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Ethan is potty about Messi!
#-5.- ^ - V s . ‘ ' -J; —_ W ,\ , s, ' '/ • ^ , Samantha and Luke both in action for Great Britain in World Cup 3 in China
TheRibbleValeyhadtwo representatives on the in-*
^ternational stage last week.
LukeTasker competed for G i^ t Britain atthe Modern * PenbithlbngW6rldCup3in, Chengdu, China.
■ As ^Britain’s .Kate' French
■ J . ’ . achieved the highest Modern > ^ - Pentathlon World Cup finish
■ • ofhercareertodatewhenshe 'came sixth last Friday, Mur
ray finished 29th, ynth fellow Team GB athlete Freyja Pren---
^Kvticenottakingpartintherun/ ■ •fishoot due to an ankle injury, v French and Prentice won
, 19 bouts fencing bouts apiece to share 12th place with 214
- pentathlon points, while Mur ray won 17 o f her 35 fencing
contests, putting her in 16th
• placewith202points. ; Murray clocked the quick-
■
-estswimtimeofthedaywitha 20omfreestyletimeof2:n.oo to add 308 points to her total, ■ - promoting her to eighth.:' - ■- * French’s 2:21.11 was the:
(fc-igthfastest of the day, putting her. 13th going into the ride, while' Prentice’s 2:26.25 saw
■ her drop to 21st. ■ ' - Murray went clear in the . ride, but sustained eight •
^ time penalties to give her 292 • points, puttingher fifth going - into the run/shoot. She started the run/shoot 27 seconds behind Russia’s
. event leader Alise Fakhrutdi- nova.
' 1 - - r* - - French dropped 12 points Best swim: Samantha Murray had the quickest200m freestyle time, but finished 29th in World Cup 3 in Chengdu
from the maximum riding Frenchwentontoachieveher score to go into the run/shoot highest World Cup finish yet. in 10 th, 50 seconds behind the Herrun/shoottimeofi3:i9.2i leader, while Prentice’s riding was the sixth best of the day. performance- dropping just . She crossed the finish line
eightpoints-pushedherback six seconds behind bronze up the leaderboard into 13th; ; .Prentice, who had been
troubled by an ankle injury in Wednesday’s qualifiers, decided against tackling the run/shoot. • And while Murray’s Chend-
gu campaign faltered and she dropped down the field,
i - Qian Chen, China’s world
• number three, won gold with Poland’s Oktawia Nowacka taking silver. < ..*•••
enjoy • • (. -v — '
Two Ribble Valley athletes' got the chance of a lifetime to
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compete at theOlympic Parik in the British Schools’ Biathlon
Championshi^e^lierthis^ month.:
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» • Over i 6ooathletes took part (ji«dn the events organised by Pen- - v tathlori GB/swimming 100m:
-5 intheOlympicpoolatfteLoh-. don AquaticsCentre,andrun-
- ning a 1,600m course on the Olympic Park.
. .•: The competition was the first event to be held at the Ol ympic Park after recently be ing opened to the public. : J.x-Elliot Norman (13); ofRib-
blesdale High School, and. Hannah Procter (13), of Clit- heroeRoyal Grammar School,
. took part after, qualifying via school and regional events/ !- .f v a Elliot achieved His Region
al qualifying time; placed in sixth in die swim, and 21st in the 1,600m for ninth in his 13
r year age category.. v-, And Hannah was 15th'in the swim and 14th in the run
for sixth place in the 14 years category.' "
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. ■ The pair, both swim for Burnley Bobcats; and Elliot,
right, is pictured with Bobcats teammates Harry Eilkington and Dean Moorhouse (s). * •
medallist Wanxia Liang, a sec ond behind Hungary’s Sarol- ta Kovacs and alongside Mina
JeongofSouthKorea'.whojust • edged fifth.
Meanwhile, Waddington’s
- Tasker, 20, made his World Cupbow.....
He finished 31st in the
semi-final A. He was joint 19th after the fencing; produced the
sixth fastest swim of the semi (2:02.92) to go into the run/
shoot in 13th, but he dropped down the field. Semi-final B started in the pool and Tom Toolis’ swim
timeof2:04.56puthimeighth. He dropped down to 21st after
the fencing and ended the day in the same spot.
And Sam Curry came ago
nisingly close to clinching a place in the final. Curry finished 18th in
semi-final A and his points total of 1080 was the joint 12th highest among the ath
letes who didn’t automatical ly qualify, along with Lukas
Kontrimavicius of Lithuania. But the Lithuanian’s better
run/shoot time in semi-finalB saw him secure the last spot.
Ethan Myers
; Moorlandschoolboy Ethan Myersispotty about Barcelona wizard Lionel Messi.
. So when the 12-year-old
. got the opportunity to see his hero play at the famous Camp Nou, Ethan found himself part o f Spanish football history.
ArgentinaforwardMes-
si not only broke the club’s goal-scoring record, he did it in sensational style, net ting a hat trick in Barcelo na’s thrilling 7-0 win over Osasuna. “Messi isan unbeliev able player, so to be in the
• stadium for that moment in his career was a dream come true,” said Ethan,
, who was on a week long school trip to Barcelona with Moorland School. “He is the best player
in the world, and I love to watch him play because he has so much speed and skill.”
