christine


Herbert (Royal Lytham, 83:13.6-69.2) were invitation runners-up by the nar­ rowest of margins from Eileen Lam­ bert and Joan Whittaker (Whalley, 94-24.2-69.8). They took third spot after a card play-off with Sheila Corn- well and Wendy Green (Whalley, 89- 19-2.-69.8) with the final prize award­ ed to Jean Holt and Jennifer Fallows (Manchester, 81-10-8-70.2). In the LGU Medal the top division


was won by Edith Child (90-19-71) with Elizabeth Narayama (91-18-73) in third place after a card play-off \vith Cartledge.


Division Two honours went to Bar­


bara Hudson (101-25-76), lady cap­ tain Gill Wightman (100-23-77) and Lauraine Wall (105-27-78). Lesley Lohou (89-24-65) was the


clear winner of the Frances Smith qualifier at Whalley.


. Carole Blackadder (94-24-70) was


runner-up ahead of Iris Sherry (98-27- 71).


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? line and length and ■ they were backed ":up by. Matthew-Ashworth behind the stumps. James Banks took 2-3, Chris Bow- .ness 1-3 and Tim Le Breton 1 -8 as


(16);'’James Scott,(16) and Jack Kaytj (11) made major contributions,;,and ;1 NathanNettleton,'Andrew Ramsdenj; and James Scott were wicket takers.' - ; Against Whalley, Clitheroe won by>; 58 runs. ' Jack;Kay (17) and Michael Tomlin- ;; son (11) were the main scorers, an d ; Jaihes Scott, Bilal Ahmed, Hugh Gra-:, ham, Oliver. Quigley and Michael Tom- linson all took wickets. . In the Cherry Tree game, which


Clitheroe won by 60 runs; Arron Ripley,' (19); Andrew;Ramsden;(17);i Georges


D rake;(17) and;Ali iZulphi (13) con:J tributed most of the runs in a score.oL 91-2, scoring an aggregate of 8L • Bilal Ahmed, Arron Riply and Ali;


Zulphi each took a wicket to limit'; Cherry Tree to 36-3, with an aggregate;


of21." ’S in the match at.Great-Harwood,


' Cherry Tree finished on 197. • . In reply. Cobras dominated the bowl- ' ing’ attack.' ■ The opening partnership of Chris


s Bowness and Chris Parkinson put on 38 in the first four overs.


; s .Following this; partnerships of’ 34 ’’between Liam Nuttall and RobinKen- 'nerly,'22 between’Matthew: Ashworth wnd James Banks;’and,’to close the


i Mnnings, 31between Tim Le Breton and; ’■ Ross Dent saw, Clitheroe. finish on 325; to win by 128 runs. '


'' : This was for the third game in the


season they did not lose a wicket. The Cobras Under 13s A made light


i' work of-beating Great Harwood away. ’’’ ’ Batting first, the locals made an


’ excellent start with Le-Breton (20) and Bowness (15) taking thre score to 39..-’


Clitheroe w'on by a massive 97 runs. They restricted their, opponents to ,■


: ; Tn reply, off their 16 :overs, Clitheroe; scored' 134-6 with good contributions from Andrew’Ramsden (30); Ueorge; Drake, (27); James Scott;,(21); Arron Ripley (18) arid James Sinipsoh (14);:S; ' ’Meanwhile, the Cobras’U n d er lls continued their convincing run with an emphatic victory over Cherry Tree. Batting first; Cherry?Tree'strugg^^


to come to terms with the.Clitheroe bowlers. , b


^ ' All seven bowlers bowled an accurate.


52-9,’ thanks to three wickets'frbni: George Drake;;two apiecelrom James) Simpson and James:Scott,ibi^^^ Ryari Stewartiand a good run’Out;by,’! Matthew Cole. '


i ; going,’until Robinson (23) and Stinson (15) made an impressive 48 in their four overs.


V.'.; ’ Thelnnings was concluded .with Dewhurst (16) arid Ramsden (4), the


. final total being 141.' „ ■ ■ In reply Harwood never,threatened.


’K There was an early .wicket for Ramsden ' and two wickets for Robinson.' 'c - ’’’ Le-Bfeton also, picked up a wick^^


” and there were two apiece for Stinson and Dewh'urst.


■ ’ ’ ’r.’ The Harwood side fell 137 runs short


of the Cobras total. Clitheroe’s fielding was exemplary


iKwith a number of good catches,'the pick ’• being an excellent diving catch from


Ki -Bowness; and a one-handed, overhead ’’ ’ catch from Dewhurst that set the stan- W’dard for.an iiriprrissive all-rouiid per-,


fonhance. ( . ’ - Openers are on form


ANDREW Hutchins and Charlie Collinge were on form as Ribblesdale Wan­ derers Under 13s recorded victory over Blackburn Northern. The pair hit 24 and 21


respectively as the locals posted 129 without loss.


before restricting their opponents to 71-3. However it was defeat


for the Under 18s, who lost out by eight wickets to the same opposition. Henry Kay (28), Liam


Bedford (19) and Matthew Sutton (19)


werem in the runs as Wan­ derers posted 112-4, but it turned out to be not enough. And the Under 11s


could only muster 50-9, chasing Blackburn’s first innings score of 92-3.


