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OONUNE I- By Chris Boden


’: CLITHEROE have'ody a '., faint hope of making the


vU n iB on d League; First ■; Division North play-offs.


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But boss Peter Smith msists there is still a lot to - play, for . in the . B lu e s ’-


i remaining 11 games. - ■; ■ Three home games over


- the week started with two - r.defeats,’ before Tuesday’s -1-0.win over.Curzon'Ash-


>.. ton lifted Clitheroe back ' into 10th place.


i are. nine points; .. from fifth,.having played;


4 UNffiOND LEAGUE 1 r . < . . ’.FirstDiTisioQNorth V’


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Leading positions P W D L P


Duriam Citr.'.'; -.29'17" 10 - * 1 61 *Colwyn Bay JO 18 .•; 6 6 - 57


^;FCHaIiIaxTn.'.J2i’16 ’.:8 ’ 8 56 Site! dale Utd. . . JS 16 . 7 ' 5 55 NemasUeBS . ; J 6 ..15 - 7... 4 '52


;O se ttA Ib io n ;;.JM 5 7 -;9 52 BamberBridge v J 3 ; 16 “‘4 13'52


, Lincasta- City ; . JO : 15 - 4 ■ 11 49 .;;; Woodley Sports . J1 ‘ U '.'. J '14 45 ^CLITHEROE..J9 13 4 12 43 ; ...Canon Ashton . J8 -. 12 •; 6 -10 42 - ;WakefieId


JO '12 5 13 41


ilossley.......... J8 12 4 12 40 Tralford.......... 30 11 5 14 38


i : more games.than the hkes" ; of Skelmersdale United and '


;; Newcastle Blue Star, but-- Smith won’t give up hopa ' . And a s he formulates;


■ ; 'j Smith-looked at - the - ■. play-off picture: “We only ■ have a slight chance now,- : - but we have to try and win


•v; every game we play, and ' we also have to be looking


: ; plans for next season, his •; players can’t afford to take - th e ir fo o t o ff the gas if . ; they want to remain a part; ■ of, th e .fu tu r e at Shaw- bridge.


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.■ at-.next year and w h a t ' players are going to be ■ good enough for me, which" . . ones I want to keep. - ■


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>. . - ’.‘You are always looking • to improve, and the lads -


:|,;are giving me everything,. , but sometimes that’s not


; good enough.” A couple o f -Sm i th ’s ' squad look to have le f t


- af ter being dropped on -. Tuesday.;, night; after -Adam f.Kozlowski and


■ Liam McManus replaced - JoelPilkingtbn md Kieron. ■


. went;when he'was toldjy ;; and vre’fe probably better _iWithout;la'dsIwho cain’t; take being left o u t . . ■. ;


■' they think they are guar­ anteed first,team football,-


' .then they are not. -.: “ You have to earn your . place, and we were poor on-


j Saturday so / I made - ; changes. .


■ “It’s about players being


- on top of their game, and if , you ar^ you keep the shirt. ‘‘If;'hot,iy6u-have- to' ■


:. respond and“ ry" and .win' . your pMce;back.^;They •, don’t have a d i^ e right to /-


> Fletcher;"and jhie-said:- “Kierqn took his bag and ’


.


: .; ,r “Heft Pilky out as we ll,, and, no disrespect, but if


. play, no-one is bigger than ...the club. ;. ' “But the dressing room


? face ■


’ is together,-and they are . together on the pitch.” ; ' On Saturday,:.Clith'eroe - derby' . ' riv a ls


-Rossendale United, who


■ are fighting to avoid the . drop, before the /vis it of - prpmotiohThuntihg'FC


- H^ax'Town, with Smith: : eagerly anticipating two ' tough matches.


