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Maximum points as locals stay clear


MAXIMUM points were the order of th e day as Clitheroe Cricket Club increased their stay at the top of the Veka Ribblesdale League with a 37-run win over Baxenden. Their Hyndburn hosts made a


good show of the game but they couldn't quite handle opening pro­ fessional Shahid Nawaz, who bagged his th ird century in as many games to keep the Chatbum Road side nine points clear of near­ est rivals Padiham. His 124 runs accounted for over


half of Clitheroe's total 212 as he roared on with 23 boundaries and two bounceless efforts over the Baxenden ropes. However his partners were far


less impressive in their limited out­ ings as Philip Bishop (5), Neil Bolton (8), Naeem Ashraf (2), Daniel Turner (1) and Danny Glover (9) all exited for single fig­


ures as wickets were shared throughout the Baxenden bowling


line up. Thankfully for Clitheroe there


was some resistance seen from the tail in Jack Dewhurst (14), Mark Proctor (15) and Farouk Butt (20 not out) or it might as well have been an audience with Nawaz. David Parkinson led the wickets


for Baxenden with 3-43 followed by 2-24 from Stephen Molloy who took the big wicket of Nawaz. In reply Baxenden made a good


go of it with double figure knocks seen from Callum Waddington (26), David Parkinson (40), Mark Rishton (30), professional Jonathan Fielding (16), Andrew Caunce (17) and Gary Sudworth (13) but u lt im a te ly Clitheroe stopped the home side in th e ir tracks, going two wickets better than the home side to wipe out the


order for 175 in 42.3 overs Ashraf was Clitheroe's main man


with the ball as he removed the sec­ ond biggest h i t te r in Rishton, a mid-order duck in Tony Bulcock and the tail of Danny Hothersall (7) and Ian Parkinson (5). Neil Bolton pitched in with 2-35,


taking a catch off his own delivery to remove top scorer Parkinson, Josh Marquet returned 2-39 and good fielding saw b o th former Clitheroe professional Fielding and opener Waddington run out. This weekend witnesses a double


header of fixtures with what should surely be another safe victory for the Chatbum Road side at home to Bamoldswick, who have still yet to win a game, followed by a tougher tr ip to Blackburn Northern on Sunday. Wickets pitched a t 1-30 p.m. for both games..


Practice makes perfect!


THE midweek fielding practice finally paid off for Whalley as they produced a much-improved team ef fort to take maximum points against Barnoldswick. Aided by a royal all-round per­


formance from professional Prince Bradman Ediriweera, who contin­ ued his excellent run with the bat to score 58 not out after producing his best bowling figures of the sea­ son with 5-5, Whalley comfortably took victory by seven wickets. Bamoldswick elected to bat and


after the early loss of Luke Hodg­ son, clean-bowled by Ben Dowling for a duck, Whalley's Alex Whelan held on to a catch out in the deep to dismiss Bamoldswick danger man Jeevantha Kulatunga for 30 off Lee Burgess - just as the paid man had appeared threatening. Craig Walton top-scored with 39


but he was soon back in the pavil­ ion when caught behind off David O'Neill, and Paul Beech got a run- a-ball 15 before he was caught by Stephen Booth for O'Neill's second wicket. Simon Gorton bowled a t ig h t


spell while Ediriweera got the ball moving and had his five victims in quick time, four caught and one bowled as the innings faded to leave Whalley a modest target of 135 for victory. The Sri Lankan didn't waste


time in getting things going as Whalley replied with a six off the second ball he faced, but this was probably his most subdued innings to date with his 50 coming off 62 balls! He played some delightful


strokes th a t pleased the home crowd no end and he seems to have


found a rich vein of form. This was assisted by a fine knock


of 35 from Whelan which included six boundaries, while the Sri Lankan paid man had nine fours to go with his early six. The pair added 66 before Whelan


attempted one shot too many when he should have seen the game through, as Whalley coasted home to an early finish with only 27 overs required to bag all seven points. "rhis should boost Whalley's con­


fidence as they look forward to this weekend's double header where they will be hoping to crawl back up the table with a successful visit to Blackburn Northern followed by Sunday's home game ag a in s t Oswaldtwistle Immanuel a t Sta­ tion Road. Both games get underway at 1-


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Scuderi leads Wanderers home


VICTORY was Ribbles­ dale Wanderers' on Satur­ day as three wickets and an undefeated 71 not out from professional Joe Scuderi, was at the root of Oswaldtwistle Immanuel's eight-wicket defeat. Aside from th e pro,


Terry Braithwaite also took three wickets with the slightly better figures of 3-38 to Scuderi's 3-40, and cap ta in David Howard removed 2-54. Oswaldtwistle were lim­


ited to a first innings tally of 159-8 as a consequence, notably down to the early exit of opening profession­ al Ahmer Saeed for just one run, caught behind by Ryan Gladwin off Howard at 11-1. His replacement, Paul


Dignan (3), lasted a little longer, but not much, as Scuderi had him caught by Stuart Trotter to see


Driver’s third century in vain!


