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Samantha ready to take on Europe!


Morgan 12th in British Touring Car Championship standings after round five


O WhaHe/s Adam Morgan stands in 12th place after the British Touring Car Cham- pionship headed north last weekend for round five.


A firm favorite with both the fans and thedrivers, Croft cir­ cuit in North Yorkshire nev­ er fails to provide an exciting weekends racing. Morgan lined up eighth on


© thegridforthefirstraceofthe day after setting a qualifying


time of one minute and 24.113 secondsjust 0.8 ofa second off pole position. After an aborted start due


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< - to the starting light system failing, the race eventually got underway.


Morgan lost a place to the


fast starting Audi of Rob Aus­ tin, but never one to give up a


A , • place easily, he tried to take’ it


. back up the inside at the first corner - a move that would have worked if he hadn’t had


tosuddenlyavoidthesideways Honda of Matt Neal. . This caused him to make contact with the back of Rob


t i . Austin. Austin spun but man­ aged to rejoin the race.


Morgan, however, was not


so lucky and was forced to pull over and retireafewmoments


A *a t e r - ® Afterretiringfromthefirst race, Morgan was demoted to the back of the grid for the second race of the day, leav­ ing him with a lot of work to do from 29th place. After a stunning start and


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first lap, Morgan managed to avoid thefirstlap carnageand


was already up to 19 th place by the end of the third lap. . Bythehalfwaypointhehad


fought his way up to 17th, and after that the Mercedes really


started to come alive and show its true pace. Morganchargedhiswayup •


the order, passing someone almost every lap, eventually crossing the line in nth place, having gained 18 places in only


15 laps. Morgan was promoted up


thegridtoiothforthe start of the third race after Jason Plato was handed a grid penalty for an incident in race two, giving him an advantage before the race had even begun. He managed to keep out of


trouble through the chaos of the first lap, which led to an almost immediate safety car after numerous accidents all round the circuit.


The various stricken cars


were recovered after a couple of laps behind.the safety car, and Morgan found himself in eighth place for the restart. :: He held his place on the re-


' start, resisting the pressure from Aron Smith behind him. He became embroiled in


a three-car battle for the re­ mainder of the race, eventu­ ally coming out on top after


contactbetweentheothertwo cars gave him the opportunity


to dive through and seize sixth place.


Running out of time to gain


much more ground, Morgan took one last lunge at fifth place. Coming up the inside of Jack Goff in the final cor­ ner, it was a flat out drag race fortheflag, with Morgan com­ ing out on top byjust 0.001 of a second.


Morgan nowstandsini2th


place in the championship with 65 points.


Samantha Murray


Samantha Murray takes on the cream of the conti-


nentthisweekendasshe travels to Budapest for the Modern Pentathlon Euro­ pean Championships.


The 24-year-old, fresh from defending her titles at the GB Open Modern Pen­ tathlon Championships a fortnight ago,is raring togo as she looks to improve on her seventh-place finish as last year’s event. Last year she was the


, second-highest placed Brit, helping Great Britain to team gold with Freyja Prentice, Kate French and Mhairi Spence, who also form the women’s squad this year. The championships


s ta r t to d a y and run through to Tuesday, before the World Championships take place in Warsaw at the start of September. Speaking in last week’s


latest rally outing


Clitheroejunior rally ace Tom- mi Meadows is gearing up for round four of the Kick Energy Junior1000 Rally Champion­ ship this weekend.


© The'14-year-old Bowland High School pupil and his regular navigator Ian Oakey will be making the 250-mile journey down to Penycwm in South West Wales for the Brawdy Stages on Sunday.


Thecrewwillbefacedwith


a total of 65 stage miles. “This will be the longest


rallyoftheyear.andthisvenue is known to be hard on tyres,’ said Meadows, “Ian and I are hoping to get a good result af­ ter our misfortune on the previous rally, where we were. runningin third overall before clutch problems slowed our pace." Tommi will be looking to


make the most of newly-ac­ quired support from local ac­ cident repair business James AIpe Limited. “I am really grateful of the support from James Alpe, I think it will real­ ly help me become more com­ petitive." Tommi would also like to


thank Chorley Group, Proflex Shock Absorbers and Fuchs Lubricants and A-Frame En­ gineering.


