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BLUES chairman Carl Garner has praised manag­ er Peter Smith for helping to build the foundations of


Clitheroe PCs future. Garner a cknow ledged


Smith’s (right) ability to scout, nurture and develop younger players in the Evo-Stik Leagu,e which has undoubtedly paid dividends in the Blues’ per-, formance on the field. A mixture of youth and ex­


perience helped Clitheroe climb to a best-ever finish in : the non- league pyramid as they secured eigthth place with ; a 62-point tally. Now, with a plethora of young, enthusiastic players at Smith’s disposal, the


_ target this campaign is the First Division North play-offs. Garner said: “There’s some


really talented young play- v ers emerging at the club with


.most of them coming in at the summer. Since pre-season they’ve been able to force their way into the team and they’ve all taken their chance. Peter Smith is doing really well. He had a difficult task of getting : things moving at the start of the season but we’ve had a solid start. .


'■ “We’ve found our feet re- .


ally well in the league. One of Pete’s plus points is that he’s ■ more than willing'to throw'


By Dan Black


young players in to the side. There’s plenty of managers at this level reluctant to do that but Pete is prepared to give them a go and it’s paid divi­ dends. Out of the current crop of youngsters there’s certainly three or four that will play at a ■ higher level.” The latest to arrive at the


Shawbridge ranks is 22-year- old right-back James Hay­ wood who made the switch from Blues’ rivals Baniber Bridge. Garner added: “James is widely acknowledged as be­ ing one of the best full-backs in the league which will strength­ en us further; Interestingly enough he will be making his debut against the club we’ve taken him from which is the irony of football. We don’t need to bring players in for the sake of it now. We can identify


, where we are weak and look to strengthen that position.” A 2-2 draw at home to Ossctt.


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Albion on Tuesday evening saw Clitheroe maintain their third place position, though teams circling them in the table have games in hand. Goalkeeper, Danny MacDonald saw red after half-an-hdur paving the ■ way for defender Jack Higgins to don the keeper’s jersey for the hour that remained. The 10 men took the lead though through Joe Roberts’ 35-yard goal of the season contender. The visitors equalised with five minutes of the first half remaining and took the lead in the 66th minute but young gun Louis Mayers scored an acro­ batic last minute equaliser, to salvage a point.


. ; .. The Blues also advanced to


the next stage of the FA Tro-' phy with a comprehensive 5-0 - win over First Division South - side Leek Town. Goals came from Mark Jackson, Danny


Williams, Ashley Parillon, Alex Brees and Joe Roberts. They were rewarded with an'


■ away tie against Burscoughbn ‘ Saturday, October 16th.


. Garner said: “I think:eve-'


ryone.is:reasonably'happy.• We’ve got a young, vibrant side that is playing exciting football. ■ We’ve had a great start to the season; there’s been a cou­ ple of times where we haven’t turned up but we’re sitting : third in the league. That could, be seen as a slightly false posi­ tion because teams around us have got games in hand but we^ are looking good. .. : , , ' ■ “We’re 11 games in and so far I can only see Chorley and


. Skelmersdale as being slightly ahead of us. Other than that' we’ve been better than every­ body else we’ve come across


.so far. That is a great achieve-: ment considering the budget and stature of this club. The


. target iS'the play-offs and there’s been no suggestion s o . far why we can’t achieve that.


■We really want to make the top six. We are in a really good position in every aspect and it’s


’ so far so good.” ■ The Blues entertain lo ca f


rivals Bamber Bridge on Sat-' urday. Kick-off at Shawbridge : •is 3 p.m.


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RIBBLE Valley Athletics Club’s Leigh Lennon is one of eight burgeoning British middle distance athletes selected to take part in an exclusive educational camp at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi this week.':'.,' '■ ■ As part o f the Aviva-sponsored On


. Camp with Kelly (OCWK) mentoring ini­ tiative, the 19-)iear-old London 2012 pros­ pect has been given the unique opportunity to experience this Commonwealth Games


• as part of her preparations for the Olym­ pics and future championships. , The England UnderT20 800m winner, as .


well as benefiting from a behind the scenes view of the Games, with a visit to the Ath­ letes’ Village, will experience the athletics action in the stadium in Delhi, and have


. the opportunity to see other athletes men­ tored by Dame Kelly Holmes in action. Leigh, who also runs for Newham and


. Essex Beagles, and the rest of the group will also team up with Dame Kelly to pro-, vide a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for some of India’s young athletes to take part in a training master class. . :'


__:;/And you can read Leigh’s blog of her: By Chris Boden


week in Delhi in next Thursday’s Clitheroe Advertiser Sport. Dame Kelly has always championed the


. importance of experiencing global sport­ ing events first hand as part of an athlete’s education.


, • Rising 1,500m star and OCWK athlete


Hannah England, selected to represent England in Delhi, was named in a similar camp at the 2006 Games in Melbourne, which has helped take her career to the ne.xt level. ' Dame Kelly said: “The camp will be a


unique opportunity for the athletes to get behind the scenes experience at a major multi-sport event, which will stand them in good stead. ^ . “They all have their eyes on the Olym­


pics in London in 2012 and the Common­ wealths in Glasgow in'2014. :• “I am looking forward to passing on my


experiences of the Commonwealths to the group as well as supporting the OCWK athletes competing in the stadium.”


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