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www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Thursday, May 8,2014 Thursday, May B. 20T4 www.clitherdeadvertiser.co.uk SPORT THE LATEST FOOTBALL NEWS SPORT RIBBLESDALE CRICKET LEAGUE ROUND-UP 'ic .


Rimmyon brin k o f more cup


Grayson plays through pain barrier to fire Clitheroe aces to County success 9


Joe Grayson played through thepain b a r r ie r to f ire Moor­ land School to a sensational cup double.


Proud dad Simon Grayson, manager of Preston North End, saw Grayson junior keep


■ his nerve from the penalty spot as the Clitheroe-based school carried off the Under- 15 Lancashire County Cup at Squires Gate with seconds to spare. Grayson was off the pitch


for 20 minutes after colliding with a metal barrier, iqjuring his back, but the goals galore strikerreturnedtoseal victory for Moorland and deny plucky runners-up Blackburn St Bede’s High School in a ding- dong cup final. It means Moorland have


collected two trophies this term.comingjustaweeksince they were crowned the Inde­ pendent Schools’ Football Association Under 16 Shield winners. “It is a remarkable achieve­


ment, we are proud of every single of them,” said Moorland coach Charlie Jackson. “The boys had to dig real­


ly deep for this one, but again they showed their character and resolve to win another tro­ phy in their first season in this competition. - “We are a tiny school com­ pared to others,just 175 pupils, so that makes this achieve­ ment extra special.” Lancashire Schools’ Foot­ ball Association secretary


« r - Karter Kirk claims award •a f;. 9


Clitheroe k a r te r Kirk Catter- mole (26 ) finished his season in style,'taking th e Stars of Darley title and winning the d r iv e r o f th e ye ar award.


The production operative at Ultraframe has also started the new season well, storm­ ing to victory in the first two race meetings at Darley Moor in Derbyshire. ■ Kirk races a 1250c open


Gearbox kart with six gears which can reach speeds of up ttmomph. In both the. March and


April race meetings, he took the win in all four races held over the two weekends. His next outing will be at


Snetterton in Norfolk for the British Superkart race meet­ ing, where there should be a grid in excess of 30 driver,s and the competition is going


to be extremely challenging as there are lots of excellent driv­ ers in the class. Kirk’s talent has helped


him gain sponorship in the form of a Raider Chassis pro­ vided by Phil Featherstone of PFP Services and an SGM en­ gine provided by Derek Price of Magnum Motorsport, Mill­ ers Oils in the form of race oil, and Cat Racing Services based in Clitheroe.


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Holders Rimington won through toyet another Cra-


. ven Cup Final, to be held at Skipton tomorrow night, with a comfortable win as they continue in their quest to win this historic competition for the 10th time - a feat never achieved before. The first half was a rath­


ml


er drab affair, with Ker­ shaw almost a spectator at one end, and the locals fail­ ing to conjure up too many chances of their own. A Sedburgh defender


came close to finding his own net early on as Baygot squared across the six-yard area after being set free by McLean’s pass. Dan Blackburn came close to scoring but fired


justoverfollowingBaygot’s challenge on the keeper. Just before half-time,


Moorland celebrate their cup final success, and, bottom right, Joe Grayson and Stefan Mols are pictured.


Mike Timberlake praised the spirit that the final was played in and congratulated Moor­ land on their double winning campaign, presenting captain Stefan Mols with the trophy. Playmaker Mols struck


f irs t for Moorland in the 20th minute, but the lead was short-lived, Dexter Slater lev­ elling the tie. Grayson restored Moor­


land’s advantage with a well- crafted opportunity, however moments before the interval


danger man Slater found the target again to keep St Bede’s firmly in the hunt. . It was nip and tuck in the


second period, and just as the final was heading towards ex­ tra time, Grayson stepped up to win it for Moorland follow­ ing a handball offence. P r o u d M o o r l a n d


Headteacher JonathanHarri- son said: “To win a cup double is an extra special achieve­ ment and they have all done Moorland proud.”