Six wickets prove in vain


ANDY Booth grabbed six wickets in vain as Chatburn slumped to defeat against Sutton. He ended with figures of 6-58 as he


helped skittle their opponents for 128. Russell Braithwaite also grabbed 3-30,


as Chatburn put themselves in pole posi­ tion at the halfway stage. But a disastrous batting collapse saw them all out for. just 112, to lose out by


16 runs. The A seventh wicket stand of 49


between Doug Wardle (25) and David Lakin (24) was as good as it got for the home side, with only two other batsmen reaching double figures. It was looking good for Chatburn at


THE Clitheroe and Dis­ trict Cricket League has been thrown wide open after the first defeat of the season for leaders


, Rimington. i- The Coulthurst Play- 'ing Fields o u tf it were brought to heel by the


91-6, but they lost their final four wick­ ets for just 21 runs to slump to defeat. Chatburn seconds earned a four-wick-


et victory over Sutton. Sutton batted first and had difficulty


scoring runs against Stephen Braith­ waite (3-55) and Geoff Lambert (2-35). Aamir Zulfi mopped up the tail with 4-


7 as Sutton were all out for 104. In reply, Chatburn lost a couple of


early wickets but excellent batting from John Reynolds, who finished on 54 not out, ensured victory as Chatburn fin­


ished on 108-6. There were useful contributions from


Chris Mulhearn (10) and Zulfi (14). District League thrown wide open


margin of 27 runs by fourth placed Chipping A, while Riverside closed the gap at the top to just one point after a demoli­ tion, job on Chipping Ramblers, who lost by


over 100 runs. Elsewhere, Matt Coul-


ter scored 50 as Low Moor raked up a big score against Calder- stones. Andrew Booth took 3-3


as the hospital side crum­ bled to 80 all out, despite an unbeaten 50 by.Liam Winstanley.


RYAN Gladwin smashed his third half century of the season as Ribblesdale Wan­ derers’ surge up the league continued. Gladwin was on top form


with an unbeaten 78 as the Ghurch Meadow outfit overcame struggling Earby by eight wickets. And it was the home


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De Bruin, aided by a good catch by Stephen Kerr at gully with the score on 19. Lloyd was replaced in


none of the batsman really had any answers for Howard and Braithwaite


the attack by Terry Braith­ waite, and after Ayub had hit some lusty blows, he was next to go for 37 after he and Stephen Pickles had added 42. Walton didn’t last long


sides’ decision to field first th a t reaped immediate rewards, as they exerted early pressure on the visi­ tors. Professional Gerard De


Mohammed Ayub looking in good touch from the start.


number Such was the accuracy of , ...


the Ribblesdale bowling, opener Sam Munns could only make a 32-ball duck before he was removed by


either, making just five before he became De Bruin’s third victim leaving Earby 75-3 in the 23rd over. Braithwaite has been


Bruin and Robert Lloyd looked to make early inroads into the Earby batsman, with De Bruin’s opposite


bowling really well all sea­ son, and he removed Clark­ son as the batsman looked to play one too many big shots. Pickles was next to go for


as they finished with three and four wickets respec­ tively. Chasing 160, Ribblesdale


got off to a poor start, los­ ing Alastair Marsh for just she in the seventh over. Wicket keeper batsman


Martin Peel then joined Ryan Gladwin a t the crease, as Ribblesdale attempted to overhaul Earby’s first innings score. I a n ; Clarkson was


a patient 35, well stumped by Martin Peel of the bowl-


■ ing of David Howard, as he became increasing frustrat­ ed by the lack of support from his team mates. Earby meandered on with little impetus, but


replaced by Ayub and the Ribblesdale batsmen had to be very watchful as both Ayub and Stephen Hip- grave gave little away. Peel was the first to get


and bowled opportunity, after he and Gladwin had added 88 in 20 overs. Gladwin completed his


third score half century of the season and looked in great touch, playing shots on both sides of the wicket. He upped the tempo as


Ribblesdale neared the tar­ get of 161, well supported by Ribblesdale’s premier all rounder David Howard. The pair added 52 in just


nine overs and both remained unbeaten as they saw their team home with over nine overs to spare. Gladwin carried his bat


into his stride and he hit a succession of boundaries to race into the 40’s. However, he was dis­


missed for a well construct­ ed 45 after Ayub stuck out a hand to snatch a caught


for 78, and Howard a com­ posed 19, as Ribblesdale made short work in reach­ ing Earby’s potentially tricky total. And Wanderers will hope


for more of the same when they travel to high-flying Settle tomorrow (wickets pitched 2 p.m.).


