■ + 1-' 70 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, May 17th, 2007 www.ciitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) Cup holders crash out


CLITHEROE’S defence of the Ramsbottom Cup ended at the first hurdle. The Chatbum Road side lost out


in a nail-biter with Padiham. Visiting professional Kashif Sid-


dique was the chief destroyer, as his unbeaten century earned a two-wick- et win. With a player injured, Clitheroe


required only one more scalp tor vic­ tory. But Siddique’s inspired perform­


ance saw Clitheroe dumped out. Having been all out for 162, Josh


SHOWDOWN: Acfion from the Nick Hopwood Memorial Cup mulch. A120.507/6j President’s


Clilheroe X V .......... 5 Presidenl’s X V .........15 THE President’s XV had the edge in the traditional end of season celebration, clinching the Nick Hop- wood Memorial Cup. The President’s captain


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Dan Jefferson picked his side to play man on man with a simple game plan - play your opposite number out of the game, fast ball out to the backs, slow ball back into the pack and drive fonvard. Clitheroe knew this and


started the game with exceptional force, although often too over enthusiastic. The President’s team


took advantage, and worked their way up the field, driving into the for­ wards, and only coura­ geous defending by locks Bob Wilkinson and Steve Dowson stopped them. Clitheroe had the upper hand in the line-outs, and a


men edge It Faiion in form Read beaten ® 1


batting from Siddique and some woe­ ful batting at the other end. Mark Hargreaves got the first wicket in the fourth over when he trapped Phil Metcalf (2) in front.


front.


runs at the other end, smashing two sbies off Papps, one just out of reach of the stretching Daniel Turner. That got Padiham to within touching distance of victory, and


quick ball off the top gave the backs chance to run the side out of danger. Two quick balls from


the following rucks gave centre Alex Hough a try in the corner. It appeared that Jeffer­


son’s well laid plans were going to crumble, but, gathering his team, he knew he had to knock Clitheroe backwards to give his youtliful line-up a chance to get the upper hand. Having the better of


Clitheroe in the scrum gave them the advantage they needed. Scrum half James


Moody fed his backs the ball, and centre Will Tat- tersall took the defence with him, only to dummy and swerve past them to score an equalising try. In the second half,


Clitheroe’s biggest blow was losing captain Ben


CHATBURN slipped to a seven-wicket defeat at Barrowford on Saturday. On a damp wicket, the locals lost what


turned out to be a crucial toss, and were put in to bat. After a solid start from Nick Hutchin­


son (14) and David Price (24), the home bowlers got the best and worst out of the track. Only Richard Shovelton (13) and Steve


Bowker (15) looked in form and offered some stability as Chatburn were dis­ missed for 92 in 37 overs. Chatbum’s bowlers gritted their teeth


and soon had Barrowford at 32-3, but all was to no avail as the pitch settled down and the home side cruised to victory with seven wickets to spare. Sunday’s game in the Wynn Cup was


conceded by Gargrave without a ball being bowled, as Chatburn advanced to the second round. Chatburn seconds suffered a 63-run


defeat against Riddlesden. Riddlesden batted first and were


bowled out for 132. Geoff Lambert, with 5-21, was the pick of the bowlers. Chris Mulheam (343) and Ben Threlfall (2-22) were also among the wickets. In reply, only Rob Devine, who made


32, reached double figures as Chatburn were dismissed for 69 in a very poor bat­ ting performance.


Graves through injury, as his captaincy and leader­ ship had kept them focused. Jefferson unleashed his


biggest guns, the back row of Paul Warren, Andrew Thornber and the Presi­ dent’s man-of-the-match James Haynes, whose marauding runs caused havoc. From one of these,


Haynes scored under the posts. Bill Thatcher easily making the conversion. Clitheroe’s man-of-the-


match was Mark Curphey, who continually showed he could match up against the best. With rampaging runs in


the loose and solid defend­ ing, he has secured his place for the forthcoming season. The game ended with a


penalty for the President’s, Thatcher slotting it home for the final score.


