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www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Sports info desk Ribblesdale champions CIrtheroe lacing transitional season
key players from last year’s team, and three of those batted in the top five. “It is going to be a massive chal
in the team are really going to have to deliver the goods, week in, week out. “The replacements for departed
players will take at least a season or two to acclimatise to the pressures of Senior League cricket, having played all their cricket in Division One and Three previously. “It will be a young side in the
lost key personnel over the winter, including title-winning skipper Peter Dibb to Lancashire League Nelson. Ashraf said: “ We have lost four
lenge for our young and relatively inexperienced batting line up. “The few senior players that are
the new skipper of champions Clitheroe, realises he has a mam moth task on his hands if the club are to compete for a place in the top half of the league, let alone challenge for the title they won last season! The Chatbum Road side have
SATURDAY sees the start of the new Houldsworth Solicitors Rib blesdale Cricket League. And Naeem Ashraf (pictured),
familiar dressing room when the season starts. The Station Road side haven’t
the responsibilities of being i fessional now, knowing thi doesn’t have to go quite so gung- hq. We are veiy nappy to have him back.” The only change will see Simon
lent for us with the ball last cam- paigTi and we hope for a bit more from him with the bat this year. Hopefully he’s learnt a bit about a pro- at he
undergone any sort of transforma tion over the winter breaL retain ing the services of professional Kamran Younas and keeping the 2010 squad in its entirety. Palmer said: “Kamran was excel
stars for 2011. The Whalley Road outfit have
Kashif Siddique as professional at Padiham but last year’s rumers up have enticed a number of super-
Jon Harvey.
taken in Settle’s Stuart Hornby as professional while they’ve also tempted former Accrington pro fessional Will Driver away the Lancashire League as well as keeping hold of the indispensable
home to Salesbury, who finished with the wooden spoon last time out in their first season in the Senior League. New skipper Jason Rawson will
Palmer said. “You look at other clubs who have their mercenary types, here today and gone tomor row, which isn’t good for a club what-so-ever. We’ve looked at ; in but getting hold ; tends to come at a
not play on Saturday as he is run ning the London Marathon on Sunday, but he is excited about the challenges ahead. The club are waiting on Sri
main, that hopefully will grow together and serve the club well in years to come. “The experience of Josh
be posting sufficient totals which will give our bowlers something to bowfat.” Clitheroe open with a derby at
Cycling club host rife
with cycling experience, cov ering the scenic country side throughout Lancashire, including the picturesque Forest of Bowland. The longer ride goes as far
212km (132 miles), Lunesdale Populaire 158km (98 miles). Pilgrim’s Way 112km (70 miles). These rides are for riders
or to request an entry form phone David Kershaw (07908 247420 or e-mail rvcrc_fleet- moss201
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Claughton and refreshments are provided for riders at the finish. For further information
as Upper Wharfedale, taking in the Fleet Moss climb. There is ample parking at
RIBBLE Valley Cycling Club is organising three challeng ing bike rides on Sunday, May 22nd, which all depart from Claughton Memorial Village Hall, near Garstang. The rides are Fleet Moss
Marquet and Farooq Butt in the bowling department, along with back up from some of the pro moted younger players will hope fully allow us to be a threat with the ball. “Clearly our major concern will
veiy well, we’re ready to go. ‘Tt’s the wooden spoonists
Lankan professional Susantha Pradeep, are are likely to engage a substitute to face Clitheroe. He said: “Preparations are going
against the champions, but it’s a good test for a meat set of lads, who are veiy tight - we all social ise together and learned a lot last season. “There are a few experienced heads in with some youngsters, and we will have to step up to the mark and hopefully cause a few upsets.” Whalley cap 5tta
is looking forward to seeing a ain Richard Pal almer
got a committed bunch at Whalley which brings a good team spirit. How we fare this year depends on how many times we can get our best 11 out on the field. It doesn’t happen that often but I wouldn’t swap our strongest 11 for any other team in the league.” And on their targets for the
pnce and its a price we’re not pre pared to pay. “We like Stability here and we’ve
Gorton make a return from injury so it’s as you were for Whalley. “It’s mce to have a settled side,”
“He’s a great all-rounder who played a number of years at Settle. He’s settled in very well and he s a popular character who is a famil iar figure in this league. We are expecting good things from him; he balls a good pace away swing, bats with a sensible head and accu mulates runs. He will give us sta bility and he bats according to the situation.” Read have also managed to
Skipper Warren Eastham said: .
