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i ciimaaiumsmatiTtua SPORT AL THE LATEST LOCAL SPORTS NEWS - U P Rimington expect to improve step in
Russ Thompson recorded his fifth consecutive top 10 finish
© withasolidfifthplaceatthe Rainworth Skoda Forest Rally in Nottinghamshire earlier this month, with the Ribbie
^ V a l le y rally ace feeling he made a further step forward in terms of performance.
Withanumberoftheex-World Rally Cars that dominate the top of the event standings ab sent, Thompson and co-driver
9 Andy Murphy were confident of solidifying their standing at
the head of the Gold Star and Production Cup standings. The pair kicked off their
day brilliantly, setting the sixth fastest time overall
k--through the first stage and the fastest in their class. They followed this up with an equal fifth fastest overall on stage two and joint fastest in class.
• Droppingapositiononthe leaderboard to rival Jamie An derson,Thompson tookuphis familiar position of pursuing Pat Naylor for class honours. By mid-morning, the heav
ens had opened, turning the stages into a boggy mess that ^ crews were unable to push
'iV'for times on, resulting in few changes of position. Across the rest of the day’s competitive mileage, Thomp-
_ son acquitted himselfwell and ® although counting the cost
Russ Thompson's Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
of some small mistakes, the 26-year-old finished behind the more experienced Naylor by 30 seconds, half the deficit of previous rounds. “It was good to be back on
the class podium after miss ing out on the last couple of events and it’s obviously good that we’ve extended the lead a little at the top of the stand ings”, said Thompson.
“We had five or six over
shoots and stalls in the morn ing and it cost us a bit of time, but we tidied things up in the afternoon and were right on the pace of the two Group N cars ahead of us. "To do that on what is those
crews’ local event was really good and gives Andy and my self real reasons to be opti mistic.”
' Stonyhurst stars fh r t -M W & i
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The Honda Jazz Classic mixed doubles knockout tourna ment took place at Ribbles- dale Wanderers Cricket and Bowling Club.
The competition was again kindly sponsored by Green- acre Honda with £350 prize
'•L - . money. The quarter-finals saw
® wins for P. Wellman and S. Moorhouse, beating G. Evans and P. Newcombe2i-i7, F. and
S.Roberts, beating A.Wallace and B.Burry 21-18, D. and P.
^ Ashworth, beating
B.Phillips and
D.Miller 21-14, and D.
Walker and K. Gillespie, who saw off A. Threlfall and P. Holt 21-20. In the semi-finals, the
Roberts’ advanced past Well- manandMoorhouse2i-7,and Walker and Gillespie beat the Ashworths 21-16. And in the final, Walker
and Gillespie emerged 21-11 winners. The next Honda Civic Clas
sic mixed doubles will be on Sunday, July 20th at the club, with £350 prize money. To book, contactMarkGra- ham on 07506736634
Stonyhurst College hosted a ‘Future Stars' Hockey Mas terclass with Kwan Browne recently.
Browne has 250 T r in i dad caps and has just been named England Hockey Per formance Coachofthe Year. The masterclass was run
in conjunction with Spring- fields Hockey Club, with over
30 promising players from Springfields and Stonyhurst College taking part - all have represented Lancashire or the North this year.
. The masterclass was sponsored by KABO, a new brand set up by Matt Banks. Emma Kay, Head of Girls’
Games at Stonyhurst said: “The Stonyhurst girls ben efited enormously.”
Thompson has now ex
tended his lead at the top of the BTRDA Production Cup to 17 points and continues to lead the main Gold Star series and should be considered a re al championship threat. Russ’ next event takes
place on July 12 th on the Nicky Grist stages in Builth Wells, Wales.
RimingtonFC have many reasons to expect improve ments for the approaching season.
Manager Terry Braithwaite will be stepping down after this, his 15th, season, and he is hoping to go out with a bang by adding to the 23 tro phies the club has bagged during his reign. Rimington are also pleased to announce the
Jackson as reserve team manager, with Ben Walker
joining him as coach to work with Jon Penman. After the success of the
Under 21s’ first season, in which they finished run ners-up in both league and cup, the club are hoping that Gary Kay and Trevor Robin son can go a step further. All three managers
are looking to add to their squads, and the first oppor tunity potential new play ers have to join and impress comes on Tuesday, where everyone is welcome to turn
up on the Castle Field at 7 p.m. for the first training session. Braithwaite said: “Weare
looking for all three teams to mirror each other in the way they prepare, train, warm up and play, so it ensures natural and smooth transi tion from team to team. “The Under 21s had a su
perb debut, Adam Hutchin- sonandGaryKaybuiltavery
so representing the senior teams, and we want to take that side of the club further. “The reserves defended
the Norman Pratt trophy again and created history by winning it for the fourth year in a row, but they disappoint ed in the league, so Warren will be looking for improve ment there, and the first team won the Craven Cup again, which was good, but I was so disappointed with our league campaign - fin ishing outside the top two for the first time in 10 years hurt us all.”
