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ByDanBlack
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Clitheroe secured their high- e^-everp6intstallyatlevel eight of the football pyramid and boosted their play-off hopes with a 3-2 victory over Ossett Albion on Saturday.
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• Goals from Daley Woods, ^ Chris Mason and Scott Bakkor puttheBluesmacommanding position, before Dale Kelly and
■ Joseph Fox repliedfor the visi tors to set-up a nervy finish.
; Moore’s side dominated
the opening period and took the lead in the 12th minute through joint-leading scor er Woods, who notched his eighth goal of the season. The lead was doubled on
^ the stroke of half-time as Ma- son also fired home his eighth
goal of the campaign in Clithe- roecolours. .iThe home side looked to
have put the game beyond doubt on the hour-mark as
young forward Scott Bakkor
• scored his second goal of the week. . -
However, it was to be a
tense end to the match as'the visitors replied through Kelly
.0 on 65 minutes and Fox seven ■ minufeslater.
And three vital points could have been reduced-to ;
one had it not been for keeper Hakan Burton who saved a late Ossett penalty.
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Clitheroe are sixth - one place outside the play-off po-
• sitions - with three games re- maining, starting on Saturday atseventh-placedCurzonAsh- ton (kick-offs p.m). ; .
5# .Speakingtotheclub’s.web- site, Moore said: “It has been a slog blit just getting over the line at the 71
points.mark is , remarkable compared to la s t .
' ' season, especially as this is mine and Dave’s first season
BIG GOAL: S|mon Nwgle congratulates goalscorer Chris M ^ o n on Saturday
atthehelm. ■ , “The
ladshave.been fan
tastic and believe me they are 100 per cent convinced that we will be in the play-offs.We. mayneedtodependonresultS’ elsewhere.
/ y ; y*:;/ - “The last few games a re;
going to be vefy interesting;; Rammy have a tough run in a s : do Mossley, and Lairds are not'
out of it either.- New Mills are having a good run so we may have to win all our games to get in. '
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'• “But whatever happens I am really pleased with our..
/ firstseasonatShawbridgeand: we have already highlighted our targets for next season, so: we can push on. ' , - - i “Daye (Hughes) and I have
started work on the squad for next season and will be discussing with the current squadtheirintehtionsoverthe , nextmonth.Wearehopefulof
keepingthemallbutfootballis a really funny game.
: ,1 “So, three games to go and; the play-offs are a reality; We have made the season very in teresting until the very end.”;
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DanBlack
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TRAINER Kevin Maree has tipped Luke Blackledgeto become the region’s first world champion after his
impressive showing in Den mark.
r . The 22-year-old raised
his profile bn a European platform following a cou rageous and indomitable
- display against highly-tout ed Swede Erik Skoglund ■ 'despite enduring the first
defeat o f his professional career. Ringside judges'scqred
the ferocious 10-rbund bat tle 97-93.96-94 and 96-95 in favour of the home fighter
. at Arena Nord in Frederik- shavn but the unanimous result may prove to be the mostdefirdngofBlackledge’s promising province. Maree’s protege entered
the ring to a chorus of boos fi’om the Scandinavian sup
port but left to a standing ovation after gaining their respect with a committed, whole-hearted and full- blooded performance. Skoglund, who boasted
nine knockouts fi’om 15 out- ingsandhadneverconceded"
a round, may have clinched the prestigious WBC Youth World & WBO Youth Inter continental Light Heavy weight title, but Blackledge , made a significant step up in class - from super mid dleweight -yet pushed him to the limit. “He did me proud,”
beamed Maree. “He’s defi nitely not done his reputa tion any harm. We knew the risk and it was definitely worth taking it. He came out ; with a lot
ofcredit.lt was a ' remarkable effort. Luke has leamtsomuchfiximthatone -fight. I’m devastated we got beat but really happy with how that willset him up in the future. Luke has got a world title in there some where.”
Elizabeth’s elite opportunity Ribble Valley tennis coach
; Elizabeth Thomas is setfor theexperiencebfalifetime this weekend.
The 28-year-old former
professional is the young est of four female coaches
: selected to travel with Judy Murray and the Great Brit ain FED Cup team for their group two promotional play-off at the Mery,Teran De Weiss Stadium inBuenos
■ Aires at the weekend. ' Elizabeth willassist the team, consisting of British ' number one Laura Robson,
, JohannaKonta,AnneKeoth- . avong and Elena Baltacha, alongside: Murray, mother of world number two Andy.
■ The purpose of the trip
,is to give the coaches a great , experience "and education al opp ortunity, kick-start a more focussed approach to supporting female coaches.
-■ and provide the team with niore presence and support. Elizabeth fits the bill in terms of the level that she is
; working at and the players she is working with at Bol ton Arena - one of the coun try’s few LTA International
: High Performance Centres, . where she works with the under 9 age group. She also works at Ribble Valley Ten nis Centre, which focuses on tennis development of all ages.
MORtTOSEE
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