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FOOTBALL can be a frustrating game at times, as Clitheroe have been discovering.


One week you’re second


after notching up two wins and a dtaw from the opening three Evo-Stik First Division North fixtures of the season, the next your eighth after picking up a solitary point froih two games. The Blues were denied


all th re e points against Skelmersdale United at the weekend when Rob McIntosh’s iiijury-time strike earned the visitors a share of the spoils at Shawbridge.


side of the interval looked to have been enough after overturning Paul Woolcott’s opener, but it wasn’t to be for Peter Smith’s side.


Worse was to follow on


Tuesday evening when goals from Chris Adamson (31), Danny Andrews (68) and a penalty from Sean Tuck in Me 71st minute condemned Clitheroe to a 3-0 defeat against Cainmell Laird. Smith said: “It was a tough


game on Saturday because Skelmersdale are a quality


I e « MarkJackson’s double either


by Dan Black


side. They pinned us back in the last 15 to 20 minutes and they eventually got their rewards with the equaliser. “But it wasn’t a bad


performance from my lads - they gave everything they had and it was a good point.


“But the game against


Cammell Laird was really disappointing.


“I didn’t think they were that


good a side and I thought we were weak.


We had five quality players


missing and unfortunately the lads that have come in haven’t done as good a job as I hoped they would have done. Injuries and suspensions really kill us.” Smith is hopeful that Jason


use his weakened side as an excuse and wants to see more


Jones and Gavin Lee Ellison will be available for selection again for Saturday’s fixture away at Harrogate Railway Athletic, while Danny Williams could return for the crunch fixture at home to league leaders Chorley on Tuesday. However, Smith refuses to


from his players after calling for them to win the battle. He added: “We’ve had to nave lads filling in so we’ve


had players starting out of position. We can’t afford to cany hvo


with these physical sides. “We lost the midfield fight


on Tuesday and we’ve got to toughen up. We’ve got to make sure that we don’t get bullied so we can win the battle first and then play the good football which we are capable of. “I told them a few home


truths after Tuesday night’s defeat but good teams bounce back and that’s what we’ve got to do if we want to stay in the top half of that table. “We need to grind results


out by keeping it tight at the back and taking our chances when they come along. You’ve got to be ruthless at one end and be disciplined and defend well at the other end.”


players in every department so unfortunately we’ve been a bit unbalanced. In some games you can get away with it but they eventually get found out and that’s what happened. “We’ve got to get involved


. A GLITHEROE student is featuring in Sohrr?


debut for toe Sale Jets, toe reserve team of Guiimess Premiership side Sale Sharks. ^ Kyle Manson-KulIin, a pupil at Clitheroe RoyaL Grammar School Sixth Form, mde_his mark on the rugby union scene after featumig as a tightheadprop in Jets’


Story after making his


a big impression as he looks to evcntuallv break into the first team.


introduced to the sport at the tender age of SIX and continued his huge passion for the game after moving to the North West at the age of 10..


• South-African born star was


.While being educated at CRGS. the youngster played for Preston


Lane ^ *^*”*^ Sedgley Tigers at Park ^he 18-year-old is hoping to make


Grasshoppers, Ormskirk and also represented toe Lancashire County team. And Kyle >vasted no time in making an


13-0 deficit agapst toe Tigers. _ Kyle’s role involves supporting the


i l n hooker in the scrum and to-provide in toe te rn


provide the main power in the push lonvard in the scrum meaning they arc


heawest players


starting berth in toe league after toe Jets tocked off their Aviva A League season with


how be pushing for a


S K S T ' ‘he second rdw, the props


on Jets’ coach Pete Anglelea, his team-mates overturn a


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• ahead oftheir North League campaign, Clitheroe Ladies


Hockey Club got their pre­ season off to a super start on Saturday with a 5-1 home win over Prescot.


C li th e ro e have had an


excellent summer, winning to u rn am en ts at Pres ton, Prescot, Lancaster, Leyland and Sale, but with the main league starting in four weeks, the club stepped up their preparations.


9771355365465 Hartley smashed home a


strike high into the net for the opener, before Bedford used her skill to beat a defender and hammer in a second. Prescot responded well, and a-


promising move down the right was smartly finished. In the second half, Litton


made it 3-1 from a fantastic penalty corner routine after a pass from Hartley, and it was soon 4-1 with another penalty


corner clinically put away bv skipper O’Donnell. Clitheroe continued to cause


problems and Litton added her second from another well-


rehearsed penalty corner. T h e s id e h a s b e e n


further boosted by Whalley Physiotherapy and Sports Injure Clinic who have sponsored the first-team shirts.


Meanwhile, C l i th e ro e s e c o n d s ’ f i r s t f r ie n d lv


brought a 6-2 win, with Rachel Box, Jill Middletoh, Beth


Walker-Smith and Alison O Donnell on target. The club have coaching for all


ages from 12 to senior level, for all abilities, at Burnley Campus/ Thomas Whitham Sixh Form AstroTurf on Barden Lane. Fqr 13-year-olds to seniors, sessions are every Wednesday


from 7-9 p.m, with equipment n ro v id e r t i f nPAHori


For six-13-year-old boys and


girls, sessions are every Saturday from 10-11 a.m, at Clitheroe Hockey Club, Littlemoor Road, Littlemoor Park.


or email in advance. „ Contact Chris on 07598 949626 or Hannah 07855 337708 or email clitheroehockeyclub® hotmail.co.uk or visit www.


clitheroeladieshockeyclub co.uk.


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