9 CLITHEROE Cobras Under 13s


B cruised to victory in a one-sided game at Baxenden. Clitheroe batted first and enjoyed a


run-fest thanks mainly to Bilal Ahmed (32), J. Scotit (28) , H. Graham (21) and debutant L. Cross (17). Most of the Baxenden bowling was plundered, the exceptions being J. Poole (1-15), and Richmond (1-8), who both impressed for the home side as the locals reached 349-3. Clitheroe backed up their batting


display to win at a canter by 85 runs. J. Kay and 0. Quigley put in promis­


ing performances on their debuts - the latter taking two fine catches, one of them, a towering skier at deep long off from the bowling of pace bowler Scott, who was bowling slow off spin at that point. • ONLY one game survived the


weather as the Clitheroe and District Midweek Cricket League got off to a wet start. St James’ game with Chipping Ram­


blers beat the rain, with St James’ win­ ning by 51 runs. St James’ posted a total of 102-8


from their 15 overs, before restricting Chipping to 51-9.


MARK Fallon gave a superb all-round display as Whalley advanced to the last eight of the Ramsbot­ tom Cup. Three wickets and an


unbeaten partnership of 75 with Richard Palmer saw them ease past Settle by six wickets at Marshfield. And it handed them a


home tie with Padiham. Fallon rolled back the


years with a gutsy display, including a fine caught and bowled to remove home pro Jebvantha Kulatunga for just 10. He ended with 3-29 off


10 overs, before seeing the villagers home with a robust 46 not out alongside Palmer. Martin Davies won the


toss and stuck Settle in, with Keith Hornby the first to fall as he was cleaned up by Neil Cord- ingley for two. Son Stuart followed with


25 on the board, as the Whalley spinners ripped through the middle order to leave Settle on 49-5. Eddie Read did show


promise, and class, as he held things together with a neat 24 alongside Raj Amunugama, to end the innings on 131. The track wasn’t easy,


and Whalley had to apply themselves to seal victory. Davies fell to a fuller ball


from Stuart Hornby at 14, and paid man Bradman Ediriweera joined him, falling into the trap set by compatriot Kulatunga, caught driving for 14 wth 32 on the board. Cordingley was the next


man to fall, albeit to a catch out of nowhere by Robbie Preston for five, but Lee Kearsley had started to move things along nicely by this time. At 59-4, Settle had


fought their way into the game, but they had not accounted for the dogged determination of Fallon and Palmer who patiently built their innings and clawed away at the target. Once they crept past


three figures, the Settle heads had dropped, and Fallon opened up to steer Whalley home with six wickets in hand and seven over's to spare. Youngster Reed was the


pick of the home attack with 2-17 off his six overs, with no one else causing great alarms in the visiting ranks. But the unbroken part­


nership was the highlight of a good all-round per­ formance, that saw the vil­ lagers comfortably home. Whalley entertain Eden-


field at Station Road on Saturday, wickets pitched 1-30 p.m.


CHERRY Tree’s Jon Paul Baldwin produced career-best bowling figures to inflict a 45-run Ramsbottom Cup defeat on Ribblesdale Wanderers. Baldwin claimed 6-24 off nine


overs to strangle the life out of Wan­ derers’ response to Tree’s 187-7 at Church Meadow, after hitting an unbeaten 38. . The visitors had first knock, and


Ribblesdale made an immediate breakthrough as David Howard had opener, skipper Mark Hadfield, caught by Joe Scuderi at six. However, there were contributions


all down the order as Tree racked up a total that proved enough. Bar the failure of Lee Kennedy,


