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iration for the new season on Thursday. ' -Training will take
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:placej on ■ Waddington sports’ field,-commencing at 7 p.m.
Y Waddington currently- run-two teams in the Craven/,and ’Dis tr ic t Football League; the first t e ^ pltiy in the Premier Division'and the reserves
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the Captain's Junior Trophy on Sunday.
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ing enjoyed a successful season last term,.the club'^ is on the lookout for new players who' could strengthen both teams, and with this in niind any new players who wi^ to join the club should, attend training. ’ Waddington -would
play in/the Second Divi sion. - • ' - - - With both teams ha-ys
also like to hear from teams who would be interested in playing pre-:
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season-friendly fixtures For further details on any matter . referring to Waddington FC, please contact first team man ager Jim Tierney (422344 or 07890 397473). '
players for their new Under 8s team. Training sessions take
H R E A D S T O N E United • - require
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tion; contact Linda Joll (01282 411207), chair man Paul Clarke (01282 771832) or Geoff Lam bert (01282 771442).
up six years ago and in th a t time has helped some 200 youngsters realise their ambitions of sighing for professional clubs - more than most premiership clubs put together. And they have been
es are fully booked in' other areas, the Li-verpool based organisation is looking to develop a local coach from the Ribble 'Valley area to become part .of a soon-to-be national company. Coaches who are inter
requested by many local teams and parents to branch out from their current schemes. -As their present coach
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ested must have a drivers licence, be over the age of 21 and have experience of playing in goal - and more importantly, have a passion to want to teach children. Anyone interested in
the position can either get more information, by visiting www.just4keep-
ers.com or contact Ray Newland (08450 941809).
school is looking to bring its skills and opportuni ties to children in the East Lancashire area. Just4keepers was set
I A LEADING goal ■ keeper coaching
place on Wednesday evenings from 6-15 to 7- 15 p.m. on Read school field, and any boy or girl aged she or seven interest ed in playing is welcome. For further informa
In a tight finish Ben's 101-
32-69 won on a card play-off from Edward Foulds, whose 75 took the gross priza Luke Tidmarsh came in
third with a n e t t 70 and James Galling won the par threes and fives competi tion. The top three players will
now play in the 'Whalley Pro-Am on Saturday, along side PGA professionals from the Northern Order of Merit, (s)
Ashworth makes his Mark — again!
CLITHEROE Golf Club champion Mark Ashworth was at it again at the week end - winning the top title for the fifth successive year. Rounds of 74 and 69 saw
.card play-off gave third place to Captain Elect Richard Crossley (83-13- 70). Roger Altham (77) took
Wray produced another sparkling performance to win Captain's Day at Whal- ley Golf Club with a magnif icent 72-4-68. Gary Meakin (75-6-69) was in second place and a
leaderboard was headed by •Neil Dowds with Alan Houghton and Jon Dugdale also in the frame. Club Champion Andrew
Bennie shot nett 71s in the first round to share the top prize, leaving Wayne Towneley in third after cards. The second round nett
(74) and newcomer Nathan Dunn (76) won the gross prizes for the individual rounds. Michael Heaps and Ron
claim the 36-hole nett prize with rounds off 66 and 75, three better than Phillip Hanson who relegated coun cil member Peter Dunn into third place. Big-hitting Bill Wood
ner-up by a shot from Paul Connolly -with Chris Hamer (154) in fourth place. Tom Poole came to life to
him win by seven shots. Denis Greenup was run
PRESIDENT’S Day at Mytton Fold was a particularly poignant and emotional affair on Sunday.
A large turnout all had their private thoughts of Pres -
ident Frank Hargreaves who died earlier this year. In a typically competiti-ve event, Emma Clegg took
the ladies’ prize with 40 points, outpointing her mother, Linda, on 38. The men's prize went to a card play-off with John Atkinson just beating Matt Walsh to the tro
phy - both players having scored 41 points. ' Divisional prizes went to John Parkinson (40) and
John Berry (38) in Division One,- John Kwasnewski con tinuing his resurgent form with 40 points to take Division Tvvo from Jan Van Boekel (38) and in Division Three Jim Bridge (39) took the honours from Prank Eccles (36).