league and if we play to our potential then I’m confident can get something from the cup and 20/20 as well. I’d also like a decent run in the Lancashire Cup. I know we don’t have a divine right to win anything but if we play to our capabilities then we should be there or there abouts.” Church Meadow skipper Ian Britcliffe has challenged his Ribblesdale Wanderers side to compete and remain focussed until the very last ball of the new season. Wanderers had been champion
full we
ship contenders going in to the final month of the 2010 campaign, but they lost five consecutive matches at the hands of Read, Clitheroe. Earby, Edenfield and Cherry Tree, condemning them to an llth place finish.
new season. Palmer added: “We will be going all out to defend our 20/2(1 title and all out for the Ramsbottom Cup. We will strug gle to finish in the top two or three in the league for the reason mentioned before but if we finish higher than last season then we wm be relatively satisfied.” Elsewhere, former Read cap
tain Chris Holt may have migrated from the Ribble Valley to replace
opposition enough. We had some pretty horrific batting collapses and we lost five on the bounce which isn’t championship-winning material. But we are a year older now and a year wiser. “We’ve got to look to win the
a good season. There’s been mega hype surrounding what’s been hap pening at the club and how strong we are. Hopefully we’ll be able to win something this year. I^st season we did ourselves an injus tice by walking away with nothing because we had enough there to win it. We let ourselves down in the middle of the year, thinking we had enough in the tank to chase any total but sometimes that wasn’t the case. “Maybe we didn’t respect the
make Read a much more attractive proposition than Colne in the eyes of Kyle O’Connor and Lancashire’s Oliver Newby has also vowed to play some part over the course of the campaign. Eastham added: “It’s going to be
their leading amateur run scor ers in Ryan Gladwin for the new campaign as well as wicket keeper Martin Peel. However, 22-year-old South-African Brannon Varley has joined the ranks while Pakistani cricketer Muhammad Majihuddin replaces Asha Sabir as pro. • RIBBLESDALE Wanderers
every game until the final over, won some games we maybe shouldn’t have done and lost some games we should have won. It was a good season but it was sad the way we finished.” Wanderers have lost one ol
host junior coaching sessions from tomorrow from 6-l5 p.m. to 7-45 p.m. for youngsters aged between eight andl5. Contact
(07875164850) for more details. Ian Britcliffe
CLITHEROE are in the countdown to the final few games of the season, and played their penultimate away match of the season at Sedg- ley Park in scorching tempera tures and bright sunshine. It was a case of all hands
Admirable effort! RUGBY
Sedgley Park........... 43 Clitheroe................... 5
to the pumps for the Maroon and Gold as with a plethora of injuries in the backline, com bining with Easter holidays, meant only three regular backs were available, and it was the mighty Littlemoor forwards who stepped into the breach! Prop Ben Graves, playing
at inside centre, with usual flanker Si Cowgill at outside, centre, were complemented by diminutive hooker Penny on the left wing and Danny Cowgill, more used to playing second row or flank, hitting
the dizzy heights of right wing. A last minute cry-off meant the first team travelled without
a substitute, and the 15 players knew that a full 80 minutes was going to be a necessity, despite the heat and hard, grassless pitch.
