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Dolphins in action


I CLITHEROE Dolphins' j younger swimmers started [their NW Micro League I season with two fixtures on


I consecutive weekends. In the first gala they


I travelled to Lancaster. The hosts proved the


j strongest of the four teams [ competing and took the [ top spot with 153 points, I with Clitheroe comfort- i ably taking second place 1 with 126. Clitheroe hosted the


W ill lifts nationki


Taftersall jwaspart of- tKe', successful Lan- *c^H^eaide;that*'M^ t h e t u p l i n ’t ^ Colts Rugby Sevens competition at LeicesT:- tershire- •..


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. . They beat Kent 24-17 in the final. ,;A superb perform­


ance by a hard-working and skillful Lancashire Under 19 Squad saw the Red Rose county lift the National County Colts 7s title for the sixth time in 24 years.


. / I n the 15-a-side game, just a week previ­ ously, Tattersall was part of the Wigan team th a t lifted the Lan­ cashire Colts Cup when they beat Rochdale 15- 10 in the final. . : Tattersall, formally


of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and now attending Leeds University, has also been on the winning side’s in the Yorkshire University Cup and the Yorkshire University 7s.


26 - Burnley Lions 10k ' road race, Colne Cricket Club, 7-30 p.m.


Sports Diar}' MAY


JUNE


9 - Barley Fell Eoie, Barley village car park, 7-30 p.m.


4 - Burnley Boys’ Club 10k Urban Trail, Bardeii •Track, Bumley,Tl a.m.


3 - Kelbrook Fell Race, St M ary ’s Church, Kel­ brook, 2p.m. '


ABOVE: Whalley Under 8s and Under 9s presentation at Mytton Fold. (A160506/6) LEFT: Beadstone United presentation night at Padiham Town Hall. (S190506/3)


the special guest at Read- stone United’s presenta­ tion evening at Padiham Town Hall. The England National


Game XI international, recently promoted to the Football. League with Stanley, handed out the


. trophies to the boys and girls, while vice chairman Alan Feamhead welcomed the players, parents and managers, congratulating them on their various achievements. The prize winners were as


follows: Under 7s - Most Enthusiastic Player: Bradley Graham; Under 8s - Most Enthusiastic Playen Toby Burrows: Sportsper- son of the Year: Tyler Baron; Player of the Year;


Stanley star is A


c c r i n g t o n Stanley midfielder Andy Procter was


Sam Peters; Under 9s - Most Enthusiastic Player: Michael Greenhough; Sportsperson of the Year: Daniel Ashton; Player of the Year: Denzel Yates; Under 13s Girls - Most Enthusiastic Player. Char­ lotte Holland; Sportsperson of the Yean Jessica Home; Player of the Year: Holly Stevenson; Under 15s Girls - Most Enthusiastic Playen Jade Bolton; Sportsperson of the Yean Kirsty Thomp­ son; Player of the Year: Charley .Almond; Under 12s Blue - Players’ Player of the Year: Ryan Barker; Sportsperson of the Year: Nathan Hindle; Player of the Year: Alex Maxwell; Under 12s Yellow - Players’ Player of the Year: Ryan Gent; Sportsperson of the Year: Dean Molyneux; Player of the Year: Lloyd


Standen; Under 13s - Play­ ers’ Player of the Yean. Billy Crawshaw; Sportsperson of the Year: Luke Kimberley; Player of the Year: Billy Crawshaw: Under ,14s Accrington League - Play­ ers’ Player of the Year: Danny Haworth; Sportsperson of the Year: Kamen Collinson; Player of the Year: Josh Garvey; Under 14s Burnley League - Players’ Player of the Year: Josh Brown; Sportsperson of the Year: Jacob Uttley; Player of the Year: Jordan Smith; Girl Player of the Season: Gab­ ble Preugschat; Boy Junior Player of the Season: Sam Peters; Boy Senior Player of the Season: Jordan Hay­ wood; Clubperson of the Year: Barry Martin; Chair­ man’s Trophy: Andrea Huggett.


