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Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, July 14th, 2005
Magical minute
next aim By Chris Boden
AFTER breaking the British record for the 35- 39 years 100m backstroke, Clitheroe swimmer Peter Jones isn’t resting on his laurels. Following a 12-year
absence from the sport, Peter returned to the pool last year, and marked his new lease of life by setting a new best of 1.01.94 sec onds at the recent Gateshead and Whickham Open Meet. But, with the help of
Clitheroe Dolphins coach Jonathan Preston, he is determined to get back to the sort of form he was in before his premature retirement, and breaking the magical minute barri er.
The 100m British cham
pion said: “I’m chuffed to bits witLmy-record. ..
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Dolphins’ early start!
CLITHEROE Dolphins have recently extended their activities with two new initiatives. Firstly their coaching
programme has been added to by two new early morning sessions at Rib-
r. blesdale pool. These sessions, starting
at 7 a.m., have been made possible thanks to the pool’s staff rearranging their work schedules, and thus allowing access to this
valuable extra pool time. The time is used by
coaches Jonathan Preston, Andrew Grant and life guard Dave Law, to run focused coaching sessions that are proving a big hit with swimmers.
The club have also been
visited by top class swim mers who have given expert demonstrations and provided an insight in to competitive swimming at the highest level. Following from the visit
9 WADDINGTON open their pre-season pro gramme with three games in July and August, the first against Longridge Town on Tuesday, July 26th. This is followed by fix
B THE Clithcroe and Dislrict Darls and Dominoc.s League held their presentation at the Swan and Royal. The finals of the singles and doubles were also played, with Joe Marsden of Black Horse defeating Phil Greatorex of the
Kings .4rms in the singles final. The doubles final was won by Andy Porter and Mick Duxbury, who prevailed over fellow Swan players Andy and
Jeanette Gudgeon. The outstanding male trophy was awarded to Mick
Duxbun-, while the outstanding female trophy went to Lindasy Astin. The outstanding young player trophy was awarded to Matt Hargreaves. . Darts League winners were the Swan and Royal, and the Dominoes League was won by the Black Horse. There will be the annual darls and dominoes knockout on
July 29th at the Black Horse in aid of Air Ambulance. For further details, contact Tony or Yvonne (012011420900).
tures against Enfield and BAe Canberra on Satur day, July 30th, and Tues day, August 2nd respec tively. The club are currently
into their third week of pre-season training. Any local team who
would like to arrange a pre-season fixture with Waddington should con tact either Jim Tierney (422344/07970 899292) or Nick Laxton (429018/ 07800910 641). Training is twice week ly on Monday and
“I broke the 50m British
record recently, only to have it taken off me by Iain Teaz of Glasgow, but I then went and broke the 100m record at Gateshead at an open meet. “That was a great buzz. “I think I can go quicker
as well - I used to swim under a minute, 59.2 sec onds, and I’m trying to get near that mark again.” And he feels Preston,
who helped lure him back to swimming, will be a big factor. Preston was aware of his
talents, and Peter feels he has revitalised the Dol phins: “Swimming was a good sport to be in, but I gave up when I was 22 for 12 years because I couldn’t devote myself full time to swimming. “But recently my broth
er Mick, the chairman of Clitheroe Dolphins, asked me to go back because
Jonathan had been pester ing. “I wanted to get fit
again, without competing, but Jonathan is very enthusiastic and convinced me to. “I started again, and it’s
gone from there. I’ve still got it, and I ’ve put a few more hours in in the pool. “Jonathan has got the
club buzzing again, there is a cracking team spirit and they could be a force again.” And his return brought
back a few memories: “I started out when I was
eight with Clitheroe Dol phins, and joined a train ing squad with Burnley Bobcats under Alan Moor- house, where we went to galas all over, including an international meet in Canada. “I was Northern Coun
ties champion three times on the trot, and at once stage was ranked four in the overall backstroke cat egory, and the fifth fastest 50m backstroke swimmer in the country. “I t’s good to be back!” Peter is pictured with his ' certificate. (A060705/5)
of Olympic medalist Stephen Parry, Steve’s Loughborough University swim squad team-mate, Mike Stirzaker visited and demonstrated butterfly, and last week. Masters British Champion and backstroke record holder, Peter Jones demonstrated the art of his stroke. Preston said “I t’s good
to supplement our usual coaching with some top class demos. Steve, Mike and Peter are at the top of their sport and we are grateful that they can pass on their experience to our young swimmers.” Mike Stirzaker is pic
tured with some Dolphins swimmers, (s)
Wednesday evenings from 7-9 p.m. All players are interested
in playing for Waddington this season should attend these training sessions. 9 AFTER gaining promo tion at the first attempt, WFC Clitheroe look for ward to the challenge of the Craven League Pre mier Dhdsion. The mouth-watering fix
tures including two local derbies against fellow pro moted teams Waddington and Grindleton. All players are asked to
meet at the Wagon on Wednesday at 7 p.m. for
pre-season.training, bring boots and trainers. For more information,
contact Mick Holgate (428182) or Ross Hibbert (422571).
