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Sixth straight win for Clitheroe aces


CLITHEROE Tennis Club A team notched up their sixth consecutive victory with a convincing 3-1 win at Blackburn. . The same quartet who beat


Accrington in May were reunited, with Derek Parrott teaming up with Roger Ravenscroft, while sen­ ior player Phil Mileham once again took Daniel Bush under his wing. The first round of matches were


quickly completed as Parrott and Ravenscroft dominated the top Blackburn pair 6-2, 6-1, with big serving and incisive net play. ■Mileham and Bush also made rel­


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atively short work of their task with a controlled 6-1, 6-3 win inside 45 minutes. ■ In the return matches, Parrott and Ravenscroft cruised to a 6-1,6-


' 1 win. . However, the top Blackburn pair


dug deep to outlast Mileham and Bush in the last match in three close sets. The result was important as


Clitheroe are chasing Blackburn’s B team for promotion to the top flight, but to do so they will almost certainly need to beat them on their own turf later in the season. Clitheroe A moved comfortably


into the second round of the cup, seeing off Sunnyhurst B. In the first group of matches,


Derek Parrott and Phil Mileham conceded the first game, but little else, as they swept aside the oppos­ ing pair in 35 minutes. The true drama was slowly


unfolding on the other court where Steve Pym and Mary Brass were reunited for a first run out of the season. -


" The pair worked well together in


the first set, taking it 6-2, and had two match points in the second set. The Darwen outfit hit back, how­


ever, eventually taking the set and then battling hard in a nervy third, before class told and Clitheroe took a 2-0 lead. In the return matches, Parrott


and Mileham quickly closed out the match 6-0, 6-1, and Pym and Brass took their chances to win a deserved rubber 6-2, 6-4 to seal a convincing 4-0 whitewash. Meanwhile, Clitheroe B Junior


team earned back to back victories. At a wet and windy Parkwood,


new pairing Jack McKenna and Mathew Oakley lost 3-6, 4-6 after some competitive rallies. They then took on the second string and ran out comfortable win­


ners 6-1, 6-1. In the other pairings, Dominic


Parrot and Richard Bell ran out winners in both matches, ensuring a 6-


Four other members of the squad


then took on Sunnyhurst at Clitheroe. Kate Burrill and Emma Calvert


opened up the account for Clitheroe with a very hard-fought contest against their first string, earning a 7-


6,6-3 victory.


Eleanor Burrill and Mathew Cor­ nish ran out comfortable winners, 6-


4,6-2. The withdrawal of the away


team’s second string meant the next rubbers were conceded, leading to a 9-0 victory for Clitheroe. Clitheroe B Open team narrowly


lost 3-2 to Crosshills B. Neil Gunn and Will Aspinall won one match and lost the other, with


• Peter Bell and Steve Higson achiev­ ing the same result. And with each team winning five


sets, the bonus point went to Crossbills by virtue of two extra games won. The previous weekend, the same


pairs enjoyed a 5-0 success against Parkwood B, and last Saturday they recorded a fine win against league leaders Blackburn Northern


D. It was looking a hopeless cause at


the interval with both home pair­ ings of Neil Gunn and Robert Brass, and Peter Bell and Steve Higsoh losing tight three set match­ es.


However, in the reverse matches.


Bell and Higson played steadily to win and after a titanic battle, Gunn and Bell finally won 8-6 in the final set.


Clitheroe gained the extra point for victory by virtue of an extra set


won. The two Clitheroe Junior teams


2 victory for the team overall.


commenced their season with a fix­ ture against each other, and the A team of Andrew Hartley, Matt Hanson, Mark Higson and Jack Dewhurst who emerged 9-0 victors. Despite the scoreline, the B team


of Richard Bell, Emma Calvert, Dominic Parrott and Mathew Cor­ nish can take a lot of credit after some very competitive matches. The Junior B team's second fix­


ture was a 7-2 defeat against Towneley, one of the favourites to take the title. Jack Dewhurst and Dominic Par­


rott played excellent tennis to share both their matches, and Emma Calvert and Ian Scott, who had not previously played together, also competed well despite losing to more experienced opponents. Clitheroe A Junior team enjoyed


an emphatic victory at Sunnyhurst to maintain their lead at the top of


. the table. The team of Andrew Hartley,


Matt Hanson, Jennifer Holgate and Mark Higson all won their matches comfortably in a 9 - 0 success.


