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wwv.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Thursday, March 27,2014 SPORT CLITHEROE FIGHTER AIMS TO BOUNCE BACK SPORT THE LATEST LOCAL FOOTBALL NEWS
Charlotte breaks into UK’s top 10!
Ambitious Blackledge eyeing English title shot under
new.coach Matvienko
By Da n Bla c k ; _
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s.co.uk ■ Twitter:@DanBlack84-. . Clitheroe boxer Luke Black-'
inabidtogethiscareerback on track.
Following his unsuccessful challenge of Rocky Fielding’s
Commonwealth super middle-.
• weight title on the uridercard . of Carl Froch’s victory over "
x- Kevin Maree and teamed up ■ 7^,. with former pro Alex Matvi
■ last year, the 23-year-old has parted company with coach
yenko at Elite Boxing in Bolton. -The ‘One Man Riot’, who
signed off with a British Mas ters light middleweight tri
umph over Geraint Harvey four
• years ago, has takeiiBlackledge under hiswingandis intent on
- adding technique and calcula tion to the power and aggres
sion already in his arsenal. And
- - there’sriodoubtingthatMatvi- enkohasgotafinely decorated
. : canvas to work from: -_*< “I’m dedicated again and
ready to rebuild " Blackledge said. “I had a bit of time off " over Christmas but I’m training every day again now and I can’t m wait to get back going. Alex has
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• - all the time and he’s teaching me new things.”
. Blackledge,’who owns Brit-
beenaprofessionalandhe’sre- ally experienced so he’ll help to move me on in my career. I feel like I’m improving and learning
LukeBlackledge.right.inhislastoutingagainstRockyReldingatthePhones^Are^^S^Sr
ish Masters light heavyweight and International Masters su
per middleweight belts, add- ed: “I’m 23 so I’m still young
but I’ve had great experience; I’ve fought for world titles and already had 18 professional fights. So nowl’mgoing to slow
things back down and rebuild. I’ve found my feet and I’m en
joying where I am. “They are taking me back
to basics. I had an unlicensed ' background, I never had an amateur fight, so I’m starting
again. I’m looking'at footwork, technique, spinning off, gem
erating power from my legs,
working the ring better, and not just concentrating on my
upper body strength. I’ll be a more rounded fighter.” After, a deserved break,
manager Steve /Woods an-
nouncedthatBIackledgewouId appear on the bill at Colne Mu ni on April 16th, though the hard-hitting fighter is yet to
be matched with an opponent. From there, Blackledge’s
. Tommi in the top 10! ; Tommi Meadows came away
from round two of the Kick Energy Runior1000 Rally
Championship content with a top 10 result *
.Meadows and co driver Ian Oakey headed to Anglesey Cir-
C V puit with the goal of a safe fin ish withno damage to the car.
•
The crew, were greeted with dryweather on themorn- ., ing of the rally, which meant
- there would be more room for ; errorjon these longer, faster
V " Anglesey stages. ' *. “The championship us
es a control tyre -'Yokohama .. A048R’s - which are not very
good in the wet, however they gripincrediblyinthedry,”said Tommi. < -
During stage one;.the
14-year-old caught up the car in front after set t in gof f at 30-second intervals.
This meant that Tommi
lost around 15 to 20 seconds before he could pass. X' -x-..
• During the day, Tommi’s
times improved drastically, going from 10 seconds a mile slower than the eventual rally William Creighton on the first
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the end of the day with ninth place, improving on his seed
ing of 13th. “We have around a
month andahalfuntilthenext rally, which means we have a chance to check the car over properly and make sure eve- rything is working as it should
and not costing us any time.- “I would like to thank Gor
don from Proflex for helping to get the car to handle so well,
Ian for sitting in with me and," as always, my parents.” '
Tommi Meadows (s).
stage, to only three seconds a mile slower by the sixth. Tommi was rewarded at
ambition has sent him in search of the prestigious
Lonsdale belt, currently held by Callum Smith, though the undefeated Liverpool fighter, who also owns the WBC Inter national title, is expected to go
on and compete'for more lucra tive hauls. .• “I’m back to square one now,” said Blackledge. “I’m
fighting on April nth in Colne then my manager Steve Woods is looking at apotential English title shot. I want to get back in
the ring and return to winning ways. It’s important that I re build now. “ •
der my belt, build myself back up, then fight for the English - I need to get my support be hind me again, starting next month. I’m feeling sharp, I’ve been sparring with some good
“I need to get a fewfights un
pros including Martin Murray, and I’m ready to go.”
for the upcoming show can contact Luke on 07731542103.
Anybody wanting tickets ■ £<£$3 6 .5 . f o
Last-week battle to decide runners-up
With Waddington Red having already secured the Dorothy Southworth Indoor Bowling League ti tle, the focus turned to the runners-up spot
The last week of competi
tion has thrown up what promises to be a nail-biting tussle between Longridge Commodors and Wadding ton Blue, but with a simple outcome. Whoever wins
claims the runners-up spot!
Steele goal isamere consolation for Dog Inn
Doglnn.......... Church Town..
Dog Inn manager Simon Kerins remains confident
. his side can progress in the cup, despite defeat to the
■ defending champions at Memorial Park. Captain Oily Steele
1 was on the scoresheet and
-DaveDewhurstmanofthe match.
George Groves in November
Local athlete Charlotte Williamsclaimedthe
• number one ranking in
the north west in the 70m hurdlesattheweekend-
climbingintotheUKtopIO as a result
The St Augustine’s pupil was in action at Stanley P ark, B la ckp o o l and
, smashedherpersonalbest asshewonina time of 12.9 seconds to move to sixth
place in the UK rankings. V Charlotte, 12, was .4 of a
second off breaking Black burn Harriers all-time
record at 70m hurdles for her age group. She also came third in the longjump on the day.