Handy Andy close to new Whalley record
_______ By Edward Lee
ANDY White equalled the course record at Whalley in the Sunday medal
with a magnificent 69. A 12-foot putt on the last hole, which
would have given him a new course record of 68, tantalisingly slipped an inch by the hole. Andy's nett score of 68 was also good
enough to clinch the first prize with Jake Chadwick (74-5-69) taking second place. On SatuWay, there was a record turn
out for the Open Fourball. Played in glorious sunshine and with
the course in excellent condition, there were some excellent scores. Daniel Holgate and Steve Shoreman
(45) emerged as winners; Donald Blanch and John Kearsley (44) took sec ond place with Steve O'Shaugnessy and Andy Everett (43) in third place. Jake Chadwick and Trevor Thornber took the gross prize with a betterball score of 72.
Elsewhere Roger Altham and Nick
Pearson were in fourth place in the ELPGA Alliance meeting at Darwen with 44 points. Former Liverpool and Arsenal keeper
Jim Fumell teamed-up with Lancashire CCC chairman Jack Simmons to take first place in Clitheroe GC’s Open Senior Fourball. The sporting pair retained their title
after booking an early tee time, posting a creditable 46 stableford points and missing the afternoon downpour. Blackburn’s V. Lee and Shaw Hill’s H.
Grooby took second spot with 43 points, two points ahead of five pairs vying for third placce. That eventually went to Clitheroe’s
Derek McIntyre and playing partner Bill Goodwin (Horwich) who had the better back nine to leave Clitheroe’s Stu art Anderson and Wilpshire’s Peter Dawson in fourth spot. Saturday's three-man Texas Scramble
at Mytton Fold was played in glorious conditions with the course in pristine condition in advance of tliis week’s PGA Pro-Am tournament. After a hard-fought contest in this
ever-popular format, the winners emerged as Craig Taylor, Tom Holgate and Joe Cross with a net score of 58.4. They were followed in second place by Jim Tierney, Daniel Bootle and Graham Plant with 60.8 with third place going to Ray Standring, Tony Wil^n and Mark Green on 60.9. The ELGA Handicap Foursomes
mixed qualifier at Clitheroe saw Gary Speak and Rosemary Simms take first prize with an impressive nett 70. Pat Murray talked playing partner
Phil Leaver (73.5) into second place, two shots ahead of husband and wife pairing
@ CLITHEROE members were prominent on the prize list for the prestigious Janies Braid open singles on Saturday - but the major prizes went to visitors. In total, 186 players from across
the region enjoyed the brilliant con ditions and a course at its peak. Slonyhurst Park’s Mark Young
was outstanding and he returned a flawless gross 67 to take the South- worth Scratch Trophy. He won by five shots from
Clilheroe’s Dave Wilson who pipped Accrington’s Trevor Foster on the card. Clilheroe’s Andrew Walmsiey and Dennis Greenup again showed their consistency by taking the minor prizes. Ingol’s John Massaro was last out,
but came in smiling with a winning nett 69 to lake the Holgale Handicap Trophy. His late bid left Clitheroe’s Robert Bennie and Phillip Walmslcy disappointed after card play-offs while Granville Pilling and Simon Raine look the fourth and fifth prizes after card play-offs. Club captain Vic Morris enlight
ened a crowded clubhouse with the history of James Braid’s life and achievements before presenting the prizes to bring to a close a memo rable dav.
Derrick and Mary Eglin. Mary Eglin then won the Past Lady
Captain’s event with a nett 77 while Helen Maginn (153) and Sophie Brookis (145) wqere the respective 36-hole win ners of the gross and nett prizes. The LGU Medals saw Charlotte
Toms (89-19-70) take top spot in Divi sion One ahead of Helen Maginn (76-5- 761) and Kath Bolton (94-129-75). Prizes in'Division Two went to Marian Niven (99-26-73), Gill Wightman (99- 23-76) and Marion Read (111-34-77). Home players Fran Gierat and Julie
Stephenson were joined by Clitheroe’s Irene Hinks and Shelia Cornwell to total 110 points and win the Open Team event at Whalley GC. Lorna Slinger was joined by visitors
from Wilpshire to take second spot on 102 points and home members Anne Prior, Vivien Birtwell and Iris Sherry teamed up with Clitheroe member Vicky Edmondson to scorer 98 points and take third place. President Mike Thompson presented
his prize for juniors of Sunday to James Fitton (69) who took top spot from Jake Foley by one shot. Tim Swarbrick (76) took third spot
after a four-way card play-off that left William Kenyon in fourth place ahead of James Taylor and William Tyrrell.
