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16 Tuesday <strong>August</strong> 1 2<strong>01</strong>7<br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
<strong>Selwyn</strong> on verge of first ever<br />
promotion to the top flight<br />
• Gordon Findlater<br />
SELWYN UNITED need just<br />
a draw against Christchurch<br />
United at Foster Park tonight<br />
to secure promotion into the<br />
Mainland Premier League for the<br />
first time in the club’s history.<br />
Their 3-2 win over Halswell<br />
United at the weekend means<br />
with four rounds remaining,<br />
<strong>Selwyn</strong> are 10 points clear of<br />
second place Christchurch.<br />
“This has been the goal since<br />
the start of the season. There’s<br />
been a few sleepless nights as<br />
we’ve got closer to realising that,”<br />
said <strong>Selwyn</strong> coach Lee Padmore.<br />
The fixture was originally<br />
meant to be played on July 22 but<br />
was rescheduled due to flooding.<br />
The conditions during Saturday’s<br />
win over Halswell weren’t<br />
much better. Halswell Domain<br />
was still recovering from the<br />
recent run of bad weather.<br />
“It was horrendous,” said Padmore.<br />
“The conditions took us a bit by<br />
surprise and we found ourselves<br />
1-0 down and struggling to get<br />
out of our own half early in the<br />
game.”<br />
<strong>Selwyn</strong> eventually adapted and<br />
found their mojo, scoring three<br />
goals in the space of 15min to<br />
lead 3-1 at the break.<br />
Jamie Corrodus scored their<br />
first, converting from the penalty<br />
spot. <strong>Selwyn</strong>’s second and third<br />
STRIKE: Aidan Barbour-Ryan scored one of <strong>Selwyn</strong>’s three<br />
goals in their win over Halswell at the weekend.<br />
goals both came from counter<br />
attacks through Dan Ede and<br />
Aidan Barbour-Ryan.<br />
In the second half, it didn’t take<br />
long for <strong>Selwyn</strong>’s comfortable<br />
lead to disappear.<br />
“I thought we were cruising.<br />
Then we conceded a silly goal<br />
from a set piece and found<br />
ourselves down to 10 men with<br />
30min to go,” said Padmore.<br />
“It was a difficult day for<br />
defenders with the conditions<br />
and we really had to sit back and<br />
grind it out late.”<br />
The team are hoping for a<br />
strong show of support at Foster<br />
Park tonight for what could be a<br />
day to remember at the club for<br />
many years to come.<br />
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SATURDAY’S Ellesmere rugby<br />
final between Darfield and<br />
Southbridge will be a special<br />
occasion for the McIlroy<br />
brothers Blair and Scott.<br />
Blair has played club rugby at<br />
Darfield since a junior and will<br />
play his 200th first grade match<br />
for the club in Saturday’s final.<br />
His brother Scott brought up<br />
his 200th game last month for<br />
the club.<br />
“Blair’s played for Darfield his<br />
entire life other than a couple of<br />
years in England,” said Darfield<br />
co-coach Alex Robertson.<br />
“Lifting the Coleman Shield<br />
would be a pretty awesome way<br />
to bring up 200 I reckon.”<br />
Defending Coleman Shield<br />
champions Southbridge kept<br />
their hopes of finishing the<br />
SPORTS<br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
FAMILY: Blair<br />
McIlroy (right),<br />
will bring up<br />
his 200th game<br />
for Darfield<br />
in Saturday’s<br />
final. He will<br />
be playing<br />
alongside his<br />
brother Scott.<br />
Milestone final for<br />
season with four trophies in the<br />
cabinet alive with a 33-7 win<br />
over Prebbleton at the weekend,<br />
while Darfield will hope to win<br />
their first ever Coleman Shield<br />
after accounting for Waihora<br />
24-13 on Saturday.<br />
Darfield and Southbridge met<br />
earlier in the year in roundrobin<br />
play.<br />
Southbridge took the honours<br />
21-10 on that occasion.<br />
“It will be business as usual<br />
this week. We want to come<br />
into the game physically and<br />
mentally fresh. It’s always going<br />
to be tough against Southbridge<br />
and they’re probably the favourites<br />
coming into the game,” said<br />
Robertson.<br />
Darfield got off to a slow<br />
start in their semi-final against<br />
Waihora and quickly found<br />
themselves down 6-0.<br />
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