CLUHEROEADVERTISERSTIMES s www.clWierooadvertiser.co.uk Thursday,August28,20n SPORT ALL THE LATEST LOCAL SPORT © up and running with Clitheroe back up home draw with first away win since November!


• Clitheroeenjoyedaprofitable weekendasthey picked up


. theirfirstpointsofthenew " campaign. -.


—^ The Blues drew2-2 at home to league newcomers Brighouse Town on Saturday, before earning a 3-1 win at Lancaster City on Monday. Havinggottheir


Saturday, Simon uamcr a »iut travelled north in good heart.


® /'-The Blues fell behind after


onlysevenminutes when Toni Woods’centre was finished by Aaron Taylor.


...


Clitheroe had to withstand, a spell o f pressure from th e ,


. ^3, Dolly Blues, but avoided con- "


utes before half-time they were level..


D a n n y W i lk in s w a s brought down by substi-


• tute Connor Crossley, and he . scored from t h e ' s p o t . '


Three minutes later the Blues were in front as they


brokedown theleftandDanny Morton founded off the move;


. ■ Anditwas3-ifourminutes ■ into the second half as Ryan


^ Winder brought down Mor- cZ' ton, and Wilkins was again successful with the penalty. C i ty ’s a s s is tan t boss, former England international


g. TrevorSinclair-now4iTcame ® offthe bench for his Laricas-


ter debut and hit the bar with a header, while Tom Kilifin headed over a decent chance, but the Blues comfortably saw outthegame. '• .


. > On Saturday, the Blues -/*> f 4 /


' ceding a second, and ao min-. - :


am f rs a vt f a * * *r ' -<) 1 i f .* - 'V T ) «'■¥' ,,-w. Clitheroe celebrate a goal at the Giant Axe on Bank Holiday Monday Picture: Peter Ryan


went ahead after 14 minutes, again through a Wilkins pen­ alty, after Richara Burns was brought down.


Theyalmostdoubledtheir


lead six minutes later when they were awarded a free kick 30 yards out, and Char­ lie Collinge hit it first time, the ball cannoning back off the post.


. _ Brighouse had their first


sight of goal midway through the half when Isaac Baldwin’s shot was saved by Matt Green,


before the visitors replaced


Joe Jagger with Ryan Hall, which proved a key introduc­ tion.


Just before the break, how­


ever, Dom Mulkerrin went down awkwardly after an in­ nocuous challenge, result­


ing in him going to hospital, where he was later diagnosed with a badly broken arm. Morton came on in his


place. The second half saw Brig­


house start the brighter, and they levelled the scores ons8


minutes, when substitute Hall broke clear on the right and his shot found the top corner of the net. The lead lasted just two


minutes as, from a Garner cor­ ner, captain Steve Mercer rose toheadthehostsbackin front. But on 65 minutes, Brig­


house levelled a second time when a huge goal kick from Jacob Giles went over the Clitheroe back line, and Hall latched onto it to slide the


ball past Green in the Clithe- roegoal.


Clear chances werefew and


farbetweenfortheremainder of the game, but Brighouse


nearly stole the points in the last minute, when Ernest Boa­ t ’s chance was cleared off the line by Adam Freeland. A draw was a fair result on


the day, marred by the serious injury to Mulkerrin. Theclubwishhimaspeedy


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Charlotte Williams has had quite a season in athletics'.


The St Augustine’s, Billing- ton pupil was flying at the


start of the year, winning silver in the 70m at the Lan­ cashire Championships, before injury kept her out of action for six weeks. Slowly she has been


fighting back to her best, and she enjoyed a superb weekend..


She picked up two silver


medals and a bronze at the Southport Medal Meeting


' on Saturday, then on Sun­ day at Warrington she add­ ed bronze, silver arid gold medals.


Then, on Bank Holiday


Monday she travelled to Stretford where she won gold in the 70m hurdles with a time of 12.32, just shy of her personal best. She added gold in the


discus, throwing 25.67m which gave her top spot in the north west rankings, lifting her to the top 15 in the UK, breaking Black­ burn Harriers’ club record.


T N V h I ' ‘ ^


Once again the sun was out at Ribblesdale Wanderers Crick­ et and Bowling Club on Sunday for the Veterans’Memorial Trophy.


This trophy, first played for 17 years ago, was presented by Hazel Hodder to winner A.


again enjoyed the Jacob’s join before the semi-final. Results- .