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Cobras Clitheroe maintain w in surge up the table
Shaw
Shield in style
CLITHEROE Under l ls emphatically won the Arthur Shaw Shield in the cup final against Edenfield on Sunday. Edenfield won the toss
and elected to bat first. They
struggled
throughout their innings, due to some accurate bowling and magnificent fielding. In 16 overs they put
together 42-8, which left them with a nett score of -1-2 as Chris Bowness picked up four wickets. In reply, Clitheroe
made 113-2, leaving them with a nett score of 103, to win by a massive margin of 101. Tim Le Breton top-
scored with 20, while James Banks added 18 and Liam Nuttall made 19.
Clitheroe will now
meet the winners of the Central Lancashire League in the knockout stage of the Lancashire
Cup. In the league, the
unbeaten A and B teams clashed - the A team proving to be too strong. The B team b a t ted
f irs t and had a disap pointing s ta r t when George Drake was well caught by Matthew Ash worth off the bowling of the fiery Chris Bowness. Drake did h it back with some fine shots to
score 16. The B team lost wick
ets at regular intervals and finished on 67-8, leaving them with a nett
score of 27. There were two wickets
each for Chris Bowness, Michael Tomlinson and Hugh Graham, and Matthew Ashworth claimed three victims behind the stumps. In reply, the A team were never in danger of
losing. They made 128-3, leav
ing them with a n e t t
score of 113. Tim Le Breton top-
scored with 30, and there were useful contributions from Liam Nuttall (21), Chris Bowness (18) and James Banks (16)
NAEEM Ashraf grabbed five wickets as Clitheroe edged a titanic tussle with Bamoldswick. And the seven points maintained their recent surge in
form, which has elevated them to the upper reaches of the \%ka Ribblesdale League. And after a poor start to the campai^, Neil Boltons
side find themselves sat in third spot, just four points behind joint league leaders Settle and Great Hanyood. Ashraf ended with figures of 5-29, as he ripped
through the latter order of the Bamoldswick reply. Chasing Clitheroe’s first innings total of 146-9, it w^
Mark Hargreaves who struck first blood when he dis missed Luke Hodgson for seven. But Ashraf soon picked up his first victim, with the
key wicket of professional Jeevantha Kulatunga. He took a simple return catch after the Sri Lankan had smashed 32 off just 20 balls, including three fours
and two sixes. But it was Farook Hussain who was next to stnke,
claiming the wickets of both Matthew Nutter (22) and RajaArshad(2). -
reaped rewards when opener Ian Scothern travelled back to the pavilion for a patient 26.
Hargreaves was brought back into the attack, and it , . .
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Khan (12) and skipper Jon Pickup (9), before complet ing his collection with the late dismissals of Sid Sheraz
Ashraf was at it again when he clean-bowled both
short of victory, and meant Clitheroe picked up maxi mum points once again.
(0) and James Stead (0). That left Bamoldswick all out for 138, just eight rui^
Earlier, paid man Shahid Nawaz had cracked 45 ofl 54 balls as Clitheroe made a solid start.
, . „ _ Winning the toss and electing to bat proved a good
decision, as the opening pair put on 57 before Nawaz holed out to opposite number Kulatunga off Michael
&othem.
Scothera, like Ashraf, would claim a five-wicket haul, but for the Bamoldswick bowler it would prove to be in
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^^Neil Bolton fell immediately after Nawaz for 10, but a patient 28 from namesake Mark put Clitheroe back m
'^°hMthew Coulter would add an unbeaten 20 later on, and with the tail-end all falling cheaply, it seemed as if
the visitors had gained the upper hand. But Ashraf would take centre stage to make sure that
didn’t materialise, and Clitheroe xvill hope for more of the same when they travel to Cherry Tree on Saturday (wickets pitched 2 p.m.).
