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<strong>12</strong> Tuesday <strong>September</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
PEGASUS POST<br />
Heaeta come close at national league champs<br />
SPORTS<br />
MVP: Haeata’s Sua Aiiloilo, seen here against Trident High<br />
School in the semi-final, was named MVP in the final against<br />
Marcellin College.<br />
TACKLE:<br />
Haeata<br />
players<br />
defend<br />
against<br />
Trident High<br />
School.<br />
• By Sophie Cornish<br />
HAEATA Community Campus’<br />
rugby league team made it to the<br />
development grade final of the<br />
New Zealand secondary schools<br />
rugby league tournament in<br />
Auckland on Thursday.<br />
The team lost to Marcellin College<br />
from Auckland 30-8 in the<br />
final of the development grade.<br />
Sua Aiiloilo, a year 13 student<br />
at Haeata, was named MVP for<br />
the final.<br />
Haeata came up against Trident<br />
High School from Whakatane in<br />
the semi-final and won 14-10 in a<br />
thrilling golden point finish.<br />
An error from Trident meant<br />
Haeata were able to score a try in<br />
the second half of extra time.<br />
“The boys went crazy, the<br />
sideline went crazy and as soon<br />
as the hooter went we ran out<br />
there to get our boys,” said coach<br />
Te Wairau.<br />
The team entered the competiton<br />
for the first time under its<br />
new school name.<br />
Previously, Wairau has attended<br />
the tournament with<br />
CELEBRATE: The Haeata team after winning their semi-final.<br />
Aranui High School, along with<br />
five other players from the Haeata<br />
team.<br />
After losing their first game to<br />
Onehunga High School <strong>12</strong>-32,<br />
the team came back in their next<br />
two games of pool play to beat<br />
Papakura High School 16-30 and<br />
Francis Douglas Memorial College<br />
from New Plymouth 20-28.<br />
Wairau was proud of the team’s<br />
ability to come back after a loss in<br />
their first game.<br />
“The boys were really resilient,”<br />
he said.<br />
After attending the tournament<br />
previously, Wairau knew it would<br />
be challenging and wasn’t sure<br />
how far the Haeata side would<br />
get. His goals for the tournament<br />
were for the team to work better<br />
together.<br />
“We needed to build on our<br />
camaraderie together.”<br />
“We’re one of the smallest<br />
teams and one of the youngest<br />
teams, but the boys have shown a<br />
whole heap of pride in the jersey,”<br />
he said. Next year the team will<br />
only lose a couple of players who<br />
are year 13. Wairau is hoping to<br />
build on his young talent and<br />
continue in the development<br />
grade next season.<br />
Brighton cricket’s new president plans to fundraise for clubrooms<br />
• By Sophie Cornish<br />
NEW PRESIDENT Wade Burrell<br />
is gearing up for another season<br />
with New Brighton, in spite of<br />
still being without its clubrooms.<br />
An arson attack in 2015 saw the<br />
clubrooms go up in flames. Fiftyeight<br />
years of history was lost,<br />
and no insurance was paid due<br />
to high premiums, meaning the<br />
club was left with very little.<br />
The possibility of getting a new<br />
clubrooms is still at least three<br />
years away, according to Burrell,<br />
who said it has been an uphill<br />
battle with fundraising and city<br />
council consents.<br />
“There is still a lot of red tape<br />
we have to cut through,” he said.<br />
Having no insurance has made<br />
things “a hell of a lot harder,” he<br />
said. “Ultimately, we would like<br />
to get back on the ground with<br />
some sort of presence in regards<br />
to a building.”<br />
Burrell is appealing to businesses<br />
who may be interested in<br />
making donations to the club.<br />
Fundraising is already under<br />
way, with $2500 collected from<br />
a number of sponsors, including<br />
long-time supporter Hellers<br />
butchery.<br />
With an estimated eight junior<br />
teams this season, the club is<br />
hoping every player will be<br />
able to receive a new playing<br />
shirt.<br />
Burrell is optimistic sponsors<br />
may also come forward to donate<br />
much-needed trophies.<br />
Being elected president was a<br />
great feeling for Burrell, who is<br />
following in his father Derek’s<br />
footsteps. He was also club president.<br />
Burrell has been a member of<br />
the club since age four and plays<br />
in the senior A team alongside<br />
his 17-year-old nephew, Caleb,<br />
making it quite the family affair.<br />
The New Brighton Cricket Club<br />
committee’s ultimate goal is to<br />
have a new clubrooms built at<br />
Rawhiti Domain, where parents<br />
and children can enjoy a friendly,<br />
social space after a day of cricket.<br />
Registrations for the upcoming<br />
season are now open.<br />
Burrell encourages anyone<br />
interested in finding out more<br />
to log onto the New Brighton<br />
Cricket Club Facebook page.<br />
IN ACTION: Wade Burrell faces a ball while playing for New<br />
Brighton.<br />
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