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CHRIS BODEN reports
Poor weekend — but Clarets
and Blues have chance to put it right
IT wasn't a good weekend for either Rovers or Burnley, but both clubs have the chance to end
miserable runs on Saturday. Blackburn slipped to a ninth defeat in 11 games
at West Ham, going down without a fight against the side they crushed 7-1 at Ewood in October. Fortunately, Craig Bellamy's late winner for
Newcastle against Bolton prevented Rovers join i n g
Souness has to lift his men for what is shaping up to be a nerve-wracking battle for survival - with the added spice of the Worthington Cup Final thrown in to bootl .
Derby and Leicester in the bottom three. But with 13 massive games left to play, Graeme
dragged into the mire, but Rovers are desperate to pick up a couple of wins and start to edge away like Southampton and Ipswich have - both, iron ically, fired by former Blackburn strikers.
Everyone from Charlton downwards could he ,
' • One of those sides anxiously looking over their shoulders are Fulham, who pipped Rovers to the First Division title last season. Rovers travel to Craven Cottage on Saturday hoping to continue Jean Tigana's side's miserable,
form in front of goal. Fulham have scored only 23 goals in 24 games
after, the goal-gorged championship success, and with th a t in mind, Souness is keen to tighten things up at the back by restoring Henning Berg and Craig Short to the starting line-up in place of Martin Taylor, and Nils-Eric Johansson. David Dunn also looks likely to make a light
ning return a month ahead of schedule after tear ing his calf muscle at Old Trafford. Garry Flit- croft is suspended. Speaking of Dunn, Souness has received criti
cism in some parts for claiming he rates the Great Harwood youngster higher that Hammers' star
Joe Cole. For what it’s worth, there is alot of truth m his
statement. Yes, Cole is a magnificent talent, with balance and tricks, b u t Dunn has a better all round game, and provides more end product
goals-than Cole. '• Meanwhile, Burnley went in search of a first
win in six league games a t Watford last night, ahead of trips to Barnsley on Saturday and Rotherham on Tuesday. I t is a spell which could make or break the
Clarets'season. But boss Stan Tement is not losing any sleep
yet, and said: "People get anxious, but this squad took us to the top of the league, and although we slipped back, they took us back there again. "We have games in hand, and we must make
those games count. "I have a squad of players, and I trust them.
"Although it's hard at the moment, I've said all
along, from experience I expect it to go right down to the wire, and given a break with injuries and suspensions, we will be there or thereabouts." The absence of Steve Davis has started to hurt
Burnley, but with Glen Little, Paul Weller, Lenny Johnrose and Mitchell Thomas close to full fit ness, the injury nightmare is easing, although Alan Moore was a doubt last night with a back- related hamstring problem. Robbie Blake may well have made his first start
New club picks up fir s t Inaj or award
By EDWARD LEE / :
TH E Ribble Valley Modern Pentathlon Club has picked-up-
its first national award. Teenage prospect Louise High-
last night after an impressive 20-minute cameo against West Brom, and Ternent will hope that he can provide the creative spark that has been missing since just before the turn of the year.
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6 l l e i s u r e The Worthington Cup Final
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placed.sec- ond in the British Modern Tetrathlon Championships. The 13-year-old Clitheroe
Royal Grammar School pupil travelled to Wolverhampton on Saturday. And her efforts m a 10-target
The busy day started with the
shooting event in which Louise was placed second overall — and th a t was a position she was to maintain for the rest of the event. Next up was the cross country
That was enough to cement sec
ond place and add to her string of recent successes. But she will not have time to
.. In the fencing event competi tors had one bout against each member of their own age group and the one above and Louise won 20 of her 32 bouts to again be
air pistol shoot, 1,000 metre cross country run, one-hit fencing com petition and 100 metre swim were rewarded with second place over all.
placed second. And the 100 metres freestyle
again saw Louise in top form as she won her heat and knocked almost three seconds off her previ ous personal best time.
run which saw Louise the first home by 10 seconds and she earned.an extra medal
for.that. performance.
rest on her laurels as this weekend she is running in the Inter-Coun- tles Cross Country Champi onships in Nottingham on Satur-
_day and taking part m the British Open Fencing Championships on
Sunday.
The tetrathlon event was also an encouraging one for Louise’s
.
younger sister, Elizabeth. She was also made to compete
in the Under 13/14s section and was placed 10th overall despite having to give away as many as three years to some of her rivals and having to shoot with one hand for the first time.
Anna is day’s top athlete
FOUR personal bests and three firs t places made Clitheroe young ster Anna Griffiths the unanimous choice for athlete of the match a t the Indoor Sports Hall meet a t West View, Pre ston, a t the weekend. The Westholme pupil
competed in the two-lap race, four-lap, vertical jump and shot putt, and again showed her versa tility.
dead in the two-lap race, J Anna, who continues to equal with another ath- make great strides.'
