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EARNS FIRST WIN


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OQNUNE Brothers in arms


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BROTHERS Jonnie and Robbie Schofield have both been,selected to represent Great Britain- at different sports. Jonnie has been select­


ed for the GB Senior Canoe Sprint Team in Men’s Kayak doubles, , while Robbie ran for the GB Junior Team at the McCain Loughborough International on Sunday, in the 800m. At the Nottingham


regatta selection event last weekend, Jonnie and Ben Brown, Senior World and European finalists, won the 500m comfortably, 3.5 seconds ahead of the new crew o f , Ed Cox and'Ed Ruther­ ford., ;


, , Thie 1,000m race was


.much closer, but they regained the lead in the; last 10 metres, and took the line 0.05 seconds ahead of- Cox and Rutherfordi - They will be compet­


ing at Toman, Poland in the second of the three World Cup regattas this weekend.


‘ This will lead up to the


European _ Champi­ onships at Brandenburg in Germany in June, and the World Champi­ onships at Dartmouth, Canada in August. - His brother,-Robbie


was also bren selected for the first time by UK Athletics for the Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland junior team for the McCain Loughborough Interna­ tional, after his excellent time at Millfield in early May, which piit him top of the UK Under 20


, ranldngs.. Robbie, currentLan-


cashire men’s 800m &and 1,500m champion, raced against Uoughborough Students, GB Students, England, Scotland, and Wales in the match, which forms part of the


• team’s preparation for next month’s Mannheim international and the European Junior Cham-' pionships in Novi Sad,


RED ROSE CALL-UP: Jonnie Schoficiu. (s),


Serbia in July. -. The Sawley runner,


currently studying for his A levels at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, did well, coming fourth overall in a personal best time of l


ininute 50.57


seconds,? behind two invited athletes, Damien Moss and Ed i^ton; arid just beaten into fourth place by the senior Scot­ tish- athlete Graeme


r Oudney. Having become Lan­


cashire County champi­ on last weekend, com-- pleting the middle dis­ tance double a t Stanley


Park, Robbie’s Ribble


■Valley AC team-mates also impressed, earning a


. total haul of nirie gold, -t\vo silver and five bronze medals. ■


; ' To add to Robbie’s two gold medhls,' Sam Yates won the Under 17 400m, and there were victories for, Ian Yates in the Junior . men’s -400m, Leigh Lennon in the Junior women’s 1,500m arid 800m, Nathan Rid­ ing in the Senior men’s 1,500m and 3,000m stee­ plechase and Ashleigh Williams in the Senior, women’s 400m.


IMPRESSIVE: Robbie Schofield (far left) closes in on the leaders, (s); Silver medals were


awarded to Ian Yates in the Junior men’s 200m, and Luke Watson in the Junior men’s 2,000m steeplechase. Bronze medals went to Helen Conlon in the


; Under 17 300m, Kristie ' Leyboume in the Junior- women’s 1,500m, Abbie Thistlethwaite in the


■ Under 17 800m, Sam Yates in the Under 17 800m and Ashleigh


: Williams in the Junior women’s 200m: - Also competing were Kristie Leybourne (4th


■ Under 20.800m), Helen ■ Conlon (4th Under 17 200m), 'Tess Parkinson


• (8th Under 17 800m and ? 1,500m), Joe Parker (5th ■ Under 20 200rii and 6th 100m),: Luke Watson (5th Under -20 1,500m),


''Lucy Lenrion (7th Under ■ 13 - 800m T and '- 6th 1,5 0 C l r i i


), Reece: Clark'


- (Under 15 800m arid 6th 1,500m); Alex'Thistleth-


, waite (8th;':Under; 15 800m and 6th -ISm hur­ dles), Abbie Thistleth­ waite- (5th; Under?17 l,500m).and Jayne Ashe (10th Under 17.i;5p0m).


■ . . Ribble Valley’s next’ major event is the Lan-


- cashire Schools’ Champi- •;-,onships.' - .


