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The Weekly Times - TWT - 4th July 2018

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Wednesday 4 <strong>July</strong>, <strong>2018</strong> THE WEEKLY TIMES 27<br />

Ryde young guns shine<br />

in Champions Trophy<br />

By CHRIS KARAS<br />

RYDE Hunters Hill hockey wizards Tom Craig, Lachlan Sharp<br />

and Tim Brand have covered themselves in glory with the world<br />

champion Australian Kookaburras hockey team.<br />

<strong>The</strong> outstanding trio<br />

helped the Kookaburras<br />

clinch a record 15th Champions<br />

Trophy in Breda,<br />

Netherlands with a victory<br />

over India in the final in<br />

shootouts.<br />

It was a meritorious<br />

achievement by the local<br />

Panthers’ products who<br />

stamped their mark at the<br />

prestigious tournament with<br />

classy performances.<br />

Australia and India finished<br />

1-all at fulltime in the<br />

final before the Kookaburras<br />

secured the trophy 3-1 in<br />

the shootout with goals by<br />

co-captain Aran Zalewski,<br />

Daniel Beale and Jeremy<br />

Edwards.<br />

Gun strikers Craig and<br />

Brand and attacking midfielder<br />

Sharp have come<br />

through the junior and senior<br />

ranks at Ryde-Hunters<br />

Hill Hockey Club and are all<br />

former recipients of the <strong>TWT</strong><br />

Club Six/Ryde Sports Foundation<br />

Sports Star of the<br />

Year Award.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y are now established<br />

members of this skilful and<br />

exciting Kookaburras line<br />

up - which is a proud feat for<br />

the respected Ryde club that<br />

competes in the Sydney Premier<br />

Hockey League.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Kookaburras drew<br />

3-all in their opening Champions<br />

Trophy clash with Belgium<br />

with Sharp nabbing a<br />

goal before posting victories<br />

over Pakistan (2-1), India<br />

(3-2) with Sharp and Hogan<br />

among the goal scorers and<br />

<strong>The</strong> Netherlands (3-1).<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir only defeat came in<br />

the final pool match against<br />

Argentina who registered a<br />

3-2 upset with 19 year old<br />

ace Tim Brand notching a<br />

double - his first goals for<br />

Australia at senior international<br />

level.<br />

20 year old Sharp and<br />

Craig, 23, were part of Australia’s<br />

triumphant Commonwealth<br />

Games team that<br />

captured gold on the Gold<br />

Ryde Hockey young guns Lachlan Sharp, Tom Craig and<br />

Tim Brand played key roles for the Kookaburras, who collected<br />

yet another Champions Trophy on Monday morning<br />

in Breda, Netherlands.<br />

Coast earlier this year.<br />

Young gun Sharp has experienced<br />

an incredible<br />

six month period with the<br />

mighty Kookaburras since<br />

making his senior international<br />

debut last December.<br />

Livewire Lachlan helped<br />

Australia claim back-to-back<br />

Hockey World League titles<br />

before playing alongside<br />

Ryde club mate Craig as<br />

the Kookaburras lifted the<br />

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup and<br />

Commonwealth Games titles.<br />

“What a wonderful tournament<br />

by our three heroes,”<br />

beamed a proud Ryde-<br />

Hunters Hill Hockey Club<br />

president Glen Castensen<br />

yesterday.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> Club couldn’t be more<br />

delighted for them and their<br />

families,” he said.<br />

“It’s been an amazing week<br />

watching them perform so<br />

well on the highest international<br />

stage and play such<br />

critical roles for the world<br />

number one team - the<br />

Kookaburras success.<br />

“It’s such a special moment<br />

for them, our Club and everyone<br />

who has and continues<br />

to support these world<br />

class young men. Bravo Lachi,<br />

Tim and Tom.”<br />

This was the final iteration<br />

of the Champions Trophy<br />

which will now be replaced<br />

by the FIH Pro League from<br />

2019.<br />

All eyes now turn to the<br />

Men’s World Cup in November.<br />

Reigning <strong>TWT</strong> Club Six/Ryde Sports Foundation Sports Star of the Year Lachlan Sharp<br />

holds the silverware as Australia’s mighty Kookaburras celebrate a record 15th Champions<br />

Hockey Trophy title after defeating India in the final.<br />

Rabbitohs sign Tigers son of a gun<br />

SOUTH Sydney have<br />

secured the services of<br />

Wests Tigers’ emerging<br />

utility forward Bayley<br />

Sironen (pictured).<br />

<strong>The</strong> talented 21 year old<br />

colt, who is the youngest son<br />

of legendary Balmain international<br />

forward Paul Sironen<br />

and kid brother of Manly back<br />

rower Curtis Sironen, has<br />

signed a one-year deal with<br />

the Rabbitohs from 2019 with<br />

a one year option.<br />

Bayley is yet another product<br />

of the Tigers’ proud rugby<br />

league nursery at Holy Cross<br />

College Ryde and made two<br />

NRL appearances with the<br />

joint venture club last season.<br />

He will join his former Holy<br />

Cross Rhinos, Balmain junior<br />

representative and U/20s<br />

Holden Cup team mate Junior<br />

Tatola at the Rabbitohs next<br />

season.<br />

<strong>The</strong> pair formed a crack<br />

combination for eleven seasons<br />

with the powerful Rhinos<br />

- winning a swag of premierships<br />

in the Balmain Junior<br />

League and Combined Sydney<br />

competitions.<br />

Bayley skippered the Tigers<br />

in the U/16 Harold Matthews<br />

and U/18 S.G Ball Cup series<br />

and tasted success with the<br />

NSW U/16 and U/20 representative<br />

teams.<br />

<strong>The</strong> skilful forward was rewarded<br />

for his strong performances<br />

in the Western<br />

Suburbs Magpies team this<br />

season in the Intrust Super<br />

premiership with a NSW Residents<br />

jumper.<br />

Bayley helped the Blues blitz<br />

Queensland Residents 36-20<br />

in the recent interstate challenge<br />

at ANZ Stadium that<br />

was played as a curtain raiser<br />

to State of Origin 2.<br />

He was joined in the NSW<br />

side by Western Suburbs<br />

Magpies forward team mates<br />

Luke Garner and Jacob<br />

Felise, who was released by<br />

the Tigers before the June 30<br />

deadline to join the Newcastle<br />

Knights.<br />

FOOTY<br />

TIPSTERS<br />

WESTS<br />

TIGERS<br />

V<br />

ST GEORGE-<br />

ILLAWARRA<br />

SUNDAY JULY 15<br />

JUBILEE OVAL<br />

4.10PM<br />

JOHN<br />

ALEXANDER<br />

Bennelong MP<br />

ANTHONY<br />

ROBERTS<br />

Lane Cove MP<br />

GRAEME AGGETT<br />

Ryde Eastwood<br />

Leagues Director<br />

SARKIS YEDELIAN<br />

Ryde City Clr<br />

DICK READING<br />

North Ryde RSL<br />

Club Director<br />

VICTOR<br />

DOMINELLO<br />

Ryde MP<br />

CHRIS KARAS<br />

<strong>TWT</strong> Sports<br />

Editor<br />

THE ONE-EYED TIGER<br />

<strong>TWT</strong>’s fearless<br />

unbiassed<br />

correspondent<br />

ALLAN JARVIS<br />

Putney Bowlo<br />

Club Director<br />

GREG MERCHANT<br />

Gladesville Sporties<br />

Club Director<br />

STEVE COLQUHOUN<br />

<strong>The</strong> Eastwood Club<br />

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LINDSAY CORNWELL<br />

Gladesville RSL<br />

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