86 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, June 16th, 2005
www.clitheroetoday.co.uk Anna reaches finals ]
CLITHEROE athlete Anna Griffiths has achieved her goal of selec- tion for the English
I Schools’ Championships, j On Tuesday night, it I was confirmed that Anna, after finishing second in
r : the Lancashire Schools’ j
j been selected for the shot I
I However, despite being
final on Saturday, has putt.
a potential finalist in the 400m Hurdles, she has missed out on that event. . Anna recently produced
the entry qualification standard in both disci plines, but knew she had to repeat that effort at the Lancashire Champi onships at Wigan at the weekend. The only female in the' 400m Hurdles, she ended
. Tennis round-up
CLITHEROE Tennis Club A kept up the pres sure on the league leaders Blackburn by leapfrogging opponents Crow Wood A with victory at Chatburn Road on Saturday. A change of pairings was
required as the Biish family fielded Tony with Phil Mileham, and son Daniel with Derek Parrott. The top match was a fast
paced, entertaining affair, with Derek and Daniel up against a talented young combination, who put them under pressure from the off. Having endured a disas
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trous start, the home duo fought back to narrowly lose the first set 6-4, but claim the second 7-5. How ever their rhythm seemed to suffer in the third, and they trailed 5-0 before ral lying back to 54. .
This, unfortunately, was
a false dawn and they were finally forced to concede in a tense final game. On number two court, an
inaugural Tony and Phil pairing took a little time
■ coming to terms with their modest opponents, but eventually progressed effi ciently 6-2,6-2. In the return matches,
Derek and Daniel were determined not to lose any more ground and enjoyed themselves throughout a 6- 0, 6-2 rout which left their team-mates the daunting task of beating the top pair for the match win. Luckily, the amount of
effort the Crow Wood pair expended in their first match left them with little in the tank, and so Tony and Phil had a more straight-forward task, which they completed with
aplomb 64,6-3. With only one promo
tion place available, Clitheroe will have to keep their level high for the remainder of the season. • WHALLEY A beat Burnley B 4-0 in the East Lancashire Open Tennis League. First Division. Richard Lambert,
Henry Farrer, Mathew Cuyes and Danny Roff continued the excellent form they have been show ing so far this season to defeat a useful Burnley side. Whalley B team also had
a very good win against Accrington A. Whalley’s first pairing of
Guy Purves and Peter Kitchen got off to a flying start, winning the first set 6-
2. However, that was as
good as it got as the
Accrington side won the next two sets. They were able to com
fortably defeat the visitors’ second pairing, as did the Whalley pairing of David Lynch and Gordon Pim- perton. Unfortunately the locals
lost out 7-6,64 to Accring ton’s number one side, but Whalley gained victory and the extra point by tak ing more sets and games. Elswhere, Whalley C lost
their match to Blackburn Northern C 3-1. Andrew Cuyes and Paul Jenkins took Whalley’s solitary point. Whalley Tennis Club is
holding it’s annual open day on Sunday, July 10th. There will be tennis
coaching, entertainment and refreshments as part of the LTA’s “Don’t just watch, play” programme.
Footballers start pre-season training
WADDINGTON FC have commenced training for the 2005-06 season. Training will be carried out on Wednesday evenings
on Waddington playing field, from 7 p.m. All current players and any other players who wish ,
to play should attend the sessions. For further information on Waddington, contact Jim
Tierney (422344/07970 899292). Any local team who would like to play pre-season
friendlies against either Waddington’s first or reserve team should contact Jim Tierney on the above tele phone numbers.
EAST Lancashire League President’s Cup runners-up Rimington begin training for the coming season on Tues day at 7 p.m. The club are again running two teams, and player-man
ager Terry Braithwaite is looking to strengthen both squads as the club struggled to put out two teams capable of competing at this level on occasions. Historically the club gets off to a poor start Mth players
playing cricket, and Rimington aim to build the squads up to avoid this problem and challenge in both leagues. Anyone interested should turn up to the ground on Tuesday or contact Terry (428190).
