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Captain Nick is top Dog


Dog Inn captain Nick Lord


There was a sp e c ial ending to the regular Clitheroe Golf Club Lady Members’ Bridge Drive when a surprise pres- entation was made to Doris Farnsworth who celebrated her 100 th birthday.- The Lady C ap tain , Mrs


- Maureen Micklewright, pre­ sented Doris with a bottle of Scotch whisky, her favourite tipple, and a card to celebrate the occasion, A regular bridge player,


Doris has competed with the Clitheroe Ladies for several years. R em a rk a b ly , sh e w a s not the oldest participant at


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. Wednesday’s Bridge Drive as also present was Connie Hin- dle, a former playing member o f the golf club, who will cele­ brate her 101st this year. Both Doris and Connie are regular bridge players and retain a keen interest in the game. Tea and scones were served


at the conclusion o f the bridge drive. The winners were Mary Wallace and Norma Hoyle; runners-up were Eva Velvlck & Joan Scott and nearest ze ­ ro were Vanessa Cameron & Glenda Heanan.


was the worthy winner of the Players’ Player of the •Year at the Whalley club’s


an n u a l end -o f-se ason awards event. He beat last year’s win­ ner Oily Steele into second


place, with Elliot Bywater taking third spot. Veteran defender Dave


Dewhurst, who first played for the club between 2003


and 2006, was Simon Ker­ ins’ choice as Manager’s Player. Simon Holgate won the Top Goalscorer prize. Simon Ke rins said:


“This was a nice way to round o f f what has been a most challenging year. We have survived the vari­ ous trials and tribulations andthereisnoreason why, with more commitment, we cannot mount a seri­ ous challenge for honours in 2014-15; we certainly have the players capable of doing so.”


Awards evening


Centenarians Doris Farnsworth (left) and Connie Hindle (right) are pictured with the Clitheroe Golf Club Lady captain Maureen Micklewright.


ClitheroeandDistrictDarts and Dominoes presentation


Netball stars visit Paris


• evening was held at The Swan & Royal. Roll of Honour: Singles


w in n e r : JohnSchofield (Brown CowClitheroe);Run- ner up: Tom Brown (Black Bull Old Langho); Doubles winners: Steve Stanley and Keith Evanson (Horse Shoe); Runners up: Linda War­ ing and Jimmy Hargreaves (Brown Cow Clitheroe); Team knock out winners: Brown Cow Clitheroe; Run­ ners up: Brown Cow Chat- burn; Highest check: Pete Crossley (Social Club); Darts league winners: Brown Cow Chatburn; Darts league runners up: Brown Cow Clitheroe; Domino league winners: Buck Inn; Domino league runners up: Social Club; Mixed doubles win­ ner: Tom Brown and Ludi Celestial;Outstandingmale: Steve Stanley; Outstanding female: Lindsay Astin; Out- standingyouth: DaveFlynn. A cheque for £150 was


Members of Ribble Valley Netball Club pictured in Paris during the recent international tournament.


presented to Violet Leech representative of The North West AirAmbuIance, which was the proceeds from The Alan Stancell Memorial Mixed Doubles. Lilian Tom­ linson and John Phillips won a blind mixed doubles competition on the night.


By Da n Bl a c k daniel.black@jpress.co.uk


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Read skipper Kyle O'Connor was all smiles after taking the brag­ ging rights once again over good mate Callum Clarke.


After beating Padiham by 111 runs at the Arbories in the Rib­ blesdale Cricket League last month, Read returned to their rivals’s patch to claim a 28-run triumph in the Twenty20 com­ petition. ConorLowesstarredwiththe


batforthevisitorsashesmashed 47 of a 144-7 total, before Elliot Lowes (5-15) andRichard Sharp­ ies (3-15) combined to extinguish the hosts with the ball. “It was good to beat Padiham


again," said O’Connor. “Callum wasn’ t best pleased. We just showed that we are much strong­ er than them even though they pushed us a bit. ■ “Their overseas amateur


(Darryl Losper) scored some runs and was in better form but we were too strong for them. We had more depth in our batting and bowling attacks."


Whalley Road wasundercoversfor Read’s leaguegameagainst Clitheroe. O’Connor added: “It’s a good


start to the competition for us. It’s always nice to beat your ri­ vals. “The professional - Brandon


Scullard - is very intelligent arid helps out with field settings. It helps having someone to talk to during the match. “We’ve got Great Harwood up


next in the competition now on Friday at home and a win will put us in a great position.” Meanwhile,O’COnnorwason the losing side as the Ribblesdale


League lost to the North Lanca­ shire and Cumbria League by 50 runs at Furness Cricket Club. O’Connor, who watched the


rain wash out Read’s clash with champions Clitheroe at Whal-


■ ley Road on Saturday, captained the Inter-League squad which also included team-mate Joey Marshall. However, after the hosts


clocked up 171-8, with Cherry Tree’s Ruan Sadler taking 2-12 from a seven over spell, the visi­ tors fell short. Settle’s Tom Dav­


idson top-scored for the away side with a knock of 43. Elsewhere in the Ribblesdale


League Senior Division, Euxton’s clash with Cherry Tree was the only fixture to survive the del­ uge as the hosts won by 18 runs atBalshawPark. The inclement weather af­


fected: Baxenden v Brooksbot- tom, Brinscall vBarnoldswick,- Oswaldtwistle Immanuel v Earby, Padiham v Whalley, Rib­ blesdale WanderersvSettleand Salesburyv Edenfield.


« > * , V ' v T f ^ . r .y.-t; . Padiham's home groundThe Arbories at the weekend.