■■■■■ Quarter-Finals: A. Threl-


fall 17, A. Norman 21; A. De- whurst 21,1. Tomlinson 10; B. Hinks 05, A. O’Neill 21; G. Dix­ on 21; C.Snape 17. . Semi-Finals: A. Norman 8,


Threlfallaftera2i-i6winover A.Dewhurst2i;A.O’Neilho, G. Dixon in the final.


G.Dixon2i.


— . Chris Snape organised the Final: A. Dewhurst 21, G. competition and everyone Dixon 16


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Dog Inn kick-off the new season


Dog Inn kick off their Harry Dewhurst Memo­ rial League campaign this evening..


, The Whalley side, spon­ sored by DSM Chartered Accountants, take on Ar­ den at Wilson’s. The locals are then


away to Heys Inn at King George’s on Sunday.


3 Clitheroe portrayed their title- I winning credentials when get-


jtingbacktowinningwaysafter. I suffering a first league loss of jthe campaign.


Baxenden inflicted that blem­ ish at Back Lane last week, but Paul Gaskell’s men fostered the character to respond as they took 24 points from der­ bies against Read and Ribbles­ dale Wanderers. ' That moved the champions


25 points clear of Great Har­ wood in their bid to retain - their crown, though their ri­ vals have a game in hand. Clit­ heroe beat Charlie Jackson’s j by seven wickets on Sunday,.


in on the title


just 24 hours after subjecting Read to a 77-run loss at Chat- burn Road.


. Jack Dewhurst at starred


with the bat on home soil, hitting 60 in Clitheroe’s 161- 8 total. Professional Janaka Guneratne continued that momentum with the ball as he • crushed the opposition bats­ men with 6-11. “They were massive wiris


really,” said Gaskell. “In both games we were staring down the barrel so to come out with 24 points from two der­ bies is great. We showed su­ perb character. The defeat last week gave us the motiva­ tion we needed and itre-fo-


up ill


Read’spushforatopfourfinish took an almighty knock at the weekend as they lost to both Clitheroe and Settle.


Kyle O’Connor’s men suffered severe travel sickness on their travels - losing by 77 runs at Chatburn Road before en­ during a 58-ruri defeat at the ^arihfield Ground-


Read slipped to sixth in the


toptierandarei8pointsbehind fourth place Whalley with a game in hand. “Welostbothgamesandon-


ly picked up two bonus points over the weekend,” O’Connor said. “We bowled well both days but haven’t been able to chase dowri the totals. It was disap-


“WS’ve got five games to go so we’ve got to finish strong.


Fourthplace is still inoursights but' we’ll have to beat Whalley when we play them. We’ve got


toqualifyfortheLCB Knockout Cup next year." Ahead of Read’s double-


header weekend, which takes ingamesagainstBarnoldswick


Road, O’Connor added: “We need to put it right now. It’s made us more determined to win.Everybodywasdisappoint: ed at the weekendb ecause they know we are better than what we are showing. “We’ve got two tough games


at the weekend. Barnoldswick haveplenty toplayforandGreat


cussed a few of the players. We bounced back with style and I couldn’t have asked for anymore.”


. ’ _ Gaskell, who will lead his side out against second place Settle on Saturday, added:- “The important thing for us is to keep going. Winning against Settle on Saturday would put the pressure on Great Harwood and we go there at the start of Septem­ ber. Wewon’t be far off i f we win at the weekend. “It’s been a funny season.


We’ve only lost once but i f Great Harwood win their . game in hand then they’ll only be 13 points behind. It’s


•remarkable but the weather


has played its part. We’ve had three or four abandonments which has cost us a bit.” Clitheroe will then take to


the road as they face Liverpool and District League leaders Ormskirk in the semi-final of the LCB Knockout Cup. “We’re at the business end of the seasori now,” said


. Gaskell. “We’re looking for­ ward to this tie against a very good side. It’s a great achieve­ ment to" have reached this stpge of the competition. “Weil go in to the game as


massive underdogs but any­ thing can happen. Weil just have to give everything.”


Charlotte William | | .eague innings ever recorded. I


, ‘he 27-year-old Sri Lankan left hander smashed 275 in Justio6balIsoutofSaiesbury’s


;f|l-38-7 in 45 overs in their rout ig p f Brinscall at Ribchester toad.


; . That too is a new.League


iest, easily topping Padiham’s 181-5 against Great Harwood four years ago. i Athulathmudali’s stagger­ ing knock included 26 sixes' ind 21 fours as 240 of his runs ,-jpy ame from only 47 balls!