[next fixture on Friday [evening, with Chorley, I Colne and Garstang the I visitors. A strong Chorley team


j dominated the early relay events, with the Dolphins establishing themselves in


R


yan Brooks scooped


two


night. He picked up both the


Players’ and Manager’s Player of the Year prizes for the Under 11s Blue side. Sam Givem was handed


the Special Award for the same age group. Brooks was the only one


on the night to receive two honours, which were pre­ sented by Accrington Stan­ ley player Andy Procter. The evening was held at


Mytton Fold Hotel, with a raffle raising over £400. The full list of winners is


as follows. Under 7 - Manager’s


Player of the Year, Lewis Maybin. Under 8 -"Manager’s


awards at Whalley Juniors’ presentation


Player of the Year, Robbie Richardson. Under 9 - Players’ Play­


er of the Year, Brandon Garside; Manager’s Player of the Year, Jack Halligan; Special Award, Nick Cat- low. Under 11 Red - Players’


Player of the Year, Sean Corrigan; Manager’s Play­ er of the Year, Matthew Coney; Special Award, Toby Bolton. Under 11 Blue - Play­


ers’ Player of the Year, Ryan Brooks; Manager’s Player of the Year, Ryan Brooks: Special Award, Sam Girven. Under 12 - Players’


Player of the Year, Henry Farnell; Manager’s Player of the Year, Sol Wallbank. Under 13 - Players’


Player of the Year, Sam Jennings; Manager’s Play­


er of the Year, Sam Cross; Special Award, Richard Grayston. Under 14 Sunday -


Players’ Player of the Year, Jack Morris; Manag­ er’s Player of the Year, Michael Littlefair; Special Award, John Gerrard. Under 14 Friday - Play­


ers’ Player of the Year, Matthew Bagot; Manager’s Player of the Year, Dane Farrow; Special Award, James Parker-Clayton. a Under 16 - Players’ "


Player of the Year, Simon Cowgill; Manager’s Player of the Year, Declan ^ Fitzhenry; Special Award, Tom McGurty.


^ Under 17 - Players’


Player of the Year^ Scott Pilkington; Manager’s Player of the Year, Marlon Murray; Special Award, Rob Kellaway.


Wanderers regain lead Michael’s county gold


FOR the second week running, Rib- blesdale Wanderers benefited from the wet weather. Last week, almost all of the Veka


Ribblesdale League fell victim to the conditions. That was, apart from Wanderers, who beat Edenfield to go joint top of the table. And it was the same again on Sat­


urday, as their game with Settle at Marshfield was the only one to sur­ vive the weather. Mter two hours of mopping up by


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the ground staff and players, play started with 27-overs per side. After inserting their hosts, Rib­


blesdale made immediate inroads, with professional Joe Scuderi having captain Stuart Homby out to a well- judged catch by Terry Braithwaite. He then bowled Mark Verden with


a well-executed slower ball, before Ian Britcliffe joined the party to bowl Tim Green. The introduction of David


.Howard accounted for the next two and Settle were reliant on paid man Sajith Fernando to bat through. Fernando hit Braithwaite for two


consecutive sixes and two fours in his first two overs, before the slow left- armer gained his revenge by bowling him for a well-made 77.


The innings closed on 128-8, but


Wanderers’ reply got off to the worst possible start when Ryan Gladwin was adjudged Ibw second ball, and Scuderi caught behind for 12. When Howard (15) fell to Homby


and Martin Peel was run out for 10, the visitors were in trouble at 44-4. Skipper Martin Briggs and Craig


Hall rotated the strike early on, and find the boundary when presented with poor deliveries. They took Ribblesdale to within


touching distance of victory, before the rain came and looked to have scuppered any chance of a win. Play resumed with six overs left,


with a reduced target of 118 if the game only went 25 overs. But this was immaterial, as Hall


launched the Settle skipper for 20 in one over.


touching distance of victory over Oswaldtwistle Immanuel, only for the weather to intervene. After declaring their innings on


Meanwhile, Clitheroe were within


161-2, the Chatburn Road side had reduced their visitors to just 61-5. But Mother Nature proceeded to


deny Clitheroe the points. Earlier, paid man Shahid Nawaz and skipper Neil Bolton had put on


38 for the first wicket before the pro­ fessional was out for 14. That brought Naeem Ashraf to


the middle, and he and Bolton pro­ ceeded to rip the heart out of the Oswaldtwistle attack. Bolton smashed 87 off just 65


deliveries, including five fours and five massive sixes. And Ashraf joined in with 48 off


