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k ^ 4 % 3?S5S*g CHAMPIONS: Riminglon Reserves celebrate their title triumph. TI00607-1 Rimington’s title


RIMINGTON Reserves claimed th e E a s t Lan ­ cashire Reserve Division title last month. And manager Liam


Carter is full of praise for his side, backroom staff and members at the club. He said: "Following Rim­


ington Reserves' title suc­ cess, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have been involved this year and played their part in such a successive season!


"Winning the East Lan­


cashire Reserve Division title was just reward for the team after they lost for the second successive year in the Craven Cup Final, this time at the hands of Colne, who were also our closest contenders in the league. "I would personally like to


thank all the players for their terrific effort, support and commitment throughout this successful season. All their hard work has paid off and


they deserved to finish top of the league." He added: "Also a special


thanks goes to my trusty assistant Andrew Blackledge for all his hard work doing the reports and running the team when I'm not there. "It has been a long season


and without him I do not think we would have had the success we have." The manager also paid


credit to the people behind the scenes who don't always


get the recognition they deserve for what they do: "Thanks go to club secretary Colin Darlington, account­ ant Ted Carter, the chairman and all other committee members for their efforts and hard work throughout the season.


"I would also like to thank


John Hartley and David Buckle for the excellent work they do on the pitch through­ out the season, keeping it in top playing condition."


Captain enjoys glorious day By Edward Lee


CLITHEROE Golf Club captain Richard Baker was blessed with glo­ rious weather for his Captain’s Day competition and presentation dinner. Liaising with head greenkeeper


Andrew Geddes, the captain provided a tough course with tricky pin positions to ensure no surprise low scores on the day. Jonathan Dugdale, Michael Cook


and Connor McLaughlin proved to be the exception, by each returning nett 68s, four under standard scratch for the day. Dugdale took the Captain’s Prize


with his impeccable 72-4-68, leaving Cook as runner-up after a card play-off. Chris Vines came out on top of four


competitors shooting nett 71s to claim third prize which left Dave Thornhill, John Barber and the in-form Paul Nightingale to pick up the Division One rewards. McLaughlin’s 81-13-68 gave him the


Division Two trophy with a four-shot margin over his nearest challengers. Alan Houghton took second spot


after cards with Mike Ranson and Nor­ man Fielding. Ron Cornwell picked up fifth prize


with the same nett 73 as Gary Moores but with a better hack nine. The consistent Denis Greenup


proved to be the best of the low handi­ cap men on the day as his 74 won the gross prize. The captain introduced other inter­


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ests on the day, not least his nominated charity challenge, when a series of fund­ raisers resulted in the grand total of £1,400 being amassed for the North West Air Ambulance. A wonderful painting by local artist Jean Holt raised £450 towards that total.


Tony Flanagan hit the longest drive


on the sixth hole, and club secretary Nigel Stone shared the straightest drive prize with Mike Bennie. Daniel Preedy proved to be the most accurate golfer on the 17th with his tee shot finishing near­ est the pin, and Ian Murray won the putting competition. The captain presented the prizes


after dinner in a packed clubhouse, and a glorious evening put the seal on a memorable day. Sunday welcomed many visitors for


the Open Four Man team event. The popular event was again well


supported and proved lucrative for visi­ tors from Gathurst, Grange Park, Lille- shall and Willow Valley. Clitheroe’s Keith Wallbank led a


team of M. Chenery, N. Brown and M. Gobi to second spot with 88 points, three clear of the score amassed by Mark Ashworth, Granville Pilling, Wayne Townley and John Hayes. One of the signature events in the


Mytton Fold calendar was held on Sun­ day with the annual Jubilee Cup. As has become traditional in recent


years, the event is followed by a barbe­ cue at which competitors and their fam­ ilies are treated to a fine spread served up by the committee. This year’s event was exceptionally


good with the food, weather and condi­ tion of the course all matching each other for quality. After a particularly closely fought


encounter, a three-way tie for the tro­ phy was eventually won on count hack by Phil Clegg on 43 points. He just out-pointed Glynn Watson,


who took the runner up spot, and Dave Pennington who took the Division Three prize. Other divisional prizes were won by


