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Wednesday 13 December, 2017 THE WEEKLY TIMES 39<br />

Tigers roar into<br />

Twenty20 Cup finals<br />

SYDNEY Cricket Club young guns Harry Manenti and<br />

Liam Scott are two talented sportsmen in a big hurry.<br />

Fresh from their recent<br />

stand out performances<br />

with national<br />

U/17 champions NSW<br />

Metro, the emerging<br />

Tiger cubs have<br />

stepped up a class this<br />

week by pitting their<br />

skills against the best<br />

young cricketers in the<br />

country.<br />

Selectors chose the<br />

Sydney colts to participate<br />

in the National Under<br />

19 Championships in<br />

Tasmania and the promising<br />

duo have been up<br />

for the challenge.<br />

17 year old Manenti of<br />

Concord was selected in<br />

a Cricket Australia X1 for<br />

the prestigious tournament<br />

while Ryde native<br />

Scott,17, turned out for<br />

Northern Territory.<br />

It was a positive move<br />

by officials to blood the<br />

young all rounders in the<br />

older junior representative<br />

ranks where they’ve<br />

shown a maturity that<br />

belies their years.<br />

Both are highly regarded<br />

in NSW cricket circles<br />

and continue to develop<br />

in the Tigers’ lower<br />

grades.<br />

MEANWHILE Sydney<br />

will feature in this Sunday’s<br />

Kingsgrove Sports<br />

Twenty20 preliminary<br />

finals at the SCG when<br />

they square off with<br />

Sutherland for a place in<br />

the final.<br />

The Tigers (143) advanced<br />

on a countback<br />

after posting a dramatic<br />

tie with Gordon (143) last<br />

Sunday at Chatswood<br />

Oval.<br />

Rookie batsman Matthew<br />

Pasternatsky kept<br />

the Tigers in the hunt<br />

with a dashing 45 off 23<br />

balls that included three<br />

sixes and three boundaries<br />

before he was run<br />

out off the final delivery.<br />

Bermudan international<br />

Delray Rawlins also<br />

shone for the Tigers -<br />

cracking 34 runs off 32<br />

balls after earlier snaring<br />

2-34 with his wily leg<br />

spin bowling.<br />

All rounder Ryan Felsch<br />

chimed in with 32 runs<br />

off 23 balls.<br />

Sydney now has<br />

a tough assignment<br />

against a Sutherland<br />

team spearheaded by<br />

former Australian ace<br />

Shane Watson.<br />

The Tigers’ Twenty20<br />

success eased the pain<br />

of Sydney’s first defeat<br />

in the 2017-18 NSW Premier<br />

Cricket first grade<br />

competition the previous<br />

day.<br />

Bankstown registered<br />

a 30 run victory over the<br />

Tigers in a limited overs<br />

fixture at Drummoyne<br />

Oval with quicks Aaron<br />

Bird (3-36), Kyle Brockley<br />

(3-50) and Ben Taylor<br />

(2-41) sharing the spoils.<br />

Earlier half centuries<br />

from Daniel Solway (54)<br />

and skipper-keeper<br />

Michael Stretton (53)<br />

helped the visitors post<br />

9-233.<br />

Anthony Mosca (49),<br />

Tristen McDonald (42),<br />

keeper Beau McClintock<br />

(25) and Ryan Felsch (22)<br />

failed to convert their<br />

fine starts as Sydney<br />

succumbed for 203 in<br />

the run chase.<br />

SECONDS: Sydney<br />

8-268 (Liam Gibson<br />

67no, Suffan Hassan 52,<br />

Ryan Corns 28no, Nick<br />

Govers 23, Ash Squire<br />

17no, Wallace Marshall<br />

2-45, Tom Sowden 2-50,<br />

Liam Marshall 2-56, Ben<br />

Le Bas 1-33, Tushaar<br />

Garg 1-36) d Bankstown<br />

7-238 (Chris Ridley<br />

128no, Matt Dedes 44, B<br />

Le Bas 36, Alex Bloomfield<br />

3-41, L Gibson<br />

2-32, A Squire 1-37).<br />

THIRDS: Sydney 9-181<br />

(Mayank Sharma 46,<br />

Travis Loxton 41, Lachlan<br />

Beattie 29, Craig<br />

Di Blasio 22, Alex Schipp<br />

3-43, Dayne Heward<br />

2-38, Matt Smith 2-41) d<br />

Bankstown 142 (Andrew<br />

Deitz 45, Iain Ridley 41,<br />

Jehan Bilimoria 15, L<br />

Beattie 3-43, Cameron<br />

Holmes 2-10, C Di Blasio<br />

2-14, Steve King 2-22,<br />

Justin Rodgie 1-16).<br />

FOURTHS: Bankstown<br />

3-120 (Mathew Kelly 58,<br />

Damien Loy 29no, Ryan<br />

Malcolm 19, Tyler Meyer<br />

2-23, Zak Knight 1-4)<br />

d Sydney 119 (Michael<br />

Ho 31, Tom Mullen 28,<br />

Alex Rashleigh 23, Niran<br />

Wijewardene 4-31, Koby<br />

Layton 3-9, M Kelly 1-14,<br />

Connor Wilkinson 1-23).<br />

FIFTHS: Bankstown<br />

2-173 (Harry Brett 54,<br />

Isaac Schipp 40, Alex<br />

Kouventaris 34no, Sanjiv<br />

Weerasingham 30no) d<br />

Sydney 170 (Liam Robson<br />

53, Sam Cividin 38,<br />

Dhanush Srinivas 31, Allan<br />

