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; ■ : 'The team of fitness enthu- • siasts based at OakhillAcadr V emy, Whalley, took up the \ : challenge of rowing from Lon- ■ don to Paris to raise money for Help for Heroes.


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. : ■ Joined by sk others from various parts of the country,


: they made up a team of 12 to race against a team represent-


; ing the Ickle Pickles sick chil-: dren’s charity. And although


. they were beaten to the finish- ingline at the Eiffel Tower, they enjoyed the experience -


. of lifetime. The Kibble Valley six were: Simon Heptonstall


.(Read), Suzanne Liddle (Whal­ ley), Phil Moss (Whalley), Will Smith (Longridge) Ed Snow­ den (Old Langho) and Alex - . Trickett (Whalley). - -Alex Trickett said:Ttwasa


tough experience but we really enjoyed it. On a scale of one to ten,itwasten-plus.” : i Billed as The Real Bo at- Race", the London-Paris chal-


lenge'was the third organised ' andsupported by Michael ■'


Oram’sAdventureRowing ' - ' ' company based in Ramsgate. The teams had been pre- •


paringformorethanayear on gym rowing machines and later in boats on coastal waters


even days andsoo backbreaking miles atseainanopenboat, but six Kibble Valley palsmadeit!.^ ,


TherivalteamssetofffromWestminsterBridge ? .■


for the non-stop race, in which they all rowed in shifts for two hours then tookjust two hours offfor food and rest.


• : Theteamsstartedwith . ;


theirsupportboatsat : ,r WestminsterBridgeonthe 'C Thames, and arrived 15 hours later at Ramsgate within two ; minutes of each other. -, Then they rowed to Beachy


Head and headed due south - across a calm English Chan-


nel, visited by dolphins on the. way and reaching Le Havre : after 45 hours.


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. Nexttheyrowedwiththe ^ tide to Rouen, but after heavy ■


rainstheyhadastrongcur- ’ j


rentagainstthemin the Seine! as they slogged towards Paris. In some places the crews '


were spending two hours row-; ing less than 2km against the v ■ current. It had become a chal-' lenge simply to get to Paris at ^ all. Burdened by injuries. The ?


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HelpforHeroesteamhadtO' concede the race to the strong- erlcklePicklesteam.: ' -


Alexadded:“Beingacrew member on the challenge was


: an opportunity of a lifetime. Up to i8 months of prepa­


ration and training culmi- nated in seven days of extreme


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exertion, battling extraordi- ; naiy conditions and injury, ■ •: fighting to our limit. The lack : of sleep was extremely hard - - to endure. Sleep was difficult : to come by, especially during daylight, due to the adrenaline ■ of the rowing and the activ- • : ity on the support boat, and :: ;• graspingjust45 minutesin eighlhourswasn’tunusual.” ' Apart from the exertion of r


rowing, the crews also had to endure cramped conditions on the small support boat that carried equipmentand large' •' quantities offood: . Eachcrewmemberhad ;(


to eat up to 8,000 calories per; day to fdel their bodies for the level of exercise, consum-


. ing rehydrated food packs ■ and the equivalent of over 40 : teaspoons ofsugarpershift;: : through large quantities of . Maltodextrin added to the drinking water. ■ Alexadded: “TheHelpfor ■


Heroes team gave everything : theyhadin their attempt to .. win the race and have left the _ challengewiththeirheads ■ ■ held high.They have done i themselves, their family and friends, supporters and spon- ' sorsproud!”


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Lancashire’s ‘chain gang’ ' a VIP tour of 3M site


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Mayors and their consorts from across Lancashire came


. togethertopayacombined visitto the 3M manufacturing .'siteatClitheroe.


The visit had been organised by the Mayor and Mayoress of


the Ribble Valley, Coun.Tan Sayers and Mrs Jean Hayes,


: to show neighbouring civic heads some of the high spots of their borough before they


: stepping down at the end of their mayoral year. The mayors came from all


parts of the county and the group also included County


- Coun. John Shedwick, chair­ man o f Lancashire County Council..


