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Clitheroe ladies’ sponsor boost


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H o u l o s w o r t h So u c i t o r s ^^, j i r - : R IBB LE SDA LE C R IC K E T LEAGUE


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fCu'PfplificSusanthaPradeep ! ' passedlOOOrunsforthesea-;, sdnas Salesburr beat Cherry'


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'■ ■ ■ m iiThe Sri Lankan star’s unbcal-, ® ,; en 107 was his third ton of the :i-‘ • ■ season; including a2s"not out- ;-i -' in a Twentymo Cup tie against ■ Feriiscbwles,ohtheK)adto the


■ • Red Gaps’ first senior trophy success. '


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::,ttC^ ®y’ Chasingi74forvictoiy,the' K. /' home side lost Ian Rabagiiati O f. ' 5, (o) and Scott Wharton (4) for only eight runs. *- However, MudasserPj 11- V : ■- chbhaya (51 not out) and Pra-


:. .7 deep.shared an unbroken ---7: third-wicket partnership of


- *: -• -168 to win thegame with near­ ly 15 overs to spare.


’ ■ / - I' Pradeep’s innings came


; V ■ off only.75 balls; including 17 boundaries and two sixes, i


^ . Salesbury are now sixth as '


7f4-l ClitheroeandchampionsBarr::, noldswick continue to set the pace at the top.’ " i - k i f - '- ' I, , Chtheroe were bowled out :.; -,v 'for 133 by Oswaldtwistle Im- ■


^ 7 manuel atChatburnRoad,los-/): ® : v-ing their last five wickets for; .; ' _ just 19runs.!’ .<>j


. . . ^ Peter Dibb top scored on


- and James Banks made30; . with Andrew Metcalf taking : ■ 3-42 firom 16 overs.;


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Salesbury professional Susantha Pradeep in action against Edenfield in the recent Twenty20 Cup Final victory at Clitheroe - 1 -


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in thegame at 51t1 and opener;, o f beating Whalley at Victory^; Oily Jones at the crease, 'o - '' Park.


• ' . ■ i 'Jones top scored with 38;' ? Reliable professional Im- v


butwhenhewasfourthoutat ,; :.ran Khahdfinlshed with 65-^ 78,:‘Ossie’s’ innings subsided a ; out of the home team’s 209-7.7 i andtheywereeventuallydis-7 ;;a!; Richard'Palmer.(57) and '" missedfori07.r


. Tom Lord claimed 5-31 off


! ' Saurabh Bandekar {50) c er­ tainly helped make a game of


14 overs and also took two; catches,’including one off his own bowling; to dismiss dan-: german Jones.’ n ■ ' ~ a > v:'.Barholdswickare27points behind leaders Clitheroein


■ i t , 'b e f q f e ^ a U e y e y ^ ^finishedjijst'mheriihsbehiri withfouf ynckets in harid.?js|7; RibblesdaleiWandeyefs


werej^buh their, RamsbottomCuptri^!^^^^


; A n d ‘Ossie’were certainly,! :, second but made hard work. ': umphsixdaysearlier. k' '.’T-r s ’,•■.l/'.V.'. ’J’. " •


;; 4:..Tom"Davidson top scored: •With 70 as Settle made I99 and then Andrew Davidson took', 5-55) as Wanderers were dis­ missed for 157. ^ Meanwhile, Read enjoyed;


a seven-wicket vym at home- toEarby./’ ' ' '


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;: :;:Earby .were' 224’ all.out,; with MattWilson hitting 76 ■ and professional Fahid Reh-: inan6i.''_


' ' But Read knocked the runs;


o f fw ith just,three wickets- down and 11 overs to spare as .


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skipper Kyle O’Connor made -


-: . On Saturday, Read are on.


; the road as they travel to face: Oswaldtwistle Immanuel at' New Lane, while leaders Cht- ’


. heroe make their first visit to ■ Ramsbottom-based Brooks-; bottom.,


^ ' Ribblesdale Wanderers are


. atTheChffetofaceGreatHar-j' wood, while there is a Ribble ValleyderbyatStationRoadas:- Whalley host Salesbury.


Viciv Carter and Alex Hartley ^ U L ,.


