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DAVID’S HAT TRICK


IN VAIN -PAGE 55


Thursday, August 31 st, 2006 with your sports team of Edward Lee, Chris Boden, Phil Simpson and Adrian Cspst ick


Clitheroe bag league title!


_____By Adrian Capstick


THE inevitable was achieved on Sun- ■ day as Clitheroe scooped the Veka Ribhlesdale League title and complet­ ed an unprecedented treble with three games to spare. Victory away at Whalley on Satur­


day, and then town rivals Ribblesdale Wanderers on Sunday, wrapped up a season's hard work, and called for another space to be cleared in the Chatbum Road club's already bulging trophy cabinet. Whalley also played their part in


the title being decided. Aside from giving Clitheroe the


points on Saturday, they heat chal­ lengers Settle on Sunday - making it impossible for the Yorkshire side to catch-captain Neil Bolton's all stars' 25-point lead. Added to the Ramsbottom and


Ncil Bolton


Twenty/20 Cup successes seen earlier this season, and Clitheroe have made Ribhlesdale League history. The Whalley game was won by a


enth league century of the season as he was caught by Palmer off the bowl­ ing of Da-vies. Fellow opener Dibb (56) and


combination of Bolton's and Josh Marquet's bowling, teamed with the batting prowess of professional Shahid Nawaz, who hit yet another big knock of-94 runs off 72 balls in Clitheroe's nine-wicket rout. Bolton led the bowling figures with


5-23, followed by Marquet with 3-31 as Whalley were reduced to a score of 162-9. Resistance was seen in the form of


Station Road professional Bradman Ediriweera, as he racked up 60 runs off 92 balls. And his opening partnership with


captain Martin Davies (37) had promised great things as the pair put on 81 for the first -wicket.


as after Naeem Ashraf had removed the skipper via a catch from Peter Dihb, Bolton set about removing replacement John Rain, trapped for 13, Lee Kearsley, caught behind by Simon Coulter for one, and the big wicket of Ediriweera, who was howled at 134-4. And with the West Indian gone, it


However, Clitheroe had other ideas, '


replacement Daimy Glover (8) didn't disappoint though. Moved up the order for this


encounter, the pair made up the 15 run shortfall in little time. Whalley truly gave it their all to


remove the Clitheroe pro. Every single member of the home side bar the wicketkeeper had an attempt at bowl­ ing as the leading line of Ediriweera and David O'Neill were smashed for 39 off five overs and 46 off eight respectively, and Simon Gorton gave 19 runs off three overs. ■ The following day at Church Mead­ ow it was a similar story. This league title has truly been a


team effort, as Sunday's four-wicket victory displayed. Farouk Butt led the line with the


ball in his haul of 6-52, ably assisted by Ashraf's 2-29 and a wicket apiece from Marquet and Mark Hargreaves, as Ribblesdale were bowled all out for


127. Nawaz was again the leading run


maker in the Clitheroe reply as he scored a second half-century in as many days with a score of 58. Dibb was the second biggest scorer


proved easy pickings as only Richard Palmer managed double figures -with 12, before exiting at the hand of Mar­ quet, caught by Nawaz. His was the seventh Whalley depar­


with 27 runs but, unlike the day before, Ribblesdale's bowlers reaped more wickets. Barry Spencer (2-19) claimed the


ture at 146 as the tail end failed to bring much joy, as Jim Blair and Nicky Byrne (both 6 not out) finished the innings together. In reply, Nawaz wasted little time


in reaching his big tally as he struck the boundary 10 times and cleared the ropes once in an opening partnership that put on 151. However, he failed to make his sev-


prized dismissal of Nawaz and then Glover (9), bowling the former and trapping the latter leg'before, while Terry Braithwaite grabbed 3-33 in the form of Dibb, Ashraf (1) and Bolton


(9). This left Clitheroe needing just a


handful of runs which, apart from Daniel Turner exiting leg-before for a duck to David Howard, saw Chris Musson (2) lead the side home to the


winning tally with Simon Coulter (1)


alongside him. Young Dibb impressed again with a


strong opening display for the second time in as many days, which won him plaudits from his captain. In fact Bolton praised all the young


troops for their contributions to this "fantastic achievement" over "a long season". He also thanked the retiring Shahid


