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; Blues kick-off with a win against Rovers
Clitheroe....................................2 Blackburn Rovers U21s...,....„1
0 Clitheroe started their pre
season schedule with an im pressive victory over Eric Kinder’s young Rovers side at
r+0 ,Shawbridge on Saturday. Simon Ga rn er ’s men
claimed a two-goal half-time lead, which Was halved after the break, but the Blues held on to win.
Clitheroe started the brighter, with a brisk tempo
^ to their game, and they were awarded a penalty after a slip from Kellen Daly. Danny Wilkins converted, to put the Blues ahead.
^ And right on half-time, • ’‘Clitheroe made it 2-0 as Cal- lum Hoctor punished a mis take at the back. Just after the hour mark,
the visitors hauled themselves back into the game through
* Paulo Jorge, finishing well • after a defensive error, but Clitheroe avoided any fur ther scares to earn a morale boosting win. Clitheroe step up their preparations on Saturday
<j£r when they entertain North West Counties Premier Di vision neighbours Colne at Shawbridge (kick-off 3 p.m.), before FC United are the visi- torsonTuesdaynight(kick-off 7-45 P-m.).'
Clitheroe Cricket Club’s Cobras Under 15s won the
- LCBCuponfinalsdayatEI- tonCCinBury.
The Cobras took on Sefton Park in the semi-finals, having beaten Adling- ton and Whalley Range to qualify. The Chatburn Road side
won the toss and inserted Sefton on a damp wicket. Dom Stuart removed
the opening bat in his sec ond over thanks to a catch behind by Tom Stones. He was ably supported
by James Scorah and Harry Ellis, and Eli Smith took 2-9 off his four overs. With Scorah, Frankie
Jackson and Callum Spink- Baines exemplary in the field, Sefton struggled to post a decent total. Harry Lang took four wickets, backed up by Jackson. Despite some aggres
sive late batting, the Mer- seysiders closed on 78-9 off their allotted 20 overs. Callum Birtwell-Jones
and Lang passed the total inside eight overs, scoring 25 and 30 respectively. The locals then took on
Action from Saturday’sgameatShawbridge . Picture: Peter Ryan
Brooklands in a thrilling final.
Clitheroe won the toss
andinserted the opposition, but after 11 overs itseemed a poor decision as Brooklands were destroying the attack. . Despite losing two wick
ets to Jackson and Lang, they reached 81. The usual tight fieldinghad slipped and mis takes were aplenty. But Birtwell-Jones pro
duced a remarkable piece of fielding, making a diving stop offhis own bowling, re leasing it to Stones, who ran out their star man. They built on this to re
strict Brooklands to 130-6. Birtwell-Jones took2-i7, and Angus Spencer chipped in with a vital wicket thanks to the prowess off Stones,' who had three stumpings. In reply, Birtwell-Jones
was run out for one. Langwasjoinedbyunder
13 Sam Mulligan, who scored a run a ball 38 before he was bowled. Captain Dom Stuart came to the crease and after a couple of enormous sixes was out for a quick-fire 27. With 28 needed off the last four4 overs, Stones (16)
and Lang (33) saw the innings through.
Gymnasts shine! Wanderers to host evening of wine tasting at Church Meadow
Ribblesdale Wanderers Cricket and Bowling Club are holding a wine tasting evening. The club will be open from 7-30 p.m., with the Wine
Afirst retirement of the season was the story of Russ Thompson's Nicky,GristStag- es last weekend, after a heavy impact with a compression in the road caused him to retire after only two of the event’s
* 1 peight special stages. Heading into the weekend
@ at the top ofboth the overall BTRDA Gold Star series and the BTRDA Production Cup, the 26 year old had hoped to . strengthen his position. Disaster struck mid-way through the day’s second
stage, when, approaching at full speed, Thompson’s car bottomed out at the end of an incline with a huge bang, cracking the gearbox casing, and the windshield. “It was a pretty frustrating
way to be knocked out. You can accept it when it’s through a mistake ofyour own but when you’re taking advice from the organisers, who stood by the flat note when questioned it’s pretty hard to take” said Thompson. ■ Russ’ next event is the
Woodpecker Stages around Ludlow on August 30th.