Sedgley Park moved the
the ball between backs and forwards in a fluid manner which belies their league posi tion for much of the season. However,
the Maroon
and Gold started to hit their stride, and although shipping another couple of tries in the interim, captain McEntyre’s
ball well in the early encoun ters and soon found them selves a couple of scores up as Clitheroe’s “re-shaped” backline took a while to gel, understandable in the circumstances. Sedgley continued to shift
men really began to win ball up front and keep the turno ver ball coming, with the Thornber triplets of Ed, Mick and Andrew showing up very well in the loose, crashing play. The advantage of having so
many forwards in the back- line is the aggressive tack ling and ball winning skills - highlighted by Si and Danny Cowgill excellently. With this “extra” posses
and clearly enjoying his after noon winning ball in the loose like a flanker, while Watson at scrum-half was marshal ling forwards and backs alike - meaning Clitheroe were beginning to compete more and more in all spheres of the game. Finally, after Sedgley had
sion, Clitheroe pressed into the Sedgley half and contin ued to claw their way back into the game in a possession and territory manner if not numerically. Graves at centre started
some charging runs typical of his usual performance at prop, and some of the tackling in the backline out wide from Danny Cowgill and Penny was try-saving and resolute. Railton at 10 was giving his usual standard of kicking
added to their try tally, the Clitheroe team gelled as one and after some great interplay between backs and forwards, Chamberlain winning some 50/50 ball and Jim Smith smashing the ball up the centre of the park, the back line got involved and spun the ball wide before Penny got involved to make sure the ball came back on the Clitheroe side - Watson spun it out to Graves who took the crash ball and spun round to score a well deserved team try. Throughout the second half
Clitheroe were competitive and instrumental in making
the game a good spectacle for the supporters watchim; in the sunshine, and although the game had long gone - as could be expected given the limited backs available - they showed some great spirit and as would be expected from any Littlemoor team, tliev fought until the final whistle. Sedgley ran out deserved
winners by 43-5, but the Maroon and Gold fought well and can be proud of turning out and turning up with a full XV which was more com petitive than the scorelme indicates. Meanwhile Sedgley c o n
tinue their meteoric rise m league form of recent weeks. (3n Saturday the 1st XV
entertain Ormskirk in theu final home game of ilic season, and look forward in welcoming back some reguim backs from the injury list to end the Littlemoor season in style.
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do what we did last year and com pete which we did until the final three or four weeks of the season. We just capitulated and lost our final five games so we’re aiming to challenge all the way through. “We Kept ourselves involved in
Britcliffe said: “We hope we can M FOOTBALL
lEVO-STIK FOOTBALL ILEAGUE
First Division North P W D L P
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iBamberBridge..39 18 8 13 62 Iwilton Albion ....40 1514 11 59 fCLlTHEROE..... 39 1611 12 59 I Lancaster City ...39 18 4 17 58 ISallordCity..... 40 16 9 15 57 I Woodley Sports 40 1411 15 53 !• •DurhamCity..39 13 8 1846 iTralford...........39 13 7 19 46 |Garfor1hTown...39 1111 17 44 I Wakefield........39 12 8 19 44 iMossley..........39 11 9 19 42 |CammellUird...39 11 8 20 41 I Prescot Cables..39 8 14 17 38 SRadcliffeB'ough39 9 11 19 38 I Harrogate R'way39 10 7 22 37 I Ossett Albion....39 5 11 23 23 1 Leigh Genesis... 40 5 7- 28 22
DONALD RACE &
NEWTON EAST LAN CASHIRE FOOTBALL
LEAGUE RESULTS
First Division
: Read United 0, Rimington 10; ' Pendle Forest 5, BG SO B 2; t Colne United 2, Stacksteads SJ 2; Hurst Green 4, BGSOB 1; Oswaldiwistle SM 3, Canberra 0; Pendle Forest 7, Enfield 0; Read United 0, Mill Hill 4; Rim ington 1, Worsthorne 1. Second Division
Church Town 7, Daneshouse 1; Peel Park 0, Rock Rovers 3; Barrowford Celtic 0, Feniscow- les and Pleasington 4; Barrow ford Celtic 4, Borrowdale United 1; Calder Vale 5, Peel Park 0; Church Town 0, Edenfield 3; Daneshouse 2, Bacup C C 6; Padiham 2, Burnley Belvedere 5; Rock Rovers 1, Feniscowles and Pleasington 1. Reserve Division
Pendle Forest 5, Colne United 2; Langho 8, BGSOB 3; Mill Hill 2, Rimington 2; Peel Park 1, Rock Rovers 2; Stacksteads SJ 1, Hurst Green 2; Worsthorne 0, Pendle Forest 0. FIXTURES (Saturday)
First Division
Canberra v Pendle Forest; Enfield v Stacksteads SJ; Hurst Green v Colne United; Langho v Rimington; Mill Hill v Worsthorne; Oswaldtwistle SM V BGSOB. Second Division
Bacupp CC V Barrowford Celtic; Daneshouse v Church Town; Edenfield v Clitheroe RBL; Feniscowles and Pleasington V Calder Vale; Padiham v Rock Rovers.
