Southern View: November 29, 2016

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Tuesday November 29 2016
SOUTHERN VIEW
Linwood Keas finished in the top four in the club’s first attempt at the
Queenstown Nines Carnival on the weekend. The Pat Smyth Trophy
winner’s got off to a great start at the tournament, defeating 2015 nines
champion, the Hornby Panthers, 14-8. They then accounted for the
Invercargill Cooks 26-0 in their second pool game before going down
14-15 to the Tumeke Natives. The Keas defeated Dunedin’s Kia Toa Tigers
36-4 to qualify for the tournament semi-finals but didn’t make it any
further after being defeated 13-26 by Dunedin’s East Coast Eagles. The
tournament was won by the Riccarton Knights, who defeated the Eagles
in the final with an extra-time golden try to win 12-8. Keas coach Andrew
Auimatagi said: “It was a long day but the boys really enjoyed it. Obviously
we were gutted to bomb out in the semi but, overall, it was a really good
weekend for league.” Auimatagi said the team will be back in 2017 for
another crack at the title.
SPEEDSTER: Linwood’s Rangitane Thompson
was crowned Queenstown Nines Carnival
fastest player after winning a 100m race held
during the tournament.
Sydenham nab one-run victory
SYDENHAM WON a
nail-biter against Riccarton on
Saturday in the latest round of
the Metro Premier men’s oneday
competition.
One run was the difference
between the two teams as
Riccarton fell short after being
bowled out for 200 in their
chase. It was Sydenham’s second
win of the campaign.
Canterbury batsman Chad
Bowes, fresh from a 155 knock
against Auckland, got Sydenham
off to a fast start with 28
runs off 20 balls.
The innings hit a road block
with three wickets falling for
just five runs as Sydenham
found themselves 38/3.
Ryan Wallace (68) kick-started
the innings and combined
with Talor Scott (40) for a 59-
run six-wicket partnership.
Riccarton and Canterbury
all-rounder Cole McConchie
was the best of the Riccarton
bowlers, taking three wickets
for 25 runs as Sydenham were
dismissed for 201 in the 50th
over.
Riccarton’s chase got off
to a great start with Liam
Bartholomeusz (88) getting his
side through to 104/1 before
the second wicket fell.
The Sydenham attack of
Chris Harris (2), Tom Agnew
(1), Mitchell Gardner (2),
Braden Gardner (1) and
Wallace (4) were able to take
regular wickets as Riccarton’s
middle and tail-order batsmen
got starts but failed to
capitalise.
Wallace wrapped up the
narrow win for Sydenham
in the 35th over when he
dismissed Jai Lyons.
The win ensures Sydenham
remain seventh in the eightteam
competition.
Sydenham will play Burnside
West Christchurch University
in the next round of the
competition on Saturday.
KEY MAN: Ryan Wallace top scored for Sydenham with a knock
of 68 before ripping through Riccarton’s batting line-up with four
wickets. ​
SPORTS
New sport
fields for
Waltham
School
WALTHAM SCHOOL is one of
11 Canterbury primary schools to
have been gifted a new sports turf.
SKY television
gifted the turfs
to schools which
lost or incurred
significant
damage to playing
fields in the
earthquakes.
Worth almost
$20,000 each, the
turfs are part of
Julyan Falloon
the company’s $1 million, five-year
commitment to help repair the
city.
SKY’s director of corporate
communication Kirsty Way
said the turfs would make a big
difference to the schools.
“It is very important for
children to be active and outdoors
and Sport Canterbury can use
these turfs to help develop new
programmes to increase sports
participation,” she said.
Sport Canterbury chief executive
Julyan Falloon said the donation
will allow his organisation to
deliver new activities to the mostly
low-decile schools.
“A number of schools lost
their outdoor play areas in
the earthquakes. In addition,
population shifts meant some
schools saw their decile rating
change, which meant they lost
funding, while others had an
influx of pupils, resulting in new
buildings taking up space on the
playing fields,” said Falloon.
SKY’s $1 million commitment
to the Christchurch Earthquake
Appeal Trust saw it give $200,000
to repair Garrick Park in 2013,
with the same amount donated
to West Spreydon School the
following year to restore the
community’s much-loved
swimming pool.
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