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: ‘www.clilheroeadvertiser.co.uk Thursday,May9,2013" .Thursday,May9,2013 v^^vw.clllhe^oeadve^t^se^.co.uk*’ SPORTREADANDCLITHEROEAREEARLYPACESETTERS James over at top


And Clitheroe are up to third after bowling feats from Dewhurst and Siddique . Ribblesdale Cricket LEAGim"


i '^ 7 Read are the new Houlds- ■ worth Solicitors Ribblesdale League leaders after winning both weekend fixtures. ^


. .: On Saturday, Joey Marshall’s • unbeaten 93 helped Read to^ : a nine-wicket win at Kibbles- ■


■ @ - dale Wanderers. Wanderers . ■ m


. . top-scoring with 65, as Elliot -


? Read eased to victory, as v Marshall washelped by EUioit ■- Artingstoll, who also finished : unbeaten on 52, to win with ;


. j'ust one wicket down. ■ And on Sunday, Read beat


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.. ■ Euxton by three wickets in a ; tight finish at Balshaw Park. •


• Read totalled 200-7, before ■ ^ ■ . holding on, restricting their Xhorleyhoststoi97-8;^. > ' Clitheroe also won twice to .i


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. go third. On Sunday they beat ? : champions Barnoldswick by ; eightruns;asbothprofession- : als,KashifSiddiqueandImran i,


^ ^ . Khalid, took seven wickets. ■ / ■ i ,, T h e ,p re v io u s day they


■ cruised past CherryTree as ■ Jack Dewhurst finished with ■


5-ii,asTreeweredismissed-f- for ju s t 45 T the number of


™ balls Clitheroe took to pass " - their target.


:.. ' Salesbuiywentdownbyss ■ runsatCreatHarwoodonSat- - , urday; after Tiaan Cloete hjt ■ 85 and Russ Whalley 44 in the . % : , hosts’ 185. Stuart Maher took ■


For C l i th e ro e ’s James Grummett, a Year 9 pu-


. pil at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, 2013 has already proved to be significant. , As pa rt o f the Team


GB National Performance Squad for Sailing, James had a busy start to theyear.


. At the RYA Youth Na­ tional Championships at


RIBBLESDALEWANDERERSvREAD:BrannonVarley is caught behindfromthebouviingof Jon Harvey.


; fivewicketsinthelocals’ reply. ■ SalesbuiyhitbackonSun-


:.day as professional Susantha Pradeep hit 61 not out and claimed five wickets to see off Earby.


. Ribblesdale-Wanderers ■


were also victorious on Sun­ day, against Padiham, who made 182-9, as Phil Metcalfe top-scored with 53. But Wanderers had little


trouble knocking the w in - ; ning runs off as they passed the target for the loss of ju s t


one wicket to climb to loth.' ' ■ ■■. Professional Ben Dougall


. made an unbeaten 80, while Brannon Varley added 69 not


■ out. • j _ : ; But it was a double dose of defeatforWhalley. . • . ■ On Saturday they became


league newcomers Buxton’s firstscalp.


. Nick Dunn,made 50 for


; the Chorley side, while cap­ tain Mark.Winrow finished


one shy of his half-century as Euxton totalled 187-7 at Sta-


■ tion Road, with Simon Gor- . ton the pick o f the bowlers with four wickets. . .. Whalley were then dis­ missed for 114, as Winrow -


and James Proctor took three wickets each. The following day, Whalley ■


were undone by Oswaldtwis- tle Immanuel veteran Gerard Metcalfe, who took ahat-trick with his first three deliveries as the locals slumped fi-omgS- 5t036-8,chasingis8-9.- ■. . Metcalfe saw off Gorton


Photo Ben Parsons ;;


with a return catch, before: having Stephen Kerr caught, and then Iqy Hussain edged one to Mark Groom.


: . Whalley could only add an­


other 17 runs as they were all out, 105 runs short.


. :: Captain Richard Palmer ■


top-scored with 17 for the lo­ cals.


For Oswaldtwistle, both


Ramiz Hussain (51 not out) and Oliver Jones (53) reached their half century, while Gor- tonclosedwithfiguresofs-51. •'


. Wolves hold nerve in titanic title decider!


