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PAGE 14 Wednesday September 26 2018 BAY HARBOUR Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Ironman ready to take on the world in Hawaii SPORTS ASPIRATIONS: Sumner will be looking to emulate the success of their 2016/2017 senior cricket side when the new season starts next month. Sumner aims for strong start to cricket season • By Matt Salmons AFTER A LESS than stellar finish to last season, Sumner’s senior cricket team is ready and equipped to recapture their former glory. Club captain and coach Dan Vann said inconsistency and the loss of their feeder team from division three had impacted their success last year. “We did alright, we got third overall. But we’d won at least half of the trophies over the three years before last.” Vann said the club have a list of goals to achieve this season, which starts on the first weekend of next month, “At least to win one of the three cups – either the one-day, two-day or overall. And to develop the young guys we’ve got, continue our successes from previous years and possibly get our second team into a higher grade,” he said. The club also hopes to start a women’s team and teams to play in the grades under division three. To achieve those goals, Vann said the club have “recruited well”, reinstated their feeder team and will look at increasing the number of training sessions each week. Dan Vann The club have offered a scholarship programme this year to attract the young blood needed to secure their future. Three young players were selected in the end – spinning all-rounder Angus Hooper, and skilled opening bowlers Tyler Walker and Nawid Mohammady. For the scholarship players, Vann said the club will waive its fees, provide extra professional training and some gear, as well as get the players in touch with agents for English teams. He said they had also attracted two top-order English batsmen in Tom McGeorge and Tom Davies. The upcoming season will have a different dynamic than the past, Vann said. It will be the first time metro clubs would be merged at the championship and premiership levels. “It will be good to play against some different players and at some different grounds,” Vann said. This season will be the first with new club president Ross Gunn at the helm after long-time president Ray Steele stood down from the role last month. The club will also start the season with a new pitch after members re-laid it this month. • By Matt Salmons MIKE PHILLIPS is ready for his biggest challenge yet – the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. The Mt Pleasant athlete left on Sunday to allow himself three weeks to acclimatise and scout the track ahead of the October 13 event. He qualified for the championships after taking home silver at Ironman Barcelona in October, his first ever ironman event. He finished the 3.8km swim, 180km cycle and 42km run at Barcelona in 7hr 52min 50sec, making him the second fastest Kiwi ironman ever. However, the Hawaii course looks “brutal”, Phillips said. It includes an ocean swim and a coastal cycle track against severe wind and baking sunshine before finishing with a run through a lava field. “Apparently there’s lava on either side of the track. You’ve got to experience it to know what it’s like.” He said he believes he will be able to finish in the top 10 if he has a good day. “It would be cool to have a podium finish, but in your first year it’s probably a bit hard.” Phillips has spent the last two years as a professional triathlete after leaving his job as a structural engineer to pursue the sport. “I’m not sure how long the body will hold out so I’ll make the most of it.” As a professional, Phillips has competed in more than 10 events each year, most of them overseas, with prize money providing enough income to keep him going. The transient lifestyle could be “a bit of a tax”, he said. But he formed a group of friends who he regularly competes against. “You can actually make some quite good friendships at the GRUELLING: Mike Phillips is in Hawaii for the Ironman World Championships on October 13. events.” He trains for a minimum of 30 hours every week, swimming 25km, running 100km and cycling 500km. The transition from training as an amateur to training as a professional has not been a”huge jump” as he now has more time for recovery, he said. “Even after a day at work you’re pretty tired and I found I was getting sick more and injuring myself more when I was training and working.” Make daylight saving life saving. Protect your loved ones by checking your smoke alarms when you put your clocks forward this weekend. If you don’t have smoke alarms please get them installed right away. Find out more at youronlyvoice.nz NFS0 463_F_90 90x263
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