Nawaz, whose mammoth effort with the bat, as well as the all round ama­ teur efforts seen throughout the side. The Clitheroe pro has scored 1,604


league runs this season and is just eight runs short of matching Zahoor Elahi's league record set last year, which beat Nawaz's own record of 1,608 set in 1999. He will surely want to go out on a


high. Nawaz is 16 runs ahead of Earby


paid man Ali Azmat, the young pre­ tender who has taken the league by storm this season, and it will be between the two to hammer it out over the next three games. Bolton, meanwhile, wants to finish


the season with more wins to end his days as captain in style. He said: "It's great for everyone to


get it over and done with. It's been a long season and we've played a lot of games, and with three games to spare, it now means we can relax. "I just hope we can win all three, as


ju s t two defeats in 30 odd games would be a great achievement. "Sunday was a bit strange as you would have expected Settle to beat


Whalley. “We weren't aware of what was hap­


pening until an hour after our game finished, but it didn't hinder our cele­ brating on Sunday night as the cham­ pagne flowed." He added: "Shahid takes most of


the credit as he has now broken his own club record. He wanted to win the league in his final season and go out on a high. "And it's perhaps time for me to call


it a day as captain. I'm 99% certain I'll step down. I've done it for six years now and it would be good for the team to have a change. . “I don't know who that will be, but


Ray Slandring with the ELGA Senior Championship Trophy. (B250806/3)


Ray is toast of Mytton Fold


By Edward Lee


RAY Standring is the toast of Mytton Fold Golf Club after two impressive wins. At Baxenden he was


I have just started playing in the seniors is a great result.” Twice Standring holed


crowned the ELGA Senior Champion. And then back on home


soil he led them home again to win the monthly medal. The 56-year-old from


Clitheroe was contesting the ELGA event for the first time. And on his way to victo­


ry he achieved a golfing ambition by breaking 70 for the first time, shooting 69- 7-62 to earn a one-shot handicap reduction. A member a t Mytton


whoever it is will inherit a good side, as apart from a new pro, no one is leaving. "I'll still be batting but I'll have to


get more runs than this year or I might get dropped!" The skipper added: "The younger


- son. Peter Dibb is a fantastic talent in continued on page 55


players have really come through and shown ability to contribute this sea-


Fold for the last six years, he has been playing the game for more than three decades and said of his vic­ tory: “I didn’t realise just what a top event it was until I got there and saw how everything was laid out. “Breaking par for the


first time is a lifelong golf­ ing ambition and so is shooting under 70. “I can remember when I


started playing and want­ ing to break 100, 90 and then 80. “To shoot under 70 when


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shots from off the green for eagle, and that was enough to secure a two-shot victory over Nelson’s Ray Baron. The Bank Holiday week­


shooting a two-under-par gross 70. His 70-6-64 was enough


ner (89-20-69) in Division Two with Third Division honours being taken by the ultra-consistent Buddy Lee (93-24-69) and Peter Kiddie (95-21-71). Consistency was the key


end was a busy one at Myt­ ton Fold. And on Saturday, Stan­ dring was a t it agaiti by


to deservedly take the prize. Glynn Watson's 80-15-65 was good enough to follow him home in second place. His gross 70 was the sec­


ond best round of his golf­ ing career and represented a two-under-par round. Afterwards he said: “To


heat the course twice in the space of four days is amaz­ ing. “I can’t believe that as I


get older I seem to be play­ ing better, and Saturday’s round has seen my handi­ cap cut to five so I am in category one for the first time in my golfing career.” In a day of low scoring,


divisional prizes were won by Dave Botur (73-7-66) and John Berry (78-10-68) in the top tier, Gary Davies (83-14-69) and Matt Gar-


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for Clitheroe GC members Gary Thompson and Clive Wood in the weekend’s four- ball. Thompson birdied the


par-five first and 18th holes to help the pair finish with 48 points and claim top spot.


Three pairs on 46 ^


scrapped for the remaining ^ prizes and although Steve Dean and Alan Gillespie O managed two twos in their round, they had to settle for ^ fourth place.


Eddie White and Scott a ^


Milne took second spot ahead of David and Chris Heesom. Derek McIntyre shot a


n e t t 64 resulting in 43 points to take the singles


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