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CLITHEROE manager Sculpher is positive that


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his side have seen out their “sticky spell”.


And he believes the


team’s willingness to adapt has been the secret to their recent success. Saturday’s game at home


to Willenhall Town proved a c ^ in point as, for the first time this season, Shaw- bridge saw Clitheroe come from behind to salvage a point. Coming after last Tues­


day’s 2-2 comeback against Woodley, it shows the Blues now have the character and ability to battle if they go behind - something Sculpher is very pleased with: “Willenhall is our third game unbeaten, and we’re starting to put a run together. “We’ve been through a


sticky spell where we were being outplayed, but that has changed over the last three or four games. “We’ve gone out, played


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4-5-1, then changed the sys­ tem twice and it has paid dividends for us. “I’ve said to the lads that we’ve got to be flexible and


have a varied approach, as we can’t alwa3^ go out and


Buck hit back for cup win


BUCK A won the Chris Stewart Foundation Cup at the Clitheroe Summer Pool League presentation night. And their 7-5 win over


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Stork A wrapped up a fine season for the Lowergate team. Stork had taken an early


4-2 lead, but Buck were determined to take the cup home and they staged an excellent come back. • The British Legion-held


event was well attended, which also saw Buck A Ladies make it a double vic­ tory by winning their Chal­ lenge Cup, their second hon­ our of the season having already won the league. After the night’s action,


the league honours were awarded, with Legion A receiving the Premier Divi­ sion title. Buck B takine the


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First Division accolade, Pendle Witch accepting the Second Division trophy and Victoria crowned Third Division champions. The doubles knockout


winners proved to be James Whitwell and Steve Almond, while the player of the year awards saw Pre­ mier Division cueist Paul Blackburn honoured, along­


side the First Division’s Chris Lawson and Second Division player Keith Walmsley. Tom Eglin took the Third Division accolade, and Sue Carter was nomi­ nated the ladies’ league’s player-of-the-year. Legion A’s Simon


Thompson and Craig Whit­ taker were this season's lead­ ing doubles partnership, and


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once again Lindsey Lloyd was the best lady player of the year in the men’s league. Flowers were presented to


league secretary Wendy Prosser and score card secre­ tary Nichola Ollerenshaw for all their work for the league, as well as Susan Gar­ ner as a special thanks to the Legion and committee for hosting the event.


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play the system we want to play.


“Instead we will have to


react to the way the opposi­ tion line up.” Looking forward to Sat­


urday’s away trip to Shep- shed Dynamo, Sculpher is not about to rest on his lau­ rels, despite recent improve­ ments. The Blues beat the Leicestershire club 2-0 on the opening day of the sea­ son, but since then, Shep- shed have racked up just three points less than the locals. “Looking back to the


opening day of the season, we got a good result against Shepshed, but that doesn’t guarantee anything,” said Sculpher. “Although we won three


games earlier on in the sea­ son, we perhaps won them against the run of play, whereas the last week or


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two, we’ve been every bit as good, if not better than the sides we’ve come up against, and that’s what Im pleased me most. “We’re starting to get on


top of sides and dominate them - even if it’s just for 20-minute period - whereas for the first sbc weeks of the season, we tended to play on the counter attack and rely upon defending.” Most of Clitheroe’s prob­


ing play on Saturday origi­ nated from Jason Jones, who netted from the penal­ ty spot, and was hailed by the manager for his contri­ bution: “Jason Jones has had an excellent return to the club, and he capped it off with the equaliser. “He buzzes about, has a


lot of skill on the ball, passes well, and all we can hope for at the club is for him to con­ tinue to play like that - if he does, then I can soon see us moving up the table.” On the injury front,