- .Craig Sargeson, Mark^


Sha'rples,’'Neil Reimolds and Ian Flannery are fit-


• ness' - d ou b ts ,... while McManus' and Martin Feaion have impending sus­ pensions, and Smith is look- i


• ing to perhaps blood players - from the reserve tea'm: “The resKve lads are bust­ ing a '^ t td'get a chance, ■


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and I will probably give' one or t\TO a ^m e towards the :


• end of the season. - ■ “You hever know, you might just find a gem.” /.


W ADDING TO N, and West'Bradford Schools’


■ girls have been taking a ; l e a f ,- /o u t : of - England Women’s book by begin- ,' ning their cricket season in - early March. . ' The locals may not be / competing in the Wonien's World Cup in Australia;.


Clitheroe \k r ' ' ■ ............'...I


- • Curzon Ashlori j ; ; . '’.O . ,A - MUGH-changed


. zon down and harried the : man on the ball at every opportunity.


• • Curzon should-have . scored in the 35th minute i of .Tuesday’s encounter -when a corner, was flicked • towards goal,'but former


a Blue Glyn’Barker, lookmg to fmish things off, steered ;;:':.the ball over. '


^ _ J n the..40thi.minute,.;


Andy Smith burst down; the left, took two players-


- on, drove.the ball at the. ..- keeper, who spihed it, and - - the ball was hooked clear.;:. But four minutes later-; • minute a Dave Hankin cor- :


■; bly.duck, leavmg Anthony- V Johnson totally unmarked / to tuck it home.' , , The second half was


;;; Clitheroe team closed Cur-i .


-• -. slowly upped the tempo.'-; / The game started to get ’.niggly, .with the; Curzon


I;-lucky only'to see yellow; ;; ; after series of reckless chaU ''lenges.


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• Chris Clarkson came on ■: as substitute.for Clitheroe ■ and he-had the ball m the


;


,...net.once, the effort ruled: j . :,out for, off-side, and saw a’ M


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:then" had three superb chances.'' ‘


- ; top-scorer MichaelNorton


'' Ryan Fisher had a shot; saved, before - drilling - another narrowly wide,


..i. and Dave Hankin blazed a ; shot high over the bar. ." Skelmersdale -./'then


.- . Goalkeeper Gavin King ■


- from Runcorn Linnets replaced the suspended


•. Martin Fearon in goal, and Ryan, Fisher replaced


shot go agonisingly ivide in the 81st minute. Curzon then started to -


But most of them efforts


./ scored another goal in the '- 22nd minute to take a 2-0: ; ' interval lead. • -They added a superb • solo third three minutes . after the restart, before


:;: throw the kitchen-sink-at;; ■;;,the home side.


. j.were lunited to long-range •


■,; ner.from the nght saw the ■. Curzon defender inexplica-:-


^;.shots,,,;,.although■-the• " -volleyed shot direct from a- - . corner in stoppage would - have been the goal of the


■-'.-season if it had been two ,-:;;feet lower. Clitheroe'................ .0


. dominated by the Blues in > the'early stages. Ryan Fisher had a bullet i


. headerJr.om point blank.-- •• range amazingly, saved by the Curzon keeper. <,, But Curzon ivere not sim-


;; ,.NINE-man Ghtberoe suf- ;.-Tfered a second -successive 1- ,defeat against fifth-place ■; jSkelmersdale on Saturday. ■ i;:;,-.::-Martih'Fearon returned fciin goal after a ban and Joel-


.|j,Eilkington replaced Liam McManus m defence '* Theyisitors’took a fmst-


; ply going to lie down and /'^minute lead,.but the Blues


s; Clitheroe ’ had - Kieron - .- Fletcher. - and -• keeper . ■ Fearon sent off ivithin min- ' utes of each other. Jonathan Smith took over between the sticks, y; and it .vvas a surprise that it


i Skelrne'rsdale United ‘. .6' - minuterlater,‘-and>only / - fi's- j


;;-:.took until the 74th minute;'- , ; before Skelmersdale scored ■/hheir fourth goal.' -.- .-.-.They-added a fifth after • 79 minutes and.a sixth a