She ran 22 seconds , l i t ! W 11.11 d l lU L l lC l e t u i - m * A C g i c a i iO H i u c o . ' , .
lete, who was eventually declared the winner by the narrowest of mar
gins. ' But Anna made
amends by taking the tape in the four-lap race in 48.2 seconds. She added first place in the vertical jump with
' 53 centimetres, and claimed the shot with a huge throw of 10.16 metres.
' - All four performances were new landmarks for
She is next in action
later this month a t th e . AAA Junior Champi onships in Birmingham, where she will compete in the 200m, 60m and shot.
. Anna also moved away from the track recently to run over the challeng ing ter rain of. Witton- Park, Blackburn, in the Lancashire Schools' Cross-Country event,
; finishing 43rd of almost 100 competitors, and- helping vi: Blackburn schools finish second
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behmd Lancaster. • After recently thank
ing Hicks Racquets and Leisure Club, Chtheroe, for their assistance in aiding Anna's injury rehabilitation pro gramme, Anna would also like to mention
.remedial masseur Antoon Geysbers, Kate Egford, who devised Anna's strengthening programme a t Hicks, and osteopath Nick Dinsdale, who helped sor t out her shin ten- "donitis problem.
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Stonyhurstalumni help-England on Calcutta Cup revenge mission
TH R E E S to n y h u rs t College alumni were involved in Eng land's record win a t Murrayfield as th e Six N a t io n s Champir onship got underway on Satur day.
■Will Greenwood, Iain Balshaw ■
and Kyran Bracken all featured in the 29-3 win over Scotland as
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England earned some semblance of revenge on the Scots after, they denied Clive Woodward's side the Grand Slam two years ago. •. ; : - I f was a wonderful way for
England to celebrate Woodward's 50th test, and Greenwood, in par ticular, was delighted.' ■
- opening try for Jason Robinson with a superb pass to unlock the* defence. *’>
selection ahead of Mike Catt in the midfield from the likes of Jere my Guscott, Greenwood silenced the doubters by helping lay on the
■Bracken was unfortunately : injured, picking up a knock, to his
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• One current Stonyhurst pupil, • *7 land,
The.promising youngster,'a^ . .V-l-'J’ - Having taken criticism at his ’ member of the Stonyhurst first'. ■'
XV, represented Ireland Under 19s at the weekend in their clash against Italy.: < ;•
•'Meanwhile, Stonyhurst embark on a tour of Ireland next week. :
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: leg, and was replaced by. novice :Nick Duncombe for the second ■ half.
’ ’ ■The Underrl??,development squad depart tomorrow, returning on Wednesday. ' , ■; The side, wnich-will form the backbone of next year's first team, will be based in Limerick and Gal-
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, way, where they will face Crescent College Limerick, St Ignatius Gal way, and Portumna College Gal way.
■^ The squad were unbeaten on a similar tour, last year, and:they will also attend mass at . Galway Cathedral.:,;-, i-V<
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LOUISE HIGHTON is pictured with her “best run” medal and her trophy for finishing second overall in the British Modern TetrathlonV Chanpionships at the weekend.
F o rm e r SEawbridgW sk ip p er returns to b o ls te r cu p ch an c e s ■ 2 ^ !# ’ ' ct ft tf y. i’ Blues’ destiny in their own hands Bv CHRIS BODEN I J .
FORMER Blues skipper Gary Rishton has given Clitheroe a boost ahead of their crucial FA Vase trip to Arlesey on Saturday by signing
on loan. The strapping centre half left Shaw-
bridge for Rossendale in September 2000 and helped United pip Clitheroe to the NWC First Division title. : 1 " But with Adam Gardner doubtful for
the trip to the Ryman League Second Division high-fliers with the knee injury he picked up in the last round at Abing don, player-boss Lee Sculpher has swooped for Rishton to bolster the heart
of defence. Sculpher said: "Gary was club captain
for a couple of seasons here, and a few other sides were after him when he left for
Rossendale. "We're delighted to take him on loan as,
cover, and he might be involved at
Arlesey. "I must thank Jim McCIuskie for let-;
ting us have him. It's a big bonus and he
is a great addition to the squad. He added: "Adam is touch and go for
Saturday with his knee, and we were short of experience at centre back... "Danny Potts from the reserves win, no
doubt, in 12-18 months, be first team material, but probably won't be ready for
a game of this stature. "And if I moved Mark Stewart across
■ from left back, we would lose the balance and have to replace Mark. It's a Catch 22 situation, but we're delighted to have
Gary back." The Blues go into Saturday's trip to . '
Bedfordshire somewhat less battle-hard ened than they would like after a string of recent postponements, including Satur-
■ day's game at home to Atherton Labur num Rovers.
