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PAGE 16 BAY HARBOUR<br />

Wednesday <strong>June</strong> <strong>15</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

SPORTS<br />

International regattas<br />

for young sailors<br />

• By Fraser Walker-Pearce<br />

TWO TALENTED sailors will<br />

use their friendly competitions<br />

in Charteris <strong>Bay</strong> as training<br />

when they travel to international<br />

regattas next month.<br />

Will Hadfield qualified for<br />

the Optimist North American<br />

Championship in Antigua, and<br />

David Buchanan, who qualified<br />

for the International Optimist<br />

Dinghy Association World<br />

Championship in Portugal.<br />

The boys qualified for their<br />

respective international races<br />

in March through the Optimist<br />

Nationals, which were held in<br />

Auckland.<br />

Will’s mum Becky Hadfield<br />

said Will and David have always<br />

had a friendly rivalry when racing<br />

for their club.<br />

“It’s a great wee rivalry, and<br />

it’s always better when there are<br />

equal people to race against - it’s<br />

a healthy rivalry . . . it’s tight<br />

between them mostly. David has<br />

it this year, he’s slightly ahead<br />

because he’s going to the worlds,<br />

but Will’s still going to the North<br />

American regatta,” she said.<br />

Will, 13, will be representing<br />

New Zealand for the second<br />

time next month. His first competition<br />

was last year when Mrs<br />

Hadfield travelled with him to<br />

Doha, Qatar.<br />

AT SPEED: Will Hadfield,<br />

13, will travel to a North<br />

American yachting regatta<br />

next month.<br />

“Last year I went to Doha with<br />

him. But this year (his) dad is<br />

going with him, and I’ve missed<br />

out, but I’m not too worried, I<br />

think he’ll make it next year as<br />

well,” Mrs Hadfield said.<br />

She said both boys had trained<br />

hard for the past few months,<br />

and are both in the top 25 sailors<br />

aged under <strong>15</strong> in the country.<br />

“They’re both in the top 25<br />

sailors in the country. David’s<br />

currently sixth and Will’s 13th,”<br />

she said.<br />

Both Will and David are<br />

fundraising before they leave for<br />

their respective competitions,<br />

and have set up givealittle pages<br />

to help them get there.<br />

•If you would like to help, go to<br />

www.givealittle.co.nz and search<br />

for David Buchanan, and Will<br />

Hadfield.<br />

Big win caps milestone<br />

• By Fraser Walker-Pearce<br />

SUMNER celebrated Lawrence<br />

Babe’s milestone 100th match on<br />

Saturday with a 65-31 thrashing<br />

of Shirley at St Leonard’s Square.<br />

Babe has had a stellar season<br />

for Sumner. He has been<br />

awarded seven most valuable<br />

player awards, ninth equal with<br />

University’s Marty McKenzie<br />

for the most MVP awards in<br />

the Hawkins Division 1 Cup<br />

competition.<br />

Babe celebrated his milestone<br />

against Shirley with a try.<br />

“I’m pretty stoked to have<br />

made it to 100 games for the<br />

club, and it was pretty good to<br />

get the win as well,” Babe said.<br />

Another notable Sumner<br />

feat has seen first five-eighth<br />

Nik Cumming charge past the<br />

100-point mark for the season.<br />

Cumming chalked up his century<br />

against Christchurch two<br />

Saturdays ago, and on the weekend<br />

scored another 23 points to<br />

take his tally to 131.<br />

He scored two tries, kicked<br />

five conversions and a penalty<br />

goal against Shirley.<br />

He is now only 32 points<br />

behind points tally leader High<br />

School Old Boys’ first fiveeighth<br />

Jarred Percival’s total of<br />

163.<br />

Cumming said he was unaware<br />

of his personal points<br />

tally until only a few weeks ago.<br />

“I only found out in the last<br />

few weeks (that he was so close),<br />

so it was a bit of a shock really. I<br />

MILESTONE: Sumner celebrated Lawrence Babe’s 100th<br />

match for the club in style when they crushed Shirley 65-31. ​<br />

don’t focus on it, but it’s just the<br />

way we play, we try and build<br />

scores, and that can mean we<br />

kick for points often,” he said.<br />

But it’s not just penalties<br />

Cumming scores, he has also<br />

scored six tries, meaning he’s<br />

the Hawkins Division 1 Cup<br />

competition’s seventh equal top<br />

try scorer.<br />

Cumming will head back to<br />

the West Coast at the end of the<br />

season, to join back up with his<br />

team for the start of the Mitre<br />

10 Heartland Championship,<br />

which kicks off at the end of<br />

August.<br />

Sumner currently sit in ninth<br />

place on the competition ladder,<br />

with four wins from 11 games.<br />

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