Tastrng commencing at 8 p.m. on Friday, July 25th. The evening will consist of a fun quiz, with at least eight wines from various regions, and a prize for the winner, followed by cheese and biscuits. The cost of the evening is £12 per person (over 18s only). Tickets are available from the clubhouse or you can
contact079003i7794forfurther information. New boss for Edisford Bridge
Ribble Valley gymnasts shone in the Frank Williams 2014 floor and vault champi onships at Stockport school of gymnastics.
Coming home with over 20 awards, the girls and boys put on an amazing display of confidence for thejudges. Maisie Donald (12) and Keela Cross (13) both won
their age groups and other medals were won by Lucy Boothman (12), Millie Coy (11), Francesca Farnworth (8), Emma Taylor (11), Freya Turnbull(n) and Freya Tay lor (7). The boys did especially
well on both apparatus, with a bronze for Charlie Swar- brick and three silvers for Finn Connolly (7).
Edisford Bridge FC - pre
viously Low Moor FC - have unveiled Duncan Thomas as coach. Thomas has had previous
successeswith Clithe roe Wolves’ youth teams
and is looking to pass his knowledge and wisdom
on to the Saturday league side. The team would like to
thank the Edisford Bridge Inn for their kind spon sorship this season. This season Edisford Bridge FC has undertak en a huge revamp, with new kits, training equip ment, sponsorship and coaching. Training is on Wednesday evenings from 6 p.m. at Roefield.
The Clitheroe juggernaught continues to rollon inthe league and Lancashire Knock out.
Paul Gaskell’s men eased to a four-wicket win against Os- waldtwistle Immanuel on Sat urday, after dismissing their visitors for io o . And on Sunday, they
reached the last four of the county knockout for the first time, bowling Denton West out at Chatburn Road after making 157. Gaskell is eager to main
tain the momentum in a tough derby encounter at Whalley
onSaturday:“Wejustkeep go ing. It was a big win on Sunday
-it’s thefurthestwe’vebeenas a club in that competition, and hopefully we can go further,
Clitheroe push on in and knockout
Bir Chris Boden
chris.boden@
jpress.co.uk @bodenknights
although the big boys come in now.
“And against Ossie, Josh
(Marquet) Kersh (Graeme Kershaw) and the pro (Jana- ka Gunaratne) all took three wickets. I’m biased, but I think we have the best bowling unit in the league, with Jack De- whurst and Tom Lord as well. “Theyjust put pressure on
teams and have been bowling sides out all season.” Clitheroe head the table
by 17 points from Great Har wood, with Whalley 26 adrift in third, and Gaskell hopes to stretch their unbeaten run at StationRoad: “Eveiyonewants to be the first team to beat us, and it will be a difficult game on Sunday at Whalley. “They turned us over there
last year, and have been going well.”
Meanwhile, the future al
so looks bright after the club won theLancashire Under 15s Knockout.
Clitheroe celebrate a w icket against Oswaidtwistle on Saturday 9
Britcliffe in the wickets again!
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Ian B ritc liffe
Not content with creating history last season, becom ing the first amateur to take over 100 wickets in the Ribblesdale League, Ian Brit cliffe is at it again!
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The Ribblesdale Wanderers stalwart recently claimed a career-best 8-44 against Pa- diham, and on Sunday, he took 7-35 to see off Cherry Tree.
Wanderers won by four
wickets, on the back of a 90- run defeat to second place Great Harwood on Saturday. Harwood batted first and
Whalley back to
Whalley got back to winning ways against Cherry Tree, to setthem up nicely forahome derby with leaders Clitheroe on Saturday.
Whalley posted 221-4 against Tree, as openers James Gall ing (55) and Mark Fallon (45) set the tone, with further con tributions from profesional Wilkin Mota (22), Lee Kears- ley (24) and skipper Richard Lamb, who finished unbeaten on 36 not out. Tree were then restricted
to 92-4, chasing a revised rain- reduced target of 152, as Whal ley won by 62 runs.
