The Star: March 29, 2018

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Thursday March 29 2018
Christ’s win 11th Maddi Cup
CHRIST’S COLLEGE has had its
name etched onto the Maadi Cup
for the 11th time.
Hamilton Boys’ High School
led the boys under-18 eight race
from the 500m mark at the
New Zealand secondary schools
rowing regatta on Twizel’s Lake
Ruataniwha.
But Christ’s Alex Todhunter,
Max Goodwin, Sam Darry, Jack
Elvy, Zac Cran, Will Chaffey,
Jamie Batchelor, Sean Swanson
and Guy Flynn (cox) pulled away
at 1750m clocking a winning
time of 6min 1.90sec.
While Hamilton Boys finished
in the silver spot with 6min
3.82sec, CBHS came third for the
second year in a row on 6min
9.49sec.
Christ’s College took home
another four golds in the
under-15 coxed octuple sculls,
under-16 coxed eight, under-16
coxed four and under-17 coxed
eight. Their under-18 novice
coxed eight also won silver.
It was a strong regatta overall
for Christchurch schools, which
has seen 10 local rowers named as
New Zealand junior trialists.
Isabella Carter (Rangi Ruru
Girls’ School) and Kathryn Glen
(Villa Maria College) have both
been selected for the girls trials.
In the boys trial squad Alex Todhunter,
Jamie Batchelor and Max
Goodwin from Christ’s have been
selected along with Jack Chapman,
Matthew White, Thomas
Woelders and Will Gilbert from
CBHS. Former St Andrew’s
student Zackary Rumble has also
been selected for the trial.
Rangi Ruru retained their title
as the top girls’ school in rowing
for the third time running. It
was close as Rangi beat Waikato
Diocesan Girls’ School by just
one point
Overall, Rangi Ruru won three
golds in the under-18 novice
coxed eight, under-16 coxed eight
CHAMPS: Christ’s College won the prestigious Maadi Cup race
after being beaten by St Andrew’s College last year.
PHOTO: STEVE MCARTHUR
and the under-18 novice coxed
four, three silvers in the under-18
coxed four, under-16 coxed four
and the under-18 coxed eight and
a bronze in the under-15 coxed
four.
CBHS finished third in the
Maadi Cup coxed eight race
and racked up three golds in the
under-15 double sculls, under-15
coxed quad sculls and under-17
coxed four. They also won five silvers
in the under-18 coxless pair
oars, under-16 coxed quad sculls,
under-17 coxed eight, under-18
coxed four and the under-15
coxed octuple sculls.
St Margaret’s College won two
bronze in the under-18 novice
coxed eight and the under-16
coxed eight.
St Bede’s College won gold in
the under-18 novice coxed four,
silver for the under-16 coxed
eight and bronze in the under-16
coxed four.
Christchurch Girls’ High
School won silver in the under-15
coxed four and bronze for the
under-16 coxed four.
Villa Maria won silver in the
under-15 quad coxed sculls and
bronze in the under-18 single
sculls and under-18 quad coxed
sculls.
St Thomas’ of Canterbury College
won bronze in the under-18
double sculls. Last year’s Maadi
Cup winner, St Andrew’s College
did not claim a medal.
HAUL: The
Rangi Ruru
under-18 novice
eight receive
their gold
medals on the
podium at Lake
Ruataniwha
• By Gordon Findlater
IT COULDN’T have finished
in more dramatic fashion as
Canterbury were crowned
women’s champions at the
national intercentre bowls
tournament on Sunday.
Playing Northland in the
final at Burnside, Canterbury’s
Sandra Keith was defeated in
the singles 20-25, while Adele
Greenfield and Sherrie Cottle
won their pairs match 19-13.
This meant the four of Mandy
Boyd, Julie Adams, Tessa
Hocking and Angela Boyd
needed to win their match to
claim the title.
At the completion of the
pairs match the fours match
was locked at 12-12 on the final
end.
When skip Angela Boyd
stepped up for her last bowl,
Northland held the shot. Boyd,
the only Blackjack playing the
tournament, took direct aim
at the jack and successfully
killed the end, forcing it to be
replayed.
It then became a case of deja
vu when the skip found herself
in the same scenario, this time
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Cashmere make history on the court
Fire rages, homes at risk
bowls team take
intercity champs
with two bowls remaining.
Her first attempt to kill the
end missed the jack. However,
once again on her last bowl the
end was killed.
It would be third time lucky
for Canterbury on the final
end. Winning the end by one
gave the four a 13-12 victory
and Canterbury the national
title.
Bowls Canterbury chief
executive Mel Mather believes
the result was an indication on
the level of women bowlers in
the region.
Match winner Boyd travelled
to the Gold Coast on Monday
morning to meet up with the
Blackjacks, which includes
Canterbury bowlers Katelyn
Inch and Tayla Bruce, ahead of
the Commonwealth Games.
“Our females are just killing
it,” said Mather. “Three out
of five members in the Commonwealth
Games squad and
now holding the national title
speaks pretty loudly (for Canterbury).”
The Canterbury men were
unable defend the national title
they won 12 months ago, failing
to advance from pool-play.
TITLE: The
Canterbury
women’s
team
celebrate
winning the
national
intercentre
title.
• By Gordon Findlater
CASHMERE’S PREMIER men’s
team made history on Saturday
when they won the Canterbury
Tennis club title for a record fifth
straight year.
The squad of brothers James,
Matt and Tim Meredith,
brothers Tim and Johnny
McHarg, and Harry Weeds and
Matt Grant went undefeated
through the competition and
beat Elmwood 15-3 on points in
the final on Saturday.
“It was a great day for the
club,” said James Meredith.
“The Elmwood guys are a
great bunch. They came out and
celebrated with us afterwards.
I’m not sure I could do the same
if it was the other way around,”
he joked.
The tie was far closer than
the final scoreline reads. James
Meredith and Grant won their
top doubles match against
Hayden Joblin and Jack Tiller
6-4, 6-4. Cashmere also claimed
DOMINANT:
Cashmere
retained the
Canterbury
men’s club
title for a
fifth straight
year.
the bottom doubles in straight
sets 7-6, 6-2.
The pair of Matt Meredith
and Weeds faced four set points,
down 4-5 in the opening set
against brothers Elliot and
Lawrence Darling.
Meredith and Weeds fought off
the four set points to eventually
win the first set, which proved
crucial going into the singles.
In the top singles match, James
Meredith produces a serve and
ball striking masterclass to
breeze past Joblin 6-0, 6-2. This
meant that Cashmere needed
to win just one set from the
remaining singles ties to claim
the title.
However, Elmwood still had
a glimmer of hope by holding
the early advantage in all three
remaining matches.
The title was secured when
Weeds recovered from losing
the first set 0-6 to James Watt.
Following a pep talk from Tim
Meredith, Weeds found his game
to win the final two sets 6-3, 6-2.
“Tim reassured me not to
panic after the first set. James
played amazing in the first set.
I knew I just had to stay on
court as long as I could and try
to grind something out,” said
Weeds.
Cashmere put the icing on
the cake on Sunday when their
division one men’s and division
two women’s teams both won
titles.
The men’s division one final
was also played against Elmwood
and contained three players who
turned out on Saturday in the
form of Tiller, Weeds and Grant.
The match was as tight as they
come with the result found on
a count back of games 59-52 to
Cashmere after both teams won
three matches and seven sets.