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SAWLEY canoeist Jon Schofield combined with Liam Heath to storm to victory in the K2 200m on Sunday in Belgrade, demolishing a high-quality field to retain their European
the heats on Saturday, where Schofield’s blade slipped on the first stroke, the pairing re-focused ready to battle it out to defend their title.
crown. Following a shaky start in
Blasting away from the start.
Heath and Schofield worked fluidly together taking an early lead, leaving the rest of the field in chase. They crossed the finish
line clearly ahead of the 2007 World champions from Belarus, to take the gold medal and the European crown for the second year running. Schofield said: “ I’m feeling
totally knackered; absolutely everything went into the race.
We knew we could win if we got a good start, which we did.” Heath added: “I’m feeling
really good right now, we w a lk ed away y e s te rd a y pretty confident despite our disastrous s ta r t , and went out there and nailed it which followed through to a strong second half. Our preparations up to the race have been flawless; we just stayed focused and relaxed and delivered what
TITLE: Jon Schofield and Liam Heath won the K2 200m to retain their European crown
we have practiced a mfllion times.” Brendan Purcell, head coach
of GB Canoeing, was thrilled: “Unbelievable racing from the K2, they dominated from the
start leaving the field in chase. “All is still on track and
looking good for Olympic qualification at the World ChampionshijDS in August.”
Victoria qualifies for GB team after Mountain Trail win
C L IT H E R O E -b a s e d sp o r ts and rem ed ial m a s s e u r V i c t o r i a Wilkinson (pictured), led home a quality field in the European Championship Mountain Running Trial held in Keswick a t the weekend. And that means she
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intensive physiotherapy t r e a tme n t and 100% support from Denise, the world mountain accredited physiotherapist, who has now worked closely with her since 2005. And not only did she make it to the start line - which at times
looked doubtful - but she came straight back to hor winning ways, coming in first by six seconds. The 8.5k uphill-only
Victoria won the Home International at Aonach Mor , Scot l and, now representing GB across six different disciplines in her two main sports of running and cycling.
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regional qualifying play-off to progress, after snooting a 73, and now faces final qualifying on Sunday-in Kent at either Littlestcne, Prince’s, royal Cinque Ports as he aims to win a place at royal St George’s among the cream of world golf. He will be joined by Lon^dge’s Mark Young.
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Ian Singl eton won through to the final qualifying stage for The Open Championships on Monday on home turf. He came through,a^
half of the draw and encountered some stiff opposition from Fiona Anderson in the quarter finals and Aim Lowe in the semi-finals, before beating Sue Warrington, the 2010 champion, on the 18th in the final. Meanwhile, Clitheroe’s
at Manchester Golf Club on the first day of the Championship with a fantastic 76 gross, in which she played great golf and showed that she had the pace of the greens, which was to prove crucial in the matchplay stages. Chris was in the top
THE Lancashire County Veteran Ladies’ Golf Association has a new champion in Chris Stokes, of Clitheroe Golf Club. Chris led the qualifiers
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