« - • 76 I CUTHEROE ADVERTISER Ei TIMES www.clitheroeadvortiser.co.uk Thursday, May 22,2014 Thursday, May22,2014 www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk CUTHEROEADVERTISERE. TIMES SPORT ALL THE LATEST LOCAL SPORT m : U P season


► Clitheroe Rugby Club held their traditional end of season


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dinner and presentations re­ cently.


The Littlemoor HQ was the location for the 36th Annual Dinner, on a night of high dra­ ma and intrigue as to who had scooped the coveted awards this season. A packed clubhouse full of


players, officials and guests were splendidly wined and dined with a first rate banquet, before the real action started.


To an expectant audience, the captains delivered their


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- speeches and made the pres­ entations.


First up, representing the


second XV, were joint skip­ pers Andrew Thornber and Steve Dowson, who led every­


one through thejourney of the season which ultimately led to promotion for the team. A mightily successful sea­


son everyone agreed. Then to the prizes - th e


Most Improved Player was kept in the family, won by


Richard Thornber, a well de­


served accolade for someone “ who only started playing rug­ by this season. The Players’ Player went to


Craig Procter, who was head and shoulders above the rest this term, a popular choice. Then it was over to the first


Pictured,fromleft,areStuartRailton,LukeHayton,TomHafdman, Craig Procterand Richard Thornber(s). 'M S t e e S iS S S S S S S t


guntomaketheirmarkonthe The Coach’s Player of the ers’ Player of the Season Ys w e ^ l f n r n ,8^ iw h lC h m U S t b o d e


6Th o m ^UrtUre' . n, The Most Improved Play- Tom Hardman, another fresh ' ton, who, after a quiet start


seaso,ni a newly introduced voted for on the night. award for this year, went to The winner was Luke Hav-


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Charlotte celebrates medal haul andPBs


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Iltead rack up third (highest total ever


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Read recorded the third high-


[ esttotal in Ribblesdale Cricket League history to sweep aside Brinscall at Whalley Road.


Charlotte Williams


Athlete Charlotte Williams has been busy addingto her medal collection.


The St Augustine’s, Bil- lington pupil was select­ ed to compete at the YDL


meeting at Ellesmere Port, where she had a fantastic


day.breakingtwopersonal bests and equaling a third.


The Blackburn Harrier then travelled to Stretford


for a medal meeting, where she won the silver medal in the hurdles in 12.8 sec­ onds, another new PB. She added silver in the


highjump,before winning the shot putt with amas- sivePB of8.11m. . Charlotte is now fo­


cusing on the Lancashire Championships.


Free tennis coaching at


■V/ Six pupils from Clitheroe Royal Grammar School made


the trip to London to compete in the National Schools Biath-


* Ion finals.


The young athletes swam in the inspirational setting of the Olympic Pool at the Lon­ don Aquatics Centre, and ran around a course oh Olympic Park.


The finals attracted over


1,500 athletes from across the country and the students had to qualify in the. top 120 posi­ tions of the ranking list via lo­ cal competitions to compete. Some o f Britain’s finest


pentathletes were on hand to meet and inspire the young athletes, including20i2 world champion Mhairi Spence and 2013 World Championships


silver medallist Nick Wood- bridge, both London 2012 Olympians, as well as Bering 2008 Olympian Katy Living­ ston.


Hannah Procter, the North


West Biathlon Champion for the Under 14 girls, went into the event ranked 11th, and,, competing in a 1,600m run, she improved her time by seven seconds to finish 14th. She then moved inside to


compete in a 100m swim and again set a new personal best timetofinishi5th,forari over­ all score of 2384 points and sixth position. Alasdair Moir competed in the Under 12 age group and


ran a huge PB in the 800m and followed that up with a fan­ tastic swim in the 50m race to move up over 100 places and


finish 17th overall. Harvey Griffin, in the Un­


der 13s, swam a new PB in the 100m for seventh place and


.then improved hisi,6oomrun time by a considerable margin to finish sixth. In the Under 14 age group,


Joseph Kenny and Jacob Crompton were in action. In the 1,600m run, Jacob blew his heat away and Joseph im­ proved his time by over 10 seconds. The positions were reversed in the pool, placing Joseph 20th position overall with Jacob close behind in 23rd.


