M • f t 48 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, September 24th, 2009


JACOB’S ASTAR OF THE SLOPES


PAGE45 Blues gaffer facing tough schedule


have to be ruthless


PANIC is a word far from the mind of Peter Smith at the moment. Despite four straight defeats,


including Tuesday night’s exit from the UniBond Challenge Cup, confidence is still running through the veins of the Clitheroe boss. However, he does feel his


players need to be more ruth­ less in front of goal if they are to begin climbing the table. The Blues suffered a 4-1


reverse at home to Trafford on Saturday, prior to the midw^k 2-1 cup loss at near neighbours Rossendale United. But afterwards, Smith said:


“We’ve got to try and kill teams off when we are on top. “We’re creating chances,


there’s no problem at all in that department, but we have to be more ruthless in front of goal and start putting away a larger percentage of these chances. “Luck has seemed to have


deserted us in these past few weeks - 1 don’t like to keep say-


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ing that, but it seems to be the width of a post, or the run of a ball that is going against us time and again. “We have three massive


games coming up in the next few weeks, and while on paper they may look daunting, a good performance and a point or two will bring that confi­ dence flooding back.’’ That runs of fixtures begins


with a trip to Curzon Ashton’s Tameside Stadium on Satur­ day (kick-off 3 p.m.). There then follows a trip to


Kellamergh Park on Tuesday evening to face AFC Fylde in the Lancashire Co-operative Challenge Trophy (kick-off 7- 45 p.m.). And with league leaders FC


Halifax Town coming up on the horizon, the Blues need to find their ruthless edge sooner rather than later. Saturday’s defeat to Trafford was not helped by the fact the


Blues found them­ selves 3-0 down at half­ time, and with a mountain to climb. And Smith added: “We just


weren’t good enough in the first half. “We conceded a penalty


after eight minutes and it went downhill from there. “We brought a few young


lads into the team but they are not to blame, it was a team effort and we just weren’t good enough. “However we came out firing


in the second half and were by far the better side - it was the same story on Tuesday, but we can’t keep giving teams a head­ start. “We only seem to be turning


■ up for, the second half of games, and that has to change if we are to turn our fortunes around.” Clitheroe look likely to be


without Jason Jones and Alan . Coar for Saturday’s game with Curzon Ashton, while Robert Grimes is also struggling.


DOUBTFUL FOR CURZON TRIP: Jason Jones K) Super Sabden!


SABDEN beat Calderstones by 87 runs to win the Bradlow Cup Final at Chatburn Road on Sunday. On a day blessed with fine


weather, Sabden [pictured left] batted first and were all out for 161. Significant contributions


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came from Richard Wright (32), William Thatcher (30),


Cricket


Andrew Turner (33) and cap­ tain John Hargreaves (35). Calderstones, in reply, were


all out for 74, with John Ormerod taking 3-20 off three overs. Chris Dunderdale (2-4), Wright (2-6), Turner (1-7) and Martin Yeoman (1-13) also chipped in with wickets.


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CHAMPION EFFORT:


John Holden and Andy Winkle


‘Roe duo secure title


glory Motor sport


CLITHEROE’S John Holden and Andy Winkle picked up a further 41 points in the final two races of the F2 FSRA Sidecar Championship to win the title. Holden and Winkle


snatched the title from the 2007 winners Simon Neary and Stu­ art Bond by claiming a third place in the first race and a first place in the second race. Other local riders


Russ and Rod Pearce took their first points finish of the season by finishing in a very credible 15th place. Unfortunately the


Pearce brothers spun put of the second race asLhey were exiting the chicane on lap eight.


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