Whalley serve up a comprehensive victory


WHALLEY Tennis Club A team had a good win at the weekend over Crossbills A in the first Division of the East


Lancashire Open League. They won 3-1, with Henry Farrar and Richard Lam­


bert making up the first pairing, and Matthew Cuyes with ■ tP -


Danny Roff for the second. The Whalley B team also had a very good 4-0 win


against Crow Wood B, who were second in the Second Division.


The first pairing of Gerry Breeze and Nick Ihomas , Sporting Dog!


FOR the second year running. Dog Inn have secured the divisioiial Sporting Club prize in the Harry Dewhurst Sunday Memorial Football League. Last year saw the Budweiser Boys win the Third Divi­


sion award, and this year they have taken the same hon­ our in the Second Division. And manager Simon Kerins is delighted at the news:


"While we obviously want to do well in terms of results, we have always been very serious about playing the game in the right way. .


■ ■ , . |l*-r u : : . to themselves." ■ ■


' “We are very lucky in that, as well as being excellent players, our team members are a credit to the club and


beat the Crow Wood first pairing in three sets, and the second in two. And Whalley’s number two pair of Gordon Pimperton and David Lynch did even better, winning Wh matches in straight sets. Not to be outdone, the C team beat Accrington B in the


Second Division 3-1. Tom Ormerod and James Burke won their matches,


dropping only one set, before Robert Houseman and Andrew Cuyes lost their first match 7-5,7-6, but closed out the tie with'a straight sets win in the final meeting.


Robinson has edge in epic dartsfinal


GRAHAM Robinson was crowned champion after an epic battle with Phil Pinder in the Ted Grainger Memorial Darts Competition at the Royal Oak. Reigning . champion


Neil Grainger was nar­ rowly defeated by Jim Hargreaves in an earlier round.


Chipping win derby clash


DUE to poor weather con­ ditions, only one game was completed this week in the Clitheroe and D is tr ic t . Midweek Cricket League.


. T. Cowpe scored 49 runs as Chipping A rattled up 120-2, before dismissing their counterparts Chip­ ping Ramblers for a mere 30 runs. ' Even though all the


other games were aban­ doned, Rimington still top the league with 11 points.


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Locals end eaders’ run


CHATBURN’Sigame against Airedale was abandoned due, to ; a waterlogged pitch. But the villagers’ sec­


ond ' team had an emphatic victory over, previouslykunbeat’en leaders Cullingworth. -i > ■


Connor wins prestige event


By Eward Lee


TFIE prestigious Tom Morris Putter 36-hole event at Clitheroe was won by Connor McLaughlin with a tremen­ dous nett score of 137. He conquered wind and rain to win


in fine style by a full five shots from Ian Lambert. Denis Greenup (146) was third after


a card play-off with Peter Harrison. Jeff Crowther had the best of the


morning scores with a nett 69 and John Pawson’s 70 was the pick of the afternoon cards. Sunday was a day of two halves for


the Invitation Fourball. The morning players needed full


protestive clothing to keep out the wind and rain - the afternoon contest­ ants requiring only sun lotion! Simon Case and Simon North (Nel­


son) amassed 46 points to wing by three points from Paul Wood and J. Goddard (Withington) who took run­ ners-up spot ahead of Alex Taylor and A. Spouse (Darwen). A busy weekend at Mytton Fold


Golf Club saw major competitions held on both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday's Founder Captain’s Tro­ phy was fiercely contested in the blus-


went to Mick Walsh (100-23-77) from Richard Greaves. The ladies’ winner was Emma Clegg


with a fine 67 (helped by her almost compulsory two on the 18th hole!), and keeping up the family tradition, her sister Abbie was runner up with a 74. They were followed home by Jean Sanderson and Sarah Hammond. The junior competition produced


some fine scoring and was won in great style by Jonathan Frayne who carded an incredible nett 58. He was followed home at a respectful distance by his brother, Michae, who shot an equally fine 64 which augers well for junior golf at Mytton Fold. An equally busy weekend at Whal­


ley started on Friday with the first presentation night of the season which was preceded by a nine-hole mixed social competition - Steve Brown being declared the winner with 21 sta- bleford points. . Captain Stephen Green presented


tery conditions and, appropriately • |arg7numbe7oTfOT enough, w ^ eventually won by cap-


(82-13-69) in a card play off. Divisional prizes were won by John


the prizes to the winners of competi- tons in the first eight weeks of the sea­ son. Colin T. Elliott, the winner of the Spring Trophy, gave a particularly gracious and amusing speech, in par­ ticular thanking all Whalley members for their friendliness in welcoming the


