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30 Thursday August 9 2018 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi The Star Sport in brief Young footballers get chance at Sydney FC Christchurch United footballers Riley Caswell and Hamish Cooper are set to get an invaluable taste of professional football at Sydney FC, the glamour club in the A-League. The duo, who both turned 17 last month but already play for the Christchurch United first team, have been invited to train with the Sydney club. Sydney FC were last season’s A-League minor premiers and losing finalists. They also won the A-League last year. The opportunity arose through the contacts of Christchurch United head coach Fernando Lambert who coached at Manly United in Sydney for five years. Lambert also spent four months as an apprentice coach at Sydney FC with Robert Stanton, who runs the club’s first team and young league side. Doell wins golf’s Coronation Medal Waimairi Beach golfer Allison Doell was surprised as anyone when she won the Coronation Medal. The medal is played for by women with a handicap between 0-18. The competition is a compilation of national club results where women’s golfers play on their home turf, and their score is adjusted to account for their playing handicap before being compared to other players, both in the district and nationally. Doell’s club played its Coronation Medal round in April and she shot 81, which was adjusted to a 63 nett. Woodward Cup milestone • By Gordon Findlater JASON SINCOCK became the most capped Woodward Cup player in history on Sunday and celebrated the occasion by beating James Robb. Sincock’s 3/2 victory helped Christchurch to a win over Templeton in the top-of-the-table clash. The match was his 234th, surpassing his friend and former teammate Murray Brown’s record for the most Woodward Cup appearances. The 50-year-old made his Woodward Cup debut in 1985 and has since amassed a record of 123 wins and 24 halves. Sincock has won four Woodward Cups. First was with Waitikiri in 1987. He also won three times with North Canterbury in 1992, 2005 and 2007. His most memorable day came during his early days in the competition when he knocked over a Canterbury and a New Zealand representative. “I played Brent Paterson and Mark Street in the same day and beat them both. They were the stars for Canterbury at the time.” Sincock’s Woodward Cup career began with Avondale where he went undefeated for two years. He then joined Waitikiri in 1987 where we played one year with Canterbury’s top juniors who had joined the club due to Peter Davis coaching there at the time. His longest spell was with CAMPAIGNER: Jason Sincock, has become the most capped player in the Woodward Cup. North Canterbury from 1988 until 2007 when they were disbanded from the competition. He then played for Kaiapoi before joining Christchurch in 2017. Before entering his mid-30s it was common for Sincock to mix rugby or cricket on a Saturday with interclub golf on Sunday. “I missed quite a few games because I got injured at rugby on Saturday. That was in the days of no cell phones so it was hard to communicate with people. One time I was in hospital and no one could get hold of me,” said Sincock. “We had North Canterbury interclub at Kaikoura. I had played rugby in Amberley and I was going to get picked up for golf at the Amberley pub, but I wasn’t there. I’d been taken to hospital because I ruptured my anterior cruciate ligament.” Sincock lives and breathes golf, frequently working as a greenkeeper since the 1980s. He completed an apprenticeship at Avondale before working at Bottle Lake in the 1990s. After six years in Ireland and time away from the golf course Sincock returned to greenkeeping at Coringa before joining Christchurch. He doesn’t plan on stepping down from the premier interclub competition anytime soon and is in with a good shout of winning a fifth title. After five rounds of the competition Christchurch are in first on 10 points, ahead of Pegasus and Templeton both on eight. Guide to the weekend sporting action • By Jacob Page Southern League football A full round will take place on Saturday after Cashmere Technical and Nelson Suburbs won their respective Chatham Cup quarter-finals last weekend. Coastal Spirit will host Ferrymead Bays at Cuthberts Green and will be desperate to rebound from their 2-1 defeat to Southland United. Nomads will look to hold on to their competition lead when they face the in-form Cashmere Technical at Tullet Park. Dunedin Technical will host Queenstown at Tahuna Park and Southland United host Nelson Suburbs at ILT Turf. Massetti Cup rugby league The two best teams in the Canterbury rugby league premier competition will do battle on Saturday to see which one will earn a direct route to the final. The undefeated Linwood Keas and Northern Bulldogs will