Dog stall is a success
Dog Inn’s Goal in the Wall stall was a popular fea ture of Saturday’s English Martyrs church fete in Wh alley. Prizes included a signed Blackburn Rovers shirt, two tickets to an Accring ton Stanley match and a Dog Inn kit from their 2012-13 cup final season. Manager Simon Kerins said: “It was a wonderful
day and I’m sure that the church did very well in terms of fundraising. “The weather was glori ous and the children who visited our stall had a fan tastictime. “There were some very good young players on show- some might just be playing for us in six or seven years’ time I ”
Newly-named Edisford Bridge on lookout for new players
Newly-named Ribbie Valley side Edisford Bridge FC are
looking to recruit players ahead of the 2014/15 cam paign.
The club, formerly known as Low Moor FC, competes in the second tier of the Accrington Combination League with fixtures played at 2-15 p.m. on Saturdays. Anybody interesting in signing can contact manager Adrian Thomas on 07854 070937 or attend training ses
sions which are held at Roefield from 6 p.m. on Wednes days.
Georgina’s first race win
Georgina Bullock, 15, got her first ever race win at Kings Lynn recently. She races a national minis tox - a formula for 10-16-year-olds. Georgina started racing
when she was 14 and this
\yearwillbeherfirstfull season.
Georgina Bullock
Salesbury wereleftfrus- trated after falling three runs short in the derby against Whalley at Ribchester Road on Saturday.
The Red Caps restricted their second-place visitors to 140-6 in their 45 overs, which would have been much less but for
opener James Galling’s un beaten 64. Only Mark Fallon (12), bat
ting at seven, and Simon Gor ton (20 not out) could join him in double figures, as Susantha Pradeep took 3-64 off23 overs. In reply, Salesbury also had
an opener who batted through the innings in Aneeq Hassan,
who made 75 not out, but he struggled for support as Dave Howard took 6-63 for Whalley. Salesbury lurched from
4-2 to 58-6 as, again, only two batsmen stuck around long enough to make double fig ures.
Joe Rawlinson made 15 off 45 balls, and skipper Steve
Brown 13 off 44, but the hosts ran out ofwickets, tantalising- ly, three runs adrift with two balls remaining. Salesbury will look to
bounce back on Saturday as they face old adversaries Brinscall at School Lane, with wickets pitched at 1-30 p.m.
| Clitheroe stay out in win
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Clitheroe captain Paul Gaskell has praised the response of his players in the aftermath of the club's Ramsbottom Cup quarter-final lossto Padiham.
The Ribblesdale Cricket League leaders endured the unsavoury, unpalatable and unfamilar taste of defeat last week, but bounced back to extend their, unbeaten run
. in the league before booking a place in the LCB Knockout Cup quarter-final. " Professional Janaka Gun-
eratne took 5-54 as Euxton were restricted to 89 all out, with Thomas Lord (3-19) and
• Graeme Kershaw (2-12) secur ing the remaining wickets. In reply, opener Jack De-
whurst fired an unbeaten 27 and put on 72 runs for the
second wicket with Guner- atne (45). Naeem Ashraf then stepped in to see the hosts
over the line for an eight wick et win. After beating Maghull in
the county cup, Gaskell said: “The Padiham result was a shamebecausewemissedout.
on a local derby. However, that could still happen i f Ribbles dale Wanderers beat Denton West on July 6th in the LCB Cup.”
He added: “We responded ’
really well which is the sighn of a good team. We lost a cou ple of Twenty20 games as well but we’re back on track now. The pro is finding consistency with bat and ball and his qual ity shone through. “Even Maghull, at that
Iev.el, couldn’t handle him. We bowled Euxton out for 89 • and then limited Maghull to 58 which we were very happy with. There’s still some big teams in that competition.”
