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CLITHEROE swimmer Petier Jones has been included in the FINA World


afe:


I tpP‘10 rankings for his success in the [■Sbackstrbke events he entere'd'durihe . “ the20i0scason.‘^ ''^


group, he came fourth in the short course lOOm, sixth in the 200m and seventh in the 50m. In the long course events he collected a seventh in the 100m and eighth in the 50m. >■, ,


Competing in the 40/44 years age


swimmer in his age bracket to appear *n,,the top lo.^was Olympic,silver


i«rhe?ohIy;otherJBritish male


•-<.®®J?,^MstiNick Gillingham,,;who ‘^=*'claimed‘twb*seveh^


• 10th in the breaststroke events. Peter conducts all his training in ; the. Ribble Valley with Clitheroe


Masters and Ciitheroe Dolphins ,while he does his land training with CrossFit Ciitheroe.::


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■ . When asked if he was pleased to have achieved so'marty top 10 World . placings, he.said: “No, I.wanted to be_number;one


period, Peter is now back in training and hoping to achieve that elusive number one spot.


CIitherbe^bn"th"e''wbrld swiminingS map because all my training has been done in local sports clubs.” After a break over the Christmas


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TOP-IO RANKING: Clitheroe swimmer Peter Jones, also pictured in the pooi during last year’s world championships in Sweden


'CiSfe Blues’ ,


over the future of Ciitheroe Football Club.


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declared the Ribble Valley club are in desperate need of


club have taken their toll on Smith of late. And five points from a


possible 24 recently has done nothing to lighten that mood.


First-half strikes from Danny


Shannon, Tom Bentham and Michael Hazeldine had given Trafford a 3-0 half-time lead against the Blues on Saturday,


. • before Ashley Parillon’s 50th-- , minute penalty and Chris Smalley’s deft flick in the 68th minute gave the scoreline a bit ■


' more respectability. circumstances surrounding the The Shawbridge chieif has •


investment - or it could sink; It is apparent a number of •


BLUES boss Peter Smith has painted a gloomy picture


•by Dan Black


But the result still saw CHtherbe slide to 10th in the


on a .Saturday. We’ve gone from a good side to a poor ■ side. It’s getting frustrating for me and the supporters.”


because we are relying on self finance at the moment from gate receipts, and they haven’t been great lately. That all has a knock-on effect.' “I’m not enjoying the games


are crippling the team, and investment or a sponsorship


He: insists; club ‘finances


wak shocking. One or two players just didn’t show enough commitment, and I think it will continue to get worse before it improves. :T can’t strengthen the side


Evo-Stik First Division North. Smith said: “The first half


. deal is much-needed to help . Clitheroe move forward. Smith said: “I ’ve taken


•Clitherbe as far as I can iri terms of., the finance I ’m workingwith. - .


„; , “There’s no money going in to the club at all, and we need


people or local firms to put something in; At the moment I’m lighting a losing battle.


.


, “I ’ve built a side in two ’ years and it was a good side, but steadily it’s been split in to pieces; It’s just kills me. r “The expenses I’m working


■ it’s only going to get worse. ■ • “There’s nothing I can do,


North West Counties standard paying put more money than what we ^ e giving in expenses.


my hands are tied. “There are teams playing at


on haye been cut in'half and I’ve nothing to \york with. And


•


“I t ’s just giving me a headache, and I can see it’s , frustrating supporters, bufit


. Smith said: “If we’d have kept those lads, we’d have had a chance but without we couldn’t compete.


to keep players or bring decent’ ■ players in to the club;


quality players and it’s telling. Some of the lads now are not showing the desire I want to see. ' “We don’t have the finance


“We’ve lost a number of ■


William left for Kendall, Nathan Taylor signed for Halifax while Kev Brown and Alex Porter both left the club.


dwindling expenses have seen key players leave the club for much richer destinations. Mark Jackson and Danny


doesn’t hurt anyone more than me.” , And a further knock-on of


teams, but then other clubs take them off you because they can offer more money - they’re ■ a more attractive proposition. s “I t’s always going to be a


team and it’s hard work.- _ “Without people getting involved or investing we are not going to improve. “I’ve developed players and


moment, the lads are getting- their petrol money, and sometimes they’ll be luclw to get that. We don’t want the club folding or going in to debt but something needs to change if things are to improve. : •


truggle.” Smith added; “A t the


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discuss investment proposals for Clitheroe Football Club contact chairman Carl Gamer, vice-chairman Anne Barker, secretary Colin Wilson or treasurer Andrew Jackson on (01200)423344.


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