|| , ,| n M 48 . Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, December 4th, 2008


JOHN - GETS NEW DRIVE


-PAG E 45 OQNUNI I t By Julie Magee


TRAVELLING to arid- from Stockport and Fleet-


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i intematiorial athlete Eliz- • abeth;Highton is able t o .


■ wood several times a week for training are the commit­ ments necessary to succeed in the world of fencing.. However, thanks to Roe- field Leisure Centre in ‘■.Clitheroe, ■


bring some of her training closer to home, r ' . 1 “Fencing is a sport requiring agility, strength,


, endurance and some clever tactics and so it is essential. to have a varied training


regime,” explained Eliza­ beth’s father Martin High- ton.


: ■ - ; ; r- “Swimming two morn­ 17-^year-old:


ings a week in Fleetwood, as well as running from home when possible, provides endurance, while fencing twice a week in Stockport helps the agility and tactics of epee fencing.” However, he added that


the mining link in Eliza­ beth’s tiainihg programme. had been her strength and conditioning, being unable to find help in this area. That was imtil Roefield


came to her rescue, offering unlimited use of the gym, enabling Elizabeth to fit in


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gym sessions around her busy schedule of training and studying for her A-lev- e ls a t Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. - Whalley-based Eliza­


beth has already gained success in fencing, being th e Under. 17 national champion as well as being selected to fence for Great Britain in the Under 17 European. Championships and earlier this year at the Under 20 World Champi- o n sh ip s in S ic i ly . ' This year’s fencing sea­


son began in July with the British Senior National Championships where E lizab e th gained a


respectable 13th place, fol­ lowed up by a second place in the first Under 20 com­ petition in London. She then gained a third at the British Under 20 National Championships in October. >These r e su lts have


ensured Elizabeth a place on the Under 20 Great Britain squad this year, able to travel to interna­ tional competitions in Slo­ vakia, I ta ly , .Hungary, Prance and Sweden. Posi­ tioned in third place on the Under 20 rankings l is t means the fencer has been selected for the Junior European Championships to be held in Amsterdam.


“This is a massNe


achievement, which is why Elizabeth is training extra hard with the support of Roefield to have a peak performance in Amster­ dam,” said her father. After the European


Championships, Eliza­ beth’s aim is to qualify for the Junior Common­ wealths in,Malaysia in February and ultimately for the Under 20 World - Championships in Belfast in April. Our picture shows Eliza­


beth training at Roefield. under the watchul eye of manager Tony Rodia. ; (S241108/2a)


Mytton Fold winners


pleased with win By Phil Simpson m fc . i i r^ ■; - ■ •


NEIL Reynolds admitted he felt “helpless” at certain points during Satiirday’s remarkable victory over . Harrogate Railway. V .


With Clitheroe 3-1 down after an


hour of what had been seen as a must-win game, the Blues boss was himself feeling the blues. ' But the character within his side


shone through, as three goals in the final half hour saw them to a much- - needed success.


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ly, and I felt a bit helpless * . -i' ■


: : And Reynolds admitted afterr' wards: i“Everyone was jus t so ■ happy to get that win, and the way ■ we did it just summed up the charr ■ acter of the team. . >,:


i “I’.ve kept drilling into them that';


we are still in a really good position,_i and it you would have offered us our ^ currentpositiongoinginto.Decem-- her we would have taken it. “But going into Saturday’s game,


we had to win it and at 3-l down Ir; just felt gutted for everyone; the


-players,'myself and the rest of,the coaching staff, the fans, everyone,


v - “We didn’t deserve to be 3-1 ■ down. ;


■' “We never lost faith and focus - even in that position, biit I felt for. the first time this season that I did--


- n’t know what to do. ■ “That is an honest opinion - 1 felt •


as though I had used all my aces : ■with the substitutions and tactical--


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; ' “But 1 always knew-.the'characT. .‘ter of, the boys was there, and-we. never lost f a i t h . -


. “Someone, compar^ me to Jose .'Mominho at the end; because I’ve run down the'touchline.with. my.i arms in the airilike he did a t Old Trafford agairist.Portol” , iH e added: “To be honest, when it' went 2-0,-you could see the confi-;


;dence draining,'and it was a case of ‘what do,we do from here’^ Jonathan SmitK has then put us back in the


' game at 2-1; and from that point on, even .when; it went- 3-1, there was only one team going to win it I felt and that -was us.


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.. : -“You could see the confidence^ coming back; but we didn’t deserve' to be 3-1 down at the point their ' third goal went in.”


■. ‘ Reynolds also heaped praise on' ’Striker Anthony Johnson;;whose late double was,the focal point of- Clitheroe’s comeback.


' • going nine games without a : goal, he popped up twice in the last ■


five minutes to seal a crucial win, ,;; and celebrated in some style by run-; ning over to the dugbut.


' . . .. And Reynolds himself-added: '


. “I’m obviously delighted for Antho- 5 ny. He was gutted after he missed v last week’s chance a t the end, he':'.


- came away knowing he should have:? put it away and won us the game. ' 5


‘ ' “It’s been a tough time for. him of ~ late with the injuries he has had, x' and then to cope with a suspension. lA


?;?,-;;‘,‘He’s not been getting the goals?' •I his all-round play has deserved, and ;-you could see how much, his first.; 'one meant to him because he ran ;


:. over to the dugout to celebrata r; - j’; •::,’,;::“It just shows the character'of; t 4the indi-vidual; that he has been big ;; ■ enough to take all those missed - “chances on the chin.


- - '’ ’A-;:; .“Anthony deserved everything h e '


;. .'-got on Saturday,;and those goals - -will only make him stronger'as the ,


' ■ season progresses.” ' - . Clitheroe travel to 'Wakefield on ; ■ Saturday (kick-off 3 p.m!),'with a A


if.supporters coach leaving Shaw- bridge at noon, before'Monday’s


;;■ • trip to Curzon Ashton (kick-off 7- : 45 p.m.).


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.V- ■ • Clitheroe will be hosting a; ; A^question and answer session-with : ’ v-fmanager Neil Reynolds tonight.'; , • . The evening will be held in the , ■


■7- clubhouse at 8 p.m., with Reynolds ■ 'cready to lay all his cards on the •.? ;; table as regards the Blues’ promo-S tioh aspirations. -


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MYTTQN Fold Golf Club held their annual Turkey Shoots over the weekend. On Saturday the men


went out on the mist, but Nick A-vino still managed to bag a win, with David Halsall taking the runner- up slot and Gordon Lucas coming in third. Sunday dawned cold


and clear for the ladies and Linda Clegg took a fine win with 41 points, beating Jean Sanderson into sec­ ond place on a card play­ off, with Doreen Ham­ mond securing third place.


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