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Cyclist Tim proves his products are winners


By CRAIG SALMON


CLITHEROE moun­ tain biker Tim Lawson has proved th a t his products really do


work.Thirty-six-year-old


Tim set-up a sports nutrition company nine years ago called Science


in Sport. The Brockhall Village-


based company supplies energy drinks and bars to a number of profes­ sional football clubs as well as many other sports clubs and organi­


sations. However, Tim has


been using his own ener­ gy products to help him become a First Category Road Race Licence hold­ er after a successful mountain bike racing


season this year. Tim was a keen cyclist


in his younger days -


winning the Area Cham­ pionships as a 19-year-


old. But, since setting up


his business nearly a decade ago, he has hard­ ly had any time to spend on his own leisure pur­


suits. He said: “After decid­


ing that I’d just got too fat and wasn’t a good


ambassador for a sports nutrition company - I decided to do something


about it. “I trained pretty hard


over the winter and started racing as a Fourth Category racer at the beginning of the


year.” Tim went through the


categories in just one season which by all accounts is no mean feat


at all. He added; “In cycling


events you get points according to the distance and classification of the


race. “You need six points


to get category three licence, 40 points to receive a category two licence and 100. points to get the category one. “I t ’s pretty rare to go


does show what can be done with training and good nutrition.” Tim was victorious in


but it ‘To be honest, my granny could run them


Blues take top spot but then new boss suffers first defeat


By CRAIG SALMON


CLITHEROE manager Lee Sculpher reckons his granny could manage the current


crop of Blues players. The Shawbridgers soared to


the top of the North West Counties’ First Division after Saturday’s 3-1 victory over


Winsford United. Their stay was brief as defeat


at Curzon Ashton on Monday - the only time Clitheroe have failed to score all season - saw


the Blues slip to second. The loss ended Clitheroe’s


through all the cate­ gories in one year —


races in Birmingham and Kent Valley while he also came a creditable third in the Area Champi­ onships held in Lancast-


er. The mountain biker s


feat is all the more spe­ cial bearing in mind he


suffered a bad injury to his elbow towards the end of the Bob Swales Memorial race in Lan­ caster during the month


of May. He added: “I snatched


defeat out of the jaws of victory. I was leading but then overcooked the final


corner and crashed. “I ended up with a


cracked elbow so I lost a lot of form and missed a


lot of races.” Tim is hoping to com­


pete next season, although now that he is a category one rider the opposition will be a lot


in seventh heaven Rampant Ro


I Rampant Rovers equalled their record Premiership win with a 7-1 demolition of West


BUOYANT Blackburn will hope they have more goals in the locker at Arsenal on Saturday.


I Ham at Ewood on Sunday - I nine years to the month since I a similarly stunning success at home to Norwich.


I Graeme Souness1 side taught woeful West Ham a footballing lesson, although they were the first to admit things could have been differ­ ent had either Trevor Sinclair


| or Frederic Kanoute taken either of two gilt-edged chances just after the break,


] with the score at 3-1. But Souness will hope to


translate such mouth-water­ ing form into away day points at Highbury, three days after the Gunners' critical Champi­ ons League clash with Panathinaikos,


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reports Rovers have lost three of


their four games away from home,earning a draw at Ipswich, but will have made the Premiership stand up and


take notice on Sunday. Patient possession football,


with rapier-like attacking thrusts, tore Glenn Roeder’s


side apart. In tru th , but for Shaka


Hislop in the Hammers' goal, it could have been 15-1. But one of the major talk­


ing points after the game was the form of Rovers' England hopefuls in front of the watching Sven Goran Eriks­


son.


Home comfort on the menu for Clarets?


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Two men in Eriksson s squads of late, Sinclair and


BURNLEY look for some home comfort on Saturday as they aim to end a poor run of results against struggling Barnsley. The Clarets have


picked up just one point from the last 12, with three successive away defeats, co-incid- ing with the loss of


Glen Little, Alan


Moore and Gordon Armstrong through


injury. But they will hope


to stretch the Tykes' woeful start to the sea­ son, which has seen Nigel Spackman's side slip into the bottom three with just two wins in their 12 games. They have lost all five


away games. To that end, Burn­


ley could be boosted by the return of Little,


Armstrong and Gra­ ham Branch, who was due to make a return in the reserves at Oakwell


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last night. However, defender


Arthur Gnohere is struggling with an ankle knock picked up in the 1-0 defeat at Not­ tingham Forest, and Moore could be out for a further month after a hernia operation. A game destined for


a goal-less draw at Nottingham went the way of the home side, courtesy of a fortuitous Chris Bart-Williams goal 12 minutes from


time. The Clarets battled


hard, but the creative spark was missing, despite the introduc­ tion of Tony Grant, who enjoyed a tidy debut after replacing