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tarn-elect Chris Hughes who scored a -mv ,, fine 90-21-69 to hold off Mark Green " ^ S a y g^w the playing of the pre-


have recehtly joined


Parkinson (83-12-71) and Dave Clegg (85-14-71) in Division One, Glynn Watson (90-18-72) and Martin Hold­ en (92-19-73) in Division Two and David Halsall (97-23-74) and John Walmsley (99-24-75) in Division Three. The ELGA Junior Boys Trials,


played at Great Harwood, was won by Nick Pearson of Mytton Fold - an excellent result. On Sunday, Mytton Fold was proud


to host the Roger Osliffe Memorial Trophy. The sad circumstances of the occa­


sion were overcome by the good turnout to support the Osliffe family.’ The weather had everyone in suspense but after a wet start, the later players benefited from bright and sunny con­ ditions and a course in superb condi­ tion. The men's competition was closely


fought with Bob Scott emerging the winner with a fine 82-12-70, just hold­ ing off the in-form Chris Chadwick 76- 5-71. ' The divisional prizes were equally


hard fought with Division One being won by Dave Clegg (85-14-71) in a card play off from Keith'Gill (85-14- 71); Division Two was won by Steve Cunliffe (93-20-73) - despite a 10 on his card - from Jan 'Van Boeckel (91- 18-73) and Division Three honours


viously postponed Frank Longworth Trophy.


■


Terry Pike emerged as winner with an excellent score, in the conditions, of


91-19-72. Following his earlier victories this


season, Terry is now anxiously await­ ing the deliberations of the next hand- ■ icaps and competitions committee meeting! •


- ' „ ■ : ' Dave Flanagan (88-14-74) took first


place in Division Two. Second place in Division One was won by by John


■ Kitchen (85-12-73),' Steve Shoreman taking second place in Division Two with 89-15-74.


.


. Sunday saw a full field complete in the Jubilee Open Fourball, generously sponsored by C D Bramall Ford of


Burnley. The afternoon players experienced


far better weather than the morning


players. Phil Entwistle and Darrell Halstead


were clear winners with 47 points. A card play-off gave second place to Dave Flanagan and Colin Foster (44) from’John Sherry and ’Warren Sole. The final putt of the day, from the


last fourball of the day, gave Jake Chadwick and Roger Altham the gross prize with a one-under, par score of 71, three birdies in the final six holes giving them -victory, oh the card from Gary Byrne and Stuart Billington.' :


O m The locals scored ■71;


before-the lossTof;the: first wicket; with Mark; ■Braithwaite scoringSl; and David Price 24. Wickets then turn-:


bled at regular intervals' until a partnership of 47; between Paul_Shorrock; (34)'.and{ChrisMul-i hearn (19, not out): enabled Chatburn: to finish on 176-8. In:-reply,: Culling^j,


worth made an aggres| sive start, but the intro^ duction of Martin Brown intothe attack reaped instant success, Avith excellent figures of 6148' as\they.-.’were bowled out for 119. :5:,The otherwickettakS ers were Shoirock (2-28| andsStephenVBraithf waite(2-18). ..


Cobras’^easy victory


CLITHEROE Cobras Under,13s Amade light


work of their, trip-tq Edenfield. Asked to field first;-


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Champions see an upturn in fortunes


THINGS haven’t really fallen for Read this season. ■


■ The club have been


knocked out of two cup competitions and lan­ guished in the lower reaches of the Veka Ribblesdale League. But they received an


upturn in fortunes on Sat­ urday, as they secured a run-rate victory over Blackburn Northern at Pleckgate Road. Things could have been


much worse for the reigning champions, with both Andrew Bennett and Matthew Doughty having to pay hospital -visits dur­ ing play. If neither had returned,,


BIRTHDAY: Mark Phillipson. A0G0605/4


Mark celebrates birthday in style


SALESBURY seconds cricket captain Mark Phillipson honoured his 46th birthday in style on Saturday. The veteran cricketer,


who hails from Higham, took 647 and then scored 40 not out to see his side scramble victory over Stacksteads seconds, before retiring to the club house bar to celebrate properly. The Ribchester Road


side needed 118 to win, and did so by putting on 16


runs in a last-wicket stand. Mark, who has been reg­


istered with the club for five years, only recently returned to play for Stack- steads, having spent the last three years playing his cricket out in Spain. In the past he has played


for both Oswaldtwistle Immanuel and Baxenden in the Ribblesdale Senior League, and enjoys his cricket as much now as the first time he first took to the crease.


