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V vKwvf.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Thursday,May23,2013 .^Thursday, May23,2013. wwKK.clitheroeadvertiser-co.uk' ‘I ‘ ,*> SPORT MORE RIBBLE VALLEYFOOTBALLGLORY


Clithieroe are just edged out in final


c British Modern Tetrathlon Championship success for Bowland pupil


Oliver Murray-younger - brother of Olympic silver' medallistSamantha- ishim-:« self anational champion after s winning the British Modern-'


Tetrathlon Championships in i; Solihull._, ‘


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; .Oliver, and Hannah Procter,; • fiomtheRibble Valley Modern-'


- Pentathlon team, travelled to • . the'championships, whichv comprised o f a static shoot, -


. swim; fencing competit ion- and a combined fun/shoot -‘


: over a single action-packed; day.'",'.


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: , Both were competing in the Youth C category for com-' petitors born in 1999 or2000.^


' • Oliver, aged 14 and a pupil atBowland High School, start-; ed with a solid performance;:


;• in the shoot o f 74, out o f pos­ sible 100. And he followed that up • with a good 100m freestyle ■


: swim of 1:03.04 to leave him - fourth heading into the fenc- • ing competition. : Oliver showed how much;


. his fencing has progressed to ' win'29 out o f 36 bouts to take, the overall lead before the ’.' combined ruh/shoot event:;;


1: : He comfortably held oh to his lead with a strong rim to become national champion!' .: For Hannah^aged 12 and


OliverMurray and Hannah Procterare picturedintheirfencing outfits'


-who started swimming with . Clitheroe Dolphins - w e n t .


: backtoDolphinstohelpinsire. anew generation of athletes;-' '• Hannahstartedwith'avery


; a pupil at CRGS, this was her / ;first ever tetrathlon,‘and first i fencing competition; having ; been inspired to take up the ■ ; sport by Samantha Murray. - last autumn when Samantha r.


strongshootofSgtolieinjoint third, and swam well to finish: in ninth in a time ofi:o9.46 to leave her fifth o v e r a l l . ' •


' She fenced well against: more experienced opposition.


to win 11 out o f 27 bouts, a n d '.


- then ran well to finish in 12 th . place overall.


• ;. The Kibble Valley Modern Pentathlon Team are keen ■ to encourage more people to


; take up the sport by trying their hands at shooting and fencing."' '


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- ; Both are available local- , ly, with a fencing club being


held at the Tennis Centre on Edisford Road, Clitheroe eve- - ry.Wednesday evening from! 7-30 to 9-30 p.m. ’ ■ The club cate rs for all


- standards, from beginners upwards, and for more de- :


tails, contactDebs Murray via ’ debs@debsmurray.co.uk -


. -; The shootingls 10m air pis- ■ toland is also available in CUt-■


= heroenexttoRibblesdalePool


everyFridayeveningfix)m7-30 ‘ to 8-30 p.m. For more details contact


Martin Highton via martin. - highton@orpheusmail.co.uk . Oliver and Hannah both ’;


train at Clitheroe Dolphins swim club, and there is a good'


. choice of running clubs in the area as well.


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■; Clith eroe RGS finished runners-up in the Year 9 , East Lancashire and Bury


' Schools20i3 Rugby League : . Tournament at Rhyddings ; Business and Enterprise College. In Group A, Accring­ ton and Clitheroe were


■ the stand out perform­ ers, both advancing to the semi-finals undefeated, having-beaten o f f chal- lenges from Hollins and


. iParrenthorn and drawing; ■ against each o t h e r . ; StChristophers’andAl-


. der Grange won all three


:> went through from Group B. -


: ; Clitheroe beat Alder Grange, and Accrington


: saw of f St Christopher’s to book their place in the final, where Accrington •


, were deservedly crowned - champions after not losing ; a match all afternoon. . . ■ Clitheroefinished third ' in the Year 10 competition . at the same venue.:. : ■ :


Action from the tournament -


Dominant performance delivers English Small Schools’Trophy success' Clitheroe Royal Grammar


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School have won the English Small Schools'Trophy forthe tirsttime Intneir history. . .