Pro-Am take place at Whal- ley with some of the leading professionals in the North ern Region of the PGA tak ing part. Play begins at 9-30 a.m.
This Saturday sees the
and spectators will be wel come.
house enjoyed an excellent meal provided by Club Manager Julia Duffy and her staff and entertainment from both the Captain and a band.
head also provided sub sidiary prizes and these were won by Richard Ferley (best front nine); Stephen Brown (best back nine); John Heap (nearest the pin at the 18th) and Rob Hilton (straightest drive at the 11th). In the evening, a full club
the gross prize and Past Captain Chris Davies (82- 12-70) won the seniors’ prize. Club Captain Roy Broom-
73) won Division One with Kris Baldwin (87-13r74) and Dorothy Hamer (88-13- 75) filling the minor plac- ings. Barbara Brown (98-24-
in action on Sunday in an LGU Medal. Sheila Cornwell (85-12-
putting competition, Helen Maginn was nearest the pin on the 17th, Maureen Mick- lewright won the senior nine-holer and bridge prizes were claimed by Eva Velvick and Freda Wood. Clitheroe ladies were back
Irene Hinks (88-17-71) with Jane Smith’s 78 taking the gross prize. Gill Wightman won the
Captain’s Day at Clitheroe with a score of 83-13-70. She won by a shot from
Geoff Sutcliffe is playing the best golf of his life, and returned a great nett 68 for second place while Ken Mantle’s 70 saw him make a welcome return to the win ners’ enclosure. Dorothy Dady won Lady
in the midweek medal when producing a nett 66 to earn a significant reduction. Captain’s Day winner
the last two years trying to convince the Clitheroe handicap committee his in not up to his mark. But he was proved wrong
Peter Haworth has spent
74) topped Division Two ahead of Karen Stanworth (96-21-75) and Jane Chan dler (98-22-76). Rosemary Grime carded
for lady members of Stony- hurst Park. Margaret Carrington (37)
was runner-up ahead of Joan Whittaker (95-23-72). I t has been a busy time
Bennett (Fishwick) were run- nere-up ahead of visitors from Hindley and fourth place went to Jan Burrows and Clitheroe’s Kath Townley.
in the Ladies Open Fourball with Stonyhurst’s Jean Alcock being joined by Jane Airey (West End) to take first place. Pam Parkinson and G.
69) won the June medal ahead of Gill McDonnell and Carolyn Blocked while Josephine Porter took the Frances Lee Medal by a shot from Gill McDonnell and Judy Kitching. Twenty teams took part
saw. victory for Susan Kirk and Judy Kitching (37) claim victory with the minor placings going to the Jean Coward-Dorothy Har rison and Margaret Duck- ett-Janette Dowdy pairings. Janette Dowdy (97-28-
won President’s Day after a card play-off with Gillian McDonnell. Kathleen Har greaves (32) was runner-up after a play-off with Susan Greenwood. Spot prizes were won by Margaret Car rington and Kathleen Harg reaves. The Fourball Stableford
Clitheroe serve up best show of season
opener, Burnley fielded a strong youthful side Mth all their University students having returned home. And in the top match
91-24-67 to win Lady Cap'- tain’s Day at Whalley. Agnes Seery (102-33-69)
ham who made the differ ence, unusually holding serve throughout the match and spraying winning ground strokes around the opponent’s court. On the other court, Steve
real seam of form and only lost three more games against a big serving duo, taking the match 6-1 6-2. I t was an in-form Mile-
Pym and Clitheroe’s own returning intellectual Daniel Bush were reunited and they took the initiative in their match against the young Burnley second pair from the start, finishing the mateh swiftly 6-2 6-2. Pym played a controlled gain and confirmed his sta
set they began their fight- back but went down 6-4. However, they then hit a
Derek P a r ro tt and Phil Mileham were initially over whelmed. From 4-1 down in the first
CLITHEROE A produced their best performance of the season on Saturday to record a home and away 4-0 double over Burnley B. In contrast to the season’s
tus as one of the most con sistent players in the team. Bush also played extremely well and looks like relegat ing father Tony to the subs bench for the summer. The return match for Par
ing and Pym’s measured strokeplay kept Burnley on the back foot from the start and they tore up the form book to claim a splendid vic tory in straight sets.