Glitheroe golfers coming up to scratch!
GOLFERS from Clitheroe have certainly come up to scratch in the early part of the season. They have already won
three top teams events. And last week they
added another major tro phy to their packed cabi net. The men got the ball
rolling by using home advantage in winning the East Lancashire Golf Asso ciation Handicap Trophy. The all-conquering quar
tet was Dave Wilson, Paul Hamer, Tim Stanley and Gary Speak. Former ELGA captain
Wilson was also in the top team when Clitheroe won the ELGA Scratch Shield
-at Burnley. He was joined by
Andrew Walmsley, Miles Wade and Carl Drinkwater in romping to victory at Glen View. Still at Burnley, and the East Lancashire Ladies’
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•Scratch Shield saw Clitheroe’s Helen Maginn
return the best individual gross with a 77. That success followed
hard on the heels of the club’s victory in the Lan cashire Ladies’ County Golf Association Inter Club Scratch Trophy. Staged at Clitheroe, the
win wais made even more memorable as the county ladies’ captain this year is Clitheroe member Chris Stokes. And she took great
delight in helping Clitheroe win the prestigious trophy along \vith Helen Maginn,
Sarah Walton and Jane Smith. ■ Clitheroe captain Vic
Morris (left) and lady cap tain Gill Wightman (third from left) are pictured with the splendid trophies and successful players from the club. (S090605/4a)
ALMOST 200 golfers took part in what proved to be a memorable captain’s day at Clitheroe Golf Club. A long course with tricky pin plac-
ings.made life difficult for the lesser mortals on Vic Morris’ big day. But 12-handicapper Simon Raine
returned a remarkable nett 63 to take the captain’s prize. Early-bird Mike Tattersall shot an
impressive nett 67 off his four handicap to finish two shots ahead of the consis tent David Wilson in second place. Alex Taylor and Rob Andrew picked up the minor spoils in Division One. Steve Cherry took Division Two
with a nett 66. Ken Swarbrick pinched second spot from a gaggle of players on 70. Paul Traynor, David Finney and Jim Sumner took the minor prizes after a consultation of cards. Dave Heesom outgunned his usual
rivals to take the gross prize with a round of 73. A midweek medal at Tradesman’s
Trophy qualifier ended in a ding-dong battle between four golfers all returning nett 68s. Paul Shackleton came out on top
with Simon Raine confirming his impressive form to take second spot ahead of Simon Case and Nigel Willis. The four-man team event on Sunday
resulted in a win for home-based Dieno George and Alan Houghton mth play ing partners from Pleasington and Mere. Their 85 points took spot after a
play-off with visitors from Prestwich. There has been another full week of
golf at Whalley. A number of members took part in The Swan Hotel, Whalley, golf day at Lytham Green Drive Golf Club. Keith Wallbank was the winner of the day with 37 stableford, followed by Roger Altham (33 points) and James Kennerley (32 points). Whalley Club Captain Elect, Roy Broomhead was awarded a special prize for continu ing to battle on in the face of adversity. Special thanks to Whalley member Steve Brown for all his hard work in
. organising the event. On Saturday, members competed in
The Robert Lightfoot Trophy with Colin T. Elliott emerging as the winner with an excellent score of 76-9-67. An outward nine of one-tinder par 35
set Colin on the path to success and he just managed to hold his game together enough on the back nine to win by one stroke from Chris Summers (73-5-68). At the prize presentation which fol
lowed the event, Elliott commented that the recent acquisition of a new putter - hot yet paid for - had improved his touch on the greens. The Division Two winner was Les McCormick (93-23-70), with John Riley (92-20-72) in second place. Sunday saw the annual Captain’s
versus President’s match. Captain Stephen Green's team emerged as vic tors over president Les Dearden's team by 4‘A points to 3‘/a. Points winners for the Captain’s side
were the Captain himself playing with Mel Earle; Joyce Andrew and Jane
■ Smedley; Mary Weston and Joan Whittaker; Marion Blackburn and Gill