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off for county


THREE teenage pupils have teed-off to'afirst for Stonyhurst College as they will be representing Lancashire at the 2009 EnglLh Schools Champi­ onships, at Thetford (3olf Club, Norfolk, on July


The three pupils are ■:.


team captain Callum Jones (18) from Birkdale, near Southport; Jack Mil- ton (17) from Cadiz, Spain; and Sebastian Leigh (16) from Germany,


"played a series of knock­ out rounds to qualify for a .


place in the Lancashire : finals at Haydock Park Golf Club. - ' After winning their '


semi-final in the morning rounds, they were in the nail-biting County Cup finals in the afternoon. All the teams were level


after an exciting 18 holes, lea-ving the Stonyhurst trio with one match lost, one won and one halved. They then-played a


sudden-death play off, finishing as runners up which qualified them for ; the prestigious national finals. “This is a first for


Stonyhurst golf and is a . tremendous achieve­ ment,” said Tim Strain, Master in Charge of Golf at Stonyhurst. “The boys have put in a great deal of effort on the


. golf course and their dedi­ cation is paying off. We’ll all be cheering them on when they play in the -. finals.” ■ Team captain Callum


; Swifts American Golf A Tour.,


The tour lasted three


weeks and;he played matches in North Caroli­ na before travelling north along, the eastern


; fore at Mytton Fold Golf ■Club. ■ The weekend saw Lady - ' Captain’s Day held in :■ somewhat , changeable


! seaboard, including a-visit. - to New York. ' , - The ladies were to the


one of eight boys from other independent British schools who took part in - the Independent t o o l s ’


COUNTY, CALL: Jack Milton, Callum Jones (team captain) and Sebastian Leigh, (s)


conditions with players facing sun, heavy rain and high winds, often at the sametimel The ladies’ section was


won by Allison Nuttall with 36 points, just one ahead of Jean &nderson who beat Judith Kay on a card play-off. Sue Hughes and Jean


Sanderson took Mytton Fold into the third round of the Daily Mail Four­ somes when they beat Stonyhurst away. The men’s section of


Lady Captain’s Day was headed by Keith Gill with


.41 points, three clear of Mark Schofield. Frank Tundstall fin­


ished third just a point behind withDavid Clegg (fourth) and Graham Plant di-vided by a card . , play-off on 36 points..


Jones is no stranger to ■ large golf tournaments. ■ . Earlier this year, he was;>


, (Jraig Gornall carded; rounds of 77 and 73 to win the Scratch Trophy at 'Whalley Golf Club. . That 3^hole score saw


him finish seven clear of Rob Andrew (81 and 76) with Rob Hilton a shot further back.


‘ The Whalley team for


the ELGA Scratch Shield a t Blackburn next month will be completed by Colin Elliott (161) with Chris Blackadder named as reserve after two rouhds’of 82., ‘ ,■ Gornall also topped


Divisiori One of the sub­ sidiary medal with Mike Conroy (78-6-72) in sec­ ond place. • : • Stuart Brown (86-17-


claimed by Harry Tuley (98-23-75) an George Blenkinship (99-22-77). The ladies a t Whalley


Golf Club competed for the Scott Leggatt Four­ somes on Thmiday. ■ Winners were Pam Strange and Marilyn Bul- cock (102-27.5-74.5) and the runners up were Iris Sherry and Anne Prior (103-25.3-77.7). Third place were Lesley Lohou and Elaine Bale (99-21.2- 77.8). These players along


with Maggie Harvey and Linda Rhodes will go on to represent Whalley Golf Club in the next round. Maureen Cox (105-26-


79) won the ladies’ medal at Clitheroe Golf Club. " Second place went to KathTownley (94-14-80) arid Chris Stokes (85-5-


.80) was third. Tom Tuley again


emerged the winner of the junior medal at Whalley with a score of 76-9-67. Scott Byrom (86-15-71)


was runner-up and Arron Ripley (91-1^73) claimed third place.


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.69) topped Di-vision -Two - ahead of Nick Wilhamson ' (85-13-72) and the Diyi- ;■ siori Three honours were ■


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