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www.roefieldco.uk CaillntcxkvforafiBelourofourfadiltles Thursday, September 23rd, 2004 with your sports team of Edward Lee, Chris Boden, Phil Simpson and Adrian Capst ick ■•I'-r


Olympians of future ^ on show at ®


by Adrian Capstick


CLITHEROE assistant meager Martin Eatough


'^bailed his side's exception- al defensive performance in Tuesday's FA Cup vie-. tory at Wakefield-Emley. Eatough claimed it was


“just typical” of how the


team are playing this sea­ son. The Blues battled hard


with .10 men for over 90 minutes into extra time, and then coolly won the game 4-2 on penalties. And the Clitheroe num­


ber two was full of admira­ tion after the game: “It was a tremendous perfor­ mance. Defensively we


' j^ e r e very strong and showed the spirit of 11 men when we were reduced to 10, which was a


^ ■ real feat. “When Neil Reynolds


was sent off, we got behind the ball and stayed like that for over 90 minutes, but in fairness there was no difference in how we would usually play if we'd had 11 men on the pitch. “The defensive display was typ ip l of our season


;^ so far as’we've only con- ' ■ ceded five goals in the league, which is a big


. turnaround for us that gives us a huge boost. “And the lads up front


now know that they've only got to score one or two goals now, rather than a hatful, which is a mas­ sive confidence boost. “It was a real disci­


plined performance.” Inspired goalkeeper Kris


INJURY WORRY: Lee Cryer


Richens also earned praise from the Blues assistant boss: “Kris made some exceptional saves. “It's done him good hav­


ing Danny Woodhead around warming up with him and pushing him, as he has perhaps been isolat­ ed in past seasons in train­ ing.


“This season I've been


able to go off and do some work with both Danny and Kris while Lee (Sculpher) has taken training with the rest of the squad.” On the injury front, Neil


Spencer is still not quite right to make a return, and Lee Cryer is still touch


and go, but Paul Stans- field could have played on Tuesday at a push and is likely to return for Satur­ day's home game against Kidsgrove Athletic, a team Eatough has faced on numerous occasions. “Kidsgrove have made a


few changes since we last played them and have a whole new management at the helm, but I've crossed swords with many of them before,” said Eatough. “They've had an up and


down start to the season not disimilar to our own, but that game, paired with Tuesday's against Kendal Town, should hopefully bring us four to six points


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and a healthy status going into the next round of the FA Cup.” And looking ahead to


that FA Cup Second Round showdown at Glasshoughton Welfare, Eatough believes the away fixture shoiddn't be a huge problem for the locals: “Our away form in cup competitions has been much better than that at Shawbridge, as there is no home expectation weigh­ ing heavy on us. “Flaring away gives the


squad, extra focus.” Meanwhile new chair­


man John Robinson has announced that the club now have a new commer­ cial manager iii Ian Town- son, and a matchday spon­ sorship co-ordinator in Chris Wooton. The purpose of each


position is to raise the pro­ file of the club in the com­ munity, and hopefully attract extra revenue through advertising. It is also Robinson’s


intention to follow on from the work started by former chairman David Burgess: “Our result in the FA Cup at Wakefield has added to our coffers quite nicely, but we are still extremely conscious of our lack of money at the club and are constantly looking for new ways to attract revenue. “I aim to continue in a


similar vein to what David started, and feel that these new appointments to the committee are a step in the right direction.”


Ribblesdale FORTYpf Clitheroe Dol­ phins’ youngest swim­ mers, aged between five and nine years, took part in the Future Olympians Gala at Ribblesdale Pool recently. The swimmers were


divided into teams repre­ senting America, Aus­ tralia and Great Britain and 52 personal best times were recorded. America finished in first


jitreateditqaflii^y^ntertam^ As_imal, the teirace.ribisejcame from'the travel- '!