Grimshaw; Peter Seavers and Mike Seery picking up half a point. For the President’s team, points were won by Herbie Sloan and Andrew Miller; Agnes Seery and Marion Miller with Roger Altham and Steve Shoreman picking up half a point. Sunday saw Mytton Fold hold the
Jubilee Cup competition in fine condi tions. The course played immaculately and
a strong turnout saw a fiercely contest ed competition. The overall wnner was Glynn Watson \vith 42 points, closely followed by John Kwasnewski mth 41. Divisional prizes were won by Craig Taylor (39), Steve Cunliffe (38) and John Walmsley (40). The ladies’ competition was won in
impressive style by Jean Sanderson (44 ), who had been threatening such a good score for some weeks. Jean held off Emma Clegg (32 points) in second place despite Emma once again scoring a to on the 18th hole. This feat is becoming almost compulsory for Emma who seems to birdie the hole in almost very competition she plays in. The junior competition was equally
fiercely contested with junior captain Phil Glynn (37) playing well to hold the inevitable weekly challenge of Jonathan Fra3me (35). After the event, the golfers were
joined by their families for a barbecue in the gardens of the hotel. This was a huge success with a large
family turnout enjoying the culinary delights served up by captain elect Chris Hughes and Bernard Kay. The friendly atmosphere and strong
turnout ensured that this is sure to become a permanent fixture in the Mytton Fold social calendar. Alex Young won the President’s Prize
at Stonyhurst Park with 41 points. That saw him finish three points clear of D. Boreham. Jane Boxall returned a stunning 84-
24-60 to win the Margaret Lightfoot Trophy at Whalley GC - and earn a huge handicap reduction in the process. Barbara Tuley (97-26-71) was runner- up ahead of Daphne Dawson (84-10- 74). Jan Burrows (80-10-70) won the Jane
Panter Shield at Clitheroe after a card play-off with Mary Thompson (83-13- 70).
At Stonyhurst Park, Tracy Blanc
amassed 42 points to win President’s Day. Jean Alcock and lady captain Betty Austin were placed second and third while Lynn Scholes won the near- est-the-pin prizes arid Betty Austin the long-drive award. Lynn Scholes was back among the prizes when she won the Stableford Fourball by partnering Carol Gorton to 43 points. Michael Roberts was delighted to
\vin his first junior medal at Clitheroe with a nett 67 - just one shot ahead of William Kenyon. Brogan Cook scored one for the girls by taking third prize. The tale of three Jameses settled the
seconds junior medal., James Fitton’s return of 92-24-68
took the prize ahead of James Taylor who’s nett 70 was two shots better than James Kenyon.
up running against one of the senior boys, and beat him in a time of 65.3, which was a terrific effort, but outside the English Schools’ standard of under 65 seconds. However, despite under-
performing by her recent standards in the shot, her throw of 10.96m was well over the 10.50 entry mark, and earned her sec- •
ond place. Anna now goes to the
English Championships next month in Birming ham, where she will be ranked sixth of the shot putters present. However, although she
would have been ranked fifth in the 400m Hurdles, she will unfortunately have to sit that one out.
Memorable day for
Clitlieroe 422324 (Editorial); 422323 (Aefyertfsing), Burriley 422331 (ClassHied) In association with aiANCihiG riiiiieis. oianging burmiy . futures • IS m vain!
RUSSELL Braithwaite claimed his maiden first team hat-trick for Chat- burn -but the locals went down to Long Lee by nine runs.. ‘
. Braithwaite ripped
through the mi-to-late order, claiming 3-34 off 12 overs as Long Lee were dis missed for 169. Stephen Booth also
returned 4-63, with Rod Booth taking 2-2. However, Chatburn fell
agonisingly short on 160-9, despite 40 from opener Doug Wardle, and 33 from Stuart Draycott. But Stephen Braith-
waite’s 740 led the seconds to a three-wicket win over Gargrava, who were all out for 103. Chatbum passed the tar
get with useful contribu tions from Mark Braith waite (19), Andrewe Lam bert (17), Chris Mulheam (15) and Stephen Braith waite (19 not out).
