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Phone (03) 389 1121 FINANCE AVAILABLE (Conditions Apply) Canty contingent among favourites for U26 title THERE IS a strong Canterbury contingent keen to make sure the Burnside under-26 singles bowls title does not go to another region when it gets under way tomorrow. The tournament, which highlights the cream of New Zealand’s lawn bowls emerging crop, will be played at the Burnside Club will finish on Sunday. There are 13 current or former New Zealand representatives in the 32-strong field. Burnside’s Tayla Bruce, who won this tournament in 2015, represented New Zealand at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games as lead in the women’s triples and fours. She was awarded her first international cap as a Black Jack as a 19-year-old. The 23-year-old Roydvale Primary School teacher has a successful record at club, centre, national and international level. Bruce has the experience and skill to repeat that memorable win. Another Burnside player with strong credentials for success is 22-year-old Richard Hocking who was runner-up in 2016. Hocking was last year’s Bowls New Zealand development player of the year. He has enjoyed success with the Canterbury senior men’s team and in January won the Stewart Buttar Burnside invitation pairs with Mike Small. The Bassett siblings, Cait (Burnside) and Mat (Elmwood), and Liam Eathorne (Riccarton Racecourse) are all more than capable of finishing high up the prize list. Other Cantabrians are Courtney Bolger (Rangiora) and Dylan Campbell (Woolston Park) who are new to this event as well as Shaun Aynsley (Parklands). Gore’s Sheldon Bagrie-Howley, the 2016 champion, will be one to watch. The form of Stokes Valley’s Seamus Curtin will be followed with great interest. The 18-year-old has had a stellar year starting at the 2018 National Bowls Championships in Dunedin where he reached the semi-final of the men’s singles and the final of the fours. Bowls New Zealand has confirmed it will be sending a talent scout to the tournament.
The Star Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Thursday October 4 2018 41 local rugby Proudly brought to you by Tower JuncTion being arrested to Canty role “They went about it in quite a cloak and dagger-type fashion of dividing and conquering the group. That was the one opportunity at that stage where if we could stand collectively as a players’ group we could have made some significant changes. There were issues politically, racially and financially that were occurring and needed intervention. This was our opportunity for the ICC to step in and intervene if we didn’t sign the new contracts,” said Ebrahim. “It soon got to the stage where I was cast as the villain by the Zimbabwe Cricket Board.” “It was a case of them causing a divide in the playing group by offering the contracts to younger players and threatening them to sign. There were cases of players being arrested for arbitrary reasons which was all part of their intimidation tactics.” After not being offered a new contract, Ebrahim was cast aside by Zimbabwe Cricket and left disillusioned about the sport. No longer employed by Zimbabwe Cricket, Ebrahim’s lawyer told him that until he was paid what he was owed he was allowed by law to hold onto any property that belonged to Zimbabwe Cricket. “One of the things was our sponsored vehicle so I held onto that, which caused a bit of drama in itself . . . it all came to head one day when the police came into the house and arrested me and did a ransack of the property with the view of trying to get me on foreign currency fraud as well.” At this stage Ebrahim’s parents and siblings had already immigrated to the United Kingdom. They first found out about his arrest on a 24-hour news channel which ran a strip along the bottom of the screen about his arrest. Within a few months Ebrahim himself had immigrated to the UK and chose not to pursue cricket after asking himself some serious questions about why he played the sport. He worked as a real estate agent in North London for two years before falling back into cricket by chance. “I actually sold the house of one of the premier cricket club’s chairman. He put two and two together from when we had toured England in 2003 . . . he asked what on earth I was doing INTERNATIONAL: Dion Ebrahim plays a pull shot against South Africa’s Shaun Pollock. selling houses and roped me into playing for the club.” A successful spell in England led to Ebrahim moving to New Zealand where he played for Taranaki in the Hawke Cup and got his first taste of coaching with New Plymouth Boys’ High School. “I found the opportunity to give back and try and develop the next generation of cricketers, soon