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I mighty Blues of Clitheroe FC in action for the first time a week last Saturday. They are through to the last 16 in the FA


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Carlsberg Vase after beating St Helens 1-0, courtesy of a Garry Rishton goal par excel­ lence. What a club! I am usually too busy watching the Blues of my native Birming­ ham to get down to Shawbridge, but, after th e oth e r Saturday, I want to be a Clitheroe Blue, too. I t is the only football pitch I have seen which resembles a cross between a ski-slope and a ploughed field. In the cattle sheds that are the ground's stands, fans are able to sit on desks and


j I am convinced one session will give me the biceps of Shwarzenegger, the legs of Ronaldo and Lynford Christie's . . . er . . . stami-


| gym I go — Roefield Leisure Centre to be precise, where


whale," laughed my brother, who should know better, as someone who buys his clothes from ”Rent-a.-tent". When my wife tried to soothe me: "But I love your spare tyres," it was time for this particular Michelin man to take drastic action. Hi-ho-hi-ho it’s off to the


MISS10N impossible .. . Ben shows (he "mountain" he has to climb, while Rocfidd


quent torturer for my induction session, is Andrew Cooper, who first goes through a checklist with me to make sure that I do not have any health con­ ditions, other than being considerably overweight, which might impede me from any of the exercises I am about to undergo. "Be gentle with me," I


My trainer, and subse­


I’m here for. The main part of my job is talking and lis­ tening," says 24-year-old Andrew, a thoroughly nice chap, with a degree in health science, who reassur­ ingly confesses to liking the odd pint of an evening just like you and me. Five minutes later, and I


optimum pace for the indi­


vidual. Andrew sets me on the


looks on in horror (1301299/6/8) and, below, trying to bust a gut on the ski-walker (1301.19/6/13) can set the machine at the


formidable sounding "fat- burner" programme. Whether or not it's my fat, I feel like I am burning-up like a rocket booster in orbit after a few minutes on this


plead. "Don't worry, a lot of people find it hard the first time - once you’ve made up your mind, the hardest part is getting through the door," Andrew tells me. But these are my two main concerns in a nutshell: 1) It is going to be excruciatingly hard the first time and, 2), that I am too fat to get through the door in the first place. But I manage to squeeze


am finding it difficult to breathe let alone talk, as Andrew puts me through my paces on the treadmill. A fantastic feature of these machines is that you can plug into a socket on the machine, which allows you to tune into a variety of TV channels and radio stations. If you so choose, you can watch the "Food and Drink Programme", while you burn off the pounds, dream­ ing of how you are going to put them all back on, once you have got out off this muscle factory. Next comes the intrigu­


into the recently-refur­ bished gym which, with all the gleaming exercise con­ soles, giant TV screens and the machines that go "ping", looks more like the deck of the SS Enterprise, than a bum and turn-tuning


temple. "We’ve got all the time in


the world, so don't worry if you're not sure about any­ thing - just ask, that's what


one.After a "do" on the exer­ cise bikes and rowing machines, I crawl over with Andrew, who I get the feel­ ing is rather enjoying all of this, to the myriad of weights machines. After using muscles I am not con­ vinced I had in the first place, 1 ask Andrew what advice he would give to someone like me, who could not claim to be the fittest of men and who wanted to get on a fitness kick for the first


time. He replies: "Before you


ing "ski-walker" device, which involves pushing your arms forward alter­ nately, while moving your feet in a circular motion. This gets all your muscles working together and, as I discover very quickly, is somewhat tiring. All these "aerobic"exercise machines, which build stamina and muscle tone, have built-in heart-rate counters, which


go mad, consult your GP or practice nurse, particularly if you are not as young as you once were. Come down and ask at any leisure cen­ tre that has a gym, they should be able to put your mind at ease. If they can’t you're in the wrong place. "Ask questions - look


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disturbing thing happened to me a t C h r is tm a s .


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3,King$tntt, ClilbtruBB72RW Ttl: 01200 22324 missus says I can well do without


around the gym, there are three or four in Clitheroe alone. It's a boom industry these days, so shop around.


