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OONUM Pa g e 49 I r:


CLITHEROE’S Samantha Murray was disappointed to see a strong start end with 24th place in her first Modern Pen-^ tathlon World Cup final in Moscow on- Saturday. The 20-year-oId made a fine start to the


competition, lying in eighth place going into the final combined event,'the run/shoot, but a technical failure,'after the electric target ; failed, hampered.her efforts, and her time of


, ; 13:39:60 saw her slip down the field. - - • Murray had scored 16 wins from 33 bouts


; for joint 17th in the fencing', and she then pro- ;: diiced a trademark strong swim - her 2:10.2.5 was the third fastest.


* She led the British challenge at this point,


■ and in the riding arena, with two fences down ■: and some time penalties, she added 1148 to


.-. her total,‘putting her eighth overall before the combined event.


-, A highly-promising performance ended in


: 24th position, and while It could have been different, Murray still ended as second best Briton at the finals, behind her fellow Uni­ versity of Bath students Freyja Prentice in ' 12th, but ahead ofKaty Burke in 27th. ' ■ • ■ Gold went to Germany’s Olympic champi­ on,-Lena Schonebom, who added the World


.vCup Final title to her three World Cup victo­ ries this year.


:;The World Cup final is the culmination of ■■theWorld Cup Series, with qualification for


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;;ihe event based on performances at World Cup events.


■ Murray was ranked ninth in the 2010 series going into the final.


perspective,said Jan Bartu, Pentathlon GB performance director. ‘ , '


“We had a junior team of athletes here and it was a massive experience for them com-


■ .peting against the top senior athletes under ;• pressure.”


\ -.-...Murray’s busy, jet-setting schedule contin-


, ues with the senior world championships in ; Chengdu,- China in September, after a com- , p’etition in Hungary next month.':. ; ;. ; : - -


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Girls enjoy c| local H cricket event


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after byChris Boden Cole's finals goal achieved .V *,-• .N-“= •• - o * ' * V i ■;MATTHEW Cole .was


. ^'roudto represent Glit- -: ; •hero'e,’and -the7North ;


:.'-West offEngland in the •-firial.of the Carlton Lei-, ; y sure Centre badmintonn;';


, championships - 'ACole,(pictured, right..- ; after the regional round -


. of the tournament), who , . is;16:and attends CliL.'T” hefoe Royal Grammar^


^ School, took part in the *-.: .■ Under-lSs event held at':7 ■ thdiNationalStadium-: inlMilton Keynes, after ;-’, progressing through the


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' L'ancashire';:and -North -. ■'West heats.'.--'.


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•.---^ole;finished in fifth ; ’ '.pjace^and'althbugh’per- ' : •|■(s6nally'disappointed,he:. ' 'p.aid tribute to theother ’ . cqmp'etitofs:'and-said


. that-it-had been-a bril-- 1 lia'nLexperienceUo play ; at the.Natiohal Badmin- to'n Centre. .s;He',|[lso,said that the; ■:


. 'build up' had also helped >; hitn focus^qn'improving -his;stamina:and fitnessi


■; sornethirig that.will help with his'nexf challenge:.;-'


: a’190-mile coast to coast ; > walk withfthree of his /friends in July


Ryan's wonder strike


-- RIBBLESDALE High School pupil - Ryan Brooks made his mark at the'


i PremierLeague’s newest club Black-.' pool witli an audacious goal. . .


' .The.youngster won the Seasid- ers’youth team’s Goal of the Season award after his effort for'.the Under 15s in a'tournament hosted by Man- -


r.chesler United, at their. Carrington .training complex.


' town team for the last two'years and; - has been with the Blackpool centre ;


by Chris Boden ■


/ of excellence for a similar, length ; of time.scored his stunning strike ,- against Oldham Athletic. -: ■ f. - - Midway through the first half, he collected the ball, played a one-two, and'on receiving the return pass,:


: '‘. :Ryan,' who haiplayed with the- ■


: he saw, the keeper advancing and chipped him from fully 30 yards,


glancing the ball against the under-' side of the bar and in. His coaches described the goal


as one of the,best they had ■seen,‘ and assistant head youth coach Ga­ reth Barkei said at the presentation -.evening that it.was the.first time he . ; had had a coach phone him almost in ’


.- tears with joy. over the goal he wit- ' nessedl- __


- - „ Ryan was presented with a signed -


i football.in front of all the youth ..squad members,'as well as Barker


and former Bumley'and Preston right •


back Gary Parkinson, Blackpool’s head youth coach. ' _ ’


CONTACT THE SPORTS. DESK


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CHRIS BODEN: chris.boden@


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: 478164 DAN BLACK: dahiel.bla'ck@


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