READ were comprehen­ sively dismantled by Great Harwood as they exited the Ramsbottom Cup. The Whalley Road side


had a day to forget as they were dismissed for just 55 - of which Michael Whalley made 25 - as Will Driver’s side suffered a 104-run defeat. Harwood, minus the big-


hitting Russ Whalley, won the toss and were instantly in typically belligerent mood, going for their shots, as they chose to bat. That appeared to have


been to the visitors’ down­ fall, as Read removed them for 159 inside the 46th over. Chris Astin was the pick


of the bowlers, claiming 3- 24 off his seven overs, while Chris Holt also took 3-30. Professional Thomas


Odoyo was economical, chipping in with 2-26 off 10 overs. Allan Armer top-scored


\vith 36 for Harwood, while Ian Haworth added 35, Chris Jackson made 20, and Paul Newton finished unbeaten on 17. They were the only bats­


men to make double fig­ ures, however, and Read felt they had performed reasonably well at tea. However, their hard


trapped in front by Scuderi for one, the 'Tree batsmen gave themselves a platform, and many built on it in a series of decent partnerships.' . Ahmer Mirza and Nigel Robbins


had taken the score to 43 before the latter fell to Stephen Kerr, and when the opener was removed by Barry Spencer at 78, he had top-scored with 39. Paid man Zahoor Elahi shared 37


with Marc Burrows before departing for 36, and still there was resistance, with Burrows making 23, and Andreas Sudnik 20, while man-of- the-match Baldwin crashed a 33-ball unbeaten 38 to see out the innings. Wanderers lost skipper and profes­


in


Marquet seemed to have trapped Siddique leg before with the first delivery of the reply, but it wasn’t given. What followed was some excellent


Throughout the tense afternoon,


wickets continued to fall at one end while runs were flowng for Siddique. Neil Bibby bowled well for three


wickets, removing Umar Saddique (22), who was the only other Padi-' ham batter to get double figures. Professional Michael Papps got


two wickets and Mark Hargreaves three, but a tense finish just before the rain came saw Padiham needing 25 runs mth two wickets left. And when Gary Hall had to retire


hurt after dislocating his shoulder, Clitheroe only needed one wicket to claim victory. Wicket keeper Gavin Kelly kept


out Hargreaves' last over, despite playing and missing three times. 'This allowed Siddique to score the


when a catch was spilled, it looked set to be their day. Fittingly, Siddique scored the win­


ning runs, booking a place in the next round against Whalley. Earlier, after electing to bat upon


winning the toss, Clitheroe were looking to post a total of around 200. But they started poorly as Peter


Dibb was bowled by Is^esir Mehmood for one. Neil Bolton and Papps steadied


the ship, before Papps got a leading edge and was caught at mid wicket by his Siddique for 22. Bolton was trapped in front by


Siddique, but with the tail failing to wag, a total of 162 was not enough as Clitheroe crashed out. And they will hope for better on Saturday when they return to league action at Great Harwood (wickets pitched 1-30 p.m.).


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Mytton’s Mike hits top form


By Edward Lee


MYTTON Fold profession­ al Mike Bardie scored his second successive win when the East Lancashire PGA Alliance met at Heysham. Following on from his


winning round of 65 the previous week. Bardie card­ ed 67 for victory and teamed-up with Mark Green to win the doubles prize with 46 points. Saturday saw the May


Stableford in changeable conditions, with members contending with short, heavy showers. Keith Gill emerged the


winner with 41 points, closely followed by Dave Clegg with 40. Division one prizes went


work in the field went unrewarded as the batting line-up suffered a horren­ dous collapse. Driver was caught


behind by Armer off the second ball of the innings, from Stuart Maher, with­ out scoring - a major set­ back to the locals’ hopes. And things deteriorated


from there on in. Although Nick Marsh


and Whalley managed to add 19 for the second mck- et, only 36 runs followed for the loss of the remain­ ing eight. Of the 27 overs it took


Harwood to skittle Read, 14 were maidens as the home side found runs extremely hard to come by. Newton, who has start­


ed the season in fine form with the ball, finished with 4-12 off six overs, \vith no- one else able to join Whal­ ley in double figures. With Whalley flounder­


ing for partners to stick with him, he was eventual­ ly caught behind off New­ ton - one of three victims for Armer, as Harwood cruised to victory. Read will look to bounce


back on Saturday as they return to league action with a home clash against Settle, wickets pitched at 1-30 p.m.


