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CLITHEROE Dolphins ended a busy week with an afternoon’s training session led by Great Britain and Manchester swimming coach Mark Rose. Mark spoke to the Ribble
STRENGTH in depth is a luxury that’s often evaded Clitheroe, and boss Peter Smith has seen that weakness exploited in his side’s last two fixtures. Smith was forced to mix
and match defensively for the Evo-Stik First Division North games at league leaders Chester, and at home to Harrogate Railway, due to the absence of trio Ryan Fisher, Kevin Brown and James Heywood. And when facing former
Conference strikers Michael Wilde and Chris Slmm at the Deva Stadium against Neil Young’s Chester, it was always going to be a tough ask. Clitheroe kept the table -
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Chester with 11 men is bad enough. “Their two strikers were
playing Conference football last season, and that’s the level Chester are looking to get at. “We keep giving it our all but
sometimes quality prevails and teams like Chester are capable of finishing teams off. “We have to rely on bringing -
players through, but they can afford to buy players of that standard. “But for 65 minutes we were
tremendous, and the lads have done very well for me. “We have conceded a lot of
toppers at bay for an hour, but once midfielder Iain Howard broke the deadlock, the heavens opened. Five goals in 15 minutes,
which included Wilde’s fifth hat-trick and 30th goal of the season, hit the Blues hard. And they suffered further
detriment as Lydon Hodgkiss was dismissed for handling on the line for the penalty which led to Chester’s third goal. Smith said: “A g a in s t
Chester, we were the better ■ team for 60 minutes and we were doing well but they scored five in J5 minutes. “The sending off was harsh
because it’s hit Lydon on his hand while he was laid on the floor. “It changed the game a bit, because playing against
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BADMINTON stars in the Ribble Valley are being urged to compete in the 10th annual charity tournament in honour of the former mayor of Accrington, John Culshaw."'V. The event; organised by The Blackburn
and DistrictiBadminton'Association, wjll take place on Sunday; March 20th, and start at 10 a.m.
; It is open to any player within the area, whether registered with a badminton club pr not, and teams can be a mix of players of all standards and clubs, i
; ' The competition will' be held :at Hyndburri Leisure Centre, Heniy Street,
■scoring).-; - ' Teams will play several of these matches
throughouLthe'day depending on the number of teams in each pool.
: When eiitering; teams should give
themselves a team name, and advise the names of players, together with a contact
Church, thanks to the generosity’of the Hyndburn Borough Council, which has made these facilities available. ■ The tournament, which is handicapped, is made upi o f teams offour playefs (two ladies, two! men) who play a total of eight games in each match (two mixed and two levels games each using rally point
telephone number. An entry fee of £20 (£5 per player) will be collected on the day of the tournament.
If you enter and later can’t participate,'
you will still be liable for full payment. There are two ways to enter. By email
(preferred): Please send the details quoting team name; players names, league the players are registered with (If applicable), clubs and the league division (if applicable) and contact email to claire.edmundson®
hotmail.c6.uk. By post: Please post form ■ completing the following details to: Claire
Edmundsonj 18 Spring Meadows, Clayton le Moors, Accrington BB5 5XA.
goals, and it’s a problem, but I’m doing my best to sort it out. “Injuries and bans always
hinder any progress, and makes things very hard work. “We don’t have the quality
or the numbers to cover.” In m idw e ek , A sh le y ■
Parillon’s second double in four games helped salvage a point for the Blues against Harrogate Railway, who belied their lowly league position. The visitors took a three- goal lead with goals from
;MichaeI Duckworth, Kevin Ryan and a Paul Stansfield penalty, but Parillon sparked a revival in the 41st minute from the spot.
„ Substitute Alan Coar halved
the deficit in the 83rd minute, before Parillon earned a 3-3 draw in the 85th minute with a sublime strike from 25 yards.
Sm ith said: “ I t was
unbelievable. I had Ryan Fisher, Kevin Brown and James Heywood out, so with three of my back four missing, I had to mix and match in defence.
. “You can sometimes get
away with that for a bit, but we eventually got found out and we were 3-0 down after 30-odd minutes. “When you have injuries and suspensions, the big squads'
come in handy so it’s hard for us. We don’t have a big enough squad to cope, and we’re not a club that can afford to carry 20-plus players in the squad, “We’ve shown a bit of
character to come back, and we could have gone on to win the game. “We had two chances
cleared off the line at the end but it was a great come back.
. “We’ve documented it all season that we concede too
his small squad will pick themselves up and be fully prepared for the vis it o f Woodley Sports on Saturday., He added: “It was a nearly
many, and nowwe’ve conceded eight goals in two games.” But Smith is confident
performance on Saturday and unfortunately we weren’t quite good enough against Harrogate, but we will pick ourselves up and prepare for Saturday.”
Valley swimmers about what they need to do to become top class swimmers, and showed them land training exercises for warming up and cooling down, before taking them for a three-hour training session at the pool. All the swimmers also
received a DVD of themselves, filmed using an underwater camera. Mark said: “I really enjoyed
it and 1 think it is a great little club, with a fantastic atmosphere.” The week had started
with the North Lancs Championships, where there was plenty of success stories for the Dolphins. Will Murray scooped two
silver medals in the 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly in the 13-year-old age group, .with both times helping him qualify for the county and regional championships. Nine-year-old Jack Stanley
and Joseph Kenny, 10, also scooped s i lv er medals in the 200m butterfly for their respective age brackets, while Ellie Taylor’s finish in the 200m IM in the 11-year-old age group saw her qualify for the regional championships. Harry P a g e, 14, M
’as
presented with the Bagcat award for achieving a sixth- place overall finish. And Alasdair Moir, who
has Just turned nine, made a huge impact on his external gala debut, completing five swims and gaining two county qualification times. Ten Dolphin swimmers now
have entry times to take them to the county championships in March.
On Sundayn, Dolphins then
competed against other teams in the Squadrons event - a series of relay competitions. The club’s star performers
were the 13 to 14-year-old boys (Cameron Deacon, Jarvis ( Stanton, Will Murray, John
; Gornall) with a bronze medal f in the 4x50m freestyle relay. ^
; Dolphins then squeezed ' in a midweek gala against ; Stonyhurst, and came away victorious by 363 points to 261 points. . - If anyone is interested in
Joining the Dolphins, contact | Barbara Jones on 01200 423064.
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