Bay Harbour: April 05, 2017

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Wednesday April 5 2017
SPORTS
Sumner look for
improvement
against Sydenham
• By Gordon Findlater
SUMNER WILL look to showcase
what they displayed in the first
15 minutes of last week’s opening
round game when they play
Sydenham on Saturday.
After suffering a 14-20 loss to
Christchurch at the weekend,
Sumner will go for their first win
against Sydenham at Hospital
Corner.
Coach Martin Dodgson called
the side’s opening round defeat in
the Hawkins Cup an “honourable
loss” but is hopeful his side has
learnt from their scoreless second
half. They surrendered a 14-10
half-time advantage.
“I was ecstatic with our defence.
We had our chances to win it, but
overall I was really happy with the
guys attitudes,” said Dodgson.
“It’s really clear [what] we need
to work on this week to get better,
and I believe we will be on
Saturday.”
Sumner was dominant in the
first half against Christchurch,
scoring two converted tries in the
opening 15 minutes. They were
also one misguided pass away
from a third just before the break.
Sydenham opened their
campaign by defeating Linwood
43-22.
SOUTHSHORE’S ARI Graham
continued her strong season by
winning the female category at
Sumner’s Sea2Sky Challenge on
Sunday.
The 18-year-old is seen as one
of the next big hopes in the sport
and recently won the national
junior series.
First to finish in the men’s
event was Mike Phillips, who
also won last year’s inaugural
race.
The Christchurch athlete has
recently stepped up into the
Ironman distances and looks to
build on endurance racing over
the year.
Phillips, 26, recently tasted
success at the inaugural Breca
Wanaka, winning the long
course event with teammate
Nick Berry.
In the last event of the
Sovereign Tri Series, 450
Sea2Sky participants
descended on the Esplanade
to tackle a variety of triathlon
events.
There were more than
100 first-timers with some
competitors signing up only
days before the event.
The men’s field also included
Christchurch long distance
athlete, Dylan McNeice, who
STAR: Ari
Graham (left) and
Mike Phillips won
the women’s and
men’s section
of the Sea2Sky
Challenge
triathlon in
Sumner on
Sunday.
PHOTO:
CMGSPORTS
ACTION IMAGES
Southshore’s Graham wins triathlon
has returned to triathlon after
surgery on his hip.
In the duathlon, Flavio Vianna
(men’s) and Amy Manning
(women’s) took respective first
places.
Event director John Newsom
was pleased with the success
of the event and hopes one
day Christchurch will be
considered as a venue for future
international events.
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