Jim Ilindle and Mick Bryan who. both scored 40 points in Division One and


Gary Ashton (40) took the Division Two prize from Howard Taylor (39). Pennington was followed home by


the in-form Barry Foxon (41) in Divi­ sion Three. The ladies’ event also saw some high


quality golf, with Maureen Board securing her first major trophy after a sparkling 42 points. Lady captain Jean Sanderson also


continued her fine recent form with 37 points to take second place. The junior prize was also won with


some excellent golf, and Matt Hanson took the trophy with an excellent 39 points. Ladies at Stonyhurst Park contest­


ed their version of President’s Day and Kathleen Hargreaves romped to victo­


ry. She carded 46 stableford points to


win by no fewer than six from Dorothy Harrison. Jean Alcock (37) was third took third place. Clitheroe played host to nthe presti­


gious East Lancashire Ladies’ Golf Association Scratch Shield and Wors- ley Trophy. Eighteen clubs from across the


region took part and the home squad of Helen Maginn, Jane Smith, Sarah Walton and Chris Stokes emerged vic­ torious. The la t te r also won the Scratch Shield for the best individual score. Dorothy Dady won the Frances


Smith qualifier when she returned 85- 13-72. Gael Smith (97-23-74) won Division Two while Marie Finney’s 93- 10-73 was good enough for the Past Captain’s Salver. At Whalley, Jane Boxall (82-15-67)


won the medal by a stroke from Carole Blackadder (87-19-68), with Lesley Lohou (95-22-73) third.


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Keeper Chris is top


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C L ITH ERO E Wolves goalkeeper Chris Bowness has been named Warbur- to n s Burnley Youth League Under 13s goal­ keeper of the year. The 13-year-old Ribbles-


dale High School Technolo­ gy College pupil beat off competiiton from his rival stoppers at his age group to claim the honour at a pres­ entation evening a t Burn­ ley’s Turf Moor. Managed by Alistair


MacDonald, the award was voted by all the other team managers, and it came as a surprise to Chris, who reluc­ tantly agreed to go in goal last year when the side’s reg­ ular goalkeeper left. As a result he also plays in


goal for his school team at Ribblesdale.


SAFE HANDS: Chris Bowness. (s) Unbeaten Wolves


CLITHEROE Wolves Under sevens came away with a 100% record from Great Harwood Rovers’ Dave Smith Memorial Tournament. Taking on eight other teams from the


Accrington area, the locals earned wins in all eight games, without conceding a goal. The side, managed by Bob Ward and assisted by Dave Watson and Dave


Burgess, displayed an excellent attitude and showed great ability, with goals com­ ing from all areas of the pitch. The results show the hard work and


preparation for the tournament, and the club thank the parents for their support and positive encouragement. The players are now looking forward to their first competitive season.


Dog celebrate fine season


DOG Inn celebrated their excellent first season in the F i r s t Division of the Harry Dewhurst Memori­ al League with an awards ceremony. Tom Holgate was voted


Players' Player-of-the-Year, with Darren Fothergill run­ ner-up, and Calum Mahon taking third place. Fothergill was Simon


Kerins' choice as Manager's Player-of-the-Year, with Jamie Enefer winning the Leading Goalscorer prize. The awards were present­


ed by guest of honour Peter Tate, Secretary of the Harry Dewhurst Memorial League.


Kerins said: "This was a


wonderful event and a great chance to celebrate the achievements of the past 12 months. We have come a long way in a short space of time, and I am confident that we will fare even better next season. "The individual award


winners deserve th eir prizes, but our success is a team effort and everyone has made an im p o r tan t contribution." • WFC are holding their


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end of season presentation night in the Waggon and Horses on Saturday night. The evening at the Pim­ lico Road establishment


Holgate would like to thank all the players, as well as Judith and Fred, for their efforts this season, and they both feel third in the league and runners-up in the cup can be bettered next season.


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CLITHEROE Tennis Club A beat Whal­ ley B 4-0 in the East Lancashire Open League at Chatburn Road to cement sec­ ond place in the table. Derek Parrott and Roger Ravenscroft


started unconvincingly, as the first eight games went with serve, but once they had broken their opponents, they closed out the match 64,6-1. On the second court, reliable second


stringers Phil Mileham and Steve Pym pun­ ished their opponents 6-0,6-1. In the return rubbers, Derek and Roger


maintained their purple patch with a 6-0,6-0 result, but the final match was the most


entertaining. Steve and Phil were always in control, but


still had to keep their wits about them to hold on 6-3,64.


Meanwhile, Clitheroe Mixed B had a


close-run match against Crow Wood. Peter Bell and Shirley Bush won three of


their four sets, halving their first match against the opposition captain and her part­ ner. In their second match they won both sets convincingly. Taylor and Dewhurst stormed to a 3-0


start in their first match, and managed to hold on to the first set 6-3, but their form fal­ tered and they failed to clinch another set.