$ | | Salesbury’s stand-in paid '-'-"nan from Bolton League Eger-. ion shared a fifth wicket stand >f 152 with James Watson (45) ind 126 for the sixth wicket nth captain Steve Brown (40 lotout). ~


. Athulathmudali, who also


Charlotte enjoys


superb weekend


Salesbury pro writes ame in record books


Imal Athulathmudali wrote lis name into Houldsworth


| libblesdale League history riththehighesteverSenior


made 191 for Egerton earlier this summer, then claimed 5-19 as Brinscall were dis-


• missed for 61. . However, his sensation­


al innings was the talk of the league and the second dou­ ble hundred this year fol-


• lowing compatriot Janaka •Guriaratne’s 210 for Section A leaders, Clitheroe. Australian Jake Brown


previously held the record, making 237 on debut for Rib­ blesdale Wanderers against Blackburn Northern in 2009. , KashifSiddique made 233 for Padiham against Wander-


ersin2007whileBaberNaeem hit 226 not out for Baxenden when Wanderers were again on the receiving end three years ago. Russell Whalley also scored 214 for Great Har­ wood in the Ramsbottom Cup against Ribblesdale in 2003. On Saturday, Salesburty ’


lost to Earby by two wickets afterpostingi58-9.


AmalAthulathmudali Lee Kearsley hit 45 not out for Whalley against Great Harwood


Whalley had a mixed week­ end, butcaptain Richard


Lamb was pleased with his ; players.


On Saturday, they lost to Great Harwood by eight wickets, having posted 159-


5,ofwhichLeeKearsIeymade 45notout, before, onSunday, bowlingBamoldswickoutfor io6towinby75runs. Lamb said: “We played


well against Great Harwood, but they are very strong, and thatshowed. I don’t think we did a great deal wrong, we


i set a competitive score, and ’ bowled pretty well, but ulti­


mately their strengthin depth told. “Then against Barnolds­


wick, we posted a good score again, mainly thanks to


Wilkin (Mota), and though they got off to a bit of a flying


start, we pegged them back with a few quick wickets and


. they didn’t have that much depth after that.” WhalleyareatRibblesdale


Wanderers on Saturday, aim­ ing for a fourth-place finish: “It’s always agoodgamewith


'■ Ribblesdale, they have a lot of dangerous players who can win games from various po­ sitions,butifwe’reatourbest, wewillbe amatchforthem. “At this stage, our focus is on what we can achieve, and


- fourth place would probably ' bethebestwecandonow. “But it’s been a successful season, we wanted to bring


. on players and develop them in the first team, and we have achieved that.”


Whalley set their sights on fourth


Wanderers’ fate almost sealed


ThefateofRibblesdale Wanderers has almost been sealed after defeat to table-topping Clitheroe left . the club 36 points adrift of safety.


While Charlie Jackson’s side enduredaheavysevenwicket loss at Church Meadow, Os- waldtwistle Immanuel beat relegation rivals Barnolds-


. wick and Baxenden to stretch the gulf at the bottom. Wanderers havejust four


fixtures remaining, but it looks like a season in the bot­ tom tier of the Ribblesdale Cricket League is in store. They take on Whalley on


home soil at the weekend. Remainingfixtures, Sat­


urday, August30th,Section A: Clitheroe v Settle; Great Harwood vOswaldtwistle Immanuel; Read v Barnolds- wick; RibblesdaleWanderers


bottom v Cherry Tree; Brin­ scall v Padiham; Edenfield v Salesbury; Euxton v Earby.


Sunday, Section A: Read v Great Harwood. . 1 S a tu rd a y , S ep tem ­


ber 6th, Section A: Great Harwood v Clitheroe; Os- waldtwis tie Immanuel v Set­ tle; Ribblesdale Wanderers v Baxenden; Whalley v-Read. Section B: Cherry Tree v Edenfield; Earby v Brinscall; Euxton v Salesbury; Padihanr vBrooksbottom. Sunday, September 7th,


Section A: Barnoldswick v Ribblesdale Wanderers; Clitheroe v Whalley; Read v


Baxenden; SettlevGreatHar-. wood. Saturday, September


- vWhalle.y..SectionB;Broolcs- - ■manuel.__________


13th, Section A: Baxenden v Whalley; Clitheroe v Bar­ noldswick; Great Harwood v Ribblesdale Wanderers; Read v Oswaldtwistle Im-


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