Walkers are on target but Clitheroe are denied at the death
Clitheroe..............................2 Cammell Laird......................2
Having trailed with 14 min utes remaining, Clitheroe were then denied victory by a last-minute Cammell Laird equaliser at Siiawbridge on Saturday. ’ . ' -- The Blues were looking for
a third-successive home win, but trailed at the interbal as the visitors from Birkenhead got their noses in front eight minutes from the break, as Jamie Henders netted from ■ the s p o t . . With no away win since
November, points at Shaw- bridge have been vital for Si mon Garner’s side; with the three wins from their previ ous 10 games all coming at home. And it lopked like the
Blues were heading for a set back until two goals in seven. minutes changed the face of the game. JamesWalker hauled Clit
heroe levelin the 76th minute, and namesake Daniel put the Blues in front seven minutes from time. However, they were cru
elly denied, as Cammell Laird fought back to snatch a point via James Foley’s last-ditch strike. Tomorrow, Clitheroe
made the short trip to Rad- cliffe Borough looking to end their travel sickness. -. . The Blues have not won
away from home in nine games, and are on the back of
Action from Saturday's 2-2 draw at home to Cammell Laird-" I
seven successive defeats on - the road. This will be the fourth,
meeting between the sides this season, following a 3-3 draw at Shawbridge and a3-o defeat for Clitheroe at Stain- ton Park in the FA Trophy in
October; before the Blues en
joyed a4-o romp in the league , in November. - ‘ With Clitheroe secure
in mid-table with 43 points, Radcliffe remain embroiled in
a.relegation battle on 28 points,apointabovethedrop '
Picture: Peter Ryan zone with two games in hand
■ on next bottom Wakefield.- - - ; Clitheroe end the season- with games at Warrington"
. Town and Bamber Bridge;- before hosting Curzon Ash ton,andtravellingtoPadiham over Easter.
Reserves ease to home v ic to ry
Rimington Reserves.............3 Burnley Belvedere.......... ....0
Wind, rain and hailstones didn’t make for ideal playing conditions in this combat ive encounter between two teams seeking to move fur; ther up the league table. TherobustBelvedereside
enjoyed the greater amount of possession in the opening - stages, and only resolute de-. fending, in particular,from Sean Mansfield and Michael
forwards from opening the scoring.
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■ Rimington were finding it difficult to make any mean ingful opportunities for their ■ forwards, and it was against the'run of play when they took the lead on the half hour mark.
, . • , ■ CaptainMarkLeachmade;
a surging fun into the box and timed his leap to perfection to - power a header into the back of the net from Luke Conti’s .*.
; Cox, kept the lively Burnley < ’ driven corner. _ \ Rimington opened the
second half strongly as Aar- . on Ripley and Oliver Quigley gradually began to win the war of attrition in midfield.: 1 ■ . Conti increased Riming- ton’s lead on the hour with a *;
: typically powerful run and: cool finish, following good work from Cox and Ripley. • .Crucial tackles and inter-:
ceptions from James Hartle-; • bury and Ian Czapowski
j‘stifled any hopes Belvedere •' had of reducing the deficit. .
Conti then added a third
after fine, play from Luke Green and Quigley gave Kim the opportunity to outpace • the Belvedere central defend- -v ers and slot the ball home. \ x Aiden Ratcliffe made a ''-- welcome return on the wing after his horrendous injury:: problems and did enough in .< the final 20 minutes to show his pace and talent will trou ble many opposing defenders - , in the weeks to come. .
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Tea or coffee on arrival 18 holes
A meal after your round Spot Prizes
are in see-saw finale
Coar at the treble as Green maintain promotion push
Huret Green.......... ........... J Ambleside United....................1
Hurst Green continued their promotion push, hitting seven past Ambleside on Saturday. .. Heavy showers made for a
difficult surface, the ball z ip - , ping way off the slick surface. -- The hosts were first to con
quering the conditions on 17 minutes, when the Ambleside. centre half hesitated in the box, and McLean was quick to rob him, with his cross headed ■ home by Coar. x It wasn’t long before Coar repaid the favour. With 34 min-
^ utes on the clock, he flicked a : long clearance from keeper Harris on to McLean, who ri- •
• fled the ball into the net. • The showers abated and the
' sun came out for the second half. Perhaps this energised the visitors, who for the first 10
’minutes of the half were well on top. A succession of comers failed to produce the goal their
- endeavours perhaps deserved. Green eventually woke up,. and when McLean was fouled:
. ontheedgeofthebox, Bartlett’s ■ hard and low free kick left the.
keeperwithno chance. : ; - V Within a minute it was 4-0.
When an Ambleside attackwas snuffed out, Green broke in numbers, and McLean crossed for the unmarked Hayes to bul let a header into an empty net.
■ • Freshlegs were introduced, with Nolan replacing the ever- busy Mort, Scott for Hayes, ■« and five minutes later, Byrne replaced Cookson. .
' , . The substitutions added'to
the home side’s dominance. Scott fed Byrne, and Byrne slid the ball to Coar, who turned sharply and hit an unstoppa- bleshotpastthekeeper. . On 85 minutes, Barnes sent
Nolansprintingupthewing.He crossed to McLea.n who took a couple of touches before slam ming in his second of the game. Amblesidehit a consolation ^
three minutes from the end from the spot, but Green had the final word, when McLean, bearing down on goal and his own hat trick, unselfishly laid off for Coar to take that particu lar accolade. - On Saturday, Green are at
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