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CLITHEROE Dolphins’ Dis­ tance Gala will be held annually after the success of their first event.


; The gala was held over two


evenings, with SO.swimmers com­ peting over distances of 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m. Trophies were presented to the


top swimmer in each age group in all events, while second and third placed swimmers received medals. In all, 165 personal best times


were recorded, but certain indi­ viduals excelled to set more than one record time in this new event.


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i’ first distance gala is a resounding success French date I


Mark Jaggs set by far the most


records with victory in eight Under 16s’ races, taking in the four disciplines of freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke and indi­ vidual medley. In the freestyle, he won both


the 400m and 800m, and in the backstoke, the breaststroke and the individual medley he was suc­ cessful in both the 100m and 200m lengths. Sisters Louise and Elizabeth


Highton recorded five and sk new record vvins respectively. Louise was successful in the


Under 16 girls’ 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle, before winning the 200m individual medley, while younger sibling Elizabeth went one better in the Under 14s’ events with wins in the 100m, 200m, 800m freestyle, plus victory in the 100m, 200m backstoke and 100m butterfly. Next best on the day with five


wins each were 15-year-old Megan Phillip and 11-year-old Kara Singleton. Both individuals won their respective 200m breast­ stroke races, but Megan went on to win the 200m freestyle, 100m


back stoke and butterfly and 100m individual medley. Kara set the standard in the


800m freestyle, 100m breast­ stroke and backstoke, plus the 200m individual medley. Anna Carey (10) enjoyed four


wins in the 200m freestyle, 100m and 200m breaststroke and 100m backstroke, and nine-year-old Harry Crossley, 10-year-old Jacob Abrahams and 11-year-olds Rebec­ ca Hay, Victoria Rodgers and Luke Tasker were the best of the rest. Dolphins Head Coach Jonathan Preston hailed the new competition


aims to ■X& By Adrian Capstick CLITHEROE manager Paul Byron wants to estab­


lish Shawbridge as a fortress for next season by tak­ ing maximum points from his side’s final two home games. Starting on Saturday against Gresley Rovers, he


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aims to seek out three points that he beheves will see Glitheroe consolidate their position in the UniBond First Division, and kick-start pre-season preparations. And although victory would-


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CLITHEROE darts player Andy Gudgeon helped England to victo­ ry at the British Darts Organisa­ tion Internationals competition on Sunday.


The Swan A and county play­


er joined some of the leading professionals in world darts to make up the successful 12-man squad that drew 6-6 with Scot­ land, before beating Wales 9-3 for the title. The annual competition took


place in Bridlington, and Andy took to the oche alongside play­ ers with the pedigree of 2004 BDO World Darts Champion


• Andy “The Viking” Fordham, and world circuit players Martin Adams and Mervyn King.


And although he lost his first


match against Scotland, he did beat Robert Hughes of Wales with an 89 average to see Eng­ land scoop the honours. This is the second time he has


made the team, having come near the top of the Lancashire selection rankings in successive years, but he insists th a t although he has beaten Ford- ham and other professionals in the past, he doesn’t see the sport as anything more than just a hobby. Andy Gudgeon is pictured


after helping England to victory over Scotland and Wales in the British Home Internationals. ■ (G110405/2)


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n’t guarantee safety if Rossendale United beat Kids- grove Athletic, he is confident that he can start planning now: “Three points will do it, whether the next three games bring, draws, or we win against Gresley on Saturday. We may have enough points now, but it’s not just about being safe, we want to 3vin our last thiw games. “At Shawbridge we have had


poor results. We need to make home games a war zone where teams know they will have to


battle to get points of us. “We wanted to win against


Warrington last week and it will be the same again against Gres­ ley. We play better against bigger sides I expect a positive result.” However, Saturday’s game away at Warrington was one he


would rather foiget, describing it as a poor performance from both sides: “Saturday was a nothing game, they were a poor side but we didn’t really look like scoring either and didn’t really create anything other than free kicks. “But we started better and


dominated, and when we scored I thought that we’d win, but then we went and conceded a mess of a goal. “Danny should have collected,


it was an awful goal and an awful shot that shouldn’t have gone in, which just summed us up really. It highlights what we need to do between now and next season. “We had four crosses in 90 minutes and only one of those


was quality, which is pitiful.” The Blues boss did take some


positives out of a dull game, highlighting the importance of captain-for-the-day Paul Stans- field, who took up the arm band in the absence of Neil Reynolds. “I thought Jason Jones and


Paul Stansfield were excellent in the middle, especially Paul who has been immaculate for me,” said Byron, adding: “He has unbounded enei^ and enthusi­ asm, and epitomises what I want from my players as he runs from box to box. Paul has been spot on since I arrived at the club, and thoroughly deserved the cap­ tain’s arm band on Saturday.” But, like Lee Sculpher before


him, he can’t quite put his finger on why Gary Jackson seems to produce his best form as a substi­ tute: “It’s funny Mth Gary, you start him and he doesn’t do it, but as a sub he comes on and he shows that there is something there.”


Byron aims to go with experi­


ence and start with Lee Cryer and Craig Sargeson as his for­ ward line up, as although he is pleased with what he has seen from Adam Roscoe, he believes the young striker is still learning. “I ’ve yet to see Adam score,


and he’s perhaps still a bit raw and naive, so we will be going with experience. I’m pretty sure I’ve secured Craig for next season too, but at the moment I’m not sure about Lee’s thoughts.” On the injury front, Neil


Reynolds is looking to regain his place after missing out at War­ rington with a knee problem, while Byron is hopeful that Kris Richens will be back. , Neil Spencer is the only other


injury concern, other than the long term recovery of Adam Gardner, as he pulled his ham­ string while on loan at Fleetwood last week.


a success: “It’s been a characteristic of many British swimming clubs to concentrate their efforts on 50m events. Ironically though, there's only one 50m event in the entire Olympic swimming programme, and just like athletics, some athletes excel in distance events, yet are not as strong in sprints. “Our Distance Gala demoii-


strated this very clearly, with 15 swimmers emerging as champions who had not occupied that posi­ tion before.” The event was kindly support­ ed by bensonsforbeds.com.


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ON Wednesday. Clitheroe Wolves Under 15s entertair French side FC Ambrieres at Shaw­ bridge. The Normandy sidf


are travelling over foi the return fixture fol­ lowing a friendlj between the teams ir France last year. The match kicks-ofi


. at 6 p.m., entry is free and the bar al Clitheroe FC’s ground ^ 1 will be open. Last year the


Junior Blues beat FC 0 Ambriere 2-0, and are ■ hoping that this year’s game will be equallj as entertaining - The French visitors


are over in Lancashire for a three-day stay, taking in the local area, as well as a torn of Manchester Unit­ ed’s Olci Trafforc ground.


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