READ will be praying Will Driver doesn’t hit another century! Before the weekend, the 17-year-


old had hit two tons so far this campaign. And on both occasions. Read


went on to lose. Driver’s first of the season came


a t Ribblesdale Wanderers last month, where he hit 112 at Church Meadow in a six-wicket defeat. Then last week, a knock of 113


at home to Cherry Tree couldn’t stop the Whalley Road side slip­ ping to a four-run reverse. Batting first against Earby on


Saturday, Read posted 200-4, with Driver again reaching three figures. This time i t was 111 off 155


balls, including 13 boundaries and three huge sixes. But once again, he turned out to be on the losing side.


However, soon he could have


more reasons to celebrate. That century took him to 734


runs for the season, in his 14 innings to date. And he requires just 67 more to


overhaul Terry Little’s amateur club record of exactly 800 - with 10 games still to play. Despite defeat. Read can take a


lot of positives from this game thanks to two up and coming youngsters. After losing Frank Barden (3) in


three boundaries in 84 deliveries. Driver eventually joined him in


the pavilion having holed out to Pete Baistow, as Read’s innings, came to a halt at 200-4. If there was one flaw in that


score it was the fact th a t not enough runs had been added. And considering the most prolific


batsmen in the league was about to come to the crease, you could see why. Earby paid man Ali Azmat con­


just the seventh over. Driver was joined in the middle by Kyle O’Connor. And the pair went on to add 161


for the second wicket, before O’Connor fell to make it 174-2. That came just after the 18-year-


old had reached his half-century, falling exactly on 50 having hit


ClATiO


tinued his prolific season with a scintillating knock. The Pakistani all-rounder never


gave a chance as he smashed an unbeaten 125 oft just 79 balls. That knock took him through


the 1,000 runs mark for the league season, as he won the match almost single-handedly inside 32 overs. Nigel Hodge did add an unbeaten 31 alongside him for the third wick­


et, but Azmat’s eight fours and 11 sixes ultimately took the plaudits. Driver was cracked for 17 in his


one and only over, while Warren Eastham went for 30 in his two. And it all boiled up to another


defeat for Read. Meanwhile, Driver made a


career-best 177 as he skippered Lancashire Under 17s to a draw against Derbyshire. Opening the innings, he helped


his side post a massive 394-2 declared, and was unlucky to be run out in the cruellest fashion. Driver was caught short of his


ground at the non-striker's end, by the bowler deflecting a drive from the other batsman with his hand onto the stumps. Derbyshire made 295-7 in reply,


with team-mate Chris Holt also picking up a wicket.


the second wicket fall at 25-2. However a half-century


from Oswaldtwistle's other opener Oliver Clare (53) and 33 runs by Ger­ ard Metcalf, pumped Immanuel's score up to 110-4 by the time both


individuals had suc­ cumbed to Howard, via a Craig Hall catch, and Braithwaite respectively. The rest of the visiting


order had the odd attempt th a t touched double fig­ ures but the combination of Braithwaite and Scud- eri saw all but two return to the pavilion. Kurt Smithson was the


last to go to Scuderi and he was also the side's next highest run maker with 17 ru n s , leaving Michael Brandon (3 not out) and S tephen Sipocz (1 not out) to see out the innings. In reply Scuderi wasted


Friday TwcntyZO Cup Final


away, meet 5 p.m. for 5-15 p.m. start) N. Bolton, N. Ashraf, F. Butt, P. Dihb, C. Brown, D. Turner, M. Hargreaves, M. iW - tor, J. Marquet, D. Glover, Nawaz. Scoren R. Cox. Saturday


Clitheroe {v Great Harwood,


home, meet at 12-15 p.m.) N. Bolton, N. Ashraf, F. Butt, P. Dihb, C. Brown, D. Turner, M. Hargreaves, M. Proctor, J. Mar­ quet, D. Glover, Nawaz. Scoren S. Robinson. Same team Sunday (v Blackburn Northern, home) except S. Coulter and A.N. Other for D. Glover and C. Brown. Scor­ en R. Cox.