But, as a result, Gardner is Sculpher's . . .
only injury worry, and the boss feels .the side's lack of games could work in-their ■favour: "We haven't played for three weeks, but that may be a blessing in dis- ; guise. "We had a full training session on Sat
urday. including a game within that, and we are all looking forward to Saturday. "The lads know what is expected of
you would expect in the last 16 of the Vase, but it will come down to;hdw;well;j we perform. "If we perform well, I'm confident we
will get a result, be it a win, or a replay at Shawbridge." And he admitted that the Vase is what
Clitheroe's attentions are fixed on: "At the start of the season, the league is your priority.
' •
"But as the season goes on, depending on-how you do in the league, you ' rearrange your sights, and the Vase is
now our main priority. "We have 21 league games left, and if
we win on Saturday we are three games away from Villa Park in the Vase.
have to win 17 to have a chance, which is ..ried: "We like to play a t home, but we abicask
"Butin the Vase, anything can happen, / "We have pace on the break, which is a
and I am confident we can progress." . big advantage away. Arlpsev have several players with We have pace up fron and out wide league experience, including former Pre- with Martin Aspinwall, and it is difficult
them, and it is in our hands. "It is going to he a difficult match, as *
ston striker Neil Trebble, but they hold to defend against, no fears for Sculpher: "They seem to be a' "But wewill have to take any opportu- club on: the up and up, and their ground nities we get as we might not get many, is currently being redeveloped for the Our finishing has to be excellent. Ryman League restructuring, where they And away travels brmg further advan-
will he playing in the equivalent of the tages: ”1 thmkpur supporters are the best UniBond f irs t Division..'
: away fans in the league. They have been "They have players who have been a t / exceptional and I m sure they will be
Leyton Orient and Wycombe Wanderers, there in their numbers to support us but we have good players of our own a t again. Theyare veiy vocal, which helps Cllitheroe.
"Cogenhoe United are the only team to "And the lads enjoy being away. I t us enormously.
have scored against us in the last four helps with bonding stopping over before games, and we are knocking them in a t the games, and keeps the lads together, the other end.
"Lee Cryer has four goals in two games improves team spirit."
■ "Everyone gets on'yery well, and it . . .
massive difference to us." . • ‘ And despite being drawn away in the will meet Barrow m the semi-finals.
Chris Barrow and Cheryl Moms continue their London Marathon build-up He said: "The running has
In ju ry lead s to tra in in g rethin k
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WEEK two of our marathon couple's training schedule finds th em suffering - and giving sound advice to o th e r ty ro marathon runners. . Chris Barrow' and Cheryl
Morris have modified slightly their running after the hard start has left Cheryl with an injuiy. Although potentially serious,
she has approached treatment and recovery appropriately so that she can resume full training soon. She said: "I developed real
pain in my shin area, which was diagnosed as a biomechanical condition known as shin splints." She was treated by. manipula
tive therapist Nick'Dinsdale, who diagnosed the problem and
suitable treatment. He has made customised
orthotics, which are basically made-to-measure insoles for her running shoes. These will correctly support
her arches and ankles. Miss Moms said: "The condi
tion is curable if managed cor rectly.
improved our cycling no end." He ran their planned 12-mile
session from th e ir shop in Clitheroe to their Chatburn home via Barrow, Wiswell, Pendleton, Worston and Down- ham.
ner Ian Poole from Downham who has run the London Marathon four times and has completed several others. He said: "Ian was a godsend, with information and tips - very
He was accompanied by run '
motivating.'' ........ “These runs have also taught'
me that running in high visibili ty clothing ia an absolute neces
“I really noticed it when rim- ning down the lanes below Pendle,
sity. . • _ \
Hill. “Drivers were very courteous
on the whole. They dipped their headlights and slowed down." Mr Barrow and Miss Morris
“This means using, the
orthotics and some rest from run ning, and using alternative train ing methods such as swimming and cycling. As we are running for charity, Nick; has kindly donated the orthotics." She added: "It is vital not to
are running a prize draw to raise more funds for the charity,; Friends of War Memorials. Equipment
has.been donated.
ignore any injury when training and to get the correct treatment. “If not managed properly it
by suppliers to their shop and i includes an Ajungilak down , sleeping bag, Keela mountaineer ing jacket; sportswear and socks and a Troll fleece jacket. Tickets are available from
can take a long time to heal." Mr Barrow has continued with
the long runs and has modified his schedule so he can join Cheryl in the pool and on the cycling machines.
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who has supported them and say: "Keep the donations coming m - it's aU for a good cause."
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and seems to have fully recovered from,, • The Bluesareagam in cup action on injury. He and Neil Spencer look like th eyTu esd ay when they travel to Ramsbot- have never been away, and they;make.a „ tom^Umtedjfor the Lancashire Marsden
"Of those 21 league games, we probably competition yet again, Sculpher isn’t wor- . have no fear of playing away.
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