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YOUNG Sophie Lamb is fly- ; ing the flag for femaie goifers


j after embafking on her flrsf. training session for Engiand. ; The 12-year-oId Clitheroe Golf Club representative was


..put through her paces during an intense fitness session at Rud-


' ding Park, Harrogate;-focussed - bn improving the Year 8 West- "holme pupiPs'endurance with roundsof circuit training. Sophie said: “We didn’t re-^


■ ally doiihuch golf, it was more focussed on bur fitness. We did:


' a lot of circuit, exercises plus' sit-ups to work bur core! The


.' exercises included squats, steps, . press-ups and other workbuts.” The exercises were carried out under the watchfiil and experl-


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j'enced eye of physio Nikki Geb- butt and Sophie is hoping that with fitness comes firepower as she looks to flourish and con- tinue her rapid progress. ; Sophie, who dreams of follow-


; ing in. the footsteps of leading stars Michelle Wie, Annika So­ renstam and Laura Davies,-has already improved under coach Jane Forrest’s guidance.- -


' ‘ She has dropped her handicap


, from 23 to 12 in under a year,; scooped the best bverallmet prize with 143 at the Northern


’ Girls’ Championships at Whit- - ley Bay,' won the under 12s sec­ tion of the Junior British Golf Tour at Surrey’s Heythrop Park- after firing a birdie on an 18th hole play-off and took the crown


: at Clitheroe’s junior knockout cbmpetition.v.


Sophie added: “'Welve got;.


; to, carry om with the sessions at home,' in our own time, and email biir physio Nikki Gebbutt with the details and results of bur; exercises for that week, i : “It wakaTull day, but at the


next one on Januaiy 16th I’ll be doing more golf. I’m looking for-


: ward to improving the consist-' 'ency and the accuracy with my'


- irons. It’s been really good fun - and hopefully this will aid my all round game.’’ , -


' - And with training on the fair-


. ways of Clitheroe and Rishton’s ;Lee Valley Golf driving range in ■addition to intense coaching with Lancashire Eagles and England, the only way is up for the golfing . sensation, j V


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She added: “I'don’t think there’s any girls my age at'Clit-


’ hefbe Golf Club, but: there’s another girl a bit older than me. I find it helpful being in a male dominated sport because it helps me improve arid progress; I find it better to play with better play-


■ ers. I enjoy going to Clitheroe. j “At the moriient I’m just lookf


ing to improve and see where that takes me. I just need to keep trying and worlang hard. 1 think


- the training is going to help me a Mot. I’ll be doing two lots on in­ tense training sessions. They are


: Both fun and everyone is really enthusiastic.’’--'


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THERE’S always a -bigger picture!wherelthe inclement'^;


• weather conditions and football ; clubs are concerned.


' The frozen cbnditions have^.'


inflicted a big freeze on financ-; . es at Clitheroe FC/Arid it’s the impact of the'vyiriter weather on' the Blues ecbribmic climate that concerns manager Peter Srriith, I iriore than a fixture pileBp.‘ :■


. -The Ribble Valley side, who .i; lie second in the’Eyo-Stik First '’ Divisiori;North table after 19^'; games, have seen three fixtures'! fall victim,tojmpthef nature a t , Shawbridgejalready, including a poteritial wiridfall against ta-.y


ble toppers Chester. The Blues' also sawtheirLFA'Challenge;^ Trophy quartefrfmal ,fixture; against'Bamber%idge; post-: ported twice.. _ - ' I 'MV- ' , Smith said:l“Ybu need tlie ' revenue coming in. We can’t ,


.'pay for things such as expenses: because we’ve got nothing com-. ing'iri;' It effects' us massively. because we are a self-financed club, spwerelybnjourgames.' Saturday was a rriarisive b^^ for' us because Chester vyould have brought 1;000 supporters. , ■ “To have that many at Shaw-j bridge, well, it was’a killer fori us. We will probably play them


midweek novv; so there’ likely;


' won’t;be' half as many fans; ’ We’ve just got to take it bn the


- “It would’ve been-a'similar


'l situation to Halifax.';TKey have Botlubeerij'FqotbairiLea'gue


. - club^aridThey both carry-,big :' support,” Smith added.


; “The finances theyibririg'in


. are second-t6-n6ne;at this level because they’re gettirig'abpiit


fr.;


\ chin.-'We wil| be playing th'erri ; sometime’;’but I doubt as many! .people will travel’’ •


• ■ .money at it. It would have been 'j-'nice to see how our lads coped


i-;; against them.” - ' M z'iSmith has shown an eager- y/mess’to;keep his players tick- jVihg over,;acquiring facilities at; ■,,'Total‘Fitriess and the;hall at ■L, Pleckgate High School, Black-


f.,-j:burh;friie Blues had been on an i‘'''astouhdiiig run,'losing drie in 12 V-; league figures. . ; ; tpySmith said: “It’s frustrating at,


iy; the miriute. We were on a roll at thd tiriie and weld onlyTost


. 4,500 fans dri every horiiega^ ' sTheyjareMdbking'itolbburice ji.back to where they c'airie from: and they are throwing a lot of


'■;-lYone'iriTi2, so it \Vaisia great run,; 'iiiwhich weTwanted to keep go- ingMt’s the same for everyone, ! but we are still training and try-'


ing to,keep our fitness up. It’s .


; important that we'don’t lose ■ our fitness arid we’ve got to be - : prepared for the nerd game that -


. comes along arid hopefully i f ’, will be Witton Albidri oil Satur- - ; day. They are just behind us in the league so It’s'gding to be a ■ tough one. “We’ve got to be looking to-:


: .get points off those around us;; ; .They are a good teatri and they’ -■ are a big'club ;so it would be -


;; great id gej something.” • ' ■ He!added: “Luckily enough:


' we’ve playedT9 giuries. Some - o f the others have only played ' 13orl4.”


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