Reserve Division
BGSOB V Mill Hill; Colne United V Peel Park; Read United v Langho; Rock Rovers v Stack steads SJ; Worsthorne v Hurst Green.
(Monday) Reserve Division
Rimington v Pendle Forest. TABLES
Edentield.......... 19 15 2 2 47 Feniscowles......21 14 4 3 46 Biy Belvedere ....22 14 3 5 45 Rock Rovers..... 21 13 2 6 41 Church Town.....17 11 3 3 36 Padiham...........20 9 5 6 32 B lord Celtic......18 9 2 7 29 CiiiheroeRBL....19 8 3 8-27 Borrowdale Utd.21 7 4 10 25 Bacup CC........19 5 2 1217 CalderVale......19 4 1 14 13
MiliHill............ 17 13 1 3 40 • Worsthorne.......18 10 6 2 36 Riminglon........15 10 4 1 34 Pendle Forest ...18 10 3 5 33 Hurst Green...... 17 10 2 5 32 Canberra.........20 8 6 6 30 Langho............18 9 2 7 29 OssySM...........21 8 4 9 28 BGSOB.............20 7 5 8 26 StacKsteadsSJ.19 5 7 7 22 ReadUtd..........22 3 4 15 13 CoineUtd..........21 2 6 13 12 Emieid.............20 2 2 16 8 Second Division P W D L P
First Division P W D L P
Worsthorne..... 20 14 5 1 47 Pendle Forest.... 19 12 3 4 39 Langho............19 10 4 5 34 Stacksteads SJ.. 19 11 0 8 33 Rock Rovers....22 10 2 10 32 Rimington.......16 9 3 4 30 Read United.....20 9 1 10 28 B’ford Celtic.... 20 8 4 8 28 Mili Hill............20 7 4 8 25 Hurst Green..... 17 7 3 7 24 BGSOB............15 4 0 11 12 CoineUtd........18 3 3 12 12 Peel Park.........17 1 0 16 3
Daneshouse.... 19 1 0 18 3 Peel Park.........17 0 1 16 1 Reserve Division P W D L P
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Black Bull 4, King’s Arms 0; Helmshore Harriers 2, Ossy Refugees 1; Stanley Ultras 1, Dog Inn 5; Rose and Crown 0, Great Harwood Rovers 4; Sta tion forfeited to Church Town. FIXTURES League
Black Bull V Stanley Ultras (Marl Pits); Church Town v Tavern (Foxhill); Dog Inn v Rose and Crown (Wilson’s); Great Harwood Rovers v Station (Wil son’s); King’s Arms v Helmshore
. Harriers (Memorial). • Please note that venues may be changed in order to maxim ise chances ol play. TABLE P W D L P
Church Town....14 11 1 2 34 Rose & Crown... 14 10 1 3 31 Tavern.............14 9 1 4 28 Dog Inn...........12 9 0 3 27 Stanley Ultras.... 17 8 3 6 27 BlaokBull........ 14 6 3 5 21 Gt Harwood Rvrsi 6 6 1 9 19 Helmshore H....15 4 3 8 15 •Station..........12 4 2 6 8 •King’s Arms ....15 3 2 10 5 Ossy Refugees ..15 0 1 14 1 •King’s Arms and Station both deducted six points for eligibility offences
WARBURTON YOUTH
FOOTBALL LEAGUE RESULTS
(Thursday) Under 14 Second Division
Barnoldswick Barons 7. Ighten Leigh Blue 3.