O’Neill’s efforts are in vain for Whalley


A FINE bowling performance by David O’Neill saw Whalley dismiss Great Harwood for 135, only to see vic­ tory wasted through a dismal batting display In the end, Harwood won by 47 runs as Whalley col­ lapsed for 88 all out.


in reply, and only John Rain (10) and Ben Dowling (12) managed double figures.


However, it had all looked so promising at tea at Station


“Mr Extras” top scored with 23 as the locals crumbled ■ , .


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Road after O’Neill took 540 and Lee Burgess claimed 2- 26. Harwood’s Russell ’Whalley top-scored with 49, and Paul Houldsworth hit 42 for the majority of the runs,


: while the rest of the side collapsed for 34 between them with Allan Armer, Matthew Howarth and Lee Dobson all removed without score as O’Neill ripped through the mid-


dleorder. • In reply,’Whalley suffered a poor start too, but unlike , n


Harwood their was no upturn in the middle order. The locals put 17 on for the first wicket before Ben Dowling (12) was caught by Houldsworth off professional Martm Nurse, and ’Whalley paid man Phil Thornton followed for just one run after facing eight balls. Opener Andy Pratt (2) followed without further score after facing 38 balls, leaving Rain and Richard Palmer at


the crease for several overs. However, wicketkeeper Rain could only manage 10 rims


before being caught by Whalley off the bowling of Chris


•■ Ramsker, and Palmer faced the most balls of . the ummgs (45) only to return just eight runs before going behind to Armer off Paul Newton. From then on, the mid to late order all managed to


’ score, but not at the rate to trouble Harwood’s 135 as just 20 more runs were added after Palmer had left the field, with Burge^ (9), Lee Kearsley (8) and Sam Taylor (8) having the most notable efforts, aside from 23 extras. But it wasn’t anyivhere near enough as Harwood pro­


fessional Nurse returned bowling figures of 4-30 and Lee Dobson, Chris Ramsker and Paul Newton all took two wickets apiece to take their side top.


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This Saturday, Whalley play host to local rivals Rib­ blesdale Wanderers, wickets pitched 2 p.m.


Northern would only need to have claimed the other eight wickets to collect the full seven points. But both did find their


way back in time, with Bennett finishing unbeaten


on four to help see Read home.Earlier in the day how'ever, it was Blackburn Northern’s substitute pro­ fessional Mohammed Hafeez grabbing all the headlines. The current Pakistani


one day international hit 125 off just 131 deliveries, as the home side posted a colossal total off their 45 overs. Electing to bat first after


winning the toss, both Hafeez and Abdul Bisood- wal soon got to work on the Read attack. Bisoodwal made a cameo


23 before he was caught behind by Kyle O’Connor off Alviro Petersen-Read’s substitute paid man after the return to Kenya of Thomas Odoyo through injury. Hussain made just seven


before he was caught and bowled by Warren East-


ham, with Jamil falling the exact same way for a duck a matter of moments later. But Hafeez was still


there, and alongside Mel Chariwala (43), he contin­ ued to make the visitors pay for every loose delivery. Tom Marsh picked up


the wicket of Chariwala (43) and Farook Butt (27), both caught behind by O’Connor, wile Andrew Rushton was the man to finally get rid of Hafeez. But by then the home


side had posted a testing total. There could have been


numerous collections going round in the Read reply, but four men fell within 10 runs of their haF centuries. Opener Nick Marsh


made 41 alongside Will Driver (21), while paid man Petersen made 43 until he was bowled by Hafeez.


Michael Whalley anc


Eastham also came close as they played like mer possessed in a bid to gel their team back into tht match. And that they did, witi


’W'halley falling for 48 of! 31 balls, and Eastharr returning to the pavilior after smashing 47 off onlj 28.


Rushton added aspiritec


19, and after the return ol injured pair Bennett and Doughty, Read reached the 225 required from their 4S overs, with just one wickel to spare. Read entertain Edenfielc


on Saturday (wicket: pitched 2 p.m.). And both ’Warren East-


ham and Will Driver are ir action for the Ribblesdalc League against the Boltor Association on Sunday.


