48 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, July 19th. 2007
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PREAPARATIONS for the World Championships con tinue for Sawley paddler Jonny Schofield. The 21-year-old finished
fifth in the B final a t the Flat Water Racing Euro pean Championships at the weekend in Spain. This follows the gold he
won at the European Wild Water Championships in May, and seventh spot in his first-ever Sprint World Cup event in the K2 (Kayak double) 500m event, along side 21-year-old Ben Brown. The duo have shown good
preparation in the run up to the World Championships in Duisburg, Germany next month.
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Valley athletes book place in UK games
TWO Clitheroe athletes have been chosen to feature at the UK School Games.
Leigh Lennon and Robbie Schofield both won through
after starring at the English Schools Athletics Champi onships.
And they will both now compete at the nationwide event,
held in Coventry on August 23rd to 27th. Leigh booked her place in the Midlands after finishing
third in the Inter Girls 800m, in a personal best time of 2:11.29.
And her Ribble Valley team-mate Robbie was equally
impressive in the same event, again coming third in 1:55.86. Both athletes’ efforts also saw them qualify to represent
England Schools in the home international in Newport, Wales on Saturday. The pair a
The pair are pictured with their medals, (s)
RIVAL BOSSES PAY TRIBUTE TO BLUES
By Adrian Capstick "Dvr A —-LI - 1 _
NEIL Reynolds has taken great encouragement from Clitheroe’s first three pre-season friendlies and the opinions of opposing man agers.
But he says his judgement won't
be made until the league starts on Saturday, August 18th. Accrington Stanley's John Cole
man, Blackburn Rovers reserve team boss Glyn Hodges and Bar- row manager Phil Wilson have all said they expect the Blues to do well this season, on the perform ances they've seen. The Clitheroe co-manager hopes
that won't be the kiss of death, as until he has a settled side and sees how his players fare in the Uni- Bond League, he's not making any predictions for the 2007-08 cam paign. He said: “Stanley brought a full
side down, and full marks to John Coleman for doing that.
° “We held our own, and he said “W o holH niir* n um e n d
to me after the game, and I wish he hadn’t, ‘I think you’re going to do really really well, you’ve got a really good squad there’. “Exactly the same comments
were made against Blackburn Rovers, and the same was said by Barrow boss Phil Wilson. "Although they’re nice com
ments, I’d sooner have them in August when the season kicks off, because at the minute lads are still trying to nail down a shirt and I want to take those performances into the league. “And if we do, who knows, if we
can hit the ground running we’ll just see where we end up." Last Wednesday night's fixture
saw Clitheroe lose 2-0 to a strong Accrington Stanley side in front of a 450-strong crowd, the Blues beat Blackburn Rovers Reserves 2-0 on Saturday, before narrowly losing 2- 1 to Blue Square North outfit Bar- row on Tuesday, despite taking the lead and dominating most of the
game. Next up for the Blues are Hyde
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United a t home on Saturday, another Blue Square North side. Former Burnley players Chris
Brass, Tom Cowan, Earl Davis and Gerry Harrison all now play for the side, as does former Preston wideman Lee Cartwright and for mer Bury pair Gareth Seddon and Craig Dootson. So Reynolds is under no illusions
about it being another testing game, he said: "Hyde are big pay ers now in their league, and they’ll come here with a very strong squad. We’ve had five or six out injured this week, and we should get two or three of those back on Saturday, plus a couple of new lads we haven’t had much of a look at. “Hyde will be a really difficult
test for us, but at the minute we’re going to give most teams a game." T hat sentiment was seen in
i uinuimieiesieuin inescoreune mg centre nan, Due people can t concessions.
Tuesday's game against Barrow. Reynolds said after the game: "I’m not interested in the scoreline
a t how well Russell Clarke has done. He’s been outstanding. Everyone said at the end of the season we wouldn’t replace Kris Matthews, now I’m not saying we have done, as he was an outstand ing centre half, but people can’t
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as it’s the performances I’m after, and there was a time tonight where we took a Conference North side to the cleaners playing foot ball, I ’m not saying we’ll do that every time, but we did it tonight. "To me that’s a big plus if we get
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a Conference North side in a cup game, as we can hold our own and hopefully people are going to be wary of us." He added: “I ’m delighted with
how its gone so far. I t ’s been a tough test, we’ve brought in five or six new players that we’ve had to settle down and bed in slowly "Over the last three games we’ve
used 23 or 24 players, none of which have let themselves down, which has been great. “Any spectator just has to look
Russell Clarke
look at Russ and say he’s not as good, if not better. "That goes for the whole squad.