Big victory
CLITHEROE and Dis trict Midweek Cricket League leaders Rimington enjoyed a massive 106-run win over bottom club Chip ping Ramblers. Ian Bythell smashed a
quick-fire 50 for the table- toppers. • Second-placed Riverside
also earned a big victory, beating Calderstones by 7() runs after an unbeaten half-century from Jamie Hopcraft. Chipping A lost ground
on the top two after losing to Low Moor by two runs.
Cobras win
CLITHEROE Cobras Under 11s continued their good form with a convinc ing win over Whalley. Batting first, Clitheroe
made 134-1 for a net score of 129. Bowness and Banks top
scored with 26 each, with Nuttall adding 25. In reply, Whalley made
35-3, for a net score of 20, with Kennerley taking two \vickets.
Derby joy
RIBBLESDALE Wander ers Under 13s beat Read in their derby clash. The Church Meadow
side scored 86-1, with Charlie Collinge hitting 31 and Zoe Hopkins 16, before Read scored 98-6 in reply. Collinge took 2-5 and
James Clayton 2-12. , However, the Under 15s
lost to Cherry 'Tree, despite scoring 101-3. . Liam Bedford and Andrew Hartley both scored 30, but Cherry Tree hit 105-3 in reply. The Under 11s beat both
Cherry Tree and Great Harwood. Against Cherry Tree, the
locals scored 266-3 in reply to 235 without loss. Mark Nerenberg scored
24 runs. And in the second game,
Ribblesdale totalled 275-1, in reply to Harwood’s 268 all out.
• Daniel McGrath took 2- 8, and Nerenberg hit 29.
EVEN ilThe Virus’l Alviro Petersen could not help Read Cricket Club from self-destructing on Saturday as the,club’s slide in forin continued with a close five- run defeat to Edenfield. The locals threw away their final few wickets when
victory looked obtainable, and were just unfortunate to lose by such a narrow margin after opener Nick Marsh cracked 101 to set the second innings alight. •yEdenfield won the toss and elected to bat;- putting on 218-8 thanks to half centuries from Greg Smithson (54) and Mark Burns (55), supported well byiAdam Barnes (39) and Brett Storey (21). iS:Enfield professional Petersen impressed with the ball though as he took 4-76,' including professional Babar Naeera forl3, both the big run makers Smith son arid Burns, and Storey.
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r s' Andrewi Bennett also claimed 3-59 with the wickets of Barnes, Kelly (5) and Gareth Hudson (5).
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;r In reply,;the locals got off to an excellent start as Marsh and rWill Driver (25) racked up the runs for the first Avicket before the latter.was bowled by Naeem. piMarsh hit his half'century in;75;ininutes off-79 balls, smashing eight fours and two sixes, and he reached the ton 'mark in 125 minutes off;131 balls, adding a further six fours and she sixes. •' f.. Petersen was not as useful Avith the bat however; as he made just nine before going leg before toMilliam Slinger, and Craig Walton exited the field for a'duck. -Terry Little salvaged the score with a further 23
runs, and Warren Eastham made 11. ■ -'Andrew Rushton and Andrew Bennett scored eight apiece before they were stumped and run out respec tively, and Tom Marsh went for a duck;leaving the triple-champions agonisingly short of their target.- - On Saturday,'Read are away at;Earby, wickets pitched 2 p.m. ' ' -
- ‘ ' Ashraf blast
THE blistering form of Naeem Ashraf continued as Clitheroe won their opening Ribblesdale League Twenty/20 Cup game with Earby on Fri day by 84 runs. Five balls were lost as
Clitheroe tonked the ball out of the ground to rack up 237-2, thanks largely to Ashraf scoring his third century in as many weeks. The all-rounder crashed
his way to a scintillating 109 not out as it proved to be carnage for Ilarby in the opening 20 overs. Chatburn Road profes
sional Shahid Nawaz complimented the score with 91 runs before he was caught by Michael Hird off David Cockell, and captain Neil Bolton made just eight before he was bowled by Cockell for eight. , Simon Coulter finished the innings with one not
out alongside the Chat burn Road century maker, as Earby’s bowling figures were shot to pieces. In reply, Earby retaliat-
ed with 153-8, with Stephen Hipgrave top scoring with a mid-order 34 runs, but they never got into the same smooth run that the locals dis played as the bowling of Mark Hargreaves, Far- rook Hussain and Mark Bolton reaped two wick ets apiece, before Nawaz and Neil Bolton added two more dismissals. Barnoldswick beat Rib
blesdale Wanderers in Friday’s other match. The last game in the
group stages sees Clitheroe take on Ribbles dale Wanderers tomorrow at Chatburn Road. Admission to the match
is £1, and wickets are pitched at 6-15 p.m.