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McLean crossed for Dins- dale, who stooped to head, but guided his effort nar­ rowly wide of a post. Heslop replaced the in­


jured Walsh for the second half, Rimington reverting to a more conventional 4-4- 2, as they continued to dic­ tate the play. . Hickling saw a rasping


volley find the keeper's midriff and the same play­ er had a header blocked from Baygot’s cross, but the villagers were not kept at bay for much longer, as Benfield found Hickling with a great pass in the 53rd minute, he then re­ leased Blackburn down the left, who crossed for his strike partner Baygot to head in. Heslop’s superb free-


kick on 66 was met by the soaring Dinsdale to make it 2-0, and six minutes later the game was put beyond doubt as Hickling sent Hes­ lop down the left channel, and he again found Dins­ dale to score his second. Rimington now meet


Ingleton, who knocked out lo c a ls Wadding- j ton, and manager Terry Braithwaite is confident i his side can make anoth­ er bit of history: “We have eqjoyed our success in the ; Craven, it is always nice to *


win one of the oldest com- | petitions around, and ifwe


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can make it double figures that would be amazing."


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Whalley not getting carried away by start


everything went right for us, and wrong for Read I suppose. “Dave was fantastic - to have


Leaders Whalley underlined


| theirearlyseasontitlecre- dentials with a crushing sev- ! en-wicket success at Read.


Dave Howard’s figures of 7-31 from 8.5 overs - including a hat-trick - helped dismissed their hosts for 59, before Whalley knocked off the re­ quired runs in 22 overs for the loss of three wickets. But Whalley skipper Rich­


ard Lamb isn’t getting carried away by his side’s .100% start to the season - especially with a Ramsbottom Cup clash with champions Clitheroe to comeat Station Road on Saturday. Lamb said: “Saturday was a


reallygoodday.weplayedsome good cricket. The manner of victory was surprising, but it was one of those days where


himandWilkinMotaattacking with the new ball, with their great control, is brilliant. “Dave bowled perfectly for


the conditions, attacked the stumps and didn’t give any­ thing away. “It’s always good to be in the


field when someone gets a hat- trick, and the crowd were ap­ preciative.” But he warned: “The big­


ger picture is we’re not getting carried away, we’re not getting ahead of ourselves. “It was a positive result, but


we have to get back to reality and another tough test against Clitheroe in the cup. “Theyhaveaveiystrongside


and will challenge for the title again. “The pressure is off a little


with it being a cup match, al­ though we wouldliketodo well in the competition.”


David Howard on his way to 7-31 against Read on Saturday V % \ . "■ Read captain Kyle O'Connor walks backto the pavilion


Read skipper Kyle O’Connor has re-iterated that his play­ ers need to become immune to complacency following defeat to Whalley.


Following promising victo­ ries over Salesbury and Great Harwood to kickstart the 2014 term, Richard Lamb’s side led Read to the slaughter when in­ flicting a devastating seven- wicket reverse. But O’Connor believes the


loss could act as a blessing in disguise and serve to galvanise his dispirited troops. “It was one of them days


Captain Gaskell warns rivals


Clitheroe captain Paul Gaskell has warned the club's Rib- blesdale Cricket League rivals that his side will grow even stronger in their bid to retain theircrown.


The Chatburn Road skipper has guided his men to wins over Great Harwood, Settle and 2011 champions Baxenden so far with the latter a 41-run tri­ umph at the weekend. Howev­ er, Gaskell insists there’s still room for improvement where performance is concerned. “We didn’t play particu­


larly well but we got the result which is the most important thing,” he said. “1 thought the


total would be enough because I knew our bowling attack were good enough to back it up. And so it proved. “We’re losing a lot of wick­


ets early on which is something we definitely need to improve on. The positives we’re taking though is that we are not play­ ing too well yet we’ve won three from three. We’re winning and there’s still plenty of room for improvement.” Peter Dibb top-scored for


the home side, contributing 21 to Clitheroe’s total of 132 when coming in at number five. Ear­ lier in tlie innings paid man Janaka Guneratne added 20 while last weekend’s man of the


match Tom Lord fired 16. In the reply, Joshua Mar-


quet’s prolific spell with 5-18 from 10 overs plus two wickets apiece for Guneratne and Jack Dewhurst extinguished any hopes ‘Bash’ had harboured. “Josh is in his element,”