meet at Linwood Park for the right to play in the final. The loser of that game will face the winner of the suddendeath semi-final between the Hornby Panthers and Halswell Hornets at Leslie Park. The bottom four competition will see the Aranui Eagles host Celebration Lions at Wainoni Park and the Papanui Tigers will welcome the Riccarton Knights to Papanui Domain. CPL men’s hockey Round 14 of the competition will see teams outside the top four eager to force their way in. Fifth-placed Fendalton/Avon will be looking to cause an upset when they face second-placed Marist. Sixth-placed University face an equally tough challenge when they face third-placed Southern United. Carlton-Redcliffs will look to stay ahead of the chasing pack by trying to beat the cellardwelling Hornby Vipers. Topof-the-table Harewood will look to maintain their momentum when they take on seventhplaced High School Old Boys/ Burnside. CPL women’s hockey There are two key match-ups in round 13 on Saturday. H and B Avon and Marist will both be looking to improve their semifinal chances at the expense Top of the tables Southern League P W L D P Nomads 5 3 0 2 11 Cashmere Tech 4 3 0 1 10 Coastal Spirit 5 2 2 1 7 Ferrymead Bays 4 1 0 3 6 Dunedin Tech 5 1 2 2 5 Nelson Suburbs 4 1 2 1 4 Queenstown 4 1 3 0 3 Southland 4 1 4 0 3 Men’s CPL P W L D GD Pts Harewood 13 11 1 1 21 34 Marist 12 8 2 2 16 26 Southern United 12 6 2 2 4 22 of one another. Competition leaders High School Old Boys/ Burnside will take on thirdplaced Harewood. Carlton- Redcliffs will face Hornby with Southern United having the bye. Carlton Redcliffs 13 6 4 3 12 21 Fendalton Avon 13 5 6 2 -5 17 University 13 4 7 2 12 14 HSOB / Burnside 13 2 5 6 -7 12 Hornby Vipers 13 0 13 0 -31 0 Women’s CPL P W L D GD Pts HSOB/Burnside 11 9 1 1 42 28 Carlton Redcliffs 11 8 1 2 27 26 Harewood 11 6 1 4 29 22 Marist 11 5 4 2 8 17 H and B Avon 11 2 7 2 -24 8 Hornby 11 1 8 2 -33 5 Southern 11 1 10 1 -43 4
The Star Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Thursday August 9 2018 31 Value Cars www.valuecarswarehouse.co.nz 32 Moorhouse Ave | 03 366 7768 The biggest range of vehicles in one location Tech on verge of history • By Gordon Findlater CASHMERE Technical are on the verge of creating history. If the club can win their final six matches, they will complete a rare quadruple, winning all four major competitions they can compete in. On Saturday, Tech defeated Manukau United to reach the semi-final of the Chatham Cup. Earlier this season, Tech won the Mainland Premier League and a win in their top-of-thetable Southern League clash against Nomads United on Saturday will all but cement the title. They have also qualified for the final of the English Cup. Tech have drawn a home semi-final in the Chatham Cup against Porirua’s Western Suburbs which defeated defending champions Onehunga Sports at the weekend. “You don’t want to jinx it but we’ve certainly talked about it and we’ve embraced it. Look, we’ve got an extremely rare opportunity with getting so far and being so close in everything we’ve competed in,” said Tech coach Dean Hutchinson. When the tail-end of the Chatham Cup comes around South Island clubs have commonly been overpowered by • By Gordon Findlater WATCHING HIS teammates win the Crusaders’ ninth Super Rugby title on Saturday wasn’t the only reason Israel Dagg was celebrating last week. On Friday night at Addington Raceway, the Mark Jones-trained 3yo pacer, Izzy Dagg, claimed its first win. The horse is part-owned by its namesake and his wife Daisy. Izzy Dagg isn’t the first horse their North Island counterparts. However, that wasn’t the case for Tech at the weekend. named after an All Black that Jones has worked with, having also trained Saveapatrol (Julian Savea) and Zacspatrol (Zac Guildford). The latest of Jones’ horses to take an All Blacks influenced name is Barrett. “We always ask them if it’s okay to name it after them,” said Jones. “The good thing with Barrett is there’s three to pick from so we can name it after anyone.” Hutchinson praised his team’s performance, which he says came with mental toughness, resilience and even a touch of Having struck up a friendship with Dagg in recent years, the pair had talked about finding the right horse to take Dagg’s name. “I’ve waited for the right horse to name after him. We thought if it was a good enough to have that name, it should be good enough for him to take a share in it,” said Jones. “He always showed a bit of talent early on, so we knew he’d be good enough to at least win a few races.” EXPERIENCE: Club stalwart Aaron Clapham has helped Cashmere Tech get into a position where they can make history. PHOTO: MIDFIELD SPORT PHOTOGRAPHY arrogance at times. “It was a competitive game. It was probably a bit feisty at times and we did not take a backward step. That was probably the thing that pleased