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' ' ! Thursday, March 9th, 2006 with your sports team of Edward Leej Chris Boden, Phil Simpson and Adrian Capstick


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A FUTURE Red Rum or • ■ ' A


V Desert Orchid could be in the making at one Ribble Valley stable quite'soon. . ( JoK Saville, of Gisburn


, r.Park Stables, has'just had his trainer’s licence approved by the Jockey Club, and he aims to put the village firmly on the racing circuit map. Gisburri has long been


By Adrian Capstick -


CLITHEROE EC aim to have their new manager in place soon following final interviews on Sunday.


A short list of candidates has been drawn up. , And that is certain to include


caretaker manager Mark Smitheringale and Accrington Stanley Reserve team boss and • Academy director Paul Lodge. '. The executive committee, made


up of acting chairman Carl Gar­ ner, Steve Rush, secretary Colin : Wilson and Andrew Jackson, will


• then report to the rest of-the club’s committee a t Monday


--night’s meeting and an announce­ ment will follow. The decision is being made now .


~imlight of the UniBond Football . ^ League transfer deadline date at the end of this month, which will prevent any new irianager from signing further players after - March 31st. V \ . Garner said: “The situation is


that by the end of the current week the club wilt make an appointment and i t : will be announced after next Monday’s :


utive committee. “This process will be serious


and professional, and the resulting decision will give us the persoii the executive committee see as right i to take this club forward into the UniBond Premier League.” ' , Smitheringale has done a great deal in turning the'club around in . recent weeks,-helped until last Saturday in a coaching capacity


: by Paul Stansfield. The central-half has stepped


down because the dual role had been affecting his game but between' them and the ever- strengthening side,’ they have


Bond League First.Di-vision last' season.


. : Before that he was Harrogate


Railway’s manager when they played Bristol City in the second round proper of the FA Cup in 2002


Meanwhile Lodge has previous­ .


ly-held the assistant manager’s post at both Stalybridge Celtic and Southport, following an extensive playing career that started at Preston North End. He is currently employed full


- picked up five points from the last threegames. Former Goole boss Paul Mar-' ■ shair has A lso . been 'at


..Smitheringale’s side on match days since former manager


-Tommy Lawson left the club a - month ago. , Having seen his assistant leave


ACTING Clitheroe Football Club . chairman Carl Garner


committee meeting. “There is a short listpf candi-


dates drawn up and each will be formally interviewed by the exec­


for Clitheroe the month before, Marshall followed him out of the door in November, having endured a run of five league defeats that led to his dismissal at Goole. ' ■


• . ,


He was responsible for Riding the Humberside club to the Uni-


set to By Adrian Capstick .


'WHALLEY Cricket Club will be entering six teams into the different age divir sions of .the Ribblesdale Youth League this season. The Station Road side


will run junior teams at' Under 18, Under 15 and- Under 11, as well as two teams at Under 13. • There will also be an


' opportunity for the.vil-- lage’s youngest cricketers at Under 9 to experience some competitive cricket, : as they iyill play a liuihber of friendlies against other. Ribblesdale League clubs - later in the season.


: - The club is also very , pleased to announce the appointment o f John . Anwyl as its new junior co-ordinator.


- As well as being a regu­ lar playing member, John has two sons playing for Whalley arid has been the team - manager - for the -Under 11 team for the last two seasons.


- - He is a qualified coach


and will oversee all aspects of junior cricket at the club.


Indoor net sessions started last Sunday at


Moorhead High School in Accrington and will run eyery Sunday until the beginning of April.


,


, The Under 11s start the hourly sessions at 4 p.m.,


. follgwed by the Under 13s at;5 p.m., the Urider 15s at 6 p.m. and final­ ly the Under 18s and Seniors who take to the nets at 7 p.m. The first and second


teams start.their 2006' Ribblesdale league cam­ paign on Saturday, April 22nd. , For further details on


' how to join in the action, prospective junior players


and their parents should contact John Anwyl on either of the following numbers (01254 882713 or 07815 670930) or alterna­ tively ermail him at anwylsjmjf@tiscali.co.uk.


time by Stanley and would be looking to manage Clitheroe alongside his duties at the prospective Nationwide Confer­ ence champions, uniting the two wherever possible. Garner had hoped to unite both


Smitheringale and Lodge into a working partnership two.weeks ago, with the'former as manager and the latter as director of foot­ ball, but the pair were unable to work together.-: leading to this ultimatum. There are apparently other


names in the hat too, including one individual who currently works for Macclesfield Town, but these two look clear favourites for the three-man short list.


CARETAKER-manager Mark Smithcringalc ' UNffiOND


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associated vvith horses and horse racing, but this is one of the most crucial eques­ trian developments to occur in the village for many years. - . . , Joss,' former assistant


- trainer to Sue and Harvey ( Smith of Bingley, moved to the stables to set up his own training venture less than a month ago, and is now ready to run.; ■With great success a t '


the Smith's; yard. Joss believes he has had all the right influences in his career to produce winners from day one. The stables were for


many years Michael Dick­ inson’s championship base, prior to being taken over by trainer Nick Saville with partner Carol


, Richardson. Facilities at Gisburn


Park include 40 stables, all weather and grass gallops, indoor and outdoor arenas, a horse walker, and equine hydrotherapy unit, school­ ing fences and many more - high class facilities. ■ The opening of this rac­


ing venture will increase , jobs in the area, with the ' proposed erection of a new building to house another ‘ 40 horses before the end of ^1 the year. Racing syndicates are |


available on horses such as recent winner Rising Tern-1 'pest.


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