Captain Jack Burgess scored


.. the winner in the final at Wal­ sall’s Banks’s Stadium against lastyear’s winners GreatCor- nardfromWestSuffolk.


. Earlier, Clitheroe had


beaten schools from Liv­ erpool, Chester, Uttoxeter, Doncaster, Morpeth and Yorkshire. In the run up to the f in a l ,.


the team played a practice match at Clitheroe FC’s Shaw- bridge ground to get used to a big pitch, also they also en­


joyed a private training ses- sionwithformerBurnleyand Bolton manager Owen Coyle.- . The team were also invit­


ed to Ewood Park for Black­ burn’s final home match of


. the season against Crystal Palace.-The players were wel­ comed onto the pitch at half- . time and given a very warm


' reception by both sets of fans. ' . At Walsall, 80 students -and s ta f f travelled to th e .


• game, along with a large numberoftheplayers’ family - and friends.The crowd made banners; painted their faces, dressed in blue and white ' and screamed their support throughout the 70 minutes. ■ ; i CRGS were the dominant


team throughout thefirsthalf - ; but the score remained goal­ less athalf-time. An inspirational team talk and a break brought out the


Chance to enter bowling events


Thefuture looks brigh’tfor


r young Rihble Vallley hockey .9 .' - player Maisie Griffiths, i ,- ;,.


k.-. ifi The 14-year-old; who lives ;/ in Topside, and attended Bren- n an d s E n d ow e d T r im a r y


Surbiton won the silver-:


'. - ware with a 1-0 victory over: ;; rivals Teddington, having


; earlier beaten Kirkby Lons-, dale 4-0.


■: School in Slaidburn; has ju s t : ; . played in the National English, ;:Under'i4 hockey finals .wi th : ; KirkbyLons'dale,helpingearn; r a fifth-place finish in Beeston,' Nottingham!


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■ ; . v.^' And on the ba'ck'.^ofthat : achievement, Maisiehas'al-; so been selected to attend an -


t' - England Hockey Junior Re-':- K'gional Performance Centre ' . at Diirharn - the next step on : the Under 18 player pathway,',- . where players receive high lev-'y


el coaching on the core skills


:■ of hockey from JRPC coach- ' . - es, \wth additional input fr'oiri - England Hockey Board’s Cen- trally Contracted Coaches;: .-


. . .. 3 . As a result; Maisie will play; i -for Durham Pumas and train - over the summer at Durham University.-''” "-!" Maisie, who has also cap-!- tained Cumbria county hock- ■


b ey teaml'now attends Qiieen: . -Margaret’s School in Escrick:::


: Ribblesdale Wanderers ;: Cricket and Bowling Club ■ will again host two mixed


: doubles bowling competi-. tions this summer. - . The Honda Jazz Classic. isonSunday, junezndjand


: the Honda Civic Classic is ; on Sunday, July 21st, both


starting at 9-30 a.m'.' ■


; ■ There are spaces left in both competitions, and to


, enter, please contact Mark ' i Gr'aham'on 07506 736634.;;


CHAMPIONS:Clitheroe RoyalGrammarSchooIcelebrate theircupsuceessatWalsall’s Banks’s Stadium?


best in the team as they went on to further dominate pro­ ceedings. Ten minutes from the end of . the game Burgess converted a quick corner from Issac For-; rest and Adam Bolton. ~ ; . There was a scare in add­


Rain again


Rain was again the only win-; ner in the Houldsworth So v • Heitors Ribblesdale Cricket League on Saturday.


Not a ball was bowled in th e !


