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Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, August 14th,2008


MARK FINDS GLORY


DAYS! -P A G E 62


C(S?- look to hit the ;By Chris Boden


THERE are no excuses for Ciitheroe as they prepare to open their UniBond League First Divi­ sion North campaign on Satur-


: day. Neil Reynolds and Peter


Smith’s men kick-pff the season at Shawbridge against Mossley , (kick-off 3 p.m.), looking to hit


' the ground running. ' And after 18 months at the helm, haying moulded a squad with quality, depth and versatili-


^ ty, Reynolds is hoping to mount a challenge on the top six. - Reynolds is delighted with the


. , way pre-season has gone, ending with a 3-0 win over Premier Divi­ sion side Buxton on Saturday. , And-hgcan’t wait to get his.


:time'last year.TWe’vd had 18 mo'nthsTo put-'together'our


.. squad,: ahd-we-feel we’ve ticked the right boxes. “There are no excuses. This is


our squad now, and what will be, will be. “I think we will be strong, and


although you never stop looking, we’re happy with this squad, and


BLUES’NEXT GAMES


\ Mosslej, home


(UniBond First Division North) , Saturday, 3 p.m/-. •;-*


V Garforlh Town, awaV'


(UmBond First Division North) i ; / / Tuesday, 7-15 p.m.’^/*. ,; >


not wanting to improve it yet.


—' “We’re confident, and hopeful­ ly we can get.off to a good start.”


. : He feels the future is bright at Ciitheroe, and hopes to attract a


■ few new.supporters down to • Shawbridge in the process: ‘‘We ■ would love the town to get behind what we are trying to achieye."^ : ;


seasqn/r don’t think people will' be diMppointed.


-- • “We are always very \Vell sup--


ported, with a big nucleus of fans, but it would be great to get that number up to 300/350, and there’s no reason why not.” ^ ■ / The Blues haye enjoyed four


wins in- pre-season from six. games, with two narrow defeats


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; — Jonathan Smith coming at the hands of Blue


' Square Premier side Northwich Victoria and UniBond Premier Division title hopefuls Bradford


, Park Avenue. Reynolds is only too aware that


. . '“,'rhese;are.,exciting times for> a good pre-season doesn’t neces-


teethintothe,realactioii:j‘^eYe .,; theclub,'mthanewte^^ a lot further oh than we were tills l-ivcould be’in for quite a successful, ^.tKe league, having failed to win in


, their first’seven games last term,' and he joked: “We’ve been going-


■ well - although hopefully not too well!


in, and we kept bur first clean j sheet on Saturday.


- “But the goals have been flying > ' ‘


“Everyone wants the points on ■ continued on page 6


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i iBlitHBa^itiii^BK § Weekend washout! ®


MOTHER Nature once,'again wreaked havoc with the'weekend’s Veka Ribblesdale League action. - Not a single ball was bowled in any


of . the seven Saturday-fixtures sced- huled to be player in the Senior Divi­ sion. And that meant Ciitheroe and Rib­


blesdale Wanderers both missed out on the opportunity to pull away from the wrong end of the table as the sea­ son enters the final furlong. ; Both Clitheroe’s trip to Edenfield*


and Wanderers’ home clash with Baxenden, as well as Read and Whal- ley’s home games with Barnoldswick and Blackburn Northern respective­ ly, were all victims of the weather.


■ And they will all hope for better fortunes ■ this Saturday, with Ciitheroe and Whalley set to lock horns at Chatburn Road.


• Read will look to maintain their slim title hopes when they visit reign­ ing champions Blackburn Northern, '


while Ribblesdale Wanderers visit Settle.


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League Senior Division start at 1-30/ p.m. '


All games in the Veka Ribblesdale / . '■ ■


tmmm :


■ ALL bar one of the latest round of games in the Ciitheroe and District Midweek Cricket League fell foul of the weather. .


The one game to survive the weather


saw Sabden lose to Calderstones by seven wickets.


Sabden batted first and were all out


for 75, with Peter Dibb and B. Thatcher both scoring 30s. ■ - "


Calderstones had Keogh and Fitzhen-


ry to thank as they reached 76-3, the pair also scoring 30 each. Meanwhile, it has been confirmed that


the cup final will be played a t Church


M e a d o w s , Ribblesdale Wanderers on S ep tem b e r 14th.


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