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TERRY Braithwaite: celebrated 10 years in charge of Rimington Football Club with a hat-trick of East Lancashire League First Division title wins. : It was Rimington’s fourth title in.five


years, and tonight, they go in search of their • third successive Craven Cup triumph. ^ The locals take on Craven League side


Grassington at Barnoldswick Town,- kick­ off 7p.m. Braithwaite said:,“It?s always great to'


play in a final with all the excitement that it, creates on the night. -


_ ■ ■ “But there’s nothing more satisfying than


winning the league, after all, it’s what every­ one plays for week in, week out.. ■


, “Having said that| the Craven Cup is spe-


.'cial, being one of the oldest cups in football, r so we will be going all but to win it again.” : And Braithwaite looked back on a dec­ ,' ■ -


ade o f glory.'


; He said: “Managers come and go in foot- ■ ball, so I feel lucky, proud and privileged to; ■ have been in charge at Rimmy for so long. '


1 ^ - It’S agony In Budapest for brave Samantha


. CLITHEROE’S Samantha; • Murray; [pictured riglti[ was ^ agonisingly denied her first


Modem .Pentathlon --World ; Cup medal, iii.Budapest on-


Saturday. The 20-year-old, in her third;


• World Cup, battled her way up ; :from 10th to third during the ■ final element of the pentathlon; - the run/shoot. But she w a s .


' overtaken by Hungary’s Leila • Gyenesei, who went on to win the bronze, and she had to set­ tle for fourth place..


‘ . ’ The Hungarian crossed the • i i


finishing line Just three seconds ahead of Murray, whose time - o f 12:30.27 was the seventh fastest of the final. • But Murray, who is studying;


: for a degree in French and Pol-; itics at the University of Bath,;- had the consolation of securing ■


>: • German Olympic champion


the highest World Cup finish of her career to date. ■


; v ,y. Last month, Murray was sev- ■4 enth in the Modem Pentathlon: ■ World Cup 3 at Medway Park, ,^Kent.


, - ■ ' - There, four British athletes ^ :^finished in the top 10, and with .


■; only two places available in the ?’;GB team for the London 01- ■ ■


•y. S-- Murray started competing


. ' in Modem Pentathlon in 2002, :. and she has always had the ul-


-I? timate goal of going to the 01- - ympic Games. '■


;-.! :.- She has enjoyed a string of


'^.successes since taking up the. sport. ■ In 2004, she won gold at the.


! Copo Atlantic Cup, and helped win team gold for Great Brit-


■Lena Schoneborn took gold from Amelie Gaze of France. ? ■


; ■ ain in the European Champi- - onships - at which she was 11th ■ - individually. - -; The following year she won


- ympics in 2012, qualifying for .the team will be tough.-


? silver at the Olympic Hopefuls, and gold at the Youth Interna- ;


:: tional at Millfield, and in 2006,. Samantha won gold at the Na-'


■' In Budapest, Louise Helyer made the strongest start o f The Brits, winning 21 of her 34.


^bettered by Elodic Glouvel of. France.


■ tional Pentathlon Champion-.; - ships and gold at the Olympic; Hopefuls.


. The 1,232 points that Mur- ■. ray accumulated pushed her 15 f • places up the rankings. - ; - - ■ ■ ;.But Helyef continued to lead ■ the British challenge.


;■ : .. - Her 2:17.69 • for the,:200m


, fencing contests for fifth place ■ overall and 928 points.; . - •; ■ ■


;'28 bouts and losing just for. ; 1096 points - giving her a 120-; -point lead over the field going?


into the swim. ; ;; Murray produced a strong -


• freestyle was eighth fastest and ‘ worth 1148 points, putting her to fourth.


. Schoneborn was still in the-


; Murray’s 15 wins put her joint 21st on 784 points. ■ v Schonebom was in outstand- ■ ing form in the fence, winning


; ?


: swim to soar up to joint sixth; ; place after two disciplines. ..; ' - '•-' Her time of 2:10.95 was.a ’ personal best and was only


lead, but her advantage was re- 1 duced to 48 points. ^ Helyer continued her mo- ? mentum in the ride, climbing to


; third place after having three fences down and then accumu-;


■ lating eight time penalties. ;? ; ■ She went into the run shoot-


. ■.49 seconds behind Schonebom;;- who went clear in the ride and so continued to : leadj with;


: -France’s Amelie Caze second; - - Murray had five fences down ?


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to drop to 10th, while Prentice had the best round of the Brits,


• with just two fences down, she climbed to 11th.,: .


“It obviously helps when you are success- -


ful, but the club has a solid base, has plenty of people behind the scenes who are Rim-


. ington through and through; : “Whether I stay on or someone else re- *


; places me, the club will stay strong. ;' - “We have had some super footballers in : my time here, and the current squad are a great bunch and can get even better as the- majority are quite young. -' 7;. _ .r , . ' “But I feel Lmust thank the'big fella, , Graeme Kershaw, in particular.


;


. ' “He was the only player who stayed at the ■. club when i took over, and is still here. -. ■ ■;' “He loves the club, as I do, and we have had some real rows over the years, but


.that’s only the desire and commitment we ; both have to succeed, and I wouldn’t swap him for anyone; - _


■ “I would like to thank everyone con­ nected with the club, past and present, for •: all their help in making the last 10 years so successful, and I hope it continues for years . to come.”


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