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Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified; -PAGE 55 SPORT Jonnie Schofield


Jonnie lands gold


medal By Adrian Capstick


JONNIE Schofield stormed to a gold medal at the Euro­ pean Wild Water Champi­ onships in Bihac, Bosnia on Saturday - Great Britain's first International Wild Water Racing Champi­ onship medal since 1995. This victory demon­


strates the 22-year-old's ability to consistently come out on top in the K1 (kayak single) sprint event. The Sawley paddler post­


ed the two fastest times of the competition and won by nearly two seconds in the event, which combines the speed of flatwater racing with the technical aspects of slalom racing. Schofield recently


switched from Wild Water Racing to the Olympic dis­ cipline of flat water racing, achieving an impressive sev­ enth place in the men's K2 500m (kayak double) event. But has shown he can


still produce the goods on his own. Schofield was not the


only one of the Great Britain team to medal as Jessica Oughton won bronze in the K1 (kayak single) women's sprint event.


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Red Rose golds for Valley stars


By Adrian Capstick


THIRTEEN-year-old Oliver Aspden has been selected for the Lan­ cashire Schools’ Athletics team for next month’s Regional Championships in Stoke. Participating in the


Under 15 Pentathlon, the Bowland High School pupil's main event is 80m hurdles, which he won at the Lancashire AA Champi­ onships in Blackpool. The Blackburn Harriers


athlete, who lives in Clitheroe, will also compete in the high jump and long jump to complete the com­ bined event. Oliver only started ath­


letics 18 months ago, but due to undertaking winter training this season he has got off to a good start in a new age group he has anoth­ er year to progress in. And he will be aiming for


another medal this weekend when he competes in the Northern Regional Event on Saturday. Also in Blackpool, both


Robbie Schofield and Lau­ ren Westwell earned double middle distance gold as Rib- ble Valley Athletics Club did themselves proud. The championships,


which are run over two days, are one of the hardest- fought in the country, but the Valley team brought


Robbie Schofield on (he podium


home an impressive medal haul. Robbie got the ball


rolling in the final of the Under 171,500m. In a tactically run race,


Robbie waited for the right moment to kick away from the field, unleashing a final lap sprint of 56.9 seconds to win by over five seconds. In the Under 13 Girls’


1,500m final, Lauren and Ellen Duke, in their first season on the track, also showed great promise. Ellen led from the gun


and did not let up with a fast pace, with Lauren, fol­ lowing in fifth. At the bell, Ellen made


her break for the line, with Lauren taking closer order, and down the home straight Ellen was over taken by two


other girls, with Lauren going into third, before pushing even harder and crossing the line in first place to take the gold. Ellen came in fourth, missing out on the bronze by one second. The following day, Lau­


ren made her break with 100 metres to go to win the 800m, and Robbie ran away from the field with 400m to go to win the 800m in a national standard time, with clubmate Joe Basquill kicking hard to take silver. In the Under 20 400m,


Ashleigh Williams ran a near perfect race, but she just missed out on the gold, although her time of 59.4 seconds was a big personal best. Nathan Riding came


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home third in the Under 20 1,500m, emphasising his potential to be one of the best in the country. He will be attending


Birmingham University in September and will hope to improve on his early form. Sam Yates, in the Under


15 Boys’ 1,500m, showed great maturity to hang on for the bronze medal, smashing his personal best. Leigh Lennon, one of the


county’s leading female 800m runners, went down a distance to compete in the 300m against more estab­ lished sprinters, and ran a great race to finish second in a personal best time of 41.6 seconds. Joe Basquill also took sil­


ver in the Under 17 400m final, again in a personal best time of 52.1 seconds. On Sunday, Ashleigh


Williams ran a great race in the Under 20 final, gaining a well-earned silver medal. Joe Oldfield added


bronze in the Under 13 Boys’ 800m, running a per­ sonal best time. Leigh Lennon won gold in


the final 800m of the day, moving away with 350 metres to go, and finishing almost five seconds clear in a time of 2 minutes 13.70 seconds, taking her to fourth in the national rank­ ings.


Leigh has hopes of com­


peting in Serbia at the World Youth Games for Great Britain. Other athletes who set


personal bests were Hayley Huntoon in the Under 15 Girls’ 800m, Tess Parkinson in the Under 15 Girls’ 300m, Elliot Bailey in the Under 15 Boys’ 1,500m and Luke Watson in the Under 17 Men’s 800m. The club are actively


recruiting young athletes, and anyone interested can contact membership direc­ tor Daniella (01254 871121).


Fans urged to put themselves forward By Adrian Capstick


CLITHEROE Football Club have announced that its annual general meeting will take place on Friday, June 8th in the club house at Shaw- bridge. Starting at 7-30 p.m., there is an


open invitation to all fans to attend as the club is asking for prospective new committee members and offi­


cers to put themselves forward for the forthcoming season. All posts are up for election or re-


election, chairman, vice-chairman, secretary and treasurer, as well as a couple more seats on the committee. Anyone interested in putting up


for any of these positions or looking to get involved at the club should contact Colin Wilson (07949 031039) before Monday, June 4th. Meanwhile, subject to change,


following the meeting of the FA Leagues Committee on Monday, May 14th, Clitheroe will play in the Northern Premier League First Division North next season, as the current UniBond First Division is to be split in two. There will be a North and a South


league with 18 teams in each, and the teams proposed to play Clitheroe are: Bamber Bridge, Bradford Park Avenue, Bridlington Town, Chorley,


Curzon Ashton, FC United of Man­ chester, Harrogate Railway, Lancast­ er City, Mossley, Newcastle Blue Star, Ossett Albion, Radcliffe Borough, Skelmersdale United, Wakefield, Woodley Sports and Durham City. However, Durham have decided


to opt out and not take promotion in the new restructuring. The UniBond League meets next


Wednesday to decide the final for­ mat.


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Aussie Josh is cricket giant!


JOSH Marquet proved he is still the leading pace bowler in the Ribblesdale League as he took 7-34 off 15 overs in a scintillating win for Clitheroe at Great Har­ wood. Whoever won the toss


was going to insert their opponents on what looked a very damp pitch that most definitely would suit the first team to bowl. But the locals took the


game by 43 runs in the end. largely thanks to the big Aussie's efforts. Great Harwood won the


toss and gleefully stuck Clitheroe in to have first knock. Batting was, as predict­


ed, hard work, as the ball kept low, and then every so often would rear off a good length and cause the batters problems. Stuart Maher produced


the first wicket as a straight ball kept low and trapped Peter Dibb lbw bang in front. However, Chatburn Road


professional Michael Papps was slowly attempting to build an innings at the other end, which was proving dif­ ficult. Neil Bolton joined him, and they steadied the ship and took the score along to 40, before Bolton turned sharply for a second run and pulled a calf mus-


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