78 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, June 30th, 2005


Netball awards night


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KIBBLE Valley Netball Club held their annual presentation evening at Waddington Social Club. Player of the Year


awards were presented to Emily Whiteside as Best Primary Player, Chelsea Davies for Best Secondary Player and Jasmine Light- bown for Best Senior Play­ er.


If-r' All girls received a


memento from the club, and the evening was a great success.’ Thanks must be extend­


ed to the Social Committee for organising the event, to Roland Hailwood and Cath Lee for presenting the awards, and to Waddington Social Club for hosting. And finally, a special


thank you to Sara Thomp­ son; Club Chairman, for her enthusiasm and endless efforts, taking the club from strength to strength. Awards were presented to


girls in each age group, from seven to 15, and they went to the following. Good Attendance: Ruby


Jackson, Emily Rodgers, Bethany Jones, Ellie Chambers, Sarah Darnell, Hannah Woods, Amy Ing­ ham, Phillipa Smith, Molly Derbyshire, Leighann Finn, Melanie Lawson, Sarah Forrest and Natalie Tom­ linson. Consistent Effort;


Rachel Fox, Olivia Stevens, Katie Oliver, Beth Walker- Smith, Hannah Marshall, Emily Rawcliffe, Lucy Read, Sophie Hindle, Sarah Barnes, Sarah-Louise Dakin, Rebecca Wilson, Chelsea Davies, Katie Bai­ ley and Sinead Eccles. Most Improved: Robin


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Farrow, Natalie Scott, Rebecca Bridges, Beth Hargreaves, Chelsea Varey, Thea Newton, Amanda Cave, Eleanor Burrill, Stephanie Easton, Katie Mercer, Rachael Pietrzak, Bed Klllon, Sally Easton. Good Squad Member:


Kayleigh Burton, Rosie Derbyshire, Katie Baldwin, Bethany Harper, Emily Zak, Sheridan Binns, Abi McCabe, Emma Catlow, Sarah Cowgill, Emily French, Jenny Catlow, Gemma Huntoon, Joey Thompson. Rising Star: Laura Rat-


son, Amy Stevens andJodie Clegg, defender. Secondary: Jenny Catlow, Chelsea Davies and Hannah Ben­ nett. Seniors: Laura Mar­ low, Jasmine Lightbown and Emily Hearly.


had show ' significant improvement in each area of the court received awards. Primary: Beth Tomlin­


cliffe, Lucy Parker, Emma Todd, Gemma Euxton, Grace McGrath, Melissa Cox, Ashleigh Haythornth- waite, Charlotte Conley, Liz Mullin, Rachel Starkie, Kim Fish, Gemma Bland. In addition, players who


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JEAN Dearden staged her Lady Captain’s Day at Whalley GC on Thursday. And Fran Gierat emerged as the clear


winner when she returned 97-28-69 to lead them home by a five-shot margin. Joyce


Andrew (94-20-74) was runner-up after a card play-off with Iris Sherry (101-27-74). ON THE TEE: Lady captain Jean


Dearden with club members on Lady Captain's Day. (T260605/6)


Ribbic Valley Netball Club hold thier annual presentation evening. S170G05/3 Blues Eye View by Andy Alston.


THE resignation of Paul Byron just over a fortnight ago was a shock to Clitheroc FC. With prc-scasdn training just around the


corner and most people sensing a necessity to add to last year’s team, it was essential that the club made the right managerial appointment in the quickest possible time. In fairness to the chairman and his com­


mittee, they have considered all applica­ tions for the position, and have, without any doubt, made the right appointment. Tommy Lawson is a name that was never


made public, mainly as he was still lied to Prescot Cables, but following a positive interview on Sunday afternoon, the position was offered to him following that evening’s committee meeting. Hopefully the appointment of such a


high-profile and well-respected non-league manager will not only show other UniBond teams the intent of the Blues to improve on lust season’s results, but will also demon­ strate to the local community that Ciilheroc FC are looking to lake strides forward. Lawson has a great track record, and many Blues fans will recall several heavy


defeats to a classy and slick passing Present team during their days in the North West Counties League. Lawson has a reputation for bringing on


younger players, and with the advent of a reserve team for this coming season, the signs are promising. The club arc still in the process of seek­


ing out new sponsors for the club, and look to continue to raise their profile within the town. An Open Day has been planned for Sun­


day, July lOlh, but before this, work contin­ ues to tidy the ground up. The club’s committee will be down at


Shawbridge from 10 a.m. on Sunday to con­ tinue this work, and if anyone can spare an hour or two, they arc warmly invited to come and lend a hand. The appointment of Lawson is a big step


in the right direction for the club, and now is the time to push forward. • With (he support of fans, local people


and businesses alike, we have a real oppor­ tunity to continue to build on the good work being done within the club at (he moment.