Gnohere. Nik Michopoulos


was not made to work in the first half, and at the other end Gareth Taylor had the best chance of the game, but volleyed straight at


Darren Ward. The introduction of


Trinidad striker Stern John at the break gave Forest more of a threat, and Michopou­ los denied him twice, while Steve Davis and Ian Moore went close


for Burnley. However, with the


Clarets getting on top, Forest broke from Paul


Cook's comer. Gareth Williams


rolled in Bart-Williams on the right and his shot spun off Ian Cox, sneaking inside the near post, deceiving Michopoulos. Forest, might have


added a couple more in the last few minutes on


Michael Carrick, were put in the shade by David Dunn and Garry Flitcroft, while Matt Jansen will hope to have increased his chances of an opportunity to impress in the World Cup warm-up games, which s ta r t next month at Old Trafford against Sweden. The only problem for Dunn


Souness describing his perfor­ mance as "Gascoigne-like". Gazza is Dunn's childhood


hero, and you can see the sim­ ilarity. Great balance, great feet, tricks and technique, and an ability to conjure something out of nothing. Bobby Robson took the


and Flitcroft is that Eriksson is not short on options in the midfield


department,


although Dunn may prove a solution to the problematic


left-hand side. In Dunn and Flitcroft's


favour, the pair can offer something different to many of the candidates aiming to stamp their passports with "Japan and South Korea". Damien Duff's injury has seen Dunn fill the void for his


club on the left. He certainly caught the eye


against West Ham, with


plunge in the run-up to Italia 90, handing Gazza a start - a chance he took with both hands - against the Czechs in a friendly, and Eriksson could do a lot worse than call up the Great Harwood youngster, although, as Souness readilly admitted, Dunn's ability to track back and help out defensively needs working on. Flitcroft will also hope


Eriksson feels that he can add something extra to the party - a leader who does the simple things well, puts his foot in and has an eye for goal.


tougher. The Clitheroe racer


also coaches a number of junior cyclists who ride under his company’s banner, including Helen Gaskell who is the Junior World Downhill Moun­ tain Bike champion.


eight-game unbeaten run, but they still boast nine wins and a draw from the past 12 games. Sculpher said; “The players


were as disappointed as any­ body with the start to the sea­


son we had. “But they’ve took it on their


shoulders. They are a great set of lads and a great help to me. “To be honest, when they go on runs like these, my granny


could run them. “Before games, it’s just a case


been doing


of telling them to go out there and continue what they have


Sculpher, however, may turn to his grandmother for a bit of


worldly wisdom before the next game after the Blues tasted defeat for the first time under his leadership on Monday night


at Curzon Ashton. He added: “I thought we


played quite well on Monday. We created a lot of chances but, like I’ve said before, we are not


taking them. “Their goalkeeper was out­


standing. He never caught any­ thing, he just seemed to get something in the way of every­


thing.“I t was just one of those night. I think if we were still playing now, we wouldn’t have


scored. “I think a couple of players


are snatching at things or try­


ing to do too much to score.” The Blues’ boss was delight­


ed, however, with the way his side brushed aside a strong Winsford outfit at Shawbridge.


first hour was as good as we have played all season as a


He added: “I thought the


team. “We defended well, we


attacked well and passed the


ball really well. “We took our chances. “They are a good side and


will be up there near the top of


the league. “But people always say its


not the fact that you’ve lost a match, i t ’s how you react to


that defeat. “And it’s a little disappoint­


ing that we don’t play on Satur­ day.“But we know that we have


to get back to winning ways. “On Saturday we got on top


of the league and most of the sides around us could only just about catch us. “But, obviously, the defeat at Curzon Ashton eases a bit of


pressure on them.” The Blues lost the least


amount of games in the league last season - a meagre seven


from 42 matches. They have already lost five of


their opening 16 games of this


season. However, Sculpher is not


unduly worried about that sta­ tistic.


games, th a t will give us 93 points and it will mean we can


He added: “If we can win 31 .


Lone-goal knocks Clitheroe off the top


Curzon Ashton ............................^ Clitheroe........................................® PLAYER-boss Lee Sculpher s unbeaten run as Clitheroe manager came to an end on Monday night at


Curzon Ashton. Try as they did, the Blues just


couldn’t blow the Curzon house down as they were made to pay for several


missed chances. The game began with Clitheroe con­


trolling the play and they should have taken the lead but Neil Spencer missed two great opportunities. Firstly his snap-shot went wide of


the post from inside the penalty area and a minute later he was put clean through but his poor shot was blocked


by the keeper. The Blues were made to count the


cost of not making their superiority tell when Ashton took the lead on 20


minutes.A cross from the left found Wayne Dean and he gave Richens no chance


with a fine shot. Just before half-time, Spencer was


Hart corner. The second half followed a similar .


