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PAGE 20 Wednesday <strong>April</strong> <strong>18</strong> 20<strong>18</strong><br />
BAY HARBOUR<br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Strong results for local surfers as winter sets in<br />
Aaron Lock reports on the<br />
Canterbury men’s champs<br />
results at the weekend and<br />
the grom series<br />
THE FIVE days of southerlies<br />
last week were a shock to the<br />
system but the silver lining<br />
was the pumping waves we<br />
had over the weekend. Friday<br />
and Saturday saw perfect lines<br />
marching into Sumner and in<br />
spite of the cold temperatures, it<br />
was very busy in the water.<br />
The change from 2mm to<br />
4mm wetsuits in just a week took<br />
a bit of adjusting to as well. The<br />
water temperature is around 14<br />
• By Gordon Findlater<br />
THE SUMNER wave is rolling<br />
after they notched their second<br />
win from as many outings in the<br />
Hawkins Metro Premier Cup.<br />
But problems at first-five could<br />
lead to an interesting brand of<br />
rugby being employed going into<br />
busy period of fixtures.<br />
Saturday’s 36-27 bonus point<br />
win over Marist Albion at Edgar<br />
MacIntosh Park put Sumner<br />
joint top of the competiton<br />
on 10 points with defending<br />
champions Lincoln University.<br />
Going into the match Sumner<br />
were already without regular<br />
first-five Nik Cummings who<br />
could be facing surgery on an<br />
injured foot. Matters were made<br />
Aaron's Surf Report<br />
deg C which is about average for<br />
mid-<strong>April</strong>. The only problem<br />
with an epic hot summer is we’ve<br />
become too soft for a normal<br />
Christchurch autumn.<br />
The South Island Grom series<br />
finished off in Kaikoura a few<br />
weeks back. Local surfers battled<br />
worse when Josh Toy – who has<br />
been impressive in the No 10<br />
jersey – suffered a concussion<br />
after landing from an awkward<br />
tackle.<br />
Sumner were also without a<br />
proven first-five on their bench<br />
due to division two regular Zack<br />
Grey falling ill. So, when Toy<br />
came off coach Martin Dodgson<br />
found himself in a pickle.<br />
It was former New Brighton<br />
winger/centre Filimoni<br />
Waqainabete (right) who ended<br />
up coming off the bench to slot<br />
in a first-five, raising eyebrows .<br />
“You should have seen the<br />
opposition 10, he looked up<br />
and went what the f***,” said<br />
Dodgson.<br />
The Canterbury sevens player<br />
wasted no time showing he<br />
had the skill set to slot into the<br />
playmaking role by setting up<br />
a try with a well weighted chip<br />
through the defence after a<br />
scrum on the Marist 10 metre<br />
line.<br />
How Dodgson came up with<br />
SPORTS<br />
some big and challenging conditions<br />
at Meatworks over the<br />
weekend.<br />
Jack Tyro won the under-12<br />
boys and won the overall series<br />
title undefeated over four<br />
contests. Jordan Sparrow was<br />
fourth in Kaikoura and finished<br />
the series second overall in the<br />
under-<strong>18</strong> boys. Ava Henderson<br />
continued her great run winning<br />
the under-14 girls and winning<br />
the series as well. Holly Campbell<br />
put in a great performance<br />
to come fourth in the under-14<br />
girls and second in the under-12<br />
girls and achieved the same<br />
placings in the series. Eden Hungerford<br />
won the under-12 girls in<br />
Kaikoura and sister Estella was<br />
second in the under-<strong>18</strong> girls.<br />
Local boardriders club, Point<br />
Surf Team, were third overall<br />
in the South Island Grom series<br />
which is a great achievement.<br />
Well done to all the PST groms.<br />
PST is making a come back.<br />
One quiet achiever on the<br />
national contest scene this year<br />
has been Sumner’s Thomas<br />
Harcourt. Thomas has been getting<br />
some great results in both<br />
the open and under-20 divisions<br />
in the national series. Thomas<br />
was fourth at the South Island<br />
champs in Dunedin and is sitting<br />
fifth on the national junior<br />
ratings with two events to go.<br />
This weekend will see the national<br />
series come closer to home<br />
with the Exit Surf Canterbury<br />
men’s surf champs kicking off<br />
on Saturday. The event will find<br />
the best waves between Taylors<br />
Mistake and Gore <strong>Bay</strong>.<br />
•Aaron Lock is the Sumner<br />
Learn to Surf school principal<br />
director<br />
Sumner gets off to perfect Hawkins Cup start<br />
the ingenuous idea to play the<br />
powerful Fijian at first-five<br />
has been the talk about town.<br />
Some have even claimed to have<br />
witnessed straws being drawn.<br />
However, Dodgson has put these<br />
rumours to bed claiming to have<br />
taken a more holistic approach.<br />
“I said who wants to play<br />
10 and he said ‘I will’ so I said<br />
‘sweet, done’.”<br />
Sumner’s new tackle breaker<br />
turned playmaker could prove<br />
pivotal in their upcoming home<br />
stand at St Leonards Park.<br />
They host last year’s beaten<br />
finalists on Saturday before<br />
playing Burnside on Anzac Day.<br />
The biggest test of all then comes<br />
on Saturday <strong>April</strong> 29 when they<br />
play Lincoln University.
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