Nor'West News: May 08, 2018

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Big influence for young Rams
star and Papanui High old boy
• By Jacob Page
FORMER PAPANUI High
School star Taylor Britt needs
to look no further for a spark
than his Rams coach and mentor
Mark Dickel.
The 21-year-old will play his
first full season for the NBL
franchise having been part of
their development programme
in 2015. His first game saw him
contributes six points, three
rebounds and two steals as
the Rams downed the Super
City Rangers 100-95 at Cowles
Stadium.
The 1.89m guard shares the
same court position as his coach
did for his illustrious career.
Britt said Dickel had been
a major influence in his
development so far.
“Mark has worked with me
for the past four years and has
been a key part in moulding me
into the player I am and want to
become,” he said.
Britt said he felt more equipped
to handle the physical NBL-style
after his American stint.
He started 58 of his 62 games
for Southeast Community
College in Nebraska.
“The games were faster,
the American guys were big
and use their bodies a lot,” Britt
said.
STAR: Taylor Britt is making an impact with the Canterbury
Rams.
PHOTO: CANTERBURY RAMS
Britt was known as a guard
who liked to attack the rim to try
to create space for his teammates
to shoot.
He hoped to continue to
learn from Dickel and imports
Winston Shepard and Xavier
Thames in the hopes of securing
an Australian NBL development
contract.
STUDENTS FROM Rangi Ruru
Girls’ School and St Margaret’s
College have been fighting it out
on the waters of Lake Karapiro.
Year 12 students Amber
Williams and Millie Knight
from Rangi, and Gaby McKellar
and Claudia Bethell from St
Margaret’s were all selected
for the under-18 South Island
rowing team, which beat the
North Island team in the
under-18 north v south regatta.
Fourteen girls and boys from
both islands raced in the regatta
last month.
Amber captained the squad
to win all of their races in the
under-18 women’s eight-plus and
four-plus crews.
SPORTS
SUCCESS:
Year 12
rowers Amber
Williams,
Claudia
Bethell, Gaby
McKellar, Millie
Knight from
St Margaret’s
College and
Rangi Ruru
Girls’ School
have had
success at the
under-18 north
v south regatta.
Success for rowers
Rangi director of rowing Mark
Cotham said it has been an
intense season.
“Being part of the under-18
South Island team has been a
wonderful experience for the
girls. The campaign aims to
work as a stepping stone to high
performance pathways through
to New Zealand rowing,” he
said.
Mr Cotham was one of our
coaches selected to attend the
regatta.
The South Island were
the ultimate winners of the
two-day competition, winning
10 of the 16 events; 71 points
in total to South and 61 to the
north.
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