Baldwin strikes as Wanderers are knocked out


sional Scuderi for a single, trapped by Baldwin at three, and Alistair Marsh followed him back \vithout scoring. Howard was also unable to trouble


the scorers, as Ribblesdale struggled to 16-3.


Wickets continued to fall at regu­


lar intervals, and when Ryan Glad­ win was caught behind for a well- made 33, the game looked up. Joe Bunyan top-scored with a


patient 35, and Spencer added a run- a-ball 32, but the damage was done, as Sudnik bowled Spencer to leave Wanderers high and dry. On Saturday, Wanderers entertain


Barnoldswick at Church Meadow, wickets pitched at 1-30 p.m.


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to Frank Tunstall and Glynn Watson with 39 points; Division Two to John Atkinson and Michael Kelbie, each with 36 while Jim Bridge and Wally Scul­ ly, with 37 and 36 respec­ tively, picked up the Divi­ sion Three prizes. Sunday was the Invita­


tion Day and Mark Green made it two wins in a week, partnered by Nelson's Paul Greenwood, to amass 43 points. Second place was taken


by Captain-Elect Gary Davies and Ian Long from Blackburn with 40. Third place was filled by


Tony Wilson and Whalley's Steve Shoreman, starting out early to score 39 points and then rushing off to play in Whalley’s Invitation Day! That event was won by


Dan Rodgers, playing with Jonathan Dugdale from Clitheroe, with 43 points. Roger Altham and Mar­


tin Cane (Clitheroe) were second with 41 points and in third place, a point adrift, were Mike Conroy and Neil Thompson (High Lea). On Saturday, members


played a three-man team stableford competition. The in-form Bill Banks


teamed up with Winter League champions Bruce Craig and John Heap to emerge as clear winners with 81 stableford points. A edrd play-off for second


and'third places gave the runnei^up spot to the team


. of .captain Richard Cross- ley, Donald planch and John Kears­


ley with Roy Ellis, Dave Wetton and Trevor Thorn-, ber in third place. Clitheroe’s David John­


son made the headlines again in Saturday’s medal and Castle Cup qualifier. Back from his French connection duties, Johnson


built himself a solid round of golf to take the Division Two prize with a nett 67. That gave him a five-shot


margin over Malcolm Goldsworthy who eased John Greenwood into third place wth the same 72. John Pawson led home


the big guns in Division Cne when his nett 68 edged


out of a trio of players on 69.


Kevin Rogerson’s better


back nine edged out ELGA captain Tony Flanagan in third place. Mark Ashworth carded 69 for the gross prize.


Steve Law and Alex Tay­


lor led a large field home in the Saab Fourball, but it was a tight finish. Tony McGibbon and


Norman Fielding produced the same 45 points, but were relegated to second spot after a card play-off. Paul Connolly and Miles


Wade know how to strike a long ball and they were rewarded with 44 points for third place with Simon Swindells and Clive Wood in fourth on the same score. Richard Watson and


John Drew took the week­ end stableford thanks to a birdie at the 18th. That gave them a 43-


point total and a one-shot advantage over John Fryer and Nigel Fitton, with .Mex and John Taylor two shots further back. Terry Bithell had a com­


fortable two-shot margin over Jim Cameron in the seniors’ monthly medal. But the former president was delighted to return 37 points, one too many for fel­ low Scot Alf England. Cnly Carl Drinkwater


and Geoff Sutcliffe from the home club featured on the prize list at the Spring Open Fourball as they took the gross prize. Visitors from Bingley,


Northcliffe and Wilpshire took the top two spots while Whalley’s John Jobes and Danny Liles finished third. Mary Eglin won DiUsion


One of the LGU Medal at Clitheroe when she carded 97-16-81. Pat Brennan won Division Two and the Het- herington Salver by return­ ing 101-27-74 and Marion Reed topped Division Three while claiming the Hirst Trophy after a card of 116-34-82. The previous week’s


medal had been topped by Lauraine Wail, Kris Bald­ win and Karen Stanworth. Harry Lambert was the


star performer in the junior' medal at Clitheroe when his nett 65 was too hot for- the rest of the field, Louis Rothwell finishing second, eight shots adrift.


