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All the weekend | | cricketing action


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■,. v.THEY’y E been- thrown in . ;3t th e deep end but.Blues


■: . boss Peter Smith is relishing the challenge. ^ . ;.The Shawbridge side will


“"'begin-their-^2010/ll-Evo-Stik- League Division One North' campaign away at Durham


, City on Saturday, August 21st before playing host to Moss- ley the following Tuesday and travelling to Moor Lane to face Salford City on Monday,■ August 30th. - . •


.; The Ribble Valley side will play league newcomers Cam- mell Laird away on Tuesday,;


:September 7th, Chester at home on Saturday, December 4th and Witton Albion away


‘ ,on Saturday, December 11th. v Meanwhile, the cup compe- ■ ..titions have seen them drawn


: ■ away against Flbrton orBacup Borough in the FA Cup Pre-


- limin’ary round on Saturday, August 28th and Leek Town at


-. home in the Preliminaiy round ; of the FA Trophy on Saturday, October 2nd. Smith said: “It’s not the best of starts for us. They (Durham)


; plastic'pitch as well. But we’ve got to go there sometime dur­ ing the season so why not the


■ first game. If we can go there " and get a result then I’ll be veiy happy. We’ve got to go there at some point so let’s get it out of the way early on.” : He added: “There,’s some


veiy strong teams in our di­ vision this year. Chester are throwing lots of money about


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-because they will be wanting to get back in to the Football League. AFCFylde and Chor-: ley have money to spend and ;


; teams like Skelmersdale will be up there again so it’s not go- - ing to be easy.


i by Dan Black. ■ “It’s going to be as hard this


year if not even harder. We are . still aiming for those;play-offs . .


M.but.we.are..undermo.illusiotiSisii:| - as.to how tough it’s going to be;


We haven’t got the money to


. throw at achieving our goals so .the expeetation is on the clubs


that can and not,us. There’s no pressure on our club so we’re going to go into it very - positve.” . Three.has been a magic .


number for Clitheroe during their preparations for the new:


campaign. *’ '■ , The latest pfe-season fi-iend-


-ly saw'the Blues fire three past .^ West Didsbury and Chorlton "


: to make it three games u n - .. beaten.' - - -


. Peter Smith’s men also led.;


3-0 at half-time against League ' r.Two outfit Accrington Stanley c at Shawbfidge.before John ^ Coleman’s side levelled things' : up by full-time; And there was"


,. are a strong side and we know - it.’s goingito be tough, on a ■


-a 3-3 draw away at Charnock . Richard in the first warm-up,.: game of pre-season. Meanwhile,-they will face': Rossendale United at home on::;


. Saturday before playing host to Guiseley on Tuesday evening: - - Smith said: “It’s good to see


that we’re scoring goals: Itls ;; been a good workout for. us t


so far and there’s been some -, good performances. We’re still > looking at one or two of the:;’ lads but it’s all about getting : :


, match fit, seeing new lads and; trialists, getting the right shape;-.' and the right blend of players^: at the minute. :'T’m happy and I can’t wait -; for the new season. We ju s t .


.need to keep our heads down ' .; again and tiy to quietly creep up that table. I’m always ready for a challenge.”


Peter so Masterful FOR the third time in ' 9771355365465


Jones has'.claimed' a''’? British Record iin-thev


. 40-44' y e a r s ’ 100m/': backstroke.


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- This,tim ei-Peter’s', sw im ' was a t ' th e .


.' N o rthern •.Gounties’:': S h o r t ^ C o u r s e Championships-Nin-.' Blackpool.'


' • A n d 'h e sm a sh e d '


. the jprevlous record of.’ .. . 1 niin: 2:31"secdnds;;'.


•six,weeks;.Clithefoe:;’ Masters svvimmer PetehV


.which was set in Italy ,'in 2003, by.an amazing.’ 2.37seconds. ■ ' His time was, in


fact, the best from all;; entries from 19 y e a rs , upwards! ,; The new record adds


1 n G 1 a s g 0 w ;■ ::a n dy th e :> .L a n c a s h i r e - Championships'xinK Blackpool- in .May;;; where he set a British :•


to his Long; Course success at'the National-- C h a m p i o n s h i p s


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s re co rd Tiri' the-vlOO Individual' Medley in_


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.a time'of'lamin’2:047. seconds; t


the 50m,backstroke’;inli


'' his age group in a time."j of 28.21 seconds’ just';:


• missing gold by 0.32.;of,S a second., . ; t .•’‘i'-'-'i •) -'Next(up for P eter /.


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Leigh laps_ up advice"


. Kelly Holmcs.earlier this month at an'.^^" ‘On Camp with Kelly’ training camp ■ in Kelly’s home town of Tonbridge in Kent.


RIBBLE .Valley.AC’s Leigh Lennon again trained with her mentor Dame “


^


last month, has been a member of the double Olympic champion’s successful mentoring and education initiative since 2008.


different training .sc.ssions, including runs, track sessions, drills, aqua- jogging and core stability under the guidance of Kelly. Leigh said: “The ‘On Camp with


Kelly’ c.xpcricncc has mainly been about training and relaxation and I feel it has benefited us all. = “We also did a training session with young athletes from Tonbridge and tiiatwas great too. , “W'c helped them all, answered


15 ‘On Camp with Kelly’ athletes to spend time with Dame Kelly and each other, and carry out some quality training at the excellent facilities at Tonbridge School. They took part in a variety of


silver in the Aviva England Und'cr-20 Indoor Championships 800m, and gold in the England Undcr-20 800m


Leigh, who this year has already won ,. <■ t * W


TRACK ACE: Ribble Valley AC’s Leigb:-,^ Lennon


The camp was an opportunity for f


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their questions and made sure they bad a really great time.


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“Overall, it was vciy successful,and \ - the kids went away very happy.”


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