A CALF problem restrict­ ed Anna Griffiths a t her first UK Women's League fixture on Sunday a t Wavertree, Liverpool. But she still managed to


ble with her lower calf in the week, Anna ran the B 400m hurdles, but still won in another time inside the English Schools’ entry standard.


Anna in form despite calf problem She produced one valid


tu rn in some admirable performances. Having had a bit of trou­


throw in the B discus, before pulling out due to her calf, which was enough to finish third in a phen omenal field, comprising four of the top 12 throwers in the history of the league. Anna's overall ninth was


a great achievement with a season's best of 31.20m. The shot putt also hurt


her calf and she only took three throws, getting to the cut b u t not taking the


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THERE seems to be no ■ stopping in-form Clitheroe at the moment. Trj' as they might, derby


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opponents Read gave it a good go on Saturday and had some success in curtail­ ing the Chatburn Road side’s batting prowess. But Neil Bolton’s men


Chris claims captain’s prize


By Edward Lee


■WHALLEY Golf Club Captain, Stephen Green, hosted his Captain’s Day on Saturday. The competition proved to be a very


close affair. Chris Westell (86-18-68) was the winner, while Bob Caladine (89-19-70) took second place on the card from Trevor Thornber (81-11- 70). John Stokes (88-16-72) was the sen­


iors’ winner, and Andy Wray (79) took the prize for the best gross. The best front nine prize was won


by Dick Ferley with Peter Palich pick­ ing up the prize for the best back nine. John Kearsley took the nearest the


pin prize on the 18th hole, and Mike Conroy won the longest drive prize on the fifth. The clubhouse was packed in the


evening for a celebratory dinner, fol­ lowed by the prizegiving and a disco. Sunday saw the President’s Cup


played at Mytton Fold Golf Club. President Frank Hargreaves "organ­


ised" some glorious weather, and, cou­ pled with the course being in first class condition, the day was a huge success. The members also enjoyed being


throws. She was disappointed


with that performance, but has been throwing is on the basis of concentrating on the 400m hurdles, and doing almost no throwing. Her la s t NJL time of


63.56 has put her third in the all-time NJL rankings. Anna would like to


thank Hick's for their sup­ port with Pilates classes.


served with hot bacon rolls on the 10th tee by the Captain and Junior Cap­ tain! In a particularly hard-fought men's


competition, in which seven players finished within two shots of the win­ ner, Jan Van Boekel continued his fine run by winning with 41 points after a card play-off, and received a wonder­ ful trophy from the President. Martin Holden was an unlucky run­


ner up - also with 41 points - and divi­ sional prizes were won by Mark Green (41) and Bob Scott (40) in Division One, Glynn Watson (39) and in-form John Kwasnewski (39) in Division Two with Division Three prizes going to John Walmsley (36) and Peter Main (35). The junior event was won in fine


style by Andrew Nickson with 42 points - handicaps will again be reviewed - with Nick Pearson follow­ ing him home in second place on 37 points. The winner of the ladies' competi­


tion was Joanne Carter who had a spectacular 43 points, pipping Lady Captain Judith Kay, who had a strong 42 points. Both received a swift and substantial handicap reduction. The ever popular "Sip it and Flip It"


competition was held at Mytton Fold with an amazing 18 teams registering for the event from around the region. This social competition is held to


raise funds for the Lady Captain's charity and, due to the generosity of members, friends and sponsors, a total of £650 was raised for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.. The evening was, once again, a great


,'GC in sparkling style. H


I •" An ace at the tricky 17th resulted in the' ( steward producing a boltle'of whisky over .:


: IAN BUTTLE finished his senior’s! . Wednesday competition at Clitheroe , ' .........................


i the clubhouse bar in celebration.; , i i


u; But Buttle hadn’t finished his party piece ‘ as he pitched in for a birdie at the 18th to i ' complete a great round.


V . -Mark Ashworth again proved what a s consistent golfer he is by taking the 36-hole ( club championship with a 141 return; , : : ' The plus-one handicapper finished seven ' shots clear of nearest rival Martin Cane.. i Miles Wade shot a level 72 in the first > round, but could not match it on Sunday I and his 36-hoIe total of. 150 saw him clinch ' third by a shot from (he evergreen Dave Heesom.