The lads we’ve brought in are not there to take anyone’s shirt, but to better the squad, and if we want to do anything this season, and get the points people expect of us, then we need a good squad.” Clitheroe's game against Hyde
United kicks off at 3 p.m. on Sat urday, admission is £5 with £3 concessions.
Top golfers contest prestigious tournament 13^r By Edward Lee T a rt
ONE of Clitheroe Golf Club’s most prestigious events attracted a field of 210 players on Saturday. The James Braid Open is
played in honour of the leg endary course designer who set out the Clitheroe course. And with both gross and nett prizes on offer, some of
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the region’s top golfers make an annual trip to the Clitheroe track. The Southworth Scratch
Trophy was won by Steven McGlynn (Blackburn) with a sparkling 68 which saw him finish four shots clear of Longridge golfer Mark Young. Clitheroe’s Nathan Dunn (73) was third by two shots from Accrington golfer Trevor Foster and
Clitheroe’s Miles Wade. The Holgate Handicap
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Trophy saw success for Chorley en tran t Bill Bromilow, who carded 73-2- 71 to win on a card play-off from Clitheroe’s Bill Wood (76-5-71). John Holt (83-11-72),
Denis Greenup (76-3-73) and J. Rose (83-10-73) won the remaining prizes. The Midweek Medal at
Clitheroe saw four more places in the Tradesman’s Trophy Final up for grabs. Ian Lambert (80-19-61),
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Tony Flanagan (72-4-68) and Jeff Crowther (80-10- 70) took the top three places, and they will be joined in the final by Antony McGibbon. And the three-man team
event on Sunday saw Daniel Preedy, J. Andrew and Miles
Wades take top spot with 78 points. They won following a card
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play-off with K. Allen, John Cartmel and Peter Pedder who, in turn, finished two points clear of S. Dean,. P. Harrison and Archie Moro. The lady captain’s charity
competition at Whalley GC was won by Joyce Andrew with 36 points. Second, after cards, was Jean Dearden,
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with Fran Gierat in third with 35.
Back at Clitheroe and the
Professional’s Prize was won by Marilyn Fletcher and Barbara Thornton with 42 points. They finished one clear of Pat Taylor and Pat Murray, while third place went to Jaquie Bury and Debbie Catlow following a card play-off with Jean Holt and Maureen Micklewright.
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Double heartache
IT was double heartbreak for Clitheroe Wolves Under 10s Red in two recent junior football tournaments. The team exited an Eux-
ton Villa Tournament at the semi-final stage, and lost a Myerscough competition they have dominated in past years in the final. The team had put in a
great performance, in what was a long and hot day, only to lose out to a last-minute goal. Starting slowly with two
draws, Wolves picked up and qualified from the group stage with ease, and the quarter-finals saw the side peak with a 4-1 victory over Tarleton Corinthians. The semi-final was an
even encounter, Wolves scor ing early in the first half but conceding an equaliser that took the game into extra time. . There was nothing to sep
a ra te the teams, and it looked like penalties were going to be needed to settle the match, but a last-ditch effort somehow squeezed its way into the Wolves net. Then a t a Myerscough
Junior Football Tournament this month, it was penalty agony for Wolves as the team narrowly relinquished a trophy they had won at both Under 9s and Under 8s level in recent years. Three Wolves teams took
part in the five-a-side com petition, played for the most part in heavy rain. One of the three teams
made it past the group stage and into the semis, conced ing just one goal on the way. , A professional semi-final
display took them through , and into the final against the home side, and the final was an even encounter where Wolves made the better | chances and Myerscough . seemed happy to defend in I numbers. Ending in a draw, agony
struck in the penalty shoot out when Wolves missed two and Myerscough just the one as Wolves had to settle for runners-up medals.
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