Under 15
Briercliffe Rovers 2, Burnley Phoe nix 0; Clitheroe Wolves 1, Trawden Celtic 0; Colne 2, Barnoldswick Barons 2.
(Sunday) Under 10
Bacup Juniors 5, Bacup Juniors White 2; Daneshouse AC 1, Ighten Leigh Panthers 4; Daneshouse Inter 3, Ighten Leigh Tigers 0. Under 14 Division Two
Daneshouse Blue 5, Ighten Leigh Blue 2.
Under 15
Burnley Phoenix 1, Colne 4. FIXTURES (Sunday) Under 10
Bacup Juniors White v Daneshouse Inter (Maden Rec, 10-30 a.m.); Ighten Leigh Tigers v Daneshouse AC (Lockyer, 10-30 a.m., C. Top ping).
Under 14 Division Two
Brierfield Celtio White v Daneshouse Blue (Parsons Clough, 10-30 a.m., J. Stanworth). Under 14 Division One
Bacup Juniors v Daneshouse Black (Maden Rec, 10-30 a.m.). Under 15
Barnoldswick Barons v Clitheroe Wolves (Victory Park, 1 p.m., D. Mottram). The Dolphins Bakery Under 15 Cup Semi-Final
Briercliffe Rovers v Brierfield Celtic (Prairie, 10-30 a.m., S. Nicolson); Colne V Haslingden Juniors (Prairie, 10-30 a.m., S. Hudson). (Thursday) Under 15
Briercliffe Rovers v Haslingden Juniors (Queen Street, 6-30 p.m.); Brierfield Celtic v Barnoldswick Barons (Prairie, 6-30 p.m.); Cowling Youth V Colne (Cowling, 6-30 p.m.). TABLES Under 10 P W D L P
CLITHEROE AND DIS TRICT MEN’S WIN
TER DARTS LEAGUE RESULTS
John Dobson Knockout
Legion B beat Craven Youth; Armless St Michael’s beat Black Bull B; Low Moor beat Pendle Inn; Swan A lost to St Michael’s Double Trouble. DRAW
Doubles Knockout Monday
Brown Cow; Karl Yeoman, Carl Barlow, A. Burcher, R. Bury, A. Dowden, D. Riley, D. Briggs, C. Flynn, B. Kent, D. Forrest. Craven Heifer: M. Mercer, A. Breisford, S. Kenyon, S. Conti, L. Waring, J. Schofield, R. Field ing, A. Hardacre, D. Forrest, G. Aspin, S. Aspin.
RIBBLE VALLEY LADIES’ DARTS AS-
SDCiATIDN RESULTS League
Catholic SC 7, Craven 2; Black Bull 3, Low Moor 6; Billington BC 5, Petre Arms 4; Legion 8, Rose and brown B 1; Rose and Crown A 5, Bay Horse 4. High Scores
134, L. Whittaker: 121x2, D. Stevenson; 112, L. Cook; 105, V. Entwistle: 104, L. Whittaker; 100x4, B. Parker; 100x3, J. Gallagher; 100, D. Stevenson, J. Hamer. Points and Positions
1, Rose and Crown 106; 2, Petre Arms 103; 3, Billington BC, Low Moor 93; 4, Black Bull 83; 5, Craven 78; 6, De Lacy 76; 7, Legion 71; 8, Catholic SC 69; 9, Bay Horse 59; Rose and Crown B 45.