;r Brian Hayward took (he nett award on : Saturday with a tremendous 64 while Steve ! Credic and Colin Akeroyd filled the minor placings. . The second round saw three players level on nett 72s with Alf England taking (op spot


' after a consultation of cards with Granville Pilling and Don Partington. ; ; .v -


; The best nett scores over the two days gave Paul Hamer top-billing. Cracking


' rounds of 74 and 70 left him two shots ahead of Derrick Eglin and Alan Gillespie. The b e s t first-round gross prize was awarded to Dave Wilson, his 74 being


; matched on the second day by Gary Speak. ■ Jonathon Dugdale showed a clean pair of heels in the Tradsesman’s Trophy qualifier. In ideal conditions he carded 71-4-67 to


take (op spot. Dave Heesom (69) was run­ ner-up, edging Simon Case ninto third place


loncards. - Geoff Sutcliffe, John Willis and Miles


Wade all qualified for the Tradesman Tro­ phy Final but missed out on the prizes with


■70s.


success and Lady Captain Judith Kay thanked everyone who gave so gener­ ously of their time and money. In the front nine competition, the


Lady Captain's own team of Judith Kay, Sue Hughes, Captain Elect Chris Hughes and John Hammond Wre pipped a t the post by a strong showing by Frank Galpin, Colin O'Brien and Bill Duckworth from Rishton Golf Club. On the back nine, defending cham­


pions Eddie Bootle, Kevin Shanley, Gordon Watts and 'Tony Wilson held off a strong challenge from Team TRW (Burnley), Andy Clegg, Andy McLaughlin, Steve Tattersall and Tim Buckle - thereby retaining their title for a second year. Vicky Edmondson won Gill Wight-


man’s Lady C ap tain’s Day at Clitheroe Golf Club when she carded 98-28-70. . She needed a card play-off to beat


Jane Smith (75-5-70) into second place while Sarah Walton claiming claimed the gross prize after a round of 76. Margaret D u ck e tt and Jackie


McGready (39) won the Ladies Four- ball at Stonyhurst Park, beating lady epatain Betty Austin and Eileen Lam­ bert into second place.


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came out on top, albeit by a narrow victory of 24 runs, but enough to move within two points of Barnoldswick and Settle who are joint second in the Veka Ribblesdale Cricket League. Read restricted Clitheroe


to 225-8, but fell just 24 runs short in reply as the bowling of Mark Harg­ reaves (3-35), Farook Hus­ sain (2-61) and captain Neil Bolton (2-61) saw the town team apply the brakes to any comeback the Whalley Road outfit had planned. The loss of professional


Tosh Arothe hit Read par­ ticularly hard, as he had put them in good stead of reaching their target. The Indian made 73 runs


from 69 balls in the second innings, and if he hadn’t been caught by Clitheroe’s Paul Gaskell on the white wash boundary, then the final score may have been very different.


CLITHEROE Cobras Under ! Is moved into ■


rthefinalioLtheArthur Shaw Cup with a close win ' .


Oswaldtwistle. ,, ' B a tt ing ,


against first,


i Clitheroe made a score of 265, which could have been higher but for silly running between;: the' wickets, contributing to run outs and runs being turned down. ; Top-scorer was Liam


N utta l l with .IB, .fol­ lowed by-Bowness (15); Banks (14) and Parkin­ son (13). - - In '


" , reply,


Oswaldtwistle got off to a flying start;with 10 coming off the first over,; and Cobras were in real; danger of (their first' defeat.


His departure in the 33rd


over at 136-5 slowed the game down, and, contro­ versially for some, it was strongly felt by the Read support that Gaskell’s foot had crossed the line as he took the catch, exactly the same as what happened to Clitheroe professional Shahid Nawaz last week against Edenfield - so what' goes around comes around. The game commenced


with Clitheroe having won the toss and electing to bat first. . ■ , In recent weeks, t-he


opening pair of Nawaz and captain Neil Bolton, plus Naeem Ashraf, have been hitting high scores regular­ ly, and but for the bowling of Arothe with 4-86 and Warren Eastham with 3- 84, Clitheroe would have romped away with the scoreline. Nawaz was first to go for


an unusually low score of 14, but Neil Bolton hit 49, and Mark Bolton added 25 before both were bowled by Eastham, to Marsh and Rushton respectively. But i t was the turn of


Ashraf that gave Read the most problems, as his 62 not out proved the golden thread that held the rest of the Clitheroe order togeth­ er, as only Chris Musson,


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who scored 14 before being' run out, and Danny Turn­ er (12), who was bowled by Eastham, made double fig­ ures. In reply. Read got off to


a reasonable start despite the loss of opener 'Will Dri-


. ver for a duck. Fellow opener Nick


Marsh proved useful along­ side Arothe as he scored 25 opposite the paid man before.being bowled by Ashraf. And replacement Terry


Little made 11 before he succumbed to Neil Bolton. The runs kept on mount-


■ ing, but Arothe’s dismissal slowed the pace down, with only further efforts from Matt Doughty (25), cap­ tain Eastham (15) and Joseph Marshall (10 not out) guiding the side over 200 and within touching distance, only to fall cruelly short of the mark Mark Hargreaves


returned the best bowling figures of the afternoon for Clitheroe with 3-35, fol­ lowed by Farook Hussain with 2-16. This Saturday Read are


a t home to Oswaldtwistle Immanuel, while Clitheroe are away at Whalley, wick­ ets pitched 2 p.m.