David Howard (2-27) was
the pick of the bowlers., Lamb said: “It was set up
for a good finish. The weath er was glorious when we set off, but the radar suggested it would rain later on. “The rain spoiled things a
bit, although we were ahead of thegame as the run rate would suggest. “James and Mark set us off
well and we managed to push on and get 221, without de pending on Wilkin. “Theamateur batsmen are
starting to come to. “James carried on his good
form, and I moved down the order and scored a few to
wards the end as we managed to post a competitive score.” Third place Whalley host
the leaders on Saturday, and Lamb anticipates a testing af ternoon: “It’s going to be very difficult. Clitheroe are a very
strong side with a lot of depth. “They seem to be able to
win games from positions where it might seem unlikely. “We’re missing key play
ers unfortunately, with the holiday season upon us, so it’s up to the rest of us to perform to our best and see what hap pens.”
Clitheroe are unbeaten so
far this season in the league, but came a cropper the last
time they visited Station Road last season: “We beat them here las t year in a low-scoring game. “We got them out for 90-
odd and got over the line in reply.
“And we had them under
the cosh at their place be fore Tom Lord came in and smashed 80 - probably the best amateur innings I’ve seen!
“That’s what Clitheroe are
capable of though, they have that sort of ability. “But we’re capable of tak
ing wickets and putting pres sure on, and we are capable of beating any side on our day.”
White-wash for Salesbury in defeat
Salesbury went down to a Preston White-inspired Eux- ton at Ribchester Road on Saturday.
The overseas amateur took 8-37 as the Red Caps were dis missed for 122, and then hit 57 in reply to see the Chorley out fit to a seven-wicket win.
Salesbury went from 13
without loss to 23-4, before Joe Rawlinson and Peter Black man (14) put on 41 for the fifth wicket. But when Rawlinson was
bowled by White for a 61-ball 28, wickets tumbled again. Zeshan Shauket (31) and Mohamed Shabaz (24 not out)
added 43 for the eighth wicket to take the score to 122, before White mopped up the tail. White’s haul came off 18.2
overs. Euxton opener Sam Tolley
batted his side home in reply with an unbeaten 33. He lost Nick Dunn for one, and Oliver Marsden without
score - both to Shauket, but White (57) and Tolley put.on 86, before the former fell after 10 fours and a six. Captain Mark Winrowfin-
ished unbeaten on nine to seal victory.
On Saturday, Salesbury are
at home to second place Great Harwood.
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made 203-6, thanks to an un beaten 88 from opener Jack Edgar, who recently made the switch from Lancashire League leaders Lowerhouse. And in reply, Wander
ers were shot out for 113 as Stuart Maher took 7-45 for Harwood. The following day was a
different story, however. Tree were restricted to
141-9, mainly due to Brit- cliffe’s heroics, as he took his seasonal tally to 39 league scalps.
Then Wanderers’ profes sional Ben Dougall helped
complete the job as he hit 64 to help the Church Meadow side over the line with four wickets in hand. This Saturday, Wander
ers travel to bottom side Brooksbottom - with their Ramsbottom Cup Final to follownextweekendagainst Cherry Tree at the Apple- garth, after a home game withBarnoldswick.
Read aiming for 20/20 success
Read skipper Kyle O’Connor feel's professional Brendon Scullard’s return to fitness could be ominous ahead of 20/20 Finals Day on Sunday at Brooksbottom.
Scullard, back from a bruised foot, took
5-17.as Read dismissed bottom side Brooksbottom for 46 in the league on Saturday, be fore the Whalley Road side knocked off the runs at a canter inside eight overs for a nine-wicket success. Saturday sees Read travel
to Euxton in the league, but Sunday offers a chance for silverware, with a semi-final against Brooksbottom, and a potentialfinal against either Cherry Tree or Settle. O’Connor said: “We def
initely need to be winning some silverware. It’s the fourth year of asking, and
hopefully we can do the busi- nessandhaveabitofaparty! “It will be difficult
though. If we beat Brooks bottom, Cherry Tree are a decent side and Settle seem to be our bogey team. “But hopefully Brendon
can have the same impact against Brooksbottom again. He wasn’t fully fit against them last week, bowling off
halfa'runup.andhestUltook five wickets. “It’s great to have him
back on the field and in and around the lads. He’s first
class, and I feel there’s more to come when he’s fully fit.” First up is a trip to Eux ton, and O’Connor added: ■ “It’s a decent set-up there
and a nice place to play. They play hard and in the right spirit, and we will have to restrict their overseas ama teur Preston White.”
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