New look suits
locals!
A NE'W-look Whalley A team secured a fine win agaiMt Burnley A on Satur day in the First Division of the East Lancashire Open Tennis League. Playing at number one
of the day looked a tall order, as Bush and Pym took on the Burnley top pair. However Bush’s big serv
rott and Mileham against the Burnley second pair was unsurprisingly simple, in spite of the usual injury worries that plague Parrott on a regular basis. Capturing the final point
Richard Lambert and ' Matin Haworth were too ' consistent for both their opponents from Burnley winning in straight sets. By contrast the Whalley
second pairing of Tom i Ormerod and Nick Thomas used their attacking abilities . to gain equally impressive victories on a day when • everything seemed to either go in or hit the line. Whalley secured an
important 5-0 victory to-' cement their position in the top half of the division. ^ In the mixed league ®
Whalley A had the week off but Whalley B came off sec- • ond best to a very good a Blackburn Northern side. Robert Houseman and ^
Christine Scott lost by one ^ break of serve against the • Blackburn number two pair . in each se t but had no answer to the opposition number ones. Meanwhile Jackie Norris
and Roger Walker had chances to defeat the second pairing but narrowly lost in two sets. The match against the
top pair WM more clear cut with the Whaley pair only gaining a couple of games.
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. form at Whalley, claiming victory
RIBBLE Valley Under 13s District cricket team played their first game of the sea son against Pendle at Stony- hurst College last week. The side, which selects
gridge and Joe Hopkins of Ribblesdale Wanderers ran well between the wickets and saw the new ball off before Hopkins was run out with the score on 23. That brought Jack
lost the early wicket of Bow- ness writh the score on one. Gary Knight of Lbn-
Clarkson from Ribblesdale who hit a quick fire 17; this was followed by a disci plined knock from Howells of Read who rotated the strike allowing Dewhurst to reach his century. And the Ribble Valley
innings finished on a bril liant 225-4 with Dewhurst 112 not out and Howells 15 not out. In reply Pendle lost an
first spell without any luck but Dewhurst came on and removed the other opener to a superb catch by McGrath at gully. But then Pendle took
attack and struck immedi ately forcing an edge, ably caught by Knight behind the sticks. He then struck again with
the act, bowling the Pendle number eight. McGrath of Ribblesdale then produced his STCond piece of brilliant fielding, running out the Pendle number nine with a direct hit. The game was running
two wickets in an over, one bowled and one caught by Hopkins. And Dewhurst got in on
control and the score reached 100-2 until Bowness of Clitheroe bowled Braith- waite. Howells returned to the
early wicket, Howells bowl ing the Pendle opener. Clarkson bowled a tight
and the two batsmen put on 119 for the third wicket before Knight played on scoring an excellent 43. Dewhurst was joined by
Dewhurst of Clitheroe to the crease and together with Knight they capitalised on the good start taking singles regularly, forming a founda tion for a good innings. Dewhurst reached his 50
players from clubs within the Valley, got off to a -win ning s ta r t in a nail-biting finale. Put into bat the locals
RIBBLESDALE Wanderers’ Castlemaine XXXX Ramsbottom Cup quarter-final against Settle on Sunday turned out to be a low scor ing cracker.
