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BLUES boss Peter Smith
has.called for a cull on the Evo-Stik League’s cup
■ competitions. ' : Clitheroe have endured
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a tough couple of weeks, ' playing six games in 17.
. on Tuesday against Kendal. Town at the Lakeland■ Radio Stadium will be the
-days, including three different knockout games. The:, C o -O p e ra t iv e Challenge Trophy match
• Blues’ seventh away game in eight matches, and their fifth competition to date
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be a nice break from league action, but it’s not been very kind to us this time. “We’ve played four cup
. games ^and t\vo league matches in 17 days. “The cups can get in the
■ .:a;chahce to.look at other
V outside obligatory First , Division North duties. , Smith said:. “There have been a lot of cup ■ competitions. ' '■ “There have been too
many if I’m honest. “Don’t, get me wrong;
away in eight when we play Kendal, which is a-lot of away games. : “I t’s been horrendous.: One game at home in eight is ridiculous. “To be honest we’ve
done okay considering the amount of away games we’ve had.
. ' “It can affect your
..performance in the league■ when you’re playing so . many games away in the cup as well.
there are some big ones, but players pick up knocks which makes it hard for ‘ clubs like ourselves; - ■ ; “We’ll have played seven
. - players, because the games are coming thick and fast and it takes it out on the players. . .“People get knocks and
niggles, and you can tell now that, the amount of
■games is taking its toll on the players. “We can’t carry 20-odd
players though; and have, those on the bench who' can come in and do 'as good a job as other players in our team. I t’s hard for clubs - like us.
“I think there needs to be less ciip competitions.
-There are too many. “If you have to play this
volume of games, then they should be spread out because at the moment they all come together a t , the beginning of the season..-:.., :; ,r '; ::.
,, “They need breaking up .
a bit because they are all on top of each other.”, . • ' ' Clitheroe’s latest fixture
saw'them knocked out of the-FA Trbjrhy following a ■
way a bit.” ■ He added:-“It gives you'
“Sometimes the cup can
3-1 defeat away at Evo-Stik
' Premier Division outfit Whitby Town. Ashley Parillon gave
the visitors the lead in the second minute when he
. rose to head home Joe Roberts’cross. B u t th e . f i x t u r e
underlined Smith’s cup anguish when Kevin Brown:
. and Ryan Fisher were both : forced off the field with, injuries, making them doubtful for the league
: match against Warrington Town on Saturday; . Smith said;'“Kevin and
Ryan came ;off injured against Whitby; and they are big players for us. - 7 :‘Tt was 1-1 at the time,
■ but \W conceded two goals late on so it was slightly disappointing.’, v
. “It was a massive blow ■ for us..;.::b:;.' , - ,',-7.,
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--“Whitby were a physical; arid strong side, and we got out-muscled.
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“If we’d been able to get the; ball-down, we’d
- have been okay. But they stopped us from playing. ;. “Some of our-young
lads got a battering, and it didn’t help when two of our most influential players;
and.bigger lads went off because it left us with no biteatall.-;:;-
backbone and the steel that: we'needed.
“We certainly lost our We went'1-0 up and
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;TWO teams front Clitheroe Royal , Grarnmar SchobLwill cbriipete 'at the British Schools’ Dfyslope' Championship; on Sunday-in
, .■
brlThe boys and girls Under-19s Teams qualified in October at the English, Championships, held a t ';
'RossendaIe,;when the boys were third,; and Kaigan Witts was also
Glovef,;Richard Leesori; Witts and Ed Wilson forming the boys’ squad, and Olivia Shaw, Willow
Rayson,: VictoriajHawofth and Sally Wood are the girls’, team. ■ • .' '
Third in the OpenChampionship.' r; ; jL: Both CRGS teams had earned ■ :'ihe right to compete at Rossendale , by both winning their groups' at ■
,the 'd ^ slope-.m Stoke back’in :'
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,;f;The boys are also currently the-: North West champions. ' 1-'',TOetea^^
:-Years llyl2 and 13, with Sebastian
.. include the best schbol tearris from England, Scotland and Wales. All the racers'ski twice, and the ; tiriies from each set of :
. ' ^^^.^ritish Championships will , • runs are added together.
' ' At Rbsseridale,tthe. difference i- ; between the wiririef's'arid thir’d-','- placed CRGS in third was only 0 8 * '
.seconds, with
less.than 0.2 seconds: -' ! between second and third.' , Most of the school’s skiers are^' i members of the Pendle Ski Club,
::\yhb have their bwn established ■ . and s.uccessfuljace team.
MEDALLISTS: The Under-19s boys’ team at Rossendale (s)
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were looking good and Mark Jackson’s had a great; chance when one-on-one to make, it 2-0, but the keeper; has made a good save. , :“Those are the margins
and you’ve got to take your chances at this level.
,
. ; “But I ’ve got to give credit to the lads; _
; ; “Whitby were no better than us and'the lads did theirbest
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“It shows we can match anyone on our day.”
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