Seven-wicket Howard earns comprehensive win


A FINE all-round performance from vice-captain David Howard gave Ribblesdale Wanderers an easy eight- wicket win over Oswaldtwistle Immanuel on Saturday. Having been put into bat, Immanuel got off to the worst possi­ ble start at Church Meadow, with Paul Dignan run out for one, and Mark Roberts caught at short leg without scoring. Ribblesdale professional Gerard De


Bruin and Howard bowled very tight, keeping the pressure on substitute professional for the day Ruvin Peiris, Lancashire League Church’s paid man, and leaving the visitors strug­ gling on 24-2 after 17 overs. The introduction of Terry Braith­ waite gave the batsmen ho respite, as


he got the ball to turn and bounce, and his rew'ard was taking the wicket of Dignan and opposing captain Ger­ ard MetcaF, aided by a spectacular one-handed diving catch by Stephen


Kerr. Howard claimed the prize wicket of


Peiris with a slower ball carved straight to Kerr, and then proceeded to rip through the Oswaldtwistle tail end, finishing with figures of 7-33 off 16.4 overs, leaving the away side all out for 78. In reply, Ribblesdale started well,


with Alistair Marsh and Ryan Glad­ win putting on 15 before the first wicket fell, with Marsh top edging to square leg for 13, before Gladwin fell two overs later, caught behind off the same bowler, Andrew MetcaF.


This brought Simon Trotter and Howard to the crease with only 19


runs on the board. Both men batted sensibly early in


their innings, before Howard started to cut loose, dri-ving and cutting any­ thing too full or short. Captain Gerard MetcaF came into


the attack for his only over, with Howard despatching him for three sixes before finishing with another boundary to leave him unbeaten for a well-deserved half century. Trotter gave good support at the other end, finishing unbeaten on 16. This Saturday, Ribblesdale face another local derby when they travel to Station Road to take on ’I^alley, wickets pitched 2 p.m.


Ashraf compiles second successive century as Clitheroe edge out Baxenden by one run


NAEEM Ashraf hit a sec­ ond consecutive century as Clitheroe beat Baxenden by the closest of margins on &turday. Having posted 21^5 off


44 overs, with Ashraf again cracking a ton, Bax- enden’s reply was ham­ pered by the rain, and their target was reduced to


. 131 off 27 overs - only for the Hyndburn side to fall short by just one run, th’anks largely to two important dismissals from FarobkHu^in. The home side were


cruising and looked on course to reach the reduced tally thanks to Francois Herbst’s 55, before he was caught by Neil Bolton off Shahid Nawaz, and Mark Rishton hit 13 before being caught’ behind by Simon Coulter


off Mark Hargreaves. But Hussain’s introduc­


tion stopped Baxenden in their tracks as he removed professional Indika Cal­ lage for six, caught by Matt Coulter, and trapped Callum Waddington leg before for 28. From just six balls, his


figures of 2-3 proved -vital. This panicked Baxen­


den, as Peter Usher made just three before being bowled by Nawaz, and the final pair David Usher (2 not out) and Russell Howarth needed just five- runs off three balls, and then finally just two off the last delivery. They got a single, but in


pushing for the second,. Howarth (3) was run out, lea\dng the side on 130-6. Clitheroe’s innings went


well as the locals set off like a train. Captain Neil Bolton


smashed three sixes for his 20 runs alongside fellow opener Nawaz (13), until the pro was trapped leg before by Peter Usher, and the Clitheroe skipper was unlucky to be caught behind by Howarth off Stephen Bulcock when he hit his pad -with the bat.


- Bulcock added a second wicket shortly after with the dismissal of Mark Bolton for four, caught by Daiiny Hothersall at’gully, as Clitheroe were 39-3 and wobbling.. However, Simon Coulter


weeks. Ashraf made 104 before


he was bowled by Callage,, and Coulter made 35 before he too was caught and bowled by the Baxen­ den pro, leaving Chris Musson (21 not out) and Daniel Turner (0 not out) to tip the score over the 200 mark. This Saturday Clitheroe are at home to Padiham,


' Mckets pitched at 2 p.m. Prior to th a t ,- th ey


undertake the first of three group stage 20/Twenty games away at Earby tomorrow, followed by a


. and Naeem Ashraf turned it around and put on 120 for the fourth \vicket, with; the latter scoring his sec­ ond century in as many


. home game against . Bamoldswick on Tuesday and provisionally, again at Chatburn Road, Ribbles­ dale Wanderers next Fri­ day. All three ganies aim to start at 6-15 p.m.


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