Selwyn Times: January 24, 2017

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Under strength
Leeston
Southbridge
lose T20
• By Tom Doudney
Tuesday January 24 2017
LEESTON SOUTHBRIDGE put in
a spirited performance but still lost
the CRV Ambreed country premier
T20 cricket tournament to Sefton by
nine runs.
Chasing Sefton’s 143/9, Leeston
Southbridge, which were missing
nine first-choice players, finished on
134/6 from 20 overs at Mandeville on
Saturday.
Leeston Southbridge had six
players away with the Canterbury
Country team which beat Marlborough
at Mainpower Oval, Rangiora,
on Saturday in a two-day match, and
another three players were away on
holiday.
Opener Ben Chamberlain hit an
impressive 66 not out off 48 balls for
Leeston Southbridge, but it was not
enough to get his team over the line.
In Rangiora, Canterbury Country
bowled Marlborough out for 102
before racking up 281/7 at the end of
the first innings.
For Canterbury Country, former
Black Cap Shanan Stewart hit 105,
while Matt Laffey scored 69 and Tim
Guijters scored 50. The best of the
Canterbury Country bowlers were
Fraser Sheat with 4-23 and Stewart
with 4-27. Due to rain on Sunday, it
was not possible to play the second
innings and Canterbury Country
were awarded the win.
Talented Lincoln team take out
Ellesmere bowls rooster title
• By Karolyn Boon
LINCOLN 4 have taken out
the Ellesmere bowls rooster
competition.
With such a large club, Lincoln
had the luxury of entering
four teams in the competition.
The selectors got it right with
Lincoln 4, keeping last year’s
performing junior team together
after they won the Canterbury
Centre junior triples.
That team of Michael Begg,
Mundy Carroll and Martin
Rowson were joined by Dave
Williams, Lynton Withell and
Nick Alfeld, another talented
junior, to finish two points
ahead of an experienced Lincoln
3 team.
Dunsandel came in third on
27 points.
In the recent quadrangular
representative tournament,
Ellesmere bowlers defended
three out of the four trophies
up for grabs in a hot and windy
day on the greens.
They played against some
strong Mid-Canterbury, Malvern
and Hurunui teams.
The men’s teams played at
Allenton, Hampstead and
Methven, while the ladies were
hosted by Darfield and Kirwee.
Unfortunately, it was only the
senior men who managed to
retain their Mugford Trophy,
winning it on differential.
The day gave selectors an
opportunity to select the
country development team to
play a town team, selected from
Christchurch clubs, on February
12 at Methven.
Ellesmere’s Bev Skurr was
named in the country development
ladies’ team, with Sandy
Guy selected as a reserve for the
team of 10. As yet, the men’s
development team is still to be
named.
Results:
Senior Ladies: Mid-
Canterbury 18 points;
Ellesmere 10 points;
Malvern 8 points.
Senior Men’s: Ellesmere
23 points, differential
+50; Malvern 23 points,
differential +40; Mid-
SELWYN TIMES
SPORTS
IN ACTION: Players
from Ellesmere,
Malvern, Hurunui and
Methven competed in
the recent quadrangular
representative
tournament played
at various locations,
including Kirwee.
Canterbury 22 points;
Hurunui 4 points.
Junior men: Mid-
Canterbury 20 points;
Ellesmere 16 points;
Malvern 10 points; Hurunui
2 points.
Ladies Development:
Mid-Canterbury 18 points;
Malvern 12 points; Hurunui
11; Ellesmere 7 points.
•More sport, pages 20-21
B A L L E T J A Z Z
C O N T E M P O R A R Y
Normal classes resume for 2017 on Monday 23rd January
Beginners come on a Wednesday from 2.00 till 2.30pm to allow Mum time
to pick up other siblings from school
Classes for children and young people of all ages from 4-18yrs over
6 days a week in Ballet, Jazz and Contemporary
Annual production at Middleton Grange Theatre in April 2017
Annual exams in Ballet,Jazz, Contemporary usually October each year
Sharing her love of dance
A lifelong passion for dance is one dance
teacher Ann Judson still inspires in her
pupils today.
Once herself a Royal New Zealand Ballet
dancer and awarded a M.N.Z.M. in 2015
for her services to ballet, Ann now runs
the Aspire Dance School at Springston
in Selwyn along with her daughter Fleur
Cullinane, also a former R.N.Z.B. dancer
and Rebecca Adam who was invited to
perform her solos in New York and was
successfully placed.
“We are very lucky to have a school
where we have all had professional dance
experience,” she says. “It does make a
difference to the way we teach.”
This high-calibre school has also received
international acclaim recently when past
pupil Monica Brosnahan was invited by
the Russian Government to take part in
the Vaganova International Competition
in St Petersburg. As a result of her success
at this event she has now been invited to
apply as an international student to the
Russian Ballet School in St Petersburg.
“We are so delighted for her as she is a
dedicated student who has worked so
hard to become a successful dancer.”
It is just not the high performing students
that Ann is interested in teaching. “We
absolutely love teaching young people
that just want to come and enjoy dance.
Its good for deportment and we enjoy
sharing a love of moving to music and a
quiet gaining of confidence.”
Ann recently had to move the dance school
from the Tai Tapu Hall to the Springston
Hall but is delighted with the new location.
She is now taking enrolments for the 2017
year in Ballet, Jazz and Contemporary
classes for pupils aged from 3 ½ years to
18 years of age.
For those interested in attending classes,
the best way to contact Ann is by email
or text as she has limited coverage where
she lives. Her
email address is
annjudsonfarr@
gmail.com and
her mobile
is 027 672
2999.
B.B.O. Ballet, N.Z.A.M.D. Jazz and Contemporary
Venue: Springston Community Hall,
3ks south of the front of Lincoln University on Leeston Rd
Ann Judson M.N.Z.M. B.B.O. Fellow
Email: annjudsonfarr@gmail.com
Phone: 0276 722 999