Locals inspire cup win
RIBBLE Valley sides helped the Ribblesdale League progress to the next stage of the MEN Cup after inspir ing victory over the Bolton Association on Sunday at
Clifton. Three players from Clitheroe and two from Read took
part and played major roles in the victory. From Chatburn Road, Clitheroe skipper Neil Bolton
(41), Mark Bolton (32) and Naeem Ashraf all featured, and the latter was named man-of-the-match for his con tribution of 32 runs and bowling figures of 5-39. And Read’s Will Driver cracked 49 in the 29-run suc
cess, with Whalley Road captain Warren Eastham chip ping in with 16y while also bowling a miserly spell of 9-2-
29-1. The Ribblesdale League ended on 232-8, before skit -
tling their opponents for 203, and now go through to the second round against the Bolton League on Sunday, July
10th.
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No end to run of tons for Clitheroe
CLITHEROE Cricket Club steam rolled Padi- ham on Saturday as the locals racked up tivo cen turies and ripped through the visiting order, leaving the Arbories men high and dry by 81 runs. Captain Neil Bolton
and professional Shahid Nawaz continued the cur rent trend of centuries at the Chatburn Road club, and set a new club record with an opening stand of 225 runs, before Farook Hussain took 7-52 in Padi- ham’s reply! The Arbories men had
no answer to the pair’s batting prowess. Clitheroe won the toss
and elected to bat first, and try as they might, Padiham struggled to con tain the prolific Nawaz and his captain Bolton. The pair racked up the
runs for the first wicket, and proved to be an immovable force before Padiham paid man Kashif Siddique finally managed to trap his opposite num ber leg before for 109 in the 42nd over! In the three overs that
were left, Bolton eventual ly succumbed, bowled by
fleeting appearance before ^ leaving in the next over at the hands of Neil Bolton, caught by NaAvaz, before Hussain returned to reap havoc. However, although he
Shahid Nawaz
Umar Saddique for 118 in the final over, leaving Naeem Ashraf (9) and Simon Coulter (1) to tidy up the final few balls. Bolton made his centu
ry off 150 balls, taking in 17 fours and three sixes, while Nawaz’s knock came off 119 deliveries, from which he hit 12 fours and three sixes. The pair reached their
tons orie ball after the other, and made their 50s in 91 and 82 minutes respectively as Padiham came up against a brick wall. In reply, the second
innings saw little salvation for Padiham, as although Siddique lasted a 10 overs alongside opener Michael
Neil Bulion
Hawke, his was the first Avicket to fall for 33 runs, having struck three boundaries and a six. He made a suicidal run
for a single, and Chris Musson picked the ball up, found the boAvler and he was run out. That start of 55-1 Avas
the most productive part nership of the afternoon as Clitheroe’s Hussain quickly took a strangle hold over the Padiham order. The Clitheroe boAvler
returned staggering fig ures o f 7-52 over the course of the innings.' His first vic t im Avas
HaAA'ke in the 11th over, caught by Danny Turner for 26. Hall (3) made a
took Umar Saddique in the 21st OA'er, caught by Neil Bolton for eight, he struggled Avith Anthony Hall. The fifth man in struck
58 runs to top score in 74 minutes off 64 balls, first alongside Lee Anderson (9) and then Abid Sharif (15) and Naveed Ashraf (1), all three of Avhich were removed by Hussain over the course of 11 overs. Then in his last over,
Hussain had Hall caught by Turner at long' on before Padiham captain Andrew Robinson fol- loAA'ed, caught by Matt Coulter at long off. Qadeer Ahmed Avas the
last dismissal of the game, trapped leg before by Naeem Ashraf for a duck leaving Padiham 172 all out and Clitheroe firmly ^ on top.