Advertiser Sport, London 2012 silver medalist Mur­ ray said: “I feel everything is starting to come togeth­ er again. I’ve always been a go-getter and had that northern grit and deter­ mination - it’s what pulled me through in 2012 when I didn’t have the ability I have now. “My fencing and run­


ning is stronger now, and overall I’m a better athlete - I’.ve always been a war­ rior, not a worrier, I fight for everything, and I’m fo­ cussed on the Euros now and doing well there.” This season has seen


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her finish 28th and 29th respectively at World Cup 1 and 3, before Murray was second at the Open French Championships last month.


By Dan Black daniel.black@jpress.co.uk


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Naeem Ashrafproduceda brilliant inningsof 113 notout to protect Clitheroe’s unbeat­ en record in the Houldsworth Ribblesdale League.


Ashraf, running out of overs and partners, smashed three shies towards the end to give the leaders a thrilling one- wicket win at Earby. Earby skipper Richard


Craddock won the toss and chose to bat on a hard, flat track, and Matt Wilson and Chris Walton put on 87 in just over 15 overs before profes­ sional Janaka Guneratne had Wilson caught and bowled for 39.


Walton was caught offGun-


eratne for 55 at 122, and An­ drew Jaggers and MattHaines fell cheaply before Craddock,


Ashraf ton keeps Clitheroe on track


along with professional Dave Cro tty, took the score over the 200 mark. Craddock went in the pe­


nultimate over, leaving Lee Parkinson and Crotty to finish offthe innings on 213-5, Crotty on 56 not out. Guneratne took 4-59 off 16 overs. In reply, Craddock bowled


superbly, taking six wickets to leave Clitheroe at 136-8. Ashraf and Graeme Ker­


shaw took the score to 185, before the latter was stumped with Clitheroe needing 29. Ashraf launched into Crad­


dock’s 22nd over and hit three sixes to win the game, the fi­ nal strike just brushing the fingers of Matt Wilson field­ ing on the edge. Craddock ended with 7-92. Clitheroe followed up with


a32-run success over Padiham and now head the table by 17 points ahead of their home game with Oswaldtwistle Im­ manuel on Saturday.


Second’s first class pedigree


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Rudi Second


Rudi Second after the South-African kept the club on course for LCB Knockout Cup qualification.


The 24-year-old, who hails from Queenstown, Cape Province, hit 94 from 99 deliveries to help Read to a five-wicket win against Bax- enden at Back Lane. Second, who is averaging


Naeem Ashraf


just over 160 runs per outing for Milnrow in the Central Lancashire League with 803 runs, smashed eight four and two sixes to keep Read within four points of Settle. “We had one of the best


batting pros I ’ve seen,” O’Connor said: “He was unbelievable and fully de­


After losing to Clitheroe, Ear­ by gained a measure of con­ solation by ensuring former second placers Whalley en­ dured a miserable weekend.


Beaten by 89 runs at Great Harwood, who now replace them in second spot; on Sat­ urday, the Station Road side lost by two wickets at the Ap- plegarth despite professional Wilkin Mota’s best efforts. Whalley captain Richard


Lamb won the toss and took first knock, the locals getting off to a slow start, at 12-1 after 12 overs, and 24-2 off 15.


Richard Palmer and Mota and managed to end on 161-5. Mota fired one in at Gar- pushed and prodded their


trapped Walton in front for Jason Lockley crashed three Lamb joined his profes- 21. Crotty and Wilson quickly fours and a single and saw


sional and carried on in the took the total over 100,, be- Earby home in the 39th over, same steady way, until even- fore, Mota found the edge of Jaggers ended 29 not out and tually they attacked, Mota hit- Wilson’s (53) bat. In his next Lockley 13 not out. ting a flurry of fours and twos, overhetemptedCrottytoplay Motaendedwithaveryre- reachinghishalfcenturyoffTi at one outside his offstump, ' spectable 6-62 off 14 overs, deliveries.