Burgess in form
LEE Burgess grabbed six wickets as Whalley got back to winning ways on Saturday. Bottom
Oswaldtwistle Immanuel were skittled for just 110, as the Station Road outfit sealed a 37-run success. And it was Burgess who
side
was the catalyst behind their triumph, as he dis missed the entire top order. Those opening five wick
ets left Immanuel reeling at 44-5, still 104 runs short
of victory. To be fair, they did make
a fight of it, with Gareth Thom adding 31 late on, but that was by far the biggest individual total in
the Ossy reply. Anthony Dignan was
first to go, holing out to Nick Fielden for eight, before professional Saeed was trapped in front for a seven-ball duck. Opener Paul Dignail
was third man out for 21 after finding the safe hands of paid man Phil Thorn ton, before Neil Hamilton (5) and Andrew Metcalf
(7) fell cheaply. Burgess would complete
his days work with the
© RIMINGTON increased their lead at the top of the Clitheroe and District Midweek Cricket League after defeat ing Low Moor in a close and lowrscqr-
ing game. ■ Second placed Riversiders’ game
wicket of Oliver Clare for a duck, after he holed out to Martin Davies. That left Ossy on 45-6,
and despite a late onslaught from Thom, it just delayed the inevitable. Earlier in the day, lATial-
ley batted first and made 147-7, with opener Martin Davies making a sublime half century. Davies went on to make
58, hitting four fours and two sixes before he finally holed out to Kurt Smith- son off Gerard Metcalf. By that time, Whalley
wvifw.clitKer6etoday.co.uk w w w . c i H n e r o e i o a a y . u u . u r v Read crush leaders
TOSH Arothe signed off in style as Read crushed league leaders Great Har wood. This was his final game
for the Whalley Road side, before he returns home for personal reasons. But he put in a superb
performance to have the match finished, and the points in the bag, in dou ble-quick time. In his four games for
Read, Arothe has smashed 192 runs off just 161 balls, at an average of 92. But it is not just with the
bat where he has shone, taking 16 \vickets in those four outings at an average
of 15.06. Read have continued to
hold the Indian sign over Great Harwood in recent years, and this season is no different.
This victory meant War
ren Eastham’s side have taken a maximum 14 points out of the Cliffe Park outfit in 2005. And it didn’t take long
for this latest success to materialise, as Harwood were made to suffer in their own back yard. Their decision to bat
after winning the toss back-fired spectacularly, with both dangermen, pro fessional Ryan Nurse (1) and Russell Whalley (0), both out by the end of the second over, with Frank Barden opening his spell with a double-wicket maid
en. Barden also picked up
the wicket of fellow opener Matthew Howarth for one, while Liam Deasey (4) and Geoff Allen (4) also fell cheaply.
Fourth man in Paul
Houldsworth would ulti mately top-score for the home side with 20, before he was trapped leg before
by Arothe. As well as Allen, the
Read professional went on to claim the wickets of Allan Armer (10), Jim Kenyon (7) and Chris Ramsker (4), to end with sensational figures of 5-12 off seven overs and five deliveries. But Arothe wasn’t fin
ished there. I don’t know if he had to
be somewhere else relative ly urgently, but he went about the reply like a man possessed. Matt Doughty and W611
Driver opened, but after Driver had holed out to Geoff Allen for a duck in the eighth over, Arothe
took over. He would hit an unbeat
en 46 off just 27 balls, smashing seven fours and one six as the reply was concluded in just one ball over nine overs. Doughty, at the other,
could only watch on in ^ admiration as Arothe sprayed the home attack to all parts of the ground. And that brought up a
nine-wicket win for the locals, who continue their ascent up the league. And they will hope for
more on Saturday when they entertain Whalley (wickets pitched 2 p.m.). O Read are back in
Twenty20 Gup action on Friday, July 22nd, when they entertain Clitheroe at Whalley Road (wickets pitched 6 p.m.).
Wanderers suffer defeat RIBBLESDALE Wanderers crashed
to defeat at high-flying Settle. After electing to bat on a perfect cricketing day, the hosts lost opener
Keith Hornby for a duck. Substitute professional Hafeez
looked in great touch as he eased the ball to all parts of the ground, and he was particularly brutal to anything
short of a length. Tim Green supported the pro well,
and the pair added 95, with Green contributing a well-made 27 before he was removed by David Howard. The same man got rid of danger man Hafeez after a well-judged catch
by Richard Whalley. But Settle were scoring quickly and
brought up their 100 in just 16 overs. Saeed then joined all-rounder Stu
art Hornby and carried on scoring at a quick rate before Howard got him
as well. Paul Ridgeway then batted very
well and looked in no trouble as he and Hornby added 50 together. Braithwaite then removed Hornby, Hutchinson and Robbie Preston in
quick succession. Settle reached 233 from their 45
overs, mth Ridgeway notching up an undefeated 50, with each of the visit ing bowlers finding it hard going in the hot weather.
