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Afterye't another podium fin-


■. 7^^v,ish, Jon Schofield believeshis - v .


5 •: • Heath is closing the gap on their


dominant Russian rivals. .The pair extended their im- , pressive medal haul to 17 cbm-


• , petitive races with silver at the ^ second World Cup regatta of the


: V. season in Racice, Czech Republic. .■ It was a result that endorsed


:


their, standing as one o f the most consistent crews:


: - :v onthebackofasecondplacefin-


': V,. ish at the first World Cup event: (i/z-in Szeged, Hungary. Their time; . of33.077was alsojust 00.430 be- •:


: r r; .; .Jiind Olympic champions Yury -^:.' Postrygay and Alexander Dy^ ' -; . ; . achenko, signalling an ambition ■


, i g i to become the best paddlers on ® the globe. , < .


, , ,


. “We’re delighted with the result,” said Schofield. “It was a


!■ V : much better performance than ^ < - :


. ■ ,. learnt a lot from. We’ve pushed • ; the Olympic champions all the': . ^ w a y so we Ve got to behappy with'’i j


i . ^ ' l t h a t . :


“I’d say we’re definitely clos- , ing the gap on them and we’ve


?s; V. shown that we’re stronger over.: 0 a- the"^first som.We’re strengthen.: - ing with each race but we need to sustain our top speed for a bit longer in the middle of the race.':::


• • . “To say we started the season •; quite late in January 1 think we’re '


V :: coming along really well. We’ve J . climbed back to that top level agamreallyquickly.”„.'‘ T • The undisputed European ~ champioiis will now switch their


ri:-<


; Jon Schofield : And then the pair will endure t;


.’.r ’attentions to defending their :.y: crown for a phenomenal fourth: :; I ; successive occasion when theyjjii us travel to Portugal in June; .The *: " A .! duo will hone' their technique ■ '


ss.i'and staniina in preparation at' f . Eton’s picturesque Lake D o r i ie y ' .r,.- the venue where they scooped ’ ’ ' bronze at London 2012. ; .u • ’ ■ ; ,


. a rigorous training camp in a bid s to chase the World Champion- > ' ship gold in Duisburg, Germany •;


I which is a coveted medal that’s ’;' eluded them to date. -A-“^It’s three weeks until the Eii?"


j f . - ie t K2 200m partnership with Liam " ; Rimington are on target ■ >


for the treble after beating Grindleton 5-0 to progress' ; u: to tomorrow night's Craven:


a Cup Final against Bentham: t : at Rolls-Royce in Barnolds-. wick.


_ Ter ry B raithwa ite ’s sid^


Ui have already won the West ;:; Riding County FA Challenge -.- Cup, and a sixth-successive EastLancashireLeagu'eFirst Division title, and they will


. .look to end a remarkable campaign on a high. Against Grindletbn, they got off to a perfect start, Fa-


r, gan passing across'tp Dins- dale, to Hutchinson aiid then'


. Lloyd, who crossed for Luke Conti to fire home in the first


' minute.'1 - • . , ‘ Then in the 20th minute,


- Dinsdale hit a free-kick to .; the far post; where Lloyd


;■ headed back across goal for ^ ; Conti to head in from close '- range to make it 2-b.


. Rimington had further : uchances before the break, • : as'Walsh’s left-foot effort


;


flew ju s t wide, before Conti :. missed the chance to seal


. : a hat-trick and Walmsley’s shotwentpastapost.


half,


- Grindleton pressed forward and left gaps at the back, and


.


.. McLean crossed for Lloyd . who, with his back to goal, produced a wonderful over­ head kick to extend thelead. ; Gawthorpe, looking for


vhis f irst goal o h h e season, headed a free-kick agonis­


ingly wide, before, with four minutes left; Lloyd’s cross


: went in via a combination of . Eglln and a defender. . Tn the last ihinute, Fagan’s whippedih corner was head- zed in by Dinsdale to give the


;• scoreline a rather flattering '■ lookats^o.-,


’ - T his se ts up a repeat ■


■ o f la s t .y ea r’s f ina l with Bentham; and Braithwaite '■


. said:‘‘We will have to show muchmbreenergyandcon-


, centration in the final. We know how hard Bentham made it for us last season so we are in for a hard contest.”


Louis living American dream


AClitheroe footballer Louis Cross, who is with Black- pool's Academy, has signed


forAkron Zip, an American - collegeteam. "


.c . -..Louis, 18, who has finished


b . . . : his. studies; at' Blackpool ik 'V'Sixth;; w^


up a little bit before the compe­ tition. .


’ ' ,


r ' : “We will be back at borney •butthere won’t be miich'time' to make tob mifch change bb'-;


■ ropean Championships which is^u a big'deal for us,” Schofield saidi'fe : “We’ll undergo a KaVd block o f ; training for two weeks then rest ;!;


mark for when you compete. It’s '


. always good to race the top coni- petitors because it means a lot ' more if you get a result against- .'j paddlers thatgood.


- ... •


. fore flying oiit to Portugal. Then • the focus switches to the World ’ Champiohshipswh'ere'we’llh'avel a 10-week window to' prepare.”’


. - Schofield added: “Racing the; best athletesgivesyou the behch-J.


;'-;res'ults recenUy'and it keeps bur ‘ record of podium finishes going;;


BTEC Sport as part o f his ap-;


T ' - ’PrenticeshipwithBlackpool, Tv:,-will bejoining the Universi-1


ty of Akron in Ohio, the top-j


‘j . “We’re happy to still bemp - there. We’ve picked up somegreat’i


r -"'He has been with Black:? r :'Vpoolsince he was eight years' •- ” old, captaining the Seasid-


y. We’re proud of that and we want ’I to maintain that record.” -v


'-t-


' -"-'•ers’youthteam.‘ '-T-f .' - '. i ' \ ‘-k?The defender also cap-' Attained his country on a tour!


...tOfScandinavia, and was ...j/named England’s Under 16 -'Independent Player of the Year, as w e l l as the League . : FootbaUEducation’sAppren-


- tice of the Month in Febru- aryf--


He, nbw' l in k s up w i th


- Akron-Zip, who were na-: ;'tional champions in 2010 : and have.had more players


j;.;'.' rated college in America fo r ; football. ‘ . i\ -•“ ,


/ drafted into Major League , Soccer since 2006 than any


...otheruniversity.' ' .0 Blackpool Sixth sports


’ tutor, Stephen Gibson said: ; vLouisis extremely commit- . •1 ted to his football and to his


;; academic work.'.' , '■ ' ' “We wish Louis all the : best in his future career.’’ ;


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