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NEW Ribblesdale Wan­ derers professional Jake Brown enjoyed a debut that may never be sur­ passed on a record-break­ ing day at Church Mead­ ow on Saturday. The 23-year-old South-


Australian shattered the Veka Ribblesdale League Senior division batt in g record with an incredible . innings of 237 not out against Blackburn North-


. ern. . Brown, who only arrived


in the UK 48 hours earlier, struck 20 boundaries and 18 sixes in his 147-ball innings, : and he said: “I t was jus t ■


good to get in and make a good impression with my teammates to be honest. ■ ■ “I.wasn’t feeling too good -


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record, and managed to fin­ ish unbeaten on 237. . “I t’s my first double hun­


dred - my previous best was 185 for Calverley in Leeds.”. Team-mate Ian Britcliffe


laughed: “Jake was suffer­ ing from jet lag, said he was full of a cold and couldn’t seetheball. “And he might have fin­


ished with an even better score but they only man­ aged to bowl 43 overs!’’


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for the first hour with my, ■ jet lag , but I got through • that somehow. : ■ “I was just keen to put on ' ■


a good show.” :;Aussies are famed for


: sledging,-and he received a ; fair amount of banter early. ^


. in the innings from the.' Northern players, before he silenced the visitors in style. •' /Brown added: “I got a ,


fair bit of sledging at the s ta r t of the innings,: I got


/ Brown, who bats right-: handed but bowls left arm, fast medium, eclipsed Kashif Siddique’s innings of 233 for Padiham against Wanderers in 2007. _ ' ■ And Ribblesdale’s total of 310-3 has only been topped four times in the history of- the competition. Unsurpris­ ingly, .Wanderers took'the. points after a rain delay. ■ ./■ . Northern, / chasing a


revised , ta r g e t . o f 249, reached 133-4 with Naeem Ashraf rnakihg 90 from only 66 deliveries. • ’


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- called a slogger a couple of ? L tiraes,!but Um.used to it, : and it went 'quiet soon : afterl” ' ' . Team-mate Ryan. Glad­


:,mark, adding: ‘T looked at •! . the board and saw I was on • ■ 197, and Ryan, who I was-. , batting with a t the time, .'


: said the record was 233. ' ' :“I just said I ’d try and g et.


. my 200. Ryan was out when I was on 227, but I hit a six • over mid-wicket for the


win sensed history was in : ; the offing, but Brown had ”■ eyes on a personaMand- :


' / The s ig h t; of: an Aus­ tralian hitting the ball to all parts is normally a depress­ ing one at this time of year, with the Ashes starting yes-? terday, but/Wanderers fans will be hoping for.more of = the same a t the weekend, when Northemy gluttons for punishment,'are next up at Pleckgate ■


■ ■'“I t’s perfect tiniing being- here with the Ashes start­ ing,” said Brown. “I ’m sure that will be taking up a lot of my time!” ..-He will be keeping busy


on 'Sunday :to o ,//a s .he: deputises for Rishton paid: man Mark Cosgrove in the Lancashire League.


:;/;Fqr:full scorecard, see_: page 47.


'RECORD BREAKER: Jake Brown ■ 1t ' Ill r - t h i ______J l W l I


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RIBBLE.-Valley'AC"-' runner Leigh Leiinoh caught up with'mentor.';’ Dame •Kelly.'.Holmes last week.”^ ; - - - Lennon: was one' of;*


five Lancashire athletes .:-: who attended a training -j' and education day host: ed'.’.by .'the,'^double f Ol3Tnpic gold medallist : f at- Loughborough • Uni-' • | versity,-.'along:.-': with


Laura Finucane from*. Colne,-aKate; Kindle from /Lancaster,- Alison '> ;/ Leonard'from Chdrley Vi­ and tSteph. Roe Irom-:-/ Preston. ’ ->' A11 five are members:/; of Dame Kelly’s sue- ; cessful On Camp with /: Kelly:initiative,:sup- a-i ported by Aviya.


. ' ; The day.was'a valu-';,'.


able opportunity for the .:/,' a th le te s ; to c a tc h 'u p /- with;pame:Kelly.ahd//.': each other, as well as to . i learn a b o u t different'-/ topics relevant to life 'as, /:. an elite athlete.’! - ‘ The' girls were ’given ;


an introduction to the -;: Female AthleteTriad, a cohdition: which; can have serious implica-' tions for/young female /.. endurance athletes.


, . Leigh Lennon


- .“Although I am in regular contact with the athletes by phone and text, it is also important for me to see them face- to-face, v ,........ / “The girls also enjoy


meeting up and training together, they all go through the same things and are an important support-network for each other.”


. ;; On Camp with Kelly, supported by Aviva since 2004, is double Olympic champion


D am e Kelly Holmes’ mentoring initiative for talented young middle distance athletes. ./Recent research has


; '/They also a ttended ;’/! IVct-.',#


workshops ;on/> b o n e ' health-and, n u tr i t io n a-: arid, hydration;'.while: travelling wth'EIS and /.- ’ UKA;.-:;-Nutritionist .5 Bethanie. Allanson, and 6n"'*using -'"'mehtar ' imagery-.with/Perfor- mance Psycholdgisc Dr Ahna'^Vaters.';- In'th'e afternoon' the


athletestook part in a tra in in g ! ‘session/and were also able to receive physiotherapy'and mas- s a g e . : ; iV ‘v - jDame.Kellysaid: -‘T


ensure, th a t -I; meet'up regula'rly. with.the-On


Camp-with.Kelly.athT


letesito'check/onlheir progress and help'-them develop in their.- athlet-


shown th a t On Camp with Kelly has had a sig­ n if ic an t ; impact on retaining female athletes in the sport in the late teenage years when drop out rates are traditional­ ly high and has also led to improved perform­ ances in female middle distance running.:


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