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-.-. ‘ ciS.CIitheroe’s Rachael Walker is p s I


' r • weekend fo r the U C I Moun- ' tain Bike World Cup V _


> o u t to take onthewo r ldas she I f l ie s o u t to S o u th A f r ic a a t th e v j j


■ The former Clitheroe Royals Grammar School pupil works


• and races for the bicycle com­ ponent manufacturer Hope, based in Barnoldswick, and hopestoqualifyforthefinalof the first.World Cup of the sea­ son on April 13th in Pieterma-


<&Z ritzburg, near Durban. , Rachael flies out on Sunday


to begin her preparations. - She competed at the World


Cup in Canada last year, fin­ ishing 18th after qualifying in :


• 15th, and is aiming to finish in ; - the top 20 to reach the final,


which would be a big achieve-


. ment against full-time riders. • RachaelstudiedatDurham


University and was in London asacorporatelawyerwithAd- • dleshaw Goddard LLP, before


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jetumipg home to follow her dream.


. She said: “I liked thejob but


j •::: had a moment when I realised ,■ I had a fewyears to pursue my


w interests, and wouldh’thiavea w chance again:


' ' • a go at downhill. : -


, . , “I was told by people I was ridingwiththatlshouldhave


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“I did a fewraces and I was hooked! I still do legal work at _- -Hope, managing teams and '


Rachael Walker in action (s)::


marketing, but I get to ride more now. • “I’m not a full-time profes­


sional; so I’m up against elite girls in South Africa, so to qualify for the final would be amazing.”


Daredevil Rachael admits


the sport is a big thrill: “It?s ' like downhill skiing - you’re up against the clock. “But training for it is dif­ ficult - the nearest tracks are


in Newcastle, Scotland and Wales.” ’


. The World Cup series con­


tinues to come thick arid fast; with Rachael set for the sec- . ond stage in Cairns, Australia


between April24-27th', before the everit moves to.Fort WiL ; liam, Scotland on June 7-8th.- Leogang; Austrians the


next venue the following week, and from July 31st to Au­ gust 3rd, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canadaisthehostofstagefive.


; • StagesixisbetweenAugust 7-ioth at Windham,' USA; be- ' forecomingtoariendbetween


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, Ppomisingyoungster Morgan - Sw o rd s is making big strides - in the rugby wo r ld.


- ' ^ "T h e 15-year-old captains Clit-


' ,v ’ heroeRoyal Grammar School and Preston Grasshoppers ?


^ K . : - p la y s and trains with their « H= :j X


- " •’ Under 15s, arid has,recently ^


earnedcounfyrecognitiorifol-


lowing trials for Lancashire. _Morgan has"also been scouted by Sale Sharks arid ^


Under 15 development squad. . Rugby is in the blood - fa­


ther Michael played for Hop: pers and Orrell, and took Morgan'to his firstiriterna- tional,'aged 10 months, at the Rugby World Cup in Wales in 1999! -.•HestartedtoplayasanUn-


■ der 6 at Preston, moving from tagrugby to full contact, and


: has now captained the club for the last three seasons at Under


13,14 and 15 level. ■■


. ‘ And on Sunday he was in action as he helped Hoppers reach the Blacksticks Blue Junior Challenge Cup Final, winning 31-24'at Seftoh to earri a shot against Manches­ ter at Eyide. ’


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Morgan’s busy schedule continues this Sunday as he . pulls on the counfy jersey for


their Roses clash with York­ shire at Sedgley Park. '


Morgan Sword in his Lancashire jersey (s).‘


August 2ist-24th at Meribel, France.


She was on the podium last


weekend ahead of her trip to- South Africa.- Rachael, 29, was compet­ ing in Scotland in round one


. oftheScottishDownhillAsso- ciation at Innerleithen, where she finished in second place. , While Rachael competes


around the globe, back home it is a big year for Hope - the second-most successful Brit­ ish manufacturing' company


in the cycling world - as they celebrate their 25th anniver­


sary, and hope to win plan-■ ning permission for a 200m Velodrome at the site in Bar­ noldswick, a shorter track - for sprinters to match ones in


Manchester,London,Glasgow and Newport. ThereisalsoaTourdeLan-


' cashire planned in the area . to coincide with the Tour de France, which begins in York- - shire and will skim parts of East Lancashire.