, - some fortunate blocks in - the six-yard box kept fur-; :


-- ther: goalsffrom 'being ■ .-added;';';


■ Clither'oe' . . . .7 ' ; ; . . 2 ’ ..WoodleySports. . . : .r .3


;;DESPITE twice taking .the lead, the Blues w en t -1


.: down to tWoodley, Sports ■


: last'JVednesday. - , ^


.. Kenny Mayers in midfield. '. .•■ Clitheroe were twice in the lead and had plenty of


!■ other chances but lost out- to an improving 'Woodley Sports side.


j ;■ -The Blues made a great


- start and took a third minute • lead when Jonathan Smith headed in at the far post and had . further, chances to - increase - the^advantage


; before the visitors equalised on20mmutes. ■


" - Clitheroe, regained the -


-lead after 30 minuteswhen; Fisher broke free and ham- ’


- knock-.in the rebound and . reached the interval still in front'./"v j


J


. " Woodley equalised again' after 50 minutes and took


■.' Clitheroe continued to-- create'good chances but the equaliser wouldn't go in' and Liam-McManus was : sent off. towards; the end of.:i; the match as tiniie ran out. ’ ■


r e t u r n s to A SPECIAL fund-raising'


- round of'golf is set to tee ; ,off again later this year. -' -/


:-mered in a shot that-was ' saved-but he was able to


•.,.. Over the past nine years the Stonyhurst Park Golf;;


. Club corporate day has " raised more,than £70,000 - •for, a variety, of'charitfes •


• the' lead themselves after - ■ 60 minute's.'^


including Hearing Dogs'; for the Deaf and.the local , branch of the' R o y a l , British Legion


.take place on Friday,May 1st.


• i/This year’s event-will ■ ’ ^


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team of fourkas'been held at 2008 prices."Entry- will :.- cdst';£200.1ncluding 1 8 --


FOR COMPETITIVE PRICES WITH GREAT 5|gVj^^


..; TheJYear 5 and 6 girls. have been working over the


'. Stan was delighted with / the progress and enthusi--


; a sm 'th a t 'th e girls had :. shown’: "It's been'a -very'


promising s tar t for the girls.


' . ■ • . ' -" “I . have been -very ■'


•blit are st ill taking their ■ cricket just as seriously.


■impressed by their ivilling- ness to learn and put into practice their new cricket -skills.,


, -. - .“Such is their apprecia­


;last few, weeks to develop .their'cricket skills under ‘ the guidance of Clitheroe ■ Cobras,- coaches , S tan ; FitzgeiMd and Janet Sut­ cliffe, who have been ably " assisted by Year.6 teacher Gary Healey.


,


tion of the game, that sev- . eral of them are attending the Girls’ Cricket Open - D a y - , on ■ S a tu rd a y at


good shape for.the' Girls’ ' Kwik Cricket Festival in a couple of months’- time. - ■ "I am 'de lighted.that


they have benefited from


, this opportunity, which has all been made possible by Awards for A ll./; “I am hopeful that other


s c h o o ls /w i l l also take advanta^ of this free girls’ cricket cqalching, and we can de'velop a'strong pool of female cricketing talent in the Ribble Valley."


•; • Other schools that wish


-Clitheroe Cricket Club. : • ■ -‘T h e girls should be in


, to take'pa'rt ih the free • coaching se^phs can con­ ta c t .Farouk;- Hussain, (0797336032()) or e-mail hussainfaroukigaol.com for more details.' ' - . The giris are pictured putting their skills to the test.'(s).


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i holes of golf and dinner at ■ . the Shirebu'rn-Arms Hotel ' in Hurst Green! ■ c ;■


■ Peter, Dowdy, chairman ; - of,-the..SP,GC..Charity


/Comihittee,-- said :-’-‘'We , appreciate that 2009 is - bound to_bedifficult,'but - >:.wej-ema'in:-hopeful that-: - local companies.will still ~ continue to support us.


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