Craddock returned to the ing took the catch -104-3. . In reply, Wilson and Wal- ners pads and umpire Phil


way to 79 off 29 overs, before ton reached 60 without loss Keating’s finger went up. Iain Crotty had Palmer caught be- after 10 overs, before Palmer Clarkson came and went, but hind for 41.


Wanderers face a threat of drop


foundtheedgeandJasonGall- Against Harwood, Whalley bowled the hosts out for 203,


attack and had Mota caught MattHaines (9), Craddock butwerethenthemselvesdis- by Matt Haines, with Whalley (2) and Martyn Windle (o) all missed for 114 in reply, struggling on 128-4 with three wenttoMota.butMattGarner W h alle y w i ll look to overs remaining. NissarHus- and Andrew Jaggers got the bouncebackathometoCher- sain and Lamb threw the bat score to 144.


. ry Tree on Saturday.


T h e r e te n t io n o f t h e i r R am sb o t tom Cup c row n c o u ld even pro v e b it te r sweet fo r Ribblesdale Wan­ d e re rs as the threat o f rel­ egation looms over the club.


Salesbury stay in promotion hunt


Susantha Pradeep's all-round effort ensured a double suc- cessforSalesbury against Oswaldtwistle Immanuel and Settle respectively.


His haulof 6-46 helped dismiss fourth placed Settle for just 91 before the home side chased down the target for the loss


of six wickets, with contribu­ tions from Liam Parkinson (20), Aneeq Hassan (28) arid Pradeep(24notout). Pradeep then contributed


102 out of 227- offjust 76 deliv­ eries - as Salesbury achieved a 28-run win over Ossie 24hours later. Hassan was again in the


runs, making 39, while Joe Rawlinson added 39. , . Pradeeptook4-94andskip-


per Steve Brown 3-54 as Im­ manuel finished short, with, seven wickets down. The wins keep Salesbury’s


promotion charge well on track. They sit six points behind


Section B leaders Earby - with two promotion plac es up for grabs - and 11 points clear of league newcomers Brinscall, themselves a point better off thanCherryTree. Salesbury are at home to


lowly Euxton on Saturday as they look for a seventh win of the season. .


Charlie Jackson’s side take on Cherry Tree at Earby’s Applegarth on July 27th as they look to register their third success in the com­ petition in four years. However, the Church


Meadow outfit are current­ ly cemented to the foot of the league’s top tier and 18 points from safety. G r e a t H a rw o o d ,


Brooksbottom and fe l ­ low relegation candidates Barnoldswick provide the opposition ahead of their finals day. The weekend saw Wan­


derers slide to a 46-run loss at the hands of Eden-


field. The visitors, who batted first, posted a total of 194-8 as Brannon Var- ley claimed figures of 5-46 from a 10-over spell. In re p ly , th e h o s ts


whimpered to defeat. John Rain top-scored with 27 a when coming in at number w five, while overseas ama­ teur Ben Dougall and Var- ley contributed knocks of 21.


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H o u ld sw o r th S o l i c i ­ to r s Ribblesd ale Crick- .* e t L e a g u e f i x t u r e s : B a rn o ld sw ick v Settle, B r in sca ll v Earby, C l it ­ he ro e v O sw a ld tw is t le Im manuel,'Edenfield v @ Baxenden, Read v Brooks­ bottom, Ribblesdale Wan­ derers v Great Harwood, Salesburyv Euxton, Whal- ley v C h e r ry Tree. Free weekend: Padiham.


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served his 94 not out. We were at 14-4 and he really helped us out. I was really nervous at that point.


“Sometimesyou don’t get your money’s worth from


■ sub professionals but he was quality. He bowled brilliant­ ly and his batting display was on another level. “Having him around has


given everyone something to aspire to.


“It was an-excellent peri


formance and reminded me of when Peter Sleep was at • Read with how comfortable and easy he made it look.” Omar Hussain also per­


formed admirably with the ball as did Kieran Grimshaw and Jack Wood. Read are at home to Brooksbottom on Saturday.


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