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56 Thursday December 6 2018 Sport Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi The Star Defending champs favourites to make one-day finals • By Gordon Findlater THE FINALISTS for the Metro Cricket premiership one-day final will be found this weekend. On Saturday, defending champions Burnside West University will host St Albans at Burnside Park, while top qualifiers Lancaster Park will play East Christchurch Shirley at Garrick Park in the other semifinal. The defending champions come into the semi-finals on the back of a four-wicket win over previously undefeated Lancaster Park. Burnside West have been led by the competition’s top two wicket-takers, Matt Hay and Sam Carwell, who combined for five wickets at the weekend when bowling Lancaster Park out for 149. Burnside West will come up against a classy St Albans bowling line-up on Saturday, which will feature James Tapper, Bailen Thatcher, Matt Holstein, Ben Langrope and Jack Harper. Meanwhile, East Christchurch will face a tough task against Lancaster Park, and will be without Leo Carter, who has been selected for Canterbury’s Plunket Shield match against Auckland. Their opposition, Lancaster Park, look well rounded with the competition’s top two run-scorers, Fynn Hudson- Prentice and Scott Duggan, both averaging more than 50. Both semi-finals begin at 10.30am. in brief Red Sox take another Jefferies Cup The Canterbury Red Sox softball team racked up their 24th consecutive Jefferies Cup at the weekend, in what was a clean sweep for Canterbury at the South Island tournament. The Canterbury Red Hawks were also crowned the women’s South Island champions when they won the Jubilee Cup. Canterbury also won the boys and girls under-15 titles. Keplar Challenge record broken Trail runner Andy Good broke a 10-year record held by Christchurch runner Phil Costley at the Kepler Challenge over the weekend. Good, won the 27km Luxmore Grunt race at the event in a time of 1hr 50min 55sec. His time was 2min quicker than the time set by the former Commonwealth Games marathon runner in 2008. The 27km women’s race was won by former Rangi Ruru student Ruth Croft. Vajin Armstrong, third, was the best of the Christchurch runners in the 60km Keplar Challenge. Hamilton takes fourth at world kart event Matt Hamilton blitzed his way through the field at the Rotax World Finals to finish fourth after starting 10th in the final race of the DD2 Masters category. The kart driver recorded two wins, a second and a 24th-place finish in the four races before the final to start 10th on the grid. Canterbury rugby stars nominated for player of the year award CANTERBURY IS well represented in nominations for the ASB Rugby Awards, with three players a chance of being named player of the year. Black Ferns’ Kendra Cocksedge, and All Blacks’ Codie Taylor and Richie Mo’unga (right), are nominees for the Kelvin R Tremain Memorial Player of the Year award, along with Brodie Retallick, who has roots in League prospects get a taste of NRL TWO BRIGHT rugby league prospects, Jaedon Wellington and Callum Donaldson, are this week getting a unique taste of the NRL during a week-long camp at the Manly Sea Eagles. The invitation to come to Manly’s training base on Sydney’s northern beaches is the direct result of the club’s commitment to play an annual home match in Christchurch and to build a strong relationship with the local rugby league community. The Sea Eagles will play their second annual home match at Christchurch Stadium on March 30. Jaedon captained the under-15 Canterbury. Mo’unga is also a nominee for try of the year and Super Rugby player of the year, along with Crusaders’ loosie Matt Todd. Cocksedge has been nominated for New Zealand women’s player of the year and women’s provincial player of the year, while Taylor is up for Maori player of the year. The Crusaders have been nominated for national team of South Island team at the national championships last month and was named in the New Zealand Merit team. the year, while Scott Robertson is up for national coach of the year, along with Canterbury women’s coach Kieran Kite. Luke Romano is up for Mitre 10 Cup player of the year after a standout season for Canterbury. The age grade player of the year award has two Canterbury nominees in New Zealand under-20 captain Tom Christie and Christ’s College captain Sam Darry. TALENT: Manly prop Toff Sipley meets Callum Donaldson and Jaedon Wellington at the Sea Eagles training in Narrabeen, Sydney PHOTO: SEAN O’SULLIVAN The young Hornby Panthers prop was joined by Callum from Greymouth, who was also part of the same under-15 South Island team. Talent scout Jeff Whittaker says that the two players are among the best young talents to come out of the South Island and says the NRL is taking notice of the South Island as a talent breeding ground. Whittaker took Jamayne Isaako from the Aranui Eagles to the Cronulla youth team five years ago and last season the Brisbane Broncos star was named NRL rookie of the year. “Every year the South Island produces three or four youngsters who are good enough to have a crack at the NRL, so the scouts come out in force,” Whittaker said. SURF’S UP SCOTTY RAZOR ROBERTSON PROFILE APRIL 2018 TJ’S CHASING GREAT CALEB ONE MORE COVER LINE The power of Perenara 6 issues (1 year) $44.50 • 12 issues (2 years) $79 • 18 issues (3 years) $115 rugbynews.co.nz 0800 77 77 10 SUPER RUGBY’S G.O.A.T CORY JANE Social Media Animal RRP $9.95 + WHO PLUS... 