■ In the morning they vis­


ited 3M, which makes valves and components for asthma


. inhalers,andthenintheafler- noon went on to have a tour of StonyhurstCollege. ,1 ; - ; ■ : Coun. Sayers, a retired in­ dustrial chemist, said he had


Tha Lancashire civicdignitariesduringtheirtour of SM'sUpbrookssite at Clitheroe.


been particularly interested in touring the Upbrooks site of the diversified technology companysM. . . ■ "Weareveryproudtohave


the 3M site in our borough and 1 think all my fellow may­


ors found it fascinating. The company.certainly made us very welcome.” he said. /Site manager Stephen


Murray said: “It was a great opportunity for us to be able to share the achievements of


‘Barmy’ Bill will abseil from The Big One for latest charity stunt


Fund-raiser Bill Honeywell reckons he is reaching the height of madness for his latr. est stunt - abseiling 200 feet from the top of The Big One


■ rollercoaster at Blackpool. • ■. ' Clitheroe estate agent Bill,


a two-time cancer survivor, : is raising money for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity - formerly- the ArmyBenevolentFund-- with the hair-raising descent" on Monday, June 3rd. . ■ - ■: His previous efforts have


includedwalkingaU2i4Wain- wright hills in 55 days and cy­ cling 4,500 miles around the / coast of Britain in 10 weeks. - Hesaid:“Ifanyonedoubted


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-. Clitheroe Town Council has submitted objections to the:. Planning Inspectorate in re-:>


• sponse to an appeal by devel-:; ■ ; operstobegiventhego-ahead -


. to build 345 houses on the :; Waddow View site at the edge j of Clitheroe.


/ In it they reiterate th e ir .: original objections to the de- '.


: velopment and support Rib-f- ble Valley Borough Council’s - reasons for refusal.


: They also express concern


that if the development were togoahead theproposedhigh- way ‘improvements’ would ac­ tually be detrimental.


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potential introduction of a


■ residents’ parking scheme as / •- a direct consequence of the ' development.'


' ' ’ :. /.//Town;councillor-Allan -


■ ■ Knox commented: “Such a /’parking-scheme would mean '


.V that residents would have to v •: pay a tax for 345 new homes / : being dropped on their door- / step - something which any-/


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Bill has a special interest in fund-raising for injured serv-


Tce personnel. His wife Val’s Aephew is Sgt Rick Clement, from Chatburn, who lost both' -Tegs after stepping on a boo-


: / by-trap bomb in Afghanistan three years ago. Bill said: “Once again I am asking friends, colleagues . and everyone else I know if


: they will kindly make a small , donation to a good cause, in exchange for me doing something which is probably not advisable at my age. I’ve


- pledged to raise at leas t £500.” . /■- Donations can be made at www.justgiving.com/Bill- Honeywell-TheBigOne r ; .


- - Bill added: “You can also leaveacommen-andperhaps recommend a psychiatrist! ”


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.- “We hope they left with a


greater knowledge of the part that Clitheroe plays in improv- ing the lives of asthma suffer­ ers throughout the world.”


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Young tribute singer Joe • > 1 Martin, from Chipping, ■ >


; thriRed residents and day' care visitors at the Manor' ■ House, Chatbum, with his -


.covers of Michael Buble songs and others by the ' likes of Frank Sinatra and - Nat King Cole.'


Joe Martin entertains,; The Pit'new live venue


The music scene in clitheroe gets a new free live music venuethisweekendattheWhiteHorse,YorkStreet.It /


: will operate under its traditional nickname “The Pit”. Li- ■ . censee Dave Gee has booked Urban Empire for tomorrow' (FWday, May 24th) and Taser Puppets for Saturday, and - : will host more live bands on Ftidays and DJs on Saturdays. ^


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