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. M a r in e .........................2 A FOURTH red card in as many games signalled Clitheroe's exit from the FA Cup on Saturday. As despite the heroics of
stand-in stopper Simon Garner, the Blues were beaten by two well-taken Marine strikes in this first qualifying round fixture. Goalkeeper Alan Fitz
patrick's 20th-minute dis missal for handling the ball outside the, area cur tailed what had been a promising s ta r t for the underdogs, and proved the
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turning point in the game. Clitheroe had th re a t
ened as early as the sixth minute when Garner's 30- yard strike forced a top draw save from Marine keeper Andy Ralph. The in-form keeper then
After the Clitheroe
number one had raced from his box to meet a Cuminsky shot with his hand, the ever-versatile Garner slipped on the goalkeeper's shirt. This isn't the first time
Simon Garner
denied Craig Sargeson when he tipped the cap tain's chipped shot over the bar. Marine had gone close
too, only to be denied by the woodwork when Peter Cumiskey's half volley from a right-wing cross struck the top of the cross bar - from a similar move that would later lead to the first goal.
the midfielder has come to Clitheroe's aid between the sticks, as he did the same at Goole last season, but it may well be his last as he has been linked with a move to Conference North side Stalybridge Celtic. He almost kept the
scores level too going into the break, thanks to an instinctive double point- blank save, but his height would let him down three minutes short of half time. Another deep right wing
cross was fired into the Blues box by Adam Far ley, and Cuminsky nodded the ball over the diving Garner. The Marine forward
struck the cross bar again in the second half as 10- man Clitheroe went in search of an equaliser. Both Anthony Daniels
and Paul Lamb had efforts saved by Ralph, but a long ball forward saw the visi tors' Gavin Lynch shoul der barge Kris Matthews off the ball to out-pace the defence and seal Marine the game. Lamb forced another
good save out of Ralph towards the end, but ulti mately the extra man told on the Blues, who will now look to the FA Trophy and hope for a similar atten dance to the 345 on for this game when Bamber Bridge visit next month. Clitheroe: Fitzpatrick,
Roberts, Nay (Underwood), Daniels,. Anderson, Matthews, Sargeson, Avery (Jones), Oates (Johnson), Lamb, Garner.
Lauren the hero for Blues’ ladies
Accrington Girls and Ladies . . . .2 Clitheroe Ladies.......................... 2 LAUREN Bracewell saved A late penalty to hand Clitheroe their first win of the season over Accrington at Livingstone Road on Sunday. The home side took the lead with a penalty, which BraceweU was unlucky
not to save, but Sophie Jones equalised. Joanne Green and Sarah Ronnan
deny Accrington a point from the spot.
Clitheroe face Accrington again at
put Clitheroe 3-1 up, before Accring ton pulled a goal back. But BraceweU performed heroics to
Junior Football round-
Blackburn Town.........2 Whalley Juniors U14s 3 A LAST-minute goal gave Whalley victory in a tense and entertaining game. Whalley took the lead
Whalley Juniors U13s .7 Mellor Juniors............ 2 WHALLEY ran riot after going behind to Mellor. Jack
early in the second half with a long range effort from James Wade. This, however, seemed
equalised, and Ben Rat- cliffe put the locals ahead before half-time. Swarbrick added two
Swarbrick
to bring their opponents to life. Town netted twice to take the lead. With less than 10 min
lowing a goalmouth melee, Sam Jennings blasted home the winner. Special praise must go
to Liam Kinney. Blackburn Eagles . . .2 Whalley Juniors U13s 2
utes to go, Conor Ripley broke free and fired home from 25 yards. And at the death, fol
more after the break for his hat-trick, and Ratcliffe then netted his second before Mellor pulled it back to 5-2, but a further strike by Sol Wallbank and another to take Swar brick's ta lly to four, wrapped up a successful day for Whalley. Man-of-the-match was
double over Clitheroe Wolves Rangers in mid week with a hard fought 3- 0 victory, the Wolves con tinued their winning start to the season against Barnoldswick. Wolves dominated the
first half, going in 6-0 up at the break. Capstick hit four, with
Langho were held to Mal- less draws by Church Blue and Huncoat Blue. ■ THREE successive wins have put Readstone Unit ed Under 9s top of the table. Goals from Sam Peters,
Earlier in the week,
Harrison netting a hat- trick, to add to Clarkson’s strike from just over the halfway line, and man-of- the-match Hopkins. Wolves Under 11s........9
WHALLEY started this game with a flourish as new signing Jack Swar- brick hit the post before netting the side's second strike in this draw. Oliver Smalley netted
awarded to Henry Famell. Wolves JJlOs Green . . .6 Lowerhouse Knights .0 WOLVES registered their first success of the North Valley League season in emphatic fashion. Nathan Mitchell scored
Tyler Baron and Toby Burrows saw off Pendle Forest Black 3-1. Another strike by Bur
Ighten L e ig h .............. 1 IT took Elliot Kay less than 30 seconds to open the scoring as Wolves put in another convincing per formance. Man-of-the-match Zak
the first goal to put the locals ahead before the Eagles swung into action with an equaliser on the
drive put Whalley ahead a second time but Black burn changed their for mation and scored a deserved equaliser.