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The Star Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Thursday December 6 2018 57 TIMBER: Kyle Jamieson is set to play his first match for Canterbury this season when they take on Auckland today. • By Allan Batt LINCOLN speedway racer Jeremy Webb had no intention of racing both his TQ midget and his midget on the same night this summer at Ruapuna. But he has a burning desire to pay tribute to the late Ryan Stone, an early mentor of his on Saturday. Webb, the current New Jamieson adds pace to Canterbury attack • By Gordon Findlater CANTERBURY’S PACE bowling stocks have been reinforced by the return of Kyle Jamieson for today’s four-day Plunket Shield match against Auckland. The 2.03m paceman will play for Canterbury for the first time this summer after being released from his New Zealand A duties. The 24-year-old was part of New Zealand A’s tour of the United Arab Emirates last month, and has just finished a spell with the team in their three four-day matches against India. “He’s learnt a lot over the last few months,” said Canterbury coach Brendon Donkers. “We’re expecting him to play a big role for us.” Canterbury will still be without left-arm quick Ed Nuttall, who recently returned to club cricket following a lengthy recovery from a back injury. However, they will be boosted by the return of wicketkeeper Cam Fletcher, who scored 103 for New Zealand A against India A in a fourday match which finished Webb to wheel out the TQ in memory of mentor Jeremy Webb Zealand TQ champion has decided to enter the Ryan Stone Tribute race in his 750cc Suzukipowered TQ, as well as contesting a round of the Southern Midget Series on the same night in his 2700cc Esslingerengined midget. “I guess it’s as good a time as any to start my preparation for February’s New Zealand TQ championship at on Monday. Left-arm spinner Theo van Woerkom is also set to make his return to the team. Meanwhile, Canterbury captain Cole McConchie has been selected for New Zealand A’s three one-day matches against India A after a strong one-day campaign with Canterbury which saw him finish the Ford Trophy as the team’s top wicket-taker. New Zealand A will play India A at the Bay Oval in Tauranga tomorrow. Top order batsman Steve Murdoch will captain Canterbury in McConchie’s absence. Openers Jack Boyle and Chad Bowes will look to take their form from the Ford Trophy campaign into the Plunket Shield, while Jeff Case – the only non-contracted player in the team – has a chance to stake his claim batting at No 4. Canterbury played the opening two rounds of the Plunket Shield in October and are yet to register a win in the competition this season. Canterbury’s 12-strong squad will be reduced to 11 for today’s match at the Eden Park Outer Oval in Auckland. •Canterbury squad: Jack Boyle, Chad Bowes, Steve Murdoch (c), Jeff Case, Leo Carter, Cam Fletcher, Henry Shipley, Kyle Jamieson, Fraser Sheat, Will Williams, Andrew Hazeldine, Theo van Woerkom. Ruapuna this Saturday. If it wasn’t the Stoney race, I’d leave the TQ in the shed and focus on the midget, but Ryan means a heck of a lot to many of the TQ racers and his race is one of those got-to-win deals,” said Webb. Stone passed away in 2012 after a battle with cancer and, although Webb is a two-time winner of the race held in memory of his good friend, he says that it goes deeper than that. local sport Proudly brought to you by... IT’S NOT often I like to admit Aucklanders get it right, but kudos needs to go to the Auckland Schools who got together to say they’ve had enough of St Kentigern College’s recruitment policy. News broke yesterday of St Kents being excluded from next year’s Auckland 1A First XV rugby competition. This came about due to a coalition of schools agreeing to boycott playing St Kents after they admitted to recruiting elite players from rival 1st XVs to bolster their squad for 2019. Their ethically questionable recruiting policy has even stretched to Christchurch. Last year St Kents recruited the UC Championship top talent Isaiah Punivai after he had standout campaigns for Christ’s College in 2016 and 2017. While it’s easy to point the finger at St Kents, it’s hard to deny we have a similar issue in the UC Championship. Private schools St Andrew’s College and Christ’s College “My father Dick was, like many others, a good mate of Ryan. Stoney put in a huge effort getting the TQ class to adapt the water-cooled 750cc engines that made the class a lot more affordable than the air-cooled machines,” Webb said. “The fact that TQs remain relatively strong number-wise is largely due to Ryan’s perseverance,” said Webb. Tower JuncTion Phone: 348 6020 Open 7 days 11am to late www.speightstowerjunction.co.nz One-eyed Cantab Gordon Findlater gordon.findlater@starmedia.kiwi First XV rugby a poaching game have had a number of 1st XV players in recent years who have come in on scholarships after previously attending other secondary schools. This can be great for creating opportunities for talented rugby players who are at schools without a UC Championship there are too many examples of talent moving from one UC Championship school to another on scholarships, causing an imbalance in power. It’s understood that St Thomas’ are the latest victim with two young talents heading to Christ’s and another two set move to St Andrew’s on scholarships. It’s nothing new either. One of my last conversations with the late John Fox involved him reminiscing on St Bede’s College poaching a Shirley Boys’ High School rising star several years ago called Jamayne Isaako – now the NRL’s rookie of the year. Are we happy to watch our schoolboy comp become a poaching battle or it is time to speak up? Not only is Webb having to crank-up his preparation to defend his national TQ crown, but he is again returning to Auckland to contest the international midget car series at Western Springs over the Christmas break. Last season, Webb’s efforts saw him win the Presidents Cup at the New Zealand Speedway Awards in recognition of his prowess in the two classes at a national level.
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