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World champion Saman­ tha Murray will hopefully be in action in tomorrow’s final atthe opening Mod­ ern Pentathlon World Cup of the season in Sarsota,


Florida. Samantha, who won gold in Budapest last year to add to her World bronze and Olympic silver med­ als in 2012, leads an eight- strong British squad. ■- It is the first time the


25-year-old has competed internationally since win­ ning the World Champion­ ships in September. The Sarasota World


By DanBlack


DanielblacK@jpress.co.uk Twitten@DanBlack84.


There won't be many players plying their trade in the eighth tierofEnglishfootballthathave steppedinsimilarpathstosome ofthe globe's elite.


,^ v B u t Simon Garner’s Blues are only a win away from achieving just that.’ The Macron Stadium,


© ' home to Championship side Bol­ ton Wanderers, is set to host the final of the Lancashire FA Chal­ lenge Trophy.


^ Clitheroe face North West -*' Counties First Division leaders


AthertonCollieriesinthesemi-fi- • nalofthecompetitioninLeyland onTuesday,kick-ofF7-45p.m.The victors will then take on Chorley in Horwich next month. Since the Trotters moved


away from their Burnden Park base the club h'asfeatured in 12 Premier League terms as well as two UEFA Cup campaigns.'; Andrei Arshavin (Zenit), Luis


Fabiano (Seville),-Samir Nasri. (Marseille), Franck Ribery (Mar­ seille),Diego Forlah (Atletico Madrid), Sergio Aguero (Atleti-


■ co Madrid) and Joao Moutinho (Sporting Lisbon) have all played under the lights at the stadium, formerly known as the Reebok,


on European nights. “The club got to the final of


the competition about five years ago and I played in it,” said Gar-


■ ner. “It would be amazing for the club and for me personally be­ cause it's an opportunity to win


• something in my first season in management. To get to the final at a professional stadium would be brilliant. , “The Macron Stadium has •


staged Premier League football so it’ll be great for this set of play­ ers to play there. The semi-final will by no means bean easy game though. They’ve lost once in the league all season and they’re go: ingtowinthetitle.” .


• Garner featured in a playing


capacity for the Blues when the club reached thefinal ofthecom- petition five years ago under the stewardship of Peter Smith and assistant Kenny Mayers.


<■' Clitheroe had dumped Fleet- woridTownoutenroutebutwere denied by Conference-bound Southport at the final hurdle as


they lost 4-0/' V . >■.' Tit was great,” Garner said.


“The whole set-up was fantastic.' We were in the home changing room that night and walked out ■ in front of around 1,000 people. The pitch was immaculate dnd it was a great occasion. The result wasn’t great but the (experience


was fantastic. I want to go back there and get a result this time.” 7 Attention will turn to the weekend first though as Clithe­ roe tackle Scarborough Athletic at Shawbridge. After the 6-4 win over Kendal Town, Garner said: “Winningagameathomehasgiv- enushuge confidence because we hadn’t done it in a while. It was a big result for us. - “It would be even better if we


can follow that up with another one. Another positive result at homewoiildbemassiveforus.'. “The lads will be up for it be­


cause they’ll be vying for their spots in the team for Tuesday’s semi-final.”


Cup startedyesterdayand runs until Monday - start­ ing a key year, with places up for grabs atthe 2016 Rio Olympics. ' The first opportunity


to claim Olympic quota berths will be at the World Cup Final in June in Minsk, Belarus. And the European


Championships in Bath in August, offers eight Olym- pic places.' Women’s qualifying


in Sarasota is completed today, with the final held tomorrow at the Selby Aquatic Center and Nath­ an Benderson Park.


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