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motorstoday.co.uk motorstoday.co.uk prestonsgroup.com Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, June 14th, 2007 63 A MAGNIFICENT seven from Chris Har­ A


ris was in vain for Read on Saturday. The New Zealander was stepping into the


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Whalley Road professional ranks as cover for Thomas Odoyo. And he more than contributed his fair


share, amassing figures of 7-77 to restrict Great Harwood to 178-8. But even those efforts from the Bacup pro­


fessional were not enough, as Read crumbled under the pressure of another substitute pro­


fessional. Great Harwood were boasting the services . . . .


of another Lancashire League paid man, Rishton’s Saeed Anwar Jnr. And despite the batting exploits of Harris,


it was the form of his opposite number that ultimately proved the difference. Anwar worked in tandem with evergreen former Read ace Peter Sleep to stop the locals’


reply dead in its tracks. Aside from Harris’ craftilly-collated knock


of 41, only skipper Will Driver (18) and Chris Holt (26) ventured into double figures. The Harwood professional opened the bowl­


ing alongside Stuart Maher, with the pair sharing the opening wickets of Driver and Nick Marsh (2). Anwar struck again to remove David Swar-


brick leg before, but took a backward stance to let Sleep take centre stage. He removed both Harris and Holt just as


they looked to be getting into their stride, as at 1054 with 10 overs remaining, the chase


was on. But Sleep did the business to remove both,


Harris haul in vain Onion bags victory


with Anwar taking both catches before com- ing back on himself to remove Warren East- ham (4) and Andrew Turner (0).


Read ultimately fell some 56 runs short on 122-9, with Sleep taking the wicket of


Andrew Rushton with the final ball of the innings. Earlier, Harris had seemingly given Read


hope of victory with a devastating display of bowling.


He removed all but one of the Harwood


wickets that fell, with Driver chipping in with the other.


Sleep’s knock of 63 took centre stage, as


Paul Houldsworth (29) and Anwar (37) also made hay in the sunshine. And those knocks proved enough to con­


sign Read to defeat, and put a dent in their title challenge. Meanwhile, Read skipper Driver took cen­


tre stage for the Ribblesdale League on Sun­ day. He picked up the man-of-the-match award


after smashing 101 in the JW Lees Cup game against the Bolton Association. And their three-wicket victory was enough


to earn his side a semi-final date with the Bolton League on July 8th. Driver’s 50 came off 70 balls, with nine


fours and a six, while he hit a further five fours and two sixes to reach a century in 135 deliveries.


Inspirational Joe returns


JOE Scuderi was the star of the show on Saturday when Ribblesdale Wanderers routed Settle by 85 runs. The returning Church Meadow profes­


sional put in a commanding performance in his first game since rejoining the side from international duty with Italy. The trip obviously did him the world of


good as the Aussie-born Italian top-scored with 65, before ripping through the York­ shire side's reply with an impressive 5-37. The former Nelson man's knock with the


bat took in five boundaries, and the team was boosted by the efforts of fellow opener Alastair Marsh (60) and Craig Hall (40) as 217-7 was amassed with little trouble. Settle’s Raj Amunugama was chief wicket


taker for his side with 4-71, as he caught and bowled the Ribblesdale paid man, had Hall caught by Jeevantha Kulatunga, and both Ryan Gladwin and Martin Peel exited via catches to Edward Read. In reply, Settle's biggest run maker was paid man Kulatunga with a solid 35 runs -


but his partners quickly fell away. Fellow opener James Howarth was


removed by Dave Howard for a duck via a catch behind to Peel. Mark Verden went the same way for a


duck, as did Amunugama, as Scuderi got to grips with the order. Andrew Davidson (27) and Kulatunga


established a partnership together as the former made the boundary five times, to the paid man's three fours and two sixes. Scuderi took Davidson's wicket too, via a


catch to Peel behind, and Read (8) followed the same way to complete the quintet. Matthew Wildman contributed with a


further 23 runs, and only John Hughes (13 not out) was to follow him into double fig­ ures as Ryan Gladwin, Richard Whalley, Barry Spencer and John Braithwaite all took a wicket apiece to halt the visitors at


132 all out. This Saturday Ribblesdale are away at


league leaders Baxenden, wickets pitched at 1-30 p.m.