Wanderers win


RIBBLESDALE Wanderers Under 13s beat Baxenden comfortably. Ribblesdale scored 352-2 thanks to Charlie Collinge


(39), Charlie Jackson (22) and Jordan Britcliffe (21), who were the main contributors. In reply, Baxenden hit 222-7, with James Clayton (2-


6) and Joe Hopkins (2-7) the main wicket takers.- The Under 15s also beat Clitheroe. - , Ribblesdale posted 146-6 as Henry Kay top-scored


with 32, while Liam Bedford (31),-Richard Clarkson (21) and Andrew Hartley (17) were also among the runs. In reply, Clitheroe only managed 114-9 as Andrew


Hutchins took 2-10. And in the Birchall Cup, the Under 16s beat Great


Harwood by 49 runs as John Reynolds hit 31 and Liam Bedford made 30. Ribblesdale made 99-5 to Gt Harwood’s 50-5.


However, in.the next Cup action - ‘ ■


few overs, Oswaldtwistle lost wickets a t regular intervals'and fell behind, the rate.' ,, :


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V; Nuttall and^Bowness took two wickets each,; and .Oswaldtwistle fin-" ished on 243. • ' Back ill the'league,


the Cobras had two easy- victories. - Against Great Har­


wood,,theiroppo'nents scored 217, with Bow^


;ness taking :two_ wickets without:;Conceding,’a' run;;before;Gltheroe' scored;319,without;loss; in reply. Robin'Kennerly: top-scoring with 34.,'- ■ Playing local rivals RibblesdMe Wanderers,, -Glitheroebatted'first:


and made 315: without loss.


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Top scorer was’Tim Le Breton with 34. -


. . I n reply,. Ribblesdale. made 200-7.


THE Clitheroe and Dis­ trict Cricket League pro­ gramme took a back, seat this week to make way for the Sportsworld Cup com­ petition. In the first round. Chip­


ping A. had an undefeated 50 by Tim P ro c to r to th an k for easing them through by 21 runs against Low Moor. A high-scoring game at


Roefield saw Riverside amass a big score, with' ,Jamie Hoperaft hitting an undefeated 50, but their opponents, Rimington, sneaked home with an over to spare. A second round game


played on the same night s aw wooden spoonists Chipping Ramblers sur­ prisingly overcome Calderstones.


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M & If Whalley are blitzed


WHALLEY must have thought they had it in the bag on Saturday a f te r bowling Padiham all out for 90. L i t t le did they know


then that Padiham profes­ sional Kashif Siddique would be in inspired form with the ball to leave them scratching their heads, all out for just 41. This 49-run defeat


looked highly unlikely a t the break as only the Padi­ ham paid man scored any runs of note as David O’Neill took 4-25 and Simon Gorton claimed 3- 14.


But in the end, Siddique


proved to be the only real difference between the two teams, as he not only scored a half century (51), but then went on to take 5-14, wiping Whalley out.


I t was always going to


take something a little spe­ cial to win the game in the wake of Padiham’s poor show with the bat. Alongside fellow opener


Abid- Sharif, Siddique s ta r te d his climb to 51 runs off 52 balls. Sharif quickly fell by the


wayside, falling for jus t one run, caught behind by Martin Davies off O’Neill, and replacement Umar Saddique soon followed for just two runs as the second of O’NeiU’s four scalps. Unfazed, Siddique con­


tinued with Anthony Hall, and the pair took the tally to 60 before O’Neill had the latter caught behind for six. But by this time, Sid­


dique had reached the 50 mark, and in th e same over he was caught by


Nicky Byrne to complete O’Neill’s figures. From then on, the Padi­


ham order collapsed in quick succession with James Ibbotson (6), Andrew Robinson (6) and Qadeer Ahmed (5) proving to be the best of a dismal b atting display as Padi­ ham finished all out for 90. However, all was not lost


as Whalley proved equally woeful ivith the bat. Openers Davies and Ben


Dowling were both run out for ducks, and professional Phil Th ornton was removed without score, caught by Saddique off Siddique. Fourth man in Richard


Palmer was first off the mark, and he made only six off a staggering 69 balls before Qadeer Ahmed had him caught by Robinson.