became the passion.” “Looking back there were some very valid lessons learned from a life perspective. Having conversations now with younger guys or people in general now, you’re able to give a different perspective and outlook.” Ebrahim isn’t new to Canterbury. He has spent the last three years working with Canterbury A and age group teams in a high performance role. And while he says his Canterbury eyepatch is now “firmly sowed on,” he is still quick to point out that while Zimbabwe – formally known as Rhodesia – have never beaten New Zealand in test cricket, they did famously defeat the All Blacks 10-8 in 1949 in Bulawayo. In fact, had it not been for cricket, Ebrahim could have had a decent crack at a rugby career. He played first fiveeighths representing Zimbabwe at under-19 level and was even offered a scholarship at the University of Natal through the Sharks who now play in Super Rugby. “I had a better boot than Beauden [Barrett].” •Canterbury begin their four-day Plunket Shield campaign on Wednesday against Central Districts in Nelson. Living in the era of the gimmick DURING SUMMER it doesn’t get much better than relaxing on the grass embankment at Hagley Oval and enjoying a day’s cricket in the sun. There’s something I’m finding hard to swallow that is planned for this summer though, and it’s leading me to believe we’re living in the era of the gimmick. The one cricket event I’m hearing the most about at the moment is the Black Clash – a T20 match between a raft of former prominent cricketers against rugby identities. The concept isn’t new we’ve had an annual fundraising match between the Crusaders and a local all-star team for as long as I can recently redeveloped - Come in & enjoy! remember. The part I can’t wrap my head around is the fact that the latter is free, while the former will cost me $59 to attend. Yes, if I want to watch the likes of Richie McCaw, Israel Dagg and Kieran Reid take on Stephen Fleming, Brendon McCullum and Chris Harris it will whack me $59. Let’s look at how else we can spend $59. A ticket to the ODI v One-eyed Cantab Gordon Findlater gordon.findlater@starmedia.kiwi great bevvies Bangladesh will cost $50, while a day at either of the tests v Bangladesh or Sri Lanka are $35. Even better you could go for my personal favourite and go after lunch for $25, leaving $34 for a liquid breakfast at the Pegasus Arms before you head in. If you’re looking for a value for money option why not pop along and watch Canterbury play a first class four-day match. They’re new menu! great food completely free. You can take the family for a picnic or alternatively walk down with a box of beers in your backpack. But hey, what do I know? Rest assured there will be about 50 people at a time watching the free domestic games featuring current internationals and stars of the future while thousands will overpay for the gimmick. great service canterbury v taranaki 7.35pm saturday 6 october this week’s action... THRILLER: Saturday marks 12 months to the day Taranaki left Christchurch Stadium with the Ranfurly Shield. Chance for Canty to book semi-final spot book your function with us Packages available CANTERBURY CAN lock in a semi-final spot with a win on Saturday when they host Taranaki at Christchurch Stadium in week eight of the Mitre 10 Cup. Recent history would suggest we’re in for an epic. Saturday will mark exactly 12 months from when Taranaki piled on seven tries to claim the Ranfurly Shield against Canterbury 55-43. Meanwhile, in October 2016 Canterbury held off a late Taranaki fightback at Yarrow Stadium to win 39-34. Canterbury’s seven-try 49-24 thrashing of Hawkes Bay at the weekend would also suggest another catch me if you can-like affair is in the making. Taranaki are well out of the play-off picture in the Premiership with just two wins to their name against Manawatu and Counties Manukau. However, they showed in last month’s 30-31 to Auckland they can give the competition front-runners a scare. With just two weeks of the competition remaining Canterbury’s hopes of a home semi-final will also be shaped by this evening’s match between third-placed Auckland and fourth-placed Wellington. The top four is evenly poised with Wellington (28) just five points behind competition leaders Tasman (33). Canterbury (32) in second will be hoping Wellington can do them a favour with Auckland (31) having a game in hand against the rest of the top four. Saturday’s match at Christchurch Stadium kicks off at 7.35pm. cup day - open for breakfast from 9am christmas birthdays 2 Troup Drive, Riccarton Phone: 348 6020 Open 7 days 11am to late www.speightstowerjunction.co.nz Tower JuncTion
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