CLITHERDEAND
DISTRICT DARTS AND DDMINDES LEAGUE
IL Panthers......15 11 0 4 33 D’shouse Inter... 11 11 0 0 33 Bacup White.....13 8 0 5 24 D’shouse AC....13 5 0 8 15 Bacup Juniors ...14 3 0 11 9 IL Tigers.......... 12 1 0 11 3 Under 14 Second Division P W D L P
IL Purple.;........1110 1 0 31 B’swick Barons. 11 6 1 4 19 Daneshouse Blue9 5 1 3 16 B’fld Celtic WhitelO 3 1 6 10 ILBIue............. 11 0 0 11 0 Under 14 First Division P W D L P
B’fld Celtic Red.. 12 7 2 3 23 Bacup Juniors.... 9 7 1 1 22 Fulledge Colts ...10 7 1 2 22 Colne Blue........11 6 0 5 18 Pendle Forest ....11 5 2 4 17 D’shouse Black. 11 1 3 7 6 Colne Red........12 0 1 11 1 Under 15 P W D L P
Cowling Youth... 17 12 1 4 37 Colne...............14 10 3 1 33 Clitheroe Wolvesi 2 10 1 1 31 Brierfield Celtic.. 16 9 1 6 28 Trawden Celtic ..16 6 4 6 22 Burnley Phoenix 18 5 0 13 15 B’swick Barons. 13 4 2 7 14 Has’den Juniors 12 4 1 7 13 Pendle Forest.... 17 3 2 1211 Briercliffe Rovers13 3 1 9 10
ROEFIELD LEISURE CENTRE FiVE-A-SIDE
FOOTBALL LEAGUE RESULTS
Drunken Monkeys 0, Replacements 7 (Man of the match Craig Nicholls); Deportivo ia Catalent 3, Inter Horseshoe 3 (Man of the match Phil Ridgeway); ABCDE FC 0, Mad Dogs
FIXTURES Sunday
9 a.m. - Inter Horseshoe v Drunken Monkeys; 9-35 a.m. - ABCDE FC v Replacements; 10-10 a.m. - White Lion V Deportivo la Catalent; Open v/eek. Mad Dogs. TABLE P W D L P
Replacements ....2 2 0 0 6 Inter Horseshoe. 2 1 1 0 4 Mad Dogs.........2 1 0 1 3 Drunken Monkeys2 1 0 1 3 Deportive La C ... 1 0 1 0 1 White Lion.........1 0 0 1 0 ABCDE FC.........2 0 0 2 0
RESULTS Darts
Black Horse 3, Swan and Royal 6; Brown Cow 7, Royal Oak (Waggon) 2; Buck 4, R.B. Legion 5; Judge Walmsiey 9, Whit Horse 0; Kings Arms 5, Social Club 4. Dominoes
Black Horse 11, Swan and Royal 10; Brown Cow 13, Royal Oak (Waggon) 8; Buck 8, R.B. Legion 13; Judge Walmsiey 8, White Horse 13; Kings Arms 11, Social Club 10. High Scores
180, B. Hart; 160, D. France (check); 140, D. Graham x2, S. Wilson x2, J. Wilson, J. Schofield, A. Kenyon, M. Mer cer; 139, T. Gudgeon; 137, P. Farnsworth; 136, L. Astin; 135, M. Proctor, S. Wilkinson; 134, T. Stewart: 132, J. Ridgeway; 125, T. Henshaw, P. Winstanley, T. Stewart; 123, T. Gudgeon; 121, T. Peel, S. Geldard, A. Taylor; 120, L. Wright, P. Farnsworth; 105, T. Henshaw; 100, P. Greatorex x4, M. Hargreaves x4, D. Graham x4, T. Ridgeway x3, S. Wilkinson x3, S. Wilson x3, T. Henshaw x3, J. Schofield x3, L. Astin x2, L. Waring x2, R. Greenwood x2, P. Farnsworth x2, A. Kenyon x2, M. Mercer x2, T. Peel, D. Gudgeon, P. Win stanley, L. Wright, T. Gudgeon, J. Wilson, M. Proctor, B. Hart, L. Turner, J. Steer, B. Cunliffe Snr, P. Crossley.
