Nor'West News: August 01, 2017

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Roberts grabs gold at schools champs
• By Andrew King
ST ANDREW’S College student
Oisin Roberts fought his way
to a gold medal at the New
Zealand secondary schools judo
tournament in Lincoln.
Roberts, 17, won the under-
73kg category of the tournament
held from July 15-16, which adds
to his already impressive tally of
medals.
“The first thing that went
through my head was probably
relief that all my fights were over
and I had managed to win them
all,” Roberts said.
In total, he has won two gold
and three silver medals during
his time competing in national
tournaments, as well as a bronze
medal in 2015 at the Oceania
judo championships.
The win allows him to look
ahead to bigger and better
events, such as the Olympics and
Commonwealth Games, which
he is keen to compete in.
“It would be awesome if I
could compete at the Olympics
or Commonwealth Games, but
I still need to consider whether
this is where I want to take my
• By Andrew King
ST ANDREW’S rowers Ben
Taylor and Thomas Russel
have touched down in Trakai,
Lithuania, and tomorrow will
begin their quest with the junior
men’s coxless quad for world
championship glory.
The pair departed on July 23
with the 21-strong New Zealand
team who will compete in eight
events at the Junior World Rowing
Championships.
Taylor and Russel had both
been training at the New Zealand
Rowing Gallagher High-Performance
Centre at Lake Karapiro in
preparation for the regatta.
They were a part of the winning
St Andrew’s Maadi Cup team
which not only brought back the
top prize for the first time in the
college’s history, but the Springbok
Shield as well.
Both said they are incredibly
proud to be able to represent their
country in a sport they love.
SPORTS
judo and how I would balance
this with the rest of my life,” he
said.
Roberts father, who lives in
Somerfield, got him into the
sport at an early age and he
loved the competitive side of it.
“When you get to stand at the
top of the podium, that is when
you realise that all your hard
work was worth it in the end,”
he said.
“Both my parents and my
coach said that I had fought very
well and thoroughly deserved
the medal. My parents also said
that they were very proud of
me.”
SOLID TECHNIQUE: St
Andrew’s Oisin Roberts
throws Onslow College’s
Maxim Zhilkin at the national
secondary schools judo
tournament. PHOTO: DUONG
HUA, NZCL PHOTOGRAPHY ​
Rowers to take on the world
HOPEFUL: Ben Taylor (left)
and Thomas Russel will begin
their quest with the junior
men’s coxless quad for world
championship glory tomorrow.
There will be more than 745
competitors from 58 countries
competing in the championships
which ends on Sunday.
The crew of four also includes
Matt MacDonald and Daniel
Williamson, of Auckland, and is
coached by Tony O’Connor.
The Beasts move
up points ladder
• By Andrew King
BURNSIDE HIGH will watch
from the sideline tomorrow
night with the bye, after
moving into second position in
the Connetics first XI football
competition with a 5-1 win over
Christ’s.
Burnside, also known as The
Beasts, Cashmere High and St
Thomas’ all moved up a notch
on the table after league leaders
St Andrew’s were beaten 1-0 by
St Thomas’ last week.
St Andrew’s dropped from
first to fourth and will be looking
to get back to their winning
ways when they take on 11thplaced
Middleton Grange at
4pm tomorrow at the Christchurch
Football Centre, where all
games are played this year.
Papanui High secured their
third win of the season beating
Riccarton High 3-2. They now
turn their attention to Christ’s
at 7.30pm tomorrow.
Christchurch Boys’ High,
who are coming off a 2-0 loss to
Lincoln High, will look to grab
three points from Shirley when
they face each other tomorrow
night at 5.45pm.
Sixth-placed St Bede’s will
look to continue to nip at the
heels of the league leaders when
they take on struggling Rangiora
at 4pm after beating Shirley
last week 2-0.
Points:
St Thomas, 24, 1; Burnside,
23, 2; Cashmere, 22, 3; St
Andrew’s, 21, 4; Lincoln, 20,
5; St Bede’s, 19, 6; CBHS, 13, 7;
Shirley, 13, 8; Riccarton, 11, 9;
Papanui, 9, 10; Middleton, 8, 11;
Christ’s, 5, 12; Rangiora, 3, 13.
Burnside
claims
first win
• By Andrew King
BURNSIDE HIGH recorded its
first win of the season in the UC
Championship with a tight 33-31
victory over Mid-Canterbury
Combined on Saturday.
With two rounds to go, it
would have been a nervous time
for the boys’ from Memorial Ave
thinking a winless season was in
store for them.
Down 18-0 at halftime, the
thought of another defeat must
have stirred something inside
Burnside as they came out and
scored 33 points in the second
stand giving them a bonus point
win moving them off the bottom
of the table.
In the other games,
Christchurch Boys’ High beat
Marlborough Boys’ 20-14 in
Blenheim which was enough to
retain second position on the
table, two points behind Timaru
Boys’ High.
CBHS has a game in hand
and could go top of the table in
the final round with a win, as
Timaru has the bye.
St Andrew’s is nipping at
the heels of the top four with a
17-12 win over St Thomas’ on
Saturday, although it does not
get much easier for the boys
from Papanui Rd with thirdplaced
Christ’s this Saturday and
Nelson College the week after
that.
St Bede’s sat out round 14 with
the bye and will look to make a
strong finish to the season when
they play Waimea Combined
on Saturday before heading
to Timaru to take on Aoraki
Combined.
Points table:
Timaru Boys’, 55, 1; Christchurch
Boys’ High, 53, 2; Christ’s,
53, 3; Nelson, 45, 4; St Andrew’s,
43, 5; Rangiora, 37, 6; Waimea
Combined, 31, 7; St Thomas’,
28, 8; Shirley Boys’, 27, 9; Marlborough
Boys’, 25, 10; Lincoln
High, 24, 11; St Bede’s, 16, 12;
Mid Canterbury Combined, 7,
13; Burnside High, 5, 14; Aoraki
Combined, 1, 15.
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