United looking for
newplayers Next season Readstone United are hoping to run teams at Under 7s and 8s level.
And the club have organ ised training sessions on Read school field on Sat urday mornings between 9-30-11 a.m: commencing on the Sunday. .
. For more details, con tact Tina Fielden (01282
770224/07538030497) or Ollie Clarke (01282
osee end of tough season -TwpJtiQre losses make it five on spin for Garner’s men
Clitheroeendedthe Evo-Stik First Division North season in 16th place after five-succes sive defeats/1
-' i;_-7 On Saturday, they went do wn
3-0 at home to champions Curzon Ashton, before slip-
ping to an lith-straight de feat oh Easter Monday on the road at Padiham - who have
nowrecordedthreewinsover the Blues this season.
. Against the Storks, Andy
Eaton had an effort cleared off the line, before Padiham’s
IGeron Pickup forced a stun
ning block from player-man ager Simon Garner midway through the first half. From the resulting corner,
Martin Parkes found space for a header, but Adam Free land was on the line to clear his effort.
r Against the run of play, the
hosts took the lead through Dom Craig, as a clever flick
‘ by former Preston forward Lee Ashcroft opened up the Clitheroe defence for Craig to sprint through on goal, one on
one with Alex Palffy, finish ing well. • On the hour mark Padi-
.ham doubled their lead as Owen Deakin-Pickard went down somewhat softly on the edge of the box and Michael MorrisonheadedMarkShar-
ples’ freekickinto the bottom corner. Danny Morton felt he
should have.had a penalty: for handball 16 minutes from
Action from Saturda/s defeat against Curzon Ashton
time, before assistant man ager RyanParr was dismissed from the dugout. On Saturday, Curzon Ash
ton came to town and showed why they are champions. It took only four minutes for the first goal to arrive, al-
beitinaratherfortunatefash- ion. Ryan Watson hit a tame shot goalwards from range but a cruel bounce sent the ball spiralling away from Palffy.
.: Just before the half hour, Curzon doubled their lead
BenthamGOLF.CLUB Picture: Peter Ryan
through Samuel Walker, tap ping in a driven low cross. Shortly after the hour
mark Chris Rowney wrapped up thegame, racing onto a ball over the top before hammer ing a venomous volleyed ef fort past Palffy.
Rock add insult to injury
RockRovers.:;..........;...........2 Rimington...............:.............1
Rim ing ton >boss T e r ry Braithwaiteconcededthathis side will not retain their East Lancashire League crown
for the seventh season on the trot, and they may not even finish in the top two for the 1st time in 10 years.
: It was just .one o f those
days for the villagers, -v Benfield fizzed a 20-yard
■ strike narrowly wide, before Matt Baygot beat four play ers before unleashed a drive
which the keeper parried away.
On 38 minutes, Rock
opened the scoring when Rimington gave the ball away "on thehalfway line,Chapman ■ collecting it and racing for
ward before firing a screamer into the top corner, r ■ - . . : Jackson and Heslop were v
forced off injured before the break, before Robinson fol lowed suit after the restart. But ju s t after the hour
Rimington levelled, Benfield firing in a shot which Black
burn intercepted and slid home with his left foot. Rimington pressed for ward in search of the winner,
andBlackbumandWalshhad good chances, before, inside ■ the last 10 minutes, Bailey’s
cross was sliced over his own ; bar by a defender.- ,
. Skipper Andrew Hartley was forced off late oh after a ; tackle resulted in his knee locking up and him being car ried off to hospital, reducing his side to 10 men.
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and pushed forward to add insult to injury, literally, by beating Kershaw from close range to take all three points Braithwaite was philo-, sophical at the end: “It has
been an incredible run of- League titles, six on the*.
. bounce will probably never
■ be done again. ' >■- . .“This league is getting
tougher, there aren’t many - easy games any more. We lost
Rock took full advantage ; playing catch-up.”
^important players at the start • ofthe season and were always
Hurst Green warm . up for cup final with convincing win
xivouuum me uisappuiiiuiiem oiaeieat i
against promotion rivals Hesketh Bank. . . That previous defeat all but ended Hurst Green’s hopes of a
second successive promotion. However, the team came out all guns blazing, as they play for ^ place in the cup final squad, and Green were superior in every W)
■ department, attacking from the start. . f The lead came after only six minutes, when Hayes’ shanked
. shot reached Bnerley, sprinting in at the far post; to score his second in consecutive games.
- : On 20 minutes, Green doubled their lead when Nolan ghosted
m at the far post to coolly slot home a cross from Coar. The game was all but over seven minutes before the break
; out the second half.- .
. when Walker was bundled over in the box, and Coar dispatched Green continued to pressurise the County defence throush-
the resulting penalty. .. .
. bung balls and perhaps a lack of composure at times meant the W ■> score remained 3-0.
the shape of Mort, Byrne and Welch. - Green had numerous chances to extend their lead, but bob-
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, ^°unt;y didhave a few chances themselves, but the defence "pld Ann.and Harris in goal dealt with everything that came
his way with confidence and composure. 1 - • l . r a n n h n u n n n n « ! « . ! 1 . . . . . . A triple substitution on 70 minutes introduced fresh lees in ^
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