Paid man Gerard De Bruin strug
gled to find any sort of rhythm and bowled 12 no-balls in just eight overs, which cost him 53 and Ribblesdale were also ^ i l ty of dropping several easy catching opportunities. In reply, Alistair Marsh went for a
duck as they got off to a poor start. In-form Ryan Gladwin looked in
fine touch as he adapted well to the extra pace of openers Hornby and Ridgeway and stroked several high
quality boundaries. Craig Hall was also back in first team action and he also looked com
fortable at the crease. The pair added 89 in 21 overs and
gave Ribblesdale the platform they needed to mount an assault on Set tle’s total. Hall went for 34 and Glad win soon followed for 52. Martin Briggs then joined Howard
at the crease and skipper Briggs sig nalled his intent, striking three quick fours before he went for 15. Trotter went first ball and De
Bruin could only add four as Ribbles- dMe’s middle order collapsed, slipping from a strong position of 91-1 to 122- 6, and the game was almost over. Robert Lloyd came in and enjoyed himself, striking five boundaries in a
quickfire 40. Terry Braithwaite did his best and
he too struck the boundary rope three times.
Ridgeway capped off a great indi .
vidual performance with two wickets and pro Hafeez claimed four wickets for himself. Ribblesdale ended up scoring 182, a total which would have won several games, but they must improve their fielding performances, including their catching and the amount of extras they are giving away each week if they are to achieve the league position their squad war
rants. Wanderers are at home to Great
Harwood on Saturday, wickets
pitched 2 p.m. « RIBBLESDALE Wanderers
are hosting a summer cricket coach ing course next month. Held between Monday, August 8th
and Friday the 12th, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., all sessions will be organ ised by qualified ECB and CRB- checked coaches. ECB and Kwik Cricket proficien cy certificates and badges will be
awarded. The course, for eight to 14-year-
olds, costs £50, and for more details, contact Michael Britcliffe (01200 424328) or Terry Braithwaite (01200
428190).
were on 128-5, despite the early dismissals of Lee Kearsley (1) and paid man Phil Thornton (0). John Rain added 28
before he got ahead of himself and was stumped by Mark Groom, while Alex Whelan suffered the exact same fate after he had collated 35. That proved enough to
see Whalley to a signifi cant total, and end their recent slump in fortunes. And they will hope for
more of the same on Satur day when they travel to Read (wicket pitched 2
p.m.). against Chipping A was abandoned due
to bad weather. Calderstones earned a 34-run victory
over Chipping Ramblers after Simon Gorton had cracked an undefeated 50, and Ben Thorpe finished on 44 not out.
Valley aces star as Ribblesdale League books MEN final slot
WHALLEY Road wit nessed one of the greatest matches in recent memory
on Sunday. A staggering 593 runs
were smashed as the Rib blesdale League booked their place in the final of the MEN Cup. And in what was a 45-
over contest with the Bolton League, those came off just 534 iDalls! At the halfway stage it
looked for all the world as if the Bolton League had done enough for a final
berth. But the finest amateurs
from across the local league produced their best to shock their opponents. And it was Read skipper
Warren Eastham, on his own ground, who put the
icing on the cake. Chasing a massive 297
to win, the Ribblesdale League were rocking slightly at 224-5 in reply, with just nine overs left. But when Eastham
came into the middle to partner Barnoldswick’s Ian Scothern, the game changed in the locals’
favour. Eastham smashed an
unbeaten 42 off only 24 balls, including three fours
and four sixes, to see his side home with six balls to
spare. Scothern did his bit by
adding an unbeaten 36, as the Bolton League’s attack was blown apart in the lat ter stages. All that came after Raja Arshad fell for a duck in
the very first over of the reply, holing out to Rick Northrop off Jonathan Fearick. Clitheroe’s Neil Bolton
smashed 61, with East- ham’s Read team-mate Will Driver posting 59 before both fell to Tim Barrow. But it was Eastham and
Scothem who guided their side home, in a nailbiting
finale. Earlier in the day, after
the Bolton League had won the toss and elected to bat, they started like a house on fire. David Parkinson and
Paul Stafford both made half centuries, and with just 15 overs gone the score had already climbed to 107-2. .
Stafford and Morris
were the wickets to fall, for 56 and three respectively, while Paul Rayment (61) and Jon Kerrigan (37) also progressed the score along nicely. Arshad finished with
figures of 3-47 from his allotted nine overs, while Earby’s Stephen Hipgrave grabbed 2-44. And it proved enough to
see them into the final, where they will travel to ^ either the Saddleworth League or the Lancashire County League on Sun day, August 14th. 9 All the weekend score-.
cards, up to date tables and selected teams can be
found on page 61.
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