ble figures from the lower order, leaving Settle chasing what looked like an easy 135 for victory. Ribblesdale came out aiming to make amends for the first half of the
quick succession before Ryan Glad win and Stephen Kerr entered into a 30-run partnership but again exit ing when set for a good tally. Only Barry Spencer reached dou
blesdale opener Alistair Marsh fell in the second over which brought Da-vid Howard to the crease, who along with professional Joe Scuderi (36) put on an easy 50-run partner ship until another needless run out accounted for the paid man. Martin Peel and Howard fell in
to a 46-run result that had Ribbles- dale’s bowlers to thank rather than the men with the bats. Taking to the crease first, Rib
entered the last four of the competi tion at the expense of the North Yorkshire-side despite another below-par batting display. Home -victory was taken thanks
The Church Meadow men
reward as Ribblesdale were quickly among the wickets, with Joe Scud eri bowling Adam Yates, and Ryan Gladwin accounting for Raja Arshad and Earby professional Ali Azmat, the former aided by a well- judged catch by Terry Braithwaite and the la tte r cut down in his strida
the toss and inserted the visitors. This decision soon brought
game and were rewarded in the eighth over when Howard removed Keith Hornby and, with the next ball, the prized wicket of Settle paid man Sajith Fernando, both of whom were caught behind by Peel., When Stuart Hornby fell to a
superb return catch by Spencer, the Settle innings rested with the two
A SUPERB century by Ribbles dale Wanderers professional Joe Scuderi was all in -vain as the ama teurs put in a woeful batting dis play in Saturday’s 41-run league defeat to Earby. The Church Meadow side won
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Bairstow at the end meant Ribbles dale were chasing 180 for victory having secured the two bonus points with a fine display of fielding and catching from Barry Spencer and Martin Pratt in the deep. The pick of the bowlers were
les, followed by Ian Clarkson and Stephen Hipgrave, all got into dou ble figures to boost the Earby total towards the 150 mark with Hodge top-scoring with 40 before falling to Liam Gidlow. A quick fire 15 from Peter
Nigel Hodge and Stephen Pick
again ’Terry Braithwaite, who fin ished with 5-64, and Scuderi with -3- 39.
senior players of Tim Green and Mark Verden. Spencer accounted for Green with
a well-judged catch by Kerr and Verden fell caught behind for Scud- eri’s first wicket.
But the pressure began to tell as
the Ribblesdale side bowled and fielded as well as in any other game.
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asiAnd he also picked tip ;the;wicket of: dangerous middle. order batsmen /Simon Coulter, bowled for 42 as he looked to step up ithe run-rate dramatically, f - Holt also chipped in with the wicket of Naeem Ashraf for 25; caught by Andrew Rushto^ Md pmd man Ganesh picked up a welcome - wicket; as he removed Peter Dibb for 35, All that left Read chas
In reply the Ribblesdale innings
never really took off apart from the professional who could only watch as one by one the amateur batsmen lost their -wickets to poor shots. Only Gladwin (13) managed
double figures as nobody could stay with the pro for any length of time. Scuderi hit 12 fours and one sue in
a superb innings of 102 but when he fell for the ninth wicket any hope of a Ribblesdale win went with him. This weekend Ribblesdale are
away to Baxenden on Saturday and at Bamoldswick on Sunday. 'Wick ets pitched at 1-30 p.m. on both days.
and with no Settle batsmen in the lower order making double figures, Ribblesdale cemented there place in the semi finals by rapping up the innings for 89. Terry Braithwaite and Howard
were the pick of the bowlers with figures of 1-5 off 10, and 4-15 off 7.4 respectively.
