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• ’ starlet Sophie Lamb is at it; again.
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.The 13-year-old, who'1 won the Under-14s trophy?
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CLITHEROE Golf Club ,~ - . ‘
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:in the Northern Girls! A;" • *(/i "'Championship at Durham1:
JiiCity Golf Club earlierin the/rfi |year,hasnowbecome the firstii I ifjunior representative of the.'.'iy; j jyRibble Valley, club to defend;/.' | ,< a Clitherbe Golf Club junior Lv. ; knockout titled fe;&The prolific teenager beat off , -20 talented competitorsbefore v seeing off Will Payton 5&4 in ■<•£ the final. ".“She was absolutely '
; “She entered the competition , for the first time last year, and • won it, so she was delighted to ' , have defended her crown. “She’s doing really well, and
. thrilled,” said her proud father Phil Lamb. ’
i s h e ’s still only 13; Hopefully , she’ll keep progressing.” Sophie, who has how .
also been selected for the i England Girls’ squad.' She was picked out from
■a skills'testing day in.York,.. . where her chipping,'putting,
driving and fitness was assessed. , - Sophie will now join six .
other girls at the next camp in Harrogate on Sunday, where . England coach Pat Smillie and
: physio Nicola Tebbutt will be , in attendance. -
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said Phil. “She’s doing really well, eqjoy ing her golf and j • progressing nicely. “She keeps improving every . year and you can see now that . she’s going to be a great player
rv??-; s ■*'<*» 1 dropped to six handicap, has .. ■ wsi ^
CLITHEROE boss . Carl - Garner has added former Blues manager Lee Sculpher to his management team. £ •'; Sculpher was player/assistant
to Dave Burgess in 2000/01. In their first season together,
the pair guided the Blues to runners-up in the North West' Counties League Premier Division and the FA Vase; semi-final.
Sculpher took over in the ; -
hotseat the following season; ' and again led Clithefoe to second place in the league, before losing 2-1 to Mossley in the League Cup final at Buiy’s Gigg Lane ground. But Sculpher’s persistence
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• Division champions on the final day of the 2003/04 campaign; after a late goal from Neil Reynolds sealed a 3-2 victory at Nantwich Town, arid the title; • “I’ve; got Lee Sculpher on board now,” Garner said. “He’s managed Clitheroe
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paid off, and Clitheyoe were crowned NWCL Premier'
BACK: Lee Sculpher
affinity with the club, and he’s very trustworthy.” The-Shawbridge side are
now.without a win in 1L but- showed they are heading in the. right direction with an inspired performance and result at high flying Warrington Town. A Michael Duffy own goal gave the Blues an early lead,
' but Allan Collins struck late to salvage a point for the hosts. .“We drew at Warrington but
successfully in the' past, and gained promotion ;witn. th e , club from the North West Counties. L. 4
to the club. He’s already put some markers down for the
, players, and he’s generally sharpening the side up. - • “H e ’s'’ p u t t in g some
“He will certainly, add value
> close it’s quite frustrating. ./. “We started brightly, and
i we should probably have seen the game out,” said Gamer. “It was a decent result in all • fairness, but when you get that
played a lot more solidly. 1 “We were more compact and ,
created some glaring chances. “We created two that were
parameters in for the young players, and they’ve all taken ' what he’s had to say on board. T “Our coach Wale Ajet has
parted the club on mutual terms after Saturday’s fixture. “He’s left the club on good '
terms, and I’d Pike to t hank him for his service.
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have Lee. on board. “He’s experienced, has a very
“I’m more
thari-happy.to
sensible approach to everything, : has a great knowledge of non-league football, great
, easier to score than miss - we ; just can’t get that second goal T tosee teamsoff.”'
, League One side Charlton' ■ Athletic, aired live on ITV. Goals from Matt Taylor,
. ' Meanwhile, Garner was full of praise for hte son Simon after watching .him ’star in FC Halifax Town’s FA Cup first-round clash against
Jo hnnie Jackson, Danny H o l la n d s and B rad ley Pritchard decided the tie as the A'ddicks marched through
: despite enjoying just 38% of ’ the possession.
Gamer said: “It was brilliant.
He came, off in the 73rd minute because he Jiad been booked. “They lined up 4-5-1, looked
solid and they were well in the game. Simon then came off and they opened up a bit because they went for it. “The rest is history. Simon
had been playing the protective role and that went when he was. substituted. ' “By’ Chris -Powell’s own
admission, the scoreline wasn’t reflective of the performance. “But it was a nice family day
out, and it was good to watch a game as a spectator. “I t was a lovely, refreshing
change, and I enjoyed the occasion. I t was a nice experience just to be a dad and a supporter. “I t was good to see three
former Clitheroe FC lads involved as well. “My son, Gregg Anderson
and James Dean have all been involved with the club. ‘ “I brought them all here, so
it’s good to see them all doing so well. Simon certainly did us proud in every way.” Clitheroe host Radcliffe
B o ro u g h o n ,S a tu r d a y (kick-off 3 p .m.) /b efo re entertaining Curzon Ashton on Tuesday (7-45 p.m.).
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