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SPORT •r : I '■ r - by Chris Boden


RIBBLESDALE High School face the biggest game in their history after the Under-15s reached the final of the English Schools’ FA Cup. After knocking-out highly-


Samantha on Rome mission


■ ahead of her next fqcus-thc ■ World Championships in_;


v-FRESH from winning her. 'first;:Modern‘ Pentathlon - World Cup medal in Russia on Saturday, .Glitheroe’s .; Samantha Murray has had a welconie break'this week'


: Rome in a fortnight; -' i / ; ' ■ The 22-year-old continued. ' her superb form this year by . taking bronze at World Gup . 4 in Rostov, following up her


“I'beat Heather Fell in


-Russia, but she’s one of our ; best, and Mhairi Spence ;


.wasn’t there, but she is really . strong as well.


’ “I ’ll just keep'my feet ■' on the ground and give ; everything in Rome.” - In Russia, she won 18 . contests from 35 in the, ;


. .


T previous best career result •the previous weeki when she ;


■' for'Great Britain athletes to . ■; press their claims forWqrld Championships selection,--.;


^ and having finished, as top Brit for. the second successive :


- was fourth in Budapest. Rostov was the final chance.^.


' final Ik run, but Belarussian - ^Anastasiya Prokopenko ■;


: down in the'riding area to . ; add 1,160 points to her total.' . " In the run/shoot, Samantha ; held onto the lead until the -


; World Cup, Samantha will - now have chance to achieve the Olympic .qualifying;.; ' standard in Rome, where.she;i


' And a top-two showing, among the Brits in Rome,


?■; days of rest,-a few massages ' and I ’lh s c e my sports^


'a l l a b o u t ' : the j W o r Id; Championships now. “I’m- ha'ving' a • couple, of


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'-iby VictoriaTereshuk of i- ■•;;.Iikraine -the reigning World '


• will also try to qualify for thcr.- ; World Cup Final in.China’-' later in May.


- would ■ go a long way. to s ; earning a place at London. ■ Samantha said: • “ It^s ;


;« GB’s performance director,.; '-;Said: - “Samantha had. a ; very balanced day.’ She was - leading a World'Cnp for the


'.'champion. J a n ■


Bartu, -Pentathlon ;


f t psychologist before focusing’ , ^ on Rome; i'. r-~'


iS'"will be; clearer.^bout;who'; ‘ggoes to the 01ympi«M,tan4j ;*'even though I ’ve done rMllv,'


■f' '■.“ l ’m",n'ot ’ex p e c t in g ’' sfjahythingi I’ll just do my best# C*iand see wherel finish.up.-'i^=~ i;i;a“But after that, the picture •


sSprovidedJher/with’a.car to.-^l f'^helpiher get to training,-^ >


'S';^-Mur’ray’’is,;gratefui; to;^ '5 sponsors James Alpe,' whoj»


■'and'Johnson,Matthey,’whoii


• - supplied equipment^^.,;,’.’ ? '*;.C;if anyone else''is’ able; to.;-; ¥ help with sponsorship,'email ?i| Samantha Jnumy89@gmail.’:'4


K-.well this'year, if I ’m the t^ jd 5 it%rit hbihetherej it’s qyerl v:'.,,,'


com; orfbllbwher.dn^itte^ :'’samahtfraunuiTay.;t;;;->7-''&,


;. it was good for us to see how' ■ ■ she handled the situation;’-;:* • V' ..?She.has. demonstrated, - :.;;.co!isistency.at a high level


first time in h e r . life going ,'J into the run/shoot with some. J, strong athletes behind her,.so ;


-


-the swim, to climb to second' ■, going into the ride. ■ There she moved into pole . ; position, with only two fences-


fencing for joint 12th place, before clocking. 2.09.73. in- -


fancied RSA Academy from ■West Bromwich in the last eight, they continued their outstanding run by disposing of last year’s finalists 'Wright Robinson from Manchester in the semi-final played at Stalybridge Celtic. The Manchester team


included Manchester City’s England Undfcr-16s player Kean Bryan in their side and they started brightly. But the Ribblesdale boys


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Ribblesdale set for a final fling


had the first attempt on goal after Dominic Telford’s pace caused problems down the left


wing. Patrick Fordham and Tom


Jackson tackled fiercely, and Josh Pomfret tipped a rasping drive on to the bar. Bryan was meanwhile


NATIONAL FINALISTS: Rlbblesdal'e High School Under that ensured the, first half Telford was on to it in a flash


finished goalless. The second half was a cagey


affair and extra-time loomed on the horizon. Then Telford’s left-footed


becoming frustrated by the resolute Ribblesdale defence, well marshalled by Luke Wilde


and Andrew Tomlinson, and


volley hit the bar, which spurred the Valley lads on


even more. And when Alister Lofthouse


threaded a neat pass through, and calmly slotted the ball


home. Then a couple of minutes


later, Telford collected the ball on the halfway line, turned his man and unleashed a magnificent left-foot strike


■ which sailed into the top comer of the net. Wright Robinson were


■15s


thrown a lifeline when Br, showed his class by firing i free-kick.


too late for the Manche^ side, leaving the Ribblesi contingent jubilant. The final, on Monday, 1


But it proved too lita . ,


14th, will be against the 0 Academy from Croydoil Derby County’s Pride ParkF


''' Overhauled her^ and she was ' pipped to silver at the finish.•


Blues’ shortlist of si


CLITHEROE FC chairman Anne Barker is hopeful a new manager will be appointed within the next 10 days. The club had considered 29


■ compfisihg Barker, Andrew Jackson, Colin Wilson and Chris Musson, have now whittled the selection process down to six candidates. “We’ve had all the applicants


applications for the post but after detailed discussions the Blues executive committee,


by Dan Black able to do a job for us, of that


I’m certain. “We just need to choose


someone now who we feel we can work with.” Blues stalwart Lee Sculpher


us in some capacity,” Barker said. “Ideally he will stay on as assistant manager. “We are totally happy with


“Lee is looking to stay with


Lee’s contribution. “He understands the way


rescued the club’s season in a temporary managerial role alongside assistant Dave


Burgess. ' The pair secured back-to-


in now,” said Barker. “We’ll hopefully be making


a decision within the next week to 10 days.“We are meeting on Monday to discuss the shortlist of six candidates, and we should


ha-ve more of an idea then. “We are very happy with the


standard of applicants. “Any of those six would be


back victories over -Salford City and 'Warrington Town on their arrival after former boss Carl Gamer parted company. A relegation dogfight had


the club works, and he has a feeling for the club and its supporters. “I t meant more to him


him on at the club.” O n c e a p e rm a n e n t


than it would have done to an outsider, and those are the reasons why we want to keep


been on the cards but, despite losing 2-0 to champions AFC Fylde on the final day of the season, the Shawbridge side had a seven-point cushion over the bottom two.


a p p o i n tm e n t , has b e en made. Barker is hopeful that everything will be in place to mount a comeback next term. She said: “The committee is


busy behind the scenes trying to raise finances and build the foundations for next season. “The hope and belief is


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that we will do better 1 campaign. “We are looking to bu


the season that we’ve had,ij if if s a slow progression.”


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