half hour. Swarbrick's stunning
, ther goals by Danny Thompson and a Tom Jackson penalty made the half-time score 4-0. , Tom Jackson added the
the opener midway through the first half. He followed th a t up with a second, before fur-
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Bronte Wanderers . . . .1 Waddington FC......... 5 WADDINGTON main tained their unbeaten Craven League Premier Division record with an emphatic away win. But this was Wadding-
ton's worst performance in the league by far. After a slow start they
took the lead after 20 min utes when Dean cut in from the left and placed his shot wide of the keeper.
Fletcher shot from 20 yards out, and although the home goalkeeper got a hand to it, he could not stop it entering the net. The home team pulled a
.Within 10 minutes,
Rimington ........................................1 Silsden .............................................._•! THE top two in the East Lancashire League First Division shared the spoils, but Rimington will be the most disap pointed with the result. Already without Green, Curtis, Keigh
ley and Wahnsley, the locals were forced to make a substitution in the first minute when midfield maestro Mankowski pulled a calf muscle and was replaced by veteran Dave Whalley. But the home side deservedly took the
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goal back just before the interval, after a string of defensive errors. And despite some h^sh
half, however, Waddington added a further three goals with Dean scoring a sec ond, and Lloyd scoring two to give the visitors a con vincing victory. Waddington's next game
words from the Wadding ton manager at half-time, they continued trying to walk the baU into the net.
is at home to Grassington United on Saturday, at Roefield, due to work on the Twitter Lane pitch. All players to meet at Roefield for 1 p.m. sharp.
Rimington disappointed It proved a similar story in the second
half, but Silsden were allowed back into the game when Kershaw brought a for ward down and the visitors netted the
ensuing penalty. Sayle had a great chance, but powered
his header over the bar, before Coulter scored late on, only to be denied by the linesman's flag. In the dying seconds Coulter latched
lead when Coulter was upended in the area and Penman slotted home the penalty. Silsden, with youth on their side, kept
onto a Penman flick-on, but the linesman flagged again when it appeared Coulter had timed his run perfectly. Manager Terry Braithwaite will be
Kershaw Imsy for a while with long-range efforts, but the big keeper was in fine form, and Rimington crafted a number of clear cut chances at the other end.
happy if his depleted squad can continue this unbeaten run until all his men are back playing again. Rimington are away at Witton on Sat
urday. Reserves extend fine run
RIMINGTON continued thgir impres sive start to the season with 12 goals in two victories. 'The locals beat Rawtenstall 7-0 with a
onto a Threlfall flick confidently under the keeper. Burnley GSOB fired on all cylinders to
hat-trick from Gamer, with Haslam, Cza- powski and substitute Leach also on tar
get. Rimington then won 5-3 at Burnley
GSOB Reserves, although they turned in their worst performance of the season. Goals could have come from either side
start the second half, and got their just reward with an early goal. Prom there Rimington decided to
to start but i t was a sigh of relief for Rimington after 20 minutes when top scorer Garner continued his goal fest with a well taken finish from just inside the box. Five minutes later Haslam broke in
Robinson found the back of the net twice in the first half, and with other goals from Nikolai Petriaho, George Banks and Daniel Mort, the Wolves went in a t half-time with a six- goal advantage. Kay, Banks and Mort
fifth, and Mitchell com pleted his hat-trick. Sam Jones was named
man-of-the-match. Wolves U14s...............10 Barnoldswick Barons .2 HAVING completed the
rows and a second by Peters saw off Bacup Juniors 2-0, and a Peters hat-trick ensured a 3-2 win over Pendle Forest Tigers. Readstone Utd U13s .12 Fulledge Colts............ 2 MAN-of-the-match Lloyd Standen netted sue goals as United enjoyed an emphatic victory. FSirther strikes came in
stand their ground and did this for 15 minutes until they killed the game with a fourth - a drilled cross th a t took a deflection from the defender past his own goalkeeper. The villagers then turned into their
