Pegasus Post: March 05, 2019

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Tuesday March 5 2019 11
NORTH WAI boardrider
Ava Henderson was crowned
champion of the under-16 girls
division at the Billabong Grom
Series.
Ava, 13, won the final round
of the series at Piha.
She came into the round with
the series lead after winning the
second event in Whangamata
and finishing as the runner-up
in the opening round at Mt
Maunganui. With bad weather
marching up the North Island’s
west coast before the final
round, the event was completed
in one big day with solid 1m
waves and light cross-onshore
wind at the south end of Piha.
Ava advanced to the final with
a score of 8.9 in her heat, which
was good enough for second.
In her final ride she took things
to another level, scoring a
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12.0 to take the win ahead of
Taranaki’s Natasha Gouldsbury
(9.27), Piha’s Liv Haysom (8.76)
and Raglan’s Brie Bennett (8.4).
The teenager has been in a
rich vein of form this year. The
previous weekend she won both
the under-16 and under-18 girls
divisions in the third round of
the South Island Grom Series at
Curio Bay in the Catlins.
In the Billabong Grom Series
SPORT
CHAMP: Ava Henderson
(left) continued her rich vein
of form this year, winning
the under-16 girls title at the
Billabong Grom Series.
STRONG PERFORMANCE:
Estella Hungerford finished
fourth in the under-18 girls
division final.
Ava rides to grom series title
under-18 girls division, North
Wai’s Tegan Bishop was unable
to keep her chances of winning
the series title alive but still
finished third in her heat.
Fellow North Wai boardrider
Estella Hungerford had a strong
showing at Piha. The 16-yearold
finished fourth in the final
of the under-18 girls division.
Earlier she won her semi-final
with a score of 11.5.
New seats
installed at
Linfield Park
• By Gordon Findlater
THE GRASS embankment at
Linfield Park is sporting a new
look ahead of the rugby season.
It is now home to 100 seats from
Lancaster Park which is currently
being demolished.
The seats have been constructed
near the halfway line underneath
the scoreboard on the main
ground at Linfield, opposite the
rugby clubrooms.
“As long as you don’t get that
easterly it’ll be a damn good spot
to watch the footy,” said Linwood
Rugby Club manager Aaron
Flynn.
The seats were purchased more
than 12 months ago by Flynn.
However, the placing of the seats
was put on the back burner until
this summer.
The installation of the seats
was carried out by former
Linwood player Shaun Lyons
and John Norton from Taurus
Construction.
“They had to get some brackets
made up and have concreted them
in – they did it really well,” said
Flynn.
The seats will be in action this
weekend when Linwood’s premier
side play Methven for the Tane
Norton Cup. Linwood will host
Sydenham in their first match of
the premier metro competition on
March 30.
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