. Fulledge Colts Reds....;;.. '.v.;..2; ; Clitheroe Wolves U12sReds!;3 ;


An absolutely thrilling win-


, ner-takes-all match sawGlit- • ;heroe Wolves claim the East


. ® • ; Lancashire Alliance League title.. . '


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. Fromthewhistlethematch :. was fast and furious, and the


' | i i^ Colts had the edge in the first - -f. half, with Wolves kept at bay ■ , .. by their defence, and keeper


James Prendergast two fine ' saves, before Fulledge tookthe lead going into half-time.


; . .. Wolves struck back in the - ,


second half, equalising from . a fabulous Harry Jackson strike.


‘ As the pace increased;?-


Wolves continued to press and were rewarded when Con­ nor Jacksonfiredhometo take V. thelead. -


‘ - ..' The Colts fought back and; •


equalised, only for Joe Briggs to again take the Wolves into the lead less than a minute; later. - With quarter of an hour


to go. Wolves continued to at­ tack the Colts’ goal, and the defence held strong against


: any attempt by the Colts to break through, sealing a well- earned first place for a jubi- ■


; lant Wolves team at the final ‘ whistle.


CHAMPIONS:Thejubilant Clitheroe Wolves team PICCREDir.


: Largs in Scotland - the first in their campaign to be se­ lected for the RYA Youth


: 29er Transitional'Squad in November - James and


;his crew Daniel Budden headed had a great week, securing 4th place in the 29er silver fleet.


; James then swapped


boats and headed for a . week-long National Squad camp at Pwllheli, before


jo u rn e y in g to Datchet (Windsor) to compete in a National Series event in his Topper. He com­ pleted the weekend with ■ a ninth place, in a fleet of


enjoys fine start to the year


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I Robert's brace sends orange and black hordes into raptures at Elland Road Robert Lloyd finished off a ;;


i|ig flowing movelS minutes li


from timetohand Rimiiigton- victory inthe West Riding County FA ChallengeTrophy ; ■ Final at Elland Road on Friday |


James Grummett


night.' - , ' ' The villagers’ lethal firontnian drilled home left-footed to see ■ off their West Riding County;


■ Amateur Premier Division ; opponents Bay Athletic from Huddersfield after a tight game at the home o f Leeds United. ■ Bay Athletic proved to be a ;


good footbaUing side on a car- ■ pet of a surface at the Cham-' pionship club, but for all th eir. passing play up to the 18-yard; box, they lacked any penetra7 tion or punch.


■ -; • > . - Rimington defended well,'


but Bay struggled to getbeT ;' hind the locals, with stalwart keeper Graeme Kershaw hav- ■ inglittletodo:--.’


; Indeed, Rimington creat- '


ed the better chances.-. Lloyd, missed;an early:


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header from six yards, when he looked set to score, and!:- Athletic made Rimington pay as they scored against the run - of play as Kershaw parried a shot, which was turned in at\;; the second attempt. :; - . Rimington wentin level,'.,


however, as Lloyd equalised five minutes later, volleying ; in fromjust inside the a re a .; :;,In the second.half,-01i ;


McLean looped a header just over as he appeared to get up ;


Readstone United on hunt for players


: Readstone United are hop-; , ing to run two teams at Un­ der 8s level next season. V Tra ining is on Read school field on Saturday mornings between 10-30 a.m. and noon, and anyone ' : undereightonAugustjist; ; is welcome. The club also ,.- want players for the’ Un:.; der 9s. Contact Tina Field-,. en (07815772840) or Geoff Lambert (01282 771442).'


CLTTHEROEADVERnSER&TTMES SPORT BIGNIGHT FOR VILLAGERS IN LEEDis 1 \ Winner as


Heartache in final for Dog Inn at Stanley Church.;...;.......


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Dog Inn manager Simon Ker- insvowedtogoonebetternext


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year after his side lost their first-ever Terry Cattermole ^ Trophy at Accrington Stanley. - .. on Bank Holiday Monday. - - ■


- . The Whalley side start-- v ed slowly, conceding a goal - ^ '


-within 20 minutes and, but- for some superb saves from: keeper Joe Hudson and poor finishing, would have been


r furtherbehindattheinterval. - Church’s second arrived early in the second half, but


: theintroductionofLiamBoyle and Elliott Bywater gave Dog @ - fresh impetus. Tom Wood forced home from close range with 25 minutes remaining, but Church held on.