39 balls, before the innings was declared when Bolton was bowled. But th a t still wasn’t enough,


despite Farouk Butt (3-14) and Mark Hargreaves (2-18) doing the damage in reply. The two other local sides saw their


games called off without a ball being bowled. Whalley were due to enter­ tain Padiham in a top-of-the-table clash, while Read were due to travel to Blackburn Northern. This weekend sees a number of


local derbies, as Ribblesdale enter­ tain Whalley on Saturday before travelling to Clitheroe the day after. Clitheroe’s Saturday game is a trip


to Padiham, who visit Read on Sun­ day, while Whalley entertain Settle the same day. Read precede their game with Padiham with a trip to Oswaldtwistle Immanuel, with all games starting at 1-30 p.m.


MICHAEL .Aspden grabbed gold at the Lancashire County Championships recently. The Hyndburn AC runner ran a championship


record time 55.80 in the Under 15s 400m, to land top spot on the podium. And it capped a successful after­ noon for the local club, competing in Blackpool. Stephen Sumner also picked up a gold medal in the


Junior Men 200m and a silver in the 100m, while Maisie Bonney won gold in the Under 15 Girls’ 300m. There was a gold medal for Joe Basquill in the


Under 15 Boys’ 800m, with Ian James-Yates scoop­ ing bronze in the same event. And Hyndbum’s last gold medal of the day came in the Senior Women’s Triple Jump, and to Nicola


Breaks, who also landed silver in the Senior Women’s Javelin. Lauren Grime grabbed silver in the Junior Women


Discus and bronze in the Junior Women Shot, while Claire Mitchell won silver in the Junior Women’s Javelin and Junior Women 400m Hurdles. The Junior Women’s 100m yielded two medals, sil­


ver to Sophie Hart and bronze to Caroline Smithson, with the same pair picking up the same awards in the Junior Women’s Long Jump. Leigh Lennon picked up a bronze in the Under 17


Women’s 800m, but bettered that with a silver in the Junior Women’s 400m, where Nicola Barnes also landed a bronze medal.


There were silver medals for Steve .Astbury in the


Under 15 Boys’ 1,500m and .Ashleigh William in the Under 17 Women’s 300m.


And there were bronze medals for Nathan Riding


in the Junior Men’s 800m and Cecilia Savundra in the Junior Women’s 800m.


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[ second place. Clitheroe regained some


I ground in the individual events by winning the majority of swims, but going into the last series of relays it was Chorley who


! demonstrated their league- 1 topping credentials by I extending their lead. There were individual


I I wins for Isaac Banki-


[Jones (2), Elizabeth I Lovatt (2), Tom Carter ! (2), Bethany Jones, and


I .Anna Carey. Two relay wins were I secured by the 12-year-old


I boys team of Luke Tasker, Tom Carter, Alex Giles,


Chris Grant, George : Nolan and Ben Phillips.


Williamson, Luke Tasker (2), Rachael Fox (2), Sam


Lancashire champs!


CLITHEROE Royal Grammar School Under 16s Basketball team have secured their second successive Lancashire Cup. The Chatburn Road pupils have


enjoyed a two-year winning streak to accomplish this feat since losing to their arch rivals Southlands two seasons ago. Their Chorley opponents beat them in


the 2004 final, but the CRGS outfit took their revenge last year when they narrow­ ly beat the same side in the final. And now this year they beat South­


lands again in the quarter-finals, clearing CRGS’s way to the final. Determination and self belief was the


key to their success last year and it cer­ tainly wasn’t in short supply this time out as the boys won all their pool games against Lancaster Grammar School, Baines and eventual finalists Archbishop Temple.