Clitheroe (v Barnoldswick,


away, meet at noon) R Bishop, C. Palmer, A. Pearce, G. Kershaw, F. Hussain, P. Gaskeil, P. Cox, C. Gunn, S. Bishop, W, LeBreton, T. LeBreton. Scorer: S. Stinson. Same team Sunday (v Blackburn Northern, away, meet at noon) axcept M. Bennett for F. Huss^. Read (v Baxenden, home) M.


Clitheroe 2nds (v Stacksteads, fife .


ROBIN Sharp, Chairman of Ciilhcroe CC pre.scnting the Ribbic VaileySchooIs Cricket Cup to Brooksidc captain Matt Ashworth with both his team mates and losing finalists Pendlc looking on. (s)


Brookside claim


little time in getting to grips with th e situation and for the f irs t wicket alone, accompanied by Hall, the pair put on 131 runs between them, the latter exiting to a catch by Smithson off Sipocz for 65. Hall scored 11 shots to


the boundary, equalled bj' Scuderi who continued his task, first with a fleeting appearance by Steve Woods for four, and then alongside Howard (17 not out) who he finished the innings with - in a reply that had taken less than 36 others to complete. This weekend witnesses


a double dose of Veka Ribblesdale League crick­ et for the Church Meadow locals as they face a trip to second place Padiham on Saturday, followed by a trip to Edenfield on Sun­ day. Both games see wick­ ets pitched a t 1-30 p.m.


S. Rushton, J. Doughty, D. Thistlethwaite, A. Rushton, Miss J. Laycock, A. Laycock, T. Booth, M. Howells, E. Laws, G. O’Con­ nor, A. N. Other. Scoren C. Laws. Same team Sunday (v Stack- steads, home, 1-30 p.m. start) except S. Doughty, A. Baron and M. Alston for T. Booth, H. How­ ells and G. O’Connor. Ribblesdale Wanderers (v


en K. Crabtrea Same team Sun­ day (v Barnoldswick, away) except F. Doughty tor E. Art­ ingstoll. Read 2nds (v Baxenden, away)


Padiham, away) M. Briggs, D. Howard, A. Marsh, C. Hall, S. Woods, B. Spencer, S. Kerr, J. Braith\vmte, M. Pratt, L. Gidlow, Scuderi. Scoren C. Collinge. Same team Sunday (v Edentield, away, 1-30 p.m. start) except S. 'lYotter and C. Wilson tor S. Woods and C. Hall. Ribblesdale Wanderers 2nds (v


Whalley, W. Driver, K. O’Connor, C. Holt, W. Eastham, F. Barden, E. Artingstoll, P. Haworth, S. Marshall, J. Jones, Ganesh. Scor-


Salesbury, home) M. Wrigiey, 1. Britcliffe, P. Spencer, R. \\M!ey, A. Hartley, A. Coxall, C. Wilson, R. Slinger, M; Clarkin, J. Hop­ kins, A. Hutchins. Scoren J. Brit­ cliffe. Same team Sunday (v Burnley Belvedere, home) except G. Clarkson and R. Clarkson for C. Wilson and R. Slinger.


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THE final stages of the Ribble Valley Primary School Kwik-Cricket com­ petition saw Brookside named champions at Clitheroe Cricket Club. Thirteen teams entered


into three separate leagues, the champions of which made the knockout stage. The fourth semi-final


spot went to the best run­ ner-up from the leagues but as Pendle and Whalley had


equal points they had to battle it out in a play-off for the final place which the Clitheroe school won. Brookside beat Chatburn


to reach the final and Pen­ dle saw off Read to join them in what turned out to be a good game tha t saw the winners claim victory by 20 runs to receive the Ribble Valley Schools' Cricket Cup. The members of the win­


ning and losing sides in the final were each given a cer­ tificate and medal, donated by the Ribble Valley Crick­ et Forum and presented to them by Clitheroe CC chairman Robin Sharp. The quality of the crick­


et played was of a high standard, reflecting the amount of cricket th a t youngsters are able to play at their schools and local clubs.


Sport shorts /..Sport shorts L.Sport shorts ^SporL^ . HWFC Clitheroe begin their pre­


season training on Monday. Anyone interested is welcome to


attend at Roefield from 6-30 p.m., with new players welcome. For more information ring Mr Holgate (01200 428182).


this year. The Julia Whalley Doubles for Cancer


Research will be held on Saturday and Sunday, August 19th and 20th.


■ Sabden Bowling Club are holding their two open competitions again And the Autumn Floodlit Singles will


be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout September, with the finals night on Sunday, October 1st. The winner of the latter will receive


£300, with money prizes given to the last 16.


For further information and entry into


the competitions, please ring Alan Whal­ ley (778472 or 07753 219509) or write to A. Whalley, The Oaks, Lane Ends, Sab­ den, Clitheroe, BB7 9EZ.