TABLES Darts P VI/ L P
Brown Cow.... 13 13 0 91 Swan & Royal 15 9 6 79 RB Legion..... 13 10 3 72 Buck............... 15 5 1062 Social Club ....14 6 8 61 Black Horse... 12 8 4 58 Horseshoe....13 7 6 58 Judge............. 12 5 7 56 Kings Arms.... 13 6 7 55 Royal Oak..... 15 2 1345 White Horse... 14 491038 Dominoes P W L P
White Horse... 14 10 4165 Sw a n s Royal 15 8 7165 Royal Oak..... 15 6 9160 Social Club ....15 6 9158 RB Legion..... 13 9 4152 Brown Cow.... 13 9 4141 Kings Arms.... 13 7 6140 Judge............. 12 8 4135 Black Horse... 12 8 4131 Horseshoe....13 3 10117 Buck............... 15 1 14111
TEAMS
CRICKET Saturday
Clitheroe (v Salesbury, home,
meet club 12-30 p.m.) N. Ashraf, J. McDowell, A. Pearce, F. Butt, A. Hutchins, J. Houldsworth, J. Green, C. Palmer, C. Bowness, J. Scott, Pro. Scorer: E. Drake. Ribblesdale Wanderers (v
Whalley, away, meet club 12-20 p.m.) I. Britcliffe, D. Howard, A. Marsh, S. Kerr, M. Pratt, C. Hall, J. Rain, J. Braithwaite, L. Nuttall, AN Other, Wajihuddin.
Sunday Clitheroe 3rds (v Barnoldswick,
home, meet club 12-45 p.m.) R Green, C. Bowness, B. Ahmed, G. Drake, E. Drake, J. Scott, J. Kay, C. Parkinson, J. Bristol, S. Bristol, R.Whitehouse. Clitheroe 4ths (v Edenfield,
away, 12-15 p.m.) R Hussain, J. Stones, M. Driver, R. Cattermole, D. Mort, G. Bicknell, N. Scorah, T. Blezard, G. Bonner, M. Scott, J. Houldsworth. Scorer: Alice Stones. Ribblesdale Wanderers 3rds
(v Burnley Belvedere, away, meet club 12-15 p.m.) T Braithwaite, J Britcliffe, 3. Braithwaite, R. Clark son, C. Jackson, C. Collinge, E. Calvert, W. Whitaker, J. Dickin son, M. Spencer, R. Pickett. Scor er: D. Dickinson.
Monday Ribblesdale Wanderers Under
18s (v Baxenden, away, meet club 5-30 p.m.) J. Hopkins, L. Nuttall, M. Nerenburg, T. Farrar, D. McGrath, R. Monk, D. Dickin son, P. McGrath, T. Stirzaker, L. Rain, E. Calvert.
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Weather is kind to Pauline on her big day at Mytton Fold
MYTTON Fold Golf Club’s Inaugural lady captain Pauline White chose perfect weather for her day in the club’s competition calendar. In beautiful golfing conditions, Ian Hopcraft won his first Board competition in
fine swie with an outstanding 90-22-68, two shots clear of runner-up Micky Walsh. Wafsh took his second spot just ahead of Wayne Ivinson, who carded a gross 77,
the lowest gross on the day, but lost out on a card play-off. In Division One, Tony Cross (85-11-74) took top spot, whilst in Division Two it was a win for the irrepress ible Baz Hargreaves with a 91-20-71, and fourth position overall. In the ladies’ section it was a hat trick of wins in this competition for Linda Clegg (98-22-76), who headed the field by two clear shots. Juditn Kay (104-26-78) too^
to the 17th pin in two, while (2aptain John Berry was closest to the pin on the 18th green. For the ladies, Judith Kay had the straightest drive off the 16th tee, and, fittingly,
inaugural lady captain Pauline White won Tier own prize for the nearest to the pin m two on the final hole.
