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By Adrian Capstick


CLITHEROE manager Mark Smitheringale has began his search to replace talismanic captain Paul Stansfield, but it won’t be easy. The Blues boss tried everything in


his power to keep his influential cen­ tral midfielder on board for the new season, but he accepts the difficulties involved in Stansfield starting a new job and moving to a new area. Everyone else has agreed to start


pre-season, and between Smitheringale and his coach Neil Reynolds, efforts have been made since the season ended to bring in new faces for Tuesday, June 27th, when the team commences training. But there is no hiding that Stans­


field is a big loss to the Shawbridge supremo’s side He said: “I ’m very disappointed


as Paul is someone I ’ve known many years and value as a person and as a player. “I understand his situation as


moving and starting a new job is a major distraction that he needs to give all his time to. “We have tried to make life a bit


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easier for him as Gregg Anderson is also from Harrogate, what with sharing lifts and things, but at the moment he doesn’t know his full commitments with his job and I appreciate him letting me know now rather than in pre-season. “I am also pleased tha t i t has


nothing to do with football. “We’ve had a number of conversa­


tions about it and I ’ve been as flexi­ ble and as accommodating as possi­ ble to see what he can and can’t do, but he knows the door is always open when it is practical for him to play again.” Stansfield is leaving the area to go


to North Yorkshire. The P.E. teacher is moving from his current school in Burnley to one in Harrogate and is


DEPARTING: Paul Stansfield


unsure how his Saturday morning and evening sport duties will conflict with his football. The central midfielder was tom in


his decision but felt it was right to leave sooner rather than later. He said: “I just wasn’t able to


commit and I didn’t think it was fan- on Mark not knowing whether or not his captain was staying or going right up to the start of the season. I t ’s crucial that he gets his pre-sea­ son right on his own terms with his own players. “I t was sad at the presentation


evening, I thanked everyone for then- support and I was reluctant t'o go. “But I’m moving from being head


of department where I can chop and change duties to fit around football, to a high attaining school where I’m not the boss and they call the shots. “I’m really cutting back on every­


thing. I had planned to carry on as I was, but after talking to people about starting a new job in a new area and ha-ving not yet found a new house, it became ob-vious that it was too much.” But he adds a return to Chtheroe


at a later date isn’t out of the ques­ tion: “If the situation settles then


maybe, it could take a year. I may look for a club over there in Harro­ gate, and a couple of clubs have shown interest already, but I ’ll find it very difficult to play anywhere else. Some of the lads are my best mates. “The travelling isn’t a problem


and if I think I can commit at a later date then I know the door is always open for me.” Meanwhile, the full schedule of


pre-season fixtures has been released, with eight games planned between Tuesday, July 11th and Saturday, August 12th. The list starts with Bamoldswick


away, followed by Leigh RMI at home (Saturday, July 15th), Rad- cliffe Borough at home (Tuesday July 18th), FC United a t home (Tuesday, July 26th), Ramsbottom away (Saturday, July 29th), Nelson away (Tuesday, August 1st), Prescot Cables home (Saturday, August 5th) and finally Witton Albion at home on August 12th. However, the Blues will be without


a reserve team next year, as for the second time in three years they have decided it is not a viable option. Given the time frame needed to


find a new manager and additional players, what with all the other work going on behind the scenes with the first team and the money needed for a new club house, the resources are not available for a second team able to support a UniBond side. So the club are going to skip a y e^


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and look to re-install the side in 2007/08, a decision Smitheringale understands: “There is a value in ha-ving a second side as it brings suit­ able players through to the first team. But I fully understand it is an additional cost and if it is not getting that kind of player coming through, then it is money that the club can’t afford to spend at the moment as they need to be playing in a compet­ itive league.”


British championship success


SEVEN individual medals were won by the 15 Ribble Valley Modem Pentathlon Team members taking part at the British Modem Biathlon championships in Manchester recently. The Masters Ladies


were the star performers on the day as they retained the individual and team- titles they won last year. Susan Bums successful­


ly beat off the rest of the opposition to retain her honour and then teamed up with Susan Shaw and Pam Highton to secure the team event. Further efforts were seen


from Tony Bush with third in the masters men and, because honours are given to the top six finishers, John Willis was awarded for fourth in the open men.


The club’s junior com­


petitors also got in on the act as Alice Fitton took’ fourth in the Under 13s category, and Under 11s competitor Bethany Jones achieved fifth. - And the Under 19s pair of Samantha Murray and


: - Louise Highton finished fifth and sixth respectively despite sharing the same points tally.


Sam took, the higher


: accolade as she had enjoyed the best swim of her age group, finishing in a time of 2 minutes 16.3 seconds. ; The other best syfim- seenfromthel5conipfet-”- sing team members saw


• Charlbtte Dickinson win the Under l3s category, which left her in eighth place overall.


CLITHEROE has been represented at the World Cup in Germany this week


- the Medical World Cup that is. Sven-Goran Eriksson


may not have picked him, but local GP and keen ama­ teur goalkeeper Dr John Zak was selected to play for the British Medical 'Team in an international tourna­ ment held in Mainz near Frankfurt. Ten teams from around


39-year-old doctor has been invol-ved in such a competi­ tion, having just chanced upon an acticle in a maga­ zine. He plays regularly with


This is the first time the


work colleagues each week, and in Roefield Leisure Centre’s 5-a-side league on a Sunday, but this will pit him against the world’s best footballing physicians. “I just answered an


the world, including reigning champions Brazil and hosts Germany, have battled it out all this week to become the best footballing doctors on the planet - -with the final set to be played tomorrow on the same day as the offi­ cial opening of the FIFA ■World Cup. Whether or not the


itive games against the likes of Cardiff University as well as enjoying a training session a t Blackburn Rovers’ Brockhall training groimd.” He added: “As we all have


advert in a medical journal asking for doctors to attend trials for this year’s World Cup,” said Dr Zak. “It is an aimual competi­


to be doctors, the minimum age of the team is 25 years old and there has to be at least three players over the age of 35 on the pitch at any one time.” The team is largely self-


tion that is in its 10th year, Brazil won it last year and it is to be held in Australia in 2007. “The British medical


funded and Dr Zak hopes ^ that if all goes well in Ger- many, he’ll be selected for a place in the 2007 team that travels to Australia for ^ next year’s tournament. ^ And if they reach the A


Pendleside practioner and the rest of the 22 man squad r^ch the final stage depends on how well they faired in their five-team group stage this week, with the winner of each group going straight to tomorrow’s final.


profession hasn’t sent any­ one for the last few years and are tiying to get it up and running again, and the advert drummed up some interest. “I went to the first trials


in Halifax and was then asked back to the second trials in January. “We’ve met up as a team


around the country since, pla3nng a couple of compet­


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final, the British doctors ■will be less than 24 hours and 25 miles south west from England, who kick­ off their World Cup cam- . paign against Paraguay in ( 5 Frankfurt on Saturday. _ . #


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