48 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, June 5th, 2008 .


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CLITHEROE are now waiting on the green light, from the council for their priority project - a new Shawbridge clubhouse. The club has/inade a^


planning application to replace the ageing club-, house with a four-year-old building which is currently- located in the Kibble Val-


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been working feverishly to bridge the funding gap of _ approximately:£30,000,' and chairman Carl Garner, said: “The planning appli- cation is now in, and now, basically, it is in the hands of the council; . • ■ ■ “All we can do now is


wait for the green light.” An inventiyeacheme was devised to raise the


■ necessary capital, 'with 500 bricks available at £50 each to anyone,who has - the club atheart, and Gar-'


'n e r added: “The buy-a--- brick scheme has raised in. excess of £6,000 so far,


- which is fantastic; so a big . -.thank you to everyone who-s = has got involved^ ' “But we are still press­


ing on with looking for furr ' ther funding, and we have an application In for a grant.from the Stadium-.


- Improvement Fund. ■ “The priority is to keep


generating donations. “Everything else is in


place though,’ and:we are'; now waiting for the couri-;


cil’s decision.” • On th e pitch,’the club'


are close to landing their . first signings of-the sum-, mer. v- r ■ -,v ' J o i n t r b o s s . N e i l -


Reynolds was due to meet.: four players last night, and Garner is excited about the prospective arrival of the quartet: “Ajl four will add : quality to the c u r re n t , squad. - “One is a 19-year-old , centre forward who has.


just been released from a:: Coca-Cola .Football League Championship club. He'was on Manches­ ter. United’s books until a ; couple of years ago. “He has represented


Lancashire and England at youth level, and played over 20 games in the Pon-; tin’s League this season. “He ticks all the boxes, '


and he could be a phenom­ enal signing - another Joel. Byrom; , . ■ . “We are also talking to a


central midfielder from Ashton United, a winger from -Rossehdale and a striker from Salford Unit­ ed recommended to us by Neil Redfearn.” Young i winger Dave


Hankin, who impressed after arriving from Squires Gate towards the end of the season; has also agreed a one-year contract with the club, ahd'Garrier said: “We have- had a lot of,


: interest in Dave. “Hej is '6 f t 2ins,' and


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although he is a bit raw, he' has a real chance.’’. . Meanwhile,' Clitheroe^-


Reserves, who will be man­ aged by Lee Boyer, have put in their formal applica­ tion to join the Lancashire. League. Both the first team and


second string will report back for pre-season train­ ing on Saturday, July 26th., The first team are look­


ing for a tracksuit sponsor, with the cost a t around ; £800 for two seasons; -' ; . - Interested parties would have their company logo •; on the tracksuits, which wll he worn by the squad and staff at every game, home and away. . Anyone - , interested .


■should contact Garner.; (07791887850).


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O .Clitheroe have agreed a new contract with Black­ burn Rovers Ladies, to stage their games at Shaw7 bridge during the forth­ coming season.


■ AFAN'fASTIc’scason was celebrated by Clitheroe, Hockey Cliib members at


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- their annual awards night. . Held at the Moorcock ‘ . ' . - Hotel, .Waddington, the club. expressed thanks to spon- sors Chenery-Maher and all.-,


. who helped during an out--;.- standing season. If anyone ’ - would like to join the cluh;' ■ please contact Hannah . (07855 337708). Pictured are some of.the prizewin- . . ners on the night; (s). .


Busy weekend of local cricket


IT’S.Twenty/20 time again in the;. Veka Ribblesdale League.


, : Local interest begins tomorrow I'; '(L


n ig h t ,': with . both Read . and:: Clitheroe in action. ' •' •And both will look to go all the


, 'Read begin their campaign by,


, hosting local rivals Padiham, while - Clitheroe travel to Settle. . :' And the action doesn’t end there,;. with Read travelling to' Edenfield on Tuesday,, while the same night sees Whalley host Great Harwood. •; - , :A11 Twenty/20 games see wickets pitched at 6-30 p.m.


way in a competition that-is becom­ ing one of the main focal points of ■ the modern game. ^


• . ■Whalley’s ' scheduled- game: tomorrow night at Ribblesdale. Wanderers will how take place on June 27th, due to the former’s


- involvement in the LCB Knockout. . The Station Road side travel to


Farnworth Social Circle,- beforu hosting Read in the Ribblesdale League on Saturday. ,57And the club’s progress over,


recent years will be on display on Sunday, when the club host the. match between:the:MEN, Inter League Trophy clash between the


-Ribblesdale League and the Saddle- worth League. ,.


- the best of-the two leagues’ crick-, : - League are pitched at 1-30 p.m. -: ■•' A decent crowd is expected, with pa CdMPUTERSiSPEGIfttlSINQW WHITEBOARD, PROJECTOR & CABLE INSlALLATlONSii 41 'eters on show.- : The Kibble Valley is strongly rep- -


^resented, with Clitheroe’s Neil. -■ Bolton captain, joined by Peter'-. ■


■ ■ Dibb and Nick James, along with.


f two players from the host club, ':,-;David O'Neill and Neil Cordingley.:- There will be full bar facilities -


; and refreshments available, and it is ;. pay on the day, adults£3 and OAPs ■ and juniors £1.50. ■


: , i:f. Other Ribblesdale League action;


-. on Saturday sees Ribblesdale Wan- i. derers -travel;, to: high-flying ; Barnoldswick, while Clitheroe host : bottom side Earby.


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RIMINGTON Football Club had a sea­ son to remember - the best season in their 24-year history, in factl . - 'The first team lead by-Terry Braith- waite, won the East Larici^hire League title - with a record p o in ts .ta l ly th e Craven Cup and the East Lancashire • League the President’s Cup.'


The President’s Cup Final success


brought a trophy-laden season to an appropriate end, with the reserves also


■ adding the Norman Pratt Cup to make it a club quadruple.


: The successful second string are pic­ tured above before claiming their own piece of silverware, (s)


Whirlwind bowling earns Cobras win


A DEVASTATING;bowl­ ing performance ensured a' comfortable 65;ruh victory. forClitheroe,;,-Cpbras. Und'er 18sat Baxenden. . Winning the toss a n d ,


over spell of 4-12 by Ben Swindells slowed the run rate as Cobras finished . their 16 overs on 113-7.' ' In reply, ■


electing to bat; the Cobras ;-; scored freely through open­ ers Jack Dewhurst (31 not ■ out, retired) and Josh Hol- gate (25), before Ian Scott. fell for an elegant 19 with'-' the score on 71a; , ■:


Alex Robinson (16) con- ■ ,


-tinned the,-treatment, including the biggest six ' the locals had seen in an - age; .followed-by Liam ,' Nuttall- (8) and Jason :• Walsh (5), but a good four- •.


The fielders ably assist­ ’ Baxenden'-i’


never recovered from a .. whirlwind opening-by James Scott (two oyers,' 3- 1) and Andy,’Hutchins (three overs,’ 3-5) as the hosts lost their first-five '- wickets for four runs. ; ■With,the' contest effec­


ed the bowlers, Robinson and Hutchins catching two apiece, and stand-in wick­ et keeper Dewhurst chip­ ping in .with a catch and a stumping. Bradley Geelan


wrapped it all up with a remarkable 2-0 off three


' balls, leaving Baxenden all out on 48.


tively ovef,^he bowling ; was shared out around the ’ team, with further wckets '■ for Alex Kilkenny and Ian . Scott,- who ended ’the resistance shown . by Danny Aaron (16). ; - ■ ’


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