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Skipper leave pair


, By Adrian Capstick •fc$


hard to replace, he has the full backing of co-manager Reynolds: “It's a big blow for us so close to pre-season, but having turned down four or five moves, he feels he's in a


the supporters and wish everyone at the club a suc­ cessful future."” And although he will be


Stalybridge Celtic as they are one of the four teams I was approached by last sea­ son. I've been impressed by their set up, and the fact that Steve Burr is now their man­ ager. “I would like to thank all


captained the side, and I'm leaving at a time when Neil and Peter have really got the place buzzing. “Ironically I have chosen


to go, but, at 24-years-old, it's an opportunity he felt was too good to pass up: “It has been a wrench to leave Clitheroe Football Club. "I feel privileged to have


boss Steve Burr has recently taken charge of the side, which is why there will be at least one player Garner already knows at the club, as former Blues striker James Dean has followed Burr to Celtic. It's been hard for Garner


played in nearly every posi­ tion at the club in the last two seasons, has chosen to link up with Conference North side Stalybridge Celtic - one of the four teams clam­ ouring for his services last season. Ex-Northwich Victoria


will be a blow to the team, but the versatile defender was given a good send off by fans at Friday's annual gen­ eral meeting, when the announcement was made. The left back, who has


son are well underway, with managers Neil Reynolds and Peter Smith having resigned goalkeeper Peter Collinge and former captain and mid- field maestro Paul Stansfield. The departure of Garner


CLITHEROE captain Simon Garner has made the difficult decision to leave the UniBond First Division North side - just as two former fans- favourites have agreed to rejoin the club. Preparations for next sea­


SIGNINGON: Managers Neil Rcynoldsand Peler Smith flank Pelertoliinge (s). CELTIC MOVE: Simon Garner


position where he can't turn down any more, as he's not getting any younger. “He's played 150 games for


the club in his two stints at Shawbridge, which is a fan­ tastic achievement. He's been a credit to the club, helped me out in a variety of ways and no doubt it will work out for him. “And if doesn't, then there


is always an open door at Clitheroe for him.” Collinge left Clitheroe for


UniBond Premier outfit Leek Town last October, hav­ ing previously spent three years at Bury as their youth team keeper. But after stiff competition from other clubs, including Tommy Lawson's Skelmersdale Unit­ ed, he has opted to rejoin the Blues. And former club captain


Stansfield returns after 12 months out, which has seen the midfielder settle into a new job and undergo a knee


season training on Tuesday, July 3rd.


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promise anything and then people say he's not the play­ er he was, as it will take time for him to get back to the performance levels he was at before. I'd just hate for any­ thing to go wrong."” Clitheroe report for pre­


like to stress that there is no pressure on Jackson and that it would be wrong for fans to expect great things from the striker straight away, after nearly two years out with a torn cruciate. He said: “I don't want to


pre-season by four more additions. Right sided for­ mer Hyde United player John Gaynor, left-footed ex- Kendal centre half Nigel Taylor, Rossendale midfield­ er Adam Kislowski and Gary Jackson back from injury. However, Reynolds would


months and a lot has changed in his absence. He's had an operation and it will take time for him to adjust, so I’m not going to say he’s going to be exactly the same, but it's a fantastic signing for us.” Stansfield will be joined in


no’s got himself sorted and he said there was no ques­ tion about where he wanted to be playing his football next season. “He's been away 12


operation. Reynolds added: “Stan-


By Adrian Capst ick


CLITHEROE'S John Holden and race partner Andrew Winkle were sec­ ond in both Bavaria Side­ car A and B races a t the Centenary Isle of Man TT last week. The experienced biker,


who works at Johnson Matthey but recently moved from the Ribble Valley to live in Catterall near Garstang, was com­ peting in his 14th TT and this was his best finish yet. Holden, in his 600cc


LCR Suzuki sidecar out­ fit, led for the first two laps of the three-lap A race on Monday, but even­ tually lost out by 6.5 sec­ onds on corrected time, by a faster average speed of 111.668 mph. The local pair led the


field by jus t under nine seconds at the end of the opening lap, with eventual winners Dave Molyneux and Rick Long overtaking Steve Norbury and Scott Parnell for second. However, Molyneux had taken the bit between his


teeth, and as he got more and more in tune with both the circuit and his machine, he began to eat into Holden’s lead to see just two seconds between the two bikes going into the final lap, on which he overhauled Holden to win. Then on Wednesday, the


50-year-old finished run­ ner-up to Molyneux again in the B race, but this time by over 25 seconds. Holden and Winkle


went from third at the end of the first lap, seven sec­ onds behind Molyneux and Long in second, to eight seconds behind the eventual winners after the second lap, having seen the order remain the same. However, the final lap


saw leaders Nick Crowe and Dan Sayle retire due to engine failure, Molyneux extend his lead and Holden and Winkle race to their second sec­ ond-place finish, over a minute ahead of nearest challengers Steve Norbury and Scott Parnell in third - an exact repeat of Mon­ day’s A race. Holden has been racing


on and off since 1979. His previous best finish in either race at the TT was third in 2006 and 2005, and he said: "After finish­ ing third last year and the year before, to get two sec­ onds was very pleasing. “I t ’s my 14th TT and


I've led races there before, only we've always had mechanical problems in the past." Mechanical problems


appear to be a thing of the past for Holden as he and Stoke-based passenger Winkle currently lead the eight-round FSRA British F2 Sidecar Championship after three races, which next sees them in action at Pembrey in Wales this weekend. Holden would like to


thank local sponsors James Alpe Ltd, David Johnston Builders, D and A. Walmesley and Proflex Shock Absorbers.


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