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5^-, Thursday, March ^16th,'2006 •


World Cup atRoefield


, ROEFIELD Leisure Cen- • tre will be holding a Kibble : Valley Junior Five-a-side • Football World Cup tour-'


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. nament at their Timeout . Session from Saturday, April 8th. The competition will


run over several weeks and.' will be held during the ses­ sions every Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m.


: During these- three hours, the centre provides access to a climbing wall,


. fitness suite, and hosts a variety of activities,


. including table tennis, bas­ ketball, rounders, netball, and, of course, football; ■ ■ The tournament will be


open to school teams, chilr dren from the local area and those already attend­ ing Timeout.


- Kicking-off at 5 p.m., all


the teams will play in a league system, eventually producing semi-finalists and a tournament winner. Registration forms are


available from local sec­ ondary schools or at the ’ Timeout sessions. _ ■ .


: : During the tournament, the Timeout sessions will run as. normal. Teams wishing to register need do so by April 1st. . • , For further details


please contact Anthony Campbell (Timeout Co- Ordinator) at Roefield' Leisure Centre (442188).


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stay at the helm By Adrian Capstick


MARK Smitheringale has v been given ;full charge of f irs t team a f fa irs ’ a t Clitheroe Football Club until the end of the season. The executive commit­


tee have put their faith in the Skipton-based manag­ er to steer the Blues as close to a play-off position as possible, given the progress he has made in his short term in charge. Stability was an impor­ factor: - i n ’


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Smitheringale winning the two-mah-short list,'as between now and the end of the season in six week’s time, it is in the best inter­ ests of the club to settle into a working routine. On behalf of the club,


acting chairman Carl Gar­ ner said: “It was decided, after much deliberation^ that this was not-the time for yet more changes at the club.’’ . V v : - ^ Paul Marshall, the for­ mer Goole and Harrogate


i m- M l & 6 - Ifr' Railway boss, will contin-


. ue to assist Smitheringale in his duties. And Garner added: “A welcome period of stabili-;


■ ty is now upon us and we, the committee, wish Mark Smithefingale and Paul Marshall the best of luck during the coming weeks. “At the end of which


there will be a review of the situation, and a deci-' sion made regarding the manager’s position for next


• season. “Let’s all get behind the


boys now and.have a good run-in to the end of the season and see where it takes us. “I can promise you■


. everyone will be giving 100% effort both on and off the pitch.” ' -


■ He added: “Our recent gates are up, our recent :bar takings aye up, the


. team has quickly settled • downnnd is playing for each other, let’s all enj oy the rest of the season.’’ ; . Smithingale is pleased


the situation has been . resolved: “I’m delighted to


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•have been handed the manager’s position as I’ve enjoyed leading the team over the last few weeks. ■


■ - “And with the exception. of Tuesday night, we have made good progress. “Like me Paul (Mar­


shall) thinks we have the foundations of a side still


• capable of the play-offs. -“He lives in York, but


th e ;good • think about Clitheroe is that you can get to most places in Lan­ cashire and Yorkshire in an hour.” ; - Saturday’s 2-0 win over


Bridlington saw a second clean sheet for the Clitheroe boss, but, Tues­ day night’s drenching saw them lose 3-2 to relegation battlers Warrington Town in inclement weather. “I’m not convinced the


game should have been played,”


. said


Smitheringale. “.When the ball doesn’t


roll and it is slippery under foot, those conditions are not conducive for fast flowing football. “Warrington proved a :


good side, but as we’ve said before, their are no easy games at this level. : “And like Ossett Albion .


this Saturday, Warrington are fighting for their.lives.” Clitheroe travel to the


Yorkshire side in search of their first away win since Boxing Day. The locals have turned it


around at home, and now Smitheringale wants to tackle the poor away form that has dogged them all season, as well as their set piece play. He said: “We’re long


overdue an away win and I’ll be expecting a similar situation to Tuesday night that is a heavy pitch and battle on our hands. “We certainly missed


Ryan Parr against War­ rington for the set pieces, but we make a point of being organised in train­ ing, and knovving where people need be. ■ “It’s just a case of exe­


cuting it on the pitch.” Parr, and Darryl Dicken


were both unavailable due; to work commitments.


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' CLITHEROE boss Mark Smitheringale Parr returns on Satur­


day but Dicken probably won’t be available until the following week away at Rossendale United.; Paul Stansfield sus­


tained a heavy knock to his knee last Saturday, he underwent a late fitness test on Tuesday night but decided to sit-the game out. '


success By Adrian Capstick


COULD Britain’s hopes of Winter Olymipic gold lie' with Clitheroe Royal Grammar School in the future? Every Olympian-has to


; start somewhere and seven, students aged between 12 and 18 displayed their worth, at the North West Ski Championships last week. : Unlike Team GB at the


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.2006 games in Turin last: ■ month,' Clitheroe met \vith • ' success on the dry slopes of Pendle Ski Club. ' : The CRGS Under 19 boys! team led the way


and took the NWSF tro-


phy-:: The fourrnian team of


Bill Laithom, James Law- ton and- Andrew and Richard Leeson .were crowned outright wiinners, having seen each skier race, the same course twice mth the best three times from each run to count. ■ .


• . Lathom also won the Under 19 boys’, indmdual ; event, a single slalom


-course with each skier rac­ ing the same course twice with the best time to count.- And his team-mates,.


Andrew Leeson and James Lawton, finished second : and third respectively as i Clitheroe swept the board. :


Richard Leeson was


miss out either, as the youngest skier of the four won the Under 12 boys’ ' event, just ahead of fellow pupil Kaigari Witts, who : finished second. ,


i The competition wasn’t |


dominated by the boys f either as Carolyn Wyatt V won the Under 19 girls’::i event and Lauren Elliott ^ finished^second in the Under 16 girls’ race.


i 977096336511911 Smitheringale is waiting ^


on 1^ availability for Sat­ urday, but he doesn’t believe it .to be anything serious.


’ Further injuries to


Wayne -Maddock (back and shoulder) injury saw the centre back miss Tues­ day night’s game, and John Paul Fagan is still out with an ankle injury.


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CLITHEROE Royal Grammar School skiers Caroline Wyalt, James Lawton, Andrew Leeson, Bill Latham, Kaigan Witts, LaurcH Elliott Biul Ricluird Lccson. G090306/4 .


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