Clitheroe off to flying start


CLITHEROE won their first Twenty/20 Cup group stage game on F r id ay night with a 12-run victo­ ry at Settle. Peter Dibb and Michael


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Papps put on 30 for the first wicket for the locals before Papps (17) fell to a return catch, and Neil Bolton departed for two. Danny Turner also only


made single figures, but Simon Coulter helped take the score to 70 before the pair opened their shoulders. Dibb was finally caught


on the boundary edge for 39, before Coulter, who had smashed a huge six into Booths car park, was stumped off a wide. Ian Scott, making his


debut, added a quick fire 10 at the death as Clitheroe to


a respectable 140 off 20 overs. Settle’s reply sta r ted


brightly, and professional Jeeva Kulatunga seemed to


be in a hurry as he got off to


a flyer. Clitheroe needed wickets,


and Papps became the provider as he dismissed both openers. Settle continued their


chase well, and Mark Ver­ den added a quick fire 18, after being dropped first ball by the usually reliable Mark Hargreaves on the edge. But two catches from


excellent fielder Chris Brown ended any Settle


hopes. Former captain Bolton


was welcomed back to the fold after injury, with four solid overs, and what was a match-winning catch to dis­ miss the dangerous Kulatun­ ga to end his catching


demons. Meanwhile, in Group


Two, Read also got off to a flyer with a six-wicket victo­ ry over league leaders Bax­ enden in their first game last


week. Will Driver hit an unbeat-


en 49, after the locals had skittled their opponents for


112. Substitute professional,


Burnley’s Jon Harvey, picked up figures of 3-19 and hit 24, while Warren East- ham collected 3-17 and Kyle O’Connor hit 37. The next fixtures are


scheduled for tomorrow. Ribblesdale get their


group stage games under­ way with a home fixture against Settle, while fellow Group One team Clitheroe entertain Barnoldswick at Chatburn Road. Whalley also face their


first fixture of the competi­ tion with a trip to Cherry Tree in Group B, as Read look to make it two wins from two when they wel­ come Great Harwood to


Whalley Road. Whalley then face Fenis-


cowles at home on Tuesday for their second fixture. All Twenty/20 games commence at 6-30 p.m.


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DAVID “Onion” O’Neill tormented champions Clitheroe with five wickets as Whalley earned a 57-run derby victory at Station Road on Sunday. The Whalley bowler dis­


patched an unbroken spell of 22 overs to yield 5-53. Clitheroe could have no


complaints as they were com­ pletely outclassed by a Whal­ ley side who appeared to have the stronger appetite and desire - despite the visi­ tors thinking they had done the hardest task by keeping the home side well below the 200 mark. Most pundits thought this


would be good enough on a flat track to claim the points, but O'Neill had other ideas. The first innings saw home


captain Martin Davies win the toss and elect to bat, but he was soon back in the shade when he was caught by Clitheroe professional Michael Papps off Mark Hargreaves for a single. Papps also took five wick­


ets (5-35), with a wicket apiece for Josh Marquet, Hargreaves, Neil Bibby and Neil Bolton, as Clitheroe enjoyed some success with the ball.


John Rain was soon to join


his skipper when his was the second wicket down for 11, with 37 on the board. However, Whalley paid


man Bradman Ediriweera was in fine form as he was joined by Neil Cordingley, and the pair moved the score- board to 80 before the Sri Lankan was bowled round his legs by his opposite num­ ber for a smart 48. Again, Whalley failed to


make any significant stands as wickets tumbled regularly, with Papps amassing his five-wicket haul, four of which were bowled. Cordingley made a solid


39, Richard Palmer seven and Alex Whelan 15, as Mark Fallon continued his good run with the bat to edge things onward with a couple of fine shots in a much need­ ed 42 off 41 balls, before for­ mer Whalley professional Marquet clean bowled him. The tail didn't hang


around though, and the home side ended on 181, with three overs wasted. Clitheroe seemed cock a


hoop at having to chase well 'under 200, but they had not allowed for another superb show from O'Neill, who, with a nagging line and length,


continues to trouble batsmen week in, week out, in spite of his advancing years. He had the Clitheroe paid


man caught behind without troubling the scorers, and soon Peter Dibb (2) followed him, clean bowled by Cord­ ingley. The promise of young


Jack Dewhurst wasn't given chance to shine, as Clitheroe were in big trouble at three down with just two on the board, as Cordingley had him leg before for a duck. The vocal locals encour­


aged Whalley on, but stub­ born resistance from Bolton (44) and Matthew Coulter (27) delayed things for a while as they tried to muster a rearguard action - but when Coulter fell to O'Neill at 64-4, the writing was on the wall. Ediriweera had top-scorer


Bolton caught and bowled at 97-7, and Cordingley took the smartest of catches to dismiss Hargreaves for a duck off the bowling of the Sri Lankan professional as the final nails where ham­ mered into the Clitheroe cof­ fin.