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modern pentathlon teamshine : -The Ribble Valley Modern


.Valley A- , 1' " -t XA,


. Pentathlonteamwerevic- tor iousat the recen tN or th West Modern Triathlon


- Championships on home - ground in Clitheroe.


. The team came away with


■: ' two gold, one silver and two - bronze individual medals,


as welL as one team gold after competing in swim-


■ ming, shooting and a com­ bined run with shoot. In the Under 17 boys’


competition, Rowland High School’s Oliver Mur-


' ray, had a clean sweep of events to win with 3970


points. Oliver has followed in sister Samantha’s foot-


; i^ § £


. . -steps and represented GB for the first time in a


. youth international, and isalsoamemberoftheNa- v. tional English Talent Pro-


. gramme...... . .


. In the Under 15 girls’


; competition; Ribble Valley won gold, silver and bronze


individual medals as well asteamgold. ■ CRGS’s Hannah Procter


won the individual gold with a new personal best score of 4056 points, with victories in the swim and the combined run/shoot.


' .. Emma W h i t a k e r claimed silver and won the


- shoot, and Emily-Morgan took bronze. In the Under,i3 girls’


event, Sophie Morgan took bronze with a strong display of shooting. Misty Taylor finished sixth in her first ever competition. All go forward to the


‘ National finals in Solihull - in May..


United hit five to earn place in


'cup final / Readstone United reached


. thefinal o f the East Lancs Football Alliance Under


, ;10s Trophy with a 5-2 vic- to ry over Great Harwood


.White . „ Leaver, Thorpe, Andrew,


' ■ Barrow and Danson were- ontarget for.United; who


. will now face Oswaldtwis- tie St Marys in the final on , May4th.


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A late goal condemned Clit- heroetoaneight-successive


away defeatatRadcliffe Bor­ ough on Saturday.


Simon Carden netted three minutes from time for third- bottom Borough, to leave the Blues without a win in 10 on the road, stretching back to November.


' . Clitheroe s ta r ted the


brighter of the two sides at Stainton Park and managed to carve out a couple of half chances within the opening 10 minutes.


A driven effort from range


by Danny Wilkins could only find the arms of the Radcliffe Borough keeper, and an am­ bitious curling effort by Jor­ dan Preston flew wide ofthe farpostafteracleverone-two ■ with James Walker.


- Radcliffe’s Bevan Burey


then hit a tame effort towards goal before Paul Horridge de­ nied Burey in a one on one moments later.- • Both teams continued to


threaten, but Radcliffe who came, closest as Danny Laf- ferty played Burey through on the right, and the pacey Borough striker hit a power­ ful shot towards goal, only to see it rattle off the underside ofthe crossbar. . • . Early in the second half,


both sides came close to opening the scoring. .


A Radcliffe cross from the


right hand side was diverted goalwards by the wind and struck the back post, before


the lead but Elliot Rokka mis­ placed his header from inside the six yard box. ■


v . . Burey sent over the pin point cross for Rokka, but he was unable to aim his attempt on target.


- Clitheroe created another


. ashot. From the resulting free-


. kick,-Simon Garner saw , his low effort parried into - the path of Preston, but the


■ youngster could only find the Radcliffe keeper’s hands. As the game headed in­ to the final three minutes,


Jordan Preston on action at Radcliffe Picture: Peter Ryan


Clitheroe’s Blackburn Rovers loanee Preston tested Chris - Cheetham in the Radcliffe goal.