CLITHEROE CC captain Neil Bolton gives a month by month diary account of his sides's memorable route to an imprecedented Veka Ribblesdale League treble - Twenty/20, Ramsbot- tom Cup and League success. April
year as we have our strongest side for many seasons. What was already a good bowling attack has been boosted by the arrival of ex-Whalley profes sional Josh Marquet. Having invited him to our pre-sea
We can’t wait to get started this
Clitheroe Advertiser 8tTimes, Thursday, September 21st, 2006 71 A season to remember
son sportsman’s dinner and plied him with red wine, I am delighted when he agrees to play for us - hopefully he will stay fit for the full season. I dis cuss the season with the vice-captain, Simon Coulter and ask him to skipper the Twenty/20 competition - it will give me a rest and him some experi ence of the job. Having the best bowling attack in
NEIL Bolton gives his personal thoughts on a never-to-be-forgot ten campaign at Chatburn Road, as Clitlieroe completed a unique treble
Padiham fall just sue runs short of vic
tory. They are a very talented side and
will no doubt mount a big challenge
next season. Yet again the rain is the only winner
the following week as Settle visit Chatburn Road. In truth we are not too unhappy as they remain 20 points behind with only five games left. An easy victory over Whalley is
made memorable by Danny Glover somehow managing to top Dibby’s fielding display against Settle! Truly shocking stuff as the ball fol
lows him throughout the innings, much to the amusement of some, if not the captain! Seven points at Rib blesdale follow this, where we limp over the line in far from impressive fashion. Just after the finish a t Church
the league is all well and good, but they need to be able to get out on the field and bowl - unfortunately we are frustrated by the weather as the wettest start to a season in memory has meant that the first league fixture is called off several days beforehand. We finally get started up at Earby,
TREBLE winners: Clithcroc are pictured, from left, back row: Mick Cox (chairman of cricket section), Robin Sharp (club chairman), Mark Proctor, Carl Palmer, Danny Glover, Mark Hargreaves, Josh Marquet, Chris Brown, Farouk Butt, Phd Bishop, groundsman Chris Bolton; front row: Danny Turner, Peter Dibb, professional Shahid Nawaz, captain, Neil Bolton, Naeem Ashraf, Simon Coulter, Chris Musson. S160906/3
where we rattle up 250, with the pro and Naeem both hitting centuries. Josh then rips through their batting, taking six wickets, and we bowl them
out for 78. Only Ali Azmat stands firm, mak
ing 27 not out. It must have been a real eye-opener for him as the pitch was soft and very slow, and little do we know he will go on to dominate vir tually every attack in the league as the season goes on. April ends with a home game to
seven points against Ossie Immanuel, and we go out of both National and Lancashire knockouts on rain-affect ed sudden death bowl-outs. We all hope this is not a taste of
dinarily long arms. The dressing-room banter is fierce
things to come for the remainder of the season, but the following weekend spirits are lifted by victories over Padiham and the old enemy, Ribbles
dale Wanderers. Dressing room antics abound as the
Baxenden and a trip to St Annes in the National Knockout. We bat like complete muppets against Baxenden, with the exception of Naeem, who
gets a 50. One after another we throw our
from the right and delicately chipped the goal-keeper from 30 yards but Blackledge then received a deserved yellow card for clearly taking out Burnley’s playmaker with a tackle from behind. Rimington now full of confidence
started to run the show and it was McClean on his return to the starting line-up who ploughed forward to latch
own worst enemy by constantly giving the ball away. Burnley took advantage of this and pulled another goal back with 15 minutes to go. However, Threlfall converted his only
chance of the game to make it 5-2. Burnley GSOB weren’t finished
though and pulled another goal back with five minutes to go and the Riming ton manager was furious at the time and space the player had to score. Man-of-the-match was awarded to
Farmer. Lions move into contention
the form of an Adam Haslam hat-trick, a Con nor Stuttard brace and a Nathan Holland strike. Readstone United
Under 14 Girls 7 Haslingden Girls
each added to their tallies after the break. Langho Juniors Ulls .5 LCP Juniors.............. 2 AN exciting game at the Rydings saw L^gho come from behind to earn a good win. Tom Riley scored a hat-
trick and Callum Everett bagged a brace to secure the points.