From there they progressed to the crux


of their campaign with the Southlands game, which proved to be an extremely close match with the local school running out eventual winners by a single point, with self belief again the key. They swept to victory in the semi-finals


and displayed the quality need to win the final against a spirited Archbishop Tem­ ple at Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar. An excellent performance was wit­


nessed from the whole CRGS team, who thoroughly deserved their 70-53 victory. The 2006 Lancashire Under 16 Basket­


ball Champions’ top points scorer throughout the competition was Clitheroe’s Alex McManus with 18 points. The team are pictured after their suc­


cess. (s) Valley link to elite athlete


THE highest-placed -Briton in this year’s Flora London Marathon has family links to the Ribble Valley. Mara Yamauchi, nee


Myers, finished sixth in the elite women’s field last month, and what’s more, her older sister Malinda, who remarkably isn’t a professional athlete, was just 21 places behind her in 27th. Their connection to


Clitheroe and the local area is through their father, and president of CRGS Old Boys, Norman Myers who now lives in Oxford, and their uncle John Myers, who still lives in town. In light of last year’s


winner Paula Radcliffe being out injured, 32-year- old Mara, who was second Britain home last year and 10th overall, was GB’s best hope in the race, and she set a new personal best of 2:25:13 - a time that puts her second behind Rad­ cliffe on the British all- time list. Yamauchi, who was a


bronze medallist over 10,000 metres at the Com­ monwealth Games in Feb-


man has run 32 marathons in his time. Jessica Cunliffe, a Clitheroe personal trainer, completed the London Marathon in a time of three hours 28 minutes, placing her in the top 500 female runners on the day. She finished in 4,410th


place overall in a field of around 35,000. Her time guarantees a


Mara Yamauchi. (s)


ruary, runs 100 to 110 miles a week and now lives in Tokyo, where her hus­ band is a Japanese diplo­ mat. The Oxford graduate


has temporarily put her day job on hold. As a diplomat in Japan


for the Foreign and Com­ monwealth Office, she took a break from intema- tional running for six years, but since exchang­ ing her job for a career in professional athletics, she hasn’t looked back. Since January this year,


and up until the 2008 Bei­ jing Ol3rmpics, Yamauchi has taken unpaid leave, and so far her preparations for China have gone well.


Jessica Cunliffe. (s) “I have done four


marathons in a year,” said Yamauchi, who was 10th in London last year, and then competed a t the World Championships and the Tokyo Marathon. “I really feel like I need


a rest to chill out and eat chocolate cake.” Yamauchi beat some of


the world’s best perform­ ers, including Romanian Constantina Tomescu- Dita, who was forecast to be the main challenger to race winner Deena Kastor. Marathons and long dis­


tance running are obvious­ ly a family trait, as besides her sister Malinda, who works for the Treasury in Whitehall, her father Nor­


place in next year’s race. Jessica chose to raise


money for a local charity, the Pendleside Hospice, and she has collected over £1,300 from friends and family. “It was an amazing race


to be part of,” she said. “The crowd ensured I


had a smile on my face the whole way round the course, even though by mile 20 my legs were start­ ing to hurt! “As well as training


myself for the race, I coached a personal train­ ing client and the satisfac­ tion of seeing her achieve her goal was immense. “I want to say a huge


thank you to everybody who sponsored me and helped to raise money for the Pendleside Hospice.”


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Clith6i6e Ad ve iii^r ATimes, Thursday, May '25th' 2006 ‘ '55 Whalley win


The Whalley Golf Club scratch team have pro­ gressed to the final 16 of the Durham Forest Tro­ phy in their first year of' playing in the event. Professional Ian Single-


ton, Andrew Wray, Danny Liles, Roger .Altham, Rob Hilton, Gary Meakin and Colin T. Elliott all won their games in the latest match against Acre Gate Golf Club. Clitheroe’s competition


chairman John Cartmell made a welcome return to the winners’ enclosure when he and hard-working Steve Dean took second place in the weekend four- ball with 41 points. They pushed Nick Reeves and Peter Greaves into third place after a card play-off. But a late surge from


Tony McGibbon and Derek McIntyre saw them clinch top spot with a cred­ itable 45 points. The midweek medal and


the first time this season, took top spot with a flaw- , less ne tt 68, two shots ahead of the consistent Granville Pilling. Scurting of the cards saw


Tradesman’s Trophy qual­ ifier produced some impressive scores. Paul Connolly, not for


Matthew Nettleton emerge as the best of five on 71 to take third place. Among those edged out of the prizes was plus-two handi- capper Mark Ashworth who carded a gross 69. The first captain’s social


and Bridgett Rees togeth­ er with Mark Hartley and Martin Byrne proved a formidable partnership in the nine-hole Texas Scramble, returning a score of 35-9.5-25.5 to win by the narrowest possible margin. The beat the husband


and wife team of Ed and Fran Gierat and John and Maggie Harvey who scored 36-10.4-25.6. The weather conspired against Whalley on Satur-


event of the Whalley cal­ endar was held on Friday. Husband and wife Clive


STONYHURST Park Golf Club’s ladies’ section came of age at the start of the current season.