Captain Simon Coulter


(12) followed to O'Neill at 113-9, before Marquet (10)


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was bowled by Ediriweera to close the innings. This weekend Whalley


hare at Cherry Tree on Sat­ urday, while Clitheroe are at home to Edenfield. 0 Understrength Clitheroe


were knocked out of the Lan­ cashire Cup by Heywood on "** Sunday. The Chatburn Road men


won the toss and elected to bat on a flat deck, as Dibb and Papps, awesome all round the wicket, put on 96 for the first wicket. Clitheroe should really


have kicked on for over 200, but some tight bowling from West Indian Sherwin Camp­ bell and Kaye kept the score to 189. Papps’ first centupr for the


club came in the final over when he hit a four off Camp­ bell. Danny Turner took the


first Heywood scalp in his ^ first over, but Papps was the pick of Clitheroe bowlers with 3-35 off nine overs, including the prize wicket of Campbell. But the target was passed


with eight overs left thanks to Hardman scoring an excel­ lent century for the home side.


Cobras enjoy superb week


WHAT a week for Clitheroe Cobras! The Under 13s 11-a-side


team retained the LCB cup in a one-sided final against Whalley. Then, in an enthralling


match, Ian Scott took three wickets in the last over as the Under 18s beat Great Har­ wood side on the last ball. And in one of the biggest


shocks of the league so far, the Under 13s B team emphatically beat defending champions Cherry Tree A. Asked to bat on a diffi­ cult wicket, progress was


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Scott thumped 21 off 11 balls, and Galloway, playing his first match, helped to rack up a decent score. In reply, Tree suffered a


calamitous start, with two run outs by Bryn Graham, and a catch by his brother Hugh. It was always going to be


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slow, despite some cleverly Graham and Harris got angled shots by Cross (17) some momentum going and Ramsden (15).


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Annemarie is remembered


LAST week the village of Bolton-by-Bowland was left reeling a t news of the sudden death of resident Annemarie Carlton. On Sunday, the village


cricket team, which usually features Annemarie’s hus­ band, Mark, dedicated their home match against Sabden to her memory. Mark and his daughters,


Amy Jo, Lizzie, Lucy and Hannah, together with Annemarie’s mum, Andrea, and various other friends and family, showed astonish­ ing courage in joining the team at the ground. Mark led his family onto


the ground shortly before the match began. Players and spectators from both teams formed a circle for a minute's silence.


The home side batted


first, and successive home batsmen set about the Sab­ den a tta ck , as Declan Fitzhenry chose the occasion to claim his maiden century. The home innings closed on a massive 235. Sabden graciously rolled


over in time for an early adjournment to the newly- reopened Coach and Horses. Mark presented a bottle


of champagne to Declan in honour of his imperious ton, and late r described the match as “the best game of cricket I've ever seen.” I t was a fabulous day all


round, both on and off the pitch, and to have played the game in Annemarie’s honour was a privilege and a joy the club will never for­ get.


H E IG H T wickets for Russell Braithwaite hand­ ed Chatburn a win over Denholme. He took 8-24 off just over


12 overs, before, chasing a target of 93 to win, Mick Hutchinson and Richard Shovelton put on 36 for the fifth wicket to guide the locals home. The seconds overcame


Denholme by 26 runs. John Moore h i t 48 and Paul Woodworth 42 in the locals’ 156, before Denholme were bowled out for 130, with Geoff Lambert taking 5-29. The following day, the


side lost by 99 runs to Bar- rowford in the Cowling Cup, chasing a massive 240 to win, despite 73 from Nick Hutchinson. CHIPPING A remain


top of the Clitheroe and District Midweek Cricket League after a 24-run win over Chipping Ramblers. The leaders made 134,


before bowling Ramblers out for 110. Waggon and Horses stay second after beating Sabden


difficult to come back from th a t , and the Chatburn Road B side began cruising to victory. Tight bowling by Arthur,


Graham, Ahmad and Har­ ris closed out the win.


by eight wickets. Neil Bibby took four


wickets, and Peter Dibb scored 29 in the reply, after they had restricted Sabden to 95-9. Low Moor skittled


Calderstones for 49, before winning by eight wickets. And Rimington restrict­


ed St James to 84-8, after posting 1444. RIBBLESDALE Wan­


derers Under 18s (131-4) beat Feniscowles (83) by 48 runs. Andrew Hartley (30 not


out), Michael Clarkson (29 not out) and Russell Bradley (27) top-scored, while Jordan Britcliffe took 4-4 and Michael Clarkson 3- 15.


The Under 13s (118-1)


beat Baxenden (70-1) thanks to Tom Rigby (38) and Mark Nerlenberg (28). The Under 11s (70-2) lost


to Read (80-1), while the Under 15s were also beaten by Cherry Tree in the LCB Trophy. The Blackburn side


scored 105-5, and Ribbles­ dale replied with 77-8.


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