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BRIGHT FUTURE: Sophie Lamb


• AFTER embarking on her first.: ;England experience, young i


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''Clitheroe golfer Sophie Lamb ' ; has been dubbed by international ^ • officials as the one to watch in • 2011.


•; ■ Tn the English .Womens’ Golf - •Association (EWGA) newsletter, the 12-year-old Westholme pupil was picked out as a player, to . watch in the future alongside.


Emma ,Higgins'and Billy-Jo . Smith. The tribute came after the


Glitheroe Golf Club, member took part in her first training session with the England camp


' at Rudding Park,'Harrogate, . where she was put through her :


paces during an intense fitness , session. - -


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. - Sophie’s dad Phil said: “It is very nice for her to be mentioned - in this wayj' as it backs up my


. belief that she could become a V : fine player in the future. " . “But it is early days in her career, and she ne'edslo keep i working hardj learning'all'she : can and most o f all eiijby,The;j challenge that golf gives players'.' ; J


. “Sophie is a very level-headed;' girl and will certainly not get'; carried away with all the a^ntion;-];


: '. “That said we are very proud:' of her and she has amazed us ' with how far she has come in such a short time.’’ , t


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DISHEARTENED Clitheroe boss Pete Smith has vowed to add ‘steel’ to his squad afteriwatching his side crash out of the-Lancashire FA . Trophy oii Tuesdaynight.


panny;WiIliams’ 19th-ihinute.‘:;.Trophy the Blues were beaten 2-0 .' and the football we played was . . . . . _ • _ , . , , .,rPrior to be dumped,out of th e i ;.., “I thought'we were excellent,


strike ensured,the Blues went,in, v atWiftonAlbioridespite'adomihaht v- absolutelybrilliant.' level at half-timeagainst local rivals- .’fifst-halfperforinanck^^^ . . . . ' “We had four great chances in th e ; Bamber Bridge^ but three goals in 14 j ? However,^ ^


goals 'first half but we didn’t take them'.


! tie. Alan Coar added an injury-time- • Clithefoe had.'p( joining league:."but; Witton 'steppeddt up'in tv.=he W;-3l weekerid;;That just shows that consolation but the Shawbridge side •'were beaten 4-2..


secdiidrhafiminutesf6rthe.visitors‘;,.‘ ffomfCalum Botham (66) and .; ; ‘‘W e;-.went-;ih/at;^ effectively kined the!'quarter-final; ';: AshleySt6tt (74) sunk any Hope;; confident,'thinking we^coiild win,


performance was,very pleasing, biit ;;following shbck'hdrhe defeats for the game against Bamber, Bridge jvr.Ghestef aihd'Ghbrley to Radcliffe was a different story and I couldn’t Borough; a n d . Garforth Town take that defeat on the chin. - . . ... respectively. “Some'of the lads didn’t want,'; ,But!Smith.admits:the results,


Sniith^said: “Our w e ek en d ,......................... ;. It,.was,a:missed .opportunity


. qualities rne'e'ded;' ,for?a, footballing, side, but when they:


; needed'^ to 'show: a differentysidei to their game by: -digging jin,, closing’


. down andjgetting ' s tu c k v in ', they : couldn’t do it.


-- “I tV a s a derby a n d ’' ih e r .ev 'w a s '


-always going to be. that desirej hunger andfephyslcality' about the game, but ■ we didn’t have thatT in our,locker. . ■ ' “I’ve got to have a';


■ look at that now and. look to bring more - ■. steel in'to the sidel’v


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leaders Cbestefat the Evo-StikFirst ; Division North sunimit.


. seednd half and took their chances, I couldn’t fault the lads. : .


to be there, and J;hey didn’t, show ^demonstrate the, importance of ..show any passion. SENSATIONAL SONY OFFERS


, ' “We need,to mix it up a bit because we can’t just rely on our- football. ! cain’t let performances: like that go b'y without doing anything about it. “Six or seven of the lads didn’t , '


enough passion for a quarter-final.' ',. adapting to different games.' :;'-y ' ‘‘They didn’t fancy it and that “WeVegot.aUthe';'- ' ' ’ .....


......................... by Dan Black


. ■ He said: ‘‘ITie football we played ’ i— in; the first half on Saturday was ,


; I t ’s.been;;a've'ry disappointing fftthe best footballwe’ye^played a l l : week for Smith.


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. .‘‘,The'pe_rformahce;hurt mej-y


especially when if was a chance t reach the final of the competition'; ';? They have let eyeryohe downt c'j'S


'-^‘Chorley jand 'Chester'w beaten by teams lower in the table


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