Selwyn Times: July 11, 2018

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Trio make national deaf
lawn bowls team
• By Jacob Page
THREE SELWYN lawn bowlers
have made the New Zealand
team for the International
Deaf Bowls Championships in
Christchurch next year.
Barbara Herrick, Hazel
Littlejohn and Margaret Bailey
from the West Melton, Darfield
and Leeston bowls clubs
respectively will join forces to
play triples together.
Herrick and Bailey have
made regular appearances for
New Zealand in the past, while
Littlejohn is a fourth year bowler
and the tournament in January
will be her first international
call-up.
The event is held in various
countries around the world
every four years and has been
held in Christchurch, Wales,
Scotland, South Africa, England,
Australia, Northern Ireland and
Ireland.
This year the teams are from
Australia, Wales, Scotland,
England, Ireland and Northern
Ireland.
Littlejohn said she was excited
by the opportunities deaf lawn
bowls had offered her.
“I first met Barbara at a
tournament on the West Coast
two years ago. When she found
out that I was deaf, she asked
TEAMWORK: Selwyn bowlers Barbara Herrick (left), Hazel
Littlejohn and Margaret Bailey will represent New Zealand in
a deaf lawn bowls team at the international championships in
Christchurch in January.
me then if I was interested in
trialling for the deaf world bowls
team.
“She introduced me to Maggie
there, too.”
“We had our trials the last
weekend in May this year in
Pukekohe, where we met other
deaf players from the rest of New
Zealand,” she said.
“In order to qualify we must
have moderately severe hearing
loss (hearing level 55 or more).
“We were chuffed that we
had been selected to play in the
triples, which is a bonus as we
can practice when the grass
season gets under way again, in
local tournaments together.”
Herrick has been playing the
sport for 27 years, while Bailey
has played for five and Littlejohn
three years.
From now until the
tournament, the fundraising will
begin.
WINNERS: Ellesmere celebrate winning back the Southbridge
Shield last year.
PHOTO: KAREN CASEY
Ellesmere play to retain
Southbridge Shield
• By Jacob Page
ELLESMERE WILL look to
retain the Southbridge Shield
on Saturday against North
Canterbury at Prebbleton Oval.
Ellesmere regained the shield
last year with a 35-20 win in
Kaiapoi.
Ellesmere have had one win
and one loss in their two games
so far this season. They were
outclassed 29-10 by a Queensland
Country XV on June 25.
However, Ellesmere ended their
five-year winless stretch against
Mid-Canterbury, toppling them
26-24 in Ashburton last Tuesday,
which should give them plenty
of confidence for the weekend.
Ellesmere coach Alex Robertson
said the team were working
hard on their scrums and lineouts.
“We know if our set-piece
goes well that will lay a platform
for our attack,” he said.
Ellesmere had the better of the
scrums against Mid-Canterbury,
even earning a penalty try for
scrum dominance, but Robertson
said he was expecting North
Canterbury to make them work
a lot harder.
“It’s a privilege to play for
Ellesmere and for the Southbridge
Shield and the boys have
formed good combinations over
the past two games so we’re
expecting to do the area proud,”
he said.
There will be six games across
the grades between the two subunions,
all played in Prebbleton.
They each won three games
last year.
Ellesmere v North Canterbury
fixtures on Saturday
Seniors for Southbridge
Shield, 3pm, at Prebbleton Oval;
colts for Munro Shield, 1.15pm,
at Prebbleton Oval; under-18
for McGiffert Trophy, 1.30pm,
at Prebbleton 2; under-16 Tiny
Hill Shield, noon, at Prebbleton
2; under-65kg, 11.45am, at
Prebbleton 1; under-48kg,
10.30am, Prebbleton 1.
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