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LUKE IS UP TO THE TASK


on the up and up • By Dan Black


BLUES boss Peter Smith is enjoying his unpredictable whirlwind romance with the U n iB on d League as his Clitheroe side continue to


climb the table. The Shawbridge outfit look to ,


have overturned and forgotten the heartache suffered in games gone by with last minute goals conceded, poor refereeing deci­ sions and strings of bad results, as they climbed to 11th in the First Division North standings after dropping just two points from their last five league games. The latest victory in that fine


nm came against Ossett Albion on Saturday where a superb hat- trick from in-form Andrew Nay­ lor inspired the Blues to a com­ fortable 5-1 win. Smith said: “I have been say­


ing week-in week-out that we have been and are capable of creating chances, and it was only a matter of time before we started taking them. “I try to play attacking foot­


ball where we can get at teams and create chances. “We scored five against Ossett


Albion and to be fair we created another seven or eight decent chances as well. “We really took the game to


them and I was really pleased for the lads. “When you play that style of


football you run the risk of leav­ ing yourself exposed at the back


CLIMBING UP THE TABLE: Clitheroe manager Peter Smith


and that’s going to happen sometimes, but I don’t like to see a side sit back and approach the game negatively.” Danny Willianis pounced to


score from close range following good work from Nathan Taylor in the 21st minute, but the hosts levelled the scores just before the interval. The- Ribble Valley side,


regained the advantage in the 52nd minute when Naylor grabbed his first from eight yards before he scored again just seven minutes later after Zach Clarke made the most of a goal­ keeping error. Naylor rounded off his hat- trick in the 65th minute when he


drilled the ball past the Ossett stopper before Clarke set up Gavin Lee Ellison three minutes


.later who rounded off the scor­ ing and secured the three points. “Performances and results like


that give the lads a lot of confi­ dence,” said Smith. “We are a new team and a


young team so for me.we can only get better because the more UniBond experience they get the better these players will become. ■ “We are looking good; we’ve


got pace and strength so I believe we are always going to hurt teams. “We have been on the wrong


side of some results which we didn’t deserve, but the players are getting their reaps now and they are enjoying their football which obviously has a positive affect oh the pitch. “They have shown that they


can bounce back and I am really pleased for them. “We have got a long way to go


so we can’t kid ourselves because we have got a lot of tough games ahead of us. “We don’t want to get carried'


away just yet but I feel whoever we play we will give them a- game. “The lads are doing their best


and working hard and the sup­ porters have been enjoying themselves as well which is good to see. “When the lads see the sup­ port it really gets them going.


•We have got a good bunch of positive supporters who play a big part at the football club.”


Tuesday evening’s game


against bottom side Rossendale United was postponed at the last minute because of a wet playing surface which a confi­ dent Smith saw as a huge missed opportunity. He said: “I was disappointed


that the game was called off because we are on a good nm of form at the moment and we want to play games. “I saw the game against


Rossendale United as a game we could have won and with not many teams playing on Tuesday night it gave us a chance to catch up on points with the teams above. “We just need to stay focused


and not get carried away. “We need to keep working


hard and not let these results get to our head because to stay with the chasing pack you’ve got to keep grinding out results. “But if we had played and


taken the three points on Tues­ day night we coidd have climbed


.another three places. “We just want to keep our


heads down and keep getting good results because we are climbing the table without any­ body noticing us which is good for us.” The Blues will now look to


continue their ascendancy through the league table when they play host to Wakefield on Saturday, with kick-off set for 3 p.m. The Blues then replay the fix­


ture against Rossendale United on Tuesday with kick-off at 7-45 'p.m.


THE Hyndburn Bowling League pres­ entation night was held recently at Globe Bowling Club. The various win­


ners over the season were awarded their trophies, and the roll of honour was:


l-'S Time to celebrate Singles competition -


Winner, B. Yerkess; Run­ ner-Up, M. Waterhouse; Doubies competition — Winners, R Stansfield and M. Griffiths; Runners-Up, B. Schoies and J. Keenan; Team Knockout-Winners, Globe A; Division Oneriwo -Runners-Up, Ribbiesdale A; Division Three/Four - Winners, Rishton BC; Run­


ners-Up, Rishton Con. C; First Division - Winners, Globe A; Runners-Up, Free Gardeners; Second Division - Winners, Grange A; Runners-Up, Whaliey A; Third Division - Winners, Rishton BC; Run­ ners-Up, Gatty Park; Fourth Division - Winners, Waddington B; Runners- ' Up, Ribbiesdale C.


MICHAEL Bisping [o&ove] returned to'the ring in fabulous style atUFC105. Defeat in his last


bout to Dan Hender­ son at UFC 100 had aroused questions in certain quaiters! . But the Clitheroe- bom fighter stepped up to the plate in some style at Manchester’s MEN Arena, achiev­ ing a second round TKO to overcome the challenge of Canadi- ann Denis Kang.


, -And afterwards,


Bisping spoke of his delight. “I am absolutely over the moon, you have no idea how I felt after the last fight,” he said. ' “This is my life and


I dedicate everything to it - it really hurts me that people don’t give me the respect I think ideserve.’’ ' ' Bisping soaked up


the pressure Jrom Kang in - th e -first round, and despite never being in trouble,- he lost the bpenerafter being dropped by a right hand and on his back. ') '■


Bisping baclf with a bangl


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