And Tom Entwistle, in the


Under 15 boys, swam a new PB over the longer distance of 200m and then ran 5:25 in the 1600m for an overall position of32nd.


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Clitheroe ClitheroeTennisClub are providing free tennis coaching forjuniors on Friday nights from 6-8 p.m., for afive week period starting tomorrow.


This will be provided by a fully-qualified coach, aimed at improvers - so a reasonable amount of play­ ing ability is required. Anyone participat-


. ing must be or become a member of the club, with


juniormembershipsstart- ing from £10 per year; The club is on Chatburn


Road within the cricket club, and is seeking new senior (membership from £60 per year) and junior members. Contact Alan Tolmie on 07740351799 or aIantomie@hotmail.com


[ Captain Kyle O’Connor part­ nered Joe Marshall m a 160- run opening wicket stand before the former fell to the combination of Ian Chaplin and Sam MacLachlan for 87. Marshall went on to bat


alongside Elliott Artingstoll (37), pro Brandon Scullard and Conor Lowes as he fired his first senior century in a knock of 112 that included 12 fours and three sixes. The hosts rounded the in­


nings off on 334-8 with only Padiham betting that tally on two occasions, firstly in 2007 versus Ribblesdale Wander­ ers (355-8) and then in 2010


againstGreatHarwood (381-5). In reply, Brinscall were 158


runs short as Scullard claimed 3-69 while Jon Harvey added 2-27.


“We’ve been told it was the


third highest total,” beamed O’Connor. “It’s always good to be pushing records. There wasn’t one person that put a foot wrong with the bat. The pressure was off so the lower order went in and just had a bit of a hit.


“We were 160 for the first


wicket. Everything just went perfectlyforthe batsmen. My­ self and Joe seem to compli­ ment each other. We’ve grown up through Read CC togeth­ er so we know each other’s strengths and weaknesses.” O’Connor added: “It’s his


first senior ton which is great for himk, especially with him being a homegrown player. Breaking that three figure barrier for the first time will do him a world of good.”


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Joe Marshall steers the ball past the keeperonhis way to 112 m ----- -- ---- ------------------------r . ...... ------- Earby’s Andrew Jaggers on his way to 65 at Sales bury on Saturday


Salesbury were unableto prevent Earby going top of the Ribblesdale League, afteran 82-run defeatat Rochester Road.


The hosts won the toss and gave Earby first use of the wicket, and Matt Wilson hit five fours before being caught in the sixth over for 20 with the score on 31, and professional David Crotty (24) hit two sixes before he


wascaughtbehindbylanRa- bagliati. Matt Haines added 41


>air as unbeaten run is extended


Clitheroeskipper Paul Gaskell praised dynamic duoTom


Lord and professional Janaka


Guneratne as the pair helped stretch the club’s 100 per cent starttotheterm.


The prolific amateur batsman combined with the Sri Lankan all-rounder to put on 82 for the second wicket against Brooks- bottom after 14-year-old deb­ utant Charlie Dewhurst was taken.out directly by Tim Stephens. Lord fired eight fours and a


six in a knock of 51 before be­ ing ousted by the pairing of Ste­


ven Filkins andAshley Gowers, while the paid man continued alongside Jack Dewhurst (26) to hit 11 boundaries before being caughtbyBenRichardsonfrom David Brown’s delivery on 53. “It’sanothergoodwinforus,”


said Gaskell. “The pro scored some runs as well which he needed. We’ve seen his quality so he’ll feel better within him­ self after that. It’s a weight off his shoulders. “Since Tom Lord has gone up


the order he’s done really well. He’s usually a middle order batsman but he’s doing a great job opening. The partnership


between himself and the pro is dangerous when they get going.” However, this wasn’t just a


two-manshow. Guneratne’sexit at 128-3 was followed by confi­ dent knocks from vice-skipper Matthew Coulter (24), Farooq Butt (39 not out) and Stephen Booth (15) in the lower middle order as the visitors culminated the innings on 237-8. “It was the tail end that se­


cured the win for us against Great Harwood on the opening day of the season,” Gaskell said. “That’s our strength as a unit re­ ally - we can bat right through. We’ve got plenty of depth.”