Gaskell said. “He ages every year like the rest of us but he’s as fit as I’ve ever seen him. He’s got an extra yard on him this year. There were doubts over wheth­ er he would play this year, but he’s delivered again. “We needed him to tighten


things up at the start and with him in the team we’re always confident of defending a total. He will always take wickets and


put the opposition under pres­ sure.” Ahead of S a tu rd a y ’s


RamsbottomCupclash with un­ beaten WhalleyatStationRoad, Gaskell added: “It will be a tough game because Whalley are fly- ingatthemoment.Westruggled against them there last year and they'll be full of confidence after seeing off Read at the weekend. “It’s always a good game


against them. We’ll need to im­ prove our batting if we’re going to have a chance of progressing. We would love a good run in the cup. We’ve probably got the toughest draw so if we can come through it then who knows how far we can go.”


Wanderers ready to retain cup crown


RibblesdaleWanderersskip- perCharlieJacksonisin confident mood as the club prepares fo r the defence of the Ramsbottom Cup.


The Church Meadow side got off the mark in the league at week- endas they condemned Euxton to a closely-contested one-wick-


■ etloss. Wanderers, who have won


the cup competition twice in the last three seasons, take on Great Harwood at The Cliffe on Saturday in a first round tie. “We’re finally off the mark,"


Jacksonsaid.“Itwastouchand go at one point'but we got the win and it was much needed. It


feels like there’s a weight been lifted off our shoulders now we’ve got 12 points. We went in to the game very positive and that mentality really helped us. “We can move forward now.


The performance, particularly from the bowlers, was very en­ couraging and it’s given us a lot of confidence.”


He added: “We want to make


that first defence. I’ll be looking to put out the strongest team possible so we can play our best cricket. I’d like to think we can retain it. We need to play Stuart Maher the right way and keep himout. Butwe won’tworry too much about them, we’ll just fo­ cus on ourselves.”


Foster inspires Salesbury to win


Salesbury eased to victory at Padiham on Saturday to climb to fifth place in the em­ bryonic Ribblesdale League table.


Of course, when the sides have played each other once, Salesbury will be in Sec­ tion B, but their promotion hopes have been boosted by an impressive start to the campaign. At the Arbories, EdFoster


and Josh Bristol were the de­ stroyers inchiefasthehome side were dismissed for 130 inside 42 overs. Foster claimed 5-50 off his 13 overs, while Bristol


also chipped in with 3-16 off s u e .


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Pradeep and Mohamed Shabaz also claimed a wick- etapiecetoputtheRedCaps firmly in the driving seat at -tea-------------------------------


And in reply, openers


Jason Rawson and James Watson rammed home the advantage. Watson made 25 before


being trapped by Nathan Whitehead, and Rawson contributed34before being runout. Pradeep was out to a re­


turn catch from Steve Mee- hanfori5,butAneeqHassan hit an unbeaten 31 off 20 balls to see Salesbury home in the 23rd over. On Saturday, S a le s ­


bury finally play their first home game of the season against Brooksbottom in the Ramsbottom Cup first round. Draw. Baxenden v Brinscall; Great Harwood v Ribblesdale Wanderers; Euxton v Padiham; Whalley vClitheroe;Salesburyv Brooksbottom; Read v Barnolds­ wick; Oswaldtwistle Immanuel v -Edenfield;CherryTreevSettle.


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where everyone failed with the bat,” he said. “It was quite embarrassing to watch. We lost two early wickets, started to rebuild for a while but once the next wicket fell we went


really quickly. “Whalley bowled real­


ly well to their credit but it wasn’t a 59 all out track. It was a case of bad discipline with the batting and shot selection. The side was really down in the changing rooms after.” Ahead of Saturday’s


Ramsbottom Cup clash with Barnoldswick at Whalley Road, O’Connor added: “It was a wake up call for us. The result showed that we are not going to walk this league so we need to dig in and prove that we’re good enough. “It could be a blessing in


disguise because I think I’ll get a reaction from the play­ ers. We spoke for a while after and we’re eager to put it right. I’d rather it happened now than at the end of the season.”


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