story to the first with Clitheroe press­ ing hard but unable to find that elusive


equaliser.Ashton’s keeper Peter Berry was in outstanding form as he thwarted Clitheroe time and time again. Spencer had a shot kicked-off the


over by Berry.


the break, through 16- year-old Craig West- carr, and John, but in a game so tight, one goal was always going to be


enough. • Burnley's glorious


European nights are to be remembered in a commemorative video "When We Were


Kings". The Clarets reached


the quarter-finals of both the European Champions' Cup in 1960-61, and the Euro­ pean Fairs Cup in


1966-67. The video, produced


by lifelong Claret Stewart Binns, will be available from early December, priced


£15.99. Burnley legend


Jimmy Mcllroy was at the launch at Turf Moor, and looked back fondly: "It brings back a lot of happy memories. A little town like Bum- ley was representing England, and I think I felt more nervous than I ever did in an interna­ tional match for North­ ern Ireland. I t was almost frightening."


The Blues threw bodies forward in .


unfortunate to see his shot flash nar­ rowly wide of the post from a Barrie


the final few minutes but it was all to no avail as they went down to a 1-0


defeat. Clitheroe........................................J Winsford United ..........................1 CLITHEROE soared to the top of


the Nor th West Counties’ F irs t Division on Saturday thanks to a splendid 3-1 victory over Winsford


United. I t took the Blues only three min­


utes before they opened the scoring courtesy of an opportune piece of fin­ ishing from midfielder Neil Reynolds. Stuart Todhunter delivered an invit­


ing free-kick into the penalty area, which was pounced on by Reynolds,


who gave the keeper no chance. Winsford, stung by going a goal


down so early in the match, gave Clitheroe’ defence something to think about with a series of attacks. Danny Worthington came nearest


to scoring for the visitors in the open­ ing half but his effort was saved by Kris Richens.


However, Clitheroe doubled their .


advantage on the half-hour mark when Todhunter released Stewart on the left


and he calmly slotted the ball past the


on-rushing keeper. United still caused the Blues some concern with their forays up front, but Reynolds, who was enjoying perhaps his best game for the club, then made the game save seven minutes after half-time when he blasted home from


line while Mark Stewart then saw his goal-bound header brilliantly tipped


25 yards out. Winsford, to their credit, kept on


Young cricketers get their reward


CLITHEROE Cricket, Tennis and Bowling Club presented their very successful young cricketers with their prizes on Thursday


evening. John Green, captain of


the second team, presided over the evening's events, intro­ ducing chief guest Mar­ cus Sharp - the Black­ pool CC professional who played all his youth cricket with Clitheroe. The prizes were pre­


sented to the Under 11 team first, with certifi­ cates presented to all members as a tribute to


their efforts. Their individual prizes


went to James Sharpies


for batting, Jack Dewhurst for bowling and the fielding prize went to Fabian Holmes. Danny Turner, James


Blackburn and Luke Driver took the respec­ tive prizes for the Under 13s, who finished the sea­ son fourth in their league. A very upbeat Mark


Alan Hacking looked after the Under 17/18 side, but it was Simon who introduced the team that had won the Brian


Morris Cup. The batting bowling


Preston introduced his Under 16s, who had won the Birchall Cup and fin­ ished third in the league after only losing two games all season. Their individual prizes


and fielding prizes were collected by Matt Eglin, Steven Dawson and Chris Tinker. Chris Brown and Rob


went to Peter Dibb, James Warburton and Thomas Eglin respec­


tively. Simon Coulter and


Dinsdale played in the side that won the Inter- League Competition, and finally the trophy for the Young Cricketer of the Year 2001 was pre­ sented to Chris Tinker. • Read CC presenta­


tion night - turn to page 20.


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lose 11 matches. “But, obviously, it means


turning draws into wins.” “Scully” is also eager to pair


his first-choice strike partner­ ship of Neil Spencer and Lee


Cryer together. Spencer missed the early part


of the season through work commitments while Cryer will be out for at least another two weeks due to knee ligament


trouble. He added: “We have missed


Lee and the added confidence


he brings to the side. “In his absence Richard Fog­ arty and Chris Whittingham


have been excellent. “But I think Lee and Neil


Spencer have only started four games together this season. “They got 60 goals between


them last season, and it must give the opposition a boost ■when they see the team-sheet before the game.” Cryer is waiting on a second


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Firs! Division p w D


Youth team hit five


Burnley Belvedere ..1 Clilheroe Youth .....5 CLITHEROE Youth returned to winning ways a t the weekend after losing their last


two games. After falling behind to


an early goal, Joe Mar­ shall equalised 10 min­ utes before half-time. In second half, howev­


Flixton.............. 12 1 1 -- Up to and including Tuesday, October 16th.


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