CHATBURN’S young guns starred again on Saturday. But it was to no avail as


Carleton won to inflict only a third defeat of the season on the locals. Chatburn were in trouble


at 14-3, but a mini-revival from Andy Lambert (25) and Chris Waddington took the score to 54 before the former was out. John Reymolds was next


up and he shared 84 with Waddington before the lat­ ter was out for 67. The later batsmen bat­


tled against some accurate bowling and Chatburn closed, on 182-7 with Reynolds unbeaten on 52. Carleton’s reply did not


start too well.


Young guns can’t fire locals to win


his first wicket in the third over and his second in the 11th and the visitors were 34-2. Rod Booth joined the


Russell Braithwaite took


party with some tight bowl­ ing and the next wicket, but three dropped catches at vital moments saw Carleton move towards victory. Russell Braithwaite had


to leave the field injured and Chatburn legend Paul Craig almost turned the tide back in the home team's favour with 4-2 off 20 deliveries, but Carleton squeezed home with just over two overs to spare. The seconds continued


their push for promotion with a fine four-wicket vic­


had an impressive seven-wicket victory away at local rivals Ribblesdale Wanderers. Electing to bowl first,


H C L ITH ER O E


tory over Riddlesden on Saturday. The West Yorkshire side


elected to bat first and had no answer to the bowling of Geoff Lambert who fin­ ished with excellent figures of 5-22 as Riddlesden were bowled out for 102. The other wicket takers


were John Ashe (2-33) and Chris Mulhearn (3-18), and there were three catches made by Nabeel Javed. In reply Chatburn also


lost wickets at regular inter­ vals but opener John Moore carried his bat to finish on 45 not out as Chatbum reached 103-6. There were also useful contributions from Aamir Zulfi (24) and Ashe (20).


Kwik-Cricket title Rimington on a roil


IT will be a miracle if any­ one catches Rimington in this season's Clitheroe and District Cricket League. With ju s t four games


handed out a 64-run defeat to second-placed Calder­ stones. Carl Palmer, Ian Bythell


remaining the villagers are nine points ahead of their only rivals - Waggon and Horses and Calderstones. The champions elect


and Phil Bishop all notched 30, while Lee Bonnick and Callum Mahon scored 30s for the hospital side. Waggon and Horses


jumped into joint second spot alongside the Whalley side with a 21 run win against Chipping A, while Low Moor set a big target against Ramblers with Matt Coulter and Graham Ker­ shaw scoring 30 before restricting the opposition to a low score with Marc Holmes (2-4) the pick of the bowlers. Meanwhile in the other


Roefield was played in swel­ tering conditions. St James’ won the toss and elected to bat and John Green was soon into his stride with an elegant 30 retired. But once he had left the


game, mid-table Sabden completed their fourth win of the season with a four- wicket win over fellow new boys St James' Church. Tuesday night's game at


fray, Paul McKenna put the St James' batsmen under a spell, with 3-14 off his four overs, and John Hargreaves chipped in with 2-0 late in the innings as St James’ totalled 93 oft their 20 overs. In reply opener Bill


Thatcher continued his good season with 25 but then a flurry of wickets left Sabden in trouble. However, McKenna (15


three wickets in hand. Two days later, on Thurs­


knock and made 130-6 in their 15 eight-ball overs. Bunyan and Booth both


day evening, Sabden trav­ elled to meet Bolton-by- Bowland in a friendly. The home side took first


retired at 25 as swing bowler Andy Davies was Sabden's most effective bowler conceding just one run in his allotted two overs. In reply Sabden started


with Chris Dunderdale (16) and McKenna (29 retired) crashing the ball to all parts. But when Dun­ derdale was caught and McKenna retired the innings stagnated some­ what. And despite a late innings


not out) and Andy Davies (14) held their nerve to see Sabden safely home with three overs remaining and


flurry, their was too much to do and the innings closed on 107-9. Sabden take on Chipping


A at Whalley tonight in a League fixture.


the Chatburn Road teenagers took time to get into their stride until Stinson struck, bowling Hopkins with the score on 28. Collinge was run out,


and Rick Clarkson was caught behind by Hol­ gate off the pacy Devenney. Hutchins was next to


fall, stumped by Hol­ gate off the spin of Blackburn with the score on 54. There was then a


good stand between Khan and Khan until Dewhurst broke the partnership thanks to a good catch by Stinson. Dewhurst struck


twice more, bowling Khan and Mick Clark­ son, finishing on 112-7 off their allotted 20 overs. In reply, the Cobras


were dealt an early blow in the loss of the nor­ mally immovable Hol­ gate for just tour. However, Dewhurst


came to the crease and made light work of the Ribblesdale attack by scoring a quick 31 before haxdng to retire. McKenna and Le


Breton kept up the good work and took the score onto 76 before the former (17) got impa­ tient and was bowled by Hopkins. Robinson was next to


the crease and he hit some powerful blows in a quickfire 25 which effectively took the game beyond Ribbles­ dale, before Devenney finished the game with a glancing tour. Le Breton remained


undefeated to the end on 26, holding the innings together for vic­ tory.