Clitheroe are due to take on Padiham this weekend in the qu ar te r final of th e Ramsbottom Cup. T h e C h a tb u rn Road


side will travel to the A r ­ bories on Sunda y w ith a possible semi-final show­ down w i th R ib b le sd a le Wanderers very much on the cards. Clitheroe reached th e


quarter final o f the compe­ tition following a 2-0 vic- toryoverWhalleycourtesy. ofabowlout. They current ly top the


Houldsworth Ribblesdale Sen ior . L e a gu e w i th 85 points ha v ing won seven out of th e ir e ight games


this season with the other being abandoned. Padiham on the oth e r


hand find themselves ju s t © one sp o t ab ov e b o t tom place having won ju s t one game so far this season. B o th te am s w i l l b e


champing at the bit to get out on the field a fte r la s t - weekend’s league washout. Padiham’s home game


against Whalley feU victim to the weather as did Clit- heroe’s tie away to Read. The winner o f the quar- .


te r final w i ll go on to play e ith e r Ribblesdale Wan­ derers or Brinscall in the semi-finals of the compe­ tition.


Jackson wants to retain cup crown


Salesbury will be looking to bounce back straightaway in thisyear’sTwenty20 com­ petition following a compre­ hensive defeatatthe handsof Great Harwood..


Playing at the Cliffe, the hosts scored a hefty 178 runs in their 20


overs last weekend with Sales­ bury falling well short of the tar­ get as they were bowled out for


just 98. Tonight the Ribchester Road


side will take on Padiham in the second round of fixtures in GroupTwo knowing another de­ feat would end any chance they


have of progressing to the knock­ out stages of the competition. Saturday’s league game at


home to Edenfield was called off due to the bad weather. They take on Ribblesdale Wanderers on home soil this Saturday. Elsewhere in the Senior Di­ vision, Whalley host Euxton on


Saturday at Station Road. Richard Lamb’s men have ob­


literated expectation so far this term as they lie 20 points behind league leaders Clitheroe having played a game less. Meanwhile, Euxton climbed to second in the league’s bottom tier and are cur­ rently 21 points adrift of Earby.


Captain Simon ‘raines’ in the opposition for victory


Stonyhurst Park captain Jim Walker was favourite to grab the headlines in Clitheroe Golf Club’s Mixed Open Fourball when he found the hole in one on the par three 14th. Jim and Jan lookedon line for


a winning total with4i points but captainSimonRaineandMarilyn Fletcher slipped past them after countback with the same total. Meanwhile Clive Wood and


Debra produced 23 points on the first nine and matched the win­ ning score but had to settle for third place after cards, Geoff Duxbury had his first


Medal VictoryonSaturday as the lohandicaDgolferonlvdropped


two shots on the back nine to post a winning nett 6g, A mean round of golf from


Ralph Postlethwaite in difficult conditions and an impressive74- 4-70 return put him in the run­ ners up spot after cards ahead of the ever improving Ian Bat- tersby. Kieron Hunt’s highlights


were a birdie 3 on the 2nd and an eagle 2 on the par 4 loth.as he finished best of the nett 71s. ahead of Mike Fearnhead and Paul McGlynn. Robert Beecham saved the best till last with bird­ ies on the 16th and 18th to win Di­ vision One after cards with Mark JonesandGeorgeYoungwiththe


same nett 71. Matthew Garner found the


13th to be an unlucky hole as he lost out to Gary Moores with a better back nine for the Divi­ sion two prize. John Braithwaite was the


clear winner of Division three. Tom Poole returned a crack­


ing nett 70 in the latest Mid­ week Medal but onlyjust made the Leader Board in 5 th place as Matthew Nettleton proved to be as good as gold with a winning 67, one too good for Chris Silver- wood and two better than Mark Ashworth and Andrew Murray who both posted nett 69s. Quality in theshapeofEmma


Clegg and Chris Stokes came out. on top in the Ladies Fourball Sta- bleford. 41 points was much to much for the rest of the field but Cathy Podevyn and Val Fairless put in a good round to take the runners up spot. Chris Stokes was at it again as


she won the Two Division Medal with a lovely 79-5-74; Janet Bailey lost out to Stokes


after count-back for the Division One Prize and Kris Baldwin put in a good round to take third. Pa- triciaReeswouldbewellpleased ' with her nett 73 to win the Divi­ sion Two Prize and Kath Bithell had a one shot advantage over Judy Woolley forsecond place.


Ribblesdale Wanderers' Charlie Jackson hassethis sights on retaining the club’s Ramsbottom Cup crown af­ ter admitting to settling in to his captaincy role.


Martin Briggs skippered the side to cup glory last term af­ ter beating Brooksbottom at


• CherryTree. Wanderers now face a


quarter-final tie against Brinscall at School Lane on Sunday with the ambition of reaching the final to be staged at the home o f Earby CC, the Applegarth on July 27th. “There’s been ups and


downs since I took over as captain,” said Jackson. “I’m hoping it’s going to click to­ gether now though. I’m a lot happier now that I’ve found my feet. “We are eager to keep


hold o f th e Ramsbottom Cup. We’ve taken a lot o f confidence from recent per­ formances so we’re going in to the game with a positive


mindset. “We’re determined to


come away with victory and stay on course for the final. It would be nice to retain our crown and that’s certainly the ambition.” Before the battle with


Brin scall, Jackson mu st motivate his players for Sat­ urday’s trip to Ribchester Road where they take on q Salesbury.


Wanderers rieed to im­


prove their league form as they s it at the foot o f the Ribblesdale Cricket League’s 0 toptierwith34points.


n Meanwhile Salesbury are


mid-table in the second tier M o f the league’s revised hier-


archyhavingtaken44points froin seven outings. “We’re looking to make / an impression,” Jackson


said. “We want to put our foot down now and stamp some a u th o r i ty on th is league campaign. We’re in


confident mood going in to the fixture with Salesbury and hopefully we’ll win.”


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