.Senior Division;:with all games abandoned. ': In the First Division, on- ; ly one game was completed, ;: as Cherry Tree seconds beat •


:: Ribblesdale Wanderers sec- : ,: onds, who were restricted to ' 66-6, chasing a revised target : of75.downfromii4.' • : ' MSecondDivisiongames


> were abandoned. ; The Third Division was : more suecessful on Sunday-


■ though Clitheroe thirds V Pa-' diham was abandoned. •; .>. Brooksbottom beat Cher-:


. ry Tree by three wickets. Ear-.: bybeatEdenfieldbythesame = margin. “


’ Euxton, for whom Rich-


ard Brown made 74 not out •. and Chris Pearson 6i; beat Salesbury by 119 runs; Great:.


wickets. I ’ ' _ _ ; Ribblesdale Wanderers


' beat Baxenden by 92 runs, as Max Spencer hit a fine 95 in a total of 262-6, before Bash


; were restricted to 170-7. . . . '"A n d ’Burnley, Belvedere: . beat Whalley by eight wick­ ets.


,3.. date.


? Harwood beat Oswaldtwist- = : le Immanuel by 80 runs and • 3 Read beat Fenlscowles by she :;


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: Clitheroe IVhad a fre e, ■ i . .


C l ith e ro e are at Os- ■ : waldtwist le on Saturday, •


. ■ before hosting Ribblesdale ­ Wanderers on Sunday.


: : Wanderers are at home to ■ Settle on Saturday.


• : : Whalley entertain cham- :pions Barnoldswick on Sat- >


; ; This weekend in the Sen-: ' ior Division, Read are at Earby. ' on Saturday, before; the fo l - ' lowing day. Read host Padi-‘ hamatWhaUeyRoad. " -


s urday, before a trip to Great ^ . Harwood 24 hours later, and f Salesbury are on the road ;;■> : ' twice, at Cherry-Tree before '


-. a trip to Settle, with wickets pitched ati-30 p.m. on both days.


ed time, but Harry Ellis dealt with a one on one and Char­ lie Dewhurst cleared off the line to ensure that CRGS were crowned as national champi­ ons!


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- ; Later on the same day, ;Yeano played a district Cup


/ Final against Ribblesdale. . They lost to the same oppo-: - nents'th'e previous year b u t :


■ v.this time round ran out 2-1 .“victors with goals from Ben Fourie and substitute Matt Todd. : -The game, at Accrington v


Stanley’s Crown Ground, cappedoffauniquedayofsuc-- cess for the grammar school.: -


' « .: Head ofPE and team coach Jamie Alcock said: “I am ex­ tremely proud of all the team. ' They have shown realcharac-' ter to win every match.”


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Five-Star : Conti helps seal second place


'AresoundingS-ivictoiyin the ; final game of the season over


I a spirited Lango side enabled Rimington Reserves to add the league runners-up spot t o . their Craven Cup suecess. ; Luke Conti put Rimington


in fiontwithin 23 seconds, and ; soon added a second, only for


> Lango to pull a goal back on the , half-hour.


: The second half saw Rim- . ington step up a gear andplay


some o f the best football of the season. . . Further goals from Conti


. (3)andthetalentedBenWest- head (3) completed the rout. : Rimington look to have a


3 promising future with a solid - base ofyoung players capable


ofchallengingforfurtherhon- ours.


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Victoria is leading lady in Fairfield Horseshoe


. The 2013 English Fell Run- ;


. ning Championships got un­ der way last weekend with- :


'lo c a l runners travelling to^i^/' the Lake District to compete ” in the Fairfield Horseshoe; . from Rydal, nearAmbleside: : -a nine-mile route. •:: International BingleyHar- • ^ ' rier Victoria Wilkinson led


• the women home in 33rd p o - ."; ■ sition overall. Victoria works . ; ;


. as a remedial and sports mas-:' • - ^ .seurwithDeniseParkPhysio- ■ : therapy Practicein Clitheroe.


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Chipping Ramblers stun the champions Only one game was possible ;:


, in the Clitheroe and District ■ 3 Cricket League, and it pro- ' duced a surprise result. T


; : Last season’s bottom c lu b ' .Chipping Ramblers visited


:. champions Calderstones at a- soggy Whalley Cricket Club:' , and came away with the spoils, r;


.: Ra m b 1 e r s ■ made i 85 - 6: •: in their, overs, before they


bowled Calderstones out for ■ just 64.. >


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