Champs off the mark in defence of title


CalderstonesbegantheirCIit- - heroe and District Midweek League title defence with a -


.; comfortable victory overClit- ;; heroe St James. A f te r th e ir opponents -


Robert LloydshootspastSamJerome of Bay Athletic to score the winninggoalforRimington;


too early, and the same play-.- er then broke through but he couldn’t maintain his balance and the chance was gone. . ; But Lloyd ensured the


Soo-plus travelling support - went home happy as he p ro - ; duced another cUnical finish


: to clinch the trophy. . Rimington. still on tar­ get for the East Lancashire League title and in the Cra-: ven Cup semi-final, saw their hopes of a quadruple ended on Bank Holiday Monday as - they went down 2-1 to Mill


Hill after extra tirne at Os-


? waldtwis tie in the President’s Cup. '


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face, thevillagersledafter20 minutes through Luke Conti after a great ball from Craig Sargeson. - ,


' . Onaverybobbly,drysur-. Mill Hill levelled from a


disputed corner with 10 min: utesremainingto take the tie to extra time, and with just; four minutes to go in extra time, the Blackburn side se­ cured a place in the cup final with a penalty..


, Rugby club end season with awards


Clitheroe Rugby Club held -S- their 35th end of season din- - nerandpresentationsata' packed Littlemoorclubhouse.'


The- a s s em b le d c row d spanned the ages from new ; recruits enjoying the dinner for the first time, to the sea­ soned veterans who had may-: be seen it all before.. - .. Afterariopeningwelcom-


ing address-from the Club President Colin Silcock; Mas­ ter o f Ceremonies Andrew :■ ■ Thornber got the evening off


: to a start by inviting second XV captain Bob Wilkinson-


- to take the floor, and he an-. nounced the award winners. .: The seconds’ most im-


proved player was Mark Har­ rison, and players’ player of. the season was Chris Harper.. ' Then it was the turn of-


first XV skipper Nathan Peel: to address the expectant au- - dience.


. r ; His anxiety on his pub- : lie speaking debut was pal- ; pable, and although a little - tongue tied at times, he made ;


• a decent fist of his speech. So: • muchsothatoneortwoofhis


■ jokes,actuallyraisedachuck- : . le from the by now, slightly ^boisterous and worse for;' wear,listeners. “ - As the time approached'-


r for the presentations, there - ' was a buzz of electricity in the :■


• air. Who had won the big one, :-' : where had the votes gone this year? - •.


- - : The first-XV. most im-;-


■ proved player went to Greg.; ; Birch. Then the blue ribbon .■ trophy for players’ player of


. . the year was awarded to Alex - - Hough, who ju s t shaded it '- over Darren Eagle. Clubman of the year went '


to'the larger than life charac- ‘, ter Aaron Shread.


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i ; So the formalities ended, - and friendships were rekin- ■ died in the traditional way,


:- as the talk went on well into :: thenight..


. .. ■ > Clitheroe’s next outing is ;


- in Madrid on May 25th, as a ' : ' •(party of 25 will have a relax- - ing long weekend interrupted . ; by a game of rugby! . .


Loyal Blues Stewart set • to receive awardi


- A f te r 44 years at Clitheroe - - Football Club, stalwart Colin ' - Wilson is tobe presented with -


0 a long service award from the ^County Association in June.


; , - . - The highlights o f Colin’s -i- tenure include winning the.^


- • Lancashire Combinations ti- - tleini979underDaveMorris( ; going to Wembley in the FA' -


AlexHoughreceiveshisaward -


- Vase and winning three sue-''- ;;v cessive North West Couhtiesli -. titles under Eric Whalley.


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made 85-6, the champions knocked that tally offwithjust - a solitary wicket conceded as Ibby Hussain retired on 30. - y • Sabden opened the season


in triumphant fashion as Rick Wright returned to action to - steerhissidetoawinoverLow ■ Moor, top-scoring with 19. . :


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