Southern View: July 10, 2018

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SPORTS
St Peter’s pupil
tops at
boccia champs
• By Jacob Page
ST PETER’S School pupil Amber
Proudfoot and Caleb Wright
from Westburn School were the
big winners at the Canterbury
primary and intermediate school
boccia championships at the
Bishopdale YMCA.
Amber won the girls title while
Caleb was victorious in the boys
tournament.
Boccia is a Paralympic sport
that draws inspiration from
bocce, boules and pentaque.
The championships were open
to all pupils from the Canterbury
region with a physical disability.
Ten primary and intermediate
school pupils participated in
Boccia at the event. There were
three rounds of competition –
the boys throw, girls throw and
an overall championship round.
Halberg Foundation senior
adviser Justin Muschamp ran
the event, with assistance from
school prefects from Riccarton
High School who volunteered
on the day. The championships
are also an opportunity
for Cantabrians to join the
Canterbury team at the Halberg
Games, a national three-day
sports competition for physically
disabled young people from
October 5-7 at King’s College,
Auckland.
The championships will
be held on August 23 at the
Cashmere High School gym.
CONCENTRATION: Amber
Proudfoot (above) and Caleb
Wright at the Canterbury
primary and intermediate
boccia championships.
OVERSEAS: Maddison Aubrey will take his talents to the United States on a scholarship next
month.
Aubrey set to take up
US tennis scholarship
• By Jacob Page
CASHMERE TENNIS Club
player Maddison Aubrey will
soon swap the Christchurch
winter for a tennis scholarship
in the United States.
The 18-year-old former
Christchurch Boys’ High student
has signed on for a tennis scholarship
at McKendree University
in St Louis.
The scholarship is for an
NCAA division two school, and
Aubrey said that was by choice.
“I did have an option to go to a
division one school but I felt this
was a better fit for me not only as
a tennis player but as a student,”
he said.
Aubrey, who splits his time
between the Cashmere and Elmwood
tennis clubs, will study
business and is looking forward
to playing regular tennis when
he flies out next month.
He was a top five player
nationally throughout his early
teens but admitted he had struggled
to play at the same high
standard as he gas got older.
He said he relies on a big serve
and powerful forehand and is
eager for the opportunity.
Aubrey first picked up a tennis
racket at eight-years-old and was
coached by his dad Vernon.