Winners play the name game at Barrow Gardens By Edward Lee


IT was a case of the name’s the same when it came to competi­ tion winners at Clitheroe Golf Club.


Plus-one handicapper Mark


Ashworth certainly needs no introduction. Another gross 66 on Barrow


Gardens’ green and pleasant land saw him to victory in the midweek medal. Philip Hanson claims his share


of the returns over a season and was well-pleased with his nett 70 for second place, thus relegating last week’s top man, Martin Cane, into third place with a one- shot defecit. John Drew will be meeting the


Handicaps Chairman after run­ ning away with the singles sta-


bleford. His 44 points was six clear of Michael Dawson’s cred­ itable 38. John Beggs produced a case for third place with 34 points and a better back nine than Bernard Bithell. Mike Ainsworth and Clive


Wood got the nod in a tight fin­ ish in the fourball with 48 points, winning by a short head from brothers Jamie and Jody White (47). Peter Dunn found a useful


partner in the shape of Dave Kitson to amass 46 for third spot, one point ahead of the dynamic father-and-son duo of David and Andrew Heesom. Following Chris Blackadder’s


ace a t Whalley the previous weekend, it was the turn of Bob Caladine to hole-in-one last


week. Playing in the Colne Seniors


Open Fourball, he holed-in-one at the par-three seventh hole. This spurred Caladine and


playing partner Peter Benson on to score 45 stableford points and xvin the competition. Then, on Friday at the Shipley


Open Fourball, a card play-off saw the pair pick up fourth place with 46 points. On his return from his holiday


home in Portugal, where he had clearly been putting in some seri­ ous practice, Alan Strange swept all other players aside to return a remarkable 80-17-63 to win the Veterans Bowl on Saturday. In the subsidiary competition,


Colin T. Elliott (74-8-66) took both the Division One and best gross prize. Mark Tuley (78-13- 65) took the honours in Division Two with Peter Palich (88- 20=68) leading the way in Divi­


sion Three. Twelve months ago, Paul


Greenwood was unlucky to lose the Club Championship at Myt- ton Fold on a card play-off. Greenwood, who emigrates to New Zealand later this year, left his mark on the club in 2006 with a stirring success in this year's Championship. His two-round gross score of


73+77=150 was enough to beat Nick Pearson (77+77=154) into second place and secure the main event of the year. Iii the nett prize event, a won­


derful second round of nett 64 to add to his Saturday score of 72 was just enough for Malcolm Heyworth to beat Jim Hindle (70+66) in a card play-off. There was also daily prizes on


offer and on Saturday Peter Fox took the honours with a fine 84-


20-64, followed by Herbie Hig­ gins (88-23-65). Divisional prizes went to the red-hot Jan Van Boekel (80-14-66), Joe Salazar (88-20-68) and Matt Garner (89- 24-65). On Sunday, Gary Davies took


the honours with a score of 81- 14-67 followed by Bob Devine (93-24-69). The divisional awards went to


David Bolton (83-13-70), Mick Walsh (90-21-69) and Dave Ben­ nett (98-23-75). One postscript to the event:


members will be relieved to know rumours that Peter Tomlinson had been arrested for possession of offensive trousers proved unfounded as he was later spot­ ted in the bar! Fun golf was the order of the


Ted Speak and M. Salter


(York) laughed all the way to the bank with a nett 64.2. Mike Ranson and Stella New­


and Stonyhurst) were fourth by a fraction of a shot from Pat Murray and Burnley’s Brian Pol­ lard. Helen Maginn was in the


prizes again at Clitheroe when she carded 74-5-69 to win Ladies President’s Day. Marion Niven (95-25-70) was


day in Clitheroe’s Mixed Invita­ tion Greensome.


runner-up; Chris Stokes (83) won the gross prize; P at Haydock ar carded 57-18-39 to win the senior nine-holer and the putting award went to Trudy Walne (28).


SPORT IN ASSOCIATION WITH P3 C0IVIPUTERS: CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF SERVICE


ton (Nelson) were pleased with their 66.4 return for second place while Carol Brown catered for A. Fisher (Aberdeen) for third place. The Walnes, from Clitheroe #


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