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LONDON TOUR: Leigh Lennon inside the Oiympic Stadium with feliow North West hopefuis Alison Leonard and Steph Roe


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RIBBLEvVallcyvAthlctics Club’s rL'cigli« -Lennon has taken further.inspiration for^i


- her goals uith a special visit to the London - 2012 Olympic Park in Stratford.-^ " ^ rd Sebastian Coe, Chair of thc'London Organising Committee of the Olympic


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.• -- Leigh, along with fellow .‘On Camp'with c! vKclIy’: athletes^ including Alison Leonard..* :;0f Choricy. and Preston’s Steph Roc,were'' - taken.on a bus tour of tiic Olympic .Park,'


. London 2012 Olympic Stadium is a great .; ;-:honour, aud to go inside and see^the whole; • .thingis so inspirational and makes your. ; •goals fccliikc one day.thcyare going to be ’ reached. j “We went behind the seenes at the


: ..vrAlong.with.Damc Kelly, hewas able to - provide a unique-insight into.'compcting:':' - and winning at ah Olympic Games; .” ; I'.' i Leigh .said:.;“Bcing ;able* to’visit.thc /


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..’Stadiumwhich gaveme a shiverdownmy-;; .; spinc,- as to me London 2012 would bc;a^' vdreani come truc.and has made me morc .'-


,'detcnhihcd now to want to be thefe on ihe-^ ' startlinc.T-'.., “'.--'i—


- Dame Kelly said: “tOn Camp v'vlth Kelly,


. Games and Paralympic Games, led a tour » .of the Olympic Stadium.


aims to give young athletes the tools they heed to help them achieve in their athletics • -careers;' -


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; taking in venues such as the Velodrome^ :.Athletes’.Village and Aquatics Ccntrcj. as ;■ .well as the stadium tour with LflrdCoe.^*


, “The visit toTthciOlympic Park is- a ■ .unique opportunity for them to gain'ph A 'insight intowhat it will be like to compete -;; inhere in two years’: time and ask qnestions. V ;Of those responsible for.organising the ;; ;London 2012Gamcs. :;


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: ; .^Arnumbcr o f ’thcsc athletes vviirbe - aiming to compete at the Games; yvhilc for ■


: Olympic Games. -1 look fonvard to being in ' .. the stadium to chccrthcm on.” . ...-The Olympic Stadium is scheduled to be v .complete nextyear,ready for test events.,


-.’Others this is a really aihazihgThSpifation' to spur them on in their effoHs tb compete' future Championships;'and the'; 2016-


/”■ . Tlie roof is finished -meaning two third- v. ofspcctators will be sheltered-^-andwork^; is currently underway on the field of play.iW Athletcs were given access into the inner


.workings'.of the stadium'on: the 'day^a'nd .visited: some, of:thc..700)rooms and call * track beneath the seating stands. . ‘


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and drawn one of their open­ ing five fixtures, and took their points tally to 16 for the season with a 2-0 victory at Shaw- bridge. Jack Dorney continued his prolific start to the season with a 28th minute strike, be­ fore Mark Houghton doubled the advantage just three min­ utes later. Smith, whose side had previ-


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CLITHEROE are Houldsworth Solicitors Ribblesdale Cricket League champions! Peter Dibb has captained


his side to one of the greatest turnarounds in the league’s history - the Chatburn Road side had finished one place off the bottom last term. This time, a closely-contested


season went right to the wire. But in the end, after 25 games of


hard work and determination fi-om Clitheroe, they were denied the chance of winning the title in style when the abandonment of their game against Salesbury earned them five points and the title. Since taking top spot at the


Dibb’s men seal title success


beginning of June, Clitheroe never looked back and maintained an enviable level of belief and team spirit to hold off runners-up Read. '


- Dibb said: “I know it sounds


cliched, but the season has been a genuine team effort.


. “Everyone in that dressing room has played their part.


“We’ve done it as a group of


mates and that makes it even more pleasing. We are a close-knit unit. “To turn it around from last


year is a fantastic effort. “That gave us a bit of grit and


determination to never finish that low again. We’ve played through some, under-pressure moments


and come through it, which is what has won it for us in the end.” Clitheroe won 17 of their 24


games played, with another two being abandoned.


by a 12-point margin. Dibb added: “It has been


It saw them crowned champions


a dream season and it’s great to come out on top of a tough campain. It’s been the best league campaign I ’ve been involved in. “We’ve all had a huge belief


and hunger to succeed and I ’m delighted we’ve done it. “For some of the lads, this will


be their first league title and it’s special for me because it’s my first as captain.”


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Chorle ownedLj_______________ _ tycoon Trevor Hemmings whose empire includes a signif­ icant chunk of Preston h^rth End and Blackpool Tower. The Magpies had won four


not house financial conglom­ erates such as the Abu Dhabi United Group which has pro­ pelled Manchester City into into an economic supernova, but early indications suggest that clubs with backing are starting to move clear of the leagued ‘paupers’. The Blues came


MONEY makes the football­ ing world go round - and Clit­ heroe manager Peter Smith is well aware of that. The Evo-Stik League may


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which makes it hard for us to compete.


disappointed in the squad he has been able to forge at the Ribble Valley club. Nine dif­ ferent scorers have provided a prosperous start to the First Division North campaign as they sit fourth after seven games, despite missing Danny Williams. Gavin Lee Ellison and Jonathon Forbes in recent weeks. Smith added: “To be fair to Chorley they passed it better


coming in to support Clithe­ roe on the financial side. To take the club forward we need someone to dip into their pock­ ets or sponsor the club. It’s al­ ways going to be hard for the club to progress without that finance. We need businesses to get involved if we are going to compete with these sides. We need people to come and re­ invest in Clitheroe FC.” But Smith is by no means


away from them on Tuesday night, but that extra bit of qual­ ity they can afford has won them the game. They had play­ ers on the bench who they’ve paid good money for, but we can’t afford to cariy players. “We could do with someone


“We weren’t a million miles


Blues boss envious of cash gap


ing to do their best for me. We’ve got a young side and it’s my job to keep the lads buzz­ ing to maintain a happy camp. I’m happy with the ladsTve got here.” The Blues face Woodley Sports


than us and they were quick­ er to the ball than us.Thev worked hard as a team and they didn’t give us a minute on the ball. They are unbeaten and top of the league and you can see why. “But the lads are continu­


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away on Saturday before entertain­ ing AFC Fylde at Shawbridge on Tuesday evening (7-45 p.m.)."


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