Don't go mad to begin with - you can't do it all. It's like being on the rungs of a lad­ der ; it might take you a while, but you'll get there in the end." These are wise and encouraging words, indeed. Despite my initial reser­ vations, bordering on terror at the prospect of the gym, I rather enjoyed it at the end of the day. If Andrew was typical of the staff down at Roefield, it is easy to see how they have come to have more than 4,000 people on their membership lists. He was always helpful


IT'S A RUM DO . . a quirky look at local happenings Pies, pitches and even ‘uch.es’


AM jum p in g on th e g lo ry b a n d wagon, all the way to Wembley, with a b i t of luck, a f te r w a tch in g th e


benches, obviously gleaned from local schools' scrapyards, and the press box is the size of a big fishtank . . . fantastic! I thoroughly enjoyed one of the best pies this


side of Wigan at half-time, and the standard of football was pretty entertaining, particularly some of the no-nonsense tackles the players were putting in. No diving at this level! The 300-strong crowd was in good form, but


. . . I’m enjoying singing the Clitheroe Blues


er John Riley comes on, affectionately know as JR by the blue-boys, a chorus of the theme tune to Dallas goes up - possibly one of the most obscure football songs ever sung. Two or three quid gets you through the turnstiles for most games and you can be pretty sure they won’t be sell outs. But, the way things are going down


Justin Connolly, our sports reporter, a veteran of Blues vase campaigns of yore, told me it could often be heard in even better voice. One chant, Justin reliably informed me, the Blues faithful pipe up with to strike terror into the opposition is: "She fell over," when one of their players goes down injured. Another vicious reposte for an opposition


there, who knows? So, now as a convert to the Blues, I appeal to


friends, Clitheronians and countrymen to lend the boys your voices all the way up Wembley


Way. © Catch Clitheroe in action for their next


manager who has jumped out of the dug-out is: "In yer 'uch, in yer 'uch!" And, when lethal strik­


enthralling Vase encounter against Bemerton Heath Harlequins, on Saturday at Shawbridge 3 p.m. Ring the Blues’ hotline on 0930 555979 (calls cost 50p a minute). COME ON YOU BLUES!


and explained what each exercise did to the various parts of my decrepit body and how to do it without risking blowing a gasket. Feeling rather pleased


with myself, I drove home, put my slippers on and put my feet up. I still couldn't see my toes though! © Many thanks to the


staff at Roefield for making me feel so welcome and not so fat. Next week: The living


hell of circuit training and some of the lunatics who put themselves through it.


I God to care for them as indi­ viduals when there are so many


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sider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him and the son of man that you care for him?” (Psalms 8: 3 and 4.) St Augustine must have had sim­


others in the world. The Psalmist cried: "When I con­


hroughout the ages, peo­ ple have wondered how it could be possible for


ilar thoughts, for we know he was eventually enabled to pray: "0 Thou who lovest each one of us, as if there were only one of us to love." We are foolish if, in our thinking,


it was happening, instancing the life of a sparrow. "Not one sparrow - what do they cost, two for a penny? — can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it." (Matt 11: 29.) Being everywhere, and aware of everything, He knows all about us and loves us despite our wayward­ ness. As we read in Revelation 1 v 8, God is the beginning and the end. "I am the Alpha and the Omega" says the Lord God, "who is and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." Alpha and Omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. It was because of his wonderful


I was aware of every detail of life as P


we try to limit God's capacity for action to the measure of our human minds. Jesus pointed out that God


love for all his children that God sent Jesus into the world to save them from their sinfulness, caused largely by spiritual blindness. It was very necessary for our salva-


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tion and new vision that we should become aware of the caring, griev­ ing love of our heavenly father. Through his words, ways and wit­ ness, Jesus showed us as much of the Father as we could possibly comprehend. In the one verse of the bible most of us can quote at will, John 3: v 16: "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begot­ ten son whoever believeth in him should not perish, but have ever­ lasting life" the good news of our heavenly father’s love is condensed into a few words. He has known and loved us since our conception in our mother's womb, taking an interest in us from the earliest times. In John 4: v 19 it says: "We loved


could all profit spiritually by read­ ing the whole of this chapter thoughtfully and prayerfiilly. Emphasising the fact that all


love is of God, v. 16 states that God is Love. Verses 11 and 12 say that "No one has ever seen God, but if we love each other, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. We know that we live in Him and lie in us, because he has given us of his spirit." There is a wealth of spiritual


thought and truth in this chapter. The acid test, as it were, for us is


him because lie first loved us." It is through what has come to us through God's love for us that we


can learn to love one another. We


whether you care enough to look it up for yourself to absorb all the truth in it. If you do, and its truth really gets home to you, then life will be enriched for you in future days ands you will become assured of God's caring love for you. Joe Stnnsfiekl


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