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NOR’WEST NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday <strong>June</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2019</strong> 19 Good performance earns teen place in Canty indoor cricket squad • By Tatiana Gibbs RYAN JAMES topped off another successful South Island indoor cricket campaign by sealing a spot in the Canterbury premier indoor cricket team for the second year running. The 18-year-old former Shirley Boys’ High School student was in fine form and, over Queen’s Birthday weekend, anchored his team into a last-ball thriller which saw his Hornby Titans take out the South Island indoor cricket championships at Riccarton’s Howzat! Indoor Sports Centre. James’ team defeated Dunedin’s Metro Muskets 86-83 in a match never lacking in fastpaced action. Hornby “had to dig it in’’ for the last four games of the competition, after a loss to Central Sharks and Metro Muskets in the round-robin games. Their remaining games were “must-win matches” to keep in the running for the final, in which his team got redemption against the Muskets to take home the title. The Canterbury squads were selected at the end of the tournament with James lowering the team’s average age. Coach John McCarthy will lead his team of <strong>11</strong> into the national indoor cricket championship later this month at Palmerston North. The Canterbury premier men’s team consists of Ryan James, Craig Stevens, Micah Campbell, (Action Hornby) Mitch Gardner, Taylor Irie, Tom Agnew, Ben Cochrane, (Howzat Riccarton) Carl Hooper, Dan Vann, Tom McDonald and Jackson Hemingway (Action Central). James will head north with Canterbury to compete against teams from Auckland, Wellington, Central, Northern and Southern Districts at the national tournament. He is hoping to finish ahead of last year’s modest fourth-place, when the team missed out on a chance at the final by just two points. New Zealand indoor cricket selectors will be on the lookout at the upcoming national tournament to select their SPORT SUCCESS: The Canterbury premier men’s indoor cricket championshipwinning team (Back row) – Curtis Millard, Charlie Fisher, Kyle Burns, Josh Dyer, Paul Partridge and Donovan Hutton. (Front row) – Harry Bisphan, Ryan James, Micah Campbell and Craig Stevens. squads to compete at the <strong>2019</strong> transtasman series, which will be held in Palmerston North from September 12-14. The transtasman series will have competitive fixtures across the under-21 boys and girls, and open premier men’s and women’s grades and James’ goal is to progress from the New Zealand under-21 team and be selected for the New Zealand open premier team. Burnside and St Thomas in top-of-table football clash BURNSIDE HIGH School will take on St Thomas of Canterbury College tomorrow in a top-of-the-table schools premier football match at the Christchurch Football Centre. The game will be a rematch of last year’s final, which saw St Thomas’ claim the title 2-1. Burnside have won four of their five games this season to sit second on the table. Their first dropped points came in a 1-1 draw with third-placed Papanui High School at English Park last week. Meanwhile, after six games St Thomas’ have been untouchable. They are unbeaten, scoring 36 goals and conceding none. In their last match, they hammered Middleton Grange 8-0, with captain Tom Stewart scoring a hat-trick. A win for either team tomorrow night will provide a massive boost to their chances of qualifying for the boys Lotto premier secondary school tournament in Napier later this year. Kick off is at 5.30pm. •Other fixtures: Cashmere v Rangiora; Christ’s College v Papanui, Middleton Grange v CBHS, St Andrew’s v Lincoln, St Bede’s v Riccarton. MERIVALE RETIREMENT VILLAGE Introducing our new boutique retirement lifestyle option 1 & 2 Bedroom Serviced Apartments Available Now • Stunning 1 & 2 bedroom serviced apartments • Ground floor • Fabulous sunny courtyards • Fridge, dishwasher and cooking facilities included in every apartment • Cafe, private lounge & bar • Close to Merivale Mall 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Villas Also Available • Sunny lounge • Master bedroom with ensuite • Well appointed kitchen • Separate laundry • Internal access garage & off street parking Open MOnday tO Friday 10aM-4pM or by appointment including weekends Call Merivale Retirement Village today on 03 375 4<strong>11</strong>7 or 021 971 487 to book a viewing and see for yourself why we really are the best. 27 Somme Street, Merivale | www.merivaleretirement.co.nz
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