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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>28</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Boxing family’s big night<br />
• By Gordon Findlater<br />
news online at www.star.kiwi<br />
SPORT 43<br />
THE BARRY family has<br />
two new life members and a<br />
president following Tuesday<br />
evening’s Canterbury Boxing<br />
Association annual general<br />
meeting.<br />
When Tim Barry was announced<br />
as the association’s new<br />
president, he stepped into a role<br />
both his parents had previously<br />
held. To make the occasion more<br />
special, his first job as president<br />
was to present a life membership<br />
to his mother Myra Barry.<br />
“It was lovely, his father would<br />
have been so proud of him,” said<br />
Mrs Barry.<br />
She also accepted a life<br />
membership award on behalf<br />
of her son Kevin Barry, who is<br />
currently training Joseph Parker<br />
in Las Vegas. <strong>The</strong>y join Tim and<br />
the late Kevin Barry Snr as life<br />
members, leaving just Bryan<br />
Barry, who is a strong candidate<br />
to receive the honour in the<br />
coming years.<br />
“Four out of five is not bad,”<br />
she said.<br />
Mrs Barry’s commitment<br />
to boxing included being the<br />
secretary, treasurer and president<br />
of the Canterbury Boxing<br />
Association, and vice-president<br />
of the New Zealand Boxing Association.<br />
Kevin’s silver medal effort at<br />
the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic<br />
KNOCKOUT: Myra Barry with son Tim Barry still boxing in<br />
the front yard.<br />
PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />
Games could have made him<br />
more than worthy of a life<br />
membership many years ago.<br />
However, the occasion was saved<br />
so it could be announced alongside<br />
his mother and brother’s<br />
honours.<br />
While Kevin couldn’t be<br />
there to personally accept the<br />
award, he has passed on his<br />
congratulations.<br />
“I’ve had Kevin on the phone<br />
today saying how proud he is of<br />
me for stepping up and doing it,”<br />
said Tim.<br />
Mrs Barry believes Tim will<br />
excel in his new role, with boxing<br />
flowing in his veins from a<br />
very young age.<br />
“His first trip to a boxing tournament<br />
was when he was three.<br />
He was dressed in his whites and<br />
carrying the water bottle,” said<br />
Mrs Barry.<br />
As a life member, she says she<br />
may have to start gracing more<br />
bouts with her presence.<br />
“I just go to the occasional<br />
tournament these days. Now<br />
that I’ve been made a life<br />
member I might have to go to a<br />
couple more,” she said.<br />
GONE: Canterbury Country and Canterbury Metro’s annual<br />
Craw Shield match won’t take place this year due to an<br />
extended Canterbury B season. PHOTO: KAREN CASEY<br />
No country competition<br />
• By Gordon Findlater<br />
CANTERBURY Country and<br />
Canterbury Metro will not clash<br />
for the Craw Shield this year after<br />
a decision was made to scrap the<br />
two representative teams.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Canterbury Country<br />
Rugby Sub Union made the decision<br />
at a recent board meeting to<br />
scrap both their senior and colts<br />
rep sides this year. It’s understood<br />
the same applied for the<br />
Canterbury Metro senior team.<br />
<strong>The</strong> contributing reasons for<br />
the decision is an extended Canterbury<br />
B season.<br />
Canterbury Country have also<br />
moved Ellesmere and North<br />
Canterbury’s Southbridge Shield<br />
and Munro Shield matches to<br />
later in the year as opposed to<br />
July and are finding increasing<br />
difficulty in obtaining sponsors<br />
and gaming machine funds.<br />
Canterbury Country sub<br />
union secretary Murray Dulieu<br />
described the board’s decision as<br />
“facing reality.”<br />
“I’m disappointed and I<br />
think a number of the player<br />
and supporters will be as well.<br />
Canterbury Country has been<br />
around from a long time, so I’m<br />
pretty disappointed, but it’s the<br />
decision,” said Dulieu.<br />
This means Canterbury Country’s<br />
long-standing traditional<br />
games against Otago Country<br />
and Southland Country won’t<br />
played this year.<br />
Canterbury Country will still<br />
have under-16 boys, under-18<br />
boys and under-15 girls rep<br />
teams, which will compete at a<br />
South Island tournament.<br />
In previous years, the annual<br />
Craw Shield match between<br />
Canterbury Country and<br />
Canterbury Metro has been<br />
used as a final trial match for the<br />
Canterbury B side. However, due<br />
to a newly-extended programme<br />
this year, the Canterbury B side<br />
will be selected by the end of the<br />
club season.<br />
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