Southern View: October 23, 2018

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Cashmere Tech keeper in
under-17 World Cup squad
• By Jacob Page
CASHMERE Technical
goalkeeper Blair Currie has
been named in the New Zealand
under-17 women’s football team
to compete at the World Cup in
Uruguay.
The year 13 St Andrew’s
College student was one of six
Mainland players to be named
in the 21-strong squad on
Wednesday.
Other players who made the
cut were Marissa van der Meer
(FC Twenty 11, Middleton
Grange), Macey Fraser
(Waimak United , Rangiora
High School), Gabrielle Rennie
(Waimak United, Rangiora High
School), Jayda Stewart
(Waimak United, Papanui High
School) and Amelia Abbott
(Nelson).
The squad will depart on
November 3 with their first
game coming against Finland on
November 14.
Currie transferred to
Cashmere Technical from
Waimakariri United at the start
of the season.
When she began playing
football as a six-year-old,
she said she did not initially
start out as a goalkeeper and
actually spent a season playing
rugby.
“I used to watch my dad play
TALENT: St Andrew’s College goalkeeper Blair Currie is off to
the under-17 World Cup in Uruguay next month.
PHOTO: MAINLAND FOOTBALL
masters (football) on
the weekend so thought I’d
give it a try,” she said. It wasn’t
until she was 13 that she gave
goalkeeping her full focus.
“I’d always ask the coaches if
I could give it a go and I really
loved it when the goalkeeper was
away,” she said. “Eventually I just
did it all the time.”
Currie was also named
women’s goalkeeper of the year
at the Mainland Football awards
night this month.
• By Jacob Page
CANTERBURY WON back-toback
Collier Trophy under-13
girls national hockey titles
at North Harbour over the
weekend.
The team won in dominant
fashion, scoring 27 goals in the
week-long tournament and conceding
just two.
What made their back-to-back
success more impressive was that
only one of the squad, captain
Keeley Hughes, returned from
last year’s victorious squad.
Canterbury defeated Central
Otago in the final on Saturday.
Canterbury beat Hawke’s Bay
5-0 in their semi-final, thanks
to two goals from Hughes and
Kaiyah Ratu, as well as one from
Holly Gilray.
First half goals from Mila
SPORTS
WINNERS: The Canterbury under-13 girls hockey team have
won the Collier Trophy. PHOTO: CANTERBURY HOCKEY
Canty under-13s take
hockey trophy again
Hastie and Ava Croton earned
Canterbury their winning margin
by half-time of the final.
Coach Cathy Baker said the
team trained hard defensively
and emphasised their fitness
prior to the tournament.
“We tried to keep teams out of
our circle and that worked well
for the most part, plus we had a
goalkeeper who stood up,” she
said.
“We tried to prioritise our
fitness because after eight games
in a week that can make a real
difference for young kids.”
Baker said the past two seasons
have highlighted the level of
talent coming through in Canterbury
hockey.
Three year 7 players can qualify
again for the team next year to
attempt the three-peat.
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