Philip 23, Daniel Carr<br />

6-44, I Schipp 2-33).<br />

Whiz kid Lachlan superb as Kookaburras<br />

crowned World League hockey champions<br />

Twenty year old<br />

Sharp proved one of<br />

the real finds of the<br />

tournament as Australia<br />

finished strongly<br />

to secure the trophy<br />

with a spirited 2-1<br />

victory over Olympic<br />

champions Argentina<br />

in the final and regain<br />

their number one<br />

world ranking.<br />

$12,234 grant for Hunters Hill Sailing Club<br />

HUNTERS Hill Sailing Club has received funding to the tune of $12,234 through the Australian<br />

Government’s Stronger Communities Program. Federal MP for North Sydney Trent Zimmerman<br />

announced the funding at the Sailing Club in Woolwich last Sunday. The grant will be used for the<br />

purchase of a commercial dishwasher and new safety Rigid hulled inflatable boats. Mr Zimmerman<br />

is pictured with l to r Hunters Hill Sailing Club president Maria Quinlan, Australian Sailing vice<br />

president Sarah Kenny, Hunters Hill Mayor Mark Bennett and Hunters Hill Sailing Club Commodore<br />

Stuart MacIntyre. Sarah, who is also Australia and Oceania’s representative to the World Sailing<br />

Council, said the funding was a massive boost for the Sailing Club.<br />

Lachlan Sharp (second left) celebrates after the Kookaburras’ 2-1 victory over Argentina in<br />

the Hockey World League trophy decider in India.<br />

RYDE-Hunters Hill hockey sensation Lachlan Sharp (pictured) has capped a memorable<br />

senior international debut series by helping the world champion Kookaburras claim<br />

back-to-back Hockey World League titles in India.<br />

The attacking midfielder<br />

covered himself in<br />

glory when named Junior<br />

Player of the Match<br />

in the Kookaburras’ 3-0<br />

semi final triumph over<br />

Germany and in the<br />

championship decider,<br />

producing skilfil performances<br />

to impress keen<br />

judges.<br />

Australia’s heart-stopping<br />

2-1 win over the Argentinians<br />

in Bhubaneswar<br />

was a tremendous<br />

feat and a reward for<br />

extreme hard work, said<br />

skipper Mark Knowles.<br />

Blake Govers’ 58th<br />

minute drag flick<br />

clinched the win for<br />

Australia, although the<br />

Kookaburras needed to<br />

withstand a late rally of<br />

pressure from the 2016<br />

Rio Olympic gold medallists.<br />

Earlier, Jeremy Hayward<br />

opened the scoring<br />

from a penalty corner<br />

in the 17th minute,<br />

but Argentina levelled<br />

within 60 seconds via<br />

Agustin Bugallo.<br />

The result marks a significant<br />

milestone for the<br />

Kookaburras in their final<br />

game of 2017, ahead of<br />

a huge year where they<br />

will compete at the 2018<br />

Commonwealth Games<br />

on the Gold Coast and<br />

the 2018 World Cup in<br />

India.<br />

Australia edged the<br />

contest after a tight first<br />

quarter where Eddie<br />

Ockenden had the best<br />

chance with an angled<br />

shot which was saved<br />

by Argentina goalkeeper<br />

Juan Vivaldi.<br />

The match came alive<br />

in the second term when<br />

Hayward put the Kookaburras<br />

ahead from the<br />

first penalty corner of<br />

the game with a drag<br />

flick to Vivaldi’s left.<br />

Australia’s joy quickly<br />

turned when Juan Gilardi<br />

crashed a pass inside<br />

the shooting circle<br />

which Bugallo deflected<br />

for the equaliser.<br />

Diego Paz and Sharp<br />

both had chances before<br />

the main interval<br />

for either side, before<br />

Argentina heaped on the<br />

pressure in the third.<br />

The Lions initially had<br />

a penalty stroke which<br />

was reversed upon review<br />

in the 32nd minute,<br />

before Tyler Lovell<br />

made a fine double save<br />

to deny Gonzalo Peillat<br />

Lachlan Sharp<br />

and Nahuel Salis from a<br />

penalty corner.<br />

Ockenden hit the<br />

crossbar on the stroke<br />

of half-time after an<br />

ambitious drive forward<br />

from Knowles.<br />

Juan Lopez fired a<br />

good chance wide early<br />

in the last, before Australia<br />

made the breakthrough.<br />

Govers won the penalty<br />

corner for Australia,<br />

before powering a clinical<br />

finish past Vivaldi’s<br />

left for the match winner.<br />

Argentina won three<br />

late penalty corners<br />

but Lovell and Australia<br />

stood firm to clinch a<br />

famous triumph to end<br />

2017 on a high.

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