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AbookwrittenbyaRibble Valley-base author has been shortlisted for the British' Sports Book Awards .


“The Mud the Beer and the Rugby” is the first book writ­ ten by John Collier, who has been a member of Burnley (formerly Calder Vale) Rugby Club for many years and now lives at Waddington. While file bookis about am­


ateur rugby, it is not intended to be a factual or historical ac­ count of any particular club. Its purpose is to make use.


of the wealth of humorous material from both on and off the pitch to raise some laughs, and also to raise mon­ ey for the Injured Players Foundation, a charity which looks after players from all levels who suffer serious spinal injuries and which re­ searches into injury preven­ tion. Seen through the author’s


eyes as ayoung soccer enthusi­ ast, rugby is a crazy game, but after a chance incident draws him in there is no escape from


the mud, the beer and the rug­ by. Nordoeshewanttoescape because he is having so much fun. He meets some colourful characters and lives to tell his and their tales through stories which bring out the camara­ derie and humour which are


.characteristic of the game. Former England and Brit- ■


ish Lions captain Bill Beau­ mont has contr ibuted a foreword to the book, which Will Greenwood, a member of the England 2003 World Cup­ winning squad has described


as “the perfect antidote to the self-absorption ofthe interna­ tional game”. Will’s father Richard, who


'also captained England in his day, rates it as “the funniest and most accurate evocation of the real grassroots game since the “Art of Coarse Rug­ by”, a book which sold over a million copies someyears ago. John is not expecting to


emulate the success of that, but is hoping that the book will sell in sufficient num­ bers to raise £100,000 for the


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Injured Players Foundation. He said: “It’s a tall order, but i f we can sell an average of - 20 copies per club affiliated


; to the Rugby Football Union we will get there. Lalso hope people outsiderugby.whojust


enjoy a good laugh, might also buy a Copy. It’s not necessary to have any knowledge of the game to see the funny side and quite a few ladies have told me how much they enjoyed it”. The British Sports Book


Awards Ceremony will take place at Lord’s Cricket Ground on May 2ist. John will beac- companied on the trip to Lon­ don by former international referee Peter Hughes, from Higham, who has also been a member at Burnley for many years and has been helping John with the fundraising project. “I’m not expecting to win,


There are she on the shortlist, including record-breaking Irish international Ronan O’Gara’s autobiography and books byestablishedwriters,” said John. “But the awards ceremony


Foreword by Bill Beaumont on behalf of


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Supporting and protecting the rugby family


at Lord’s will bean experience I didn’t expect to be involved in when I was asked if I would like to enter, for the awards. It could be my ‘Andy Warhol’ moment and certainly the nearest I’ll get to the Oscars”. As a result of the shortlist­


ing leading book wholesaler Gardners has agreed to stock the book, which is now avail­


able from all booksellers. However, John points out that more money will be raisedfor the foundation if the book is purchased through its own website at www.themudthe beerandtherugby.com which is also the place to go if you would like a copy signed by the author or i f you would like to • read a sample chapter or two.


-BLOOMIN’ BROWNIES: The Clitheroe Brownies with garden expert John Foley Nurses thank Lions for daff total


Marie Curie Nurses have thanked Clitheroe Lions Club for helping raise £778.65 dur­ ing a two-day collection at the Tesco store in Clitheroe. In response to Marie


Curie’s appeal, local Lions Clubs collected donations across the country and en­ couraged people to wear the charity’s daffodil pin to sup­ port people with terminal ill­ nesses. All the money raised by


the Lions Club of Clitheroe will help Marie Curie Nurses provide more free care to peo­ ple with terminal illnesses in their own homes in the local area. Community fundraiser Lu­


cy Leeming, said: “The Great DaffodilAppealwasamassive success this year. We want to say a huge thank you to the Clitheroe Lions Club for its hard work collecting dona­ tions from generous local


supporters during the Great Daffodil Appeal. “Whatevertheweather, Li­


ons Clubs encouraged people to donate and wear a daffodil pin to support people with ter­ minal illnesses, and helped raise a fantastic amount of money. The Great Daffodil Ap­ peal is vital in helping Marie Curie Nurses provide more free nursing care and we are so grateful for the support giv­ en by the Lions Clubs.”


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Nature walk will inspire writers’ prose and poetry


Writers will explore a nature reserve to inspire words for the 50th anniversary of Bow- land’s Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty status. Members of Clitheroe


Writing Group will spend the morning of Saturday, May 31st, walking in Cross Hill Nature Reserve, gathering ideas as they observe the plants, wildlife and surround­ ings of the former quarry, with Lancashire Wildlife Trust’s John Lamb to guide them. In the afternoon, group member and tutor Maureen


Fenton will lead a writing workshop at Clitheroe Li­ brary to develop the ideas into poetry, stories or drama. Maureen said: “This year’s


ForestofBowlandAONBgold- enanniversarywassomething we wanted to mark with a cel­ ebratory look at our outstand­ ing natural heritage, and so we have adapted one of the events from the Festival Bow- land programme as the basis of our spring workshop.” Other local writers-ofany


experience or none - can join them. The event starts at 10


am, meeting at Hanson’s Rib- ble Cement car park, finishing at 4 pm at Clitheroe Library. The whole-day workshop


will cost £12. To book a place, or for further information, call Maureen Fenton on 07710 409457 or email maureen fenton@tiscali.co.uk Later, Lancashire Wildlife


Trust’s Festival Bowland walk “Bees, Butterflies and Blos­ soms” in Cross Hill is on Sat­ urday, June 28th - details at www.forestofbowland.com or phone Phil Dykes on 07841 996722.


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