July16-22 1996

CRICKET: Prolific Market Deeping opener Chris Jones took his tally of runs for the season to 1800 by scoring 114 as the Rutland League XI beat Western Australia Under 21s by two wickets.

KARATE: Clifton Findley won his third British title in Birmingham while his five yearold son Kyle was winning his first event at the Wellingborough Open.

POSH: The club were forced to smash their transfer record as a tribunal ordered them to pay £350k to Walsall for midfielder Martin O’Connor.

GOLF: Graeme Macdonald beat Jason Latter in a playoff to win the Thorpe Wood

Club Championships.

CRICKET: Paul Ramm of Burghley Park and Barnack was the most popular choice in an ET poll to find the best-cricketers in the area. The rest of the team was: Colin Dale, Saleem Mohammed, Nadeem Mohammed, David Gillett, Tony Howorth, Ajaz Akhtar, Paul Rawden, Jim Weston, Ged McDougall, Dominic Ralfs.

SPEEDWAY: Sam Tesar (16). Jason Crump (15) and Ryan Sullivan (13) scored well as Panthers beat Scottish Monarchs 51-40 in a home National League meeting.

BOWLS: Teenager Matthew Noller from Sawtry beat Yaxley’s Andrew Thurston in the Hunts Under 25 singles final.