ing a difficult 250 for-victo ry, and after only amassing
•their uphill task had got even steeper.' -= ' Openers Matt Doughty (9) and Garmesh Ghand
: (6) had both fallen cheaply but .with. Driver and Ganesh,. the locals looked like they had a chanca- > Josh Marquet removed both,. as well a s ; Kyle O’Connor for a duck; and the- dangerous-looking Andrew Turner after he had cracked 32 off 18 baM . Read did add 83 in thei
final 10 overs) but it still wasn’t enough as; they slipped to defeat. They, will look to bounce
THE failure to build a steady start again cost Whalley dear at Great Harwood on Saturday as the vil lagers succumbed to a 50-run defeat. However Cliffe Park professional
Gyan Pandey was more than willing to show the -visitors how it should be done. The former Todmorden pro
bly throughout and waited for the bad ball, with some worthwhile efforts to aid him from Allan Armer and lari Haworth. The selection of the Whalley
lently in cold windy condi tions.
the Ribble \alley Schools Rounders Tournament at Whalley Primary School. The chil- ren performed inagmficeiitly to top (he (able in (he round-robin event against seven
* a e (he winning squad with Jack Taylor and Clare Sutton holding (he trophy, (s) << ■»■ such a small school of only 43 pupils!! Pictured *^‘^*"‘**^*®" Primary School had reason to celebrate when (hey won
tom end of the ground had to run up into & very stiff wind and performed admirably. Howells was the pick of
the bowlers with 4-15 off his eight overs.
The bowlers from the bot
towards a dramatic conclu sion as Razzaque of Pendle launched into a devastating assault on the Ribble Valley bowlers, he hit some enor mous sixes to all parts and almost won them the game, finishing on 73 not out, but fortunately for the locals,. Pendle fell short by 15 runs. All the team fielded excel
Gorton, and Ben Dowling had just one spell and the very last over. Dowling got the first wicket when
before Dowling caught him in the deep of Lee Burgess before David O'Neill had Paul Houldsworth caught by Lee Kearsley. Armer hit a brisk 33 before holing
out to Gorton, again off O'Neill, and Pandey finished the timings with a flourish as two big sixes were launched towards the drinkers gath ered on the pavilion steps. Following tea Whalley started
briskly, moving to 54 off the first 12 overs, and neither captain Martin
bowling a t ta c k left a lot to be desired with the professional not being introduced until the last 10 overs. There was no action for Simon
he had Matt Haworth clean bowled -with 20 on the board. Russell Whalley threatened
start to the season, the villagers con tinue to plunge down the table as they seem to have lost the eagerness and competitive edge they had earli er in the campaign. Pandey batted steadily and sensi
struck a fine unbeaten knock of 90 and enabled Harwood to reach a more than creditable 199-5 off 44 overs as the -visitors failed to bowl the required 45 in the allotted time spell - which was a reflection on the all-round attitude of the side. After what proved a promising
Whalley must bounce back ■ New
get their own back on the specta tors who barrack them week in.
Houldsworth, with his first ball, had the pro well caught by M a tt Haworth and the Sri Lankan was soon followed by Davies thanks to a fine catch in the slips by Pandey. Joim Rain managed 23 in no time but was clean bowled to become
wicket win over Fenis- ■
cowles. Feniscowles batted first
and made 106-4 with D. Critchley (31) and P. Jackson (30) their main scorers. In reply Ribblesdale
struck 107-5 with John Reynolds scoring 30, Liam Gidlow 25 and Richard Clarkson 11. Meanwhile the Under
RIBBLESDALE Wanderers Under
18s beat enjoyed a five-
Davies or professional Bradman Ediriweera looked in any danger as both were playing well. However tragedy struck when
tion Road club \rill open its gates to Whalley residents and supporters who fancy playing a game of crick et where it is a requirement that none of the team members are reg ular league cricketers. I t is a day for the cricketers to
becue proved such a success that a number of local villagers lobbied the club for an event in which all the village could get involved. So on Sunday, July 9th, the Sta
ON a glorious day in July last year, Whalley CC hosted an Australian touring side called the Crusaders. The match and the ensuing bar
week out, but on the other hand, perform too well and you may make the first team the following weeki
been in-vited to enter a team to play in two leagues of five, with the lead ing side from each league qualif jdng for the final. The first matches commence at 10 a.m. -with the final completed for 6 p.m. -
the 'World Cup Final at 7 p.m. in time for
end with only Palmer hitting a patient 27 reaching double figures as the remainder folded, leaving Houldsworth with six wickets and the home pro having four to his name. The talent is there, but it appears
13s played Read and won by 10-wickets. Read scored 61-5 with
Max Howells (19) the main contributor before Ribblesdale fired back with 79 without loss. Michael Clarkson was top scorer with 21 runs. But the Under 11s lost
against Clitheroe as the Chatburn Road side racked up 114-4 to'Rib- blesdale’s 38-9. Paul McGrath (14) proved to be Wanderers top scorer.
