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/^ > Clftheroe's Samantha Murray is grilled to see the University of Bath'named as the venue for the 2015 European Modern Pentathlon Championships. 7;


It will be the first senior inter-


, national-modem pentathlon - 9 competition held in the'UK . . since the London 2012 Olym-' ■ pic.Games, where Samantha won the silver medal - Team GB’s final medal. The event, one of more


*£- than 26 World and European Championships targeted to be hosted in the UK as part of UK Sport’s £27 million Gold Event Series, will be held in Bath, : home to Pentathlon GB’s Na-


• tional Training Centre, from 17 to 23 August. More than 100 top pentath-


letes from around Europe will compete at the champion­ ships, which will be their first opportunity to try to achieve thequalifyingstandardforthe


&L-, Rio 2016 Olympic Games. . .Samantha, also a Univer­


sity of Bath graduate, said she was excited by the prospect of competing in an Olympic qual-


' m ifier at her training base: Whatley Golf Club


Jeremy Wade won his first winter competition at Whalley Golf Club with 28 points on Saturday.


He was “over the moon” and asked i f he could thank his playing part­ ners for the day, Stuart Andrews and Trevor Thornber, for their sup­ port. Clive Rees also had 28


Samantha Murray on her way to the Olympic silver medal at London 2012 Shesaid:“Itwillbeafantas-


tic opportunity for our sport to harness the interest gener­ ated by the Olympics and by the performance of the British


points, but was nudged into second place on a card play-off. Colin T. Elliott posted


men and women at the Games. “It will be a fabulous oc­


casion for.British athletes to competeonhomesoilinfront ■' of friends, families and sup­


porters. “That’s always an advan­


tage,” she added. . “The Sports Training Vil­ lage at the University of Bath


is a world-class facility and I’m sure it will deliver an out­ standing modern pentathlon


. competition for Europe’s best pentathletes.”


27 points, which was a great effort; on account of him only landing back from the United States on Saturday morning at 7a.m.. He would also like to


thank his playing part­ ners Danny Lyles and Chris Summers for the great support. The Jamie Hunt win­


points clear of pack


® Thedismalweatherforecast forlastSaturdayfailedto - deter Mytton Fold's golfers as the club played the latest - round in the Winter Series.


Players were rewarded by bet­ ter-than-expected conditions, although the course was a lit- tie moist underfoot. ;


v All this was of little conse- ; quence to' Garry Davies, who


9 returned an outstanding 40 points over the shortened 16-hole winter course. The true measure,of the


fr-


quality of the win was that Garry’s score was eight point's clear of his nearest challeng­


ers! Although eight points in


arrears, players were ganging up to take the scraps from the table with the finishing order of Jean VanBoeckel, Club Cap­ tain Peter Main, Garry Aston and John Berry all carding 32 points and only split by card . play-offs. ]


. - i 7 The TwpsPot was splitjust


three ways when Gary Aldred birdied the first, Dave Clegg ■ the eighth and Mike Chatbum theninth.'


-/. - Peter Main/Dave Halsalf


and Garry Davies/Ray Stand- ring took top honours in the Winter Pairs this week when


both teams carded 42 points. Wayne Ivinson/John


Welch ended up two points behind, while the pairings of Nick Avino/Martin Holden, Jean Van Boeckel/Mick Kel- bie and Frank Hindle/Mick Mahon all came home with 39 points. An amusing moment in


the Pairs event was watch­ ing Frank Havard admiring


. the expected trajectory of his second shot to the 15th green. . The only problem was that


his club was still on its down stroke and the resulting air shot left at least onegolfer unamused! ’


' ' ■ Winner Garry Davies (s)


ter Order of Merit table now reads, first, with 21 points, K. Moore, and P. Chalker; second, with 18 points, M. Earle and C.T. Elliott, and, third; with 17


. points, T. Thornber and C. Summers. The next competition


is on Saturday, February 1st. .


• Get your thinking


caps on and your teams together for the Pre-Sea- son Get-Together and. Quiz at Mytton Fold Golf Club on Friday, February 7th. '


' , , Teams of four and en­


try fee is just £10, and all profits go to the Captain’s and Lady Captain’s Char­


ity. : The quiz starts at 7.30


p.m., and there will bean opportunity to buy sup­ per at the break.


Jeremy Wades in to win at Whalley!


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New-look Blues unlucky on trip to Harrogate


Four fresh faces for Garner but Glitheroe suffer third successive defeat Harrogate RA................. .....3 COtheroe


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A vastly-improved perform­ ance from the previous week­ end saw Clitheroe unlucky not to leave Harrogate with a point.-.