*■ J Clitheroe's ladies cricket


T s x teamisthetalkoftheclub and beyond. Already they have beaten


. ,7 a long-established team ;. . ..:;at Fylde CC that had not


7 ' ; previously been beaten in , their history.' ■ . , The side is a blend of * • youth and experience, led


’ by promising Middlesex i , , . andEnglandUnderi9play;. ■ erAlexHartley,whoispic- . • , tured shaking hands with


■ i.VickyCarterofCartersLei- sure, who kindly offered to


' sponsor their shirts, v.-x;,:,? .!-. Carters Leisure have . : ; ;;a premises at Chatburn : , iTload, where Haley Driv- - er, who played a critical


■ ' • w innings at Fylde and is a . ;


former Lancashire youth


, cricketer, is an employee.. Many Clitheroe mem- .


bers also make use of the ' facilities available.


:;. Vicky was named Gra- nadaTelevision’s Business.


' • y Personality of the Year in •; 1996; and at the Manches-


.,.f;:.terCommoiiwealthGames, .: ■ , in 2002, she was selected :. . to staff, set up and run the . Commonwealth gym for


: the duration of the Games,, providing training facili-


create


; Recordsshow that centuries ^ are very few and for between U


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But two came in two weeks! earlier this sunimer for Rib-'.-;


' bleVaUey District batsmen; .®; i;i:;.KBoth centurions play for,; aRibblesdale.Wande'rersjuri-vj ;:-;iors,‘and both scored them^i ;; against Lancaster and More:;* -cambe'.’;;^'.^. .“ c- -i-'''Mack S p en ce r ! 15, re-


j. corded a hard-hitting’ 127 not ; out for the Under.iss as they ; -, ; progressed to the LGP Final ■ “against Hyndburn; Mack’s,;; . century moved him into Rib-.v--; ; blesdale Wanderers’ first XI; 3'And Jonathan Richardson, S


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;-fortheUnderi3s,scoredapol->!i; iished 123 not out to became;- ;: .• the first 12-year-old on record s to achieve such a feat.'


: In the same game, anoth-,S •; er .Wanderers youngster, Joe


: Briggs; 12, scored 56 on debut» as thesidewon their LGP Final r'-; againstWyreDistrict.'


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’ Two othe r 12-year-olds from.Ribblesdale,-, wicket-’c..\: keeper Matt King and swing ;* bowler JackMorrisrepresent-^k ed the District Under 13s withki: distinction this s e a s o n . ,


?7?ilFormore details on Wan-K-. , de'rers’ flourishingjunior sec^i'j: tion; contact Martin Briggs on >


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s» ties for competing athletes if ' ' from Northern Ireland to Namibia.^' -


i-.;! Mana'ger MalcolmScott- • .said: 'IVicky has been so;. kind to us 7 she often chats'


’ w ith me abou t the la- dies’ project when I have ; popped m to speak to Ha-


t 'k Shewas delighted to . help. f .-


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<v; .:XThe shirt looks really i ; attractive.'and I know we!; can play some attractive


5; cricket to match.”; ■ ^The te am 'h a s be en! coached hy Dr. Bill Smith,"f; i.-JonHarvey,NaeemAshraf ■


: Local ministox drivers Will Knight (12), Roger (10) and ;; Abigail Stansfield (12), have returned homefrom a v; packed 'weekend of racing on: thelsIebfMan.!' ' ' The ministox are openito


« v impresses on SpRbJe cp DANBLACK --


: Oanietblack@jpress.co.uk; Twitter: @DanBlack84.1 -T


kfSgysc ; Sophie Lamb has once again


V enhanced her international ' credentials on the golfing , circuit.' ‘ .


Given her. accelerated pro-


: gression you wouldn’t hat e • thought it possible, but the 15-year-old has continued 10 up the ante bn a global stage. :• ;;. ;After a season of stupen-


; ddus achievement which saw her f inish top points


i s co re r fo r Great.Britain and Ireland in their Junior Vagliaho’Championships


. defeat against a'strong Re.=t o f Europe squad in Chantil­ ly, France, the teenager has


-■ since earned her England Un- deri8 debut. . ‘-The burgeoning golfer


made h e r bow- last month in the European Champion-


.: ships in Sweden where she played her-part m a fourth


., place finish in a tournament made up o f ig countries. She


. was the third youngest player competing that week; -: ; : ■ . And last week Sophie shot


. a round of 78,74; 76 and a sen-'


■ sational 69 to finish eighth outofiog entrants at the Eng-


• lish Girls U18 Championship ; atOake Manor in Somerset.; ; ■ Sophie, maturing beyond


