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iTrophy r V - by Chris Boden


GLITHEROE swimmer Peter Jones claimed a hat-trick; of gold medals and a British record at the British Mas-'


- ters and Senior Age Group Championships at the Toll- cross Leisure Centre in Glasgow. ■ -


i ~ In the 40/44yrs age group, Jones won the 200m Indi­


vidual Medley, beating former Olympic swimmer Nick Gillingham, and it was gold again in the 50m Back- stroke and 100m Backstroke - while his time for the j


- 100m Backstroke broke the British record.' - He almost added the 50m Butterfly to his haul of ■


golds but, in the most exciting finish of the Champion­ ships, he came second to David Chaney, an former Brit­ ish record holder, who pipped him at the finish'by OT of a second.' In third place, 0.02 of a second behind Peter, again >


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was Gillingham Jones, who is a teacher at the Clitheroe Dolphins


Swimming Club, trains with them and also with the Clit­ heroe Masters, under the guidance of Julie Watson and . Dean Sumner. He also bases his land training at Hicks Health Club:


under the supervision of Chris Templeman. ^ Over the past 12 months, Jones has dedicated niuch


, of his spare time into training, and he manages to swim and attend the gym for at least seven sessions per week. < _ Obviously all the effort is liow'paying off, and Jones


is now looking forward to competing in August at the World Masters Championships in Gothenberg,'Swe- v den.


Jones would like to say a huge thank you to all the : . - n ^ .


people who’are involved in his training, and also to ■ Johnson Matthey, where he works, who have offered him sponsorship to enable him to excel in his field. '


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GLITHEROE rallycross driver Simon Horton produced one of his best performances to date be­ hind the wheel of his Castle Ce-


: ment-backed Subaru Impreza.- ' - .The latest race was round three


. ; of the British Rallycross Champi- onship, held at the Blyton circuit in Lincolnshire. , - The event was run in the after­ noon and, into the late evening,? ;a race under fioodlights to add a'-


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: '-“L feel the car is now. on the: pace with the leaders and we can '


. focus fully now on maximising my own performances.” During the day’s qualifing rac-


;• es, Horton was fighting very hard with other front running driv­ ers and was consistently finish-


;■ ling between third and fifth place ; throughout the heats.''


: special touch to the event. .--■/ ■ Horton went-into the:event "■ ■ high on confidence on the back . of a recent good run at Knockhill -- .in round two, and he said: "We;'.


- have made significant changes to '-. ; the engine to increase the power'-;


SPEEDSTER: Simon Horton’s Subaru Impreza


V before the start of the season!' and the results of this are now starting J to show. " ' ’


•.'? '-After, successfully negotiating - his vyay through the heats without


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I-;;After a titanic tussle with other j driyersTrom around the UK, Si-


imdn came out on top and claimed i the B final win. -


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. of the day, in which the fastest -eight cars from all divisions com­ pete.


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poor start in the final and slipped back a few positions away from'-


■the line, but with a great move on lap three, managed to climb ; back up to sixth before closing u p ;


jbehind fifth place justbefore the' line. ;>The results from the finals


handed horton.a.large haul of points and pushed him up to'a highly credible'fifth portion in


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