On Saturday, Clitheroe
are aAvay at Edenfield, Avickets pitched at 2 p.m.
Wanderers edge thrilling showdown
RIBBLESDALE Wanderers contin ued their recent run of good fonri Avith a 12-run Auctory over Whalley. The visitors elected to bat after
winning the toss, but it wasn’t long before Alistair Marsh Avas dismissed for 10 after he returned a catch to Simon Gorton, Avho gained the break through for the hosts Avith the score on 21. Martin Peel joined Ryan GladAvin
at the crease, and both batted patiently as Gorton and Dave O’Neill gave little away. GladAvin had made 21 before he Avas
dismissed Avith the score on 36 in the 17th over. Peel Avas the next to go, run out
after he had scored nine runs in an hour, and the Ribblesdale innings Avas in real need of impetus. ■ Professional Gerard De Bruin came
to the crease to join in-form Howard, and the two added 40 in just eight overs as the bowlers started to tire, propelling the score toAvards 100. De Bruin became Gorton’s third
victim as he was bowled looking to launch Whalley’s spinner. Skipper Martin Briggs then came
in and pushed the ball around with ease. Dave Howard was then adjudged
would have been a much-deserved half-century after he had hit five boundaries in his knock. Briggs pushed Ribblesdale up
toAvards a defendable total as he took control at the crease. ■ He Avas finally out for 40 from just
38 balls, and Ribblesdale had posted 161-8 from their 45 overs, Avith Gor ton claiming 5-70 as he bowled' through the innings.
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In response, Ribblesdale got off to the perfect start as Howard removed
■opener Ted Topham for a duck in the fourth over. In came Whalley’s paid man Phil
Thornton, but his much-reported big hitting failed to materialise, and he played second fiddle to Lee Kearsley, Avho looked in good form. The pair had put 'W^halley in com
mand as they brought up the 50 in the 15th over. De Bruin then struck, removing
Thornton for 15, Avhich gave the Ausi- tors real hope. It Avas De Bruin again Avho
removed the dangerous Kearsley for a Avell-made 26, and Ribblesdale were right back in the match with the score poised at 56-3 in the 17th over. Suddenly the game was changing. De Bruin struck again as he
leg before just tAvo runs short of Avhat removed John Rain for six, and he
Avas well supported by HoAvard as Ribblesdale quickly removed Andy Pratt and Gorton both for ducks, leaAung the Whalley reply in tatters at 75-6. Young Sam Taylor supported ex-
Ribblesdale man Richard Palmer Avell, and left Ribblesdale Avith a few problems as this to'psyrturvy game looked to be SAvingirig again as the pair added 30 in nine overs. Palmer held up one end Avell, but
never looked like propelling his side to an unlikely Anctory.
. He Avas running out of partners fast
,Avith only Taylor (16) looking to give him the support he craved. Lee Burgess (0) and Nick Fielden
(1) both fell cheaply, and not even a cameo 11 from O’Neill Avas enough as Palmer Avas left high and dry unbeat en on 44, Avith Whalley eventually all out for 149. Both De Bruin and HoAvard picked
up four Avickets each as they did all of the boAvling for Ribblesdale, who now haAm some real'momentum in their pursuit of the championship under the impressive leadership of Briggs. On Saturday, Ribblesdale are at
BarnoldsAvick, Avhile Whalley are at Baxendon, Avickets pitched 2 p.m.
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