Four new debutants con­


tinued Simon Gamer’s recent policy of blooding new play­


ers in the team, with 18-year- old Cial Callagher starting at centre back, 17-year-old Bryn Potter on the right wing, and 28-year-olds Paul Coote and Matt McNamara spearhead­ ing the attack. •• The game roared into life


right from the kick-off. An early break down the left by the home side sawa snap shot across the face of goal ama2 - ingly hit both posts before bouncing to safety. Aminutelater, Garnerwas


beaten for pace and the for­ ward’s deflected shot nicked the outside of the post. But in the fourth minute,


three of the new boys com­ bined to help the Blues take the lead. A flick on by Potter on the right saw McNamara drive towards the bye line be­ fore firing a shot across the goal for Coote to stab home. With Bailey operating on


the left, Clitheroe had.two genuine wingers for the first time in weeks, and the move­ ment unsettled the home - side. On 18 minutes, McNa­ mara gathered the ball on the right, moved 20 yards in­ field and leathered the ball


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Whalley team looks for new players


Pro Future Under 9s, based in Whalley, are on the lookout


fornewplayerstojointhe team.


The club have several teams over different age groups, but are looking for Under 9s in particular at present. The team play in the East


Lancashire League on a Sun- d day morning, with their home fixtures at Oakhill Academy. Pro Future have team train­


ing on a Tuesday night, taken by former Great Harwood Town and Chorley manager John Hughes, who runs Pro ■' Future Elite Sports Coaching. Hughes wants all players to


learn apassinggame, and puts a great deal of emphasis on this in his coaching sessions. Anyone interested would


need to beeighton August 31st -<e last year, in school Year 4. For more details, contact Anthony Cherry ort 07970


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855203 or anthony@logicnw. co.uk


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Red team beat Green to go top


On target Ross Dent netted Clitheroe’s second in the 3-2 defeat at Harrogate on Saturday


from distance against the bar, Coote just failing to follow up the rebound. Ben Proctor was called in­


to action on 38 minutes when a burst down the Harrogate right was followed up with a powerful shot.


However, two minutes lat­


er, following a similar move, Proctor came out to save, but a rebound left him in no man’s land on the edge of his box, and Nathan Cartman curled the ball past him into the net. Half-time saw Ross Dent


come on for Bailey, and the home side came more into thegame.


But on 52 minutes, a ridic-


ulously soft penalty was given as a Harrogate player folded


himself round the legs of Gar- . _ ner for a penalty, which was


WaddingtonRedaretwo points clear atthetopofthe Dorothy Southworth Indoor


converted by Colin Hunter. . Hunter made it 3-1 with


17 minutes left with a sweet left-foot volley, before, in inju­ rytime, Dent pulled one back when he headed home a fine left foot free kick from James Walker.


Successful trial for Valley netballers


Ribble Valley Netball Club continue to go from strength tostrength.


After having a very succes- ful season in 2012/13, both in leagues and tournaments, a number of the club's girls attended trials for the Man- - Chester Thunder academy. With a huge amount of


players also entering for the trials, it was never going to be easy,but the Ribble Valley girls did themselves and the club proud by getting seven


girls into the academy. The girls have attended


all the Thunder training ses­ sions so far, and their will­ ingness to learn and put into match play the things they have been taught is a credit to them. In'the photo are Emma


Taylor, Brenna McPartlin, Lucy Halstead, Niamh Kay, Beth Tomlinson, Emilia Ro-


scoe and Isabella Whalley with Rachel Heniy, one of the Thunder coaches and Netball Superleague players (s).


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- Bowling League as the season reaches halfway.


They took full advantage


of Sabden’s free week to take maximum points against Hurst Green and overtake the longtime leaders. The newly-formed league,


played at Clitheroe’s Roefield Leisure Centre on Tuesdays^/ and Thursdays, has attracted ' almost a hundred players in the first eight weeks.


. Centre manager David 9


Potts has been delighted with thesuccessofthenewventure and plans are already in hand to look at the possibility of ex­ tending the league to accom- ° modate other clubs that have ” indicated interest in entering x teams for next season.. .c,,.- The latest round saw the


other Waddirigton-team, -^


_ the Blues, almost.made it a maximum double against ^ Longridge, while Read and 9 West Bradford both scored maximum points with con­ vincing wins over Clitheroe.


- White and Clitheroe Blue re- ** spectively.


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