: heryears in the sport; is cur- 1 rently representing her na-. tion’s under 18 side in the Home Internationals at St


Annes Old Links. Having al­ ready played Wales, the team ;■ of eight will face Scotland to- • day before taking on Ireland; tomorrow. Then she’ll decorate her ■


young career even fu r th e r ; wh en sh e joins,her..team-f


:‘mates for the Nations Cup' 'a t Fairhaven Golf Club in a -


• two-day competition which; .;ls held at the same time as the British Girls’ Champion-, ships. .' She has now reduced her; 7 handicap to -n and is current-


7'lyfourthintheGirlsUnderi8 ;’v;so many selections this year.; ' order of merit. '.T


' and has loved competing at- Her dad; Phil,’said: “I am ‘t-; this high level especially as iti.


7 really pleased at how she was onlyjust over four years' '■ is continuing to work hard’'* ago, on April 19th; 2009,'that: and keep learning from a l l ;, she played her f irst ever 18 -these experiences. Sophie: ; holes ofgolfand went round ' is very grateful she has had in 100.”


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- St James made 110 in their 18 overs,'withPete01ivermaking: ; a classy 30 retired and Robin-: ; son clubbing a quick 30 atthe


i'-:.-:: end. Dave F lou n d e rs lo o k three wickets. InreplySabdenwereintat-


; 7 ters at 54-8 after John Carys- fqrthtook3-9.


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-'ButthenSimonJones,vvith . -29notout,and Paul McKenna,-


,7.::.-£ with 18 not out, used all their,;. T.-T;':experienceto guide the team : , home with an over spare.--- - In the other game, Calder-


t; 7 stones kept up the pressure ' withawinat.Chipping. J Calderstones made 122 all •


' , out with James GaUing retir-’; . : ;f ing with 30 and Connor Lowes ■ making29.


r” ' . ' In rep ly Ramblers fe l l


; - 24 short at 98 all out, Paddy , •: Brown being the destroyer in ' - chiefwith five wickets.


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Special motorsport weekend set ^ for June The ever enterprising


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Preston-based, Longton and ® District Motor Club-boasting -


many Ribble Valley members' -are organising a motorsport


■; weekend in 2014 atthe pres-;; tigious Prescott Hill Climb''' venue near Tewkesbury, > ^ Gloucestershire!


As a re sult of negotiations


'w ith .th e Bugatti O w n e r s ’ ^ " Club! the owners of the Pres-;.; a cottHill Climb venue. Long- ::'-. ...’.v-_ ton and District Motor C lub -;7 ' '


- Manx Construction Sword.' r y i7:WilI,fromChippmg,man-f ■ aged to return home with a tO: ■


,'i tal of 15 points; with Abigail: ; and Roger, o f Chaigley, both, ‘^getting two points. ;- :: ;i:The races were held o n ; Thursday, Saturday and Mon-.:;


'drivers between the ages of s'- day nights. io-i6,anditisacontactsport-:


iWith aU drivers not afraid of : putting in the bumper!


' They raced at.Onchan ;. ;raceway m Douglas, compet-*; ing for point’s and race wins;.;. ; m the championship of the;!


Points were accumulated'


over the weekend,-with th e . Sword being awarded to the ; driver with the mostpoints.;,; The sword was won by


second; followed by Austin Moore of Blackburn. - * ;.'Willfinished in the top


'10 in all of his races over the weekend. The Monday night


- included a special iwhites andi yellows race’ which means the; lower grade drivers got their chance to get some podiums; with Roger earning his f ir s t ever podium'(second) andi Abigail came down the home straigHt with a third; All three :idrivers are looking forward:;.'-':


■ is looking forward to orgams- v ;-k r ing events over the weekend ofJunei4-i5th,20i4., .


-■ , '" 0 ' ' The Bugatti Owners’ Club n hasoneofthefinesthillclimb'’ ' -


, eventfacilitiesmtheUK,with ^ ! , officials, marshals, competi-' ! :,?.'rtorsandspectatorsaUcatered..;^-;v;-i'


■■ for to the very highest stand- ^ < , ards. -


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Preparation has already ® begun on the format o f the" .


- weekend, and full details \vill be announced at a later date, ® ' ■ with special attractions to be


| excel on international stage following England call-up!


Sabden : ^ survive a ■ ^' scare to stay top of table


Sabden remain top of the ' , : Clitheroe and District Cricket :


• . League despite almost coming : ' unstuckagainst St James. - -


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