me the most.” Hutchinson believes another contributor to their success has been the buy-in from the club’s senior players, many of whom were part of their Chatham Cup successes in 2013 and 2014. Hutchinson heaped praise on the likes of Tom and Dan Schwarz, Aaron Clapham, Dan Terris and Gary Ogilvie who bring a wealth of experience and knowledge of each others games. “Tom and Dan are twins so you can’t get much closer than that.” Tech’s top of the table Southern League match against Nomads United kicks off at Tulett Park at 2.30pm on Saturday. Dagg’s namesake gets first win on track Driven by Sam Ottley, the colt showed he has a future with a long, sustained run from last in the field at the 800m mark to win the 2000m race on Friday. With Izzy Dagg showing talent and his namesake entering the later years of his rugby career, who knows, maybe one day the pair could team up for victory. “He [Dagg] pops out and has the odd drive on a horse when he gets the chance.” in brief Western, Halswell eye up chance at football league promotion Western AFC and Halswell United will meet in a crucial top-of-thetable football clash at Walter Park on Saturday. The match will play major role in which club will be promoted to the Mainland Premier League. Western and Halswell are both on 38 competition points with just two games remaining. A win for either side will leave their promotion hopes in their own hands. Western currently have a better goal differential than Halswell. St Andrew’s beat TBHS to lift hockey shield St Andrew’s College had help from a former Timaru student when they took hockey’s Connetics Challenge Shield from Timaru Boys’ High School last week. Former Timaru primary and intermediate hockey star, Harrison Darling, scored the lone goal of the game with 2min to play. The win also helped St Andrew’s earn a semi-final spot in the Canterbury secondary school competition. Canty hockey players make NZ under-21 team Three Canterbury players have made the New Zealand under-21 men’s hockey team to compete at the Sultan of Johor Cup in Malaysia in October. Strikers Sam Lane and Moss Jackson and goalkeeper Louis Beckert have been named in the 12-strong squad, while fellow Cantabrian, midfielder Gus Wakeling, is one of two nontravelling reserves. Williams off to world uni squash champs Former Christchurch Boys’ High School squash player Joe Williams has received a national call-up. The 22-year-old will represent New Zealand for the first time at the world university squash championships in Birmingham, England, next month. Put Razor’s hat in the ring for All Blacks coach One-eyed Cantab Gordon Findlater gordon.findlater@starmedia.kiwi SCOTT ROBERTSON is being talked about as a strong candidate to be the All Blacks next coach – and there’s every reason he should succeed Steve Hansen. If we want our favourite man in red and black take the helm of the team in the black jersey, there’s a few things we need New Zealand Rugby to not overthink. Firstly, let’s hope it hasn’t become obsessed with the idea that international experience is required before taking on the country’s top coaching job. In many conversations, as soon as Robertson and the All Blacks coaching job are mentioned, it’s quickly noted that he would need to coach internationally in the Northern Hemisphere before being a shoe-in for the top gig. Yes, our last two Rugby World Cup victories have come under the guidance of men who gained valuable international level experience with Wales after successful stints at provincial and Super Rugby level. But it shouldn’t be a necessity. New Zealand Rugby should be reassuring Robertson that he can continue with his resurgence of the Crusaders and make them an untouchable force of Super Rugby, knowing that when Steve Hansen likely pulls the plug after next year’s Rugby World Cup his hat will be in the ring to take over. Outside of the likes of Dave Rennie, Joe Schmidt and Wayne Pivac, who are coaching in Europe, the logical name thrown around to succeed Hansen is All Blacks assistant Ian Foster. While Foster appears the safe choice so was Tabai Matson when Todd Blackadder announced his exit from the Crusaders in 2016. At the time, I believed Matson was the logical choice and have quickly – and much to my delight – been proven wrong. Some doubted whether Robertson could translate his success at provincial level to Super Rugby level. But he did so immediately and proved that installing his Canterbury culture into the Crusaders set-up was a recipe destined for success. There’s no reason he couldn’t do the same with the All Blacks. Let’s hope New Zealand Rugby has the same logic that Crusaders boss Hamish Riach had in 2016 and goes for a punt. Who doesn’t want to see Razor breakdancing at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France?
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