Lord and Guneratne then


came to the fore again in the re­ verse, with the former taking


3-33 in an 11.1 over spell while the pro added an impressive six-wicket haul at the expense of 31 runs from 16 overs to seal a 119-run triumph. The Ribblesdale Cricket


League champions now host Padiham at Chatburn Road on Saturday before entertaining Ribblesdale Wanderers in the derby on Sunday. “We’ve got Padiham on Sat­


urday and then it’s derby day on Sunday which we’re really look­ ing forward to,” Gaskell said.


Dog to end difficult year in cup final


Dog Inn will contest the Harry Dewhurst Memorial League BCupfinalwhentheytake on Globe Bullough at King George’s on Sunday.


The Whalley side have en­ dured a frustrating campaign,


with their efforts to build on last season’s cup final appear­ ance at Accrington Stanley undermined by absences and no-shows. As such, manager Simon


Kerins feels that a win on Sun­ day would be just reward for


those who have shown com­ mitment and enthusiasm:- “Winning the B Cup would not make this a great season, but it would certainly give us some­ thing to take into the summer. “I have never endured such a difficult season, especially


with regard to people letting us down at the last minute. “I certainly don’t want an-


otheryearlikeit. “Lesser clubs would have


gone to the wall and lesser men would’ve walked away.”


with Chris Walton before being dismissed Ibw, but Andrew Jaggers scored at almost a run a ball, while Walton fell with the score on 147, becoming Mohamed Shabaz’s third victim on 49. Earby skipper Richard


Craddock helped Jaggers add 75 in the next 11 overs, Jaggers eventually falling


in the final over for a hard­ hitting 65. Craddock ended with 35 not out and Sales­ bury needed 225 to win. . Their reply was four


overs old when Craddock trapped James Watson (1). @ Aneeq Hassan scored a


swift 10 before Danny Kegg had him caught in the deep by Crotty. Professional Su- santha Pradeep seemed happy to take singles and the required rate began to V climb. Jason Rawson was run Out after a smart bit of fielding by Craddock for30, and Peter Blackman sup­ ported the pro well for a • partnership of 30, until he was bowled by Lee Parkin- * son for 15, who then had Pra­ deep caught by his skipper for35. Crotty andParkinson bowled well in tandem and • chipped away at the Sales­ bury tail, bowling them out for 147-


Wanderers slip to third league loss!


Itwasanotherweekend to forget for Ribblesdale Wanderers as they slipped totheirthirddefeatfrom four league outings against Baxenden.


Charlie Jackson’s side re­ main anchored at the bot­ tom end of the table after enduring a four-wicket loss at Back Lane. John Rain top-scored


for the away side with 40 in their 131-run total, while Ja­ ke Sunderland and overseas amateur Ben Dougall con­ tributed knocks of 25 and 17 respectively. In response, Jordan Brit-


cliffe, son of 2013 League Player of the Year lan, claimed three scalps at the excpense of 18 runs from a 4.2 over spell. He claimed the wickets of Baxenden paid man Moham­


med Asif Iqbal, who fired 51 for the hosts, Ben Swindells and Matthew Austin. • Houldsworth Solici-


. tors Ribblesdale Cricket League fixtures for Satur­ day, May 24th: Baxenden v Read; Brinscall v Great Harwood; Brooksbottom v Barnoldswick; Clitheroe v Padiham; Earby v Whalley; Ribblesdale Wanderers v Cherry Tree; Salesbury vOs- waldtwistle Immanuel; Set­ tle v Euxton. Free weekend: Edenfield. Fixtures for Sunday,


May 25th: Barnoldswick v Earby; Clitheroe v Ribbles­ dale Wanderers; Edenfield v Brooksbottom; Euxton v Brinscall; Great Harwood v Baxenden; Padiham v Read; Salesbury v Cherry Tree; Whalley v Oswaldtwistle


Immanuel. Free weekend: Settle.


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