Preston latched onto a


long ball from the defence and hit an effort across goal - which prompted a smart save


Radcliffe Borough struck the winner. A one on one save by Horridge and a moment of pinball in the Clitheroe area saw the ball fall to Carden, who chipped the ball into Clit­ heroe’s unguarded goal. Burey threatened to rub


from the Borough keeper.' - Ross Dent then set the ball for Dominic Mulkerrin to strike, but his effort was "


just a little too high. With 15 minutes to go,


Radcliffe were presented with a perfect chance to take


salt into the Clitheroe wounds soon aftgf as he hit an effort towards goal that forced Hor­ ridge into a low, diving save, but one goal proved enough.' ■ " Three of Clitheroe’s last ' four games are away from :• home, and they will hope to


end this poor run when they travel to face Warrington Town on Saturday (3 p.m.). -;


Seconds are almost there!


Clitheroe RUFC seconds are all but assured o f promotion


after a hard-fought v ictory at Chorley. -


The visitors elected to uti­ lise the wind iri the first half and the men from Littlemoor started brightly, with the for­ wards maldng ground in the initial stages.


' -


The Chorley tackling was fierce and the visitors spent


a large proportion of the first period in the hosts’ half, but failed to score before they pressed the Chorley line, and,


following an infringement, a back line by the superb Stur- Strong running from penalty was awarded in front > gess and Procter popped up Preston and Bleasdale then oftheposts.CraigProcterdu- foragreatfinishafterBartle’s gained the visitors some v iu - ly slotted home and the visi- pass. The try scorer converted able territory, and, following tors led 3-0. ,


, and Clitheroe went in 10-0 up^_ a conceded penalty, Procter • Clitheroe dominated the The second half started converted to give Clitheroe .


line outs, and the forwards with a role reversal, Chorley some breathing space, were winning plenty of ball, enjoying all the play and ter- Clitheroe hung on for an ; but a combination of. th e , ri tory. Clitheroe defended ex--? invaluable victory, and they conditions and some big hits cellently, repelling wave after are back in action a weekl on from Chorley ensured the try. wave of attack, but.the hosts Saturdayat Preston Grass­ line was not breached.;


got themselves right back hoppers, where a victory will Eventually the pressure into it with the strong scrum assure them of promotiori,


told when the forwards went half finishing well under the unless Burnley beat Black- through a couple of phases, posts, and Dawson converted - ' pool this Saturday and it’s all theballwas deliveredtothe . to make the score 10-7. ;


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good chance as the final few minutes ticked away as Pres-, ton raced clear of his marker on the left before pulling the ball back to Danny Morton on the edge ofthe box. Mor­ ton jinked past the first man in his path, but was fouled as - he looked for space to release


reen Reserves


Blues on their travels with six-goal win Late strike makes it eight successive away defeats


Hurst Green Reserves sealed


■ promotion to the West Lanca­ shire League Reserve Divi­ sion One with with a 6-0 win against rivals Lytham Town Reserves on Saturday.


•Their fifth successive victory came courtesy of strikes from Chris Scott, Zac Foley, Graham


McEwan, Jonathan Welch and a goal-of-the-season contender by Ryan Cattermole. The away side started brightly; though their slick


■ football failed to breach the Green defence and the home side took the lead through a Foley penalty,after Bolton had been fouled in the box. The goal proved to be the


• catalyst for Green dominance, and Cattermole doubled their lead with a deft lob over the keeper, having received an ar­ rowed ball from top-scorer Fo­ ley..


Heading towards the break;


Lytham attempted to re-assert themselves, though their best chance went begging when their centre forward failed to connect with a cross played in


goals at half time. Green were home and dry,


though their relentless attack­ ing continued after the break. The home side capitalised-a*


on the demoralised nature of the Lytham outfit, and mo­ ments after the break, Scott weaved his way past three op­ position defenders before curl­


ing a shot in to the net, albeit via a deflection. - Hissecondgoalofthegame


came later in the half, after a number ofattempts by Lytham ' to steal a consolation went


awry, when he latched on to a poor back pass before clipping the ball past the stranded Town goalkeeper.


Sub McEwan rounded off theroutashe was first to react


when a Drake shot was parried out by the Lytham custodian, burying the ball in the net and •


sealingawinwhichhighlighted thegulf between the two sides. *


from the right wing. However, Lytham’s resist­


ance was killed off when Welch unleashed an unstoppable ef-


fortfrom25yardsthatwhistIed into the net. Leading by three a


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