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Readstone United Girls' Zara Pollard and Ashlyn O'Connor put paid to Haslingden at the week end. And individual strikes
TWO goals apiece for
CLITHEROE Lions firm ly established their place in the Craven League First Division title race with two exceptional wins. The locals beat Cowling
3-2 with a late surge. The Lions went 1-0 up
through new boy Daniel Tomlmson after a fantastic nm and finish. But the second half saw
onds left, the Lions came up with the winner, with a looping header from Stod- dart, to earn a well- deserved victory. The Lions then played
And with literally sec
an extraordinary game against Skipton Town, winning 7-4. Playing some of their
Cowling came out with aU guns blazing and went 2-1 up in somewhat fortuitous circumstances. However, man-of-the-
from Sophie Hindle, Niamh McCarthy and player-of-the-match Alisha Cryer completed the rout.
match Tomlinson levelled the scores with an excellent finish, with five minutes remaining.
best attacking football, the Lions were rampant in the first 20 minutes, creating good chances for Pinard and Zakaroo Holgate, until Callaghan converted an Avci cross following a brilliant quick move. Skipton then equalised before a thunderbolt from
captain James Clegg and an effort from Avci made it 3-1. However Town fought
back to level at 3-3, only for the lively Pinard to make it 4-3 a t half-time, with Holgate adding a fifth just after the break. Avci scored his second of
the game, as well as hitting the bar with a bullet head er, before Town pulled another back to make it tense at 6-4. Hol^te relieved aU pres
sure with a poacher’s goal at the death, and the Lions are now third afte r an indifferent start to the sea-
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wickets away and only make just over 130. I t was almost enough as Josh really steamed in and terrorised the opposition top order, and had we held our catches we would have won, but they limp home eight wickets down. The following day at St Annes sees
pro’s socks are stolen, much to his dis pleasure — suspicion falls upon Bolts (Mark Bolton) and his apprentice joker, young Danny Turner. No one owns up
to.the dastardly deed, and fortunately the pro calms down, even
tually seeing the funny side of it. June
seven points, despite a century from their pro, boosts our confidence. Their new clubhouse looks fantastic and as usual the locals are fairly vocal, but we win comfortably. A quiet word is required with one of
A trip up to Settle and another
one of the finest ever knocks by a Clitheroe player as the pro smashes 172 out of 280, and we end up winning by 43 runs. A great victory over the Northern league champions, which ends up being celebrated long into the night by both Clitheroe’s inebriated followers and those lucky enough to have played.
Cup is upon us and we have drawn Read at home. They are not as strong as in previous years, but have the best young batsman in the league in Will Driver and one or two other promising youngsters. Another century from Shahid sees us win at a canter by six wickets. He looks awesome, and in this form it is just impossible to bowl to him. A comfortable win over
The first round of the Ramsbottom May
Great Harwood at the beginning of July as they win a thriller at Chat- bum Road by just three runs. Howe'ver, we are soon back to win
We are brought down to earth by July
ning ways as Cherry-Tree are beaten a day later in the fixture that should have taken place on" the opening day of the season. The following week Shahid scores-
is in Spain on his holidays. Never
but good-natured as a winning side is a happy one.
mind Si - maybe next year!! Unsurprisingly we are soinewhat
sluggish in the field the following day as several members of the team over do the celebrations, but we still beat Bamoldswick easily and do the same to Northern the following day. August
first up is a trip to Oswaldtwistle. We sneak a lucky win on a shocker of a wicket at our least favourite ground. After the game we chat about the
Cup final weekend is upon us, but
the younger players as he is unbeliev ably woeful in the field, and has obvi ously been burning the candle at both
ends. He is banished to third man, where
. Rammy Cup quarter-final with Whalley full of confidence. I t ’s a damp day, but we finally start an horn- late and are quickly 50-4. This turns into an unbelievable 300-
he succeeds in diving over a couple more before he finally stops one and receives a round of applause from both the crowd and his less than impressed teammates! We are now on a roll and go into the
5 as Shahid is supported by the youngsters,' Peter Dibb and Danny
Turner. Shahid makes a club record 186 not
Barnoldswick follows, before the rain at Blackburn Northern frustrates us with seven points beckoning. High light of the weekend must be the teas served at Northern - without doubt the best ever in the Ribblesdale League, and inore than a match for even our champion “scoffer”, Mark
Hargreaves. Rain denies us another certain
out, and Danny makes a maiden first
eleven 50. The stuffing is knocked out of
. off it - they have both now acquired nicknames - “Disco” Peter Dibb due to his nocturnal activities, and Danny “Mr Tickle” Turner due his extraor
Whalley, and despite a big hundred from their pro, we win by 60 runs, only walking off the field at 9-35 p.m! It's great to see the young lads mak ing big contributions on the field and
the first of what will be an incredible five centuries during July, as we easi ly defeat Earby. An embarrassing spat on the field mars a fantastic win over Ribblesdale in the Rammy cup semi final as Bolts loses both his cool and the plot, and threatens Shahid. A massive following from our biggest rivals love every minute of it as they are on top in the game and look des tined to win. Big Josh delivers yet again though,
cup final, and I remind everyone to take it easy that night. Most of us get up to Baxenden early and get ready - the wicket looks fine but a tiny bit damp, so I make my mind up to bowl first in the hope we can get early wick- ets.
