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10 Tuesday September 19 2017 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi PEGASUS POST SPORTS NOT PHASED: Josh Thomson (left) puts up a jump shot in spite of being double-teamed. PHOTOS: ANGELA RUSKE FOCUSED: Sean Kelly puts pressure on his opposition. SHOT: Joel Jeffery goes for a layup against Otago Boys’ High. DEFENCE: Jayden Watkinson goes for a block against Otago Boys’ High. JOB DONE: The Shirley Spartans after finishing third at the South Island tournament. Shirley Spartans win spot at nationals Shirley Boys’ High School basketball coach Scott Howell evaluates his team’s performance at the South Island tournament which booked them a spot at nationals in Palmerston North next month OUR SENIOR A team – the Shirley Spartans – travelled to Dunedin to compete in the zone 4 South Island qualifying tournament. Our top six finish at this tournament has allowed us to attend the secondary schools national tournament in Palmerston North in October. Our first game on day one was against a solid Nayland College team, and we had a good win 76-59. Our second game of the day was against a young Kaiapoi High School team. Our experience and depth led to a one-sided 106-42 win. Day two had us facing off against the two strongest teams in our pool. Coming up against Canterbury champions Cashmere High in the first game of the day was always going to be tough. The team put up a solid fight and showed some heart in the first half, but Cashmere proved too strong in the second half and the final score was 53-93 to Cashmere. The second game of the day against Otago Boys’ High was do-or-die for us. If we lost we would lose our chance to go to nationals. Otago came out strong at the start of the game and were leading by nine at the end of the first quarter. Luckily for us, over the next three quarters we played some of the best basketball we had played all season. After leading comfortably during the last quarter, we had a few scares as the Otago guards hit a barrage of three-pointers, but luckily we showed composure and finished the game off, eventually winning 106-99. Sean Kelly played his best game of the tournament and led from the front for the entire 40min. He scored an impressive 36 points. He had strong support in scoring from our trio of big bodies – Joel Jeffrey (22pts), Josh Thomson (14pts) and Loyal Patelesio (10pts). This game was easily our best of the tournament. On day three, we finished off the last game of pool play by comfortably beating St Thomas’ 96-56. This was another game were everyone played good minutes and all 11 players contributed on the score sheet. Our quarter-final match-up later in the day was against the No 1 seed from pool A – Rangiora High. This game was important because, if we won, we were guaranteed a spot at nationals. The final score was a hard fought 77-60 win to Shirley. Our semi-final match-up had us playing one of the tournament favourites in Christ’s College. The boys came into this game with a lot of belief and were leading 32-30 at the end of half-time. Unfortunately, we ran out of steam in the second half and the big minutes played by our key boys caught up with us. Silly mistakes and a lot of missed shots, combined with a lift in intensity by Christ’s in the second half, led to a one-sided second half. After leading at half-time we went down 45-70. Our last game of the tournament was a play-off for third and fourth against Waimea College. We desperately wanted to come third and came out strong in this game. The boys didn’t let up the whole game and for the third time in the tournament, all 11 players contributed on the score sheet. The game turned into a runaway win for Shirley and the final score of 91-47 reflected this. It was a successful tournament for the Shirley Spartans. Everyone involved was pleased with our third place finish in the South Island. Now the boys look ahead to nationals. This will be a great experience for the entire team and should give them an idea of where we are ranked amongst the top 24 teams in the country. A big thank you to Nat Connell who put a lot of time and effort into the team over the year. Special thanks also to Russell Stocks, our teacher in charge of basketball, who was team manager and worked hard to get us into the tournament and cooked the team some delicious meals. Thanks as well to all the parents and family members who helped out with feeding the boys and supporting them in Dunedin. Shirley Spartans team: Sean Kelly, Saint Porter, Hamsa Shire, Joel Jeffrey, Josh Thomson, Loyal Patelesio, Wiremu Waaka, Noah Westwood, Jayden Watkinson, Mona Faitaua- Nanai, and Amit Aryal. Hagley Senior College INFORMATION EVENING Thursday, September 21st | 5:00-7:00pm Principal’s Presentations are at 5:00 and 6:00pm www.hagley.school.nz
