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CLITHEROE Masters Swimming Club faced a daunting task at the recent Rotherham Masters gala held at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. In previous years the Rotherham


gala was a, low key affair, only attracting swimmers from relatively local clubs. This year however, due to the change in venue, over 80 clubs were represented, many from large cities and several swimmers had made the trip from the continent. But, despite missing key swimmers


through illness, Clitheroe Masters had a very successful day with the 13


Reserves climb to second in table


Inglelon Reserves.........3 THIS game may not have been one of Waddington's best performances of the season but a point was enough to take them into second place in the quest for promotion. Mark Harrison opened


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the scoring when he beat two defenders before firing into the bottom corner of the net. But a determined Ingleton team were soon level and th a t is how it stayed imtil after the break, when two defensive mis­ takes by the locals allowed Ingleton to go 3-1 up. Time was now ticking


away and i t looked as though defeat may be on the cards for Waddington but they refused to lay down and be beaten. Two near identical Steven Holden comers were head­ ed home f irs t by Jamie Hopcroft and then by man-of-the-match Brett Tattersall to remain unbeaten in 2005. Although the locals were


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a bit disappointed with this result it makes this Satur­ day's game against fourth place Earby even more important. Their Craven rivals are only two points behind after playing the same amount of games, so the result could make or break both teams' push for honours. Players are asked to meet at Roefield for 1-


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Blues’ closing in on signings


by Adrian Capstick


CLITHEROE manager Paul Byron was remark­ ably calm after he wit­ nessed his side's “abysmal” performance in Lin­ colnshire on Saturday. The usually vocal Blues


boss didn't rant or rave at his side after their 1-0 defeat at Spalding as he could tell the 13 players involved knew all too well what was wrong without needing to hammer it home. “I t was absolutely


abysmal,” said Byron. “I take part responsibility for i t with the strategy we implemented but we had no enthusiasm, didn't defend well, didn't create anything - i t was just a bad day at the office. “We were fortunate they


were a poor, ordinary side, a decent team would have rolled us over on that per­ formance. Not many play­ ers came out of it with any credit only Kris Richens, who was solid, and Ryan Pa r r who was the only man to clear the lines. “And when they scored


there was a pure lack of enthusiasm and spirit as if we were 4-0 down not one.


“But I didn't rant and


rave I just put my point across th a t i t th a t was inexcusably poor.” He added: “I don't


expect to see us perform as bad as th a t again but they're an honest bunch and all held their hands up admitting where things had gone wrong.” Turning his attention to


this Saturday, Byron is running the rule over three more players in training this week , hoping that he can finally get some new faces settled in to the side. The Clitheroe boss has


interested experienced Kendal Town centre half Dave Burrow in attending training with the Blues. He was on the bench for both of Clitheroe's league encoun­ ters with the Cumbrian side and up to now had been dragging his feet over a move because he is in his testimonial year at the club. Atherton Collieries mid­


fielder Adam Lucas, who was with Byron at Bamber Bridge, is also interested. And completing the


group is left-footed attack­ ing midfielder Ryan Hutchinson who was a t Chorley at the beginning of the season.


Meanwhile, for Satur­


day's home game against Ossett Albion, who beat the Blues 3-0 in their first away fixture of the season, present squad member Lee Cryer should be back fully fit, having been thrown on against Spalding out of desperation. But the best Byron can


hope for fellow striker Craig Sargeson is a place on the bench. Both the on-loan for­


ward and Chris Whitting- ham (achilles injury) will hopefully rejoin training tonight aiming for a substi­ tutes place come Saturday. But considering both Rus­ sell Clark and Paul Stans- field are unavailable, and Neil Reynolds still has one last game of his four match ban to sit out, any extra players would be a bonus. Ossett are presently just


one place above Clitheroe in the table and have drawn more games this season than any other team in the league having won eight drawn 10 and lost seven, but unlike the locals, they have games in hand. Meanwhile the scenario


with Lennie Reid, who played for the Blues accainst Woodlev Snorts, is


a little more complicated than Byron would wish for.


Apparently Reid is


awaiting to join a three year soccer scholarship in North America and at pre­ sent is only registered with the Lancashire Football Association as a Fleet- wood player. But because all players


in the UniBond league are registered with the nation­ al Football Association, Reid is in danger of losing his scholarship as the American leagues deem any player registered with the FA as being a profes­ sional. Which, understand­ ably is driving Byron mad. He said: “Everything I


seem to have touched this season has turned sour. Every player I've been after, both a t Clitheroe and Bamber Bridge, has ended in disappointment and there's nothing I've been able to do about it. “Lennie wants to play


football for us as he wants regular football a t the highest level he can reach. That doesn't look as though it's going to be at Clitheroe now but I'm still waiting on Lenny to con­ firm it.”


swimmers sharing the haul of seven gold, eight silver and 10 bronze medals, and nobody went home empty handed. Peter Jones headed that list as he


narrowly missed a national record in the 100m backstroke by fractions of a second. And after an exhausting day competing in many other events his only comment after the swim was “must need to train harder!” - not a view shared by the whole team who were just glad to head off home for a well earned rest.


Wonderkid runs riot for Maroon and Golds


Clitheroe RUFC . . . .31 Old Salians RUFC . . .6 RESILIENT Clitheroe battled back from the pre­ vious week's heavy reverse to record a fine win, and their first victory since the turn of the year. With club captain Dave


Watson back, tanned and fit, in harness after his holi­ day sojourn in the tropics, the three-quarter line looked as strong as ever. And one change up front saw Dan Jefferson promoted from the reserves at hooker. Clitheroe scored five


tries to none to please the home supporters. The home pack took


the game by the scruff of the neck right from the s ta r t , especially a t the


- breakdown areas, the sup­ port of the ball carrier was far stronger and effective than of late enabling sev­ eral phases of play to be put together - stretching the visitors defence from side to side before the breach was made. Youthful outside centre


Will Tattersall was first on the scoresheet, after some quick ball off the top of a line out followed by fast hands in the backs opening up the defence. A short time later he repeated the trick, though with slightly more to do this time, he still knew how to sniff out the line. Then the returning skip­


per bagged himself a score, bustling through a raft of defenders - a good reward for determined back-up play. Clitheroe were running


rampant but still man- aged to spoil many a good try-scoring opportunity by either over elaborating nioves or, by some hint of selfishness, by the ball car­ rier often ignoring some glaring overlaps. However, this didn't


entirely stem the try flow from the maroon and golds. Wonder-kid Tatter­ sall pounced again to com­ plete his hat-trick, edging him ahead as the leading try scorer for the season. Then to wrap things up,


one for the older players. A tap penalty five metres out gave the opportunity for prop forward John Proctor to baffle the oppo­ sition with his trademark slow motion dummy pass and slip the ball to loose forward Roger Holmes to belly-flop over the line. With Nathan Peel on


target for three conver­ sions and Salians only managing a couple of penalties in reply it was a pleasing afternoon's work for the town team. There are plenty more


league fixtures to play and hopefully this win will launch the locals into a decent second half of the season. Their next game is a home friendly against a Pre­ ston Grasshoppers XV on


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