ing the crown green bowls classic at Whalley Bowl ing Club on Sunday. Players will compete for
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£300 in prize'money. DRAW
round: J. Wild jnr v M. Beardmore; A. Comall v M. Burtonwood; D. Platt v E. Pye; L. Nuttall v R. Turn er.
9-30 a.m. preliminary
10-15 a.m. first round: P. Rostron v C. Snape; M.
Houldsworth’s third -victim and Fal lon, appearing bogged down, fell to Pandey with 'Whalley on 106-4. That was the beginning of the
. As the Crusaders will not be back in England imtil 2007, the club felt that a biennial -village event was a great idea and, after considering various suggestions, opted for a sk a-side cricket competition. Ten teams from the village have
-S 2 im £ There will be a Northcote Offsite
needed to help in all sorts of capaci ties - on the bar, with the food, car parking, ball spotters and many other things. Please contact the club to offer any help that you can give.
you will need a ticket for the barbe cue. Tickets are available from the clubhouse and from the four pubs in the -village - the Swan, the Dog, the De Lacy and the Whalley Arms. Volunteers from the village are
barbecue for spectators between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., and the bar will be open serving refreshments through out the day. Entry to the ground is free but
take two more giant sMdes towards the title. They are at home to Great HarWid on Saturday; and then entertain third-placed Cherry Tree on Sunday.,
a^inst a young Thornton
C H A T B U R N returned to top forth
side to cement their posi-' tion at the top of the TWrd Diviaon of the Craven and District Cricket League. In an attempt to put the
back when they entertain Edenfield on Saturday and Great Harwood on’Sun day. Clitheroe will hope tb
53 in the first over 20 over^
fielders was on top of his game,/only one sharp; chance going to ground. The day went well as
previous week’s poor field ing to rest, Chatburn; decided to take'to the field when winning the toss. ■ ; S And every one of the
that application is Whalley’s undo ing, but they must aim to get back on track -with a home double header to Cherry Tree on Saturday fol lowed by Earby on Sunday. Wickets pitched at 1-30 p.m. Two victories and they will be
back up where they should be, any thing less and it will be a tough sec ond half of the season.
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Edmondson v R. Platt; V. O’Donnell v M. Burns; G. Stretton v C. Hojie. 11 a.m.: D. Haxton v G.
Radivojevic; P. Bold v M. Fryer; P. Singleton v E. Wallace; S. Edmondson v B. Riley. 11- 45 a.m.: L. Tomlinson
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slipped to a disappoiting. seven wicket defeat against Denholma Despite good knocks: from John Moore (42) and;
carried on his rich vein of form with: a splendid unbeaten 32 as Chatbum needed just'25 overs to record a nine-wicket win. Chatbum’s second string
Aamir Zulfi (57), the locals -were skittled for just 127.' / And this low score'was
ho problem for their oppo nents, who coasted to an easy-victory. ' The -wicket takers were
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out) was in reastant mood and stuck to his task to see the locals to-victory. . And Chris Waddington
out with a positive attitude and rattled up 34 before Da-vid Price (29) was dis missed after some glorious strokeplay. David Lakin (23 not
Paul Shorrock kept the runs tight and Russell Braithwaite tore through; the top order. He took 5-27 and Rod Booth claimed 4-' 20 as Thornton were skit- tledfor93. Chatbum’s openers went
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