PEGASUS POST Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday September 19 2017 11 Wainoni club‘s young boxers take out titles • By Andrew King IZYAH HESP and Daniel Meehan of the Smiling Tigers Boxing Club won titles at the New Zealand Boxing Championships last week. It was an all-Canterbury affair in the cadet under-57kg category with Meehan, 14, squaring off against 12-year-old Hamuera Tainui from the Woolston Boxing Club. Meehan won with a split decision and said he was proud of the way he fought but there was room for improvement. “It was alright, it wasn’t my best fight. I can definitely improve. It was good to get experience and see how it is in different areas,” he said. Aranui’s Hesp, 12, won the cadet under- 50kg title and said it was a great step towards his dream of an international career. “I was happy to make my family proud. It was a good experience,” he said. Fighters from the Wainoni-based Smiling Tigers Boxing Club had a solid showing at the event, which ran from Monday to Friday last week, with a number of others just missing out on titles. Sam Burdett-Clark, 29, was runner-up in the under-64kg category, and Jarrod Gear-Ngatai, 16, was runner-up in the under-70kg junior category. Wiremu Herbert, 26, lost in the semifinal of the under-64kg category, and Harry Waters, 24, lost in the semi-final of the under-69kg elite category. Canterbury Boxing Association team manager Holly Sullivan said it was one of the “greenest” teams they have taken to the national championships in quite a while. The Canterbury team were awarded the Malcolm Treston Shield for the most wins at the competition. • By Andrew King CELEBRATION Lions league player, Daniel Sakisi (left), has been named in the New Zealand Resident 18s team. They will compete in a trial against Taurahere, a team made up of New Zealandborn players currently plying their trade in Australia, on Saturday in Auckland. WINNERS: Izyah Hesp (above), 12, of Aranui, won the cadet under-50kg title at the New Zealand Boxing Championships. Daniel Meehan, 14, won the under-57kg title. PHOTOS: HOLLY SULLIVAN New Zealand 18s league trial for Lions’ Sakisi Sakisi plays second row/ centre for the Lions. He has also played rugby for Shirley Boys’ High. A New Zealand 18s team will be selected from the match to take on the Australian Schoolboys later this month. The last time a New Zealand 18s fixture took place was in 2015. WINNERS: Linwood Avenue School head girl Soraya Linton and head boy Heinrich Muller with the Diren Kinley cup. Linwood Avenue School win again in Direen Kinley Cup • By Sophie Cornish LINWOOD AVE School pupils have won the Direen Kinley Cup, which they compete for each year against Bromley School. Named after Gerald Direen, former Linwood Ave principal, and Scot Kinley, principal of Bromley School, the competition began in 2012 when there was a proposed merger of the two schools. For the past four years, Linwood Ave have won every year, except for a draw in 2016. Rugby, netball, football and hockey were played in the competiton this year and the school that wins the most matches takes out the competition. Linwood Ave sports co-ordinator Colin Hill said the pupils and the school community thoroughly enjoyed the event, especially the pupils who played against their teammates from club sides. MATCH-UP: Linwood Ave pupils compete against Bromley School pupils in football and hockey, two of four sports in the Direen Kinley Cup competition. all new landsCape zone bulk Compost, lawn mix, aggregates and stones The new Ferrymead Mitre10 Trade Centre and Landscaping Zone has everything you need to complete your projects. • Screened Soil • Vege/Zoom Grow • Bio Blend • Garden Grow • Turf Mix • Tree Mulch • Black Mulch • Standard Bark Nuggets • Premium Bark Nuggets • Builders Mix • AP20 Shingle • AP40 Shingle • Plastering Sand • Brick Sand • Bedding Sand • Crusher Dust • Round Stones • Driveway Chip • Teddington Chip Ferrymead 987 Ferry Road Phone 373 6550 mitre10.co.nz/trade
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