Meadow, we start to get reports Settle are struggling against Whalley - a defeat for them would hand us the
league. Champagne is bought and we
return to the club to await confirma tion - this is duly supplied, and I have to do an interview when all I want to do is crack a bottle of bubbly. Memories of the rest of the night
are blurred for most of the team, and it takes me two full days to recover
but we have won the treble! September
making a lone journey over to Eden- field so I can sign the scorebook with ^ the match abandoned. There seems little chance of play on
Absolutely awful weather sees me
either day, which is a tough break for Shahid as he is very close to breaking
the league record. He deserves to do so after a fantas
tic season, and it will be a crying shame if he is robbed by the weather at this late stage. Sunday’s game against Read also
and we are through to the final where we will face Great Harwood. Before we can enjoy the big day we have sev eral huge games - first of which is away at Baxenden, where Shahid car ries us to -victory on the back of possi bly his most important league knock of the season. The rest of our top six cannot man
just as well a couple of hours later when Harwood are 115 for none! Other than Josh and Naeem, we bowl poorly, and in front of a large and very noisy crowd, they use their big-hitters well to reach 270 from 48 overs. We lose Shahid after just two balls
Everyone agrees with this, which is
falls foul of the weather, but we have a good night at the club with a function for Shahid attended by people from both Read and Ribblesdale, his pre-vi- ous clubs in the lea^e. Our final game is away at Great ^ , Harwood, and its another close one - we top 200 and they get them in the last over despite ha-ving been 150-7. All season long we have found an
age double figures, but he smashes 12A to take us over 200 on a wicket that is
turning' square. We bowl them out for 175 and now
sit two games clear at the top of the league. Sadly the fall-out from the Ribblesdale cup game continues as Bolts decides he no longer wants to play for Clitheroe and leaves the club. The end of July sees us win three
of our reply, and they probably think they have it won, but by the time the rain brings proceedings to a close we are still in with a chance - 81 required off 10 overs with Naeem still at the crease. The following day is a cracker, and
extra gear or two when required, but with the treble already won, we relaxed and coasted through most of the game in neutral. A slightly disappointing end, but to
thanks to Baxenden’s ground staff remo-ving the covers in the morning, we have a great wicket to bat on. Naeem smashes their bowling to all
games in three days as the first trophy of the season is claimed at Harwood in
the Twenty/20 final. A massive crowd watches a thriller,
as Harwood need nine to win from the last over. Danny Glover steps up and bowls the over of his life as Harwood “bottle it”, only managing two runs from six balls. I almost feel slightly guilty as
parts of the ground to silence the-Har- wood faithful, and is well supported by Danny Turner as we win -with two overs to spare. We have a big night back at the club, and I am not alone in being w’befully hung over at work the following morning! The following weekend we play our
closest rivals, Padiham - we are 14 points clear and victory oyer them will see the league.title within our
grasp. They bowl superbly to restrict us to
Simon has skippered us to the final and I get to collect the trophy, but he
163, and then cruise to 134-4 before Josh finds new reserves of energy in his most important spell of the season, clean bowling all five of his victims as
go through the whole season losing just three games is a magnificent achievement and all the players have made valuable contributions at some
stage, Sadly Shahid fails to break the
league record, but he smashes his own club batting record and ends up with over 1,550 league runs and nearly 2,400 in total for the whole season. He has now retired, but what a w'ay
to go out! - without doubt the most entertaining and destructive batsman the league has seen. Its been a long but memorable sea
son for Clitheroe CC - we will start the 2007 season with a new profession al and a new captain, but we have the mixture of youth and experience that is required to win trophies in this league. Crucially the team has learnt how to win the close games. The future is bright - roll on April!!!
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