Read skipper Kyle O'Connor believes his side remains on course to registering a re warding season. -
Despite obvious pessimism stemming from a medio cre Ribblesdale Cricket League campaign coupled with Ramsbottom Cup dis-
JackDewhurst
' appointment; the club has booked its place in Twen- ty2o finals day and still has LCB Knockout Cup qualifi cation in its sights. Professional Brandon Sc-
Whalley are Clitheroe’s cloest challengers, trailing byjust eight points, butthey almost came unstuck at Salesbury.
Youngster James Galling bat ted through the innings, hit ting an invaluable 64 not out as Whalley were restricted to 140-6. Aneeq Hassan led Sales-
bury’s victory charge and was still there undefeated on 75 when he ran out of partners with Salesbury three runs short. Dave Howard took 6-63 for
Whalley. Skipper Richard Lamb en joyed a tight game, especially
having edged it: “Itwasagood contest, often the sort of score we posted makes for games like that. “It was the tightes game
we’ve had this season, and both teams played well, but of ten teams who have that con fidence from going well win those sort of games, and we hung in there, kept the pres sure on and just managed to squeeze home.” Galling opened for Whal
ley, and made an invaluable ■ contribution, earning praise from his captain: “James has been given an opportunity to open the batting over the last couple of weeks, and he has
shown his potential. “He batted for time and got
us to a competitive score, put us in the game and set it up for the bowlers. “He will be better for that
innings.” The bowlers took things
on and managed tojust stave off Salesbury, with the ever green Howard’s superb figures standing out, and Lamb add ed: “Dave gave a stellar per formance. “He bowled through from
one end and looked danger ous throughout, while keep ing it tight. “Wilkin (Mota) also bowled really well without much re
ward, and Simon Gorton chipped in with a couple of wickets while keeping it tight. “We took wickets regularly,
' and just squeezed Salesbury.” The Ribbie Valley side host
Edenfield on Saturday as they look to maintain an excellent start to the campaign. But Lamb refuses to look
too far ahead: “It remains one game at a time, wejust want to keep going. “There is a long way to go-
we’re nothalfwayyet - and we have a tough July coming up - including a game at Clitheroe. “ We’vejust given ourselves
a springboard and a nice cush ion now.”
ullard (64) and Conor Lowes (87) combined to topple Salesbury’s 164-run tally at Whalley Road in a five-wick et win that saw Read finish at the summit of Group Two. They’ll now compete along side Settle, Cherry Tree and hosts Brooksbottoin at Row- lands Road
for.Twenty20 glory on July 20th. And Read were in exqui site form again to overpower
KSK.SW ■ J a r s ; :• - -47?^ MohammedZafran in action for Read against Earby.
Section B leaders Earby by 65 runs on home soil. Joe Marshall (55), Conor Lowes (51) and brother Elliot Lowes © (52 not out) hammered half centuries in victory while opener Mohammed Za- fran added 42. In the reply, youngster Michael Taylor claimed figures of4-4i from
just 6.4 overs to help defend”® Read’s 256-7total. “It’s not turned out to be .
the season we’d hoped for, but aTwentjrco win and Lan cashire Cup qualification . would signal a good term for us. It would be a step in the right direction for the club. We had talks last week and they seem to have worked. “The Twenty20 finals day
is brilliant. This will be the fourth one we’ve been in s o . hopefully we can get over® that final hurdle and win it. It’s a great day for everyone, especially those who have never experienced it.”
Wanderers must improve for cup
Ramsbottom Cup holders Ribblesdale Wanderers will require a vast improvement in performance if the club is to retain its crown.
Charlie Jackson’s side host Padiham at Church Road on two occasions this weekend, with the latter a semi-final tie on Sunday. But their preparations
couldn’t have been more det rimental as theysurrendered to a crushing eight-wicket loss to Brinscall. Sam MacLachlan gave the
visitors a prolific tutorial at School Lane, accruing devas tating figures of 7-35 as Wan derers were extinguished for a measly 64 runs.
In a telling tale ofWander-
ers’ display, the ‘extras’ col umn topped their scorecard a while amateur Brannon Var- ley added 18 to an uncompeti tive tally. Ian Britcliffe and Varley
took a scalp each in the reply 3 butStuartParker(25notout), n Liam Winstanley (9) and Ma- cLachian (18 not out) eased the * hosts over the line. Saturday, June 28th, Rib
blesdale Cricket L e a g u e d BamoldswickvClitheroe,Brin-
scallvSalesbury.CherryTreev' ® Read, Euxton v Baxenden, Os- waldtwistle Immanuel v Great Harwood,RibblesdaleWander- ers v Padiham, Settle v Brooks- bottom, Whalley v Edenfield.-^ Free weekend: Earby.
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