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SAWLEY’S Jon Schofield is going for gold after officially being unveiled in Team GB for Lohdon2012/
- and Duisberg, Germany. " “We’ve had two World Cup
main opportunity before the Olympics ——
of late, winning the national regatta in Nottingham, and claiming silver medals in respective Canoe Sprint World Gup races in Poznan, Poland,
runs recently and they were our
be/owj was named as part of the nine-man kayak squad with K2 partner Liam Heath. The pair have been prolific
The 26-year-old Yp/c/ured
by Dan Black
to race the opposition,” said Schofield.
- what we’ve been working hard on. :
medal because we feel we are good enough.
'
"" the day so we don’t want to assume anything.
“It will be a wide open race
‘ There’s probably about eight boats capable of
^ winning a medal.” . But before the
- T h e E u ro p e a n Championships on Lake
L ak e D o rn e y , th e y have o n e final dress rehearsal
riuo embark on ‘ the biggest race of their lives af the man-made Olympic home of British .flat-water canoeing, Eton’s
heading in the right direction. - “We need to be aiming for a
“It shows we are certainly
medals, which is quite positive for us because it shows we are well in the medal hunt. “It also showed us what we need to improve on, and that’s
“We picked up two silver
. Jarun in Zagreb, Croatia,"^ this weekend. .
Rauhe and Ems - for the final time.- And it’s also a chance to be
in bad races, so that’s another positive.
- ’ “We’ve focused our energies in to rectifying any weaknesses, and we will put that in to practice in the European Championships. “This is the last one, which makes it all seem very real.
■ “After this we focus on the Olympics, I can’t quite explain how that makes me feel.
“I’m not nervous, I think it’s more excitement because it will
we know what to expect and there will be a lot of spectators. Whatever happens, it will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”
be such a great e^erience. “The set-up is incredible,
form,” said Schofield. “We’ve demonstrated we’re capable of finishing in the medals even
crowned European champions for the third year running.- “We are happy with our
as an opportunity to eye up the' competition - France’s World champions Jouve and Hybois, Russian pairing Postrigay and Dyachenko and German duo
And Schofield sees the race
the gold medal is definitely a realistic goal.
opponents at one time, and we’ve been the most consistent crew for the past three years. “Without a doubt we’ll be aiming for gold.”
- “We’ve b e a ten all our
have played iu the county finals this year, with two triumphanL
' swimmer Will Murray stonried to 100m freestyle victory to Iiecome regional champion
CLITHEROE D o lp h in s ■It
brother of Samantha, who will represent Team GB in the modern pentathlon at the Olympic Games, recorded a new personal best of 55.76 to touch home first.
medal in the 200m,freestyle —his best result in this event.
qualifying times (100m, 200m free and 100m butterfly) in
a North West region, which provides some of the toughest competition in the counby.
He also claimed a bfonize
„,Tp add to. the medals, \ Will recorded three national
in Manchester for-a second successiveyear. . , , i . The 14-year-old, younger
also been chosen to represent North West Schools in the national. | . competition, on the back
. Will (pictured) has
L ancashire as the county won the National Iriier- County team event.
-gone f rom
champiori; two years in
Sumner said:- “Will h a s
Coach Dean
a swimmer at Clitheroe Dolphins to a regional
of his lOOin'freestyle win. He also represented
I in 2010 watching the winning Lancashire teain receiving their medals. He turned to me and said;‘Do you think I
‘ .could make that team someday?’
, was That he could,' b u t ; it. takes:a lot of ' d e if ic a t io n a n d h a rd work--.Y •
“My reply"
that day. Will j p u t in. the . hard, work : and became ' d edicated,'^
■ “; S i n c e '•
a row. I remember- Will and I .were sat at the County Championships
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achievements is making that Lancashire team at the county championships.
, .
.he collected a medal for being part of that team that beat all other regions.
swimmers looking up to him, o u r younger
" , ‘Tt was good to see that ail the hard work and dedication waspayingpff.” . - .
National Championships being staged at Ponds Forge, Shefiield, in July.
■Will now moyes bn to the
freestyle for the region, and. then the same this year. - “But one o f the main
train and work to the best of hisabilify. “Last year he won the 100m
always asking how to improve his technique, and wanting to
. Stonyhurst was also chosen for its contribution and
commitment to schools’ rugby. It fields a wide range of teams every week, and 48 teams from three age categories compete in its annual sevens toumamenb
presented the trophy to Stonyhurs t’s d ire c to r of sp o r t Simon Charles and
County Rugby Awards staged
a t Preston Grasshoppers RFC. Mr Johnson said: “The great
the performances ofour teams throughout this season, and I congratulate all the pupils and staff who contributed to this ' tremendous achievement.”
tradifion of rugby at the school. has certainly been reflected by
headmaster Andrew Johnson at the Annual Lancashire
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The Lancashire president
STONYHURST College has been awarded the prestigious Lancashire Schools’ Rugby School of the Year award. ■ Four of the school’s teams
can perform under pressure, and there won’t be any more pressure than performing at the Games. Hopefully it will bring out the best in us. “We are determined and
able to say they’ve competed in the Olympics in their own country, and to be one of them IS an absolute privilege and something that will stay with me for the rest of my life.. “We’re confident that we
suits and officially announce that we’d made the Olympics. It was special. “Only nine kayakers will be
done, becoming an Olympian,” hesaid. “We got to wear our track
moments where you look back and ruminate what you’ve
official inclusion into Team GB w ^ one of the best moments of ms life - but the veiy best could be yet to come as he targets a gold medal at the Olympics. • “I t ’s one o f those-few
Schofield admitted that his
PROUD: Stonyhurst’s headmaster Andrew Johnson and director of sport Simon Charles with the -
Uncashire Schools’ Rugby School of the Year t r o ^ success!
award is clear indication al the excellent standard anf
“For any school to get fouJ 1 '
teams to the county finals is i quite remarkable achievemenu and is something we are aKj immensely proud of.”
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determination demonstraten by our pupils, as well asTM dedication and commitmenf ofour coaching staff.
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