Mick Walsh, winning lady Linda Clegg, overall winner Ian Hopcraft and club captain John Berry (s). • THIS week saw members of Whalley Golf Club compete in the ELGA Qualifier
Inaugural lady captain Pauline White is pictured, centre, with, from left, runner-up
for the chance to represent the golf club. The top four highest placed members will represent Whalley at Marsden Park
the day with 75-3-72. The seniors prize went to Ian Hartley with a 93-18-7X There were 10 recorded twos i ' ' '
feet ace. He took on the pin at the 150-yard 18th with his trusty pitch wedge, and with perfect precision saw his ball take one bounce, check up and roll centre of the cup in the hole.
Wray, Paul Wray, Gary l A special mention should g______________, ______________
won by Joyce Andrew (91-17-74), ahead of Joan Whittaker (92-18-74) and Carol Blackadder (93-18-75). • MQST of the big guns were missing from the starting lineup for Sunday’s 4-
In the ladies’ section, the Longworth Cup 1st Round Qualifier and Medal was ^
Ball Stableford at Clitneroe Golf Club, but Alf Robert England and Andrew Wetton were first past the post with 41 points.
Andrew Bennie into third spot after a countback ahead of the high flying Alcock and Brown with the same 39 points.
First Junior Medal, and followed that with a 72-5-67 return in the weekend’s Medal and Castle Cup Qualifier.
Tom Forrest started where he left off last season with an awesome nett 65 in the
the long par four seventh and the 16th and 18th to finish top of the 126 starters with an impressive nett 66.
Simon Raine went one better on the day after an early 7-54 a.m. start he birdied
sure with a nett 68, one shot ahead of David Heesom and Garry Speak. Heesom’s level back nine gave him the nod for fourth prize after cards. Dave Kitson nad a three-shot winning margin in Division Two with his nett 65
Paul Traynor followed Raine and Forrest into the Division Qne winners’ enclo
got the better of a card play-off for fourth. Peter Shearon, Pete to his mates, completed the list with a 72. A trio of members who played in the same group for last week’s Senior Stableford
ahead of Jonathan Sheasby and a new name on the prize list, William WhiUvell, proved to be a good each \yay bet in third place with a 69. Michael Heaps and Keith Wallbank both scored 71s to earn rewards but Heaps
finished first, second and third. Leader of the pack was David John Brown, not to be confused with the other Dave
Browns. DJ scored 39 points, two more than Keith Allen and Richard Baker who finished in that order after cards. Baker set off like a house on fire with 21 points on the front nine but the fire went
out as Allen finished with sbe pars to snatch second prize. Peter Pedder was the best of the rest with 35 points. Tlie aforementioned Junior Medal was won by young Forrest found Qliver Smith
in good shape as he took second place with a nett 66 just two shots ahead of the impressive Sophie Lamb in third.
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nine to thwart Garry Speak and Philip Hanson, who produced a solid reply with the same points total but had to settle for second after cards. Ian Laithwaite’s four pointer on the final hole elevated him and playing partner
eased Philip Cort ancfMr Stokes into sixth and the Steve Dean/Tim Stanley partner ship cornpleted the Leader Board.
Three other pairings returned with 39 points - Nigel Clowes and Kieron Hunt The winning combination came to life with two birdies and 23 points on the back - ■ — , , , . . ,
Chris Davies, lyho took the spoils with 84- 15-year-oId Will “Boom Boom” Lancaster with 78-7-71, third"went to John Kearsley with 83-11-72, and fourth and the last qualifier was Miles Wade with lowest gross of
The conditions were perfect as the sun shone and the breeze was minimal. It was surprising then that scoring proved tricky **’ '------------'
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