.ling>Blues.t As had been expected,4he home si3e made a inu(^,l).etteristart than tHey^haSJdpriebri s'a^^


f Mjd,the Blues were fdrcedbn^:t^^^


kS'vThe .sending-of f I offNeii :Reyn'olds;6bviously V /changed the,game.^’jV;.V'-'<'" -v-'l* The reaction of the home^'pla^er^after'a sli^tiy^


late, but not dangerous„tackle was a disgrace. ;: .:,With the rest of: theliome players aiming to pres-^5


sure the referee; I was expecting to see a yellow card: issued. _


. > 1 The red one shown surpnsed everyone, and the


slyi Smile =the;fouled«player gave "me as t quietly- questioned his morals told it’s own story.


From,then on in, every single player raised thein game to make up for the shortage in numbers. •


jj'CaryJacksontslotted into,amidfield'role and' worked for the teamj/whilst tke defenceprice again ‘ displayed it’s new found confidence. * ' It was backs-to-the-wall for the rest of the~game,


;but the highest compliment that caii be paid is thatk althougk\re,:»w little of .the ball; Lcan’t recall Kris’! Richens ever being" seriously tested.’ '' ' u f F k- ’ v


vHowever “England’s'Number^One”,was called ! into action for the shb6t-riut.-;-'?’' \ ’J>"f.'''


‘ii'AJterhissucces^ul'saveagaiiritkGoiwrii^Baythes preriqus week,‘confidence was Wgh.'k-'-.


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■' pnce■^am'he dMrit,let ^dovra,"and penalty saves during t o Shawtedge'i^^ impressive’.


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j Any.victpiy over a ' t ^ from a higherJeapiP h‘gg / to be, earned, and .eVeiy player on ^Tuesday,night' earae'd that place in the next round. - S


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place with 48 points, fol­ lowed by Australia with 43, and Great Britain with 35 points. The winners of the indi­


vidual events were pre­ sented with a gold medal, and all swimmers who attended received a sou- A venir bookmark. ™ The following 12 young­


sters all took home a gold medal for their efforts. Cv? In the six to seven-year- ^


olds category, Elizabeth ^ Greenwood won the one- width butterfly, Sam Jones the freestyle, Katie Tasker the backstroke and Andrew Tomlinson the breaststroke. The eight-year-old one-


length freestyle winner was William Nolan, Emily Pietrzak took the same honour for the breaststroke, and Michael Johnstone and Bethany Jones took the backstroke and butterfly accolades respectively. And the successful nine-


year-olds on the night proved to be Natasha Rosie for breaststroke, James Addison for back- stroke, Isaac Banki- Williamson in the butter- ^ fly and Richard Hollings in the freestyle.


Iron woman Julie’s silver lining at World Biathle Championship


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RIBBLE Valley Modern Pen­ tathlon team member Julie Pym has won yet another silver medal at this year's World Biathle Champi­ onship. Held this year in Bavaria, Ger­


WORLD CLASS: Julie Pym


many, the versatile Clitheroe ath­ lete finished just 18 seconds behind the 40-50 years section winner, fel­ low British athlete Denise Farn- ham, in a time of 10.20 minutes. The testing multi-event incorpo­ rated a 1,000m run, followed direct­


ly by a 100m swim in a lake and then another 1,000m run. And this is the fourth time Julie


has entered the event, having won two bronze medals and a silver in past competitions. She had to qualify at the British


Championships in Somerset early this year in order to take part, which, coincidently saw Julie and Denise return the same one-two fin­ ish.


Next year's competition sees the championships return to Monaco,


and Julie aims to have one last go at achieving gold. She said: “I've finished twice


behind Denise now in successive years.


“But as she will be moving up an


age group next year, there is every opportunity of gold, unless, of course, some younger competitors appear on the scene.” Also competing in the same event, at the 40-50 years age group.


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was fellow Ribble Valley Masters competitor Tony ^ Bush, who finished a very creditable ninth place in ^ his first ever World Biath- ^ le Championships.


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