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Blues aiming to go on up and up


By Chris Boden


i^S-CLITHEROE will look to ease themselves away from the wrong end of the table


at Skelmersdale on Satur­ day. The Blues lie fourth


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bottom in the UniBond League F irs t Division table after six defeats in th e ir la s t eight league games. But they go to the Ashr


ley Travel Stadium with games in hand on the majority of sides, and knowing a win would put them four points behind the hosts in 17th, having


13K played two fewer matches. Joint-bosses Neil


Reynolds and Peter Smith will hope for good news on the injury front, after Anthony Daniels was forced out of Saturday’s 1- 0 defeat a t Brigg Town, despite returning from a


ban, as he picked up a knock before the game, while striker Chris Ward was ruled out of the trip due to illness. And the Blues could do


tvith all the firepower they can muster a t the moment, after the sale of James Dean to Northtvich Victoria, and a frustrating time in front of goal of late, the 3-1 home win over Woodley Sports aside. Clitheroe have six goals


in eight games, including that haul against Wood- ley, and have failed to score in four of those games. But, on the back of that


home success, the Blues had looked the more like­ ly to find the net in a tight clash at Brigg, with keep­ er Danny Woodhead unemployed for the most part before a late winner


for Town snatched an undeserved win. Lennie Reid, back at


the club on loan from Fleetwood, was denied a goal on his second debut by the woodwork, before what had appeared to be a solid away point was stolen away at the death. Reynolds and Smith


will look to be similarly hard to beat at Skelmers­ dale, in the hope of taking advantage of successive games at Shawbridge. Following the trip to Merseyside, Clitheroe


.ente r ta in mid-table Alsager a week on Satur­ day, before Warrington Town, four points ahead of the Blues having played three games more, are the visitors the following week. ® On Saturday,


Accrington Stanley Under Under 19s entertain Bum-


ley a t Shawbridge, kick­ off 11 a.m.


The following day,


Blackburn Rovers Ladies host Chelsea in the FA Cup, kick-off 1 p.m. look­


ing to avenge a 3-1 defeat at the hands of the Blues at Shawbridge a fortnight ago in the FA Women’s Premier League. • Tickets are still avail­


able for the Sportsmans’ Evening a t the club a week tomorrow, February 2nd Former Liverpool ace


David Fairclough, who famously earned the “supersub” tag in his time a t Anfield, is the special guest, while further enter- taimment wll be provided by comedian Bobby Ben­ der. Tickets are £30, with a


10% discount for support­ ers club members, includ­ ing a three-course meal.


i ( ' Joe joins the Cumbrians! By Chris Boden


- ' WHALLEY-based striker Joe Gamer made his professional debut on Satur­ day.


frontman joined League 1 Carlisle United on loan until the end of the sea­ son on Friday. And he started for the Cumbrians in


The 18-year-old Blackburn Rovers


their>2-0 defeat at Brunton Park against Crewe the following day. After graduating from Rovers'


attracted interest from Carlisle boss Neil McDonald, who was delighted with his capture: "He’s scored goals at every level with Blackburn and is a hard-working player who is difficult to deal with. "He wants to prove a point. He has just signed a new deal with Blackburn


so we have done very well to get him.” Garner.will be hoping to follow in


the footsteps of two other local lads at Ewood Park.


Blackburn-born Matt Derbyshire,


signed from Great Harwood, and Paul Gallagher, from Shadsworth, have both been sent out on loan in the Foot­ ball League, Derbyshire with Ply-


Academy, Garner has this season established himself as a reserve team regular, and has eight goals in 10 games in all competitions for Glyn Hodges’ side. The England Under 19 international


IP Joe Garner in action for Carlisle


mouth and Wrexham, and Gallagher mth Stoke, and returned to have a first team impact. Gamer enjoyed his first team bow at Carlisle, and feels he can only improve


from the experience: “That was my first league game, and I think I did alright. “There’s plenty more to come from


me, and I Icnow i t ’ll be easier with some time on the training pitch, when I ’ve got to know the lads. “I ’m here to put myself about and


help the team. That’s what I ’ll do while I’m here.


“That’s what you’ve got to do - go


away and prove yourself. “I had chats with the manager at Blackburn - he said a few teams were


looking at me and asked me where I ’d prefer to go.


“I just said, ‘Whichever team’s the


highest in the league’. So I ’m here. You’ve got to go down to come back up a little bit.


“ The facilities here maybe aren’t at


the same level as Blackburn, but you get on with it and I’m sure everything will be fine here.”


Michael’s Olympic dream By Adrian Capstick


PREPARATIONS for the 2012 London Olympics may appear to be slow in taking shape, but one Slaid- burn youngster has been quick on the trigger in his quest to make the grade in time. Michael Roberts is only


13 years old, but when the greatest sporting show on earth comes to this country in just over five years time, he aims to be representing Great Britain at clay pigeon shooting. So far the Bowland High


School pupil has shown promise by finishing third in the country, at Under 16 level, behind individuals two to three years older than himself. He has been practicing


and competing for four years, and finished 20th overall in the country


Star-man hits two maximums


STAR man Graham Crabtree threw two maxi­ mums as Clitheroe drew 5- 5 with Castleton in the Darts Super League. He also added six tons


to win his match 3-1, with a 76.74 average. Other winners were


Mick Lyne (3-1, 55.40), Jimmy Hargreaves (3-2, 64.35), Jason Dewhurst (3-1, 60.24) and Harry Pilkington (3-0, 53.68). The ladies had a good 6- 2 win a t home against


newly-relegated Wythen- shawep with player-of-the- match Lilian Tomlinson winning 2-1 with a 48.23 average. Tracy Parker won 2-1


with a 24.74 average, Audrey Southwell won 2-0 with 33.39, and Lindsay Astin triumphed 2-0 \vith the same average. Other winners were


Sally Slater (2-1, 39.05) and Bev Brunker (2-0, 31.31).


between November 2005 and October 2006. Michael shoots all over


the country at various dif­ ferent competitions and it was at these events over a 12-month period that the positions were calculated. However, he didn’t start


the season until halfway through, which means he achieved his place with half the opportunity of that of his opponents. Clay target shooting


works by all competitors undertaking 25 rounds, each round a single clay tar­ get is fired a t a different angle and trajectory to the last, and the aim is to hit them all.


The Slaidburn teenager


regularly completes a full 25, and he recently attained his first 50 wthout missing, using the down the line strategy, as well as moving up a class from C to B. He’s a member of the


Clay Pigeon Shooting Asso­ ciation, his nearest compe­ tition is at Rishton, and according to his mother, Linda Roberts, he has set his sights high. She said: “We’re starting


to look to try and get him some sponsorship as he real­ ly wants to represent Eng­ land, but his ultimate aim is to make the London Olympics when he’s 18.” His 12-year-old brother,


Steven, also takes part in the same competitions, and his parents John and Linda Roberts run Henthorne Road’s Claytime Gun Shop in Clitheroe.


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