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a 21st birthday cake, made by lady captain'elect Susan Kirk, champagne and an anniversary medal. " From an original group of eight ladies, the section


Ladijes come of age! The ladies celebrated their special anniversary virith


now has 77 members. Five of the founder members were at the celebra­


tions, including the first lady captain Susan Green­ wood - mother of Rugby World Cup winner Will Greenwood. She gave a talk on the first meeting and the first games when the grass was controlled by sheep and


electric fences surrounded the greens to keep the sheep off.


The five founder members all played in the medal


which was won by Heather McEntee (70) ahead of Lynne Scholes and Dorothy Harrison. Gill McDonald, Dorothy Harrison and lady captain


Margaret Duckett took the prizes in the Ladies’ Rose- bowl.


And the Ann Hudson-Janet Halfpenny pairing


came out on top in the foursomes stableford ahead of the Maggie Clabrough-Ruth Seed and Val Fairless- Carol Gorton combinations.


day with the Millennium Trophy event being can­ celled without a ball being struck. The weather on Sunday


relented sufficiently for the Open Mixed Greensomes to be completed with the morning players experienc­ ing the best of the weather. Silverdale president


Robert Holmes partnered by Jan .Armistead (Kirby Lonsdale) were the win­ ners vrith a nett 68.5. In second place were Jeff


Garnett and Greta Kelly of Settle (69) and Tony Ormiston (Clitheroe) and Whalley member Vivien Birtwell (70) took third place. The High Handicap


Trophy at Whalley was won by Bridgett Rees (38) while Joan Whittaker amassed 36 points to win the subsidiary event. Sarah Walton won the


Doug Joss Shield and topped the silver division of th e LGU Medal a t Clitheroe when she carded 75-3-72. Sheila Riley (95^19-76) |


and Kath Bolton (97-20- 77) filled the places in the silver division while bronze division honours went to Gill Farthing (100-25-75), Pa t Brennan (99-22-77) and Joan Cole (99-21-78).


Mytton Fold’s resident


rain queen, lady captain Jean Davies, struck unlucky again with the weather for Lady Cap­ tain’s Day but fortunately the worst that the heavy rain could throw a t the course did not deter from a very successful day. In fact, the scoring


remained solid aU day and Linda Clegg outpointed both her daughters to win the main event with 35 points. Emma Clegg pushed mum hard to take second place with 32 points just pushing Karen Kenworthy into third with the same score. . In the men’s event,


Graeme Edmundson took the honours with a fine 38 points, followed by captain Chris Hughes on 36 points. Divisional awards went


to Mick Bryan (36) and John Berry (35) in division one, Ian Thomson (35) and Peter Burton (33) in the second tier with division three prizes won by Dave Bennett and Peter Main - both with 33 points. Harry Lambert and


Charlie Woodruff had a ding-dong battle for the junior medal, the former winning by a one-shot mar­ gin after posting a nett 69.


Routine victory in the wet


WHALLEY B played Feniscowles B on a wet and -windy Saturday afternoon in the Second Di-vision of the East Lancs Open Tennis League. The rain allowed just long enough for


Whalley to secure a comfortable -victory. The Whalley team comprised of


Richard Lambert and Martin Haworth, Gordon Pimperton and John Leithard who won in straight sets to give Whalley maximum points. In the mixed league, Whalley A met


Clitheroe A, and the Battle of the Ribble Valley was won by Whalley 6-2.


Richard Lambert and Cathy Holmes


opened strongly winning th e ir first match, dropping just one game. Second pair Gordon Pimperton and


Karen Famhill won their first set to love, but were pinned back in the second, los­ ing it 7-5. In the reverse singles, Lambert and


Holmes won 6-2,6-3, thanks partly to the judicious use of the lob from Cathy Holmes. Pimperton and Famhill mirrored then- first match, taking one set off Clitheroe.


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