Big-hitting Nawaz inspires Clitheroe to derby victory


CLITHEROE professional Shahid Nawaz paved the way to victory on Saturday as the town outfit fought off village rivals Whalley to record the narrowest of derby victories. The Chatbum Road paid man hit


77 runs as Clitheroe attained 186-9, while skipper Neil Bolton (33) and Simon Coulter (23) added notable knocks, despite the best efforts of David O’Neill, who claimed 7-56. But the Station Road hosts staged


a late comeback as, thanks to nine sixes in an individual tally of 109, Phil Thornton almost led 'Whalley to a surprise victory, only to fall short of the mark. In the end, just four runs separat­


tain Bolton reaped much more. "rhe pair took the score to 107, with


Nawaz doing the bulk of the scoring before Bolton was dismissed by O’Neill for 33. Naeem Ashraf followed for an


maker Thornton, before he too was removed at the hands of Hargreaves, this time caught by Turner for 19. However, the '^^halley paid man


uncharacteristic six, but Coulter made 23, first partnering Nawaz, who exited to O’Neill after hitting 11 fours and a six, and then Chris Musson, who left the field at 156-5 after scor­


ing 14. Coulter went next after putting on


25 with his younger brother Matthew, who in turn followed with­ out further score at 181-7. And Paul Gaskell (0) lasted tour


ed the two teams after a dramatic fin­ ish saw a boundary needed off the final ball to tie the game, only for Whalley’s Lee Burgess to be caught on the boundary by Paul Gaskell to deny the hosts. Nawaz’s effort started in an open­


balls before O’Neill claimed his sw- enth wicket of the afternoon, lea-ving Daniel Turner (4) and Mark Harg­ reaves to play out the remaining few balls. In reply, Whalley got off to a bet­


ing partnership of 15 alongside Mark Bolton, before the latter had his bails knocked off for just six - the first of O’Neill’s seven dismissals. However his partnership with cap-


ter start as openers Martin Davies and Lee Kearsley put on 21 for the first wicket before Mark Hargreav® had the captain caught by Neil Bolton for eight. Fellow opener Lee Kearsley added a further 47 alongside chief run


proved to be a real thorn in Clitheroe’s side as his big-hitting per­ formance had the high-fliers worried. He was just lacking in support as


the rest of the order, other than Sam Taylor (10), fell for less than double figures, with John Rain (8) and Simon Gorton (6) the pick of the rest as Naeem Ashraf took 3-29 and H^- greaves grabbed a third to return fig­ ures of 3-62. Thornton eventually fell at 167-5,


caught by Ashraf off Neil Bolton, which slowed Whalley up consider­ ably. Sam Taylor followed at 176-6, Gor­


ton (6) went next and at 180-8, Andy Pratt followed as the runs dried up. And when Lee Burgess holed out at


182 to tie the game, only to be caught, Glitheroe breathed a sigh of relief. This Saturday Clitheroe are away


Champions Read crush Immanuel


IT was boundaries galore on Saturday as Read bat­ tered Oswaldtwistle Immanuel by nine wickets. The ropes were passed no


fewer than 30 times as War­ ren Eastham’s side aimed to kickstart their season. And against a side floun­


dering at the foot of the ■Veka Ribblesdale League, it is against these kinds of teams that Read need to be beating if they are to get back among the frontrun­ ners. Immanuel’s first innings


score of 217-7 seemed a decent enough total. But the reigning champi­


ons would go on to sweep that score away, and record victory with five overs in hand-as well as nine wick­


ets.


Nick Marsh and Will Driver set the ball rolling


with an opening stand of


138. The Immanuel bowling


attack were carted to all parts of the ground as the pair found all corners of l^alley Road. Driver took 78 balls to


reach his hall century, with four fours and two sixes, while Marsh faced just 65 deliveries and hit six fours and one maximum. The latter would go on to


add a further 24 runs, including two fours and a six, before he finally fell handed a return catch to Immanuel’s substitute paid man Saeed Anwar Jnr in the 29th over. But that was ass good as


it got for the visitors, as their very own sub pro. Tosh Arothe, immediately picked up the boundary baton.


unbeaten 49 off just 29 balls faced, with 40 of those coming through trips to the


He would smashed an


ropes. Marsh would finish


unbeaten on 94 off 112 balls as, somewhat unsur­ prisingly, the winning runs came via a boundary! Earlier in the day, with


Immanuel batting first, paid man Anwar was the star of the show with an unbeaten century. However, apart from


that, no visiting batsmen got into his stride once he had his eye in. Openers Paul Dignan


(20) and Andrew Dignan (26) fell to Eastham and Arothe respectively, while Andrew Metcalf (23) and James Kayley (10) were the only others to reach double figures.


Arothe would grab fig­


ures of 3-89 as he bowled through the majority of the innings, while Eastham picked up two with the addition of Gerard Metcalf (2).


But Read will up against


it on Saturday, as they travel to league leaders Great Harwood (wickets pitched 2 p.m.). Sunday sees Whalley


Road host the semi-final of the Manchester Evening News Cup, with the Rib­ blesdale League taking on the Bolton League at 1-30 p.m. Skippered by Warren


Eastham, the side will also include teenage sensation Will Driver, as well as- Clitheroe trio Neil Bolton, Mark Bolton and Naeem Ashraf.


at Barnoldswick, while Whalley face a trip to Oswaldtwistle Immanuel, wickets pitched at 2 p.m.


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