Rcadslone Under 13s Yellow .......................5


Todmorden Borough........................................ J READSTONE returned to winning ways with a hard- fought success. Connor Stuttard hit two, while Elliott Riley, Adam Haslam and Jake Hardman,also found the net. Lloyd Standen was named man-of-the-match.


Langlio.....................2 llursl Green.............. 0 LANGHO denied their val­ ley neighbours a lea^e and cup double with this win at The Arbories. Hurst Green finished 20


points clear of Langho in clinching the East Lan­ cashire League title. But on Thursday at


Padiham, Langho out­ played them to prevent Hurst Green putting the President’s Cup alongside the championship trophy. Steven Caton and Phil


Sharpies dominated mid- field for Langho and set up a thoroughly-deserved win on a night when Hurst Green were restricted to a


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Rimington reward after great season


Goodshaw Vniled........................................... .3 Rimington Reserves....................... ( ................. 1 CHAMPIONS Rimington received the East Lancashire


League Reserve Division trophy at Goodshaw, hut could­ n’t sign off with a win. In a game that didn’t matter to either side, Goodshaw


took the lead, before and a well-worked free-kick straight from the training ground produced the leveller. Jason Farmer squared the ball to Warren Green, who


then reversed it to the far post for James Hartlebury to slide in. The second half saw some changes, as keeper Dan Ander­


son and left back Ste McCullough played up front. The decisive goals for Goodshaw came when Farmer was


alleged to have pushed an opponent in the area. Stand-in keeper Tom Hall tried to stop the ball with his


feet as it was hit straight at him, but tailed. The third came with 10 minutes to go as once again,


keeper Hall in an unfamiliar role should have saved, but tried to clear the ball \vith his feet instead of his hands. Manager Liam Carter is pictured with the trophy, (s)


9


Wanderers win for Wallace


THE wet and cold weather did not deter the bowlers at Ribblesdale Wanderers when the Ribblesdale Cup was contested. A. Wallace beat D. Niven


21-13 in the final to take the prestigious title.


couple of half-chances. Quick to the ball and


decisive across the park, Langho never gave Hurst Green a chance to score and bagged one in each half to earn their cup win. Man-of-the-match Jamie


Robertson scored both Langho goals, the second coming minutes from the


end as the champions pushed hard for an equalis­ er.


Hurst Green were disap­


pointed to end such a suc­ cessful season in losing style, but were first 'to admit that Langho deserved their victory on the night.


wins in the semi-finals, as Wallace beat E. Wallace 21- 10 and Niven beat A.Threlfall21-9. The eventual winner


scored a 21-18 quarter-final win over A. Dewhurst; Threlfall beat M. Edmond­ son 21-10; Niven scored a 21-13 success over B. Hinks and E. Wallace beat K. Tomlinson 21-19. Our photo shows finalists


SKIPPER Jake Willacy led by example at Langho Under 10s’ presentation night last' week. He picked up the Players’ Player of the Year


prize, as his side enjoyed a successful cam­ paign. Finishing second in the league, the side also


reached the last four of the cup. James Blow was the Managers’ Player of


the Year, while the Most Improved Player was leading scorer Patrick Fordham. The team are moving to 11-a-side next sea­


son, and are very keen to take on new players. Anyone interested can contact manager


John Kellington (07881787941). Players must be aged 10 or younger on


August 31st 2007. The Langho team are pictured, (s)