Only next man Andy


Pratt eased the pain, mak­ ing double figures, but he only scraped 10 runs off 40 balls before falling to Sid­ dique. 'The Padiham paid man


ripped through the middle order, and there was just no looking back as Padi­ ham pulled off an unbe­ lievable comeback. Only Sam Taylor (8)


and an undefeated Nick Fielden (7) added any­ thing else of note for Whalley as Ahmed and Saddique respectively took the las t two wickets of O’Neill (0) and Byrne (3) to leave the home side in tatters. On Saturday, Whalley


are at home to Clitheroe, wickets pitched 2 p.m.


Chatburn earn thrilling victory


CHATBURN seconds had a thrilling three-wicket victory over Denholme. Denholme batted first on a good


batting wicket and scored 176-8 after their allotted overs. Paul Shorrock, who bowled throughout the inning, had excellent


figures of 5-59. The other wicket takers were Amir


Zulfi (1-39) and David Price (1-36), and Andy Lambert took three catch­ es.


Chatbum, in reply, lost four early wickets, but partnerships of 73 and


56 between Zulfi and Andy Lambert and then Paul Craig and Lambert, took the team to the brink of ■victo­ ry, which was then achieved in the final over of the match. Lambert top-scored with 54, while Zulfi scored 37 and Craig 38.


Ribblesdale slip to home loss


RIBBLESDALE Wanderers’ indifferent form continued on Sat­ urday as they fell to an eight-'wick- et home defeat against Cherry Tree. • After electing to bat, Ribbles­


dale were under pressure from the start as the visitors bowled eco­ nomically and gave little away, only allowing Ribblesdale to score eight from the first six overs. And an impressive 103 from


Cherry Tree professional Zahoor Elahi gave the locals a lesson in batting. , Ryan Gladwin was the first out


for five, which brought Stephen Trotter to the crease to support Alistair Marsh. Both batsman had to be watch­


ful as the disciplined bowling con­ tinued, with only some well- judged singles and occasional forceful blows keeping the score­ board tickinir over.


Trotter went for l4 in thie 23rd


over a fte r he and Marsh had added 50 together. David Howard joined Marsh,


and both looked to take advan­ tage of a couple of bowling changes. Marsh went for 45 with the


score on 82, and was soon followed by De Bruin for one, which brought Robert Lloyd to the wick­ et.


Lloyd looked in good form and


struck some tearful boundaries. Howard fell for 18 mth the score


on 122, and Lloyd was next to go as he played one too many big shots, falling for a run-a-ball 30. Captain Martin Briggs (21) car­


ried the battle to the Cherry Tree bowlers, ahd was well supported by Stephen Kerr (19) and Ribbles- dale had managed a total of 174-8 from their 45 overs.. Nitrel Rnhhin.>! bowled eennomi-


cally and also picked up four wick­ ets. In reply. Cherry Tree lost Had-


field for two, who was clean bowled by Church Meadow pro- fe^ional Gerard De Bruin. Cher­ ry Tree paid man Elahi then entered the arena and signalled his intent by launching De Bruin over extra cover for a fine six, showing just why he is the top run scorer in the league thus far. Burrows hung arouiid briefly


before he too was bowled by De Bruin, and Howard, although wicket-less, bowled well, giving away jus t 13 runs from his first eight overs to pu t the visitors under a little pressure. De Bruin bowled well and beat


new bat Chris Riley regularly, but also was bowling one bad bowl an over which was punished as Tree maintained their rate. . Cherrv Tree had reached 7.5-2 in


the 21st over when Rick 'Whallej replaced De Bruin. Terry Braithwaite also cami


into the attack and he continued his good form by giving l i t tk away. Elahi, in tru th , never reallj


looked in any trouble against anj of the bowlers and seemed to scon his runs at mil, wherever he liked Riley also batted well, giving


support to his paid man. And an unbroken partnership bl


142 was enough to gain five pointf for Cherry Tree as Elahi reached ^ much-deserved century. Although none of the bowler;


really got taken apart, nobodj created any real opportunities tc take a wicket and Cherry Tree eased home to their target in thi 39th over. This Saturday, Ribblesdali


■Wanderers are at home to Earby wickets nitched 2 n.m.


NEW STRIPS: Cricketers at Chatbiirii Primary School are pictured with (heir new kits, which have been kindly sponsored by Hudsons Homemade Ices. B15()(i05/(i


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