Clitheroe welcomed Chris Nestor back into the side, who, despite not being 100%, marshalled the back ’ line excellently on Saturday. But with Clark’s second


suspension imminent from his red card at Stocksbridge, Sculpher is himself set to return at centre back along­


side Nestor. And as one three-game


■ ban begins, another ends as Chris Whittingham rejoins


thesquad. There is, however, a huge


doubt over Barrie Hart with a back problem, but compe­ tition for places in midfield is healthy with Graham Price knocking on the door, while it is hoped that Lee Cryer will come through a good week of training and be available at the weekend. Meanwhile, Sculpher is


concerned that yellow cards a t the club are on the increase after Gavin Cooper, Neil Spencer and Paul Stansfield were all unneces­ sarily booked at the week­ end: “The disciplinary side always concerns me because you don’t want to be labelled a side that picks up a lot of bookings, as it may influence a referee before he even takes to the pitch. “We had three booked on


Saturday, two for standing over the ball and one for dis­ sent, which is disappointing. “The totting-up process is


also a concern, as once a player reaches five bookings, they are automatically su^ pended. “And I ’d sooner have a


player suspended for five late challenges rather than


five bouts of dissent - if you’re going to get booked, make sure its worth the £10 totheFAl” After Saturday, Sculpher


turns his attention to 'Tues­ day’s away trip to Mossley in the first round of the Uni- Bond Challenge Cup. “If we get a rtoult against


Shepshed, then we’ll be going into the Mossley game off the back of four games undefeated, and that’s the way we’re think­ ing at the moment. “Mossley are old foes, but


it will be a bit different going there this time as they’ve made wholesale changes since last season, but you always expect a tough game. “The home crowd play a


major part there, but that said, our players do like going to Mossley as they like that intimidating fea­ ture, they’re a nasty crowd towards the opposition, which is what you want. “I’d like our crowd to be a


bit more nasty towards opponents that come to Shawbridge, but obviously in Clitheroe we have nice people! “But that said, it will be


all hands to the pump and if we get a result, that would be fantastic.”


The league would like to • ,


thank the Stork Hotel, Red Pump, Clitheroe Tool Cen­ tre, Thoroughgoods, Daw­ sons, Buck, White Horse, Royal Oak, Station, Harri­ son and Kerr Butchers, Per­ rys, Steve Prosser, Pendle Hotel and the White Lion. Any claims to be made


should be done through the pool line (01282 680855). The league are also


pleased to announce a spon­ sor for the winter season in the Clitheroe Tool 'Compa­ ny, who are stationed on Shawbridge. The money will go towards even better tro­ phies and an extra special presentation night at the end of the season. Special thanks also go to


the Harrisons for sponsoring the Challenge Cup again, of which the preliminary round is tonight. Sponsor Gary Hesketh


from Clitheroe Tool Centre is pictured with players from the Stork Hotel A team and the Buck A team, finalists in the Chris Stew­ art Foundation Cup. (S211004/4)


SWIMMER Peter Jones, who achieved golden success in the recent Northern Counties Masters Championships at Macclesfield. (A211004/8)


Peter back


in the swim as history repeats itself


by Adrian Capstick


HISTORY seems to be repeating itself for Clitheroe swimmer Peter Jones.


Fifteen years after he


first became the Northern Counties Backstroke Chainpion at the age of 19


- a title he retained for three years until his retire­ ment in 1991 - he returned to the pool earlier this month to scoop three new records at the Northern Counties Masters Cham­ pionships. He took gold in the 50m


and 100m backstroke, as well as the 50m freestyle, achieving record times in all three events at the Macclesfield competition. Peter’s time of 25.08 sec­


onds was the fastest 50m freestyle ever recorded over all the age groups in the competition since


records were established in 1987. Back in 1991, Peter was


also named the Northern Counties freestyle champi­ on. and interestinglv his


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winning time at Maccles­ field was incredibly just .19 of a second slower than his winning time as a 21- year-old. This fantastic perfor­


mance comes after a rela­ tively short period of time, as the record breaker only ^ joined Clitheroe Masters


■ Swimming Club earlier this year, where he has ^ trained under the guid- „ ance of coach Jonathan @ Preston for one to two ^ hours a week.


^ After 12 weeks of train­


ing he came second in his age group at the Masters National Championships : - at Manchester’s Aquatic ■' Centre, which, with encouragement, was the basis for this renewed Northern Counties sue- ^ cess.


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