A. Wallace (left) and D.Niven. (s) ® THE Great Harwood and District Bowling League’s Ted Tomlinson^ Trophy will be held at R ib-* blesdale W'anderers at the weekend. The competition gets


underway on Saturday morning and the last eight will play down to a winner on Sunday. Competitors are requested to report on Sat­ urday, at the times shown below. A 15-minute scratch time will be enforced and no


practice is allowed. DR.VW Saturday


CLITHEROE Tennis Club A prevailed 3-1 in marathon slog against Blackburn Northern C. The locals toiled for four


hours on Saturday after-' noon, before finally seeing off a spirited fight at Chat­ burn Road. ® Derek Parrott and Phil


Mileham started well, tak­ ing the first set 6-3, but were pegged back 6-4 in the second, and trailed by a seemingly unassailable 5-1 in the decider, only to force a tie break, which they won 7-5. On the other court, Steve


Pym and Tony Bush had an easier time, and wrapped the match up 6-3 6-1. In the return rubbers,


Parrott and Mileham weren’t at their fluent best, but still won 6-4 6-4, leaving


Pym and Bush to tackle the top pair. All looked under control


as they took the first set and a 5-3 lead in the second, but their weary opponents battled hard, recovered and took the match into a deciding set. The Clitheroe pair relish


these sort of occasions, but it was not to be as some crisp serve-volleying saw their opponents home 6-2. The result means


Clitheroe have recovered to take 14 points from a possi­ ble 15, but will need to keep winning if promotion to the top flight is to be attained. Clitheroe Open B’s win­


ning start to the season came to an end on Saturday when they were well beaten by a very strong Burnley B. The pairings of Julie


Pym and Louise Burrill, and Steve Higson and Paul Ainger battled hard, but went down in all four rub­ bers. Clitherbe Mixed B.sec-


ond string started their sea­ son in fine form with a 4-0 victory over Crosshills." Experienced number one


couple Louise Burrill and Peter Bell had little trouble overcoming their counter­ parts, losing only two games in the second set. The svelte pairing of cap­


tain Sarah Dewhurst and chairman Barry Taylor made heavy weather of the first set, winning 6-3, but overcame their first night nerves with some fine returning to take the second set 6-0. In the reverse match, Burrill and Mansoor


Bahrami-esque Bell main­ tained their form, winning easily and quickly 6-2,6-0. Nimble Dewhurst and


Taylor made a meal of the first set, doing their best to lose it, but emerging victo­ rious 7-5. ' Y Their form returned to


secure a whitewash with a 6-0 second set.


MAN-of-the-match Gra­ ham Robinson’s 3-0 win was one of few highlights for the Clitheroe Superleague darts team as they went down 7- 3 at home to Bury. Robinson had an average


of 72.73 in his whitewash victory, while there were also wins for Jason


Gall; L. Ramraell v B. Yerkess; A. Threlfall v L .' Hindle; M. Rimmer v D. Niven;-' A. Hall v G., Parkinson; D. .Tones v I. Tomlinson. 42-30 p.m.: L. Tomlinson v


Bold; S. Hindle V S. Edmond­ son: M. Edmondson v A. Cornall; E. Wallace v T. Bullen; B. Tomlinson v G. Stephenson. 11- 45 a.ih.: C. Massey v S.


Wright; J. Chatwin v M. Fryer; A. Dewhurst v A. ^ Whalley; M. McNally v D. Thomas; C. Rammell v M. Graham; R. Haworth v J. Hanson. 10- 15 a.m.: S. Dowber v P.


9- 30 a.m.: D. Haxton v M. ^ Both had comfortable”


B. Ashworth; M. Beardmore V C. Erhbley; D. Rose v G. ^ Hindle; G. Leonard v J. Dewhurst: S. Hitchon v B. Thomas.


Dewhurst (3-2, average 61.01) and Mick Lyne (3-2, 59.36). The ladies’ team lost 6-2


at Halliwell. Their wins came f rom ^


Linda Waring (2-1, average 33.30) and player-of-the- match Lindsay Astin (2-1, 38.71).


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